"What bad thing is about to happen?" Emma says poking Jack for some reason as if to show a signal to him.
"I don't need to tell you…" Tara says crossing her arms. She was almost two-faced because Manny is secretive and barely talks and her mother was outgoing and not secretive.
"They why were you telling us about her if we didn't need to know?" Scarlet says crossing her arms, too.
"I thought you would want to know and I believed I you should know some of it because you let me use your globe."
"So we protect people and you aren't letting us protect people." Emma says leaning against her staff impatiently.
"You're not the only hot shots who protect people. You only protect kids and we protect almost everyone."
"This big thing is going to affect children." Jack says going 3 to 1 on Tara.
"We know, but this is no ordinary child. This isn't even an immortal." Jack says making it 3 to 2.
"So what is she then?" Emma says backing up Jack and Scarlet.
"A girl with super powers…" Jack spits back at Emma.
"I'm a girl with super powers!" Emma says and everyone, but Tara and Scarlet ignore it.
"They're girls with super powers, too!" Jack says and starts a verbal fight with Emma.
"We're not the same as her." Scarlet says and everyone looks at her. "She's still a living human… She's mortal…" Scarlet says and everyone is in awe of this. "If she believes it still affects us so we can stay strong no matter what…"
"How is she still living?" Jack O' Lantern says staring at Emma. "We all have died or were born under immortals' names…?"
"I wasn't… Jack's staff gave me the ice powers and the others came because I'm related to Mother Nature, but my human half is my life."
"You're saying you can die?" Jack O' Lantern says almost apologizing in his actions of kindness towards Emma.
"She can." Tara says and it surprises everyone because it was a man's voice that sounded distinctively like Manny's. "The powers were partially given by my mother and from Jack. She decided when Emma was able to get a chance to unlock her powers when she needed them. She created the storm that made Jack loose his staff and Emma receive it. She made it so that Jack's staff would unlock her ice powers and once those were unlocked she could unlock her others and whatever else there may be."
"How do you know that?" Emma says perking up because it seemed like it was connected to her some way that wasn't a lie.
"I know what my parents' know…" Tara says and her normal voice returns. "The only problem is when I'm using some of it I sound like them."
"So can your parents' tell us about Valerie?"
"I'm not saying and they can't force me…" Tara says knowing they could if they truly wanted to.
"Would you like me to have a word with your mother?" Samhain says siding with the guardians.
"I don't really care at this point… It's my fault Valerie even has her powers and it's my fault Storm is even alive. I could've prevented Pitch from gaining control over her mind, but before I could she snapped on the inside and I couldn't control her." Tara says and it looks like she would cry, but she doesn't.
"So you created Storm?" Scarlet says thinking about her friend. "Then why did Manny give off an essence when she was brought back?"
"What are you talking about? My father didn't bring her back." Tara says confused.
"I was with her when she died and was reborn. We were friends until she snapped."
"Why would my father bring her back if she would turn…?" Tara says becoming in thought.
"Maybe he wanted her to turn…?" Scarlet says sarcastically.
"Why would… You could be right!" Tara shouts at everyone is taken back. "He wanted us to find Valerie and help her! He knew the only way to do that was to make Storm snap even though she was good! Valerie will be the key to stopping her and then there will be light again!"
"Ok? But why wouldn't he just tell us about Valerie?" North says suspiciously because it would be way simpler than doing what he did.
"It's quite simple! He wanted Storm alive, but if he just said Valerie we wouldn't know about Storm and Cole! He knew Storm would need to be reborn and wanted us to have a connection to Storm first to understand her! If we didn't it would just be a waste of time!"
"He could've just made it so Storm lived and that stuff about Valerie." Bunnymund says confusing everyone, but Tara.
"Maybe he doesn't want her as a guardian! I mean if he told you guys you'd think he'd want her as a guardian! He also wanted me to talk to you under more circumstances than to be like 'Hey. Go talk to them and all… I need you to do this for some apparent reason that isn't that important.' and it would give me something more important than fighting off some stupid nightmares and protecting the galaxy. Sadly, it angers me a little, but parents do that…"
"Do you want to tell us about Valerie now?" Emma says a little timidly because she didn't want to anger Tara.
"I must warm you that she can control a lot, but has almost no control over it. She likely as no idea about it and only strange things happen. She has a few good friends name Xander, Tate, Brian, and Jayden. She is physically strong and is almost exactly like her sister."
"Why would you want to keep that secret?"
"The other stuff I can tell you on the way, but I think we should confront her as if normal people."
"I guess I'm out of the book." Bunnymund says and Jack and April laugh for a few seconds because he was a 6 foot bunny.
"I mean me, Jack, Emma, Scarlet, April, and possibly Jack O' Lantern."
"Can we have different names because if I say I'm Jack Frost she'll laugh and if Jack says he's Jack O' Lantern it will be strange." Jack says elbowing Emma for some reason.
"Here are some names you can remember… Jack Overland." Tara says pointing to Jack. "Emma Overland." Tara says pointing to Emma. "Jack Auburn." Tara says pointing to Jack O' Lantern. "Scarlet Black." Tara says pointing to Scarlet. "April Auburn." Tara says pointing to April. "And I'm my normal name."
"I guess I'm going to be Jack's sister?" Emma says because she had been named Overland.
"Yes and April is already Jack's sister."
"Sadly…" April says and Jack chuckles because he felt almost the same way about Emma. She was like a sister to him.
"So we wait and you are the bait?" Bunnymund says for some reason sitting down on a couch.
"Pretty much, but we promise it will be fine… You can be a yeti for a while." Tara says and everyone except Samhain and Bunnymund are laughing. Sandy was laughing silently and Samhain likely couldn't laugh or didn't want to, but you could tell he thought it was amusing.
"So where does she live?" Scarlet says focusing the topic back on task.
"Just follow me and we'll be there in no time."
"Or you can have me teleport us all there…?" Scarlet says because she could teleport things and was getting bored of walking.
"I don't think some of us would like that…" Tara says pointing to Jack because he would get sick from teleporting because it happened when he died and the devil tried to get him. No one knows what happened, except himself, but Jack is here today and didn't like it.
"It's quite close, too." Jack says because he knew the coordinates they used.
"I hope you are ready to have some fun!" Tara says flying out the door with April and Jack.
"I hope we're already…" Scarlet says and Jack, Emma, and herself follow Tara to Valerie. They just hoped it would be as easy as it sounded and that was out of the question.
