Christmas with the Guardians

By: Lovely girl 10

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story.

I am sorry to say this, but this is the last chapter for the whole story. Thanks to all of you readers who enjoyed my story!

Chapter 8- Epilogue

The sleigh quietly came to a halt on top of the roof of the Bennett's house. Out from the sleigh came Jack and Bunnymund who were carrying their respective child in their arms as they jumped into the chimney one at a time, careful to not let the dirt get attached to the sleeping children as they were deep in their slumber.

Jamie snuggled deep in Jacks chest as the Winter Spirit was holding his sleeping form protectively. Sophie, on the other hand was so deep in slumber that she would not be woken up by the dog. It was only until the morning sun would rise for Christmas day for the town of Burgess, so the guardians of Fun and Hope had to be quick and quiet in order to return the kids to bed in time.

Jack allowed the Easter Bunny to go up the stairs first as the Easter Bunny walked up the stairs without causing any havoc, as soon as the Bunny was up on the second floor, Jack followed suite while carefully carrying his child in his arms.

He almost tripped after missing one of the steps, but the Winter Spirit decided to fly up to the young boys bedroom. He looked down to see that North was already working on unloading the presents that he secretly hidden from the kids while they were at the workshop.

Holding the boy with one hand while he opened the bedroom door with another, Jack walked slowly toward the bed where he would eventually let go of the sleeping boy and let him continue in his slumber. To be honest, Jack didn't want the fun with Jamie to end like this. However, a thought entered in his mind, saying that he might have the chance to have fun with him again the next time there would be a Christmas party at the workshop.

Jack carefully laid the boy on top of the bed while he was getting him tucked in. Jamie snuggled into the sheets as he was fast asleep. Jack looked over to the next room where Sophie was being tucked in by Bunnymund. The Bunny did have a hard time of getting the girl to let go of him though.

He finally got her to let go as he quietly left the room, with Jack following the same way as they left the sleeping children in their rooms. They walked downstairs, noticing that North had already left the house, Bunnymund went up the chimney before he sneaked out of the house, Jack soon followed afterward as they went back to doing their regular jobs as the sun slowly rose above the horizon.

They knew that Sandy's sleeping spell would wear off eventually. To them, it seemed as if time was frozen when they did their Christmas party, nothing else changed.

For Jamie and Sophie, they slept in as the real day of Christmas was upon them. Their mom didn't know what got into them for sleeping in on a day where they should be excited to open up the presents, but she ignored her questioning glance each time she tries to check up on them to see if they were awake yet.

She was just not used to the quiet mornings, that was all.

So in order to keep her mind off of her sleeping kids, Mrs. Bennett cleaned up some of the dishes, folded the laundry, anything to keep her from going up to their rooms and get them to wake up and open up their presents.

She was saved by the bell when she heard a few small steps that were coming downstairs, for that, the mother sighed as she slowly walked over to where the children were, they were in the living room on the couch, still in their pajama's, with messy hair as the young boy and girl yawned.

"Did you two enjoy your rest?" The mother asked.

Yawning once more, the two children nodded, yet it seemed as if they were in a middle of a good dream that they didn't want to wake up from. "Do you two want to open the presents right now, or later when you are fully awake?" The mom asked, gesturing to the presents underneath the tree.

There wasn't very much for presents except for what the mother bought for them, and from what it seems... there was a few mysterious presents wrapped in newspaper that was meant to be for Jamie and Sophie.

Curious, Jamie and Sophie's mother pulled it out from underneath the tree before she handed them to her children. Somehow, they immediately got themselves to not look like they were half asleep as they stared at the presents before them. Jamie began to read the notes on the presents silently as his attention was on the note, Sophie climbed into his lap and read the notes silently with him.

"Can we open the other presents first before we do these?" Jamie asked, looking up. Sophie already jumped off of his lap and grabbed the other presents. Their mother didn't mind a bit as she watched them open up her presents.

She managed to get them a few reading books and a few coloring books with coloring pencils, plus she also got them a few sweets that they liked so much. But they kept the mysterious presents right by them the whole time, Mrs. Bennett almost thought for certain that her children would open up those presents as soon as they finished one of hers.

Once she asked if they could open up the presents that they were saving, Jamie explained. "The letter that Sophie and I read told us to save those presents until later when you are not around. It is top secret." Sophie nodded as she kept the presents close to her.

"I see." Mrs. Bennett nodded in understanding. "Well, if you two need me, I will be in the kitchen. Have fun with those books!" She waved before she disappeared into the kitchen, intending on making a special breakfast for her children.

Jamie and Sophie walked up to his room while carrying the presents in each hand, they laid the presents down on the bed as the children began to unwrap them.

As it turns out, the presents were actually a huge puzzle set, and on the picture was with Jamie and Sophie in the front, nice smiles were present on their faces. Right by Jamie's side was Jack Frost, kneeling down on one leg with one hand holding onto Jamie's shoulder, his staff was on the ground as he gave a nice smile in the picture. On the other side of Sophie was Bunnymund who was in his usual pose with one of the walking eggs on his shoulder. Sandy and Tooth were flying in the air as North was standing right behind the children, smiling as he showed his tattoo's "Nice and Naughty" by crossing his arms. The picture looked like it was taken from the workshop where the Christmas party was.

"I don't think I remember taking this picture." Jamie told as he studied the puzzle box.

Sophie immediately opened up the box where the pieces were and noticed another note that fell out of the box. "Brother, look!" She giggled as Jamie opened the note.

Jamie smiled as he read the note. "Merry Christmas Jamie and Sophie! Hope you two had a fun time with us! From your favorite Guardians." He laid the note down as he began to set the puzzle pieces down, ready to match the pieces together. Sophie watched him from on top of his bed as the new fresh snow fell from outside of the house.

The end

Author's Note: That's the end of my story! Sorry that I couldn't give you more than what I had. Review as always, and thanks for enjoying my story.