EASTER SUNDAY
The grass was long and lush in the park and wet after the shining sun had melted the frost that had covered the long blades of grass. You sat amongst a thicket of bushes by Bunny who watched eagerly as the children rolled in, bobbing up and down with delight and excitement. As they slowly uncovered eggs in the nooks and crannies of the park, a small smile spread across Bunny's face. You could see how content he was with just filling those children with hope. You smiled looking back out at the park, you saw Jack come in from the sky to perch on one of the higher branches of a spruce, clinging to the tip of the tree. He leaned towards the cleared part of the park to look down upon the egg hunt, the top of the tree bending with his weight. You saw Bunny's head shift to look at him from the corner of your eye, his bright green eyes narrowing. You patted bunny on the back then stepped out from behind the thicket. As soon as Jack spotted you he flew down to join you. You smiled, opening your mouth to speak when someone yelled out a familiar name.
"Jack Frost!"
Both you and Jack turned, wide-eyed to face a little brown-eyed boy staring and smiling at Jack. He seemed to be the only one, those who had heard him either ignored him or laughed a little before returning to the hunt. You and Jack looked at each other then back at the boy who was now running up to Jack, stopping less than a metre away, staring up at him. "Jack Frost!" he repeated. He was maybe 4 or 5, was he here alone? You scanned the park and spotted a similar looking older brother who watched him and a middle-aged man sitting further back, on a park bench. It must've been the boy's father, an adult past the age of believing, yet you couldn't help but feel he wasn't looking at his son, but at Jack and smiling, looking almost nostalgic. You turned back to Jack and caught him smiling at you before he crouched down in front of the boy so they were eye level. "What's your name?" he asked the kid. "Benjamin Bennett" Benjamin said, puffing his chest up feeling proud he could pronounce his name. You saw Jack's eyes spark at his last name "Bennett…." He whispered under his breath, then asked Ben; "You believe in me? Your parents talked about me?" you could see jack getting more and more excited. Ben nodded excitedly "Daddy said he saw you when he was little too, you give us the snow!"
Ben's father who had risen from the park bench called out; "Ben! Joe!" Ben turned to his father then back to Jack "Bye Jack Frost!" he said before running off to his father. You caught the middle-aged man turn to where his son was waving and looked directly at Jack, smiling briefly before turning away and leaving with his two sons. Bunny emerged after everyone else had left the park, "another believer, ay Jack?" Jack just nodded, smiling in the direction Ben had left. He wasn't bouncing with glee or whooping and hollering in excitement, but you could tell he was exuberant.
"Congrats on a successful Easter" you said to Bunny. He beamed.
It was later; long after the Easter egg hunt was over when Jack heard it. He was in Alaska, creating a blizzard when he heard a deep rumbling from the depths of the earth. None of the citizens in their homes seemed to be disturbed by it when he passed windows, didn't they hear it? The rumbling grew louder then died. Despite the absence of the powerful noise, Jack still didn't feel safe. If it wasn't there then it was somewhere else. He had a back feeling about this.
Sorry about the short chapter and late update! i've had a lot of school work that needed to be done!