Bunny went to his warren in silence, not even thinking about tomorrow or Jack. He couldn't. Not without feeling a bubble of guilt, dread, or sadness in his stomach.

Once he was there, he buried himself in his work painting his eggs, watering his plants, picking carrots, and painting more eggs.

With all that work, he didn't get to his burrow until nightfall. Even then he got a feeling of guilt and sadness every time his mind wandered off to Jack.

He went over to his nest and laid down trying to get a good night's sleep, but couldn't. For some reason, he couldn't sleep.

Finally, just giving in, he stayed awake. He went over to get a drink of water in hopes to sooth and help himself get some sleep. When he got back, he made his way back to his nest. But due to the dark and that he was starting to feel a little drowsy, he accidentally knocked over a little table that he kept by his nestside with everything on it.

Mentally slapping himself for his clumsiness, Bunny sighed and went over to pick them up when he felt himself step on something.

He looked down to see his foot on a picture in a frame with cracked glass. He removed his foot from the photograph and picked it up.

It was him and Jack next to the dye river. They were both multicolored with most likely every color of the rainbow. He was grinning in a teasing way. He had one arm around Jacks shoulders and the other was giving him a noogie. Jack had his hands on the arm Bunny was using to keep him in place and was laughing.

Before he could stop it, Bunny's mind wandered back to the memory.

"Hey Bunny" Jack said cheerfully.

Bunny rolled his eyes.

"Frostbite" he greeted

"Whatca doing?"

"Painting eggs"

"Oh. Wanna have some fun?"

"No. I'm having enough fun right now."

"Aw, you're no fun."

For the next few minutes there was only silence. During those few minutes, Bunny noticed how Jacks hands were fiddling with his staff, and how he was tapping his feet.

"Alright, did you have sugar?"

Now it was Jack's turn to roll his eyes. "No. ever since Tooth officially became my mother, she's been even more on to me about sweets."

Bunny snorted. "Didn't even know that was possible." He chuckled.

"Well, it is" Jack said. "Why me? You MAKE sweets."

Bunny let out another chuckle "Yes, well, she likes your teeth more. Second, I don't eat sweets. Third, she's been on to me ever since I started giving chocolate out on Easter, she just tamed a bit"

"Makes no sense. You're technically her son also. Or brother at least."

Bunny stopped painting. "What did you just say?"

"I said, you're technically like her son or younger brother." Jack said in an exasperated way.

"Excuse me, I am older then her."

"First off, you're like 24 physically. She's about 32 physically."

"I mean literally. I am more than six hundred years older mate."

"Tell that to her."

"I don't know what makes you think that."

"She's always mothering you. Always concerned about you. Also, is stern with you and gives you a good scolding when you deserve it."

"That's just her nature mate."

"Not by the way she scolds you. I think she subconsciously thinks of you as a younger brother or son. Plus, you always shut up when she tells you to."

"I do not!"

Jack gave him a look.

"Ok maybe you're right about that." Bunny admitted. Even though it bruised his pride, when he thought of it, he did stop talking every time Tooth told him to.

"I'm always right." Jack said smugly.

"No, you're not."

"I was completely right about this."

"Shut up."

"No thank you"

"I hate you."

"You know you love me. I'm an angle" Jack said batting his eyes in a mocking/ teasing way.

Bunny rolled his eyes again. "Only in Tooth's eyes"

Jack smirked. "And North's"

"Shut it Frostbite."

"And Sandy's, and some of the yetis, and Baby Tooth, and the Baby Tee-"

"Ok, I get it."

For a minute, there was silence again. Until Jack must've gotten bored or something and started poking Bunny with his staff.

"Would you stop that?" Bunny asked after the third poke.

"No" Jack breezily replied. He continued poking the annoyed rabbit. Bunny figured Jack would get bored if he didn't get a reaction. He continued painting his egg. Unfortunately, the pokes got harder and were very distracting.

He set his egg down and just felt himself get more frustrated as the bloody staff continued poking him

And poking him…

And poking him…

And po- "Alright that's it!" with that, he tackled Jack. Not to rough, but hard enough to throw him off and pin him down.

Jack only grinned "So you do have fun in you" he said. He pushed Bunny (who will never admit he let his guard down) off of him.

"But let's see how much speed." Jack said still grinning. "Catch me if you can Cottontail." With that, he took off.

"Oh, you don't want to race a rabbit mate." Bunny said shaking his head, then taking off after Jack. "Get back here Frostbite!"

