Sixth chapter

Jack was flying around Burgess late at night, wanting to talk to Jamie. He found his window and flew to it. Jamie was talking to his little sister. He knocked on the window and they both turned their heads and looked at him.

"Jack!" Jamie said happily and opened his window.

"Hey Jamie" he said and flew into the room.

"Is something wrong Jack?" Jamie asked and his sister giggled.

"No, but I need to know something. The girl that drowned three years ago."

"Temperance Jones" Jamie said and Jack nodded.

"Exactly, what can you tell me about her?"

"Why do you want to know about her?"

"I just… I don't know, but I have this feeling that I seriously need to know more about her. So is there anything you can tell?" he asked.

"Well… a lot of the kids from my class liked her. She always used to tell incredible stories about you guys. She had this way of telling them, like she'd been there herself"

"Did you like her?" Jack asked and Jamie looked surprised.

"Well… not like that, but she was really nice to just about everybody. She was also really fun, no matter what season it was!"

"Really?"

"Yeah, she always had something fun to do, and she wasn't afraid to get dirty, like most girls her age. She even started a mud fight once. It was awesome!"

"She started a mud fight?" Jack asked in disbelief and Jamie nodded furiously.

"She did! She just picked up a handful of mud and gave me this challenging look, then she threw it! She hit me right on shoulder. I paid her back by hitting the back of her head when she reached down for another scoop!" Jackie laughed and Jack looked at him.

"That does sound rather fun"

"The odd thing was, that it hadn't rained for weeks that summer, but she asked some of us if we wanted to take trip to the forest, and it rained an hour before we went out! It was almost like she knew it was going to happen!"

"Who knows, maybe she did" Jack said and Jamie looked at him.

"Well maybe… I actually think I saw her not too long ago… standing by the lake, talking to Rose"

"Really?"

"Yeah… but Rose couldn't see her… she also looked a lot different… like she was frozen or something…"

"I think I saw her too. She's a spirit, like me"

"Really? Then she's a guardian too?"

"No… at least I haven't got the memo if she is. But you and your friends could see her?"

"Yeah… was it really her?"

"I think it was, but she calls herself Tempora now… I think at least"

"Hey… I think I've heard that name before… Rose once said it in her sleep"

"You've had a sleepover with Rose?" Jack asked with a glint in his eyes.

"Not like that! It was with the whole class, at the school. I couldn't sleep, and she started talking in her sleep. That's when she said it"

"Well, as far as Tempora told me, Temperance used to tell Rose all sorts of stories about her"

"But if Temperance is Tempora, wouldn't she just be telling stories about herself?"

"Maybe. But then again, if she was a spirit, she would be able to meet all the guardians, right?"

"And that's why she could tell all those stories!" Jamie said in excitement "then it must've been the girl I saw by the lake… and that could be why Rose didn't see her…"

"Why? What happened since she drowned?" Jack asked, getting to what he wanted to know from the start.

"Well, at first she acted like you would normally after someone you cared for died. She was sad a lot, but you could still talk to her about all of you. Then something happened. It was the Christmas afterwards. She had been so excited all December, but after Christmas… she just changed. She was depressed all the time. I was rather shocked… I guess she wrote a letter to Santa, wishing to see her sister again, but he couldn't grant it… she still believes in the others I guess… I think she even still believes in Santa"

"How? I mean, he didn't grant her wish"

"No, but everyone in class said that even Santa Claus can't bring the dead back to life. Then she started talking to herself when she was alone. I only overheard her talking to herself a couple of times… I'm worried about her actually…"

"Well… I guess she really misses her sister" Jack said and sighed "but if she still believes in the guardians… then how come she can't see Tempora? As far as Night told me, she should be visible to all who believes in the guardians…"

"Night?" Jamie asked.

"One of Tempora's sisters… so why can't Rose see Tempora?"

"Maybe… hold on a second… I remember last year, not long after we helped defeating Pitch… she was way down… and she threw a doll out…"

"A doll? Why would that matter?"

"Temperance made it, it was a doll of Tempora. I remember she yelled and threw the doll to the ground. I think she believed so much in Tempora, that when she couldn't grant her just that one wish, she stopped believing in her completely, never wanting to see her again"

"Could something like that happen?" Jack asked and rubbed his chin while thinking about it.

"Why don't you ask the other guardians, they might know"

"Good idea Jamie, thanks for the help"

"You're welcome Jack"

"Tell you what, it's snow day tomorrow, just as a thanks" he said and flew out the window.

"Snow day!" Sophie said and Jamie looked at her and laughed a bit.

End of chapter.