A.N. Sorry I disappeared yesterday. I was planning to have this out, but it turned out longer than I expected, plus school started up again today. Hopefully this monster of a story will make up for it.

Okay! This story is picking up speed! (At least in my world)

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Alright, I wanted to show the Birthday in Bunny's POV (Point of view if you didn't know). It should help explain some things… plus I just wanted to show how hard he worked on Jack's room.

Disclaimer: The full name of the person doing the disclaimer will be found out in the next chapter… This is pretty easy to guess.

R.E.D – Just so you know, sprinkles doesn't own RotG. You didn't need an oracle to tell you that.

The Birthday – Bunny's View

Bunny immediately knew that there was something in his Warren that wasn't supposed to be there. He was back after completing some rounds to children's hospitals, bringing hope to some of the kids that really needed it. Much like the time little Sophie Bennett had snuck in, Bunny's ears perked up and he grasped his boomerangs. Luckily for the yeti that had come to visit, he didn't throw right away. The Pooka's tense form relaxed a bit, he had expected an attack from Pitch or something of the like.

"'Ay mate what 'r ya' doing here?"

The yeti simply walked over to his side, not even bothering to attempt conversation with the rabbit. As the Bigfoot handed him a letter with the Guardian logo on it, Bunny commented,

"North sent ya' here huh? Wonder what's goin' on."

The yeti simply gestured to the letter, garbling some language out at Bunny that he didn't have a chance of understanding.

"A'right, A'right I'll read it."

Bunny ripped open the letter as the yeti turned and smashed a snow globe for its trip back to the Pole.

Dear Bunny,

I've sent this letter to let you know that we are having a Guardian meeting at the

Pole 7:00 p.m. MST July 20. It is to discuss our newest member. Please do not tell

Jack of it. Please be here on time.

-North

Bunny sighed as he looked up at the sun and realized he would be late if he didn't leave now. With a stretch - his plan for some relaxation cut short - he tapped his feet and disappeared into the tunnel.

"Can't feel my feet! I can't feel my feet!"

"Ah, Bunny you made it!"

"My feet are frozen! When are ya' gonna' fix the wards 'round the Pole so I don' have ta' trek through tha' snow?" Bunny moved to the fire to get the blood circulating in his feet again.

"Ah don't worry old friend, I am working on it now."

"You'd better be."

North just gave a booming laugh.

"So, why'd ya' tell us not to tell Frostbite?" It was a genuine question.

"Ah yes, let us get to the meeting, then you will understand, no?"

The Pooka did notice that North was avoiding his question, but let it go for now.

Tooth and Sandy were already there, having gotten their letters before Bunny.

The four sat down on some couches that North had ordered to be brought in, Bunny sticking near the fire. Everyone was offered the fruitcake and eggnog, Sandy was the only one to grab some, and only the eggnog, by now, everyone knew to avoid the fruitcake at all costs.

"Alright North why did ya' call this meetin'?"

North sat back in his seat and the others knew he was warming up to tell a story.

"Earlier today, I was sitting working in my office, making new train for train track, when window blew open. I was surprised and stood up to shut it. I could not close the window, it felt like something was holding closed! I push harder! Still window would not close! I stop, and turn to go get yeti, when I saw one of my lists floating in the air! My jaw dropped! Since when do lists float? I hurry to go look at list. It was the nice list. All of a sudden list move! It settled on my desk! Something strange was going on! I could feel it - in my belly! One of my quills suddenly rose in air too! The quill was put to the paper of the list, and a name was circled! I look to see what it was. The invisible person had circled Jack's name!"

"Wait, since when did Jack get on tha' nice list? I thought 'e held the record for the naughty list." This questioned asked as Bunny ducked to avoid one of North's gesturing arms.

"Ah, you see Bunny, he did hold record! Now, we wiped clean slate, and Jack on nice list for helping defeat Pitch! Let me continue story. Ah yes, Jack's name was circled. I couldn't believe my eyes! The quill fell on desk, and window closed! So, I tell yetis to prepare the sleigh! I flew sleigh up, and threw snow globe! Took me to Jack in Burgess! He was by lake, in tree! I say hello, and he does too! Was surprised to see me there! I ask him if he would like to help out with things at the Pole. He says yes, because southern winter wasn't very fun! So he comes back with me! He helps out with toys, and then we talk. I ask where he sleeps, and he says he just hangs out in trees and snow!"

"Wait, what?" Tooth asked.

"Ya' mean the Frostbite doesn't have a house?"

Sandy signed, "Castle, tower, egg, present."

"Yes, yes my friends, Jack didn't seem to worry about it! So I say he can have room at the Pole! He starts acting funny, and says he needs to get back to southern winter. He leaves through window! I go to close and again it would not shut! Invisible person grabs quill again, and a blank paper, and draws present, tooth, egg and cloud! Friends! We need to make place for Jack to stay!"

