Me: Okay, this chapter is made up of a couple of requests from D.D Natanya, that are actually from quite a while ago… Anyway, I also blended in the requests for some lighter hearted stuff after all the drama and angst that there has been in the last few chapters, so I hope you all enjoy.
Vader: … Wow.
Me: What?
Vader: The last time you did an opening like that was… well, before I got myself a starring role in the fore-notes…
Me: Really? Huh… I
have been looking over the fic as a whole, and my writing has changed… Ah well, Hope you guys enjoy anyway, And thanks to Koi Kyuui Kitai, PippaFrost, Metarose and ATV for the faves and/or follows!
Anyway, I am now going to make the most of the decent weather, and chance for relaxing after that ridiculous game Yoda decided to play with us, and sunbathe- Oh no,
really? A snowstorm? JACKSON OVERLAND FROST! *runs from room to get an elf to fetch Jack*
Vader: *SIGHS AND FACEPALMS* Right then… I guess
I'll say it… Enjoy the chapter everyone!
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"And I missed it? Really?"
Jack pouted. Arms crossed and everything. The guardians had gone to 'talk' with Ice Black… whilst he was sleeping? Oh… Someone was going to pay for this… Someone was so going to pay for this… And he had the perfect way of ensuring it was everyone.

He was rather busy that day. Borrowing something from Jamie… Borrowing something from Sophie… Cajoling, conniving and puppy dog eyeing like there was no tomorrow to get everyone to the pole…
Discovering that Clover and Iceman had lost their home in one of the avalanches caused by Ice Black, and pretty much insisting that they stayed at his place for as long as they needed, considering he was hardly ever their anyway and he had far too much room there.
The two had accepted, and Jack had spent the greater part of the morning letting them choose their room, as they decided on one of the several outer living areas, and assuring them that they should consider it home for as long as they needed it to be.
Not that it was going to stop him from roping them into his little plan…
And, in the early afternoon, even running into an old friend. To say that he was surprised to the old spirit was an understatement…
Seeing as the Pied Piper was well known as a recluse. Yet he turned up at the Pole for the sole purpose of talking with and congratulating Jack on everything that had happened since he had become a guardian. And, showing a fun side that he had recently almost given up on, decided to stay and see just how well Jack's plan would work…
Everyone else's surprise at seeing the old spirit, still dressed in clothes of a similar style to when he was in his prime, had Jack grinning.
Brilliant… If they were surprised, they would be easier to convince.
Which is why he quickly got to the point.
"Okay guys, truth or dare?"
Before they could really think about it, they had all shared looks and said dare.
Iceman was the first to realise how much of a mistake that had been, shortly followed by Bunny, Shady, the other guardians and then Gale, Lily and Clover.
Jack gave an evil grin, before flexing his fingers.
"Perfect… though I don't think the girls will mind this so much…"
Before they could say anything to that, Jack had pretty much skipped from the room, and the Pied Piper settled himself on the sofa, stretched out and with an old, youthful gleam in his eyes.
"This will be most gratifying…"

Half an hour later, and everyone aside from Tooth, Clover and Lily were gazing at the monstrosity in front of them. Gale was looking as though she was used to the torture device in front of her, and the Piper was busy enchanting the elves with his flute.
Jack was staring at the contraption in front of them as though it was the most precious thing in the world, and he finally sighed, before turning to the others.
"Okay, your dare is this… Dance Off!"
Tooth's television, Jamie's Wii and Sohie's game of just dance were set up in front of them, and Jack held up a sheet of paper.
"See? I even made a score sheet… Iceman? You and Sandy are up first!"
They all stared at him. The guys completely incredulous, the girls amused, and the Piper with a grin.
Then Iceman sputtered.
"Y-You cannot… b-be serious?"
Jack's grin turned to a smirk, and he flexed his fingers.
"Oh, I am completely serious… And you know what I can be like when I'm completely serious…"
They all exchanged looks, Tooth and Clover, who were within sight, sending him grins and subtle thumbs up, before Sandy gave a very dramatic 'oh what the hell' sigh, arms thrown up in the air and everything, before grabbing one of the controllers and tapping his foot, clearly impatient to get it over and done with.
Iceman looked about to run for it, when he caught the combined looks of both Jack and Clover, and held his tongue, grabbing the remote Sandy threw to him as Jack settled back, grinning as Phil started filming it, without the others knowledge.
Then, he manually chose the song, based on the whoops from the girls, and pressed play…

