I don't remember going to sleep, all I remember is laying down on the bed and then the dream came. I was sitting in a large room, a beautiful room. The walls were a pale pearlescent and glowed slightly as the chandelier above spread it's light across the room. I sat on a large bed covered in pale blue sheets similar to the color of my dress which I was wearing as I sat on the bed. I looked around the room and somehow it all seemed familiar to me. Suddenly I heard footsteps coming from outside the door and the handle started to turn. As the door creaked open pale yellow glittery light shown out from beyond it. Just as the door was to swing open to reveal who was on the other side a buzzing started to begin. I sat straight up in the bed and blearily looked around the room. Not the pearlescent one but the one that Karen had given me last night. Next to the bed the clock went off buzzing through the room. I hit the button that Karen had said would stop it and swung my legs out over the floor. There was something I was supposed to be doing but that dream. Who was on the other side of that door? It was on the tip of my tongue but I just couldn't remember and the familiar fuzziness took over again. As I was trying to figure out my dream my door swung open

"GOOD MORNING ARA!"

My heart started beating a mile a minute as I focused on the little blonde headed girl in front of me rushing towards my bed. That's right Sophie I was supposed to be getting Sophie breakfast and then dressed. Sophie jumped on the bed and scooted herself to sit next to me. I looked down at her and smiled.

"Well I guess it's time to get you some food and then get you dressed. Ummm…there is just one thing what do you eat and how do I make it?"

Sophie dragged me downstairs to the kitchen and explained to me that her mom had called in and picked up another shift at the hospital where she worked as a nurse and had already left. I nodded not exactly knowing what either a hospital or a nurse was and began to open up the cupboards. I knew enough to pull down a plate, a cup, and some silverware but past that I was a bit lost and turned to Sophie,

"So what is it that you eat?"

"Well mom usually makes me toast with butter and honey on it and a glass of milk."

"Umm…what exactly is toast? I know what butter, honey and milk are, but I'm not to sure what toast is."

Sophie got up and went over to the icebox, which I later found out is called a refrigerator, not an icebox. She pulled out a bag of bread and plopped it on the counter. She instructed me to take two slices out of the bag and put them into the slots of a shiny metal box. Then I was to pull down on the knob at the side and when it was done it would pop up and be hot and toasted. I did this for Sophie and then again for myself and Sophie and I sat down to eat our breakfast. As we were finishing our food Jamie made his way into the kitchen and towards the refrigerator. I told him I could make him toast, as I was not proficient in using the toaster. He declined and started on his own breakfast of what he called cereal. After Sophie finished her toast and milk I put them in the sink and washed them off, dried them and placed them back where I had found them. I then followed Sophie upstairs to her room to help her pick out an outfit for the day as she helped me pick out an outfit as well. We then made our way back downstairs to a larger room, which housed a comfy sofa, and what Sophie called a television. She turned on the box and suddenly the room was filled with the light emanating from the box and characters began to dance and sing. I sat next to Sophie enchanted by what was going on before me. Sophie explained to me that it was a show called Winx Club. Which I found out was about fairies that go to a school. Sophie kept asking me if any of it sounded familiar but I had to let her down telling her, that it didn't. We continued to watch this show till Jamie came downstairs in his winter clothes

"I'm going to head off to the bus stop to go to school is there anything you need to know before I leave."

"Ummm what am I supposed to do exactly as the nanny?"

"Basically just watch the television with Sophie. If she wants to go outside make sure she puts on her jacket, gloves and hat. Don't go too far, mainly stick to the yard and if she wants to go to the forest only go as far as where she found you. She isn't supposed to go out there alone but she never listens. Just play with her, she is pretty easy going but has a lot of energy so watch out. I will be back from school around 3:30."

"Jamie when you get back would it be possible to…to talk about what we were talking about on the way home from the thrift store?"

"Yeah sure we can figure out all of that when I get back, bye."

With that he rushed out the door and I was left to take care of Sophie for the day.

After we had finished watching the television Sophie decided she wanted to go outside to the field where she found me to search for clues as to where I came from. I got her all dressed up in her winter wear and threw on my new grey jacket and matching hat, mitten and scarf set that I had bought at the thrift store. Holding her hand we made our way to the field where I first turned up. It looked much the same but there was more snow on the ground now, which made it hard to find the exact spot where I had "landed" as Sophie put it. We rummaged around in the snow for a bit but not finding anything Sophie told me that we should make a snowman. Oddly enough I knew what a snowman was and exactly how to build one. In fact snow was something very familiar to me somehow. And then that feeling returned like a shiver through my mind trying to help me remember something but it was just out of reach. As we were making the snowman Sophie began to tell me stories about her adventures. Some were about how she had found some animal in woods but it wasn't really an animal but a prince turned into one by an evil witch. As she went on one story in particular caught my attention. It was about the snow and the person responsible for it, Jack Frost. As she told me the story about how Jack Frost froze the lake over so they could go skating on it last winter I felt like what she was telling me was important and the feeling returned. Something in her story was familiar but for the life of me I couldn't figure out what.

"Sophie, this Jack Frost where does he come from, what is he like?"

"Hmmm well he is tall and he has white hair. Kind of like yours but yours is more like a blondish white while his is pure white like snow. He floats around on the wind and he can freeze stuff with his staff that he carries. He's a really good friend of Jamie's and mine. He comes around every once in a while and we play."

As she said this we finished the snowman we had been working on and sat on the ground to admire our work.

