Hi! I'm back! I'm terribly sorry that I took so long to update but I have been doing things all month! And I've been going through pure hell with my schoolwork. But here I am now! And WOW. OMG. In one little chapter, this story got so popular!XD I'm so happy! Thank you all! Kisses for everyone!
2manyfandomstho: Thank you so much for taking the time to write this:) I'm glad you like it. Jack actually calls Pennsylvania his home town cuz his lake is there. Thanks a lot!:D Hope you'll like this chapter!
WEast: Yeah, Jack was in a pool of feels:'( And you do have a point. I'm not sure if I intended it to be like that actually... hm. Gonna hafta think about that. Thanks for the review!
Well, I think that covers it! Thank you all for everything and let's start chapter 2! Lol, I had to do some research to try and figure out each Spirit's homesXD The Encounter with Red!
Shortly after my discovery that iron burned me, my curiosity was getting the better of me as I wanted to know if the other spirits had this as well. I was young and naive and didn't know any better. I was a peppy little chap, and a stupid and clueless one. I wasn't much of a fighter yet and was way to reckless for not knowing a thing as to what I meant to the other spirits. Especially Autumn. Of course, it had to be Autumn. But at the time, I could not wait to meet another person. I had never met another person before and was excited. As I healed in a little patch of snow I created, I couldn't help but think happy thoughts. Maybe we could be friends? God was I a total ass back then.
The day I healed, I made a beeline to Autumn's home. Bavaria, Germany. That place had one of the greatest reputation for gazing at fall leaves and I had heard that Autumn was a German boy (gossip travels fast among spirits) and he lives in a huge oak tree on a secluded hilltop. It was around Summer during the time I was healing and I believed that Fall should be coming around the corner. I thought maybe that it would be nice to meet up with the guy since his season was coming around. Was I seriously this stupid? Anyways, enough flashback talk, here's what happened and what it felt like when I was there:
On my way to Germany, I let the wind carry me like a rag doll. I whooped and cheered and soared through the clouds. I spread a little frost here and there and left a gust of winter air wherever I went. It would be most helpful... right? I was to happy to give a damn. I made my way to the secluded hill in a bucket of smiles. (It was hard to find!) There it was, the oak tree. Let me tell you, that thing was huge. Like, the circumference of the thing had to be as big as my lake.
There was a great wooden door with a brass door knocker, pumpkin lanterns hung beside it. I pounded on the door with it three solid times. The door slowly and eerily creaked open as a dozen bats flew out. What can I say? The dude's the master of Halloween. Classic. I peered inside. A chilly gust of air was wafting through the dark wooden room. I stepped inside, I could barely see. The door then slammed shut behind me. Yikes... Luckily, a candlewick lit up. I picked it up and began pacing through the room.
"Hello?" I said as bravely as I could.
Nothing.
"Yo! Fall dude! I've come to say hello and ask you a question!" I called out.
Nothing again. I sighed and stepped forward, the floorboard creaked beneath my feet as my toes curled. I gasped as torches hissed awake along the walls. My eyes followed the light as each torch lit up, then a huge fireplace, then a large chandelier on the ceiling. At least I could see now-
"Whoa..." I gaped in awe as I stepped into the middle of the room.
The wooden walls were aligned with torches and the floor was pure mahogany wood. (Cause we were in a tree, duh) Skulls were carved and implanted into the walls which made me shudder, I didn't want to know if those were real. The ceiling was draped with colorful autumn leaves of red, orange, and yellow with bats swinging on the crystal chandelier. And of course, pumpkins with all kinds of carvings littered the edges of the room...
"Ahem!"
I gasped and jumped, dropping my candle. I turned to the noise which came from one of the farthest crevices of the room. I squinted and saw a small wooden table with a candle on it. What? I slowly approached the table. I heard another eerie sound as a lit pumpkin turned my way. I let out a little shriek as it tilted it's head at me, the eyes staring at me with it's vacant smile and cut out snaggle tooth. The pumpkin stepped into the light.
It had a body.
It was Autumn.
"Oh! Um... hey Autumn." I said meekly, still shivering from the creepy entrance.
"Red." Autumn snarled, he had a very "boyish" voice. A young one too, his voice wasn't that deep. "Name's Red Fall, Jack Frost."
"Y-you know my name?" I stuttered.
"I'm not an idiot Frost, you're well known throughout the spirit world." Red sneered.
I was kinda taken aback. Such an attitude! "Why don't you come out into the light so I can get a good look at ya?" Cause all I could see was a pumpkin head.
Red sighed. "Fine." He stepped out.
Red was dressed in all black. Black boots, black pants, black vest, black long sleeved blouse with an orange leaf pin on his Adam's apple, black leather gloves, and a long black cloak that draped behind him. But of course his main focus was his head, his pumpkin head.
"Um... are you headless?" I asked tentatively.
Red flew in front of me in a flash as a swarm of leaves gathered at his feet. "NO!" He roared. "I'm not headless you dumb ass!"
"W-why the pumpkin head?" I asked innocently.
"My god, Jack." Red chuckled and began to spiral into the air, autumn leaves carrying him upwards. "You're much more stupid than they say. Is this why you've come?"
"No!" I spat back and leaped into the air and perched myself on a branch. "I've come to ask you, does iron burn you?" I said as quickly as possible.
Red cut me off, "Yes, but that's none of your business! Now get out! Right now!" He screamed with anger and pure hatred.
"Why? What's wrong?" I asked like I was seven.
Red stormed over to my branch and slapped my face. I toppled over and buckled as my core caved in and fell to the ground. The Winter Wind (my wind, not Autumn's) helped my fall so I didn't crash to the ground hard. I stumbled upwards and stared at the pumpkin head in shock. I pressed my hand to my cheek and felt warm liquid. He cut me. He hurt me!
