What's up! So happy to see that everyone is enjoying my little drabble series thus far! It is so weird to be at 10,000 views and triple digit reviews! But I'm not complaining, not in the least bit! So here we go again. I did two fillers, one of which being the one shot request for Midnight Lupus since she was the 100th reviewer, and the other because it just happened to hit my brain that way.
I have many MANY ideas bouncing around in my brain, a few of them being, I'm thinking about writing my own interpretation of Jack getting a sugar high(the image is just too cute, and I want to try my hand at it), Jack suffering from a memory flashback during an attack by nightmares on the workshop and his brain gets thrown into the night his father died protecting him and his mother from the British soldiers(Nice angsty little meltdown that can be derived from that when North tries to leave the workshop), and definitely a chapter for Jack and Bunny as Bunny helps Jack patch things up with Jamie. Plus a few more I'm working on in secret that I'm not telling you about.
So here is the next chapter of Pooka Jack! I hope you enjoy it!
No I don't own ROTG…this is seriously getting tedious…
"Home?"
Jack looked up at Bunny through bleary eyes as his tired brain kicked in to overdrive. Home was a tree branch in Burgess; he was lying in a really soft warm bed that was so comfortable he could barely muster the motivation to keep his eyes open. Sitting up in slow pained motions, the former winter spirit blinked a few more times, and rubbed his eyes with one paw as he struggled to remember just where he was, and how he managed to get there. Aster chuckled at his confusion.
"You're at the warren mate" he said with a smile "and this is your room."
"My room?" Jack finally got his eyes to focus and gave a look around. What he saw made his jaw drop.
Aster sat back on his heels enjoying the looks of surprise and awe that the kit was giving, his own face was glowing with pride at the accomplishment of designing a room specially made for Jack. But the wonder was cut short when Jack turned back to the Pooka, his brow furrowed with confusion.
"Wait" he said "the last thing I remember is Sandy taking me to North's workshop, how did I end up here?"
"Honestly I don't know," Aster shrugged "I just woke up myself only to find ya here in your room and in your current condition."
"My…what?" a rope of dread curled in the boy's stomach as he suddenly got the feeling that he was forgetting something extremely important.
"Your condition" Aster said with a vague wave of his hand "Your current state of self."
"My…current…state…of self?" Jack repeated numbly as his brain raced to process the rabbit's words.
"Uh…." Aster gave a nervous chuckle as he realized that either, A) the boy did not know about his transformation, or B) he didn't remember the events of the previous night, which left him with quite the problem. How was he supposed to break it to him?
Well Bunny was never one for subtle hints, or gentle revelations, so he just did what he thought was the best way to break the news to the kid "Look down Jackie."
Jack looked down and saw furry white paws, and as the blood drained from his face and his eyes grew wide, he slowly uncovered his legs from the blanket and gazed on his new form. Long legs, covered in snowy white fur, pant less. With a rush, all his memories from the night before crashed through his mind, leaving Jack in a trembling hyperventilating ball of fur. Wringing his hands, the boy tried to regain the composure he had had when he first discovered his transformation, but all attempts to keep himself from freaking out were a failure. A true blue, down to earth, kicking and screaming wig out was about to be in progress.
Furry white hands slowly made their way to his scalp as his breath came faster and faster, until finally Jack let out one solid scream of disbelief. Wide azure eyes looked up as Jack tried to ask Bunny what had happened, and why it had happened but every time he opened his mouth another scream popped out. Bunny fell backwards on to the floor, watching the teen spirit process his current situation, but he couldn't help but feel a smirk at the comical way the boy was reacting. With trembling hands, the former sprite investigated his new body, a scream shrieking from his lips with each discovery.
Jumping from the bed, Jack stumbled through the door, tripping over his feet as he went in search of the bathroom, and a mirror. Bunny raced after him, wincing each time the boy tripped and crashed into a wall, or fell face first onto the floor. Finally, Jack reached his destination; a spacious bathroom carved from marble with a luxurious Jacuzzi bathtub, and polished stone sink countertop. But the boy wasn't interested in appreciating the splendor of his friend's commode; he needed a mirror, NOW! Slipping on the marble flooring of the bathroom, Jack crashed into the sink, his chest heaving as he struggled to breathe. With eyes wide with terror, the boy glanced into the thing that would seal his doom.
