Five weeks later


The first dawn of the few months when day and night shared the South pole, revealed the cave entrance. As the winter spirit landed outside he called out a greeting. "Hey Icecrose. You home?

The Dragon's head poked out of the entrance. "Hello Jack, please come in." And he vanished back inside.

Jack walked in and gave a whistle. The sound that echoed back was clear and only slightly distorted. The cave floor was clear of the snow and ice chunks that had littered it the last time Jack had been there. And only a handful of columns remained. In fact Icecrose was at that moment chipping away at the base of one.

"Wow, this place looks a whole lot better! When I saw how bad it had gotten I was worried something happened to you." Jack said it as a joke but Icecrose grimaced all the same.

"Yes, I was away far longer than I had planned."

"How is your family?"

"Well, I can't thank you and the others enough for your help."


Five weeks ago, after pitch had been dragged away by the nightmares Jack had latched on to his friend once again. "I'm so glad you're okay! I went to your home but you weren't there and your place looked abandoned."

The Dragon nuzzled the boy, "I'm sorry Jack! I went to visit my family and had planned to be back within a month. But when I arrived I found that the Dragon forest home is on the verge of being discovered by humans. I've been helping to try and keep the secret location a secret and did not realize how long I had been gone. Only when I heard your call did I leave. And unfortunately I must leave soon to return there."

"Maybe we can help." Tooth offered.

"Yes,ve have been keeping homes secret for centuries." North agreed.

"I have a few tracking tricks I can use to throw the humans off your scent." Bunny, now completely back to normal, said.

Sandy gave an enthusiastic two thumbs up.

"Thank you, that would be most helpful!"

"Do you have time for us to do one thing first?" North asked. As if knowing what North had in mind Icecrose nodded, smiling all the time.

The kids walked out of the trees, along with a few of the guardians helpers, in time to witness as North and the guardians walked up to Jack.

"Are you ready Jack? To make it official?"

Jack had taken the oath to be the Guardian of fun right there on his pond. Then, after getting Jamie and his friends home, the big five had flown straight to the Dragon's forest home. A few false trails, spells, and camp raids later the humans gave up and left.


"The protection spell North put up, has done wonders. Now if something unwelcome comes in it will go around the home without even knowing it." The Dragon said as he continued to patiently chip away at the ice column.

"Glad to help." Jack returned. He watched the chipping for a while then voiced, "why don't you just smash it or whack it down with your tail?"

"Because this way I don't end up with a spare room, a skylight, or have the cave collapse in on top of me."

"Oh, can I help?"

Apparently expecting this the Dragon moved aside. "I've gotten it to the point where it will fall the way I wanted to, have at it!"

Jack didn't need to be told twice. With a loud "woop" he swung his staff, Summoning a blast that hit the chipped away section perfectly. With the crack the column broke all the way through. Then it let out a groan as it slid to the floor and broke away from the ceiling. A thundering boom echoed over the Tundra when the column fell landing directly out the cave entrance.

The two friends continued like this the rest of the day, till the cave was back to the pristine standards Icecrose held. With one final ice breath-to smooth the walls, floors, and ceiling-they were done. As the sun set Jack and Icecrose settled in the back of the cave and fell asleep side-by-side.