"Listen Frost, you know what you do in this world? You're a killer! You kill innocent children with your stupid season and freeze crops so people starve to death! You bring death and you don't give a damn, do you?" Red roared in my face.
Mist collected in my eyes as I chewed the inside of my lip. "You don't think I don't know that?" I choked out. Something clotted my throat as my vision became blurry.
Red got closer, "You know I'm right, Jack. Besides, you've been bringing winter way to early and ending it way to late. You've been jeopardizing the beauty of my season! People don't want to go out and enjoy the leaves any more cause it's getting to cold! My god Frost! You. Are. A. Killer!"
Stuff like this guts me pretty hard. I wish I could just forgive the parents who's children I had killed. I wish I could forgive everyone. Sometimes, I wish I'd give up my life so the world wouldn't have to suffer the hardships of winter ever again. Let someone else do the job who was better at it. I try to do good things like make it snow for soldiers... but nothing can forgive the loss of a child. I don't mean any of it the least bit, I'm forced to do it, it's the laws of nature. But if I had a choice... I wouldn't do it.
I was so deep in my thoughts that I hadn't noticed Red take out a bow and arrow and aim it at, you know who, moi. I gasped and stepped back, clutching my staff and tried to put on a serious face. If Red wanted a fight, he was gonna get one. I looked at Red again and my eyes widened when I saw the collection of weapons he had concealed under his cloak; a dagger, more arrows (with his bow aimed at me), a freaking gun, and a samurai sword. Why!?
"You're better off dead..." Red snarled, with that, he released the arrow.
I clamped my eyes shut as I shielded my face with my arms. I heard a crunch and opened my eyes open carefully. I gasped and stepped back as I met face to face with the tip of an arrow. My instincts had created an ice plate to stop the arrow mid-stream, just in time. The arrow would have gone right between my eyes otherwise.
I looked up and my eyes widened as I saw Red with his sword plunging through the ice. Good thing that I'm a quick thinker. I leaned back as everything went into matrix mode, the blade just skimming my bangs as I got a clear view of my face. Red stumbled forward, dropping his sword and took out his dagger. He slayed left and right. I dodged the first few slashes but Red managed to cut me deep in my right arm, leg, and the left side of my chest. It stung like hell. I fell to my knees as Red socked me in the face, he pinned me to the ground and took out his dagger and aimed it at my throat. I grasped his wrists in time as we had a hand-to-wrist-to-dagger-to-throat pushover.
You should know, whenever I feel anxiety, nervous, or pain, I begin to loose control of my ice powers. Ice started to form over Red's wrists and dagger. He shrieked and dropped the knife as his hands went straight to my throat. I gagged and shut my eyes and gritted my teeth, my hands trying to pry Red's hands off my thin throat. The pressure was insane. Yet, anxiety built up in my system. More frost covered Red. He finally gave in and yelped, jumping back.
I rolled over and coughed and gagged. My eyes red from the pressure, I could already feel bruises forming on my throat as it grew sore. Red recouped as he ran towards me with his bow and arrow in his hand. He released the bow but my body sprung into the air on instinct. I spiraled around the treetops and perched in a branch high above. I panted heavily as I saw out of the corner of my eye, frost cascade through the room and up the walls, the temperature dropped tremendously.
"Boo!" Red cackled from behind me as an arrow struck my right side.
I whimpered and fell off the tree. I began to fly around the room as Red gave chase, firing arrows everywhere. It was scary, but luckily he wasn't landing any hits. Red got furious and took out his pistol. He fired a shot and it pinned the wall just in front of my eyes. Oh my god. Then he got one over my head, then just behind me. These were all to close to call. I had to make a move.
That's when I realized that Red could not fly. I can fly because I have the power of the Wind. Red cannot. What Red uses is a swarm of leaves to hoist him into the air. And a big patch of them. I turned around and began firing icy blasts at the leaf lift as the leaves began to fall away. The more I fired, the lower Red got and the closer I got to him. Eventually, the leaves gave way and Red crashed to the floor. I bolted down after him and pinned him to the ground.
I forgot he still had his pistol in his hands.
I heard a shot and pain blossomed through my stomach. I let out a strained cry as I punched Red in the face. His pumpkin shattered and revealed his face.
His face was a mere skull with a thin layer of skin on it and eyes. His skin on his was like, burnt or something. No, you couldn't see his skull or anything, it was just really thin. Red had sloppy brown-hazel hair and orange-hazel eyes. He looked at me with eyes that could kill and growled before they rolled to the back of his head. He was just knocked out. I scrambled off of him and whimpered as there was a bloody gaping whole in my stomach. That's when the pain started to hit, hard. It wrenched and sizzled with pain as I fell back and let out a scream.
Autumn's wind began to howl around it's master and snuffed out the lights. It whirled around me and threw me out. The impact of the grass from outside knocked the wind out of me. I gagged for breath and clutched my stomach. After a few hours, I had enough strength to fly home where I could fully heal in peace.
At least I know a few things: Why Red wears the pumpkin, that he too is burned by iron, and that I'm better off dead.
And you know what? He's right.
Done! Well everyone, that is chapter 2! I hoped you like it and Red!:) Can you all do a favor for me? Read my "Frosty Wings" Maximum Ride AU? I really want this story to be successful. Can you check it out and maybe leave a review on it and tell me what you think? Thanks, your the best:) Anyways, thank you so much for reading, PLEASE leave a review and tell what what you think! Thanks! Bye! Peace!
-SkatingDJ