Jack blinked as someone called his name and turned to see his little sister standing behind him. "You promised you would take me skating Jack lets go." She pleaded while tugging on his arm.

Jack smiled as he reached for his ice skates his little sister happily went to get her own ice skates and the two of them were soon walking out the door to their home. "Be careful." Their mother told them Jack turned to smile at her.

"We will." He reassured their mother, laughter in his voice as his little sister pulled him outside and to the pond where they could skate. They had been skating for an hour when the sound that Jack never wanted to hear again echoed throughout the clearing. He moved as close as he dared to his sister, removed his skates and started talking to her, trying to keep her calm.

"It's ok, it's ok. Don't look down just look at me." He told her, keeping his gaze on her.

"Jack I'm scared."

"I know, I know." He stood up and took a step forward, the ice cracking under his feet. "But you're not going to fall in. We're gonna have a little fun instead."

"No we're not." She cried.

"Would I trick you?" Jack inched his way closer to her.

"Yes, you always play tricks."

"Alright well not… not… not this time, I promise. I promise you're going to be fine. You'll have to believe in me. You wanna play a game, we're gonna play hopscotch, like we do every day. It's easy as one." Jack took a step, the ice once more cracking under him so he pretended to lose his balance making his sister laugh a little. "Two." He moved his other foot and jumped to land on the thicker ice. "Three, alright now it's your turn." He told her as he reached down feeling with a hand for the stick beside him.

He picked up the stick, "One." Jack moved the stick in front of him as he scooted slightly closer to her and she slid a foot forward. "Two." His sister slid her other foot forward. "Three." Jack swung the stick around her waist and gently flung her onto the thicker part of the ice, the momentum sent him in the spot his sister stood only seconds before.

His sister lifted her head up and she smiled at him. Jack stood up returning her smile just before the ice broke under him. "Jack." She yelled as he fell into the water. "Stay safe little sister. No matter how many times I have to relive this moment I will always save you." Jack thought as he sank to the bottom of the pond, now knowing that the Man in the Moon would bring him up out of the pond, giving him life and a name.

That night Sandy waited at the edge of the pond for the Man on the Moon to bring Jack out from under the ice so he wouldn't have to relive the next three hundred years alone. Not long after he arrived the ice started to crack and Jack was pulled from the water by moonbeams and gently set on his feet, the ice mending itself under him. Sandy silently watched while Jack stared up at the moon then bent down to once more claim his staff. Recognizing the soft golden glow coming from behind him Jack turned around, a smile on his face. "You came does that mean you remember too?" Jack wanted to know. Sandy nodded then made a picture of an upset and crying little girl. "My sister, I have to go make sure she's alright, let her know I'm still here and will be watching over her… but I don't even remember her name."

Jack and Sandy returned to the house that Jack grew up in and are soon standing by the window where Jack's sister was lying in a ball on the bed. Jack lightly tapped his staff against the glass causing the girl's head to jerk up and stare at the window as frost covered it. As Sandy began to write a message in the frost Jack pressed his hand against the window, watching Sandy.

"Her name's Emily?" Jack asked and Sandy nodded as he wrote, Emily, your brother has returned as the winter spirit now known as Jack Frost and has told me that he will always be here to watch over you. All you have to do is believe in him." Seeing the writing appear in the frost along with the hand print, Emily jumped off the bed and ran over to the window where she placed her own hand opposite of Jack's, tears running down her face.

As she stared out the window, trying to see through the frost, the tears stop and a smile appears on her face. "I think she can see me Sandy. What do I do?" Jack whispered as Emily spun around and ran from the room.

Sandy formed a picture of Jack and Emily hugging. "You're right, I need to calm her fear and let her know it really is me." Jack said as Emily came running around the corner toward them.

"Jack!" Emily shouted happily and threw her arms around him the second she was close enough. "You came back I thought you would never return." She sobbed into his shirt.

Jack smiled sadly as he knelt down to pull her into a hug. "I could never leave my little sister, just remember that no matter where I have to go to give others snow I will always return here. This is my home after all my family is here. Thank you for believing in me Emily."

Emily stepped back to get a better look at Jack. "Your hair… it's… white." She said in awe as she reached up to feel it.

Jack chuckled. "Yes and my eyes are now blue I am a winter spirit after all Emily. I can control the snow, ice and frost with the same stick I saved you with. I can also fly with the winds help."

"Emily who are you talking to?" Their mother asked as she came around the corner.

"Jack mom, he's a winter spirit now and promised he will watch over me. The Sandman told me all I have to do is believe in him and I did and I can see him now." Emily answered.

Jack stood up and took in everything he could so he would remember what their mother looked like. "Emily tell mother that I'm not sorry I saved you and would do it again if I had to even if it meant giving up my life for yours."

As Emily repeated what Jack told her to, their mother started crying. Emily glanced behind her as Jack spoke again then turned back to look at their mother. "Jack said for you not to cry but to laugh instead. He doesn't want you to mourn his death but to celebrate his life."

"Is he standing behind you Emily?" Their mother asked and Emily nodded. Their mother took a step closer as she stared at the spot Emily had glanced at, her eyes widening as her eyes soon were able to see Jack standing behind Emily. "Jack? Is it really you?" She said through her tears.

"You can see me mother?" Jack asked, slightly hopeful and she nodded. Jack stepped around Emily and moved to stand in front of their mother. She lifted a hand to lightly run her fingers through his hair.

"What happened to your brown hair and… your eyes, their blue, you're so pale Jack and cold."

Jack smiled, "I'm a winter spirit now. The Man on the Moon brought me back and someday he will choose me to become a Guardian for all the children on this world. He also told me my name, Jack Frost. The only bad thing is that I don't have all of my memories but I know of a way I can get them back."

Their mother laughed lightly as she wrapped her arms around Jack, whispering. "Your full name is Jackson Overland Frost though I suppose I could get use to just calling you Jack Frost. I'm glad you have returned to us my son."

Jack welcomed her embrace, leaning against her. 'I'm glad too mother." He sighed before moving out of her arms. "I wish I could stay longer but I have a job to do. I will come back though, when I can." Jack turned towards Sandy. "I'm ready to go now Sandy."

Sandy nodded to Jack and they were soon flying off to wherever to wind took them. Jack looked back briefly and called out, "Bye mother, Emily. I will see you again someday."

Both Emily and their mother waved back to show they heard then went back inside once Jack was gone from view. "Where are we going first, North's, Tooth's or Bunny's? I would like to be able to meet them on better terms this time so that when it's time for me to become an official Guardian I won't be shoved in a sack and tossed through one of North's portals." Sandy quietly chuckled and made a picture of Tooth and Baby Tooth.