Even though he would never admit it, he was having a blast. It felt so good to just run freely. It was much more fun than running for his life.

"Gotta catch me first Cottontail!" Jack called back from somewhere. By now, Jack had disappeared to who-knows-where in the warren.

Bunny hopped on a rock sniffing the air and keeping his ears open in hopes to find the frost spirit.

"Hey Bunny" said a voice from behind him. Bunny yelped and fell off of the rock to land in the dye river. Luckily, he was able to resurface pretty easily being the part he fell in only went up to his waist.

"FROSTBITE!"

Jack on the other hand was laughing his head off. "I HA I'm so HAHA sorryhehehe! I didHAHA didn't think you'd HAHAHAHA faHAHAHA fall in the river HAHAHAHAHA. It's just HAHAHAHA it's just HAHA YOU'RE FACE! And you HA you're a HAHA Rainbow HAHAHAHA"

Bunny looked down at his body to discover that he was indeed every color of the rainbow.

"It's not that funny" he grumbled.

"It's very funny Bunny" Jack laughed, tears of laughter threating to fall. "Ok. Ok, I'm done.'' He said wiping his face.

He kneeled down at the edge of the river and held his hand out to Bunny.

The annoyed expression on Bunny's face stayed, but he grabbed Jacks hand and yanked him in the dye river.

Now Bunny was laughing. Jack emerged from the river with a gasp then went to the edge and lifted himself out. He coughed a few times before speaking. "Should've seen that coming." He gasped.

Bunny climbed out of the river and sat down next to him. he took a glance at Jack before laughing all over again.

Jack looked at him for a minute.

"…I'm rainbow colored, aren't I?" he said, more of a statement then a question, not even looking down.

Bunny could only nod, he was laughing to hard to say anything.

Jack looked at him deadpanned before smiling mischievously.

Bunny noticed, and stopped laughing. "What are you-ah!" Jack had just splashed him with some of the dye.

He didn't know what happened, but instead of getting mad, he felt… playful.

"Oh, you're gonna regret that mate." Bunny said with a mischievous glint in his eyes. He scooped a bit of dye out of the river and tossed it at Jack.

"Ga! Hey!" Jack said, shaking the dye off.

Bunny smirked. "You asked for it."

Jack moved over to the river and splashed a big wave of dye on the Pooka causing him to yelp in surprise.

Soon, the whole splashing turned into a full-blown water fight (or dye fight?)

"Hey!" Bunny shouted when Jack somehow managed to push him back into the river. He climbed out with a growl. He went over Jack (who's laughter had calmed down) then sat down next to him after shaking the dye out of his fur.

Silence.

"So, do you know how to get this stuff out?"

"Yeah. You can't work with this without knowing how to get it out."

"So, falling in this happened before?"

Bunny hesitated. "Maybe" he finally replied.

Jack had a huge smirk on his face. "How many times?"

"Only three or four."

Jack gave him a look.

"…dozen"

Jack stared at him for a second before howling with laughter. Bunny just watched.

"Yeah, yeah, laugh it off." Bunny said rolling his eyes (for like the hundredth time) "Now I know what it's like to have a little brother." He said quietly, surprising even himself. He didn't know where that came from, it just came.

Jack stopped laughing. "What?"

Bunny looked away. "Nothing."

"Did you say you now know what's it's like to have a little brother?"

"No, I didn't say anything even close."

"Alright." Jack said. For a minute, there wasn't a sound other than the two guardians breathing. "You know it's ok to want a little brother."

Bunny turned to look at him. "What?"

Jack smiled at him. "I said, it's ok to want a little brother." He repeated "They have the harder jobs anyway." He smirked.

Bunny smiled. "They don't. it's always the older ones who have to look out for the little ones. And you should know how hard that is. It's always the little brothers who play the pranks or at least start em. They're also a lot more trouble."

Jack kept his smirk. "True, but YOU don't know how hard it is for the little brothers to plan the pranks. Especially when they play a certain prank where they dump a few dozen gallons of snow on the older brother"

By now, Bunny knew Jack wasn't talking about all brothers. Was he talking about… "Well, you don't know how bloody cold it can be for the older sibling."

"So? Little siblings know when their older siblings need a break. Especially when the older brothers get caught up in their jobs and almost work themselves to death."

"They don't do that." Bunny said frowning.

"They do so"

"They do not"

"Yes, they do."

"They DO NOT"

"They. Do. So"

"Do not."

"Do so."

"DO NOT!"

