Me: *Dangling the elf that stole the lightsaber* Cheers Bats. Those bat-ropes really helped. Tell Robin I said Hi, would ya?
Batman: Of course Raven. Goodbye Vader. We really must talk more about this force you speak of-
Me: Guys? Crossed fandoms and universes and paradoxes and all that?
The Doctor: *poking his head from the Tardis which has just appeared* And I will not be happy…
Batman: You are right. Very well, farewell. *leaps through portal*
The Doctor: Good. Hey Raven.
Me: Hey doc.
Vader: You are the one who controls time?
Yoda: Much trouble I sense in the near future…
Ice Black: *Runs through a door and past us into another door*
Pitch Black: *runs past us after him* Ice! Get back here and- Oh, Raven! You had better put me in the fic! After the rubbish I had to put up with, with some guys asking me if these droids were the ones I was looking for-
Vader: Droids?
Pitch Black: Yep. Some guys named Kenobi and Skywalker-
Vader: Kenobi and Skywalker!? *runs out of the door*
Pitch: *shrugs, and continues to run after Ice Black, along with several elves who are following for no apparent reason*
Me: *Facepalms* Great. Now I've messed up the timeline of Star wars… *sigh* And not a word from you Yoda…
Yoda: But-
Me: Not. A. Word. Anyway, please enjoy the chappie whilst I go and sort this mess out…
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Jack sighed as Shady dragged him from his-for the first time in a week- doze, in front of the small pool in the monastery, for a shadow trip.
"Look, I really don't know what you think you're doing but-" he cut off as they travelled, then continued, "But I don't see why I have to… to…"
He drifted off as he took in the spirits whom they had landed in the midst of, and it turned to a delighted laugh and grin as Clover pulled him into a hug.
"Sorry Jack, ya never seem to have any decent amount of spare time, so we decided to make some."
Jack eagerly hugged her back, before turning to the others.
Gale, a young, blonde summer spirit-dressed in jeans and a t-shirt with the sunshine care-bear on it- who looked to be in her late teens and Flow, the small Fall spirit, both leapt at him, tackling him into hugs as Iceman kept his distance, laughing at his friends misfortune, as did Lily, who was struggling to breathe she was laughing so hard… especially when Jack ended up getting knocked into a tree.
"Guys? I'm calling in a favour…?"
"Sorry Jackyboy, I'm not getting in the way of that…" Iceman said, grinning.
"Traitor!" Jack called back, laughing and managed to get to his feet, hugging the other two spirits properly.
"Hey guys. What ya doing here?"
Gale grinned, leaning back against a tree, and grinned.
"Well, Iceman, Clover and Shady have all got to see you properly since you got the big promotion. Me, Flow and Lily kinda felt left out."
"I've seen Flow and Lily…"
"Twice," she said with an eye-roll, "And you were too bloody dizzy and hurt for it to count the first time. And you only stayed for about an hour at Christmas."
"… Okay, fair point. But I saw Gale when I picked up my stuff?"
"It doesn't count Jack. And you know it."
Jack grinned as she flexed her fingers, and held his hands up in surrender.
"Okay, okay, it didn't count! I have tried to visit, but I've been so busy with annoying everyone else, I just haven't had the time."
Gale grinned.
"Yeah. We heard about April Fool… Careful Jack, word is he's planning to get you back for that. If I were you, when the next April Fool's day comes around, I'd hide and not come out."
"But where's the fun in that?"
After about an hour, Jack had decided it would be easier to just relocate to the Warren, much to the other's apprehension, and he rolled his eyes.
"It's fine. Just don't go within a fifty foot radius of the paint crazed Kangaroo."
Then he blinked. When had it become habit to just hang out at either the Pole or the Warren?
He'd been doing it for a while now… Plus it was nearer than the monastery.
He was still rather surprised that Bunny didn't mind it.
Ah well, he wasn't gonna complain. It made life much more interesting.
They had been sat in a small circle on the outskirts of the warren, lounging in or against trees, chatting and laughing as they caught up, when a small egg messenger appeared. Jack rolled his eyes as he unfurled it, and laughed as he read the note.
"Oi, no distractions, snowstorms, raucous battles, duels or interfering. If Pitch is there, tell him to bugger off.
Bunny."
Jack hastily scrawled one back with the small pencil that the eggs always carried.
