AN: BIG TIME JUMP TO AFTER EASTER OF 2012 WHEN JACK MEETS UP WITH PITCH AGAIN! SORRY FOR THE MASSIVE TIME JUMP, AND THANK YOU FOR READING THE AN! :)

"Alright...now let her go!" I demanded in a low growl as I held out my hand after JUST handing Pitch my staff in exchange for Baby Tooth.

He rubbed his finger up and down my staff with an expression I couldn't quite read, as he told me, "No. You said you wanted to be alone...THEN BE ALONE!" Baby Tooth squeaked defiantly and pecked hard against Pitch's thumb. "AH!" He shouted and threw her against the ice wall behind me.

"NO!" I shouted and then I turned around to see him snapping my staff in two, and I immediately felt a searing pain in my core and my chest. It felt like something important was ripped from me, and I couldn't breath. Then, he used his nightmare sand to toss me against the same wall, and for a brief moment, I felt myself lose consciousness.

Once I woke up, I noticed Baby Tooth and rushed towards her. "BABY TOOTH!" I tried to cover her up, but she squeaked and then sneezed. "Sorry, all I can do is keep you cold. Pitch was right...I make a mess of everything." She then crawled off of my hand, towards my pocket and went in. "Hey!" I shouted, but she ignored me. Then, I noticed glowing. I opened my eyes and noticed it was coming from my pockets. "WHOA!" I shouted as I quickly backed up against the wall. I pulled out the memory box, and Baby Tooth placed her hand on it, telling me to view it and I did. When I touched it, I saw flashes of a life I had, and as I saw it, the rest of my mortal life swam into my head. Once it was all done, and I was mentally caught up with the rest of my memories, it landed on the memory of me and my sister on the ice, and I watched as I saved her by playing a game of hopscotch. Once it vanished I immediately looked at Baby Tooth in shock and astonishment. "Did...did you see that!?" She shook her head, and with renewed hope and joy I picked her up and started telling her about it. "I had a family! I had a sister! I saved her! I..." Then as the realization dawned on my I looked up at the full moon and whispered out in surprise. "That's why you chose me. I'm...I'm a Guardian!" I got up and looked around. "We gotta get out of here!" I told her as I put her on my shoulder. Then, I looked to my staff, and slid towards it.

I picked it up and tried to put it back together, not knowing how I knew to do that, but I tried anyway, and it didn't work. I tried again, and focused on everything that the Guardians represented, everything I felt in my mortal life, everything I felt in this life, and all of the Joy and Fun I could muster. Once I did that, the pieces started glowing, and more memories started flooding into my head, but it wasn't like the memory box. It was as if seeing the glow caused me to INSTANTLY remember another life I had, and to my IMMENSE surprise, it wasn't a human life...but a Pookan life, and I finally knew the Pooka's name from my dream...it was my name a long time ago, and as I realized all of this, I couldn't help but grin like a fool as I stared at the light. I could hear Baby Tooth on my shoulder squeaking out, "ALRIGHT!"

Once it was put together, I whooped and hollered into the air while laughing with an overjoyed feeling in my chest. "C'MON BABY TOOTH! I OWE YOU ONE!" I told her, but mentally I was thinking, 'I owe you way more than that!'

oOoOoOoOo

I had rushed out of Jamie's house, after getting him to believe in me, and I met up with Tooth and North, and they didn't look good at all. "Jack! Jack!" I heard Tooth shout, and she tried to fly towards me, but fell to her knees. I helped her up and checked her quickly for injuries.

"Are you alright?" I asked, and she tucked her feathers behind her with a smile.

"What are you doing here?" North asked me, and I couldn't help the smile on my face as I answered, "Same as you." I turned to face Jamie, sensing he was coming out of the house, and it seemed that I had my Pooka hearing capabilities back.

"It's you! I mean...It IS you! I knew it wasn't a dream!" He shouted and then looked directly at me, and if I'm gonna be honest, I don't think I would ever get tired of a mortal child seeing and believing in me.

"Jack...he sees you!" North whispered out in awe and wonder.

