A/N: New chapter for y'all. Enjoy.

Jinx's P.O.V.

"You're a Guardian." If I actually had a heart, it would have stopped.

"What?" I ask. He slowly nods his head. I look over at Echo, Axel, Buffy my black and gray wolf, Blair and Shadow. After a moment of silence we all burst out laughing. We continue laughing for several minutes, then we stop when we realize that he wasn't laughing at all. "You can't be serious…"

"But for once in my immortal life, I am." Jack says, scratching the back of my neck. I stare at him in shock.

"You've gotta be kidding me." I run my fingers through my hair. "Why me? Literally anyone else would be ten times as qualified. Why don't you go talk to them?" I suggest as I turn around to leave.

"It's not my choice." He stops me.

"What are you talking about?" I turn around with a curious look on my face.

"You were chosen by the Man in the Moon. So you kind of have to do it." Jack says. I roll my eyes and look up at the full moon that is shining on my cemetery.

"After 250 years of doing this job, this is the curve ball you throw at me? Really?" I realize that I probably look like a crazy person for screaming at the moon. When I'm extremely annoyed, my eyes tend to turn bright yellow, which I know they are.

"Look, I understand that this can be a lot to take in…" Jack begins to say but he stops when I turn around to face him. "What's going on with your eyes?"

"My eyes change color depending on my mood. And right now, I'm really annoyed." I explain I crack my knuckles and my neck.

"Why don't you come back to the pole with me and North can explain everything else." Jack suggests.

"I can't just leave. I still have a ton of work to do…"

"Jinx!" Echo cuts me off. I turn to look at her. "We'll take care of everything until you get back. Just get this figured out." After having the others nod in agreement I finally give in.

"I'll come with ya, kiddo. Everyone knows you'd be lost without me." Shadow says as she walks over to me and jumps onto my shoulder.

"Keep dreaming, whiskers. Alright, but we gotta make this quick." Jack nods and pulls out a tiny globe. He throws it and it creates a portal. We step through the portal and begin whipping around like autumn leafs in the breeze. When we finally come to a stop, I open my eyes to see that I'm in the middle of North's shop. Shadow jumps off my shoulder and begins to wander around.

"Welcome to the North Pole." Jack says as he flies to a railing and sits down.

"There she is!" North screams as he enters the room. "Jinx Trixs. Welcome to the Pole." North literally breaks my spine as he wraps me in a bear hug. When he releases me, I notice elves and yetis working like Christmas is tomorrow instead of another two months.

"Good to see you again, North. What's it been? 150 years?" I ask as I duck to avoid being hit by a flying toy.

"Something like that. You know Bunny, obviously." He gestures to Bunny who couldn't look any less interested. I take notice of the paint on his fur and decide to have a little fun with it and poke the bear (or kangaroo if you prefer) with a stick.

"Yeah. Obviously." I say as I roll my eyes. "Nice paint job, by the way." Bunny looks like he's about to say something back when North cuts him off. Bunny goes into the corner and begins grumbling to himself.

"And the Tooth Fairy." Suddenly Tooth whizzes in front of me and catches me in a bone crushing hug.

"Tooth, I kind of need to breath at some point here." I wheeze out as my face turns blue. Tooth finally let's go of me and rubs her arm.

"Sorry, it's just really good to see you again, Jinx." Tooth says.

"Good to see you too, Toothie." I place my hand on her shoulder and offer her a smile.

"And Sandman." I look to see Sandy floating about six inches off the ground, but he's asleep. "Sandy?" North gently nudges Sandy with his hand, however Sandy stays asleep." Wake up!" Hearing North shout causes Sandy to wake up and smile at me.

"Hey Sandy." I smile back at him. Sandy nods and goes to find a glass of eggnog.

"So does someone wanna fill me in on why snowflake over there…" I gesture to Jack Frost, who hasn't taken his eye off of me since we got here. "Shows up at my cemetery, telling me that I've been chosen by the Man in the Moon to be the new Guardian."

"Because you were." Tooth says as she hovers next to me and places her hand on my shoulder. "Last night, Jinx."

Jack's P.O.V.

"Because you were." Tooth places her hand on Jinx's shoulder. "Last night, Jinx."