His reflection stared back, but this was not the boy that he had gotten used to seeing in the reflection of the water over the past three hundred years. This was a teenage Pooka with white fur, and long ears, who was a tad shorter than Bunny. Wait…EARS?!
Jack reached up and yanked his ears down so that he could see them, and yet another scream burst from his lips "I…Have…EARS?! Rabbit ears! On My HEAD! Oh my…. No! NO! No no no no no NO!"
"Jack, you're fine" Bunny tried to console the currently disconsolate child "It will take a little getting used ta, but it isn't as bad as you think being a rabbit."
"Oh yeah, so says you, Cottontail. But I'm…" Suddenly Jack stopped as a thought hit him. Cotton tail? …..Oh God….…
With a whimper, Jack slowly turned around to look over his shoulder, his teeth biting his lower lips to combat against the shriek that was sure to follow. Looking over and down, Jack saw a fluffy tail, and as another whine slipped from his lips, he gave a heavy swallow and slowly wiggled it, his eyes going back and forth as they followed the motion. With a large wail, the boy melted into a puddle on the floor, his paws covering his eyes as loud groans and shouted words of displeasure echoed throughout the bathroom. Aster sighed at the sight, and tweaked one of the long ears not pinned underneath a furry paw.
"Jackie" the large Pooka spoke sternly though not without some amusement "Ya gotta get yourself together. So ya got turned into a Pooka, it's not all bad as ya think."
"I have a furry TAIL!" Jack wailed "and long donkey ears, how is that not bad?"
"Well…" Aster suddenly stopped as his whiskers twitched "D-donkey ears?"
Jack stayed on the floor, oblivious to the fury building inside of the Easter Bunny "This is so wrong…" he moaned.
"Donkey Ears?"
"I mean… It's one thing to be turned into a bunny, and not remember, but this? This is just so….WRONG!"
"DONKEY EARS?!"
Jack cast an indignant face at the irate rabbit "Bunny, can't you see I'm in the middle of a melt down here?"
Green eyes flashing with intense anger, and his fur bristling with the strength it took not to start yelling his head off, Bunny did the only thing instinct allowed him to do. He stomped on the ground, hard. Jack couldn't explain why, but that one foot stomp caused every fiber in his being to get on alert, and his brain raced with a sudden rush of adrenaline as his new instincts told him to 'Sit down, shut up, and Listen!'. White ears plastered themselves against his downy head in a show of submission, and Jack felt something akin to fear grip his insides, as he curled up into a ball and his azure eyes took in the angry form of his new caretaker.
Aster opened his mouth to begin lecturing the kit, but the sight of him sitting in wide eyed shock, his body a trembling ball of white fluff caused the rabbit to give pause. Cocking his head, he analyzed the situation as the pieces slowly clicked into place on why Jack was acting like that. Suddenly the realization hit like a sack of potatoes, and the Pooka had to swallow back a chuckle. In rabbit language, a hard stomp on the ground conveyed supreme irritation, and anger. It was something that bunnies would do when they were extremely unhappy, or if danger was nearby, it was also used by parents to tell their kits that they were in a heap of trouble. Jack may originally be human, but in his current form, he was dealing with a whole passel of new instincts, and Bunny was intrigued to see how much the kit was influenced by them. Fluffing his fur and raising his ears high to show dominance, Bunny gave one more firm stomp on the ground, effectively making Jack duck his head and give a small squeak of fear as his white chest heaved with the panicked breaths heaving in and out of his chest. The sight made Bunny have to swallow all the giggles that begged to be released that were crawling up his throat, he needed to maintain the stern attitude, Jack needed to learn respect for him now otherwise his time as a Pooka will prove difficult.
"Listen Snowball" Bunny spoke firmly, a growl riding on his words "Whether you like it or not you're a Pooka now, and though I don't know when you will be back to your original body, I need you to understand that I am your guardian from here on out. You need to show me respect, and acknowledge that I am the only person who will be able to teach you how to survive in your current body. Do you understand?"
"I could probably survive on my own…" Jack muttered.
