muwhahahahah! hello reader sorry for not updating in a while i was kind of sick. i also had a writers block and couldn't put my thoughts into word. grrr i hate when that happens. anyway hope you enjoy the chapter, kind of get an idea on what lily know about her past. ENJOY!

Chapter 10: I trust you now

It had been a month since lily had decided to help the guardians and it was finally December. My favorite time of the year. The time I get to bring snow days and fun times. And I thought I would start things early this year. I mean the only ones that would complain would be lily and bunny. Lily would only care for a second and bunny, we would argue but I would do something different to tick him off.

To be honest I am just glad it's them and not Mother Nature. I probably wouldn't see her for a loooonnnngggg time. The reason being she is Mother Nature, always busy. That and what happened after Halloween.

After Halloween

North had picked up lily and I, and we were dropping her off. We both were trying to hold our laughter the whole ride because bunny was having the usual panic attack in the sleigh. We soon landed bunny was the first to jump off taking a deep breath when his feet touched the ground. As the rest of us got off we spotted Mother Nature waiting. she soon walked over and pulled lily off to the side. The rest of us waited to know the details of the talk.

Two minutes after Mother Nature walked over to us with lily following behind slowly. Lily was looking at the ground with her hand in her back pockets. I got a glance at her and she looked kind of shocked.

Mother Nature coughed bringing my attention back to her. She simply stated that she had many things to do as Mother Nature. And to only contact her if it was a HUGE emergency. Then Mother Nature once again walked off into the night forest.

I pulled lily off to the side to question her. "So why are you so shocked?" we started to walk to the tree house. "She told me that from now on that she won't 'babysit' me anymore. That I am free to do what I want and the only time I would see her is if I really needed her or the occasional visits at the restaurant. But it comes with a price." I looked over my shoulder to see the others talking about who knows what that I'll probably learn on the way to the pole. I turned back to her, "well what is the price?" she looked at me from the corner of her eye and grinned. "Well she said I should start to take some more 'mother nature' responsibilities. Like making sure the seasons are in order and helping out more with the seasons, and not the occasional breezes. Since I rarely do the nature thing and just wonder around lazily helping kids fight fears. I got to do more I guess." We stopped in front of the stairs that were slowly falling to us. I turned to her grinning, "So are you going to help me with my winter thing?" That's what I like to call it. She looked at me and shrugged before replying, "Only if you want me to."

Present

And that was all. Nothing really happened in November. I would occasionally frost different states to get lily's attention so she could yell at me for a minute. Then she would get back to painting, drawing, photography, and taking care of her forest. The reason for getting her angry at me for a minute and then have her completely forget it all was to have someone to hang out with and talk to, and it was fun to make her angry and tease her. I mean the guardians were fun but they were always busy doing something. And it doesn't help that pitch is out there somewhere so they are extra busy.

When thanksgiving came no one was celebrating. I didn't expect them to. Especially north this time of year I never thought to bother him with Christmas around the corner. I didn't really care though I would just go see what lily was up to and talk about the winter season.

I went to the 'restaurant', even though I still think it's more of a bar for spirits, I thought she would be there since last I checked she hadn't been there since the guardians showed up. When I got there she was nowhere in sight. Father time told me that lily stays home for the holidays because they are 'sensitive' for her. After hearing that I got worried. I flew as fast as I could to her forest and into the tree house. I got most of the main section of it down. And walked into the kitchen. There I saw lily sitting at the table holding her legs to her chest with her iPod in hand and eyes closed.

I walked over to her and took out her ear buds. She did nothing but opens her eyes and tilts her head back. She looks at me, "hi" she said so soft that I barely heard. I stroked her cheek lightly and stood there talking to her. "What are you doing here all alone? I thought you would be doing a head check on turkeys or drawing a hand turkey." I smiled hoping she would laugh. She didn't chuckle or grin slightly like she usually did. Instead she lowered her head and I stopped stroking her cheek. "I'm not telling you. I told you I won't tell you anymore then you already know until I trust you." Again she spoke softly.

I stood there for awhile before I did something. I walked over to sit across from lily, she watched my every move. I looked her in the eyes before speaking. "My name was Jackson overland, I lived 300 years ago. I had a family a mother and a little sister named em-." Before I finished she interrupted me. "W-wait jack what are you doing? Why are you telling me this?" She looked confused but I just grinned. "I am telling you more about me so you can trust Me." for a minute I looked like her eyes glistened then she lowered her head to her knees. "Go on." I grinned even more and continued.