"Hey Mickey… Really?" Iceman said, when the first round had finished, Sandy having completely wiped the floor with him and even managed to set a new high score, which Jack knew would amuse Sophie.
He filled in the grid, then looked at the next pair, one of whom Sandy would be facing in the next round…
"Tooth vs North!"
It came as no surprise when Tooth beat North, and Jack grinned as he filled in the slots.
"Bunny vs Shady!"

It went on this way, Bunny beating Shady, Lily Beating Bunny, Clover beating Gale, and then Lily, though only narrowly… Flow managed to beat Phil, who Jack had roped in, but she then got beaten by Clover. Sandy actually beat Tooth, much to everyone's surprise, and, eventually, after all the smaller bouts, deciding the order of the runners up, had been completed, the list stood like this…
North
Phil
Shady
Bunny
Iceman
Flow
Lily
Gale
Tooth

The two top spots would be determined by a dance off between Clover and Sandy, and everyone, despite their earlier dislike of the dare, had placed bets on the final outcome. Instead of guardians vs spirits, like Jack had been expecting, it had turned into guys vs girls, and the Piper, making sure to be in range of the camera -which only he, Phil and Jack knew about-, had even started hosting a mini dance off between the various elves, which had everyone in hysterics.
Eventually, it all got serious, and all the noise died down as the two took their places.
Jack had thought long and hard about the perfect song, and had finally decided.
He had already teased Clover with a song, now it was Sandy's turn, and everyone burst out laughing as Sandman started playing…
Despite the few seconds he took to glare at Jack, Sandy managed to make up the points, and the dance off concluded with Sandy being a mere 23 points ahead of Clover.
Seeing as Jack had put them on expert, they both immediately keeled over, exhausted, and it was all Sandy could do to match the enthusiastic High Fives before Jack hauled him upright.
Then, after a few minutes of subtle conversing, everyone turned to the pair, and Jack blinked, suddenly nervous.
"Err… What's up guys?"
Tooth grinned.
"Well, you see sweetie… That wasn't really dancing… Now, we want to see some real dance. Maybe some more of this modern dance style…"
Jack groaned as he realised where they were going with this, and raised an eyebrow at Sandy, who started signing.
Show them how it's done…
Jack blinked.
"Seriously? That's all you have to say?"
Yes.
Jack started grumbling about golden oldies, before he was wrestled to the floor by North, Shady and Iceman, who then gave him the same question.
"Truth or dare?"
Jack knew what was at stake.
If he said truth, he knew that they would ask him if he was using a camera, and, if so, where it was. He couldn't risk it… But if he said dare… Then again… There was the small fact that he could dance, as most of them well knew… So what on Moon could they… Oh, to Moon with it.
"Dare."
They all shared grins, before grabbing the results sheet, which Clover ran her expert eye over.
"Come on then, Jacko… Let's see where you would be on our little leader board."
Jack managed to stall long enough for the Pied Piper to stop recording, though Jack was sure he was recording this separately, before they all showed him the list of songs they had chosen.
One each…