I wanted to celebrate with him, but I noticed someone very important missing. "...but wait...where's Bunny?"

"Easter...took its tole on all of us. Bunny...most of all."

North moved to reveal a small Bunny with the Easter Bunny's markings and I instantly knew what he meant. "Oh no..." I groaned out as guilt made its ugly way into my chest. 'That's my fault...'

"That's the Easter Bunny? What happened to him? He used to be cool, and now he's...cute."

"Bah!" He shouted after seemingly enjoying it, and then he turned to glare at me. "Did you tell him to say that!?" He shouted and hopped off of the sleigh so that he could come and kick my legs, and that's when he almost proved me right about him being a Kangaroo...almost.

"No, actually, he got me to believe you were real...just when I was starting to think that maybe you weren't."

"He made you believe...in me!?"

Jamie nodded and Bunny looked at me and all I could think was, 'There is so much I want to tell you...'

oOoOoOoOo

The battle with Pitch was difficult, but we won, and not only Jamie believed in me, but his friends did too! The other Guardians and I were celebrating back at the North Pole, and I had my fill of food while I enjoyed Bunny's company and his new attitude towards me...or rather...Jack's side of me. I knew I became one full person and being once I remembered everything, but it was still going to take some adjusting. I'm both...my past is my past...I just have an extra, much longer past than my mortal or spiritual form. "Jack, are ya there?" I heard Bunny question while I sat on one of the windowsills.

"Hmm?" I looked up at him and noticed the concerned look. "Ah, you know me, Bunny, I'm just planning my next bit of mischief. Should be interesting now that I have believers."

"Uh huh..." He stated sarcastically in a tone I knew all too well as his, 'I don't believe ya' tone, and I couldn't help but smirk as I turned to look out the window again. "Why don't I believe ya?"

"You never do." I accidentally said with a small smile, but there was no taking it back now.

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing, Bunny." I told him with a sigh. "It's just...after everything...my memories and...well...it's just been a lot."

"I can't say I understand, but I'm here for ya if ya need me, ya know that don't ya?"

"Well, now you are."

"Yeah...Look, I'm sorry for what I said to ya when ya were named Guardian."

"Don't worry about it, and yeah...I know. You don't know how much that means to me at the moment." I told him, while mentally thinking, 'Especially with what I know.'

"Good, I'm glad ya know."

"Ah, there you are, Jack!" I heard North bellow out.

I got up from the windowsill and walked up towards him, and noticed that Tooth and Sandy were with him. "What's up?'

"What is up?" He questioned with a risen brow. "What is up is that you are guest of honor, and you are not enjoying your own party!"

"I enjoyed it!" I laughed out. "I ate more than I usually do."

"About that..." Tooth started. "...Jack, I wanted to ask you...I...well, I noticed you don't have a home."

"Um, no. I have a home." I snorted out a laugh as I propped my staff on my shoulder.

"You told us the pond was your home." Bunny stated, and I glanced at Sandy who was trying desperately to hide an amused grin on his face, because he knew more than they did.

"I have a home." I repeated, but before I could say more, a portal was conjured right next to us, and Emily stepped through with Nimbus and Bram.

"Mother Nature? What brings you here?" Tooth questioned with an intrigued expression.

"I've come for Jack." She answered plainly and I noticed there was the smallest hint of doubt behind her smile as she looked at North.

"Why, Jack? He's not one of yours." Tooth stated with a confused expression.

Nimbus snorted out a laugh as he shook his head. "Oh man...are you ever wrong. Jack here..."

"Nimbus!" I growled out, and he immediately became quiet, but he still held an amused smile.

"What does...Nimbus...mean?" Tooth asked as she stopped floating and stood next to North.

"What he means..." Emily started. "...is that Jack is one of mine."

"He can't be." Bunny argued in a slightly offended tone. "Manny made him and chose him."

