The Four of Us

The Guardians Talk

"Whew that was quite a fight out there." said Bunnymund as he made a cracking sound in his paws.

"Yeah I know! " Tooth shrieked.

Sandy joined in by making a picture of him exhausted by using his Dreamsand.

The Guardians spent the day fighting with Pitch Black and his army of Nightmares. Word spread about it and the Guardians are prepared to face The Lord of Nightmares. Luckily his army was defeated and he sworn that someday he'll return with a better army.

The three were chatting happily except North. He was just driving the sleigh back to his Workshop. He didn't say anything, not a word. He remained silent all day.

Tooth noticed North and leaned forward as she was sitting in the back of the sleigh, along with Bunnymund and Sandy. She patted his shoulder.

"Hey North, are you okay?" She asked him.

North didn't say anything. He just frowned and didn't respond.

"North, please tell me." Tooth nudged him. Still no response.

"North, North, North, North." Tooth said, repeating his name over and over again. North frowned even more.

"Leave him alone, Tooth. The man's thinking about something." Bunnymund added. Tooth had a worried look on her face. Sandy made a question mark above his head and sat quietly. Bunnymund is sharpening his boomerangs. Sandy quickly fell asleep.

Then they reached North's Workshop at night. The wind was blowing wildly. Snow and cold temperature battered with the winds. This place is really harsh and cold.

North landed his sleigh in a landing pad. When he got down, he still didn't say anything. He walked inside the Workshop ignoring the greetings of his little elves and large Yetis. Tooth was worried about him. Is he okay? She wondered. Bunnymund gave Sandy a pat on his  sandy shoulder and Sandy finally woke up. Tooth was just walking, without fluttering around happily like she used to.

"Tooth, y'kay there? What's wrong with you? You didn't even move your wings." Bunnymund said with a concerned look on his face.

Tooth shook her head. "I don't know what's wrong with North today. Is he okay? I'm just concerned." She replied sadly.

Sandy, then did something. He filled the whole place with Dreamsand, creating dreams of whales, kites, giraffes and other sorts of things that appeared on every child's good dreams. The elves were in awe. The Yetis stopped working and was amazed by the view. Sandy intended to do this to cheer up Toothiana but she didn't smile, which made Sandy frown. The Dreamsand vanished and left the elves with disappointment same as the Yetis.

The three Guardians went up to North's office only finding that North was staring at a shut door on his roof, gazing at the soft blueish white glow of the moon.

Bunnymund closed the door and Tooth walked up to him trying to say something but couldn't. Sandy questioned again.

There was silence in the room.

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Minutes later, the silence finally broke.

"North what in a tooth's part is wrong with you?! Can't you at least say a word?!" Tooth said, agitated.

Bunnymund and Sandy looked at each other. They have never heard Tooth speak this way before.

Then North looked down and took a deep breath slowly. He opened his mouth to say something.

"Tooth, Bunnymund and dear man Sandy. I have.....to say something." North said quietly.

" Finally! It's been ages and you haven't talked with us." Bunnymund exclaimed.