A/N: This chapter was extremely fun to write! But it also came out just a tad bit longer than I anticipated;; Again I must apologize profusely from here on out whenever Bunny is in the chapter and the way I write his accent just doesn't cut it. I am really trying to figure it out. Just work with me people. I'll get it eventually!

I should also say Happy New Years! And also in the future if I miss an update it could be because my internet is down. Which happens pretty frequently.

As for the song recommendations they'll be at the end of the chapters from now on. (that is if you care about those)

Amalgamating Flesh & Pixels

Chapter 4:

The Start of a Beautiful Friendship

I hadn't even been logged in for any longer than 5 minutes before I received a message from Jamie.

And Jamie sounded like he was in some major trouble.

I was pretty far away from the area Jamie told me he was at and I were to get there in time I had to haul some ass. This meant I had to waste about half of my MP just to get to where Jamie was at. He was in the middle of some random forest; mind you it was a forest for players who were pretty high in level. Jamie was barely a level 100 in a level 400 area. One hit could very possibly kill him and dying isn't the most fun experience in this game. And I'm certainly not saying I'm any better off than Jamie, I'm only at level 318 and even that wasn't as strong as you might think. Leveling up is difficult work and I don't level grind like some players do. I find it boring.

I landed down at a forest opening and looked around to see if I could see Jamie. Looking from above didn't help since I couldn't see through the thick tree tops.

"Jamie?" I yelled out into the seemingly empty forest. I waited to see if I could hear anything, but I was only met with silence. I opened up my Inbox Window and was about to send Jamie a message when a scream followed by a loud deep bellow followed seconds after. I quickly closed the window and gripped my staff tightly. "Jamie?!" I yelled out again and ran towards where I thought was the source of the noise.

I ran into another grassy opening (I seem to be running into these places a lot lately) yelling out and ready to attack, only to stop short and gape at the sight before me. A Giant Troll stood at the center of the clearing facing a very scared Jamie who was scrambling to get away from the monster. I ran as fast as I could, not fly because I needed to save as much MP as I could, to get to where Jamie was and stood between Jamie and the Troll.

"Jack!" Jamie exclaimed happily from behind me. "I couldn't- there's no way I could- I really didn't mean to-" He stuttered wildly and I really couldn't make out what he was saying what with the giant booms and heavy breathing big man in front of me was making.

"Hey! No, it's totally fine! We're-" I didn't get to finish my sentence before the Troll yelled out again.

He brought back his equally giant club over his head and was getting ready to swing in down on Jamie and me. I grabbed Jamie by his waist with my free arm and used the wind to fling us out of the way of the club. I would have just flown us out of there but I just didn't have enough MP to get us both away, plus I didn't have enough MP Restores in my inventory to actually restore my MP gauge. I waited for the club to hit the ground, but instead the only sound that was emitted came from the Troll himself as he yelled out in surprise. I turned around and I immediately saw why.

Colored smoke filled the air around the Troll's head as he tried to clear the smog away swinging his club around wildly. While the Troll was blinded two objects flew through the air hitting the Troll in its lower torso and chest. They flew around the Troll and wound back around hitting the Troll in its back and then returned from wherever they came from in the trees.

Now didn't that just seem suspicious.

Not long after the objects flew out of view another figure flung out of hiding and right at the Troll. It moved with lightning speed as it moved from one place to another in the blink of an eye, hitting the Troll in its least expecting spots. Jamie and I watched in awe from the side lines as the Troll tried and failed miserably at hitting his attacker. A few more of what I can only assume as bombs were thrown out and blinded the beast once more and the attacker landed himself right in front of where me and Jamie sat.

"Arvo, mate. And Frostbite." Bunny said cockily, but at the same time said my very cute nickname like it was some kind of disease. Only he could pull something like that off and still sound hot doing it. I'm not even offended by it (not that it was a very offensive in the first place).

"Well, if it isn't the Kangaroo." Bunny scowled at the name. I could see Jamie look between Bunny and I in confusion from the corner of my eye.

