Draco's POV
I woke up that morning with Tempest's head on my chest she looked so peaceful. I got up very carefully so as not to wake her and went to make breakfast. It didn't take very long to make eggs and bacon despite what Tempest says though it's possible she takes forever just to annoy me. I laugh as she comes in yawning and in her P.J.s. "So, whats for food." she yawns. I roll my eyes "What do you think?" I ask putting plates on the table. She shrugs sleepyeyed and sits down and starts to eat. "Yum." She mumbles between mouthfuls. I can't help but let a chuckle slip. She hears me and raises an eyebrow. "So how should we torment my brother today?" I ask. "I say we find out if he likes anyone and then make her / him disappear." She says waving her hands like Spongebob and imagination. "Nah, to blunt." I say shaking my head. "Hold on I know of a girl that's completely in love with him and she hates me so we embarrass them both by getting her to admit that she likes him. She is also a mortal." she says that evil smirk on her face. "You are so perfectly evil, with just a touch of sass." I smirk. "I know."
Ella's pov
I watched as he threw another snowball at Jamie. I chuckled and picked up my own handful of snow. When his back was turned, I threw it as hard as I could at the back of his head. "I win Frost." I tawnt. "Oh, Elle, you really shouldn't have done that." Thats when I start running. "You know you can't hide from me!"
Jack's POV
I watched with a grin as she ran, her dark black hair flying behind her. she was one of the only people who could surprise me. I decided to give her a little head start and perhaps some false hope.
Then I hear a scream.
I ran and flew as fast as I could to where it came from. "Ella?!" I called. "I'm over here!" She replied. I ran into the alley the reply came from. But Elle wasn't there it was Cue (Tempest) "What are you doing here?" I ask. She just grins and winks then walks away. Against my better judgement I follow her and soon we reach a warehouse. "What did you do to Ella?" I demand. "Oh, relax, frost face, she's safe." She says going in the warehouse motioning me to follow. "Draco caught her before she twisted her ankle."
I muttered under my breath "Well, if you hadn't been there to start with." She just looks at me and goes into the main room. Inside there is a table and chairs. Elle sitting in one of them glaring at Cue. "Hello, J." She sniped, almost teasingly. "Elly" Cue replies snidely. "Wait… you know her?!" I exclaimed she just looks at me. "Unfortunately yes Jack I know your girlfriend." Cue smirks. "Not his girlfriend." she said in a singsong voice. "Oh really because I recall you watching him before anyone could see him." My jaw dropped open and I looked to her. She was staring at Cue with the most horrified expression on her face.
Tempest's POV
I smirked at the expression on her face it was priceless and the look on Jack's even better. "What do you mean?" He asked through clenched teeth. "Dude, meet your stalker." Smirked Draco. Jack just stared at us and then he fainted "Hahaha I knew he would do that" I laugh. At that moment Elle snapped out of her horrified trance. "Can I leave now?" She demanded, angry tears spilling from her eyes. "Elly, I-" I started, but she was already gone.
Elle's POV
I ran home, crying the whole way. When I got home I ran to my room and slammed the door, locking it behind me, despite my mother's protests. I curled up in a fetal position on the floor and sobbed. After about an hour I closed my eyes.
When I woke, I was on the bed, he was there, staring at the wall. I lay there watching him for a few minutes. "You know, this wall is pretty boring, you gonna admit you're awake any time soon?" he asked with a smirk. I blushed and whispered "Nope."
He turned his head in my direction. "To bad, we need to talk." He said and came to sit on the side of the bed. "I was in the dark for over three hundred years, why did you not say anything until last month?" He demanded, a edge of hurt to his voice.
"Well… Hehe, at first I thought you were just a hot, weird guy with awesome hair, then I saw you use your powers the next day, and I thought my friend had gotten me high…" I trailed off. He raised an eyebrow, making me feel suddenly very self conscious.
So I quickly started back up. "So after it was confirmed I had no drugs in my system, I decided to do some snooping around." I shrugged and he looked at me quizzingly. "Well, why didn't you say anything?" He asked again. I took a deep breath. "I didn't tell you that I could see you, because I wasn't ready to be seen, if that makes any sense whatsoever." I sighed.
"Who was the friend you thought had gotten you high?" he asked. "Tempest." I said sheepishly. "We used to be best friends." I said. "Well, what changed?" He asked. "She did. She was my only friend, and she just left." I looked away. "I know what happened Pitch showed up and none of us could be around anyone for a long while, and her brother woke up from a coma not remembering anything or anyone." Jack says. "She pretended I didn't exist." I say. "She did that to everyone she wouldn't talk or look at anyone not even her dad or Draco for months." he tells me. "I know it's cruel, and harsh, but she just shut me out, I tried to talk to her, she never listens." I say.
"Maybe she wanted to tell you but didn't know how seeing as you're mortal and this was an immortal problem" Jack says. "Yeah, I suppose there is that one, specific detail." I sigh. "Trust me I know how you feel when I first met her she wouldn't hardly say anything to me barely even direct answers" Jack meets my eyes and smirks mischievously.
"You wanna get them back?" he asks. "How?" I ask also smirking. "No clue, but it will be fast, funny, and more than likely death defying." Jack grins. "How will it be death defying?" I ask. "We're pranking my brother and Cue, just getting near enough will be death defying" Jack comments. I can't help but let a small laugh slip. "Should I wear black?" I ask teasingly. "Maybe." he says winking. I snort.
"Gimme a minute." I say, getting up and putting on my black jacket. "Lets do this." Jack grins, he walks over to the window. "You have to trust me." he says holding out his hand. At this moment all that went through my head was 'I can show you the world.' from Aladdin and I almost laughed. "I trust you." I say, taking his hand. he pulled me to the edge and whispered in my ear "Hold tight." The next thing I knew he was holding me bridal style and jumping out my third story window!
"Open your eyes" Jack whispered, I did and what I saw was amazing. "Wow." The word escaped my lips before I could stop it. We were flying over the city. "It's amazing!" I exclaimed in awe. "Yeah I think so to. Do you see that manor over there?" he asks pointing. "Yeah, what about it?" I ask. "That's Cue and Draco's house he wanted a castle but she wanted a normal house so they compromised" Jack explains. "Wow." Is all I can say. "Yeah… lets do this before we get caught." he says flying lower. I don't want to let go when we land, but of course I do. "So, what exactly are we doing?" I whisper. "This, ice-vandalism."
I chuckle as he starts freezing the whole place. He makes it pretty too… "You gonna help or just stand there?" He calls, cutting off my line of thought. So I start drawing pictures on the windows. Then he throws a snowball at me. "That was for earlier!" He laughed. "Oh, its on!" I throw one at him as he is forming another. "Hey!" I laugh as he scrambles to keep up with me.
