Ok, in honor of my 1,000th review, I am not picking one, but TWO winners for the REVIEW GAMES!

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While reconnecting with my childhood, I decided to write this little drabble, merely because it sounded adorable.

No, I do NOT own ROTG

"North, we need ta talk…"

North looked up and saw Bunny striding into his personal office, a concerned look on his face, while his eyes were dull with worry. The large man felt dread stir in his stomach, and immediately took off his reading glasses, giving Bunny his full attention.

"Is something wrong, old friend?"

"I'm worried about Jack," Bunny sighed.

Shock went through North's system and he felt an eyebrow rise in curiosity "Why would you be worried about Jack?" he asked incredulously "I thought you and he were getting along, and that things were going well for him."

"I thought that too, mate," Bunny shrugged as he sat down on a chair nearby the desk and propped one foot up on his knee "I mean, it's been two years since he became a Guardian and he's getting more believers every day, but…"

"But?" North encouraged as he leaned forward and braced his arms on the desk top.

"I don't know," the rabbit heaved another sigh was he rubbed his temples between two fingertips "I saw him the other day, and the kid looked lonely as anything. He practically went crazy tryin' ta make me feel at home near his lake when I popped in for a visit, almost like he was scared I would never come back if he didn't do everythin' in his power ta help me enjoy my visit."

"So," North spoke softly "you think he is…lonely?"

"Yeah," Aster nodded his voice barely above a whisper "I thought we were doin' better North, I thought that the kid had helped us move on from bein' workaholics with no time for anyone but ourselves, but I think I'm wrong."

"What can we do?" North said heaving his own grieved sigh "the fact is, we are very busy, we have borders to patrol, children to protect, and it is very likely that Pitch may try something again in the near future. We cannot be there for Jack all the time, even though he is lonely."

"True," Bunny conceded "even in my off seasons, I still have to travel finding new flowers ta make inta paint for the next year, not ta mention the rounds we all put in making sure the children are safe. And ta make matters worse, it doesn't help us any when the kid could stay at one of our places but stays away."

"You know him Bunny," North rumbled as he leaned back in his chair and folded his hands across his stomach "he has only been Guardian for two years, and I am lucky that he even decides to come here during his off season. Because of our negligence he is still learning to trust us, and has yet to fully understand that he can come to us for anything."

"So what do we do?"

The question was posed with drooping ears, and green eyes so full of guilty misery it took every ounce of willpower within Father Christmas not to laugh "Well." The man shrugged "we can see about getting Jack a friend, something he can keep with him at all times."

Bunny's ears twitched in interest "Yeah," he murmured "I have my googies, you have elves and yetis, even tooth has her mini fairies, why shouldn't Jack have someone ta keep him company."

"I have an idea," the Russian said as he leaned forward with a conspiratorial grin accompanied by twinkling blue eyes "You know that the two year anniversary of him joining the Guardians is coming up soon…"

"We could throw him a party!" Aster exploded "we couldn't do it last year, and that way when we give him a present, Jack won't feel weird, or think it's a pity gift!"

"Exactly," North nodded in satisfaction "but what do we give him?"

"That's a good question," Bunny grumbled as he scratched the back of his neck thoughtfully "maybe a cat?"

"No," North shook his head "cats are too temperamental, and might not be good companion for Jack."

"Birds are too flighty," Aster sighed "a fish would freeze, and a dog…" the rabbit made a face of disgust at mere idea "a dog just wouldn't work…"

"Actually," North blinked as the idea struck him "a puppy would be perfect."

"What?! NO!" Bunny burst out "Have ya already forgotten what Jamie's dog almost did ta me? No, no way, no how, we are NOT getting some rabid canine that's hungerin' fer a bite o' rabbit!"

"And what," North asked with barely suppressed amusement "happened to the Bunny who is a master of Tai Chi with nerves of steel, or are you too afraid of a little puppy?"

"That…" Bunny squawked indignantly "Tha's just rude! A low blow tha's what that was!"

