A man walked back and forth, a woman there with him. The man had chocolate brown hair and light brown eyes. The woman had brown hair with. She watched him as he walked back and forth, memorizing his clothing. A white shirt, brown vest and brown pants. The woman had a brown dress, reaching her ankles, decorated with red thread as swirls around the bottom.
She shook her head before grabbing him.
"Jackson! Worrying like this won't help at all! Be strong for Mary!"
'Jackson' looked at the woman, who appeared to be his sister, and sighed. "Your right, Belle. But, I'm so worried."
Jack looked up and Aiko and Clara smiled. He remembered his birth, but even that was a sad memory.
Soon enough, he heard a loud cry, but then a gasp. Concerned, he sprinted towards the room, Belle following behind. The housewife was holding a baby, who wasn't even crying. Jackson walked slowly as he saw Mary holding another baby, crying softly into his visible brown hair.
"M-Mary, what happened?"
She looked at him, her blonde hair and pain-filled blue eyes looking up at him. "Jackson, I had twins. But one was stillborn..."
Jackson looked in awe, before he looked at the baby Mary cradled in her arms. "What is the baby's gender?"
The housewife, still grief-strucken by her first stillborn baby, looked up at him. "A boy, sir. This one is a girl. I'm certain that if she gew up, she would a beautiful young woman and I know that one will be a handsome young man."
Jackson smiled sadly, from the compliment and from the bet he and his wife made a few nights ago. They agreed at, if it were a boy, his name would be Jack. And if it was a girl, they would name it Mariana. He won the bet.
Mary looked at him, whispering the word "Jack" before falling on the pillow. The baby, which calmed down from screaming, fell from her arms. Jackson caught him as Belle rushed over to Mary, calling her name repeatedly.
"Mary? Mary?! Mary!"
Jackson, who was holding the new baby named Jack, looked at his sister as the housewife stood, holding her hands to her mouth. 2 deaths, and her first on the job? Jackson began crying, while Belle asked the housewife to leave, and give them a moment. Of course, she understood, and left in haste.
Jackson and Belle cried, as Jack opened his eyes, revealing beautiful brown eyes. Belle looked sadly at him and smiled. "Jackson, he looks like you."
Jackson sniffled. "That's why his name is Jack." Little did Jack know, his life as going to be so much miserable as he grew up.
By now, almost everyone was in tears from the sad, yet adorable scene. Lily was in most tears, because she was the one that kept teasing Jack for crying after every memory, and she even beat him everytime a tear slid out of his eyes.
She can still remember his hoarse whisper that made her smile in hapiness in the past.
"Crying shows weakness to you, doesn't it?"
Another memory showed as Aiko smiled. This was how she and Jack met. MiM's voice rang through the room.
Jack is 3
A tiny Jack was hit in the face, making his nose appear broken and bloody. Jackson threw his son out as he face-planted in the freezing snow. The snow soon turned red as he stood up, holding his nose.
He ran out the fence. I love father, but does he HAVE to go drinking every night?
Everyone was shoked. At such a young age, he was abused and knew about drinking?
In his throughts, he didnt notice a girl walking towards him. They crashed into each other as a book smacked her in the face.
He was about to apologize before the girl raised her hand. "No, you shouldn't apologize. I was distracted in my book to notice you."
Jack smiled at her as she gasped, noticing his bleeding nose. She grabbed a handkerchief from her woven basket as she covered it in a little bit of snow. She pressed it against his nose, as the snow healed his broken nose.
As the blood leaked away, they sat in the snow awkwardly. She looked at him through her brown hair and blue eyes as she spoke up. "I haven't asked her name, rude of me. What is it?"
"Jack Overland Frost."
"I like it. My name is Aiko Zuri - Anja* Wind."
Jack chuckled, making Aiko giggle. "It's funny we have last names that have something to do with weather."
Aiko noticed now. "It is. Well, why dont we meet again over at the well. I have to go home to tend to my mother."
"Did something happen?"
"She's sick. This is filled with bread and medicine."
Jack looked sadly at Aiko. "Oh, tell her about me and that I said 'Get Well'!
Aiko smiled. "I will and thanks!"
Jack stood up and walked to the well, splashing his face in the water. He hesitantly walked back to his house, opening the door.
"WHERE'S THE BLOOD?"
Jack whimpered as another hit sent him into the wall, blacking out the memory.
Aiko smiled sadly, not knowing until now that she was so happy at her older age of 5 at that time, and he was suffering and wasn't affecting him, like whimpering and crying.
Jack smiled as the Guardians (and yes, both Childhood and Seasons) looked stiff. Baby Tooth snuggled deep into the base of his neck, snuggling to give him comfort, to which he smiled at,Clara running her hand threw his hair,humming a quite tune knowing a similar pain . MiM smiled, seeing his plan was working. Now to get more spirits who held eternal grudges on him to watch the memories.
That will be a lot of spirits though...
