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Bunny crossed his arms as he watched the foxes and leaflets making themselves at home in his Warren. Many of the foxes were digging dens and tunnels while the leaflets were climbing up onto the bushes and trees. Some of his eggs tried to follow the foxes into the tunnels out of curiosity of where the main den/ center was, only to be chased out by some of the playful pups. The idea of what the eggs had wasn't actually a bad one, they did say that the tunnels were kind of like meerkat tunnels.

Ok, so how did Roux's foxes and leaflets get into the Warren?

Well, since the Furan was gone, and until a new location for another home for the Lokcore and her minions was found, the minions had to stay somewhere while the Guardians were to look into more areas where they were getting hints of where Summor could be. North's workshop was too indoors and was cold out in the snow for the leaflets and the foxes that weren't built for the cold. Tooth's palace was too high above the ground for the pups, it'd be fishy about the number of foxes out in the open near Jack's lake, and Cupid's and the twin's house was more on a cloud than on a mountain.

So Roux and his minions ended up staying in the Warren.

In speaking of which, as Bunnymund looked around, where was that no good Lokcore? The Pooka made some of the egglets keep an eye on the foxes and leaflets as he followed Roux's sent from where he had last seen her in the Warren to his own little burrow/den. Bunny rolled his eyes and prepared himself for whatever prank she had set up inside. However, when he opened the door, Bunny's jaw almost dropped at what he saw.

Meanwhile at North's workshop….

North looked through at the globe carefully while the others were looking through anything (and arguing) that could hint where Summor was.

"Well, he could be in the Himalayas. Try and knock out one of the coldest regions in the world," Jack said, sitting with his new staff in his hands.

"But then why would he target the Furan?" Tine asked, sitting next to him. "I mean, it's not the coldest of any of the homes of the Guardians. In fact, its climate is closer to the climate of the Warren than anything else."

Pitch seemed to be deep in though. MiM and sandy both looked through a few books of maps while Tooth and Fallo listened in on this.

"Well, he's probably trying to take fall out first," Fallo asked, playing with his new golden yellow ball.

"Yeah, but how does that help us?" Valen asked crossing his arms.

"Pookas."

Everyone looked towards Pitch. Sandy made a question mark above his head, asking for the Nightmare King to explain. Pitch sighed before looking gravely at all of them. "It makes perfect sense. You all saw what happened to Bunny when I helped those silly superstitious human villagers to wipe out all the other Pookas," he said, his index finger on his chin.

"Yes, but how does that help us with this?" Jack asked, looking confused at this.

"Summor might be trying to do the same thing to Roux. You've seen what she's like towards her foxes, and Lokcores are rather social creatures. When all other Pookas had been wiped out, Bunny nearly turned his back on everyone. Roux won't nearly turn on her back on everyone, she WILL and probably will do worse," the Boogeyman explained, causing everyone to look shock.

"But… how will we be able to make sure he doesn't hurt any of the Lokcore clans. There must be dozens of them!" Valen yelled, standing up straight.

"Actually, Valen, it's much more simply zhan you zhink. There are only six Lokcore clans. After the Pookas died out, zhe Lokcores began to lower in population," North said.

"And all Lokcore clans are currently in Scotland," Cupid said, now also looking at the globe, his eyes staring right at where Scotland was.

"We should get Bunny and Roux and tell them this," Tooth said, immediately flying up into the air.

…

Bunny looked over his possession before looking over at Roux, who was currently cleaning some pictures. He hadn't expected her to clean his burrow, though he guessed it had been a bit of a mess.

"You know, Kangy, you should really do some spring cleaning here once in a while. After all, you are in charge of Easter and spring," Roux said, blowing off some dust that was on a picture. Bunny huffed before crossing his arms.

"Well, I am a bachelor Pooka bloke, mate. Cleaning doesn't really kick in for me as an instinct when it come to the burrow."

Roux smirked and looked over at the picture as she put it back. It contained some Pookas, all different colors. Honestly, if they had been in the right order, they could have made a short Pooka rainbow. Granted it was painted, though she had to give the artist credit, the detail was amazing. Most of them seemed to be kids, others teenagers, and out of all of them, were two adults. The female had black fur like the night sky and green eyes, while the male was somewhat a whitish blue with black and yellow spots, orange spring markings, and ruby red eyes. Many of the younger Pookas seemed to be girls, though Roux could pick out about three to seven boys. The teenage blue gray Pooka stood out the most to her, but that could have been because she already knew him as an adult. Turning the picture over, Roux found writing on the back, that said the following words,

"Elijah Aster Bunnymund,

Your father and I hope that whenever you feel alone on your job as a Guardian, that the picture of yours, Elaina's, Luna's, and Oki's 13th birthday will remind you that we'll always be by your side, no matter what."

