Chapter 39: Walking In A Winter Apocalypse!
Based off a weird mystery comic. I couldn't read it so I'm doing it based off seeing the cover.
*Aria's POV*
It was now mid January and it was freezing. Thanksgiving was wonderful, especially since I helped Aunt Mary out and got to use a few of my recipes that they loved, Christmas was wonderful, especially since Mrs. Jones, Jughead's mom, announced to us that she was expecting, and New Years was a big blast. Now we were back in school and it was 20 degrees outside. The school's heater was broken today, Tuesday I might add, and it wasn't much warmer inside now thanks to that, it was snowing hard outside, thank goodness it's the end of the day, and to top it all off.
'Achoo'.
I'm getting sick.
"Bless you." Dilton said next to me for the 10th time in the lab.
"Thank you." I said in a slightly congested tone. We were working on the dream machine and I couldn't stop sneezing at all. It wasn't so bad at first, a sneeze and a cough here and there, and now I can't stop.
"Achoo. Achoo. Achoo." I sneezed again, the last two in a squeaked tone, while I was tightening a screw.
"Aria, perhaps we should stop." Dilton said as I tried not to get light headed.
"I'm fine, just the common cold is all." I said as I finished tightening the screw.
"You're health is more important than this machine." Dilton said as I began to tighten a bolt.
"It's fine, besides, once this is done you just might get that Nobel prize after all." I said as I felt another sneeze approaching. I began to fight it back.
"If you're sure." He said as he looked at the blueprints.
"Agie, voochie, avichivoo, ah-ah-achoo!" I said weird words, trying extra hard to hold in my sneeze but failed, before I sneezed really hard.
"That's it! I'm taking you to the nurse." Dilton said as I held my head.
"I'm alright." I said lightly.
"No, you're not. You keep sneezing and I'm almost positive that now you've become light headed." He told me as I looked at him.
"Dilton, school will be over shortly, I'm fine. Pops said I didn't have to work today since I did overtime during Christmas and New Years so I can go straight home." I told him as I squeaked a sneeze again.
"In the mean time, let's get you something to help." He said as, without much choice, I began following him to the nurse's office.
"What's the matter dearies." I heard the nurse ask us. She's a really sweet older woman. She was in her late 30's, had black hair, brown eyes, and some freckles on her cheeks.
"Aria keeps sneezing and it's starting to make her dizzy. She has gotten worse through the day." Dilton explained to her.
"Oh dear, let's get you something to temporarily help." She said as Dilton brought me to the chair.
"All I have is some unused nasal spray I can give you." She said as she came over to us. She told me how to use it and how much I should take. I used it and thanked her. Soon the bell rang and my head started to hurt.
"Do you have aspirin?" I asked her. Before I knew it she came over and I took two pills. I thanked her and left. Dilton insisted on walking me to Archie's car and I didn't fight it.
"Hey." I heard Midge's voice.
"Hi Midge." I said as I sniffled.
"Are you alright? You don't look so good." She asked me suddenly.
"Just a cold. Achoo." I told her before I sneezed.
"Sounds more than a cold to me." She said as she began walking with us.
"I assure you I'll be fine for tomorrows practice stunts." I told her. I was going to, after a few weeks, practice some stunts and fighting moves to sharpen up.
"Not if you're sick." Dilton said in a typical worried boyfriend tone.
"He's right, just relax and get better." Midge said in a supportive tone.
"I will." I said as I coughed. Once we got outside I wrapped my jacket tighter around me.
"Archie." Dilton said, calling Archie over to us.
"Hey, what's wrong with Aria?" Archie said as I coughed again.
"She has a cold." Midge said to him.
"Alright, come on. I'll take you home." Archie said as I felt his arm wrap around my shoulder as he guided me to the car.
"I'll be better tomorrow, I'll see you then." I said as I coughed again. I was brought into the car and was soon brought home. Archie helped me inside.
"Mom! Pop!" Archie called out.
"You're father is still at work. What's wrong?" Aunt Mary called out.
"Aria's got a cold, can you make some soup?" Archie called out as he brought me to the living room couch to sit down.
"Sure thing, one 'cold be gone' soup coming right up." Aunt Mary called out as Archie walked off. I took my coat off, but kept my sweater on, as I curled up on the corner of the couch. I then felt something warm on me. My 'Nevermore' blanket.
"Here. What movie do you wanna watch?" He asked me, after putting the blanket on me, while walking over to the movie rack.
"Dumbo." I said before I coughed again.
"Alright, Dumbo it is." Archie said in a slightly, I guess you could call it, annoyed tone before grabbing it and setting it up. He skipped the old movie previews before I heard the music for the movie. I smiled.
"Thank-Achoo. Thank you." I started to say but my sneeze interrupted me so I started the sentence over to thank him.
"No problem." He said as he came over and ruffled my hair. I whined and tried to fix it without ruining my braid. I curled up and pet Allegro, who was in front of me on the floor, as I watched the movie.
"Here ya go sweetie." Aunt Mary said as she brought over some tomato soup with two grilled cheese sandwiches and a glass of apple juice.
"Thank you." I said as she sat up the mini table before setting the food tray down onto it.
"Try to eat sweetie. I need to run to the store, Archie and I will be back shortly." She said before feeling my forehead.
"I'll be fine." I said with a small smile. She nodded her head before leaving. I was alone. I was eating my soup and grilled cheese as I watched my movie. When I took a sip of my juice I heard something knock loudly against the back glass door, making me jump and choke a bit on my juice, as I turned my head towards the sound.
*Maybe the wind?* I thought and shrugged before I heard Allegro whine.
"Gotta go out?" I asked as he gave a light bark. I set my drink down, threw my blanket off me and made my way to the back door. I opened it and he ran outside in a hurry. I saw he went behind the tree and, before I knew it, I saw a bit of snow fly up before Allegro rushed to it, barking and whining while jumping around. When I squinted I noticed a lump in the snow, a body. I rushed outside, with no shoes on, and soon found the lump, now in front of me, was in fact a body.
"Oh my snowballs!" I gasped out as I bent down and lifted the body up a bit while brushing off the snow. It was a boy, a teen. His skin was so pale, almost blue, and pale blonde hair, white even, as he wore a blue long sleeve, that had light blue on it and white snowflakes on it, with blue pants and a blue and light blue hat. He reminded me of Jack Frost in a way.
"Hey, you okay?" I asked as the boy groaned a bit but did not open his eyes.
"Dang it, the one time I'm sick and home alone." I mumbled as I tried to lift him up. It took a while but I ended up having his arm around my neck and held him close to my right side and did my best carrying/dragging him into the house. Once Allegro rushed inside I shut the door behind me and brought him to the couch. I sat him down and got a better look at him. He looked so different from other boys, in fact, I don't recall ever seeing him before. Maybe he's new or someone's out of town relative.
