Okay, this is a few weeks later and, in response to requests, its gonna be a family christmas!
Hope you all enjoy!

It had been a quiet few weeks, on the run up to Christmas. Bunny and Jack had set aside their usual bickering to give North a hand, and it had all run perfectly. There had even been less of a rush than normal, as Jack had created various ice slides to carry presents and toys to various places instead of the elves having to traipse back and forth.
Now, North had finally returned from his trip and was settled down with a glass of eggnog, laughing as Jack and Sandy had a silent argument, about whether gold or pale blue was the better colour, in sign language, Jack seeming too caught up to bother returning to speech.
Bunny entered the room, an there was a short lull as they both waved and greeted him, before the argument returned full strength.
"They still arguin' 'bout the best colour?"
"Da. Is amusing, No?"
"Very. Trip went okay?"
"Same as every year. Now it is just Tooth to arrive-"
Right on cue, she flew through the window, rolling her eyes at the silent argument.
"Oh dear... Look, we all know blue is a better colour Sandy..."
Jack grinned, then North shook his head.
"Ah, but Gold is very good colour. Might be better than blue. Is very christmasy and festive, da?"
Jack glared as Sandy gave a victory dance, and they turned to Bunny.
He rolled his eyes.
"They're both decent colours... But I'm afraid I'm with the Frost bite on this one."
Everyone, including Jack, stared at him, incredulous, and Jack started signing, before blinking and snapping out of it into speech.
"Wait, you're agreeing with me...?"
"Yeah. I prefer blue to gold..."
Sandy threw his arms up, as if to say who can argue with that, and floated up onto his cloud.
Jack sank into the sofa, legs up and taking up the whole length of it, before shuffling so that Tooth could sit down.
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He jumped when Sandy appeared in front of him, holding a small golden ball on a chain, sand swirling inside it, and gestured for him to take it, a huge sign, lit up with glowing lights, saying Happy Christmas.
Jack blinked, catching the ball as it fell, and looking at it as Sandy gave the other guardians one too.
Sandy started signing, and Jack translated for the others, all of whom had gotten used to this much easier way of talking to him.
"He says... They will protect against nightmares when you're sleeping... And hold a dream he's been working on for... Wow, nearly six months? Oh, and he says Happy Christmas."
The others laughed, as Sandy shrugged, and Jack had a closer look at the orb.
He hadn't been expecting a Christmas present...
Resolving to look at the contents later, he mimicked the others in placing it around his neck, all aside from Bunny, who tied it to his ever present Boomerang holder, and gave Sandy a huge grin, signing.
Thanks Sandy... It's amazing...
Id hope so, I spent long enough working on it...
Jack laughed, shaking his head at the confused expressions on the other guardians faces.
"Nothing. It's just funny that you can sign emotions..."
They all looked at him as if he was mad, until Sandy started signing again, and Jack grinned, signing back.
Actually, I have something first. Do you mind giving it to them later?
Sure, no problem. What did you get?
Before Jack could react, however, and tell him that he would have to wait and see, North was in front of him, holding out a wrapped box.

Jack blinked, taking it, and realised that Bunny and Sandy were also opening identically wrapped boxes.
"Is present from both Tooth and me." North said, smiling, before sitting back down again and grinning at the difficulty the others were having in opening them.
Jack, however, tugged at the exact point he knew would undo the ribbon, something that Bunny and Sandy were both clueless to, and opened the box, giving a soft wow as he took out what was inside.
It was a snow globe, but not any snow globe.
Inside, images flashed. Jack's eyes widened as they realised that they were scenes from his memories. Some of his best memories were playing out in front of him, and he laughed as a particularly good one came up.
Tooth and North shared a grin, having been hoping that Jack would be okay with the invasion of privacy, before Jack pulled Tooth into a tight hug, which set North of laughing... That is, until he was nearly choked by the same thing, leaving Sandy and Bunny, who had finally opened theirs to find a similar thing, laughing at the both of them.

