Here's the second chapter! With a LOT more Jack Frost, as promised

Still don't own RotG

That night, Jack returns from creating a storm in Montreal. He's glad to see that Frosty the Snowman isn't at the lake.

He's ready to just go to sleep and try to forget about it all when he sees the full moon, staring down at him. Laughing at him.

Jack Frost gets up and stands on the highest branch. He starts yelling at the moon.

"What did I do to deserve this!? How is this fair? Why didn't it work? It was you wasn't it!? YOU did this! They all think it was a hat! A HAT! I was replaced by a HAT!"

Jack calms down, sighs and continues on a softer tone "Should I just stop trying? It hurts too much to fail and I don't even know if it's worth it anymore... I mean, is it really too much to ask for one person to see me? Just one, that's all I need... Just someone to talk to, I don't care who... Just... Someone"

He slumps down on his branch and mumbles "I bet even Frosty can't see me... And I created him"

Needless to say, Jack is feeling very depressed. In fact, he's so glum that he doesn't notice a new presence at his lake until it manifests itself.

"What are you doing out in the cold, all by yourself!?" A jolly voice says, making Jack fall off his branch and land on the ground, right in front of a familiar snowman.

Looking up, Jack notices that Frosty seems to be looking right at him and not past or through him as others usually do. In shock, he says, more to himself "Wow... You just talked to me... you can see me"

Frosty laughs "of course I can see you! Are you alright friend?" He gives Jack a bright smile and offers him his hand.

Frosty calling him friend reminds Jack of the betrayal he felt earlier. He frowns, his earlier frustration and disappointment resurfacing, and scoffs at the offered hand, getting up by himself "We are not friends." Jack says firmly.

"Well, it looks like someone fell off the wrong side of the branch!" Frosty jokes.

Jack Frost gets annoyed and says, coldly "Go away, this is my lake."

The snowman replies "But I have nowhere else to go, this is where I was created. Why can't we share?" Jack starts to walk away and Frosty notices that he seems frustrated. So he adds "And why are you so upset with me?"

Jack turns around and blurts out "because you were supposed to get those kids to see me! But it was stupid and I should have known better than to even try" he sighs and sits on the ground, against a tree "No kid ever saw me and they never will" Anger forgotten, Jack's back to being depressed. However, though he wouldn't admit it, he's happy to finally have someone who can listen and talk back. Even if it's someone he doesn't like.

Frosty's shocked by what Jack said and doesn't say anything for a while. "I'm sorry," Frosty finally says "I didn't know they couldn't see you... Was I supposed to do something? I don't remember anything before the Hat brought me to life"

"IT WASN'T THE HAT!" Jack cuts off Frosty. He gets up, his anger quickly returning.

"But... They said-" Baffled, Frosty doesn't get to finish.

"Those kids don't know what really happened. I'm the one who brought you to life!" Jack desperately explains.

"Oh! Are you the one who made this hat magic?" Frosty asks eagerly.

Jack snatches the hat off of Frosty's head to make a point. "The hat isn't magic! I'm Jack Frost, the spirit of winter, I'm magic! Of course, kids would rather believe in this stupid hat than me!" He throws the hat back at Frosty and goes back to his branch. A part of him wonders if he'd rather talk to his failure or be left alone.

Silence falls around the lake for a minute or two, then Frosty says "I'm sorry Jack, I really didn't know"

Jack doesn't answer, since he's having an internal debate. He knows that he can't blame Frosty for his own mistake. He also doesn't want to be like the moon who created, then ignored him, but isn't that what he's doing to Frosty? Only the difference is that people can see Frosty. But Frosty can also see him, isn't that what he always wanted? To be seen? Jack doesn't know what to do, since he doesn't know if becoming Frosty's friend would help him or make him worse when he melts.

Oblivious to the blizzard in Jack Frost's head —that's also making the area windy— Frosty says, in a playful voice "you know, Jack, there's a snowman right here who can see you" He, then, throws a snowball that hits the back of Jack's head. The snow mixes with his hair.

Jack's thought process is interrupted when he receive the snowball. His mind goes blank, then he wonders... 'What was that? Wait, did he throw something at me? Why does my head feel wet?' Puzzled, Jack turns around and looks at the snowman.

Encouraged, Frosty forms another snowball and adds "We can still have fun" he throws the snowball.

The snowball hits Jack in the chest and he grins as realization dawns on him. 'So that's how it feels to be hit by a snowball' This is the first time Jack Frost actually got hit and felt a snowball in his 250 year old life. And he loves it.

Unable to resist, Jack decides that there's no harm in making a friend and trusting someone. Not if it means real snowball fights. His mischievous smirk appears on his face as he summons a snowball and hurls it towards Frosty.

And so, an epic snowball fight begins and an amazing friendship blossoms.

I didn't want Jack to go leaping in Frosty's arms from the beginning... but I think this chapter's cute ^.^

R&R&Stay tuned for chapter 3!

~RoxyJaws~