Hello, my friends. This is actually going to be the length of most of my chapters, so yeah. Also, I've decided I'll update whenever I want, but you can be rest assured that I will update at least once a week.

CrystalQueen: I hate to disappoint, but Dahlia has black hair, and green eyes. This was supposed to be revealed later, though. Haha! XD

DarkRose: Thank you! Sorry, but I'm not about to reveal what she can do. Read on!

Thank you to all my faithful readers/reviewers! Cupcake on, my friends!

The first thing I realized as I was falling was that all those who were looking out the window at the time could see my underwear. But then I realized something more important: the dress was blocking my wings. And, as such, I couldn't fly. So, thinking that, I just let myself fall.

I shut my eyes and went limp in midair. I landed hard in the snow, and cushion though it was, the window I had jumped out must have been a thousand feet up. Which means I had broken three ribs, by the feel of it. I held off on my magical healing process, wanting Jack and the others to see it.

Jack was the first one to reach me, having flown out the window shortly after I had jumped. Tooth already knew about my powers, and had waited unconcernedly up in the room. The others waited with her, trusting Jack to bring me back up.

Jack scooped me up with grace, and gently flew back in through this now-infamous window. He gently placed me on a couch after shooing all the elves off it.

"Dahlia, what were you thinking? You could have gotten yourself killed!" He exclaimed.

I gently reached up and brushed his hair away from his forehead. Bunny, Tooth, Sandy, and North were all crowding around me now, so I made sure I had their attention. I pointed to my dented and defeated chest. "Watch." I commanded. They needed to see this.

I let the healing process begin now, and a flurry of sparks swirled around me. My chest was slowly rising to the level it was supposed to be at, along with repairing the small cuts and gashes I had gotten after shattering the window. I silently directed a stream of sparks at the window, causing the pieces to fly up into the correct spots and reattach themselves seamlessly.

When everything was the way it was supposed to be, the sparks died down, revealing everyone to be staring at me, open-mouthed. Except Tooth. As always, Tooth was the only one clued in.

"Uh, hi?" I tried nervously.

I turned to North. "Can I have a pair of scissors, please?" Still gaping, he nodded. A yeti ran in with a pair of gleaming-sharp scissors, handed them to me and ran out. I stood up, gave them to Tooth, and turned around.

"If you would do the honors, please?" I requested.

Tooth seemed to know what I was thinking, and quickly started slashing away at the back of my dress. Finally. I don't know who changed my clothes earlier, but I assumed it was Tooth, since she was the only other girl and the only one who knew what was going on. I let my wings spread out of the back of my dress. I felt so free. It had been forever since I was allowed to fly, more than two years, in fact.

My wings were identical to Tooth's, except in shades of black, not green. I soared up to the top of the really high ceiling, and Tooth joined me. We spun circles around each other, laughing like sisters.

After a while, we felt it was time to land, and explain things. With a single nod, we descended- slowly. We wanted to stay up there forever. Jack was the first one to recover, and as he so nicely put it, stated:

"Dahlia, what the HELL was that?"

I had no idea how to respond to that. I was born with it? A sea witch cursed my ancestors, saying that the ninety-ninth daughter would be weird? So I just told them the truth and said, "I don't know. But what I do know that I am human, just with wings and healing magic. I am alive."

Everyone flinched at that. Oops.

I continued on. "Well, now I have no place to go. No home to call home. So, I guess I'll be staying here! Oh, and Jack, I need to speak to you." I dragged him out of that room and into mine, and then locked the door.

The first thing he did was ask me if he could see them. I looked at his face, full of enthusiasm and wonder and childish curiosity. He looked so eager, like he would be heartbroken if I said no, so I reluctantly fanned my wings out for him to examine. He put his staff to the side, and started feeling them. Every touch was gentle, so I got less and less worried about him damaging them. As he looked, he kept up a running commentary.

"Wow! These really are just like Tooth's! Except yours like like they've been dipped in black ink. They're really pretty."

Then, out of the blue, he jumped back in shock and surprise.

"What?" I asked. Did I do something? Is he disgusted with them? I knew I should have pretended to be normal-ish. My wings fluttered along with my apprehension, and I self-consciously flattened them against my back until they were practically invisible.

"They- They have a- a pulse!" Oh. I forgot about that small little detail. Poor Jack, he must not have felt life in over three hundred years.

I flipped over backwards, so I was facing him. "Listen, Jack. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you, and that I tried to run away earlier, at the lake. I was scared. I was afraid you would find out, and call me a monster- or worse. I didn't mean to keep anything from you. You understand that, don't you? I'm sorry."

He leaned over to me so that our noses were touching. "I understand." That was all he said. And then he kissed me.

All of my senses shorted out. All I could feel was his breath on mine, and his lips on mine. He was cold, and warm, and cold. He tasted like peppermint, and fresh snow. My world was spinning. This was my first kiss. He was surprisingly gentle, and this was obviously his first kiss too. Who would he be kissing?

When he pulled away, I noticed his cheeks had a very dark blush on them, but it was blue. Mine were probably flaming red. They sure felt like it.

"Wow." Jack was the first to break the silence. "Listen, Dahlia, I apolo-"

"No need. You don't have to apologize. Please don't. I love you. With all of my heart." Well, the cat's out of the bag now. Oops. I was so embarrassed. I just had to get away. I flew up to the higher windows, pulled one open, and flew out. My only thought was to get away from the scene. My wings were buzzing faster than they ever had before, and that's saying something. These wings of mine were faster than even the tooth fairy's. I was back in Burgess soon enough.

I alighted down on the rock in the middle of the lake, and sat down to think. I felt wetness roll down my cheek, and reached up to wipe it away. I hadn't even realized I was crying. Soon though, I heard the wind whistling and heard someone jump onto the lake. Their footsteps sounded closer and closer, and I felt that someone poke my shoulder.