"Excuse me for one second." Jinx says as she calmly walks into a different room and closes the door behind her.

"Oh boy. I hope you didn't have anything valuable in there." The cat says as it jumps onto the railing and lays down.

"What are you talking…" Suddenly I get cut off by several crashes and a few frustrated screams in a language that I couldn't understand even with subtitles. I chuckle as I turn to walk away but Tooth stops me.

"Jack, maybe you should go talk to her." Tooth says as she flies over to me.

"What? Why me?" I ask with a look of confusion on my face.

"You were in same boat as her not long ago." North explains as he put a hand on my shoulder. "No go make her feel better." He roughly pushes me toward the door. I stumble a little due to sudden surprise but once I get my footing, I turn around and glare at North, who has a triumphant grin painted on his face. I slowly make my way to the door until I'm standing right in front of it. I'm about to knock when I decide I'd rather not face a witch with a temperament problem.

"I don't wanna do this." I whine as I quickly turn around to face the other guardians.

"Just do it, ya big baby." Bunny says. I turn around and face the door again when I hear Bunny say something else. "Who knows… You might get a date out of it." I feel the heat rising up the back of my neck and across my cheeks and being the very personification of winter with the pale skin I have, a bright red blush is gonna be extremely noticeable. It takes every ounce of my courage to knock on that door. After a moment, she opens the door with a forced smile on her face.

"You ok in there?" I ask. Really Jack?! Are you ok in there? Of course she's not ok! Idiot! She sends me a fake smile and walks past me.

"I'm fine. Just a lot to take in." She silently goes over to the railing and looks out over the workshop. I look over to the others, who motion for me to go talk to her. I slowly make my way over to the rail and stand next to her.

"I know this is a big change, but you'll be fine. You're already doing better than I did when I was first chosen." I nudge her shoulder with my own.

"Have you seen what that room looks like now? I highly doubt that you could do anything worse." She says with a chuckle.

"Wanna bet?" I smirk at her.

"What'cha got?" She sends me a smirk that makes my immortal heart flutter.

"I froze an elf, got Sandy turned into a nightmare, ruined Easter, and almost got everyone else killed." I wince inwardly at the memories. "And that was all before I was even an official guardian."

"You win." Jinx says as she lets out a tiny laugh.

"Yeah, so in the category of "Things done when found out you were chosen to be a guardian" you're doing just fine."

"Thanks Jack."

"Oi! Love birds, get out here!" We both hear Bunny shout from the main part of the shop. The two of us run over to them to see Pitch's silhouette on the ground.

"You didn't really think I was defeated, did you?" The shadow laughs as it rises from the ground but keeps it shadowy form. It looks right at Jinx and laughs. "Well, hello Jinx. Nice to finally meet you, but I must say that I'm a little disappointed that you're chumming around with these do gooders. Your talents could be so much more useful with me."

"Keep dreaming. I would much rather spend eternity listen to Bunny talk about why Easter is better than Christmas. Which it isn't."" Jinx snaps as she floats off the ground and flies toward the shadow.

"Oi!" Bunny yells from his place. I have to stifle my laughter to keep myself calm.

"Nonetheless, your time will come. Fear will once again rule and you, my dear, must make the choice of who you stand with. The Raven will return and nothing will stop it." Suddenly the shadow pops like a balloon, sending black sand all over the room. Jinx lands where the shadow once was and lets out a loud sigh.

"I told you so." North looks at Bunny, who simply rolls his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah, I don't want to hear it, North. Why was he jabbering about a raven?" Bunny asks as he puts his boomerangs away.

"I don't know but if Pitch wants it, it can't be good." North says as he sheaths his swords. Tooth, Bunny, North, Sandy and myself all start talking about what it could possibly mean.

"I know what he's talking about." We all look over to Jinx, who has an unreadable look on her face.

"What do you mean?" North asks as he takes a step closer to her.

"The Raven is one of the most evil demon ever seen by anyone. She destroys people. She shows them their worst fears and when they're at their weakest, she takes their souls. She has killed thousands of innocent people. She can't return. If she does, it will be the end of everything we know and love." Jinx says as she looks at the ground.

"How do you know all of this?" I ask as I place my hand on her shoulder.

"Because she's my mother…"