[ WP ] For centuries , his army had been growing by the millions . Now , the Tooth Fairy is ready to strike .

Marvin listened along with the rest of the 2nd Cuspid Corps as T.F. finished her speech. 
 
 “ Now, my enameled friends, it is time to strike! ” She finished with a great flourish, both arms outstretched over the millions of teeth that were arrayed below in double half circles. A cheer went up from the gleaming white mass but all Marvin could do was mutter “ She should have said time to bite. ” 
 
 “ Excuse me? ” said the tooth next to him. A slightly stained left cuspid with a blunted and hollow tip was staring down at him. Marvin wasn ’ t used to other teeth hearing his mutterings but he wasn ’ t scared much either. He still had a point whereas this fellow would probably find himself impotently attempting to pierce some human ’ s skull and leaving only tiny red marks. No, he thought, he would probably get assigned to attack the children and end up tickling them instead. Marvin let out a laugh which was in fact a giggle by the standards of anyone who heard it. 
 
 “ That ’ s it! I ’ ve had enough of you all making fun of my chip! ” Blunty then proceeded to launch himself headlong at Marvin. Quickly determining that it would be impossible to talk himself out of this Marvin leaned forward to block the oncoming assault and braced for impact. There was a sickening crack and he felt his head become instantly heavier. 
 
 Standing back up straight again was agonizing but as he looked around he couldn ’ t see Blunty at all. It wasn ’ t till the cuspid to his left screamed and pointed upward that he looked up and realized that Blunty lay limp and impaled on him. His point had slid into the space left by the cavity and wedged itself there. Horror flooded through him. He started muttering again. “ It appears I ’ m impacted ”. 
 
 The tooth to his left screamed again and fell faint. The teeth in front turned and picked up his mutterings. Cries of “ Impaction! Impaction! Impaction! ” started spreading around the Corps. Teeth started trying to get away from him. The assembly area filled with the din of tooth on tooth violence as 2nd Cuspid broke formation and ran away from the impact area, away from Marvin. They fanned outward into a confused 4th Incisor Corps and the two Corps of Molars behind which began to melt away as the cries of “ impaction ” reached their lines. 
 
 Soon Marvin was alone. With a great heave he threw off Blunty who fell unmoving next to him. Trooth was he preferred it this way. He sat down on the ground and leaned back against Blunty. He looked up at T.F. on her podium as she desperately tried to control the spreading chaos and gave her the bird. He was never a “ lost ” tooth. He just found himself earlier than the others. 

