After Pitch escaped there were groans of frustration from both Seraphina and the Guardians, though Jack had run back to the tunnel she had emerged from. Everyone was more or less startled though when she shouted out her own name.

"Jack!" And the promptly did a running hug at an empty point of air. Well it was empty to most of them, Loki, Thor, Bunny and Tony, for a short time at least, were able to see that she was actually hugging a boy about her own age with brown hair and eyes dressed in a brown cloak and tattered brown pants.

"Who is that!" Loki sent a grin at Bunny before answering.

"That would be Jackson, Jack's friend."

Before more could be said Jackson was picking Jack up and carrying her over to the others, though he faded from view for Tony and Bunny at the time he wrapped his arms around Jack to bring her over. Bunny, however, noted that the way that Jack 'flew' over to them now seemed more like she was being carried than flying on her own, and despite his logical side telling him he shouldn't be, he felt a twinge of jealousy at the idea. It shocked him that he felt it at all, he had no claims or interests in Jack prior to this so why would he feel jealous.

"Can we go now, this place is really creepy and I've seen more of it than I'd ever like to."

Loki wraps his arm around Jack's shoulders and leads her out, soon followed by the dumbfounded Avengers and the 'still trying to see how this works' Guardians.

"Of course my snowy princess."

And the cute nicknames Loki had for his daughter were giving Tooth toothaches.

Once on the surface they agree that going to the Avengers' tower was the best plan for the post everything explanation that all parties were trying not to look forward to as much as they actually were. It was closer and was just as prepared for large gatherings as North's workshop, while providing the comfort that some of the Avengers were lacking in the previously mentioned location.

When they arrived Seraphina and Loki took up seats at either end of one of the sofas and all but dragged Jack between them, for those that could occasionally make out Jackson as he shifted into and out of phase or view or whatever it was he was doing, quite frankly it was giving Tony a headache as most of the time it was like watching a strobe light flickering on just one person. Thor settled into a seat near his brother while the Guardians all mostly sat together on a separate couch. The rest of the Avengers just took up whatever seats were left. Once all were settled Loki actually took the reigns of the conversation and spoke up first.

"I know you all have questions, so we will take turns and start with my brother."

Loki turns and raises a brow at the God of Thunder.

"Why did you not tell us about your family Brother?"

"Seraphina mostly wanted to keep things quiet."

"That does not answer my question."

Loki shifts uncomfortably and Jack places a hand on his arm, looking up at him worriedly. "Daddy?"

Loki looks down at his daughter then up at his wife, who takes a steadying breath at the look.

"Jack, I know we never fully explained why you and your brothers," She continued on, no acknowledging the gasps from the Guardians. "Needed to keep your relationship to each other and myself secret. The truth is we hoped to not have to tell you until Pitch was free of the shadows and fearlings that control him."

"I don't understand..."

"Jack my full name is Seraphina Pitchner, daughter of the great general, Kozmotis Pitchner, the man who became Pitch Black." Seraphina levels her gaze with Jack, praying she takes this well. She and Loki had talked many times about how best to broach the subject of her father with each of their children. Jack having just recently been made a Guardian, complicated things.

"Wha, what! How, why, why didn't you tell me sooner. I, I fought him." Jack was looking more and more dishevelled as she spoke, her hands ran through her hair and her eyes widened in horror at the thought of what she had just been told. Sensing the incoming panic attack Loki wrapped her up in his arms and whispered soothing things to her until she calmed down.

"I know that must have been shocking, but it is why we never told you. You also I am sure can decipher why we never told anyone you were our daughter. If others knew, if Pitch had known..."

"Pitch doesn't know though, right?"

Jack seemed like a scared little girl as she looked up at her mother with wide blue eyes.

Seraphina bit her lip as she turned from Jack's pleading expression. "I am afraid that he does know now. It slipped out while we were distracting him from Sanderson's preparations."

"I see... He'll try again won't he? The kidnapping me to turn me into something like him thing."