"I told you they'd come." I hear J say and I just know she's smirking. "Shut it storm girl." I smirk right back. "Oooohhhh, it just went down!" smirked Draco evilly. "You against us?" offers Cue. I pretend to think about it. "Why not?" And I throw a snowball at her face. "No powers allowed!" I called with a laugh.
We kept going, Draco getting out first, no powers and all. Then Cue, till it was just me and Jack. "Give up, I do this for a living!" He yelled. "Not a chance, popsicle!" I called from behind my snow fort. "Popsicle!?" He asked, clearly amused. "Who is popsicle?" He asked, over Cue and Draco's laughter. "You are!" I exclaim, stalling. "Oh, I think not, you see I have you beaten." he says, strolling over to my fort slowly. "How so?" I tease, wasting more time, waiting on him to get closer.
"I do this everyday, I have been for the past three hundred years! Give up now and I'll kiss you." He laughs. I go silent, is he saying what I think he is?
Jack's POV
She was so cute when she was stubborn, if only she'd date me… "hey Jack I dare you to threaten to kiss her if she doesn't give up." Cue whispers to me. "What?! Are you crazy?! She'll kill me!" I whisper back. "No she won't trust me on this." she says giving me the puppy dog look. "Ugh fine I'll do it but if she hates me I blaming you" I say before I call out "Hey Ella! If you give up now I'll kiss you!" she goes quiet.
Somehow I kinda knew she would give up and I hoped after what I said that I'd have a reason for me to kiss her. "Um… not sure what to say here!" She laughed nervously. "Yes?" I asked hopefully. "Now is this because you're afraid I'll beat you or because you actually want to kiss me?" She called. "Um… Both?" I replied. "Um… sure?" She says, but I can hear the excitement in her voice, I will say it made me smile a little. I hear Cue laughing and she must be able to see both of our faces. Ella peeks her head from behind her snow fort. "So um…" I laughed awkwardly. "Yeah. hehe." I rubbed the back of my neck. "So, do I get this kiss anytime tonight?" She chuckled. I knew that Cue and Draco were on the edge of their seats. "Um… yeah… I guess?" I laughed, wow, nice job Frost! I am so bad at flirting.
Draco's POV
Wow he can not flirt this is hilarious hahaha! Then Ella grabs the front of his hoodie and pulls him down to her. "Wow…" They were both like really into it, man this was weird. This was my brother...kissing a girl, wow this is unsettling. When he finally pulled away, he whispered in her ear "You have no clue how long I have wanted to do that." she blushed deeply. "You have no idea how long she's wanted to do that!" Tempest calls out I look over and she has her video camera out. Then I look back to Ella and she is blushing like mad.
So I do exactly what I want to. "Get a room guys!" I call. "Is that a option?" Tempest asks smirking. "Maybe why you want to?" I ask. "Hmmm maybe you'll see" she says. Jack rolls his eyes and kisses Ella again, much to her embarrassment. I snicker and hand Tempest a snicker's bar just because.
Ella looks so embarrassed and happy at the same time. "Hey Elly you can officially say it now" Tempest calls out laughing. "Shut up, J." she muttered, burying her face in his hoodie. "Say what?" Jack asks. "That she's in love with you" Tempest says smirking.
Ella's POV
Wow, I mean Wow, best kiss ever. Of course J had to embarrass me ugh she's so infuriating even if she is right. I am in love with him, I mean, he's so annoying, but it's perfect.
Suddenly lightning strikes right next to us and I know she did it on purpose. "Gonna kill you if you try that again." I mumble from in his hoodie, but I don't think they understood what I said. She indeed does do that again just because. "I should probably get you home." He murmurs in my ear. I only nod against his chest thinking he smells like cold air. He scoops me up into his arms and takes off. "Thanks for that kiss, by the way." I tease. "Dido." He smirks. "How do I know J got it on tape?" I ask. "Because she did" he says rolling his eyes. He laughed, man that laugh. "What are you thinking?" He asked. "That you are far too attractive for your own good." I smirked.
He smirked "I know you are." he laughs. I feel the blood rush to my face and my lips twist up trying to hide a smile. He laughs and lands in my bedroom window. "I'd stay but… Well Guardian stuff." he says looking at the sky. "Yeah. I'll see you whenever." I waved my hand like it was no big deal and He kissed me again. "That was goodbye and good night." He whispered. He flew out my window, he turned and bowed, "Milady, I will return, I swear upon it." I laughed, "Oh, get out of here!" I watched as he flew away and once he was out of sight, I flopped on my bed and released a sigh of pure bliss. I laughed to myself and went to shower.
Tempest's POV
The sky lit up and I flew off to the North Pole. I was halfway there when everything went black. "What the-" but I was cut off by a hand that clamped down over my mouth. suddenly I couldn't move. "Don't resist." a deep voice rasped. Then I blacked out.
Ella's pov
After I got out of the shower, I was still thinking about him, the way he kissed me… Wow I got it bad…
I was drying my hair and I noticed the black sand. It floated around me, forming restraints, I started to scream, but a hand covered my mouth, clamping it shut, and a deep voice said "don't resist." then I blacked out.
When I woke up I was tied up, in a small cell. "Now you're awake!? Do you know how bored I am?" J demands, I see her chained to a wall. I pull at the ropes, but there is no give. "You won't get out of those, trust me." J says. "How did I get here?" I ask, slightly panicked. "My dad must be planning something because he got us both." J says calmly. I wedged myself into a corner, so I was sitting up. "Don't ask me how were going to get out of here I don't know just yet." J says.
Jack's POV
Cue didn't show up to the Guardian meeting which is strange, she always shows up. "Well, see you guys next week." I say and start flying back, thinking to surprise Ella. I reached her house and she was no where to be found. I went into her bedroom and the first thing I noticed was the black sand… Pitch. I only know one person who usually knows where he is so I went to find Cue. I went to their house and Draco was freaking out. I mean, freaking out is normal for him, but this was serious. "Whoa what's wrong?" I ask. "Tempest hasn't come home yet." Draco says exasperated. "Ella's missing too." I tell him. "So both of our girlfriends are missing?" he asked. "Apparently." I say. "We should find them, soon." Draco says looking nervous. "I agree." I say, filled with dread.
We look around the 'crime scene' for clues. "Hey Jack, look at this." Said Draco, gesturing to the black sand covering Ella's bedroom floor. "Pitch?" he guessed. "Maybe, I think we should tell the others about this." I replied.
We flew to the pole. As we flew we talked. "I get why he would take Cue, but why would he take Elle?" he asked. "Because she's important to me." I mumbled. "He took her to get to me, I should have known better than to fall in love, especially with a mortal." I sighed. "Dude, you can't help who you fall in love with, I should know." He chuckled. "I knew that if I let my feelings get in the way then she would end up getting hurt, thats why I didn't tell her in the first place and this just proves it." I sighed.
