Angel in the Snow

Chapter One

Yes it can happen!

"Bunny look it can't happen. I'm sorry it just can't," Jack sighed and left.

Bunnymund sat in the warm grass of the Warren and picked up an uncoloured egg and gazed at it. He sighed heavily, got up, and sulked away to his bed. Bunny felt defeat and broken, he didn't know what to do. Jack's words pierced through him as if he had been stabbed with a double-edged sword. "You aren't human!" an imaginary Jack snapped in his brain.

It was true, the giant rabbit wasn't human, and he was, well, a giant rabbit. Bunny had no chance of getting Jack to remotely like him while he was an animal. He lay on his bed and ran ideas through his brain. Idea after idea ran through his brain though nothing seemed to work. After a while of careful thought an idea hit him that was bound to work. North! North knew all sorts of magic and he was arguably the strongest guardian out of them. Bunny hopped off his bed and tapped his foot a couple times for a tunnel from the Warren to the North Pole.

When he arrived at the large workshop he could hear Jack and North chatting and ducked back down into his hole, careful to keep his ears down as well. Bunny tried to listen in on the conversation. He could tell Jack sounded upset and confused and of course went to North for help as he was the most fatherly figure to Jack since becoming one of them.

"Why not give him chance Jack?"

"I would but," he sighed, "it's just that…he's not 'humanoid' like you, me, Tooth, or Sandy." Jack paused for a while before continuing, looking down to the ground then the ceiling, gathering his thoughts. "He's a great guy and all it's just…If he were more physically human I'd think on it right now…no…I can't…" Jack grabbed his staff and made little snowflakes with it. "I like him, I do but…I'm just not into…you know…"

North shook his head in understanding. He fixed his eyes as if he could see directly behind him; he could sense Bunny's presence. "Hey Jack, the Yetis are complaining about some snow that's missing near the reindeer shed. Could you go check it out please?"

Jack nodded and headed out of the building in haste, flying off to have a bit more "fun" with his chore.

Bunny sunk down in his hole, filled with hope and fear and also…determination. He felt even more determined to be human to get what he wanted and he wanted Jack. He hopped out of the hole and North turned around at the noise, smiling when he noticed it was Bunny. "Bunny! Is great to see you old friend!" the jolly man jeered as he gave the rabbit a huge hug.

"Heya North…great to see you to," he gasped.

North let go of Bunnymund and walked over to the giant globe which showed how many children in the world believed in the guardians. "So what is the occasion that you are here?" He asked as he gazed at the glowing sphere. Bunny was nervous; he had no clue how to ask North to help him out. He opened his mouth but shut if immediately out of fear. "You are quiet my friend," North commented, "is something troubling you?"

"Well…uh…" he sighed, "yeah…there is…" Bunny bit his lower lip and looked to the floor. He didn't know how to put his problem into words; he looked at the floor as if it would tell him what to say.

"Is this about your problem with Jack?" he turned around and looked at the rabbit with a sly smile.

Bunnymund froze in place, fear and embarrassment ran through him like a couple of fighter jets were shrunk down and set off in his body. His jaw felt glued shut and he couldn't even muster a simple word. North laughed and wrapped an arm around the bunny and patted his own stomach. "This, my friend," he patted his girth yet again, "is how I know. I also knew you were eavesdropping on Jack and I, which is why I sent him out." The large man asked Bunnymund how much he wanted to become human just for Jack. The rabbit, in shock, couldn't figure out the words to describe how much he wanted to changed so he just mumbled.

North laughed again and sat down in his large red chair. He snapped his fingers and a couple elves brought out a large book that was bigger than the elves carrying it. The man picked up the book and flipped through the pages, occasionally stopping as if he found something. Bunny thumped his foot on the ground rapidly out of impatience. North finally stopped flipping pages after a couple minutes and gestured for Bunny to come join him. The bunny stood next to North and looked down at the page he was pointing at.

"Uh North…? What is it?" Bunnymund asked confusedly.

"It is how we make you human friend!" the man jeered as he slammed the book shut and stood up in excitement. "Lucky for you Santa has everything we need right here," he started rummaging through random cabinets and drawers and throwing things every which way; nearly hitting Bunny several times.

Bunny's ears shot up and he was filled with utter joy, he hopped around the workshop and hugged random yetis and elves. He was going to change, he was going to be human, and he was going to have Jack…

His happiness didn't last long though as reality suddenly hit him like a nuclear bomb. "What if I lose my powers? There won't be any more Easter and then we'll have a second crisis on our hands!"

"You worry too much," the man said as he dug around in a large chest. "You will be fine, might be sore in places, but fine."

"How can you be so sure?" Bunnymund asked as he paced around.

"I know it in my gut!" he huffed as he heaved something from the chest and placed it on a table. "And no one questions the gut," he winked and went to look for more things.

Bunnymund wasn't too sure at North's words. He knew the man was right pretty much all the time but this was something that has never been done before, at least to Bunny's knowledge. He sat on the floor and waited for North to call for him, he was extremely nervous yet extremely excited.

Outside Jack was messing around and putting snow everywhere and making more snow than probably desired. He didn't care though, he was having fun and enjoyed making it snow. He flew by the reindeer shed and noticed there was already a ton of snow there. He looked at the snow with suspicion and wondered why North had tricked him. Maybe it was because he was really busy with something and Jack was interfering? It was likely the case as the youngest guardian typically got in the way of the others' work from time to time. Jack brushed it off and continued to make it snow all over the place. He threw some of his magic snowballs at a few yetis and caused a huge snowball fight.

