AN: Longest. Chapter. Ever.
...At least for this story...
Sorry for the delay. I kinda broke my file with April Fools on it. (This is what I get for staying up at 3:00 am) Then I somehow entirely messed up my writing software. Finally after I fixed that I was out of the house a lot. Including being in a parade. Then I finished it at 11:27 am yesterday. (Yes I took the time to write down the exact time) Xay took way to long and was doing useless stuff.
Xay: Well... You know what, it was all my fault. BUT! Shy started cleaning my room and threw everything on my bed and got rid of my stuff and made me upset!
Shy: I didn't throw anything away! I know exactly where everything is!
Anyway I hope you like this. To give credit to my awesome siblings. I want you all to know how much Bhentan and Jozash helped save this. They were awesome. I read the first seen and asked them what would happen next. Their ideas were so much better. Even Bob, LittleKittieLili, and Edrenith help out in their own ways.
Xay: ...Wait a minute... Am I there?
Shy: ...
Also, we made the cover cool! It doesn't look dumb and cheesy anymore! Yay!
Disclaimer: For the last time; we don't own RotG! Also, we apologize if we wrote April where we were supposed to write Avery and several characters OOCness... (mostly Bunny...)
As the dust cleared Bunny started to hyperventilate. April walked over sheepishly. "Um, are you okay?"
Bunny whipped around to face April, a furious expression on his face. "Okay!? This is all your fault!" Bunny paced as he fumed. "What was I thinking, letting such an idiot bring all of his idiot friends to 'help'!?"
April ducked his head. "I… I just wanted to—"
"Help?!" Bunny interrupted. "Look at what you and your goons have done!" he swiped his hand in a wide circle.
"Hey, we don't like him either," Jacob shouted. A few murmurs of agreement went through the crowd.
"S-sorry…"
Bunny sighed and turned on April again. "You ruined Easter, you wasted all of the Guardian's time, you caused damage that will take months to fix and all you can say is SORRY!?"
Jack bit his lip. "Bunny, maybe you're being—"
"What, harsh?! HE RUINED EASTER!" Bunny scoffed. "Of course you would defend the only other person who's ever destroyed my holiday!" Jack stepped back, hurt.
April looked at the ground. "…Sorry…" with the last apology, April flashed away.
Bunny scoffed. "Good riddance…"
Super shoved his way out of the crowd. "Don't be such a jerk! We all saw how far behind you were when we got here!"
"Only because April broke my arm!" Bunny shot out. There was a collective gasp throughout the spirits.
"April wouldn't do that!" the Groundhog called out. "He's too stupid!" everyone began to laugh.
"Oh, you guys didn't hear what happened on April 1st?" Bunny called out. Everyone fell silent. "He distracted us Guardian's from our jobs, he kidnapped a child, he went insane, he hurt all of the Guardians and he nearly killed a believer!"
Everyone shifted uneasily. "B-but… April would never stoop that low! He loves kids!" Super defended.
"Ask all the other Guardians!" Bunny shouted. "Ask Jack!"
All eyes shifted the winter spirit. Jack rolled his eyes. "April didn't do any of that on purpose! His powers got out of control and he lost his spirit memories!"
Super gasped. "Wait he could only remember his past?"
Jack frowned. "Yeah, and he was mad at everyone. Well, except Jamie. He thought he was Timmy or something…"
Super's eyes widened. "Well, I wouldn't blame him. His human memories were pretty sad…"
Bunny rolled his eyes. "Well, whatever, but Easter's still ruined. What are we gonna do?"
April teleported to Aqua's island and curled up behind a rock, sniffling. "I'm such a failure. Everything I do messes up. Jack was right. All I care about is goofing off and pranking people. I never think of the consequences my actions might cause. Bunny was right. I should have known better than to bring all those spirits to his Warren. I'm such an idiot. It's all my fault Easter is ruined and now everyone hates me..."
"Hello?" Aqua called out. April curled up closer to the rock. Aqua walked around it. "…April?"
"I'm not here!" April whimpered, curling up tighter.
Aqua chuckled. "Uh, I'm pretty sure you are."
April froze. "Uh… No! I'm not! I'm pulling a prank on you! Haha, you fell for it, bye—"
"Oh no you don't," Aqua grabbed his arm and pulled him up. "What's wrong? You only hide behind this rock when you're really upset."
April sniffed and rubbed his face. "W-well… I ruined Easter…There was an explosion and all the eggs are gone…"
Aqua frowned. "But Tim and I have the eggs right here," she led April around a few corners and into a large clearing, filled with baskets and eggs scattered around. Tim stood a few feet away, counting numbers and checking a list.
April frowned. "But why are they here?"
"Well, Tim got really stressed out and I saw the others arguing…"
"So you kidnapped them?" April questioned.
Aqua laughed. "Well they all listened to me, so I told them to follow me here."
"Aqua, you're amazing!" April exclaimed, jumping on Aqua and hugging her.
Aqua chuckled and peeled him off. "We'll most likely need help hiding the eggs. Do you think you could get anyone that's still there?"
"Yeah!" April jumped up. "Wait until I tell them what really happened!" with that, April teleported back to the Warren.
Bunny was directing the spirits to salvage anything they could for Easter when April teleported back. He ran over to where Bunny was excitedly. "Hey Bunny, guess what!"
"April, I don't have time." Bunny said angrily, not looking up from what he was doing.
"But Bunny—" Bunny looked up irritably.
"April, you made this mess. Leave before you make it worse."
"But—"
"Just go! I don't need to clean up any more of your messes!" Bunny interrupted. April stepped back, confused.
"Why won't he listen to me? I know what happened to the eggs. If he would listen, I could show him." April thought. "Bunny—"
"Leave!" Bunny shouted out angrily. April turned around, hurt.
