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Fauna's POV
I sighed as I sat patiently in one of the trees, waiting for Jack to come back. He's gone off somewhere, Russia I think to cause mischief but it was night there so I would have just been a nuisance.
"Whoa, this book is awesome." I looked up from doodling with sun beams to see a kid dressed for the snow day I knew was coming. He was holding a book but I couldn't see the cover. I got up, drifting over to see.
"Mysterious Times," I read aloud, the kid oblivious to my presence. I moved round to the front to see him focused on a page, a rabbit taking it up. I smirked. "Sorry to break it to you kid but that is a poor description of the Easter Bunny, its not tall or grouchy enou-"
"WHOO!" I felt a cold body slam into mine, sending us both spiralling into a snow bank. I laughed as Jack rolled off me, his stick somewhere in the snow "Fauna you have to come with me to Russia next time. Despite the weather they never anticipate when I bring the snow!" He laughed, his hands on his stomach. I smiled, leaning over to brush some flakes from his silvery hair.
"But you always go at night so what's the point?" I said, smiling down as I stayed hovered over him. He shrugged.
"I don't know, everything's more fun with you around," he said, pouting slightly. I blushed darkly, feeling myself sink a little deeper into the snow as my body warmed. This only resulted in bringing me closer to Jack. He was still staring at me, smiling childishly.
"My book!" Jack blinked, seeming to come out of a daze before he sat up, grabbing his stick and floating over to the book he had blown out of the kids hands.
"Well that looks interesting. Good book?" he asked, glancing at the cover before the kid rushed over to pick it up, brushing off the cover.
"Yeah! Snow day! Come on Jamie!" both of us looked to some more kids as the rushed the first, laughing at Jack's work. I looked over to see him smirking proudly.
"You're welcome!" he laughed. I smiled, shaking my head as I floated over to him.
"Yeah but we don't want them to catch a cold," I said, clapping my hands. The clouds shifted slightly, letting the sun shine down. "Thanks Wind!" I called to the sky, a warm breeze floating through my hair.
"That's my girl," Jack chuckled, placing an arm around my shoulder. I blushed, moving out of his arms.
"Are you guys coming to the egg hunt this Sunday?!" book kid, aka Jamie asked. I couldn't help but smirk at that one.
"Yeah! Lets hope we can find them under all this snow!" another one cried excitably. This time Jack chuckled and I knew he was thinking the same thing.
Ever since our meeting two hundred years back we've been partners, making snow days as fun as possible. But with two hundred years of being around each other all the time we couldn't help but get into fights. I think our worst was back in 1968...Easter Sunday. Jack got so mad when I told him I wanted a vacation while he went to Greenland to practice his ice skills. Like I wanted to spend three weeks in the freezing cold!
Needless to say, Bunny wasn't impressed and has been looking for Jack since.
Back to the present, Jack and I floated behind Jamie and his friends as Jamie continued to read from his book. "It says here they found actual fur samples from actual big foot! In Michigan! That's super close!" I smiled warmly at him.
"Here we go again," one of his friends sighed and I frowned.
"You saw that video to," Jamie defended, picking up his sleigh. "He's out there." I heard a snort and turned to see Jack as he stood on the fence, watching the kids.
"You know he's right," I said up to him. He looked down at me, smiling.
"I know," he said, smiling back. "I just know that the big guy probably wouldn't like that video, you know how much of an exhibitionist he is." I giggled at that.
"The Easter Bunny is real." Both me and Jack turned back to the kids, smirking at Jamie's claim.
"Oh he's real all right," I said.
"Real annoying, real grouchy and real full of himself," Jack finished, his stick across his shoulders. I giggled at him.
"You guys will believe anything," Jamie's friend laughed, running off after his friends. I shook my head at the boy. I for one am glad that Jamie still believes in us, well them.
"Easter Bunny!" my attention was drawn to the little blonde girl hopping down the steps. "Hop hop hop!" she giggled. The dog followed her, bumping her on the last step. She stumbled down, sniveling as she sat up.
"Mom!" Jamie shouted into the house. "Sophie fell again!" I sighed as he continued on, ignoring his crying sister. I hovered over, using some sun beams to dry the tears on her face. She stopped crying, her head lifting to look around. I smiled, drawing a bunny in the snow.
