Author's Note: So, this is a story I've been working on for awhile. There is a bit of a plot for this, but it's mostly an excuse for Jack to be surround by fluffy animals. You guys can expect a chapter around every Saturday-Sunday.

Chapter 1

North whistled as he wrote the final details for his new toy design. "What you think, Phil?" he said as he held up the plans to the yeti. "Should plane have four wings or six?"

Phil stroked his chin and gave a mumble.

"Eight?" North said as he looked back to his design. "Nyet! The be too much-"

Tap! Tap!

North jumped and immediately looked under the desk. "Dingle! You better not be playing under there!" To his shock, he saw no evidence of the elf hiding. Once again, he heard the tapping noise. North looked to Phil, but the yeti was staring straight ahead daze and pointed.

North raised an eyebrow, but then he too became baffled. An snow owl was tapping against his window with its beak. He also noticed the owl was also holding a letter in its beak. North blinked and stroked his beard. An owl carrying a letter? He thought that only happened in that, oh, what was the book series called? The one about the boy wizard? For that matter, North was rather old to be accepted into a wizard school.

Curious, North rose and opened the window. The owl flapped its wings and recompose itself as North leaned against the window ledge. "And what do you have for me?" It was possible the owl was a familiar to a spirit or other sorcerer, but he couldn't think of anyone that used owls.

The snow owl gave a firm "Hoot!" and neatly placed the letter into the Guardian's hands. North studied the letter and he flipped it over. There was no official seal and he sensed no magic coming from it. He then went to his desk, picked up his letter opener and cut into the envelope. North blinked and gave an amused grin as he recognized the handwriting.

He laughed as he looked to Phil who was staring confused. "It is from Jack," he said and read it aloud for the yeti to hear

"Hey, North! Meet me at the Burgess pond tomorrow morning. I could use some help with a problem, Jack."

Phil gave a mumble and pointed to the owl who was still waiting patiently at the window.

North shrugged. "I do not know why he sent owl." He turned and looked to the owl curiously as it still sat at the window. It looked to North like it was waiting for something. Then, it struck North and approached the owl slowly. "Yes, I shall be there and here," it broke a piece of gingerbread cookie and offered it to the owl. "Here is tip for message."

The owl gave a hoot as it took the piece of cookie and hastily took off to fly back out the window. North stroked his beard thoughtfully. Just what had the winter sprite been up to?

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Something was in the Warren. Something new. Bunny raised his ears as he listened carefully for it. It was small and running on four legs? Was it an animal? He sniffed the air and caught the scent of fur and frost.

"Jack?" he muttered as he heard the fast feet approach him. Bunny turned, not sure what to expect and was puzzled when he saw nothing. The Pooka scratched his ears confused until he felt something poke his feet.

He glanced down to see an arctic hare staring back up at him with an envelop in its mouth.

Bunny's eyes narrowed baffled. "Where did ya come from?"

It wasn't the first time an animal had snuck into his Warren, but it was the first time an arctic animal appeared. Bunny always figured they find it too warm for them. The hare then dropped the envelope at Bunny's feet and sat back on its hind legs to silently watch.

When Bunny realized the hare wasn't going anywhere, he gradually reached for the envelope and sliced it opened with his claw. "What the," he muttered as he read it, "Jack sent ya?"

The hare only responded by using its' back leg to scratch at its' ear. Feeling more curious, Bunny read the rest of the letter.

Bunny, I kind of have a problem and could use a hand.

Meet me at the pond in Burgess tomorrow.

Signed,

Jack

Bunny looked back to the hare and folded his arms. "Don't suppose ya can explain what all of this is about?" The hare still said nothing and twitched its nose at Bunny.

"Fine, I'll be there," Bunny said as he thumped a foot to open a tunnel. "I better give ya lift back up. It's a long way for a little-"

The hare then surprised Bunny by suddenly taking to the air and flew straight into the tunnel. Bunny stared unmoving for a moment as he pondered if he truly saw that or perhaps he had been unknowingly been struck by Sandy's dream sand.

"Flying hare," Bunny said as he rubbed his eyes. "Now, I've seen everythin'."

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Tooth frantically fluttered her wings as she checked her chart. "We need 23 fairies in Germany, 57 in London and 49 in France," she declared as she floated around. "Baby Tooth, we also need 30 fairies in New York, 24 in Toronto. Oh, excuse me, little fox! 85 fairies in-"

Tooth cut herself off as she turned back around and looked down. No, she hadn't imagined it. A white fox was sitting on her floor staring up at her. Tooth looked around expecting someone to come out and claim the creature, but no one appeared.

"Where did you come from?" Tooth said aloud, "and how did you get up here?" Surely the fox hadn't climbed up to the Tooth Palace, unless it was a kitsune, but she didn't sense any magic coming from the creature.

The fox gave a small yip and it was then Baby Tooth flew down to chirp at a letter the fox had tucked underneath its paws.

