*Aaina's P.O.V.*

"Of course you can't hold me here forever, North! It's still Winter in the outside world and I haven 't brought as much snow as humans are used to."

"You ought to think humans be in big panic, yes? But they aren't."

"I ain't complaining mate."

"Aw, afraid I'd be freezing your little eggs again are ya?"

There was a soft chuckle and I pressed my ear closer to the door to listen as the argument droned on.

"Blizzard of '68... an Easter Sunday. It wasn't 'sposed to happen once, and I'm gonna make sure it doesn't happen again."

"Oh, come on. You still aren't mad about that; are you?"

"For the last time, yes!"

Bunny groaned from the other side of the two-inch thick wood. I myself found a smile blossom on my face. Mostly because I didn't think bunnies could lay eggs; and if Bunnymund was so ginormous, how big were they?

"If you are homesick then go back to town again; for little while. I guess there is no reason to hold you back. After-all, everything's under control here."

I could only imagine Bunny sputtering and had to suppress a giggle.

"Wha- He gets laid off? Just like that? Bloody-"

Jack was already laughing with obvious glee successfully cutting off the rabbit's curse. The Guardian of Fun, as I had come to know him, had a home? Where was it? I wondered if it was warm or if it was all glacier to fit his liking. Was it always green and flower-filled like I heard the Easter Bunny's warren is; or perhaps all plateau and lifeless with sands like Saudi Arabia where I am from? Was it covered in water? Did it rain often or not at all? Was there the marvelous seasons I have yet to experience; Spring and Autumn? There was so much I had yet to know! As I relaxed my racing heartbeat I again took up my post just outside the door and to the right. It's not like I wanted the Guardians to know I had been prying but I HAD to go with Jack on this journey. I wanted only SO BADLY to see his home and what it was like. After-all, he was my best friend, and I doubt he'd deny me that. He couldn't! I would follow him through the wind and falling snows just to see it, and even if I got lost on the way, I promise I'd land and await him to find me again; as I usually did. They thought I didn't recognize how childish I may seem, but of course I had, I simply didn't care. When you only had one immortal life, it seems to go by quicker if you try to live for the fun of it. Just as I had been thinking, the double-doors swung open and my heart stopped as Jack walked out, casting a few words over his shoulder to North. Not noticing Sandman coming the opposite way down a hall, I awaited the doors being shut and then launched myself at Jack, pinning him to them, eyes flaring.

"Jack!"

I embraced him warmly and squealed as I felt him tense, and slowly relax again.

"Aaina!"

He smiled accusingly, eyes narrowing with mischief.

"Were you eavesdropping again?"

I shrugged and then grinned myself.

"If it is what I am best at, why not hone it?"

I let my lukewarm hands slip from his shoulders and into his own, swinging our arms and pulling him away from the wall and into the open so he wasn't crushed. My heart-rate had begun to race again as I feared he might turn down my request, even if it was silly to think so.

"So I have heard you have a home you are returning to, yes?"

He slowly nodded and smiled a bit wistfully.

"I was thinking of heading back a while, on duty; and with me, I'm bringing a Snow Day!"

I slowly felt my head grow foggy and my brows furrowed.

"What is; Snow Day?"

Jack seemed for a second shocked and then remembered that where I am from, I hadn't seen snow before coming to the North Pole. He instantly brightened at the thought of an explanation.

"Well, a Snow Day is something that all children learn to love; whether they like Winter or not. It's when I bring so much snow that it piles up and school is cancelled; a place where kids go to learn, usually five days a week. They learn and study and work some more and there's barely ANY time at all for fun!"

He complained. I felt my eyes widen as I imagined the terrors of 'school'. Anywhere lacking fun was somewhere I'd HATE to be. Jack continued to speak and I listened, expecting more horrors of this education system, but instead he defined what I had asked for.

"Once school is closed, the most of the children like to come outside and play in the snow; and I do too of course. Sled-riding, snowball fights, building snowmen and making snow-angels! It's all so much fun Aaina! I'm sure you'd love it, if you'd ever experienced one."

School was temporarily forgotten and I felt a smile alight my face. I tried my best to keep serious but I could hear nothing but my heart's pounding in my ears, and suddenly everything seemed utterly unimportant, except for this very moment. It was the perfect chance!-

"Jack."

I demanded in my more commanding, regal tone.

"I command you to take me with you, so that I might see this; Day of Snows."

The pounding grew louder and louder as the silence dragged on. For what may have been only a few seconds, felt like HOURS to me and it was painstakingly slow. Jack had begun to grin and his eyes flashed with excitement. Somehow, I felt that this is what he had wanted to happen too...

"I don't see why not! It sounds like.. fun~"

Jack had me perched precariously on the thin branches of an old pine tree and I smiled at the small town below us. There was much wooded area where Jack lived, and here in town, it wasn't all that different from Arabia. Of course, the homes weren't adobe but nearly the same height, and the streets were paved pathways and there was a large lacking in sand-dunes; but the humans below all seemed so content with their life. It was hard not to be happy on a day like this. Jack had us flown here; not by plane but by a friend of his; the wind. I had nearly been snuffed out and he had to carry me most of the way, not that he seemed to mind. He pointed down to the crowded streets at a group of children walking, hopping or running along the side-walks.

"There's our target!~"

He beamed. Seeing me tense up he placed a frozen hand on my shoulder and the second I heard a fizz I dropped at least ten degrees. I glanced over at him and watched his gaze soften a bit when it met mine and he smiled reassuringly.

"I promise Aaina, nothing can happen to you or them as long as I'm here~"

I sighed and sucked in some of the cold air resonating in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania[1]; as Jack had told me this was so (explanation at end of chapter). I sighed and took his hand in my own and shrugged.

"I know Jack... I trust you with anything..."

He flashed me a soft smile and glanced to the skies.

"Wind!" he called.

In an instant, the breezes picked up and a gust lifted him from the branch, but not before he grabbed me. Holding me bridal-style, staff tucked underneath me and closer to himself, he drifted down towards the streets. The children looked up in both surprise and glee, more than happy to see Jack... but of course, they couldn't see me.

[1]- (Alright! For you confused, bewildered followers out there; I am feeling very proud of myself. I have four important facts from the ROTG movie [which I watched 5 times now and am about to watch again, right now] that support my hypothesis on where Jack lives.The first,more like an assumption, is that I live here in PA and have seen Gettysburg. That town looks much like it, and so does the olde one from whence Jack came in his time.Secondly,Jamie says there were Bigfoot sightings in Michigan which is very close; it's only two states away.Thirdly,the statue Jamie wrecks into while sledding is of a man called "Thaddeus Burgess". There was a man in history named Thaddeus whom was Burgess of Gettysburg.Lastly,when the last believing child's light (Jamie's) is pointed out on North's globe, it is not only in America but near spot on Pennsylvania. :D Believe it or not if you will, do the research or no, Jack comes from my hometown! :DD)