"Yes, I know very well what Manny has done." She answered as she rolled her eyes. "I also know what Jack has successfully done when he fought my Father, and just so we're clear..." Her voice started to get bitter and all I could do was think, 'Oh shit...now they've done it. Angry wife mode activated.' The thought alone earned me a quick glare from my wife, and I simply smiled at her and gave her a quick wink that only she saw, because everyone else was focused on each other. "...he is still one of mine, because Manny charged me with his care. Now, Jack, if you're done celebrating here..." She trailed off as the glare slipped away.

"We have a huge party for you!" Bram interrupted.

"Do you now?" I asked as I placed my hands in my hoodie pocket with a mischievous smirk on my face, because I knew what a 'huge party' meant coming from my children.

"Yeah!" Nimbus shouted and immediately came to wrap an arm around him. "And I want a rematch in a drinking contest!"

I couldn't help, but double over laughing when I noticed the looks of astonishment from the other Guardians. Well, all but Sandy of course, who was grinning with amusement at the moment. "As I recall Nimbus, you have NEVER beaten me in a drinking contest."

"Ah, but you see...I win more than you do in the morning."

"What? Just because I get a hangover?" I asked as I crossed my arms with my staff still resting in the crook of my arm.

"Exactly!"

"You know I can always get some of the others to help me with that. Especially after your first attempt to give me pineapple and BEET juice."

"That's cheating!"

"No, that's called being smart." I remarked with a slightly victorious grin.

"Either way..." Emily grinned and Nimbus walked back over to her side. "...Jack, not to be rude to the other Guardians, but are you done here for now?"

I looked at them and they seemed a bit stunned, but North nodded at me even though he had a slightly confused and concerned look. "Yes, I think I am. I'll come back, North, I promise."

"Good." North stated with a wide appreciative smile.

"Good..." Emily agreed. "...now, come home, Jack."

I winced slightly as the others heard her directly say that I lived there. I turned to face Tooth, who's jaw had dropped at that point, and shrugged my shoulders. "I told you I have a home. The pond is just the gate for me." I smiled, and looked back at Emily. "Now, I would say after you, but I know how these portals work."

"Awe, look at Jack trying to be a gentleman!" Bram crowed with sarcasm and amusement.

"What are you talking about?" Emily smirked. "Jack is always a gentleman, unlike the two of you."

"Awe! C'mon!" Nimbus whined as he walked through the portal with a slight chuckle, followed by Bram, and then I followed the two of them. Once we were through, Emily quickly followed us, and we all made our way to the dining hall despite how full I already was.

When we finally made it to the dining hall, I notice that it was more decorative than usual, and the rest of The Nine, along with my biological daughter sat at the table with wide and proud smiles on their faces. "FATHER!" They all shouted and immediately started crowding me and hugging me.

I laughed joyously as I felt them ruffling my hair and holding me close. "Emily!" I giggled out. "Save me!"

"You're on your own, my love."

"Traitor! No!" I dramatized as I pretended to collapse in between them all.

I heard her beautiful giggle from the distance and for a brief moment, I felt a pang in my heart, because now I know who I really am, and I wasn't sure how she would react if she didn't already know. So, for just today, I'm going to love her as if it'll be the last day I get to do so. I broke free of my cage that children were hugging me in, and I rushed towards her. Once I was in front of her, my heart hammered against my chest and I quickly leaned forward and captured her lips with my own. When she dove her tongue into my mouth, I couldn't help the small moan at the sensation and I pressed my right hand against the small of her back, pulling her closer to me, and placed my left hand on the side of her face. When the kiss ended, I watched as she looked up at me with a pleased expression. "Well, had I known that's what I would get for not saving you from our children, I would've let them tackle you like that a lot sooner."

"Oh, I love you so much, Emily." I sighed out as I gave her another quick kiss.

"I love you too, Jack." She told me with pure honesty, but her brow was furrowed in worry. "What's wrong?"

"I'll tell you after the party. It may be tomorrow...but I promise I'll tell you."

"Alright then. Now, I know you ate a lot at North's, but the rest of us haven't, and who knows, perhaps you'll be hungry in an hour or so."

"Well, I wouldn't want to miss out on my own celebration now, would I?"

