Fourth chapter
Tempe stood and looked over the lake and sighed. She'd been dead for three years now, and nothing had changed since the last she was Tempora. She heard children giggling and looked their way. She knew all of their names. She knew the names of most of the people walking around, but none of them could see her.
"It's lonely… I haven't even gone home to see Mother and my sisters…" she looked into the sky and sighed. The children laughed again and she looked at them once more. One of them got her attention. It was a small girl, age 10. She was sitting by a tree and looked at the lake, tears down her face.
"Rose…" she said and sighed "you… of all people… should be able to see me… or maybe you don't believe in the stories I told you anymore?" she said and got down from the tree branch she was sitting on. The snow felt pleasant on her feet and she giggled. She walked carefully on her toes towards the girl. She skipped a few steps sometimes. When she was in front of the girl she sat down on her knees, reaching out for her. Her hand went right through the girl "I guess three years without me, and probably with you praying for me to come home every night, made you lose hope…" she said and sighed. She looked at the girl who looked even more intensely at the lake "Rose… I'm right here. Now, please, just believe in what I told. It's true" Rose looked up for a short second, looking like she almost could see Tempe. Then she looked down and mumbled something into her knees. Tempe got up and sighed. She turned around and noticed some kids were looking her way.
"Probably looking at Rose" she said in a normal voice, knowing not many children believed in the guardians, and the chances of her meeting those who still did, would be slim to none. But they shook their heads in response #they can see me?!# she thought and the children went back to playing around. They were having a snowball fight with the new fallen snow. She looked back at Rose "why aren't you playing along?" she asked and sighed. Then a snowball hit her shoulder and she looked at the children. They continued playing liken nothing had happened and she smiled. Looking back at Rose once more, then decided to walk away to leave her to her own thoughts. Another snowball hit her and she looked the direction it came from. She looked just in time to see a tot of white hair disappear.
#Him again?!" she thought frantically and soared above the ground. She was debating on staying and waiting to see what he wanted, or get away as fast as she could. He poked out his head and she decided to just scram. She got to look him in the eyes for a full three seconds before she flew towards the sky like a rocket.
Jack looked at her while she was talking to the girl, and how she'd walked straight towards her. The girl sitting on by the tree had been sitting there one day a week since winter started, before that she would have sat there every day, looking out at the lake. He'd been told the girl's name was Rose Jones. Her sister had been the girl that had drowned in the lake three years prior. Now that sister, was standing right in front of her, talking and everything, but she couldn't even see her. He knew it must've been hardest on the dead girl, since she tried to tell her sister she was okay, but couldn't even get through to her. Jack decided to try and get her detention somehow and threw a snowball at her. He knew it wasn't the best idea, but it was something. It got her attention and she looked around. He threw another snowball when she turned to look at the girl again. He ducked as quickly as he could, but curiosity got him and he looked over his hiding spot. They had eye contact for three seconds before she descended like a rocket. He looked after her.
"You're not disappearing on me this time" he said and flew after her. He barely managed to catch up to her. She looked behind and yelled at him.
"Why're you following me?!" she asked.
"Just wanna ask a few questions!" he yelled back.
"Not interested in feeding the paparazzi!" she yelled and a snowball formed in her hands "here's payback!" she threw it and hit him square in the face. He shook his head while flying, and caught up yo her completely. He saw her starting to fade out and grabbed her ankle. Next thing he knew, he was sucked into what felt like one of North's snow globes. He closed his eyes and when he felt like everything stopped moving, he let go off her, falling on something hard.
"Ow" he said and opened his eyes. He found himself to be in a long tunnel with shining rocks in the ceiling. "Huh?"
"Oh great, you followed me! Just great!" the girl said and looked at him "What do you want?" she asked and he looked at her. Her face was twisted in an angry mask, making her look less than pretty.
"Why do you look like that girl that drowned three years ago?" he asked and her face loosened up.
"I… I… seriously?" she asked and looked at him. He got up from the ground and looked around again.
