"So..." I heard Eira start with an amazed tone in her voice. "...this is the North Pole."
"Yup." I answered, as I looked around. 'Even though you know damn well what it looks like by now, Eira. You've broken in enough times.' Interrupting my thoughts was North himself. I stepped back a bit towards Bunny with a nervous smile on my face. "Ah...North...good to see you."
"You said you would tell me if Bunny's condition gets better." He stated in a huff as he crossed his arms. "Not only do I see he is better...I see you have brought Mother Nature and...well...I don't know the other two spirits."
Sandy grinned mischievously and summoned a sand cloud, floating up to to North, who's eyes instantly widened in shock. Sandy then held up a sand symbol of his other form and told him through his sand. "It's me, North. I'm sandy. I just have a different form."
"You...you're Sandy!?" Sandy nodded and floated down back to us, and elbowed Jack.
"Ah...right..." I started as I nervously rubbed the back of my head. "First thing's first...we have an emergency. It's about all the children."
"Does it require Northern Lights?"
"Yes, it does." Aster answered. "There's a spirit out there...wicked, crazy, evil, and power hungry. She's gonna try and turn children into her own personal werewolves. Mother Nature and Jack had run ins with her in the past...but it wasn't enough...now she's tryin' to go after the ankle-biters."
Without needing to be told anything else, North went straight for the control panel and activated the lights. Fifteen minutes later, Tooth came flying in. "North! Is everything alright!?" She then turned to see all of us. "Oh! I heard you were hurt!"
"I was, but I'm better now." Aster told her with an appreciative smile.
"I can see that." She nodded and then looked to Sandy. "S-Sandy...is that you!?" He nodded quickly and held up another Sandy image of himself. "And...who might you be?" She asked as she looked to my side at Eira.
"My name is Eira. I am known as the Snow Queen." Eira then gave a polite curtsy. "Pleasure to meet you, Tooth Fairy."
"My goodness...there's no need for that." She giggled lightly. "So...I've heard of the Snow Queen, but never seen you. Why is that?"
"Tell me what you've heard and I'll tell you why." She gave Tooth a mischievous grin that resembled mine to a 'T', but somehow Tooth didn't seem to notice, and neither did North.
"Well...I've heard that you're Mother Nature's General of Winter and..."
"And you're already wrong." She chuckled out. "I'm not the General of Winter."
"O-Okay...well...I've heard that you can do some of the same things Jack can. You can control and cause winter phenomena, but that you can also communicate with Nature."
"Those are both true. Now...to tell you why you haven't seen me. I am usually traveling with the General of Winter, but I have a unique power." She snapped her fingers and she immediately became completely invisible.
"Oh you gotta be kidding me!" I groaned out as I flew after her in North's workshop. "Get back here!" I shouted as I got closer, but then I finally caught her by the shoulder. "Make yourself visible again, now!"
"Jack!" Tooth squeaked in dismay at how I spoke to Eira, but at the moment I didn't really care. "That's no way to speak to a lady!"
"Alright." She chuckled out and made herself visible again. "Although, maybe you should listen to the Tooth fairy. That really IS no way to speak to a lady."
"Show me a lady, and I'll speak to her like one." I bellowed out a laugh as we landed back to where we were standing before.
"Jack!" Tooth shouted again. "Show her some respect!"
"Yeah, JACK...show me some respect." Eira stated with a laugh desperately hiding away behind her smirk as she crossed her arms.
"Not in this, or any lifetime." I shot back with a defiant expression. "Not with that attitude anyway.
"Jack, are you alright, son?" North questioned carefully.
"Yes, I'm fine. Why do you ask?" I tilted my head at him, confused, but then I remembered that they didn't know who Eira was to me.
"Because..." He started, but was quickly interrupted by Tooth.
"Because you're speaking to her like you're her...like...well...like..."
"Like her Father?" I heard Emily step forward, and I could tell from the sound of her voice, she was trying desperately not to laugh.
"Well...yes! It's not right! That's no way to speak to another spirit! Especially a lady!" Tooth then hovered over to Eira and gave an apologetic expression. "I'm so sorry for his behavior. He's like a son to me, but apparently doesn't have enough manners!" She glared at me and I nearly felt my resolve crumble, and I almost busted out laughing again. "May I ask you...if you're not the General of Winter...then who is?"
"Jack Frost, of course." She beamed up at Tooth brightly, and both Tooth and North staggered back in shock.
