Meeting April Fool... Yup, you heard right! April Fool has finally come into the scene!
I thought quite hard about how to do this, and decided on this approach. Of course, April Fool could easily make a reappearance, so any more ideas or requests, just give them in a review at the end of the chapter XD

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And this is gonna be one of the longer chapters, (nearly 5000 words! GAH!) but I'm sure you guys will understand the need for it when you read it :D
Enjoy!

North stared at the person-or rather, spirit- that had just entered his study. The young man, looking to be in his early twenties but really being almost 500 years old, was grinning widely, his eyes full of mischief, and he casually leant against the door-frame, arms crossed.
"Hello North. It is good to see you again, my old friend. It has been far too long."
"Not long enough…" North muttered, with a grin, and cautiously got up from behind his desk.
"And how have you been, Fool?"
April fool shrugged.
"Watching pranks, playing pranks, inventing new pranks… So can't complain. Though I do have to ask… Rumour has spread over the last couple of centuries of a trickster to rival even me… Why have I never had the privilege of meeting Jack Frost?"
North rolled his eyes.
"Because we decided we would like to have some of the earth left standing. Is that what brings you to Pole?"
"Actually, yes. I was hoping to meet the guardian of fun. He seems like just the person to match me…"
"You are not the only one to have said that…" North said, thinking back to what Jack had told them of what Pitch had said. "And I really would not recommend saying those words to him… Might bring back some unsavoury memories."
April Fool's face lit up.
"So I get to meet him then?"
"Meet who?"
This was Bunny as he entered the room, and he froze at the sight of April Fool.
"Oh no… North! Jack is literally half a minute behind me! We have to get into defensive positions!"
April Fool blinked, then turned to North, a questioning look in his eyes as Bunny dove behind the desk, boomerang drawn.
"Is it really that bad?"
"Pitch was seen laughing as he read one of Bunny's nightmares. About you two meeting."
"… Ah. Hello Bunnymund."
"Hello April. Please don't blow up Santoff Claussen?"
"… I can't guarantee anything."
"Great… North? Mind if I retreat?"
He went to tap a tunnel, but North grabbed his ears and hauled him to sit on the sofa.
"No. If I face disaster, so too do you."
Bunny scowled, then heard Jack's whistle and leapt behind the sofa, peeking over the top.

Jack flew into the room, Baby Tooth on his shoulder chattering to him, and froze as he caught sight of the spirit. There was no doubt who he was…
"Ah, Jack Frost I assume?"
"Yup. No need to ask who you are… though I wonder why Bunny is still within the same hemisphere…?"
"North decided they would be going down together."
"Ah. Now it all makes sense. Nice to finally meet you Ape… Can I call you Ape? Makes life so much easier."
"… Sure. And I'll just stick with Jack?"
"Everyone else does. Unless it comes to the kangaroo. I sometimes think he finds it impossible to say my name."
"Kanga- Oh, Bunnymund?"
April Fool looked at Bunnymund, eyebrow raised, then grinned.
"I can see where you're coming from."
"I know right? See Bunny? I'm not the only one."
If he wasn't too busy trying to keep a safe distance, Bunny would likely have tried to catch the younger guardian, but self-preservation instincts had him staying right where he was.
"Keep talking, Frostbite… "
"Gladly."
_

