She murmured softly, "So this has happened with all your masters?" Jack nodded,
"Incidentally yes." That was when the three arrived at the guild. He spotted Gray, "How interesting. An ice-make Mage huh?" He watched Gray brawl before noticing something, "Eh? He uses Static Ice-Make Magic. Wonder if he'd like any pointers." With that Jack walked over to the dark haired Mage and Lucy stared at him. She turned to Leo,
"So will he be alright?" Leo nodded distractedly, paying more attention to the former Winter Celestial Spirit. Leo was still worried about his old friend, but knew that Jack was more than capable of protecting himself.
Jack tapped Gray's shoulder, "Hey, I noticed you use Static Ice-Make magic. Would you like me to teach you how to use Dynamic Ice-Make magic?" Gray turned to the white haired teen and looked at him weirdly,
"Who are you?" Jack laughed and scratched his head a bit,
"I guess I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Jack Frost, former Celestial Spirit of Winter." Gray blinked,
"So you're like Loke?" Jack cocked his head,
"Huh? Loke?" Gray raised an eyebrow,
"Yeah the ginger standing by Lucy."
"Oh, you mean Leo. I suppose he changed his name while he was banished. Eh, oh well. But more or less. So do you want me to teach you?" Gray shrugged,
"Sure, why not? It might be useful in battle."
"Do you have any training grounds where I can show you?" Gray nodded,
"Yeah, follow me." With that he took Jack outside to where Fairy Tail typically held their practice battles. Jack then moved to the center of the area,
"Rather than making a flat hand and a fist and putting them together, you can just put your hands together, flat against each other, some consider this to be a prayer position, and then say, Frost Make: Cat Solid! Or whatever creature you want. After that you merely have to give the creature your orders." With his demonstration, once he spoke the words he pulled his hands apart and the cat appeared. Gray kneeled down by the cat and touched it softly. It had intricate snowflake and frost patterns on it, but was smooth and hard like ice. He stood back up and looked at Jack,
"Frost Make huh?" Jack nodded,
"Yeah, as I mentioned earlier, I was a celestial spirit. But if you want to make anything bigger than say a lion, it's better for you to place your palms flat on the floor." Jack demonstrated this, "Frost Make: Manticore Solid!" And of course a manticore appeared. Jack turned to address Gray, "And if you don't add the word solid to the 'spell' it comes out like this… Frost Make: Bird!" A bird appeared, but unlike the other creations it was slightly opaque, not a solid ice blue, almost white like the other creations. Jack gestured at it, "As you can tell it isn't quite solid, but still moves on its own. You can use these types of creations to carry messages for you." Gray nodded,
"That's cool, man. Thanks for showing me." Jack shrugged,
"I figured while I'm down here I might as well pass on some of my power." Here Gray looked at him weirdly, but before he could ask anything Lucy approached Jack,
"Leo said something interesting and I was wondering if you could confirm it." Jack looked at her curiously,
"Sure, what is it?"
"He said something about being able to share your powers, let others use your powers." Jack nodded,
"Yeah, sure I can. It's what I just did with Gray. I gave him permission to use my powers." Lucy looked at him worriedly,
"But won't that drain your powers? Your energy? And decrease the amount of time you have here?!" Jack looked at her weirdly,
"No, and no, and no." He frowned, "Seriously, I have no idea why you would think that Lucy." Gray asked,
"Gave me permission?" Jack nodded absently in Gray's direction,
"Yeah, unless I give a Mage permission they can't use any Frost-Make magic. Even a normal Mage can use it if I give them permission, but it's strictly a Winter Magic, meaning it can only be used if a Mage has been given permission by the current celestial winter spirit. If I hadn't given you permission, mentally really, then you wouldn't be able to do it no matter how much magic you channeled into your hands and words. Give it a go." Gray closed his eyes and put his palms on the ground before shouting out,
"Frost Make: Dragon Solid!" A gigantic European Dragon appeared behind Gray. He turned around and stared in awe at the huge creature. It looked at him, waiting for orders. Gray then frowned, "Ano, Jack, how do I dissipate the creations?" Jack answered offhandedly, without really looking at him,
"Just close your hands and say 'Dissipate!' Your creation will then disappear." Gray nodded. Lucy frowned,
"I still don't get it Jack. How can he use your powers without draining them?" Jack looked at Lucy seriously,
"My powers come from Winter itself. No matter what, Winter will always come. My powers can never be drained. If there's frost around, it rejuvenates me, even just a little. The colder it is, the less energy I lose. I have given Gray permission to use the power, powers, of Winter to aid him. While I am in control of them, they are not my personal powers. It can be likened to either you allowing someone else to use your keys or Erza allowing someone else to use her re-equip space. While they are undoubtedly yours, the person must use their own magic to do the summoning itself. Additionally, since the Spirits have contracts with you, unless you give the person permission, typically verbal, to use your keys, they will be unable to pull the spirit through the gate. Sure the gate might open, but that does not mean the spirit will come through. With permission, the spirits will of course come through the gate knowing you have given your permission for this person to call upon them. Similar for what I said about Erza's re-equip space. A person cannot access it, much less draw from it without her permission, as it is hers. But once again, they must use their own power to access and draw from it." Leo sighed,
"Sometimes you take way too long explaining things Jack." The white hair teen shrugged carelessly,
"They're the ones who asked. Besides, I'm older than you." Lucy blinked,
"Really?" Leo sighed and nodded reluctantly,
"Yeah. He's been around since death. I've been around for about a thousand years. Jack has been around for what? Two thousand?" Jack shook his head,
"Closer to five thousand."
"Then why does Loke look like an adult, while you look like a teen?" Jack answered,
"Personal preference. While it's rare I have a couple of other forms I use semi-regularly." Leo snorted,
"More like just about never. You only slip into Old Man Winter form when you want pity. You take on your female form so you can have fun with guys and your Norse form when you want to scare the wits out of people. But you almost never do!" Jack looked at Leo dully,
"Well when you've been around for almost five thousand years and only had three owners, all of which ordered you to kill them you don't always feel like having fun and getting more pity. You've had at least, what? Fifteen owners? And until Karen you've never been banished from the Celestial Spirit World. You don't even have any duties other than being the occasional advisor to the king and keeping the Zodiac happy! I have to keep an eye on winter and make sure everything goes smoothly otherwise Toothiana could never get her work done and the earth would never get time to just relax!" At the end Jack was shouting. Leo winced, and put his hands up,
"Alright, alright. I get your point Jack."
AN: Still don't own Fairy Tail or Rise of the Guardians