Sandy rolled his eyes, because that was what he had tried to say all along.

There was silence for a moment.

"Well duh North, do you think we wouldn't make places for Jack to stay? Me and my girls will get right on it!" Tooth was already planning her sweet tooth's room.

Sandy nodded enthusiastically, and gave two thumbs up.

Bunny paused for a moment when everybody looked at him and finally said, "Suppose I could dig out a room for 'em."

"Yes! Yes, we will get right on it here at Pole! We need to figure out good date to give Jack rooms! How about Christmas?"

"No mate, your holiday already gets enough presents."

"And yours doesn't?

"Boys!"

"Alright, Tooth, can we find out when Jack's birthday is?"

"Good idea North, I'm sure it's somewhere in my archives."

"Good, good, we will find out when it is next meeting. We will have another meeting in two months! Don't tell Jack - we want it to be surprise! See all of you later!" North quickly stood up and moved to command the yetis to start on the room. Tooth and Sandy quickly flew out of the window. Bunny looked around at the suddenly empty room.

"Oh sure, leave the rabbit alone." He grumbled, and then tapped his foot on the floor to travel back to his Warren.

The Pooka sighed as he stretched out by the river he loved, an actual river with water, trees and grass. All Aster wanted to do was nap, but something was nagging him. He couldn't believe that Jack didn't have a place to stay. He could, but he couldn't. A growl snuck out of his throat. He didn't want to admit it, but the boy had made Jamie believe in him again, and that was something Bunny couldn't forget. He didn't want to think that the kid, who had saved all of them, didn't have a home. He already felt guilty and saddened that he had ignored Jack for 300 years, even if he didn't show it. He didn't want to think that he hadn't had a home to return to. Another growl and Bunny stood, realizing he wouldn't be able to sleep with these thoughts in his head. A sigh, as he tapped his foot. Yes, a visit to Burgess was in order.

It was about 10:00 or so at night in the Pennsylvania town. Bunny wasn't sure what time zone Frostbite went along with, but he assumed that it was Eastern, since that was what Burgess was in. Immortals didn't need as much sleep as the mortals, but still did, at least once a week. It was a well-known fact that most elementals needed more sleep than other legends and myths. The Pooka assumed that Jack would retreat to Burgess to sleep tonight. He didn't think about the fact that it was still summer in the northern hemisphere. As soon as he popped out of the hole, he groaned. It was hot, and Jack wouldn't hang around in this heat. Berating himself, he turned and hopped back into his tunnels.

"Yes!" Bunny crowed.

He had finally caught Jack's scent. Of course, it would be in Antarctica.

Aster paused once again. What time zone would Jack follow in Southern Winter? If he hung out down here, it would be hard to define just one for the area. Relying on his hunch that Jack would still use Eastern Time, he mentally prepared himself for the snow and cold.

"Argh!"

It was bloody freezing.

Bloody freezing.

Freezing.

This was unacceptable! His feet would go numb in thirty-seconds out there! He was about to bury himself back down, when Jack's scent blew by. He paused, groaned aloud, and then as quickly as possible, followed the smell.

It was lucky that he found the spirit quickly. Though, as he saw the blue hooded teenager dig out a hole in the snow, and then plop himself down in it, his feet didn't seem so cold. He had checked out the facts. Jack didn't have a home. He quickly dropped down into a hole, so that Frostbite wouldn't see him. No, not just his feet were numb. His whole body was. Not from the cold, but the shock. He had not really accepted North's story until now. He popped back up in the Warren, and quickly hopped to the storage area where he kept the extra sketch pads. He grabbed a pencil and paper, and settled himself down to start on his comrade's new room.

"Mmmhmm, yeah, yeah."

This room would definitely be the best. It would be huge, with decoratively painted walls, and tons of stylish looking furniture.

"Ahh ya' perfect!"

Yup, this room would be better than all the others put together.

"More blue here."

It was almost finished, the plan for Jack's room. He had gone home straight after finding out that North's story was true, and began working on it.

It was finished, the plan. Bunny looked on it with proud eyes.

"This will be amazin'."

This was where he paused. "Wait." a voice in his head whispered.

"Hmm?"

No, he wasn't hearing voices, well yeah he was, but not in the crazy way.

"Jack hasn't had a room in years," the voice whispered, "he wouldn't know what to do with this."

The voice sounded female. It seemed like Bunny had heard it before.

"He doesn't need huge and decretive," the voice was getting quieter, "just a simple room to know that someone cares."

The voice vanished.

This time as Bunny looked down at the plan, it all seemed unnecessary.

He ripped out the paper and started over.

