"Jack," Tooth crossed her arms and looked at the immortal teenager. Jack made a point to stare at the ground, ignoring Tooth and the others in the room with them. At some point, Harry and Sirius went off to talk and Ron, Hermione and Ginny had quickly left the room to avoid their mother's accusing glare.

"Jack look at me." Jack sighed and looked up at Tooth trying to ignore the fact that Bunny was smirking at him from behind her. Tooth's motherly instincts began to take control, as they always did when Jack had misbehaved, and she uncrossed her arms and moved them to her hips.

"Please tell me there is a good reason that you froze the bedroom!" Jack bravely looked into her reprimanding eyes and shrugged. "I was just trying to have fun."

"Your fun, boy could have had someone seriously injured!" Moody said stepping out from the corner he had been observing from.

"Alastor," Lupin said softly, also emerging from the corner, "I don't see the harm in this little 'prank.'" Jack smiled thankfully at Lupin and turned back to Tooth.

"You should have seen these kids! They were too uptight for my taste! I had to do something."

"I don' think freezin' an entire room was necessary, Snowflake." Bunny said with a smirk.

"Listen Kangaroo! I…" Jack began but was stopped by surprisingly scary glare from Tooth.

"Apologize." She ordered.

"What! But I…"

"Jack! Do it!" Jack looked at the other guardians for help. Of course, Bunny was just smirking evilly at him and Sandy and North had found the ceiling suddenly very interesting. Giving up, Jack sighed and looked towards Lupin and Moody.

"Fine! I'm sorry! There are you happy?" Tooth looked as if she were going to say something else but decided against it, Jack wasn't really her son after all. Jack angrily pushed passed the others in the cramped room and continued down to the kitchen where a lovely aroma was threatening to whisk him away like the wind did every so often. Jack could see a multitude of papers from the previous meeting on the table and Mrs. Weasley was hastily shoving one into Bill's arms. 'That's odd,' Jack thought then turned his attention to the others in the room. Mundungus Fletcher was talking to Harry, a pipe in his hand.

"Owe you a 'pology" He said to the boy.

'An apology for what?' Jack wondered. Ugh! The oddities about this place were starting to be a bit too much for him. Jack couldn't hear the rest of the conversation, but soon Mrs. Weasley was asking everyone for help finishing dinner.

Still a bit mad about the way Tooth had treated him, Jack ignored her request, plopped back down on his new favorite windowsill and began making frost patterns on the window. As the frosty tendrils crept up the window, Jack stared out into the night sky. To his surprise, the sky was abnormally dark, and he found himself, for the tenth time that month, searching desperately for the missing moon. He slowly opened the window and poked his head out into the warm air. Ugh! He thought, Its too hot here! Winter wasn't due in this area for another few months, and the stuffy summer heat was starting to get to him. Shaking his head to get rid of his discomfort, Jack resumed his search of the sky. It was odd. For the past month or two, the moon had slowly been disappearing. It surprised him. Though he never talked to him, Manny was always there, for the guardians at least. Mortals would see the moon go through its normal cycles, but for the guardians, he was always there watching over them. The empty sky left an unnerving feeling in Jack's stomach. What could possibly make the moon disappear? Manny was considered the most powerful guardian and the thought that something could have happened to him scared Jack more than anything else...well, almost anything. Could it have been that the man in the moon was abandoning him? Sure, Jack felt like Manny was always ignoring him, but he had still been there. Even in his silence, the moon had been something Jack could always count on. He had been the one constant in Jack's lonely messed up life. But if he was abandoning him, just like everyone else had done and was sure to do again… Jack quickly shook the thought from his head. No, the guardians were his family now...they wouldn't abandon him...would they?

"Frostbite?" Jack jumped as his thoughts were interrupted. Jack brought his head back in the window and saw Bunny's hardened face. "Um...what're ya doin'?" Jack looked at the window and saw that he had involuntarily covered it in an inch of thick, shiny ice.

"Aw common Cottontail!" Jack smirked, "I'm the spirit of winter. What do you think I'm doing?" He saw Harry and Sirius, who were having a conversation of their own, glance over at him and Bunny.

