A/N: OMG I am like SOOOOOOO SORRY! i didn't mean to disappear for that long. Writers block really got me and so i finally gave myself a kick in the $$ and got something done for you all. I hope you like this i actually really did work hard on it. Read and review to your hearts content! i'll try to get the 5th chapter up in a jiffy!

Disclaimer- Same as all the others I unfortunately don't own ROTG sooooo yeah.


Chapter 4

"Was she one of your believers?"

Jack sat next to me on a tree branch as we watched the ambulance pull away with Anna and her parents inside. Stray tears hung in my eyes as the wind whistled through the tree branches. I shoved my hands into the pocket of my black and white hoodie and shook my head as my bangs fell in front of my eyes.

"No she was one of my charges." Jack opened his mouth in an O as he nodded slightly in understanding, his white hair falling in front of his eyes as he looked at the bottom of his staff as it leaned against his shoulder, bottom lip sticking out. "What do you mean by charges?" he looked over his shoulder at me. I sighed as I crossed my ankles and swung them slightly staring down at my black converse shoes thinking of how to explain it to him.

"When I first woke up… Mr. Moon told me that my mission is to save children and keep them from harm when they arrive at their crossroads. I also help them choose the right path... but I'm not sure if I should be doing that… helping them choose the right path that is." Jack nodded and rolled his staff between his hands as he watched the frost dance up it at his touch. I cleared my throat to continue as I looked up at the Moon.

"Anna was my very first charge… and I couldn't even protect her…" I pulled my head down as tears welled in my eyes, threatening to spill over my cheeks. I heard Jack sigh as he jumped on the branch causing it to shake as he moved to sit on his feet. I sniffed and rubbed my eyes violently to stop the tears from rolling down my cheeks.

"Hey. Hey, Shh it's okay." I felt something slightly heavy and cold on my back as I cried softly. I looked up to see Jack, his face full of concern as tears rolled down my cheeks. He rubbed my back soothingly as I shook my head and looked away from him as I fought to speak.

"No it's not okay! A little girl almost died or has died! Because I couldn't get to her in time!" I wailed into my hands, tears streaming down my face as my wings started to appear in their golden glow. I felt the branch bow then shake. I looked up to see Jack floating in front of me, his staff perched on his shoulder as he stared at me seriously.

"Look, Eva I know I barely know you. But from my point of view it is not your fault. If anything it's mine. I could have done something to help you but I couldn't because if I touched the water it would have frozen immediately." I sniffed and looked down at my shoes when I felt something cold press down on my right shoulder. I looked up at Jack again as he smiled gently at me.

"Do you wanna build a snow man?" I laughed lightly and rubbed my eyes.

"A snow man? Really?" Jack smiled mischievously at me then dropped down to the ground. I looked down after him and quirked my eyebrow when I didn't see him. I was about to call out to him when I was hit with something cold from behind. I yelped as I lost balance and fell to the ground into a pile of snow. I pushed myself up out of the snow and looked up at the laughing winter spirit. Shaking my head free of snow I glared up at Jack as anger filled my stomach. I stood up forming a snow ball as I watched Jack as he clutched his stomach.

"You should have seen your face!" I pulled my arm back ignoring the snow that fell into my shoes and threw the snow ball at Jacks face, catching him by surprise and knocking him into a snow drift behind him. I laughed as he looked up at me incredulously, a small pile of snow on top of his spiky white hair.

I smiled triumphantly at him as I formed another snow ball in my hands. "I may be a year old but I know how to throw a mean snow ball." Jack smirked at me as he grabbed his staff and sweeping it in my direction causing a gust of snowy wind to knock me into the snow drift again.

"Angel, If I didn't know any better I'd say you just declared snowball war on the King of snow ball wars." I scoffed as I stood up, snow ball in hand.

"That's a nice title, did you come up with that yourself?" He smirked at me and pointed his staff at the snow in front of him then drew an imaginary line forming snow balls as he went.

"Be prepared to eat powder Angel. You just made the biggest mistake ever by challenging a winter spirit to a fight in his own element." I squealed and jumped behind a tree as a flurry of snow balls flew past me. I peaked around the tree trunk to taunt Jack when I was greeted with a mouth full of snow.

"Ooh you're gunna get it Frost!"


After the snow ball fight Jack and I sat on the roof of Anna's house, just staring at the moon pondering our reasons for being there.

"Hey Jack?"

"Hm?" he hummed in response as I pulled my legs to my chest and rested my chin on my knees.

