Chapter 1

Okay, so this is chapter one. I'm thinking this will have 5-15 chapters. Not entirely sure yet. If you have any ideas, then please say them. I like ideas

It was a sunny morning in late April and all was quiet in the Easter Bunny's warren. Well, not so much quiet... Jack was up to his usual mischief; just hanging around bugging E. Aster Bunnymund. Jack had come over to paint eggs because Easter was going to be coming soon. It was actually only a few weeks away. Bunny had originally said that Jack could not come over, but he eventually caved in after weeks and weeks of Jack's begging. Jack had told him that he was going to bug him regardless; as winter was coming to an end and Jack didn't want to die of boredom. Jack was always restless during the off season. (He was as restless as a five year old child regardless, but the off season meant less to do)

Jack sighed in exasperation, "Man, this is the fifth one I tried to paint! It's terrible..." He held up a messy blue egg with a snow white stick bunny on it. ('cuz that would be so adorable. Jack trying to paint a bunny, but failing miserably. I was thinking of making him paint one with a kangaroo that turns out good, but I'm not exactly sure yet. Then, he could paint the Easter kangaroo for Bunnymund:D)

Bunny sat down his paintbrush, and leaned over Jack's shoulder to get a closer look at the design. He cringed at the poor artisanship. "Well, if we paint over it, it could turn out good... Just try out another coat, mate... There's plenty more eggs. Besides... it's not so bad." Bunny lied. 'Wow, he really hasn't improved at all; if anything, i'd say it's even worse than the last... Maybe he could just do solid colors... How can he make snowflakes that are so detailed and intricate, but not be able to paint a thing? That's just sad.'

"Why don't you show me how to do it?"Jack exclaimed, while throwing his hands in the air. "I have no idea what I'm doing... And I'm just getting worse..." Jack said in a frustrated pout. (cute)

"A'ight, mate. Scoot over. I'm going to show you how to do basic outlines. If ya can't do the detailed stuff, then just pass 'em off ta me, 'kay?"

Jack obediently moved over, handing a solid neon pink egg to Aster. "Alright..." He mumbled.

Bunny took the egg. "Okay, ya wanted to do a bunny, or would ya rather learn simple patterns?"

"As long as it's doesn't look like this," Jack held out a mint green egg with several gray dripping splotches on it out towards the giant pooka, "I don't care. I just wanna paint something."

Bunny took out a leather bound case of paintbrushes. "Okay, first step: get a paintbrush. Make sure it isn't extremely small, or too big. Based off of your level, you should just use a stamp or make small strokes. Like this..." Bunny said as he lightly stroked the egg. He was painting simple birds. "An' don't use too much water. If ya want to switch colors, then just clean the brush, and dry it. The water has to be clear, or at least see transparent enough to see the bottom." As The giant pooka painted, the egg slowly began to resemble a sunset at the beach. "Got it?" Bunny handed the egg over to Jack, who looked at it in astonishment.

"I think so..."

Bunnymund stood up suddenly. His ears perked up, as he turned towards the cottage. "I gotta go. Stay. Put... There." Bunny ordered, gesturing towards the clearing in which Jack was sitting.

"Why? What's going on?"

"Just the phone, mate. It's probably North calling to say how great Christmas is." Bunny answered sarcastically before dashing into the pale peach cottage.

Jack shook his head, and sat back down. "Just you and me now, eggs. I'm gonna paint one of you; you'll look awesome... hopefully... Okay, just maybe not as bad as the others that I've done... Man, I'm bad at pep talks... And I'm talking to eggs... Do you even have ears? Whatever."

Jack began painting a flower on the spring green egg. After he had finished his simple, yet not so disastrous flower; Bunny hopped up to him.

"Not bad, mate. Looks much better." Aster smiled at jack, who beamed back at him.

"Really?"

"Yeah, simple, but much better than the last few." Bunny said as he ruffled Jack's hair.

Jack sighed in relief.

"I gotta go... North cut his hand on one a 'is chisles. He ain't hurt bad, by the sounds of it, but the yeti's need help patchin' it up. Bloody hoon won't stop fidgeting. You know him."

Jack grimaced, "So when'll you be back?"

"Not for a while, mate. Not longer than a couple hours though. When 'e gets patched up, I'll come back. Shouldn't be too long, Frostbite."

Jack sighed.

"An' I don't want ya playin' any tricks wile I'm gone. Everything better be exactly as I left it." Bunny said, warning Jack to be good. He pointed at jack, and continued to speak, "I don' wan't any messes, pranks, or anythin' of th' like. Got it?"

Jack smiled. "Okay... So, I can keep painting then, right?"

"If ya be good... And clean up after yourself, for Manny's sake. Act your age."

Jack giggled.

"What's so funny?" Bunny asked.

"Well, if I acted my age; then I'd be acting much worse. You ever seen some of the messes people my age do? Especially pranks... Unless you mean act like I'm three hundred and seventeen; Which would mean to just sleep all the time. Some guardian that would make." Jack laughed out.

Bunny chuckled, and ruffled Jack's snowy white hair. "Well, you look the part of both, at least, Mr. White hair. Guess ya got a point there regardless, Frostbite. Just Stay out of trouble, okay?"