"Ara why do you want to know about Jack Frost?"

"I don't know it's just that the name it sounds familiar somehow but, I don't know maybe it's just one of those things people know, like what a cup is or what snow is."

"Ara, how can you know Jack Frost but not know television? That is weird."

It was weird how could I know this obviously mythical character that Sophie made up but I can't even figure out how a television or toaster works on my own?

"You know what maybe you know Jack Frost. You're a fairy so you must know Jack. Maybe if Jack Frost came here you would remember being a fairy and he could take you back to your home."

"Sophie I don't know about that how about we just make a fort and after that we go back and I can try and figure out how to make coco for you?"

"No Jack can help you I know he can. He's really nice and fun and he probably knows you. I will call him and then he can help you remember."

Before I could say anything Sophie started to shout out the name Jack Frost. This went on for about five minutes with no result. It wasn't like I expected anything to happen but a part of me kind of hopped Sophie was right. I stood up ready to collect Sophie and head back to the house when the wind started to pick up and it started to get colder.

"Sophie it's getting colder now we should go inside where it's warm."

But before I could move towards her something started to move above us. It was distant at first; only a dot in the sky but it was quickly coming closer to us. I wanted to believe it was some animal but as it loomed closer I could tell it was no animal, it had arms and legs, it was a person and they were hurtling towards us at breakneck speed. I ran over to Sophie and grabbed her up in my arms and started to back away as a boy, no older then 18, landed in front of us in the snow. He was just as Sophie had described him. Snow white hair and a large staff. His clothes were frosted over and he had absolutely no shoes on. But the most startling part of him was his eyes. They were as blue as the sky during winter and they were staring directly at us. I kept trying to back away but I couldn't move. A person had just fell from the sky. Somehow Sophie wriggled away from my vice like grip and ran over to the boy laughing and smiling as she jumped into his arms.

"Jack you came, I knew you would we just had to wait a bit."

"Sophie get down this is going to look very weird to your friend over there being as to her it looks like you are floating in mid air."

"It's ok Ara is a fairy she can see you can't you Ara?"

At this both Sophie and Jack looked up at me. I still was trying to wrap my head around this as I felt a tug on my jacket.

"Ara you can see him can't you, I know you can."

The boy in front of me laughed at this floating in the air as he did and for some reason this upset me. How dare he scare the living daylights out of me falling from the sky and now he is laughing at me.

"How dare you."

At this he stopped laughing and looked down at me.

"How dare you hurtle down from the sky from who knows where and scare me half to death and then just laugh at the situation like it's nothing."

I could feel the color in my cheeks rising and I did the only thing I could. I scooped up Sophie and started to walk briskly back to the house. I didn't exactly know what I was doing but it seemed the only logical thing to do at the time. I was stopped of course as Jack Frost flew over our heads and landed right in front of our paths. Not being prepared for this I stumbled in the snow and fell backwards with Sophie still in my arms as I landed hard on my backside.

"Sophie are you ok did I hurt you?"

"No I'm fine but you shouldn't be mad at Jack that's just how he is. You can see him though can't you? I knew you could."

"You really can see me can't you?" Jack said

"Of course I can see you I'm not blind."

Sophie wriggled out of my grasp again and stood next to Jack.

"I'm so sorry please let me help you up."

Jack reached down and attempted to grab my hand but at this point I was so mad at him I slapped it away and stood up on my own and brushed away the snow.

"I really am sorry I didn't think you could see me I wouldn't have laughed if you could have seen me I swear."

"Yes you would have."

Sophie piped in next to him.

"Ok so maybe I would have but I really am sorry its just people of your age, well they can't see me. You shouldn't be able to see me. How in the world can you see me?"

"I told you Jack she's a fairy."

"Are you a fairy?' He said a look of astonishment on his face.

I looked at both of them completely out of my depth here.

"I really don't know." I murmured.

I could feel the tears start to form and I just collapsed on the ground. This was just too much. First I don't know who I am or where I came from and now there are flying boys with no shoes on.

"Hey don't cry I really am sorry I laughed I just…I do stupid things sometimes without thinking. Please don't cry."

I looked up into those blue eyes standing so close to me and I felt somehow better like things might be ok. Then I wiped away at my tears. This isn't going to be ok I don't know who I am and now there is this strange flying boy.

"I'm fine."

I stood up and looked again into the smiling face of Jack Frost and I couldn't help it I smiled back.

"Jack, Jack, Jack." Came Sophie from beside us.

"Yes little lady?"

And with that Sophie told Jack my story as she knew it. When she was done Jack looked back up at me.

"What she says is it true?"

"I…I don't know. I don't remember anyone chasing me, having wings, or falling from the sky. But the rest how she found me and took me in that part is true."

"And she can see you Jack."

"That's true you shouldn't be able to see me."

"Why not?" I said still a bit confused.

"Because you are older."

"I'm about the same age as you are why does that even matter."

"Well I am 300 odd years old so I doubt you are as old as me but the fact is only children can see me."

"Why only children?"

"Because only children believe in me and you are definitely not a child."

For some reason I blushed at this and he saw it and a smile slid across his face. I looked away and composed myself.

"So why is it I can see you?"

He looked confused by this,

"I honestly don't know but Sophie is right in some respect you are not like the rest of the people on Earth."

That word, Earth, I know that word I know that place. Suddenly it started to get dark around me and the last thing I remember was falling into someone's cold arms.