Snow Fall
Snow. It was always one of the things that puzzled me most. How it could be so beautiful and so pure yet so dark and so dangerous at the same time. When I was little, my favourite thing to do when it snowed was lie in the snowy grass and just stare up and the snow falling down. Like most kids I would sometimes try to catch the flakes with my tongue but I preferred to just watch and think. It was therapeutic. Mum and dad would watch me from the window and laugh at me but I didn't care. Yeah it was wet and it was cold but as long as I had a thick coat and a good hat on I was unstoppable. I would return inside with hands that would nearly burn as the indoor heat hit them. I'd curl up by the fire and just let my thoughts run wild while I warmed up and my clothes dried. It was the closest I ever felt to peace. But like everything, peace is short lived.
Mum would never drive in the snow. Too dangerous she would tell me. She hated braking and not knowing if the car would definitely stop. She chose to walk instead or get lifts with people. I didn't mind though. School was near by and I just meant more time in the snow. Don't get my wrong, I slipped all the time but the bruises seemed a small price to pay for the joy I felt in the snow. Dad built a sled that winter. I mean I say sled, it was a sheet of plastic with two holes drilled into it and a rope looped between them to make do as a handle. Not the most sled like in the world but as long as you pulled at the rope hard enough you would soar down the lane towards my house. It made me feel like a bird swooping down to catch its prey except much more magical than that.
That's what we were doing that afternoon. Sledding. Mum wanted to put the dinner on and dad wanted to snooze by the fire but I begged and pleaded with them to take me outside. I was old enough to do it myself but it was never as fun on my own and dad could really give you a strong push. It took time but they finally agreed to take me out because we all knew the snow wouldn't last much longer.
It delighted me to no end. Noses being nipped at by the cold. Laughing faces and being able to see your own breath. It was amazing.
We should up at the top of the road and mum told me this was the last go. They would give me one more push down the lane before going inside and warming up. The sun had already started to go down and it was getting harder to see but from the lights of an approaching car I could see snowflakes beginning to form on mums eyelashes so I nodded and hopped on the sled. Mum and Dad both gave it an almighty show and I was soaring down the lane. But this time it didn't feel right. It was like I had left my stomach back at the top of the road with mum and dad.
I tried to stop or to turn my self around but I was going to fast.
I heard the sounds of breaks squealing from the approaching car I had seen earlier.
I heard the awful noise that followed of metal bending.
But worst of all I heard screams. Two to be exact. And I just knew.
Turns out driving can be dangerous in snow whether you're in the vehicle or outside of it.
The sled was going at such speed at some point that I'm unaware of it tipped me out onto a mound of snow. I just lay there as the tears rolling down my face froze in place until my already pale hair was covered in snow.
I just lay there staring up at the snow falling knowing I would never ever look at it the same.
Knowing that it had taken the two most important things in my life and that I had helped it by begging them to come out and play.
Each flake that fell seemed to be laughing at me. Laughing at how innocent I had thought snow was.
Even my name seemed to be mocking me. Poor little Jack Frost who had lost his parents to snow. The irony was rich. Snow was not innocent nor would I ever think it was again.
Hi! So this is just a little story that popped into my head late at night and I know it's far from perfect but I just wanted to write it down. I have a question for all of you. Do you want me to leave it as a oneshot or do you want me to continue it as a story about Jack? Obviously it's a AU but I would add in all the rest of the characters and maybe about how Jack struggles after the loss of this parents? Or maybe I should just leave it as it is. Anyway, leave a little review telling me what you think I should do!
Thanks a million for reading and I might possibly see you soon if that's what yous want?
