There will be some major feels with this story. Raw emotion, sadness, love, etc. Just warning you now.

North didn't believe. He couldn't believe it. After all these years, he figured the dwarf would have forgotten. Or at least, North had wanted so badly to think he had. But the letter was there, was proof that it was really happening.

Hello, old friend.

Time for me to collect.

You do remember that

deal we made.

Don't you?

Tell the boy to be ready

by midnight tonight.

North's had nearly dropped the piece of paper, stained and smelling like old cheese, the first time he had read it. Especially when he saw who it was from. After rereading it over twenty times, North finally accepted the horrible truth.

"I have to pack? Why?" Jack asked. What had he done? Why was his old man making him move out?

"Please...I will explain later. Jack….I am so sorry."

With that North was gone, leaving Jack to pack all of his personal belongings in a large gym bag. Jack tried to push down his tears. He should have seen it coming. Of course this new life was too good to be true. Jack quickly finished, too upset to want to bring anything given by his 'family'.

"Ya did what?!" Bunny yelled. Jack stopped before the large door. He knew it was wrong, but he needed to know what was going on. So he pressed his ear to the door and listened in.

"How could you? You never told us that you got that he agreed to help because of that!" Tooth exclaimed. Him? Him who? There was silent for a second before North spoke again.

"Yes, yes Sandy, I know. Was mistake but we needed help. I did not think I would ever have a child. If I did, I wouldn't have promise Rumpelstiltskin my eldest son!"

"YOU DID WHAT!?" Jack yelled as he burst through into the room. North's eyes went wide, Sandy shook his head, Bunny looked livid (though not at Jack) and Tooth looked sad. "How….why?"

North frowned before sitting down, putting his head in his hands. Jack walked over to him and sat down beside the large man.

"Long time ago, back in Dark Ages, we needed help defeating Pitch. So I went looking for someone who could. I was desperate by the time I got to Rumple, and he knew it too. He said he would help us belief-wise and magic-wise if I told him, if I ever had one, that my eldest son was his. Like in the Grimm fairytale. I promise you Jack, that if I had known...if I had known you would be in my life and that Rumple would interrupt the contract the way he has, I wouldn't have made the deal," North looked at Jack with pleading eyes.

Jack sighed before running his hand through his hair. Then he thought of something. Something that could both North and him out of this mess.

"I'm here to collect."

Rumpelstiltskin was short. Very short. He had a long grey beard and hair to match, though he wore a red dwarf hat to cover it (since he is a dwarf). He also wore long red wizardish robes and point shoes.

"You're short," Jack said. Rumple grumbled before stamping his feet. "Calm down, dude."

"North, give me this brat now! You owe me!" Rumple yelled. North shrugged before shoving Jack towards the small man, none of the Guardians even trying to protest. "I expected more of a fight from you. Has the warrior gotten tired of his new pet already?"

"What do ya care, mate?" Bunny asked, seemingly bored. Rumple shrugged before grabbing Jack by his sleeve.

"Come on, boy. Say bye-bye, Jackie-" Bunny had pushed Jack aside and shoved Rumple into the wall before he could finish his sentence.

"Don't call 'im Jackie, got it mate?"

"But I thought you-" Rumple was again cut off by North unsheathing his sword and pointing it at the dwarf's neck. "What is going on?!"

"I did what you asked. We gave you Jack. You never said for how long. Leave. Now." North commanded before nodding towards Bunny, who dropped Rumple. Rumple grumbled before snapping his fingers and disappearing in a puff of black and red smoke.

"Um, pretty sure the plan was for me to tell him….and not to hurt the guy," Jack joked. Tooth hugged Jack tightly as Sandy smirked.

"Maybe so Sweet Tooth, but he went too far. We just want you to be safe," Tooth said, bu Jack could detect a hint of something. He didn't know why but he could have sworn Tooth had spoken with a bit of anger, almost as if the thought of Jack coming to harm made her want to punch someone. For some reason, that made him feel a little better.

The Guardians stayed up all night, just talking. And Jack felt a lot better than when North had told him to start packing. The Winter Spirit had thought they had grown tired of him, but he should have known better.

Family lasts forever. Lucky for Jack, he had forever to enjoy it.

AN: The feels! Kitkat Out!