"More than likely. He will most likely be more motivated now that he knows."

There was a long moment of silence as all present absorbed that bit of information. Then Tony decided to voice his question.

"Ok, so what exactly happened to make your oh so great father, into the monster we just had to go rescue your daughter from?"
Seraphina levels a flat glare at Tony, but speaks regardless.

"Once long ago was an era called the Golden Age. It was a time of peace and prosperity through the galaxy. It had its problems, like any great age, but the fearlings, dream pirates and nightmare men were mostly contained to the outskirts. Once they began to encroach on the more civilized worlds the rulers of the time, the Constellations, gathered a great army. It was lead by a man who had proved himself capable time and time again at beating back the darkness. This man was General Kozmotis Pitchner, and when he finally succeeded in beating back and capturing every last soldier of darkness he was charged with the task of watching over them as their warden in the prison that had been built for them. He was chosen in part due to his reputation as a great hero, incorruptible, loyal and steadfast. The other part may have had to do with politics, much of the populace felt the General should be made equal to the tsars, tsarinas, king, queens and other leaders of the Constellations. So instead they gave him the honor of being the sole watchman of a vial prison. He stayed his post though, for many years until one day the beings of darkness managed to trick him into releasing them."

Bunny interrupts Seraphina here, looking quite sad as he speaks. "They used your memory, the ones he had of you. They made him think you were trapped inside with them."

Despite the interruption Seraphina continued on, the new information not changing things too much.

"Once freed, the fearlings devoured the General. Consuming him and twisting his mind into the man you saw earlier today, only much, much worse. He went on a rampage, slaughtering entire planets, turning their children into more fearlings and extinguishing entire stars. He single handedly ended the Golden Age in the blink of an eye. The last of the Constellation rulers fled to a then insignificant planet that was barely noted on any map. A small blue and green orb with no moon circling a yellow sun. They came in their ship, the Moon Clipper, and settled into orbit with their infant son, their pride and joy. Pitch eventually found them and slaughtered the Tsar and Tsarina Lunanoff, only the child's personal body guard was spared, but at the cost of using his own light to seal Pitch away. The child, now orphaned, no doubt resented Pitch for taking everything from him, and I will not justify that what Pitch has done should be forgiven but Pitch is not the same man my Father was and I will not stand to see his memory tainted by Lunanoff's bigotry."

"That was deeper than I expected to go down the rabbit hole."

Loki sent Tony a sharp look, but only addressed the rest of the room.

"Are there any other questions?"

Steve puts his hand forward to draw attention to himself. "I have one. How do the 'Guardians' fit into all of this?"

"As you were banded together in order to face off with Loki, so to did Lunanoff gather forces to battle Pitch after he resurrected from the seal. He calls them his Guardians of Childhood, as primarily Pitch targets children. The Guardians protect children by giving them hope, dreams, wonder, sweet memories and of course fun." Jack seems to glow at how Seraphina paints the aspect of fun in such a greater light than the others. "Each is represented by a single Guardian. Their power is determined by the number of children that believe in them."

"You mean that children believe in these guys like they do, I don't know, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny?"

Seraphina raises a brow while the Guardians seem a bit dumbstruck at Tony's words. Jack, however, just begins to giggle before curling up and shaking as she tries to suppress her laughter.

"I see what they've done, Mother always has the best sense of humor." Jack points at her friends in turn. "Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Sandman and the Tooth Fairy." She then points to herself, still giggling. "And I'm Jack Frost!"

"You have got to be kidding me!"

After more chaos ensued following that revelation the Guardians bid their farewells and Seraphina left with Jack, and presumably Jackson, leaving Loki in the tower as he was still technically a prisoner and criminal.

"Brother we will talk to Father about this at a later time, for now I think it best if you simply promise to behave yourself."

"As I always do, Brother."

Loki's smirk was not overly reassuring to Thor.

I hope this was fun to read and I hope you will all leave your comments. Keep an eye out for more in this universe.