"If Bunny won't listen, at least the others will." April thought walking over to the groundhog. "Hey, Groundhog!" he called out trying to get his attention. The groundhog whipped around.
"What are you doing back?" he asked annoyed.
"I found out what happened to the eggs!"
"April, I don't have time for your games."
"But it's not a game." April complained.
"The eggs were either destroyed or ran away again. I'm trying to help, so I don't have time—"
"But that's not what happened!"
"Just go, you're wasting time!" April looked around.
"Why isn't anyone listening?" April walked over to May. "May, guess what Easter isn't ru—"
"Go away." May interrupted him.
"Huh?"
"Bunny told us what happened on April first."
"But that was an accident!" April claimed.
"That doesn't make it right!" May yelled back. April took a step back.
"Oh great. Now that Bunny told them, no one will listen." April thought.
"I can't believe you almost hurt a child." May continued. Her words hit April hard. "Just leave!" April closed his eyes. He was remembering what happened again. He didn't want to remember. His memories made him feel sick. So he teleported away so he could remember alone with no one near him.
Aqua was painting the last of the eggs when she heard something. She turned around and realized it came in the direction of the rock April hid behind when he upset. Aqua was a bit confused and went over to Tim. "Hey Tim, I'll be right back."
"Okay." he said still working. Aqua went back over to the rock and saw April curled up crying.
"April, what happened?" she rushed over but April backed up.
"I'm not here." He said, sniffling.
"April, I know your there. Pretending your not doesn't work."
"It did years ago." Aqua chuckled.
"What's wrong?" she asked sweetly. April wiped his tears and let Aqua help him up.
"Well," April sniffled and looked down. "Bunny told the other spirits about what happened on April Fool's day and now everyone hates me." Aqua looked at April confused.
"What happened on April Fool's?" Aqua asked. April looked up sadly.
"Promise you won't hate me?" April sniffled again.
"Why would I hate you?"
"Because I was the one who hurt the Guardians and almost killed a child." April answered weakly, turning down and sitting on the rock. Aqua gasped.
"But... Why?" Aqua stuttered.
"I…" April broke down and cried. Aqua didn't know what happened, but she still went to comfort him.
"It's okay April. I'm not gonna hate you. Just tell me what happened."
"I—" out of nowhere, Super appeared and interrupted April.
"He lost his spirit memories and could only remember his past," Aqua gasped again and got up. April had been very secretive about his past and only nine others knew; two being Aqua and Super. "He didn't mean any of it," Super continued. "Hurting the Guardians was an accident April. At least you tried to make up for it," he finished bending down to April. April sniffled and took Super's hand getting up.
"But Super, April's plan did work," Aqua said trying to explain.
"Oh yeah, I heard you left so you wouldn't know. The Halloween twins finally admitted to causing the explosion that ruined Easter."
"No Super, I have all the eggs right here." she gestured in the direction of the eggs.
"What?!" Super jumped up.
"I didn't mean to cause any problems. It's just that the eggs listened to me and I saw the others fighting and—" Super interrupted Aqua with a hug.
"That's awesome!" Super yelled. Super let go and Aqua regained her balance. Then he frowned. "But no one will listen to April now." Aqua sighed.
"Well then—"
"Hey, why didn't I get the memo?!" Joe yelled out.
"Sorry Joe, did Tim tell you?" Aqua asked Joe.
"Yeah, problem is, no one else will help."
"No one?" Super asked. Joe shook his head.
"Well, no one except for Cupid." Aqua's eyebrows furred.
"Why would he be here?" she asked.
"Well—"
"Hi Aqua!" Cupid waved interrupting Joe. Aqua waved back. "Tim said you need help hiding eggs."
"Yeah." Aqua said forgetting her question. Cupid shot a "don't you dare" look at Joe and continued to listen to Aqua.
It was finally time for the group to get started hiding. April, Joe and Super had tried to tell Bunny, but he wouldn't listen and they couldn't find Jack. Aqua was busy giving orders to the eggs with Tim and the others were waiting at a small picnic bench Aqua had. They were bored, so April decided to start a conversation. "So Cupid, why did you end up here?" Cupid opened his mouth to speak but Joe interrupted.
"He has a crush on Aqua." Joe said quickly. April and Super began laughing and Cupid shoved Joe.
"Come on!" Cupid yelled angrily.
"Wait, you like Aqua?" Super said, trying to hold his laughter. Cupid blushed slightly, making Super laugh again.
"Couldn't you just shoot her with a love arrow or something?" April asked.
"It doesn't work that way." Cupid answered. He opened his mouth to explain, but Joe interrupted.
"He said his magic doesn't work on himself." Joe chuckled. Cupid growled at Joe.
"So Cupid is helplessly in love?" Super asked dramatically, making Joe and April laugh and Cupid fume.
"Wow, how sad. Cupid, the spirit of love, can't love." April joked.
"Hey, just because I can't make her like me doesn't mean she won't!" Cupid called out. "It's not fair! And it makes no sense! I'm supposed to be the most attractive person on earth!"
Super snickered. "Well, Aqua has a certain… Type…"
Cupid frowned. "What?"
Joe handed him a piece of paper. On the top it said "What Aqua Looks For In a Guy". Cupid frowned and read it aloud. "Black hair… Brown eyes… Short… Not super fit… Not super romantic… Cute, not hot… That's the opposite of me!"
The others began laughing again. Suddenly Aqua ran over. "Hey guys what are you talking about? I heard lots of yelling and laughing so…"
"Oh, we were just talking about Cupid's—" Cupid wacked Super. "Ow!"
"So, are we ready to start help?" Cupid suggested, blushing.
