Chapter 3

Sinister happenings in the night

Jack lounges in the branches of a high mighty old oak tree that overlooks the lake. On which he had awoken for the first time, it was just 100 years after his 'birth'. He now had full control over his powers and had been spreading winter fun to the nearby villages it was almost midnight when he had returned. He was exhausted, he planned to relax in this tree for a few hours before going away to keep up with the winter storms that were quickly moving west.

"I'll shut my eyes for a moment then we'll go" he says to the wind that is ever fatefully blowing through his hair in soft teases.

He wakes suddenly, it is now midnight over the land the almost full moon directly overhead but that's not what woke him the loud emotional scream of "ARRRIC!" He immediately jumps into the wind recognizing that kind of scream anywhere but he doesn't know why. Jack shoots off in the direction of the scream, it came for the cliffs. Atop the high point he sees the source of the scream a young girl is kneeling with tears raining down her cheeks looking over the edge, but behind her a man with a sorrowful but malevolent expression covering his features he is obviously not human the girl suddenly turns slightly to see behind her just in time to see the man before he pushes her over the edge. Her terrified scream ringing in his ears. "I have to save her!" he tells the wind to speed him so he might save her from crashing ageist the rocky snow covered ground below.

The fall is terrifying looking up back toward the place where she had been sitting only a moment before then closing her eyes not wanting to see the end come, suddenly she is not falling any more she is rising something is holding her up and she opens her eyes to see a beautiful white haired boy holding her in his arms then, the boy is gone and she is falling again she sees him being dragged back toward the cliff by a cruel looking black rope around his ankle, he is trying desperately to get free to catch the falling girl again but to no avail as he watches her fall.

She was in his arms her glorious features entrancing him for a moment then, she opened her deep dark blue eyes and looked directly at him. The first person other than other spirits to look at him he smiled shyly but she is already gone far away from him falling again staring at him as the black rope around his ankle pulls him toward the cliff from which she had fallen. "no" he does not yell it is just a word of defiance as he struggles with the rope trying to get free to save the girl, but there's no use she is too close to the frozen surface of his lake, too far off to get to in time "NO!" this time he screams out the defying word and looks back toward the man in black that is pulling him back down he freezes the tight black rope and snaps it. Too late he turns back just in time to see the girl plummet to the ice but the ice is thin it breaks and she seeps underneath the freezing waters dark surface.

She is floating under the cold waters surface the last memory she has is of a white haired youth staring at her with ice blue eyes before he is ripped from her sight and now all that's left is the chilling cold of the water so cold as she slowly sinks deeper.

Spring.

"What am I going to do" man in moon asks himself the girl was not supposed to fall in the water. Water, after all created winter spirits not spirits of order A fall did that. She had fallen. the powers were now mixed within her still life less form.

Summer.

Maybe he could extract the winter spirit powers, no, that wouldn't work. What if he just suppressed them he would have to give her another power to do it. Wait, can her mortal form hold more besides the vast powers of order and winter. Probably not "AHHHH!" he is just so frustrated the girl was perfect for the spirit of order. Why, is everything in this last century been impossible with the spirits? Suddenly he knows what to do what to give her it's a small power not much space in a person's mind even a scarce few immortals in the past had it even thou it was more rare than any other power and more unique that a person's spirit. Yes, it will work even help the girl with all the extra power running through her now so cold veins.

Fall.

Giving it to her had been more trouble than trying to calm the restless wind and winter spirits after the girl's death, but he had managed to do it right after the power was given it melded with the others calming them, finally. He could wake the girl up and continue on watching the rest of the world. The girl repeated over and over in his mind. She needed a new name, for her new life.

Winter.

He thought back to when he had created every other spirit he had instantly known what to call them basing it on their own special gift he had given them, but her gift was mixed nothing like this had happened before except when fro- no that was different. It wasn't, some part of himself said, it's exactly the same you know what to call her. He can't make up his mind the girls old name had been Jessica Ryder he needed something that would be funny like Snodyn he chuckled, when you said jess Snodyn fast it sounded like just snowed in. Perfect, one spirit would get a kick outta that name. Now that is decided lets wake her up.

The freezing cold seeps out replaced by just a slight chill. Its bright, maybe its day time she should be getting somewhere but where that might be she doesn't know the object in her pale hands is alien when did she get a piece of wood? She forced her sleepy eyes open to look upon the world with eyes shining silver *blink* her old color settling back over the magic but the color in her hair would never return it was white even whiter than the snow around her the moon is the second thing she sees besides her hair and the snow it's so bright and big a voice speaks in her head "Hello Jessica Snodyn.""wh- who's there?" shyly, slightly hiding underneath her cloak but still looking up at the moon "Do not fear child."suddenly all her fears just, washed away "You are safe Jessica." "is that my name?" "Calm child, yes it is.""Where am I?" "You are safe" he puts his name and identity in her mind before fading away back to watch over the rest earth silently from the sky.

Author's note: sorry its kind of jumping back and forth between point of views I wanted to make it interesting. :) so drop a review if you like it or you think it could be better!

P.S. do you like the mini joke about her name :)