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Chapter 5:
Elsa's p.o.v.
"Dawn, take them to my memories!"
Before anyone could question him a bright light enveloped us and the floor under our feet disappeared.
When the light finally receded, we found ourselves in a dark room illuminated only by a glowing orb suspended in midair. Jack got closer and turned to us, his hand hovering just above the light.
"What you're going to see now will be shocking, just know that these are my memories and haven't been altered by any outside source. I didn't pay Cronos all those visits for nothing." He laughed and touched the light. It grew and grew until I had to close my eyes or risk being blinded. When I could open them again we found ourselves deep in a forest.
"These are my memories, you cannot alter or interact with them. Just sit and watch please, the scenery will move for you."
3rd p.o.v.
The forest was alive with whistling and chirping, but in the distance you could hear the laugh of a child. The laughter grew closer and from underneath the bushes, a young girl tumbled out.
"Jokul? Jokul, where are you?" She was calling out.
"I'm here Minerva, what do you need?" A slightly younger version of Jack flew down from the trees. Her smile brightened and she kept up at his neck.
"Uncle Ares and Mars were mean and got Jakel to help them win. Auntie Athene told me to come get you since you're going to be on our team!" Jokul chuckled.
"Am I now? Well I can't say no to a pretty goddess like you so let's go kick their butts! I know Athene could beat them all single handed but she might be getting tired so let's hurry, OK?" Minerva nodded and Jokul rose and flew into the air, a black cloth wrapped around his waist and a navy cloak pinned around his shoulders. The young girl in his arms looked just like her aunt. Black hair and flashing silver eyes. Both were intelligent and strong, Jokul was happy to be on their team. They arrived in Olympus and immediately had to dodge a volley of fireballs aimed at them, curtesy of Jakel.
Jokul and Minerva reached the temple Athene had locked herself inside and phased through the walls.
"You're finally here! Even if I am the best fighter in all Olympus it's a little tight for my liking!"
Just as they had finished formulating a plan, the doors were kicked in and Ares, God of bloodlust, rushed into the temple.
Unluckily for him, Jokul had already covered the two goddesses and himself in a thin layer of magical ice which made them invisible to the three men that had rushed them. Slowly, all three on the blue team circled the red team so that they were standing behind them. Ares, Mars and Jakel were looking round the temple bewildered. They were all convinced that the other team had fled the temple and fell right into Athene's trap. As soon as they took a step towards the door, their feet were encased in ice and at their throats were three very sharp blades, two of steel and one of ice.
"We win!" Shouted Minerva while Jakel melted the ice around their feet.
"It's no fair! You have Jokul! I want to play on Jokul's team, he always wins!" Jakel looked absolutely livid and Jokul laughed at the young god.
"Now that's not fair. I only follow Athene's orders, she's the one that lets us win."
"Then I wanna play with auntie Athene!"
"I'm afraid that's impossible Mars, you will have to learn your job from Ares and maybe if the stars allow it, you'll be able to fight with Minerva when you're older. She the general, and you the soldier. I'm sure you'll both fight valiantly in the Great War." Athene reassured her 'nephew'. She turned to the winter spirit next to her.
"Jokul, I would like to ask for your council on a matter. Follow me." So the two spirits left the training grounds and approached Athene's palace. A beautiful structure made entirely out of marble and carved into the very top of mount Olympus. Not even Zeus had been able to replicate the architecture.
In Athene's parlour, she and Jokul sat on plush sofas as her maids brought ambrosia and wine for the two.
"What did you need my council on, my sister in spirit?"
"Brother, I love you dearly and wouldn't ask this of you if was not absolutely necessary."
"I trust your wisdom, little owl." She took a moment to giggle at the endearment before becoming serious once more.
"Jokul, I'm afraid that the spirit world has become corrupt. I know you would like to interfere but please listen before saying anything." Jokul shut the mouth he had just opened. "As I was saying, some spirits are planning a rebellion against Mother Nature and the man in the moon. You know how catastrophic it would be if that were to happen and unfortunately my birds have overheard the planning.
Before I let you know who is behind this, you must go to India. There a young spirit, no more than a hundred years old, has been targeted by this entity. He's planning on poisoning her through one of her fairies. This young one has multiple avatars of herself and if one is touched by the darkness the young one will suffer pain reserved only for the most horrid of people before dying.
Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing which fairy has been infected. Do you understand what I'm asking you to do?" Athene's eyes were sparkling with unshed tears as she looked at her brother. The only one who knew all of her secrets.
"You want me to either prevent the avatars from getting infected or kill them all, one by one, until I find the one who carries the darkness." Jokul's eyes were cold and harsh. But Athene knew that his gaze wasn't directed towards her, but rather the knives hung up on her wall. His knives, from his time served fighting in the Great War. The goddess, in all her wisdom, hesitated. She was unwilling, even though it was necessary, to send her brother back to that dark place. But she nodded anyway, knowing that if he didn't do this everything he had fought to protect would be gone forever.
Jokul rose from his seat and slid his knives into the sheathes behind his back. A cold smile rested on his lips as he gave his sister one last hug.
"So where is this young one?" Athene stepped towards her floor length mirror and in a language he had taught her, she wrote on the cold surface of the glass.
As the mirror swirled in golds and pinks, she squeezed his had and Jokul stepped through.
Outside dream realm, Jack p.o.v.
"What does this have to do with all the atrocities you've committed? How is this explaining anything?!" Tooth snarled at me.
"If you'd just be quiet and stop interrupting the dreamscape maybe you'd find out!" Eva screamed at her, tears in her eyes. No matter how many times she watches her brother go back to his dark place, she would always find it one of the most terrible things that came out of the Great War. "Just shut up! You don't know anything!" Eva Spring finally sobbed out.
Dream realm 3rd p.o.v.
Jokul steppe don't of the portal and in to the bottom of a pool. Quickly swimming up to the surface he found himself face to face with the sharp end of a spear.
"Who are you?" A small female voice shouted from the shadows.
"My name is Jokul, I'm here to find a young spirit. I was told that she was in danger and that it was of the upmost importance." The girl stopped out of the shadows.
"I'm the only spirit in these parts and I'm not in need of protection." Her feathers shimmering in the light as her wings held the spirit aloft. Around her, thousands of avatars flew about, inspecting the intruder.
"Then you wouldn't mind me staying a while just to make sure." Jokul pulled himself out of the pool as the spear retreated. A cold north wind whipped around him and dried his hair and clothes. The whirlwind died down and Jokul caressed an invisible creature before turning to the spirit in front of him.
"Now that you know me, may I ask your name?"
"It's Toothania. You have my permission to stay here, just stay in the shade. With that skin you're going to burn."
Outside
bunny p.o.v.
"No way! I didn't even hear of Jack until he blew one of my fairies off course in 1865!" Tooth screamed.
"That's why we told you to shut the hell up! You know nothing! Absolutely nothing about what Jack had to go through for you... Nothing at all." Layla shouted back, trailing off into sobs. I found myself reaching out for Jack as his features grew sharper and his eyes filled with sorrow. But he turned away from me and there was nothing I could do for him.
Yet.
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