Just a heads up fact about Snow, because she is the daughter of Jack Frost (the winter spirit) and Casey Aqua (the water sprit), heat has a double effect on her. Like her mother, she's always wet and underneath that water is a layer of ice that protects her from a certain amount of heat. once those are melted away, she begins to suffer the effects of heat. Sometimes, it actually happens faster then to either of her parents because she's a combination of both of them.

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Chapter 5: Alerting Jamie and Maddy

Myself, the twins, Dusty and Aurora all ran to the Guardians. I of course, ran to my parents, Solar ran to Grandpa North and Aunt Tooth, Aurora ran to her parents and Cloud and Dusty ran to Uncle Sandy and Aunt Song. We all tried to support them as best we could (I'm very small for my age so supporting both of my parents even though my mom's short for her age too was difficult), but eventually we eased them into Grandpa North's sitting room, where we sat them down.

"What's happening?" Dusty asked.

"Angel Moon." Turning, we saw that Blaze had followed us. Unlike the Guardians, he didn't seem weak at all.

"Why aren't you weakened?" Aurora snapped angrily.

"Don't you have believers?" Solar asked.

Blaze nodded. "I do, but I've not yet been chosen to be a Guardian. Until you take the Oath of the Guardians, even if you've been chosen, the loss of believers won't affect you."

"That's why we're not affected!" Cloud exclaimed.

My eyes widened. "You're right!" I shouted. "We were chosen but we haven't taken the Oath!"

"Which we can't until we discover our centers!" Aurora, Dusty and I yelled at once.

Blaze nodded. "Exactly. This is our advantage over the Mistress of Deception."

"'Our advantage'" Aurora asked.

Blaze nodded again. "Yes, because, you see, I too have been chosen." He turned towards the globe room where we could see the crystal still out. Manny's light shined down on it and a new person was shown: Blaze. He looked back at the twins, Aurora, Dusty and me, smiling smugly. "You see?"

We all shared looks. There was no denying it. Blaze, this spirit we had just met and learned he was my cousin, had been chosen by Manny to be a Guardian.

I sighed and walked closer to him, a scowl etched on my face. I stood right in front of him and looked straight up into his eyes. He towered over me even more than my mother, but I tried not to look intimidated.

"Okay fine." I snapped. "You've been chosen. But that doesn't mean you're our friend." My eyes flashed as tightened my grip on my staff and pointed it at his face. "So just shut your mouth and do as we say or I promise you your fire will be a fun new practice target for me." Blaze said nothing and I lowered my staff, turning around and walking back to my friends.

Aurora looked at me, her eyebrow raised. "Was that threat necessary?" she asked.

I looked up at her. "I don't trust him. Even if he's my mother's nephew, he still abandoned her."

"Because Manny told him it wasn't time for her." Dusty said.

I snapped my head in her direction. "Sorry, but did you forget that Manny abandoned both of my parents when they needed him most!? I can't put that aside."

"Manny chose him, Snow." Cloud said. "That means you'll have to trust him."

"If you don't," Solar started. "Then how we ever call ourselves guardians?"

I sighed, my shoulders dropping in defeat. Unfortunately, the twins were right, as much as I hated to admit it. "Fine." I said. "All try to get along with summer boy." I pushed past my friends to where my parents were lying. They had gone even paler than what was normal for our family and they both could barely keep their eyes open. Dads normally snow white hair was going grayer and from what part of his eyes I could see, the ice blue had dulled.

My mom wasn't much better. Her jet black hair was messier then normal and had lost some of its vibrant black color. Her sapphire eyes had dulled as well.

The other Guardians were in similar states to my parents. Uncle Bunny even appeared to be shrinking. I turned to face my friends.

"Guys," I began. "We have to go to Burgess."

"How?" Aurora asked. "None of us can use our parents' modes of travel. Snow, you still can't even fly."

"We can." Solar said, brandishing his hoverboard. Cloud fluttered her wings and, to my displeasure, Blaze held his flame-tipped staff high. I sighed.

"So maybe we do have transport." I said.

Cloud held out a hand to me, which I quickly took. I was half winter spirit and half water spirit. Heat was the worst thing that could happen to me, something that both Solar and Blaze emanated.

Unfortunately, I was also fully aware that it was the middle of summer in Burgess. The light sheet of water covering my body would protect me for a little bit, but once that was gone, it wouldn't take long for me to overheat. I didn't want to stay in Burgess long enough to find out what would happen.

"Let's go!" Aurora exclaimed from her place beside Blaze. Dusty, from behind her brother, smiled and we all took off into the sky, leaving the yetis to look after the Guardians.

As soon as we landed in Burgess, I immediately began to feel the intense heat. Cloud seemed to have noticed because she looked at me in concern. "Snow, are you alright?"

I waved her off and tentatively put my feet on the pavement. Immediately, I yelped with pain as my bare feet came in contact with the pavement. What little control I had over the wind was used to levitate me. I looked at the bottom of my feet. The skin was between pink and red and was tender to the touch.

"Great." I muttered angrily as I quickly took my black hoodie off and tied it around my waist, leaving only my royal blue t-shirt covering the top half of my body. I felt little relief. "Let's just find Jamie and Maddy. They gotta still believe."

With Cloud's help, I managed to follow the others to what I had remembered being Jamie and Maddy's house. They were married now after all. When we got to the front door, Aurora rang the doorbell. It didn't take long for someone to answer. Luckily, it was Jamie. Jamie's brown eyes moved slowly behind his glasses as he scanned us. He smiled widely when they landed on me.

"Snow!" he exclaimed and, to my surprise, he picked me up and pulled me close to him. "What are you doing here? It's summer!"

"Jamie, who is it?" I heard Maddy call.

"It's Snow, Jack and Casey's daughter!" Jamie called back. "She brought friends."

A second later, Maddy was standing beside Jamie, smiling. "Hey there, Snow."

I smiled then looked back at Jamie. "And yes, I know its summer." I pointed to the dripping water and the melting sheet of ice on my skin. "And, believe me, I wouldn't be here right now unless there was something serious."

"What happened?"

"A new enemy has surfaced and she's already begun her attack."

Jamie's face was unreadable and for a moment I wasn't so sure he'd believe me. I was still a ten-year-old kid, regardless of who my parents were. Jamie gestured for the others to follow him and Maddy as he carried me inside. He put me onto the couch, went into the kitchen and came back with a bowl of ice water, which I quickly plunged my burning feet into.

First, I introduced my friends to Jamie and Maddy, (when Blaze introduced himself as Mom's nephew, Jamie and Maddy couldn't believe their ears.) and then we explained the situation. After we had explained everything, I was so tired, I could hardly keep my eyes open. Jamie had set up a powerful fan right beside me which blew cold air on me, but it wasn't enough. Soon enough, everyone's voices were blurring together and I couldn't think straight anymore. When the darkness finally came, I happily welcomed it.

How was this? I had to change some details especially once it was decided that Jamie and Maddy would be married. (It makes it easier on Jack and Casey)

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