"Yeah, we just finished everything, so now we have to direct them to hide," everyone listened as Aqua spoke. She took out a few papers. "Tim said to give you guys these. They'll tell you which eggs you're in charge of and where to hide them. Hopefully they'll listen. There are a lot of eggs to hide, so let's get started," everyone looked at their paper. There were so many places and only six people helping. They set straight away with hiding.
April's first group of eggs all listened and got into a few baskets. April held them and teleported to start. Aqua's eggs listened also and she started to hide them. The other four weren't as lucky though.
"Stay put!" Cupid yelled to one of his eggs.
"I'm going to crush you!" Joe yelled at his eggs.
"Come on little egg move along." Super said gently. "Move along." his voice became more irritated. "Move along!" he screamed, angered at the egg.
"Alright, you go here," Tim directed a batch of eggs into one basket. "You guys go into Aqua's next basket," he prodded a few stubborn eggs. "Come on," he growled, shoving them. "Get in your place!" he screeched.
April teleported back and grabbed another basket. "Okay, time to hide you guys!" he said cheerfully, skipping away. Suddenly, he tripped over a stick and the googies tumbled out of the basket, scattering. "No, come back!"
Bunny was sprawled out on a couch in the North Pole, waving his hands in the air dramatically. "This is the end Jack!" he yelled out. "The end of Easter. The end of the Guardians," he grabbed Jack. "Watch with me as the lights go out," Jack struggled to get away from the sulking Bunny.
"Why are we sitting here when we could be trying to fix it?" Jack asked pulling himself away.
"Because, Jack, we failed. I failed my job. Now we're all going to fade away," Bunny said dramatically, pulling Jack towards him. "Let's spend our last moments watching the lights go out."
"Why would you watch them with me? I thought you were mad at me," Bunny ignored Jack's comment and looked at a clock.
"Ahh! The egg hunts are starting!" he yelled out shaking Jack's shoulders. Suddenly, they heard North come in.
"Bunny, did Easter go well?" he asked.
"Nothing went well. All is lost," Bunny ran over to North, dragging Jack. "Watch with us as the lights go out," They all stared at the globe. Nothing happened for a while until suddenly, a few lights appeared.
"So… I take it Easter did go well," North said.
"But… Easter was ruined; why are they believing?" Bunny questioned. Jack slipped away from Bunny's grasp.
"We could go and see," Jack suggested. The other three nodded and went to go see why children still believed without any Easter.
"Alright," Tim announced. "We're done!" Everyone fell to the ground and sprawled out, sighing in relief. Tim made a face. "That is very unprofessional. If we're going to save Easter, we might as well act with a little dignity."
April sat up. "But you said I don't have any dignity,"
Tim face palmed as Aqua stood up. "Well, I've got to go spread some showers."
Joe frowned. "Why would you do that on Easter? Won't their parents not let them outside if it's raining?"
Aqua shrugged. "Well, maybe, but kids don't listen much and they love to search for the eggs in the rain!" she said cheerfully. "Bye!"
Cupid waved as she left. When she was out of sight, he collapsed. "Whelp, I'm bored and have nothing to do for the next eleven months, so I'm gonna go… Play video games…" he opened his wings and flew off.
April suddenly perked up. "I know! I'll go play with Jamie! Poof!" he teleported away.
Tim frowned. "Who's Jamie?"
"Yes!" Jamie pumped his fist as he found another egg. He pulled it out from behind the bush and put it in his basket.
"Come on!" Claude complained. "You're finding all of them! I've only got five and you have, like, twenty!"
"And I have two!" Monty called out.
Jamie sighed. "How about we split up so we can look in different places?" he suggested. The others shrugged and spread apart.
Jamie wandered a bit into the forest. He saw a pink egg halfway under a mossy rock. He darted over.
"Hi!" April popped up in front of Jamie's face. Jamie yelped and tried to stop running. He tripped over April and tumbled over him, falling on the rock.
"Ow…" Jamie said rubbing his head.
"Oops…" April help Jamie up.
"What are you doing here April?" Jamie asked.
"I was bored and Jack was busy so I was wondering if we could play?" April asked. Jamie thought for a moment then smiled.
"You wanna go look for eggs with me, April?" Jamie suggested.
*~FLASHBACK~*
"You wanna go look for eggs with me, Avewy?" ten year old Timmy asked his older brother as he looked out his bedroom window.
"I don't know Timmy. Mom and Dad told us stay inside."
"But Avewy." Timmy looked at Avery with his cutest face. Avery sighed.
"Fine, but only for a little while." Timmy ran up to him and gave him a hug.
"Thank you!" he squealed, grabbing a little basket he had kept next to his bed. He grabbed Avery's and ran outside. Timmy began looking around and Avery followed. Every time one of them found an egg, they would name it and put it in their basket. Avery soon forgot his worry and began having fun with his little brother. After they had filled their basket, they started back home.
"Hey," Avery turned to see the group of bullies that had teased Timmy last week and pretty much their entire life before. "Whatcha got there?" he taunted, grabbing the basket from Timmy.
"H-hey, give it back!" Timmy cried, reaching for the basket.
The bully chuckled. "Oh, you left your stupid bear in there," he grabbed the teddy bear and held it by its leg. "You want it back?" he asked in a mocking tone.
"Give it back!" Avery shouted, swiping for the stuffed animal.
The bullies chuckled as their leader pulled away and dumped the teddy bear in a mud puddle. "Oh, oops!" he taunted. He turned his attention back to the basket. "Hmm, these look good!" he took them out and distributed them among his friends.
"Hey!" Avery lunged for the eggs. "We've been looking for those all day! We found them! Stop it!"
The bully chuckled and tossed the last egg to his friend. "…Nah," he looked back at the basket and shrugged. He threw it to the ground and stomped on it, crushing the fragile wood.