Roux smiled softly at the words, not noticing Bunnymund's yelling as he stubbed his foot on the foot of his own coffee table. It was actually rather sweet on what the Pooka's mother had wrote. It took Roux a few seconds though to grasp a fact she had just been presented in this.

"Your first name is Elijah?" She looked over to look at Bunny as he rubbed his foot. Bunny looked over back at her before going over a taking the picture.

"So what if it is, mate? It's none of your bloody business," he said, placing it back in its proper place. Roux smiled a bit, glancing at the picture again.

"It's just nice to know, lad. I mean, everyone calls you either Bunny or Aster," she said, looking back at him. Bunny rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.

"Well, maybe I prefer it that way."

"I like Elijah though…. It's… unique."

Bunny stared at her, his expression clearly questioning her taste in such a topic. Roux shrugged and pretended to examine her claws. "Well, it is to me, mate. After all, I'd never really hear a name like that before as a wee little lass."

"You never mention it to anyone though, ok?"

"No promises."

"Good enough."

Bunny began to walk towards the door to check on the rest of the Warren before his ears perked up at a sound outside. "What the-?"

"Bunny! Roux! We think we know where Summor's going next!" Roux perked her ears at the sound of Tooth's voice before following Bunny out the door.

"We think he's going to attack the Lokcore clans in Scotland," Cupid said, already with his bow and arrows ready.

"Well then let's go mates!"

…..Later in Scotland…

"Ok, how are we splitting up?" Bunny asked, looking at the map of Scotland.

"Same as patrol groups, but the twins are going with you and Roux while Scribblebrickle is going with Jack and Fallo," Cupid said before leaning closer. "We need someone to break you two up if you two get in a fight with each other and we need someone to keep Jack in line without causing too much trouble, so this was the plan we came up with before we went to get you and Roux."

"We'll take the Loch Ness clan. They're magic-fearing, but they'll trust any of their own kind that does magic any day over strangers to protect them," Roux said, her eyes narrowed as she looked towards the lake.

"Oh, well this is going to be nice," Valen said, readying his own bow and arrow as Tine did the same while looking around. "So, what do they do to strangers with magic?"

"Usually 'e big clans burn them or put them in a magic-proof cavern. I think they have a little magic as well, but they're too afraid to use it much," Roux said, making some of the others flinch not at what the other Lokcores would do, but that matter-of-fact tone that Roux said it in.

…

Tine and Valen stayed close to Bunny and Roux as the group went through the small village of Lokcores. Many gazed towards Bunny, most seeming to wanting to hunt him down while others paid more attention to Roux. Bunny had his boomerangs out in his paws as he gazed about. He was however surprised to see the ones looking at Roux seemed to back away in fear or growl as if she was an enemy. Ok, sure, he didn't see any other red Lokcores, but why were they treating her as a rival?

Roux led them to a female Lokcore with painted markings that looked like the leader before the red Lokcore kneeled down before standing back up. Bunny felt Tine's and Valen's confused gazes on him as Roux spoke in a language he wasn't familiar with to the other female Lokcore.

"Ew eocm ni eapc. Ew eahv eocm ot awrn ouy fo na neemy htat si eocming ot esdtroy hte lcan. Ew eocm ot rpoetct," was what had reached the Pooka's ears as Roux kept her head bowed to the other. It suddenly occurred to him that there was a pattern in this language, now if he could only figure out what it was to translate. His thoughts on this was interrupted when he noticed the look on the leader as Roux talked some more in this strange language (seriously, what's with this language thing?). Ok, well, first off he noticed that besides Roux, this leader was the only Lokcore he saw with blue eyes. All the other Lokcores had either brown or orange eyes. Second off, her expression seemed to be a mix of shock, anger, fear, confused, and… envy? Of what? Some sort of power or something that Roux was talking about?

Roux finally looked up and did some hand signal, saying "Rfom hte Rguaidans nad hte Omon Psirit."

Bunny studied the Lokcore clan leader again, leaning close to Roux. The leader breathed out, as if in a snort, before speaking with a steady, siren-like voice.

"Ouy atke em sa a ofol? Usmomr Psirit ahs rganted su asfeyt sa olng sa ew ehlp ihm iwht ifgthing ihs neemies. Usmomr Psirit ahs ektp ihs owrd. Ew ektp uors. Ouy ont atke on elpac ehre! AWRRIORS!"

