Hi! Chapter Three!

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Chapter Three - Little Kid Guardians

"Why, Bunny!? WHY!?" Jack fell to his knees, dropping his staff onto the soft grass and glaring at the little bunny. "Not more!" All the eggs were looking up at him (well at least they looked like it, since they had no eyes) with curiosity and confusion. There are more? They seem to say. More what?

Jack stared at the little bunny, who used to be the tall, fierce, and at times (Jack had to admit), gentle Easter Bunny. The winter spirit's eyes grew wider and wider, as he tried to take it all in. Bunnymund looked exactly like the way he had when he lost all his believers: small, fluffy, and cute.

All of the Guardians that he saw so far were toddlers. Jack felt like he was going to burst with stress. He couldn't take care of three little kids! He was trained to protect them, not babysit! "Okay, Jack," he mumbled, attempting to give himself a pep talk. "You're going to be fine. They're just three measly kids, right? You can take care of them. Besides, you have everything you need: elves, yetis, eggs, fairies and yourself. All of you can do this, together. There's still hope that Sandy isn't a little kid." He gasped with realization. "If Sandy's a little kid, there's not going to be anyone for him! He's still up there!"

Jack's gaze shot up to the sky. The Warren's sky was connected to the real world's sky, and there was a giant cloud of dream sand floating along up there. The teen grabbed his staff, then raced up to the sky, the whole while praying that Sandy wasn't a toddler. Please don't be a toddler. Please don't be a toddler!

His prayers weren't answered. When he peered over the cloud to take a look, there, on all the golden sand, was his last hope, who was now roughly a five year old. The younger version of Sandman looked almost exactly like the regular version, just a tad shorter and looking more like a child. Jack sputtered out sounds, too shocked to say actual words. He couldn't believe that he was the last fully grown (well, up to his extent, since he can only be a teenager and never older) Guardian left.

His eyes went back and forth between Sandy and Bunny. They were all little kids, and Jack was the babysitter. Jack cringed and almost immediately started to take in big breaths to calm himself. He just felt like screaming. Actually, he felt like exploding. He decided to give himself another pep talk.

"Its just four measly kids. You have help! There's the yetis, the elves, the eggs, and the fairies. They should be enough, right? Right. That all should be enough help." But when he looked down again, to check on the Easter Bunny, he didn't see any of the eggs anymore.

Pitch frowned. How could he have let Jack have assistance? This was supposed to be a nightmare, not a dream with a happy ending! It would be no fun if his torture had a solution to end it all. Then, an idea came to him. His frown slowly turned into a smirk. He wondered what would happen if all the eggs, yetis, elves, and fairies were all gone?

Jack stared down in horror, while the oblivious bunny stared back up at him. All the eggs were gone. He did some more thinking. "Maybe the fairies, elves and yetis aren't gone!" He told himself.

The winter spirit picked up the happy little Sandman (Thank the snowballs and snowmen he's not crying), then flew down to pick up the bunny, who refused to be held, but decided to nestle into Jack's white hair. Jack winced as the Kangaroo (he shouldn't even be called that anymore) pulled on his hair, trying to get into a comfortable position. The winter spirit didn't get it. How could his hair be so comfortable? He never exactly cleaned his hair in the past 300 years, yet it seemed comfortable to Bunny.

Jack cracked open another portal (I have to go back to get some more. I only have one more left) and stepped through… only to find North and Tooth all by themselves as well. The teen frantically looked around, nearly flinging off Bunny on his head (the Bunny was holding on for dear life, but still seemed to have the brave face the regular Easter Bunny had. At least he didn't cry) for the mini tooth fairies. None of them could be found, not even Baby Tooth. He shouted for them, but there was no response.

Next, the teen cracked open his last portal. His location: The North Pole. Jack prayed under his breath that the yetis and elves were still there. It was right then and there that Jack realized he had to carry around four toddlers. Reality hit him. Since they were toddlers, some of them should be able to walk on their own. He sighed with relief. At least that was a good thing.

He slowly set down Sandy, who fell down at first, but then slowly tried to raise himself up. The Sandman smiled with satisfaction when he completed his first task: standing up. Next, he took one step, then paused, as if he got off balanced and then trying to regain his balance again.

Jack looked in wonder at the little guy. He always knew the Sandman was determined, but not when he was younger! The teen smiled. This was getting a little bit better.

Pitch's smile grew even more. That's right, Jack. He thought. Think that everything is going well. Just wait and see… Everything will get much… MUCH worse.

Jack jumped up and cheered as he managed to get all of the toddlers to walk through the portal. It took lots of time, but its all worth it. I just hope that at least the yetis and elves are there. As annoying as they can sometimes be, at least I wouldn't be alone.

As they all passed through, Jack looked around, in a search for Santa's helpers. "Hello?" He listened for a response. It was strangely quiet in the North Pole. It was almost never quiet in here. There was always something to be done.

Jack peered over to look at the yetis' working stations and was surprised at what he found. There were no toys being made. There were some toys that were in the process of being finished lying on the tables, and then there were others (a whole stack of others) that were already finished, ready to be loaded for the year's Christmas.

Jack started to panic. He turned around to find all the toddlers right behind him. He would have trampled them over if he hadn't noticed them. The winter spirit spoke to them in a hushed voice. Jack didn't know why, but it just didn't feel right to talk very loudly in such an empty place. "Stay here, and I'll get more portals."

With that being said, the Guardian of Fun rushed off to do just that. He returned to the place where he found the globes and snatched up five more. Now he had six.

It was then that he realized how alone he was.

Jack was the only one who was looking after four toddlers. He no longer had any hopes of help. The elves were gone; the yetis were gone; the fairies were gone; the eggs were gone. He was the only one left. Four toddlers depended on him. He had to face the facts. I'm all alone on this one, with no help… no one there to give me advice… and… Jack slowly started sink down on the walls. Once he reached the bottom, he hugged his knees, and stared into space. No one to assist me… no one to…

Suddenly, and idea hit Jack. There were still the children! Humans! And with humans came the Bennett family. And with the Bennett family came Jamie! The hopeless and depressed face that was once on Jack's face had slowly become a smile full of hope and relief.

He quickly scooped up all the snow globes he had left lying on the floor when he was having his mini meltdown. He rushed back to where all the toddlers were, only to find that there were only three of them now. Jack raised an eyebrow as he scratched his head. "That's weird. I could have sworn that there four of…" Something clicked in Jack's mind.

"Uh… Where's Bunny?"

WARNING: Kind of a long Author's Note.

Okay, I do believe that this chapter is a tad longer than all the other chapters (I think). If it wasnt, then it sure felt like it was longer. It took me almost the whole day to make it (okay, maybe just the afternoon with a ton a breaks in between) but it's worth it in the end!

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