North let out a jolly laugh "It is ok," he consoled "if we get the animal young enough, it can easily be trained not to…hunt you."

Bunny pouted as his ears twitched giving away the hilarious battle of epic proportions being waged in his head over the pros and cons of a dog before he finally let out a sigh as his concern over Jack's wellbeing won out in the end "Fine…" he grumbled "let's get the twerp a dog."

"Fine," North nodded happily "I will take care of finding a suitable breed, you will be in charge of pulling together the party."

"Sounds good," Aster nodded as he stood up and tapped the ground "I wanna stay as far away from the little beast as possible."

North let out a long and loud laugh as the rabbit disappeared down a hole, then got busy researching dogs.

….

The next two weeks went by swiftly, with Bunny pulling Tooth into the Warren and getting her to help him decorate for the party, a request she was very eager to comply to. Sandy was partnered with North in training the puppy, and preparing him to meet Jack. When they had first gotten the dog, North had tricked Bunny into coming to Santoff Clausen, only to laugh his head off when the Pooka practically leapt into the rafters screaming his head off about a 'snarling rabid monster'. Soon enough though, Jack's surprise party was well on its way to being ready to spring on the still unsuspecting winter spirit.

Jack had been pretty busy the past couple weeks, what with spreading a light dusting of snow across North America before Easter, but he had tried a couple times to visit the Guardians. To be perfectly honest, Easter still left a squeamish feeling inside him, and he was worried that the Guardians would remember his failure of massive proportions every time it came around. Unfortunately that feeling only solidified when all of a sudden, he wasn't allowed in or near the warren, Tooth wasn't giving him the time of day, Sandy kept rushing off hurriedly placing his bowler hat over any picture that may pop up over his head, and Santa? Well North refused to let Jack in the workshop. It was the day before Easter when the frost sprite landed at his lake, and curled up on a tree branch, his heart aching with memories plaguing him about that fateful Sunday when he ruined Easter.

Hugging his knees to his chest, Jack took deep breaths, fighting the empty feeling that threatened to swallow him alive and blinking back tears that threatened to fall "I'm so stupid…" he muttered to no one in particular "Of course they don't want to see me, I would just remind them how it was my fault that Pitch almost won two years ago."

"Oi, Frostbite!"

Jack jumped, startled by the sudden voice shouting near his lake, and lost his balance effectively falling off the tree branch and landing on the ground with a loud splat in the mud.

"Crikey!" Bunny exclaimed as he ran over and lent the child a hand "ya ok mate?"

"Uh…yeah," Jack answered hesitantly as he watched Bunny swipe at the mud covering him.

"Good, good," Aster chuckled as he looked the boy over and then shook his head helplessly "ya know what? I think ya should just shower at the Pole and change inta some clean clothes there before we go ta the warren."

"Why am I going to your place?" Jack wondered as he followed Bunny a few yards away from the lake.

"Huh? Uh…." Aster scratched the back of his neck, he hadn't actually thought of what to tell Jack to get him to come to the warren, he had just assumed the boy would come "we're…having…a meeting!"

"A meeting," The sprite jerked back as his mind raced with fear and dread, were they going to discuss whether he was going to be allowed to stay a Guardian? "What kind of meeting?"

"A…special one…" The rabbit scrambled for words as he turned around with a barely concealed grimace at his ineptitude on keeping a secret from Jack without looking suspicious.

"Oh no…" Jack's chest heaved as he felt himself begin to hyperventilate "You…you guys…you're going to throw me out, aren't you?!"

"WHAT?!" Aster turned around his face slack in complete and utter shock, one foot frozen in the air from where he had prepared to make a tunnel "Where would you an idea like that?!"

"Well how do you explain being ignored for two weeks?" Jack burst out, his legs with trembling as he clutched his staff to his chest as if it were a shield against future hurt "I mean, you don't let me near the warren, and Tooth and Sandy can't stay away far enough, and then North locks me out of the workshop…I mean…what am I supposed to think? Except that you can't stand the thought of having someone who ruined Easter, someone like me, as a Guardian anymore!"

