Ok let's start out with an easy story that doesn't involve a lot of difficulty. Please don't get too angry of how I wrote it, this is only my first story.

Sometime after the movie.

North was in his study when he heard the ruckus. Yetis yelling angrily, Elves running to hide and the now familiar sound of Jack and Bunny's back and forth banter while the young winter spirit ran just out of reach of the annoyed rabbit. North sighed as he heard a large crash and rose from his work bench deciding that he better put a stop to this. He grumbled to himself as he walked out, thinking that next time they should have a meeting in the Warren. It was his idea for creating monthly meetings so they could report and discuss matters but that didn't mean that they could destroy his workshop in the process.

North found the pair covered in red paint in a pile of little wooden robots with a very angry Yeti scolding them as if the two were delinquent children. North took a second to try and hold back his laughter before he stepped into view trying to look as serious as he could. "Vat is going on here?" he said rounding the corner.

Bunny was the first to respond jumping from the mess, ignoring North's hand for help. "This bloody idiot flew us strait into the work shop. The crazy bugger had no idea where he was going and crashed strait into ya flashy new toys. Crikey look at me!" Bunny yelled looking down at his fur, now covered in red paint.

"Oh come on Peter cotton tail. The only reason I crashed is because you chased me and grabbed me by the ankle." Jack interrupted. The boy had a smirk plastered on his face as he wiped some of the paint off himself and on to the shoulder of his large friend. Bunny hit Jack's hand off giving him what almost sounded like a growl, staring him down with eyes like daggers.

"I only chased ya cause ya dumped a whopping heap of snow on me"

"It wasn't my fault you opened that door when you did"

"Well why did ya have all that bloody snow above the door in the first place?!"

"It was meant for Phil!"

"Like hell it was!"

North sat back and rubbed his temples, waiting for a new headache to appear. No matter what kind of situation they were in these two always seemed to be able to find a way to argue and carry on like children.

"Well it's just a bit of snow, no big deal"

"That's it!" Bunny snapped. He had had enough. Before jack could register that he had moved bunny had already snatched Jack's staff out of his hand. What had been a look of fun suddenly changed to one of terror. Jack's eyes widened and his jaw dropped as he realised his precious staff was in the hands of his 'enemy'.

"Give. It. Back" jack held his hands out in front of him and switched to a defensive stance as he watched Bunny swing his staff around like some toy. The last time someone had taken his staff from him they had snapped it in half. Even though Bunny wasn't someone who would do that, hopefully, jack didn't want anyone touching it.

"Nah mate, not until ya give up… what so important about this fancy stick of yours anyway?" Bunny said watching how Jack's attitude had changed when he had the staff. Truth be told none of them knew the real importance if his staff. All they knew is that Jacks powers were channelled through it somehow, they had no idea of the physical and emotional connection the winter spirit had to it.

"Just give it back!" Jack yelled as he jumped towards the rabbit who, for his part, seemed to be enjoying his reaction. Bunnymund was waving the staff around playing keep away with the boy while Jack was jumping this way and that, just missing his staff. Bunny was enjoying himself too much to notice the growing panic in jacks face and movements.

North had.

North had been ignoring the two for a little while now, trying to figure out how to stop them from arguing. He only looked up when he heard jack fall from one of his attempted jumps for the staff. North looked at the boy, fear and panic written across his face as if he was facing his worst nightmare. This unsettled the big man. He had never really noticed before but now that he thought about it, he had never once seen the boy without his staff at hand. North looked back over to Bunnymund and spoke to him in a very serious and slightly cold tone. "Bunny…"

That's all he needed to say. Bunny got distracted by North and Jack seized the moment to grasp the end of his staff. Before bunny could look Jack had sent frost up his arm, forcing the large rabbit to let go. "What the bloody hell was that!" he yelled, shaking the ice from his fur.

Jack didn't say anything. He just clutched the staff close to his chest, breathing heavily trying to relax. North walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, trying to comfort the boy. He didn't expect to get the reaction that he did. Jack spun around and looked at North with fear in his eyes, as if he was scared North was going to take his staff away as well.

Bunny noticed it this time. He took a step towards Jack noticing how his eyes were slightly teary. "Are you alright mate?" He asked, unsure how to approach the boy knowing that somehow, he had gone too far.

