AN: K, so this is just a one-shot, so don't ask any more of me. Clearly, I cannot be trusted with longer stories.

THAT BEING SAID! This is part of a mental AU I have where Danny no longer ages, and he leaves Amity Park because it hurts too much. In this AU, he meets Jack when they realize that Danny can see him and they become friends.

I may write some more one-shots in this universe, and maybe even a longer story if I find the motivation, but do not get your hopes up. I am barely motivated enough to do homework, let alone something like this, so… you've been warned.

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or Rise of the Guardians. Obviously. I mean, I misspelled guardian the first time I typed it, so clearly no ownership here.

The Guardians were having their monthly meeting. This was something that they had never done before the whole Pitch fiasco, but it seemed appropriate now. Officially, the meetings were to check up on each other and make sure that Pitch was not secretly gaining power again, but unofficially, they were just to hang out. And, if the Guardians were to be truly honest with themselves, it was a way to keep an eye on Jack.

It had been forty years since Jack had become a Guardian, and the other Guardians had gotten to know him quite well. It was fairly obvious to them that Jack had some pretty deep-seated issues from his 300 year isolation, and they did their best to help him, but it never truly seemed to work. Jack didn't want to talk to them about his problems, and they didn't feel as though they had the right to push. Afterall, it was mostly their fault Jack was the way he was. They did their best, but 300 years was a long time, and some days it seemed as if Jack had not truly forgiven them for it.

This was the problem on the other Guardians' minds as they waited for Jack to arrive. They were worried because at the last meeting, Jack had gotten extremely angry at something Bunny had said and stormed out. None of them had seen him since. To make matters even worse, they had no idea why Jack had gotten so angry.

"I swear, it was just normal teasin' like we always do!" Bunny yelled, throwing his arms up. The other Guardians had been interrogating him about the interaction for the last half hour, and he was getting sick of it. "It's not my fault that frostbite has thin skin."

"Oh, what if he doesn't come!" Tooth was frantic, flitting about the room as if maybe Jack was just hiding somewhere. "He has never been this late before."

"Jack will come." North said confidently. "And when he does, we will fix."

"The kid isn't a toy, North. You can't just fix him," Bunny snorted as he fiddled with his boomerangs. The whole conversation was stressing him out, and his boomerangs were the only things that could consistently calm him down.

"Maybe not," North acknowledged. "But we will try."

"Try what?"

The whole group jerked, turning to look at Jack, who was standing at the edge of the room. The whole group, that is, except for Sandy. He had already noticed that Jack was there and had tried to tell the rest of them, with little success.

"Jack!" North boomed, throwing his arms out like he expected a hug. "Good to see you!" He paused for a moment, looking a little sheepish. "Eh, how long have you been standing there."

Jack smirked in reply.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" he asked, swinging his staff around to rest on his shoulders. In truth, he had only just walked in, and had no clue what they were talking about, but he saw no reason the other Guardians should know that.

"Anyway, sorry I'm late. I had something…" Jack trailed off, looking suddenly pensive. He glanced over at the Guardians, looking more nervous than they had ever seen him. He appeared to be weighing something in his mind, before finally making a decision.

"Actually…" he said slowly. "I could show you guys. If you want." Jack refused to look any of them in the eye, and seemed almost embarrassed. The other Guardians shared a look before stepping forward.

"Of course, Jack. You can tell us anything." Tooth was barely refraining from cheering. Jack was opening up to them! This was more than she could ever have dreamed of, especially after last month's disaster.

Jack smiled softly at Tooth, before turning back to the door to the room.

"You can come in now," he called softly. The Guardians were confused until a small, white head poked out from behind the door frame.

More than one mouth fell open as a child ran into the room, clinging to Jack's legs and hiding behind them. He looked to be about 13 or 14, and had pure white hair and eyes so blue they seemed almost to glow. He was wearing a hoodie that was just like Jack's, except it was green, not blue. He was a little tanner than Jack, but besides that, they looked eerily similar.