"Absolutely not." She grinned at me, and we made our way to the dining table, and enjoyed each other's company, and I told them how what was supposed to be a calm night turned into me becoming a Guardian. I told them everything including when I encountered Pitch, but I left out me being a Pooka or finding it out at least. I did tell them that I was completely shattered when Sandy died, and overjoyed when he came back, though.

oOoOoOoOoOo

Emily was right, I got hungrier, and I ate even more. A part of me blames the fact that Pooka have to eat more than normal mortals in order to keep themselves strong, fit, and active, but another part of me tells me it was just nerves. If it's a combination of both, then that would make things easier. So, for now, both is good.

Eventually Emily and I made it to our room, got dressed and ready for bed, and I looked around my room that was so similar to the one from my home world, and it was a bit strange to officially be here again when it feels like I just fell asleep here on a different planet. "Jack, will you tell me what's wrong?" Emily questioned as she climbed into bed next to me, and got underneath the covers.

I turned to face her, and placed my right hand on her waist and let out a heavy breath from my nose, still worried how she would take it. "I promise to tell you first thing when I wake up." I told her with a worried smirk. "I'm tired, and haven't slept in three days."

"Alright, that's fair, but I'm not going to let you out of telling me when you wake up."

"When do you let me out of anything?" I asked as I raised an eyebrow.

"Never, that's why you should know it's a promise."

I let out a low chuckle as I nodded my head. "I know."

"Good, now try and get some sleep."

"I'll try." I told her honestly, unsure if I would get any sleep. However, it didn't take long, because in fifteen minutes of staring up at the protection spell Bunny made for me, everything went black.

oOoOoOoOoOo

When I opened my eyes, I noticed immediately that my vision increased, and I felt warmer. I looked down at my body and saw fur. "I-I'm a Pooka again!?" I rushed up to the tree where I would meet my Pooka self in my dreams when I didn't know who he was, and I saw not a Pooka, but my spirit form. He had the same eyes as me, pure white hair, porcelain skin, and he wore a white colonial shirt, an open brown vest, brown cape, and brown leather wrapped pants. It was what I looked like when I came out of the pond. "H-Hello?"

"Figured it out did ya?" He asked me with a sly smirk, and I noticed then that our voices were the same, and have been this whole time.

"Yeah, but I'm thinking I should've found out sooner."

"You really should've. I may not have answered all of your questions, but I certainly dropped almost painfully obvious hints."

"Yeah, I can see that now. Thanks." I rolled my eyes, and walked closer to him. "You know...it's strange seeing myself on the outside like this, and it not be a reflection."

"Same here." He chuckled. "So, now that you have your other past...what's our name? Our fully true name?"

"Snowdrop Frost Bunnymund." I answered proudly. "Youngest brother to E. Aster Bunnymund, and it was he who told Mother and Father what to name us." I felt a surge of pride as I answered, but then a spike of curiousness made its way into my chest. "How is it I'm allowed to say his name in my dreams?"

"Because, here you are a Pooka. The same Pooka that was always trusted with Aster's name. However, he won't know that you're who you are..."

"But...Manny said he would show him someday."

"Yes, and if you would've let me finish, I would've said, 'he won't know that you're who you are...until Manny tells him or until he finds out on his own.'"

"Oh...well, we always had a bad habit of letting others form sentences."

"Yes, something your human side has a knack for. He at least let's people finish what they have to say no matter how hurtful."

"OUR human side. You're me, and I'm you. We're one person. There's just an extra past...it's like I woke up after falling asleep, and it's as if..."

"It's as if you fell asleep a Pooka, but woke up as baby Jackson Overland Frost, and continued your memories from there, and then when you were turned into a spirit."

"Yeah...it's like I fell asleep, and woke up in a different body that was still my own, but lived on in it."

"Well, that's basically what happened, but remember, Manny put our soul along side Jack's."

"This is both amazing, and confusing, but we owe Manny more than we can say...don't we."

