Gale of Memories

Chapter 2: Meet Jackson

Chapter 2: Meet Jackson

When they came to, they found themselves surrounded by a large and lively forest. Bunnymund in particular was rather comfortable in the scenery, and smiled softly to himself, remembering when most of the world was so wild. "Hey, Frostbite. When are we?" He asked, seeing a house in the distance through the foliage.

"Guardians." MiM spoke, startling everyone. "Jack is four, here."

"Well, in that case, if I'm four, then it'd be... 1702." Jack supplied, making Bunny startle. Now that he thought about it, he didn't really know how old Jack was.

"Mate, you're from the 1700's?" He asked. With the way Jack acted, he didn't even seem two centuries old, sometimes.

"Yeah, I'm 316, if you include my mortal life." Jack shrugged, as he led the others to his old home. He teared up a little bit when he saw it. It'd been so long, and to be immersed in his memories again... "I missed home." He whispered under his breath. Bunny caught it, as did Baby Tooth, but neither said anything.

"What a pretty house!" Tooth smiled, as Jack led them through the solid door and inside.

"How can we walk through stuff?!" Bunny demanded, after phasing through the door after North.

"Bunny! We are in memory!" North proclaimed. "We cannot change past, so we are not really here!"

"Mum! Mum! Why can't we pway outside?" A young boy with brown hair and eyes came running around the corner, tugging on his mother's dress.

"You had a brother?" Tooth asked, cooing over the child.

"Uhh... no, that... that's me." Jack looked away, embarrassed.

"What? But mate, hate ta break it ta ya, but you don't have brown hair." Bunny pointed out.

"Really? Never noticed." Jack rolled his eyes. "MiM changed my hair and eye color after I became an immortal." He explained.

"Oh, that's unusual! Most people don't get their appearance changed!" Tooth grinned.

"You mean you weren't?" Jack asked. He'd always assumed that Tooth had been human before she became a Guardian.

"Oh, no! I'm only half human!" She smiled. "Remind me to tell you more about that later, okay? But my heritage lets me understand any language! Even the animals!" She grinned.

"Whoa! Really? That's cool!" Jack's eyes lit up with excitement.

"Yeah, and North can speak some other non-human languages, too, can't you?" She turned to her companion.

"Haha! Of course I can! I can speak to bugs! I am also fluent in hamster and leech!" He puffed his chest out proudly. "How do you think I know if kids were naughty or nice? I ask pets." He laughed.

Leech? Why? Jack shook his head at the thought, turning back to the memory.

"Because, Jack. It's going to rain today. Didn't you see the clouds? I don't want you getting sick!" Jack's mother reprimanded him. He gave her the most adorable puppy dog eyes, making Tooth coo again.

"Oh, Jack~! You were so adorable!" Jack flushed a blue color, and looked away. Not cute, damnit.

They heard the front door open and turned around to see a tall man with a dark tan, brown hair, hazel eyes and a kind face. "So where's the birthday boy?!" He grinned. Little Jack laughed and ran into the man's open arms.