I was early, and bored.

I leaned back on the blue sofa and let out a sigh through my nose as I looked up, and saw the rafters above my head.

Taboo just sighed and shook her head as she realised my intent.

"Do what you want, but I'm not going up there."

"Suit yourself." I said as I climbed up onto the back of the sofa. I balanced easily and took a leap for the nearest rafter. I gripped the bottom of it with my fingertips and I scrambled to get a proper grip before I fell back down.

I grabbed the rafter's properly and started swinging back and forth. Once at the top of my arc I pulled myself up and onto the rafter. From there I just sat down on it and swung my legs like a small child, a habit I did have for a while but like a lot of things I used to do, it disappeared when I was seven.

The door creaked open and I jumped up onto my feet, now in a crouched position as Bunnymund entered the room.

I smothered a giggle as Bunnymund looked at Taboo, then started scanning the room for me.

"Where's Frosty?"

Before I could tell Taboo not to give me away, she nodded her head in my direction, and Bunnymund looked up, doing a double take as he saw me.

"What are ya doin' up there?"

"Not much." I said shrugging. "I was early again and got bored."

"That sounds like somethin' Frostbite would say."

I shrugged again, then grinned as an idea came into my mind.

"I don't like that look." Said Bunnymund, taking a step back.

"Who wants to prank Jack?"

Bunnymund raised an eyebrow, as if surprised that I was proposing this. "I thought yer supposed to be a professional?"

"I don't get paid, plus I don't prank Jack often; he's too good. If I get a bit of help on the other hand..." I trailed off, looking at Bunnymund expectantly.

"Ya want me ta get involved in some childish prank involving Jack."

"Yes."

Bunnymund paused, then smirked. "What have ya got in mind?"

A few minutes later Bunnymund was sitting in his normal place, and the other Guardians were in their seats, wondering where I was.

Taboo was in on it as well, having shrunk to the point where she could hide in the sofa. The prank was a fairly tame one, but still entertaining.

Jack breezed in and quickly noticed my absence. "Where's Jackie?"

Sandman shrugged and North said. "We don't know. We thought she might be with you."

Jack's forehead creased with worry. "She wouldn't miss a meeting for no reason."

"She's fine." Said Bunnymund. "Maybe some Head stuff came up, maybe she lost track of time. Not every'in is an emergency."

"I guess." Sat Jack, sitting in his normal seat. I was above and behind him and I did feel a stab of guilt. I had forgotten how protective Jack could be.

The Guardians started their meeting without me on Bunnymund's insistence, and I started the first part of the prank.

I hooked my legs around the beam and swung down from the rafters, easily catching Tooth's attention from the opposite sofa. Thankfully she wasn't talking, and her eyes widened in surprise. I put my finger to my upside down lips, grinning, and then poked Jack in the shoulder before swinging myself back up.

I almost didn't make it, underestimating Jack's reflexes. He spun around and just missed my ponytail whipping up into the rafters. He turned to Tooth.

"Did you see anything?" He asked quietly, so not to disturb North's talk about his Christmas preparations. Tooth, who remembered my gesture, shook her head.

I could just imagine the puzzled look on Jack's face and struggled not to snicker. Bunnymund glanced up and gave me a subtle warning glance as my shoulders shook from the effort of keeping it in. Bunny's role in this wasn't great, apparently he and Jack already had a prank war of sorts going on, so he didn't want to get too involved. He was just to keep Jack distracted.

I swung back down on the opposite side, and poked Jack's other shoulder. Jack already appeared nervous from my apparent no show, so jumped up and out of his seat, looking behind him. He seemed to miss me again and North stopped mid ramble.

"Jack, are you alright?"

"I thought..." Jack frowned. "Never mind." He sat back down.

I was still grinning like an idiot as I prepared for the third attack. I probably didn't have the reflexes to dodge Jack's gaze a third time, so this time I was going to go big.

I was going to nab his staff.

Not for long, just enough to annoy him a bit.

I swung back down a third time, and slowly reached for the crook of Jack's staff, which was leaning next to him. I took the curve of the staff, and still grinning, whipped it up off the sofa.

Jack went to grab it but I was back up in the rafters, grinning like a loon and holding Jack's staff in one hand.

"What the hell?!" Cried Jack as he saw who it was. "Jackie!?"

"Hi." I said, laughing. Bunnymund also chuckled as North stopped mid speech and looked up in surprise.

"What are you doing up there?"

Understanding dawned on Jack's face and he spluttered in surprise.

"You pranked me!"

"Yep!" I said, laughing harder at the look of surprise and indignation on Jack's face.

"But... but, you..." Jack still seemed unable to wrap his head around the fact that I'd pranked him, while Sandman was rolling around with silent laughter, Bunnymund and Tooth were smirking and North looked as surprised as Jack.

"You can't, you don't..."

"Can't prank? Don't have a sense of humour?" I asked, smirking as I waved his staff. "I beg to differ."

"Just... Give me back my staff!"

"Maybe." I said, grinning, standing up and walking around on the rafters, the staff over my shoulders.

"Jackie!"

"Come and get it Snowman!" I called, turned back to face him, still grinning.

Jack pulled himself up on top of the chair and Sandman laughed harder. "You're gonna get it Icicle!"

I laughed harder as Jack jumped for the rafters, but he had forgotten that he no longer had access to Wind, so fell short the first time.

"C'mon Jackie." Said Jack, "just give it back."

"Maybe."

"Jackiiiiie."

"Jaaaaaack."

"I never knew you could be so annoying."

"Wonder where I get it from?" I said with a grin. I swung upside down to meet Jack's face, with a grin.

I passed his staff back to him, having gotten bored now. "Here ya go."

Jack took it back warily, then grinned as he pointed his staff at my feet. My eyes widened and I started to swing back up as Jack's ice froze my feet to the rafters.

"Seriously Jack!" I said, not too worried, I could unfreeze it, but it was the gesture that was important as Jack cackled.

"Ya had it comin'." Chuckled Bunnymund and I rolled my eyes at him.

"You were supposed to have my back on this one!" I said and Jack turned to Bunny with his eyes wide as North laughed.

"You were helping her?"

"I was supposed ta try and keep ya from suspectin' anythin'." Bunnymund shrugged. "She forgot that you were more than a little protective of 'er."

Jack went red as Taboo chuckled and revealed herself from the sofa and I got myself down from the rafters.

"You'd swear he thinks I'm still fourteen." I said with a smirk.

"Oh don't you start." Said Jack as I sat down on my usual sofa.

"How about we get back to the meeting?" Asked Tooth, still smirking.

This would take place a few years after the first Winter Solstice meeting, and Jackie is a bit more comfortable with the rest of the Guardians, although this is quite an impulsive move for her. Also nice to see a trait of hers that hasn't been shown off for a while come back.

With that ending, I was intending to go further into the actual meeting, but scrapped the idea because it didn't fit with the story itself.