A/N : Sorry for not updating sooner! This was supposed to be a oneshot but it got longer and longer so I'm turning this into an arc of 3 chapters. Beware, it's gonna be cute! ;)


The obnoxiously loud ringing of the alarm clock ripped young Jamie Bennett away from his pleasant dreams about snowball fights and sleigh rides.

On every other day in the past few weeks he had been excited to get up, ran to the window in hope of being blessed with a view of white scenery, only to be dissappointed when bare trees and brownish green grass seemed to mock him. It was late October and he had been waiting eagerly for the first snow. He had been bugging Jack, who had been visiting now and then, about it but the guardian always told him that it wasn't time for winter yet and that he had to be patient. With every passing day the child's hope grew and at the same time his patience ran short whenever he was greeted by the everlasting autumn landscape.

But today was different.

It was Friday and while he should have been excited about the upcoming weekend he wished he wouldn't have to go to school today. The reason for his aversion could be summed up in two words. Math exam. Jamie hated math and he hated exams, making it double as bad. He turned over in the warm and comfy sheets of his bed, burrying his face in the pillow. No way he would get up anytime soon.

"Jamie, wake up, breakfast is ready!" the voice of his mother echoed through the whole house.

So much for that.

With a groan the boy reluctantly dragged himself out of bed and groggily walked past the window to his wardrobe. After a quick glance he squinted his eyes shut, the white brightness outside was blinding him. Wait….white? In a heartbeat he was wide awake and stormed to the window, almost crashing into the glass in sheer excitement.

It had finally snowed! And not just a bit, no, this was the snow day of all snow days! Cars were hidden under thick layers of white, the branches of trees threatened to break under the heavy weight and the few people who were already out had to force their way through almost knee-deep snow.

It was perfect! School would be closed today without a doubt and instead of an excruciating math exam he would have fun with Jack and his other friends!

The moment he had turned is back on the window a snowball was thrown against it to draw his attention back to the outside world. He didn't have to think much about who might be responsible for it.

"Jack!" the young Bennett shouted happily and hurried to open the window, letting his favourite winter spirit inside.

He flew into the room and gracefully landed on the colourful carpet, casually leaning his staff over his shoulder. A proud smirk appeared on his face.

"Hey, Jamie! You like my masterpiece?"

"It's awesome! It has never snowed that much at this time of year before!"

"Haha, yeah…I probably should have waited a little longer but whatever, people will just blame the climate change for it anyway." the frost teen shrugged nonchalantly.

Truth was, Jack couldn't bear to see the dissappointed look in Jamie's eyes anymore whenever his first believer asked him when there would be the first snow and he had to stave him off. Winter giving an early guest appearance wouldn't hurt anyone.

"Are you ready for the snowball fight of your life?" he asked with his typical crooked grin.

"Yes, yes, yes! You bet!" the boy shouted with glee while jumping up and down in excitement.

He stopped dead in his tracks when the door was suddenly swung open and his mother stood there with a stern look.

"Are you talking to Jack Frost again?" she asked matter-of-factly.

Jamie rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. Surely his Mom must have thought he was insane by now, always talking to someone she couldn't see and didn't believe in.

"Uhm, yeah…"

"Well, you can talk to him later, breakfast is ready so get dressed. And oh, they announced on the radio that the school's closed today, because of the heaps of snow. Thought you might like those news." she winked and closed the door behind her as she left the room again. However not before emphasizing her point by adding "Don't dawdle!".

Jamie rolled his eyes and then looked back at the Guardian of Fun who smiled at him in return. If it was pity or amusement he wasn't sure.

"Better hurry before she gets mad, I'll wait for you at the hills right next to the forest." Jack chuckled and headed towards the open window.

"And don't forget your sleigh!"

"Okay, see ya later!" the young boy waved at the frost teen as he jumped out and let the wind carry him away from the Bennett's house.


"You're surely taking your time, young man." Mrs. Bennett remarked as her son finally entered the kitchen.

"Sorry, Mom."

Jamie sat on the chair next to his little sister and poured maple syrup over freshly baked pancakes, which were rather lukewarm by now though. Judging from her smeary hands his younger sibling didn't bother using the fork lying right in front of her on the table.