First he was against North, to the song 'Frosty the Snowman' Though Jack had no idea what it was doing on Just Dance, unless someone had done a little temporary tweaking… But his suspicions were pushed aside as he applied he little effort needed to complete the routine.
Then he was against Phil, to some strange foreign song about yeti's that, again, should not have been on Just Dance. He had little trouble beating Phil either, and raised an eyebrow when the levels were boosted up so he was on normal.
Then it was Shady's turn… He too dropped down a position on the leader board.
As did Bunny.
And Iceman, though Jack had to admit, Ice, Ice Baby was a very point proving choice of song.
Then Flow was defeated, as was Lily, at which point, his skills level was shoved up to expert.
None-the-less, Gale, Tooth and Clover all got bumped down a place, much to the guys' amusement.
But then came the real dance off… The one they had all been eager for…
Sandy vs Jack…
Both skills settings were on the highest, and one of the fastest songs on the game had been selected.
With a shared eye-roll, they both began the final bout…
Even Jack was gasping for breath at the end of it, but he had done it. There was a difference of only 14 points, but Jack managed to beat Sandy. Then, of course, he was roped into a dance off with the winning elf, who was actually pretty good, before he was allowed to slump down.
He knew what this was.
This was a test to see who would be the first to crack. Him? Or the others. Well, it was not going to be him. Though his secret weapon, also known as recordings of all of this, would be the weapon of last resort… His secret weapon…
And really? They wanted to play twister? How could that work?
Apparently, by being in teams.

North, Bunny, Iceman and Snowden- a friend of Iceman's that he had roped into this for the sole purpose of having an even number for this game- in one team, Lily, Shady, Flow and Phil in another, then Jack, Tooth, Sandy and Gale in the last.
Basically, they were going to have three people per game, one from each team, and it would be one point for the first out, two points for the second and three points for the winner.
Simple enough…
Round one…
North vs Lily vs Gale…
Lily, to everyone's surprise, was the first out, but it was only a narrow thing between her and North, leaving The Pied Piper to start totting up the scores.
Round two…
Snowden vs Phil vs Sandy…
Phil was the first to fall, shortly followed by Bunny, leaving Sandy as the victor.
Team two finally caught a break in the next round.
Bunny vs Flow vs Tooth.
Bunny as the first out, then it was a while before Flow finally managed to beat Tooth.
Then, it was, again, the match people had been waiting for…
Iceman vs Shady vs Jack.
All of them quite flexible, and all of them determined not to lose…
The game went on for almost five minutes before Shady finally became the first o leave, then it was a further ten minutes before Iceman folded, and Jack was declared the winner.
That left the final scores as Team one, 7 points, Team 2, 6 points and Team 3, the clear winners, with 11 points.

