As a note, this takes place on the same day as 'Prank'

Also, I said in a response to my last chapter to PuellaPulchra that this might take a few days to get out *nervous laughter*
Real life happened, and I'm actually putting off real life right now, so please enjoy my efforts of procrastination!

Jackie had trouble stifling a yawn as the meeting with the Guardians came to a close. Not that she was bored, and the earlier prank had both woken her up and allowed her to relax a bit more around the Guardians. Trouble was that, once again, she'd spent the night before preparing for this, and she was sleep deprived.

Fortunately for her dignity though, the Sandman was also asleep.

The meeting wrapped up, and the Sandman woke up long enough to leave, before probably falling asleep again, causing Jackie to smirk slightly. Good to know she wasn't the only one sleep deprived. Although, the Sandman just appeared to be narcoleptic naturally, so maybe not.

"So, the mischief wears off and yer just as bad as Sandy?" Bunnymund still seemed to be hanging around.

"He's actually asleep." Jackie pointed out.

"You you look like ya will be in a few minutes."

Jackie opened her mouth to defend herself, but a yawn wormed its way out instead.

She sighed irritably while she heard Taboo laugh and Bunnymund seemed to be snickering behind his paw.

"Yes, I'm tired, I'm sure that's hilarious." Jackie was not amused.

"She admitted it! She actually admitted it!" Taboo cried and Jackie was trying very hard to not to glare at her too hard.

She did raise her eyebrows at Bunnymund's snickering though.

"What?" he asked when he saw her look.

"Bit odd to see, I guess." Jackie shrugged.

"What, I can't laugh?"

"You've never done it around me, I don't think."

"You're usually not that funny."

"Thanks," her eyebrows couldn't go much higher on her forehead. "That's probably because usually when we see each other it's business."

"Officially, yeah, but seriously? I thought ya knew this is a relaxed affair?" as if to illustrate his point, Bunnymund leaned against the wall.

"Casual business." Jackie shrugged. Bunnymund shook his head in response.

"Sure kid."

Jackie didn't dispute the term 'kid', since Bunnymund had quite a few millennia on her.

"I know everyone here is friendly enough, but, again business."

"Interestin' way of puttin' it. I thought you were aimin' for somethin' more of a partnership?"

"That's the end goal, but I know that might take a while."

"Might happen quicker than ya think. Jack obviously likes ya, I hear ya're getting on better with Tooth. North likes everyone, as does Sandy."

"What about you then?"

Bunnymund shrugged and didn't say anything.

"That's it?"

Bunnymund shrugged again and looked away.

"Riveting response." Jackie paused for a second. "Doesn't surprise me actually. I don't think you like any Descendant, do you?"

"Where'd you get that idea?" Bunnymund asked, a little defensively in Jackie's opinion as his head shot around to look at her again.

"Well, you're aloof anyway, but whenever you interact with Descendants, you seem to have little tics. Slight movements, minuscule flinches, usually around your Descendants-"

Bunnymund let out a soft noise that clearly he thought only he could hear, however it did make Jackie pause.

"...and noises like that don't help your case."

Bunnymund let out an irritated sigh and shook his head.

"Look, it's just..." he sighed again.

"Just what?" Jackie's tiredness was forgotten, as her curiosity was fully piqued.

"They're not Pookas! They look nothing like Pookas, they don't act like Pookas and the certainly don't embody the culture!" Bunnymund was moving as he talked, pacing and waving his arms to demonstrate his point.

"Yes..." Jackie wasn't sure what the problem was. "Why, you expect them to?"

"Well they are 'my Descendants', so they've got to be related to Pookas in some manner!"

Now Jackie got it.

"Okay, 'Descendants' is used as a catch-all term."

Bunnymund paused in a his pacing and turned to face her. "What?"

"Exactly what I said. Descendants is an easy word to use, but any immortal who came from the Golden Age, you, Sandman, Mother Nature, Pitch etc, are not actually related to their Descendants. It's just easier to call them that."

"So, why are they my Descendants?"

"The story is a little muddy, but the general idea is that, after you had changed the Earth's shape from an egg shape to an oblate spheroid, you left at least one pocket of magic, presumably by accident."