"You can't let your head rule your heart." He said. "Wow, that was deep." I tease. "Nah, I was quoting a cartoon." he smirked. We got to the pole and explained the situation. "You have a girlfriend?!" Bunny exclaimed. "Not officially." I muttered, trying to hide my blush. "Oh it's official seeing as you kissed her." Draco smirks. "AWWWW!" says Tooth.
I roll my eyes and say, "It won't matter if we don't find them, if this was Pitch, then we can bet that he's got something up his sleeve." They all looked slightly sheepish and ashamed for just a moment. "Thats what I thought, now how are we going to do this?" I ask. "Hmm yeah I have no clue." Draco mutters. "Wait why is Draco here?" Bunny asks. "Because he took Cue too." I say, "What are you planning, Pitch…" I mutter. "He took his own daughter, what is he thinking?" Tooth says agast. "Every one to the sleigh!" North called. "We must rescue Cue and Jack's mortal girlfriend!" Bunny exclaims. I roll my eyes at their dramatic reactions. We run to the sleigh knocking aside elves as we go (on accident, I may have frozen one...) I hopped in and Laughed as Bunny tied himself in with a homemade seat belt. "Really Bunny, a seat belt? where's your sense of adventure?" I ask laughing. "With my heart, in my stomach!" he exclaimed as we took off.
We flew out into the cold air and North through a snow globe. "Dark castle!"
Ella's POV
J and I talked, for the first time in forever. "So, hows Draco?" I asked, in a moment of awkwardness. "I don't know, if you haven't noticed, I'm kinda chained to a wall. So I don't know how he is." She said drolly. I sighed "fine then tell me something you do know. Why did you ignore me?" I ask. "It's complicated" J mutters. "So complicated, you couldnt let your best friend in on it?" I asked bitterly. "Look I'm… uh… ya know. But if I had told you you would have been in danger" J says. "And look at us now." I chuckled. "Hey this is not my fault!" J defends herself. "Oh, shut it!" Comes a male voice, the same one from when I blacked out… the one who kidnaped me. And out of the shadows comes Pitch Black himself.
Tempest's POV
"Hi dad, lovely day to be kidnaped" I say. "Quite." He chuckles evilly. "Dad why did you kidnap me it can't be because of Draco he's your favorite minion?" I ask. He says only one word, that explains everything "Frost." I look down.
"Jack's my bestest guy friend and she's dating him yeah it makes sense now" I mutter. He walks over to Ella. "Dad, leave her alone."I say as he gets closer to her. "Wheres the fun in that?" He asked. "How about leave her alone or else things go very bad for you" I glare menacingly. I growl. "What can you do to stop me, I want to terrifie the mortal girl." He grabs Ella, and I have to hand her this, she didn't even flinch. "This" I growl, lightning flashes and black sand of my own design fly's toward him. He lets her go and backs off "You've learned well, my little nightmare." he leaves
"That was close" I mutter. "Yep.' groaned Ella, who was straightening her self out where she had fallen on the floor. "You okay?" I asked. "Yeah, thanks." "Anytime." Then we hear a large explosion outside.
Draco's POV
I made the door explode and I laughed at the look on the guardians faces. "Cue has rubbed off on you." Jack states. "Oh, you have no clue." I say, wagging my eyebrows. "Images in my head!" Jack says. I laugh and address the others. "You guys distract Pitch, Jack and I will get the girls." I say.
Running I lead Jack to where I know they're being held. I see Ella first and then run to Cue who is chained up to a wall.
Jack's POV
I followed Draco to a room with Cue chained to a wall, and in a small holding cell, tied up, sat Ella, her black hair flared across her face. Draco threw me the keys and I fumbled to get the door open. "You're late, Mr. Frost." She says teasingly. "I apologize milady but the Easter Bunny insisted he have a seat belt." I say in an exaggerated accent. She laughed and it was the most beautiful sound I have ever heard. I untied her wrists and helped her stand up. Draco unlocks the chains holding Cue to the wall and caught her. "Thanks for catching me." Tempest says. "Thanks for being such a catch." He smirks. "... Well played..." She says. Draco winks and set's her down. "We should go, dad will be back soon." Tempest says. We run back out, I was shielding Ella from any projectiles. We ran over to the sleigh, but the others were still fighting. "Stay here, don't do anything stupid." I plead to Ella and go with Cue and Draco to help the others fight.
Ella's POV
I watched as he fought with the others, his movements, studying them. Slowly all of them were getting caught in Pitch's traps, all but him. He was surrounded by the nightmares. I looked over to J, I saw how she went to help Jack by making lightning kill most the nightmares.
Then I glanced at Pitch. "No." The word was out of my mouth before I could stop it and I was running, I had to stop this. He pulled the arrow back. I reached Jack just in time and I embraced him. I tensed up, knowing exactly what was coming.
When it hit me, it was twice the pain that I had imagined. My world started to fade.
Jack's POV
I felt her embrace me and tense, then gasp in pain, she had shielded me. "No!" I caught her before she fell. "I thought I told you not to do anything stupid." I said, choking up. "Well, people do stupid things, for the people they love." She murmured, wincing in pain. I felt the tears slide down my face. "Hey, hey. Keep your eyes open, stay awake." I cried out. "Hey, I love you, you know." her eyes fluttered shut. "No. No. NO!" I shout.
"Jack! She's gone, let's go!" I hear Bunny shout. "No. Wake up, please, wake up." I cried. I felt a hand on my shoulder "Look at the moon, Jack." Cue whispers. I look up and the moon and its twenty times brighter. Cue pulled me back a few feet; I tried to resist. A defined ray of moonlight appeared. A silhouette became apparent, of a young man. About my age, he looked like a punk teen, spiked silver hair, old cloths. "Hello Manny it's been awhile." Cue says like this is nothing. "Cue." Manny greets "I came here to speak to Pitch." "Hold on I'll get him" Cue walks off and comes back dragging Pitch by the collar. "Hello, Pitch, you see, I could blast you around the world, but, I enjoy a show. So I won't do that." Manny says. "Frost is actually the inspiration for this one, your welcome, you'll get that later. Pitch Black, prepare to defend yourself from the vengeful Snow Queen." He snaps his fingers and vanishes.