"Bunny!" she giggled as he mom passed.
"Take this hat honey, don't want Jack Frost nipping at your nose." My head snapped up, staring at her.
"Who's Jack Frost?" Jamie asked, adjusting his hat.
"No one dear it's just an expression," she laughed, coming over to pick Sophie up. I looked over at Jack, his brow furrowed.
"What?!" he exclaimed, floating down from the fence. "Who's Jack Frost?"
"Jack let it go," I warned as he picked up some snow.
"I'm just goanna show him who Jack Frost is," he said with a wicked grin, blowing some of his special frost across the ball. My frown was replaced by a grin. I loved it when he used the Frost.
Winding his arm back, Jack launched the ball, hitting his target square on the back of the head. We floated over, the other kids laughing at Jamie as he wiped the snow off his neck.
"Hey!" he snapped but then the frost settled over his eyes and he started laughing. "Who threw that?" he giggled.
"Well it wasn't Big Foot," Jack said, landing near them. I chuckled as I landed near him, picking up some snow.
Just like that all hell broke lose, snowballs flying everywhere with Jack supplying more and more ammo. Naturally Jack and I hardly got hit unless we were aiming at each other but it was still fun. But as soon as it started the fun finished as a low growling cut through the air.
"Is that a bear?" I asked Jack, who shrugged.
"Oh no, I hit Cupcake" one of this kids whimpered.
"You hit Cupcake," another said.
"That girls name is Cupcake?!" I cried, looking at Jack as he gathered up some snow,
"That's a girl?" Jack asked back, climbing his stick. The girl continued to growl, stomping closer and closer to Jamie, who was currently on his back and using his sled as a shield.
SMACK!
Everyone, even me, froze as a snowball hit Cupcake right in her face. "Who threw that?" one asked, the others shrugging. Everyone switched their gazes to Cupcake as she started laughing, the same frost dusting across her eyes. She started chasing the other kids, who ran away laughing. Jamie was up front and that's when Jack got carried away.
"Watch out it's slippery," he laughed, dusting the path with ice. Instantly Jamie slipped, the other kids falling into a heap while his sled took him down the hill and into the street.
"Oh my God Jack!" I screamed, attempting to catch him.
"I got it!" he cried, over taking me and storming after Jamie. I tried to keep up, ducking and dodging past cars and down streets as Jack iced him a path. Jamie was screaming with laughter and fear, the excitement keeping him going. It was when a truck almost hit them and Jack steered Jamie up a snow bank did it finally end with Jamie flying across the square and landing in a heap in front of the statue.
Jack landed on top of the statue, laughing as I finally caught up. "What took you so long?" he chuckled. As soon as was close enough and punched his arm as hard as I could. "OW! What?!" he snapped.
"Don't! Ever! Do! That! Again!" I yelled at him, each word being emphasized by a hit.
"Fauna stop it! The kids fine!" he yelled back, grabbing my wrists. I looked down to see Jamie getting up, his friends stopping in front of him.
"Are you okay?" one asked.
"Guys that was awesome!" he cried excitably, jumping up from the snow. I smiled, relaxing against the statue and Jack's leg. He placed his hand on my shoulder squeezing it. "I went so fast down the street and turned and then just flew across the sky li-"
A sofa slammed into him, effectively cutting him off. I gasped while his friends all ooed, some covering their eyes. "Whoops." I heard Jack mumble. I glared up at him.
"Cool a tooth!" we both looked down to see Jamie holding a tooth in his hand, grinning and showing off the new gap.
"That means cash," one laughed, the other chatting excitably about the Tooth Fairy. I felt Jack's body slump and knew exactly what was coming.
"Oh no," I sighed as Jack flew down.
"No! What about all the fun we just had? That wasn't the Tooth Fairy, that was me!" he whined, trying to get their attention. They kept walking. "What does a guy do to get a little attention around here." Jamie walked right through him, the others following.
My heart broke at the expression an Jack's face, turning from sad to angry before he thought I could notice.I floated over, putting my hand on his shoulder.
"Jack...you know they can't see you." he sighed, turning to me with the frown still in place.
"I'm going back to the lake. I'll see you later." and with that he floated off, his stick hanging limply in his grip.
Hope that was okay :) I'll be bringing in more fluff as it goes along but for now it's all about subtlety ;)
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