"If they don't, then why did I see them work for a week straight barley eating or sleeping? It put them in a foul mood that made everyone miserable."

Bunny didn't reply. Jack a got him. "Ok" he finally said. "You may be right on that."

Jack smiled.

"But it still doesn't mean that little brothers have harder jobs." Bunny added quickly.

"You're just jealous because little brothers know how to have fun." Jack said in a playful tone.

Bunny glared at him for a second then started laughing. "Come here." He said. That was the only thing he said before he grabbed Jack and gave him a noogie.

Jack laughed while trying to get out of Bunny's iron grip. "Hey! Let me go Kangaroo!"

Bunny decided for once to ignore the stupid nickname. "Yeah, I'm thinking no Frostbite."

Jack continued struggling and screeching with pain and laughter. Bunny laughed with him. Suddenly Bunny's ears caught a sound. He let Jack go to see if he could hear the sound again.

Jack rubbed his head looking relieved but a little confused. "Ow you real-" Bunny shushed him. He listened carefully until he heard the unmistakable sound of dream sand being made from behind a near bush.

"Jack look out!" he pushed Jack back then went back himself just as a dream ball missed its targets.

They both looked towards the bush in annoyance.

"SANDY!"

Sandy came out of the bush laughing silently holding his camera then flew off leaving the two shocked Guardians.

"I'll bet you he got a picture." Jack said after a minute.

"He probably did mate." Bunny replied.

"Should we go after him?"

"Let's see. He's probably out of the warren by now or very close to the exit, and he is most likely going to print that picture. The only printer is at the North Pole so if we get out of the warren they will all see us increasing the embarrassment."

"So that's a no?"

"Yes."

"Yes, as in we should, or yes as in we shouldn't?"

"Yes, as in we shouldn't."

"Ok then."

"So, should we go get this out mate?"

"Sure" Jack said. He smirked mischievously "I probably should have brought a book or something. Knowing you it may take a while for you to catch up or get there."

Bunny raised an eyebrow. "That a challenge Frostbite?"

Jack only grinned before zooming off.

"Hey that's cheating, ya bloody show pony!" Bunny yelled. He then took off trying to catch up to the pain-in-the-neck winter spirit.

Bunny continued staring at the photo unaware that he was starting to hold it tighter. He remembered since then he and Jack were like brothers. They argued at least once a month (which shouldn't really count since they've been doing that since Jack became a Guardian. Plus, they did it WAY more then once a month) they wrestled, and they got on each other's nerves,

But when one got hurt, the other would worry, and get totally protective. (sometimes a little too protective. When Bunny got like that, Jack would call it "Overprotective Cottontail Mode" others would call it "Big Brother mode".) Even though they both cared for each other, they never admitted it and quickly returned to acting like themselves once the other was better.

Even though it was never going to be admitted, he was going to miss those round housings and arguments. He was going to miss those pranks. He was going to miss Jack. He was going to miss (oh bloody &%#$) his little brother.

Bunny walked back over to his nest, and brought his knees to his chest blinking rapidly. His body was shaking from suppressed sobs but he didn't allow himself to cry. Yet, he couldn't stop the one tear from rolling down his face.

Meanwhile, in the forest.

"Let's go home son." Pitch said. They have been working on Nightmares for hours now (minus the thirty minutes with Pitch scolding Jack for letting the Guardians get away) and even the Boogeyman needs some rest.

Jack nodded his head. He and Pitch started walking then something caught his eye. Suddenly, a chilly wind came, and it blew away some snow to revel something. It was blended in the snow but it could still be seen by the Nightmare Princes naked eye. He went over and picked it up.

Pitch turned to see Jack pick something up.

"What is that?" he asked walking over to Jack. what he saw made him gasp in almost fear. It was the ring. He looked at Jack and almost gasped again.

The Nightmare Prince's eyes were slightly misty and his face took a look of pain.

"Family." He whispered.

Pitch was confused. What was happening? Jack was a Nightmare Prince. The corruption by the fearlings should've made him stop feeling human things, or any emotions. So…what was happening?

Pitch took Jack's other arm and his eyes widened. While most of Jack's body was pale with a noticeable grey tinge, his entire forearm was his old pale skin color. OF COURSE! Fearlings didn't corrupt your body all at once. The big stuff came first like the anger and fear. When the victim was corrupted they would still have one part still fighting even though they didn't know it. It was the part that still held love and everything dear. This part always took longer to darken than most of the body. You'd know when the part was dark when the whole body turns dark.

