This was written after someone asked to hear more of Jack's past and the friends he had.
A bit of back-story and context in there too, and I hope you enjoy!
Oh, and thanks to thankchaosforspellcheck, Riverstone38, SadieYuki and skywright for the faves/follows :D

Shady smiled as he finally caught sight of who he had been looking for. He could tell, from the last couple of times he'd visited the Pole, that Jack was longing to find his old friends-few though they were- but had next to no time to do so, so he had decided to find them as a surprise.
It didn't surprise him to find the two together.
Iceman, -that wasn't his real name, but very few people actually knew it, so Iceman it was- a winter spirit who looked around eighteen, had pale brown hair clear grey eyes and an affinity with ice funnily enough, was laughing as he lounged in a tree. Clover, a seventeen, eighteen year old looking spring spirit with chestnut hair, hazel eyes and an affinity with-you guessed it-clovers, was saying something, whilst twirling her namesake plant between her fingers. It was summer, and the two had nothing much to do.
A little under two centuries ago, Jack had had a run in with Iceman, and they had gotten along okay. Then the next time they met, it had been at the beginning of spring, and Jack had mediated a dispute between Iceman and Clover, acting much more mature than normal, and it had culminated in the three of them becoming quite good friends. Of course, they hardly ever got the chance to see Jack, seeing as he was always the loner type, but now that his attitude had changed, Shady was going to make sure that the guardian of fun made the most of it.
It was Clover who first caught sight of Shady and she gave a delighted laugh as she ran over and hugged him.
"Hey Shade, how have you been?"
"Good, thanks Clo. How was Spring this year?"
"Went fine. Have you seen Jack late-"
"Shady!" Iceman said, interrupting, and Shady grinned.
"Hey Iceman. I hear that there haven't been any Ice blizzards recently...?"
"Well, gotta get mature some time or other... You heard from Jack recently?"
Shady laughed.
"Well, to answer both of your questions, Yes. He's taken to guardianship like he never took to being a spirit."
Clover giggled.
"And the Guardian of Fun too... No surprises there. Is he okay? We heard the guardians have been having trouble with Pitch Black-"
"He's fine. He could beat Pitch with his eyes closed. And actually, he's the reason I came. He's been so busy lately with everything, that he hasn't had the chance to come find you two. He wanted to, so I figured I'd give him a hand and-"
"Surprise him." Iceman finished, with a grin "Nice idea. When do we leave?"
Shady shrugged.
"Whenever you like. I'd better jump you though, because it's far too cold for Clover around Santoff Claussen."
"He's at the Pole?" Iceman sounded slightly surprised, and Shady nodded.
"Yes. Funny thing is, since becoming a guardian, he's much less of the loner type. He's actually spending quite a lot of time with other's now... "
"About time..." Clover muttered, rolling her eyes, and grinned. "Well, Im all set. Don't see any reason to wait. Iceman?"
"I'm in!"
Shady grinned, extending his hands, and they both grabbed one, sharing a look of 'here we go again' as the shadows engulfed them.
_

Jack was flying around the workshop, hot on the tail of an elf that had stolen a tray of cookies and hidden them, and was trying to catch the jingling creature as it ducked beneath tables, leapt over stacks of toys and dodged pots of paint.
"Damn it, come here you little- Ahh!"
Jack yelped as he ducked a football that was thrown at him and scowled, rolling up his sleeves.
At that gesture, the other nearby elves gave low whistles and started to inch away from the one Jack was after.
When the sleeves went up, business was going down...
Jack promptly proceeded with a variety of air acrobatics as he dodged and ducked stacks of toys, work benches, yeti's, beams and pillars in an attempt to catch the cookie thief.
He finally mnaged it, and held the small, flailing creature upside down with a stern expression.
"Right, now march back to North and give him the cookies. Or you're on kitchen duty for the rest of the week!"
The small elf sulked as it walked off, sticking it's tongue out at Jack, who crossed his arms and pointed sternly to the corridor leading to North's study, before grinning as soon as the elf was out of sight.
A not so subtle cough for attention came from behind him, and he span grinning as he saw Shady, then linking as he caught sight of Clover and Iceman.
"Nice show, Jacky boy." Iceman said, with a grin, and Clover nodded.
"Very smooth. Never had you pegged for the mature type tho-Oh!"
This was as Jack flew into her, lifting her into the air in a tight hug.
"Hey Clo, what are you guys doing here?"
She laughed as he put her down, hugging him again before letting go.
"Shady said you missed us. That true?"
"Damn right it is."
Iceman grinned.
"What? No hug for the Iceman-"
He was too slow to react and dive out of the way as Jack barrelled into him, both of them flying out the window and into the snow.
Iceman sat up, laughing as he shook snow out of his hair, and grinned.
"Well, that was some hello Jackyboy. In the past it was just a grin if we were lucky."
Jack shrugged, self consciously.
"Not my fault the kids I know won't take no for an answer. It's a bad habit they've got me into. How ya been?"
"Good. I hear you've had a hell of a few decades...?"
"Tell me about it..."