"Ah, but, naw, hmm."

The new plan he had come up with didn't look like much. Just a simple dug out room with a small window, and a nest like the one Bunny himself used. It looked plain, except for the walls, which the Pooka intended to paint with a mural of the Burgess Woods.

"Ahrgh!"

Bunny compared the two plans.

The first was huge, had a lot more things in it, and looked like someone had actually worked hard on it.

The second was simple, and according to the voice, was what Jack wanted.

Should he trust his instincts and listen, or work really hard on his first plan?

Bunny's instincts were usually correct, almost like the feelings North got in his belly.

But, Jack hadn't had a room for centuries; shouldn't it be big and fancy?

Bunny decided to side with his gut instinct, and the voice. He turned to where the living quarters were located and started work.

"Ah now is Bunny's turn to tell about room." North, Tooth and Sandy looked expectantly at Bunny.

"Well, it's a work in progress mate."

"…"

"…"

"A work in progress?" Tooth inquired.

Bunny gave an affirmative nod.

"Is that it?" North asked.

"Yup, mate, I'm keeping it a surprise."

"Alright… Sandy's turn."

Bunny was glad to get out of the meeting. He felt terrible. All of the others plans were extravagant. With queen sized beds, and huge windows, it seemed Bunny's plan was being laughed at. He only had about three months to finish it, they had found out, and he wasn't near complete.

He was about to go and work on the room, (More like destroy it and start over with the first plan,) when the voice came back.

"No, stick with the simple."

That was it. No other pearls of wisdom came from the invisible speaker.

"Fine!" This was shouted out at the top of Bunny's lungs, startling the other occupants of the Warren.

October. The month of Halloween. For Bunny this didn't mean much, except, that he should be planning the most epic Easter that he could manage, and that there would finally be snow in Burgess. Jack was known for bringing early winter to the area. Speaking of Jack, no one had really seen him. Sandy had stopped by a few days ago to see if Bunny had noticed Jack anywhere. No, was the only answer Sandy had received. It was only clear when Tooth had sent a few fairies to check up on Jack. They had come back disappointed; Jack was nowhere to be found. It was official, the spirit was avoiding them.

The evidence only made Bunny work harder. The bed was finished. Fluffed up with the softest materials he could find, the nest sat on a small wooden platform that was only a few inches off the ground. The window in the small-ish room looked out to a small grassy meadow. He had retrieved the materials necessary to make the curtain and the blanket, and pillow for the bed, and all that was left were the walls. Aster still planned to paint Burgess Woods on them, and had the idea of painting the night sky on the ceiling. Now, he just needed it to snow so that he would be able to paint the walls.

He set his first date for the painting on All Hallows Eve itself. He figured with all the costumes, a giant rabbit in the dark woods wouldn't look as out-of-place as it normally would.

It appeared that this night was not one where Jack decided he needed sleep. The lake and surrounding area were empty, except for some small animals. It was the perfect setup, but even though it made his job easier, he wished Jack would come into view.

The Pooka didn't realize that he had been there all night, until the sun started to come up. He stood, muscles complaining from lack of use, and returned to his Warren.

This behavior continued for two weeks. He didn't really need to keep coming back, but he wanted it to be perfect, and there was something nice about those woods. He only caught Jack a few times, and Jack never noticed he was there.

"Meeting will need to be quick; I have to go help in Workshop." North looked exhausted.

"Don't worry North, we'll be fast." Tooth looked annoyed as she had forgotten about the two month meeting, and had been interrupted in her work by a yeti.

Sandy gave a nod.

"Alright, how are rooms going?"

Bunny was expecting the voice to come back, and chastise him for thinking again about making the room better, but it never came; probably because the Pooka had already made up his mind.

The room was all done. He still was a bit unsure about giving it to Jack, what if he had interpreted it wrong, and Jack would think Bunny didn't put much work into it? A deep breath, then another. For some reason, he trusted the voice, and stuck to the plan.

The plan was in action. Jack had been thrown through a portal, and into Sandy's castle. All of the other Guardians were standing around in the globe room, watching the frantic yetis as they finished their last-minute preparations. Bunny sat in a corner near the fire (he still came up in the snow, he had the feeling that North did that on purpose) painting eggs. He was nervous. He really hoped no one would notice, he didn't need his reputation ruined. He looked up again, making sure that his present was still on the pile. Would Jack like it? No, no don't think like that.

It took about 45 minutes for Jack to show up. Bunny's ears twitched as he heard the noise of the wind that signified Jack's arrival. The kid had the biggest smile on his face. It was huge, and, wait, where those tear tracks on his face? Why would he be crying? What if he had cried, because Bunny hadn't done as good of a job as the others? What if, what if? His face twisted into a scowl. He watched as North greeted the kid. As North told him all this was for his birthday, was that genuine confusion on Jack's face? He shook his head; of course Jack would know when he was born right? What if he didn't? Bunny's eyes widened. The spirit probably had no idea it was his birthday!

