Well then, I'm here!

(Yay!)

[Finally.]

Answers;

Glove and Keyboard!

Next!

Glittering points that downward thrust, sparkling spears that never rust. What are they?

I am perfect, impossible, permanent and guaranteed. What am I?

Walk on the living, they don't even mumble, walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What are they?

Answers at the end.

Anyway.

*Imitating Gobber* Right then, lets get started.

"This is all very flattering, but, err, you don't want me."

Tooth's arms slumped while she looked on, North's eyebrows rose while Bunny's scowl deepened.

Jack looked off to his side, before jumping onto the table that was standing next to him, stepping across the surface.

"Your all, hard work and deadlines." Jack kicked his feet forwards, over the edge, and fell down into a sitting position. "While I'm, snowballs and fun times."

Jack paused for a second with a look of confusion on his face, before murmuring, "I just rhymed."

Looking back up, Jack continued seriously, "I'm not a Guardian."

Bunny started laughing, not full on but it was still there. Prodding North with a elbow, "Yea, tha- that's exactly what I said."

Tooth put a hand on one of Norths arms, saying she'll handle it, before darting to Jack. He prepared himself for another invasion of his privacy.

"Jack, I don't think you understand what it is we do."

Jack couldn't help it, Tooth was in his personal space, looking him in the eyes and had a hand on his shoulder. "Ookay, then. Is this the part where you tell me it's actually fun?" The last part was said with a tad bit of incredulousness.

Tooth stopped, seemingly trying to get her thoughts back on track. Shaking her head, she flew up and gestured to the slowly spinning globe with a lot of lights on.

Tooth continued, "Each of these lights, is a child."

North approached, speaking in a fatherly tone, "A child, who believes. And good or bad, naughty or nice, we protect them."

Tooth dived for Jacks teeth while North had his back turned, fortunately, Jack was expecting it.

Rolling his eyes at the childlike behavior towards him/his teeth, Jack darted out the way with the winds help and a growing mischievous twinkle in his eyes.

Tooth darted after him, before Jack interrupted her.

"Tooth?"

She jerked back before she rubbed an arm in embarrassment, causing the twinkle to be accompanied by a teasing grin, distracting Tooth, "Oh..." She looked at the grin for a second, "Sorry."

She flew behind him, turning up on the other side before placing both hands on his shoulder as she smiled... Jack settled with cutely, at him, "They're beautiful."

Jack let the wind drop him down, back onto solid ground. He decided to listen to what North had to say. He didn't seem too fazed by Tooths actions, continuing as if she hadn't done anything.

"OK, no more wishy washy. Pitch is out there doing who knows what!"

Jack chuckled, "You mean... The Boogeyman?"

Before he could continue, North interrupted.

"Yes! When Pitch threatens us," North gestured at the globe, "He threatens them as well."

Jack deadpanned, "Nice speech." North blinked as Jack spun around and started meandering away, "Now, go pick someone else."

Sandys eyebrows rose, he could tell something was different, but before he could tell someone, North stepped forwards incredulously. Bunny shook his head in exasperation as well.

"Pick? You think we pick?" The emphasis on we caught Jacks attention more than the rest of the sentence. Turning to face them side on, he noticed the 4 of them lining up, "No, you were chosen, like we were all chosen... by Man in Moon."

Those three words, which North obviously thought would sway Jack, did nothing.

Sandy's eyes widened further, surprised at the lack of emotion being given to that proclamation.

One of Jack's eyebrows rose, obviously expecting more. When no more came from the dramatically posed Russian, he shrugged.

"OK then," North smirked to himself, "get him to pick someone else then." The smirk disappeared, leaving the four Guardians flabbergasted as Jack started walking away again.

Until Bunny walked forwards a bit, "Ya know what I think? I think we just dodged a bullet." Bunny hopped forwards menacingly, "I mean, what's this clown know about bringing joy to children anyway?"

Jack smirked privately, he could play that game too.

Turning back again, so that he could see the rabbit out the corner of his eye, before speaking calmly, a hint of mischief glittering in his eyes, "Obviously more than you do."

Bunny shot up, before he started stomping forwards, "But none of them believe in you do they? You see? Your invisible, mate. It's like you don't even exist."

Again, one of Jacks eyebrows rose, unimpressed. Bunny was interrupted before he could continue by Tooth inhaling sharply.

"Bunny, enough."

Jack shrugged, "And how much time have you spent with kids, Kangaroo?"

Bunny frowned while Sandy started pulling at Norths coat. Stepping forwards, Bunny scowled.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. What did you just call me?" He stepped forwards again, making it obvious that he was taller that Jack, "I'm not a kangaroo, mate."

Jack didn't back down. Instead, he looked into Bunny's eyes unflinchingly, "And this whole time I thought you were." He stepped forwards as well, "If your not a kangaroo, what are you?"

"I'm a bunny, mate, the children believe in me." Bunny jabbed. If Jack didn't have believers, he would have been effected by it.

But he did. So he wasn't.

Before Jack could retort, North stepped forwards, "Jack, walk with me."

Jack looked at North questioningly, before asking, "Why shouldn't I leave, like, right now?"

Bunny snorted, causing Jack to roll his eyes, "Maybe you should."

North interrupted again, speaking seriously, "I will just take a moment."

Jack mentally shrugged, he does want to look inside the workshop.

Meandering towards North as the man walked away, he caught sight of Tooth giving Bunny a sharp look and Sandy staring at him curiously.

Deciding to come back to that, Jack caught up with North just as he was about to enter the lift.

The ride down was silent, Jack wondering what North wants to say while North pondered about Jacks, un-Jack-like-ness.

Quickly growing bored of the lack of talking, Jack asked, "So," North glanced at him, "what you want?"