"Hey. Can you hear me?" I asked as I shook him lightly. I heard him groan again. I was now face to face with him as I began to shake him.
"Hey, wake up, please. I need to know if you're okay." I said to him. He finally woke up and saw me. Man were his eyes as blue as ice.
"You alright?" I asked him. He then backed up away from me as he looked around in a panic.
"Hey, calm down." I said to him. He then looked at me.
"Where am I?" He asked. His voice sounded a bit harsh, like ice or the winds of winter, but he was somewhere he didn't know at all. I don't blame him.
"In my Aunt and Uncle's home. My dog found you outside so I brought you in from the freezing cold." I told him before I coughed a bit. Allegro gave a bark, which startled the boy since he jumped a bit, and looked right at him.
"He won't hurt you unless you hurt me or I say so. He's a good dog." I said to him as he then looked at me.
"Do you need a phone to call your family?" I asked him. He shook his head no.
"How did you end up in the back yard?" I asked him.
"I lost control a bit and fell." He said. I grew confused. Lost control of what?
"So you were the noise I heard. Do you need a doctor?" I asked him. He shook his head no.
"A drink perhaps?" I asked him.
"Iced water." He rasped out. I went into the kitchen and fetched him some water before rushing back and handing it to him.
"Here, let me get you a towel." I said as I rushed and grabbed a towel for him. I came back and gave it to him. He just stared it it in confusion.
"To dry yourself off, you're all wet." I said to him.
"So are you." He said as I then looked myself over.
"I can do that later." I said as he then shrugged before drying himself off.
"Are you hurt anywhere?" I asked him as I grabbed my blanket and put it over him. He looked at me in shock before huffing.
"I'm fine ack." He said before he moved his right arm and winced.
"No you're not." I said as I got up and rushed to get the first aid kit. I came back and he was just looking at me with a cold stare.
"I said I'm fine." He said before he moved his arm the wrong way again and winced.
"And I said no you're not." I said as I went over to him, set the kit down next to him, and grabbed his arm.
"Hey!" He shouted but I ignored him. I noticed red was seeping through the shirt so I rolled up the sleeve. He had a a tiny gash, a bit more than a scrape, and grabbed a small disposable cloth to wipe it off.
"Gah! That hurts!" He yelled out.
"Yeah, I know. You need to hold still though so I can clean it and than bandage it." I said as he tried to yank away from me.
"Yeah right! You're gonna make it worse!" He shouted as I rolled my eyes at him.
"Oh stop being a baby." I said as I put the hydrogen peroxide on the cloth.
"I am not a ba-Youch!" He started to say in a pouted grumpy tone before slightly yelling in pain from the wet cloth being put on his wound.
"The more you move the more it hurts. My advise it to keep breathing and stop moving." I told him. He listened. I cleaned him up and then bandaged his arm up before looking at him.
"Good as new." I said as I looked at him with a smile.
"Yeah, whatever." He muttered out as he looked at the bandage.
"A thank you would be nice." I said as he glared at me. He looked to be about 14. Maybe he went to middle school still?
"I can clean your shirt for you." I said as he then looked at the stain.
"Hn." He said before taking off his shirt and handing it to me. He looked cute and had a bit of muscles but his skin looked almost blue.
"Keep the blanket on you, you're turning blue from the cold." I told him as I went to wash his top.
"This is how I always look!" He yelled out to me. I came back and saw him looking around.
"It's too warm in here." He said as I rolled my eyes.
"Well it has to be." I said before I twitched my nose.
"Why?" He asked rudely. I then let out three loud sneezes before I sniffled.
"Mainly because I'm sick." I said as I shuddered. I felt colder than before, and it didn't help that my clothes were wet as well.
"Why are you sick?" He asked me.
"I'm not sure. It could be from the freezing cold weather lately." I said as I coughed before walking over to my juice and sipping it.
"Really?" He asked in a skeptic tone.
"Most likely. Also could be from germs, someone else being sick, anything really." I said. I then heard the washer ding and switched to dry his top. I found a clean pair of flannel pajamas, light blue with silver sparkle snow flakes on them, and some blue fuzzy socks with white snowmen on them, on me and put the wet clothes in the hamper. I went back in the living room.
"I put your shirt in the dryer. It should be done soon." I said.
"Why help me? You don't know who I am." He said rudely towards me.
"Because I'm a nice person and I won't leave someone outside in the cold. Well, unless it was Vinnie." I said to him before thinking of Vinnie and said that.
"Who's Vinnie? And why him?" He asked me these things.
"You must be new here. Vinnie Wells is a delinquent who's been held back a couple times and doesn't know how to behave." I said as I started cleaning up my dishes.
"How so?" He asked.
"He lies, cheats, steals from the other kids, is rude, cruel, abusive, violent, spiteful, possessive, and doesn't understand what 'no' or 'I don't like you' or even 'I'm not yours' means." I said, gradually raising my tone of voice, before breathing deep breaths to calm down.
"You must really hate him." He said to me.
"I have never hated anyone before until I met him. Other than that this town is filled with nice people." I said as I thought of my 1st day here.
"Not from what I've seen." He told me.
"It's because some people don't trust right away. Also everyone is on edge since we might get a really bad storm that could cause some black outs right now. We're in code blue so everyone's trying not to panic and stock up while they still can." I told him while bringing my dishes to the sink and returning.
"So what if that happens? I like the cold." He told me.
"Not a lot of people do. We can't survive without heat. If we freeze than we will eventually die." I told him.
"Well, people are as cold as ice so they should be ice." He said in a chilling tone. I then put my hand on his shoulder. He looked up at me with shocked eyes.
"Not all people are like that, some have a good reason while others are naturally like that." I said to him. I bent down and looked him in the eyes.
"Do you think I'm like that? Cold as ice?" I suddenly asked him. He was just looking at me with wide eyes, almost as if he didn't know what to say to that.
"I guess not." He told me.
"Trust me, almost everyone in this town isn't like that." I told him.
"But you're just one person who isn't." He told me.
"My cousin isn't, neither is my aunt or uncle. My friends aren't and neither are my boyfriends. I can name one bad person in this town but I can name everyone here who is good. Some just don't always show it is all." I told him as he moved away from me.
"I don't believe that." He said. I went to say something but than heard the dryer ding.
"Sound's like your shirt's dry." I said as I got up and went over to the dryer to get it. I came back to see him standing when I suddenly felt dizzy. I stumbled a bit before leaning on to the wall, coughing.
"You should sit." He said as I felt him grab me and sit me down.
"Yeah, good idea." I said as I started feeling warmer now.
"What's your name?" I asked him as I started feeling sleepy for some reason.
"Jack." He muttered out. "I'm Aria." I said as I started to feel very faint.
"You alright?" He asked me before I fell off the couch, on my side, and passed out.
