Thirteenth Chapter.

"Wow…" Jack said as he sat on the ground back with the rest. He held his head and looked up "that was… different…"

"I hope it wasn't too much at once…" Seraphina said and looked at Jack "but do you get it now?" she asked and Jack got up and looked at her "the face she can barely remember is your face. You are the key to getting her back"

"How? I'm still very confused about this whole thing…" he said and Seraphina looked at him.

"You did get something out of it, right?" she asked and he nodded.

"I knew Tempora when I was a human…" he looked around and noticed the other were gone "where'd the others go?"

"Something happened with Tempora's globe, and they had to leave" she said and looked at Jack "I know you must be confused. You can ask me questions if you want to"

"I… what were me and Tempora exactly… relationship wise?"

"You two were obviously dating" Rose said and giggled.

"Actually, they weren't" Seraphina said and smiled at Rose's facial expression.

"How could they not be? Did you see them running around playing 'tag'?!" she said and Jack blushed a bit.

"They were really good friends. And I agree, it would seem like they were a couple, but I assure you it wasn't the case"

"Then what did the whole tag thing mean?"

"You liked each other, obviously" Seraphina said and smiled "however, being stubborn both of you, you didn't want to admit it until the other did. So you both ran around with this secret, right until the day you got separated"

"When Temperance died…" Jack said and looked and looked into the ground "guess she was the only one who got to say it, huh?"

"She did… but it wasn't long before she actually forgot the whole thing Jack. Only 50 years later she'd replaced the original way she died, with the one she's been telling as a story to both you and Rose."

"That fast huh?" Jack said and sighed "guess I wasn't worth remembering…"

"I have a feeling it was something else Jack. Even though she has a strong persona, she is very easily influenced. Look how easily Pitch made her believe she hated humans"

"I guess you're right… so how do we get her back?"

"I guess we have to make her remember her human side, by making her realize what she's been looking for" she smiled gently at Jack who just blushed and looked away "has been with her for a while now"

"And how do we do that?" he asked and Rose giggled.

"Just go and play tag again" she said and looked at Jack.

"Or just talk to her again…" Jack said and looked at Seraphina "I think I almost got her back last time… but then she… she somehow knew Sandy was there and then she fled the scene"

"That means her heart is getting insecure on what's real to her. Or maybe she never really believed in what Pitch told her" Seraphina said and smiled "then maybe this is going to be easier than I first thought" she said and Rose lit up.

"Maybe not…" a voice said and they turned around. Night and Day stood in the door and walked in.

"Pitch just demanded that Tempora proves herself to him…" Day said and held a crystal ball in her hands.

"How?" Rose asked and looked at the ball.

"It's not something you want to hear…" Night said and looked at Seraphina "if we return Rose, she will be in need of a guard" she said and Jack got up.

"I'll protect her" he said and put a hand on her shoulder.

"You'd better be prepared for what's to come…" Day said and walked out the room. Quiet sobbing could be heard from the hallway and Night looked into the floor. Rose went after Day.

"I have a feeling we're missing something… something really important…" she said and looked at Seraphina "I mean… if all Jack has to do is talk to her, why didn't it work last time? What was it that warned her?"

"I have no idea… suddenly she just knew Sandy and Bunny was there…"

"I noticed that… it seems like something's wrapped around Tempora… is that right?" Night asked and looked at Jack.

"Well… I think I saw shadows wrapping themselves around her at one point… but what does that have to do with anything?" he asked and Night thought it over.

"I have no idea… but it's something worth checking out…" she said and walked out the room. Jack looked after her then turned his head towards the Garden of Seasons. It was rotten and dark. He felt cold and scared just by looking at it.

"It represents Tempe's heart… doesn't it?" he asked and Seraphina nodded.

"Whatever the forest might show would be what Tempora is feeling…" she said and Jack gulped. He had another idea to what it might show in connection to Tempora. He walked into it and looked around. The birds had left the room and it was silent as a grave. He closed his eyes for a brief moment, then a voice reached him in a scream and he opened them again and looked around.

#she's in pain" he thought and looked around. He had no idea where the voice could have emitted from. Seraphina came in behind and looked at him.

"Is everything okay?" she asked and he nodded.

"Just thought I heard something…" he said and walked out. It was too depressing being in there, and he had other matters to think about.

"Are you sure you can do this? You might have to fight her to get her to calm her down"

"Anything to bring her back…" he said and clenched his hand. He knew it was totally illogical. He had fallen in love with a girl he barely knew, other than what they had discussed in the few weeks he had been visiting her, even though they had been in love 300 years earlier. He closed his eyes and tried to remember what he'd first thought when he saw her lying in the water. Why had he tried to save her?

"What's on your mind?" Night asked and knocked him out of his thought stream. He looked at her but looked away quickly.

"Nothing…"

"That's a lie… you're obviously in deep thought… I can tell" she said and he sighed.

"Three years ago, when I saw Tempora in the water… I felt like I had to save her… I have no idea where that feeling came from. It just appeared and I couldn't shake it… even though I knew I probably wouldn't be able to even touch her…" he said and clenched his staff.

"I know that… I was following her around that night, with the mirror…" she said and walked up to him "I have a theory for it too… I think that your sub consciousness recognized her, even though you had long forgotten everything from your past life. So you felt you had to save her, at least this time, since you didn't last time"

"Can my mind do that?"

"One of the most wondrous things on earth is the human brain. It's capable of so many things, and we know so little about it, so it's definitely possible" she said and smiled "but I think she recognized you too, the day after?" she said and Jack smiled, feeling his cheek.

"She's a good aim…" he said and Night giggled.

"Yeah, 300 years with me and Day does that to you, we can be pretty annoying sometimes" Night said and Jack looked at her "I guess you have to go soon…" she said and looked into the floor.

"Yeah… just have to find Rose…" he answered and looked around.

"Jack… the thing Pitch asked Tempora to do… if she gets to do that… she'll destroy herself…"

"What do you mean?"

"I thought about those shadows, I think they're somehow controlling her and her choices. And I think Pitch planted them on her, so as soon as she's done the thing he asked her to, he'll let go of her, and she'll hate herself"

"What exactly did he tell her to do?" he asked and Night gulped.

"He told her, that if she wanted her teeth, she should kill someone…" she said and Jack's eyes widened.

"Why does Rose need a guard?" he asked and a tear fell down Night's cheek "night, tell me" he said and she took a deep breath.

"She's to kill Rose when she comes to Burgess" she said and Jack looked at her in disbelief.

End of Chapter.

So what do you think those Shadows do?

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