It had been decades after their first real and last meeting. And months after they worked together to fight Pitch Black, the king of Nightmares. Jack wasn't willing to talk to Bunny and he didn't show the other guardians his pooka form.
Jack was helping them again. In a weird way, helping Tooth was great fun for them all, so they do it again, just because.
While out and about, Sandy, Tooth and North realized again just how much Jack despises Bunny. Once again they were reminded that they don't know why. Something else they don't know is that Bunny wants to apologize to Jack. But they don't know it or the why. But now they were focusing on collecting teeth. That is such a weird sentence outside of context.
Well, they were collecting teeth until they ran, I mean, flew into a Deathling. Deathlings are death spirits, assistants to Mortimer, one of the four horsemen. He is their leader, he is Death.
The Guardians rarely interact with Deathlings, especially since they saw a group of Deathlings killing children. Most spirits avoid Deathlings in fact.
The lone Deathling they saw, saw them as well. But his attention was all on Jack. He came closer, floating in the air like a shadowy cloak. Like a Dementor from Harry Potter but lesser ugly.
"Oh, hi Jacky!", said the Deathling, floating in front of Jack.
Jack just rolled his eyes annoyed. "Killian, how many times did I tell you not to call me that?", replied Jack. It was crystal clear he was annoyed by Killian. He then turned to the Guardians. "Guys, this is Killian, a friend of mine."
"Y-You're friends with a Deathling?!", asked Toothiana, her voice pitched high in fear. The other guardians also couldn't believe that Jack is friends with a Deathling. Besides that Deathlings are just total introverts in their eyes, ignoring that the majority of spirits shuns them, they didn't really think that Jack had any friends of note. He complained over three centuries of loneliness after all.
"How do you know each other?", asked Bunny. Seriously, how does he know that Deathling? Deathlings rarely mingle with elementals.
"You said it yourself once, Bunny.", answered Jack. "My season brings death, so I am familiar with the Deathlings."
The Deathling looked uncomfortable and asked Jack, nearly whispering, "Jack, do they know of that secret of yours?"
Jack hit Killian's cloaked arm playfully. "Don't be jealous, Killian. They don't know."
"What secret, Jack?". Asks North.
"North! It won't be a secret, if I tell you!", replied Jack.
Bunny has an idea what this secret may be. No, he knows it. The secret Killian is referring is Jack's pooka form. Interesting, the Deathlings, or at least that Killian guy, know about it.
second Deathling appeared, scaring the guardians even more. The second death spirit said, "Killian! Know and I found a few kids freezing to death. We need your h-Oh, hey, Jack!"
"Took ya a while to notice Jack, Udo.", said Killian. "I'm coming, I'm coming. Jack, mind to help us?"
"of course! You two are helpless when handling kids.", replied Jack. The three where about to leave with when Toothiana asked, "Jack, why are you going with them? And helping them?"
Jack just explained, "Like Bunny once said, my season brings death. Death is just a part of my job." He then left the guardians behind. The guardians still weren't sure what to think.
