I know this is shit, I was just writing a prequel to Anthem. It's cruddy, but it's also 4 in the morning and I can't be bothered.

Sorry.. the next chapter is gonna kick ass though, it's called Disaster. Prepare yourself!

Disarray, v
- to throw into disorder

Jack couldn't really be sure, but he was pretty certain that whatever Russian words that were pouring from North's mouth were swears. It made him smirk childishly because the idea of the man who was in reality Santa Clause swearing was just... fantastic.

The reasons he was swearing wasn't so good. The Pole was a tip. An absolute pig-sty.

It was Pitch's doing, waltzing in here and wrecking the place when he thought he'd won them, when belief was fading.

There were papers littering the floor, toys scattered about and broken, Yeti who had been left dazed and confused when he'd come and a couple who'd been injured when they'd taken on the nightmares in Burgess.

Tooth was knelt beside a couple of elves who didn't seem to know what to do with themselves, for once they were staying out of the way and out from underfoot, letting those that were able to tidy up and work do what they needed to do.

"At least you have nine months 'till Christmas," Bunny said, picking up a toy train set that had been shattered on the floor, a glimmer of sadness in his vibrant green eyes. "If you need help mate, we'll do what we can," he offered to the larger man.

"Eh, it'll be okay," the bearded man said with a sigh, running his hand through his hair before pinching his nose, looking like he was suffering with a headache. Jack walked over to a robot figure, something like what he'd seen in Jamie's room, but this one was scratched and the wing had broken off. Picking it up from the floor, he glanced around and sighed himself.

Even though they'd won, Pitch was still in some manner causing devastation. Not only did North have to start making toys again from scratch, but Tooth had to make sure all the teeth had been brought back from Pitch's lair so she could give the children their memories back when they needed them, and Bunny still had to make sure Spring was coming in in full force, even though Easter had fallen through – the thought of which made the snowy haired teens stomach twist with guilt, as he still blamed himself for that.

"Oi, snowflake," bunny called, snapping Jack from his thoughts as his head twisted around, looking at the Pooka.

"Yeah cottontail?" he replied, smirking at the rabbit that smirked back.

"You gonna help us out, seeing as you're part of the group now?"

"Yeah, I'll help out," Jack nodded, smiling slightly as he grabbed an armful of broken toys and dropped them into a rubbish sack that one of the Yeti's was holding out to him.

Admittedly, it probably wouldn't be too much of an issue, this mess in the Pole. North was efficient, and with a couple extra helping hands it'd all be fixed up sooner rather than later.