The young guardian was greatly enjoying himself. Since he was now in league with the guardians he was busy helping each one out with their various duties, except Sandy since he couldn't make dreams. Jack loved being a guardian but he was still young, responsibility still wasn't his "thing" yet. He was adjusting to his new role though his was making slow progress; he was the spirit of fun after all. All fun and no play contradicted what he was meant to do. On several occasions he had made some of the guardians' jobs difficult. At one time he had made so much snow on Easter that Bunnymund almost couldn't hide the eggs in nearly every country. Jack even caused some severe blizzards that it was hard for Tooth and Sandy to do their daily duties collecting teeth and bringing dreams.

Even with the difficulties he proved to be a wise choice by the moon. On a couple of occasions when he made a horrid blizzard Pitch was prowling about and the blizzards made it hard for even him to cause fear. He has even been able to save Easter one time when Bunny was feeling really sick and had difficulty hiding all the eggs. Jack was a good person but he was still a child as he turned into Jack Frost when he passed as a teenager.

While Jack kept thinking about his passed a feeling of melancholy came over him. He died to become who he is. Granted the boy didn't die on purpose he still died; Jack thought that by becoming Jack Frost it was a way of getting a second chance at life or a way to show fun to the children of the world. Give them a way to overcome their fears and to be happy. He let his thoughts simmer and went back to the workshop; walking this time as he wanted to admire all the fresh snow he had created. His snow was truly a sight to see. It shone in the sunlight and glistened in the moonlight. It was as if the snow had its own magical properties. It coated the pine trees elegantly and made them look even more beautiful in the winter. Jack may have been young and naïve but he sure knew how to make a beautiful winter.

Jack arrived at the workshop and let himself in. North wasn't in sight so he wandered about in search of the large jolly man. He checked to see if he was with the yetis that were working on toys but no such luck. Then went to the globe room and North also wasn't there. Jack was clueless as to where North went off to. He couldn't have taken the sleigh anywhere because Jack was just at the reindeer shed and they were all there. North also didn't teleport anywhere since his snow globe was still on its perch next to the big red chair, which Jack decided to sit on. He pouted as he sat in the chair; Jack thought he'd be much happier by sitting in North's chair, something pretty much no one dared to do. Instead he sulked, mulling in his own thoughts.

He was thinking about Bunnymund. Jack felt an attraction to the Easter spirit but he never wanted to act on it because he wasn't into bestiality. He always told himself once he felt the attraction he would never get together with Bunny unless he was human. Well at least humanoid considering they were powerful beings. Jack sometimes even pictured how the rabbit would look as a human and every time he did Bunnymund always had blonde hair. He didn't know why it was something about blonde hair that attracted him.

As the snow spirit soaked in his own thoughts North entered the room and was surprised to see Jack. He thought his little trick to get Jack out of the shop for a while would work; it did but Jack was back sooner than he expected. The man even thought Jack might have gone home after being tricked, apparently not. "Jack! You are back so soon," he jeered but took a fatherly turn when he noticed Jack didn't look so happy. "Why do you look upset my friend?"

Jack sighed and looked away from North. He brought his knees up to his chest and held them with one arm while he traced ice shapes on the floor with his staff. The guardian mumbled which confused North and then decided to speak. "Just thinkin' about stuff…"

North asked what Jack was thinking about and was told it was about his past. The older man considered that Jack was upset on how he became the spirit of winter. Jack did die after all before he became Jack Frost. He was just a teenager, he had friends, a family, and he had a whole life ahead of him. When he saved his sister on the lake covered in ice he fell through instead of her and died from drowning. Neither of the two knew why Jack was reborn as the bringer of winter to the world but North knew he did a great job of it.

"Jack, come with me, I want you to see something," North said as he motioned to a room in the back. Jack got up and followed the spirit of Christmas. He didn't know what to expect besides something incredible from North. He was always full of surprises that it was hard to predict what he would do next.

As they entered the room the young guardian was taken aback by what he saw. Sitting in a chair was a man with blonde hair with the lower half being a buzz cut, brown shorts, tribal tattoos on his arms, a blue shirt partially covered with a red hoodie that had golden bracers affixed to it; ace wraps around his legs, and sandals, a bandolier with eggs in it and a shark tooth necklace. The figure even had grey rabbit ears. It was Bunnymund, but human. The man got up and walked over to Jack with a warm smile on his face. "Heya Frostbite," he spoke.

Jack was in shock, he had no clue what to say. He was at a loss for words; all he could do was stare in awe at the sight of the spirit of Easter. North was smiling his usual joyful smile and Bunnymund tried to smile as well. He thought Jack didn't like what he saw and started getting nervous. "D-do ya not like it?" Jack kept silent, he liked it but he was royally confused. He started to stutter then made words from his gibberish.

"N-no I like it…it's just…Did you do this…for-for me?" Jack asked in amazement. He couldn't believe that Bunny would honestly go out of his way to please Jack. Though the rabbit, human, shook his head with a huge smile and gave Jack a huge hug to match. When the snow spirit was back on the ground he still did not smile. He was still shocked from what he just saw and could not digest it. Jack needed time alone to think. He held on to his staff and ran out of the workshop as fast as he could. Once outside he flew off into the distance.