HI GUYS! I don't know why I didn't put this one in with my one shot/mini story thing but I didn't sooooo here we are. Some parts of this might not make sense if you haven't read The Guardians series by William Joyce (which you should, I thoroughly enjoyed them) But basically Bunnymund is from a race called the Pookas, when Pitch came to power he basically wiped them out except for Bunny.( If any of this is incorrect please tell me!) Enjoy!

10 years after the movie

Bunnymund hopped out of one of his holes and settled in a seat at the long table just as Jack swooped in through the window followed by his trademark laugh and a swirl of snowflakes. Bunny brushed the snow of his fur and moved his chair a bit closer to the fire as Jack settled in the seat next to him, or rather squatted (Jack was never one for sitting down). Tooth fluttered in through one of the corridors, talking quickly to Sandy as the little man tried to keep up with his pictures but in the end settled for just politely listening to the hyperactive fairy, as she ranted about something or another. North stomped in through the main door to the meeting room talking to one of the yetis in his huge booming Russian voice. Jack sighed contentedly at his strange adoptive family, rocking back on his heels and allowing one of his rare genuine smiles to shine through.

"WELL TELL HIM TO PAINT THEM AGAIN THEN!" North boomed turning and seemingly noticing the group gathered around the large table for the first time. He smiled apologetically and then, turning back to his yeti made some quick hand gestures to GET OUT. Before turning back to the now silent group,

"I am very sorry, we will start n-" He was cut of when a snow ball came flying through the air and narrowly missed his face, hitting instead the back of the retreating yeti. It hit its target and was followed by Jacks infectious laugh as the young spirit high fived the small sandman. North looked between the angry yeti, the immortal teen and the ancient sandman, then he laughed,

"Is very funny, Jack" North laughed but then turning suddenly serious he added, "But now we get to work."

The other guardians nodded as Tooth started to tell them about the new teeth and believers. Jack nodded along for a while but soon grew bored, his eyes wandered out of the window to the snowy landscape outside. His eyes drifted up to the brightly shining moon. It seemed brighter than usual, almost like the day he had…

"JACK!" a loud impatient Australian voice broke through his thoughts,

"You got cotton in yer ears mate?" Bunnymund questioned.

"Oh what, sorry what were you asking?" Jack said tearing himself away from the view outside.

"We asked how things are going, you know, with the kids and believers and everything," Tooth answered.

"Oh right, well it's to early for snow days, I've got a few more believers and Jaime still believes," Jack said.

"Oh that's great!-" Tooth was cut off when a quiet voice echoed through all of their heads.

Hello my guardians I trust you are all doing well?

" I think it is Manny" North breathed, " I wonder what he wants, he rarely speaks," The other guardians were silent in awe, except that is for Jack Frost, he was silent but not in awe, he didn't see why he should be in awe of this person who had taken his memories and given him three hundred years of solitude.

You may be wondering why I have chosen to speak to you today, well it has come to my attention that while you are now more of a family you still do not know all that much about each other, I will be talking on a few more occasions for other things but today I think it is time for you to learn of each others worst fears, as this can often tell you much about a person. We will start with Tooth.

At the mention of revealing their worst fears, all of the guardians looked reluctant at first but then decided that MIM usually knew what was best, that is all except Jack. Maybe it was the fact that he was physically a teenager or that he just didn't feel that much respect to this being who had left him fend for himself for three hundred years. He stood out of his chair ready to leave,

"No thanks, I don't really feel like doing that right now, but thanks for the offer." Jack said sarcastically, summoning the wind to take him away. But the wind didn't respond, it never ignored Jack, it was really the only thing he could rely on,

"What the HELL!" Jack cried incredulously as the window swung shut seeming of its own accord, "I don't need to deal with this CRAP!"

The other guardians took a step back at Jacks language and anger.

"Jesus Frostbite, Take it easy and show some respect," Bunnymund was unsure why Jack was acting like this, he was usually so carefree and able to laugh things off. But now he looked like an angry cornered animal.