"J-Jack...when were you going to tell us you've been the General of Winter!?" She shrieked in equal measures delight and shock.
"Now seems like a good time." I shrugged with a slight smile.
"I'm sorry we never told you about his being my General of Winter." Emily apologized, but still had to hold in her laughter.
"It's...it's alright." She replied in a calmer manner, but it quickly snapped again. "But Jack...you're behavior was not alright! Jack, you need to show her some respect! And then you chased after her and demanded that she return to being visible...that's no way to speak to a lady!"
I then turned to Eira and rolled my eyes. "Not a WORD, Eira!"
"There you go again! Jack! I want you to apologize to her! She deserves your respect not your rudeness."
"I will not!" I shouted back, and I knew I shouldn't feel so offended, but this was my daughter. I raised her from birth!
Suddenly Eira was doubled over, laughing. "Oh, by the moon! I can't! This is all too good!" She leaned up just enough to look at Tooth with tears of laughter in her eyes as she quickly laughed out, "Please! Say more! Tell him more!"
"Wh-Why are you laughing?" North questioned curiously. "Toothy is right. Jack was in the wrong. He should've spoken to you in a kinder way."
"Oh my!" Eira laughed out as she straightened herself as much as she could. Once she calmed her laughter, and wiped away her tears. "You have no idea how hilarious all of that was just now!" She chuckled out as she continued to try and catch her breath. She looked to me and started giggling lightly, but quickly stopped herself. "Can I please!? I don't think I can take much more! Can I tell them?"
"Tell us what?"
I walked over to her and shook my head in a fond manner. Once I was facing North and Tooth I let out a heavy sigh. "Go ahead. I don't think I can take much more either."
"Wait...are the two of you...are you two romantically involved." North questioned cautiously.
"ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Eira and I shouted together in disgust at their words and now it was Emily's turn to bust out laughing.
"Mother Nature is...she is laughing." North stated. "She never laughs..."
"Oh, but for this I do. Eira, go ahead and explain, please! They need to know if we are to help the children."
Eira gave a highly amused smile and nodded her head. "My name is Eira, I am known as the Snow Queen, and I..." She looked at Emily and I with an even further amused expression if possible, and cleared her throat. "...I am the biological daughter of Jack Frost and Mother Nature." The reaction was almost immediate. Tooth stopped flying immediately and landed on her rear end, and North staggered back quite a ways. "Huh...I think I broke them, Father..."
"I think we all did." I smiled mischievously. "North...Tooth...I would like you to meet my daughter Eira Olivia Frost..." I motioned his hand to Eira before looking at Emily and motioning to her. "...and my wife, Mother Nature. However, I'm pretty sure you already know her."
"D-Daughter!?" North shouted out in disbelief once he was able to form words.
"I..." Tooth started, still unable to form words.
"Yup, we broke them." Eira chuckled out.
"B-Biological!?" Tooth questioned in astonishment.
"Yes, very much so." Emily confirmed. "I was pregnant for a little over nine months. Jack was there for it all, giving me his full support. When Eira was born, he looked after her with more Fatherly affection I had ever seen...and still does, as you can see...even scolding is a part of Fatherly affection..."
"Yes, I love my daughter very much..." I then turned to Eira with a slight scowl that was mixed with amusement somehow. "...and you are lucky my hair is already white otherwise you would've caused me gray hairs. Immortal or not. I did NOT need you becoming invisible in North's workshop, and really...you should've known better by now! You've snuck in enough times, and I've had to try and break in to..."
"Wait...that is why you had tried to bust in?" North questioned as the a look of realization crossed his face.
"And I never made it past the Yeti. She's been in here more than I have. So, yes...that is why I've been trying to bust in here for years...because Eira thought it was always so funny that I would get caught by the yeti, but she wouldn't."
"Well..." Sandy came forward with his dream sand making symbols so that Tooth and North could read his words. "...Mother Nature, do you think I should tell them about me since this is irreversible?"
"It...would unfortunately be a good idea."
"Very well..."
"Sandy...what are you..." North started, but was quickly interrupted by Sandy.
"I'm Pitch's younger brother. Sanderson Mansnoozie Pitchiner. There, I've said it, and I trust you'll keep it a secret."
"YOUNGER BROTHER!?" North bellowed out in shock.
"Yes, but trust me...I'm fine. Now...back to Jack and his daughter..."