"Where is this?" he asked and she looked at him.
"Okay, get your priorities straight" she said and crossed her arms "wanna have the answer to your first, or second question?" she asked and he looked at her.
"First, I can always find the second one out" he said and she groaned.
"Of course…" she said and sighed "dang it" she punched the air "but seriously, you don't know? I mean, you kinda followed that girl around before she drowned, right?" she said and started walking.
"You saw that?" Jack asked in disbelief "I didn't see you"
"of course you didn't… but I sure as hell saw you, floating around everywhere looking at her, why'd you do it anyway?" she asked and held her hand on the tunnel walls as she walked.
"I was… she just… I don't know…" he said and looked at her "now answer my question, why do you look like her?"
"Because I AM her! Jesus, get a grip would you? I mean, you kinda pulled me out of the water, right?" she shifted to only holding her fingers on the walls.
"How did you know?"
"Lucky guess! Now why would you do that? Am I really that pretty?" she asked and looked back at him. He was just about to answer when he got a really good at her. Her looks hadn't changed that much, except her eyes were blue as cold water now. Her hair also looked like it was frozen, but still incredibly soft. She giggled and looked ahead again.
"I'll take that as a yes" she said stopped up. Jack noticed there was a big wooden door in the middle of it all.
"Wow… you live here?"
"Yup, but I don't live alone" she kicked in the door "I'm home!" she yelled. Everything was silent and Jack looked at her.
"I don't think anyone's-"
"TEMPE!" two voices yelled at the same time from within the building, and suddenly two girls had flung themselves at her neck "Oh we've missed you soooo much!" they said and hugged her tightly.
"Uh, who're they?" Jack asked and the two girls turned their heads and looked at him.
"No" the black haired of them said.
"Way" the other one, who had hair in the color of a sunset
"You've brought a boy home?!" they yelled.
"By accident, he grabbed my ankle while I transported here" she turned around and looked at Jack "these are my sisters, Night and Day"
"Oh so that's what you meant when you talked about Night and Day three years ago"
"Three" Night looked at the girl with a displeased look.
"Years?" Day did the same.
"What happened three years ago?" they almost yelled in unison and flew in front of her.
"I kinda… well… I drowned… and uh… you know"
"YOU'VE BEEN TEMPORA FOR THREE YEARS, AND HAVEN'T COME TO SEE US?!" they both yelled and she sighed.
"Nope, been too busy trying to learn how to fly, I've bumped into like every tree in the forest!"
"No excuse!" Night said "how come you drowned anyway?"
"Yeah, you'd think you of all people would know when the ice was ready to skate on" Day looked at Jack and then it looked like she recognized him as someone "oi, Night" she said and slapped her sister gently on the upper arm.
"What is it D-" she looked at Jack and got the same look in her face.
"Yeah…" Tempora said and they both looked back at her.
"We get it… you're forgiven this time, but don't pull the same trick in 150 years!" Night said and flew inside.
"Yeah, but come on! Mother's waiting inside!" Day said and grabbed her wrist "you can come inside too!" she said and Jack followed a bit reluctantly.
"Mother! Mother guess who's back!" Day yelled and Jack looked around inside the house. Everything looked like it was made of wood and stone. Vines were growing up the walls, and hung like lamps in the ceiling. The temperature was below zero he could feel.
"Get a move on!" Tempora yelled at him and he looked her way. She was standing with crossed arms and looked at him.
"Hey, I just wanted to see what this place looked like"
"It looks like this, so come on!"
"Why are you so anxious to get me near you, am I really that attractive?" he asked and she sighed.
"No, I just have this horrible feeling you're going to break something if I don't keep an eye on you" she answered and he walked past her. A sudden scent of something he couldn't quite place hit his nose and he stopped up again.
"What now?" she asked and looked at him "get moving, would you?" she shoved him ahead and he looked at her.
"You smell… like something…."