Yet to Pitch's horror, instead of the greyness spreading, the pale flesh color was. Jack was starting to feel!

But what was it? How was this happening?

Pitch looked back at Jack. His eyes were watery, he was trembling, and he was clutching the ring like it was a lifeline.

That's it! The ring! It was helping that part in Jack fight the fearlings corruption! If this kept up, then he may actually turn back into the winter spirit!

Thinking quick, Pitch summoned a Nightmare and had it knocked out of Jacks hand.

Before Jack could dive in and re-grab it, Pitch did the bravest/stupidest action of the century.

He grabbed Jack.

Jack struggled to get out of the grip. "Let me go Pitch!"

Pitch. Not dad. That was alarming. This was bad. Very, very bad.

"Listen here Jack." Pitch hissed. "You are my son. You are the Nightmare Prince. You feed off of fear."

Jack stopped struggling, and was listening. Pitch looked at Jacks arm. The pale grey was spreading back up. Good. He had to keep talking.

"The guardians want to destroy us. If they win, we'll be walked through and will have to hide under beds. They are our enemies."

The grey was spreading up faster now. Good, just a few more sentences and Jack would be his.

"Enemies." Jack whispered.

"Yes." Pitch said. His eyes went to the blasted ring. Still holding on to Jack with one arm, Pitch quickly went down and swiped it off the snow. He quickly hid it behind his back.

"You and I are very powerful together son. Together, we can make every kid believe in us. We can easily defeat the guardians and have more power than ever. It's going to be better than the Guardians could have ever done. They don't care about me or you."

The last sentence did it. His arm was now completely back to being pale but having a noticeably gray tinge to it.

Jack blinked a few times as if focusing before grinning madly once again. "Sorry about that dad. Don't know what came over me."

Pitch still felt a tad uncertain. He suspiciously brought out his hand from behind his back. Slowly, he opened his palm and reveled the ring which was sparkling from the moonlight.

Jack only smirked and took the ring from his father. He looked at it only for a millisecond before tossing it back into the snow.

Pitch grinned. Jack was his now. He was now fully, and one hundred percent the Nightmare Prince.

"Come on son." He said, walking towards his lair. "We have quite a day Tomorrow. You need to be prepared."

Jack nodded and followed Pitch.

"Tomorrow" Pitch continued grinning. "We destroy the Guardians."


MUHAHAHAHAHA (thunder in the background) Another fluffy yet somewhat heartbreaking chapter by no other then me! The longest one yet! Anywho, BEFORE anyone kills me, know that there are two more chapters remaining. The next one will be the battle, the one after will be the final chapter. I'm kinda sad actually. I really enjoy writing this :( That's why I'm wondering something. Should I make this in a one story, give it a sequel, or make it a series? Please tell me in the reviews! Yes, I am aware that it's sometimes the older siblings who are more mischievous, but 65% of the time it's the little siblings. Last thing. The next chapter will be out within a week. Until next time Flowers :D

Reviews for Reviews

Kittentje: Thank you so much! I love how you like it! The battle is next. OK, to explain how the ring might've brought Jack back but Manny didn't tell the guardians is simple. He used logic. Think about it. First, the sleigh was damaged and the reindeer was injured. The yetis need at least a day to fix them both. Second, if they did somehow find another way back to the woods, they'd have to find the ring while also battling Pitch and Jack. And if you remember chapter three, they barley made it out alive. Knowing Pitch and the Nightmare Prince, they'd probably attack the minute the Guardians set foot in the forest. There is just absolutely no way the Guardians could have tried and make it out alive let alone safely. You are very right about Manny being wise and smart. He knew all this and he knew it was impossible. Anyway, I'm so happy you like Sandy's chapter. And you are right about Jacks center :D Glad you like this!

Yellowmiki98: I am evil aren't I? (shrugs sheepishly and winces under glare) I really hope you like this! Brother Bunny is my favorite :D

KitoH: R1: I've honestly never read that one before. I'll make sure to check it out ;) R2: Please don't murder me! I know what you mean but still! If you kill me I won't be able to update or make a possible sequel! R3:He is isn't he? Little man just loves dirt XD R4: Don't we all love Jack and Bunny brotherly fluff? It's my personal favorite. I hope this filled your expectations :D

PeterPanfan13: It's not fair is it? They have to give up Jack to save the word. But they have to or he'll be worse then Pitch. It still hurts though. Anywho, I hoped you liked this!