"There're other spirits right?" Jack sighed through his nose and nodded and looked over his shoulder at me. "Have you met any of them?" He nodded again and picked up his staff and poked the gutter at the edge of the roof, freezing it instantly. He looked at the crook of his staff and snorted as he inhaled deeply before speaking.

"Yeah I've met a bunch of them, but none of them ever really compared to the dumb kangaroo and sand man." I looked at him with one eyebrow raised in question. He laughed and shook his head as he ran a hand through his spiky hair.

"Well how did you meet them?" he snorted and jumped to where he was squatting down on his feet.

"It was towards the end of April, the year was 1968 Easter Sunday…"

I stared at Jack, eyes wide at how stupid he could be for screwing up a spirits holiday. I know I don't have a holiday but if someone got in the way of my holiday/job, I would want to harm them as well. You couldn't blame the Easter Bunny for being furious.

Jack just sat there smiling at the memories when we heard a car pull up next to Anna's house. I flew to the other side of the roof and looked down to see Anna's Dad step out of a taxi with a haggard look on his face. He walked into his house and I flew down to the window to watch him as he picked up a phone and started to dial a number.

I pressed my ear to the window to try to listen to his conversation only to pick up pieces.

"Hey… I'm not…. What really ….. Mari went to….. Then she saw…. I don't know... Know ….. Stabilised for now…. Stayed with…" I sighed frustrated and looked at Mr. Carmichael through the window as he rubbed his forehead. I went to press my ear against the window again when frost ferns etched over the glass. I looked over my shoulder to see Jack smiling down at me.

"Could you hear what he was saying?" I sighed and turned to him, my face darkening with concern and sorrow.

"Only bits and pieces. I think I heard that Mari, Anna's mom was at the hospital and I think he said something about being stabilised… but I'm not sure." I looked down at my feet and bit the inside of my cheek. Jack huffed slightly and threw his staff onto his shoulder.

"I'm sorry I wish I could do more."

I looked up at Jack and smiled softly as I put my hands in my hoodies pocket as I looked back inside the window again to see Anna's dad hang up the phone and turn off the light in the living room. I sighed and looked up at the Moon then turned to Jack to see him giving me a goofy smile.

"I need to go Jack... it's been a long day." Jack's smile dropped into a deep frown as he turned his gaze to the ground. His bottom lip stuck out slightly as his eyebrows knit together.

"If that's your thinking face then i would hate to see your puppy dog one." Jack looked up at me, his face screwed up in confusion. I giggled as he shook his head fighting another goofy smile.

"Well I'll see you Jack." I pushed off the ground and into the sky when i felt something hook my hood on my hoodie. I turned around and looked at Jack.

"When can i see you again?" My stomach fluttered at his words as my knees grew weak under his cerulean gaze. I cleared my throat and looked down at my sneakers again trying to keep my face from turning red.

" I-I don't know.. whenever I guess..." I looked up at him from behind my bangs and smiled shyly. Jack gave out a WHOOP as he did a back flip mid air. He smiled happily at me, his eyes practically glowing from happiness.

He smiled at me as I looked down at my converse sneakers as the air grew slightly awkward.

"S-So I'll see you later Jack?" He nodded vigorously as he threw his staff over his shoulder.

"Yep! See ya tomorrow Angel!" I groaned

"Jack my name's Eva! Are you sure you don't have STML?" He looked at me oddly, tilting his head to the side. I threw my hands up in the air and sighed in exasperation.

"Short . Term. Memory. Loss you dolt." Jack rolled his eyes at me smirking slightly.

"Whatever, I'll see ya Angel." I rolled my eyes and started to fly away when Jack called out to me. I turned around to see him holding his staff up. I smiled and waved as I flew to my cottage .

I walked inside and smiled at all of the kids drawings i have from my young charges. Most of them were Anna's. I walked over to the foot of my bed where the hand carved chest sat. I opened it and smiled as i saw a stuffed animal that Anna gave me. I pulled it out and sat on my bed while kicking my shoes off in the process.

I stared at the plush Teddy bear as i thought of Anna. Tears stung my eyes and hung there as i fell asleep. My mind on a little girl and a certain winter spirit with white hair and a shepherd's crook for a staff.


A/N: Again i am sooo sorry for taking so long to update. My only excuse is due to writers block. I hope you enjoyed this chapter enough to review it. Be honest with how you thought of it. Good or bad i accept criticism. A big thanks to BobbyBun, Star Hart and JACKprimpriorpercypitchFrost, for your reviews and encouragement. Thank you all for keeping me going with this!

-MidnightPenguin-