Jack joined in the laughter as he sat back down again, only to blink and catch another box as Bunny called 'Think fast!'
He rolled his eyes as Bunny groaned, having been attempting to catch him out that way all year, and grinned.
"Nice try, Fluff-bug."
Fluff-bug was a particularly new one, and Bunny was still at the stage where he was rolling his eyes at it. He was actually wondering how Jack came up with them all, and was unaware that Jack had actually come up with list of names, memorised them and was picking them out at random when needed.
"Go on then, Frosty, open up." He said, handing the others different shaped gifts, and hopped over as Jack pulled out a small egg charm, made of a green crystal type material and glowing faintly with streaks of gold, held in a gold setting.
"It's a key... Kinda." Jack raised an eyebrow.
"Well, ya spend so much time in the warren, ya may as well have proper access to it. Means ya can open a tunnel there any time ya like. But I'll know though, so no pranks-"
He was cut off by the hug that Jack gave him, and grinned.
He had figured that the best present he could give was something that proved his trust in the younger guardian, and he looked like he had been right. He also knew that Jack would avoid abusing that trust, meaning he would have less pranks played on him... And it gave him somewhere to go if he was ever in trouble and needed a quick way out.
Jack seemed to realise all of this, and gave Bunny a huge smile, full of gratitude.
"Thanks..." It was all he really could say, and all he needed to.
The others, understanding the reasons behind Bunny's gift, all grinned, then thanked him in turn for the individually decorated, miniature eggs that expressed their jobs. Bunny grinned. It had been a nightmare to get the right shade of gold for Sandy's eggs...
Ah well, it was worth it.
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Then it was the other's turn to be surprised as Jack flew off, and returned with a small box for each of them.
Jack had thought quite hard about what gifts to get, and had decided on something that he hadn't tried in years... Namely, creating a snowflake, then trapping it in ice, then breathing on the ice in such a way that it would never melt. Sure, it was hard, but he had hoped it would be worth it.
Apparently, it had been.
He grinned as they all opened their gifts to find individual snowflakes trapped in ice which was so clear and smooth, it could have been glass.
Tooth's was as big as her hand, and held the image of her, flying around her palace. The detail, and the frosted pattern that swirled away from the centre of the snowflake, where the picture was, had her breathless.
North's was designed in the same way, but had a different image in the centre.
A picture of the sleigh, him driving it, with each of the reindeer, and a couple of elves swinging off the back. He chuckled at the elves, then marvelled at the detail and precision that had gone into such a tiny image.
Bunny was likewise shocked by the detail and artistry, as he looked at the picture... namely him being buried by several rabbits, which he recognised as being from their prank war a few months ago, with a few eggs dancing around.
"Hey Frostbite? Feel like taking over the egg painting this year? I could use a break."
Jack laughed.
"You kiddin? I've been offering to give you a hand for ages..."
"Yeah, but I didn't know you were bloody Van Gogh did I? Mate, these are great."
He grinned, shrugging, then blinked as Sandy sent an arrow his way to get his attention and starting signing.
Jack blinked, then shrugged, voicing his reply.
"These are some of the ones you're always sending out... You're most regular ones..."
Sandy had opened his to find a picture of him, on his cloud, and several streams of sand, each morphing into something else as they twirled up into the different edges of the snowflake... Dolphins, Fish, Birds, Stars, Planets, Smaller Animals... Several of the dreams he was regularly sending out. And they were all done to perfection...
He tried to get Jack's attention, and eventually had to shoot an arrow, before signing.
Where are these from? When did you see them?
Sandy blinked at the reply. How did he know that? He decided to ask later, and simply gave him a huge smile.
It's beautiful. Thank you.
Jack shrugged self consciously, then grinned.
I'd hope so, I spent long enough working on it...
Sandy laughed, and Jack yelped as he was bowled backwards by Tooth, who had pulled him into a hug.
"Aww, thanks Sweet Tooth, it's beautiful..."

Then the other's blinked as several fairies flew in, proudly displaying miniature snowflakes on chains around their necks.
They were tiny versions of what Jack had given them, but were hung on small chains, and each held the image of a fairy, flying with a stream of glitter behind her, with a small tooth cupped in her hands. They were as detailed as the larger ones, and Tooth gasped as she heard that Jack had made one for each of the smaller fairies, leaving them for them at the palace earlier that day. The amount of time and effort he must have put in...
"You made one for all of them?"
Bunny, Sandy and North looked likewise startled as Jack shrugged.
"Well... Yeah..."
"But it must have taken you-"
"It's fine, Tooth, honest..." He gave her a huge grin, and she sighed, smiling as she pecked him on the forehead.
"That's so sweet, Jack..."
He grinned, then yelped as he was bombarded by fairies, all of whom wanted to give him a hug.
Tooth laughed, with the others, then smiled at Baby Tooth, blinking as she proudly displayed her own present. It was identical to the others, but for the small inscription on the bottom.
To My Little Tinkerbell.
She gave a squeal at the cuteness of it all, and joined the others in burying Jack with hugs.
Despite all of his pleas for rescue, the other guardians just laughed, deciding to stay well clear of the whole thing lest they be dragged in too, but eventually, Sandy decided to lend a hand and created a sand barrier between Jack and the fairies, nudging them away slightly, and finally getting them to abandon their hugs and fly off.
Tooth returned to her seat at the same time as Jack, who glared at the others.
"Cheers for the help..." Then he raised an eyebrow at Sandy, who had a question mark above his head.
"Sure. You wanna get them?"
Sandy nodded, then flew away, as the others turned to Jack.
"Get what?" North asked, but Jack just grinned.
"Wait and see..."
They didn't have to wait long.
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A few minutes later, Sandy flew back in, three wrapped packages in his hands.
He didn't have to say who they were from, as they opened the paper to reveal thick books, with their names, and 'From the Punk Pranksters' written on the front. That was the nickname that the others had given Jack and Sandy, inspired by the punk hairstyle on their flag, and they all gave each other 'oh no' looks.
They hadn't... Had they?
How could they have found the time to take photos without them knowing about it?
They hurriedly opened the books, and burst out laughing as they realised each page was filled with photos of the prank crusade a few months ago, with small inscriptions telling them what it had been, most likely from Sandy, who would want them to remember every detail of their humiliation, and with small jokes and phrases written at the bottom of the pictures, obviously courtesy of Jack.
Looking through the pictures took up the rest of the night, and eventually, Jack nodded off, Tooth not long after.
Sandy grinned as the other two dozed off as well, and watched as the dreams in the orbs he had given them began working. They would play not just tonight, but whenever he thought they needed a dream that was better than his usual best. And tonight, that was his gift.
He flew out, to do his job, and grinned as watched a dolphin leap around a telegraph wire. He looked at the snowflake Jack had given him, and realised it was identical.
This had him smiling for hours afterwards...

North smiled as he started dozing, and he glanced across at Jack. The youngest guardian had seemed overwhelmed by the gifts, and North was determined to make every Christmas count. He wasn't sure why they had so rarely spent Christmas together before, but he was going to make it a tradition. Now... What could he make for presents the next year...?

Okay, next is going to be the Easter trouble with Pitch, so it's gonna be set a couple of months after this chapter :D
After that... well, wait and see :D But I do thinks it's time we met some different spirits, or learnt more about Jack's past, so keep an eye out!
Please review and let me know what you thought of the gifts!

Raven xx