"What…Jack, no!" Aster rushed over to place his paws firmly on the violently shaking shoulders and lock eyes with wide fear filled cerulean orbs "We would never think that, ever!"

"Then…why?" the words came out a choked sob as two tears trailed down pale cheeks.

Aster sighed, knowing that he needed to keep the party a secret, but the looks Jack was giving him was breaking his heart "How about this," he finally murmured "we get ya cleaned up at North's and then we head over ta my place, and I'll have a nice long talk with ya and explain the past couple weeks, eh?"

Jack captured his bottom lip between his teeth, his gaze going to the ground as he weighed how much he really trusted Bunny's words before finally nodding "Ok, we can do that."

"Good," Aster nodded one paw ruffling the muddied white head "now, let's get ya washed up mate, because ya look like ya took a swim in a storm drain."

Jack nodded, still feeling insecure and unsure about the situation, but quickly followed after Bunny through the tunnel and into Santoff Clausen. Bunny waited while Jack took a lukewarm shower, cold enough where he didn't get burned, but warm enough to wash the impurities away, and then he changed into some spare clothes that the large man had a yeti make for him. A black hoodie with a neon blue lightning bolt down the front, and a comfortable pair of jeans, sans the shoes of course. And soon the duo were off towards the Warren, both worrying in their own way about what the near future held in store.

Sliding over the threshold of the main entrance, Jack looked around, searching for the other Guardians, when he suddenly noticed that Bunny was no longer there "Great," Jack muttered as he crept forward with tentative steps "just what I need, the rabbit pulling a Houdini."

Taking a deep breath, Jack suddenly decided to skip this so called 'special meeting', and lifted one foot as he prepared to march out of the Warren and back to Burgess. However he was not expecting a veritable ocean of googies to swarm his other foot, thereby tripping him, and thus began to carry the child back inside the main plaza of the warren. Jack let out a scream as he fell onto the eggs, and began to be carried by the multicolored flood through the tunnels at a surprising speed. His mouth hanging wide in surprise, the boy struggled to get off the ride, but quickly noticed that another group of eggs were carrying his staff away, meaning flying was no longer an option. Tilting his head back, Jack let out an audible groan at his current circumstances, before the eggs decided that they no longer wished to carry him. With a pop they threw him off of them, clacking in delight as he let out another yell, and slid down a natural slide lined with the same soft green moss as the tunnels.

Jack slid, doing loop-de-loops, and flying through the air, until he fell on a large leaf of a gigantic flower and gently slid down the foliage and onto the grass. By this time, Jack was fighting the grin desperately tugging at the corners of his mouth, determined to stay in his bad mood of cautious insecurity concerning the true motives behind Bunny bringing him here and then pulling his disappearing act. Heaving a sigh, Jack stood up, only to find himself completely surrounded by sentinel eggs.

"Honestly," he groaned "even when I'm dragged here by their boss, they still don't like me."

Without warning though, following the pattern of his day up to then, the sentinel eggs switched faces from mean to happy and smiling. They stepped aside in their lumbering footsteps, until Jack was given enough leeway to escape the threatening circle…and stand with his jaw dropping in shock at the sight that met his eyes.

Streamers…Hundreds, no thousands, of streamers hung around while countless little white lanterns floated though the air looking much like snow caught in the in between of Earth and Sky. And in front of the hole leading down into Bunny's living quarters, was a giant picnic blanket spread out on the grass, with a huge three layered cake, and various plates full of food. A grin slowly grew on his face as he took in the sights, but it was soon replaced by a look of utter shock when the Guardians jumped out from various hiding places shouting;

"SURPRISE!"

Sandy flew around in ecstatic circles, the word 'Surprise' floating over his head as he made little dream sand fireworks explode in the air. Jack felt his jaw drop yet again, and he blinked rapidly against the moisture gathering in his eyes.

"Y-you," he stammered breathlessly as a warm smile lit up his face "you planned this…for me?"

