Ice Cubes
Summary: Because there is a later, and none could be more please by that than Jack.
Krampus 7
Jack doesn't remember much of what happened. It was a whirlwind of activities for him, that he couldn't register in his confused and dizzy state. All he remembered though, was that he felt warm, not only physically but also in his heart. A warm weight beating against his ribs and his chest, something heavy and full of life.
The love of an old family.
The worry of a new one.
It was like someone restored his heart, his center in its place and brought him back to life. And hey, maybe that's what exactly happened, who knows?
The movements in front of him were blurred, hurried and he felt the sensation of something soft like fur on his skin, enveloping him, the steady beat of someone else's heart against his ears as he heard exclamations of joy and shouts echoing around him. He took in a shaky breath.
He could feel warm hands touching his arms, a small dainty one on his face almost near his mouth as though wanting to pry it open. And he laughed at that tiredly.
His laugh brought forth other laughs, albeit hysterical in their nature, relief seeping in the tones and four hands and/or paws try to soothe him as they continued to laugh. He hears voices of little children, surrounding him, yelling and shouting and crying, but this time not out of fear but rather out of joy…
…And Jack's heart warmed at the sounds and it skipped a beat as he smiled and nuzzled closer to the warmth and softness he was lying against.
"Yer alright, yer alright Frostbite. I got ya', ya' bloody show pony." And the voice breaks just a little at the last two words as the body around him shakes and even though he doesn't understand what was happening, the guardian of Fun nods and pats the arm around him.
That's when the young guardian felt small and dainty hands again, cradling his face. Jack opened his eyes blurrily, wondering when he had closed them and then he sees Tooth's face near his, their foreheads touching as the fairy laughs and her amethyst eyes sparkles with unshed tears.
"You came back." She said in a voice that broke from trying to hold back sobs. "You came back to us. Oh, Jack." And she cried again but this time not out of sadness but out of sheer happiness and joy and gratitude.
And as Tooth continued to cry, Jack suddenly felt someone clinging to his front shirt and the tooth fairy leans back just enough for the tired teen to make out golden sands and a hopeful Sandy clinging to him with big golden eyes.
Sandy makes a weak wave as his golden sand forms a snowflake before it turns into Jack. Suddenly the mini-Jack was looking around before he was tackled into a hug by sand forms of North, Tooth, Bunny, and Sandy. The sands disperse and formed into gentle waves that neared Jack's face and brushed against him gently in comfort.
"Mal'chik." A hoarse voice called out and before Jack knew it, there was a cry of protest and he was lifted into strong arms of a loving person he knew well. Jack grinds his teeth as he was moved, but he sighed in relief when the warmth of North hugging him, numbed the pain of his chest as his face lies on the broad shoulders of the man that was so very much like a father to him.
"Welcome back, Jack." North said as he hugs the frail immortal teen closer, Jack's eyes were half-lidded with tiredness but he made an effort to pat the other on the back as the old Santa shook slightly, like Bunny, while he hugs the fragile boy in his arms. "Welcome back, my boy."
And the tired guardian of Fun smiles as he closes his eyes and allows himself to be enveloped by the warmth, worry, and love of the people around him.
Sleep was waiting for him just by the corner but this time it wasn't as scary as before, especially since Jack knew that this time…
…he was going to wake up in the arms of his family.
"You can't have fun all the time." And Jack looked up at his mother and smiled at her.
"I know. But I'll have fun as long as I can because that's who I am." Jack shrugged as he watched his sister play hopscotch with children her age. He looked at her and gave a smile of yearning as he reached up a hand to his chest.
Things were peaceful here, no fights to be fought, no children to be saved. He was in his house with his mother, and his sister was outside playing and smiling to her heart's content and Jack wouldn't wish it any other way.
He has a home, he has a family.
But he knew he couldn't stay.
"I'm proud of you." His mother suddenly said and Jack looked up surprised. Brown eyes were looking at him warmly, full of love and understanding. Jack feels his chest constrict and his eyes burn.
"M-Mom…"
"You turned out to be such a wonderful boy. We miss you so much." She continued and she sat next to him and pulled him into a hug, her right hand behind his neck and the left one running down his back in a comforting gesture, and Jack closed his hands into fists, trying to push down the urge to cling to her and never ever let go.
"There're so many things I wanted to say to you. There were many things your father wanted to teach you. You could've grown up and have a family of your own…" His mother whispered and Jack shivered at the warmth.
"But I couldn't let Pippa die. She's more important to me than my own life." Jack whispered and his mother held him closer at that.