"Oh yeah we..." Before my spirit self could finish there was a bright white light glowing next to us, and when the light faded, it revealed Manny himself just as I remembered him when he came and preformed soul magic. First off, the books in Emily's library depicted him wrong. He wasn't round and he didn't look all that old. In fact, he looked closer to my mental age of twenty perhaps a bit older. When I asked Emily why Bunny looked so different in the books, she said it was the fault of a talking book after a spell was casted on him, and for a reason even unknown to the talking book, everyone's appearance looked a bit different than in reality, and ever since then, the rest of the books that had the story of the Guardians, any of them...or even stories involving them differently. The books involving Manny depicted him as being physically in his mid to late thirties, and round kind of like Sandy's shorter form, but that wasn't the case. Either way, he looked different from the books, and this is the version I remembered. He was built and dressed nicely. He wore a long tan overcoat, a yellow buttoned up dress vest, a white shirt underneath, a red bow tie, tan pants, and black shoes. However, the books did get his hair and eye color right. He had white hair that was mostly a thick lock of hair that was in the center of his bald head, and brown eyes. "...do..." My spirit self gave me a sideways glance and risen brow as he finished his sentence.

"Hello, Jack Frost..." Manny nodded towards my spirit self, and then he looked at me with a guilty and saddened smile. "Hello, Snowdrop."

"Hello, Manny." I replied, not really knowing what else to say.

"Look..." He placed his hands behind his back and started looking at the grass with guilt ridden eyes, and I couldn't understand why they were there. "...I...there are no words to express how sorry I am for not communicating with you for three hundred years...other than your wedding of course. I understand if you..."

"I'm not mad." We both answered with soft smiles, and it seemed to get his attention, because he looked at both of us in pure shock.

"Y-You're not?" He stepped back with a surprised expression on his face.

"I was then, because I didn't know why, and then when I heard that you talked to my wife and the other Guardians far more than you spoke to me...I couldn't help but wonder if it was something I was doing wrong...but then I put my staff together, and I knew. I knew everything, and I don't blame you one bit. I understand why you did it."

"You...thank you."

"Hey, you came to me. You traveled back in time to when the nightmares were tearing up my world while Aster was fighting among the stars, and you offered to give my soul to my incarnation, and after understanding why and how you were going to do it...I told you I was ready, and I meant it. It's my own fault for not figuring it out sooner, but I have to ask...Sandy and Emily...do they know?"

"I know for a fact that Sandy is still scratching his brain at the connection you share with your Pookan self while he's giving dreams at the moment, and he most certainly doesn't know, but as far as Emily goes...you'll have to talk to her."

"Right...that's a conversation I'm honestly afraid of."

"Well, you've survived this long." Manny quipped with a small smirk. "I'm sure you could survive your wife a little longer."

"And I take it...like Sandy and Aster...you've known her for a long time?"

"Not nearly half as long as Sandy or Aster, but yes. I've known her a long time."

"So...you're trusted with my brother's name?"

"He trusted me with it when I first gathered the Guardians together."

"And you're going to tell me that story right?"

"Someday I'll visit you in your dreams and tell you, but yes, you'll know someday how that all came about."

"Good." I told him as I crossed my furred arms. I then uncrossed them and looked at my paws. "I gotta admit...I miss this form."

"Huh..." I heard Manny drawl out. I looked up and he was holding a hand up to his chin with a thoughtful and calculating expression.

"What is it?"

"Hmm?" He looked up at me with a questioning gaze, and then seemed to understand what I asked him and waved a hand at me. "Oh nothing. Just something on my mind."

"Right, well..."

"JACK! JACK!" I heard Emily's desperate cries, and everything immediately went white.

oOoOoOoOo

I shot up and looked at her worried and tear stained face. "Emily! What's wrong!?" I questioned and she immediately wrapped her arms around me and sobbed into my chest. "Hey..." I whispered out as I adjusted myself to sit up a bit straighter, and I petted her long ebony hair. "...what happened?"

"I...I had a nightmare."

"But you never get nightmares...was it Pitch?"

"N-No..." She sobbed into my chest. "D-Do you remember wh-what Manny gave me for our wedding present?"

