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As promised, fluff and action (OK, just a little action, I got carried away with the fluff, you know me)


"Gretchen, do you have anything to add?" asked North, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

"No. I just learned to run away every time Gaia looses control. She's usually pretty good around me anyway, she said I calm her down. But she also tried to kill me yesterday, so I wouldn't bet any money on that." she replied.

"We'll, I suppose they'll be at Gaia's Palace." offered Tooth.

"Too dangerous, sheila. We can't try to fight her on her own territory." said Bunny.

Sandy made a picture of the planet above his head. The whole world was Gaia's territory.

"You're right Sandy, but I agree with Bunny. Better to meet them somewhere we know, no?" added the Russian man.

"Burgess..." said Jack "we have believers there, you all will be stronger. The whole town is in ruins so it's not like we'll be causing any damage. All the survivors are gathered inside an old theater outside of town. If we stay away they'll be safe too."

"Believers, huh?" asked North with a knowing smile.

Jack smiled back. He didn't want to take too much credit. Bunny didn't know he had left the workshop earlier and Jack didn't want to listen to another one of his rants.

"Do we all agree on Burgess?" asked the Guardian of Wonder.

"Yes" said Bunny, to Jack's surprise.

"Yes" said Tooth.

Jack and Sandy nodded.

"Will they find us there?" asked Gretchen.

"Without a doubt, sheila" answered the pooka.

"We should get going then" said North, standing up.

Tooth got up and she immediately missed the cold from Jack's arms. She walked towards North and Bunny seized the chance to talk to the winter spirit.

"Mate, I..."

"Don't worry about it. I can't be mad at you for looking after her" said Jack looking at Tooth across the room "besides, little princess, we're making progress! Last time you wanted to kill me, this time you just tried to lock me up." laughed the winter boy.

"What can I say? You kinda grow on people, Snow White!" the pooka said, also laughing.

"I know, I can't help it, Princess Kangaroo" said Jack.

Tooth approached North.

"I need five minutes alone with Jack. We haven't had a chance to talk since we... broke up." said the fairy.

"I'll get the others in the sleigh. I'm thinking Gretchen and Bunny will need some persuasion, no? Don't take too long." said North, patting her back.

Jack went to follow Bunny out of the room, when his girlfriend's tiny hand caught his, pulling him back inside.

"Tooth, we have to..." his words got lost somewhere in her magenta eyes. Really, those eyes were literally hypnotizing.

She wrapped her hands around his neck and he held her tight, every line of her soft body pressed against his. Jack's face laid on his favorite spot, just between her neck and her shoulder, and he inhaled the flower nectar from her skin. This was heaven. This was home.

"How are you?" she whispered.

"I'm great!" he replied smiling, referring to that perfect moment right there.

Tooth slapped his head softly.

"Silly you! I mean, how are you... with North ... Bunny... everything that's going on, knowing that somehow you are still..."

He pulled away just enough to look at her.

"It's OK. I understand why they were worried. For a moment there I was worried too, before we talked to MiM. I'm still a bit worried." his eyes were searching hers "I'm sorry if I did make you feel uncomfortable. I never meant to..."

She used her index finger to keep him from talking.

"All you ever did was giving me giant butterflies and making my knees weak." she giggled "you always stopped when I asked you to and I do trust you. I know you can control whatever this is."

"When you said you'd come with me... I-I love so much Toothie, I-I... thank you." he just couldn't find the words to express what he felt. So much love and gratitude mixed together.

"I also want to be with you forever" she smiled, touching the heart shape pendant hanging from her neck "I was thinking... when this is over, maybe we can do it your way, maybe... if you want to, you could move to the Palace with me and the girls."

Jack chuckled.

"Only if get the left side of the bed!"

"Hey! You know that's my side!" protested the fairy.

"Just kidding. We are not doing anything 'my way'" he said, raising an eyebrow. "I'll keep waiting until we can do it your way, whatever that is." he said, closing the gap between them.

Jack was kissing her, the real Jack. Their lips danced softly, gently, as he held her tight, kissing her wonderful smile. They spun slowly in the air: frost and feathers.


Sandy made a picture of the sleight above his head, followed by a question mark.

"Yes, the other one was destroyed beyond repair. But you didn't really think I only had one, no? This is sport model" North winked.

"Mate, I really don't want to get on that dodgy dead trap." said Bunny, looking wide-eyed at the black sleigh. It was smaller than the one he knew and it had flame decals all over it.

"C'mon Bunny! This is not the time to separate. We all have to stick together, no?" said North.

Bunny gave an enormous sight as he walked towards the death trap. His hand instinctively searched behind him for Gretchen but she was nowhere to be found. He turned around to find her standing against the wall, almost holding on to it. A small, understanding smile adorned his face.

"Gretchen, is everything OK?" he asked, standing maybe one step closer than what was socially acceptable.

"There's no way I'm getting on that thing!" she whispered.

"C'mon sheila! We have to stick together, it's dangerous out there!" he said.

"The moment we leave the Pole, there'll be freaking storms everywhere!" she said, her eyes wide with fear.

Bunny was feeling a little guilty. He knew exactly what was going to happen, this wasn't going to be a pleasant ride and he himself didn't want to get on the bloody sleigh. He knew that she was still shaken from that morning when she almost... who wouldn't be shaken? And now he was asking her to put herself in danger once more.

"Hey, I got you" he said, holding her shoulders in his hands.

"No offense, but you can't fly either. I would prefer Goldie right now" she said looking at Sandy.

Bunny chuckled and held her hand.

"I've got you. I'm not letting go until our feet are safely on the ground once more. I promise." His eyes were trying to convey what his words didn't. 'I would never let anything happen to you'.

Those eyes. She seriously wondered if he knew what he was doing to her. She knew she would regret it, but she was unable to say no as his hand pulled her towards the sleigh and helped her up.

Sandy looked at their hands and smiled excited, but Bunny looked at him angry. It wasn't like that and he better drop it before he ruined everything.

Jack and Tooth got on the sleigh shortly after. They were also holding hands.

"OK everyone, buckle up!" said North as the sleigh took off.

As soon as they were in the air, Gretchen's claws started digging into the pooka's skin, but he didn't dare complaining. He was the one who got her that scared after all.


The Groundhog's suspicions were right, and as soon as they crossed the portal, they met a perfect storm. The wind was blowing impossibly strong, the pouring rain clouding their senses, making it hard to see the others, even though they were standing less than a meter away from each other.

The sleigh twisted and turned, making it hard to hang on to it. She felt Bunny shifting, placing both her hands on the side of the sleigh and his body hunching over hers.

"Hold on!" he screamed in her ear as the sleigh did a three sixty.

She felt him loosing his grip on the slippery wood and fall.

"Bunnyyyy!" Gretchen screamed, but she knew the others couldn't hear her. "God dammit!" she yelled angrily.

She jumped out of the sleight after Bunny.