Jack flew them back up to the window, and grinned as they landed inside to see that North was already there and talking animatedly with Clover.
The huge guardian grinned as he caught sight of Jack.
"Hey Jack, nice job with elf. Cookies back in place not a minute after I hear you catch him."
"Hey, you just gotta give 'em the look."
"Which you still refuse to show and teach me. Anyway, this is Iceman, da?"
Iceman nodded, gripping North's hand in the firm handshake.
"Yeah. You must be North."
"It is that obvious?"
Jack laughed.
"You looked in the mirror lately?"
He span up into the air, out of reach, as North made a grab for him, and grinned, floating on is stomach.
"Too slow again, Old man. Even Bunny is faster than you..."
"He is Pooka... Is not fair comparison."
"Fine. What about Tooth? She's tiny, and she can still dart around."
"She is fairy. Is still not fair comparison..."
North was hiding a smile the entire time, as was Jack, and the two visiting spirits realised that it was a running joke.
Jack grinned.
"What about Phil? He can catch me now and again. That's more than a fair comparison."
"... So Shady, how are you?"
Jack laughed as he floated back to the ground.
"I knew it. Denial. Anyway, good question Shady. I assume you are behind why these two are here?"
Clover smiled,
"Yeah. Must have been tracking us for ages."
Jack grinned.
"Well, I'm glad he did."
North, realising that Jack would want some time alone with his friends, gave a smile.
"Very well. I will leave the... younger generation, as Jack so aptly does put it, to whatever you do. But no explosions Jack."
"Hey, I told you it was an accident... I was aiming for Bunny. Not my fault it hit the teddy stuffing machine and covered the entire workshop in it..."
"If you say so. But I shall see you later."
He gave them a huge smile, before turning and walking off, leaving Jack to roll his eyes.
"He doesn't seem to get it. The only place I deliberately cause explosions is in the warren..."
Iceman blinked.
"As in... Aster Bunnymund's warren?"
Jack grinned, gesturing them to follow him and head to the kitchens.
"Yep. Though I learnt the hard way to not get him covered in red paint... He moans about it for days on end... You guys hungry?"
Clover grinned as she caught sight of the cookies on the counter, as they head through the door.
"You've been cooking again?"
"The cookies make for some awesome bribery material with the elves... And North for that matter."
Iceman whistled.
"They must be some good cookies."

Jack gave a sly grin.
"Those ones there are the brownie ones-"
He didn't get a chance to finish as Iceman and Clover both snatched one up and started eating.
"Man," Iceman said, taking another bite, ""It's been way to long since I've had one of these."
Clover grinned, then blinked.
"Oh, and it's a good thing Shady found us when he did. We've been wanting to visit for some time now." Her and Iceman shared a look, and Jack raised an eyebrow.
"Any particular reason...?"
"Well, you know what you said about Winter and Spring being close for a reason, and that a winter and spring sprite together wasn't unheard of?"
He blinked, a grin starting to form, which morphed to an all-out laugh of delight as Clover showed him a small band of wood, carved with interlocking clovers and snowflakes.
Iceman grinned as he displayed his own one of the pair, and Jack grinned at them both, not caring that he looked like an idiot.
"About time you two followed my advice. I've been telling you not to give a damn about what the other seasonals think, for years now."
Iceman shrugged, his fingers interlacing with Clover's.
"And we should have listened sooner. Sorry you couldn't be at the ceremony, but we had it on the spring equinox in 58. You were nowhere to be found and-"
"Yeah," Jack said, with a sigh, thinking back to the particularly bad avalanche season he was trying to control. "Had a bad winter in the Himalayas and some idiots thought it was a good idea to climb in avalanche country. I was busy for weeks up there... I'm happy for you two, though. And it definitely took you long enough."
Iceman shrugged.
"Try telling your winter spirit parents that you've fallen for a spring girl."
"Yeah," Clover said, with a sigh, "And try telling your full 'spring for the win' sister that you've fallen for an ice guy... Even if he is a nice guy... Get it, An Ice guy... Nice guy... You get it."
Jack laughed with the rest of them, but jumped as he heard North, apparently just around the corner, talking to somebody and heard a familiar Australian twang when said person replied.
"Fine, I'll deal with Frostbite later."
None the less, it was less than a minute later that the giant Pooka appeared in the doorway, arms crossed and tapping his foot idly.
"Hey Frostbite."
Jack had leapt out of his chair and was cautiously pacing behind Iceman.
"Bunny... How did the um... 'Get rid of the dye' shower go?"
He stifled a smirk as Bunny glared at him.
"I'll have you know, it took the better part of the last three days to get rid of the pink. I still have a patch of blue on my shoulder."
Jack grinned, before pasting on a look of mock sympathy.
"Oh, yes. I see it. Don't worry. Should come out in... ooh... a day or four?"
"A day or- I know how long it takes, Frosty, I've been pelted with the stuff enough. You just wait, I'll get you back for all of this..."
"You've been trying for months and haven't succeeded yet."
Iceman grinned, deciding to butt in.
"Sorry Bunnymund. You can't prank Jack. Many have tried and all have failed. I doubt even April Fool himself would dare try..."
"He already has..." Bunny said, grudgingly. "He failed. Or rather, they both teamed up and whupped our asses. And call me Bunny. You guys must be Iceman and Clover? Jack's mentioned you before. Oh, hey Shady."
"Hey Bunny. Nice shoulder."
"... Don't even go there, little man."
The small smile showed that this was yet another running joke, and Clover smiled.
"Jack mentioned us? What ya been saying Snowman?"
Bunny snorted.
"Snowman? Oh, that's a good one."
"Dropit, Plushie..." Jack said, glaring good-naturedly, and then shrugged. "Just that I really had to try and find the time to track you guys down. Whenever a spare minute came up, it was either Pitch, elves, chaos or cookies... Oh, and the tooth fairy fan club-Not a word, Icey..."
"Wouldn't dream of it," the ice spirit said, smiling, and Bunny laughed.
"Hey, I like this kid. Anyway, I'm gonna get going guys. But I'm warnin' ya, Frostbite, this ain't over..."
"I'm counting on it..."
Bunny rolled his eyes as he left, and Iceman whistled softly again.
"Man, you hang with the most awesome crowd..."
"Somebody been getting their street lingo up to scratch?" Jack teased, grinning, and Iceman shrugged.
"What can I say? It amuses me. So does seeing people slip over on ice..." Then his face darkened slightly. "I've just about had enough of Ice Black though. He's been getting far too carried away with blasting Ice on the roads. The amount of accidents that he's caused... Could you have a word with him, Jack?"
Jack blinked, remembering the last time he had come across Ice Black, and grimaced.
"Yeah. I'll get on that. But, for now, what have you guys been up to?"