All throughout the meal Bunny kept quiet. He had too many thoughts circling about his head to concentrate. This continued through pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, which Bunny got out of by saying it was cruel. He simply watched as the others played. It was funny, seeing North get spun around, and head toward a yeti, only to tape the tail to its back. In the next game he joined in only to get knocked out of the circle by Tooth when the music stopped. He really should be paying more attention. More games followed. Bunny would have won Simon Says if not for interpreting Sandy's sign for sit as stop.

They had ice cream and cake, watched as Jack blew out the single candle on the cake (can you imagine 300 and some odd candles on the cake?), and then laughed at the expression on the spirit's face as he realized he had even more presents. Jack opened the presents with gusto, smiling at each one, including Bunny's. Nobody was sure what the elves had given him, but Jack still thanked them for it.

It felt as though Bunny was hit by a hammer as he had to ask why Jack told them that "He wouldn't bother them too much."

At Jack's response, he almost forgot to breath. So he had done a terrible job on the room, Jack hated it.

When North's hand pulled him into the group hug, Bunny was shaken out of these thoughts. He watched as Jack slowly relaxed into the hug, the kid was not used to the physical contact. Bunny made a noise as North told Jack that the rooms were for him to stay in. He hoped it sounded like a noise of confirmation and not like he had choked on something. He was a terrible Guardian; he realized as he sat back down, he couldn't even make a good decision about a room.

He looked over with a dull gaze as North asked what room Jack liked.

His heart nearly stopped right then as he caught Jack's brief look in his direction. No! The kid wasn't supposed to like his! He was going to hate it remember? Bunny hadn't done enough to make it good. But, Jack looked again at him as the conversation was directed away from the rooms. Bunny only looked out of the corner of his eyes, but he and all the others noticed small tears on Jack's face as he looked at him and the others. True gratitude was plastered on his face. Bunny almost fell over from the sudden surge of Hope he could feel from Jack. Hope for a new family, and for a new start.

Conversation had died down, and all of them relaxed while sitting there. It was about an hour, and Bunny had started to doze, when Tooth gave a small gasp.

"Oh, look at Jack!" She quietly squealed.

The kid had lain on the couch, head on one arm, and the hand holding his staff dropped over the edge of the cushion, on the floor. His face had relaxed and now looked positively childlike.

North let out the quietest laugh he could, and whispered,

"Let's get him to bed no?"

As the others nodded, the large man walked over to the seat where Jack lay, and gently slipped two hands under him. Sandy picked up the staff that had fallen from Jack's grasp. All of the Guardians followed North to Jack's room at the Pole.

The kid stirred a bit, but relaxed as he was tucked in. Sandy gave him back his staff, and then stood back. All four of them gazed down on the child, and smiled.

What they hadn't expected was for Sandy to conjure up some dream sand, and toss it toward them.

North fell on the end of the bed, and Tooth near him. Bunny tried to escape, but Sandy caught him, and Bunny fell on one side of Jack. Right before sleep claimed him, he noticed Sandy curl up on the other side.

Bunny woke in the middle of the night from a dream about ice-skaters eating carrots.

He stirred a bit, and felt a lump by his side.

He opened his blurry eyes, and saw a white head curled into his chest. He felt one of his hands pressed near the spirit's head, and the other draped over his friend's shoulder.

Somehow, he couldn't bring himself to care, and drifted back to sleep.

A.N. Soo… did that explain some things?

This is a super long author's note sorry. You don't have to read it all.

About the story: Even though Bunny tries not to show it, he cares about those he counts as family a lot. This is why things happened the way they did. Anybody guess what the voice was? If not… it was the wind. Jack has an awesome friend.

About Updates:

Okay, so school started up again for me after a long weekend, and now my updates won't happen as often. The plan below is mostly for me.

Days I hope to Update

Thursday – White Wings (Cat Girl 1995's prompt)

Saturday – Jack's Accented Mistake part two

Monday - GateKeeper2's prompt (If I get it in time)

Wednesday – Hopefully my third reviewer's prompt (If I get it in time)

Friday – Something….. (Possibly Wind's view, a part 2 or 3 of something, or another idea from Cat Girl 1995)

Ok here's the deal. If I get these done in time, or before, I will reward myself by writing The Birthday – Wind's View.

If I don't, things will be pushed back, plus I can't write anything that next weekend.

So hopefully this is helpful :D

Remember that there is still that one prompt left for my third reviewer. (Sorry, it's hard to accept prompts from guests)

Anyways… Have a great day J Peace Out.

-sprinkles