North watched in complete horror as Aurora collapsed onto the ice, blood soaking her clothes and spilling the ice. "No!" He croaked out as he fell to his knees next to her. His heart was shattering slowly, painfully, and piece by piece the longer he looked at her. With shaking arms and hands he lifted her up into his arms and carried her to the sleigh with a heavy heart, but after just four steps, his heart wouldn't let him carry on and he fell to his knees again. Everyone was silent. "My Luna..." He sobbed out, holding her as close as his weak arms would let him.

Kozmotis stepped forward and knelt in front of North. "I know...you have absolutely no reason to trust me, but...if you let me...I can carry her to your sleigh, and I can heal her as much as I am able at the North Pole."

"You can't HEAL her! She's...she's..."

With sympathetic eyes, Kozmotis carefully placed his hand on North's hand that was holding the back of Aurora's neck at this point, and he moved North's thumb to a spot on Aurora's neck. "Do you feel that, North?"

North's eyes widened and he looked desperately at Kozmotis. "She...she has pulse."

"Yes, but it's weak and growing weaker. She's holding on with everything she has, but we have to hurry." North slowly nodded and Kozmotis held his arms out, taking her into his arms.

Once he had her in his arms, Dasher's grunts were heard and they could also hear Jack above them. "What the...!?" Jack shouted and immediately went after Kozmotis, but was brought out of the sky by a thick vine wrapping around him.

"You foolish boy!" Mother Nature shouted through her tears.

"I...but he's..."

"Not anymore!" She told him as she continue to hold him in the thick vines. They watched as Kozmotis got aboard the sleigh, and that's when Jack noticed that Kozmotis himself was crying.

"Wh-who is that if it isn't Pitch?"

"That's my Father. Pitch had him trapped, taking over his body and his words. Aurora she...she risked her life to bring him back...and then she fought against the REAL Pitch by my Father's side after miraculously separating them. You almost attacked the only person that can save her."

"Save...her?" He asked, but at his last word he glanced just a few feet behind where North was and saw a large amount of blood. "MOM!" He shouted with a broken voice and froze the vines at a temperature so cold that they shattered like glass. He jumped into the sleigh. North had just fastened Dasher back into the harness.

Once North was in the sleigh, he grabbed the reins and his heart sank even further. 'She's supposed to be by my side...not lifeless in someone's arms!' He cracked the reins and they were off with Bunny keeping watch over Kozmotis, Tooth rushing ahead to North's palace, Jack crying next to Bunny, Sandy completely motionless as he stared at Aurora in Kozmotis' arms, and Nightlight flying sadly along with the sleigh. As they flew, North knew that a snow globe portal may injure her further so he cracked the reins harder, causing the reindeer to fly faster. 'Will I ever hear her laugh again?' He thought with an ever aching heart. 'Will I ever see the brilliant smile that she held when we were in the sleigh on our way to Burgess? Will I ever again see her green eyes that remind me so much of Christmas lights? Will I ever again hear her speak as confidently as she did during our sparring match? Will I ever again hear her sing with the most beautiful voice I had ever heard? Will I ever dance with her again? Will I ever taste her cooking again? Will I ever again get to see the way her hair looks just before she wakes? Will I ever get to admire her wearing her reading glasses again? Will I ever hear her tease me calling me 'Santa' again? Will I ever again hear my name come from her lips like it's the most precious thing in the world? Will I ever be able to wake up to her warmth in my bed again?' As they approached the hanger for the sleigh one final questioned crossed his mind. 'Will I ever be able to show her just how much I love her rather than just saying the three words?'

"Ya really think ya can save her?" Bunny asked as he felt just how fragile North's hope was. It seemed as if the tiniest of movements could shatter it to smithereens.

"She's still holding on." Kozmotis stated once the sleigh came to a stop. He got out of the sleigh, and followed North. "As long as she continues to hold onto whatever's keeping her pulse going...I should be able to help her."

Once they all walked into the workshop, everyone stopped moving. The yeti were no longer moving, and the elves were no longer playing. "Phil!" North shouted with a shattered voice.

Soon, Phil came forward with forlorn eyes as he took in the sight before him. "Is she...?"

"Not yet." North answered as he desperately tried to cling to what little hope Kozmotis was offering him. "Can you take her to the medical wing? We'll follow you."

Phil nodded his head and took her into his arms, relieving Kozmotis from carrying her. "Let us hurry." Kozmotis said as he quickly followed Phil who was practically running and shouting to any and all medical yeti to meet at the medical wing.