"I get that a lot, now just move! I am anxious to see my mother, so GO!" the last word sounded like thunder, and the whole house echoed with it. He decided not to mess with her and just walked. He noticed that the place looked like a mix between the Tooth castle and North's workshop.
"Wow" he said and looked around.
"Well, what do we have here?" a deep, calming female voice sounded and he looked ahead. In front of him was a garden with a tall beautiful long haired woman in front of him. Her hair covered most of her eyes, but he could still see how gentle they were.
"Mom…" Tempora said behind him and walked up to her.
"Tempora, my daughter, I have missed you so very much" she said and Tempora ran to her.
"Mom, I have missed you too" she replied and hugged her tight.
"You have brought a guest I see" she said and looked at Jack "what is your name?"
"Uh Jack Frost ma'am" he said and bowed.
"Nice to meet you jack, my name is Seraphina" she bowed too and smiled at him.
"That's a beautiful name…" he said and looked at her.
"Seems like my mother's beauty have taken you in, but beware, she can change just like that" Tempora said and looked at him "she is Mother Nature after all"
"Wow… you are… wow…" Jack said and Seraphina gave a small chuckle.
"I have been told I was beautiful before, however, it's been centuries since a young man such as yourself told me" she walked towards Jack "Jack Frost, the Guardian of Fun. I hear you were a great help in defeating Pitch Black"
"Well uh… I guess I was" he said and she smiled. The entire room felt warm to him and he looked around. The room was filled with flowers from every season "it's a beautiful garden you have here" he said and Seraphina looked around.
"it is, I keep all the flowers here, it's also where I make new species" she walked over to a Orchid and plucked it "but some flowers haven't even been discovered yet, and they are some of my most beautiful creations, it's such a shame" she sighed and put the flower back. It attached itself right back to the ground and Jack looked at it in wonder "Why are you here, young Guardian?" she asked and Jack looked at Tempora, who had climbed up in a tree looking at the two.
"I grabbed her ankle, and then I was here suddenly"
"Why did you grab her?" Seraphina asked and Jack looked at her. Her eyes weren't as gentle, but she wasn't angry.
"I just wanted to ask her a few questions, about herself, but she wouldn't answer" he said and Tempora and scuffed.
"I have nothing to say to you…" she said and reached up and plucked one of the leaves from the tree.
"I just want to know who you are. And how come I've never seen you before?" Jack asked and Tempora looked at him.
"You only come to Burgess in winter; at least, you're only active in winter. I am there the whole year you know. As to who I am, then you have what you need. My name is Tempora, and I have the power to control the weather. Anything else?"
"How old are you?" he asked and Night gasped.
"You don't ask a lady her age! That's rude!"
"317!" Tempora said and came down from the tree "I have lived three times, each time to the age of 17, with a revival each 150 years from my last birth" she walked around, looking away from Jack.
"Who revived you?" Jack asked and looked after her.
"The man in the moon, don't ask me why, for I have no idea!" she reached a door and opened it "now, go home to Burgess, and leave me alone" she slammed the door shut and he looked at it.
"What's up with her?" he asked Night and Day. They just lifted their shoulders in answer, indicating they didn't know.
"It's nothing new, so don't worry" Seraphina said and looked up. Jack looked up too and noticed that the cave they had to be in was a lot taller than he first assumed. He then felt two hands grab each of his arms.
"So!" Night said and giggled.
"Now!" Day giggled to.
"You're going to answer some of our questions!" they both yelled and dragged him away.
A little away, Tempora was peeking out from behind the door. She looked at Jack and felt her stomach starting to do weird flip-flops. Then a sudden fear washed over her. She closed the door again and held her hand over her heart.
"Go away!" she whispered loudly and fisted her hand.
End of chapter
Okay, fourth chapter yay X3
and I only just watched the movie, so if anything i've written in the last three doesn't really match up, then that's the reason.
I also made a tumblr for Tempora, if anyone's interested in asking her questions
The name of the blog is: asktempora
And Seraphina is the actual name of Mother Nature in the books series, so i'm going after that.