*Jack Frost's POV*
I had been in disguise as a human, walking around here in Riverdale, as I enjoyed my handiwork. At first I was happy about it, but then people started getting mean. I had a few adults shove me aside, claiming to be sorry, adults scolding kids for throwing snowballs, kids shoving other kids in the snow, all that stuff. I was seeing people become rude the past two days I had been walking around and it angered me. I made the snow worse today, to warn them, but it didn't help. People only enjoyed my snow around Christmas time. Well no more. I was going to make it winter forever, even freeze these cold hearted humans to teach them a lesson. If they were kind I'd know, but they weren't.
"Stupid humans." I muttered as I started turning back to myself and fly off but something happened. I was in the sky but got hit by a low flying plane. I might be immortal but that kind of stuff can still hurt me. The wing of the plane hit my right arm kinda badly as I started to fall. I used the power of the north wind to guide me to a safe location before falling in the snow, but not before hitting part of a sliding glass door. I was now going in and out of consciousness while trying to get back to my normal self. I was now stuck as a human until I gain enough strength back. "Oh my snowballs!" I heard a voice ask. A female voice to be exact.
"Hey, you okay?" I heard again. I tried to answer but only groaned. I still couldn't open my eyes. I heard her mumbling something about being alone. Why was she alone? I then felt my body being lifted up out of the snow. I still couldn't open my eyes so I had no idea what was happening. I soon felt something soft under me.
"Hey. Can you hear me?" I heard the voice ask again. I groaned.
"Hey, wake up, please. I need to know if you're okay." She said. I finally woke up only to be met with bright blue eyes, almost like mine.
"You alright?" The voice behind the eyes asked me. I then backed up away from her as I looked around in a panic.
"Hey, calm down." She said to me. I then looked at her.
"Where am I?" I asked in a voice that sounded a bit harsh, like ice.
"In my Aunt and Uncles home. My dog found you outside so I brought you in from the freezing cold." She told me before she coughed a bit. Why did she cough? I then heard a loud bark. I jumped and looked at the source of the bark. I saw, I believe it was called, a dog.
"He won't hurt you unless you hurt me or I say so. He's a good dog." She said to me as I then looked at her.
"Do you need a phone to call your family?" She asked me. Why did she care? I shook my head no.
"How did you end up in the back yard?" She asked me. What could I tell her?
"I lost control a bit and fell." I said. She grew confused. No surprise.
"So you were the noise I heard. Do you need a doctor?" She asked me. Seriously? Why did she care? She has no idea who I am. I shook my head no.
"A drink perhaps?" She asked me. I was thirsty.
"Iced water." I rasped out. She then left as I looked around a bit. She soon came back with my iced water.
"Here, let me get you a towel." She said as she quickly left. She then came back and handed me a towel. I just looked at her in confusion. Why would I need that?
"To dry yourself off, you're all wet." She told me, almost as if she could read my mind.
"So are you." I said as she then looked herself over.
"I can do that later." She said as I then shrugged before drying myself off. Why did I care? Why did she?
"Are you hurt anywhere?" She asked me as she then draped a blanket over me. I looked at her in shock before huffing.
"I'm fine ack." I said before I moved my right arm and winced. I guess it was worse than I thought.
"No you're not." She said as she got up and rushed out of the room. She than came back and I was just looking at her with a cold stare. I don't know why she was helping me.
"I said I'm fine." I said before I moved my arm the wrong way again and winced.
"And I said no you're not." She said as she went over to me, set a small white box with a red cross on it down next to me, and grabbed my arm.
"Hey!" I shouted but she ignored him. Why was she doing this? Everyone in this town was rude to me and showed cruelty and toward others. But she didn't. Was she trying to trick me? I then noticed I my small gash on my arm. Wonderful. She than grabbed a small disposable cloth to wipe it off.
"Gah! That hurts!" I yelled out. Was she trying to hurt me?
"Yeah, I know. You need to hold still though so I can clean it and than bandage it." She said as I tried to yank away from her. No way was I going to let her hurt me again.
"Yeah right! You're gonna make it worse!" I shouted as she rolled her eyes. Did she just roll her eyes at me? "Oh stop being a baby." She said as she put some liquid on the cloth.
"I am not a ba-Youch!" I started to say in a pouted grumpy tone before slightly yelling in pain from the wet cloth being put on my wound.
"The more you move the more it hurts. My advise it to keep breathing and stop moving." She told me. I didn't want to do this but I listened. She cleaned me up and then bandaged my arm up before looking at me.
"Good as new." She said as she looked at me with a smile. My arm did feel better.
"Yeah, whatever." I muttered out as I looked at the bandage. I wasn't going to admit it.
"A thank you would be nice." She said as I glared at her. Why in the hail would I thank her?
"I can clean your shirt for you." She said as I then looked at the stain. I don't like my clothes stained.
"Hn." I said before taking off my shirt and handed it to her. If the girl was going to clean it than why say no?
"Keep the blanket on you, you're turning blue from the cold." She told me as she left to go wash my top.
"This is how I always look!" I yelled out to her. Oh right. She didn't know who I was. Come to think of it, who was she? I looked around to see if I could find a way out. It looked nice in here. Too warm though.
"It's too warm in here." I said, when she got back, as I saw her roll her eyes. Was this a habit?
"Well it has to be." She said before she twitched her nose. Why was she twitching her nose?
"Why?" I asked rudely. She then let out three loud sneezes before she sniffled. That's why her nose twitched. She had to sneeze.
"Mainly because I'm sick." She said as she shuddered. Was she cold? It didn't help that her clothes were wet. They were wet from helping me get inside. Maybe she wasn't like the other people. Maybe.
"Why are you sick?" I asked her.
"I'm not sure. It could be from the freezing cold weather lately." She said as she coughed before walking over to her drink and sipping it.
"Really?" I asked in a skeptic tone. Could my cold weather really make her sick?
"Most likely. Also could be from germs, someone else being sick, anything really." She said. Before I could make a remark I heard a ding and soon she was off. Maybe my shirt was done. She then came back in different clothes. A pair of pajamas, light blue with silver sparkle snow flakes on them, and some blue fuzzy socks with white snowmen on them, that actually looked cute on her. Did she like winter that much? Maybe it's just a 'time of the season' thing.
"I put your shirt in the dryer. It should be done soon." She said. I had to know.
"Why help me? You don't know who I am." I said rudely towards her.
"Because I'm a nice person and I won't leave someone outside in the cold. Well, unless it was Vinnie." She said to me before she surprised me and said that last sentence.
"Who's Vinnie? And why him?" I asked her these things. I was now curious.
"You must be new here. Vinnie Wells is a delinquent who's been held back a couple times and doesn't know how to behave." She said as she started cleaning up her dishes.
"How so?" I asked. He must be horrible if a nice girl like her says things like that. Wait. Did I just say nice?
