A-And Back!
Chapter Twelve: Memory
Jamie stood looking out of his window, his fists raw from his hitting the wall, why did they keep him from this? This was something he should, no, needed to know, if the Titan's had known him, truly known him, they would know he hated things to be kept from him.
He frowned as he looked over and saw Jack watching him, leaning against a wall,
"What are you doing here?" Jamie asked
"Here to show you something we didn't get to earlier" Jack told him, holding out a golden tube,
"Why do you have one of Tooth's Capsules?" Jamie asked walking over and looking at Jack, the two of about even height
Jack smiled, "Because like me, this capsule is of a bygone age, one of the few relics to make it past the destruction of the world"
"This is from your universe?" Jamie asked, curiosity pecking in his voice,
"Yes, I saved this when the Tooth Palace Collapsed, along with Bibannia" Jack smirked as a figure flew through the window and she rushed over,
"Jack, how wonderful it is to see you again, what has it been? 2, 3 Million Years?" Bibannia asked, smiling, then she turned to see Jamie, "And Jamie too! I hope Jack is behaving"
"Bibannia, we need you to show Jamie what it contained within this" Jack held out the golden capsule and Bibannia squeaked, "Oh you still have them?"
"Naturally" Jack smirked hopping up to sit atop his crook, watching Jamie,
"So what are these?" Jamie asked,
"Memories of the life you once lived" Jack told him,
"Will you watch them with me?" Jamie asked, he had to admit to himself he did have some feelings towards Jack, he couldn't tell whether they were positive or negative, and hopefully watching interaction between the him that knew Jack and Jack, would help to show them.
"Once these start, I cannot stop them, nor can we change what you need to see" Bibannia nodded,
"I understand" Jamie nodded, and with a flash memories filled his head,
**Flashback**
Jamie and Jack watched as they materialised in a small room, it was a light blue room with toys and games around,
"This is my old room!" Jamie grinned looking at Jack who nodded,
The duo looked around and saw a young Jamie sitting on his bed, a stuffed Rabbit sitting before him,
"Ok look, you and I are obviously at what they call a crossroads, so here's what's going to happen, if it wasn't a dream and you are real, then you have to prove, like right now. I've believed in you for a long time Ok? like, my whole life even, so you kinda owe me now, you don't have to do much, just a little sign so I know… anything… anything at all" The Young Jamie spoke,
With that the stuffed Rabbit fell to the floor, "I knew it"
"No It can't end like this!" Jamie frowned, looking at Jack, who smirked,
"Just watch" Jack told him, and Jamie turned back round,
The Glass on one of Jamie's Windows started to frost, and the young Jamie looked over in time so see the image of an egg appear, he looked down at the stuffed rabbit before looking up to see a picture of a rabbit,
"He's real" Young Jamie spoke as the Rabbit began to take form, before it seemed to take form and bounce around him,
"Wow… haha" Jamie laughed as it hopped around his room, he managed to catch it after a few seconds and it burst into snow, "Snow?"
The snow started to fall around until one piece landed on Jamie's nose,
"What is this?" Jamie asked Jack who smiled,
"This, is when we first met" Jack told him,
"Where are you then?" Jamie asked,
"Watch" Jack smirked,
"Jack Frost" Young Jamie spoke, as the snow melted
Jamie gasped as he looked at the scene, where once had been empty space, Jack Frost now stood,
"What did you say?" Memory Jack asked,
"Jack Frost?" Jamie asked again,
"He said it again!" Memory Jack spoke aloud, "He said… you said…"
With that Young Jamie turned around and his mouth fell open, "Jack Frost!"
"That's right… but… that me… Jack Frost… that's my name!" Memory Jack spoke,
"Why did you get so excited?" Jamie asked,
"I had lived for 300 years, and no-one saw me, until this night" Jack replied,
"You said my Name!" Memory Jack continued, then at the startled look from Young Jamie, Memory Jack started to falter, "Wait.. Ca-Can you hear me?"