"Aww, Soph, I told you already not to eat with your hands!" his mother groaned in frustration and stood up to get a wet kitchen towel.

"So, what are your plans for today?" she asked while she was wiping the sticky syrup from her daughters hands.

"I'll meet Ja-, uhm, I'll meet with my friends, have snowball fights, sleigh rides, you know, taking advantage of the weather." he grinned and stuffed a forkful of pancake into his mouth.

"Me, too!" screeched Sophie, knowing very well that the funny nice boy with the white hair would be there as well.

"Oh, honey, I think you're a little too young for this."

The blonde toddler looked at her mother with big quickly watering eyes, making it obvious that this hadn't been the answer she was hoping for.

"But, but…sleigh! Me, too!" she continued whining.

No way she would give up already. Mrs. Bennett however stayed as stubborn as her offspring.

"No buts. Jamie is going out with his friends. Maybe you two can go on a sleigh ride later this winter, but not today. We'll do some errands at the mall and you decide where we'll have lunch, how does that sound?"

For rational people it would have been a good compromise but Sophie wasn't happy with it at all. This was unfair, why was her brother allowed to have fun outside and she had to accompany her Mom to do boring shopping? The 3-year-old's lips quivered dangerously and Jamie quickly shoved the last bit of the pancakes into his mouth and said goodbye as he got up and hurried to the door. As he put on his thick jacket and his boots he could hear his sister crying miserably and his mother trying to calm the upset child down. With a sigh of relief that he was out of this mess he slammed the door shut behind him and headed for the garage to get his sleigh.


The day was the epitome of awesomeness.

On the way to the hills Jamie had met Monty and by the time they arrived there Jack was already awaiting them. The two boys ran to the spirit who was balancing on the top of his shepherd's crook and laughed in excitement as they noticed the huge pile of snowballs next to him. Those were enough for a snowball fight which would last hours!

Soon later the rest of their gang arrived and Jack didn't waste another second to officially start the battle by throwing the first snowballs at the kids.

Cheerful laughter ensued as everyone followed his lead and tried to hit as many of the others as possible. Snowballs were flying in every direction and even the Guardian of Fun couldn't dodge them a few times, resulting in the group of children cheering in triumph each time. He casually brushed the snow off his hoodie, grinned at them devilishly and just when noone expected it he swung his staff and their visions were clouded by snowballs landing straight in their faces. Laughing filled the chilly air once more and the fight continued.

Shortly after midday they, with the exception of Jack, were exhausted from hours of running around and dropped to the snowy ground panting and holding their grumbling stomachs. Fortunately Cupcake had been foresightful and had brought a picknick-basket full of sandwiches and muffins with her. With a firm slap on the hand she shooed Caleb away, who had been the first to try grabbing one of the muffins, one that looked different from all the others.

"Ouch, what was that for?!" he complained grumpily as he rubbed his burning hand.

"Not that one! That's for Jack!" she retorted and reached for the baked good.

With a faint blush she held the muffin out to the winter spirit. Unlike the others which were brown and obviously chocolate-flavoured this one was much made of a much brighter dough and had white frosting covering it with a sugar snowflake on top.

"Apple cinnamon, thought you might like it." the chubby girl said shyly, which was quite uncommon for her.

Caleb would have made a snarky comment about it, but he didn't feel ready for yet another slap.

"Thanks." Jack smiled and grabbed the muffin, immediately taking a bite of it. "Oh wow, tastes great, did you bake it yourself?"

Cupcake nodded sheepishly. Boy, it was so surreal for the rest of the children to see the former bully so quiet and modest..

"Well, you surely have a talent for it." the white-haired teen stated and took another bite of the delicious sweet snack.

The suppressed snicker and whispers behind her caught her attention and she shot her friends a death glare which clearly said 'If you want something to eat as well then you better shut up right now'.

After lunch everyone pulled their sleighs up to one of the hills and squealed in joy as they dashed back down the snowy slopes. Jack had created ice paths so they could gain more speed than usual and kept a watchful eye over the group so noone would get hurt. Climbing back up the hill with the sleigh in tow each time turned out to be quite strenuous for the kids so Jack supported them as much as he could and flew them up there all the way alternately. Of course only one at a time since he couldn't carry more than one child and their sleigh at once.

