Hey everyone, glad to see there are still some fans out there :) Thank you guest for your kind review! So I have the first five chapters typed already since I will diving into finals soon, so you lovely readers will be getting the next few updates regularly (about once a weekish?) Anyway, here's the next chapter!

ROTG is not mine.

Chapter 2: Rouge

For once Bunny managed to get the tunnel to open inside the workshop, much to the pleasure of the pookas. Once out of the tunnel the air sparkled around Sophie as she changed to her mostly human form. Her tattoos still remained, dancing along her semi tan skin. Her silvery hair went down to the middle of her back, the last two inches black, matching the pooka ears that still sat atop her head. Fortunately she and her brother had learned the simple magic of adding clothes when they changed, and now the hybrid wore a simple navy dress that ended below the knee.

"Why do ya always change when we're here Soph?" Neron whispered in exasperation as they followed their parents to the globe room.

"For your information, I don' always change. But you should get inta the habit, it's good practice. And it's the reason I move better than you as human."

Her brother rolled his eyes, "Righ'. Ya sure it has nothin' ta do with Zephyr?"

Sophie looked away to hide her blush, "Course not," she muttered. Neron didn't have time to tease more because just then the family had entered the globe room, where North and Sandy were waiting with worried expressions.

Nat and Sophie hugged the two while the boys shook North's hand and waved to Sandy. "What is reason of this summoning?"

With a shrug of her shoulders Nat replied, "No clue, he won't tell me."

Bunny sighed, "I told ya Natty I wanted ta wait til everyone was here. Speakin' of, where's Frostbite an' Tooth?"

Right on cue a cold wind entered the room along with the humming of wings. "Sorry we're late," a familiar voice said. Jack Frost came through the open skylight and landed beside the girl he considered his sister, giving Nat a quick punch in the shoulder and a nod to the others. Jack obviously hadn't changed over the years, though his signature blue hoodie had recently been retired after its many years of service. He now wore a similar blue form fitting three quarter sleeve shirt, outlining his skinny but toned body. Toothiana came in after him, hovering beside Jack and greeting everyone briefly before returning to give instructions the few mini fairies that had also come. And the last to enter the room was the newest member of the spirit world. Zephyr James Frost, Jack and Tooth's son, landed to the ground silently, barefoot just like his father.

Named after Jack's first friend, Zephyr had been born about 475 years ago and was the perfect combination of his parents. Though he was taller than both and slightly broader, according to Jack the build came from his father's side of the family (Bunny would always tease and say it skipped Jack's generation). Messy snow white hair just a bit longer than Jack's covered his head, some strands of it almost covering his ice blue eyes while others naturally spiked up. A single dark teal streak contrasted the stark white. The only clothes the young man wore were a pair of very light brown baggy capris that tightened at the knee. Now unlike his mother, Zephyr did not have wings, but downy feathers covered much of his body. When the hair wasn't in the way you could see them thinly frame his face in a similar fashion to Tooth's. At the back and sides of his neck they continued downward, sapphire blue covering the top of his shoulders, arms, and hands, revealing fair skin on the underside. The same went for his legs and feet. On his chest, the feathers spanned in the shape of a vest, only a few feathers from each side touching each other at his sternum. This left the front of his neck, a V on the top of his chest and an upside down V above his navel with showing his milky skin. The back of the 'vest' was closed, the handsome feathers trailing down his back. Down his limbs some of the feather tips faded to a pure white, while a vibrant burst of yellow could be seen here and there on his chest.

Nat saw the light blush dust her daughter's cheeks when Zephyr smiled at her, and suppressed a grin of her own. She wasn't stupid, and though she wanted to talk to Sophie about her obvious crush North gathered everyone's attention.

"My friends thank you all for coming so quickly. Since I know not why we have been summoned, I will give Bunny the floor."

Everyone's eyes turned to the oldest pooka, and silently Neron admired how easily his father held their attention. His presence held an air of command, one he knew came from being the son of a chief. It was a skill the young buck hoped to also possess one day. "I ain't gonna sugar coat this with some long winded story. When I was travelin' the globe ta'day, making sure no googies were left behind from this recent Easter, I saw a nightmare."

There was a collective gasp. The youngest three looked to one another, they had never seen an actual nightmare before. Since the others defeated the boogeyman decades before they were born they had only heard stories. "A nightmare?" Tooth repeated aloud, "Are you sure? We haven't seen any since-"

"Since we beat Pitch, ah know." Bunny interrupted, "But there was somethin' off about this. It, it looked like it was barely keepin itself together. The thing bounced from place ta place, as if searchin' fer something. And when I confronted it," the pooka's eyes darkened, "I had never seen such a look. It attacked like a rouge animal would, wildy tryin' ta bite me with its weird sharp teeth…the only way I could describe the thing was feral. Like there was nothin' controllin' it."