"If only we'd been there, we could've-"
"It's fine. I'm fine now, mom. It had to happen, I don't know why, maybe because it was fated to happen or something. Just please don't blame yourselves. I made a choice, it was my choice." Jack said and he felt his mother nod, his head tucked under her chin. He felt something wet land on his hair and knew his mother was crying.
"I know Jackson. You're a strong boy, a good boy." His mother said but her body still shook with sobs as she sniffed and tried to remain strong. "You're our precious boy. Don't you forget that."
Jack's eyes widened at that and his fists shook as he opened his hands and grabbed at his mother's skirt, feeling like a kid again. The scent of honey and soap on her lingered, making his eyes burn even more as he closed them. "I won't."
"We miss you so much."
"I know."
"We love you so much."
"I know."
"And even if you can't see us anymore… know that we are always there in your heart."
Jack's fingers tightened around the worn skirt of his mother and his shoulders heaved as he buried his face into his mother's shoulder. "I-I know."
"Jack?" The voice that had been calling out to him ever since he realized he had a past life, made Jack open his eyes. His sister and father were behind him, smiling. Jack tried to contain the pain in his heart at seeing them there, alive.
"Hey kiddo, what's up?" He said in a forced tone as he smiled at Pippa who ran towards him, just as he straightened away from his mother. The small girl hugged Jack around the waist tightly and the teen vaguely remembered Jamie doing the same once, a long time ago.
"Are you leaving already Jack?" She asked, her voice muffled and Jack's eyes widened as he looked at his mother who nodded. The young guardian relaxed.
"Yeah. I'm needed elsewhere, sorry Pips." He said in a shaky exhale.
"I don't want you to leave." She said in a childish undertone and Jack just smiled as he knelt and hug his sister to him.
"I want to stay." Jack whispered so only she could hear him. He allowed the desperation and frustration to leak into his tone of voice. "So, so much. I want to stay here with you guys and spend the rest of our days laughing and playing and being a family again…"
"But…?" Pippa asked in a quiet tone.
Jack smiled sadly. "But." He nodded, "But I have a new family now. And- and they need me. And I need them too, like how I've always needed you and mom and dad."
"Do they love you Jack?" Pippa asked and she leaned back to gaze earnestly into her brother's eyes. "Do they love you like we do?"
And Jack laughed, because he honestly didn't know the answer to that, "I hope they do."
"Then you have to go." Came a quiet and stern voice and Jack looked up, surprised, into the warm brown eyes of his father, his skin crinkled with kind smiling lines. "So that you'll know if they love you as much as you love them."
Jack swallowed and nodded as he stood up. His mother went past him to stand beside his father and even Pippa walked backwards towards their parents' arms. Jack felt his throat constrict and his heart felt heavy as he saw his family, smiling warmly at him from where they stood. His feet felt heavy and he wanted to run to them, hug them, and beg them to make him stay.
To stay forever.
"Goodbye Jackson." His father said, as though he knew the conflict that had sprung up in his son's mind. Jack looked up surprised. "We will meet again soon, I know."
Jack nodded, his voice thick with unshed tears. "Y-Yeah."
"We'll always be with you Jack." His mother reminded and Jack nodded once more his fists clenching as he turned to leave. Where he was going, he didn't know but his task right now was to carry his feet forward and away from the tempting sight behind him.
"We'll wait for you Jack." And it was said in such a quiet tone that Jack almost didn't hear it. But he heard it and he almost looked back, almost ran back to the arms of his family, away from possibly more hurt and pain but-
Jack steeled himself, took a step forward, and another and another…
-Until he was running away from his family, from his sister, from his mother, and from his father, away from warmth and comfort and into the light filled with uncertainty and fear and maybe even rejection, as tears ran down his eyes never stopping even when he stepped into the light.
We love you.
We will always love you.
And he loved them too. So so much.
But he couldn't stay.
And he had to go back.
It was time to go back.
Jack woke up to the soft pressure of someone wiping his face.
Blue eyes blinked, as he tried to focus on something other than a blurry mass of different colors. And it was only in his fifth blink that Jack managed to see that the one wiping his tears was none other than Toothiana.
"Jack? Are you alright?" She asked in a tone full of worry and Jack recoiled, immediately sitting up, thus, causing pain to explode on his he knew it, he was bending over groaning.
"Oi, easy there, mate! You're barely rested! I ain't moving anytime soon if I were you." A familiar Australian accent said as Jack felt paws on his arms trying to get him to lie back down.