"N-no!" Timmy stuttered, tears filling his eyes. "Mommy made that for me…" he whimpered.
The bullies chuckled and stalked away. "It's okay Timmy." Avery said wiping Timmy's tears. "Mommy can fix it when she gets home." Timmy sniffled.
"She's too busy."
"Then I can fix it." Avery suggested, making Timmy laugh. "Hey, I'm not that bad." He complained.
"Remember when you tried to fix the floor boards?" They both chuckled at the memory.
"We should probably head home." Avery told him, noticing it was getting late. Timmy frowned.
"But what happened to my teddy bear?" Timmy asked shakily. Avery looked over at the mud puddle. He ran over to it and tried to get the mud off Timmy's teddy bear. Timmy rushed over.
"See its fine." Avery told him, handing him the teddy bear. Timmy held it close to his chest. "It's okay Timmy, nothing happened to it."
"But now his fur is dirty." Timmy sniffled.
"We can wash it near the lake." Avery suggested. Timmy nodded and held his hand. They began walking when Timmy noticed something. He let go of Avery and ran over to find two eggs.
"I'll name this one Emmy." Timmy decided. Avery's face turned sad at the memories that name brought back.
"But we're gonna eat it." Avery reminded him.
"Oh yeah." Timmy realized sadly. "Then we can name it Franny!" Timmy decided excitedly. Avery made a face.
"Isn't that the name of the girl at school you don't like?" he asked. Timmy smiled and nodded. "But we're gonna eat it." Timmy smirked.
"Exactly!" They giggled and raced to the lake happily.
*~FLASHBACK END~*
Jamie stared at April. "Um, are you okay?" he asked. April looked at Jamie.
"Yeah, I'm fine." he answered. Jamie sighed in relief.
"Wanna go find eggs?" Jamie asked again. April smiled.
"Yeah!" April teleported to a bush. He rapidly searched through it, finding a purple egg. "I'll name this one Wisp!" he said walking back to Jamie.
"Why would you name it?" Jamie asked.
"Why wouldn't I?" he asked, confused. Jamie just laughed and kept looking for eggs. "And this one shall be Cupid!" April shouted out. Jamie turned around and walked back to April. "And this one is Jacob, because he's lame." Jamie tapped April's shoulder. April turned and looked at Jamie.
"Is there a reason you're picking those names?"
April froze. "… No…" Jamie just rolled his eyes and kept looking. After a while of collecting eggs, Jamie realized he had to meet with his friends to go to the Easter celebration.
"April, I gotta go meet with my friends. Wanna come?" he told him.
"But what if they can't see me?" April asked.
"Don't worry, I told them about you." Jamie reassured him.
"Oh, okay!" April answered, following Jamie to their meeting spot. Once they arrived, everyone was waiting.
"Hi guys!" Jamie waved.
"Wow Jamie, you got a lot of eggs." Clyde noticed.
"Jamie, who's that?" Pippa asked. Jamie's smile brightened.
"This is April Fools." Jamie told them. The kids walked over to him.
"So you can really teleport?" Pippa asked excitedly.
"And control silly string?" Claude added. April smiled sheepishly.
"Yeah…"
"That's so cool!" Monty squealed. The kids started walking to the building with the celebration, asking April tons of questions on the way. They finally stopped when they could see the building.
"Race you!" Pippa called out. They all started running including April. He was having the time of his life. They got to the building and stopped.
"We're gonna go meet our parents inside." Claude told them. The twins ran inside.
"I'm gonna go see if there are any snacks." Cupcake told them heading off.
"I have to go find my parents so they know I'm here." Monty said going inside as well. Jamie looked at Pippa.
"Um, do you wanna go play the games with us?" Jamie asked her. She nodded and followed Jamie as he walked behind the building where the games were. April followed him, overly excited.
"How about we play ring toss?" Jamie asked them. They both agreed and followed. They got in line and waited while talking about pranks April and Jamie had pulled. When it was finally their turn, Jamie let Pippa go first. She landed the ring on her first try and got a piece of candy. She waited as Jamie went and won as well. Jamie didn't want to exclude April from the game, so he asked if he could play again. The teenager who was running the booth said okay and let him try again. Jamie told April to go and handed him the rings while shouting "Look at that!" to distract the other people. Pippa kept playing with them until her parents came over to get her for some family pictures.
"I think we might have terrified that kid." April told Jamie who was currently laughing.
"Don't worry, he'll probably forget in a few minutes anyway."
"I don't think he would forget seeing a ball magically float in midair that easily." April said. Jamie just shrugged then got an idea.
"Hey April, I think we've got enough candy for now. Wanna go inside and see what they have there?" April nodded and held Jamie's hand as they ran inside. Jamie spotted the face painting station and ran over. "Hey April, wanna paint our hands?" April looked at the sign.
"But it says face painting." April told him.
"Yeah, but my mom won't let me paint my face because it's hard to get off." Jamie explained.
"Oh okay. What do you paint?" he asked.
"Anything you want to." Jamie said sitting at one of the tables. "I'll paint your hand and you can do mine." April nodded. "What do you want?" Jamie asked him.
"Um, how about an Easter egg?"
"Okay." Jamie said, getting started painting a small egg on April. Some people stared at Jamie, not seeing who he was painting. Some people thought he was going a bit far with the whole imaginary friend thing, but no one really cared. Once Jamie had finished, April loved the egg. It wasn't very good, but April got so excited when it was finished. "Now it's your turn to paint." Jamie said.
"What do you want?" April asked Jamie.
"Um… How about you surprise me?" Jamie decided. April thought for a moment. He began painting as people stared in awe of how Jamie's hand started magically getting painted. April sighed.
