Hey, so this is chapter three! and... it's the ending. I know it's a very short story, but this chapter is quite long I think. I hope you like it! Please review tell me whether you like it or any suggestion! :)
The Guardians found it was another place. It wasn't that cold as the previous memory, maybe it was a few months after it. Then, they saw Leona, who looked pretty hurried, running along the alley. Without hesitation, they followed her. At the end of the alley, they ran into Jack.
"Jack!...W-what are y-you doing here?" Leona asked while panting.
"Hey! Slow down, slow down. What makes you so nervous?"
"Don't you know the meeting is a few minutes later? Quick! We are late!"
"The...the meeting? "
"We are discussing the Easter activity today!"
Jack's smile immediately disappeared, instead there was a complicated look, "But...Emma's by the lake now. I promised to teach her how to skate... Uh...I'll be there in twenty minutes ok?"
"Twenty minutes? You know Easter is tomorrow! There are lots of things we haven't prepare! You can play with Emma after that!"
"But she's afraid that the ice might melt..."
"Jack! Why is FUN so much important to you? Can't you just get down to business?"
"I..." Jack just looked hurt.
"I'm leaving. I don't want to be late for the meeting because of you." Leona turned back and walked away angrily.
"Oh-oh" Sandy signed.
"Hey Leona! Ok I'm sorry! But at least I have to get her home!" Jack shouted while running after Leona, trying to catch on her. She said nothing just kept walking. All of a sudden, they heard someone call out,"Jack!" It was abviously Emma's voice, and Jack stopped at this.
There was a few seconds of hesitation before Jack gave out a deep sigh. He walked back to the frozen lake, "I'm coming Emma." He sounded tired.
Tooth and North exchanged their gazes and shook their heads.
The mist surrounded them once again, and now they knew it was about to go to another place. When the mist gone, they were at the meeting, and it was already evening.
There was an empty seat beside Leona.
"Ok, I guess our meeting can end here. Thanks for coming guys!" Someone said before people on the seats began to walk out.
"What? The meeting ended and Jack wasn't here?" Bunny asked. Jack kept silent.
"Hey Leona, why isn't Jack coming? He never misses the meeting." A girl walked to Leona and asked.
"He's having fun with his dear sister." She murmured.
"Uh... He's sometimes late for the meeting but never misses one. Maybe other thing's bothering him."
"I don't care."
Jack looked totally hurt.
The girl sighed, "Anyway, I have to go now. Go find your boyfriend soon!" Leona shrugged, and then walked away as well.
The guardians followed her home, and they met a teen about the same age as her. "Hey Ryan." Leona said.
"Hey Leona," the teen replied, "I'm sorry for that."
"Uh? What?" She frowned, not understanding what he was talking about.
Ryan seemed surprised but also confused, "You...you don't know that?"
"W-what?"
"I mean...Jack..."
A sense of worry growled in her mind. "W-What's wrong?"
"Jack...he's...he..."
The guardians was worried too.
"Just tell me what happened!" Leona became nervous, also not sure if she wanted to know the truth.
"He's dead." Ryan answered with grief.
Everyone except Jack was shocked. They all looked at Jack, who still didn't talk.
"What are you talking about? Are...are you kidding? That...that's the last thing I'll believe!"
"Leona, listen, I'm sorry about this but you need to calm down!"
"How can I be calm? That's ridiculous! I just met him this afternoon, and he was skating with Emma! You're lying!"
"It's true Leona! The ice broke and he fell into the lake instead of Emma! He...he saved her."
Leona could feel her heart lost a few beats, "You...You're lying..." She stumbled backwards, not believing what she just heard. For the next second, she ran toward Jack's home right away.
Leona stopped at the door, totally stunned at what she saw. Emma was crying loudly on the ground. Jack's mom was sobbing, holding his coat close to her as to get the familiar smell of Jack. His dad was weeping, looking out the window so they wouldn't see his face.
Leona's mind went blank at the moment. Her legs no longer stood her weight that she fell on the ground. "What...what happened..." She shivered.
The place changed again. It was dawn, and it was the lake now, the lake Jack held most of the memories, the lake he called it home, the lake he died.
Leona sat on the frozen lake, ignoring the cold feeling. She looked empty, just staring at the hole Jack fell in. Tears streaming down her face, but she didn't wipe them away.
"Jack..." her voices broke, "you didn't come...you're not only late, but missed it..." Her voices are so light that seemed only herself could hear it.
"You promised...you promised to teach Emma how to skate...you promised to come in twenty minutes..." She began to sob, "and now...you broke the two promises..."