Tempest's POV
"Wow Manny took my advice with the new look" I comment. Then we hear a clear, cold laugh, clearly feminine. I look over and Ella is gone. "Wait, what?!" Jack says freaking out. "Behind you." a very girly, slightly cold voice says. We whirl around and standing there, looking very pissed is Ella, Her once black hair, now silver, She was wearing armor that seemed to be made of ice. I had the satisfaction of seeing Jack's eyes pop out of his head. "Whoa Elly… how did I not see this coming?" I ask. She smirked. "Well, things happen, now if you'll excuse me I have some arse to kick." She laughed. "Don't kill him he's still my dad at the end of the day" I tell her. "Fine." She sighed. "You can severely wound him though." I tell her smirking. "Good."
Her armor shone as she approached my father. "Why Pitch, you look as if you've seen a ghost." She teased darkly. "Tempest why would you tell her she could hurt me?" Pitch asked. "Because that's my best friend, you hurt her so now you get punished even if not by me" I state. I looked over at Jack, who was staring at her open mouthed. "Dude, you're drooling." I say. I see her smirk at this. She waved her hand and a miniature blizzard appeared. "Never underestimate the power of the cold." she breathed. "This is so awesome!" I say smirking. "And by the look on Jack's face, I would say he thinks so to." Ella comments winking at him. He blushed. "He's blushing!" exclaimed Tooth. I looked back to Ella. The blizzard turned solid, into a very deadly looking icicle. I couldn't help the dirty thoughts that ran through my head. She ran the ice through his chest, causing him to vanish.
Ella's POV
I turned around, the looks on their faces were priceless. "Amazing." Jack mutters. "So what you think?" I ask, transforming armor and a sword into a long blue dress. "Uh… uh…" was all Jack could say. "Nice." J says."You've rendered him speechless." She teased. J waved her hand in front of his face "Yeah, I think you broke him." J says, I giggle. I walk over to him, seemingly confident, but on the inside I was all butterflies. "Hey." I mutter. "You're alive?" He chokes out. "Um… I think so?" I chuckle. "Listen I-" But he cuts me off, kissing me. "We're the same temperature now." He murmured. "Total Twilight moment. So adorkable!" J comments. "I love you, snowflake." "Snowflake?" I asked. "I guess thats kinda like popsicle." He smirked.
"Again so adorkable I wanna puke" J mutters. I feel my cheeks get slightly warmer.
Draco's POV
"Hey Tempest" I whisper getting her attention. "Huh?" She asks turning towards me. I kiss her full on "never disappear like that again." I whisper. "Never again." she mumbled burying her face in my chest. "AWWWW." Ella said. Then Jack gets down on one knee.
"I know that this is way too soon, and I know this is weird, but losing you made me realize how much I needed you. Will you marry me?" He asked. I'm pretty sure My jaw was on the floor. "Y-yes." She smiled like this was the best day ever. Tooth squealed, Bunny smirked, Sandy gave thumbs up and oddly enough, North started crying. "Um… North, you okay?" Jack laughs. "Is so romantic!" He cries, and we die laughing.
Ella's POV
"So, what do you say, will you be my snowflake and fall for me?" He whispered. I pretended to think about it. "Only if you'll be my guardian and catch me…" I murmured in response. Then another bright flash of light. "Just want to clarify something, She is Jack's helper, you all have helpers, now he does to, your welcome." Says Manny and he vanishes again. I grin and bring his lips down to mine. "I love you."
J rolls her eyes "I'm so telling Jamie that Jacky-boy has a girlfriend" J laughs. "You wouldn't." Jack says. "Oh I would, I love to interrupt a budding bromance!" J smirks. "I hate you." Jack tells her. "No you don't you only want to." she says. I chuckle.
Jack's POV
We get in the sleigh and go back to the pole, I held her the whole way back. When we got back to the pole Draco hesitated at the front door.
"You coming or not?" I teased. He shrugged Cue took his hand and lead him inside giving me a look telling me to leave him alone. I scooped Ella up into my arms and carried her through the door. "Is this really necessary?" she complained. "Just practicing, remember, thresholds are gonna be part of my job description." I smirk. "Geeks." Cue laughs. I roll my eyes.
We enter the main room and I put Ella down, mostly. "Hey, North, is there a place where I can clean up, maybe take a shower?" Ella asked. He nods at me and I lead her off to the side. "Where are we going?" she asked. "My suite." I replied. "Behave back there Jack!" Cue called.
Tempest's POV
I laughed as he led her to his room and flipped me off for my comment. I had to admit they were cute even if it made me what to throw up. "Now when they get back, we have things to discuss." says North. "Um… trust me, they won't be done till tomorrow." I chuckle, then a snowball hits me in the back of the head, "I don't know which one of you two did that, but one of you is dead!" I call. I hear Jack laugh and I know he's laughing at me.
Ella's POV
He led me down the hall to a large suite and said, "A bit of a warning, the bathroom is huge, don't get lost." he teased. "I'll wait in the bedroom." he said, kissing the side of my head.
He walked down the hall, my eyes widened as he took his hoodie off as he went. He turned to face me. "Don't take to long, milady." he said seductively. My face turned bright red. He was right the bathroom is huge. I go in to find a duffle bag on the counter, I opened it and it was filled with my things, clothes, toothbrush, and on the top was… lingerie… really bad lingerie, I don't own any lingerie.
There was a note. 'You're welcome. -Cue.' I was going to kill her for this! I shook my head and turned on the water. The hot water helped to calm my racing heart. I washed my hair and when I realized there was no reason for me to be in there anymore, so I got out and brushed my teeth, three times… I decided shaving my legs was probably a good idea too.
After I was done, I sat in the bathroom, hugging my knees. "There's nothing to be nervous about." I whispered to myself. What was I supposed to wear, not Pjs, obviously. I wrapped a towel around myself. "don't be a coward." I said to myself before opening the door.
He was laying on the bed in only his boxers… 'god, that body.' is the only thing that ran through my head, and it was mine, all mine. "Milady." he stood and walked over to me, pulling me close. There are no words for what happened next….
I was running, as fast as I could, I was being chased, and what was chasing me never tired, but I did. I tripped, the person chasing me caught me. I looked the man in the eyes. "Jack?" It was Jack, but it wasn't. his hoodie was black, and his eyes were yellow. "Surprised, Milady?"
I woke up screaming.
"Hey! Hey! It's okay, it's okay, I'm right here." He said urgently, restraining my arms so I couldn't thrash. It was Jack, really Jack. I felt myself relax in his arms and I felt the tears running down my face. "I'm right here." he whispered. "It was just a nightmare." but the way he said it, like he thought Pitch had done it on purpose, and he probably did. "Do you wanna talk about it?" he asked. I shook my head and he pulled me closer. I drifted back off to sleep in his arms.