"Good thing I'm not you then Kangaroo." Jack said with a wince. And he bit back a smile as he heard a grumble from the guardian of Hope. "I don't want to lie back down. Can't- can't I sit up or something?"
Just as Jack said that, a pillow was automatically propped up on the headboard thanks to some reliable dream sand, and Jack groaned in relief as he rested back onto the comfort of the pillow. "Thanks Sandy." He said, following the sand back to its owner, who gave him a double thumbs up.
So Jack sat there looking at the three guardians looking back at him. A few minutes of silence and staring prompted Jack to clear his throat and say, "So, what's up? Do you guys need anything? Because I don't know if you've noticed, but the whole staring thing is sorta creeping me out." He said casually with a grin.
Bunny sighed at the tone and Jack flinched at the dark bags under the green eyes and the twinkle of worry in them.
"Hey," He called out worriedly. "It looks like you've barely slept, Cottontail. Actually…" Jack looked at all of his fellow guardians. "It looks like you all haven't had a goodnight's rest yet." Jack commented as he looked at them with wide blue eyes. That's when he noticed a chair by the window, a familiar big lump sleeping on it. The young guardian's eyes narrowed. "And is that- is that North?"
"The gumby tired himself out waiting for yeh to wake up." Bunny murmured as he suppressed a yawn. "Sandy had to get physical to knock him out."
"Like you're the one to talk Bunny." Tooth giggled. "Eating some coffee flavored chocolate just so Sandy's dream sand wouldn't work on you."
Bunny grumbled something under his breath but didn't try to negate what the tooth fairy said. Jack stared at the older guardian with wide eyes.
"What? Why?"
Sandy rolled his eyes as he made sand figures of Jack on the bed, sleeping, and then Bunny hopping around every few minutes to check if he was okay. The little man laughed when Bunny suddenly jumped at that and started using his paws to swat the pesky dream sand away.
Jack continued to stare wide eyed at Sandy before looking at Bunny who rubbed his eyes with a slight curse. "Bunny, you-"
Tooth interrupted, "Oh Jack, Bunny was worried about you. We were all worried, after the whole thing with Krampus-"
At the name, Jack tensed and looked at Tooth with narrowed eyes. "Krampus, where is he? The children? Are the children safe? Did you get them out-?"
"Calm down mate." Bunny stated gruffly and Jack looked up to see green eyes looking at him in annoyance but with fondness. "Krampus is well taken care of. The children are fine, tough little ankle-biters, they're like you in a way."
Jack snickered at that. "Yeah, don't underestimate us kids in the naughty list." Bunny rolled his eyes.
"Anyway," Tooth perked in to avoid fights so early. "They all got back to their homes. The news ruled everything out as a kidnapping and said that there's an unsung hero out there that saved all of them…" Tooth gave Jack a meaningful look. "And they're fine and North's really happy, because most of them had gotten into the Nice List now- actually I think all of them went into the Nice list-"
Jack choked at that, "Huh? All of them? So quickly? Why?"
Tooth exchanged looks with Sandy and the guardian of Dreams smiled as he brought over a cloud of sand filled with something, and laid it on Jack's bed.
Jack blinked when he saw different assortments of cards, chocolates, flowers, and origamis scattered in front of him. "This is?"
"It's from all the kids you saved." Tooth said gently and Jack's eyes snapped to her in shock. "They wanted to thank you and wish you to get better soon."
"T-The kids?" Jack said in a thick voice as he swallowed. "T-They know about me?" He said as he reached out a hand at a card where on the front was a childish drawing of Jack with his arms spread wide and behind him were the children cheering him on.
"'Course they do. They know and believe in ya'." Bunny said gently. "They saved yer life with their belief. And because of that, we, the guardians are eternally grateful to them."
"That's why North placed them all on the Nice List. They deserve it for saving and believing in you." Tooth added and behind her Sandy nodded vigorously, showing a sand image of Sandy bowing to the children.
"I- I don't understand." Jack said as his bandaged fingers curled around the card. "They should be in the Nice List for being brave kids not- not for saving someone like me." He murmured.
"You seem to be under- eh, what do they call it? Misconcertion, Jack." A voice thick with sleep suddenly said. Jack looked up to see North getting up, stretching his arms and yawning.
Tooth fluttered aside, saying, "You mean misconception, North."
"Ah, yes, that word. Misconcertion."
"Misconception." Tooth said clearly and Jack let out a chuckle while Bunny rolled his eyes.