"Why is it that I keep running into you?" Bunny asked in irritation he pointed his Boomerang at me.

"I'm still pretty set on the idea that you're just stalking me and want my undying attention and love." I put my hand over my heart and smiled at him.

"I do not-" We all turned as the Troll yelled out again as he was finally clearing out the smoke.

"Jack." Jamie hid behind my back. There wasn't much the kid to do against this monster.

I knelt down in front of Jamie and put my hand on his shoulder, "Hey there kiddo, don't worry. We're gonna have a little fun, alright?" I gave him a confident smile.

"Fun?" Jamie asked from behind me and I stood up.

"Yeah!" I glanced back at the Troll. "Watch this." I conjured a snowball in my free hand with precise aim, but then again anyone could hit a 70ft Troll, threw it at the Troll's face. He yelled out in agitation as he whipped his head around clearing the snow off. Jamie laughed out loud at the Troll's distress.

The Troll seemed to have had with our little tricks and charged at us the ground shaking with each step he took as rose his club. Bunny leaped up into the air as I grabbed Jamie and with my staff formed an ice path and quickly slid out of the way. Bunny threw his Boomerangs at the Troll's back and I shot Ice Blasts at him. I was almost out of MP. Jamie noticed and used an MP Restore on me; I felt instantly recharged and gave him a grateful smile.

As I slid around the Troll fired more powerful Ice Blasts at him and while his attention was turned to me Bunny used more powerful attacks with his Boomerangs and we just went back and forth. It was quite an exhilarating feeling to slide around on ice and laugh when the Troll slammed his club down to hit me, only to hit the icy trail I left in my wake.

After a while of the cat and mouse game I turned and looked back to Bunny who nodded at me. It was one of those nods where both parties seemed to know exactly what the other was thinking. I always thought those kinds of moments were pretty cool.

The Troll's HP was beginning to wind down to its last numbers. Time for the finale.

As I slid past a tree I told Jamie to jump off and to stay there, which he tucked and rolled to the foot of the tree. The Troll had his attention currently on Bunny and I slid my way over there.

Bunny kept the attention of the Troll on him as I made a nice little ice ring behind the Troll and slid around to the front of the Troll where Bunny was. Bunny leapt up as I came around and I held my staff out, gripping it tightly in both hands. Bunny landed on my staff and with all the strength I could muster, and a very sexy grunt (yes it was sexy and not some unattractive grunt from some old geezer) flung my staff in the direction of the Troll. Bunny pushed off from my staff which only added more power into his leap with his own equally sexy grunt followed by a battle cry (man, was it sexy) he flew at the Troll. His feet made contact with the Troll's chest and recoiled off from him with extreme force, a large ring formed around where he made contact, and he back-flipped in the air and landed, he slid across the grass just as I made my way back and stood next to him and watched our masterpiece come together.

The Troll staggered back from the force and yelled out as his feet slid over the icy surface I made moments ago. He fell backwards and the Earth shook and broke the ice trails and even rocked the trees along with Bunny and I as he landed on his back. The Troll's body began disintegrating, slowly floating up into the air before disappearing completely.

I let out a victory shout and jumped up into the air with a complementary fist-pump because, hello! That was freaking awesome! Jamie joined in when he ran up to us exclaiming all the events that just happened seconds ago. I glanced back at Bunny and did a double take when I saw the small smile playing on his lips. Oh, I had to say something about it.

"My, my, was that a smile I just saw?" I teased crossing my arms and leaning on my staff that stood erect from the ground.

As soon as I said that the ghost of a smile was gone and replaced with yet another scowl. Too bad, he looked cute even with that small of a smile. I miss it already. I stopped the thoughts from going further.

"Oh, that's right, grumps don't know how to smile or be happy, I forgot. Sorry." I held my hands up.

"Oh, rack off ya ratbag." I grinned and jumped out of the way of the incoming furry fist. I laughed and proceeded to taunt him as he chased me around the clearing.