A Small nod followed,
"Can you… can you see me?" Memory Jack asked,
Another small nod,
"He see's me! He see's me!" and with that Memory Jack flipped over in the air landing crouching on a desk,
"Ha! You just made it snow!" Young Jamie smiled,
"I know!" Memory Jack replied,
"In my room!" Young Jamie nodded,
"I know!" Memory Jack leapt forward till he stood in front of Jamie,
"Your real?" Young Jamie asked,
"Yeah, who do you think brings you all the Blizzards and the snow days… a-and you remember when you went flying on that sled the other day?" Memory Jack excited voice spoke quickly
"That was you!" Young Jamie bounced,
"That was Me!" Memory Jack nodded,
"Cool!" Young Jamie cheered,
"I know right!" Memory Jack nodded,
"But what about the Easter Bunny, an-nd The Tooth Fairy…" Young Jamie Began
"Real, Real, everyone of us is real!" Memory Jack told him,
"I knew it!" Young Jamie cheered,
"Jamie who are you talking to?" a female voice called,
"Mom?" Jamie asked, "And Jack why am I missing a tooth?"
"Err.. I'll explain later!" Jack smiled,
Young Jamie looked worried but at a look from Memory Jack,
"Jack Frost?" Young Jamie asked, and the Memory faded,
"Wait… what happened next?" Jamie asked,
"The Other Guardian's Arrive, we try and fight Pitch, but get knocked back, we call on your friends to help and beat the bogeyman" Jack explained, before another memory burst forward,
Snow was falling lightly on the ground, a slightly older Jamie walked down a street,
"Jamie it was just a dream!" A female voice called, and Jamie looked over to see a girl, he brown hair fell to her shoulders, brown eyes staring at him,
"No I wasn't, I know it wasn't!" Jamie frowned, "Pippa, how can you say that!"
"We haven't seen any of them in a year!" Pippa replied,
"How old am I here?" Jamie asked Jack,
"9 and a half" Jack replied,
"You haven't" Jamie replied, a small smile on his face as he looked up at a roof,
"what are you looking at?" Pippa asked, looking up.
"Nothing" Jamie smirked, and the pair walked before Pippa walked off, before Jamie continued, a figure flying down to meet him,
"You look worried" Memory Jack told him,
"Pippa's stopped believing, only me and Soph left" Young Jamie told him,
"Don't worry, as long as you keep believing, I don't care" Memory Jack smiled, placing a hand on Jamie's shoulder, he smiled back and the memory faded.
"That was short" Jamie shrugged,
Another Memory burst forward, the pair were again in Jamie's room, Jamie sitting at his desk and Jack watching from the windowsill,
"Do I know your there?" Jamie asked,
"No, I kept an eye on you all year round, you rarely saw me, except for in Winter" Jack smirked, "Your Twelve by the way"
Jamie was looking down, clearly intent on drawing whatever was keeping him so busy, Jack leaned against the frame before looking over to the door, a blonde girl stood there, her pink pyjama's stood out against the plain cream walls behind her, she waved to Jack before walking out,
Jack went back to watching Jamie drawing, he hovered over Jamie's shoulder,
"What am I drawing?" Jamie asked,
"Why don't you have a look?" Jack replied, Jamie carefully walked over and looked over his own shoulder, to see a picture that was clearly Jack, A snow castle stood behind him,
"Look's good!" Memory Jack burst out, causing Jamie to jump,
"Jaaaaaaaack!" Jamie groaned, "Don't do that!"
"What can I say, it was too good to miss!" Jack smirked and Jamie laughed grabbing at Jack,
The Memory faded and Jamie looked over at Jack who shrugged, before another Memory swam into view,
Jamie was skating around a frozen lake, Jack over the otherside keeping watch,
"Jack it's fun!" Jamie called,
"No!" Jack replied, "That Lake and I have… history… I stay away from it, it doesn't repeat history"
Jamie stopped skating and began to move towards Jack,
"C'mon, the ice is extra thick!" Jamie told him, Jack began to walk forward before Jamie slipped and fell over, Jack rushing over and kneeling down,
"Need a hand?" Jack asked with a smirk,
"Shut up Jack" Jamie frowned standing up with Jack's assistance, before they heard it, a loud crack,
"Not this time!" Jack grabbed Jamie and summoned the wind, lifting them to the bank intime to see a branch from a nearby tree collapse on the ice, cracking it and shattering where the pair stood,
"That was too close" Jack sighed before Jamie flung his arms around Jack and pulled him close,
"I was so scared for a second" Jamie breathed after a minute,
"I'll always protect you Jamie" Jack replied,
The Memory died down and Jamie frowned at Jack, "Why are all the memories showing us together?"