"Yep!" Tooth chirped happily "North and Bunny mentioned how the anniversary of you becoming a Guardian was coming up, so we decided to put together a little party for you!"

"Especially since," Aster cut in "last year we had that little egg hunt, but we didn't really get the chance ta celebrate ya joinin' the family."

A huge grin stretched across the sprite's face, causing dozens of mini fairies to drop to the ground in a swoon over the amount of teeth showing, and pale hands swiped at his eyes wiping away the tears that were threatening to fall "This is AWESOME!" Jack burst as he ran towards Tooth and nearly tackled her in a large hug before turning to Aster and giving him one as well "Thank you SO much!"

"We're glad you appreciate it," Tooth laughed gaily "but the party hasn't even started yet and we still have a special surprise!"

"A surprise?" Blue eyes widened even more at the mention of a present "SWEET!"

"Hey!" North bellowed with a pout "I put this together…where is my hug?"

Jack laughed, and sprinted at full speed at the large man, leaping into his arms with enough force to send the man back a couple steps "Thank you! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!"

North threw back his head in a jolly laugh "As Tooth has said, party has not even started yet, so…let's party!"

Without even the slightest hesitation, all five Guardians began eating, laughing, talking, and playing. Numerous games were enjoyed, and Jack was proud to say that he won most of them, and the funny part was everyone was trying really hard to beat him. What felt almost like the blink of an eye, suddenly all the guardians were quieting down, and North left the party with a wink towards Bunny, and the Pooka stood up clearing his throat so to garner everyone's attention.

"Jack," Aster smiled "I know that it hasn't been easy fer ya, and we aren't always around ta be there when ya need us, and for that we are sorry, but… we wanted ta make sure ya felt like a part of the family by giving ya a proper welcome, and givin' ya somethin' every Guardian needs."

Jack cocked his head in confusion "What do you mean?"

"Well," Aster chuckled his features suddenly becoming twitchy and nervous "we all have helpers, somethin' ta keep us company and help us in our jobs. I have my googies, North has yetis and elves, and Tooth has her fairies. Sandy is the only one who doesn't have somethin', but he can make anything out of his dreamsand, so I guess that kinda counts…anyway…we know how often we get busy, and North and I agreed that we should get ya a little somethin' ta help ya out and keep ya company."

Jack slowly stood as North backed out of Bunny's front door backwards, his arms wrapped around something that was wiggling around with exuberant energy. Azure eyes widened, and the grin that was already huge, somehow managed to get even bigger when the large man turned around revealing an armful of…

"A PUPPY?!" Jack burst out laughing as he ran forward and gathered the happy puppy into his arms and giggled like crazy as the dog began to cover the pale face in nonstop kisses "He's awesome!"

"The dog is a mix of German Shepherd and Norwegian Elk Hound," North explained "which means he can withstand cold, and is extremely intelligent and capable of even complex commands. He is a good companion, and as you can see, very affectionate."

"Yeah," Jack giggled as he sat on the grass with the wriggling dog "no kidding!"

"Ya just HAD to get the kid a mutt who's gonna be as big as a horse," Aster grumped "didn't ya?"

"What?" North cast innocent blue eyes over to the unhappy bunny "His size will make him good guard dog, and it will be easier for him to run through snow with longer legs."

"Yeah," Jack grinned "but for now, I think I'll just carry him around while he's still a little guy."

"Sounds good sweet tooth," Toothiana smiled as she reached out to pat the dog "so what are you going to name him?"

"Uh…" was the response from the winter spirit.

The puppy in question was a beautiful dog that was pure black with splashes of gold and white along his cheeks and his paws, and Jack couldn't be happier to get him, but what was he going to name the little guy? Snuggling his face deep into the dog's coat, Jack laughed as the puppy seemed determined to wash his face with endless kisses and licks, and began to think deep and hard about what name to give his new friend. The Guardians smiled at each other as they waited, and even Bunny was content to watch their youngest bond with his new helper.