An hour later, and the good start that the two pranking spirits had made to their relationship had devolved into an argument about pranks and prank styles and the best pranks and the pros and cons of the classics and North was simply munching on cookies-baked by Jack of course- and hoping that they wouldn't try and start a war between them.
Bunny had leapt back to his burrow at the first opportunity and had sent egg messengers to Tooth, Sandy, Shady and a few other spirits he thought would like to know about recent developments.
The Pole was now, officially, a no go zone.
"I'm telling you, you can work wonders with a wad of sticky notes, some glue and some glitter!"
Jack said, gesturing wildly, and April Fool snorted.
"But it's so small and... small. You need something big! Bold!"
"I covered North's sleigh in the things, then pelted them with glue, glitter and confetti. Seriously, it was well worth the little effort put into it."
"But the huger pranks, involving more people, are so much more gratifying!"
"But they take so much longer to set up, and sometimes the result isn't worth it!"
"Damn you... You have no idea!"
"Oh, I have ideas. I have a lot of ideas. Far too many some people would say. But you should never forget the classics-"
"Not forget, just never use! They are pointless!"
"How are they? Seriously, it's the fact that they are so cliché that makes them awesome. No-one suspects them, and they pretty much always work!"
Neither of them noticed Bunny, Sandy and Tooth peeking around the doorway, or the pleading look North sent them, or the determined looks they shared.
But it took a danger level ten warning for them to leap into action.
If Jack meeting April Fool was a level eight, then what came next was definitely level ten.
"Damn it, you young spirits and your arrogance!"
"Our arrogance? All the newer stuff, you forget about the old!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah! For example, dodge this!"
April Fool was promptly splattered in white and blue paint that Jack had thrown at him in a paint balloon, and North fell over the back of the chair in his haste to get away.
Time seemed to freeze as April Fool looked down at his jacket, then at Jack, narrowing his eyes and pulling out a slingshot.
"Oh, you should not have done that..."
Before he could do anything, however, the two found themselves stuck in a golden bubble.

Jack glared at the door, as Sandy rounded it.
"Sandy, let us out. "
The golden guardian signed, shrugging.
I like the Pole the way it is, thanks... And it was an order from Bunny, North and Tooth. I could not say no.
"Sandy, let me out and I'll forget this ever happened."
Sandy shook his head, and Bunny spoke up.
"You two can stay in there until you decide to be civil."
Jack was about to say something very rude and-most likely- very insulting, when he caught sight of a subtle shake of the head from April Fool.
He immediately changed tack.
"I'll show you civil. Just wait till I get out of here, E. Aster Bunnymund!"
Sandy blinked, and even Tooth winced.
Using his full name? That was worse than Jack rolling his sleeves up...
"Well, that can wait till you decide to stop fighting each other."
Jack glared, but kept his mouth shut, eventually culminating in the guardians leaving the room. Leaving them in the bubble.
Jack turned to April.
"You got a plan?"
"Yes. But it will mean trusting each other."
Jack raised an eyebrow.
"I hear you're a man who never breaks his word?"
"I hear the same about you. Truce? At least till we get out of here and get revenge?"
Jack nodded.
"Truce. For now. So, what's the plan oh great and powerful prankster?"

Jack and April spent the next half an hour planning the best pranks, how to arrange them, and when to do it.
They decided to arrange and plan and prepare as soon as they got out, then be able to watch the fruits of their labour before the night was out.
Before spending the next day deciding who was the best out of both of them.
And so, a couple of hours past, and North and Sandy returned when they were actually getting along and laughing about the results of some pranks. Jack had just finished retelling the tale of the prank crusade with Sandy, a tale which had already morphed into legend throughout the spirit world, and both were laughing too hard to notice the arrivals.
Eventually, North cleared his throat, and Jack blinked.
"Oh, hey North. Snady."
"Jack... April Fool. You are both behaving civilly?"
April nodded.
"Oh yeah, turns out we have a lot in common. Though I really loved this jacket..."
Jack shrugged.
"Sorry. But it isn't permanent paint. It'll wash out."
"Ah, that's good to know. Anyway, can we get out of here? I have things to do..."
North nodded, and Sandy dropped the golden cage.
Jack hastily swooped in and stopped April from hitting the floor when they fell, and landed him upright.
"Cheers Jack."
"No problem. So, see you round? I got stuff to do."
"Likewise. See you round Jack."
Jack whistled as he flew out, and April Fool nodded to both North and Sandy.
"I'll be seeing you guys. Ya know, things to do, places to go, people to see and prank. Have fun now..."
With that, he nodded, shook North's hand, and sauntered out, whistling jauntily.
North's stomach started rumbling, and Sandy mimed him eating with a question mark.
North shook his head.
"No, I'm not hungry... It's just that my belly is telling me something is... wrong. Or that something bad is going to happen."
Tooth and Bunny joined them, and began worrying when they heard about North's stomach.
"You don't think that they will try and... team up?"
Tooth looked extremely nervous as she said it, and North couldn't blame her.
"For the sake of peace and sanity, I sincerely hope not."
_