"There." he said happy with his work. Jamie looked at his hand. April had painted a pink unicorn on his hand.
"Wow! But um, April why is it a unicorn?" People started to get officially weirded out and walked away cautiously.
"April Fools!" he shouted jokingly. Jamie laughed and got up from his seat.
"Hey April, wanna go dye some eggs?" Jamie asked.
"Okay!" April got up and followed Jamie.
Bunny stared in awe as kids were collecting eggs that were hidden like every year. Only this time, he didn't hide them. "Wait a minute. How did the eggs get hidden?" Bunny asked.
"Um, I don't know?" Jack answered confused.
"What did you say happened to the Warren?" North asked.
"Um, there was an explosion and all the eggs disappeared." Jack answered.
North stroked his beard. "Well, maybe there was a super villain who had super speed and he made an explosion and stole all the eggs!" North suggested dramatically.
Bunny blinked. "…No. I don't think so."
"But you don't know so!"
"Shut up, North," Jack said. North made a face at him and stopped talking. Bunny kept looking around, watching the children when it started to sprinkle.
"Hi!" Aqua exclaimed from behind them, proud of her work.
"Aqua?" Jack questioned as he turned around. North and Bunny both turned also to see Aqua waving to them. She had paint tangled in her hair, smeared on her forehead, and all over her dress. "Um, what's up with the paint?" Jack asked. Aqua looked down confused then looked back up surprised. She gasped.
"Oops! I totally forgot to clean up!" she began trying to untangle her hair with her fingers and started walking away.
"Wait Aqua. Why are you covered in paint?" Jack asked. Aqua turned back around to look at Jack.
"Um… Well… You see… Me and Tim kinda took the eggs and finished painting them at my place." She finished rapidly. The three stood there for a second confused. Jack was the first to comprehend what she said.
"So you and Tim hid all the eggs?" Jack asked, confused.
"Oh, no way. There are way too many for just us to have hid." she answered.
"Um, then who did?" Jack asked.
"Me, Tim, April, Joe, Cupid and Super hid them."
"Why didn't you tell us sooner?!" Jack asked, a bit angered. Aqua took a step back.
"Well I did send April, Joe, and Super to tell you guys, but they said Bunny wouldn't listen and they couldn't find you." she answered nervously. Jack glared at Bunny.
"Bunny—" Jack started.
"Hey, don't blame me. Everyone thought the eggs were ruined. Besides, April was being really annoying." Bunny interrupted.
"Sorry if we messed Easter up. We were only trying help." Aqua said sadly.
Bunny walked over to Aqua. "Aqua, you didn't do anything wrong. It was better that you left. If you hadn't, the twins still would have made the explosion. Then Easter would have been ruined. You guys saved Easter. Thank you." Bunny finished, making Aqua smile.
"We wouldn't have been able to hide everything in time without April, you know." Aqua said trying to hint. Bunny gasped.
"April helped me even though I blamed him?" Bunny asked. Aqua nodded.
"Um, sorry to interrupt, but if Easter is fine then I have to go." North told them.
"Seriously North?" Jack asked annoyed.
"What? I'm busy."
"I have to go apologize to April." Bunny decided. Jack stepped up.
"I'll help you find him." Jack offered.
"Actually, I think he went to play with a friend of his." Aqua told them.
"Who?" Jack asked.
"Well, I don't know. When I went back to my place, Tim was still double checking his lists and told me he was going to play with James or something."
"Jamie?" Jack guessed. Aqua shrugged. Jack turned to Bunny. "So, should we go see?" he asked him. Bunny nodded. "See you later Aqua." Jack waved.
"Bye." she waved back.
"Wow April! You're really good!" Jamie looked at the eggs they had just finished as he sat down on a bench.
"Well, I have been practicing." April told him, sitting next to him. Jamie thought for a moment.
"Wait, did you help paint the Easter eggs?" he asked.
"Maybe." April answered.
"Did you hide them?"
"Yeah."
"Wait a minute. So you knew where all the eggs were when we were hunting?" Jamie asked.
"No, I didn't hide them here. That would have been cheating." April answered making Jamie laugh. "So, what else is there to do?" April asked.
"Well… Wait do you know what time it is?" Jamie asked worried.
"Um, its one thirty, why?"
"Phew. I'm supposed to meet my mom here to watch my sister." Jamie explained. April eyes showed sadness.
"You… You have a sister?" he asked quietly. Jamie looked at April.
"Yeah why?" Jamie asked curiously.
"How old is she?" April asked him.
"Um five." April gasped and looked straight at Jamie. "Why?"
"N-nothing." April turned away.
"April, what were you going to say?" Jamie asked.
"Well—" April was cut off by Jamie's mom.
"There you are." she said, seeing Jamie through the small crowds of children. "Thanks for agreeing to watch Sophie for me." His mom told him. Sophie was holding her hand. "Sophie, be good for your brother okay?" Sophie nodded and hopped onto the bench, looking through her basket.
"Bye mom." Jamie waved as she walked away.
"Be safe." she told them.
"I know." Jamie looked over at his sister. "Hey Sophie, wanna meet my friend?" he asked her.
"Yeah!" she squealed.
"His name is April Fools and he's a spirit." he told his sister.
"Wow."
"April, this is my sister Sophie…" Jamie turned to April who was staring into oblivion again. "April?" Jamie waved his hand in front of his friends face. Getting no response he turned back to Sophie. "Hey Sophie let's count our eggs." he suggested, trying not to leave April.
*~FLASHBACK~*
"Avery, look!" Avery's father called from a room. Five year old Avery darted into the room.
"What daddy?" Avery asked anxiously.
"There twins." he showed Avery two babies wrapped in a blanket. Avery looked at them, confused.