"Is that for me?" Tooth asked as she kneeled. The fox lifted its paw and wagged its tail as Tooth took and read the letter.

Hey Tooth,

I know you're busy, but can you stop by the pond tomorrow?

I need a hand with a problem.

Signed,

Jack

"Jack, sent you?" Tooth asked curiously, "but how? Foxes can't-"

The fox then chose to rise up in the air and flew in a circle before giving a sharp yip. Baby Tooth's jaw dropped as Tooth dropped her letter.

"Oh, my," she said, " so that's how you got up here."

The fox flicked its ears and Tooth couldn't resist the giggle that escaped. "Well, you can tell Jack I'll be there tomorrow, all right?"

The fox yipped again and showed off an aerial somersault before it flew out of the palace. Tooth then frowned as she turned to Baby Tooth. "Did you know about this?"

Out of all her fairies, Baby Tooth was the one that spend time with Jack the most. Perhaps this was some kind of prank Jack had been planning. However, Baby Tooth shook her head and gave the same confused expression.

Tooth grasped her chin. "Guess we'll just have to wait until tomorrow then." Baby Tooth chirped in agreement as the two went back tracking the teeth.

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Sandy was practically dancing as he send his wisps of dream sand over the city. He grinned and spun around on his cloud as he watched the children's dreams take shape. He spied a plane, a dinosaur, and a dolphin flying around the sky.

Sandy waved his arm to send more sand to the east where he saw a caribou had been dreamed up and flying towards him. However, Sandy froze as he took a second glance at the creature and saw it was not a golden yellow, but a white caribou.

Sandy frowned as he came to the conclusion this creature was not from his dream sand and it strangely landed on his cloud. Could it one of North's? But he used reindeer for his sleigh, he never recalled him using caribou.

The caribou gave a grunt as it hoofed the cloud and Sandy noticed it wore a container around its neck. Curious, Sandy approached it, opened the container and saw there was a letter inside with his name on it.

What was this? Someone was sending him a letter? The Sandman opened the letter and chuckled silently as he read it.

Hey Sandy,

Would you mind coming to my pond tomorrow.

I need help with a problem.

Signed,

Jack

So, it was Jack! But where on earth did the boy get a flying caribou? The first thought was North, but it was more likely to picture the man giving Jack a reindeer instead of a caribou. Sandy was awoken from his thoughts as the caribou nudge his shoulder for a reply.

Sandy responded with a nod and the caribou took that as a sign to fly off the cloud. Sandy folded his arms in thought as he watch the caribou fly back to wherever it came from. He was going to have a lot of questions for Jack tomorrow.

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Bunny narrowed his eyes as he took a seat on the log next to the pond. "So, let me see if I have this straight," he said as he counted on his paw. "North's message was delivered by an owl, Sandy's by a caribou, Tooth by a fox and mine by a hare?"

"That would seem to be case," North said thoughtfully, "they must be connected to reason Jack called us here."

Sandy nodded in agreement from his seat on the ground next to Tooth. It was early spring and most of the snow had melted, so neither had to sit on cold snow.

"But where on earth did he get animals that can fly?" Tooth said.

"Easier than you might think," Jack said as he landed in a tree branch and waved. "Hey, guys! Thanks for coming."

Before any of the Guardians could speak, the owl landed on Jack's shoulder, the fox nestled into Jack's lap and the caribou landed on the ground with the hare on its back.

North chuckled. "You seem to have army now, Jack."

"Yeah, that's one way of putting it," Jack said as he held the fox in his arms and hopped to the ground. The owl gave a disgruntled "whoo" at being moved, but calmed down as Jack stroked its feathers. "Allow me to introduce you to Rime," Jack said as he pointed to the owl. "The fox here is Vanilla, the hare is Gerta and the caribou is Snowflake."

"Interesting choice of names," Bunny commented as took a closer look at Gerta and stroked her ears.

"Jamie and the kids named them," Jack said with a shrug.

"They're so cute," Tooth said as Vanilla climbed off of Jack onto the ground. "Where did you find them?"

"Um...yeah, that's part a little bit hard to explain," Jack said as he rubbed his neck, "it took a bit of figuring out-Hey! Vanilla! What did I say about annoying Snowflake?!"

The little fox was trying to nip at the caribou's heel and would have gotten kicked if Jack hadn't scooped her up.

"Don't nip if you don't want a hoof to the face," Jack scolded as the fox tilted her head. "Anyway," Jack continued, sounding like a tired parent, "I guess it's because of all the believers I have now, but it seems arctic animals like me a lot more."

Sandy gave a thoughtful nod as he produced an image of a flower slowly growing from the ground and quickly bursting into full bloom.

"More belief does give you more powers," Tooth said as she stroked Snowflake's ears, "so it does make sense you would get new ones."

"So, ya got some pets," Bunny reasoned, "that still doesn't explain how they can fly."