"He lies, cheats, steals from the other kids, is rude, cruel, abusive, violent, spiteful, possessive, and doesn't understand what 'no' or 'I don't like you' or even 'I'm not yours' means." She said, gradually raising her tone of voice, before breathing deep breaths to calm down.
"You must really hate him." I said to her.
"I have never hated anyone before until I met him. Other than that this town is filled with nice people." She said as she went into thought.
"Not from what I've seen." I told her. I was speaking the truth. "It's because some people don't trust right away. Also everyone is on edge since we might get a really bad storm that could cause some black outs right now. We're in code blue so everyone's trying not to panic and stock up while they still can." she told me while bringing her dishes somewhere and then returning.
"So what if that happens? I like the cold." I told her. I'm Jack Frost, it's natural for me to love the cold.
"Not a lot of people do. We can't survive without heat. If we freeze than we will eventually die." She told me. She was right and I knew it.
"Well, people are as cold as ice so they should be ice." I said in a chilling tone. They really did deserve it. I then felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up at her with shocked eyes. She was touching me. She was touching me and not turning to ice like others do when I'm close to my original, non human, self.
"Not all people are like that, some have a good reason while others are naturally like that." She said to me. She than bent down and looked at me right in my eyes.
"Do you think I'm like that? Cold as ice?" She suddenly asked me. I was just looking at her with wide eyes. I had no idea what to say to that. If she was a bad person then she would've been frozen in ice from touching me. Her touch actually warmed me a little bit. It felt….nice.
"I guess not." I told her. I didn't know what else to say.
"Trust me, almost everyone in this town isn't like that." She told me.
"But you're just one person who isn't." I told her.
"My cousin isn't, neither is my aunt or uncle. My friends aren't and neither are my boyfriends. I can name one bad person in this town but I can name everyone here who is good. Some just don't always show it is all." She told me as I moved away from her.
"I don't believe that." I said. To be honest, I don't think she's lying. I won't admit to it though. She went to say something but than heard another ding.
"Sound's like your shirt's dry." She said as she got up and went to go get it. While she was gone I stood up. As soon as I got my shirt back I was leaving. I saw her come back but something was wrong. She stumbled a bit before leaning on to the wall, coughing.
"You should sit." I said as I rushed over to grab her and sit her down.
"Yeah, good idea." She said to me. She really was sick.
"What's your name?" She asked me suddenly as she started to look drowsy.
"Jack." I muttered out. "I'm Aria." She said as she looked faint.
"You alright?" I asked her before she fell off the couch, on her side, and passed out. Snowballs! Now what? I put my shirt on and went to leave out the window before I heard her dog whining. I looked back to see him pawing at her. She groaned and coughed but didn't move. I wanted to leave but I couldn't.
"Snowballs." I muttered before I went over to her. I picked her up bridal style and hissed. She felt very warm, it burned but at the same time felt nice.
"Mmm." She moaned out before clinging onto me. I went to put her on the couch but the dog stopped me. He was lightly tugging on my pants as if to guide me somewhere else.
"Alright, where do I put her than?" I asked the dog. I doubt he could understand me. He then started to leave, I followed. I followed him up the stairs and to a closed door. I opened the door to see a girl's room, mostly purple, with posters all over it. This must be her room. I walked over and put her in her bed, covered her up, and looked down at her. Her cheeks were turning a dark pink. I felt her forehead before pulling back. She was running a fever. What could I do?
"Aria, we're back!" I heard a woman's voice. Her aunt maybe.
"Snowflakes. Dog! Get them! Get them up here! She's running a bad fever!" I said quietly to the dog. He listened and ran downstairs, barking loudly, as I used that as a chance to leave. I went into my full form as I opened the window, went outside, shut the window, and then looked in to see if the dog brought anyone in there. He did. A boy with red hair and freckles like her. Maybe her cousin.
"Mom! Aria's running a fever!" He yelled before rushing downstairs. I couldn't stay. I won't freeze her but everyone here will suffer. I saw them bring Aria to a car. If she was going to the hospital than I won't stop them. I liked her. She was honest and kind. I slowed the storm to a stop so they could get to the hospital and back. I'll start it up tonight. By tomorrow I'll have the town covered in ice and snow! Anyone outside I'll freeze them! I'll freeze them all! Except her. I don't think I could freeze her without her natural kindness melting the ice away. I flew off into the clouds to rest until the morning.
*Aria's POV*
I had felt myself being moved around a lot but I couldn't wake up. I opened my eyes a couple times, but all I saw were bright lights and white walls. I finally woke up and noticed I was in my bed. How did I get here?
"You're up." I heard a voice say.
"Jack?" I muttered out before coughing.
"Who's Jack?" I heard. My vision cleared up and I saw it was Archie.
"How did I get here?" I asked quietly. My throat hurt a lot.
"I found you in here. You had a pretty bad fever so mom and I brought you to the hospital. They said to keep you hydrated and not let you outside anymore as to not risk an pneumonia." He told me. I barely understood what he was saying.
"I was in bed? When you found me?" I asked him.
"Allegro brought me up, and thank goodness he did." He said as I suddenly heard Allegro whine followed by a lick on the cheek.
"I'm okay boy." I said as I rubbed his head with my hand.
"Archie? Was there a boy here? About 14 or so?" I asked him suddenly.
"A boy? No. You were here alone when we got back. Why? Did someone break in?" He told me before asking me the last question in a slight panic.
"N-no. I heard something outside and, when I let Allegro out, I spotted a boy in the snow. I brought him inside, gave him water, cleaned his shirt and bandaged his arm up. He said his name was Jack and, well I guess, I passed out in the living room. If you found me in here though than he must've brought me up here." I told him before I came to that conclusion.
"Aria, no one was here. Plus you shouldn't let strangers in the house." He told me. I huffed.
"Excuse me for doing the right thing." I told him.
"Yeah, I know you meant well, but he could've hurt you." He told me.
"He was a bit rude at first but he wasn't going to hurt me." I told him as I coughed again.
"You should sleep." He told me.
"What time is it?" I asked him.
"Almost one in the morning." He told me.
"Why are you up?" I asked him.
"You were coughing in your sleep. I wanted to see if you were alright or not." He told me.
"Thank you, for caring." I said with a smile as I fell asleep again. I was up and down through the night and even in the morning. I heard my alarm go off. I turned it off and tried to get up.
"You're staying in bed young lady." I heard Uncle Fred tell me.
"But school-" I started to say and get up at the same time before I fell back on the bed from exhaustion. Man this fever was kicking my butt.
"No buts. I called the school so you could rest. The sooner this fever goes away the better." He told me as he helped me into bed. I was having a hard time seeing. My vision was blurred.
"I can't see well." I muttered out before coughing.
