Rise of the Guardians

Chapter 8: Collecting Teeth

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North shot out of a chimney, laughing. "Quickly! Quickly!" He shouted leaping across roofs and jumping down another chimney.

"Hop to it Rabbit! I'm five teeth ahead!" Jack teased as he and Bunny raced across the roofs, (Y/n) flying above them.

"Yeah, right. Look, I'd tell you to stay out of my way, but, really what's the point? Cause you won't be able to keep up anyways." Bunny taunted.

"Is that a challenge cottontail?"

"Ooh, you don't wanna race a rabbit, mate." Bunny said slyly.

Bunny shot ahead of Jack just as North popped out of another chimney. "Race? Is it a race? This is going to be epic!" North exclaimed.

"Four bicuspids over there! An incisor two blocks East. Is that a molar? They're everywhere!" Tooth shouted with joy, as she turned and flew into a billboard. "Ow!"

"You okay?" (Y/n) asked in concern.

"I'm fine. Sorry. It's been a really long time since I've been out I the field."

"How long is a long time?" (Y/n) asked.

"440 years, give or take." Tooth replied sheepishly, before flying after a tooth.

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Jack landed in a window, only to see Bunny had gotten there before him. He held the tooth in his paw and laughed mockingly. Jack shot him an unamused look and shot Frost at him.

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North pulled out two teeth from two sleeping girls. "Twins!" He kissed the teeth.

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Bunny stuck his hand under a pillow and pulled out five teeth.

"Jackpot." He looked around the room and noticed all the hockey stuff the kid had.

"Looks like you're a bit of a brumby, eh, mate?"

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North giggled as he approached a sleeping girl. "Is piece of pie." He took a step forward and fell into hole that Bunny made. The two were now stuck, and Sandy came in and grabbed the tooth.

"That's my tooth! Sandy! Sandy!"

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(Y/n) laughed as she and Jack flew through the air together collecting teeth. Jack was trying to convince (Y/n) to combine their haul.

"Aw, come on Snowflake, are you really gonna leave me out to dry." Jack pouted.

"Sorry, Jack. I'm not letting you ride my wings to the top. You'll have to work harder if you want to catch up." She winked and then flew off.

Jack's eyes narrowed in determination and he leapt into a window to try and catch up, but Bunny made a tunnel underneath him and he fell in. Bunny picked up the tooth, but as he leapt out the window, (Y/n) flew by and snatched it from him, laughing.

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Tooth reached under a pillow and pulled out a mouse. She gave a shocked look before Baby Tooth started beating the mouse up.

"Woah, Woah, Woah. Take it easy there, champ." Tooth grabbed her by the wings. "He's one of us. Part of the European division. Ca va?"

The mouse squeaked angrily and threw his hat down.

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Bunny pulled up a pillow to see a piece of paper with an arrow. He looked over and saw North holding the tooth and laughing.

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Bunny held a tooth in his paw on a roof when frost appeared beneath his feet and he slid down the roof. Jack grabbed the tooth and laughed.

"Yes!"

(Y/n) hung upside down in front of him and snatched the tooth from him.

"Hey!"

"Thanks Frost Boy." She mocked, and flew off.

"Oh, your gonna get it!" Jack called, and chased after her, while she laughed at him.

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North hopped down a chimney, but unfortunately for him, Bunny was waiting for him and lit the fireplace.

"Ho, ho, ho." Bunny smirked, mischievously.

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The five of them held up there bags of teeth in front of Tooth.

"Wow! You guys collect teeth and leave gifts as fast as my fairies." Tooth complimented.

They all lowered their bags slightly in realization.

"You guys have been leaving gifts, right?" Tooth asked.

Sandy shook his head, and they all winced.

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They were now all standing in line at a laundromat waiting to get coins.

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They went back and left coins under all the pillows, and when they ran out of coins, North left candy canes and Bunny left painted eggs.

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Sandy entered a bedroom with a coin in his hand, only to see North standing there plugging in a Christmas tree with presents underneath it. Sandy scowled and threw the coin over his shoulder.

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They all flew throughout the city past a window where a little boy was looking at them in awe and he dropped his sippy cup.

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The crew got back into the sleigh and North opened a portal and led them to their next destination. Unfortunately, none of them noticed the Nightmare standing on the roof, watching them. It whinnied before trotting off to warn Pitch.

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The Nightmare entered Pitch's hideout, where he was looking at his own globe in confusion and anger.

"The lights. Why aren't they going out?" He demanded.

The Nightmare approached him and neighed in response.

"They're collecting the teeth?" He said in disbelief.

Above him, all the fairies he had captured started chittering in their cages.

"Oh, pipe down or I'll stuff a pillow with you!" He yelled.

The Nightmare approached him, and Pitch snarled in its face, making it whimper.

"Fine. Have your last hurrah. For tomorrow, all your pathetic scrambling will be for nothing." Pitch manipulated the black sand until it form a miniature Sandman. Pitch then crushed the figure in his palm.

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