"Yes, well Jack. To put things very simply and to be straightforward." North walked towards Jack and placed his hands on the narrow shoulders. "You are very important to us Jack Frost. Very, very important. And we do not mean that you are important because of your powers, no." He added when he saw the expression on the other's face. "We mean important as in-you are a family to us Jack. Losing you… losing you would be like…" North said trying to compare the pain of losing Jack to something that words could describe.
Bunny stepped- or rather hopped- up to the rescue. "It would be like losing Easter all over again, Frostbite."
"It would be like losing all of the teeth to Pitch again, only this time with no chance of getting them back at all." Tooth said quietly, as she sat by Jack's bedside and took his hand.
Sandy made figures with his sand, saying simply, It would like be a world with no dreams to light the way.
"And it would be like no more Christmas to bring wonder to little children." North said simply. "It would be like all of that Jack. Only much, much worse."
Jack's breath hitched as he looked at all the earnest gazes of the guardians. Did they really feel that way? Had they truly cared for him so much?
The burning feeling in Jack's eyes returned as he looked down and clenched his hands. "I- I don't know what to say."
"How about, 'I'll never risk my life like that again?'" Bunny said with a snort.
"Or how about…" Tooth said softly. "…never worrying your family again?"
Jack stopped breathing as he looked up, eyes wide. "Family?"
"Yes. That is what we are, are we not?" North said, challenging the others to say otherwise. "We are family! Family worry about each other and care about each other! And we worry and care for you and that makes us family, yes?"
"It's more complicated than that, ya' galah." Bunny murmured with a sigh. "In the end, it depends if both parties want to be a family." He said seriously and the old pooka turned to Jack. "So, what do you say Frostbite?"
Jack turned to look at the Easter warrior and half-joked, "What? No catch?" He said trying not to show how overwhelmed he was of what was happening.
"Not on yer nelly mate." Bunny snorted but then he added, "We're serious though Jack. We see each other as family, but in the end yeh get the last say."
Jack nodded absently as he looked down at the cards and chocolates and an uncertain smile graced his lips. "This is a tiny bit weird and- and overwhelming actually. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the whole being believed in thing and then wow- a family just like that."
The four guardians were stiff as they waited for Jack reply, but the young yet old spirit just gave them a reassuring smile.
"Life couldn't get better than that, right?" He said and Tooth perked up at those words.
"Does that mean-?" She asked excitedly, almost buzzing with uncontained glee.
Jack sighed like a huge weight came off his shoulders. "I came back because I didn't want to lose you guys, I didn't want to lose another family without setting things right. So, whether you like it or not…" Jack shrugged grinning, "…you're stuck with me."
Sandy shook his head.
"You are making it sound like we are getting worse end of bet." North laughed loudly and he grabbed Jack by the shoulders, surprising the injured teen, and gave him a kiss on each cheek like that time he became a guardian. "Welcome to family Jack." He said warmly and proudly. Jack blinked and started to smile but then suddenly he was yanked down by a certain Kangaroo.
"Damn it, North! The kid's injured! Don't go grabbing him just like that!" Bunny scolded the Cossack who laughed loudly.
"Dah, but Jack is strong like steel!" North said in a booming voice as Tooth fluttered around the eternal teen, checking if he jostled any of his injuries-
"And are your molars okay? Are the incisors working right?" Tooth asked frantically.
-or rather if his teeth were still in the right places.
Jack laughed at the guardians' distress, assuring Tooth that yes, his teeth were still all there and at the same time he rolled his eyes and gave a passing wink to Sandy who gave him a thumbs up, understanding his silent message.
Three balls of dream sand later, Jack watched in amusement as the guardians all snored around him. Bunny's coffee flavored chocolate had thankfully worn off so he was able to join the others as they slept peacefully.
The guardian of Fun grinned and tried not to laugh loudly as the dreams of carrot, candy canes and molars merged and began to form a funny looking orchestra. "Still wishing I had a camera."
Sandy rolled his eyes and Jack saw that he was playing with one more ball of sand and the youngest guardian gulped, holding his hands up in a placating manner, "Now Sandy-"
The guardian of Dreams winked and threw the ball right at Jack's face effectively knocking him out as he fell back unto his bed snoring loudly. The oldest guardian flew towards the others and settled himself near North, closing his eyes to join his companions in slumber.
Phil came in several minutes later and was able to witness the strange dream phenomena happening on top of the guardians heads- their dreams mixing and creating a funny orchestra- before he went out to get more blankets… And maybe even a camera.