"You could feel everything I feel no matter where I am..."

"Yeah...and I...well...before he told the Guardians...that you were...supposed to be a Guardian, he told me...he told me I couldn't help you...I was so angry, but I thought...well, I understood...and then I...when your staff broke...I...I thought you died. It...It hurt so much and it was like my heart was...was ripped from chest. My legs wouldn't work. I collapsed to the ground in our room, and the tears wouldn't stop. I-It felt like a piece of my soul had died, and I...I took it out on Manny. I ranted for...I don't really know how long...but I...I screamed at him and I...I was horrible to him, but he...he told me you were fine, but I...I didn't feel the connection re-link itself so I thought...I thought he was lying, but if there was a chance that you...that you were alive...I sent Eira to go look for you since she can turn invisible, and she came back, telling me that you were fighting alongside Bunny, facing off against my Father."

"Okay...so what was the nightmare?"

"I...I...the nightmare was...it was your death. Over and over again in different ways, and I couldn't...it was horrible." She continued to sob into my chest and I continued to pet her hair.

"H-Hey...um..." I started, trying to get her mind off it, and hope that it wouldn't backfire on either of us, but I did say when I woke up. "So...um...do you want to know why I was a bit upset and the reason for how I reacted yesterday?"

She sat up and wiped her tears while she calmed her crying and nodded her head. "Yeah, you worried me."

"W-Well...I...I figured out something when the link was severed, and I think I know why you didn't feel it reconnect."

"What are you talking about?"

"I...well...I'm not who you think I am. Not...completely at least."

"Jack? You're worrying me even more. What are saying?"

"I...well, when Pitch tossed me into the cavern I told you that I got my memories back from the memory box, yeah?"

"Yeah..."

"Well, when I put my staff back together...and my staff is essentially connected to my heart and soul...I got a lot more than just what the memory box gave me. I...I wasn't always human. I mean...this body was born human, but my soul...my soul wasn't always human, and I know who I really am after three hundred years of nothing. I...I was a Pooka once. Manny traveled back in time to when Bunny was fighting among the stars with Pitch, and I was terrified. He came to me, and told me that Bunny needed me in this life, because even though he loved his family and friends...he wasn't completely whole. I was upset at him for time traveling, but then he offered to...to do soul magic, and considering how the battle was going...and I didn't want Bunny to be alone...and I had no idea that Manny even KNEW soul magic! It's forbidden and...well, anyway, I was willing, and he took my soul from my body after I laid down. Then...with my spirit form...just before he turned me into a spirit...and I came out of the pond...that's when he put my Pookan soul in this body. My full Pookan soul...and it changed my appearance as well as made me incredibly strong, agile, powerful, and a lot of other things...but I...I didn't know who I was until I both looked in my memory box, and when I put my staff together. I...I'm a Pooka. Right now, I'm a Pooka in a human body, but all of my capabilities are here...especially after I just woke up. I can see, hear, smell, feel, and taste everything more powerfully now, and I...I..." I swallowed a thick lump in my throat as I hesitantly grabbed her hands. "I...I understand if you...if you d-don't l-love me anymore, because I...I'm not the same...and I...I'm a Pooka...I..."

Before I could say more in my nervous and anxiety ridden rant, I felt her lips on mine, and I allowed the tears to fall from my eyes as my heart hammered against my chest. I moved my lips with her's and I allowed her to dive her tongue into my mouth again, nearly making me dizzy as I felt it all up and down my spine. Then, all too soon, she ended the kiss and I had to actually steady myself on the nest, because I was about to fall over from how great and amazing it felt. "Jack, I know. I've known for quite some time, and I still love you. I love you more than words can say."

"Y-You wh-what!? F-For how long?"

"Since our wedding night. While I was dreaming, Manny visited me, and showed me the memory of you willingly accepting his offer. He then showed me how you were made into a spirit and how you saved your sister. He also showed me your Pooka soul being placed alongside your mortal soul. He was worried about my reaction towards it for many reasons. He was worried about how I would treat you, how our married life would go, because these bands we're wearing? Their eternal. We're together for eternity. He was also worried I would be angry that he didn't tell me sooner, but it was just another Wedding present to me. I was overjoyed to know, and it didn't change my love for you, if anything, it increased."