Jack sighed as Tooth and Lily finally convinced everyone to play Limbo. Okay, so his plan for vengeance had turned into a chance for everyone to be humiliated… Ah well, all the more fun for him…
Snowden had had to leave after the last round, But Jack, having gotten on well with him, had agreed to meet up sometime soon with the others… Which meant they couldn't do it in teams, but, rather, would do it by everyone gradually losing against the steadily lowering pole.
North was first… He was out at level two.
Bunny was out at level three…
Iceman at level four, along with Lily…
Shady and Clover were out at level five…
Gale at level seven…
Flow at level eight…
Sandy at level nine… By this time, the Pole was less than a metre from the floor, and Tooth and Jack exchanged competitive grins as they tackled level ten…
Tooth fist pumped the air, as Jack failed at level eleven, even as she continued to level 12, using her wings as balance.
No-one was in the mood to call it cheating, and she was declared the winner.
Eventually, though, They all got tired of playing random games, and, instead, Jack was surprised to find himself instinctually grabbing at something thrown to him.
He grinned as he realised it was a flute, and he raised an eyebrow to the Piper.
"What did you have in mind, Piper?"
The older spirit grinned.
"Let's see how well you've remembered…"
Bunn snorted softly.
"Well enough to be able to hypnotise all of my googies…"
Piper blinked, then smiled.
"I approve."
Now it was Jack's turn to grin.
"Thought you might… What's the target?"
He nearly laughed outright when the Piper gestured to a small knot of elves in the corner of the room, and the others caught on a second later, grins starting to form on all of their faces… Though North was wondering how this might impact his future… What with Jack being able to control the elves and all…
Piper started with a few notes, giving Jack time to pick up the pitch and tone, before he played a couple of practise notes.
He grinned as they seemed to doze lightly, then thought about what to make them do…
Aha, did he not say to Sandy he would get him back for blasting him with dream sand a couple of days ago? And turning his dream sand different colours was getting dull…
Now… How about setting elves on him for the next week or so?
Leaving a faint subconscious impulse to want to follow him around should do it…
He started playing a tune, and the Piper, realising what he was doing, chuckled, giving Sandy a pitying look…
But, before Sandy could do more than consider whether to run or not, dozens of elves all started bombarding him.
Jack eventually started laughing so hard that he was in stitches on the floor, and all of the others, even North, were laughing at the sight of the small elves clinging to Sandy even as he tried to shake them off…
The Piper smiled, when Jack finally recovered enough to speak coherently again.
"That must be the strangest way I have ever seen my teachings used… But I approve all the same. You are the guardians of fun after all… Though that does not surprise me."
"It doesn't?"
"No. Even when I knew you all those decades ago… Deep down, I knew there was something different about you… You were much too chirpy and mischievous for your own good…"
"Hey, those squirrels had it coming."
"How?"
"They were throwing there nuts at me. And don't tell me it was an accident, one of them even seemed to smirk as it threw an acorn. Hit me right on the head too… The little critter had good aim…"
"Didn't mean you had to get them to do cartwheels for three hours on end…"
"Oh, come on, you have to admit it was funny…"
"Maybe a little… Though I fail to see what the rabbits did to you…"
"What rabbits?"
"The ones that followed you around all the time…"
"… I didn't use the flute on them. Hey just seemed to like to stalk me."
"They aren't the only ones!" This was Lily, who, like the others, had stopped laughing in order to find out more about Jack's past. "Trust me, any rabbits he comes across take to him instantly… Even deer follow him around whenever he is near them."
Iceman grinned.
"I can vouch for that. A couple of months ago, he ended up getting buried beneath a mound of rabbits…"
"Oi," Jack said, indignant, "I still say that that was Lily's fault…"
She whacked him across the head, giving a far too innocent grin, and shrugging.
"Aww, but you know I'm far too sweet to do anything like that…"
Jack snorted, just at the same time as Iceman, earning them both a whack across the head, as Lily scowled at him.
"I'm not that bad…"
The Piper looked between her and Jack, then grinned at the winter spirit.
"Ah, I see what you mean… So much denial…"
Jack gave Lily a quick grin, clearly realising that that statement had put him on very dangerous ground.
"Hey, it was just a running Joke- OW!" He ran from the room, Lily hot on his heels, along with everyone else's laughter, before she could hit him again.

It was almost half an hour before he got back, Lily trailing behind him with a brownie cookie, and Flow gave him an incredulous look.
"You tamed her with a cookie?"
Iceman and Clover shared a look, as did the guardians, and, in perfect unison, they all said,
"They are very good cookies…"
Which, of course, prompted Jack being hounded until he quickly prepped a few batches for the elves to bake, with the warning that if a single one as missing, they would be on shelf stacking duty for the next month.

Everyone was very adamant that they could stick around for an hour whilst they cooked, and they ended up playing trivia, more specifically, History.
It was the first game all night that North was decent at, but even the combined brainwork of him, Sandy and Bunny was no match for Jack.
The others had opted to watch, and, even though they leant a hand to the three guardians now and then, the Pied Piper even volunteering his wider knowledge of certain time periods, Jack still ended up winning by a long shot.
In response to how, he simply grinned, shrugging.
"You heard about it, I lived it… But I'm telling you, the answer for the question about the revolution? So not true…"
Then Lily roped him into playing Disney Trivia, though he had no idea why she had it, in which he and Tooth teamed up with Lily against everyone else, who subsequently lost against the three Disney fans.
Then came monopoly.
Which Jack completely sucked at. But, with the excuse that he had to go help the elves, he managed to shove his place onto Iceman, who he knew would not do too badly… Though I came as no surprise, when he walked in half an hour later, to see that North had won.
The older guardian was a fan of the game, and had yet to lose to anyone…
The again… So was the Piper, and, with an extremely solemn air, the two sat down to the clean board…
And so, with several expectant onlookers and many, many cookies, the greatest monopoly chase of the century began…