Jack placed a hand on the boys head, and looked up at the other Guardians. "Guys, this is Danny."

Danny waved shyly at the Guardians before burying his face in Jack's back. Jack smiled down at him before looking back at the Guardians.

"He's a little shy," he explained, giving Danny another fond look. Jack crouched down so that he was at eye level with Danny and gave him an encouraging smile. "Why don't you do the thing we talked about?"

Danny looked a little unsure, but he nodded, and inched his way over to Tooth. He held out his hand and concentrated. Before their eyes, a rose formed of the purest ice came into existence on his hand. Danny gave the rose to Tooth, who took it gently. Tooth stared at the rose in awe. It was one of the most beautiful things she had ever seen.

"Thank you Danny." she said quietly. "I love it."

Danny turned bright red and ran back to Jack, hiding behind him once more. Bunny still hadn't moved from the time Danny had entered the room, while Sandy seemed to be running through a series of different exclamation points and question marks. North looked as if Christmas had come early, a strange mix of joy and panic. Clearing his throat, he stepped forward.

"Jack." He paused, slightly overwhelmed by the trust Jack was showing them. "We are so glad that you have trusted us with this. How long have you…" he hesitated, unsure of how to word his question. "had… Danny?"

There was a pause where Danny and Jack just looked at each other, before they suddenly burst into laughter. They other Guardians stared in confusion as Jack collapsed to his knees, laughing hysterically while Danny curled up in a ball in midair, laughing so hard he began to choke.

"Hey!" If there was anything that could break Bunny out of his shock, it was Jack laughing at him. "What's so funny?"

"Sorry," Jack said, finally getting control of his laughter. "I just didn't think you would fall for it."

"I told you we could pull it off!" Danny yelled, opening his eyes that were now green for some reason. "I only wish we could have held onto it longer."

"Wait, now hold a titch. Are you saying that Jack isn't your Daddy?" Bunny wanted to be very clear on that.

"Well," Danny had a spark of mischief in his eyes. "My dad's name is Jack, it just isn't this Jack." He finished his statement by pointing at Jack, who was still a giggling mess on the floor. Danny gave Jack a long look before shuddering. "Thank goodness for that."

"Hey!" Jack protested. "I would be an excellent father! No bedtimes, homework or chores! My kids would love me!"

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure that most people would call that being a terrible father, but what would I know. My dad tried to kill me pretty regularly, so my opinion may be a little skewed."

The other Guardians watched as Jack and Danny continued to bicker and tease, shock slowly wearing off. Not surprisingly, Bunny was the one who broke first.

"Wait, hold up. Jack. Did you really bring some random kid to the North Pole?"

"Oi! I am not a kid." Danny sniffed and raised his chin imperiously. "I am 62 years old." He suddenly grinned, flipping up into the air to land upside down above Bunny. "I can see why you would be confused though. I do have amazing skin. I use this special technique Jack taught me. I mean, he looks great for his age, so I figured that whatever he was doing had to be working." Throughout this entire speech, Danny was poking, pinching, and generally annoying Bunny.

Jack leaned against his staff, making no move to help Bunny out. "He said I didn't look a day over 290 when we first met. It honestly made my day." Jack wiped a fake tear from his eye as Danny blew him a kiss, still bothering Bunny despite Bunny's attempts to stop him.

Sandy raised his hand, getting both white haired boys' attention before creating a series of images above his head. He started with two boys, clearly Jack and Danny, standing apart from each other. He then had the two shake hands, followed by a calendar and a question mark.

"When did we meet?" Danny guesed. At Sandy's nod, he continued. "Oh, it must have been nearly twenty years ago at this point. We hit it off right away, what with our similar looks and talents."

"And personalities." Jack added in. Danny gave him an affronted look.

"Excuse me, are you calling me a pain in the butt with a severe lack of respect for authority and a tendency to make jokes of which no one appreciates the brilliance?"

Jack paused for a moment, before clearly enunciating "Yes. Except for the joke part. Your jokes aren't funny. Though I am touched that you seem to think mine are."

