From the depths of my computer and my twisted imagination, I bring you, A NEW CHAPTER! YAAAAAAAAAAY! I know I might have told some of you that I would update by Friday but I finished the chapter early, so yeah. Hope you enjoy!

"I still don't get why he has to be a part of this." Jaenirra huffed, crossing her lightly metal-clad arms.

"I agree with Jaenirra," Bunnymund said. "Why do we need him any way?"

"Maybe MiM has a plan." Tooth offered.

Jaenirra snorted. "Yeah, like we're gonna throw snowballs or something at Pitch."

She was leaning against a pillar in the main hall of the legendary Santa's workshop. Many would be overwhelmed to be found in such a place but Jaenirra, in all honesty didn't like the cold. She had dressed specially for the trip, currently dressed in a long black coat lined in fur as soft as an ermines'. The long sleeves hid the forearm cuffs which had been traded for a thicker metal, ones stronger that the mortal titanium. A gold sword was strapped to the side of her thick brown leather riding pants. A pair of strong boots reached to her knees and her hair hadn't changed much except the circlet that marked a Sun princess had been removed, letting her crimson hair hang in serene waves. While the attire kept away the chill, she didn't like how the cloth clung to her body heavily.

Jaenirra was used to moving freely without any restricting clothing to keep her down. Pan'nuck seemed to have been the only one who enjoyed the cold. After thirty minutes of riding in the same flying chariot pulled by Varden, 'Look Jaenirra, snow!' and 'Holy shit, that's a lot of ice!', the two Camalians reached the bitter north. Varden loathed the cooler temperature as well, showing this when he happily thundered headlong to the large fireplace in North's home and curling up next to it contently. Tooth slammed into Jaenirra with her feathered body, hugging and asking questions a mile an minute, little mini-fairies in tow. North also greeted the two teens with bone-crushing hugs and the elves cautiously threw Varden a well-earned forty pound sirloin. Bunnymund addressed Jaenirra and Pan'nuck with a curt acknowledgement but then again he was Bunnymund. Sandy was more or less pleased to see them but he would never tell Jaenirra, his lips never left their soft smile confines.

Pan'nuck had greatly enjoyed seeing the yetis and elves, and the mini-fairies were infatuated by his teeth.

But Pan'nuck was gone now, picking up that arrogant brat, Jack Frost.

Jaenirra clenched her jaw.

Why, after all this time, was he finally coming to light? Three hundred years and now the world was in danger of falling to the Nightmare King and Jack gets a clean slate to become the fucking hero?

MiM was seriously pissing her off.

"I bet you he was some sort of spoiled prince before he was chosen." Jaenirra started again. "Probably had servants and everything. And now he's all," She brought her hands from her hands from the confines of her coat and snapped her wrist dramatically in a way that portrayed a stuck-up person. "Oh no. Woe to me 'cause no one believes in me but they should because I ice up their roads and freeze their pipes." She raised her voice to a high soprano.

Tooth giggled and Sandy looked slightly amused.

"Well that's sayin' somethin' Jaenirra. Considerin' your a monarch yourself." Bunnymund reminded.

"Oh, so what, you're on his side?" The red-haired girl said savagely.

"Eh now," North held up his tattooed arms, "Let's nah ge' our nic'ers in a twis'." His accent was rough but homely and Jaenirra succumbed to it. North had chosen not to speak until now, for reasons that Jaenirra could only guess. She figured it was the fact that the large Russian man felt like Jack was a some sort of son to him.

"Fine." she huffed, placing her hands on her hips.

The girl had never intended to argue with the six-foot pooka, she liked him to much to do so. Bunnymund was a friend that she greatly admired for strength and kindness and would never want to fight against; she'd probably have her ass kicked. When bidding for a fight between Bunnymund and some other unfortunate soul in the ring, always place the bet on the bunny, she had learned.

Fighting, she realized, thoughts fading away to ones darker, was something she would have to do in times to come.

Pitch, it seemed, had decided to drag his ass out of the depths of some dark, forgotten shit hole, to take over the world. It came as a shock to all the Guardians. The Nightmare had gone out with the Dark Ages, vanquished by them long ago.

Jaenirra hadn't been there but her great-grandmother had long ago and the stories from the ashes of the age-old battle, were ones better left unspoken.

She had heard of terrible darkness, fallen cities and innocence murdered in the cold on a single, twisted man's heart.

But no, she would not dwell on such things, for there is a champion, she thought bitterly, one chosen by the Man in the Moon's one hand.

A champion to save them all and a real jackass as well.

Figures' he would show up at that moment.

A brilliant light filled the room and caught the attention of the occupants within the workshop. It was a portal, bright and swirling with wisps of silver magic. Jaenirra caught a glimpse of a cobblestone alleyway.

That's strange, Jaenirra thought. She had never pictured Jack Frost as actually living in some sort of place in some sort of town or country. She had never really put a scene behind him when he came to fore thought. He was usually some place high up, perched in a tree or floating in the sky, a smug grin on his pale lips.

But never a modern-day city back alley. Maybe there had been a chase, there was no way Jack Frost was some kind of hobo.

A figure appeared within the magical doorway, Pan'nuck. There was a large mass next to him, like a garbage bag or a sac with a certain winter spirit in it.

Pan'nuck grabbed the top of the rough cloth and stepped through the swirled doorway. It closed immediately after.

Pan'nuck set the large mass on the carpeted floor. There was a silence in the large cavern.

"Is that-" Bunnymund started.

A small nod from Pan'nuck. "Yeah I had to knock him out a couple more times but he finally stayed asleep. I think you're going to need to upgrade that dream dust of yours, Sandy." He smiled at the small man and winced.

Jaenirra noticed multiple scrapes and bruises that were beginning to form on his skin and he seemed to be favoring his right leg an awful lot. Realization hit Jaenirra like a freight train. Why that little bastard, she thought savagely, We're trying to help him and what does he do? He attacks Pan'nuck, that's what. Her blood boiled.

"Pan'nuck, your face. It's-" she stepped towards him, hand outstretched.

"Messed up?" He caught her hand. "Yeah, he got me a couple times but I'm fine really."

The sun princess looked at him skeptically but his eyes pleaded with her not to make his a bigger deal then they were.

She sighed and looked at the sac at his boots. It seemed everyone was, naturally gravitating towards it. Jaenirra was aware of a strange humming noise coming from the bag.

No, it was snoring.

Varden sniffed the shifting sac cautiously. One of Tooth's brightly colored mini-fairies bravely poked at it and squealed loudly when the mass snorted. The tiny fairy dove into Jeanirra's warm hands quivering.

"So..." Tooth dragged out nervously, breaking the silence. "Who wants to wake him up?"

Jaenirra grinned. "Please allow me."

The girl had a reckoning with Jack Frost and she was going to enjoy immensely.

Sandy saw the female Camalian's malevolent smile and felt a pit in his stomach. He almost felt bad for the sleeping boy. The dream keeper could see into the boy's mind and see his peaceful dreams. But then again that feeling was an almost. He couldn't wait to see how this one was played out. So the plump man folded his hands together and pleasurably watched the scene unfold in an anticipating silence.

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