Re-written: 6/11/17

"Manny!? We need you now! What happening to twins!?"

"It is the Test of Twins, North. Every spirit twin has went through this challenge and every one of them has failed. The test challenges the bond between 2 spirit twins. If they fail, like every other partaker has, they will be sent to the world of Oblivion, a place, once entered, cannot be exited. There are 3 challenges that must be completed. They vary each time. But I'm afraid there is a dire reason for the test. After Kozmotis' return, the Fearlings stole the soul of a well needed spirit. It's..." But before MiM could inform the Santa of the poor spirit, he disappeared. There was no moon in the sky. Somehow, Manny had vanished.

"MiM! Manny! What happened!? Who was it!?" The questions were met with silence. Worried, North went to his office and smashed the red button on his desk. The Northern Lights flickered to life, beckoning not only the Guardians but Kozmotis and Cherry. They needed all hands on deck.

North wasn't disappointed when all of the Guardians, Cherry, Dusk and Kozmotis arrived within 5 minutes of the signal.

"Sit down all. I have be spoken to Manny and he is explained why twin now brownettes."

"It's brunettes, North." Interjected Tooth.

"That's what I said Toothy. Now..." North explained.

When North finished telling them about Manny's sudden disappearance, Sandy went to the window and made a telescope out of Dreamsand. He looked all over the Milky Way but the MiM was nowhere, as if he didn't exist in the first place. He signed to the others in the room about Manny being absolutely gone. Tooth tried thinking of reasons why Manny would vanish in the middle of the most crucial sentence. But no matter what excuse she concocted, none sounded right. North, Tooth, and Sandy continued to talk (or sign) about Manny and so never noticed that the 5 other spirits in the room weren't paying attention. Cherry, Jack, Aster, Dusk and Kozmotis were all thinking about the Test of Twins.

'Jack and I have a stronger bond than most twin siblings. I don't see why it needs to be tested.'

'I'm confident that we will pass the test. Well, maybe. We do tend to argue a lot lately. But our bond should be strong enough to pass this dumb test.'

'They are strong in power, but what if they fail. These days they're constantly at each other's neck. I don't want my spirit companion and her twin to be sent to Oblivion.'

'The ankle-biters better pass this ridiculous challenge. Ah just 'ope they c'n pull through.'

'I only got them back last week! Why is it always me!? We've been separated for centuries! My children don't need this stress now. I wonder who was captured by the Fearlings. And why. Wait the Test of Twins? Tha..."

Kozmotis p' line of thought was cut off as an envelope appeared in the centre of the table. Aster leaned forward and yanked the piece of paper from the larger than necessary piece of wood on legs. He opened it and he read aloud.

"Dear every spirit within the Globe Room,

The first challenge for the twins is that they 'ave to become part of the 'uman world without using their powers.

Good Luck."

"Wait!" exclaimed Jack as he stood. "We still have our powers!?" It was then that everyone realised that the twins' staffs were on their necks but their hoods were down. Cherry placed her hand on the staff which was around her neck, watching in slight confusion as it appeared in her hand.

"How does it still work!? We can only use our powers as Winter Spirits!"

"See if it works." Prompted Jack. Cherry aimed at the envelope that was now on the table. A blast of ice shot out of the end and froze the piece of paper.

She willed for the staff to return to the chain like before. Once it did, everyone began discussing a plan.

They left for their homes 5 hours later with a fully fledged plan.

Tommorow, Kozmotis would take them to get school supplies and they would attend the same high school as Jamie. After applying for the school, they would tell Jamie everything. And only Jamie. They couldn't risk the wrong people finding out.

The first thing they went to get was school bags. Jack got a dark blue backpack with several hidden pockets so he could hide anything important. Cherry got a sky blue shoulder bag which matched her hoodie. It had a silver sparkling snowflake on the front. They both got stationary that matched their bags and sighed in relief when their father told them the school didn't have a uniform. That meant they didn't have to take off their necklace on which their staffs were on.

Kozmotis took their stuff and Cherry soon found herself outside Jamie's bedroom window with Jack giving the young boy, several signals which obviously made sense to him because he nodded, and made a few signs back. Jack pulled Cherry into an alleyway and told her that Jamie would come in 10 minutes. Dusk was busy practicing a very useful trick.

"Hey!? Where did your giant wolf go!?"

Cherry held out her hand smugly. "Here."

On her hand sat Dusk, looking exactly like Cherry had found him centuries ago. The cute pup even turned on to his back so Jack would tickle his tummy. There was only one difference. When Cherry had found him, he was about the size of a medium sized teddy bear. At the moment however, he was just larger than a teacup puppy.

"It's one of the powers that he only learned to control a while ago. While we are human, Dusk can easily take our places for the rest of Winter and easily come to school with us. Hiding in my bag of course."

"Hey Jack! Who's that?" The twins were so absorbed in their conversation, they didn't realise the arrival of Jamie Bennett who plonked down between them.

"Oh hi Jamie. This is my twin, Cherry Winters and her wolf friend, Dusk."

"Nice to meet you Jamie. Jack speaks quite highly of you. You are lucky. He speaks about me as one would talk about a mildly interesting match."

"That sounds about right. It's good to see my best friend has a twin who is fluent in sarcasm."

"Oh I'm not just fluent. I practically created sarcasm."

"Jamie, we have something to tell you and it's quite long so I suggest you sit down."

"Jack?"

"Yes?"

"He's already sitting."

"Oh right. Anyway..."

Jack explained the everything that had happened since his birthday with Cherry inputting information here and there.

"Lemme get this straight. Pitch is your father and has turned back to his original form. The Easter bunny is your older brother. You guys have been turned human for a currently unknown amount of time. You'll both come to school with me and the Fearlings that turned Pitch into...well Pitch have taken over the soul of another spirit but we don't know who that spirit is because the Moon disappeared before North could find out."

"That sounds 'bout right." Said Jack. "Listen Jamie." He began, becoming more serious. "You can't tell ANYONE this. It's risky enough telling you but the more people we tell, the bigger chance of it getting to the Fearlings."

Jamie nodded. "I promise."

Cherry smiled. "Now that's sorted, do you want me to tell you what Jack did last week."

"Oh no you don't!" Jack lunged towards Cherry who started to tell Jamie, trying to dodge her twin's attacks at the same time.