The guardians all wept, only Jack held back his tears. He can't cry...can't cry in front of Leona, whether she could see him or not.
"And you also broke all of our hearts..." she sobbed harder.
"I know it's a joke...Jack...I...I need you, please. You...you can't just...just leave."
Jack couldn't listen anymore. It was too painful, to know how sad his lover was. He turned away his head but still kept on listening.
"I...I haven't...haven't say sorry...to..to you..." her gaze moved to her necklace.
"You gave me this...and...I haven't gave you anything...I told you...that I'll give you something on Easter..." More tears fell onto the ice.
"Aren't you curious what it is?...You don't...don't even give me a chance...to give you this...to say I love you..."
Tooth sobbed.
"It's Easter today...as I promised...I'll give it to you..." She reached her pocket and a silver cross lied on her hand.
Now they all knew where the cross came from, but it was too much for them to know the whole thing.
"I know you're here, Jack..." she gently opened her hand and let the cross fell to the lake.
"Sleep tight, my dear dear Jack. Remember I love you, from the bottom of my heart."
It was then Jack couldn't hep it but striked his staff hard on the ground. A blue light came out of the staff and soon surrounded all the guardians and Leona. North and Bunny were stunned at what he had done. Sandy opened his eyes wide. Tooth stopped sobbing. Even Jack himself didn't know he could do this.
Leona suddenly stopped. "Ja...Jack?" She trembling turned to where Jack was standing. Her eyes widen and bursted out more tears.
"I'm here." Jack forced himself to smile and then walked up to her. Kneeling down, he wiped her tears with his own hand.
"Jack!" She cried out and hugged him so tight with all her effort. "What's wrong with your hair...and eyes?..." She asked, still didn't want to pull back from the hug.
"I'm no longer the Jack you know." He replied gently, "I'm not Jackson Overland Frost, I'm now Jack Frost."
Leona sobbed on his shoulder, "Same...You are the Jack I love..."
Jack pulled back, but the two kept their hands on each other's arms.
"I'm sorry," Jack said, "that I left you."
Leona shook her head, "No...I'm sorry that I was angry with you..." she sobbed, "and how I wish I could give you the gift today!"
Jack smiled, "I have it." He took out his cross from his pocket. "I bring it everywhere."
"Just stay with me..." Tears streaming down, "Don't leave me again..."
"I can't." Jack stroke her face, "Don't cry."
"No...stay! I know you want to!"
"I have no choice Leona..." He grabbed some snow and soon made a snowman, "keep this. It'll never melt." He handed it to her, "I freezed it."
"No..." Leona just shook her head, "I don't want this...I just want you to stay with me!"
All the other guardians kept silent, letting tears fall. The blue light around them dimmed as Jack started to gasp.
"Jack! What's wrong?" Leona worriedly tighten her grip on Jack's shoulder.
"I...I can't hold it...for too long," he panted," I have to go."
"No..." Leona was nervous, "Don't go..."
"Leona listen..." He forced a smile, "I'm...I'm always with you...you just...you just have to...to believe in me..." He gasped out the words, handing the little snowman to her again.
Leona nervously received it, grabbing his hand begging, "Don't...who will tell me to have fun if you aren't there?"
"The...the fun-loving girl...lives in...your heart" The light dimmer.
"Jack..." Not wanting Jack to be like this, she finally stopped asking him to stay. "I love you."
"I..I love you...too" He then gave out a deep kiss on her lips, tears flowing down both of their faces but no one was bothered.
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"No but! I can see the moon up in the sky here! It's so big! Come on you should see this!"
"See? And since now, you can sit beside me, not just stand under the tree calling me to get down!"
"Mm...sometimes fun is necessary. It's hard to be an adult, but a little fun can let anyone keep going."
"Relax! I won't let you get hurt! Believe me!"
"No way! Since when do I lose the game?"
"Sorry but this is war!"
"No one hates snowball fights!"
"In your heart is a little girl that likes to have fun very much, but you just keep hiding her! You need to let her come out sometimes!"
"I wish I could freeze it."
"I'm always with you. You just have to believe in me."
Same. You are the Jack I love.
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The kiss slighter, then finally gone. Leona sat on the lake alone. No, not alone, but with the little freezing snowman. She told herself to be strong. There was going to be Easter activities today. She would do the part of which Jack was in charge, just for him. She wiped away her tears and stood up. Then she noticed one thing.
The necklace around her neck was now covered with some frost, making it prettier but not cold.
I believe in you, and I love you, my dear Jack.
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