"The doctor said that the fever might do that. Here's some medicine to help." He said as I felt one hand have pills while the other had a glass of cold liquid. I took the pills and swallowed the drink down. It was water.
"Thank you." I rasped out.
"Just rest." He said as he tucked me back in bed. I was soon asleep again.
*Archie's POV*
Mom had me leave early for school because the roads were icy. Poor Aria. She's sick with a fever. Mom found her clothes were wet in the hamper. Aria said she helped a boy named Jack, who was hurt and passed out in our back yard, so maybe her clothes got wet helping him? Was she that sick before? I couldn't answer all these questions. I stopped at Jughead's house to pick him up for school. Once he got in we started talking.
"Where's Aria?" He asked the moment he didn't spot her in the car. I began driving.
"She's sick. She has a bad fever." I told him.
"How bad?" He asked me.
"Bad enough to go to the hospital. She's drowsy, dehydrated, having a hard time seeing and talking, is burning up badly and I'm not sure if she's stomaching food or not." I told him.
"Oh no. Anything I can do to help?" He asked me. I shook my head.
"She needs rest. A lot of it. If she goes outside she could risk getting pneumonia. She's never been this sick before." I said as I began to worry about her again.
"Do you mind if Dilton and I check on her after school? Just to make sure she's fine?" Jughead asked me, bring up Dilton as well, as I shrugged.
"Sure, for a bit. Mom and Pop want her to sleep and get well so it'd have to be quick." I told him.
"Sure thing bud." He said with a small smile. I smiled back. We got to school but saw something was wrong.
"Huh?" We both said in unison. The school was frozen. Jughead and I ran over to join a group of kids as we looked over our school.
"What happened?" I asked out loud.
"Archie!" I heard as Dilton ran over to us.
"Dilton! What happened?" I asked him once he approached us.
"It's bad. The school's frozen over and there are still people inside. We can't get them out." Dilton panted out as Jughead and I gasped.
"What is going on?" I asked as I then saw someone…..Fly? No. It couldn't be. I than saw it again and, as I blinked, three kids were frozen solid.
"Riverdale shall freeze!" We all heard as we looked and saw the boy with pale, almost blue, skin, white hair, ice blue eyes and in a weird blue outfit.
"Who are you?" I shouted out as I pointed a finger at him.
"Who am I? Who am I? I'm Jack Frost you stupid boy, that's who." He said as he blew an icy cold wind onto another student and froze them in place. This was bad. This also explained the storms and cold the last 3 days.
"Why are you doing this?" I asked him.
"Why? Why?! Because this town is filled with cruel, cold hearted people, that's why. If this town wants to act cold, than they shall be cold. Frozen over like their hearts!" He shouted as he started up again.
"Run!" I shouted, as I grabbed Dilton and Jughead, and ran to the car. I drove off, hoping others got away safely as well, and made my way to Droctor Beaumont's shop. Maybe he could help us.
"Where are we going?" Jughead yelled as I sped around the cars that were frozen solid.
"To Doctor Beaumont's shop. If it's not frozen, than he could help us." I said as I turned a corner and spun a couple times before regaining control.
"Slow down Archie! You'll get us killed otherwise!" Dilton yelled out in fear as he clung onto his seat in the back. I slowed the car down before stopping it. We were here and it wasn't frozen.
"Let's hurry." I said as we climbed out and quickly went inside. I opened the door and waited for Dilton and Jughead to run inside before slamming the door shut.
"What's with all the door slamming? Did you kids forget manners?" Doctor Beaumont asked us as he walked over to us.
"We've got a problem." I said to him.
"A bigger one than not knowing manners?" He asked us sarcastically.
"This is serious man. The whole town's being frozen in ice!" Jughead yelped out.
"Really?" He asked us as he asked us before looking outside. He saw a few frozen cars before he looked back at us.
"This is far more serious than anticipated." He said as he rushed over to a book.
"Some guy, claiming to be Jack Frost, is the one doing this." Dilton told him as we made our way over to him.
"Did you say Jack Frost?" He asked us.
"Yeah. He said he was going to freeze Riverdale." Jughead told him as Doctor Beaumont started flipping through a book.
"Why does he want to do this? Why does he think people are cruel?" I asked just as Doctor Beaumont stopped at a page and scrolled through it.
"Hm. It says very little of Jack Frost. One thing is he has grown, not evil, but bad over the years because of all the cruelty in the world. Also it tells how he was once sad that know one knew who he was, so he created an ice storm to show them. He was, apparently, also the reason why we had an ice age. I hope he doesn't plan on that again." He said as he continued to scroll through the book.
"But how can we stop him?" I asked as I began to grow impatient.
"It says here, 'One act of kindness shall spread warmth to melt the cold.' but I'm not sure what that means." He said as he began to think.
"Um Archie? Where is Aria?" Dilton asked me.
"She's at home with a fever." I told him before a sudden realization hit me. Aria was at home. Sleeping. She has no idea what's going on. Dad was at work and mom was home with her. They don't know either. Dad might be frozen already but mom and Aria aren't. If the house freezes than the heat will go out. If Jack Frost gets inside and starts freezing them then she could get worse.
"We have to go back to my house! If the cold hits Aria then she could get pneumonia!" I shouted in fear as I put my hands on each side of my head and started to panic.
"But how? The roads are slippery and Jack might spot us." Jughead said, making good points, as Doctor Beaumont came up with a plan.
*Aria's POV*
I woke up groggy. It was cold, very cold. I slowly got up and saw my widow was frosted. I slowly made my way into the bathroom to relieve myself. Once I was done I went to head back to my room when I heard something. Something from downstairs. I decided to play detective and investigate. I went into the kitchen and found nothing abnormal. I went into the living room and saw someone sitting on the couch. Someone I knew.
"How ya feeling?" He asked me.
"Jack?" I asked before going into a small coughing fit.
"You sound worse." He said as to me. I then felt his cold hand on me.
"You're burning up a lot." He told me as I leaned into his hand to cool off.
"Fever. Worse. Sleepy." I said before coughing again.
"Let's get you back to bed." He told me as he guided me up the stairs.
"Where did you go yesterday?" I asked in a wheezed voice.
"I had to leave." He said briefly.
"Are you worse because you went outside and helped me?" He suddenly asked me in a sad tone.
"Yeah." I wheezed out before feeling my bed under me.
"Why then? Why help me out when it made you even more sick?" He asked me as I felt him tuck me in.
"I couldn't leave you outside. It wouldn't be right." I said as I felt sleep come back to me.
"I promise I won't-" Was all I heard him say before I fell back asleep. I heard some muffles before silence.
*Jack's POV*
Frostbite! Three of them got away. Oh well. I froze most of them. I had been flying around freezing people, pets, buildings, and other things like trees, benches, cars, you name it I froze it. After a while I came across a familiar street.