And with that, The giant Easter bunny left the winter spirit alone in his warren of eternal spring.

As time passed, Jack began to feel unusually warm. "What, has he got the heater on or something? He must really not like the cold... Guess he's not one to entertain much." Jack complained, while fanning himself. Jack stood up, and noticed something moving around in the tunnel. He swiftly crept towards it. Once he was at the entrance, something rushed past him, causing him to fall over. Jack landed with an 'oomph!' As he stood up, he heard breathing just behind him. He was sweating heavily, now. Each breath was hot; steamy even. It burned Jack's already unusually warm skin.

When Jack turned around, his vision turned completely black. Jack frantically rubbed at his eyes. All of a sudden, he felt an immense pressure surrounding him. It hurt, it felt as though he was in a field of needles. As soon as it started, it all stopped. Jack could see everything again. The warren was in shambles. Everything near him was frozen. In his struggle, he had released a great deal of ice. He had frozen over Eternal Spring, and after he had finally gained Bunny's trust. He did exactly what he promised not to do.

Jack panicked. He tried to get rid of the ice, to no avail. He began to hyperventilate. Jack picked up his staff, and flew outside. He took deep breaths. He was panting, gasping for breath.(I know he wouldn't normally act like this [although he would try to fix it, and fly away to avoid getting lectured], but this ties in to the story)

Line break time~ :D

A few hours later, Bunnymund returned to the warren. "Jack, I'm back!" He called out, before noticing the ice. Bunny mentally slapped himself for leaving Jack Frost alone... in his house... Realm? Whatever you call it. "Figures. I leave for a few hours, and he ruins the whole place." Bunny tapped the ground twice, diving through the opening in the soil that had just opened. Once he was gone, the earth closed, leaving a single red flower behind.

Jack was still flying. He had just gotten to the south pole, when he started to descend. He took no notice. He fell out of the sky and landed headfirst in a pile of snow. He groaned. He had hit his head on the way down. On a rock.

He slowly sat up, while looking around. "Man, that hurt..." He said while rubbing his aching head. He was already starting to get a killer headache, with a bump to match. "I hope Bunny forgives me... I didn't mean to... I'm so stupid! I really do mess everything up..."

Jack sat in the snow for a few hours, just thinking about what happened in the Warren.

During that time, Bunny had already called all of the guardians together.

"My fault?! I told 'im to be GOOD! Not ta mess up ma warren! He froze eternal spring for Manny's sake! And he just left! He didn't even tell me! Now I got to defrost the rivers, the eggs; the whole warren. It'll take about a year just to do that. Not to mention painting eggs for Easter. Easter's only weeks away!" Bunny cried out, while trembling with rage.

"I'm sure he didn't mean it, Bunny. Maybe he wanted to apologize. He was alone for three centuries... He can't be expected to react well. I'm sure he didn't mean to make a mess... Maybe... Maybe he just got too excited? Or scared?" Tooth attempted to calm Bunny; only succeeding in changing his rage to guilt and sadness.

Sandy formed several images above his head. 'A Snowflake' 'A Globe' 'A Question Mark' 'The Guardians with Jack' 'We need to find him.'

Tooth and North nodded, while Bunny shook his head. Bunny rubbed his hand over his face and sighed.

Jack was still sitting in the snow, but his headache had lessened from a violent pounding to a dull throb. His eyes were almost closed, but he still tried to stay awake. He put his hands in his hoodie pocket, fishing out a small navy green notebook and a blue pen. He slowly began to write:

'I'm sorry, Bunny. I really didn't mean to make a mess... I was painting eggs, but I got distracted... I thought I saw someone, I don't know. I don't know what happened, but I froze everything. I promise that it was on accident... I'm really sorry...'

Jack remembered the darkness that he had seen in the warren. He tried to think of what it could be. Pitch? No... he was locked up... "Then what could that have been?" He asked aloud.

After he had collected his thoughts, he returned to his lake. He had almost crashed three times. Thanks to the wind, he didn't. He had landed on top of a tree that was just next to the water. After he was settled, he began to hear a light humming. 'Must be someone passing by', he thought before falling asleep.

Bunny hopped out of the sleigh, as quick as his four feet could carry him.

"Is no rush. If you wanted to see Jack so soon, could have just said so." North laughed out.

Bunny paled, "Do I have ta? He's a no good trouble maker! Even ruined ma warren!"

"Bunny!" Tooth scolded.

Sandy formed a stop sign over his head.

"Fine, I'll talk to him!"

"And be nice." Tooth called out.

When the guardians arrived, Jack was sprawled out on a fir tree's branch

Bunny groaned, "What Am I s'possed to do, now? Wake 'im up and ask 'im?"

Tooth was looking at Sandy, who shook his head.

The guardians decided to leave, and confront Jack later. Under the supervision of them all, of course.

Jack awoke when he fell out of the tree. He landed on his side, slightly cracking the ice. It was then that he heard a light scratching noise. He pushed himself up, and looked at the ice. He saw his reflection, but it was different. Instead of White hair, it had a dark brown- almost black. Rather than blue eyes, it had glowing red. It smiled back at his shocked face.

"Nice to see that you woke up... So, you wanna play a game?"

bye for now, my crimson garden~