Phil wasn't quite sure what happened. All he knew was that it had to be something really bad if he had to help Jack throw up in a trash can instead of all over Jingle's hat. But Phil had a good idea of who might know.

After all the guests had left North's big New Year's Eve party, Phil gathered the four older Guardians in the Globe Room. Sandy was glaring at North, who was avoiding eye contact with everyone, while Tooth was fluttering around nervously. Bunny had his arms crossed and looked a little tipsy but seemed to have control of his faculties. He was also the first one to speak.

"Ya want ta know wha' 'appened?" Bunny's usual accent was thicker and harder to understand, a possible side effect of the alcohol. "Ask North o'er 'ere."

North sighed in defeat. Though he knew it was partially his fault, that didn't make it any easier to talk about. If Bunny had been sober, he'd have realized he was responsible as well. "Things started to go wrong once the Leprechaun arrived."

First,

The Leprechaun, a gentleman with a well-known alcohol problem challenged North, who had a high alcohol tolerance, to a drinking competition. Jack witnessed the whole thing.

Second,

Bunny got the "brilliant" idea to challenge Jack to the same kind of competition. Now, as stated in the last chapter, Jack didn't like the idea of drinking.

But Bunny knew how to get Jack to do what he wanted. Simply question whether or not he was man enough or was he too scared to participate.

Hence the reason why Bunny was tipsy.

Third,

Bunny waited until him and Jack were out of earshot from the other Guardians as well as any sober guests before challenging the Winter Spirit.

Four,

It's a little-known fact that Jack Frost is a lightweight when it came to alcohol. As a matter of fact, not even Jack knew about this interesting piece of information.

Five,

Sandy and Tooth found out first when Jack came stumbling towards him. Poor Tooth had no experience with drinking or the effects so she just fluttered around nervously, helpless to do anything.

Sandy guided Jack towards the bathrooms before running/stomping his way over to North, who was dealing with a kind of but not entirely drunk Bunny.

Phil shook his head at the story. Leave it to North and Bunny to cause Jack's first hangover. When the boy woke up the next morning with a killer headache, Advil, and a note saying to keep it easy, he had no recollection of what happened.

And had Sandy not told him, the Guardians would have kept it that way. Needless to say, though I'm going to say it anyway, Jack didn't forget or forgive either of the older Guardians anytime soon. And Jack learned a valuable lesson. Don't give in to peer pressure if it involves alcohol. Otherwise, go right ahead. AN: JK! Don't actually do that!

AN: Short, I know, but I wanted to post it on New Year's Eve. Sorry for Bunny's accent. I tried to have him make sense while still being a little drunk. Now for the interesting part of this author's note….we've only got two more chapters left. :'(

Sandy: *signs in ASL* Can I be more involved in the next chapter?

Tooth: Me too! I want to be involved!

Kitkat: Alright. That actually works with the next one-shot. The anniversary one.

Bunny: You had to make it depressing again.

Pitch: Why don't we just see how it turns out? It might not be completely horrible.

Kitkat: Thank you...I think?

Cupid: That's the closest you'll get to him being supportive.

Pitch: What does that mean?

Cupid:...

Kitkat Out!