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The group all quickly rush through the halls, (Y/N) gripping her coat close to her chest, her heart racing and mind blank.

Jack stayed hot on her heels, his eyes trained to the back of his friends head, glaring slightly.

He didn't understand what she was getting so worked up about, the tooth palace wasent even their problem! And if something was bothering her, she would come straight to him..

Wouldn't she?

Jack sighs heavily, turning away, he looks towards North, the man's feet thudding every few seconds.

"North! North?!" He yells, waving his arms around to catch the man's attention. "I told you, we're not comming with you guys! There is no way we're climbing in some rickety, old.."

His voice trails off, an impressed smile slowly forming on his face. (Y/N) looks up, her eyes widening at the sight of the famous "North's sleigh."

"..sleigh.."

The reindeer's quickly bounce through the doors, their breaths hard and cold. Their hooves hit the floor hard, quickly becoming restless as the Yeti's attach their reigns.

"Hey!" North yells, patting the reindeer's on their sides, helping them calm down. One reindeer bounds over to (Y/N), nudging his snout into her hair, causing her to laugh lightly.

Jack watches happily, a gentle smile on his lips as he watches the girl happily pet the reindeer, pouting her lips and nodding along with whatever the reindeer was snorting and huffing.

(Y/N) turns, her eyes instantly locking with Jack's. Her eyes widen, quickly ducking down, she makes her way to Bunny's side, the two exchanging small glares as they wait for the sleigh to pull through.

Jack's eyes droop, breathing heavily, he slumps his way towards his friend, shifting on his feet from nervousness. It was unlike them to avoid eachother like this. Sure they had their disagreements, but this was completely different.

For once, (Y/N) was suddenly keeping secrets from the person she claimed to be her best friend.

"..okay, one ride, that's it." He mumbles, shaking his head and riding himself of his thoughts.

North chuckles happily, his arms folding as he looks his sleigh over."Everyone loves the sleigh.." he climbs in, Sandy following quickly after.

Bunny takes a step back, (Y/N) watching him with a raised brow. "Uh..I think my tunnels might be faster mate.." he quickly mumbles, preparing to tap his foot against the ground and escape as quickly as possible.

(Y/N) rolls her eyes, jumping up, she leans over the edge of the sleigh, reaching her arm out and grabbing Bunny by his scruff, hoisting him up and tossing him into the sleigh with a grunt.

"Stop being such a baby!" She yells teasingly, her eyes lighting up with delight as the rabbit scoffs at her, settling into his seat nervously.

"Buckle up!" North calls, pulling himself up onto the sleigh with a laugh.

"Where are the bloody seatbelts?!" Bunny yells, looking around frantically for something to latch on to. North bellows a laugh, shaking his head at the ridiculous question.

"That was just expression! Are we ready?!"

The Yeti's wave off, nodding their heads as they move out of the way. "Good, let's go! Clear!"

(Y/N) hops around the sleigh, giggling non stop. She rests her back against the edge, her hair swaying wildly in the wind. She looks to her side, grinning happily as Jack continued to watch her.

The boy smiles nervously, nodding to his friend as he licks his lips, not really knowing what to say.

"Out of the way!" North calls out, shooing the Yeti's away as they scamper around. The reindeer's race off, North laughing as they shout through the tunnel, the ice making it easy to maneuver around.

Bunny screams wildly, jumping up, he quickly wraps his arms around (Y/N)'s waist, his head being buried deeply deep into the girls stomach.

(Y/N) looks down quickly from her wild laughter, her smile slowly fading into a frown as she stares at the rabbit's shivering ears, pinned tightly against his forehead.

She could feel his frantic breathing against her skin, sending small shivers through her body, giving her goosebumps. She sighs heavily, slowly, she reaches down, her fingers quickly tangling themselves into the rabbits fur.

Bunny flinches at the contact, his ears springing up before falling flat against his head once more. He breaths deep, his shivers subsiding but continuing to whimper from the fast speed.

Jack turns around, his cheers and whoops becoming louder by the second. (Y/N) looks up from her position, throwing her head back, she whoops once more, her eyes beginning to sting from the cold.

Bunny whines more, carefully directing himself back to his seat, he continues to clutch onto
(Y/N)'s coat, not caring about how childish he must look at the moment.

North whoops one last time before launching the sleigh into the air, quickly becoming airborne. The wind whips harshly, not that anybody minded, as Jack hops around to the backseat, easily balancing on as he looks out at the view.

Bunny groans, ducking his head down so he avoids looking out at the terrible height.

