I felt like I should do this chapter with Jamie and Sophie's mom in it and am also working on another chapter to follow this one I might have it up tomorrow at the earliest, it involves the birthmarks of the seasonal spirits and explains what they mean.

Jamie stepped out of the portal leading from North's to what once was him bedroom when he was a mortal, a silent sigh escaping as he took a glance around the now empty room. A week had passed since he and Sophie were made Guardians and he was concerned about their mother leading to him making the decision to come and check up on her.

After making sure no one was outside the door Jamie slowly pushed open the door and stepped through it then closed it behind him before searching the rest of the house for his mother finally finding her sitting at the kitchen table sipping a cup of coffee almost listlessly, tears coming to her eyes as her gaze fell on the picture of him and Sophie when they were still children.

Seeing that expression on her face broke Jamie's heart and he wished he could wrap his arms around her in an comforting hug but know he wouldn't be able to touch her since she had lost the ability to see what a child could when she had stopped believing. "I'm sorry mom, I wish I could go back and change a few things but I can't." Jamie whispered as he sat on the table accidently causing a chair to move away from him when he did.

"Who's there?" Mrs. Bennett gasped as she jumped when the chair across from her seemingly moved on its own making Jamie realize he might have a chance to let her know he was there and slid off the table wondering over to where he knew his mother kept a pad of paper and pen, quickly jotting down a note then carrying it over to the table and placing it in front of his mom.

With a shaking hand Mrs. Bennett picked up the note and read it tears streaming down her face as she did, her other hand covering her mouth. Finished reading the note she let it slip from her fingers and covered her face as sobs shook her body. "I'm sorry I forced you to choose between your family and your belief Jamie and don't know how you could be so willing to forgive me!" She cried out in anguish.

Jamie raised a hesitant arm up in an effort to comfort his mom but paused halfway and dropped his arm, turning his head away. "I'm the Guardian of Courage so why can't I at least try to comfort my own mother?" Jamie muttered to himself.

A paw settled on Jamie's shoulder causing him to glance behind him and saw Sophie there. "Don't be so hard on yourself Jamie even us Guardians aren't perfect. There's nothing wrong if you're scared to reach out to mom considering she is an adult and lost her ability to see or hear us Guardians years ago."

"I know but it still hurts Sophie…I wish she still believed so we could let her know we're alright." Jamie sighed as he turned to face her and Sophie pulled him into a hug, neither of them noticing that their mom had stopped sobbing and her body was stiff, a look of wonder on her face. "Oh Jamie, Sophie I'm so sorry for trying to force you to grow up. I see now I was wrong to do so and I…I just want you to know that I love you no matter what."

After speaking up Mrs. Bennett walked out of the room as if nothing had happened, hearing her daughter's voice tell her that she loved her as well and her son's voice say that they had already forgiven her though she didn't let herself react to their words in their presence, knowing that if she did she wouldn't be able to let them go, let them out of her sight again. "Take care of yourselves my brave little Guardians." She whispered as she climbed the stairs toward her bedroom, not realizing that Sophie would be able to hear her. With a quiet gasp Sophie turned to Jamie, "I think, since she wanted it badly enough, she could hear us but this might be just a onetime thing Jamie." She gripped her brother's hand as he made to follow their mother. Tapping the floor she opened a hole to the Pole and pulled Jamie after her as she jumped in.

Once they were back in the workshop Jamie wrenched his arm out of Sophie's grasp. "Why didn't you let me follow her? Why did you have to drag me back here?" He yelled.

Instead of answering Sophie opened a tunnel to the Warren and left before he could stop her. "I'll not talk to you until you've calmed down Jamie Bennett." Her voice sounded as she dropped, the tunnel closing up behind her.

"What was that all about?" Jack asked in amusement, having witnessed the whole exchange.

"Sophie thinks that because our mother wanted to hear our voices badly enough she did, why I don't know."

Closing her bedroom door Mrs. Bennett pressed her back against it as fresh tears streamed down her face. "I'm such a coward; I can't even turn and face my own children." She cried, sliding down to the floor where she ended up crying herself to sleep, as she slept she dreamed.

"Where…where am I?" She questioned as she stared in awe at her unknown surroundings.

"My home welcome Mrs. Bennett. You may call me MiM it's what my Guardians all call me." A voice answered to her left.

Jerking her head around, she saw a short man standing there with a smile on his face. "MiM, Guardians?"

"Yes, the Guardians of Childhood. They help protect certain aspects in each and every child on your planet, hope, dreams, wonder, fun, memories, courage and innocence. The last new are protected by the two newest Guardians, I believe their names are Jamie and Sophie. Remarkable those two are, wouldn't you agree Mrs. Bennett?"

"You…you mean the Guardians are real, as in Santa Clause, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, the Sandman and Jack Frost?" She stuttered in shock and MiM nodded. "How is that possible?"

MiM explained it to her starting from the beginning and also telling her about Pitch, how he came into being, Nightlight, Katherine, Ombric and the few battles they had with Pitch. He told her how Jack Frost was born as well causing her to have to sit down as she took it all in. "And my children are now a part of this world, my little Sophie is no longer human but now a part of a race called Pookas' that look like huge rabbits and is the mate to the Easter Bunny? I think it's time I wake up now, this is too weird a dream for me."

Blinking her eyes open Mrs. Bennett found herself lying on the floor in her bedroom and, chuckling, shook her head. I should properly cut down on the caffeine." She mumbled as she stood up, passing the fact that she heard Jamie and Sophie's voices behind her in the kitchen and talking with someone named MiM as just a crazy dream.