"Well as I was saying I had a little sister named Emma. We lived in a peaceful village to what is now Burgess. I was the town's prankster; everywhere I went I caused trouble. Never really hung out with others my age because no one could handle how full of energy I was and how I loved to have fun. So I played with my sister and town kids. I would entertain them and get a few laughs. I had so much fun. Then one winter I was going to take my sister ice skating on a nearby pond. I didn't really check to see if it was safe and when we started to skate the ice where Emma stood cracked. I rescued her using my staff. In the process I stepped on the cracking ice and fell through. When I woke up the moon told me who I am now, Jack Frost. I lived my whole 300 years alone, invisible, and not knowing about my past. I met the guardians and found out who I was. Now I am jack frost, guardian of fun."

When I finished lily was blinking back what I thought were tears. She looked at me and smiled, "I don't know much about my past, you know why. But I remember bits, like I had a family. I had two brothers, a father and a mother. I had a tough childhood, I don't know why but I remember my mom telling me that 'it is okay and to be proud of who I am'." She took a deep breath before speaking again. "I slightly remember my death. I fell off a cliff doing who knows what. I fell into a river that was probably up to my chest. I ended up hitting rocks on the way down and I felt a sharp pain in my back and sides when I hit the bottom of the river. I used all my strength to get to the river bank and turn on my back. The last thing I saw was the moon and the first thing I saw when I woke was the moon. He told me who I was and I met my current 'family'. They cleaned me up and took care of me. It was all fun while it lasted. We all loved each other, but pitch went mad and tore us apart."

As she finished her story she looked as though she was really going to cry. I guess the reason she doesn't celebrate holidays would be because of bad memories and she is alone. I walked over behind her. I put my staff on a nearby wall and lifted her face up to look at me. "You aren't going to be alone anymore and you won't feel pain lily. I will be here." I didn't really know what I was saying but I meant every word. Lily smiled at me and I smiled back and for once we understood each other and felt the space between us close.

Now a few days after that I found myself just visiting lily with no excuses, and she didn't really need one. We were finally true friends and we acted like it. There no space between us, we trusted each other.

Back to me wanting to start winter early I thought for a moment. Winter doesn't really start until the first snow fall. And since lily makes it I thought why not have lily help me. I flew to lily's home; I walked endlessly trying to find her. Finally I heard music coming from a room. This room interested me because the door said 'winter'. I opened the door not bothering to knock. Finding lily wasn't in there but music was playing. It had a wintery feel to it. Yes I am a winter spirit I can use those words. The room was dim lit but lit the wall perfectly showing beautiful scenes of winter all over the world. I was amazed by how real it looked. I would see snowmen and kids playing and snow igloos I felt like I was in my element.

My thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice. "Well do you like the surprise?" I quickly turned around to face lily. She had her usual apparel on, a gray sweatshirt and short shorts, but under the shorts were black tights that cut off above the ankle. I met lily's eyes that seemed to somehow sparkle in the dim lighting. "You planned this?" I questioned as I examined the room more. She nodded her head slightly walking closer to me and looking at her work with me. "I knew you would come soon to talk to me about winter. So I felt like I should surprise you with your own room. The other seasons have their own and I thought it was fair to give you one. It helped that I now know more about you." She looked at me and grinned, we stood there a few minutes just looking. "So are you going to help me do my 'winter thing?" I said giving her my signature smirk. She looked at me and raised an eyebrow. "What do you think frost?" My response was only a chuckle and nod.

"So where is the first place you want it to snow?" lily asked as we flew over the states. We didn't have a plan of where we were going or what we were doing so I thought we were going to wing it, but not in lily's mind. I thought for a moment before answering her question. "Well I think two kids would be happy to see the snow and you promised one of those kids a play date." I looked over my shoulder to see lily grinning. "Burgess it is then, but we should still have a plan. To be honest I don't want to fly all over just to bring the first snow fall. I was thinking I would try something new." I frowned at her response, "alright and what if this experiment doesn't work." She gave a shrug, "then I guess I am flying all over with you." I chuckled at her answer then started to lead the way to Burgess. As we flew in the sky close to the Bennett house lily landed on some nearby power lines. I stopped in my tracks to see what she was doing then lowered myself on the power lines with her. Lily looked at me when I planted my feet on the lines, "so what's the plan?" I looked at her confused, "do we really need a plan." She looked at me shocked, "of course we need one. We can't just show up and tell them winter is here and leave. I think we should make it special." Before I could ask her why she was so eager about making it special I remember that she would usually do these things alone and never showed anyone, but the ones really close to her, her abilities. I looked in her eyes and gave a side smirk, "alright how about I write on Jamie's window telling him to bring his sister and friends to the nearby pond and we go with the flow from there." She sighed and gave a weak smile. "Well it's better than nothing. I'll head to the pond and you go write on the window. See you in a bit." With that she was flying off into the small forest leading to my pond.

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