Draco's POV
I woke up in a strange room not knowing where I was then I remembered I was at the North Pole. I got up and got dressed quickly for I felt very awkward being here. Tempest wakes up and we all have waffles and hot chocolate for breakfast. I have a feeling that Tempest acts different here she even goes by a different name. Ella walks in and it doesn't look like she slept at all, 'I wonder why, Jack'. Tempests just nods hello at Ella and I can't help but wonder if those two had a fight while they were captured. I pull up a chair and start stuffing my face. "Wow, good waffles." I mutter ignoring the tension in the room.
Tempest sits next to me and eats as well but not as much as usual. I decide to go outside. Jack follows me, "Draco, were you playing with the nightmares last night?" he asked, "Nope, but we all know what you were playing with." I smirk, he ignores the dig and continues, "I think Pitch is giving Ella nightmares." Jack says. "Hmm maybe, she did beat the crap out of him." I tell him. "Well duh, but I'm afraid there's more to it than that." He says, clearly deep in thought. "Like what?" I ask, wondering if this was because of her and Tempest. "I don't know, but I'm gonna find out." he says.
"No don't if you show up well bad things our bound to happen. I'll go" I say. "We'll both go. This way neither of us miss anything and we're there to save each others butts!" Jack exclaims. "As in I'll save you… but first there is one problem we need to fix first" I say. "What?" he asks curiously. "Tempest and Ella, we need to fix that." I say. "I agree, they're gonna tear each other apart." Jack says. "I think the only thing that kept each other from killing each other while they were captured was that one was chained up and one was tied in a cage" I say thoughtfully. "Makes sense." He chuckled. "I think that Tempest wants to fix things but you know her she won't because she doesn't know how." I say. "Well, we'll just have to fix that." Jack says.
"And how do we do that, she's not going to listen to us." I say exasperated. "We set something awesome up." I say, running ideas through my head, there is a reason Tempest says I should be an events planner. "Hmm we could force them to talk to each other but they'll just kill us. Hmmm…" I say thinking. "I've got it, a party, to welcome the new girl." Jack exclaims. "Maybe… yeah that might work but the chances of Tempest going is slim because there's no way I can go." I say. "Not if I invite you." he smirks. "Like they'll accept the fact that you invited me we fight too much for them too believe that." I say. "I'll pretend its a prank." he shrugs. "No that won't work they know I don't fall for your pranks" I state. "Aww. you used to." he wines and I laugh. "Yeah when we were younger" I say laughing. We laugh and start making faces at each other. "guys." Tempest and Ella sigh in exasperation, at the same time.
I roll my eyes and grab Tempest from behind just because. "Put me down!" "Nope!" I laugh. "This is not funny!" she shouts. "I think it is." smirks Ella. "Shut it Elly" Tempest says still struggling to get free.
Jack's POV
I'm not sure but I think Cue and Ella were fighting again. I take Ella's hand. "you okay?" I asked, concerned. "yeah." she sighed. "Liar." Cue muttered rolling her eyes. "I'm fine." Ella insists. "Bull crap." Cue mutters.
The wind starts blowing hard "I said I'm Fine!" she exclaims. Lightning crackles as Cue glared at Ella "and I said bull crap." Cue says, angrily. They glare at each other Cue no longer struggling to get down. Draco puts her down, knowing that it's about to go down. Then a blizzard forms around Ella. Knowing they were gonna kill each other, I did something incredibly stupid, I grabbed Ella by the shoulders and turned her to face me. "Hey! Ella, snap out of it!" I shout, she doesn't answer. "She won't answer stupid" Cue says, still looking angry. "Just leave me alone!" Says Ella, 'storming' off. Cue rolls her eyes and flies off.
Ella's POV
I ran through the snow, ignoring Jack who was flying behind me. "Ella, calm down, please." he begs. "I just need a minute, please?!" I plead, collapsing in a snow drift. "No you don't" he says sitting next to me. "Yes I do, I need silence, I need to clear my head." I whisper, "You won't even know I'm here." He says, with a chuckle. "liar." I laugh. "Hey, there's that smile." he smiles, he strokes my face. "Why do I always fight with her?" I ask myself. "Because your friends." he sighed. "We haven't been friends for six years." I mutter. "You never really stop being friends, you're just angry because she wasn't able to tell you something." Jack explained. "You make it hard to hate people when you talk like that." I tease. "Yeah, well." He chuckled. He rolled over so he could see me and he kissed me.
Tempest's POV
I flew to the cliff I go to when I don't feel like being near people, I knew Draco was following me but I ignored him as I sat on the edge of the cliff. "Hey, you okay?" he asked. "Nope I'm never okay you know that." I tell him, it was true. "You will be… I'll make sure of it." he says sitting next to me. I roll my eyes, "yeah sure like I'll believe that." I mutter "I'm never fine." I insisted. "Thats not what you said last night." He smirked. "That wasn't fine, that was bliss." we laugh. "I have to fix this I should have years ago but…" I say thinking. "Yeah, you should have, but you were too proud then and you're too proud now." He chuckles. "What am I gonna do?" I sigh. "How about you talk to her." he suggests. "Yeah last time I tried that well there's a reason that I destroy things" I say. "Well if Jack can get her to corporate." I mutter.
"What do you mean?" I ask. "I mean that she wants it fixed to, but she's just as, if not more stubborn than you." He grumbled. "Thats how we tolerate each other!" I laugh, "that's also why we always fight because we're both to stubborn" I mutter.
I chuckle and lean into a kiss. "You'll find a way to fix this even if you have to tie her to a tree." Draco says. I laugh, imagining that situation. "That would be hilarious." I laugh. "Yes it would." He chuckled, "I could tie Jack to a tree first if you want, so he can't stop it." He offered. "He couldn't stop me no matter how hard he tried" I say smirking. "probably not." He laughed. "Definitely not." I correct. We laugh at the thought of Jack trying to stop me from doing anything. "Thanks, you know for everything." I whisper, leaning into his side. "You're welcome, love" he whispers.
Jack's POV
I held her in the snow, until it started to get dark. The stars shone so bright you could see for miles. I stood up and pulled her with me. "We should probably get back." she murmured. "Not quite yet." I said, catching her hand and pulling her close, I started humming, and I murmured in her ear. "May I have this dance, Milady?"
Ella's POV
"May I have this dance, Milady?" He asked. "Sorry, I don't dance." I smiled. "Ahh, come on." He smirked, holding me tighter, "Let me rephrase that, I can't dance." I laughed awkwardly. "It's easy, just trust me." he whispered, turning us in a small circle. My breathing was ragged, and rushed, he took my hand and twirled me in a circle. "See, easy." he whispered. He was right this was easy, wow. He smiled, spinning us around again. He hummed a soft, slow tune. "I love you so much, I swear, I'll never let you go." I couldn't help but grin. "What are you staring at?" I asked, nervously. "You're blushing." He smiled. "Well, you at least get the satisfaction of this, you were my first dance." I grinned. "What! Really?" he exclaims, an evil look in his eyes.
