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Bunny looked up to see the form of an overheated winter spirit, who was currently staring at him with wide eyes, and a mouth that opened and shut much like a fish attempting to breath outside of water. He felt his eyebrows furrow as he tilted his head in confusion, and then slowly shoved himself up onto his elbows in an attempt to stand up. But suddenly the bunny turned human felt something strange, a breeze cut across him, but the weird part was that it hit…exposed skin…

"What?" Bunny murmured as he looked down…and immediately regretted said decision.

He gazed on the naked form of a muscular eighteen year old young man, with tattoos resembling his former stripes covering his body. His armor hung loosely from his chiseled frame, and Bunny felt a wave of panic knock his senses askew. Jack stayed where he was standing, his eyes wide, and his hands gripping his staff so tightly his knuckles were an even lighter shade of pale. Both boys looked up until they locked eyes, and the result was immediate, both burst out screaming in each other's faces as they struggled to process just what happened to the Pooka.

"…Y-you…!" Jack gasped "Y-you're…HUMAN!"

"…I know…" Bunny whimpered in between panicked shrieks.

"You're…HUMAN!" Jack repeated.

"I KNOW!" Bunny shouted.

The duo stared at each other before screaming all over again, Jack's hands spreading apart as his mouth hung agape with the screams of surprise issuing from it "And…" the winter sprite bellowed in sudden shock "You're NAKED!"

Bunny quickly looked down, and let out another scream, using his armor to try and cover up the important areas "Then stop LOOKING!"

"How am I not going to notice a naked guy running around the woods?" Jack shrieked "It's not like it's something you normally see!"

"Ya never cared while I was a Pooka!" Bunny bellowed.

"That's because you had FUR," Jack spluttered as he waved his arms wildly "and you were a rabbit, so it hardly counts!"

"Well it's not like I wanted ta end up like this," Aster yelled as he ran to hide behind a tree, tripping over his own legs and the loose shin guards "so stop yelling at me!"

"I'm not yelling at you!" Jack screamed with a foot stomp.

"You're doin' a fairly good impression of it then," The rabbit turned human yelled back as he peeked around the tree trunk to glare at Jack "why don't you do somethin' productive and go get North!"

"Fine, I will!"

"Good!"

"BYE!"

Bunny leaned against the rough bark of the tree, a firm pout decorating his features, but suddenly a soft thud sounded behind him. Leaning back around, the Pooka noticed that Jack had fainted and fallen into the grass, which resulted in Bunny hitting his forehead with his palm. Luckily he did not have to consider Plan B, because it was then that he heard sleigh bells. Breathing a sigh of relief, the former Pooka waited till North landed the sleigh, and then looked over to where the reindeer were pawing the ground. Slowly stepping around the tree, Bunny walked tentatively across the grass, trying to be as modest as possible in his new situation. North was already at Jack's side, asking him if Pitch had attacked, to which Jack replied with senseless gibberish that had something to do with naked rabbits. North wouldn't understand what Jack was talking about until he looked up, and locked eyes with Bunny.

"Hey mate," Bunny said uncertainly his feet shuffling in discomfort "ya don't mind lendin' me yer coat, do ya?"

North felt his mouth drop open as he gazed at Bunny, to which the Pooka sighed "Jest get it out, mate," he growled in irritation "might as well scream now so we can take care of business later."

North willingly complied, his blue eyes wide as his hands flew to his head and gripped his hair. One finger began wildly pointing at Bunny, a scream accompanying each part he pointed at as he tried to convey his shock and confusion. Bunny waited patiently, one foot tapping the ground, and his nails drumming the piece of Pooka armor currently hiding his front from view. Finally after about five minutes, North regained his composure, and promptly walked over, plunking his coat around Bunny. Aster promptly stuck his arms through the coat, and wrapped it around himself, feeling a little better now that he was properly covered.

"…Uh…" North began nervously "Do I want to know?"

"I think it was Pitch," Aster said in as confident and tough voice that he could muster while standing wearing only North's coat "I got a weird egg, and when I opened it, purple smoke surrounded me and I woke up like this."

"Hmmm…" North hummed as one hand played with his bottom lip in thoughtful silence "well," the large man shrugged "it is best we get back to North Pole, that way Jack can recover, and you can get some clothes."

"Agreed," Bunny nodded firmly, and proceeded to walk towards the sleigh.

