Bianca flitted about, talking to commanders, sergeants, and lieutenants with rapid-fire commands that only the fairies seemed to be able to keep up with. A cold breeze had already begun to pick up and the dark clouds on the horizon signaled that the goblin army was drawing closer. The army, which consisted of every fairy, sprite, and elf able to use magic and/or a weapon of any kind, was smaller than Rachel had expected. Gabriella the Snow Kingdom Fairy, Crystal the Snow Fairy, Abigail the Breeze Fairy, Storm the Lightning Fairy, Isabelle the Ice Dance Fairy, and any fairy that had anything to do with cold, stormy weather were setting up defenses against the very things they specialized in, which made them surprisingly good at it. Goldie the Sunshine Fairy planned to lead the front lines, along with Joy the Summer Vacation Fairy and any fairy who had anything to do with light and warmth. The immortal guardian girls, such as Bianca, were practicing invisibility. Rachel was standing up on a balcony of the Fairyland Palace with King Oberon and Queen Titania, ready to defend the king and queen if necessary.
Then the dark clouds broke with a crack of lightning and an almost overwhelming gust of freezing wind tore through the air. Rachel shivered, but kept her eyes focused on the dark cloud. A tall, cloaked figure wearing a crown of icicles appeared, glinting in the flash of lightning. The army of goblins dove from the air, assisted by Jason's –– or as Rachel and most of the other fairies still knew him, Jack Frost's –– control over the wind.
Then the fairies let out a battle cry and fluttered up to meet the goblins in the air. The two armies met in an explosion of magic, good and bad. Many of the goblins landed on the ground to fight the fairies, but some stayed up in the air. Sometimes, if a goblin screamed in pain and fell to the ground for no apparent reason, Rachel knew that one of the invisible girls had been there. But as Rachel watched in frozen horror, some of the fairies fell under the spears of the goblins. They were outnumbered by too many. It was hopeless.
She had an impulse to scream, but her throat was too dry to utter a sound.
Sorry for the ultra short chappy. I'll make it up to you with a more detailed battle and a bit more of Jackerene. Ahh, I love my OC ship names. I've invented so many. (i.e. Silver Rainbow, Storm Frost, Caiamis, Petruno, Saigico, Skyliet, Perlandra, Sylvialis, Haddeston, Devairae, Syriley, Sestavlin, et cetera...)
Agh! Off subject! Now what the heck was I going to say again?
(*For translations of the made up ship names, PM me and I will happily tell you...except for the ones that have spoilers. Which is pretty much all of them.)