In the afternoon they built snow sculptures, because the Guardian of Fun was of the opinion that simple snowmen were too boring. With Jack's help the children managed to create a life-sized snow bear, a wolf and a unicorn ( which had been Cupcake's idea of course ). The girl dressed in pink squealed in delight as he formed an icicle and put it on the animal's forehead, admiring the translucent ice horn which sparkled in the sunlight.

When it was slowly starting to get dark everyone bid their goodbyes and headed to their homes. They didn't want the fun to end but they were tired after a whole day of frolicking and their parents would freak out if they weren't back in time.

Jamie stayed with Jack until the others had left, not ready to part from his best friend yet. He looked at him with big hopeful eyes.

"Can we do this again tomorrow?"

"Uhm…I fear not..." the young guardian answered reluctantly.

"Why not?" Jamie asked, dissappointment written all over his features

"Sorry to ruin the mood, kiddo, but this snow will melt tomorrow, it was only a little pretaste of winter especially for you. You'll gotta wait another month until my season officially starts."

"Oh…okay, I understand." the boy replied until he realized what he had just been told. "Wait a moment, you did this all for me?"

Jack chuckled at the wide-eyed look of the dumbfounded child in front of him and nodded with a bright smile on his face. The next moment he was almost swept off his feet when the 10-year-old glomped him around his midriff.

"Woa, you're the coolest friend ever!"

"Hehe, I do what I can." the frost teen tried to sound nonchalant and patted the boy's back.

"It's late, I'll walk you home before your Mom worries about you."

Jamie let go of the lean spirit and glanced at him questioningly.

"Walk?"

"Yeah, I'd offer to fly you home but it's still too bright, a flying boy on a sleigh might attract people's attention." he winked.

As amusing as that option was, it would raise a lot of unecessary questions and he didn't want Jamie to get in trouble. Noone would believe the boy if he explained that Jack Frost had been giving him a ride on the wind.

"Haha, yes, that makes sense." the brunette child admitted and grabbed the rope of his sleigh, dragging it behind him as he and Jack left their snowy playground.


They arrived at the Bennett's house soon later, the sun had set barely 5 minutes ago so Jamie was hoping his Mom wouldn't make such a big deal of it. He hugged the winter teen goodbye and waved at him one last time before entering his lighted warm home.

Jack waved back and waited until the boy had dissappeared inside and closed the door behind him. He could hear muffled excited yells of "This was the best day ever!" and "You should have seen it!". With a content expression and thruthful smile he walked a few steps away from the porch but just as he wanted to take off he heard a shrieking sound coming from the living room. It sounded like a child starting to cry hysterically. As usual his curiousity, and this time worry as well, got the better of him and he rushed to the closest window to peek in and hopefully find out what was going on.

Mrs. Bennett was sitting on the couch with Sophie lying next to her, crying in that dramatic way only small children seemed to be able to accomplish.

"Shhh, calm down honey, throwing a tantrum won't get you anywhere." she muttered annoyed, obviously having run out of patience during the course of the day.

"Jamie, can you please take your sister to her room, I think I'm developing a headache. She hasn't exactly been cooperative today."

"Sure thing, Mom." Jamie said, though not overly excited. "Hey Soph, you wanna play with your plush toys? Or your doll castle?"

The blonde toddler didn't even bother looking up and shook her head which was still pressed against the fabric of the couch, letting out indefinable sounds while doing so.

"Come on, it'll be fun."

"Sleigh is fun!" the stubborn girl whined.

Mrs. Bennett had enough and sighed heavily.

"Alright, young lady, either you follow your brother to your room now or you won't get supper tonight, is that clear?"

The threat had the desired effect and the small child sniveled one more time before finally lifting her head and climbing off the couch.

Watching the scene from the outside Jack couldn't help but feel pity for her when he saw her reddened eyes and cheeks with tears still running down on them. While the two siblings were walking upstairs the winter spirit headed for the window of Sophie's room. He had to find out what this was all about.