"I wonder how Aria's feeling?" I thought out loud. I don't know why I cared really. I guess it was because she was kind. She had a warm heart. I liked it. I soon found the house she was living in and swooped down to it. I looked in her room to see her get up and leave her room. Perfect! I swooped down and opened the living room window, sneaked inside, closed it, and went over to the couch. I ended up hitting the coffee table, with a loud thud, before sitting down. I rubbed my knee before spotting Aria. At first looked in the kitchen, probably looking for the source of the noise I made, before she looked in the living room and spotted me.
"How ya feeling?" I asked her. She looked at me funny before seeing who I was. Was she having a hard time seeing? No. Maybe it's because I'm in my normal form and not my human like form she saw before.
"Jack?" She asked before going into a small coughing fit. What's wrong with her?
"You sound worse." I said as to her. Was she worse? I went over to her and placed my cold hand on her. Youch! She felt like she was on fire.
"You're burning up a lot." I told her as she leaned into my hand to cool off. I didn't pull away. It might've burned my skin a lot but she needs to cool down. Maybe if I brought her outside?
"Fever. Worse. Sleepy." She said before coughing again. Fever worse?
"Let's get you back to bed." I told her as I guided her up the stairs. She was weak, having a hard time standing even. I held her tightly to make sure she didn't fall.
"Where did you go yesterday?" She asked in a wheezed voice.
"I had to leave." I said briefly. I couldn't get caught but I can't tell her that. She'll think I'm a bad person. I'm not! I just want to freeze this town until they learn to be kind or until they grow extinct and new people, who are kind, come in. I thought about something.
"Are you worse because you went outside and helped me?" I suddenly asked her in a sad tone. Sometimes humans get sick from being out in the cold, and she did say too long in the cold could kill them, so could she have gotten this fever from being outside and in wet clothes just to help me? Please say no.
"Yeah." She wheezed out as I picked her up and put her on her bed. Frostbite.
"Why then? Why help me out when it made you even more sick?" I asked her as I put her blanket over her and tucked her in. Was I feeling guilty?
"I couldn't leave you outside. It wouldn't be right." She said as it looked like she started to fall asleep. This is my fault. My fault! I started to lightly shake.
"I promise I won't let you get worse! I promise I won't freeze you! I'll take care of you! I promise!" I said to her. She looked asleep now. I wonder how much she heard. I then heard a gasp. I looked up to see a red headed thick older woman staring at me in shock. This must be her aunt.
"Get away from my niece!" She yelled at me before chasing me with the broom. I bolted out of the room and down stairs. I couldn't freeze her, not with Aria near by. As I figured, she chased me.
"You're the hooligan I saw on the news! You won't freeze her like you did everyone else!" She shouted as she chased me to the front yard. I then turned around and began floating.
"I didn't plan to with her." I said to her. She looked shock. How dare she accuse me of that? I'd never freeze Aria.
"I'll freeze you though." I told her. She backed up as I took a huge breath. Before she could run I blew on her and she, soon, became coated in ice. I flew back inside, shut the front door, than went back upstairs to check on her. She was still sleeping. Good. She didn't need to see that. I couldn't freeze her. She was-what was she? What would you call a bond between two people? Friend? Yes! She was my friend! I then heard the front door burst open. Great. I opened her window and flew outside. I closed it behind her and flew off, not bothering to see inside, as I went back to freezing this whole town and everyone in it.
*Archie's POV*
This was ridiculous. Doctor Beaumont had us dress up as snowmen. I don't even know where he got these costumes, and honestly, I don't want to know. Anyhow, we were running to my house when something flew above us.
"Pose!" I said as we stopped and posed. We saw Jack Frost above us and, for a moment he stopped and looked at us but then shrugged before, flying off.
"Go!" I said as we bolted. After a while we, finally, made it back to my house.
"Mom!" I yelled out as I saw my mother, frozen, in the front yard with a broom in her hand. Why was she-.
"Aria!" I shouted as I shed the costume off and ran inside.
"Archie!"
"Wait!"
"Hold on!"
I heard all three shout out, but I ignored them, and continued up the stairs to her room. I burst open the door, expecting her to be frozen as well except, she was asleep in bed. I heard her groan before turning over onto her side. I sighed a huge breath of relief that she was fine. I looked to see her window was closed and nothing seemed frozen at all. I shut the door before heading down the stairs.
"She's asleep and not frozen." I said as we sat in the living room to talk.
"I don't get it Arch. If Jack Frost froze your mom, then why not her?" Jughead asked after he, and Dilton, were relieved to hear she was fine. On the way here I had explained to Doctor Beaumont about her being very sick.
"Hm. Didn't you say she helped a boy out yesterday?" Doctor Beaumont asked me.
"Yeah, a boy named…..Jack." I was starting to say before I came to a sudden realization.
"You don't think it was this Jack, do you?" I asked him.
"Unless he had no idea she was in here, which doesn't explain the unfrozen house, then he might not harm her." Doctor Beaumont explained.
"Jack did say he would freeze everyone for being unkind. Maybe, when she showed him kindness, he decided she was worthy to keep unfrozen." I said to him.
"Perhaps." Doctor Beaumont muttered.
"But how can we stop him? I don't have any ideas and no inventions to help us." Dilton said as he held his head in his hands.
"We'll think of something." I said as I reached over and rested my hand on his shoulder. He looked up at me and smiled lightly.
"Yeah, we'll figure this out. We always do." Jughead added as he rubbed Dilton's back.
"Thanks guys." Dilton said as he started to feel better.
"I believe I have an idea." Doctor Beaumont said to us. He wanted us to move Aria somewhere, so Jack will follow and stop us, then we can capture him and figure out how to revert all of this.
"Are you nuts?! The hospital said she could get pneumonia!" I yelled out.
"I doubt it really. Besides, it's only to my shop." He said as I glared at him.
"My car is still there, we have no vehicle to get there at all." I said to him.
"Then you and Doctor Beaumont should go get your car and Dilton and I can stay here or try to get her up to meet you somewhere." Jughead said simply.
"Jughead, that's a great idea!" I said with delight.
"Well yeah." He said as he shrugged and smiled.
"Alright, we'll go get the car, you two get her ready, if you think you can get out of here than meet us half way." I told them and they agreed. We set the plan into motion.
*Aria's POV*
I felt myself being shook awake. I opened my eyes to see Dilton.
"Dilton?" I rasped out before smiling lightly.
"Hey there." He said as he helped me up.
"You didn't have to visit me." I said. I then started coughing and wheezing.
"I got her sweater, hat, scarf and gloves. Her jacket and boots are downstairs." I heard Jughead's voice.
"Jughead? What's going on?" I asked before coughing again.
"She's not doing so good, we might not be able to get her outside." Dilton said to Jughead.
"Outside? I can't. Why? Is something wrong?" I asked before coughing again. My throat hurt a lot.
