Thank you so much for your reviews, especially Alex and RJguzman, you two made me blush :)

Sorry it took so long, we have some action today! And you know how I struggle, but I think it came out OK. I threw in some fluff just for good measure ;)

Popcorn ready, everyone? OK let's do this!


Tooth crossed the portal still dreamy, lost in her thoughts of Jack's soft kiss, his cold embrace, getting back together with her winter boy, where she belonged. She was not prepared for what was waiting for her on the other side. It was Hell. There was fire everywhere, an endless earthquake shaking the earth beneath her feet, lightning falling left and right. Sandy and North were doing their best to attack Mother Nature, but every injury they caused only made Gaia angrier, her rage feeding the chaos.

Tooth tried flying towards North, but even her strong wings couldn't battle the impossible winds tugging at her, pulling her towards the fire. And then she realized what was happening. The children. It was hard to believe in Fairy Tales when the world was ending. Children around the globe were being forced to grow up in a matter of hours, loosing loved ones, loosing everything. Fear was winning. She had been so preoccupied rescuing her fairies, so worried about Jack, that she didn't even think about the children. She tried with all the strength she possessed to battle the raging wind, but it wasn't enough and she could already feel the sweat drops on her forehead from the heat. She screamed, but she wasn't sure the other two could hear her.

Suddenly she felt a sand whip wrapping her waist, taking her back to safety. Sandy smiled at her, but his face looked worried, as if he knew what she was thinking.

"Jack?!" she heard North screaming. He had just realized that Tooth was there.

"He's fine!" she yelled back. They were so close yet so far away, separated by chaos.

Gaia took advantage of that moment of weakness and the wind caused the fire to engulf North's sleigh. The Guardian of Wonder jumped out in the nick of time, but he was falling as his reindeers flew away, pulling the flaming sleight.

"Nooorth!" screamed the fairy flying towards the fallen Guardian, a veil of golden sand protecting her from the wind.

She caught North so close to the ground that all she could do was slow down his fall as they both plummeted into the pavement.

Sandy was so focused on helping Tooth fly against the wind that he didn't see the lightning that hit him, and he himself fell on the ground, half conscious.

North and Tooth jumped back on their feet as they saw Gaia approaching them, but they knew they didn't have a chance. North was also weakened by the loss of belief and he had lost his swords as he fell. Tooth was still unable to battle the wind. Disoriented, Sandy desperately got up to help his friends but before he had to do anything, Gaia just vanished.

The three Guardians looked at each other.

"What just happened?" asked Tooth.

"I have no idea" said North. "C'mon! We have to help the reindeers and find the rest of your fairies!"


Jack and Baby Tooth came out of the portal and just like his Fairy, the winter spirit was not prepared for what he saw on the other side.

"I thought we were covering Europe?" asked Jack, recognizing the familiar skyscrapers despite the destruction. They were in New York City.

Baby Tooth looked at him scared and signaled for him to follow.

"What's happening?" asked the winter boy confused, flying at top speed trying to catch up with Baby Tooth, her small size making it so much easier for her to avoid the obstacles.

Soon enough Jack had his answer, in the form of a very familiar voice.

"Gretchen!" yelled Bunny, battling the herd of black sand mares around him, desperately trying to catch up with the one that had taken the girl, terrified that she would get herself free and fall.

His own fear was feeding the fearlings, making them stronger. The bad news for the fearlings was that Aster's fear, unlike the Algea's was not the paralyzing type. No; it was the kind of fear that makes a skinny mon lift a two ton car to save her trapped kid. Adrenalin was rushing through his veins, making him fiercer, stronger, braver. He was battling the mares left and right as he made his way through the ruined buildings, throwing his boomerang and explosive googies everywhere, unscathed in spite the dozens of nightmares coming his way with the help of the brave little fairy who had offered to help.

"Bunny!" yelled the winter boy, flying to help his friends.

"Snowflake?! Get Gretchen!" yelled Bunny as he cut a nightmare in half.

"The Groundhog? What is she doing here?" said Jack, too low for the other Guardian to hear, as he turned around to see the fearling taking the girl. "Am on it!" he screamed and flew away.

Bunny breathed a sight of relief. Until he saw Pitch flying straight towards Frostbite.

Jack, unaware of Pitch, froze the mare holding Gretchen but just as he was about to launch himself downwards to catch her, the Nightmare King tackled him.

"Buuuuunny!" she screamed as she plummeted uncontrollably to the ground.

The pooka ran as fast as he could, his heart beating in his ears wether from exhaustion or adrenalin, he couldn't be sure. He caught her in his arms right before she hit the ground. She was frozen for a moment, trembling, her head buried in his shoulder as he held her tight with one arm and threw his googies with the other one, keeping the fearlings away from them.

After a few seconds that felt like centuries she composed herself and pulled away.

"I thought you said you wouldn't save me?" she said, kicking a fearling.

"Technically I didn't. Snowcone saved you, you just landed on me" he smiled as he ran away towards Jack and Pitch.

She heard herself giggling as she battled some more sand mares. Such an alien sound, really. Since when did she giggle?

The alien sound didn't go unnoticed.

"I didn't think you could giggle!" he yelled from the distance.

"Well, I am a girl, you idiot!" said Gretchen.

"So it seems" he laughed.

But the laughter faded away as he looked at Jack. Instinctively he turned around and threw himself over Gretchen, holding her head so she wouldn't get hurt as he pinned her to the ground.

"Hey!" she complained before the blue light from Jack's staff engulfed everything.

Gretchen almost swoon. Bunny was so darn close. His strong body was flushed against hers, her arms grabbing his strong arms. One of his hands was holding her head, his fingers buried in her hair in a gesture that felt almost intimate. She felt her heart pumping in her chest and she was sure he could feel it as well, but when she dared opened her eyes she didn't meet his gaze. His gorgeous green eyes were staring intently at Jack.


I'd like to play a little game of name that ship! Here are the options we have so far:

1) Etchen from Everlak-forever

2) Mating Season from ObsidianLove

3) Sweet Spring

4) Grabbit

Vote for one or propose a new one!