In no time, the trio had made the trip and Bunny was dressed in modern clothing made for young men his age. Black jean pants adorned his legs, while a tight fitting white T-shirt covered by a black leather bomber jacket covered his torso. Thick mountain boots were on his feet, and North had even made a leather side holster that buckled around his waist and rested on one slim hip for his boomerangs. All in all, the rabbit looked pretty cool, and the guardians were impressed with his transformation. Tooth even blushed when Aster glanced her way, his stormy green eyes accented by the grayish blue hair on his head.

"Well, this stinks," Aster sighed as he plopped down on the couch "but it could be a lot worse."

"Exactly, good thought Bunny," North bellowed in agreement "for now we just think about helping you get comfortable in your room so that later, we figure out how to turn you back."

"I agree," Jack nodded from where he sat on a nearby table "there isn't much we can do right now, but I do have a question."

"Yeah," Bunny asked slowly "and what's that?"

"Why do you look so…so…young?"

Bunny jerked back as if slapped "Because I am, when I was chosen as a Guardian I was still a young male in Pooka terms. We age much slower than humans, and I was still in my prime when I became the Easter Bunny."

"Oh…" Jack said, his eyes wide at the realization.

Aster jumped from the couch, stomping over to the winter sprite "And what's that supposed to mean? What, ya don't believe me?"

Jack shrugged at the angry teen towering over him "I just thought that you were, you know…older."

"And you're a stupid little kid, but I knew that." Bunny spat.

"You act like some ancient rabbit with arthritis!" Jack retorted "Always complaining about how cold it is, or how your paws ache, you can't blame me for not thinking you were still young."

"I'm not some doddering old man, ya git!" Bunny snarled.

"Hey," Jack snapped back, his hands rising in front of him defensively "it's not my fault that you act like a grumpy old man most of the time."

"Say that to me one more time, Snowflake," Bunny growled "I dare ya!"

"You're a grumpy old Bunny," Jack repeated slowly now nose to nose with the rabbit turned human.

"Frostbite!"

"Kangaroo!"

"Brain freeze!"

"Furless freak!"

"BOYS!" Tooth finally shrieked causing both young men to look in her direction "Enough fighting! We are supposed to be family, and while families do have disagreements, I will not allow you to bicker when we need to figure out just what Pitch did to Bunny. So zip it, and sit you're butts down, before I make sure that you get a quarter under your pillows tonight!"

Both boys blanched at the threat, knowing that it was a sure promise if they had disobeyed, and promptly sat down occasionally nudging each other in irritation. Tooth turned back to the team, her face cleared of the angry cloud and now happy and upbeat once again.

"Now," she chirped "I and the girls will get to work researching Bunny's…condition…and I will report back on anything I find."

With a flutter of wings, the humanoid hummingbirds flit off in the direction of the library leaving the men on their own. Sandy quickly signed that he needed to get to work, and he also left. North looked over at the two boys, and gave a heavy sigh, dragging one heavy hand down his face. In truth, Jack and Bunny were the youngest members, for as the rabbit had said, he too was stuck in the flower of youth when he had been chosen by MiM to become the Easter Bunny. Jack was young, stuck at sixteen for the rest of eternity, and Bunny was not much better, as he was trapped at eighteen, which probably explained why they always became so immature around each other. They really were brothers in more than one way, they were both stuck in the minds and bodies of youth, and they both were alone having gone through unthinkable horrors just to survive and make it where they were today. But if only they could realize that!

"Ok!" North said with a clap of his hands "Let's go and get Bunny's room ready for him, I'm sure he will need a new bed, and plenty of clothes. THEN, we can play in the gym, and help him get used to his new body, yes?"

"Fine," Jack muttered, still mad at Bunny.

"Whatever," Aster shrugged refusing to look at the winter spirit on his right.

With belabored movements that screamed their reluctance to go alone with North's plans, the boys stood and stomped up the stairs and walked the length of hall till they reached Bunny's room. Quietly, they took down the nest that had originally stood in the corner, and together they helped the Yetis piece the large sleigh style bed together, and cover it with mattresses and blankets. It was during this time while he and Jack were silently hanging up new clothes in the wardrobe, Bunny felt a strange feeling clutch his chest in an icy vice grip. Looking around, the rabbit turned teen absorbed the sight of a normal human bed, and then looked down at the item of human clothing he was currently holding in his hands. Suddenly his throat grew thick, and Aster felt his eyes begin to sting and burn, and his nose began to drip as he fought the panic attack that was hitting him in waves.