A few hours later, as evening fell, their worries had eased slightly.
It wouldn't last.
Suddenly, at dead on Midnight, the lights went out and an April Fool's voice could be heard.
"You thought to trap the spirit of pranks and tricks and the spirit of fun... without expecting retribution?"
Bunny sighed.
"Oh... Baloney. Okay, I know how this goes. Where have we got to go to?"
"You must get to the far side of the compound to turn on the lights. At that point, me and Jack shall stop whatever we are doing and leave you in peace. Until that time, let the chaos begin..."
His voice faded out, and four elves ran in carrying torches.
North sighed as he took one up.
"Where is Pitch when you need him? I'd give anything for a battle right now..."
Bunny nodded.
"Yeah. I'd rather face a hundred... nah, a thousand nightmares than what those two have planned."
Tooth shivered.
"I told you we shouldn't have trapped them. Especially not together. Right then." She sighed and flexed her wings. "Let's go face the humiliation..."
They didn't even make it past the door.
A bucket of glue, triggered when they opened the door, fell down, coating Bunny in the gloopy mixture before a sprinkling of glitter followed.
Jack's voice could clearly be heard, from where they had hijacked the speakers, no doubt to make a running commentary.
"See Ape? I told you. Classic. And they haven't even made it through the door."
April Fools voice came over as well, sounding grudgingly impressed.
"Okay, so it worked. I'll give ya that, but what's next I wonder?"
They all sighed.
It was going to be a long night...
_

Jack and April Fool, grinning at each other like loons, were thinking the exact same thing.
Together, they had planned everything to the last detail... The very last detail...
They watched on the variety of screens that April Fool had set up, with recording orbs hovering and following the guardians, or hovering in specific places, as the other four made their way up the first corridor.
Jack snorted with laughter as North absent mindedly pulled on the door, before frowning and face palming, then pushing it.
"Very smooth Jack. Labelling a push door as pull."
"Cheers North! Oh, look Ape, they've reached the main workroom..."
"Aha, I see. Well, this is going to be entertaining..."
With that ominous comment, they all shared looks before entering the room.
North head over to a nearby table and handed out a set of walkie talkies.
"Long range. I have had them in case of emergency for some time now."
"Like since Jack became a semi-permanent resident here?" Bunny asked, and North nodded.
"Exactly."
Jack's indignant voice came over the speakers.
"Hey! I'm not that bad- Okay, point taken. Ah well, Ape? Care to do the honours?"
A small chuckle came over the speakers, and the guardians all sighed.
"Gladly, Jacko. Pressing huge red button... NOW!"
Suddenly, the whirring of fans was heard, and North groaned.
"They are in main console and electric room."
Bunny looked at him.
"You mean...? Oh no... What does the big red button do?"
North gulped, then, as the fans seemed to speed up, dived under a table.
"Take cover!"
They wasted no time in doing so, and were just in time to avoid the splattering of streamers and confetti that fell down.
None-the-less, as they got up, they disturbed the stuff on the floor and it swirled up into a mess, getting pieces of confetti and streamers lodged in fur, feathers and beards.
"Hey Jack," that was April Fool's voice. "Nice touch with the wind."
"Why Thank you. You okay down there guys?"
Bunny growled.
"Yep, but you won't be when I get my hands on you, Frostbite."
"Big talk from someone who was just downed by a few pieces of paper..."