"Oh, thanks for that, Sandy!" I laughed out.
"You're welcome!" He gave me a sarcastic smile, and I rolled my eyes.
"Now...as much as I would love to tell all of you more...there is a serious situation where the children need ALL of us." Then I began to explain my long history with Wolfina and how I told Emily to spare her, and even about the blizzard of '68, which I defended Aster numerous times about towards North and Tooth who were glaring daggers at him. "...and now she's going to try and create an ARMY of werewolves out of children."
"We must get to her first!" North shouted with determination.
"My thoughts exactly, mate!" Aster chimed in.
"Oh! Do I get to ride in the sleigh!?" Eira asked as she bounced up and down like a child.
I couldn't help the soft chuckle that escaped my lips as I glanced at North. "Ask your Grandfather."
"G-Grandfather...that is...going to take some getting used to." I could FEEL the Joy radiating off him, and it caused a bright and warm smile to appear on my own face. "Yes! To the sleigh! Do you happen to know where she is?"
"Hmm..." I held out both of my hands and six sprites came out, shocking North and Tooth even further. Then, they grew to be the same height as Me. "Klaina, Keelo, Crystal, L'teal, Aelro, and Onra..."
"Yes, Jack?" They all chorused.
"I need you to go to each continent. Klaina, I need you to go to North America, Keelo, I need you to go to South America, Crystal, I need you to go to Asia, L'teal I need you to go to Europe, Aelro, I need you to go to Australia, and Onra, I need you to go to Africa. I need all of you to look for any signs of Wolfina."
"On our way!" They all spun around before disappearing into thin air.
I turned to face North and Tooth and their jaws were dropped completely. "Again...I promise to explain everything after we deal with Wolfina. Right now, the children need us."
"Will they be able to report back in time?" North questioned curiously.
"I bet you one of them will come back with a report while we're flying in the sleigh."
"We will see." He nodded his head. "To the sleigh!"
Once we all got to the sleigh and it came out of it's hanger I watched as Eira jumped up and down excitedly. "I get to ride in the sleigh!"
"You're like a child again." I chuckled out fondly as I watched her act like a little girl again.
"No! I just..."
"You just share your Father's childish side." Emily smirked.
"And since when was that a bad thing!" I laughed out as I jumped into the sleigh. Once I was steady, I turned around and held my hand out to Emily to help her in.
"It's not." Emily told me with a small smile as she got into the sleigh.
We all managed to fit, but I soon noticed that before Aster could get situated North cracked the reigns and we were rushing through his tunnel at lightning speed. I went down to Aster and helped him get situated into his seat. "You alright, Cottontail?"
"Yeah, thanks..." He breathed out once he was stable.
"No problem."
Suddenly we heard North bellowing out in laughter, and we all knew we were nearing the edge of the tunnel. "WOO HOO!" Eira shouted as the reign deer flew off of the platform. "Whoa!"
"I had the same reaction." I chuckled out as I watched Eira jumping up and down as she looked at either side of the sleigh. Then, I jumped up out of the sleigh and started flying alongside it.
"You like sleigh, Snow Queen?"
"You can call me Eira." She giggled. "And yes, I love it very much!"
'Enjoyin' ourselves, Frostbite?' I heard Aster ask me, and I couldn't help, but allow my grin to widen.
'Very much. I'm glad it's not a secret anymore...at least not among my friends and family.'
'I'm glad your happy 'bout it. So...how are we gonna deal with Wolfina?'
'Hopefully we could probably lure her somewhere that snows often.'
'Are you gonna try what you did Easter Sunday of '68?'
'I'm not seeing much of a choice. I just have no idea how we're going to lure her.'
'How does she get around anyway?'
'Her wolves can fly.'
'Oh, well that's just great!'
'Yeah, giant fluffy flying Abbeys to you, I'm sure.'
'Don't even get me started on that dingo.'
Before I could say anything more, one of my sprites appeared next to me. "Jack! I found her!"
"Klaina! Where is she?"
"In Burgess!"
"Again!?" I groaned out. "Go get your sisters!"
"Good luck, Jack!" She disappeared and I flew alongside North as he held tight to the reigns and started taking out a snow globe.
"Burgess!" He shouted and threw the snow globe.
Once we were through and we landed on my pond, we all jumped out immediately and I heard the familiar snarling of Wolfina's wolves. I turned around and immediately watched as Aster threw a boomerang at the sound. He missed, but everyone else saw her then too. "Wolfina!" I growled out.