"No time to explain, the town and the people are becoming frozen." Jughead said as I felt him put my sweater on me.
"Frozen?" I questioned ad I felt the hat, scarf, and gloves get put on me.
"Yes, we need to head to Doctor Beaumont's shop to meet Archie there." Dilton said just as I felt them hoist me up. I got dizzy.
"Too fast. Dizzy." I muttered out.
"Sorry." They both said in unison. After I nodded to them, showing I was fine, they helped me down the stairs to my stuff.
"Where's Allegro?" I asked before whistling to call him. He didn't show up.
"He's at my house with my mom and Hot Dog. Your uncle dropped him off there and asked to watch him for the day so you could sleep better." Jughead said as I realized something.
"What about your mom? She's pregnant." I wheezed out as we stepped outside.
"The house is frozen but they're not." Jughead explained to me. I then saw Aunt Mary frozen and gasped.
"She's still alive, just frozen." Dilton said as we left. It was so cold.
"What's going on?" I asked as we trudged through the snow.
"Jack Frost is freezing the town and the people because he thinks everyone here is mean." Jughead explained as I felt a sudden Deja Vu.
"That sound familiar. I remember Jack saying that Riverdale was filled with cold hearted people so they should freeze." I said as tried to keep up.
"Wait, Jack?" Dilton asked me.
"I found a boy in the back yard and helped him, that's why-'cough cough'-I'm even more sick." I said as I coughed some more.
"Really?" Dilton asked me.
"Yeah." I said as I started to feel tired. I then felt myself get lifted up. I tightened my grip around, what felt like, a neck as I felt hands on the back on my thighs.
"Here, this is faster." Jughead said as I finally figured out I was on his back. He was carrying me piggy back style. I clung onto him and cuddled my face into the crook of his neck to shield my face from the cold.
"Thank you." I muttered out.
"No problem." Jughead said. After he said that I felt movement and wind. I was trying so hard not to shake. I could feel the world spinning at this point.
"Freeze!" I heard a familiar voice before feeling a cold gust of wind. I looked up and saw Jack. Only, he was….Floating?
"Jack?" I asked in shock. He then noticed me and his eyes grew wide.
"Run!" Jughead yelled as we than started moving again.
"Give her back to me! Give her back so I can freeze you!" I heard Jack yell out to us. Freeze them? They weren't kidding. What was going on? I then heard a car screech to a stop.
"Jump in!" I heard Archie yell out. I than felt myself get removed from Jughead's back and into the car. Soon I felt the car speed off.
"Give her back!" I heard Jack yell out.
"This guy's nuts!" I heard Jughead say. Than the car stopped and I heard someone get in before we drove off again.
"We need to head to the park, that's the best place to do this." I heard a familiar voice.
"Doctor Beaumont?" I asked before coughing.
"We must hurry." He said as I felt the car swerve around.
"I'm about to get sick." I said as I held my stomach.
"Hang on!" Archie screamed out before we suddenly crashed. Not again. I then heard the car doors open.
"Stay here Aria." I heard Archie say before I was left alone.
*Third Person POV*
Aria was left in the back seat of the crashed car while the boys went outside. The had slid and crashed into a tree in the middle of the park. Archie knew his dad was going to be mad about, both the car and, Aria being outside in the cold. Archie left her in the car to shield her from most of the cold. Doctor Beaumont pulled out a heart shapes crystal, a ruby actually, plated with gold around and behind it and on a gold chain. He handed it to Archie.
"This is the heart of fire. Only kindness and bravery can spark it. Once it starts glowing, we can use it to stop Jack Frost and melt all the ice with it." He explained. He pulled out a book and, before he could say anything, he was cascaded in ice. The three boys gasped as Jack Frost levitated down to them.
"You thought you could get away? You thought you could get away with your cruelty?" He asked the boys.
"What do you mean?" Dilton asked them.
"You took Aria, a very sick girl, outside into the cold, knowing she was sick and risk her getting worse, for what?" He said as the boys pulled out the rope they had hidden.
"This!" Archie yelled as they lassoed him before pulling him down and tying him up. This was no ordinary rope. Doctor Beaumont had special rope to trap magical beings like Jack Frost.
"Release me! Release me this instant! She needs me! She needs to be warm! She needs to be out of the cold!" Jack yelled to them.
"You just want to hurt her!" Jughead yelled out in defense.
"No! Never! She's kind! She's the only one in this town who's nice!" Jack yelled out. He was now acting like a spoiled preteen who isn't getting their way.
"No she's not. Everyone here is." Archie defended the town.
"No! They're mean! I've been here for 4 days and she was the only one to be kind to me." Jack yelled out in a furry. Soon a small amount of wind and flurries started to wisp around them.
"But that's not true!" Archie yelled out as the winds got stronger. Before anyone could do anything Jack mustered up some magic and froze Dilton in his tracks.
"Stop!" Archie yelled out.
"Let me go! She needs me!" Jack yelled out before freezing Jughead in his place. The rope was soon let go and Jack Frost was now free. Archie backed up as the wind and flurries flew all around. Neither of them noticed Aria. She was listening to the best of her abilities and had gotten out of the car. Her hat and scarf had been blown off of her, landing in the car, as she tried to get to them. Her hair whipped behind her as she saw her two lovers frozen in ice. Archie held up the heart of fire but nothing was happening.
"That trinket won't work on me!" Jack yelled out. He then mustered up his magic and went to freeze Archie.
"No!" Aria managed to scream out as she pushed Archie out of the way. She had been hit with the ice and blasted backwards.
"Aria!" Archie screamed out. Jack stopped everything. He hit her? He didn't mean to at all. He grew shocked at what he did.
"No." Jack whispered. What had he done? Aria groaned and barely started moving. Archie and Jack both saw this. Archie was shocked she wasn't frozen solid like everyone else.
"Aria!" Archie yelled out as she sat up. Archie ran to her.
"No you don't!" Jack yelled before he used his powers to freeze Archie, in a running position, before he could reach Aria. Aria's eyes widened at this. Jack soon appeared right next to the frozen Archie.
"You don't care. You're not kind enough to melt this!" He scolded Archie, and even taunted him, as Aria stood up and looked at the sight before her. She now knew everyone and everything was frozen.
"Why?" Aria whispered out before coughing lightly. Jack noticed her as he smiled.
"I told you everyone in this town was cold hearted." He said to her. Aria was just shocked.
"Only those with kind hearts can melt the ice. If they were truly kind then they would use it to melt free. That's why you weren't frozen when my ice hit you. You're kindness saved you, and even if that hadn't happened, I couldn't freeze you anyway." He said as he made his way over to her. Aria took a step back, than another. Jack stopped and looked at her funny.
"Why are you backing away from me? You don't need to fear me. You're my friend, my only one." He said as he went to step closer to her.