"They look funny." Avery commented, making his father laugh. "What's their names?" he asked curiously.
"Well, your mother and I decided you could name them." Avery gasped.
"Really?!" Avery asked. His father nodded. "How about…" Avery thought for a moment. "This one be Timmy?" he asked pointing to one of them. His father smiled. "Wait, are they boys or not boys?"
"This one is a boy," he answered, pointing to the baby that Avery had wanted to name Timmy. "But this one is a girl," he pointed to the other. Avery nodded in understanding.
"Can I name her too?" Avery asked hopefully.
"Yes," his father answered.
"Then she will be named Emily," Avery declared proudly. His father smiled, happy with the names Avery had picked.
"Would you like to hold one of them?" his father asked. Avery nodded and sat on the ground cross legged. His father handed Emily to him. "Be careful. They're very fragile."
"I am being careful." Avery complained when the baby started crying. His father took the baby quickly and got back up. "I didn't do anything!" Avery shouted out.
"Avery, it's okay they're just babies. They're probably hungry."
Six year old Avery ran into a room. "Mommy! Emmy got hurt!" his mother gasped and ran to Avery.
"What happened?" she asked, following him.
"I was playing with them and she fell." Avery answered, running to show her.
"Fell where?"
"Well, I was showing them a stick and—" Avery was interrupted by Emily's crying. Their mother rushed to see what was wrong with the child. She sighed in relief as she realized I was just a splinter in her hand. "I'm sorry Mommy..."
"It's okay, just be careful next time." she told him. Avery stood up straight.
"I'll be so careful you'll never have to come." His mother chuckled. "I'll protect them; you'll see."
Eight year old Avery ran outside, holding his sibling's hands. "Avewy, where're we going?" Emily asked.
"Since it's your birthday, I wanted you to have something." Avery answered her.
"But isn't the gifts inside?" Timmy asked.
"Yeah, but these ones are special." Avery told them, leading them to a clearing. The twins gasped as Avery's friends all jumped out of the bushes, yelling happy birthday. Timmy ran to one of his friends. Emily looked up at Avery.
"Thank you Avewy!" Emily looked at Avery with her big green eyes and hugged him. "Can I go say hi?" she asked him. Avery nodded as he was dragged over to one of his friends by his sister. They all played for a while until Avery called them all over.
"I have a special present for you two still," he told them. They ran over and waited. Avery pulled a wooden toy sword out from behind his back and handed it to Timmy.
"Thanks Avewy!" He began to swing it around.
"Um, I don't think that was the best choice to give him that. He is only three." one of his friends whispered to him. Avery just shrugged and walked to Emily.
"Guess what you get."
"I don't know Avery," he quickly pulled out a teddy bear from behind his back and gave it to her. She gasped. "Wow!" she hugged it. "How did you get one?"
"I had mom make it but I helped with the eyes," Avery told her. She jumped up and hugged him.
"Thank you!"
"What are you gonna name it?" he asked her.
"How about Bobby the bear?" she suggested.
Avery giggled. "That's perfect!"
Ten year old Avery was playing with his siblings in the forest. "What do you wanna play now?" Emily asked her twin brother.
"Hide and seek!" he answered excitedly.
"Okay!" she shouted back. She looked at Avery. "Can you be seeker?" she asked.
"I guess. But Mom told us to stay inside, so we should go home soon," Avery told them.
"She always tells us to stay inside now," Emily complained.
"I know, but this time she said it was serious," Avery tried to tell his five year old sister.
"But Avery, you said big brothers are supposed to be fun," she complained.
"They're also supposed to protect their younger siblings," he countered.
"Fine, but just one more game?" Avery sighed and nodded. He started counting to ten as the twins hid in the forest. Avery finished counting and began looking around. He looked around a tree and saw his little brother Timmy.
"Found you!" Avery called out. Timmy frowned.
"You always find me first." he complained.
"That's because you're too easy," Avery teased him. Timmy growled but held onto his brother's hand. They searched around for a bit when Timmy suddenly sneezed. Avery stopped and bent down to his little brother. "You okay?" he asked.
"It's cold," Timmy answered. Avery looked around.
"Mom was right. I shouldn't have brought them here. Now Timmy's sick and Emmy's missing," Avery thought to himself.
"Can we stop for a minute?" Timmy asked and began shivering. Avery knew they had to get home, but he couldn't find Emily and there was no way he was leaving her out here alone.
"Sorry Timmy, we have to find Emmy," he answered.
"But I'm sleepy," Timmy complained.
"How about you ride on my shoulders?" Timmy nodded and climbed up. They kept looking until they heard sniffling. Avery set Timmy down and ran over. He saw Emmy sleeping curled up next to a tree. Her face was covered by her messy blonde hair. Timmy ran over too. Avery carefully tried to pick up his sister, but she began to cry. "Timmy, I think Emmy is sick too," he said trying to stay calm. "Timmy, do you think you can run home and get mom or dad?" Timmy nodded, realizing the situation was serious. Avery tried to pick up his sister again without hurting her.
"Is she okay?" Avery asked his mom as he was told to stay in bed.
"I don't know Avery. The doctor is still in her room."
"What about Timmy?" he asked. His mother turned to leave so Avery wouldn't see the worry on her face.
"We'll just have to wait and see."
"Why can't I see her?!" Avery screamed at his mother who was trying to calm him down.
"She is very sick and we don't want you to get sick as well."
"But I'm supposed to protect her. Now she needs me," Avery began to cry.
"Timmy needs you too," she told him.
"So why can't I see them?" Avery asked his mom.
"Because, Avery, if you get sick, you can't protect them."
"But I miss them," Avery choked out. His mother hugged him.
"I know Avery."
"Timmy!" Avery ran to his brother.
