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She threw the snowglobe at the ground, "Heads-up!"

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The Guardians felt the lurch and the slight drain of energy made them want to hurl, how had Holly withstood it?

Holly fell to her knees and retched, apparently she couldn't.

Bunny oriented himself and bounded over to the little girl. She was clutching her sides and gasping, "Dang, that hurt."

Bunny knelt down and helped her up. She leaned on him, heavily, until Bunny just decided to pick her up.

Holly resisted weakly, "Put me down you huge rabbit!"

"Notta chance ya little ankle-biter. You're drained."

"I'll bite your ankles," Holly grumbled.

She gave up though and settled into Bunny's arms, "Mush, rabbit, mush!"

Bunny rolled his eyes and joined the other Guardians.

He was not expecting the snow, "Gah! My feet are freezing!"

Holly smiled, "Wish I could take credit, but this snow isn't mine."

Confusion spread on Bunny's face, "Whaddya mean?"

Holly tried to prop herself up in Bunny's arms, but failed. She leaned back, "Here, move me up to the trees."

Bunny moved her over to the trees. She pulled down the branches, "We should be coming down that path any second now..."

The Guardians strained their eyes, the coming dusk making it hard to see.

"Oh come on, sis, Easter is so much better than Christmas!"

The familiar voice almost made their hearts stop. Bunny snickered, so Jack liked Easter, hmm?

"Rotten brother! Give me back my ribbon! And no way is Easter better than Christmas!"

"Say please..." A moment of silence, "And also say that Easter is better than Christmas."

Holly and Jack bounded over the hill. Jack held a red ribbon right above his sister's head and she was trying to get it back from him.

Holly pouted then a smug look spread on her face, "You know... it's only Christmas Eve..."

Jack stopped, "So?"

Holly smiled triumphantly, "So you can still get on the naughty list." And with that she stood on her tiptoes and took the ribbon out of Jack's hands.

Jack held up his hands, "Fine. I guess you win that one."

Holly playfully punched her brother's arm.

Jack grabbed his arm in mock pain, "Augh! Now you're going to be on the naughty list for hurting your sweet and loving brother."

Holly rolled her eyes, "Suck it up, buttercup."

Jack fell to the ground, "I see a light coming!"

Holly continued walking down the path, ignoring her brother.

Jack went limp on the ground, and Holly stopped. She ran over to her brother, "Jack? Jack, are you okay?"

Jack immediately sat up, grabbing his sister in his arms. Holly screamed then started laughing as Jack started tickling her, "Stop! Stop!" She gasped for breath.

Jack stopped, and Holly tackled him with a hug, "Don't do that to me! I was scared that I had really hurt you!"

Jack looked at his sister in surprise, "You could never hurt me, Holly."

Holly buried her face into her brother's cloak, "But- but what if-"

Jack pulled his sister to where she could see him, "Hey, hey, no 'what-ifs'. You could never hurt me, Holly." He wiped her tears away, "You could never hurt me because you're my little sister. No matter how much you annoy me," Holly giggled, "You'll always be my little sister and I'll always be your big brother."

Holly hugged her brother and Jack wrapped his arms around her too.

Jack suddenly picked her up and threw her over his shoulders, "Now come on! Mom's probably waiting for us back home."

The Guardians watched as the two siblings went back up the path, laughing.

Holly smiled, "You guys needed to see him as he was before- before everything."

The Guardians were in a kind of shock, Jack had been so gentle with his sister. He really cared about Holly.

Holly snuggled up against Bunny, her eyes drooping, "Little sister; Big brother, they were our words for 'I love you and I'll never let you go.'"

And with that her eyes closed, a smile on her lips as she dreamed about the past.