"That's the next bit," Jack said as he rubbed Vanilla's belly, "seems if an animal REALLY likes me, they'll start flying to follow me everywhere."

North laughed. "Ah! They are meant to be your helpers, Jack!" He patted Jack's shoulder. "It is quite normal. If you find someone you bond with, your magic binds them to you so they can help you. Same thing happened with me and yetis. In your case, they start to fly and I imagine they are useful for spreading your snow, da?"

"Yeah," Jack said slowly, "they're not as fast as me, but Rime and Gerda are good as spreading frost. Vanilla can make snowballs with a flick of a tail and Snowflake can summon the wind."

Bunny nodded as he smirked. "So, ya got a furry little army, that's just what we need. Although, they're not regular animals anymore. I'd wager they're now as immortal as you are."

Jack's eyes softened and Rime responded by nuzzling against his cheek. "It's really great, a bit weird, but they're fun to have around."

Tooth, Sandy, North and Bunny exchanged smiles with each other. Jack had tried not to show it, but they all knew how much it meant for Jack to have people around him after being alone for so long. The Guardians had tried their best for Jack to not be lonely anymore, but they each had their roles as Guardians to fulfill and couldn't always be with Jack when they wanted. The idea of Jack having helpers that could fulfill that role was probably the best thing the boy needed.

North smiled as he looked around. "Well, this is wonderful news!" He shrugged. "When your letter said 'problem' I was thinking you were in trouble."

Jack chewed his bottom lip. "Um...no, I do actually have a problem. You guys haven't met Marshmallow yet."

"Marshmallow?" Bunny asked as Jack gave a whistle.

"Come on out, Girl!" Jack called.

The bushes behind the Guardians rustled. Sandy was the first to approached, but jumped back as the head of a polar bear poked out and growled. The other Guardians leaped in alarm.

"Bloody hell!" Bunny exclaimed. "Ya bonded with a polar bear?!"

Jack sighed as he went to bear and patted her nose. "Her name's Marshmallow and it was an accident."

"How do ya accidentally get a polar bear?!" Bunny cried.

Jack gave a sheepish smiled as he ran a hand through his hair. "Well...I was flying through the arctic and saw Marshmallow was trying to get some fish, so I helped her out. You know, for fun."

Marshmallow started to poke her nose into the pocket of Jack's hoodie, but he pushed her nose away. "No, girl. I don't have any food. Anyway, I gave her the fish and thought that was it, but before I knew it, I had a flying polar bear following me."

North nodded as he frowned. "Where are you keeping your animals?"

"And that's my problem!" Jack said as he patted Marshmallow's head. "I was keeping them here at the pond, but it was getting hard to keep Snowflake out of sight. It's almost impossible for Marshmallow."

"Why?" Tooth asked. "Only your believers should be able to see them if they've really bonded with you."

"They're invisible to non-believers," said Jack, "but they can wander off, Snowflake and Marshmallow especially. I've lost count on how many trash cans they've knocked over, or how many dogs have tried to chase Gerda and Vanilla."

Sandy stroked his chin as he created an image of a house with his sand and then sand images of the animals rushing into it.

Jack nodded as Rime flapped her wings. "That's right! I don't have anyplace to put them! I don't really have a 'house' like you guys do. Plus, it's going to warm up really soon and they're not going to like the heat much."

North chuckled. "Is that all? Yetis can make you house to fit all animals at pole. It easy as cake."

Jack relaxed as Snowflake poked his hand for a pat. "That be great, North."

"Hold on," Tooth said gently, "you're going to need more than just a house I think."

Bunny nodded in agreement. "Assuming these critters aren't house broken, they're goin' ta need some trainin'," he glanced to North, "especially ta make sure they don't decide ta chase the elves."

Jack grimaced as he scooped up Gerda into his arms. "Yeah, I can't deny I've had to keep an eye on Vanilla from trying not to bite Gerda. I don't even want to think about what would happen if the elves were left alone with them."

Bunny nodded. "We'll leave the building to North and the yetis, but the rest of us can give ya a hand in training."

Jack smiled as his shoulders relaxed in relief. "Thanks, guys, I- Hey! Marshmallow!"

The bear had snorted as she tried to bury her nose into North's pockets. "What is she wanting?" North asked, unsure how he should handle the situation.

Bunny chuckled "She must smell the candy canes ya keep in your pockets,"

Jack sighed as he gently bopped Marshmallow on the nose. "Bad girl, no begging," he scolded.

The bear growled annoyed, but under Jack's disapproving glare eventually lay down. The boy chuckled and proceed to climb on her back and wrapped her arms around her neck to scratched it.

"She's really just a big push over," Jack commented as Marshmallow growled happily. "She's a big, old softie."

"I believe that's easier for ya ta say, Mate," Bunny replied. "She's not going ta dare ta eat ya."

"I am thinking she especially we keep away from elves," North muttered with an agreeing nod.