"Dahlia?" They said.

"Yes, Jack?"

"I love you too."

Over the next few months of my time at the pole, Jack and I grew inseparable. Jack would instigate pranks, I would help execute them, I would start pranks, Jack would finish them. Always on the other Guardians, of course.

Kisses were stolen in secret. No one figured out that we were a couple, yet. And we weren't about to tell them.

The only problem was that since I was still alive and mortal, my body would tire faster. Not as fast as a regular human's, but still. Jack would often have to stop and wait for me to get rid of the stitches in my side. But never with flying. In the air, I would often have to wait for Jack. Nothing could beat these wings!

Eventually, I began to want to visit Burgess again, and Jack wanted to go, too. We both missed Jamie and the other kids. But then came the question. Should we tell them?

Jack: "We should. We'd never keep anything from Jamie. Besides, that kid sees all. It's freaky."

Me: "Like he saw you? Anyways, if we tell them, we'd have to tell the other Guardians, too."

Jack: "But if we did, North would give us a big giant cake, and a celebration worthy of a new guardian. (Imitates North) 'We all very proud. Now Jack be no longer lonely!' (Shudders) Never!"

Me: "Just for that impression, I'm going to tell him. That was awesome!"

Jack: "Never!"

Me: (death glare)

Jack: "Fine"

So that very day, we told the Guardians. Sandy's reaction was priceless. Out of dream sand, he mimed his eyebrows exploding in an atomic bomb, with mini mushroom clouds going off at his hairline. I definitely needed a camera for that.

Bunny said, "Now there's two of ya?" I could tell he thought the world did not need a girl version of Jack running about the place.

The day after, we left for Burgess. North had given me something more suitable for flying in, jeans, and a t-shirt. Tooth had again cut wing-slits in the back.

While we were flying, I realized something.

"Jack, we need to land." I said.

"What is it now?" He complained. "I thought you just peed!"

I blushed. "Ew, Jack, no, nothing like that. I just realized, what if Jamie is out playing when we get there? He can't see my wings!"

"Yes, he can." Jack said in confusion.

"No, I mean we can't let him! You have to be carrying me when we land."

We landed at the nearest empty lot. Jack helped me flatten my wings to my back and tied them down with a large strip of cloth from the bottom of my t-shirt. That was very awkward for both of us, as I had to remove my shirt to do it. Luckily I was wearing a bra underneath. Still awkward, though.

Once we got that settled, Jack picked me up bridal-style and carried me the rest of the way to Burgess, with me clinging to his neck for dear life. I wouldn't be able to catch myself if he let me fall. I saw him silently smirking out of the corner of my eyes.

Soon after, we touched down in Burgess. Jack set me down, and I yanked on his ear playfully. All the other kids, Jamie included, ran up and surrounded Jack.

"Jack! Jack!"

"Jack, where were you?"

"Jack, it's been sooooooooooo boring here without you"

"Jack, Jack, snow snow snow snow snow!" (Sophie)

"Hey, you guys! Yeah, I'm sorry I was gone," Jack looked at me pleadingly. I mouthed 'go on' to him. "Well, you see… I was kind of busy… hanging out with my girlfriend." At the end, he winced, as if expecting a horrible blow. In a way, it came. All of the kids fell silent, except for Sophie, who was playing in the snow, happily unaware.

They all stared at him, mouths hanging low, just like the Guardians' had done. In the end, Jamie stepped forward and started asking Jack questions.

"Who is she? Can we meet her? Why didn't you tell us? Where is she now? Is she a spirit?"

I saw Jack turn back to face me, indicating that I should explain. Thanks, Jack. Lazy immortal spirits will be the death of me.

"Um, hello?" I tried. The group spun and faced me like hungry piranhas. "I'm… Dahlia. Jack's girlfriend. Nice to meet you?" Again, Jack saw my discomfort, and again smirked. He would pay for that later. "Yes, I'm that girl from the lake." I said, seeing questioning glances and half-recognition dawning on their features.

I dragged everyone except Jack closer to me, so that we formed a huddle, making sure that Jack wouldn't overhear us.

"Now, who wants to dominate him in a snowball fight?" I asked.

"But, Jack's like, the king of snowballs!" Monty pointed out.

"Well the, I guess we'll just have to beat him at his own game." I said. "GO!"

Everybody started running off in different directions, packing up snowballs. Jack didn't notice, he was too busy playing with Sophie. We all silently snuck forwards when…

"Hey, what's on your back, Dahlia?" Since Cupcake was the one right behind me, the breeze had separated my wing slits wide enough that she could have seen something, and she did. Jamie and his friends started crowding around my backside, and Jack finally took notice. He came running over. Everyone dropped their snowballs.

Suddenly a loud ripping sound filled the air.

"Jack?" I asked. "What's going on back there?"

He turned to me, with a half-smile on his face. "Well, I guess you can fly now."

It turned out that the band holding my wings to my back had ripped apart. So now everyone knew. Oh well. I was free! I realized that I didn't care anymore. I could fly again!

I soared out into the open air, arms outstretched and a maniac's grin on my face. Not caring who saw me. Until I nearly collided with a passenger plane. I hadn't actually realized I had gone up this high.

One of the plane's wings had clipped my own, and I started falling, down, down, down, back to the ground.

I crashed hard into the earth. This was too much for me to heal at once, and I was starting to go unconscious, with a big chunk of wing missing. The last thing I saw was Jamie and Jack's worried faces, close to my own. Then I started to dream.

But these weren't normal dreams. No, these were nightmares. Pitch.

I forgot to mention, this story takes place after rotg. So yeah. Just FYI. Review!