Chapter 6

Bunny slept with Jacklyn in his arms. His soft warm fur made him the perfect blanket and the hard muscles underneath the perfect guardian.

He felt her stir a little, but wasn't strange since she's been doing that for the past two weeks. Although, they do seem to get wilder and wilder each time; especially this one. At first, it was only a light smack on the face by her hand, but soon became uncontrollable thrashing.

"Jacklyn , sheila, calm down!" His arm was wrapped around her waist while the other brought her face down to his chest fur, hoping that will calm her down. It did actually but she woke up with a start, hyperventilating.

"Bunny, you don't have a sword do you?" she suddenly asked out of nowhere.

"No, why?"

She gave him a simple smirk and reassured him that it was only a dream of her pulling out a sword from a stone. However, he noticed the smirk nearly falter into a frown; she was lying.

"Don't lie ta me Jacklyn. You know I love you and I don't want anything causing ya harm. Now, tell me what's wrong."

The dark spirit looked away from his caring gaze, her eyes filled with uncertainty. "Well, it was more of a nightmare than a dream. I was in some kind of ice cave with snow spinning around me. Everything felt cold too. Then my heart warmed up a little when I saw you running towards me. But before I can ask of using your warm fur, you…" she hesitated with a pause.

"I what?"

The answer was mumbled but he was able to catch the words "stabbed" and "died". He asked her to be a little bit more clear, but once again, she mumbled her answer.

"Please, Jacklyn, I'm beggin ya for the truth. What happened?"

A whole bunch of old memories hit him like an ice block as she finally gave in. It turns out, the nightmare was event of Jackie's death in her point of view. From her battle with Pitch to the final moments of death by ice.

Concerned, he gripped her shoulder tightly and said, "When didja nightmares start."

"Two weeks ago I suppose. You know, the time we started a relationship."

He didn't say anything after that. The dark sad look in his face made her worry a little. Just what the hell was going on in his mind?

"Is something wrong?"

He didn't answer. Instead, he stood up from the bed, his paws slightly clenched into fists, his blue furred back facing her as he spoke, "Hop on my back. We're going on a road trip."

Jacklyn didn't know what this was all about, but she really hope that their destination would at least give out some answers.

Bunny jumped through the hole with his girl on his back. Everything was the same when he left it. Pitch's still laughing body frozen in ice, ice spikes stuck to the walls, and a huge block of ice deep into the cave containing a dead ice spirit, only, there was no ice spirit.

Dread and anger finally kicked in.

"WHO IN THE HELL IN THEIR RIGHT MIND TAKE JACKIE'S BODY! DON'T THEY KNOW HOW MUCH SUFFERING SHE'S BEEN THROUGH! HOW DARE THEY DISRESPECT HER! OH, IF I FIND OUT THEY'RE USING HER BODY FOR SEX, I'M GONNA-"

"Bunny, stop!"

The spirit of despair crashed her body against the spirit of hope, doing her best to wrap her arms around his body. "Please, calm down. You're over thinking things. Maybe your princess is in another castle so let's check somewhere else, ok?"

His bright green eyes softened, now filled with tears and sadness. She was right, maybe he was over thinking things. Besides, it was impossible to destroy the ice because it seemed unbreakable. Prying it off wasn't an option too because your hands would freeze off if you tried

A warm feeling on her wrist made her forget about the giant bunny's hug. Hesitantly, she drew back and glanced at the glowing wooden bracelet. Strange. She's been wearing the accessory for as long as she can remember and never knew it could do this. "Hey kangaroo, look. My bracelet is giving off a cool glow."

Before the Easter Bunny could even raise a paw, Jacklyn turned her back to him and walked away, the glowing object somehow whispering, This way. Like anybody would've done, she followed the voice until she came face to face with the ice block that supposedly held Jackie. Unexpectedly, the bracelet somehow moved on its own as it guided her hand forward, her palm now touching smooth cold ice.

Suddenly, a wave of nausea hit her hard. The dark spirit fell down to her knees and tried holding in a vomit as the ice melted by her hand. Tons and tons of memories filled her brain; 300 years of loneliness, meeting the guardians, unknown feelings for Bunny, confessions, a claw to the face, and a more clear version of what was happening in her dream, all there flashing in her eyes.

When it was finally over, her mind felt weird and drowsy. She staggered and tried valiantly on regaining balance but failed, falling backwards.

Instinctively, Bunny rushed out and grabbed her before she landed, his green orbs staring down Jacklyn's dull purple one's. "Sheila, are ya alright?"

Her hand strained to cup the side of his muzzle, her body nimble and voice weak. "Bunny, who am I?" she asked through tears.

Heh. Why would she ever ask something as stupid as that? "You're Jacklyn, remember?"

