Chapter 7 - The Surprise

You admire the view below you, savoring every moment, like its your last, it's not every day you fly with the one and only Jack Frost, twice, over your hometown of Burgess.

You turn to look at Jack, he's focusing forward, but he must have noticed you looking at him because he turns his head towards you.

"So what's this thing you want to show me?" he chuckles

"Eager to know?" it's your turn to chuckle.

"Something like that" he smiles and looks forward again, his icy blue orbs looking down for something below, he seems to spot it, but you cant really see it.

"Well, were nearly there now, close your eyes, snowflake"

"Why?"

"It's a surprise, now close them, no peeking" you smile slightly at his stubbornness and close your eyes, you now had to rely on Jack being the eyes of both of you.

he seems to slow down and come to a halt, you then start to feel yourself descending, but it stops after a few seconds, your feet haven't come into contact with the ground which means you must have to be up high to see it, that's a good thing to because you forgot to put on your slippers before sneaking out with the winter spirit, your mother would be suspicious if you suddenly got frostbite in the morning.

You feel yourself turn, then stop one final time.

"Okay, i want you to look down" you nod towards Jack then look down.

You can tell he's come closer because you feel cold radiate on the right side of your body, mostly near your ear, but its a nice cold, and some warmth came from it.

"Now, open your eyes" you feel your cheeks heat up in such cold weather, but you do as he says, and open your eyes, you quietly gasp at the beautiful scene below you.

It's the pond you skated on just hours before, but with beautiful, intricate designs of frost covering it, in all different shapes and sizes, twirled around the pond all linking together to form a masterpiece.

Well, that's what you thought it was anyway.

A masterpiece.

You were stunned by the beautiful scene below you that you hadn't said anything to Jack, who was waiting for you to say something, your reaction pretty much said it all though.

"Well?"

You were brought out of your daze, you looked up at Jack and met his icy blue gaze, noticing the snowflake pattern in his iris as you did so.

"I-Its...Beautiful..." Jack broke your gaze and looked away slightly, the moonlight showing the light pink tint in his cheeks, he looked down at his work and then back up at you.

"You really like it?" You smiled at him, the heat getting hotter in your cheeks as you got closer to the winter spirits ear.

"I love it"

As you retreat back to your original position, you notice Jack's cheeks have gotten redder, you chuckle quietly and look down, admiring the masterpiece once more.

But while looking down, you looked towards the trees around the pond.

You swear that you saw a horse like figure, you blinked, and it was gone.

"You alright?" You heard Jack say

You looked at him, putting on a smile

"Yeah, great"

But you weren't, because when you made eye contact with that horse-like thing, you felt fear at the pit of your stomach.

And you knew there was something off about that horse, due to the silver-gold eyes it had.

It was probably just a figment of your imagination, you decided not to ponder on it.

"Well come on, lets get you home, i said i would get you home before ten wouldn't i?" you chuckled

"Yeah, you did" He smiled at you, then started to rise up into the air again, then fly back the way you came.

You just had enough time to turn back and look at the beautiful pond that was forever encrusted in your memory.

You turned back toward Jack who was looking forward, with a smile on his lips.

Little did you know that the horse that you thought was a figment of your imagination was watching you from the same spot you had layed eyes on it.

But it wasn't a horse at all.

It was a fearling

The fearling retreated back to it's lair, where it's master was waiting.

Its master emerged from the shadows, and stroked the fearlings sandy mane, smirking as he did so.

"Did you find him?" the fearling neighed, as if to say yes.

"Good, good" an image of you and Jack was made by the fearling with nightmare sand.

"He was with a girl, a teenage girl!?" The fearling nodded.

"Ah, this is even better! a teenager that believes... quite extraordinary, is he close to this girl?" The fearling nodded once more.

His master chuckled darkly, his orange-sliver orbs looking darkly at the sandy image of you and Jack.

"Find out more about her, I have a feeling she will be of great use to us..." The fearling neighed, and left the lair once again.

"Soon enough, i will be believed in again, with no guardians to stop me... Pitch Black will be known by everybody..." He crushed the sandy image of you and Jack with his hands, and returned to the shadows once more.