"What are you thinking?" I ask. "Dark thoughts my brother and Tempest would be proud of." Jack replies smirking. I feel my cheeks heat up. He laughs and pulls me in tighter. "We need to head back before they come looking for us" Jack mutters. "I guess so!" I muse, "they might not like what they find, if we stay much longer." He said, wagging his eyebrows. "Of course they won't." a mysterious voice ads from the shadows.
"Who's there?" Asks Jack. I do a face palm "Who do you think, Frosty." I groaned. J steps out of the shadows with Draco smirking. I rolled my eyes and walked off. "Hahaha let's just go already" J laughs. Jack and Draco share a look, "You guys go on, Draco and I have some things to take care of, we'll be late, don't wait up." Jack says, kissing the side of my head, "What is it?" I ask. "I'll explain when I get back." He whispered. "Ooohh Jacky boy's up to something" J teases. He smirks and says "When am I not?" "touche" she smirks.
"Let's just go trust me you do not want Bunny to come looking for us" J says. J and I go back inside and the boys fly off.
Tempest's POV
We went back to the North Pole ignoring the questioning looks. "So… you wanna play cards?" She asked. "Sure." I shrugged, what's the worst that could happen, we get mad and destroy the deck… Or the cookies? She deals me in and we play go-fish. I win the first four hands and she wins two before the guys get back.
"Hello boys" I say. Then I notice that Jack, isn't there.
Draco's POV
"It was Hell." I mutter as Tempest hands me an ice-pack. "Yeah this is why I deal with my dad." Tempest says. "Wheres Jack?" asks Ella through clenched teeth. "Yes where is Frosty?" Tempest asks. "I don't actually know because one minute he was behind me next he's just gone." I say. Ella looks at me and nods towards the other room. I nod and make some excuse about needing the bathroom. I go in the other room and a moment later Ella walks in, followed by Tempest. "I think Pitch did something to take control of Jack." I say. "Why would you think that?" asked Tempest. "This." I say holding up a note covered in black sand, I hand it to Ella, who reads it out loud.
"My dearest, Ella,
As you have probably discovered, I am not returning with the others. And I will not, I have already put you in far too much danger, and after this… Well you get the point. DO NOT let me find you, for both of our sakes, run, don't stop, leave the pole, at least by tomorrow and never look back. Never forget that I love you.
I am, and will forever be yours,
Jack. Frost"
"Whoa" Tempest mutters. I see the tears in Ella's eyes. "It's just like the dream." she chokes out. "What?" I ask. "Pitch gave me a nightmare, Jack, was hunting me, he… he changed." Ella murmurs. "This is troubling hmm" Tempest mutters. Then we hear a crash, "when did he give you that?" asked Ella urgently. "Yesterday." The blood drains from her face and she starts running. "I'll talk to dad." Tempest says.
Ella's POV
As I ran, I had a sense of de- shavu, the dream, it had seemed so real, and now it was. I tripped and he caught me. "Oh, Ella, I told you to run." he says, and I can hear the sadness in his voice. And I would have knocked him out and ran, but when I fell, I twisted my foot. He flew back to the pole with me and tied me up, "I am truly sorry about this." he said, stuffing a gag in my mouth. He sat me in the sleigh. He kissed my forehead, and I got a chill. "I would stay, but I have hunting to do, love." He stuffed me in North's sack and tied it shut, walking off, to find the others. I struggled but it was pointless, the ropes were too tight for me to pull my hands out, and my injury prevented me from pulling my feet free, he had been gentle with my leg, leaving the rope a little looser on it so not to put pressure on it. Little things like that, they let me know that he was still in there… somewhere.
Tempest's POV
This was insane I have to find him. I watched as he caught Ella. And I ran, I trust she can get out of there herself. "Jack! Stop a second here!" I call out. He turns. "Ahh. Tempest, just the person I was looking for" he smirks. "Jacky boy where's my dad?" I ask. "Why should I tell you that?" he asks. "Because I know all your secrets" I say mysteriously. He raised an eyebrow, "well you're not really in a place for blackmail." He smirks, he snaps his fingers and I'm tied up. "Oh, you're good." I smirk. "So I've been told." He says, carrying me over to the sleigh with the writhing Ella. He gagged me and threw me in a sack, tying it shut, and the restraints were made of a unique nightmare sand, and I couldn't get rid of it. I was trapped, wow, I didn't see that coming.
Draco's POV
I followed the sleigh he took them in as silently as possible so he wouldn't see me coming. Then he did, he fell into a steep dive and tried evasive maneuvers. "Jack! Stop." I yell. "For what, for you? I think not, Brother." he sneered. "Jack, you don't have to do this, come back with us, we'll figure a way out of this!" I pleaded. "I could see the conflict in his eyes. "No, Draco, we can't. Pitch controls every move I make. I wouldn't do this if I had a choice." he said. "I know he's done this to me before come on let me help you the way you sorta helped me" I plead. "You don't seem to understand, I can't. Pitch is in my head, unless you knock me out, I'm not going anywhere but where he wants me." he says. "Then don't move" I tell him knocking him out cold and untying Tempest and Ella.
I take them back to the North Pole where Tempest ties Jack to a table so he can't move. Ella stands there wondering what Tempest could be thinking as she rolls up her sleeves. "Elly hold Jack's hand, Draco prepare to hold him down" she says. She places her hands on each side of his head, and whispers in his ear, "Jack, I know you're in there, brace yourself, this is gonna hurt." Tempest mutters. She sticks her right hand in his chest, there's light and it looks as if darkness is seeping out as he screams in agony. He is squeezing Ell's hand hard enough to break it. There are tears streaming down his face, and I know he is experiencing all his greatest fears. Tempest takes her hand out "I took out all the darkness that isn't supposed to be there. Now it's just a waiting game." Tempest says.
Ella's POV
I sat there with him all night, whispering to him on occasion, letting him know I was here. The next morning I was sitting in the chair beside the bed… "Ella…" I heard a hoarse whisper next to my ear. I looked up and his eyes were his normal icey blue, I love those eyes. "Hey." I laughed weakly. "Tell me did Tempest do something to my soul?' he asks. "Yeah I did, I took out all the darkness that wasn't supposed to be there you're welcome." J says from the doorway. "No wonder I feel so violated." he mutters, an eyebrow raised. I laugh, this was my Jack. "Care to untie me?" he asked. "Huh oh yeah" J says, snapping her fingers, the ropes disappear.
