Just because I like you, the answer to your questions is coming in this chapter.

Thank you all for the reviews and support!

It seems that (almost unanimously) the ship name is 'Grabbit', which is funny, I would have put my money on ''Mating Season"


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

"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.

Jack got close to Gretchen and froze the nightmare with his staff, but just as he went to catch her in mid air, Pitch tackled him.

"Not so fast Frost!" said Pitch, his yellow eyes looking straight at the icy blue ones, his hands on Jack's staff.

An explosion of ice from the staff threw Pitch away, and Jack flew towards Gretchen as fast a he could, but before he could reach her he was surrounded by black sand.

"Jack, Jack, Jack. Really? Mother Nature couldn't defeat me and you thought you could?!" said Pitch.

The Boogeyman had been waiting for this moment for quite some time now, revenge from the winter boy who stopped him two years ago, when he was so close to winning, so close to being believed in again.

"I'm not afraid of you!" said Jack.

"Oh, really?" said Pitch, taking a little terrified fairy out of his pocket. "How about we answer that little question of yours? What happens to the Tooth Fairy if one of her mini fairies dies?"

The Nightmare King stretched his hand out so Frost could see the little fairy being crushed between his fingers. She couldn't breath and her little face, so familiar to Jack, was turning blue.

The little magenta eyes were staring at him, wide with terror as life escaped from them. They were so similar to the eyes he loved that they stirred something in Jack, something he wasn't even sure was there. He closed his eyes.

"Let. Her. Go" he said between his teeth, and when he opened his eyes he looked straight into the yellow ones.

Pitch saw something in Jack's eyes, something that reminded him of being locked in a damp cell, chained to the wall, tortured for days on end. The Nightmare King's eyes became saucers as his hand loosened it's grip on the fairy.

"Get out of here" Jack said to Baby Tooth. He was still talking between his teeth.

Both little fairies flew away, followed by the brave fairy who had been helping Bunny.

Pitch composed himself, remembering that his fear was unreasonable, that his new powers defeated those who had harmed him. And so all his nightmares came over Jack, black sand blinding him, consuming him.

Bunny was on his way to help, when he saw Jack holding his staff with both hands, rage written all over his face, before the black sand engulfed him. And knowing Snowflake, he guessed what would happen next.

What he didn't guessed was the flash of green he saw on Jack's eyes when the blue light stopped shinning, or the look of sheer terror on Pitch's face.

Bunny smelled of a luscious forest after the rain. His strong arms made her feel safe, protected, even during the end of the world. In any case, dying in his arms wouldn't be so bad. But she realized the feeling was not mutual, because his attention was somewhere else.

"What's wrong?" asked Gretchen.

Bunny looked at her, their eyes locking for a second. Staring into her dark green eyes, the pooka became very aware of her body trembling under his, of her heart trying to escape from her chest, of how soft she was, of how good she smelled. Damned Frostbite.

"You OK?" he managed to whisper. His throat had suddenly become very dry.

"Yes" she said, batting her eyelashes.

Batting. Her. Eyelashes. Not complaining. Trembling. And so bloody close. Damned Snowflake!

"C'mon! We have to help!" he said, getting up in a swift movement and holding her hand to help her up. He didn't let go of her hand as they both ran towards the building closest to Jack.

The Groundhog would have normally complained about being dragged by her hand, arguing that she was perfectly capable of walking by herself, but her knees were so weak from their previous proximity that she was sure only his hand was preventing her from falling.

"That shouldn't have worked" whispered Pitch.

"I told you, I'm not afraid" said Jack, laughing a terrifying laugh, so different from his usual cheerful one.

Bunny and Gretchen reached the rooftop.

"Stay here" he said. There was something in his eyes she couldn't quite put her finger on, but it made her stay put.

"Jack, mate..." said Bunny, approaching the winter spirit cautiously.

The evil eyes softened as Jack turned towards Bunny and Gretchen.

