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The night was as cold as it got in Burgess. Sometimes it would snow all night long and in the morning, kids wouldn't be able to attend school due to the five feet of snow piled up in their driveway. Sometimes it would feel like a blizzard was coming on just by the wind itself, and sometimes, that phrase "Jack Frost is nipping at your nose" would actually seem…real. This was the night that Addison had decided to move back home. Many people would more than likely wait till morning to make the long four hour drive back to Burgess but not Addison. Four years of college had kept her away from her home and she wasn't about to spend another night away from it.

Addy had gotten accepted at the Southern university, where no snow falls and the only cold weather truly hits in January. She'd stayed there for four years, only visiting home for the holidays. Now that she was finished with school, she couldn't wait another minute to be back home, especially when the snow started to fall. She had missed the snowball fights, the ice skating, the snowmen and the sledding. She grinned out her windshield, seeing the snow falling before her very eyes. What a beautiful sight.

As Addy parked the car in her parent's driveway, she couldn't help but be thankful to finish a semester early so she could be home before Christmas. She wouldn't have to return to her college campus till her graduation. She could stay here, sip hot cocoa and spend all of her time spoiling her little brother. Addy chuckled when she got out of the car, feeling the bitter cold hit her in the face. Yes, her parents had decided to have another child while she was in high school. Gabriel, now 7 years old, was the happiest little boy she had ever seen. He sent her pictures in the mail just about every week. She was honored to be a big sister and grinned at the sight of seeing him wake up in the morning to find her there. She hadn't told her parents or Gabriel that she was coming this early; she had wanted it to be a surprise.

She stood out in the driveway, wearing the heavy jacket and gloves, looking at the house she called home. "It's been four long years but..I'm home. And it feels so good." She grinned from ear to ear, making her way to the front door. Before she could make it, though, a gush of freezing cold air hit her and she shuddered hard. She looked back into the dark night and saw the snow starting to fall more. She chuckled and kept the grin on her face. "Well, Jack Frost…you made it on time. And so did I." She rushed inside the house. The air seemed to chill more so at the sound of the name, and an atmosphere of playful nature filled the neighborhood.

The morning was crisp and very welcoming. When the sun rose, Addy got up and started to make breakfast. She didn't have the heart to wake her parents or her little brother, so she just crashed on the couch. No one even heard her come in. Her parents gave her a spare key to the house in case she ever needed to come home very quickly and they weren't home. She hummed happily as she began to scramble some eggs and flip the pancakes. Gabriel loved pancakes.

She heard footsteps coming down the stairs and she grinned. With the snow falling all night long, Gabriel was more than likely to get up early so he could go out sledding with his little friends. There wouldn't be any school so they had all day to play in the snow. The footsteps stopped and she grinned when she figured he must have smelled the breakfast cooking. Being this early, it wasn't normal for anyone to be up, even on a school morning. Her mother was a little hair-brained. She liked to wait till the very last minute to get anything done. Addison turned to work on the pancakes, flipping them once more before putting them on the serving plate. When she heard those little footsteps much closer, she turned and grinned. Little Gabriel was no longer little. Here he was, standing much taller than a mere 7 year old, his dark black hair shaggy and needing a cut very badly. She could see her father's features coming out in this little boy. He was growing up way too fast. "Addy!" He squealed with delight, his big brown eyes staring at her with surprise and pure joy. "Mom! Dad! Wake up! Addy is home!" The boy ran into his sister's arms, and everything seemed complete in Addison's world. As she hugged her little brother, she felt the warmth fill her. That same childhood-like nature filled her spirit just as it did every time she saw this boy. It was a reminder of the times when she had been his age.

After a busy morning of stuffing their faces with pancakes and catching up, Addison and Gabriel suited up to go outside and enjoy the snowy day. "Gabriel, don't forget your scarf." Addison looked up to see her mother helping Gabriel put on his snow-gear. She grinned as Gabe rolled his eyes. He was at that age, where he didn't need any help being reminded to do things. She could remember it so well.