Jack had not noticed the change until he heard Bunny begin to sniffle every five minutes, and then looked over just in time to see the larger teen boy make a quick swipe at his eyes and wipe his nose with his hand. "Um…" Jack began softly his blue eyes gazing at the former Pooka with worry "Are you ok Bunny."

"M' fine," came the gruff reply.

"No, no you're not," Jack leaned closer "are you crying?"

"No, I'm not," Bunny snarled green eyes flashing with anger at being caught "so just leave me alone!"

"Then what's wrong," Jack huffed "allergies?"

"It's none of yer business Snowflake, so shove off."

"Look, if you have a problem, you shouldn't just bottle it up," Jack winced inwardly as he realized how many times he had broken his own advice "you should just talk about it."

"Well I don't wanna talk about it with you," Aster snapped "you wouldn't understand, so just leave me ALONE!"

Throwing the shirt down, Bunny stomped from the room and slammed the door as he ran into the hall. Jack rushed to the door, opening it and gazing after the form of the transformed Pooka as he sprinted down the hallway. Quickly running back into the room to grab his staff, Jack followed the running human teen, flying as fast as he could without endangering himself in the attempt to catch up. Bunny ran, the feeling of hopelessness weighing his heart down as he realized how slow and clunky he felt. He hated this, hated not having the familiar agility of a Pooka, hated feeling so weak and helpless, hated not being able to see the hope in this situation, and most of all he hated feeling like he no longer had the right to be a guardian. He just wanted a quiet place, somewhere he could think, and gather his thoughts. Sprinting up the winding staircases, Bunny ran until he found a small door, and burst through it to find himself on the roof.

Even though it was freezing, Bunny plopped himself on the tiled roof, and finally allowed himself to have a melt down over being turned human. Tears sped faster and faster down his face as his chest heaved with the shuddering breaths wracking his frame. Jerking broken sobs wracked his frame, and Bunny wrapped his arms around himself as he doubled over, and allow screams of fear, hopelessness, and grief issue from his mouth. Wails and curses rang from the roof, all the while the teen sat there trembling both from the cold and from the force of his weeping. Strong hands gripped his gray hair, and his eyes clenched shut as he rocked back and forth, trying to withstand the tsunami of emotional pain destroying him from the inside out, and shattering his heart beneath its booted feet. This was how Jack found him.

Guilt for how he had treated him earlier flooded the winter child as he shuffled uncomfortably in the snow, his sad blue eyes watching his friend sob from the torment attacking his mind and emotions. Slowly, tentatively, Jack walked across the space separating them, and knelt behind Bunny. Arms reached out to hug him, but they stopped when he noticed how violently Aster was shivering from the already cold environment, and so he settled with sitting behind the teen backwards, his back propped against Bunny's broad one. Aster immediately tensed, feeling the familiar cold form of Jack, but after realizing that Jack was not going to berate him for his less than dignified state Bunny relaxed against the comfort of having someone sit with him and continued his much needed cry out. Finally after about five or so minutes, Bunny came to a shuddering stop, and merely sat on the roof, sniffling every once in a while.

"You know," Jack said softly, his arms hugging his knees after placing his staff on the roof "I come here too, to think…it's nice…because no one really comes up here so I don't have to worry about anyone spying or bothering me when I want to be alone."

"Yeah," Aster replied in a slightly nasal voice as he rubbed his nose and gazed out on the frozen tundra with red rimmed eyes "it's a pretty good place…except its bloody freezin' out here."

Jack let a small breathy laugh burst from his lips "Yeah, sorry, I don't really notice it, but it's still a great place to come."

Aster merely nodded, a small smile quirking his face. Jack waited a few moments, his hands idly stroking his staff, before speaking again "You can come back here," he said quietly "if you want to, I mean it's always nice to have an...escape."

Bunny paused, his whirling mind finally finding a grip on one solid piece of truth, that whether he knew it or not the guardians, including Jack, were his family. Drawing his knees up to his chin, Bunny hugged himself, before replying to the youngest member of the team.

"Thanks…"

WOW! How did I manage to write all this in one night? I have no idea, but somehow it worked…Enjoy, and PLEASE review!