"A Memory tube is a curious thing" Jack told him, "They show you only what you need to see, because to see everything would take an eternity, but to see what you need can only take hours"
Jamie shrugged, maybe the tube knew that Jamie… had feelings... Or what could grow to be them for Jack, and was trying to push them together,
A New Memory burst forth, again Jack and Jamie were in Jamie's room, both sitting on the bed and looking at one another,
"But why do you have to go?" Jamie asked,
"Winterhold needs me, I'll be back in a day or so, plus, you're going to your aunts for the weekend!"
"Hang on, I think I'm sixteen here, right?" Jamie asked,
"This is the Eve of your Seventeenth Birthday" Jack replied, "And this memory is something that I don't want to see again" and with that Jack turned away from the scene, Jamie frowned, determined to find why Jack was hiding his face from Jamie,
"But it'll be boring without you!" Jamie replied,
"You have Sophie, and Abby II" Jack countered,
"But not you!" Jamie replied, moving closer, the pair were inches away,
"But if I don't go It'd be the last time you saw me, Yuki and Wynter have been on at me for weeks!" Jack told him,
"B..but.. I need you" Jamie told him, again moving closer, resting his head on Jack's shoulder,
"I know, I'll try and escape half way through, how does that sound?" Jack asked, looking over as Jamie looked up, their eyes met and the gap between the pair began to close
"Wait… ar-are we.." Jamie began,
The pair's lips met and then they parted,
"Jack… I…" Jamie began,
"Don't… don't worry…" Jack told him, "Whatever we have it works"
"I've liked you for a long time, nearly half my life in fact, so I… can't live without you" Jamie told him,
"Me to Jamie.. me too" Jack smiled leaning in his head again,
The Memory faded and Jamie found himself within Titanfall,
"That's it?" Jamie asked looking around,
"Guess so" Jack replied, looking at Bibannia who was hovering nearby,
"Jack, do you mind if I rest up here for a while, these old style really take it out of an old fairy" Bibianna,
"Sure, Baby Tooth" Jack smirked,
"Bibannia, if you don't mind!" Bibanna replied, floating off
As soon as she was gone, Jamie turned to look at Jack, who was looking out of the window,
"Why didn't you tell me?" Jamie asked,
"You didn't need to know" Jack replied, and Jamie frowned, his voice… it sounded almost broken,
"But... we… you... were in Love… you and the Other Jamie!" Jamie told him,
"And I lost that, I knew I'd not get it back, Cupid has already swopped in, I am simply here to protect you, because of my Oath, not because I loved you" Jack told him, his voice sounded forced, "Excuse me, I need to speak to Natura"
With that Jack stormed out, leaving Jamie alone with the small golden tube, before he threw it onto his bed, where it rolled under his pillow, Jamie ran into the corridor to see Manny and Natura standing talking,
"Where's Jack?" Jamie asked,
"Hmm?" Natura asked, "Oh he mentioned something about, needing to get some air, has something happened?"
"No… nothing at all" Jamie replied, walking off,
"I think Jamie's figured out Jack still loves him, and Jack doesn't want to be, because he thinks Jamie likes Cupid" Natura smirked,
"Why can love, never work smooth?" Manny asked, "I'll speak with Jamie, if you do with Jack"
(An Hour Later)
Bibinnia floated in, Tooth following
"Are you sure?" Tooth asked,
"I've felt the flow of memories before, this feels almost exactly the same" Bibannia replied, "Now I saw it land under the pillow"
With that the two Fairy Queen's floated over, and Bibannia picked it up, the small golden tube,
"What you say is true, Memories are still entering this tube" Tooth told her,
"That's not possible" Bibianna replied,
"But it is the truth" Tooth replied,
(Elsewhere)
Jack landed down and looked around, the Artic, his own private paradise, he stood there, he had to squash these feelings, this was a Jamie that hadn't grown up with him, hadn't spent time with him, hadn't loved him,
"Having a Problem… Jack" A Dark voice called, and shiver ran down Jack's spin, it couldn't be.
He turned slowly to see a man dressed all in black, iron gauntlets and boots, red eyes piercing the darkness that covered his face,
"Trickster" Jack breathed,
"Time to die Frost!"
"I Know" Jack replied….
Ohhh!
So Memories are still flowing into Jamie's tube, but the current Jamie has his own tube… and he's back! More confusion just when things were looking to be unravelled!
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Frosty Out!