There's some action this chapter!
J's POV
The next morning I woke at 5am per usual and dressed waiting for everyone else to wake up. My usual nightmare plays through my mind. Everyone I care for dead and it's my fault. I run down the hall towards the think that will save me just as I reach it black sand swallows me up. I shake my head trying to rid my mind of that stupid repeating nightmare. I hear someone scream and it sounds like Casey… I should go to her but I didn't hear Frosty leave her room. I stay awake till Casey comes to my door, "Breakfast!" she calls. I open the door and beat her there. I load up my plate and take half the bacon, Bunny has all the carrots and he refuses to even look at the scrambled eggs. I sit down and eat trying not to look like a starving orphan. "I heard screaming last night, what happened?" I asked, Casey avoided my eyes, "nightmare?" I ask understanding in my voice. She just barely nodded I squeezed her arm hoping she understood I knew.
She gives me a small smile, she actually seems to be in a pretty good mood. "Hey I never heard Frosty come out of your room want to explain?" I ask. She turned bright red, "He keeps the nightmares a way," she muttered. I smirk "sure he does," I say. "I'm serious, last night after he woke me up, he stayed and I fell back asleep, that was the first time in ten years I have slept without that nightmare," she whispers. My eyes widen at the truth in her voice. "What are you two whispering about?" Jack whispered mockingly. "Nothing," I whispered back. "Liar," he whisper smirked. Then we start a whisper argument, the three of us. The others watched, amused.
Jack's POV
This was fun, having people 'my age' who believed in me, especially Casey… What mystifies me (and the rest of the guardians) is how she could see me, Pitch and them without being convinced, she had absolute faith, and that was rare in someone her age. There was something about her, the way her chocolatey like eyes saw what others couldn't. She never doubted, according to Jamie, she had a really bad history, she held on to her belief because it got her through her painful life, like J, she lost both parents at a young age, she believed, because she was lonely. I know better than anyone how that feels… it's painful to feel like nothing you does ever matters.
'I will never let her feel alone again,' I promise myself. A few hours after breakfast, I'm walking around and I see her sitting in the window, drawing the arctic landscape. "What you doing?" I ask even though I already know. "Drawing, I love expressing my feelings on paper, but the tundra is so empty, almost…" she trailed off. "Lonely?" I asked, finishing her sentence. "Yeah exactly," she says. I give her a small smile. "Do you want to go outside?" I asked, suddenly excited. "Sure, just let me get some warm clothes on!" she runs off.
When she gets back I take her outside and we see J sitting there without a coat on. "What are you doing?" I asked curiously. "It was a bet," she says. "Yes! Andrew owes me twenty bucks." Casey laughs. I marvel at her laugh, like a clear peal of bells. Then she sinks about three feet into the snow, causing both J and I to laugh. "Oh, come on, not funny, help me out!" she exclaimed, squirming, trying to get free. J pulls her out and whispers something in her ear smirking evilly. Casey laughs and kneels down on the ground, "What are you doing?" I ask, confused. "This," she stands and throws a snowball at my face, just barely catching me off guard. "Oh, you really shouldn't have done that," I smirk.
They smirk right back and the fight begins. J gets out first, simply because she doesn't really care. We had built up huge snow forts, hers was practically an igloo. "Come out, come out!" I called. "Not a chance, frostbite!" She yelled from inside. "Frostbite?" I asked, amused, "Well you called me snowflake," she laughed from inside. "Just kiss already!" J yells. "If I win, you have to kiss me," I threaten. "Oooohhh," J calls. "I might let you win then!" she laughs "Oh, god, did I say that out loud?" she says, I laugh. "Oh man I'm gonna die!" J laughs out loud. "Not funny, J!" she calls. "No you're right it was hilarious," J laughs. "Crap," she says, "Guys, I'm stuck," they laugh.
"Hold on I'm coming," I say. I chuckle and start the break the ice covering the door, I get in and she is past her head in the snow. I laugh. "Oh very funny, frostbite, now get me out of here." she grumbles. "I won, wheres my prize?" I chuckle. She turns bright red. I pull her out of the hole, "You okay?" I chuckle. "Yeah," she says then kisses me. "Theres your prize," she smirks. "AHhm mph!" we hear a muffled scream. I stiffen "Stay here," I whisper. I go outside, only to see us, and the pole surrounded by nightmares.
J is being bound and gagged by my brother Draco. "Draco! let her go!" I yell. "Not a chance, brother, this may not be the girl I was sent here after, but this one is important as well," he says, throwing her up on a nightmare. "Sent here?" I demand, putting the pieces together. "You won't lay a hand on her," I snarl. He smirks "You sure about that little brother?" Draco asks. He snaps his fingers and in his arms is Casey. She is bound and gagged, clearly terrified. "Let her go!" I yell, running forward, But he vanishes in a poof of sand, taking her with him. "Oh, little brother, thats no way to play nice, I thought you liked games, besides, I thought you knew how to share," he laughs. "Agh come back here!" but I got no answer they were gone. I ran back to the pole in a panic.
I fangirled when I wrote this!