(Y/N) sighs, gently petting Bunny on the head one last time before joining Jack on the back of the sleigh, gracefully kicking her legs over the side, she sets her elbows on her knees, easily breathing in the harsh winter air.

She tilts her head down, glancing to the side, she raises a brow as Jack smirks wide, winking at her before calling out towards Bunny.

"Hey, Bunny! Check out this vie-!"

Jacks yells as he falls off the edge of the sleigh, his voice being drowned out by the wind. Bunny gasps, his ears flapping in the wind as his breathing picks up, not exactly sure if he wants to look over.

He snaps his head to look over at (Y/N), raising a brow as she looks down in boredom where her friend supposedly fell off. She glances to Bunny, her lips quirking into a small smile as she cocks her head downwards.

Bunny gulps, carefully sliding across the seat, he looks over the edge slightly, his eyes peeking over and widening at the sight of Jack lazily leaning against the sleighs leg.

"Aw, you do care.." Jack coos, a teasing smirk on his lips as Bunny glares harshly at the boy, his hands shaking. "Oh rack off you bloody show pony!" He calls out, shaking his head as he returns to his side of the sleigh.

Jack snickers, shaking his head as he flies up, gripping the edge of the sleigh and hopping up. He yelps as he immediately comes face to face with (Y/N), having accidentally landed right infront of the girl, his legs on either side of her hips.

..in other words, the poor boy was straddling the girl's waist.

(Y/N) raises a brow, a small smirk on her face as she wraps her arms around the boy's waist, tugging him down so he sat comfortably against her lap.

Jack stutters out a response, his hands curled into fists as he tries to maintain as much distance as possible. "O-oh um.."

(Y/N) chuckles softly, shaking her head as she looks into Jack's eyes, his face as red as her coat. The two maintain eye contact, about to speak but are interrupted when North speaks up.

"Hold on everyone! I know a shortcut!!"

(Y/N) sighs through her nose, her lips pushed together as she lets go of Jack, allowing the boy to scamper off her lap and onto his seat, Bunny snickering at the boy's heavy breathing.

"I say..tooth palace.." North whispers, a snowball in his hands as he mumbles against it. An image swirls inside of a beautiful golden palace.

He tosses the ball into the air, smiling as it breaks open, a portal quickly forming. North snows the reigns, hollering out as they all pass through the portals, leaving behind nothing but speckled dusts.

...

They all pass safely through, their happy faces quickly vanishing as the air becomes thicker and heavier, almost depressing.

(Y/N) rises from her spot, her eyes squinting as a black mass quickly approaches.

"..what?" North mumbles, his grip on the reigns loosening as the object approaches. (Y/N) frowns, slowly reaching into her coat, she pulls out her two, middle length knives, both sharp and curved at the tip.

Sandy forms an umbrella, quickly opening it as the creatures crash into the group, one crashes into Sandy's umbrella, his breath catching in his throat as it disappears into black dust.

Jack swings his staff, destroying some of the creatures before taking a quick look into one of them, it's stomach full of small fairies.

"They're taking the tooth fairies!!" He yells,
(Y/N)'s eyes widening at the information. She grits her teeth, grunting as she swings her knives, easily cutting through the creatures.

Black sand falls over her, her eyes widening at the familiar texture. She brings her hand up, her eyes and hands shaking as she stared at the dust. "..oh." She mumbles, her hand slowly turning into a fist.

Jack leaps up, swiftly catching a small tooth fairy in his hand and cradling it close to his chest. "Hey little baby tooth.." he greets, the small fairy weakly chirping a reply.

They begin to enter the Palace, North quickly urging his reindeer's to race after two of the creatures.

"Here! Take over," North instructs, passing the reigns to Jack.

Jack eagerly takes them with a grin, cracking the reigns as he shouts. North stands on the front of his sleigh, his sword drawn as (Y/N) joins him.

North leans out, racing his blade as (Y/N) rolls her knives. North yells out as he swings his blade down, striking the Nightmare and killing it.

"They're stealin' the teeth!" Bunny gasps, noticing the golden capsules that fell from the Nightmares.

"Jack, look out!!" North suddenly yells, making Jack gasp and quickly jump in the front and grab the reigns, yanking them back.

The reindeer snort and swerve, landing roughly onto a platform before stopping.

...

The group all groan as they climb out of the sleigh, grabbing their weapons and looking around for any disturbance.

"Tooth?!" North's yells out, "Are you alright?!" Tooth quickly flies over, her breathing heavy as her wings begin to droop.

"They...they took my fairies! And the teeth!
All of them...everything is gone," she whimpers, slowly collapsing onto a platform on her knees. "Everything.."

