AN: Okay, I decided no epilogue, this chapter is sort of going to double as the last chapter as well as an epilogue, and yes, it's very short, but there's really nothing left for this story but what's in here, so...*shrugs*

I DISCLAIM!

"MOMMY, DADDY!"

Jack threw his staff aside as he and Elsa ran forward to meet their children halfway, both of them falling to their knees so they were on the kids' level as Klaus and his sisters threw themselves into their parents' open arms. "Oh, thank Manny you're safe!" Elsa cried. "Are you okay, did they hurt you? Oh, we were so worried!"

"They're adorable," Makenzie said as she and the others watched the reunion.

"Hey, 'Kenz, c'mere!" Jack said. She smiled and went over to him as he stood up. "I want you to meet them," he said. "This is Klaus and his twin sister Clara, and this is Lucia. Kids, this is Makenzie. She and I have known each other for a looooong time."

"Are you a Guardian, too?" Lucia asked.
"No, I'm not," Makenzie replied, "but if it's okay with everybody else, then I'd like to be."
"You see?" Jack said. "I knew you'd change your mind sooner or later."
"I finally figured out my center," Makenzie said, "and it never would have hit me if I hadn't stayed behind."
"Well?" Tooth asked. "Don't keep us waiting! What is it?"

Makenzie smiled at Jack and Elsa, feeling as if she owed her discovery to them.

"That's easy," she said. "It's joy."

"Will you, Makenzie Harrison, vow to watch over the children of the world? To guard them with your life, their hopes, their wishes, and their dreams? For they are all that we have, all that we are, and all that we will ever be."

"I will."

After North had closed the book and taken a step back, Jack came up from beside him and went to stand right in front of Makenzie, one hand holding his staff and the other in his hoodie pocket. "Welcome to the family, 'Kenz," he said, and from inside his pocket, he took out a babushka doll that looked like her. She smiled as she took it from him.

"Glad to be part of it, Jack."

Yaaaaay! Okay, so, um...yeah, that's really it, there's like nothing left to say here. I hope you enjoyed the story. :)