Ever since that day out in the fields of Arendelle Jack's mind had been swirled with nothing, but theories and concepts of just who the girl, Elsa was. In all of his existence as a winter spirit he never came across someone like her. She didn't seem to be a Guardian, the girl was too young, and neither North nor Manny shown any hints of their being a new Guardian rising. He ruled the irrational concept that the girl was even a spirit. She appeared very much alive and other human beings could see her.
Was it that hard of a concept for him to really believe that someone neither Guardian nor spirit could possess powers?
Landing down in the snowy fields Jack ran his hands through his hair. His blue eyes searched for the familiar child out in the fields. Few times the spirit had made a stop in the small town in search of the girl hoping to find the answers he craved for. He was never able to stay long always on the job spreading the new snow of winter around the world. But the few moments he was able to be around her were at times either hopeful or despairing for the winter spirit.
He always tried to talk to the girl, wishing for her to see him. Each time the girl would never really hear him. He had witness certain moments when it seem she had possibly heard him, always quieting her chatter or titling her head towards him ,as if she heard something from where he stood. It was always brief, but it was enough to keep encouraging the spirit to try again. He didn't know why she couldn't see him or what had made it so as if she could "sense" him. These questions where now what plagued him since first witnessing the child producing a snowball out of thin air.
Hearing voices off in the distance he followed the noise no sooner finding what he had come in search for. There was Elsa sitting next to another child much smaller than herself. The girl's mother wasn't too far from her children talking to another woman. Nearing the two he heard Elsa talking happily to the other child.
"I can't wait for you to get older Anna. Then I can show you everything mama is teaching me and we can go ice-skating together! It'll be so much fun!"
Jack chuckled. "You might want to get better at it before you try and attempt to teach someone else."
He had been witness to Elsa last attempts at ice-skating and it wasn't all that great. The child had spent more time landing on the ice then actually skating on it. The girl frowned for just a moment and nodded her head .
"Of course I will have to get better. I can't have you falling on the ice. It's not that fun and it rather does hurt."
The spirit raised an eyebrow and shifted closer to the pair kneeling so he was leveled with Elsa.
"Hey, did you hear me? Can you see me now Elsa?"
Turning her head as if she really did hear something she stared at where Jack was crouching. A frown upon her face as she stared out as if trying to find something. Shaking her head she turned away bringing her focus once more back upon her little sister.
Frustrated Jack rubbed his face and looked to the sky for the moon, but seeing as it was day the moon was hidden and would not be revealing any answers to him. Not like it ever did. The Man in the Moon wasn't too big on reveals. It seemed he liked it for the others to just sort of figure things out for themselves. Though, Jack has been told it was to help the spirits and guardians it didn't mean he had to like it. And it also wouldn't kill the guy to maybe throw him a bone once or twice. Shaking his head he glanced back down to the child that had been plaguing his mind.
"I swear its like you chose to hear me, but not to see me."
The child had often done this absently speaking back as if it were her own thoughts and she was just replying back to herself. This had always excited the spirit thinking she finally is able to see him only to be disappointed when she saw through him and not at him.
Seeing as the girl wouldn't be paying him attention any time soon he sat down on the snowy ground laying his shepherds staff across his legs. He watched as Elsa amused her younger sister who begged for the elder girl's attention.
"Snow! Snow!"
The child bounced grabbing Elsa's hands throwing them up. Her sister laughed knowing just want Anna wanted. To some people it may sound like she was just excited by the sight of the snow all around them, but when she threw Elsa's hands up it meant something else. She wanted Elsa to create snow. Smiling, she pulled her hands away from her sister's grasp.
"Okay, okay. Watch this Anna."
Glancing over her shoulders Elsa made sure their mother and the women weren't looking over at them. Scooting a bit over to block Anna and hide her hands she grinned at her little sister.