"Avewy, I missed you!" Timmy hugged his older brother who was crying. "I'm not sick now," Timmy told him.
"Please don't get sick again," Avery begged him. Timmy nodded.
"It doesn't feel very good."
Avery ran from his room. "Mom can I please just see her?" Avery begged.
"Avery you could get sick."
"But it's been so long and, well, I had a nightmare," Avery sniffled.
"I'll go ask the doctor, but I'm pretty sure he'll say no," Avery sat and waited. After a while, his mom came back. "As long as you don't touch anything, then okay," Avery jumped up.
"Thank you!" he yelled as he ran to the room. The doctor let him. Avery was so happy to see his sister. Only she wasn't smiling, she was crying. Avery wanted to hug her so badly. She looked so sad. But Avery knew better. "I'm sorry Emmy. I should have gotten here sooner."
"When will she get better?" Timmy asked his older brother.
"I don't know Timmy," Avery answered.
"But it didn't take this long for me."
"I know Timmy, but Mom says we just have to wait," Avery tried to tell him.
"But waiting is so hard," Timmy complained.
"I know Timmy."
"Avery, come here!" his father yelled to him. Avery ran to him as fast as he could.
"What's wrong?" Avery asked.
"Emily woke up and she wanted to talk to you," his father told him, rushing to the room. Avery went in the room and saw her. She turned her head and smiled as she saw him.
"Hey Avery," she said in a soft whisper and started coughing. Avery walked closer to the bed. "I knew you'd bring me home."
"Oh Emmy, I'm so sorry," Avery told her. "I didn't know where you were. I—"
"Shh. Avery it's not your fault," she told him closing her eyes in pain. "We wouldn't go home. Don't blame yourself," she started coughing again. "Do you know where my special bear is?" she asked him quietly.
"I must have dropped it when I brought you home. I'm sorry," he told her. He was surprised when she smiled.
"When you find him, please give him to Timmy."
"But don't you want him?" Avery asked.
"I really want him, of course, but if I touch him while I'm sick, they will have to throw it away," Avery nodded in understanding sadly. "Avery, you're the best big brother ever," she said in a whisper before she drifted back to sleep.
Avery finally found the little bear after searching for it and ran home to give it to Timmy. He couldn't wait to tell his little sister he found it. He ran home but stopped as he saw his mother crying outside. Avery looked around then darted to his mother. "Mom, what happened?" he touched her shoulder and shook her. "Mommy, what's wrong?"
His mother sniffed and looked up, tears on her face. "Oh, Avery…" she threw her arms around him.
Avery frowned. "M-Mommy, w-what's wrong…?"
She sniffed and rubbed her eyes. "A-Avery… You know how Emily was sick?" Avery nodded. "W-well… She… She went to heaven. With Grandma and Grandpa."
Avery frowned. Then he started crying. "No!" he screamed. "No, she's not dead! Emmy's fine!" he ran into the other room where his father and the doctor were waiting.
"No!" Avery screamed. "No! Daddy, she's not dead! She can't be!"
His father frowned at him, his eyes rimmed with red. "Avery, please. I know you're upset, but you can't act like this. Emmy is gone."
Avery screamed and ran into the room where Emmy was. He sobbed and grabbed her hand. "No!" he cried and quieted down. "I… I'm sorry, Emmy… I… I was supposed to protect you… I'm a horrible big brother…"
*~FLASHBACK~*
April stood up from where he was sitting on a bench. He was about to teleport away when he heard Jamie.
"April, finally," Jamie ran over, leaving the game of hopscotch he and Sophie were playing. "What happened April?" April didn't respond. "April?"
"Oh sorry, I kinda zoned out." April apologized.
"Why?" Jamie asked.
"Well, your sister just reminded me of someone," he said, watching Sophie.
"Who?"
"Well, when I was little I had a sister," April answered.
"What happened to her?"
"One day she got really sick," April smiled, watching Sophie hopping. Jamie decided not to ask any more questions.
"Hey April, wanna play with Sophie?" Jamie asked him.
"Sure!" April answered enthusiastically.
"Hey Sophie, this is April," Sophie ran over happily.
"Hi!" she waved. April waved back. "Wanna play hopscotch?" Sophie asked him. April nodded. Sophie showed April how to play and Jamie joined in. They all had tons of fun. Sophie asked April to paint a fairy on her hand. Jamie collected some treats and met with his friends a few times.
Bunny and Jack were walking near the Easter celebration. "Do you think this is where April is?" Bunny asked Jack.
"This is where Jamie should be so—" he was cut off by a bunch of kids.
"Is that the Easter bunny?!" one of the kids squealed.
"Oh my gosh, it's the Easter bunny!" one girl screamed at the top of her lungs. Bunny swore she was breaking the sound barrier. They all swarmed over.
"Oh my gosh! Sign my egg!"
"Um, Jack can you go find April?" more kids came over. "Quickly." Bunny added as Jack flew off.
Jack was searching for Jamie or April when he saw Sophie running outside from the building. He flew over to see April and Jamie chasing her. "Sophie!" Jamie called out. She giggled and ran to Jack. "Hi Jack!" Jamie shouted, realizing he was here. April stopped running and stood still.
"April!" Jack shouted in relief. April just looked down.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to—"
"Thank you," Jack cut April off. April took a step back confused. "I'm the one who should be sorry," Jamie walked back over holding Sophie's hand.
"Um, what happened?" Jamie asked curiously. Jack looked at Jamie.
"April saved Easter." Jack explained. Jamie gasped.
"Really?" Jamie asked. Jack nodded. "From what?"
"Well…"
Bunny was still stuck with tons of kids surrounding him and asking him hundreds of questions. He sighed in relief as Jack came over. "Jack, what took you so long?" Bunny asked angrily, trying to get away from the kids.