"How the hell is the Bunny alive!?"
"That's none of your business!" He shouted. "Ya need to leave...leave the ankle-biters alone!"
"Oh, no! I'm not gonna do that! They're going to be part of my new army and...Oh...Mother Nature, how nice of you to join us! I see you've brought your General of Winter...the Snow Queen!"
"I am NOT the General of Winter! Jack is!"
"I still refuse to believe that! How can a boy surpass a Queen!?"
"Well, too bad you won't find out!" I growled as I started sending ice shards at her wolves immediately, quickly injuring them a great deal. I stopped my attack just long enough to see Wolfina's shock. "Have you turned any of the children in the area?"
"You haven't given me the chance!" She shouted in agitation.
"GOOD! Now, how about we have a rematch of '68?"
"A rematch? You won that battle!"
"That I did, but don't you want the chance to get back at me?"
"I want to get back at Mother Nature! I could care less about you! You were foolish enough to spare me!"
"Ah, but you see...I suggested your punishment."
"You...you forced me to be trapped in the Rain Forest!?"
"Yes, and you deserved it!" I shouted as he pointed his staff at her. "Answer my question."
"A rematch...? What do you get if you win again?"
"You will never harm anyone ever again." I glared down at her, as I felt my power thrum through my entire body, ready to be used, but I had to push it down, no matter how much I didn't want to.
"Fine, but what do I get if I win?"
"Your freedom." I growled low as I inched closer to her.
"I like the sound of that." She grinned wickedly. "What are the terms of the rematch?"
"Each of us get to invite whoever we want to the battle, it has to be in Antarctica, and it's a no holds barred."
"No holds barred...and I can invite anyone I want? Are you sure you want me to be able to invite anyone I want? You do know that I've gained control of Wendigos...right?"
"Yes, I'm well aware, and the offer still stands! Yes or no!?"
"You have your rematch." She laughed out darkly. "I will meet you in Antarctica within two hours.
"Two hours." I repeated as I straightened myself, and she took her wolves and flew away.
"Jack..." Tooth started. "...are you sure you want to offer her...her freedom?"
"It's the only thing she cares about other than herself." I sighed out as I rubbed the back of my neck. "Will all of you help me?"
"We'll help you, Jack." North answered firmly. "However, I am thinking that we will not be enough if she also brings Wendigo."
"Oh...I have a plan." I tapped the crook of my staff three times on the ice and a bright green portal appeared.
"Smart plan, Jack." Emily hummed and walked through.
"Thank you, now come on...it's perfectly safe I promise. I just have to be the last one through." Once we all stepped through, I heard the others Gasp in shock at the castle and everything around it. Then, I heard Aster step forward just a bit. "J-Jack..." Aster whispered out.
"Welcome to my home. Well, the second part of my home. The pond is the first part of my home."
"FATHER!" I heard my children shout from all directions. I ran out towards the middle and prepared myself for the hug tackle I would likely receive, and I was right. As soon as I opened my arms, the others crowded me and started hugging me tightly.
"Alright, everyone!" I laughed lightly as I looked over to the others who were staring with widened eyes, but amused smiles. "I have introductions to make."
"Oh! You brought friends! Mother said it was okay?" Adara asked.
"Yes, I said it was okay." Emily chuckled.
I nodded my head at her before looking back to our children. "So! I'm sure you all know North, Tooth, Sandy, and Bunny..."
"Yes!" They chorused together with delighted faces.
"North and Tooth...I told Bunny and Sandy...but these are my adoptive children. However, I don't like using that word. So...these are my other children. This is Adara, she's a fire spirit."
"Hello."
"This one is Mesi, she's a water spirit."
"Pleasure to meet you." She smiled brightly.
"This one is Nimbus. He's a storm spirit and a stubborn one too."
"Hey now!" Nimbus chuckled out just before giving me a soft nudge. He looked out to the others with an amused grin on his face. "Good to meet you."
"This one is Isla, and she's an Earth spirit."
"Greetings." She said softly as she gave a short nod of her head.
"This one is Abungu, he's a forest spirit."
"Salutations, friends!"
"This is Bram, he's an animal spirit that can communicate with and transform into any type of bird."
"Very nice to meet you."
"This is Autumn, and you'll never guess what she does."
