Disclaimer: *singing* Rise of the Guardians, not mine, not mine, not miiiiiiiine!

"Oh hi Sandy, how's it- WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT DILL?!"

That was Bunnymund's greeting to Sandy.

North walked into the globe room to see Sandy bashing Bunny with sand whips.

And that was Sandy's reply to Bunny.

North took one look at Sandy's red face and slowly backed away with his hands up in surrender. "Uhhh... Hey Sandy... Let's just talk about this like the civilized spirits we are."

Sandy looked up, and calmed down when he saw North. A sand arrow appeared above his head and pointed at a sleeping figure cloaked in a blanket with a dream horse beside him. North looked over to the silhouette and lowers the blanket to see who it was. When he saw Frost, he almost reacted the same way as Bunny. But before he could make that fatal mistake, his fatherly instincts kicked in when he saw the dark circles under Jack's eyes. and he immediately fluffed the pillows under his head, and tucked the blanket a little tighter around Jack.

Bunny, however, would not learn from his mistakes, and kept on yelling after witnessing North's 'conversion' to Jack's side. "Oi! Are you bloody insane?! He's only asleep, most likely because of this pile of golden sand! While I'm stuck here pinned to the ground!" Sandy, if possible grew angrier, and took the snowflake (he really was as light as a snowflake) to one of the many guest rooms in North's palace.

North glanced at Bunny, "If I were you, I would run. But I'm not, so I'm gonna do this." He clicked a button on a remote control, and all doors leading out of the castle was shut down. Bunny glared at him.

"And here I thought we were friends. Why would you do that for the frostbite?"

North never got the chance to reply, because Sandy chose that moment to storm into the room and grab the Pooka's very sensitive ears. "Ow, ow, ow, watch the ears!" Sandy glared until he got another one of his 'brilliant' ideas. Bunny gulped when he saw the sand bulb above the dream-maker's head, and the evil grin on his face. North inwardly gave Bunny five minutes until he broke down.

Sandy dragged the furred warrior to a room. A very very cold room. As cold as the snow in Antarctica. Maybe colder. Sandy threw Aster into said room, and locked the door before he could escape. He stood outside of the 'jail cell' and watched through the glass door. The Pooka stood there for one second and was instantly on his knees, "Please Sandy! Let me out, let me out, lemme out! I-I'll even say sorry to the lil' snowflake, just LET ME OUT!" Those last words were emphasized with banging on the door.

One of the tooth fairies flew into the globe room and chirped a greeting to North, who was eating cookies. Toothiana herself walked in and heard cries, begging and pleading.

Sighing, she asked, "Who made Sandy mad again? Was it the groundhog?"

Snorting, the big man hauled himself up to his feet. "Pft, the groundhog? No, it was the Pooka by the name of E. Aster Bunnymund."

A puzzled expression descended over Tooth's visage, wondering what would elicit such screams from the last Pooka. The mini fairy tugged her mistress over to where Sandy was.

"Hi Sandy! How ya doing? And... What did Bunny do to get you this mad?" She cringed when she saw the enraged expression on the normally gentle guardian. The elder softened when he saw the tooth fairies' terror.

In a blur of images, he showed a boy with a shepherd's staff next to a snowflake. Then the boy trying not to sleep, and struggling with his loneliness. Until finally, the boy in a tree, in a dark dreamscape. Tooth nodded, and gazed at the bunny still trapped. "I think you got your point across, Sandy. Let the poor rodent out."

Said rabbit shrank back when the door opened, and suddenly raced out of the room and out of their sight.

Sandy led the feathered girl to Jack's room. It was already carved in ice, although it was in a dark way. The thick frost had spread over the windows, obscuring any light. The patterns in the wall suggested shadow trees in the background.

They both shivered, but despite her body's protests, the fairy rushed forward with a shriek when she saw the abnormally pale boy. Bunny and North came rushing when her mini fairy pushed them towards the sprite's room.

All the guardians walked towards Jack's bed warily, expecting him to jump up and attack. Nothing was wrong, that is, until they saw the boy's breathing had stopped.

Well, how's that for a cliffhanger? *Evil grin* And yeah, I know, I update insanely fast. Only because I have tons of free time... But I will never update on a weekday, unless it's Friday or there happens to be no school.

Juniper: Ahhhh... It's soooo warm in here... *Roasts marshmallows*

Me: Are you eating marshmallows?! In my HEAD?! Without me? *Pouts* If you tell them, I'll give you a slice of a warm, pizza-shaped cookie!

Juniper: Fine, fine... Please review, then I'll make her give out cookies and chocolate!