Once they made it there, Phil immediately hooked up a heart monitor. "Kozmotis will heal her." North told the other yeti.

"I'm sure you will explain why he looks like Pitch Black?" Janice grumbled as she stepped forward.

"I promise, I'll explain everything, but...you all have to get back to work." North gave them a sad smile. "If she wouldn't let me do the work by myself, I can't expect the work to not get done at all." The rest of the yeti nodded and left. Once the heart monitor was finally completely set up, they all heard a slow beat that went WAY too slow for anyone's liking. "Alright, what are you going to do?"

"North...did I hear her right...did she say that she has your last name?"

"That's right. We recently got married."

"Okay...then I will ask everyone else to leave. North is to be the only one in here." The others nodded and left, but both North and Kozmotis knew they weren't really going to go anywhere. They would likely be just outside the door. "Okay, North, I need you to hold her hand since she more than likely has the strongest connection with you."

North moved to the other side of her and pulled a chair up next to the bed, doing as he said. "What does my connection have to do with her getting healed?" He questioned as he watched Kozmotis' hands start glowing over the large gaping wound.

"It's to comfort you both. Perhaps she'll sense your presence." North nodded his head and held Aurora's hand that was far too cold for his liking, but the beeping machine told him that she was still there, if just barely. He watched beneath Kozmotis' hands and his eyes widened as he saw the blood slowly fade away, and the skin piece back together.

"What kind of magic is this? What are you doing to her?"

"We've exchanged names and well...I was an expert at healing magic. The reason why this is going far faster than even I thought it would, is because she has gained the same healing powers. Her's is reacting to mine. It will leave a scar unfortunately, but it looks as if it's working."

"Will she wake after?"

"That's on her. I can heal her wound, but North...she's unconscious and she hit the ice hard. Waking up is entirely up to her."

"I understand." North nodded his head and he felt his heart started to fill with hope, but it was still fragile.

It took close to thirty minutes for Kozmotis to finish, but once he was he stood on shaky legs due to the amount of energy he had spent, and he left to tell the others. "How is she?" Bunny questioned as he felt the spike in North's hope.

"Is she awake?" Tooth asked.

"When can we see her?" Jack and Sandy asked together, but then Nightlight walked in with Manny behind him.

"N-Nightlight told me what happened." Manny stated with a shaking voice that was barely above a whisper. "C-Can I see her? Please?" At the sound of Manny pleading, everyone's hearts broke and they were silent as Kozmotis nodded his head and opened the door for Manny to go in, but only for Manny.

Once they walked in, North looked away from Aurora's face and saw Manny. "M-Manny...I-I'm so sorry."

Manny didn't say anything. He just walked forward and pulled a chair up to the other side of the bed, sitting opposite from North. "Nightlight told me what happened."

"I'm so sorry." North sobbed out as they both looked at where Aurora's shirt was massively torn, and there was a scar that wrapped from her stomach to her back, making the shape of a crescent moon that hugged around her body.

"It's not your fault, North. She's at least alive." The beeping monitor had started beeping slightly faster, signalling as much. "I'll never get used to seeing her like this?"

"She's been hurt like this before?" North asked as his heart started feeling heavier. "Wait, where is Lana? Shouldn't she be here?"

"Mother Nature is currently trying to console her. She doesn't want to see her little sister like this, and yes...she's been like this many times before. Usually defending the weak or herself." Manny looked at the shirt and sighed at all of the blood. "I know it may have seemed selfish and it probably looked like I was showing favoritism, but she believed in all of you until her dying breath...and ever since she was child, she had defended those too weak to defend themselves. Even if she had no idea how to fight at the time. Lana...was more of silent person. She kept to herself, studied, worked hard...the only person she was really open and energetic with was Aurora...and for me...it was incredibly heartbreaking when she stopped believing at the age of thirteen. It hurt...because I knew much better than most...but no matter how much Lana or others tried to convince Aurora that all of you were nothing more than legends and myths, she would just smile at them and say, 'That's fine if you want to believe that. That's your choice, now leave me to mine.' It was the same answer every time."

"She told me of a time that she was at someone's house...they were supposed to be a friend but..."

"Ah...she told you about when a group of people tried to get her drunk then?"

"Yes..."