"Thanks" Jack mutters, sitting up slowly. The first thing he does is hug me tight. "I'm so sorry." He whispers. "I know." I whisper back, hugging him tighter. "If you're done being gross, North wants to see us, remember, dorkhead." J says. We go into the main room and see them waiting. "Good we can have meeting now" North says. We sit down on the 'loveseat' I didn't miss bunny rolling his eyes either. J takes Draco's hand probably because he doesn't look comfortable here.
"As we all know the past couple of weeks has been strange" North starts. "That's an understatement." J mutters exchanging a glance with Jack. "Yes… well, we all are glad to have Mr. Frost back with us." North says, as Bunny and J roll their eyes. "Well, most of us." jokes Bunny. "Got that right" J laughs, high fiving Bunny. I roll my eyes and Jack squeezed me tighter. "We don't know exactly what Pitch is up to, but we know he is messing with his nightmare sand, experimenting with it." North says. "No he's finishing my work… I started messing with the sand first" J admits. "I might know what he's working on." says Jack, "I've been in his head. he's working on a sand that can turn Immortals… well human. But he only has a small amount, enough for one of us."
Tempest's POV
"I was right he's finishing my work…" I say looking down. "Why would you work on something like that." Jack asks. "There was a time when I would have given anything to be human and forget all this" I say. I share a look with Ella, she knows about this. She nods in understanding "it doesn't matter now… but if he has my notes we are doomed" I state. "It depends on witch one of us he gets." says Ella, her voice full of dread, as she glanced up at Jack. "Not to mention he doesn't care who he hits but he will aim for one of us" Jack says. "I'll try to deflect the sand considering it's of my own design… Or at least take the hit" I state.
That night Draco held me in our bed all night. "No matter what happens don't get hit by that sand I beg of you" he pleads. "I'll try I can't promise anything but I'll try" I tell him as we fall asleep.
Ella's POV
He held me that night and he looked me in the eye. "I love you so much, no matter what, tomorrow don't get hit." he begs. "I'm not going to make a promise I can't keep." I whisper and let him hold me tighter.
The next day when I got up I noticed there was armor laid out with a note attached 'You'll need this'- Cue. I smile a little and put on the specially made armor, coating it in a thin layer of ice for extra protection. Jack comes in and I see that he also has armor on, "Hey snowflake." he greets. "Hey." I murmur quietly. "Yo dorks hurry up in there!" J shouts from the main room. I chuckle. "lets get this over with." I say. We walk into the main room and I see J has her usual black armor on and her twin swords strapped to her back. We hop in the sleigh and head straight there.
"I'm home" J mutters darkly. We hear a deep laugh, Pitch comes out of the shadows, and grabs me around the neck. "Dad you took something of mine" J says. "Yes thank you for your research daughter" Pitch says. "Let her go, Pitch." Jack demands. I choke out as he squeezes my throat tighter. "Dad, no, don't do this please" J pleads.
Sand circles me, forming ropes. "Oh, look, now you can't fight back." He smirked. A deep purple sand forms in his hand. My eyes widen and I attempt to get away, but it's useless. "Noooo!" I hear Jack shout. He places his hand on my throat, and the sand touches my skin. "Jack don't it won't work!" I hear J shout and a crash she must have tackled him.
I scream. It was agony, every pain I had ever felt as a human, tripled. "Elly hang in there." I hear just as I black out.
Jack's POV
I was forced to watch as Pitch hurt her. She fell to the ground, unconscious. Her silver hair turned black again. the ice on her armor melted away. She was human again "Fire! quick come on!" Cue shouts. Pitch had knocked over the candles. the curtains were in flames. A beam fell, "How are we gonna get to her?!" called Bunny. "Give me a minute." Cue shouted folding her wings. She gets through to Ella and comes back just as fast "lets go!" she shouts. I jump over the beam and run over to her, she had several bad burns that I could see. I scooped her up into my arms "Hospital, now." I say.
"Yeah" Cue agrees. We got out of there as fast as we could. I sat her down once we got outside and Cue called 9-1-1. She handed me a vial of red liquid that would let non believers see us as human. "How long will it last?" I ask. "About a week." she says, "I made it strong." she shrugs downing another vial of the same stuff. I kneel by Ella, one side of her face was marred by burns.
The ambulance gets here and we rush to the hospital. "Can I ride with her?" I ask. "Are you family?" the man asks. "I'm her fiance." he nods at me and I climb in. "I'm coming" Cue says firmly. "Do I need to ask?" the man asks. "I'm her best friend and you can't stop me" Cue tells the man. He nods and lets her inside the ambulance. "So now your friends again?" I ask with a smile. She doesn't answer for a minute "I never stopped, she's the one who denies it." Cue says looking down at her knees. I smiled at her a little. "Yet she played cards with you, even though she knew you would win." I say with a small smile.
"Draco just texted, her parents are on their way." She smirked. "Great, just great." I grone, the last thing I wanted was to meet the parents. "Don't worry, dude, they love me, I got your back." she says reassuringly. "Thanks, Cue." "Any time, Jackie boy." she snorts. Ella groans and I go back to stroking her hair, for the rest of the twenty minute drive.
When we stopped I followed as they took her back to a room. I lifted her up into the bed, a whimper of pain escaped her lips. "Its okay, love, I'm right here." I whispered, kissing her forehead. The doctor came in then, and checked her out. "Hmmm, third, fourth, and fifth degree burns, bad bruises on the throat, and it wouldn't surprise me if there were bruises on her windpipe, She was very lucky." He said, taking notes on his computer. A nurse came in and stuck an I.V. in her arm. "Pain meds." she explained before I could ask.
"Where is she?! Where is my little girl?!" Called a woman's voice. "I got your back, dude." whispered Cue. The woman rushed in, with a man, Draco not far behind. The woman froze in the door, she had bright blond hair, and Ella's Lapis like eyes. The man had dark eyes and Ella's ebony hair. "Who is he?" she asked, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"I'm Jack, Jack Frost."
Tempest's POV
"Who is he?" she asked, a snotty tone to her voice. "I'm Jack, Jack Frost." He introduced himself. "Why are you here?" She demanded, her confidence showing. "I - I ." he stuttered.
I stepped in front of him. "Hi, Marina, Its Tempest, remember me? This is Jack, He is Ella's fiance- Ah!, hold all questions till the end of the explanation! They have been through a lot together, he saved her from a hostage situation, he saved her from a burning building, he loves her, and by some miracle, she loves him just as much. He is my best guy friend. He really loves her, if you don't believe me, look at his eyes when he looks at her." They both stared at me shocked, while Jack looked at me thankfully, and Draco was smirking.
Then Ella groaned, "Mom, Dad?" She was still half way unconscious. They pushed Jack out of the way to get to Ella. "Hey, sweet heart." she murmured, stroking her face. "Mom?" she asked, her voice hoarse, "Yeah, sweetheart?" her mom replied.