He was covered from head to toe in snow clothes; from his jacket to his snow cap, from his boots to his gloves, he was definitely not going to be cold. "Don't worry, Mom," Addy said, grinning at her parents. "We'll stay as warm as a polar bear." She laughed and raced to the door. "Come on, Gabe!" As Gabriel and Addy raced outside, all Addy could think of was the memories she was about to make with her little brother and how she had missed making them all these years. It was finally time to enjoy the wonders of childhood again.

Hours passed before the two even thought of a break. They built a huge snow fort and held a snowball war with the neighborhood kids. Many complained that Gabe had an uneven advantage because they had Addison. Out of the five snowball wars, Gabe and Addy won four of them. She went sledding with him, and fell off of the sleigh more times than she liked. She built a snowman and watched as Gabriel knocked him down. She laughed as she lay back in the snow, taking a small break. Gabriel ran around and laughed hysterically at trying to catch the snowflakes on his tongue.

"Gabe, what are you doing?" She grinned, sitting up, seeing her brother running around.

"Jack said that if I catch 20 snowflakes on my tongue, he'll teach me how a sledding trick." The boy looked absolutely serious as he looked for those snowflakes to catch on his tongue. "So far, I have 15."

Addison raised her eyebrow. Jack? She didn't recognize the name. None of the kids from the neighborhood were named Jack, and none of their siblings were named Jack. So who was this Jack?

"Gabe, who's Jack?"

"Jack Frost, of course."

Addy blinked in confusion, staring at her little brother. At first, she thought he was joking, must be something the kids are saying or something but the way her brother acted when he answered her question made her think otherwise. "So…Jack Frost told you this? Like the Jack Frost in the song? Where he's nipping at your nose?"

"Well, yes but he doesn't nip at people's noses. He's more of a fun guy. We had tons of fun last year when we helped the guardians fight against Pitch."

Addy stood up and dusted the snow off her bottom. She blinked at her brother, staring at him in disbelief. Guardians? Pitch? What was her brother talking about? Was this some sort of "I believe in Santa Clause no matter what anyone says" kind of thing? Was Jack Frost the new Santa?

"So..this Jack Frost.." She walked over close to her little brother. His tongue was out and he seemed to be on a roll with catching those snowflakes. "Is he…here?"

Gabriel looked up and grinned. "Yeah, he's right there!" He pointed to the empty space next to her. She looked at the space and looked around, blinking. No one was there. Suddenly, Gabriel started laughing and Addison look at him, wondering what was so funny. "Jack, don't pick on her."

Addison stared at him. What on earth was going on? "Gabe, I don't-"

"Addy, Jack says that in order for you to understand, you have to believe in Jack. But he also says that adults don't ever see him or the others."

"The others?"

"You know, Bunny, Tooth, Sandy, North…"

"And these are..?"

"The Easter Bunny, the Tooth fairy, the Sandman and Santa Clause."

A normal adult would have brushed this off, claimed that it was just those fairytales kids believe in, that kids made believe and played pretend with these figures but Addison knew better than to not believe her brother. He had the purest of hearts and the sweetest of intentions. If he said he saw Jack Frost then she believed him. So the only thing Addison could do was just agree and believe that her little brother saw these figures, that in fact, they must be real.

"Well, this is a first." A voice rang through the air that Addison had never heard before. As Addison turned to the voice, she saw the figure that Gabe had been staring at. A young man, perhaps around her age or slightly younger, wearing no shoes and carrying some long curved staff. His hair was white as the snow and his eyes blue as the sky. She squealed and backed away so quickly that she fell back on her bottom. Gabriel and Jack laughed with delight, both having the same childhood-like nature.

Her eyes widened at the sight. Jack Frost. Real. Standing right in front of her. Laughing with her brother.

"Well well.." The white-haired man grinned at her, sliding closer over towards her, his face leaning down closer to hers in utter curiosity. "I've never had an adult believe in me before."

As Addison stared into the eyes of Jack Frost, the only thing she could think of was how she'd never had a mystical figure come to life before. So this was a first for both of them.

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