Chapter 10

"I'm sorry. His name is Faust. Faust Lanlayannertackkehh. He has haunted me for centuries. I thought coming to this preserve would get rid of him, but I was wrong. Faust was Jack's best friend. He died in the sixteenth century because of Jack and I. We had cold in our hearts. Of course my heart is still made out of ice, but I've got feelings now. Faust got angry with me. He tried to kill me, or so we thought. So we got to him first… I should've known he'd be back. That bang we heard was Kushanu… I understand he didn't agree to the treaty. Faust must've summoned him."

"But demons, aren't they huge? How'd he fit?" Lana and the other Knights that came along with her and my grandparents hadn't heard the details.

"He is a shape shifter."

"What?! But that means he could have turned himself into a lizard the same color of ice and have been following us!" Mara said.

"No. I would've felt him."

Instinctually, I don't exactly know why, but I put my hands in my pockets. Gasp. A paper…

I took it out and unfolded it.

"What is it?" Verl asked. He still had his arm around my waist.

"I… I don't know." I read aloud:

Hello Kendra,

It is Patton Burgess. I figured out how to use the Chronometer. I went forward in time to where I'd see where you were on this day. I see where you are. A very dangerous place. I snuck this in the jean pocket of the jeans you you should be wearing. I want to help. You will see me in about—occurring to the speed you read at—10 seconds.

Sincerely,

Patton Burgess

Exactly ten seconds later, Patton appeared.

"Well, my, my, you sure have grown. What are you now, eighteen?" He surely was jolly for the situation we were in the middle of currently.

"Patton!" And a lot of us rushed at him.

"Whoa!" He laughed. He was always so nonchalant about everything!

Caroline and Stefan just stood and stared. Caroline spoke what looked like Stefan thought. "You…… You really are real?…"

"Yes I am. It seems like the whole bunch is here… Where's Coulter?"

Narinda choked on a sob and walked across the room to Zolie and Newel.

"He died fighting off basilisks." Tanu whispered.

Out the corner of my eye I saw Doren walk over to where Narinda was.

"Hey…" Doren tried.

"No, don't." Narinda said sternly before Doren put his hand on her shoulder.

"Sorry." He mumbled.

"So. What are we dealin--" And before Patton could finish, we heard the roar again. Along with it, we heard a sound like glaciers breaking against each other.

"No." Chelsea growled. She ran to the door and put her hands up.

She seemed to be chanting. It sort of sounded like, "I've done nothing wrong, leave me in peace." Over and over.

Ice was coming out her hands. It spread all over the door. More and more. Thicker and thicker. She still chanted.

After two whole minutes, Chelsea stopped chanting and put her hands down. The ice layer was nine feet thick. It was also ten feet tall.

In just half a second the ice layer was blown off. And standing right there, was Jack Frost.

"Helllllllllooooo Chelsaaaaay." He said with an impish grin.

"What do you want?!" Chelsea growled ferociously.

"What do you think I want?"

"My powers…?" Her eyes were frightened now.

"Mmm, n-no." The smirk came of his face. He looked sad now.

"Then what???" She asked accusingly now.

"I-…I…… I just, want……" Sigh.

She walked over to him and stared him down. "What?"

He whispered something in her ear that was inaudible.

"No you're not." She mumbled.

"Yes. I am."

"I can't believe that. After what you did to me…"

"Just believe it." He whispered.

They stared in each others eyes and finally Chelsea said, "I- I do."

All of the sudden the roar came again.

"This way!" Chelsea and Jack yelled in synchronization.

And we all headed the way they went.