"JACK!" A screaming Jamie greeted the winter sprite one Christmas morning in Burgess, as snow finally fell in heaps, fast and beautiful while Jack landed gracefully in the middle of the Bennett's lawn.
The guardian of Fun tried not to wince as Jamie collided with his almost healed chest, and he let out a winded laugh instead as he hugged the other back. "Hey Jamie, it's been awhile hasn't it?"
"Been awhile? Is that all you have to say? I was so worried when Abby found your staff in the middle of the snow and I thought the worst thing happened to you and the guardians didn't come to stop by and tell me what was going on and Frosty fell and- and it stopped snowing and for a moment I thought-" The young Bennett said in a fast paced tone that made Jack laugh.
"Whoah, whoah… Slow down kid. Don't forget to breathe now. I'm fine see? And I'm sorry for scaring you. The guardians were sorta rushing to my rescue which was why they had no time to come and talk to you." Jack said with a smile as he kneeled to see eye-to-eye with his first believer. "But I'm fine now okay? I'm a little behind on my snow rounds but I promise you, you won't be having school for the next two weeks as a treat and also as a reward for helping the guardians."
Jamie smiled in relief and nodded, "Thanks Jack."
Jack waved a casual bandaged hand, "No problem." He said but then Jamie caught his hand and looked at his injuries with wide eyes. His brown eyes observed Jack for a moment and the youngest guardian tried not to flinch at the scrutiny.
"Jack, you look like you've barely healed! Shouldn't you be resting?" Jamie said in a nagging tone.
"I'm fine really! These bandages are just- uh – for show." The winter sprite shrugged but then winced when he jostled his injured shoulder. The last light was not fooled.
"I can't believe the guardians let you go looking like this!" Jamie said, and then his eyes narrowed slightly, "You didn't trick them or anything just to get away right?"
"Uhm…" Jack said sheepishly but then he put on a mischievous grin, "I may have had to escape out of the window and in the process ice Phil to the wall to get away. Why?"
Jamie frowned up at his favorite guardian, unimpressed. "Jack."
"What?" The winter spirit said in a hurt tone. "They were getting overbearing! Cottontail wouldn't let me out of his sight and Sandy kept knocking me out whenever I tried to get up and fly around!" He complained and Jamie laughed at that, causing Jack to look at him in confusion. "What?"
"You're enjoying the attention!" Jamie teased and Jack flushed.
"I'm not!" He said in a stubborn tone that made the male Bennett laugh harder.
"It's written all over your face! You like being coddled by the guardians!" Jamie Bennett said as he wiped stray tears from his eyes. "Anyway Jack, we both know they're only acting that way because they're worried about you!"
The teen huffed and crossed his arms but a soft expression overcame his face. "Yeah, but it's still annoying."
Jamie shrugged straightening his winter hat. "Families are annoying, you get used to it. But that's when you know that they truly care. It's better than being ignored right?"
Jack smiled at that, "Way better." He and Jamie exchanged grins at that.
"So are we up for some sledding or-"
"FROSTBITE!" Jack froze and Jamie looked behind him just in time to see a rabbit hole open up and a certain Easter Bunny hopped out.
"Oops, looks like I've got to rain check you on that little buddy." Jack said as he took to the skies immediately and flew away laughing.
"Oi! Get yer skinny arse back here Frostbite! Yeh haven't taken yer medicine yet ya gumby!" Bunny shouted and Jamie's eyes widened when he saw a medicine bottle and a spoon on the Easter Bunny's hands.
"Make me, Peter Cottontail!" Jack shouted back as he flew towards the forest.
"Oh no, you don't want to race a rabbit mate!" The guardian of Hope shouted as he ran passed Jamie and after Jack. The last light laughed himself silly as he imagined the six-foot-one warrior forcing the winter sprite to drink his medicine. So with that thought, Jamie ran inside the house to get his sled and coax his friends to go sledding with him. It looks like Jack would be busy for awhile, being coddled by his family.
And so, later, Bunny will inevitably catch Jack Frost and drag him successfully back to Santoff Claussen.
Later, Jack will be sulking as he is given a two hour lecture by Tooth about taking better care of himself.
Later, Sandy will try to cheer him up by creating dolphins made of dream sand and Jack would grumble at the fact that he was being treated like a child despite being three hundred years old.
But later, when North comes back from his Christmas rounds, Jack would see the happy faces of the guardians, the yetis, and the elves and forget all about his annoyance.