The other guardians had to smile at the evident laughter in Jack's voice, and Bunny scowled.
"You just wait, Snowflake. It is gonna be all the way on when I get my hands on you..."
"Uhuh. Till then, duck! Oh, wait... Too late."
This was in response to their next rigged fan going off, and splattering them all with white foam.
Jack burst out laughing as Bunny shook his fur our and ended up looking like a snowball.
"And you called me snowflake, Bunny? Ya look like a ball of fluff!"
Even the other guardians were laughing at the Pooka, who was now literally a walking fluffball, and Jack grinned.
Here, let me give you a hand...
He flipped another switch and a dozen fans started up around the Pooka.
By the time they got switched off, he was literally like a pompom, and Jack could barely speak for laughing, meaning April Fool had to take over.
"Sorry guys, it seems the young guardian is too busy laughing to speak coherently. Nice Look, Bunnymund. All sweet and cuddly. Anyway, might wanna around!"
This was to the sudden start up of several blasters surrounding the guardians, which started firing...
Tooth gave a horrified cry.
"NO! NOT CNDYFLOSS! Sandy, do something!"
The golden guardian wrapped them all in a bubble as they were buried in a net of the pick sugary sticky mess, and let it drop as the blasters stopped.
Jack's voice came over the speakers.
"Better start eating..."

It took nearly ten minutes for them to force their way out, and Tooth immediately flew off to the nearest pillar and pulled a draw out, stashed with toothpaste.
North blinked.
"You have stashes of toothpaste and mouthwash?"
She nodded, already rushing to a nearby sink.
"Of course! I have secret stashes everywhere!"
She scrubbed her teeth for several minutes, until Jack's voice came over the speakers.
"Err. Sorry Tooth, but did you say secret?"
The Fairy stopped what she was doing, and blinked.
"Jack, what did you do?"
The laughter in his voice was evident.
"Don't worry. The toothpaste is pretty much normal. Just has a... side effect."
"S-side effect?"
"Yup. Hey, North? There is a mirror in the desk on your left. I put it there earlier."
North fetched it, and Tooth blinked as the rest of the guardians all stared at her, wide eyed.
She looked in the mirror and gave a startled gasp.
"JACK! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, WHAT BUNNY HAS PLANNED WILL BE A PICNIC!"
Her teeth, now a bright pick from some kind of dye, had the other guardians all trying to contain their laughter, but North was unfortunate enough to let out a small chuckle, and Tooth span on him, pinning him to the wall with one hand and jabbing at him with the other.
"You think it's funny?"
The huge guardian was shaking his head, avidly, and inwardly cursing his big mouth.
"N-no Tooth. Not... not at all..."
"Good."
She let him down, and the other two backed away at the look on her face.
Bunny gave a low whistle.
"Frostbite? You just made a hell of a mistake..."

Jack gave an indignant sigh.
"Why assume it was me? I was all for just replacing the toothpaste with mint cream. It was genius here that replaced it with dye. Heck, it would have been permanent if it wasn't for me."
Then he said something, obviously aimed at April Fool.
"I told you it was a bad idea."
"Hey, you failed to mention that she could go all vengeance on me!"
"Not likely! I just wanted to see you get your ass handed back to you by Tooth."
"Why you little-"
Their voices got cut off by the sounds of chasing, yelping and splattering, and North nodded to the door.
"We must make most of distraction! Go!"
Jack, who had been about to throw a water balloon, caught sight of them, and gestured to April Fool, who was aiming his paint balloon loaded slingshot at him.
"Woah, hold it! They're getting away! Go to the failsafe plan!"
All thoughts of their prank duel forgotten, April Fool slammed down another switch on his elaborate switchboard, and they grinned as protective barriers swung down around the toys.
"I have to say, having access to stuff like yours really does make life easier..." Jack said, grudgingly, and caught the other switch thrown to him.
"Why Thank you. If you would do the honours?"
Jack nodded, and flicked the switch.
In the workroom, North had to be grudgingly grateful for Jack's thoughtfulness with regards to the toys and all his work, but was none-the-less dreading what was coming.
A sudden rumbling had them all looking upwards, and they yelled, diving out of the way as a hail of bubbles, foam, confetti and huge, light, blow up balls-ranging from the size of Sandy to the size of North- fell from the ceiling.
It was almost ten minutes before they could stop slipping and sliding and accidentally hitting each other with splatters of foam or huge balls, and Jack and Fool were laughing the entire time.
It eve got so bad that Jack could hardly breathe at one point, which had the other guardians slightly worried despite themselves.