"Chill Kangaroo, just met with some old friends. No danger, no threats and I'm feeling all nice and friendly, with a hefty dose of self-preservation ranting inside my head, which is gonna prevent me from the 'distractions, snowstorms, raucous battles, duels and interfering', as you so put it.
We'll be gone before ya know it.
Jack"
The little egg ran off with the note, and the others grinned, Gale shaking her head slightly.
"Ya know, if you had told me half a decade ago that Jack Frost would be friendly enough with Aster Bunnymund to be able to hang in the warren in the run-up to Easter, I would have dragged them to see old Whacko."
Jack shrugged, considering,
"Hey, now be fair. For the spirit of insanity and the like, he's actually pretty normal…"
"Until you get him talking about the humans and their tendency towards odd things." Flow countered, and Ice man grinned.
"She's right."
"Isn't she always?"
Jack asked, leading to eye rolling.
"Suck up..." Ice man muttered, and Jack shrugged.
"Nope, just don't feel like being either trapped in a whirlwind of leaves or punched on the arm."
"Punched?"
"Hey! Her punches hurt! And that's saying something..."
Gale frowned at him.
"Yeah, it is. When the hell did your life get so interesting, and subsequently painful, Jack?"
"... Around about the time that Ice Black decided to go crazy"
Iceman glared at nothing, and Jack sighed.
"Leave it, Iceman, it ain't your fault."
"I-But he..."
"He isn't the same person you knew..."
"I know..."
Clover pulled him into a hug, and Gale turned to Jack.
"We've heard there's been an increase in Ice activity. At first, people suspected you, but after they heard about the guardianship and everything, there's no doubt in anyone's mind that it has to be Ice..."
"Yeah... I still have no idea where he is though. Even the Yeti's have heard nothing-"
"You asked the Yeti's?"
"Well, North did."
Flow laughed.
"Ya know, the fact that you're saying this as though it's so normal really shows how much you've changed Jack..."
Jack blinked, then grinned, shrugging.
"You got a problem with the new Jack?"
She laughed,
"Nope. I find I like the new Jack more. Far more sociable for one thing... And with much more fashion sense."
"Ah yes, now about that outfit you had Shady get me to wear?"
Lilly giggled.
"I still have the photo Shady gave me."
"He gave out photos!?" Jack asked, looking mortified, and they all burst out laughing.
Iceman grinned.
"Yup. Me and Clover have ours stuck up on the wall. Quite a few of our friends have commented on it-"
He yelped as Jack leapt at him and pulled him into a headlock.
The girls stayed out of the way as Iceman made countless attempts to actually get Jack, before the ice spirit finally gave up.
"Alright, you win! As always…"
Jack let him up, both of them grinning, before they sat down, laughing as Jack got whacked across the head by Lily as she always did when he said or did something dumb, ridiculous or just generally irritating.
"Hey, when did your whacks get so hard, Lils?"
"Since ya missed me…" she said, as sweet and innocent as she could manage, which had Jack grinning.
"Ain't gonna work on me. Damn, you're just like Sophie-"
"Sophie?"
"Jamie's little sister. Also my great, great, great however so many great's niece, descended from my sister. Not that I knew it till a couple of months ago."
They all stared, and he rolled his eyes.
"You really don't need to look so shocked. Actually, I think she'd probably like to meet you. You'd get on well with her, Lil."
"That could be fun!" Lily said, actually looking forward to meeting the humans she had heard about, and Jack sighed.
"I had to open my mouth…"
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The next hour or so was taken up with laughing and chatting as they recalled different things, and then they spent an hour just lounging around, just enjoying each other's company, with the odd comment or joke.
It was just coming to evening when Jack received another egg message.
He sighed as he unfurled it, then rolled his eyes.
Hey Frostbite, I'd appreciate a hand with the painting when ya get the chance? It seems the eggs and whatever miss ya.
Bunny
Jack laughed at the shock on the others faces.
"Y-you... Bunnymund lets you... Paint...?"
"Calm down Iceman, ya might melt." Jack grinned, then yelped as he got whacked across the head again. "Ow! I don't think that was necessary…"
"Oh quit complaining. You get to paint Bunnymund's easter eggs?"
Jack shrugged.
"It's just because last Easter, we had some trouble with Pitch, and I was left painting them a few days before Easter. Not an easy task, I'm telling ya..."
