Jack Frost x Guardian!Reader

Chapter Seven: Tooth Palace

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A surreal light surrounds the sleigh as it hits hyperdrive and gets sucked through the snow-globe portal with a whoosh.

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The sleigh suddenly comes out of hyperdrive at the outskirts of the Tooth Palace. Streaks of black rapidly approached.

"What!?" North exclaimed. Suddenly our heroes find themselves in the midst of mayhem, as hundreds of Nightmares and terrified Tooth Fairies jet past. It's like a meteor storm. North yanks the reins, and the sleigh veers sharply, dodging the oncoming Nightmares. "What are they!?" North continued.

Sandy and Bunny duck the onslaught.

"Whoa!" Bunny said.

Jack now sees that the Nightmares are actually gulping down the fleeing fairies and flying off with them. It's chaos. "They're taking the tooth fairies!" Jack and (Y/n) said then looks up to see a lone fairy with a Nightmare snapping at its heels. The two leap into the air and rescue it before the Nightmare can snatch it away. They land back in the sleigh. They open their hand to reveal a Baby Tooth, who's shaking with fear. "Hey little Baby Tooth, you okay?" The two ask.

As Baby Tooth nods, North steers the sleigh forward through the storm toward the entrance of Tooth's Palace.

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A vast chamber supported by pillars containing millions of tiny wooden deposit boxes from floor to ceiling. North spots a Nightmare up ahead and hands Jack the reigns.

"Here, take over!" North told Jack.

"Huh?" Bunny asked.

Jack, though surprised, quickly grabs the reigns and smiles as he snaps them. "Hyah!"

North readies his sword and slices the Nightmare in half -- "Yah!" Several tooth boxes spill out of the split Nightmare and rain down into the sleigh at the Guardians' feet. The Nightmare disintegrates into black sand.

"They're stealing the teeth!" Bunny yelled.

Sandy looks at his hands and sees the Nightmare sand take shape and drift away. He and Bunny exchange a look. The Guardians turn -- they're headed straight for a pillar.

"Jack, look out!" (Y/n) yelled. Jack pulls the reins -- "Aaaahhhh!" -- the sleigh nearly misses the pillar and skids to a rough stop on a platform. They see Tooth up above.

"Tooth! Are you alright?" North asked. Tooth is flying around, visibly frustrated. This is bad. "They, they took my fairies! And the teeth! All of them! Everything is gone! Everything." Only then does it hit her. Tooth's wings drop in defeat. She's completely lost amidst the devastation. The Guardians rush to comfort her. Jack and (Y/n) stay behind as The Baby Tooth Fairies pop out from the hood of his tunic and her sweater and flies over toward Tooth.

"Oh thank goodness! Two of you is alright!" Tooth said

"I have to say, this is very, very exciting." Pitch's voice echoes across the open chamber. They look up to see Pitch, standing high above them with a satisfied smile. "The Big Four, all in one place. I'm a little star-struck." There was a pause. "Did you like my show on the globe, North? Got you all together, didn't I?"

Tooth darts after Pitch, but he escapes into the shadows.

"Pitch, you have got thirty seconds to return my fairies!"

"Or what?"

Tooth follows the sound of Pitch's voice and finds him near one of her tooth box columns.

"You'll stick a quarter under my pillow?" Pitch continued.