Jack pov
This castle is huge! Jack flew around the massive structure admiring the stonework and the many windows lining the castle walls. Each window showed a different room. Bedrooms, hallways, a library, you name it and it was there. He couldn't help but wonder how rich the royalty must be to build such a regal palace. The town's people must be taxed a lot to keep all the people who live in this castle happy. There were so many rooms that he assumed a large family must live there. It couldn't just be the "Snow Queen", could it?
He noticed a small courtyard and decided to take a stroll. He took note of all the carefully trimmed topiary and the well-taken-care-of marble fountain. The water sparkled in the sunlight and he couldn't resist approaching it. He sat at the edge of the fountain and reached out toward the water. Each droplet that hit his hand quickly crystalized into ice. He smiled. People couldn't see him and if he wasn't careful they would walk right through him, but water never passed through him—he could always touch it.
Just as he stood up he heard the clop of hooves and the laughter of a girl. Jack, being the curious fellow he always is, flew closer to the sound to get a better look at who made it. Too his satisfaction, it happened to be the girl and the guy he saw earlier accompanied by a reindeer. They were leisurely walking toward the front entrance of the castle—the jacket still wrapped around the girl's shoulders. Looks like the date went well. If it was in fact a date. They still seemed a little distant. No hand holding or longing glances. However it's not like Jack was complaining. He never really cared for all that romancey stuff anyway.
"I'm really not that cold," the girl said, attempting to slip the jacket off her shoulders.
The guy took the jacket and pulled it back around her, "I don't care what you say! The jacket is staying."
She sighed in defeat and shook her head. "You know? You can't tell me what to do. I am a princess."
A princess huh? So Jack's assumption was correct. Well, a princess deserves a grand entrance. He tapped his staff on the ground causing ice to swirl beneath her feet. One more step and—she screamed as the ground slipped from under her. The guy moved quickly, and in a blink of an eye she was in his arms.
Jack laughed to himself. "Too cold for ya," he called mockingly from behind a bush. He knew he wouldn't get a reaction, but it was fun anyway.
The girl looked up at guy, "What was that," she asked.
The guy laughed a little, "What was what? The random ice in summer?"
"Well yes that too, but no I heard laughter. Didn't you hear it?" Wait. What?
The guy eyed her suspiciously, "Nothing besides your scream." Could she have...
"You're messing with me aren't you?" The girl poked his side and laughed as she stood back up.
"You aren't gonna question the random ice," he asked as she carefully stepped around it.
"I don't really question random 'ice anymore'," she laughed.
The guy just laughed along with her, and after a moment whispered to the reindeer who snorted in response.
Jack stood behind the bush frozen in astonishment. She couldn't have been referring to him… could she? It wasn't more than a half an hour ago that the girl stared right through him when he jokingly introduced himself to the couple. He shook his head. It must have been a mistake. He probably heard her wrong or maybe she heard wrong. He tried to brush her comment aside, but a glimmer of hope had already made its way in his heart. He was temporarily blinded by sudden thoughts of the girl believing in him, hearing him, seeing him. He had to learn more! First rumors about a "Snow Queen" and now the possibility that someone might believe in him? It was almost too much to handle. He crept a little closer to the two but made an effort to stay out of sight.
"After you, milady," the guy said as he opened the doors for the girl.
The girl jokingly curtseyed, "Why thank you, good sir."
She stepped into the castle followed by the guy and, surprisingly, the reindeer. They allow reindeer in the castle? Wow, they must be lenient. Jack took the opportunity to slip in the castle before the doors shut behind them. He also made an effort to stay out of sight. Just in case.