This is important Jack, I know why it will be hard for you but things will get better after.

"You don't know ANYTHING about me!" Jack said with a growl. Everyone in the room recoiled from Jacks animal like noise but North could see this wasn't going to go anywhere, so he pulled out a chair,

"Sit Jack," He said in a gentle but firm tone that left no room for arguments, but instead Jack threw himself down in the corner by the window and threw his hood up to cover his head and shadow most of his face. He resolved himself to stony silence as Bunny tried to approach him, but Bunnymund decided against approaching the teen, he wasn't really sure how to deal with this kind of behaviour. He could deal with annoying, pretentious Jack. Prank pulling, over confident Jack, happy over excited childlike Jack. But not angry, almost aggressive, Jack.

Good, now as I was saying, Tooth. Can anyone guess what it might be?

The guardians looked at each other while Tooth stared at the ground, biting her lip. None of them had any idea but Jack had a pretty good idea of what it might be, he decided to keep it to himself and continued to stare at the floor.

Yes Jack that is correct, well done.

Jack almost broke his silence when Manny read his mind.

'Oh this is just GREAT!' he thought.

Tooth looked at he teen, who didn't look up in return, but she smiled softly anyway. This boy had been with them only a fraction of the time that she had known the others but he knew her better than them already. The other guardians looked slightly embarrassed at this.

Now I will take you to see it.

"WAIT NO-" Tooth said before they were suddenly pulled into one of Tooth's nightmares.

The five guardians stood on one of the pillars in the tooth palace, Jack with his hood still pulled up. The palace was a shadow of its usual colourful, vibrant self. The colours were dull and grey and some of the structures had crumbled. Tooth suddenly took of frantically towards the ground, Jack jumped quickly after her while the others slowly made their way to the ground, Sandy making sand steps for the others to walk down. When they reached the bottom they found Tooth standing slightly hunched over some small colourful shapes that were littering the ground. Jack had his arm around Tooth's shoulder, silently comforting her with his presence. Neither of the still figures looked up as the other three joined them and noticed what the shapes on the floor were. The tooth fairies. They were completely still, their colours dulled. The truth dawned on the other guardians just as they were being pulled out of the nightmare. Tooth's worst fear was losing her children.

I am sorry for that Tooth.

Tooth fell to her knees, "I just don't know what I would do without them." She said covering her face with her hands. Sandy put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

Now we must move on to North are you ready?

Before anyone had a chance to say anything they were pulled into one of North's nightmares

They were in a house, in the living room. In the corner there was a slightly browning undecorated fir tree. Bunny was confused,

"What's goin' on mate?"

"It is Christmas day." North said simply, not making eye contact.

There were no decorations in other parts of the house and a distinct lack of presents. They found the family of the house in the kitchen, the mum was making some bowls of cereal for the two children at the table. The children were staring at the table not-eating the buttered toast in front of them. North stepped back, looking away.

"What is it North?" Tooth questioned, "There just eating breakfast."

"Look at their eyes." North answered.

The four other guardians moved in closer and looked at the children's eyes intently, Jack was the first to notice and stepped back taking a small gasp. The other guardians got it soon after and they too stepped back. Tooth went and wrapped her arm around Nicholas St North's shoulders. The children's eyes were completely devoid of any kind of wonder. Jack had never seen children's eyes like that before. They were dull and empty. There was nothing in them, no reason to do anything, play, smile, be happy, nothing. They didn't really look like children anymore, just empty shells. Jack was finding it difficult to breathe as they were pulled out of the nightmare.

Jack pulled his knees up to his concealed face as he gasped for breath in his corner tying and failing to push the image of the children from his mind.