"I'm sorry. I'm glad you're OK" said Jack, just before the wind stopped supporting him and he fell on the rooftop next to the pooka.

"Gaia..." whispered the hellion, his icy blue eyes filled with fear "we have to get out of here, now!" he opened a portal and signaled Bunny and Gretchen to follow him. Baby Tooth and the other two fairies crossed the portal right behind them, to the Globe room, in North's workshop.

"What the Hell was that all about?!" asked Bunny.

"I can't be around Gaia. My powers disappear around her and she likes to play with fire. Without my powers I can't escape." said Jack, talking as fast as Tooth.

"Jack... that's not..." Bunny started hesitant. He had inferred the part about Mother Nature, he wanted to know about Pitch... about the other Jack.

"Hang on" said the winter boy, taking his blue sphere out of his pocket "North"

"Jack?" spoke the Russian man through the sphere.

"Are you all OK?" asked the winter boy, his pale face a tell tale for Bunny.

"They were fighting Gaia!" whispered the pooka.

"We're all fine, Jack. Gaia just disappeared we don't know why." replied North. Jack breathed a sight of relief.

"I know why, because I scared the life out of Pitch, that's why. She most have seen him and she came to help him. He must be traumatized or something, because he got really scared when his powers didn't work on me." said Jack.

"Or something..." whispered Bunny.

"They know about the fairies. They know that something may happen to Tooth!" the winter boy continued, oblivious to Bunny's comment.

"We separated to cover more ground..." said North.

"Wait a minute, aren't you all getting weak too?" asked Bunny.

"That was you... weak?!" Gretchen heard the words come out of her mouth before she could stop them. Bunny turned around and smiled at her proudly. She rolled her eyes.

"We don't have choice, no?" said North closing his sphere.

"We have to go as well" said Jack.

"Wow Snowflake, you're not going anywhere!" said Bunny.

"You've got to be kidding me!" said Jack.

"It's too dangerous, you're staying" said the Pooka. He wasn't sure whether it was too dangerous for Jack or for everyone else, but it was definitely dangerous.

Bunny turned around to look a Gretchen. He was trying to decide wether leaving her with Jack was riskier than bringing her along. He finally decided that she was safer where he could see her.

"Let's go Gretchen" he stretched his hand out for her to take it, craving to touch her soft fur again. She rolled her eyes and went to stand by his side, not taking his hand.

Gretchen had always hated Bunny for the same reason: she fell in love with him at first sight, centuries ago. She came out of her whole, saw her shadow and proclaimed that spring should be delayed that year. And along he came, so tall and sexy, his smoldering eyes looking straight at hers. But Bunny had never returned that love. He hated her for who she was, hated her for the job she did. And she hated him in return, for not wanting her. And she hated him even more now, because they had gotten so close, because she could still feel the warmth of his skin next to hers, because she wanted to stay in his arms and never let go, because their encounter had obviously meant nothing to him.

"Tooth is in danger and I'm not about to sit here and do nothing!" said Jack. He was dangerously angry now.

"Wow, handsome, calm down!" said the Groundhog walking towards Jack. Bunny grabbed her wrist but she pulled away, looking menacingly at the pooka. "Whatever it was you did to Pitch, we need more of that. But we can't risk loosing you to Gaia. She's everywhere. All the time. We can't have you in the line of fire, handsome. You're better staying. You'll be more useful to everyone if you stay safe."

"But... OK" said Jack, to Bunny's surprise.

Gretchen kissed the winter boy's cheek, painting his cheeks blue.

"Let's go, Sheila!" said Bunny, angrily. "He has a girlfriend, you know?" he said, as they crossed the portal.

Jack smiled. He should have known that Bunny hated the Groundhog because he was secretly in love with her.


Just in case, before you ask, Tooth never saw Gaia through her fairies because the fairies never got to see Gaia, neither were they afraid of Gaia at any point. Only strong emotions trigger the connection. Tooth prob saw the fairy being strangled but not much else