Jack didn't give Bunny the chance to say anything else. As soon as Bunny had talked jack turned in the other direction and flew towards the roof. He was hoping to fly out of the window and hopeful get back to his lake where he could take a breath and try to figure out how he would explain the situation. Unfortunately his tears blurred his vision and he didn't notice that the window was actually closed. He hit it with a loud thump and crashed to the ground leaving a small crack in the window. For glass that was designed to withstand any kind of weather it was impressive to say the least. North and Bunny came running around the corner just in time to see the collision, both of them wincing as the boy hit the ground. Of course that was the moment when Tooth and Sandy arrived.

"Jack!" Tooth yelled, flying towards him across the room. It didn't take long for her to get there and see that jack had knocked himself out cold. Tooth picked his head up and placed it on her lap, ignoring the groan he uttered at the unexpected movement. A few seconds later the other guardians arrived, looking over her shoulder at the winter spirit. Even now in his somewhat unconscious state he still griped his staff as if it was his lifeline. "What happened to him? All I saw is his collision. Look what it did to him." Tooth said worryingly, indicating the now bleeding cut on his head.

"We will explain later, now we must help his injuries" North said before he picked up the boy and took him to the living room.

Jack was resting on the couch with a bandage around his head. Sandy had given him some dream sand to help him sleep, showing children ice skating on a lake. The guardians were seated around a table, watching him from the other side of the room. "Now can somebody tell me what happened here?" tooth said, somewhat frustrated. She had flown in with sandy as they were both a bit late with their other respectability's and was cut off by a flash of blue and white flying by.

North shrugged and looked over at Bunny. If anyone was going to get in trouble North would rather it was the rabbit. Tooth was a bit like a mother to them and was never afraid of dealing out punishment. Bunny shuffled awkwardly in his seat when the gaze of the other guardians rested on him

"Well... I'm not sure what happened. He was annoying me so I grabbed that staff of his and he freaked out." Bunny haft mumbled, trying to figure out the problem for himself. He didn't expect tooths reaction though.

Tooth was furious. Her feathers puffed up and she flew across the table at him "You can't touch his staff, especially after everything that happened!" she yelled at him. Bunny had no idea what to do so he just laid his ears back and sat back a bit, showing that he wasn't prepared to fight her. Looking around Tooth noticed all of the confused faces around her. "None of you know…" she said more to herself than them. The three guardians all looked at her with confusion, obviously un aware of the events that passed in the Antarctic. Thinking about it now, tooth only knew because Babytooth had told her what happened. Jack most likely never told anyone else what happened. Tooth calmed down and took her seat, preparing to tell them the story told to her.

"Well after we… pushed him away on Easter, Jack went to Antarctica and prepared to throw his teeth, his memories, in the sea. He felt that he didn't deserve it because of what happened. It was there that pitch found him and offered to team up. I'm not sure what jack was doing, I only know what happened from Babytooth's point of view but she was concealed in his robe. Either way jack had refused. Not being believed in was better than being feared" Tooth looked up at her fellow guardians when she said that. She knew as well as anyone that that would have been hard for jack to turn down. All of them seemed to look down a bit, knowing what they would have done in his shoes. It would have been something different entirely.

"Because jack wasn't going to team up with him Pitch wanted to get him out of the way. He used baby tooth as a hostage, offering her life in exchange for jack's staff, which he gave him. Pitch hadn't held up his end of the bargain and refused to let baby tooth go. She then pricked him in the hand and this made Pitch throw her into a cliff face and down a crack in the ice. Babytooth didn't know what happened but she heard Jack scream and saw him falling down the crack with her. Followed shortly by his staff… which itch had broken in two." Tooths voiced trailed off a bit when she said the last part. Looking around she saw the realisation dawn on the others faces. Bunny for his part started looking worried

"Why didn't ya say that earlier? Then I wouldn't of taken that bloody staff of him." Bunny yelled to her. He sat back as all the guilt showed itself. Not only had he taken away Jack's staff, he was the one who put him in the initial situation. He had yelled at him. He had pushed him away. Bunny could still hear his own words in his head He has to go... We should never have trusted you. He looked over at the young boy now and remembered something. "Hey Tooth… if Pitch broke his staff, how is it here?"

"Well Babytooth said that she showed him his memories and jack seemed to get his spirit back. Somehow he managed to put the two pieces together. They glowed and bit and the staff mended itself. After that Jack went to Pitches lair and tried to release my fairies, who couldn't fly at the time, and discovered the last light. I think we all know what happened after that." Tooth sat back and relaxed. She had told all she needed. She now got up, flew over to Jack and kneeled down beside him, watching his dream and gently running her hands through his hair.

Bunny hopped after her and sat back, looking curiously at the staff, unwilling to touch it. It's funny how such a light and flimsy item could hold such power, I guess there was a lot more to learn about the young guardian than they thought.