She shook her head. "No, I'm not. The ice block trapped all my memories of everything, of you. When I touched the damn thing they were freed and came back to me. I'm not Jacklyn. It's me, Jackie."

"N-No." he stuttered. "You can't be. She's been dead for 10 years."

"Oh yeah? Remember this?" His gaze followed her finger and waiting there for him was a scar, the very same scar he gave someone long ago.

Very slowly, she moved away from his hold and hugged herself, looking down at the ground. Just what is her true identity? If she really is Jackie, then why the hell is she a dark spirit instead of a winter one? Who am I? her mind said over and over again. Each time, the voice became more faint and near a fading echo. Who am I? Who am I? Who am I Who the hell am-

Many debates were settled in Bunny's head, mainly about Jacklyn's true identity. He focused on all the times they spent together for the past months, painting, sleeping, laughing, cooking, and kissing. You know who was there with him? A dark haired girl whose purple eyes lit away the darkness in his heart everytime he looked into them, her kind, caring and yet playful attitude bringing him back the attributes that made him him. And you know who that was? Jacklyn.

Speaking of the dark spirit, she was too deep inside her inner monologue to notice him kneeling down to her level.

"Jacklyn…" he whispered softly.

"Don't you mean Jackie?" she replied coldly, her eyes filled with hate and confusion.

"NO," he said fiercely, "I talkin about Jacklyn, the girl who I've fallen in love with because she's the one who fixed me up, and in case you haven't noticed, that's you. Those stupid memories ya got? They're just something left in the past and should've stayed in the past."

That seemed to bring back some color into her eyes but he still had to be careful with his next move. Very carefully, he lifted up her chin to come face to face and slowly, he pressed his lips to hers.

At first, the make-out session started innocently with their lips barely touching, but soon became a battle of tongues as Bunny's words finally sank in; Jackie died and Jacklyn was born.

A few minutes passed by and the two finally broke the kiss,a thin line of saliva their only connection.

"Dammit kangaroo, I'm tired of shit happening in your relationships so just take me already!"

An expression of shock appeared on his face. "Are ya sure? I can practically smell your virginity on ya and there's a large difference between Pookas and humans. Your first time's gonna hurt."

"Does it look like I give a BLEEP?"

A young bunny whose fur as black as the night and purple eyes that was overflowing fun raced through the grass on all fours, his human little sister riding his back as her blue hair flowed like water from behind.

"C,mon Asterion, faster! We're gonna be late for lunch!" she shouted.

"I'm runnin as fast I can Sis!" he yelled through the wind with a little bit of his inherited Australian accent.

"Well you gotta go 10 times faster if we're gonna make it! Remember Mom and Dad said they'll tell us how they met if we're actually on time for lunch!"

Her motivation speech made him even faster than before, so fast he thought he could finally win a race against his dad. However, he was too busy daydreaming to notice a large rock ahead.

"Asterion, stop!"

He snapped out of it just in time to hit the breaks but the momentum caused his greened eyes sister to flying into the air, heading towards the rock.

"Sis!"

Luckily, her inherited intangibility powers kicked in which allowed her to phase through the oncoming object like a ghost. She landed right on her butt and hissed a quiet "Ow!"

Relief settled in when his sister said she as okay behind the rock, but was soon washed away when he felt a light tap on his shoulder.

"Asterion E. Bunnymund, what were you two doing!" a dark female voice said from behind. His mom liked to use her powers to come up from the ground and yell at his large bunny ears whenever he's done something wrong.

He turned around to see her looming over him with a sadistic look. "We were just playing around. Mom," his answer weak and ears falling behind. "Nobody got hurt."

But Jacklyn wasn't listening. She pulled her son's ear and dragged him away, ignoring his pleas and sorrys.

Jessie hid behind a rock and watched her big brother get taken away by her scary mom. A sigh left when the two finally disappeared from sight. Finally, maybe she could formulate a plan on sneaking inside the house without being no-

A hole opened up behind her, Bunny jumping out of it. "Whatcha doin, Jess?" he asked his wide eyed daughter, smirking.

"D-Dad, please don't hurt me!," she pleaded.

"Now why would I hurt my little angel?". He picked up Jessie's small body and nuzzled his muzzle close to her face, earning himself giggle from his daughter. All felt right in the world. He had a mate who loved him as much as he loved her, two children whom he had sworn to protect with his life, and a nice home where his family could live in peace.

"Dad, can we go home now? Mom said she's cooking up all are favorites today. Not only that but you two promised to tell us how you guys met."

Bunny put her on his shoulder and headed for home and said, "You're right. We wouldn't want to miss your mom's famous cooking now do we?"

Yep, everything felt right in the world, just as he perferred it.