Nat touched her mate's arm, "But you're ok right?" she asked quietly.

He smiled gently and nodded, "I'm fine. And I turned the thing ta dust, but then, instead of disappearing the cloud of sand rushed to a kid nearby. It swarmed the biter for a bit, just enough to make 'im scream in fear, and then ran off, tryin ta form it's old shape again."

The group was stunned. "This, I have never heard of this happen before." North stroked his beard in thought.

Jack asked what everyone was thinking, "Could Pitch be back?" His grip on his staff tightened. Sandy floated to the middle, showing with his sand that he had seen no sign of Pitch Black at all during the nights.

The Guardian of wonder spoke up again. "No matter if it is Pitch or no, we need to make sure there are no more nightmares out there. Split up, search the globe. If you see anything like Bunny has mentioned, destroy it."

The Guardians nodded and were about to move out when Neron stepped forward, "We're gonna help."

"Oh no ya don't mate," Bunny said sternly, "It's too dangerous."

"But we can handle it Da," the younger replied. Sophie and Zephyr nodded in agreement.

His father's eyes narrowed, "Neron ah said no, you an' Sophie go back ta the Warren while yer mum and I handle this."

Zephyr looked to his parents, "Mom? Dad?"

Jack gave an unsure expression toward Bunny and then looked at Tooth. Turning back to his son he said, "I think Kangaroo's right bud. We don't know what this is or what it means. For now it might be best to sit this one out." Tooth nodded in agreement.

Apparently it was Sophie's turn to speak, "This isn' fair. We could help you guys!"

Before Nat could reply Bunny angrily interrupted, "Or ya could get in the way and get hurt!" Nat looked at him with a shocked expression.

But Neron wasn't backing down, "What's the point of us trainin' ta fight if you're just gonna send us home?! Why can't we-"

"BECAUSE I AM YER FATHER AND YOU WILL DO WHAT I SAY!" The room was dead silent, Neron flinched back in surprise while everyone stared at the Guardian of hope. Taking a breath Bunny said lowly, "You and yer sister will go back ta the Warren, now. End of discussion."

Neron's whiskers twitched, a habit Nat noticed he did when he was embarrassed. Without another word her son opened a tunnel and shot out of the room. With a glare to the Guardians Sophie turned back to a pooka, about to follow her brother, first pausing by Zephyr. "You comin'?"

Looking to the others, his own anger clear when he looked at his parents he answered, "You bet." He then called the wind and shot down the tunnel, with Sophie right behind him.

When the tunnel closed there was a beat of silence before Jack piped up. "Well that could have gone better."

Nat took the opportunity to turn to her mate, "What the hell was that?!"

Bunny looked at her, his eyes still hard. "He wasn't listening!"

"So you just decide to send him home like a scolded kit?" Nat was clearly furious.

"You weren't there when the nightmare attacked, it was like nothin' we've eva dealt with! I don't want them getting' hurt!"

"But you had no right to blow up on him like that! Jack didn't do that to Zephyr!"

"Well Frostbite can do it however the hell he wants!"

North cleared his throat, making both heads turn his way. "I apologize for interrupting, but, the nightmares?"

Nat backed up and faced the jolly man. With a bit of bite still in her tone she said, "I'll cover North America." Moving to the window she turned her head to Bunny, "This is not over." And with that she jumped, letting the wind carry her away. Slowly the rest of the group started break away, Tooth taking Asia, Jack heading to Antarctica (not without shooting the rabbit a glare before leaving), North going to the sleigh to cover Europe and Africa, and soon it was just Sandy and Bunny in the room.

The golden man shook his head at Bunny and made a tsking motion with his finger. Bunny sighed, "Really Sandy? You too?" A firm nod was his reply. "But he was bein' childish! This is Guardian business." All the sandman did was give him a look, as if to say, 'Well you didn't have to scream at him.' Apparently having no more to say to the Easter Bunny, Sandy made a picture of South America, created a sand plane, and left the room.

Bunnymund sighed loudly to the empty room, feeling the first seed of guilt start to grow in his mind. With a mutter of "Bloody hell," he thumped his foot and headed for Australia, hoping there was a nightmare or two he could blow up.

So there is chapter 2! I hope the description of Zephyr made sense lol. For those who didn't catch it, Zephyr means wind, so Jack named him after the wind. Aww, so cute I know. And of course James in honor of Jaime Bennett. So just adding that. Anywho, tell me how you like it. Peace!