Judging the look on Bunnymund's face, it was accidental.

"We're only certain of one, which was somewhere in Australia and was discovered by an unknown number of humans. Exactly when is also unknown, but the potential is there for this to have happened roughly 50,000 years ago, which would make them the oldest Descendants."

"When the first humans came to Australia," noted Bunnymund ,and Jackie nodded.

"Pretty much, but I couldn't say for certain. Anyway, the story goes on to say that these humans came across this pocket of magic, exactly what it looked like no one can agree on. Some say glowing rock, some say flower, some say it was a magical looking bubble.

"And the humans, being the intelligent species that we are, touched it. Once again the stories differ. All describe a flow of energy, then some say there was a sudden flood of ethereal rabbits, not present in Australia until a few hundred years ago. Some say the moon shone on them, although it was daytime and they were in a cave. Finally some say they saw a ghostly Pooka, whether it said anything I have no idea. After that, they all had powers.

"They eventually learned of your presence and of other Descendants, and coined the name 'Descendants of Bunnymund' because you're the closest immortal they've got. And also because no other Descendant group had claimed that title."

Jackie looked at Bunnymund, who looked a mix of contemplative and stunned.

"So, that's that." Jackie finished, shrugging.

"How did I not know this?" Bunnymund grumbled, more to himself but Jackie still answered.

"Let's see, you were a recluse for millennia and you probably assumed once you heard the name."

"I still watched things."

"Were you really all that interested in what humans were doing after the fall of Atlantis?"

"...Not before I became a Guardian. No. But this could have happened before that."

"True, but no one knows for certain, and would you have been all that interesting in a group of humans disappearing off into the Outback?"

"It happened a lot, for reasons I didn't care about."

"Well, there you go."

Bunnymund stood there with his arms folded, still in thought.

"...So I've just been ignoring these people, for no real reason?"

"I wouldn't worry about it, since that sums most immortals response to Descendants."

" 'Cept Jack."

"I think you can end a lot of immortal stereotypes with 'except Jack'"

Bunnymund chuckled. "I agree with ya there."

"So, don't worry about it. I bet you, your Descendants probably haven't noticed, or if they have, probably don't mind too much."

Bunnymund shot her a disbelieving look.

"You normally come across as aloof, they've probably just put it to that," now that this was over, Jackie could feel tiredness creeping up on her again.

"Well, this has been a lovely revelation, but I think I need to make sure Jackie doesn't end up having an unplanned sleepover here." Taboo shook herself off as she stood up.

"Thanks Taboo." Jackie failed to keep the sarcasm from her voice.

"You're welcome."

"Ya better be off." Bunnymund had found an egg in his bandolier and was turning it over in his paw. "See ya in the Warren for the Spring Equinox."

"See you then." Jackie left the room, as she preferred to not Smoke in and out of the meeting room.

When she was gone Bunnymund had an odd look on his face as he looked at the ice blue and navy egg in his paw.

"Yer a weird one alright."

Jackie and Bunny have always had a weird relationship, partially due to what was cleared up here, Bunny's own perception on Descendants, with the perception he had on his own Descendants colouring how he saw the rest of them. It was also down to Jackie's own wariness, as she saw Bunny as somewhat unpredictable with a long history. She also feels similarly about Sandy, but he's more friendly in general. However, even before this they did respect each other and what they did in their parts of this world.

Now, the egg thing at the end. Each Guardian recognises that when it comes to Jackie, her light went out too soon, and Descendant or not, they should have done something. This all happened several years before Jack became a Guardian however, when the Guardians weren't interacting directly with children anymore, so it would have been difficult for them to have known then. Although, I imagine it wouldn't stop them feeling bad about it, as well as anyone else that had their light go out early.
The egg is a reference to a much earlier one shot called 'Easter Egg'. That had been Bunny's attempt in a way to make up for the light thing just mentioned. Also she's a Descendant, so it was also a case of 'oh, she'll get it somehow'. He will probably never know that Jackie thought it was Billy, and she'll probably never know that it was Bunny, because they are both too proud to ever bring that up.

Finally, 99th chapter on HOG Files. Wooooooooo!

I'm going to have to think of something special for number 100...