North began to explain in a gruff voice, "Their parents died the day before Christmas-a car accident- the woman you saw was their auntie, she came to look after them. She ended up taking them on, I managed to get the boy's belief back after a few years but the girl…" he shook his head sadly, "She was in the car when it happened, her parents were in the front and died instantly, she was always so guilty it had been them and not her. I always make an extra special effort with her presents, even though she is now adult and hasn't believed since that day. I think she deserved that much."

Now Bunnymund.

As their vision cleared they found themselves… well they didn't know. It was a sort of meadow but everything was to bright, lush and green to be anywhere on earth. The grass was too lush, the small ponds too blue. It was humid but not unbearably so. Bunnymund had his paws over his face as if he wanted to block everything out. Sandy made a question mark above his head but no-one acknowledged the small mute man.

"Where are we Bunny?" Tooth asked fluttering around, confused. Bunny whispered something only Sandy was close enough to hear. The small mans eyes widened in understanding as he quickly made an image of a planet and a house above his head. Tooth's hand covered her mouth,

"You're home planet?"

Bunny nodded solemnly. Jack suddenly noticed something over one of the hills. He walked of in that direction without a word or backward glance to the others. He stopped at the edge of the hill. There around an ultramarine pool of deep water were the bodies of a family of Pookas, they had various weapons made of black sand and shadows in their backs. Behind them was a small honey coloured stone cottage. The tiles on the roof looked burned and the windows were shattered. The other Guardians took a collective gasp at the sight except Bunny who had obviously seen it before. The group made their way to the fallen beasts. They were all dead. They made their way slowly and silently to the cottage. North pushed the door open and it creaked on its hinges. That was when they heard it. A soft crying echoed through the house. Sandy, Tooth and North exchanged confused glances while Jack- who had a pretty good idea what the crying was- hung back to walk reassuringly with Bunny, not looking up from under his hood but offering his comfort. Tooth pushed open a wooden door with a picture of a flower on it. She covered her face and grabbed Sandy when she saw what lay within. There in the room, in a small wooden bed was a small shape covered in a blanked sobbing softly. The blanket fell away to reveal a small bunny cuddling two things to its chest, one was a small, soft, worn bear, who was missing an ear but looked well loved. There was also a framed photograph of five Pookas out in the meadow. There was the father behind the mother who was watching three little Pookas play, a bigger female one having a beautiful yellow flower tucked behind her long ear by a smaller one. The fifth child was off to one side making a daisy chain, somehow without picking the flowers, so they would still live once they had finished.

A single tear fell from Bunnymund's eye before they were pulled away.

After a minute to compose himself Bunny began, "It was in the golden age, or the end of it, Pitch was rising to power and was trying to destroy our race. Most of the Pookas were warriors but we were a peaceful family and didn't know the first thing about fighting. In the picture were my mother and father, my two big sisters and me. They went out to see what a noise was about… they never came back." He suddenly choked off.

Sandy

They were floating over small town on a cloud of golden sand. Tendrils of sand were going out to the sleeping children, it was a happy scene and the guardians relaxed. Suddenly they could feel that something was wrong, one of the sand tendrils had come back without making any dreams, the cloud followed the sand to where the problem was. It led to them to a hospital, one of the windows on the upper floor was open, they swooped in on the cloud to a haunting sight. There was a child in a hospital bed, a silent mother was sitting in a chair next to the bed watching the child with silent tears falling onto the covers. The sand circled the bed drifting up to the child, it tried to seek entrance to deliver the dreams but it was met with a cold unforgiving surface. This child could never dream again and there was nothing that could be done. As the image started to fade the mother leant down and kissed the child once on the forehead.

Sandy couldn't seem to explain with his pictures, all he managed to covey was that it was a memory as well as a nightmare.

Jack you're turn.

"You have no right." Jack growled, breaking his silence. But before he could start shouting obscenities they were pulled in to his nightmare.

CLIFF HANGER! What will Jacks fear be? You will have to wait and see! :) I hope you enjoyed, please comment, review, criticize, suggest, follow, favourite I love EVERYTHING! It means so much.

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