"I don't know," Jack said his face falling in defeat as he cast forlorn eyes at the grass "I've never really named anything before."

"Hmm…" North pondered "Mimsy?"

"North, that's a girl's name!" Jack groaned as he vetoed the first suggestion.

"Not always," North pouted "Ashley used to be guy's name in England during 1800's, it wasn't until recently that it became for girl."

"NEXT!"

"Um…" Tooth buzzed around excitedly "I got it, I got it! How about, RAPTOR?"

"Cool name," Jack shrugged "but not quite the feel I think I'm going for."

Aster raised his paw in the air a small smirk on his face "How's about Sydney?"

The winter spirit burst out in a laugh "As in Sydney…Australia?"

"What?" Aster pouted "It's a good name."

"Yeah," the boy chuckled "maybe next time, if I get a collie or something."

Sandy tapped his finger on his lips, his thoughts focused on a name for the dog as he stared intently at the wriggling puppy before his face lit up and his dream sand wrote in the air "Snickers…"

Jack pursed his lips and looked down at the dog grinning up at him and smiled back at the puppy as he rolled on his back begging for a tummy rub. Leaning down, Jack complied, chuckling when a hind leg began to wiggle and twitch when the pale fingers hit a particular sweet spot. He liked the name Snickers, but something told him that this puppy wouldn't be so hyperactive and fun loving for his entire life, and that he would grow into a king among dogs. Jack wanted to name him something that would give him worth and pride in who he was. Suddenly his blue eyes lit up as he remembered a name that meant King, and the boy stopped scratching and picked up the puppy so that it was sitting in front of him.

"I hereby name you," Jack said solemnly "Rex."

"Rex," Aster murmured before giving a nod "Good name fer the mutt, he looks like he'll grow inta a Rex."

"Agreed," North chuckled "one look at his paws will tell you he will be huge."

"Rex," Tooth tested out with a giggle "yeah, he certainly has the bearing of royalty."

Sandy lifted two thumbs, and nodded his head enthusiastically, making Jack's features to split into a wide grin "Then Rex it is!" he said with a clap of his hands "Come here Rex, come on boy!"

The puppy burst forward, chasing Jack around the Warren before turning around with a bark and a wiggle of his butt. Prancing around on the grass, the puppy charged his second most favorite person, Bunny. The rabbit let out a shriek as the dog sprinted towards him at an astonishing speed for a dog so young, and jumped in the air wrapping his front paws around the rabbit's neck and tackling him to the ground. Aster tensed, as the dog kissed him and nuzzled him, rubbing his head up and down the rabbit's face.

"Will somebody get this dingo off me!"

"Aw Bunny," Tooth gushed "he loves you!"

"I don't want him ta love me!" Aster snarled "I want him ta love Jack, and stay away from me!"

"Too late for that, I think," North guffawed "it seems that he has already chosen you and Jack as his two favorite people!"

"Aww come ON!" The Pooka moaned as he dodged doggy kisses "will one o' ya help me out here!"

North stooped down and scooped the wriggly puppy up into his beefy arms, chuckles resonating from his large chest as the puppy kissed him "Jack, we have one last thing to do."

"What?" Jack paused in his laughing as he turned to North with a wide grin.

"Take Rex," North said gently as he handed the puppy over then reached into his pocket to pull out what looked like a glowing gold biscuit "this is ambrosia, and when eaten continuously after a period of time, it makes the person eating it to have immortality. We will feed Rex with this, so that he will grow up and stay young and strong forever and you will have plenty of time with your new friend."

"Really?" Jack asked wide eyed "You can do that?"

"Of course," North chuckled "I give this to the yetis when they made a treaty with me to work as my helpers."

"So that's how it works," Jack wondered aloud.

Stooping down, Jack fed the piece of ambrosia to his dog, smiling as the puppy wolfed it down hungrily. Patting him gently, Jack hugged him tight, and placed a kiss on his wet nose.

"Welcome to the family Rex."

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