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I stared out my window blankly at the fall world, a slight breeze passed me as my window shuttered bumped against the house quietly.
"Hayley! You promised!" I heard my little sisters voice ring out, I looked down to find her standing in the front yard waving her hands. She was all dressed up for Halloween, I quickly dawned a black mask laced with silver string, not the most original costume but I really don't care.
"I have arrived!" I said dramatically, my parent's weren't home. Hell, what am I saying? They're NEVER home, I bet if I dropped dead right now they wouldn't know for another two weeks. They probably wouldn't even come to my funeral, it would probably be directed by my grandparents.
We began walking, a harsh wind passed us, followed by a cold breeze. After a while of picking up candy from strangers, which I personally think is creepy as hell.
Snow sprinkled down from the sky that seemed to cloud up and cover the full moon within seconds.
We continued to walk, I draped my purple jacket over my sisters shoulders, she slipped her small arms into it and I folded the sleeves up so she could hold her bucket. A small snowflake landed softly on my nose. I blinked a few times before following behind my sister. I seen a flash of white and looked over, there was a boy leaning up against a tree.
He wore a blue sweatshirt that seemed to be slightly frozen with an ice design on the front. His hair was completely white, showing no color at all. I looked down to see his pants where a tattered brown pair. I looked lower and noticed he didn't have any shoes and he held a long staff that rounded down at the front.
"Wait here, Katelynn." I told my sister, without looking at her I approached the boy.
"Excuse me?" I asked, reaching out to touch him.
I felt him stiffen and look up at the sound of my voice as I put my hand on his shoulder. He looked at me blankly.
"Why aren't you wearing shoes? It's snowing." I told him.
"Y-y-you can see me?" He asked, I looked at him like he was crazy, and from the looks of it he probably was.
"Yes... Why shouldn't I?" I asked him, pulling my hand away. He was ice cold.
"But I'm... But you're... Who are you?" He said, his expression changed from surprised to happy.
"My name is Hayley, Hayley Winter, and you are?" I told him, ending with a question.
"I'm Jack Frost." He said simply.
"Wait... Jack Frost? So you where named after the Spirit of Winter? That's cool!" I said, the edges of my lips pulled up to form a smile.
"Hayley!" My sister came running over, looking up at me with a smile, then over to Jack.
"Who are you talking to, you're getting weird looks. You shouldn't talk to yourself in public." She stated, putting her hands on her hips.
"I'm not talking to myself, I'm talking to Jack Frost!" I told her, looking at Jack who had averted his eyes to the ground.
I paused for a moment as her eyebrows furrowed.
"Can't you see him?" I asked her hesitantly. She shook her head, she probably thinks I'm crazy now.
"You're crazy, Hayley." Yup, my accusations where correct. I looked back up to find Jack gone, I sighed and my sister pulled on my hand. "Lets go! We need to finish this block before we go home!" She wined, I followed. There was a sudden thunder that took place as we where walking down the sidewalk. Then a sudden snow storm. I couldn't see anything. I reached out, searching for my sister.
"Katelynn!" I shouted, I felt my jacket. It was flying in the wind. I heard her voice ring out, then another gust of wind. For just a moment, the storm died down. Only long enough for me to see her then I felt my heart skip a beat.
SNAP
I looked up to see a large tree cracking, the snow storm had caused snow to pile on top of the tree. The branch broke, I found myself running to my sister, shoving her a few feet away and falling in the process.
The branch fell on me and a sharp pain crashed through my body, I heard the crack of my spine shattering apart under the weight of the thick tree branch. Katelynn immediately ran to me, I knew that I didn't have very long.
"Hayley! Please! Be okay, I-I-I'll go get help! She stood up, I grabbed her arm and pulled her to me.
"Katelynn look at me..." I spoke, blood dripped down my chin and my world was getting hazy. I knew I was about to die.
She looked at me and I seen the tears pouring down her face, fear in her eyes. I could've sworn I seen a dark figure in the distance, but the storm has yet to die down so it was probably my imagination.
"Katelynn, you're going to grow up to be a wonderful woman..." I coughed up more blood. "But you'll be here to see that!" Katelynn wailed.
I placed my hand softly on her face, my world continued to darken.
"Katelynn... I won't... But I swear I'll watch over you every step of the way..." I told her, smiling a bit. She began to sob, I put my hand under her chin, I felt a sharp pain in my arm and heard it crack. But I did my best to keep my composure, though I still let out a small groan. I raised her head up so she could look me in the eyes.
"Look at me... I-I-I need you to do me one last favor..." I told her, tears where still streaming down her face, I wanted to cry so badly as I watched.
"I need you to grow up for the both of us... Promise me that you'll be both Kind and Forgiving... Promise that you will not take your life for granted..." I told her, the darkness sinking in faster, I had only seconds left. I heard her voice one last time.