After a few minutes I stopped and was about to ask Jamie what he thought on the topic of Bunny really being a Kangaroo instead of an actual human being, but he wasn't anywhere to be seen. I noticed I had a new message and was about to look at it but I was tackled full force into the ground once again successfully knocking the wind out of me.

"How about that?" Bunny said proudly from where he laid on top of me. His weight wasn't helping my oxygen-lacked situation.

I shoved him off me and took in large gulps of precious oxygen. When I caught enough of my breath back I responded, "You… douchebag… I wasn't even… paying attention…"

He just scoffed from where he sat beside me, "I believe it to be fair compensation for the frozen tail bit ya pulled the other day." He flicked my ear, to which I responded with an exasperated 'hey' and held my ear.

I sat up and laughed under my breath when he mentioned the frozen tail, which earned me another flick. "Would you stop that?" I swatted his hand away and we both quietly laughed. We sat in an oddly comfortable silence and I took the moment to check the message.

It was from Jamie.

From: The Last Light [Jamie]

Subject: sorry i left!

Message:

i had to go, my mom was bugging me to go to bed, but it seemed like you didnt mind

who was that bunny guy? are you guys friends?

I quickly wrote up a response.

From: LetItSnow [Jack Frost]

Subject: don't worry about it!

Message:

u could say we r friends! best friends in fact

sorry for not paying attention to u! D:

I sent it and closed the window and sat back on my hands. A harmless little lie wouldn't hurt. Not like Jamie's gonna tell old Cottontail. I didn't notice Bunny looking at me.

"So who's the kid?"

"A friend."

"A friend? Jack Frost has a friend?" That earned him a punch in the shoulder to which he laughed at.

"Yes, I have a friend! Sheesh, Cottontail, just because you don't have friends doesn't mean everyone else can't have any."

"What? I have lots of friends!" He defended himself. I laughed at the face he made and when he asked what was so funny I tried my best to replicate the expression he made, but I only laughed harder. He chuckled a bit at the face I made but he still had this look on his face that clearly showed he had no idea what I was talking about. I just waved him off.

After I calmed down he spoke again, "Good job out there with the Troll." Did Bunny just compliment me? And not sound like he was going to blow chunks? I must have woken up in some alternate universe this morning because that is something Bunny would never do!

"Pfft, wow, a compliment and a smile both in a single day. This must be some sort of opposite day or something because how often does that happen?" I joked and earned another small smile.

"I smile all the time, ya pixie. Ya just have to be at the right place at the right time."

"Or you really do want my undying attention and love and this is your way of seducing me." Now that earned me a jab in the shoulder. His hurt way more than mine that's for sure but I hid my short-lived pain with a chuckle.

"You were pretty awesome yourself out there in the field." I said as I absently rubbed my arm.

"That was a good idea with the staff." I smiled as I recollected that moment. It was pretty cool.

"Yeah I know! I wasn't sure if my staff could handle your fat fluffy ass." I laughed at the disbelieving look on Bunny's face.

"Fat?! If anything your twiggy arse is the one who needs to gain a few pounds."

"I am not twiggy! I'm proportional! And very fit for someone my age." I crossed my arms over my chest and brought my legs up. I am very self-conscious of my weight and stature thank-you-very-much.

Now it was Bunny's turn to laugh.

We spent the next few hours in that clearing teasing and joking with each other. It was the first ever real time I had a fun time talking with someone over a topic that actually appealed to me.

Bunny sent me a friend request later that night after I had to leave.

If you think I did a happy dance that night and checked the Accept box and hit Apply then we must be out of our minds because that was exactly what I did.

Chapter Song Recommendation[s]:

[From Beginning of Chapter to End of Battle Scene] La Boulange - Yann Tiersen

[From the End of the Battle Scene to End of Chapter] Yellow - Yann Tiersen

(Yes, you'll be seeing a lot of Yann Tiersen & Your Hand In Mine because they are musical geniuses)