Of course he had been faster than the kids but he only had to wait a few moments until the door opened and they stepped in. Through the glass he saw the 3-year-old dropping onto the carpet defeatedly, having no strenght for more crying. By now Jamie was feeling sorry for his little sister as well and knelt down next to her.

"Awww, Soph, don't be like that. We can play whatever you want now. What do you wanna do?" he offered and smiled at her encouragingly, but got no reaction whatsoever.

The boy sighed, he was at a total loss at what to do. Jack had enough. A sudden knocking on glass caught both children's attention and before Jamie could react Sophie had squealed in joy, run to the windowsill, climbed on it and opened the window to let the frost teen inside. The moment his feet had touched the floor the green-eyed toddler jumped at him, taking advantage of her elevated position on the windowsill, and thrown her tiny arms around his neck. Jack was completely taken by surprise and took a second to gain back his composure.

"Nice to see you, too." he laughed and hugged her with one arm.

Only when he had sat down on the carpet Indian style did Sophie finally let go of him, but showed no intention of leaving his side and rested herself on his lap instead. Jamie observed her dramatic change in behaviour and chuckled as he sat right across from the older boy.

"You know, she's so crazy about you that sometimes I really wonder if she thinks you're made of sugar or something."

"Haha, she just knows that I have connections to the Easter Bunny." Jack winked humbly.

"Nah, she really worships the ground you walk on. Like Cupcake…and Pippa…gheez, all girls seem to adore you." Jamie stated matter-of-factly and almost fell over from laughter when he noticed the embarassed look on the guardian's face and his cheeks blushing purple.

As if to proove this point Sophie grabbed his right arm and clung to it like it was a new toy she had just discovered.

"See?" the Bennett boy exclaimed still laughing and brushed a tear from his eyes.

Jack had no idea why they seemed to like him so much but if Jamie thought this was a reason to ridicule him then he wouldn't show any weakness. So he'd just play along

"Yeah, haha, very funny. You're just jealous I'm a lady magnet." he retorted.

"Totally." the brunette child shot back unimpressed, sarcasm dripping all over his reply.

"So…" Jack cleared his throat, wanting nothing more than to change this awkward topic.

"What has all that drama been about?"

"Huh?"

"I heard Sophie crying like mad, so what's the matter?"

"Oh…well, actually, it's because of you."

Sapphire blue eyes widened and looked at the young believer in shock.

"Me? What did I do?"

Jamie sighed and crossed his arms, glaring at his little sister who was still cuddled against the winter spirit, totally not minding the coldness erupting from his body.

"It's not your fault, but she really wanted to join us today. I guess I swooned too much about sleigh rides and she was frustrated that Mom didn't allow it because she's still too young."

"Sleigh, sleigh, sleigh!" the small girl shouted in glee before her face fell and she leaned her head against Jack's chest.

"Mean Mommy…" she muttered grumpily.

Simply by looking at the white-haired teen Jamie could hear the gears in his mind turning.

"Hhm…."

"Jack?"

"Do you think she's too young for sleigh rides?" he asked all of a sudden.

Two pairs of eyes were looking in his direction and the boy couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable about the situation.

"Uhm…well…she can't do it alone but…if I'm sitting on a sleigh with her I guess it should be…alright."

"Yay, sleigh, sleig, sleigh!" the little girl threw up her arms in happiness and almost hit the Guardian of Fun in the process.

"Oh woa, don't crow too soon, Jack hasn't said anything about going on sleigh rides yet."

The winter spirit grinned at them with his famous crooked smile.

"Right…not yet."

Sophie stared at him as hopeful as a little child could be while Jamie wasn't sure if he should be excited or worried about the mischievous expression on his best friend's face.

"Wait, does that mean-"

"Yep, we'll have a nightly sleigh ride, just the three of us. I'll pick you up right after your mother put you to bed."


A/N : Little anecdote at the end. Last week the very Southern part of Germany was blessed with sudden snow, more than in the last 200 years! Schools were closed, children were happy and adults were like "Where the hell did all that snow come from?"
On TV they interviewed a family who had traveled all the way from another city just to have the first snowball fight of the year. So adorable!

And now I curse myself for moving to the North of Germany. XP