North chuckled, before replying, "I tell you in one moment."

Jacks lip twitched into a grin, a surprise, he now knew North wanted to try and convince him to stay for as long as he could get away with. Jack was about to say something else, but his attention was grabbed by the floor they were descending to. The noise was the first thing he noticed, the sound of a busy workshop with workers constantly moving and working, nothing was quite or still. Jack was definitely full of wonder as his eyes darted over the workshop floor, giddy grin spreading across his face and hopping slightly on the spot. Watching the yeti's bustle about, full of energy, made him feel restless.

The only thing that would be better, was if a few games, or pranks, were played as well. But Jack kept the urge back, for now anyway. Instead, he turned towards North.

"It's nothing personal, it's just, what you all do, it's not my thing."

North managed to get sidetracked after 5 steps, signing off a notepad for a yeti while talking to Jack over his shoulder with a flick of the wrist, "Man in Moon say's it is your thing!"

Jack rolls his eyes and snorts lightly, "Then why didn't he say so earlier? Oh," Jack immediately lightens up, a big, mischievous grin creeping onto his face that causes the Yeti he just bumped into to eye him cautiously, "Hi Phil."

North turned around, eyeing him curiously over the friendly-ish greeting to one of his Yeti's.

"You know Phil?"

Jack diverted his attention away from the nervous Yeti, who still kept his eyes stuck on the trickster, to North. "Yep, I try and break into this place, he throws me out again. Got it down like clockwork now."

North frowned at the winter trickster, confused about the fact Jack seemingly breaks into the Workshop, regularly, without his knowledge... And that Phil kept that knowledge to himself, apparently.

Jack's attention diverted to the Elves messing around with the Christmas tree decorations, before noticing the Yeti's working away at the workstations, "Hey, erm. I thought the Elves made the toys."

North leaned over to look at the Elves over Jacks shoulder, whispering conspiratorially, "We just let them believe that." Causing Jack to lean away slightly at the invasion of his personal space, again.

But before Jack really process the 'invasion', an Elf plugged the socket in, electrocuting the other Elf that was holding the wires. Jack's grin broke into a wide smile, amusement at the Elves antics plain to see, but North had already turned away, forcing Jack to catch up with him. But not before he placed some ice around the Elves 'work' for them to mess around with.

"I don't like it! Paint it red!"

The Yeti that was painting a toy robot blue, jumped slightly in surprise as North swiftly marched passed. When the Yeti registered what North had said, he started gesturing wildly at the stacks of blue robots next to him, much to Jacks continued amusement. Jack's smile turned into a slight wince as the Yeti smacked its head into the tabletop. Glancing up at the big man, that was still walking away, Jack slipped a snowball that he had just made in front of the Yeti. Turning around again, Jack missed the snowball give off a light blue sparkle that only he could see.

The Yeti didn't either, but when they bumped the snowball, they did feel better and started chuckling in amusement at the situation. He then went on to re-paint the robots with a little more gusto than before, much to his colleague's astonishment.

By the time Jack managed to catch up with North, he was stepping into a big room that could only belong to the big man himself. Filled with enough ice sculptures, ice blocks and ice equipment to put Jack into astonishment. North stood by the table, dusting his hands together dramatically.

He pulled the little elevated plate out of the elves hands, causing it to fall onto the ground, before offering it to Jack.

"Fruitcake?"

Jack chuckled softly, before offering North a small, thankful, smile. "No, thank you."

North shrugged, then tossed the glass plate away. Several elves scrambled over it, trying to eat the most of the fruitcake as they could before someone noticed them.

North ignored them, instead saying slightly menacingly, while clicking his knuckles as if he were getting ready for a fist fight, "Now we can get down to Tacks a Brass."

Jack couldn't help gulping slightly, this North was by far more intimidating, then he registered the words and immediately forgot about the intimidation and opting for confusion, it was much safer for him.

Mouthing to himself, 'Tacks a..?' The door slammed itself behind him, and he was back to startled while staying confused. Seeing the door lock itself, Jack turned back to the only other occupant in the room. The elves had run away in the brief moments that he had been distracted in.

Seeing North approach him with a piercing stare, Jack's eyes widened as he stumbled back a few steps.

"Who ARE you, Jack Frost?"

Jack stared up at the giant towering over him, this escalated quicker then Bunny could decide if he didn't like the cold, or a blizzard, or him.

Instead of answering the question, or saying whats on his mind, Jack instead stated with a small grin, "Well, you just answered that." He leaned away slightly, speaking quicker, he continued, "Trickster? Mischief Maker? No bells ringing? I'd better go then."

Swiftly turning around, he found the door still shut and locked. Gulping, he turned back to the seemingly amused North, who had taken a small step back and appeared less intimidating, only a little though.

North jabbed a finger into Jacks chest, "Not what I meant! What is your center, Jack Frost?"

And back to confusion, it was like a roller coaster for emotions in Jacks head, only with very few emotions. It was annoying him slightly.

"My... Center?"

North's piercing stare came back, "If man in moon chose you to be a Guardian, you must have something... very... special inside."

Jack grinned impishly, trying to ignore the uncomfortableness of the position he found himself in, "Are you calling me 'special'?"

North nodded enthusiastically, stepping away from the winter sprite, completely oblivious to the slight emphasis on the last word, "Yes, you are special! Man in moon would not chose you otherwise!"

Jack cracked up, that was funnier than he had expected, the confused look on the Russians face only served to push him over the edge and make him fall over laughing.

A long time in the making.

Sailing further from the plot. Let's see where this will end, shall we?

Again, Jack is still hyped slightly from earlier, the journey so far is slightly diverging from the original, it will only go further from here.

Spoilers for the riddles ahead!

Icicles.

Nothing.

Leaves.