Bunny took notice of several Lokcores charging at them with weapons as the four of them took out their weapons. Roux's tree swords and leaf dust came into use while Tine and Valen took care of the Lokcore warriors that were far off as Bunny easily defeated the ones that came at him with boomerangs and his Tai Chi fighting. However, when you have about fifty to almost one hundred Lokcores charging against only four enemies, the outcome is rather expected. Even if those four are Guardians.

"Tine! Valen! Get out of here and tell the others we're in trouble. Summor already made a deal with this clan, and if it's a trick, they fell for it!" Roux said, blocking off spears and swords that were aimed for the twins as they ran for it. "Bunny, you too! They'll try and tear you to pieces!" Roux felt a sudden wind pass her before she turned to see Bunny throwing a spear that had aimed at her back at its owner so that it wounded the shoulder.

"Not a chance of leaving you even more outnumbered, sheila," he said, kicking a few warriors back into the air as he received a kind smile from his fighting companion.

…

Rabbie opened his blue eyes as he looked around the center den of where the foxes had made their temporary home in the Warren, breathing heavily. Looking around, he noticed Seamus, Nandalia, and Koleyn were all seeming to have some sort of a nightmare. They were feeling their birth mother's fighting as well, just as he was. But he knew that by the time he managed to wake them up to get help, they'd probably be trapped and heavily wounded. Though they probably would either way even if he didn't try and wake them up. Getting up, with his limping leg now missing from the plight of the destruction of the Furan and wounded body, Rabbie hopped out of the dens and the Warren, heading to help his birth mother and temporary home host.

…..

Tine ran on the ground as Valen ran through the trees, her pink hair waving behind her as he tried to navigate through the branches. She could hear the fighting still behind her as her heartbeat quicken. They needed to get to the others quickly, before both Roux and Bunny got seriously hurt. Tine didn't care if they all as Guardians were immortal like the gods she had as her neighbors, being outnumbered like this could outweigh that. She could see her brother's red hair in the trees as they went to the next closest Lokcore clan they knew where help from the other Guardians were. Jack, Fallo, and Scribblebrickle should be there then, the first ones they would meet. Valen and Fallo could pass the message along after that while Jack and Scribble would follow her back to help Roux and Bunny. Yes, that would work great. That is, if this Lokcore clan wasn't attacking them as well.

…..

Bunny woke to find himself in a cave with the entrance blocked off with a rock, and Roux to the side of him unconscious. He found himself breathing heavily as he noticed her wounds. Trying to get up, he felt pain shoot through his legs before seeing the massive wounds running through his legs. Still, he crawled over to her and shook her.

"Little Red? Little Red, wake up!"

Roux opened her ocean eyes, first looking confused as she lifted her head, then cringing in pain by the feeling of her own wounds, then looking at Bunny as if she was trying to find something familiar. "We're in one of the magic-prove caves, I think, mate," she said, trying to sit up with difficulties. Bunny did the same, though his only wounds were on his legs for some reason while Roux had wounds all over. "I can't believe tha' they would ever believe a word Summor would say," Roux said after some silence, resting her head against the caved wall.

"I think I wouldn't either, mate, except I couldn't really understand what you had said to that leader Lokcore," Bunny replied, breathing heavily while looking at her. Roux gave a weak smile before closing her eyes.

"No, I didn't think ye would. Locaorenoya is a bit odd when you hear it, but it's rather easy to spell 'e words. Either way, I should have guessed she wasn't happy at seeing me at first glance." Bunny looked at Roux during all this, trying to catch her expression.

"Why though? Mind you as a Pooka, mate, I don't get to understand your kind due to… certain circumstances."

Roux smiled faintly before breathing out heavily, as if she had been holding her breath. "Well, how do Pookas earn their markings?"

Bunny looked at her confused before answering. "We used earn them by going through a ceremony to prove ourselves. The markings showed others our role in our tribes. Mine, for example, mate, would tell others I was a flora Warrior, one of the few warriors to control the plants to their advantages." Roux stared at him in interest during this. As the male Pooka stopped talking, the Lokcore sighed.

"In the case of Lokcores, only the leaders has markings, and they're dyed with in her or his fur. However, a Lokcore born with markings is either considered bad or good luck. If their fur is normal or black, they're considered good luck, and have a good chance of becoming a leader. In most cases, the current will betroth that Lokcore to his heir. However, the fur color red on any Lokcore is considered bad luck, and sometimes fortells horrible events that are about to occur," she said, crossing her arms in the end. Bunny lifted his ears at this.