"That's not what I meant Snowflake." Bunny crossed his arms and looked at Jack with...wait, was that...concern?

Jack lifted an eyebrow at this "What's this?" He mocked, "Is the Kangaroo concerned?"

Bunny let out an exasperated sigh, "Would ya cut it out? I'm being serious here!"

"Why? It's not like you ever cared before." Jack mumbled, not intending for Bunny to actually hear him. If he had looked up, he would have noticed Bunny's ears drooping to mirror the hurt expression on his face. "Look Jack…" Well that was new, "I neva meant ta upset ya… If I'da known…"

Although Jack was still hurting from his three hundred years on his own, he knew it took a lot of effort for Bunny to apologize like this and despite what he always said, Jack was beginning to see Bunny as his protective older brother. "Aw you do care!" That didn't mean he was going to let him live this down. Bunny straightened up, trying to look intimidating. "Rack off you bloody icicle!"

Jack smiled at the older guardian mischievously, however, he remembered his search for the moon and his smile quickly became a confused frown.

"Hey Bunny…" He started slowly, "Have you… you know… noticed anything wrong with the moon." Bunny sent him a concerned look.

"What're ya talkin' about?"

"Well, I've just been noticing… He's not around as much anymore. It's kind of like he's leaving."

Bunny looked at the younger guardian and his heart dropped. He had not been there when Jack needed him and now he was beginning to see just how that had affected him. He was scared of anyone leaving him, and Bunny knew that. However, it was a startling discovery. Manny was always there, what would cause him to leave? If something was wrong with the Man in the Moon, then there was a serious problem on their hands. But if Bunny told Jack this, he was sure the boy would only become even more worried.

"Nah. I'm sure he's fine. Everyone has ta take a break sometime. He'll come back. Jus' you wait!"

The two guardians were startled out of their musings by a loud shriek from Mrs. Weasley.

"Fred- George- NO JUST CARRY THEM!" They turned around just in time to see Harry, Mundungus and Sirius diving out of the way of a large cauldron flying through the air, followed by a flagon of a strange orange liquid, and a wooden breadboard with a knife. The scalding cauldron clattered loudly on the table, sliding across it to the very end, and the knife landed, point down, into the table where Sirius's hand had just been resting. Jack and Bunny looked towards the kitchen table to see a very guilty looking Fred and George, their wands brandished in the air.

"FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!" Mrs. Weasley yelled. Jack reasoned she could have given Pitch a run for his money with how frightening she was. "THERE WAS NO NEED- JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO USE MAGIC NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO WHIP YOUR WANDS OUT FOR EVERY LITTLE THING!" A terrified Fred and George immediately began to explain their actions, but unfortunately for them, Mrs. Weasley wasn't buying any of it. Jack couldn't help himself. The situation was just so close to something he would have done that he burst out laughing, mentally applauding the twins for their performance. Through teary eyes, he could see Harry, Sirius and Dung laughing along with him. Bunny, having been startled by the whole incident, was trying, to no avail, to hide his boomerangs that he had whipped out in the chaos. As if the room weren't hectic enough, loud footsteps crashed to the other side of the door as it was thrown open revealing the other three guardians. North barged in first, his twin sabers held out defensively. Tooth and Sandy weren't far behind, Sandy with his whips in hand and Tooth holding out her dagger. They took one look at the chaotic scene in front of them and relaxed. At this point, Jack was leaning on his staff, trying hard not to fall over.

"Oh Man!" He shouted in between laughing, "I think I've just met my match!"

Mr. Weasley squeezed through the door and moved the cauldron back into the center of the table. "Boys, your mother's right, you're supposed to show a sense of responsibility now you've come of age-" Mr. Weasley began scolding his sons but was promptly cut off by his wife.

"-none of your brothers caused this sort of trouble! Bill didn't feel the need to Apparate every few feet! Charlie didn't Charm everything he met! Percy-" Mrs. Weasley, to Jack's confusion, stopped abruptly and the tension in the room rose, if that was even possible. She gasped and looked fearfully towards Mr. Weasley, who had become suddenly still.