As Jack watched, munching away on Cookies, several thoughts sprang got mind.
One, why was it that everything he did always ended up being fun?
Two, he really needed to drop in on the Piper more often…
Three, they really needed to do things like this more often…
And four. He really needed to try out his masterpiece of an expression on Tooth. He had been working on it for a great many years, with Lily and Clover, but he had only ever used the basics on Tooth, and she was fast becoming immune to it… Maybe it was time to u things to a whole other level?
Oh, and five… Why on earth would that have popped into his head at this particular random moment in time? Ah well, it wasn't the first random thought that had entered his head… He had also wondered why on Earth North had chosen to be the iron on the monopoly board… Though that might not have been such a random thought after all…

It was a couple of hours before they game finally reached its end, and North's winning streak was finally broken as the Piper finally bankrupt him when the guardian landed on a hotel…
Jack wasn't alone when he gave a sigh, and he handed North a pity cookie.
But the guardian seemed happy enough to have been able to play with the Piper, and, at the enthusiastic groans, finally gave in and decided on no more games that evening.
It wasn't long, then, before the Piper had to leave, and Flow, Lily and Gale were not far behind.
Then Tooth head off, back to the Palace, just as Sandy left, and Shady decided that he had better leave as well.
Jack decided that he would stay at his own place that night, just to make sure Clover and Iceman had settled in okay, and the three said goodnight, using an orb to head to the monastery, leaving Bunny and North to laugh about how quickly things could turn to far too much fun with Jack around… North was quick to admit that, before Jack came into their lives, he had never had so much fun on such a regular basis… Bunny had grinned at that, saying the exact same thing, and, leaving North to finish off the rest of the cookies, head off.

Jack grinned as he said a quick goodnight to Clover and Iceman, chatted for a short while with a couple of the Yeti's, and finally collapsed onto his bed with a yawn.
Now then… What could he plan next…?


Me: Okay, a few things I need to say this chapter…
Number one, AngelofGrace96 sent an email to the management, asking them to add Baby Tooth as a character, and they agreed! So, just spreading the word around :D Thanks Angel, and I will definitely put Baby Tooth in the next chapter :D
Number two… OVER 600 REVIEWS!? *leaps around joyfully, squealing, only to have Vader hoist me up and dump me in a small room*
Vader: Burn it off, Raven…
Me: *doesn't bother arguing and simply continues leaping and dancing around with joy and utter, awesome, shocked surprise*
Vader: Well, she's happier than I've seen in a while… Anyway, I think I will just end this here, and the responses to the guest reviews are written below. I had Raven write them earlier, before she found the review count, as I knew this would happen… *sighs* She was honestly not expecting this fic to go so far… Anyway, we hope you enjoyed… And till the next chapter then, younglings…


Toothy- Interesting insight into your life, Lol :D And wow… 27? Wish it was that hot in the UK… *sigh* Anyway, glad you liked the chappie :D

Guest- They are both great ideas, but I have already decided against the whole birthday thing for Jack, as I think it would turn too angsty with all the memories, and Jack the Exterminator sounds a bit… I dunno… Did you want to give me a scenario and I'll see? Either way, thanks for reading and reviewing :D

Avywoto- Thanks for pointing it out. The eye-roll kind of comes naturally as a filler expression, but I will take it into account and try to widen the variety of expressions a bit :D

Mec- Hey, I'm not sure how Vader feels about sharing me, so you will have to ask him… Oh, hang on… What's that Vader? Oh! No! No hunting down the awesome readers! After all, sharing is caring… Honestly… Sorry about that… (Vader breaking into my PM's is something you may have to get used to if you get an account, Lol :D ) Ahem, where was I? Oh, right… I have just sent a copy of your little rant (which was very enjoyable by the way) to the lairs' of Pitch and Ice Black, so hopefully they will hear it soon… Many thanks for that :D And hopefully this was updated quickly enough for you? Lol… Wouldn't want you reaching the brink of insanity after all :D

Guest 2- I'm assuming that that is you Dark? Hope so, or I'll sound a little dumb at the moment :D And Jack? Something safe and involving a lot of common sense? Interesting thought, Lol :D