"I-I promise... A-And... I f-forgive you for l-leaving me... And... I-I thank you for s-saving me..." She told me with a shaking voice. I smiled, then I felt myself drift away.
Those where the last words I heard from her.
_! Nine Years Later !_
I opened my eyes to the bright light of the moon, it looked so close, my body moving through a patch of hard snow. Where am I? Was the first question that popped into my head. "Where am I? Who am I?" I mentally questioned, but I wasn't expecting to get an answer. My body was completely off the ground.
Welcome child... A voice in my head rang out, it was soothing.
Your name is Winter North, Grand Daughter of Nicholas Saint North, you're the Spirit of Christmas Eve, you have the powers of Magic and Ice.
The moon shifted back into its small form and my body was carefully placed on the ground. I looked around, everything was covered in snow. I struggled to get up, finding my footing and making my way over to a tree. When I touched the tree it began to freeze over, so I moved away. Stumbling around like a child just learning how to walk. I needed something to support me.
My eyes scanned the area, I noticed a fallen branch from a pine tree. I lifted my hand up, it felt completely out of reflex. "Branch!" I said, the branch quickly evaporated into a blue type of mist and hovered slowly to me. When it come to my hand it formed back into the branch and landed in my hand. "Walking stick." I commanded, it followed my orders and smoothed down. The end wrapped around my wrist. I began walking, still surprised at what I could do with a simple word.
After about twenty minutes of walking aimlessly through the forest, I came upon a small cemetery behind a large church. I walked through it and noticed a woman, no older than twenty three or twenty four. She had long brown hair with blonde highlights and chocolate brown eyes. I walked up behind her to see her setting a bouquet of flowers onto the grave. She let out a heavy sigh and I looked at who she was visiting.
RIP
Hayley Marie Winter
December 24th 1996 - October 31st 2013
Beloved Sister, Daughter, Niece and Granddaughter
"I need you to promise me that you'll be both kind and forgiving..."
"Hello again, Hayley. It's nice to see you." The woman said with a heavy heart.
"I suppose I should catch you up on everything that's happened this year..." The woman looked at her hand and showed it to the tombstone, a beautiful diamond ring was wrapped around her left ring finger. "Dylan proposed August 25th, a few days after-" She stated and unzipped her jacket and pulled up her shirt a little. "-I am pregnant. I hope it's a girl. If it is I'll name her after you."
"Mom and Dad finally moved out of state. Good riddance. I had to learn to take care of myself after you left. I guess it helped in the long run."
"I've held up my promise too. When you told me to always be kind and forgiving, and to never take my life for granted, I've been doing that. I want to thank you again for that day. Halloween, when you pushed me out of the way of the branch. If only we hadn't gone Trick-or-Treating that year... I had to persuade you to go, and I'm sorry. I wish I could go back in time and change that..." She said as tears began to spill from her eyes.
"I'm sorry for your loss..." I told her, trying to place my hand on her shoulder. But it only went through her, my eyes widened as I kept trying to touch her.
"Hayley, If you are here and watching me. I need you to prove it, like right now. Please, I need to know you're still watching me. Just a little sign so I know... Please... Anything, anything at all..." The woman muttered, I got over my shock and watched. Just to see if anything happened.
"Please, Hayley..." She said under her breath.
I walked over to the tombstone and put my hand on it, allowing it to be covered with ice. I traced my hand over the front and put a heart around the quote.
The woman's face brightened a bit. "I knew it... I knew you where still there. I miss you..." She said, moving closer to the grave. I smiled, when she smiled it filled me with warmth. I'm not sure why.
"Kate!" I heard a male voice ring out, I turned my head to see a man standing outside a truck. That must have been her fiance, Dylan, I think it was. The woman didn't pay any attention to her name being called out, she only smiled as she looked at the grave.
"Katelynn!" The man shouted her full name this time. Katelynn shook her head, clearing her mind.
She slowly stood up, turning around toward him. Smiling and she ran to him, jumping in his arms. He looked surprised for a second but hugged her back.
I looked at the grave. The girl buried there must have been very brave.
"You must have been very brave to push your sister out of the way to keep her from dying. Sacrificing yourself for her. I know if I had a sister I'd do the same. I'm not sure if I've ever had a family. I can't remember. But anyway, it's nice to meet you. My name is... Winter North." I turned away from the grave and took a few steps, but then turned back.
"Goodbye, Hayley Winter."
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So... Yup... I've been needing to get this out of the way, and dude, It's like 4am. I would've made it longer, but I am lazy. I've already started on the next chapter and its almost half way done. In the next chapter the Man in The Moon tells them about her. I think everyone is interested on seeing North's reaction to having a Granddaughter! Anyway... Near the end if you hadn't already noticed, I made it to where it sounded like she renounced her original identity so if you didn't catch that, here ya go! By the way, the rest of the chapters will be written in third person, I just thought it would be more interesting to see her POV for what happened.
Bonjour my petite crossaints~!
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