"... I'll bet." Iceman said, with a low whistle, and Shady snorted.
"Tell me about it. From what I heard from Tooth, he slept for a solid week afterwards..."
"...I was only six days, actually." Jack said, crossing his arms, then cracked under Shady's gaze.
"Fine, six and a half, but I was only dozing for the rest of the afternoon!"
They broke up about half an hour later, and Jack promised to meet them again after Easter, or told them they could visit his place whenever they liked, seeing as Shady knew how to get there.
They also promised to keep him up to date on anything they hear about the Ice increases, odd events or anything on Ice Black, as Jack still had not been able to find any link to the ice spirit.
Jack was still grinning after he had given them hugs and they had made their way out, leaving him to turn to Shady.
"You're amazing, you know that right?"
Shady smiled, letting Jack pull him into a hug.
"What're friends for? I'll let ya get going to the crazed Kangaroo?"
"Sure. See you soon?"
"Count on it. Oh, and you know I said -Moon, a couple of years ago now- about how you only had four people to turn to? Now that I've met Gale, Flow and Lily properly, I guess I should probably add them to the list, huh?"
Jack grinned.
"Yep. And you're keeping a list?"
"Well, mentally."
"… Whatever ya say Pan."
"Pan?"
"You did say could call you that."
"Well… Yeah, but-"
"I'm joking. Always has been and always will be Shady. Hey, do the councils call you by your full name?"
Shady grinned.
"Yup, and you should see them trying to pronounce it. Makes the whole thing worth-while."
"Mind recording it for me?"
"No problem… As long as you find a way to use the footage to embarrass them?"
"You see, that might be one of the reasons why they all hate me."
"Maybe. But it's one of the reasons why we all like you."
"Ah... Okay then."
Jack whistled softly as he head to find Bunny, after Shady had left a few minutes later, and bit back a laugh at the crazed look on the Pooka's face as he painted the eggs.
He sat down nearby, and grabbed a paintbrush, letting an egg hop into his hand, and rolling his eyes at the relieved and grateful look Bunny shot him in greeting.
"Thank Moon. Thought I'd never get 'em done..."
"You never think that, yet you always do. Anyway, what're we waiting for?"
Jack grinned as the tension in the Pooka's posture loosened as he got him talking as they painted, and he gave himself a mental victory.
He was the guardian of fun after all...
Me: *Drags Vader back into the room, lecturing him* And that is why you never mess up the time space continuum and… Oh, hey Guys. What did you all think of the chapter?
The spirits in this chapter will definitely be coming in more, so please let me know what you think of them! (Just a reminder that Lily is the OC of Mae, a regular reader and reviewer…)
And would anyone else like the burgess kids to meet the spirits? It's been requested, and I think it's an awesome idea…
Anyway, hope you enjoyed! (And the next chapters will be better... Promise!)
Raven xx
(Oh, and hope you like how used Lily, Mae!)
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Vader: *Grumbling* Oh yeah, you can be nice when you wish to be-
Pitch Black: Yeah, tell me about it…
Ice Black: Aha! I am again free in an authors note and-
Me: *uses the force to shut him up.* Mate, that never gets old.
Vader: Yes, unlike you Master Yoda.
Yoda: Well, when 900 years old you reach, look this good you will not, hmm?
The Doctor: Sorry, But I'm living proof that that is so very not true. Allonsy, mon amis! *vanishes in Tardis*
Me: That was random…
Yoda: *Grumbles* Much trickery there is with remaining un-aged…
Uther Pendragon: Sorcery!
Me: *facepalms* Okay! New rule, only two fandoms present at a time!
Uther: *vanishes*
Vader: Well, that is no fun- No! The Elf stole my light saber again!
Me: (in a conspirital whisper to the audience)Don't you just want to hear him say it in canon?
Me, Vader and Yoda: *Chase the elf*
Me: Till next time guys! (And yup, I'm afraid this is probably going to become a regular footnote thing… Ya don't have to read if you don't want to :D Hey, any fandoms you guys want brought in?) Oh, and in my mind's eye, I'm using the tenth doctor, because Tennant just rocks. Sorry Matt!
Matt Smith: *shrugs* It's fine. I get it a lot…
Me: *rolls eyes and feels marginally guilty* See ya guys!
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