None-the-less, they eventually recovered, though Jack was still struggling to stop laughing as tears of mirth streamed down his cheeks, and watched as the guardians eventually managed to make their way out of the workroom at the other side and into a-mercifully empty-corridor.
But not before North pulled it again, only to find that it was a push door.
Which had Jack snorting with laughter again, and getting a grudgingly impressed look from Fool.
"Okay, I'll admit. It was nice touch."
"And a classic."
"... Does not make my point invalid."
"... Can we do this later?"
"Of course. So, what's next on the agenda?"
Jack grinned.
"The 'not so much a prank as just for our amusement' corridors."
Apparently, the speakers were still on, and Jack grinned as he heard multiple groans.
"Aww, don't worry guys. It's... not too bad."
Not too bad turned out to be bad enough.
The first thing they encountered was an entire corridor taken up with elastic ropes, stretching in a web and making a climbing frame across the entire corridor.
Tooth found it relatively easy to get through, dodging, ducking or shimmying beneath the different ropes. Sandy likewise didn't have much difficulty. But Bunny got stuck more than once, though even that was not as bad as how North had it.
Tooth sighed as she turned and saw North, hanging upside down-though they had no idea how- and tangled in various ropes and knots.
"Err, help would be much appreciated? And also silence on this matter from now until the end of time?"
Jack's voice, only partly coherent due to his laughter, echoed down.
"I... I tried to-to tell Ape that but... Sorry North... He wasn't having any- any of it. Damn it. Now I have-have the hiccups..."
Ape took over.
"Sorry old friend. Jack did try to tell me to keep this quiet, but I'm afraid I don't work that way. It seems we've figured out why I am the spirit of April Fool's day. I am much more willing to talk about other's humiliation..."
North, finally having been untangled and having gotten to the end of the corridor, scowled, rolling his eyes.
"Yes. That is why you are so damned irritating."
Jack blinked.
"Some history here I'm not aware of?" Then he stopped and thought and sighed.
"Ah, so something did happen in 1873? I've always wondered..."
Bunny smirked.
"Mate, we all wondered. Now let's get a move on."
They rounded the corner and Bunny face palmed.
"Frostbite, you really are one of the most infuriating people I have ever met."
Jack grinned.
"Thanks Bunny. But this one was Ape's idea."

There was a glass wall in front of them, reaching from the floor to the ceiling, and with a small door leading into it. If they had to hazard a guess, they would say there was another of the walls at the other end. And pressed up against the, and filling the space, was a load of small, plastic balls which were only prevented from spilling out because of the small glass door.
It was a giant ball pool that took up the entire corridor.
Jack grinned.
"Have fun guys..."
As soon as Bunny opened the door, he immediately hopped out of the way as a cascade of balls came thundering down. It finally started to dwindle, and they sighed as they saw that the balls still came up to Bunny's waist.
Tooth and Sandy both groaned when a small glass roof came down behind the glass, and left about two feet of space above the balls.
No flying then. They would have to walk it...
Funnily enough, Tooth and Bunny really enjoyed it, and started acting very childishly, burying each other and having ball fights.
But North had seen the tell-tale snowflakes landing on their faces and had grinned.
Nice try Jack, he thought, but they are still not gonna let you out of this one...
Several minutes of battling against plastic balls later and they were finally on the opposite side of the corridor. North sighed in relief as he realised that they were nearly at their destination, and cautiously pulled the door, relieved when it opened.
He didn't see anything wrong, so took a step forward and immediately slipped on a small patch of ice. His fall was broken by a layer of cling-film which stretched across the door, before he tumbled forward, getting himself completely stuck in the- previously so smooth as to be invisible-layers of cling film. Even the other three guardians were laughing at North's face as he finally stumbled to a halt.
A few minutes later, and they had all managed to get him unwrapped. Though no-one would say it, they knew that the pranks had been nothing like as bad as they could have been, and they no doubt had Jack to thank for that. After all, he knew how important it was to not completely destroy Santoff Claussen… Not that it stopped Tooth wincing every time she caught sight of her teeth in various reflective surfaces.