(Y/N) watches sadly as the women begins to shake her head in denial, her whole demeanor shifting drastically. She bends down, setting her hand gently against Tooth's back and pulling her in for a hug.

Tooth sniffs at the contact, her breathing slowing down as she buries her face into the crook of (Y/N)'s neck.

The small baby tooth chirps up suddenly, flying around from behind Jack and chittering towards her friend.

"Oh thank goodness!!" Tooth exclaims tearfully. "On of you is alright!!" She cups the fairy in her hands, rubbing her cheek against its small forehead.

"I have to say..this is very exciting.."

A sickly voice calls out, bouncing off the walls and sending shivers into (Y/N)'s body. She jerks her head up, her eyes falling on a figure she prayed she'd never see again.

"The big four..all in one place, I'm a little starstruck.."

(Y/N) takes a step back, quickly flinging her hood on, she turns away, trying to conceal her face. This was hardly the time to bring up old pasts and emotions, but what could she do?

"Did you all like my show on the globe? Got you all together, didn't I?"

North scoffs at the accusation, tooth clenching her teeth as she glares harshly at the man.

She scoffs, quickly rushing to her feet and shooting towards him with all her might. "Pitch!! You have thirty seconds to return my fairies!!"

Pitch quickly ducks into the shadows, reappearing a second later, behind tooth, his arms folded neatly behind his back.

"Or what?" He scoffs. "You'll stick a quarter under my pillow?" He teases, glaring softly before turning his attention back to the rest of the group.

"Why are you doing this?" North demands, aiming his sword at Pitch.

"Maybe I want what you have," Pitch glares down at them, baring his fangs. "To be believed in."

Jack looks at (Y/N) with a soft exhale, making her frown and sigh.

"Maybe I'm tired of hiding under beds!" His shadow moves across the wall before he
reappears.

"Maybe that's where you belong," Bunny snaps back. Pitch scoffs, vanishing and appearing as he walks along the side under Bunny. "Oh, go suck an egg, rabbit."

Bunny swipes at Pitch, but the man merely dodges it and disappears back into the shadows.

"Hang on..is that..Jack Frost?!" Pitch's voice rings out in delight, both Jack and (Y/N) looking around frantically. "Since when we're you all so chummy?"

Jack scoffs, glaring harshly as he looks around. "..we're not.." he mutters, yelping as Pitch appears behind him.

"Oh good..well I'm going to ignore you, but you should be used to that by now.." he teases with a smirk, his eyes trailing along and finally landing on (Y/N).

He cocks his head to the side, his smirk turning into an intrigued smile. "And who might this be..?" He hums loudly, pulling his lips into a thin line as he hovers above the girl.

(Y/N) shifts on her feet, her head low as she avoids making eye contact with the man. Pitch chuckles gently, bending down, he keeps his hands folded behind his back. He leans forward, his eyebrows raised as he tries to see her face.

(Y/N) sighs heavily, her nose scrunching up before she finally looks up, her eyes locking with Pitch's as her hood finally falls off.

Pitch feels his breath hitch as he stares at her, his small smile completely falling as his eyes widen like saucers. He gulps, hard, as they hold eye contact, the other guardians watching them with slight worried.

Jack watches the interaction with a slight glare, his grip on his staff tightening every few seconds. Frost slowly starts to crawl across his staff and wrap around it, causing his eyes to widen at the sudden cold.

He just didn't understand it, why was this happening, why was the guy they came here to possibly kill, busy looking at his friend like he'd just found the lost city of Atlantis?? Have the two..met before? Is that what this is?

The thought sent a bitter taste to Jack's mouth, he didn't know why, but the idea that (Y/N) most likely spent time with a guy, with Pitch of all people, before meeting him, it didn't sit right with him.

"..(Y/N)?" Pitch mumbles in disbelief, his demeanor slowly become less stoic as he scanned the girls features. She had grown, that much was clear, her hair was much, much shorter than the last time they ever saw eachother. But Pitch knew it was her, he could be blind and still know that it was (Y/N).

"...hi." She mumbles back, not exactly sure how this was going to play out. She kept her guard up, her knives still clutched tightly in her palms as she continued to stare into Pitch's black orbs.

He licks his lips, his eyes squinting in confusion for just a second before darting back to Jack, slightly glaring at the boy before turning around and ramming his shoulder into (Y/N)'s.

The girl scoffs at the gesture, rolling her eyes as she looks to Jack, shaking her head gently, a silent way of telling him to calm down. Jack sighs, nodding his head before following Pitch.