Rotating her hands over and over as if she was forming something, slowly a small light began to appear and take a shape. Jack watched just as mesmerized as the young toddler was. A small glowing sphere was in her hand, resembling that of a snowball. Elsa crushed the sphere in her hand, creating a mini shower of snowflakes. It wasn't anything too big and only one of the few things Elsa could do with her powers. Nonetheless this little display of snow powers excited the girl who giggled with glee trying to grasp at the ever so tiny snowflakes.
Normally, she would never openly use her powers, but upon Anna request for the display of snow powers she consented to the young toddlers desire. To Elsa, Anna was her world the most important person to her next to their parents. The girl knew she would do anything to make her little sister happy. She would never be able to say no to Anna, as long as she could make her happy, she would continue to do what ever she could to make that smile appear.
Before she could ask her little sister if she would like to see more, a voice from behind.
"Oh, my..."
A gasp escaped from the small girl's lips as she turned to see both her mother and the women she was speaking to moments ago. The number one rule her father had for her was to never to use her powers outside the safety of their home. He wished for no potential unwanted harm or attention to befall her. And now, her she was breaking that most important rule and even more so being caught using her powers in front of someone who knew nothing of her gift.
"M-mama...I-I'm...u-uh..."
The girl frantically stuttered over her words trying to come up with a plausible explanation to give to her mother and the women.
Elsa was worried and scared that she may have both upset and possibly disappointed her mother for not following the rules. What would her father have to say? Jack watched the girl stutter frantically trying to come up with a coherent thought. Movement from the corner of his eye caught his attention, and from her hands frost slowly spread out slowly encasing the ground
"What's this...?"
He raised an eyebrow. Was she doing this? Or were her powers acting on their own?
Hearing a different voice he turned to see that Elsa's mother had bent down to her daughter's level.
"It's alright dear. You're not in any sort of trouble at all." She said placing a comforting hand on her daughter's shoulder.
At these words the young girl seemed both confused and at the same time she appeared to slowly relax. Jack noticed that the more the young child relaxed the more the frost receded back to the girl's palms. Still confused and unsure what was going on she spoke not knowing what her mother meant.
"H-huh?"
Her mother smiled and looked up to the other women.
"Elsa this is Frida. She will be our new housemaid. She'll be looking after Anna, while your papa and I are at work and you're in school. She'll be staying with the two of you girls during the day until we come home."
At first Elsa didn't understand. Did their mother not want to spend time with them? Seeing the confusion on her daughter's face the woman smiled having a clear understanding where her daughter's trains of thoughts were possibly leading her currently.
"Don't think I don't want to spend time with you and your sister, but mama has to start going back to work to help out papa. And I very well can't do that leaving Anna and you alone at home. I need someone I can trust to take care of my two very precious little girls."
She turned back to the other women and held out her hand for the women to join her down on the ground to be leveled with the two young children.
"Elsa, I understand accidents can happen and it's not all that easy to hide a secret like yours when you and your sister start to play."
A small blush appeared on the young girls face knowing at times when she could conjure up enough of the magic their snow games would become rather elaborate causing a rather snowy mess in the house.
Smiling her mother continued, "Frida here is one of my most trusted friends and she use to a little bit of magic."
This caught the girl's attention as well as their unseen visitor. Someone who was use to magic? Did that mean she could do magic as well or did she know someone else who could? If that was the possibility did that mean more children like Elsa existed?
"C-can you do magic as well" Elsa asked curiously.
Frida smiled and laughed, shaking her head.
"Oh, no dear. I haven't, but I've seen enough to appreciate the mysteries this world of ours has to reveal to us."
This caused the rather curious theory of the older woman to have powers to disappear from Jack's mind. Frida continued with her talk to the younger girl, an expression of awe upon her face.
"Your powers are rather magnificent, I have to say."
This caused the child to smile and blush at the compliment. "Oh, I can't do much."
Elsa glanced down hiding her embarrassed expression.
