They made their way into the next car and started drowning Jack with questions. 'What is going on?', 'who was that kid?', 'why have sneaking around and lying?', 'why was there a guard dog?'

"Everyone calm down and I'll answer your questions one at a time." Jack told them quietly so they wouldn't wake Jesse. After they did, Jack began to spill.

"Okay let's start with the lying. Obviously all the stuff I got form you weren't for a prank; it was so Jesse could feel better." That was one answered.

"Okay, but who is Jesse?" Bunny asked.

"That is a longer story, but I'll explain anyway. You might want to sit down first." Jack told them. When they did Jack breathed in deeply since it was a difficult story.

"Believe it or not I actually use to be married. I met Fern when she was sixteen; she wasn't mortal though; she was a winter spirit like me which made things easier. We dated for five years then made it official. We needed a place to stay and then we found this place and fixed it up, we were together for nearly a century when Jess came along. Everything seemed great, but when Jesse was two, Fern got a deadly yet curable disease that winter spirits catch, but we couldn't risk Jess catching it so they weren't allowed to see each other no matter how much they wanted to. Fern didn't make it and Jesse is showing signs of the same sickness; if he doesn't make I'll never forgive myself." Jack explained with tears threating to fall. The others couldn't believe what they were hearing. They never knew that the Guardian of fun could actually have a family of his own.

"What doses Jesse have?" Tooth said to break the silence.

"He has heat stroke, which can be a discomfort to mortal when out in the sun to long, but to winter spirits it's a deadly disease."

"But Jesse doesn't look like a winter spirit." Bunny stated.

"It's like Tooth told me, 'we were all someone before we were chosen.' Jesse will start human and slowly get his powers later on, he already has lost his ability to feel cold and has the IQ of a college student." He explained.

"What about Gizmo?" North asked.

"Gizmo was a gift from mother nature. She use to babysit for us and gave me Gizmo when Fern died so I could still do my work and not worry about Jesse so much."

"Why didn't you tell us before?" North asked.

"I'm still the new guy and I've only been with you guys for a week; it's not exactly something you want to blurt out."

"Well aren't you worried about getting heat stroke?"Bunny asked.

"No, it's like chicken pox; once you get it you can't get anymore and I got back in the late 1700s."

"Jack, when we saw Jesse we thought it was a good idea to get him out of here and give him proper care. Let us take him back to the pole so you two can have a proper home." In other words North was offering him and his son a permanent stay, but he wasn't going to take no for an answer.

"I know that Jesse needs more care. I was lucky enough to survive due to lack of treatment." Jack explained. He sighed in defeat.

"Alright, let's get Jesse out." He went into the car where Jesse was sleeping while the others followed him. He whistled Gizmo to come over to him. When he did, he whispered something into his ear like him did before. The next thing the guardians saw was the dog was getting smaller and smaller till he was the size of Jamie's stuffed rabbit; in fact Gizmo was now a stuffed toy himself.

"How did he-"North asked, but Jack cut him off.

"That's what Gizmo dose. He'll turn into a stuffed toy when it's safe." Jack explained while he walked up to Jesse with Gizmo in his hands. He knelt down in front of Jesse and began to nuzzle Gizmo to his son until he grabbed him in his sleep like it was a reflex. Tooth awed at the sight reminding her of the sleeping Jamie. Jack picked up his son bridal style with his pillow under his back, his small blanket that could barely fit his body draping over him and clutching Gizmo tightly in his arms as if it was his lifeline.

"Let's get going." Bunny said. As they all left the car Tooth grabbed Jack's staff while Sandy carried his back pack.

They let Jack lead the way while Jesse was still sleeping no matter how many jumps his father did. When they finally made their way out they made their way to the sleigh and North made sure that the ride was as smooth as possible.

Jesse felt uneasy as he shifted in the blankets. Jack put his hand on his forehead to check his temperature and his face turned from eager to disappointment. Tooth could tell that the look on Jack face that there was no improvement in his child.

As soon as they parked the sleigh, they headed for the infirmary. Jack was trying his best not to jostle his son on the way while the others can see the worried look on his face.

When they opened the door to the infirmary, it was completely empty. Jack set Jesse on a bed that had a nearby window.

"Jack, we'll go and find a book on how to cure heatstroke." North stated, but jack didn't even bother to turn around and just kept his eyes on his son and his hand on his forehead to cool him down.

North, Bunny and Sandy left to look in the library for any book that could help, leaving Jack and Tooth alone with Jesse. He stirred a few times, but didn't bother to wake up.

"I'm going to go get a glass of water for when he wakes up." Jack got up and walked out of the room.

"Okay." Tooth, being the way she was, was curious about what Jesse's teeth. Were they white and shiny as his father's? She needed to take a peek at them. She slowly made her way towards his mouth.

"Tooth, don't even think about it." She was seconds away from his mouth when she was caught by Jack standing in the doorway with a glass of water in his hand.

"Oh, sorry, I just can't resist." She laughed nervously, backing away from Jesse.

"Don't worry his teeth sparkle. You can take a look when this is over." He said as he walked over and set the glass on the night stand.

While Jack and Tooth stood guard, North, Bunny and Sandy were in the library looking through book after book.

"I still can't believe that frostbite had it in him. I never pictured him getting married and having a family of his own." Bunny admitted while looking for another book.

"If there is one thing we have learned this past week, is that Jack is full of surprises." North explained.

Sandy just nodded while walking over to another bookshelf, floated up and picked up another book.

"Still, you pictured him to be mister snow balls and fun times and not have responsibilities." Bunny countered.

"You said the same thing when he was picked to be a guardian." North countered back.

All of a sudden they heard a book slam shut and they booth turn to see Sandy waving the book that he had gotten knowing that he had found something to help.

They set the book down on a table, and found the section that had everything on heat stroke and how to treat and cure it.

"Okay it says here that heat stroke can eventually be cured if the victim drinks a special mint tea, three times a day." They saw the list of ingredients and Bunny knew that they were mostly healing herbs, but he knew that Jesse was probably going to make a run for it after one taste.

"Poor kid, these herbs need to be made into a tea, but they taste nasty. I'll get them from my warren and I recommend that you get something sweet for the after taste and a lot of it." Bunny wrote down all of the herbs, thumped his foot, and went down to the warren to get the healing herbs.

North and Sandy knew it would take some time for Bunny to get back so they went to tell Jack and Tooth their good news.

Sorry about the long wait, but i'm now on summer vacation which means I can focus on my stories.

I DON'T OWN ROTG!