"Then she truly does trust you. That's good." Manny smiled sadly as he looked at the scar. "She had to have stitches that night, because she was stabbed a couple of times and she had to wear a brace because of how hard she hit the others. While she was the hospital for a week, I snuck in small bits of my own healing magic so that she wouldn't scar. I couldn't bare to see it."

"Did she get into many fights?"

"If someone was being attacked by another person she would step in and help, more often than not, she would come out of it with some pretty bad scratches and bruises. When I would ask her what happened, she would say she had to teach someone some manners, and I knew it was FAR different than teaching a child manners. It's how I knew she helped someone. She did get shot one time in her thigh, but she took the man's gun and knocked him over the head with it. After that she sat with the woman he was attempting to mug and they waited for the cops to arrive."

"She's certainly fierce."

"Without a doubt." Manny laughed lightly. "However, she was never fearless."

"Yes...she told me that she was terrified when she was attacked by the so called friend."

"When she has to get into a fight, she's ALWAYS scared. She's scared that she'll lose, she's scared that she'll get hurt worse than ever, she's scared of hurting the other person TOO much, she's scared that one day she'll get in trouble for it, and she's scared that those she's trying to protect...will be hurt worse if she backs down even just a little. She does something VERY few people do. She accepts her fear and uses it to her advantage. If she was scared to lose she would ask me or her mother to help her train some more. If she was scared she would get hurt worse than ever, she would practice her speed so she could dodge. If she was scared of hurting the other person TOO much, she would practice control. If she was scared about getting in trouble she would practice her OWN limits and make sure they were in check. Then, if she was scared that the other person would get hurt if she backs down even a little...she stands her ground."

"You trained her to be brave warrior."

"I wish I could take all of the credit, but I only trained her in sword fighting, fighting with a dagger, and duel wielding. He Mother taught her how to defend herself without a weapon in ways that I couldn't, but everything else was all her. Her speed, determination, agility, and her OWN fighting style...it's all her."

"Hmm...well...do not take offense when I ask this, because...I truly do find her beautiful, but with all that training..."

"Why is she not more fit?" Manny smirked at him with a knowing look in his eyes.

"Yes."

"Well, she DOES make baked goods, she REALLY loves cooking, and she really really loves cookies."

"OH!? But she would not let me have cookies for dinner."

"And you listened to her!?" Manny couldn't help it. He bellowed out a laugh. "Oh..." He started as he calmed down. "...thank you for that. Well, perhaps if you asked her to have a cookie WITH dinner, then she would've let you. She's sneaky that way. Anyway, what she proudly calls 'her fluffy self' is just extra baby fat that didn't go away. I was just joking about her eating all that much. However, she does like to sample her own sweets from time to time, and she does enjoy good food."

"Hmm..." North chuckled lightly before turning to face Aurora. "I don't suppose you can wake her, can you?"

He let out a heavy sigh as he shook his head. "If I could...I would've done so already."

"Kozmotis says waking up is up to her."

"Yes, but she'll live. She'll eventually wake up."

"How can you be so sure she will wake up?" North asked as his heart continued to feel weak.

"Because I know my daughter. She's too stubborn for that, and she has people she wants to come back to."

"Okay...if you're sure. Hey...can you let the others in? They must be worried too."

"I have to head back to the moon anyway." Manny told him as he nodded his head. He then went to the door, told everyone they could go in, and Nightlight went with him back to the moon.

Tooth was the first one to the bed, followed by Bunny, Jack, Kozmotis, and Sandy. Tooth looked at the scar on Aurora's side and gasped in horror at how large it was. "How...how did she survive that?"

"Sheer willpower." Kozmotis answered with a slightly proud nod, but his eyes were heavy with guilt.

"Why do you look guilty, Kozmotis?" North questioned cautiously.

"Because...that strike was meant for me. She kicked me out of the way and although she dealt the finishing blow, she also took the strike I was supposed to have."

"Aurora would probably fight you just for feeling guilty for something she decided to do." North chuckled. "When she wakes, tell her thank you, not sorry."

"I will." Kozmotis chuckled.

"Jack, did I hear you correctly? Did you call her mom?" North questioned with a sad, but knowing smile.

"Y-Yeah..." Jack answered as he clutched his staff to him tighter. "...she really does remind me A LOT of my birth mother."

"Hmm...that is good." North hummed as he looked to Aurora once more.

"Will she be alright?" Tooth asked as she slowly stopped floating.