Bunny merely growled and stomped the ground three more times, Jack jumping and scurrying backwards with distressed little hoots with each one. The Easter bunny was trying so hard to maintain a serious and stern face, and he hoped to God that he was succeeding, because Jack freaking out over a stomp like any other kit was just too entertaining. Bunnies don't spank the way humans do, their form of spanking or discipline was stomping on the ground, and the rabbit's instincts were wired to know that that sound was the prelude to their doom in some form or fashion. Be it by a warning of a predator, or be it by mom and dad's wrath.
"What was that Frostbite?" Bunny growled.
"Nothing!" the former winter spirit hooted.
"So does that mean you understand that you listen to me, and respect my authority without sass or degrading insults from now on?"
Jack nodded his head quickly "Yep, I got it."
"Good" Bunny smirked "Now let's get you in something less…torn up."
Jack sighed with relief that Bunny had stopped being so scary and then looked down in sorrow at his hoodie. He loved it, and enjoyed the comfort he derived from it, but if he tried to keep wearing it, it would be impossible to maintain it in a condition that would be fixable after returning to his original form. So, with a sigh, the boy gingerly peeled the now taut piece of fabric off his body. But before tossing it away, Jack remembered his current state, and immediately placed it in front of him. Bunny raised an eyebrow before the pieces clicked into place on why Jack was holding the hoodie in front of him, which only caused the older Pooka to let out a large guffaw.
"What's wrong Snowflake?"
"It's just…um…" Jack felt his ears flush and he lowered them in the attempt to hide the bright pink glowing down their length "I…I don't have…uh…I'm not wearing pants."
Bunny snorted as an explosion of giggles escaped his lips "Sorry to tell ya this mate, but bunnies don't wear daks, you're as dressed as ya get in your current form."
"You've got to be kidding me!" Jack bellowed "I can't walk around nude!"
"I do mate" Bunny shrugged "and you never had a problem with that."
"Well…" Jack scrambled for an answer his face twisted in concentration "that…That's different, I mean, because it's you and you're a rabbit! But me? I'm… I'm just…I'm still technically a boy!"
"Yep" Bunny nodded mirth shining in his eyes "You're a boy Pooka, and I don't have any clothes for ya except the armor I have on hand, but that's about it."
Bunny hopped out of the bathroom towards the winter sprite's room while Jack's shoulders deflated as his brain raced to understand that technically he was nude, but he wasn't actually naked, so it was ok. That thought alone made his mind implode from the sheer effort it took to comprehend. Finally with a sigh of resignation, Jack stood up on wobbly legs, and followed his new caretaker out of the restroom, and back to his room. Once arriving, Aster stood next to the suit of Pooka armor he had crafted, and Jack slowly approached the Easter bunny.
"Here ya go Snowflake" Bunny said proudly gesturing towards the armor "I made this while you were a kit, and I think it will look right nice on ya if I do say so myself."
Jack eyed the armor, his eyes widening as he took in the beautiful detail of the leather and gems. "You" he practically whispered "You made this…for me?"
"Yep!" Aster smirked though his ears turned a soft shade of pink "Don't know why, but I thought that maybe you would like to have it, or might need it someday."
Jack felt tears prick at his eyes "I…I've never had a gift given to me before."
"Well don't just stand there gawkin'!" the rabbit cried, his chest nearly bursting with pride "put it on!"
Jack didn't need to be told twice, with the help of Bunny he strapped the shin guards on his legs, gauntlets onto his wrists, and buckling the staff holster across his chest and situating his staff into the pouch on his back. Hopping on all fours, Jack rushed back to the bathroom and gazed at himself in the mirror. Bunny followed him, and then leaned against the door frame as he watched the young kit admire his reflection. A fond smile lit Aster's face as the white Pooka turned to see himself at all angles on the polished surface. Finally Jack turned to his guardian, a huge smile splitting his face.
"I've gotta admit" Jack grinned "despite the fact that I'm running around naked, I look really cool!"
Well I hope you guys liked it, I know it isn't much of a chapter since this was the filler chapter that progresses the story and there is not much you can do with the waking up scene LOL but I do hope it is as good as all the others.
Remember guys, every 100 viewers, the lucky 100th reviewer gets their very own one shot request, and if you want it, then you have to keep REVIEWING!
For now, I'm going to sit back and enjoy the chocolate eggs that I bought at the store last night, and then move on to the chocolate bunny. I'm addicted to chocolate, and yes it can be a breakfast food LOL!
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