"What!? How!?"

"Try and remember." She rolled her eyes at me, but then she apparently noticed my confused expression and her brow furrowed in confusion at me. "You don't remember? Then, let me remind you." She placed her hands on the side of my head and I was nearly blinded by a green light which was followed by my vision fading to black.

oOoOoOoOo

When I opened my eyes, Emily was by my side. 'Emily?' I asked carefully and she shook her head and pointed in front of us, and that's when I noticed her with the Pooka version of me. I quickly looked down at my body, and noticed I was in Pooka form.

The memory me was leaned up against the same tree I would meet my inner self at in my dreams and Emily was leaned against the side of it, next to me. "So, you've called me here. What was it you wanted to speak about, Princess Emily?"

"Please don't use titles, Snowdrop. You know how much I hate them, and besides, it's weird. We're the same age."

"Yeah, about that...doesn't it weird you out that your uncle is close to your age?"

"Not really, My grandparents had my Father first, and then my uncle was more of a surprise. I'm pretty sure they didn't know they could still do that anymore." She giggled brilliantly and for some reason I couldn't recall who her uncle was.

'I'm keeping you from knowing him for now.' Emily whispered lightly. 'Just trust me.'

'Okay...'

"Well, you still haven't answered me, Emily."

"I wanted to talk." She shifted nervously in her emerald green dress. "We've been friends for a very long time you know."

"Yeah, ever since Jerold was with you, and he was instructed to look after me, while your uncle looked after Aster."

"Ugh...weird old man!"

"HA! That's what I told Aster!" Memory me laughed lightly with crossed arms. "You know your uncle taught him how to paint?"

"You're kidding me!" She shouted with pure amusement in her eyes as she stepped from the side of the tree to face me more.

I simply shook my head with a wide smile. "Nope! Took me by surprise too, but he told him what to use, how to make the stuff he needs, and Mother and Father are rather impressed with him."

"Oh I wish I could've seen that."

"Heh, you're not the only one. Now, we've delayed it long enough." I turned to face her and gave her a confident smirk. "What does our long friendship have to do with the conversation you wanted today?"

"Well, I..." Emily's cheeks flushed a beautiful shade of red and she started shifting nervously again as her hands behind her back started gently tugging and picking at her fingers.

"Does it have something to do with the amount of new snowdrops in my burrow room?"

"I-I...you see..."

I stepped forward with a knowing grin, that Emily couldn't see at the moment, because she started looking at the grass. "By the stars, Emily...I've never seen you so nervous and anxious."

Her head shot up and the blush was more powerful. "I-I wanted to tell you...that I..."

"Wait a minute..." Memory me smirked, and I suddenly remembered this.

'Emily, why didn't I remember this?'

'Must've also been Manny's doing, but don't worry, we can relive it all if you like.'

'I think I would.'

"What is it?" Emily questioned nervously.

"The flowers, the outings, the meal you made me for my birthday, and now you called me out here...are you..." Memory me shot his eyes wide open and he staggered back quite a bit with a surprised expression. "...are you...have you...been trying to court me?"

Emily stepped back at least three steps, and looked to the grass beneath her feet as she slowly nodded her head. "I...well...yes. I have been trying to court you."

"But...why?" I asked as I scratched my head with my paw. "I mean...we're two different species, Emily. Why would you...!?" Whatever memory me was going to say next was caught off by the sudden surge of bravery Emily gained, and she placed her lips to mine, and then backed away quickly. "Y-You u-um...I..." I breathed out, and had to use the tree for support as I stared at her in shock. "Y-You're...THE princess though...I...you...I mean...oh..." I rested on my haunches until I couldn't even do that anymore, and I just laid on my back against the cool grass, looking up at the stars.

"D-Do you not feel the same?"