"She'll live." Kozmotis stated. "She held on with everything she had, and to do that she had to have something she wanted to come back to." He glanced at North, who immediately understood and gave a weak smile.

'Aurora...come back to me, my Luna.' North pleaded directly to Aurora.

'N-Nicho...las.' At that, North's heart leapt with Joy and his eyes widened.

"North! What is it!?" Jack asked as he quickly noticed the obvious change in demeanor, and felt the overwhelming amount of Joy radiating off of North.

"I...there's a thing you can do if you know someone has telepathy...you can think directly to them and they can continue the conversation from there. She just said my name in her mind!"

"She's...is she waking up?" Jack asked with widened eyes and a hopeful smile.

"I don't know, but..." The sound of a steady beeping increased, causing tears of Joy to fall from North's eyes. 'Aurora, come back to me! Please come back to me! Wake up, my Luna!' To everyone's surprise, the heart monitor was showing that her heart rate was at a normal level, and as she opened her eyes, everyone gasped as well as cried tears of joy for their new Guardian.

When Aurora opened her eyes, she knew three things. One, she felt like she got hit by a bus, a train, a plane, and just for good measure, a meteor. Two, she was freezing. Three, when she turned to find the one person she wanted to see the most, she saw him crying as he kissed her hand with a bright smile. "Oh no..." She started with an extremely weak voice as she brought her hand up to the side of his face, gently rubbing her thumb against his cheek, wiping away a tear. "...I've made...Santa cry. I guess...I'm on the...Naughty list...huh?"

"No, Aurora..." North croaked out as he felt his heart burst with love and joy at hearing her tease him once more about his legendary name. "...you will always always be on nice list."

"That's good. So...what...happened?"

"What do you remember?" Kozmotis asked, gaining Aurora's attention slowly as she was still incredibly weak.

"Kicking...your...self...sacrificing ass...out...of the way. Y-You kn-knew...that...would've...killed you."

"Then WHY did you kick me out of the way!?"

"Because you just...got your...daughter back...after millions of...years. You, sir, are...an...idiot for...trying to...give that...up." Aurora swallowed a painful lump in her throat and continued, "I also remember...lots of...blood. After...that...I kept thinking, 'I have to get...back to...Nicholas. I love him...and if he's...alive...I want...to live...too.' Then I...heard him...call to...me. So...I reached out...with what...little strength I...had...and I tried to...call to him...through my...mind. After that...I heard him...pleading. So here...I am. Oh...I hurt...a lot!"

"Didn't you heal her?" North questioned as his heart only continued to fill even further at the fact that he was the reason she came back.

"I did, but she'll still feel a lot of pain. The speed of the rest of her healing is up to her."

"I'm...also...freezing." She shivered slightly as she turned to face North. "Can I...go...to bed? The covers...are...so...warm."

"Is it okay to move her?" North questioned as he let go of her hand.

"Yes, you should be able to move her, but be careful. She won't bleed out, but she WILL feel immense pain until her healing magic catches up wity her."

With a nod of his head, he carefully put his arms underneath her legs and behind her shoulders, lifting her up to carry her out of the room. "Jack...!" Aurora rasped out.

"Mom?" He asked unable to keep it to himself, because of the amount of relief that washed over him that she was okay.

"Go tell Lana...that I'm...okay and have Mother...Nature...bring...her...to me. Take...Kozmotis with...you...so...he can...explain."

"Yes Ma'am. C'mon, Kozzy."

"Kozzy!?" Kozmotis gaped in shock.

"Yeah, a nickname. Everyone gets nicknames from me, but seriously...let's go. The Princess has spoken."

"Hmm..." Kozmotis chuckled as he watched North walk out of the room with her. "...so she has. In fact, she's done more than simply spoken. That was a royal command."

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Once North made it to his room, he allowed everyone to follow him in and he was slightly grateful that they had picked up their clothes beforehand. He then, carefully set her down on her side of the bed and he carefully moved the covers so that he could cover her up. "W-Wait!" She rasped out before he could cover her up. "I...there's...blood...all over my...clothes. Can I please...change into...a...nightgown?"

North nodded his head and everyone left the room but him. He reached into her side of the dresser and pulled out a silk sapphire blue nightgown with spaghetti straps and the bottom of it had lace, which had snowflake shapes in it. Once he was finished and the dirty clothes were tossed into the magical clothes hamper, he motioned for them to come back in. While they came back into the room, North covered Aurora with the blankets. "Better?" He asked with a shaking voice as his joy continued to crush him in all the best ways. 'She's alive. She's here. She's in bed. She's where she belongs.'