The last door, and they all drew straws –or, rather, sticks of candy- to decide who would go first.
With a glare at the others, Sandy tossed his tiny candy stick at North's head, and cautiously floated through, getting rewarded with a bucket of flour falling on his head. Flour not water? He had a feeling Jack was behind that particular safety precaution…
April Fool didn't really show too much care for safety and acknowledgment of barriers…
With the prank having already been played, Tooth flew through. Then Bunny and North.
But the last two activated something that the others hadn't.
North gave a yelp as his foot got caught on the small trip wire, and Bunny only had time to sigh exasperatedly at him before they were coated in glue, glitter, feathers and paint, all from upturned buckets that had been tipped over by tripping on the wire.
It was North who, after she had stopped giggling, pulled down the huge lever and turned the lights and what not back on.
Jack and April Fool grinned as they walked in, then Jack sighed.
"Now, Bunny? Let's be civil and mature about th-WOAH!"
He flew up out of the reach of Bunny's paws, but his relief was short lived as Tooth gave him a huge pink, yet completely evil grin.}
"Hey, now Tooth? Come on… You don't really wanna-"
He gave up and chose to give a yelp instead, hastily flying away through the corridor with all the speed he could muster, a vengeance seeking Fairy and the guardian of dreams on his tail.
April Fool was laughing, before he noticed the other two staring at him.
He held up his hands, backing away slightly.
"Now, fella's, I'm sure we can talk this through like-Okay, maybe not."
He turned and legged it, North and Bunny running behind him uttering war cries and armed with paint blasters that Bunny had stashed in the room before, in preparation of an occasion such as this.
_

Jack stumbled to a halt in the middle of one of the workrooms, and the split second hesitation on what direction to take gave the other two enough time to catch up.
He gave them a weak grin.
"Err… Hey…?"
Too late. They both dive bombed him and Sandy managed to snag him in a dream net, leaving Tooth to leap in and start tickling him.
Jack was half gasping, half laughing as he tried to wriggle his way out of it.
"Tooth! Tooth come-come on… stop it! Tooth! Okay! I'm Sorry!"
He was left trying to get his breath back as Tooth and Sandy high fived, and Jack eventually flipped into the air, tossing Tooth a tube of mouthwash.
"Here. I had to talk Ape down from permanent dye. Guy seems to have no respect for boundaries or any knowledge of lines you should not cross…"
Tooth eagerly started swilling her mouth out at the nearest sink, and Sandy signed something quickly.
Flour not water?
Jack shrugged.
"Again, no idea of lines and boundaries."
Ah. Thanks. I assume you will be having the last laugh?
Jack grinned.
"He doesn't know it yet, but yes."
It was just then that April Fool traipsed in, covered in red and green paint, and grudgingly congratulating the two guardians on their aim.
North called up to Jack.
"Jack! Rooms are tidied already?"
"I paid the elves and Yeti's off with cookies."
"Ah. Thank you."
"No Problem. I'm assuming you're going then, Ape?"
"I have a Pooka with anger management issues pointing a paint blasting gun at me. What do you think?"
"… Good point. Hey Bunny, you look like you could use a shower?"
He dodged the half-hearted blast of paint, and grinned.
"Well, that was fun. Bunny, do you want to lift the quarantine you put around the Pole now?"
_

April Fool was whistling as he entered his flat, above the Joke shop-aptly named April Fool's- and walked into his lab.
Then he stopped.
And he gaped.
And he cracked his knuckles as he took in the fact that the entire room was full of pink candy floss.
"Jack Frost, you are so going down…"
It would be a few months before he would be able to make his comeback, but it would be worth the wait…

What did you think guys? It wasn't as good as I wanted it to be(I actually scrapped the first few attempts, which is why it topok so long to upload), but please review and let me know what you thought!
I was going to make this two fics, but decided to give you guys just one huge whump/load of pranking goodness :D Hope you approved...?
Some of these awesome prank ideas either came from, or were inspired by Lliri and Night-Fury1.
Thanks guys! I appreciate it!
(Oh, and next, we meet more of the few friends Jack had over his 300 year existence)

Okay, and this is just a one-off footnote of a footnote...

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