"Can we fly again?" I asked, adrenaline still flowing through my veins from the rush I had felt when in the air, "Lauren's cave is by that ocean we saw."

"Are you sure?" Jack flashed a smile that went way past his eyes, "ok! Hop on!" Jack assumed piggy-back position and I climbed on. In a flurry of snow and cold air Jack leaped onto the back of the wind. I let out a whoop and enjoyed the view.

"This is amazing!" I yelled

Jack laughed and I felt his body shake beneath me. "I'm glad you like it!"

"Me too." I closed my eyes and breathed in the cool air.

Jack and I flew in silence for awhile until Lauren's cave came into view. "That's it!" I shouted to Jack, pointing to the large cavern.

Jack picked up speed and then slowed as the ground came towards us. We landed lightly and I climbed off. I felt flushed and excited all at the same time. I channeled my feelings into a ball of fire and warmed my body with the flames. Jack's eyes widened for a moment, "I keep forgetting you're the spirit of fire." he laughed and ran a hand through his hair. I stood in the awkward silence for a moment before looking towards the cave and pointing. "The cave is just up here."

I walked towards our destination and felt a slight blush crawl onto my face. Why was I blushing? I was not going to blush for Jack Frost. I pushed my hair into my face and kept walking forward. Up ahead a rustle came from the bush. I looked up with a start and yelled as my father walked out, his arms outstretched and an evil grin on his face. Sasha trailed behind him with a grim look on her face.

"What the hell? Father?" I backed away, pushing Jack behind me. "What do you want?"

My father laughed mockingly. "I just wanted to see my daughter. How are you doing my dear? Going on a little road trip are we?"

Anger filled me. He wasn't allowed to see me. He was not going to ruin this. "Father. Leave. Now." I allowed the anger to fill me. My body heated itself up and almost overtook me. I would use my power if I needed to. My father stood over me and grinned. Suddenly a large pressure came over me. Agonizing pain rushed over me. Wave after wave of pressure was pushed inside of my head. I screamed but was unable to move. Far away I could hear Jack yell my name. More pain crashed into me. I writhed in pain and screamed again. I heard someone yell and then blacked out.

"How is she doing?" a male voice came out of the darkness

"She's been unconscious for a while now. I think she's doing a bit better though. I wish I knew what he did to her. Whatever it was, it was bad."

I groaned and rolled over, "You bet it was." my eyes fluttered opened and I grinned at Lauren and Jack, who were standing over me. Lauren looked pretty much the same as when I had seen her before. She looked about nineteen in human standards. One side of her head was shaved and the other had long brown wavy hair that went down past her shoulders. Her ears were pierced in many places and she wore large black hoops paired with black studs. Her necklace was a chain with a green gem hanging from it. She wore a graphic tank top and a leather sleeveless jacket with black skinny jeans. Her shoes were black ankle high boots with lots of gold buckles.

"Look who's awake." Lauren grinned

"Ava! I'm glad you're alright." Jack ran to where I was laying and knelt down next to me. I shook my head and stood up with a smile on my face. "Yeah me too. What happened back there? How long was I out?" I looked over to Lauren and gave her a questioning look.

"Almost a day. I heard you scream and came running to see what was wrong. Your father was trying to take you with him when I got there. Jack was preoccupied fighting that fearling girl so I ran over and fought your father. He's more powerful than I remembered. I tried to fight him off with my sword but the only way I could defeat him was by summoning five spirits to fight him off. I hate sacrificing them like that...but I had to save you. While he was fighting my spirits I knocked him out and grabbed you. Jack finished fighting the fearling and followed me. I had to explain who I was. Thank God you told him about me or I think Jack would have fought me too." Lauren laughed, "We brought you back here and now here we are." Lauren grinned and gave me a hug. "It's good to see you again."

I smiled at Lauren and then looked to Jack. "I'm sorry you had to fight Sasha. I can't believe that she still wants to help him." I shook my head.

"Anyway," Lauren clapped her hands together, "Jack explained why you guys came to see me. It might be hard, but I think I can get you guys to the North Pole."

My face brightened at this, "That's great! When do you think we can go?" I asked

"I'll have to rest tonight, and I need to get a separate form of me to escort souls while I'm helping you guys, but you should be able to leave tomorrow."

"That's great!" Jack said

I looked outside the cave to realize that it was dark outside. "We should probably get some rest." I said, "We have a big day tomorrow."

Lauren nodded, "Follow me, the bedrooms are this way."

We followed Lauren deeper into her cave until we came to a set of five doors. Lauren pointed to the door farthest down on the left. "That's the bathroom. The one next to it is my room. Ava, you can sleep in this one, and Jack you can sleep in the one next to Ava's."

I nodded and walked towards my room. As I opened the door I turned and looked to Jack. "Goodnight."

Jack smiled and nodded his head in my direction, "Goodnight."