Sorry, this chapter is somewhat short...The week decided to suddenly end on me!
Week Three: Animals of the Earth
Jamie Bennett knew something was definitely wrong when a medium sized object hit his window with a loud thunk. It was 7:45 pm and Jamie had been doing his homework when he turned to look at the window in surprise. With the possibility that after two and a half weeks that Jack Frost had finally returned to fulfill his promise of a snowball fight, Jamie leapt to the window and yanked it open.
Only the soft hoot of owls greeted him. "That was odd," Jamie thought as he padded out of his room and down the stairs to see if someone was out on the front porch. Opening the front door, Jamie could not see anything unusual. Shivering with the cold, he was about to close the door when he heard something call his name.
"Hey, Jamie! Look down, at the ground!" the voice squeaked. Hugging himself against the cold, Jamie whirled around and gazed at his front stoop. He was somewhat shocked to see a small, white-haired rabbit sitting on the ground looking up at him with an irresistible, winsome look in his big blue eyes.
Most people might think they were going crazy if they heard a rabbit talk but Jamie was somewhat more familiar with this possibility; he'd met the Guardians, for heaven's sake. With a perplexed look in this eyes, Jamie stared at the little creature and slowly asked, "Did you, um, just talk?" he asked the bunny.
The rabbit hopped closer to Jamie and answered, "Yeah, I did. I know you don't recognized me right now…", the rabbit trailed off into silence. With a soft laugh, Jamie said, "Well, you can't be the Easter Bunny because I've seen him big and tiny. So, who are you, exactly?"
"Who am I exactly? How many creatures do you know that have white hair!" Jamie practically dropped to the floor laughing with an important realization. "Jack? As in Jack Frost? Wait, OH NO! How did you get yourself turned into a bunny?" Jamie asked. The boy's laughter floated upstairs and awakened Jamie's little sister.
About three minutes later...
"For the last time, Sophie! This is not the Easter Bunny!" Jamie reminded his sister as he guarded little Jack Frost back up in his room. Sophie stared at her big brother for a few moments and then reached out to touch the furry creature that had come into her home. Luckily, Jamie's mother didn't see him hiding a bunny under his covers as she took Sophie back to her bedroom.
Jack Frost's pink nose poked out from under the covers. "The answer to your question about how I got turned into a bunny of all things, started out as a little accident. I'd been running away from elves who are still intent on seeing me wear the shoes they made for my guardian ceremony, when I tripped accidently over a few Easter eggs and landed on a stack of snow globes. Apparently, that combination of magic will turn one into a bunny. Sadly, I don't know how to turn back into myself."
"Oh, boy! The Easter Bunny will have a field day with this one," Jamie laughed again. Jack didn't think this was so funny. After some more complaining about his current situation, Jack finally asked, "Since I'm so ordinary now, how should I tell the other Guardians about this?" Jamie looked at him. "Ordinary? Seriously Jack?" He didn't get a reply.
Jack's question about the guardians required some contemplation. Finally, at 11 pm, Jamie came up with the perfect answer. "Sophie has a loose tooth. If we could make it fall out faster, I'm betting that one of the mini-fairies would show up and we could contact Tooth," suggested Jamie. Jack agreed, it only plan that they had. But hopefully, they wouldn't use it.
Meanwhile, back at the warren, North had just wrenched Bunny's door open and fallen over the threshold. Tooth had been flying nearby and as North fell over, she crashed into him and tumbled further into the room.
"Bunny, would you please explain why you called us here, instead of simply coming to the North Pole?" grumbled North.
"Because, mates, as much as I hate to admit this, Jack's missing and I do kind of care what happens to Frostbite. Also, we haven't heard or been pranked from him for a full day." Bunny looked somewhat troubled as he closed the door behind his fellow Guardians. Later, Sandy came in giggling.
"Are you ok, Sandy?" Bunny asked. In response, the Sandman 'said' something about a memory of a funny animal week in advent a long time ago.
"Not the time Sandy…" North grumbled.