"Oh, but you see...that's the thing..." I let out a wry laugh as I placed my arm over my eyes. "...I do!" I got up from where I was laying and walked towards her with a nervous expression of my own. "I've loved you for a long time...and the thing about Pooka...we don't really judge on race, species, or anything like that, but Emily...you're the Princess of the UNIVERSE! Kozmotis Pitchiner is your Father! You could have anyone you want! You could love, lose, and love again! P-Pooka...can't. Once we love someone...it's for eternity. Even if we're reincarnated, we'll still love them. It's a love that transcends time, Emily, and...if you and I...I already love you more than I ever thought possible, but if I...If I kiss you or even kiss you back...because you're human, you won't be limited to eternity, but you won't be able to love anyone else for at least a million years... then if you somehow still love me after a million years...the million year cycle will start over, and you won't be able to love anyone else for a million more years. You know that...don't you?"

"Yes, I am well aware." Emily smiled at memory me with determined and hopeful eyes.

"Y-You...you know..." Memory me staggered back a bit more and stared at Emily with pure love and astonishment at the same time. "B-By all the stars in the sky...why would you choose me? I thought...I thought you liked Aster!"

"WHAT!?" She laughed out and was soon doubled over laughing. "Oh my...what ever gave you that idea!?"

"B-Because...for the past month or so I've seen you talking to him a lot more when he wasn't among the stars with Sandy, and I've seen you go in and out of his burrow room."

"I was learning from him. I asked him about courting Pooka, and at first he was extremely surprised that I wanted to know that, so I told him why, and I thought he was going to faint, but he was the only one I could go to, because your parents aren't around anymore. He gave me his blessing and taught me what to do. He even taught me some extra nature magic."

"I..." Memory me swallowed another lump in his throat as he walked closer to Emily. "...you..." He let out a heavy sigh and looked to the grass beneath him, and I couldn't help but step closer to the memory. "...Like I said...if I die...and I'm reincarnated...my reincarnation will love you as I do until they die, and then it'll repeat...I won't know you, not fully, and you...you won't know me if we should meet again...and the chance of that happening...well...it would take a miracle. You wouldn't love anyone else for at least a million years. A-Are you sure y-you want to do this...with me? All it takes is one kiss directly from me onto your lips and our bond will be made."

"I'm sure, Snowdrop."

"Wh-What about your Father?"

"I told him, and he said he was happy for me, and that he knew you to be a good Pooka."

"General Kozmotis said that? About me?"

"Yes. Now, are you gonna kiss me or not?"

Apparently not needing to be told again, I reached forward, and wrapped my right arm around her, and placed my other paw on her face, and I gave her a deep and passionate kiss. As soon as our lips met, we both glowed brightly. The kiss didn't end until the glowing did, but when it did, we pulled apart and we were both breathing heavily. "W-We are bound for...eternity now. Well, I am to you, and have been since I found out I was in love with you, but you...you're bound to me for at least a million years now."

"And I won't ever regret it."

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Once I felt her hands leave my head I opened my eyes and rushed forward to kiss her as passionately as I could as I pushed her back down onto the nest. This time, I dove my tongue into her mouth and heard her let out a sweet moan as she gripped at my upper arms. I ended the kiss too soon for my taste, but I had to look at her again, and when I did, I nearly cried tears of joy at what I saw. Her eyes looked up at me with as much love as they've always held. Both in this life and my Pooka life. "My Emily..." I whispered out lovingly as I tucked a lock of hair behind her ear. "My sweet Emily Jane Pitchiner..."

"Nah uh...I told you, that's not my name anymore...hey...since we're married...is my last name Bunnymund now?"

"Well, Pooka don't get married, they make eternal bonds, so no. You're still Emily Jane Frost. Oh!" My eyes widened as I realized I hadn't given her permission for my true name. "Emily Jane Frost...I, Jackson Overland Frost...entrust my original true name to you. My original true name is...Snowdrop Frost Bunnymund. Would you like to say it?"

"S-Snowdrop...Oh, that is going to take some getting used to."

"I'll say, but hey...the both of us truly do have all eternity now."

"I couldn't ask for more."