"I'm gonna guess somethin' to do with fall." Aster smirked as he crossed his arms.
"Exactly!" I shouted. "She's the General of Autumn."
"Hello! It's so nice to meet you!"
"This is Flora, and she is the General of Spring."
"Hi." She said simply just before moving to hide behind me.
"Ah...she um...physically she's sixteen, but mentally she's ten and very shy. However, don't let that fool you. Once you get to know her, she can be almost as fierce as Emily...almost. Also, once you get to know her...it's hard to get her to stop talking. Not that I mind, it's nice. Come on out, they're not gonna hurt you. They're here with me to ask for help."
"Promise?"
"Promise." Once I smiled at her she nodded her head and looked out to them with a brighter smile. "Now...you were just introduced. What do you say?"
"It's a pleasure to meet you."
I nodded my head and gave her a proud smile. "Good job." Then, I looked back and pointed to Summer. "And this is Summer. He's the General of Summer."
"Glad to finally meet Father's friends."
"It's nice to meet you all." Tooth smiled brightly at us, but mostly at my children.
"Good to meet Jack's family." North stated.
"A pleasure to meet all of you." Aster greeted with an honest smile. "However, I gotta ask...a lot of you look physically older than Jack...why do you call him Father?"
'I already told you...' I told him mentally.
'Yeah, but I want to hear it from them.'
Abungu stepped forward with a soft smile. "Because he is Father. He married our Mother, and became our Father."
"But it's more than that..." Flora piped up.
"Yes, it is...isn't it." Nimbus commented as he gave Flora a kind smile. He then turned to look at the others with understanding eyes. "When he joined us, he treated Mother with every ounce of respect and love a king would his queen. Even if they didn't know it yet, we knew."
"Yes! We knew it was love at first sight for both of them!" Bram chuckled out. "The two love birds danced around each other until they actually danced. I was there for that, and the look on both of their faces was one of pure love, but neither of them would admit it...not until a hundred years later."
"That's not all of it either." Isla calmly stated with a smile. "Rather than just acknowledging us as every spirit did, he took the time to get to know us individually. He was there for us when we would become angry or upset, and he was quick to soothe any ache or wound we would gain. He would spend time with us, and he made us feel loved. Even though we're physically older than him...he treated us with the same love and affection that Mother did. Age and physical appearance didn't matter at all to him. He treated us as his own. When he got to know us..." She trailed off as if she couldn't find the words anymore.
Adara stepped forward and nodded her head at Isla. "When he got to know us...it wasn't just to know what we were like. He wasn't asking for favorite past times...likes and dislikes...even though he did ask for those...He asked about US as a family! Not only that, but he...when he found out we had past lives, he would ask about it. He would continuously make sure we were all well and happy. When he started to get to know us, he listened to every word we had to say, and if the memory of our past was painful, he would calm us and tell us it was going to be okay. When he got to know us...it meant everything."
"It did..." Autumn answered as she looked at me. "...because suddenly...to another spirit other than Mother...we were more than our powers. We were people again. Then, when we all collectively noticed the pure but hidden love between Mother and Father...it reminded us of how a Father loves a Mother...how a King loves his Queen and vice versa."
Mesi stepped forward with a light chuckle. "And then when Mother and Father told us they planned to get married and that they had confessed their love..."
"We all told them it was about time." Abungu finished with a hearty laugh. "We celebrated when they got married, but then even better news happened, and considering you have brought them here they know."
"Yes, they know about Eira." I answered proudly.
"Good...then...the better news was that Mother was pregnant with Father's child."
"We all decided in that moment that we would guard and protect our little sister with our lives and we offered to willingly give up our powers to do so." Nimbus smiled fondly at Eira, who started blushing lightly in embarrassment, but smiled back. "There are many more than just us that call him Father. We're just the ones that are here right now, and now that you know how and why he's our Father...what is it you need?"
"Do you remember Wolfina?" I questioned, and they all instantly became furious.
"That...abomination!?" Abungu shouted. "What has she done now!?"
"She was going to try and turn children into werewolves, and I couldn't allow that. So, I challenged her to a rematch in Antarctica. A rematch of '68."
"Ah...the blizzard..." Nimbus nodded his head. "...and what are the conditions?"
"I can invite anyone I wish to fight by my side, it's in Antarctica, and it's no holds barred. We can go all out!"
"Father is going to fight without his staff!" Flora cheered as she jumped up and down.
