My fellow Guardians - It is our job to watch over the children of the world, and keep them safe - to bring wonder, hope and dreams. And so, I've called us all here for one reason, and one reason only -the children are in danger. Much of this we hear over the following."

An enemy we have kept at bay for centuries has finally decided to strike back. We alone can stop him.

==CR==

The Guardians united in the North Pole.

Now this did not happen often. The four Guardians were so busy with their duties, they could rarely meet for a proper meeting. Sometimes, maybe once every two or three months, things would work out.

On emergencies, they had no other choice.

North- or as the children called him, Santa- had summoned them to the North Pole. He gestured with a large arm to the table of treats he'd made for the meeting. His guests weren't amused.

More specifically Bunnymund.

Bunnymund wasn't amused.

"Cookies? Eggnog, anyone?" North offered.

"Oh, this better be good, North." Bunnymund warned. North didn't reply.

Through all of this, the Tooth Fairy was rapidly talking to her little fairies. "Montreal, sector six: ten premolars, eight incisors and twelve canines. Steer clear of the wild goose migration."

The Sandman- Sandy to his friends- flew in on a bi-plane.

"Sandy, thank you for coming." North greeted happily.

The Sandman made multiple sand pictures appear of his head. As the Guardian of Dreams, he had the most work. Night was always happening all of the planet, and he didn't have birds like Tooth.

Behind them both, Bunnymund was rolling his eyes at North ignoring his questions. He hopped over towards the fireplace, deciding he needed more warmth.

"I know, I know, but I obviously wouldn't have called you all here unless it was serious." North assured Sandy.

Sandy hummed.

The four Guardians converged in the center of the meeting room.

"The Boogie Man was here - at the Pole." North revealed. He pointed towards the giant glowing globe.

"Pitch? Pitch Black?" Tooth gasped. "Here?!"

"Yes!" North replied. "There was black sand covering the globe."

"What, what...what do you mean black sand?" Bunnymund asked.

"And then a shadow!" North continued.

"Hold on, hold on, I thought you said you saw Pitch." Bunnymund

North "Well, ah, not exactly..." North

"Not exactly?" Bunnymund scoffed. He turned to Sandy. "Can you believe this guy?"

Sandy replied with a '?' above his head.

"Yeah, you said it, Sandy."

Sandy huffed silently.

"Look, he is up to something very bad." North stressed to his fellow Guardians. "I feel it." He grabbed his stomach. "In my belly."

"Hang on, hang on, you mean to say, you summoned me here three days before Easter- because of your belly?" Bunnymund asked, astounded once again at how dramatic North was. "Mate, if I did this to you three days before Christmas-"

In the background, Tooth was giving more instructions to her fairies. "Argentina. Priority alert! A batch of bicuspids in Buenos Aires."

"Please. Bunny. Easter is not Christmas."

"Here we go..."

Sandy wondered how they got anything done.

He took an offered mug of eggnog from a yeti. The yetis always made it how he liked it.

Sandy tensed when he saw Manny, starting to move in the way of North's skylight.

"North, I, I don't have time for this. I've still got two million eggs to finish up."

"No matter how much you paint, is still egg!"

Sandy waved his arms about. He pointed up to the moon, not getting their attention.

"Look, mate, I'm dealing with perishables. Right. You've got all year to prepare."

"Pittsburg, boy eight, two molars. Saltwater taffy."

Sandy tried to whistle for attention. It never worked well, since he didn't have vocal chords. Sometimes they noticed the large cloud of sand it made over his head. This was one of those times they didn't.

"Why are rabbits always so nervous."

"And why are you always such a blowhard!"

"Ontario, sector nine: five canines, two molars, and fourteen incisors. Is that all in one house?"

Sandy tried flags this time. Again with no success. The moon was moving more now, nearly shining his beam inside the Pole.

"Tooth! Can't you see we're trying to argue."

"Sorry, not all of us get to work one night a year." Tooth grinned down at Sandy. "Am I right, Sandy?"

Feeling hope, Sandy made an arrow pointing up.

Tooth gasped. Just when Sandy thought he'd done it, Tooth turned to her fairies again. "San Diego, sector two! Five incisors, a bicuspid and a really loose molar on stand-by."

Again, Sandy wondered how they got anything done when they were together.

Giving up, Sandy walked over to a nearby elf.

"Come on, mate, Pitch went out with the dark ages. We made sure of that - remember?"

"I know it was him. We have serious situation!"

"Well, I've got a serious situation with some eggs."

"Hey, I hate to interrupt the, 'We work so hard once a year club' but could we concentrate on the matter-"

Sandy shook the elf with all his might. The bell on his hat jingled loudly.

The other three Guardians looked to him in confusion. Also affronted that Sandy interrupted their extremely important discussions, thank you.

Sandy made a moon of sand above his head before pointing up.

"Aah! Man in Moon!" North cheered. "Sandy, why didn't you say something?"

Sandy wanted to grab that elf again, and beat North with it.

"It's been a long time old friend! What is big news?" North asked to the moon.

The moon shone down its light behind the Guardians. It cast a shadow of a man of which they were familiar.

"It is Pitch." Bunnymund breathed out.

North smuggly tapped his belly. "Manny...what must we do?"

The shadow disappeared. The light shined brighter on the ground- a pillar of crystal rose up from beneath the floor.

"Ah, guys, you know what this means?" Tooth asked, actually having no idea.

North was in awe. He knew of course- Manny had told him this when he gave him the Pold. "He's choosing a new Guardian."

"What?! Why?" Bunnymund asked.

"Must be big deal." North shrugged in explanation. "Manny thinks we need help!"

"Since when do we need help?!" Bunnymund scoffed.

"I wonder who it's gonna be?" Tooth chirped. Sandy popped a clover above his head. "Maybe the Leprechaun?"

Bunnymund crosses his paws. "Please not the groundhog, please not the groundhog."

A bright flash revealed a blue shadow. A warrior esque woman with long wings, a bow in her hand with an arrow in the other.

"Cupid?" Bunnymund asked, surprised. "But...but she hates kids!"

It was true. The woman was known to cause broken hearts. She rarely- if ever- made two people fall in love. Most of her victims-as they were so aptly named- ended up with broken hearts not even a day after she shot them.

She'd only been around three months- and she'd caused more broken hearts than before she'd appeared.

Bunnymund had wondered about why Manny created her in the first place. All she did was bring pain to people.

The light flashed again. It showed a slight, hooded, bearing a familiar hooked staff.

"And Jack Frost. Incredible. Two new Guardians!" North cheered.

The fairies all sigh and swoon as the Guardians stand there, stunned.

"Ah, I take it back! The Groundhog's fine!" Bunnymund told Manny.

"Well, ah, I mean Cupid is a bit of a stretch, but, as long Jack helps to ah...to protect the children, right?" Tooth suggested, not doing a good job of hiding her flushed cheeks.

Sandy liked them. He popped two check marks above his head.

"Jack Frost!? Cupid?!" Bunnymund argued to the others. "They don't care about children! All he does is freeze water pipes and mess with my egg hunts. She smashes people's hearts, I don't even wanna know what she'll do to my eggs come Easter! Right? They're irresponsible, selfish-"

"Guardians." North stated. He grinned with pride.

"Jack Frost and Cupid are many things, but they are not Guardians." Bunnymund argued sternly.

Manny, looking down at them, had hope.

==CR==

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