Snow In Love

Cold winds ripped through the air like a knife against a sheet of paper. The swirling skies carried loose snow, as more continued to fall in cascading twinkles against the grey-white sky. The trees were covered in a thin blanket of snow, branches slightly bending down. No sounds were heard besides the roaring winds, blowing against the white ground below. This site was only for some eyes in its bitter-sweetness. The image would have stayed like a painting if not for the loud bang that interrupted it. The image bent and twisted into blackness, only to be uncovered by a dim light.

A young girl had awoken from her deep sleep of the winter land scape. It was her 5Th time dreaming of it. Not that she minded as much, she liked the mysterious whimsical feel it gave to her. Her pale brown eyes scanned her blue dimmed room. Sitting up she brushed stray pieces of her hair away as well some sweat. Even if the dream seemed icy cold, it made her have a fear of something. She swung her feet over and off the bed, her hot feet touching the cold woodened floor. She slowly got up off of the bed, eventually making her way from the bed and to long draped curtains. Moving them out of the way to reveal wood and glass doors, she turned the knob. The doors swung open with a gust from the outside. The sharp wind pierced her warm skin and entered her room. Walking farther out, she went past the doors and to the edge of the very small balcony.

"Still cold" She muttered slightly. It was only October 12, yet it seemed as if it were ready to snow. She leaned on the banister looking out into the slight darkness. Puffing out her cheeks she blew the air out looking at her breath smoke out.

"That looks cute" Said a familiar voice. Yet it being so familiar, still made her jump and turn around.

"Jack!" She screeched lightly. Wrapping her long button down shirt more around her as she turned to face the intruder. There leaning against the wall so casually was a boy. His arms folded, a long curved staff in one had, he layed a sly smirk on his face watching her.

"W-what are you d-doing" The girl stuttered out. She was some what used to him randomly popping in when it came around winter time. It had been like this since she was little. But each time he did it, it spooked her.

"Just thought i would stop by, you know the kangaroo has been annoying me lately and-" The girl interrupted him by walking back into her room.

"Hey! Where you going?" He casually asked, letting the wind glide him into the room causing papers to fly about.

"I-its always c-colder when you come" She replied shivering and wrapping a blanket around herself. Jack scoffed and shook his head lightly.

"Can't help it" He replied simply, watching her as she shivered on her own. He couldn't do anything about it, and that was the truth. As much as he really hated it. It was always this way when he would come to visit.

Brown hair bouncing, cheeks red, eyes big and shinning. A little girl played around in the snow building a fort by herself. She seemed happy, but in reality, she was catching a cold. Normally this wouldn't really happen. She was perfectly healthy most of the year, but this one cold day brought her to be sick. As she dug a tunnel in the crystal snow, a young boy/man was laughing his head off. He paved the streets with ice as his bare feet glided across it. A couple of kids were having a snow ball fight up the hilled street. And he being the trouble maker he is, made them all slip onto their butts. His laughter echoed through the streets, not that anyone could really hear him. He skated down the long hill, back bent to catch speed, his long staff behind him with both his arms.

He approached the house that the young girl played and spun around to a stop smirking. He snuck behind her, ready to for her to turn around and blow snow into the young girls face. Not enough to hurt her, but enough to annoy her. To him she was just another prank option, but as she turned around. It surprised both of them.

"Ehhhh? Who are you?" She cried out slightly. She wasn't scared, but she was surprised he was bare foot. He stared at her dumbfounded.

"Y-you can see me?!" He asked surprised, he bent down to her level with a surprised smiling face. The girl nodded and turned around fully, reaching up and twirling a piece of his hair.

"Its white...are you old?" She asked staring at it, he chuckled and shook his head playfully.

"Older than you can imagine" He smirked as she gasped and started guessing.

Jack snapped out of his daydream as the girl was face to face with him, looking up slightly and playing with his hair. She was smiling looking at it, playing with it using one hand while the other held a blanket around herself.

"Old Man Winter" She rolled the word off of her tongue in a playful manner.

"Hey!" He snapped back only to get a shush back from her. She didn't want him waking her parents, not that it really mattered since they couldn't see him. But it still mattered to her.

"Artemis Banick, when will you learn?" He smirked at her, jumping back and floating as the wind came back in.

"Jokul Frosti, when will you grow up?" She said not exactly joking. Walking forward so pushing him farther back, to the balcony.

"Bye father~" She giggled and walked back into her room closing the door. He sighed missing the chance for a come back. But in truth he would rather not be her father. Turning around he blasted off to do some of his work.~

Artemis leaned against the door before standing up straight and going back into her bed. She crawled under her covers as the temperature in her room started to become normal. She really did wish Jack could act more mature, but one part of her, was a prankster as well~