Time had passed and with each passing second Jack become more and more bored with the group idle chatter. No matter how much he hoped and stayed around Elsa, she never seem to see him. Even if she showed some sort of sign that she may have heard him nothing further had come from it. It was a constant roller coaster of hope and despair for him with this child.
He tried to remain hopeful sticking around her as long and often as he could with her, but it was during these quite moments when he noticed the flow of life going on around her. A small voice in the back of his head would then nag at him, saying that she may truly never see him no matter how much alike she may be to him.
Some days Jack could push back that nagging voice from the past to the back of his mind, but other days he couldn't and he would let it wash over him becoming all consuming. Blue eyes peeked out from closed lids noticing the girls and their mother were preparing to leave. He briefly debated if he truly wanted to continue to follow Elsa.
There was a small chance that this may be the day she would finally see him, but in his current state he was also reminded that she may very well not even see him. That this day would end up being another day he wound himself with the sadness of not being seen by the snow endowed child. He watched as the trio started to retreat farther and farther from his line of sight. Could he go another day with trying and praying to the Moon that she would see him?
Jack didn't understand this need of his to be seen by her. He no longer had to face the thought of no one seeing him. Slowly the children around the world were starting to believe in Jack Frost. He thought having Jamie and those few kids would be enough for the once lonely spirit.
But seeing Elsa he felt this desperate need to be seen by her as well. He wanted this girl who had powers like his own to see him, as Jamie was able to see him. And with the realization of that need and wish to be seen by her. He got up to follow them, mentally preparing himself for that small possibility that this could be another day ending with him being unnoticed by her.
He followed the trio watching the now familiar routine the family had established. Their mother would start cooking dinner while Anna was set down to watch her favorite program and Elsa would moved back and forth between helping her mother in the kitchen and keeping an eye on her little sister. Then, their father would return from work and they eat. Her mother would start to clean, while the girls went to wash themselves. Jack would always excuse himself at this point to idle around their rather large size home.
Then, the girls would be told a story and tucked into bed. Staring through the window, Jack watched as the girl's mother finished the old fairy-tale of a girl with long golden hair, who was locked away in a tower by an enchantress. Their mother kissed the top of Anna's head, who had fallen asleep during the story. She turned to see Elsa still awake a sleepy smile on her face.
"Good night Elsa." Her mother said pulling the covers up to Elsa's chin.
Elsa smiled and returned the words to her mother.
"Good night mama." A smile on her lips as she snuggled under the warm covers.
A sigh escaped the spirits lips as he watched the scene before him. Jack pressed his hands on the glass letting his powers frost over the window, so to hide the girl from his view. The day had ended up once more going unnoticed by the girl. At that moment as the fern frost patter covered the window, Elsa had peeked from the covers upon hearing the strange noise. She noticed the detailed frost design covering her window, but was unable to see the spirit that hide behind the frost. Her gasp of surprise caught Jack's attention and he quickly turned his head to see Elsa now sitting up in her bed. Her blue eyes glancing at the window and then at her own hands as if confused.
Seeing her confusion and questioning stare at the window he wondered if he should try it? Would she now finally be able to see him? The moon brightened down upon him and the window. Jack glanced up at the moon and then back at the window to the girls' room. Did this mean she would really see him? It seemed The Man in the Moon believed so and encouraged the spirit to try.
Taking a deep breath and placing his trust in Manny, he used his staff to push open the unlocked window. The child's eyes widen as she watched the window open on it's own. Then suddenly, as if by magic, through the lighting of the moon there stood a man before her, standing tall holding within his hand an oddly shaped stick.
Author's Note: Ta-da! Chapter two! Sorry for not updating sooner. School, work, and the upcoming art event have kept me rather busy for sometime. But now I finally found some sweet sweet free time to get this out. I know there wasn't much interaction in this chapter, but I promise I'll make up for that in chapter 3. I do hope you enjoy reading this chapter and will continue sticking with me and this story till the end.
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