"Wait...Jack..." Tooth spoke with a confused look on her face. "You can fight without it?"
"Yeah, I just don't like to. The staff is a part of me, and I'm going to have to give it to someone I trust a bit more than my wife and children. No offense..."
"None taken." They all collectively said, causing me to bust out laughing. 'Oh, I love my children.' I thought to myself.
"Well then!" I chuckled lightly, then I turned to Aster. "Here." I said confidently as I gave him my staff.
With a dropped jaw and shaking hands, he took my staff into his own hands as carefully as he could. "I...I...J-Jack..."
"I trust you, Aster."
I watched as his breath hitched in his throat while his grip tightened around my staff. I then smiled proudly as he opened up a tunnel, sending my staff to his burrow."It'll be back in my burrow."
"Safest place I know other than here." I admitted.
"Hey! North Pole is safe place!" North defended as he crossed his arms.
"My daughter snuck in past your yeti." I sent a smug look his way.
North sighed out and nodded his head in defeat. "Fair enough."
"Good...so..." I turned back around to face my family. "You don't have to if you don't want to, but..."
"YES!" The nine spirits shouted with determination.
"Well alright then!" Aster laughed out. "Looks like we have a chance!"
"That we do...now come on, let's go to Antarctica. Everyone else can fly, but um..." I looked to Aster with a sly smirk. "...can we take your tunnels?"
"Don't have to ask me twice!"
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Once we all made it to Antarctica, it didn't take us long to find Wolfina, but the beings that were with her caught us off guard. With her were her wolves, of course, but there were also Wendigos, werewolves, and to the right of her stood was a fox spirit with six tails. He had pale orange hair, golden eyes, and pale skin. He wore a cape made of fox fur, an orange dress shirt with a black vest, and he wore black dress shoes. "Good of you to finally join us." Wolfina grinned wickedly. "Oh? Mother Nature, I believe it was to be JACK who brought the company, not you."
"I DID bring them!" I growled low.
"Oh? And how is it that they've become faithful to you?"
"That is none of your concern, Abomination!" Abungu growled out.
"No...I'll let her know." I stepped forward confidently. "She won't live through the battle. Not this time. She's done enough damage, and she plays no part in the balance of things...and more importantly...she tried to go after children. So, I will let her know."
"Let me know what!? And how DARE you speak to me in that tone of voice!?"
"It is you, who needs to watch their tongue!" Abungu spat.
"Wolfina..." My smirk upturned into a wicked and confident smile as I glared at her. "...I would like you to me my children. Oh, and, Eira, can you come forward, sweetie."
"Yes?" She chimed with amusement as she stepped forward.
I turned towards Wolfina as I wrapped an arm around Eira, and I gave her a pointed glare. "I believe you've met my wife, Mother Nature, but this...Eira...she is our daughter."
"W-Wife!? D-Daughter!? Ch-Children!? Wha-How!?"
"Ah...now see...You don't deserve to know that story." I lifted up my hand and summoned snow from the ground. I then clenched my fist and all of the snowflakes turned into sharp knives and daggers. I waved my hand towards her, and the sharp snowflakes turned ice daggers rushed towards her, cutting up her and the wolves, but didn't quite reach the Wendigo, werewolves, or fox spirit.
'I thought you said you weren't going to kill her.' I heard Aster in my mind with confusion and concern lacing his tone.
'I'm not...Emily is going to deal the final blow. All I have to do is injure and wound her as much as possible.'
"Y-You can't be...!" Wolfina screeched after the miniature ice daggers went away. "You're lying!"
"How dare you speak to Father that way!?" Nimbus shouted and summoned lightning to crash down on the Wendigo, killing and burning at least four of them.
"Don't worry about it, Nimbus, she didn't know before today." I told him with a reassuring hand on his shoulder. Then, I turned my gaze over to Wolfina. "Are you gonna just stand there or are we gonna have a rematch? OR...is it that now that you know I am Mother Nature's husband and these are my children...you surrender?"
"NEVER!" She screamed. "I will NEVER surrender! I will take what I believe to be rightfully mine!" She kicked the sides of the wolf she was on, and the battle started.
"Jack! The ice wolves!" Aster shouted as he fought off his own opponent.
"Right!" I placed my hands on the ground that was already at least six to eight feet of snow, and quickly brought my hands up, bringing four snow wolves up with him.