Pitch disappears once more, eyeing (Y/N) one more time before turning around. He sighs, his mind blurry as Bunnymud suddenly rushes at him, his teeth bared.

"Pitch! You shadow-sneaking ratbag, come here!" He shouts in a rage, running in  and throwing his boomerang.

Tooth yells as she flies to Bunny, grabbing his spare boomerang and charging at Pitch. She gasps, staggering back as a black horse like creature appears infront of her, neighing and snorting angrily.

Baby Tooth gasps and hides in Jack's hood as Pitch soothes the horse with a smirk, Tooth fluttering back.

"Woah, hey!" He laughs, "Easy girl, easy."
The Nightmare calms down, neighing and trotting around him as he rubs its neck, glancing down at (Y/N), awaiting her reaction.

Much to his surprise, she gave none, only glaring at the man as she readied her weapons.

His gaze shifts to Sandman as some black sand dusts his fingers. "Look familiar, Sandman? Took me a while to perfect this little trick."Pitch muses as Sandy glares up at him.

"Turning dreams into Nightmares.." The Nightmare snorts and neighs, glaring between us as Pitch chuckles. "Don't be nervous. It only riles them up more. They smell fear, you know."

"What fear? Of you!" Bunny scoffs, taking his boomerang back from Tooth, "Nobody's been afraid of you since the Dark Ages!"

"Oh, the Dark Ages..." Pitch breathes out, seeming to remember that time. "Everyone frightened...miserable.." his gaze glances down, locking eyes with (Y/N).

"What a lovely time, remember..Horae?"

(Y/N) gulps, her gaze shifting between Pitch and the floor, avoiding the obvious glare from Bunny and the confused ones from the rest of the guardians.

She shakes her head at them, her eyes meeting Pitch's as he continues to smirk.

"..I remember.."

Pitch groans in satisfaction, "Such happy times for me. Oh, the power I weiled."

He looks down, his happy smirk slowly turning into a scowl, "But then the Man in the Moon chose you to replace my fear with your wonder and light," Pitch hisses, baring his fangs as he clenches his fists.

"Lifting their hearts and giving them hope and love," he growls out, shaking his head.

"Meanwhile, everyone wrote me off as just a bad dream! Oh, there's nothing to be afraid of. There's no such thing as the Boogeyman!"

He sighs heavily, looking to the sky before turning back and glaring harshly at Jack.

"You took her from me!!"

Jack's eyes widen as (Y/N) steps infront of him, her arms out as she glares at Pitch with the same amount of venom.

Pitch's eyes widen as she does this, his breathing uneven as he sighs heavily.

"Well, that's all about to change."

The palace begins to rumble, pieces slowly falling off and turning to golden dust.

"Oh, look," Pitch muses as Tooth's palace begins to disappear. "It's already happening."

"What is? What are you doing?" Jack demands, placing his arm around me as Tooth whimpers.
"Children are waking up..." Pitch chuckles as he explains, "..and realizing the Tooth Fairy never came. I mean, such a little thing...but to a child?"

"What's going on?" Jack breathes out, gripping (Y/N)'a arm tight. The girl hisses at the pain, but shakes it off as Tooth looks around in horror.

"They..they don't believe in me anymore," she quietly explains, her voice trembling.

"Didn't they tell you, Jack?" Pitch laughs, shaking his head in amusement. "It's great being a Guardian. But there's a catch. If enough kids stop believing, everything your friends protect," Tooth lands on the floor, her magic draining.

"Wonder, hopes and dreams, it all goes away. And little by little...so do they." He looks (Y/N) up and down, a small smirk on his face.

"I'm sure our lovely Horae would agree, fear is such an..exhilarating feeling, makes you feel all tingly!!" He hisses, rubbing his forearm with a sadistic grin.

(Y/N) feels small tears prick at her eyes, rubbing them harshly with her sleeve as she continues to glare at Pitch.

"No more Christmas, or Easter or little Fairies that come in the night," he finishes with a smirk. "There will be nothing but fear and darkness, and me."

"..Kozmotis.." (Y/N) whispers in shock, all guardians turning to her with a mixture of shock and confusion. Pitch snaps his head down to stare at her, his eyes wide.

"Please..this isn't you.."

Pitch's eyes turn to slits, his teeth baring and fists clenched tight at his sides. "You know nothing about me!" He hisses, waving his hand and dismissing the girl.

(Y/N) shakily breaths out, her eyes blurring with tears as she twirled her knife in her palm.

Pitch sighs heavily, running his fingers through his hair as he turns to stare at the guardians, his smirk fallen into a deep scowl.

"It's your turn..not to be believed in.."

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