"Much...thank you." She told him with a weak smile. She then took the time to look at the other Guardians. "Y'all alright?"

"A-Are we alright!?" Bunny choked out. "Princess, you...you...you cured a child's nightmare, separated Kozmotis from Pitch Black, and while you took what really should've been a fatal blow...you KILLED the embodiment of darkness and fear...and you're asking us if WE'RE okay!?"

"Yes." She grinned.

"Oh, you are one ridiculous woman!"

"Thank you." She breathed out. Then, she looked up at North who was still standing beside the bed. "Nicholas...this is your...bed too. Come...sit beside me." North did as she asked and sat on top of the covers. When Aurora took out her hand and held her palm up, he took it into his hands, trying to not let the joyful tears rush down his face again. "There we are. Now...I'm...home." She gave North a weak smiled that he returned instantly. "So..." She started as she looked back to the others. "...are any of you...going to answer...me?"

Tooth nodded and walked to Aurora's side of the bed. "I'm fine."

Bunny followed her and nodded his head with his ears against the back of his head. "I have a few scratches, but ain't nothin' I can't fix back at the warren."

Sandy didn't move, but he was crying, and Aurora noticed. "Uncle Sanderson?"

At the sound of his great niece calling him by that name, he felt his heart grow warm and twist at the same time, causing him to cry even more as he shook his head. "You..." He started with shaky symbols above his head and a cracked voice that Aurora could hear. "...I'm heartbroken. I just found out I have TWO great nieces, and one of them nearly died! I...I don't have any wounds...but...you should expect to see me more often so that I can check on you."

"Can't wait." She huffed out a slight chuckle, but instantly regretted it. "Ow...laughing hurts."

"Aurora...are you hungry or thirsty?" North asked as he slowly released her hand.

"Very thirsty...and we never...had that...dinner the yeti...wanted to make for...us."

"Wasn't a dinner, it was a feast." North chuckled as he slowly got off the bed to go look for Phil. However, apparently he didn't have to look far, because the yeti was about to knock on his office door. He seemed to have a tray of beef vegetable soup and a glass of water.

"Is she okay?" He asked as North let him in.

"She's fine. She's in my room with the other Guardians." North led him into the room, where they were met with a smiling Aurora.

"Phil!" She grinned, causing a few tears to spill down Phil's fur as he set the tray down on the nightstand after moving her glasses and book.

"Aurora...you are like a little sister to me. When I saw them bring you in...and I saw all of that blood..."

"I know but...I won!" She grinned a wide toothy grin at him, which caused him to chuckle lightly.

"Yeah, you did." He chuckled with a half smile. "Just don't worry us like that again."

"No promises..." She groaned out as she tried to sit up. "I'm okay...I'm okay..." She tried to tell North before he could help her. "Oh! You brought...vegetable beef...soup!"

"Janice immediately started making it when we took you to the medical wing. She said that you told her it was what you would make for your sister when she was sick."

"That's true." She said as grabbed the glass of water and drank as carefully as she could, because even her throat hurt.

Once she set the glass back down, she heard a whooshing sound coming from the office. The Guardians moved to see who it was, but then moved back to where they were as Lana, Jack, Mother Nature, and Kozmotis appeared. "Aurora!" Lana shouted and was about to lunge for a hug with her sister when Kozmotis quickly grabbed her by the arm. "Let go!"

"No! She is in A LOT of pain! If you hug her like you were about to you would've made it worse!"

At that, Lana calmed down with a guilty expression on her face. "Okay...I understand. Can you let me go now?"

"Yes." Right as he let her go, Lana swiftly moved to Aurora's side and carefully brought her arms over her.

"Are you alright?"

"I hurt everywhere...but I'm...breathing." She turned her gaze to Kozmotis and Jack to give them a grateful smile. "Thank you for...getting Mother Nature...and Lana for me."

Mother Nature shook her head with a fond smile as she looked at Aurora. "One minute I'm consoling Lana, trying to tell her that you won't die, and the next, Jack comes into my Domain with my Father. Then, my Father tells me you gave him and Jack a royal command to come get me and Lana."

"Huh..." Aurora smirked slightly with widened eyes. "...guess I did."

"You're strong. Not many would've actually survived that." Mother Nature sighed out.

"I guess...I'm just...that stubborn."