"Stay away from me!" Aria yelled out. Jack froze before really looking at her in the eye. He finally noticed something. Tears. Tears were falling down her face. Why was she crying? This confused Jack so much.
"Why are you crying? Don't you see why I did this? To be rid of cold hearted people, to have people as kind as you around, to make this place better." He said as he got closer to her.
"It was fine the way it was!" She yelled out to him. He stopped again.
"You don't understand! You don't know how kind these people really are!" She yelled out at him.
"No! They're not kind at all!" He yelled at her.
"Yes they are Jack! I know cruel people, I've been around them all my life! Everyone here welcomed me into this town with smiles and open arms!" She yelled at him some more.
"You're not…..from here?" He questioned her. He thought she was but now he's finding out she wasn't.
"No. I'm not. I lived with my parents. They were cruel. They yelled at me, drank a lot, beat me, never helped me, let me get hurt in school, had me fail and make me feel like a failure. I've been beaten, pushed down the stairs, bloodied and bruised up by strangers, heck, I've, literally, been set on fire! Those were cruel people. I still stayed kind though. My cousin and his parents got me out of there though. I've been here for almost 2 years because they loved and cared about me. I've made friends here, I have 2 loving boyfriends, heck, I even have Allegro. He's my first pet. I've done better in school because the teachers care enough to teach me and help me. I have a part time job because the owner cares. You though! You froze everyone in this town because you didn't give them a chance at all! You say you did but I doubt it! If anyone has a cold heart, it's you!" Aria explained everything to him as she got angrier and angrier. She stood her ground with him. Jack was in shock. Everything she told him, all that hatred and abuse, she still stayed kind. How? Was she right about this town? Was he wrong?
"But, I care about you. You're my friend." He said as he began to feel sadness.
"You're not acting like one right now. You didn't even put my feelings into consideration. You acted selfish. Part of being a friend is thinking about others." She said to him. He was so confused. He held is head in one hand as he looked down.
"You've never had a friend before, have you?" She suddenly asked him. He was still in that position as he began to speak.
"You're the only one who showed me kindness. You're the only one I've seen as a friend." He said as he tried to think things over. Was freezing this town a bad idea? He didn't notice Aria walking over to him. She felt sad when she heard that.
"I understand. I was alone once too." She said to him. He still didn't look up. Something felt weird with his frozen heart. Then he felt it. Two arms around him and a warm body, a female body. Her body.
He jolted up in shock but she still held him. Something was happening. She felt Jack become warmer. She looked at him and saw his skin looked pale now instead of blue like.
"Please, stop this. Please give this town another chance." She asked him. He than smiled at her before hugging her back. Soon the town, and the people, started to unfreeze. The ice melted away from them slowly. Archie was the first to unfreeze. He turned and saw Aria hugging Jack. Dilton and Jughead became unfrozen and saw this as well.
"Aria?" Archie questioned out. The two new friends pulled away and looked at him.
"Archie! You're okay!" She shouted as she was soon embraced by her loving cousin.
"Are you alright?" He asked her in a panic.
"I'm fine. I should be asking you." She said as they pulled away and looked at Jack. Archie got ready to defend her.
"Please forgive me." Jack suddenly said as Dilton and Jughead ran over to them.
"What?" Archie asked, stunned by this, as Jack looked embarrassed.
"I've been alone for so long, my heart just, well, froze over." Jack said as Doctor Beaumont, who became unfrozen and heard this, walked over to them.
"You were alone, no friends, no one to know you existed for so long, your heart became ice itself. Then you met Aria and, with her kindness, you slowly started to feel kindness. When she hugged you and shared her warmth and kindness to you, it melted your icy heart." Doctor Beaumont explained as everyone, even Jack, was stunned.
"So, because of me, this town was saved from a winter apocalypse?" She asked in a small amount of shock.
"Indeed." He said.
"You melted my heart, the ice in this town is allowing people to show enough kindness to melt them all. Everyone and everything will be unfrozen soon. I'm, well, I'm sorry." Jack said as he looked down in shame and sadness.
"Everyone makes mistakes, that's how we , I can't stay mad at friends for too long." Aria said to Jack. He looked up in shock as she smiled widely at him.
"You mean?" He asked in shock.
"Yup. I'll be your friend." She said as he smiled widely.
"Yahoo!" Jack shouted with glee as he jumped and glided around them.
"But no more freezing people." She scolded playfully. Jack stopped and looked right at her.
"I promise! Never again!" He shouted with glee. Jack decided to fly around and, once he came back and confirmed everyone was just fine, looked right at them.
"I have to go now." He said with a small sad look on his voice. He still had to spread winter around after all.
"Don't be afraid to see us sometime." Aria said as she went over to him and hugged him. He was a bit shorter than her, but she didn't care. Jack hugged back and smiled.
"I will." He said as they let go.
"Come back soon." Jughead said to him.
"Yeah." Archie agreed.
"Please do." Dilton added in as they smiled at him.
"I will, and thank you, for everything." Jack said as he waved before he flew off. Everyone smiled and waved him off. Aria then let out a squeaked sneeze.
"Let's get you home." Archie said as Aria sighed.
"I don't feel as sick anymore." She said with a smile as they walked back to the car.
"Uh oh." Archie muttered out as he remembered his car. Crashed and damaged. He went to a pay phone and called his dad, and a tow truck, and his dad picked Archie and Aria up, after the tow truck, as they went home. Archie and Aria explained what had happened and, even though he was mad at Archie for having me go outside while sick, quickly forgave them since they saved the town. Now both teens were upstairs, writing the article, and enjoying a cup or coco.
*Aria's POV*
"Jack Frost, a boy who had been alone all his life, judged Riverdale and the people in it far too quickly. He was alone and wanted a friend but had to cold of a heart to know how. One act of kindness was all it took for him to open up a little bit. One hug, another act of kindness with warm, was enough to warm up his frozen heart. I don't blame him for any of this. I understand it's hard to open up and trust people, but I also understand what happens if you start to loose kindness. ~Aria. Aria might have been sick and asleep through most of this but, it was because of her finding him hurt and in the end talking to him that, her being her kind and loving self was the key needed to save this town. ~Archie. It's not easy to find someone who cares, believe me I know, but that doesn't mean you should give up. Once you find people in your life who care for you, and you them, don't let them go. Treasure them, cherish them, and most importantly, understand their feelings and talk things out when there's a problem. ~Aria. It just goes to show you, even in the coldest of times, one can have a change of heart because of someone special in their lives. ~Archie. …...Even in a little town called Riverdale! ~Archie and Aria!"
I drank the last bit of my coco and smiled. I felt so much better. My fever was now a cold again.
"Good thing you were here to save the day." Archie said as I smiled at him.
"I'm glad I could help." I said as I set the cup down. I hugged Archie good night and went to my room to sleep, after Allegro tackled me onto the bed and kissed me non stop.