"Uh...Jack, Bunny...not to be rude, but how are snowmen-wolves going to help battle?" North asked quickly as he fought off a Wendigo and ran it through.
"Like this!" I growled out and snapped my fingers, bringing the wolves to life as the snow flew away to reveal their pure ice-like bodies. "Attack, but don't kill!"
We fought for what felt like three straight hours, and somehow we only had some minor scratches, burns, and bruises. Abungu was conjuring branches from his hands and making them as sharp as swords, and started fighting like the expert duel wielder I knew him to be. Nimbus constantly threw lightning and summoned thunder to disorient the wolves, but once he realized it was effecting Aster too, he stopped and focused on lightning. Flora would press a hand on a Wendigo's chest and make a sharp and thorny rose bush bloom from the inside out. Adara would scorch all of the fallen werewolves and Wendigo, and when she wasn't doing that, she made the Wendigo burn from the inside out until they bursted into flames. All Mesi had to do was grip hard on a werewolf's or Wendigo's arm and she could instantly dehydrate them. Bram turned into an Eagle and started clawing out the larger wolves eyes, to make them blind. Autumn and Summer worked together with their expert archery skills with their own unique arrows. "NO!" Wolfina shouted as Isla took care of the last werewolf by summoning the earth from beneath it and crushed it. All that was left were the Wendigo, and North, Tooth, and Sandy had that taken care of. Meanwhile, Aster, Eira, Emily, and I were keeping a close eye on Wolfina to make sure she didn't try to escape, and my children slowly started to surround her.
Wolfina gave a wicked grin and tried to repeat her actions from a week and a half ago, but I quickly stopped her by summoning an ice shield that knocked her into an ice wall that was already there. "I will not let you hurt my brother!" I growled low. So low, unless you were a Pooka or an animal, you wouldn't have been able to hear it, and then I instantly remembered that Aster was one such creature.
'B-Brother?' I heard Aster ask me with a shaky voice in his mind.
'It's...really something Manny should...'
'Snowdrop?'
My eyes widened considerably and I couldn't stop the pounding in my heart as I felt joy, relief, and worry all at once. 'He told you...that's...that's good.'
'Y-You...you're really Snowdrop? My little brother?'
'Yes.' I told him with a sympathetic smile growing on my face.
'For how long?'
'Um...since I put my staff back together. Not when I looked in my memory box, but when I put my staff back together. I'm still also Jack...we're the same person. I'm both. It's like...it's like how some spirits get a new name. That's all that really happened...but I also have a new body. I remember everything. Everything from both lives. It's like...I fell asleep as a Pooka, but woke up as a human boy named Jackson. However...you need to try to keep a level head until we get back to the Pole...you don't want to worry the others.'
'Right...and then...'
'And then we'll talk more. As much as you want.'
"What are we gonna do with her?" Aster asked carefully.
Emily came forward and lunged an emerald dagger into Wolfina's core. As she took the dagger out, the wound closed and a brilliant light shined over Wolfina. "She's human. She has no powers, and no immortality. She'll still live, but she'll never see another spirit for as long as she lives, and she will not remember this life. Furthermore, her children will only EVER know of the Guardians, and not anyone else." We looked over to her large wolves and they vanished as if they never existed. Emily then looked down to Wolfina and lifted her up out of the snow. "I'll take her to Scotland. She'll find a good family there. Everyone should meet back at my domain. Jack...take them there, please." Within the blink of an eye she was gone.
'Does Emily know who and what you are?'
'She does, and even though Manny told her in secret while I was asleep during our honeymoon...I think she's known for a while longer than that. Now that I think about it...she DID know...she would've had to have known since the moment I...either way, she apparently didn't mind at all...if our child is anything to go by. When I told her about what I found out...I was terrified she wouldn't love me anymore, but she told me she already knew and still loved me for me.'
"We need to go back home, Father." Abungu reminded as he placed a hand on my shoulder.
'Do your children know?'
'I don't know. I haven't told them anything. I'm sure Emily will be able to tell us when we all get back.' He turned to Abungu and smiled. "You're right." I then lifted my hand and caused the snow to lift up into the air, and with one slight flick of my wrist, a portal appeared in place of the snow. "Everyone in...North...can you tell your reign deer to go back to the Pole?"
"Yes. They know the way home. I do not need to always hold reigns."
"Good. We all have a lot to talk about." I told them all with anxiousness rising even further into my chest.