Chapter 22

It was a strange feeling to walk silent corridors just moments after all the fun at dinner. The contrast of loud laughter and deadly silence, just as the change in his thoughts from jokes and fun to all the questions and mystery's, it was just strange.

He walked the deserted corridors toward the Headmaster's chambers. It was hard to picture those halls full of children and life at day when they were this dark and lonely at night.

It didn't take Jack long to reach Dumbledore's office. He stood before the doors for a while he was not sure what would await him on the other side, he just hoped it would be good news. Jack really didn't like bad news. He started to think he would just stay there frozen in time as he heard a beaming laughter and an Russian accent.

He was in the room faster than someone could say Quidditch. And really there was North, standing besides Dumbledore who seemed quite tinny besides the large Russian. And he wasn't the only one, Tooth and Sandy were there too.

Jacks stunned expression quickly changed into one of pure happiness. He didn't even notice how much he had missed the other guardians.

"Jack! There you are. We were starting to think you got lost on the way here." Said North with a soft smile playing on his lips.

"Sweet tooth! Are you all right? We were so worried about you when we heard what that evil woman did. Show me your hand. Does it still hurt..." Jack almost groaned as Tooth started too mother hen him.

"I'm all right Tooth, really."

"Let the boy breath Toothiana." Said North and Jack gave him a quick grateful look. He really liked Tooth but sometimes she could be a real mother hen.

He already opened his mouth to start all the questions that he had prepared, but then he noticed something. North, Sandy and Tooth were here, but Bunny was nowhere to be found. That was not the only thing. There in a corner near the fireplace stood a boy, from the looks not much older than Jack.

"Where is Bunny?" Jack asked but before anyone could answer him he proceeded. "And who is that?" He asked while pointing with a finger on the other boy in the room.

Jack awaited an answer, but what he got was laughter. Even Sandy was laughing hard while symbols of laughing faces and funny things appeared above his head. Jack was really confused.

As it became clear that he wouldn't get any answer from the others he looked at the boy.

He was strangely familiar. He was quite a bit higher than Jack, about six foot one high. He had quite muscular built and familiar tattoos. He had grey hair, but what gave him away was the half smile playing on his lips. Jack couldn't believe it.

"Bunny?" He asked the boy.

"How's it going Frostbite." Said Bunny with a smirk.

Jack almost collapsed from shock. He couldn't believe it. Bunny in human form, it was really strange. And at the same time not strange at all. It was really confusing.