"Oh! You have vegetable beef soup!" Lana exclaimed as she noticed what was in the bowl.

"Yeah!" Aurora grinned. "I taught...the yeti...how to...make it."

"That's amazing, but...you should eat." Lana suggested.

"But all of you...are so...worried."

"And we will be." Kozmotis started with an apologetic smile "...but at least we know you're alive...all that's left is to get you alive and WELL."

"Father, you can come back with me and Lana to my Domain if you like."

"And..." Kozmotis smiled with a shaky breath from hearing his daughter call him that. "...I will never be able to pay the debt I owe you, Princess Aurora." He stood and moved to Mother Nature's side where she conjured a portal that Jack went through before Lana, Kozmotis, and Mother Nature.

"Lana's right. You should eat." Tooth stated. "We'll come see you again, but...I think you should eat and spend some time alone with North." Tooth walked out of the room, and then made her way back to her palace.

"Too right." Bunny agreed with a nod of his head. "North was a wreck the second ya hit the ice, and he had almost no Hope left. I'll see ya soon, but not until I think you've had enough time with your husband who was probably affected the most by it." With two taps of his foot he was gone.

"Like I said..." Sandy started as he dried his tears. "You'll see a lot of me, but Bunny and Tooth are right. You need to eat and talk to North. I'll see you sometime soon, Aurora." At his words, Sandy left much like Tooth did as he made his way to deliver dreams.

Once they were all gone, North waved the bedroom door closed, and looked to Aurora who grabbed her bowl of soup. "A-Aurora?" He asked after she took her first bite.

"Yes, Nicholas?" She glanced up at him as she continued to eat slowly so she wouldn't agitate the muscles in her throat.

"I-I thought..." He started with a broken voice, that caught the rest of Aurora's attention. "...On our way here...I asked if I would ever...well...I asked a lot of things...I basically asked if I would ever see you alive and awake again. When...when I saw you collapse onto the ice...with how serious the wound was, and the fact that you were not moving...not even twitching...I thought...I thought you died, and I..."

"But I didn't."

"No...but you almost did. Your pulse was getting weaker and...despite how many people were in the sleigh...it felt so empty without you standing by my side. Aurora, I love you...and I...I feel like I failed in my vow to protect you."

Aurora set her bowl of soup down before looking back up at him, and she shook her head. "You didn't, though. When you faced the...other monsters you were also...protecting me. Any one of them...could've hurt me. You got me my nightgown...so you protected...me from the...cold."

"Thank you...but...there is also other problem I must fix."

"I...highly doubt that, but...what is it?" She asked as she scooted down on the bed to lay on her side so that she could face North.

North repeated her action and laid down on his side to face her. He brought a hand up to her face and tears started rolling down his face. "I love you. I've said it...but I don't think I've shown it, and while we were on our way back to the North Pole, I was afraid I would never be able to."

"But you have." She breathed out with a kind smile. "Even before we confessed to...each other. You gave me your...coat when I was cold. You reassured me...when I was worried...about my purpose. You got me...a Christmas and Birthday present after...just meeting me." She cleared her throat as she started feeling her words coming out easier and not as strained. "You helped me find my center...through a wonderful dance. You...trusted me with your...past. You made me feel...wanted in the North Pole. You let me cook with your...yeti. You allowed me to...help you with work. We shared a bed and you kept...your word on not doing...anything. You remembered how much I...enjoyed seeing Rudolf and...Dasher, even though it...was one time. You apparently...spoke to Cupid about your realization. Then when I...agreed for you to call me...your Luna...and after I kissed you...you confessed which led me to...confess. Soon after that...I gave up and accepted my role and you...immediately proposed. Finally, right now, you're...showing me how much...you love me by...caring for me while you worry about me at the...same time. You even helped me...get dressed."

"You..." North blinked at her with wide eyes in shock at her words. "...do you...do you really feel loved, Aurora?"

"Very much so, Nicholas." She then covered her mouth to let out a yawn that ended with a sigh. "I also feel tired."

North nodded his head, and got up to get changed. Once he was ready for bed, he got under the covers, and right when he turned on his side, he felt Aurora's back move against him just like when he had woken up to her beautiful sleeping face. With a smile he waved for all the lights to be off and for the drapes to close, causing the Aurora Borealis to appear. 'I have feeling in my belly...' He thought with wide and hurt eyes. '...there is more trouble for Aurora to face soon...'