A/N: For those who don't know, I had to put this story on pause due to busyness. I also decided that the chapters needed enhancing. This is the rewritten first chapter.

These are the dates for this story:
May 1 – May 11: Mother's Day, focus on Tooth.
May 12 – May 21: Siblings, focus on Sandy.
May 22 – May 31: Siblings, focus on Bunny.
June 1 – June 15: Father's Day, focus on North.
June 16 – June 30: Family, focus on Guardians.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Please refer back to this for any and all future chapters. I am not DreamWorks or William Joyce. I have no claim to RotG or the Guardians of Childhood. This story is written for fun, and no money is made off if it.

Chapter edited 8/12/14.


May 1st

Strong

Jack's first experience with Tooth wasn't a particularly good memory for him. After being shoved in a sack and tossed through a magic portal by the Easter Bunny, he'd assumed he wouldn't be surprised by anything that happened that day. He was proven wrong very quickly. Almost as soon as she possibly could, the Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies attacked his mouth. That startled him quite a bit, and probably wasn't the greatest first impression.

His view of her now couldn't be more changed. She was unique, intelligent, and strong.

Even at her lowest, with her fairies gone, her palace falling to pieces, and belief waning, she'd kept going. The queen had attacked Pitch, had fiercely defended her home. She didn't give into fear.

That, that was what Jack had finally seen in her.

Of course, being on the receiving end of one of her glares may have influenced his opinions along. (Her patience when she found out the boys had forgotten to leave gifts was virtually none existent.)

He was pretty sure that Tooth had had a crush on him at first. The immortal teen was very glad she'd moved past that. He didn't exactly want a girlfriend.

After defeating Pitch, he didn't really know what to think of her.

A friend? No, no, I'm not good enough to have friends. I'm Jack Frost. Nobody wants to be my friend.

A co-worker? Maybe. But it seems so different . . .

An acquaintance? Yeah, that sounds alright.

As much as he wanted to hold onto his belief that they were merely associates, that was soon going to change, if Tooth had anything to say about it.


Jack had been delighted when the tooth fairies had presented with his own room at Punjam Hy Loo. He loved it immediately, with its wintery colors and humongous pillows.

"I-i-it's amazing! Is this really for me?"

"Of course Jack!" Tooth spoke emphatically, chirps and squeaks from the fairies accentuating her words.

The winter spirit shook his head in amazement, a flow blown smile fixated on his face. He spun slowly around, quietly whispering words that seemed so unfamiliar to his mouth,

"Thank you. Thank you, so much."

It wasn't hard to see that just receiving this room had an enormous effect on the boy, and Tooth had noticed. She put a hand on his shoulder, not moving away as he flinched in surprise.

"Jack, you're welcome to stay here any time you like."

Blue eyes looked up in disbelief, "R-really? I . . . I won't be bothering you?"

"Of course not!" The queen squeezed his shoulder gently. "Jack . . . You're a Guardian now. You're one of us. That means that you're a part of the family."

That hit him harder than expected, and he bit his lip, looking away so he wouldn't be embarrassed by how watery his eyes were. His voice wobbling slightly, he asked in a slightly joking tone of voice, "You sure Bunny will be happy about that?"

The question had Tooth snorting in an unladylike manner. "Yes, even Bunny, if I have anything to say about it."

Jack grinned, still trying to shake off the permanent nature of the word 'family'.

Tooth looked back at him, and took in the immortal teen's trembling jaw and watery eyes, not too surprised at how much her words affected him. Three hundred years was a long time. Too long.

She pulled him into a hug, guilt squeezing her insides. She'd left him alone, never even made the effort to meet him before the Guardians needed the boy. No, no time for remorse and pity. She was going to make Jack see that they were family now, however long it took. She had to make up for the time before.

Because that was who she was. She wasn't going to give up. And secretly, she hoped that in time, Jack would view her as somebody to confide in.

She sometimes secretly hated being immortal, because she would never have the chance to become a mother. Even as a young child, that had been something she'd looked forward to. But, responsibilities got in the way of that.

But now, she had Jack. Despite being centuries old, she could see just how much he needed someone to care for him. And now the opportunity was there.

That was something she'd always wanted.