"How many Weasley's are there?" Jack whispered at Bunny. The Pooka gave him a funny look, "That's the only thing you got out of that?" He raised his eyebrows at him and Jack just shrugged in response.

"Let's eat," Bill said suddenly

"Looks wonderful Molly." Lupin said and began serving the stew. Jack and the guardians sat down at the table, grateful for the meal. However, the only thing Jack noticed was the amount of scalding steam coming from the food. He didn't want to be rude, but, being the spirit of winter, the hot stew could severely burn him at this point.

"Tonks seemed to notice Jack's hesitation and looked at him curiously. "Is something wrong Jack?" She asked, Jack could practically everyone's eyes on him.

"I'm fine," He said quickly, "It's just hot, but I can fix it." He smiled brightly, then blew on the stew, calling upon the wind to help him out. Almost instantly, the food froze. Pleased with himself, Jack stuck his spoon into the bowl and started to lick at his ice cream stew. He looked up again and saw everyone (except the guardians) staring at him surprised.

"What?" He asked and everyone promptly returned to their meals. Mrs. Weasley were the first to start up a conversation and Jack soon lost interest. How was he supposed to know what a doxie was? Instead, he turned his attention to Tonks, Ginny and Hermione who were playing some sort of odd game with Tonks' metamorphmagus powers. Before long, everyone had finished eating and Mrs. Weasley was the first to stand up.

"Nearly time for bed I think" She yawned.

"Not just yet Molly," Sirius stopped her, "You know, I'm surprised at you I thought the first thing you'd do when you got here would be to start asking questions about Voldemort." Sirius looked at Harry expectantly.

"I did! I asked Ron and Hermione but they said we weren't allowed in the Order, so-"

"And their quite right," said Mrs. Weasley "You're too young." The woman had suddenly become more awake and she looked on the verge of bursting. Jack really hoped she didn't, she was terrifying at times. Since when did someone have to be in the Order of the Phoenix to ask questions? Harry's been trapped in that muggle house for a month. He has a right to know what's been happen-" Sirius' statement had caused a huge uproar, and before anyone knew what was happening, Sirius and Mrs. Weasley were just about ready to rip each other's heads off. Lupin soon intervened in the conversation.

"Personally, I think it better that Harry gets the fact- not all the facts, Molly, but the general picture- from us rather than a garbled version from...others." Jack felt so lost during this whole conversation he was beginning to feel frustrated.

"I don't see any harm in letting the kid ask a few questions." He said offhandedly. Mrs. Weasley turned slowly towards him with an expression so fierce, it took all of Jack's self-control not to cower in fear.

"None of the children should have to deal with any of this." She said turning back towards everyone else in the room. "Surely, you can understand this. Your job is to protect children isn't it?" Mrs. Weasley addressed the other guardians. Jack noted how she seemed to exclude him from this. Now why would that be?

"Yes of course," Tooth said slowly, "But maybe, they could be better prepared if they know a little bit of what is going on."

"Tooth's righ'." Bunny said stoically, "Ignorance may keep 'em happy, but it won' keep 'em safe."

"Very well," She said defeated, "Ginny- Ron- Hermione- Fred- George- Jack- I want you out of this kitchen now." Immediately, all of the rest of the children cried out in protest.

"We're of age!" Fred and George shouted out.

"If Harry's allowed, why can't I" Ron yelled.

"Mum, I want to!" Ginny cried. However, Jack was still trying to process what had just happened.

"Hold up… You think I'm… Ha! That's a new one!" Jack's response caused everyone to become silent.

"What do you mean Jack?" Lupin raised an eyebrow at him.

"Molly," North began, "I tink zhat Jack has every right to stay and listen."

"That is nonsense! You really think he should have to worry about things like that? He's just a boy!"

Jack froze, "No. I'm not."

"But…"

"You think I'm a kid?! Well, you're dead wrong."

"I don't understand." Ginny said slowly,

"Jack, just how old are you?" Hermione gave him a concerned look.

"I'm over three hundred years old."

The room erupted into chaos.