The next few hours were a blur of laughter, retelling of old memories and updates on what everyone had been up to. Cookies, brownies and eggnog were consumed by the mouthful and it was only when Phil came in, letting Jack know that Baby Tooth had arrived to see him, that he realised what time it was.
"Wow, must be nearly midnight... BT doesn't come off shift till ten."
The other three looked likewise surprised at the news and Iceman got to his feet.
"We'd better get going Jacky. Mind if we visit again soon?"
Jack shook his head, grinning.
"Not at all. North won't mind, so visit whenever you like. I'm here at least three or four days a week now, and North always knows where to find me if I'm not."
Clover nodded, pulling him into a hug which he was quick to return, before doing the same with Iceman. He and Shady fist-bumped, and Jack grinned.
"It's been great seeing you guys. Honest."
"Same here, Jack." Clover said, accepting Shady's hand, and Iceman took the other, preparing for the jump back.
"See ya soon, Jacky boy."
"Wouldn't miss it. Unless I get the chance to prank Fool again, at which point I may be a little late..."
They vanished in a swirl of shadow and laughter, and Jack grinned to himself.
A few minutes later, Shady popped back.
"I took them to the forest. They're heading home now."
He wasn't able to say more, as Jack pulled him into a hug, before letting him go as he wheezed.
"What was... that for?" he asked, getting his breath back, and Jack shrugged.
"Being a friend. Finding Clover and Iceman. Making today awesome... I can continue?"
"No need. I get the gist. I am amazingly, fantastically, incredibly awesome and you should all bow down to my extreme amazingness."
"... Close enough. You heading home?"
"Yeah. Two jumps carrying two people all in one day? Really takes it out of you."
"Okay then. You sure you don't want to stay?"
"I'll be fine. I'll see you soon Jacko."
"You got it."

Shady vanished just as Baby Tooth flew into the room, and started pestering Jack with questions about his friends and how his day was.
Laughing, he proceeded to tell her, and grinned to himself as he broke off bits of cookie for him and Baby Tooth.
They really had to do this more often...

So... do you want to meet Ice Black? (a character that came into my head on the spot and based on the name of Black Ice, and also fits with the name Pitch Black, which was a bit of a bonus) Could he be a new villain?
Wanna review and let me know? Of course you do, because you are all awesome peoples :D
Oh, and just to let you know, if Ice Black comes into this, it will not necessarily involve him meeting Pitch but it will involve a lot of trouble for our favourite humans... Okay, enough said.

Anyway, what did you think of the chapter?
Please review and let me know your thoughts!?

Raven xx

And to Ella, (a guest reviewer) I am actually planning to do one, as you are not the only one who wants to know about that particular moment with the grand canyon and what not :D And if I wasn't? That threat would have had me up and at the laptop keys before you could say Grand Canyon, Lol :D Glad you're enjoying!
(Yup, from now on, I will be responding to guest reviews in the footnote!)