He would be dragged into a guardian group hug and would pretend to be annoyed by it, but deep inside it was quite the opposite.
The smile on Jack's face, as North holds him, Bunny, and Tooth up while Sandy hugs everyone as much as he can with his limited arm length, will be one of love and happiness. And if the guardians saw this and hugged him just a little tighter because of it, no one says a word.
Much, much later the guardians will gather in front of the fire place to exchange gifts, laugh, talk, and to be a family, and Jack will just sip his eggnog quietly as he watches the guardians with warm eyes.
And later, when everyone falls asleep against each other; Bunny near the fire place, North beside him as Tooth and Sandy are propped up against the Cossack, Jack would drag heavy blankets over them as they sleep and try not to laugh out loud as Bunny's foot somehow ends up near North's face.
And Jack would sit there, in a warm armchair, by the side of a dwindling fire as he thinks about later when everyone wakes up and greets him a 'Merry Christmas'.
Because there is a later and there will be a later…
…And none is more pleased by this than Jack.
Notes: Guys… It's over.
OH MY GOSH IT'S OVER!
The Krampus arc has ended! Finally ended and if anyone is curious as to what happened to Krampus well, I'll get back to you on that after I celebrate the end of this arc.
So once again, to hisokauzumaki, all credits go to him for the success of this arc, he prompted it and gave the amazing idea so guys, thank this person not me XD
Review Replies:
TheVictoryAngelofStrife Thankfully, there are no more arcs and this is the last one, oh gosh finally. Now I can work on the three other prompts :D I hope it won't be as long as this one XD Thanks again for the amazing titles! I'll get to editing as soon as I can!
StarfireRocks Haha saying it's the best is too much XD I read your review on Iced Hope! Thanks so much for reviewing both of my stories! I'm honored to have caught your attention and I hope my fic continues to bring you Joy :D
IWillNeverStopFangirling Thank you so much! Your compliment made my day but I'm not really that good of a writer and I'm sure you're already a good writer just the way you are :D
Book girl fan Indeed you are right. I don't know what I was doing while writing the guardians' points of view but I think I manage to come across Tooth's and Bunny's well. I was nearly asleep when I was writing North's and Sandy. And the six hundred review thing is just me setting myself up to create more chapters in the future :D
SpaceCaseWriter Yes, I know what you mean, I do have some errors. I was just so tired and I hope I can get to editing them soon. Thank you so much for pointing it out and also for reviewing :D
JayaEmera Yes, he is! But the arc has ended here and I will miss the Krampus arc XD And yes I know what you mean about Jack breaking into a song, I can't imagine him being anything other than a good singer XD And the Sandy part was just created by me randomly glaring at the screen XD
Dragowolf Thanks for saying that my friend :D But please stop crying now, the Krampus arc has ended and let us rejoice to the start and continuation of other stories, hurrah!
Angelwhisperer Thank you for that honest opinion! I know it was kinda draggish. I was even staring at it and saying 'where the heck is the dialogue' XD And I hope you enjoy Krampus 7 and thank you for the 'happy writing's
ChocolateKisses9 Thank you my friend for your review! I am honored that you like the chapters and continue to read them XD I hope you enjoy this chapter too and thank you for the wonderful compliment :D
Jesters of the Moon The Krampus arc has finally ended and I can finally start on the other requests, I am sorry for making you and the others wait so long! I'm so happy you enjoyed the last chapter and I hope you enjoy this one as well. Cheers!
Once again, this chapter was not rechecked (man I'm getting too lazy for this XD)
So guys, this is the end of Krampus. Yes, a successful arc it was but now it is time to move on! Thank you for all the wonderful support, hugs and kisses to all of you!
By the way, important announcement, we are gonna move the first three reviewers thing for the eighteenth chapter because I wanna make sure first that I finish the other three requests before I hunt down potential prompters :D
So my exams are coming up again guys, and I know you know what it means.
Yes, studying again. *GROANS*
Anyway, I'll still try my best to update regularly and thank you for the overwhelming support and love and favorites and reviews!
To the next chapter we shall meet again! HUGS AND KISSES!
For further updates on how I am progressing per chapter feel free to visit my tumblr which is still under construction: ilyamatsuna7227li. tumblr. com
Remove the spaces, you will find a few fics there I have yet to publish and a few drabbles and you can send requests there too :D There are also a few fanarts of Iced Hope which I hope you enjoy :D
Reviews are loved, thank you to all those who reviewed and favorited and followed and silently read on XD
So I guess that's all! Until next time then folks!