"Sorry, but I found April," Jack told him.
"Where was he?"
"Playing with Jamie and Sophie," Jack answered, leading Bunny over quickly, trying to lose some of the kids. They rounded a corner and saw April talking with Jamie while Sophie ate some chocolate. Jack nudged Bunny to go on. Bunny walked over as April looked up.
"I'm sorry April. I should've listened," Bunny apologized. April walked over to Bunny.
"Hey, don't blame yourself. I was being really annoying and I didn't really make myself that easy to believe," April told him. "Friends again?" April asked, holding out his hand. Bunny nodded and shook it. Jack smiled. Suddenly they heard kids running over. Bunny looked at Jack.
"Well, I got to run," Bunny said creating a tunnel and hopping in. Some of the kids stopped, but others screamed Jack's name.
"I think I should go too," Jack told April. April nodded in understanding and Jack flew away. The kids all frowned and walked back to what they were doing. April looked back at Jamie.
"My mom is going to pick us up soon," Jamie told April. April looked down. "But you can still come over and visit soon right?" Jamie asked hopefully, making April beam with joy.
"Really, I can come over?!" April asked.
"Yeah, that would be awesome!" Jamie saw his mom coming. "Well April, see you soon," Jamie told him, picking up a basket.
"Bye Jamie!" April waved as Jamie took his sister's hand. "Bye Sophie!" Sophie turned and waved back. April watched them meet there mom and leave. He decided he should go see if he could help Aqua clean up her place.
Jamie had just gotten home and ran upstairs with his things. He ran into his bedroom and closed the door. He dropped his stuff next to his bed and jumped on it. He had so much fun today. Jamie got up to put some stuff away when he saw the magical four leaf clover right where he left it on his desk. There was a note left next to it signed by the Leprechaun. Jamie opened it and read.
Hey Jamie,
In case you're wondering why the clover hasn't faded yet; well, I can't answer that. I guess it wasn't correctly made. The magic still works, so please only shake it in case of an emergency. If you're wondering why I didn't take it back, it's because the clover kind of connected us and because your April's friend. He's bound to get you in trouble. You're a great kid Jamie. Stay safe and have fun.
The Leprechaun
Jamie smiled and put the letter on his self. He ran over to put away his candy. Once everything was put away, Jamie sat on his bed and thought. "Wow, today has been awesome. In fact the past few days have been awesome. I can't wait to see April and the other Guardians again. But why did Pitch help us? Why was Pitch friends with April?" Jamie began asking himself these questions for a while until he remembered he had to finish a homework assignment. He got to work when suddenly, he heard Pitch's voice again.
"Thank you, Jamie,"
Jamie whipped his head around but he didn't see Pitch. He looked around the room.
"Pitch why would you help us?" Jamie asked, still looking.
"At first, I wasn't trying to help you, but April showed me what a friend is. I still dislike the Guardians, but if they're the only way to keep April happy, then I guess they can stay. It's important to keep April happy. He needs to learn how to have fun properly and I think you can show him," Pitch finished.
"But why didn't you tell us you were the disco dude?" Jamie asked curiously.
"Because you wouldn't have listened to me and I hate that nickname."
"Why did April call you that?"
"You seriously didn't realize what he did?" Jamie shrugged. "He took the name Boogieman and made it dumber by replacing boogie with disco and man with dude," Jamie began laughing. When he stopped he looked around again.
"Where are you?" Jamie asked.
"I'm right here in the shadows."
"Why don't you come out?"
"Because I can't," Pitch answered annoyed.
"Why can't you?"
"Why can't you stop asking questions?" Jamie frowned. "Ugh, because of the sudden loss of belief last year, I am stuck in the shadows," he explained.
"Oh. Um, Pitch?" no one answered. Jamie shrugged and got back to work.
April and had just finished cleaning up with Tim, Joe, Super, and Aqua. It had taken a while and he had helped return the extra paint to Bunny. April finally went back to April Fools Land only to realize it was a mess as well. He still hadn't been able to clean up since April first.
He sighed and began cleaning up the mess. He was carefully unsetting traps when he saw Timmy's bear. He walked over to it and picked it up.
Memories filled his head from when he helped make the bear for Emmy's birthday. Memories about how Timmy had gotten so attached to it after Emmy's death. Memories about his past that he had finally accepted. He wasn't proud of all the mistakes he made. But April finally started remembering the good times. When he was being a good brother. When he would protect his siblings from harm. When he told them stories. April finally could stop letting his past mistakes haunt him. Because now he had a new chance. A chance to prove he wasn't worthless. To prove he could protect. He would protect Jamie and Sophie no matter what happens. Because now that he had the power, he was going to protect them with his life.
AN: ...Yay!
I finished! I am so excited right now! But don't worry, if you liked this, I will tell you a secret. There is going to be a sequel! And a one shot series leading up to the sequel! I can't wait to keep writing; I might go insane!
Xay: I thought you already were.
Shy: Hehe... Anyway, please review as this is the last chapter and I love reviews.
Xay: There was that one time she smashed her head while dancing her "I Got A Rewiew" dance, knocking over a bunch of stuff.
Shy: Hey, don't tell them our embarrassing life stories!
Xay: And like, just a minute ago, when she got so excited that she finished, she jumped up, smashing her leg on our table.
Anyways, I hope you liked this. I had an amazing time writing this so... Please review if you read this so I can know how many people actually read my story... And have a celebration! I have to get back to Lovely Madness though before I continue the one shot series. If you haven't read it, go check it out if you have time. It's the next thing we'll be updating. See you guys later!
Hehehe I just almost lost all this because I was to lazy to stand up to plug in my computer.. I excel at messing things up... Anyways...
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