"So that shelia was probably afraid you'd over throw her or something?" he asked. Roux nodded slowly, licking her wounds. "That's a loud of bloody rubbish. Just a bunch of bloody supertistion."

"It does have some meaning to it, Elijah," Roux said, staring at Bunny out of the corner of her eye. Bunny felt his fur stand on edge at the mention of his birth name. Roux continued. "That superstition started after a Lokcore with red fur over threw many Lokcore leaders, and he had to betroth many of his descendants until his line of rule was over thrown." Bunny looked over at her before looking towards the enterance.

"So, why?"

Bunny looked back at Roux. "Excuse me, Little Re- I mean Roux."

"Why don't you ever go by Elijah, lad?" Roux gave Bunny a curious glance as she scooted a bit closer to him. Bunny shifted a bit uncomertable before mumbling something. "What was that, Kangy?"

"Elijahisagirl'snameamongPookas," Bunny said, biting his lower lip. He perked his ears at the sound of giggling from the Lokcore. "It's not funny mate!" he yelled, turning around to meet Roux's face only for their noses to touch each other. Moving away from each other, the two sat in rather awkward silence.

"Hallowhain."

Bunny looked over at Roux again. "What?"

"Hallowhain, my full name is Rouxana Luna Macbethan Sainween Hallowhain," Roux said with a sigh before returning Bunny's look. "Only Scribblebrickle knows that my full name." Bunny looked confused at this before trying the name out himself in his mind before chuckling. Roux narrowed her eyes. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing, mate, it's just… I've always figured that your last name was something like Ghostana or Vixey, or even just Sanhain and Hallowween, not a mix of the last two," he said, smiling. "It's rather… it's nice." Roux stared at him before smiling. "So, you're real birth given first name is Rouxana?" Roux nodded before looking down with a slight blush.

"When ma maw named me that, she was going for the meaning 'blood of the ivy flower.' It was one of the Lokcore meanings back then for it. My father, however, use to tell me tha' I could just go by Roux, which was back then in Locaorenoya meant 'red honeysuckle' and the French word for the color red still today," she said. Bunny smiled a bit before realizing something.

"So what does Roux mean now in this… 'Locaorenoya' language then?" he asked.

"It now means, 'the bloody red iris flower.'"

"It suits ya, shelia."

Roux looked at him with curiousity before noticing the Pooka shivering a bit. Bunny chuckled, now starting to see his breath in the rapidly cooling air in the cave. "I mean, really it does suit ya. I've yet to seen another red Lokcore like your self, mate, just as much as I've yet to see a pure truly red bearded iris outside the Warren, and mind you," he said, crossing his arms with a smirk. "I actually don't have that many red iris flowers. The name shows you're unique." Roux smiled before scooting closer to him with some difficulty. "So… care to tell me the pattern that's in this Locaorenoya language?" he asked, grateful for the warm of Roux's fur as she sat right next to him.

"Only if I get to tell the others that yer first name is Elijah," Roux said, a teasing smirk on her face. Bunny looked at her, debating on this.

"Ok, but Frostbite and Arrowboy aren't allowed to call me by it."

"Deal then, lad. Ok, so the trick of the Lokcore language is basically to-"

As Roux explained this all to Bunny, both Guardians failed to notice the patches of honeysuckle plants, daylilies, and sunflowers starting to grow in the cave at the far corner.

READ THIS PART, ALL YE WHO HAVE ENTERED HERE.

Me: by the way, for those of you who don't know, Sunflowers and Honeysuckle are the plant symbols for the summer solstice, and summer. Daylilies are summar flowers. So, as a contest, I'm going to ask all you readers to guess what these flowers growing in the cave means.

Jack: What's the prize for them?

Me: The prize is they get to name a character that is going to be introduce in the next chapter. And it's only one character.

Jack: *is interested*

Me: And you're not allowed in this contest, Jack.

Jack: how do you know if I try to?

Me: *looks at him with a straight face* WinterloverFrostericehair* is your account/pen name. I hacked into your laptop** two weeks ago to figure for Tine what to get you for your Guardianship anniverisery this year.

Jack: *jaw is open* You what?

Me: Please review everyone!

*If WinterloverFrostericehair is anybody's pen/account name for this or anyother website, I do apologize and wish to say I was only making this as random as possible.

**Actually, Tine did this with my help while in one of the rooms in North's Workshop. We first made sure the other Guardians were busy and locked the door so that Phil or any other yetis would charge in on us. I just took full credit so that Tine wouldn't get grounded by Cupid.***

***You so owe Tine!