"Where's Jack?"
Ella's POV
Pain, thats all I knew was pain, from the moment the sand touched my skin. As the pain went on, turning me more human by the second, I discovered that I could think around the pain. I felt things start to dim, I was no longer strong, I was no longer fast, I was no longer cold, I was human, the same human as before I died. I felt his arms around me, carrying me out of the building, he sat me down. "Cue! 911, now!" I hear him call. He cools off the burns on my face, but it did nothing for the pain inside. Every pain I ever felt as a human. The time I broke my ankle, the time I was pushed down the bleachers at school, three cracked ribs from that, the emotional pain when my sister died…
I was being lifted on a stretcher, into an ambulance. "Can I ride with her?" He asked. "Are you family?" the man asks. "I'm her fiance." "I'm coming." Cue says firmly. "Do I need to ask?" the man asks. "I'm her best friend and you can't stop me" Cue tells the man. I smirk a little on the inside. "So now your friends again?" He asked, I could hear the smile on his face. She doesn't answer for a minute "I never stopped, she's the one who denies it." Cue says. "Yet she played cards with you, even though she knew you would win." he says. 'Hey, I won some to'. I think to myself.
"Draco just texted, her parents are on their way." She said. "Great, just great." He grones, the last thing he would want was to meet my parents. "Don't worry, dude, they love me, I got your back." she says reassuringly. "Thanks, Cue." "Any time, Jackie boy." she snorts. We hit a bump and a groan of pain escaped my lips. He started stroking my hair, I counted how long it was before we stopped, it was approximately twenty one minutes. He lifted me into a bed, and kissed my forehead.
I felt the sting as a nurse stuck an I.V in my arm. A few moments later I hear my mother. "Where is she?! Where is my little girl?!" She called. "I got your back, dude." whispered Cue. "Who is he?" she asked, a snotty tone to her voice. "I'm Jack, Jack Frost." He introduced himself. "Why are you here?" She demanded, her confidence showing. "I - I ." he stuttered. I wanted to stand up, and tell my mother she was out of place, but I couldn't move through the pain, that became my mission, to wake up. As I said I wanted to stand up, and tell my mother she was out of place, thankfully, Cue did it for me.
"Hi, Marina, Its Tempest, remember me? This is Jack, He is Ella's fiance- Ah!, hold all questions till the end of the explanation! They have been through a lot together, he saved her from a hostage situation, he saved her from a burning building, he loves her, and by some miracle, she loves him just as much. He is my best guy friend. He really loves her, if you don't believe me, look at his eyes when he looks at her." I was shocked for a moment, did she really pay that much attention?
At this moment, I broke through the pain enough to speak. "Mom, Dad?" It hurt to speak, Pitch had practically crushed my throat, I knew they heard me though. "Hey, sweet heart." Mom murmured, stroking my face. "Mom?" I asked, my voice hoarse, "Yeah, sweetheart?" mom replied.
"Where's Jack?" They were shocked, that much I could tell. Somehow I found the strength to open my eyes. He gripped my hand, "I'm right here, love, I'm here." He whispered, kissing my forehead. I squeezed his hand. "Stay." I commanded. He chuckled. "Always." he promised. He murmured something else, but I didn't catch it as the pain meds drove me under.
Draco's POV
I watched Tempest defend Jack, I couldn't help but smirk a little. Ella woke up, just enough to speak for a moment. I winced as we saw the extent of her injuries, three cracked ribs, a broken ankle, a concussion, burns and bruises covering every inch of her body. the right side of her face was marred by burns. Tempest, Jack and I chipped in together to fill her parents in on the whole story, long story short, they liked Jack much better afterwards.
The doctor said he was going to keep Ella under for a few days, until her condition was more stable. Jack practically refused to leave her side. I swear, he was jumpy too, like anyone who came up was a threat, not that I blamed him though, she was a lot more breakable now. I walked over to them, he turned to face me, "Oh, hey." he greeted. "Hey, she any better?" I asked. "The burns are healing well, everything else, not so much." He said, twiddling with a little black box.
"What's that?" I asked, gesturing to the box. "What do you think, sherlock?" He rolled his eyes and opened the box to reveal a stunning ring, a large sapphire, surrounded by tiny diamonds on a silver band. "No thanks, sorry dude, but we're related, and honestly your not my type." I tried to say it with a straight face but failed, he rolled his eyes. "She'll love it." I say with a small smile. "Cue helped pick it out." he muttered. "Well of course she did, you have no taste." I tease. He shakes his head, "The sad part is, it's true." he says solemnly, we laugh, then Cue comes in.
"Hey, boys. How is she?" She asked. "The burns and injuries she got after pitch hit her with the sand, there healing fine, but the ones before… somehow, the sand is forcing her body to relive all the major injuries she received as a human, the conclusion, the cracked ribs, her ankle, all past injuries." Jack explained. "But how-" I started, but he cut me off, "We have no clue." He gripped her hand. Then Bunny came in, the potion from Cue, made him look human, I must say, for a guy, Bunny had it going on. He had shoulder length black hair, bright green eyes, mussels I would kill for. "G'day, mates." he said cheerily. "Bunny." Cue and I greeted at the same time. Jack nodded to him, keeping his attention an Ella. Cue and I explained to Bunny about Ella's injuries. "Thats heavy, mate." Bunny shook his head. We all went outside to talk to North about it, Jack came too, seeing as he needed to ask North about it.
Ella's POV
I opened my eyes to an empty hospital room and immediately had to run to the restroom, where I was violently sick for about twenty minutes, before Cue came in. "Ella!?" She called. surprised. "In here." I called back weakly, vomiting in the toilet again. She walked in and started rubbing my back, it helped a little with the nausea. "Any better?" she asked. I nodded. "How are you even awake, they gave you enough pain meds to keep you under for a week? And how are you better?" She wondered out loud. I was going to answer, but was sick again. "Well, you're gonna need a shower now." she said, turning on the water. "Jack and the others are having a guardian meeting, Draco's getting pizza. Oh don't worry, he'll be back in an hour or so." she said, rolling her eyes at the face I gave her.
She helped me stand and get my vomit drenched clothes off. After my shower I felt much better, and I felt even better when I got out, the idea of pizza was amazing right now, but as soon as I smelled it, I had to run back to the bathroom. Afterwards, I was leaving the restroom, and I happened to catch a glimpse in the mirror, and there I was staring back at myself…. with a small, but definite bulge in my stomach.
I counted the days silently in my head, this wasn't possible. "You okay in there?" Cue called, interrupting my thoughts. When I didn't answer she came in to find me sitting on the floor, a box of toiletries in hand. "Oh, you're on it?" She asked. "No… Cue, I… I'm late."