Jim and Walt had stayed up late to make the Easter eggs Barbara had hidden around the yard. Now, the five year old boy scampered around in search of the delicious chocolate treats. His cousin's could be heard giggling in the next yard over, no doubt looking for eggs of their own. A bright blue egg caught his eye from the bushes.(1)

Jim dived after it and gasped. He was nose to nose with a giant, blue bunny. It's green eyes were wide as they looked into Jim's blue ones.

"Easter Bunny?" Jim breathed.

The bunny grinned and nodded, "Yeah. It's me, ya lil' ankle bitter."

Jim giggled, "You sound like Dada!"

Bunny chuckled.

"Young Atlas?" Walt poked his head into the bush, "Who are you talking to in here?"

"The Easter Bunny, Dada!" Jim turned, "He's still here!"

"'E can't see me, Atlas," Bunny shook his head, "Only-"

"Ah. Hello, Aster," Walt scooped his son out of the bushes and stood up, "It's been a while, hasn't it?"

"Stricklander?" Bunny rose to his full 6'1" hight, "Is tha' really you? Holy egg! Ye've settled down!"

Walt chuckled and nuzzled Jim, "I have. Barbara and Jim are the best thing to happen to me since I met Nono. How are you? How are the girls doing?"

"The Easter Bunny has a family?!" Jim looked up at his father.

"They're good. Hope's been staying with her mother this past week so I can focus on Easter. Oh! She's climbing and flying now! She's been driving Toothy and Me up the walls!"

"The Easter Bunny'ss married to the Tooth Fairy!?" Jim nearly screached.

"What gave you that idea, Sweety?" Barbara put one hand on her son's back, "Did you find all the eggs?"

"It is the Easter Bunny, Mummy!" Jim declared, "He's here! He's huge andd he knows Dada!"

Barbara smiled, "Is that so?"

Walt chuckled aand winked at Bunny, "Actually, it is, Love. I meet him in Australia a few...oh, decades ago."

"Really?" Barbara looked at him over her glasses.

"Met who a few decades ago in Aus-Oh!" Otto popped over the fence, Toby on is shoulders, "Hallo, Aster! I didn't know you vvere still here!"

"Yeah, Arcadia is usually my last stop before goin' home," Bunny nodded, "Wait! Scaarbach? When did you move to the states?"

"Zree years ago," Otto shrugged.

Barbara burried her face in her hands, "Why are you two like this? Lenora! Please come and tell me our husbands are being goofs before I loose my mind!"

"What were we talking about?" Lenora walked threw the gate, Mary on her hip, "Oh! Elpidius! It's been, yikes, a hundred years at least! I think it was when Toothiana brought you to that wedding in Rome."(2)

"OH! You were one of the fairy twins Tooth introduced me to!" Bunny pointed, "You've changed your name. And married- wait! You married Scaarbach?!"

"Not helping, Jay..." Barbara hung her head.

Walt set Jim on the ground, "Alright, that's enough fun on Barbara's behalf. Time to explain. Barbara, Love. Yes, the Easter Bunny is real. But, it's not how you think. First of all, you have to believe in him to be able to see him."

Barbara groaned, "Really? Is he some kind of fay creature like all of you?"

Walt shrugged and turned to Bunny, "Sort of? He's...a bit like Toby and a bit like me...He was an alien called a Pooka when he crashed on Earth. Then he was imbued with the magic that hides him and allows his to travel so fast."(3)

Barbara sighed and nodded, "Alright...This shouldn't surprize me in the slightest...I married two changlings and am surrounded by magic every day..."

She looked up and screamed. She lept back and tripped over a rock in thhe yard.

"HOLY MOTHER OF-"

Everybody burst into laughter.

"It's been good to meet you Mrs. Strickler," Bunny helped her to her feet, "M' sorry about the miscommunication about my bein' here. An' it's been good to see everyone again. But I have to get back to the Warren before Tooth and Hope get there. I have to put everything away and Hope likes to eat paintbrushes."

Walt put one arm around Barbara and the other on Jim's shoulder, "Alright, Aster. Don't be a stranger. Tell the girls 'hi' from us."

"Bye bye, Bunny!" The kids chorused, waving wildly.

Bunny crossed his arms and, with the tap of his foot, vanished down a tunnel.

"So...Easter Bunny is married to the Tooth Fairy..." Barbara began, "You all already knew about this...AND NOBODY THOUGHT TO TELL ME!? How does that even work?! Is the Tooth Fairy like Lenora and Eli? Or what?"

"Great time for Easter Brunch," Lenora led the way into the house.

"We'll answer all of your question then, Baarbara," Walt steered her around, "You write them down while Otto and I get the food ready. OK?"

LLB

AN: Ya know, we always see 10,000 Christmas fics in December but I can only name like...two Easter fics (both Harry Potter fics I might add)... Which is strange because Easter is, arguably, more important than Christmas. Arguably... So, I thought, Hey! How about write that fic you want to see! So here it is.

1) Ok, I established in Lucky Christmas that Toby is Jewish. BUT, in the show, Toby says he got a lot of chocolate from Easter. I am not Jewish but, since Easter egg hunting isn't actually a religious part of Easter and is just a game for children and families to play at Easter parties (Like Find the Pickle at Christmas) I figured it would be OK. Especially since the kids are all so young.

2) So, in the Rise of the Guardians books, it is explained that Bunny's name is E. Aster Bunnymund. Hence, Easter Bunny. Most headcannons say the 'E' stands for Edmund. But Elpidius is Latin for hope. Bunny is the guardian of hope so I thought it fit better.

3) Partialy from the books (the Pooka part, alien and all) and Part Headcannon (the magic part) because I'm not entirely sure how it all worked in the books...