His Evil Half
Chapter 7: The Secret Of Jan Frost
Jack Frost sped from street to street. 'What is up with Tooth? She's got so angry just now!" He muttered under his breath. It was really obvious that for some reason, Tooth seemed to be holding a grudge against Vanessa.
Tooth was somewhere else, curling up in a small corner and crying. "What have I done?" She whispered to herself. "I never meant to lose my temper on her just like that…" She was jealous of Vanessa for getting along so well with Jack, but she knew that Vanessa wasn't doing it on purpose.
Vanessa was on top of a building, but she was not sad or angry. She was walking back and forth, sometimes flapping her feathery wings a bit as she walked. Hmmm….. She thought about what had happened so far. If that pink bow that I have is supposed to make people fall in love, then I'm probably supposed to be the Guardian of Love! And, according to what has happened, I think Tooth has a crush on Jack, so I have to do something! The first thing she had thought of was to use the pink bow to shoot Jack in the back, but she knew that wasn't such a good idea. I have to go and talk to Tooth. Maybe then I'll know if she likes Jack or not, then I'll go and explain to Jack.
Jack walked lazily on the quiet road. "Not here." He grunted, checking down a sewer hole. "Not here either." He muttered, opening a trash can and slamming the lid shut again. Besides still reeling over the shock of seeing Tooth lose her temper just now, he was also wondering about Vanessa's past. And plus, there was the scary sounding story that Jamie had told them about replaying in his head. Could Vanessa's past be linked to the accident? He was just walking into a dark corridor. "Hey, Eerie! Jan! I'm here!" He called out, bored. "Come and get me!" "Huh, giving up so easily?" A voice said. Jack froze. Jan Frost stepped out of the shadows. "No, I was just saying-"Jack stuttered. "Whatever, bro." Jan turned round. "Hey, Eerie! He's here!" She called out. Jack folded his arms and cocked his head at her, while one hand was gripping his staff tight. "Why don't you just kill me yourself?" He scoffed. For a moment, Jan's expression softened. "I-I-""Enough." Jan resumed her strict looking expression just as Eerie came into view. "Your days end now, guardian." He snarled, casting a powerful stream of dark mist towards Jack. At the same time, Jan spun her staff round and cast hundreds of sharp ice shards towards her twin. Jack quickly cast a wall of frost in front of him which deflected the shards. "Pathetic." Eerie laughed. "One guardian versus two villains." "Not anymore, mate!" A voice shouted. Shocked, Eerie and Jan looked up. The rest of the guardians had arrived. "Thanks for yelling out loud to alert us, Jack!" Vanessa yelled to him, as she used her brown bow to fire arrows at Jan, who was hastily using her staff to defend herself. "HO HO HO!" Bunnymund and North yelled out together, as a cluster of boomerangs and the swift movements of North's sword appeared as they fought Eerie. Tooth was trying to attack Eerie from the back, and Sandman was helping Vanessa fight off Jan. Jack quickly gripped his staff and cast snowballs at Jan. Together, the three cornered Jan. And before long, Jan fell to the ground, exhausted. Satisfied and thinking she was defeated, Jack turned away. Suddenly, he heard Tooth scream. "Jack, look out!" Jack spun round a second too late, and his evil twin knocked him to the floor. Jack fell on his back and saw Jan standing over him menacingly. Aw, no. He thought in dismay. "Jack!" Vanessa yelled. Jan bent down and aimed her staff at Jack's heart. But to his surprise, she hesitated. "Jack!" That was North and Bunnymund now, who were still trying to fight off Eerie, who was blocking them from helping Jack. The others were blocked by Eerie's dark mist. "Go ahead. Just kill me." Jack said to Jan. Jan lowered her staff. "I can't." She mumbled sadly. To Jack's disbelief, from Jan's chest, there was a small speck of light shining dimly. Huh?
Suddenly, Eerie's voice rang out. "What are you doing, you idiot? Kill him!" He yelled, just as Tooth punched him in the jaw. Jan shut her eyes, and she was about to raise her staff when Vanessa grabbed her from behind and pulled her away from Jack. Jack stood up, shocked. Tooth flew over. "You okay?" She asked. "Yeah, I'm fine." He said, flying up with her, after the others, who were still fighting Eerie and Jan. "Did Jan hurt you?" "No." Tooth stared at him. "But she had you! She had the chance to kill you!" She said. "But she didn't." Jack cut in, shocked. That's when he remembered: Eerie created Jan from the DNA in Jack's hair. She had been forged using darkness, but created from the light.