"Oh come on," Danny whined, finally leaving Bunny alone to float over to Jack. "My jokes are hilarious."

"Danny, Danny, Danny, my sweet naive Danny. Puns aren't funny. Everyone knows that." Jack explained patiently. Danny merely stuck out his tongue before crossing his arms mutinously. Jack only snickered before mussing up Danny's hair, ignoring the resulting yelp. "Ah, you'll learn eventually."

"I don't understand." Tooth interrupted. "If you have known each other for twenty years, why are you only introducing us now?"

"Well," Jack began. "We noticed pretty early on how similar we looked and figured it would make a pretty good prank to make you guys think we were father and son."

"We planned for years, to make sure it was perfect." Danny added, now lounging in the air as if he were in an invisible hammock. "Though of all the scenarios we planned out, none went as perfectly as what just happened."

"Right." Jack said. "We really need to thank you guys for being such a perfect audience. Anyway, we planned out the prank, but decided that it was so good that we needed to save it for a time for when you guys really deserved it, and the opportunity came up last month."

All the Guardians looked a little uncomfortable at that, especially Bunny.

"Still don't know why he was so upset." he muttered. Unfortunately, Jack heard him.

His face darkened, and the temperature in the room began to drop. "Of course you don't," he spat. "Why would you?" Danny sat up in his invisible hammock, his own smile slipping away.

"Hey." Danny settled on the floor next Jack, who looked away. "Hey, look at me." When Jack refused, Danny sighed before putting a hand on his shoulder. "It's okay. You're okay."

"You know what he said," Jack said miserably. Danny nodded, looking incredibly sad.

"Yeah, I know." Danny put his hand under Jack's chin, forcing him to look at him. "But he doesn't. It isn't fair to be mad at him for that. You know that."

For a moment, it seemed as though Jack was going to storm out again, before he groaned.

"Fine! I'll let it go. But next time, I'm freezing his warren, got it?"

Danny grinned, all traces of sadness gone from his face. "I'll help! I've always wanted to see the Warren!"

Before Bunny could protest, Jack clapped his hands together. "Well! Now that that's all cleared up, we gotta run. We told the kids that we would create a lightshow for them, and we gotta get moving if we want to get there on time."

Danny perked up, his feet leaving the floor once more. "Yeah! I almost forgot. Let's go!"

Both boys were in the air before the other Guardians had truly comprehended what was happening. They flew out the window, Danny pausing just long enough to yell back at North, "Thanks for having me!" before disappearing from sight.

They left a stunned silence in their wake. The Guardians blinked at each other before Tooth broke the silence.

"Well, that was interesting."

"Interesting? Interesting!? Now we have two ice making trouble makers, an' they both know where my Warren is! I mean, who even is this Danny? We know nothin' about him!"

"Maybe not, but we know enough." North interrupted before Bunny's rant could really get going. The others looked at him in confusion, Sandy sending up a question mark.

North, seeing these looks, explained. "We know that Jack likes him. And that he likes Jack."

Seeing that the others still looked confused, he sighed.

"Did you not see that? Danny not only knew what was bothering Jack, but! He was able to calm him down." North nodded, a satisfied look on his face. "They are good for each other. Like brothers."

Comprehension dawned on the others as they finally understood what North was talking about. Sandy smiled while Bunny relaxed a little. Tooth merely looked at the ice rose which she still held, before nodding in agreement.

The contemplative silence was broken by Bunny, who snorted slightly. North gave him a cross look.

"What?"

Bunny merely shook his head a little.

"It's nothin' really," he said. "It's just, we may not be able to fix Jack, but I think that kid might be able to."

The other Guardians agreed as miles away, two ageless boys laughed as they flew off, ready to face the world together.

AN: ARGH! I have too many ideas and explanations for this AU. UGH! Fine. This will prolly turn into a series of one-shots that all exist in the same universe. Maybe. Again, no promises. Maybe if you guys are really nice to me, I'll be more willing to write more.