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This chapter takes place 172 Years after the last one (Jamie is about to turn 200)
And for my more loyal readers, an old face will appear soon, look out for them!
Music used in this and all other chapters does not belong to me, these two songs belong to: Future World Music
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Chapter Eighteen: War once more
Jamie ducked a swipe from a rouge spirit, he swung his blade around and dissolved the spirit into dust, he stood up and looked around, Manny was destroying anything that came near to either of them, Jamie smiled, and Manny was always there to help when he needed it.
Jamie sighed and looked around. Some rouge spirit had raised an army to destroy him, and he was determined to show that he was not willing to be challenged. He called a portion if his army and marched them towards the rouge spirit. They'd marched right up to an ocean, almost like leading the spirit into a trap.
Jamie hadn't counted on the fact that the enemy's army would outnumber the force he and Manny had brought. He dived to the ground and duelled a dozen creature at once, defeating them all at once.
He turned to look at his Generals, she was flicking her mace around. She was a force to reckon with. Jamie had first met this young spirit 75 years before hand, he and her became good friends, Jamie eventually making her a Royal General.
Jamie sighed as yet another wave of soldiers ran at him, he flicked his blade around and rushed in, before realising his mistake, in this group, was the Rogue spirit. He pointed a Sword that seemed familiar from somewhere at Jamie before knocking him off his feet.
"So, you are the child that Rules the spirit world, I truly expected you to be a bit more of a challenge, but after your court is frozen over and all of its occupants slain, Natura shall face my wrath for creating that brat who took my throne!" The Spirit smirked, before the sun began to shine over the ridge of a nearby hill, a lone figure standing atop it,
(Start Playing: Anthem of the World)
Jamie smiled, hoping beyond hope that it was Jack, at the head of his army. Then he felt it, the ground was shaking, the spirit before him turned to look at the figure as s thousand others appeared beside him.
Thumping sounded across the hall as standards were raised and horns were blown, Jamie could easily make out the snowflake upon the light blue banner, The Royal Banner of Winter.
The army began to charger down the hill, the spirit Jamie believed was Jack landed in front of him, it was clear he was a Winter spirit, his white hair stood out against the silver of his armour,
"You!" The winter spirit hissed, "Lorde Frost knew you survived, I'm glad that we came, just so we can show you how a noble Court of winter looks like!"
"Your Lorde Frost will fall at my blade, where is he? Too scared to face me himself so he sent his little pet?" The Spirit asked,
"I am Prince Nostri Snow, commander of his royal army!" Nostri smiled, "And Lorde Frost, well he has something very special planned"
"Then he'll need to come and meet me in person, because you will not be around to meet him!" the Spirit growled, swinging his blade around, Jamie jumped forward and parried the attack, smiling to the Winter Prince, who nodded in appreciation.
"I almost forgot the bond between winter and the Fabler, pity if Wynter had been successful I wouldn't have to worry about you!" The spirit growled, "But I should not forget my manners, my name is Old Man Winter"
"The former king of winter?" Jamie asked,
"So Frost told you did he? Did he also tell you of the beast I controlled to level the armies of my foes? The Leviathan!" Old Man Winter smirked, "Rise now, creature of the deep, hidden in the shadows you creep. Come for the feast I gift you, and give me what I'm due...! Rise Leviathan!"
Jamie looked over and gasped, the sky was darkening and the sea was now starting to thrash against the beach as a giant serpent reared its head out of the ocean, easily its head was larger than North's workshop, it leaned towards the sky and roared, making a deafening noise.
"Behold the mighty Leviathan!" Old Man Winter!
(Start Playing: Final Judgement)
Jamie watched as the creature opened its colossal jaws and shot a beam, of energy at the oncoming winter army, destroying hundreds of Jacks men.
"That thing is unbeatable!" Jamie called, the sheer size of it was enough for him to fear it, let alone its raw power, Jamie watched as the beast tore apart Jack's armies, Nostri stood smirking,
"The Leviathan is a mighty beast, only a fool would deny it. But Jack was ready for it, let the horns of Winter sound!" Nostri smiled, as he gave this order, a wave of horns sounded across the plain, Jamie turned to look at the Leviathan, which growled in anger, the ocean around it turning into a wild waves, then from out of one of the waves, a ship appeared, figures clearly aboard it, lead by a young female Winter spirit, as Jamie watched, hundreds more appeared.
"Raise the colours!" He heard the spirit call, and he saw the flag of Winter rise up, then the ships crashed through the waves, a small cannon appeared, firing off blocks of ice, which when they hit the thick neck of the beast, formed a layer of ice upon it.
While watching this, an unpleasant idea floated to the forefront of his mind, this spirit before him was the PRINCE of Winter, but for there to be a Prince, there had to be a Queen…. Could Jack have thrown away his feelings for Jamie and bonded with some Winter Spirit.
"That'll keep it busy for a few hours" Nostri smirked, as the female spirit flew over and landed next to him,
"And who are you my dear?" Old Man Winter Asked,
"I am Yuki-Onna, Princess of Winter, and Master of the fleet of Winter!" Yuki-Onna smiled to him, drawing out a sword, pointing it at Old Man Winter, Jamie smiled slightly, if she really was the Princess of Winter, that should mean that Jack was single… meaning he had a chance, if he could bear it…
"So the Princess and Prince of Winter have come to face me, is the King too scared to face me?" Old Man Winter asked,
"The King is almost here, Ashtari has awoken to bear her Master into Battle!" Yuki-Onna smiled,
"The Frost Phoenix? Even she is no Match for the Leviathan!" Old Man Winter frowned,
"But add in all three of the Court, then they can easily take down your pathetic serpent!" Yuki-Onna chuckled, as a loud caw sounded, Old Man Winter, Jamie and Manny looked to the sky, a giant wing parted the clouds. Jamie saw the Phoenix descend, it flew around the Leviathan, which tried to bite the Phoenix, only to receive a bolt of lighting to the face, which made it roar and lean backwards.
The Phoenix flew overhead and a figure flew upwards, before a massive tornado came crashing down before them, Old Man Winter raised his weapon and fired blasts of ice at the Tornado, which were simply whisked into the sky, before a bolt of ice flew down at him, the tornado subsided to reveal a figure standing there, his royal robes gone, now a suit of silver and gold armour adorned his body.
His sword and staff in each of his hands, a look of venom in his eyes, this was an entirely new Jack Frost. And Jamie did not like it one bit, he watched as Jack took an aggressive battle stance, his blade held flat and his staff in guarding position.
"Old Man Winter, didn't we already play this one out? As I recall, I won!" Jack smirked,
"Jack Frost, still full of that arrogance, it'll be the death of you!" Old Man Winter scowled,
"Well we'll have to see then won't we!" Jack frowned, flicking his blade into battle, the two Winter spirits duelled like Jamie had never seen two spirits duel, there was a bitter rivalry between the two, a hatred of each other that caused them to throw themselves headlong into conflict.
The two flicked their blades around, each attempting to defeat the other, the Leviathan and Ashtari watched as did Jamie, Yuki-Onna, Nostri and Manny. As the two duelled, every time they took a step, frost appeared at their feet. Jamie watched as Jack's frown became a scowl, Jack leapt up into the air, Old Man Winter looked up as Jack's blade came flying down, a blade hit the ground as old Man Winter looked where his hands had once been.
Jack landed down, flicking his blade around, he pushed it through Old Man Winters Chest, before withdrawing his blade, Old Man Winter fell to the ground, before shattering into a Million pieces, Jack looking beyond Jamie.
"Thus ends Old Man Winter, May Grim haunt his spirit for the rest of eternity" Jack frowned, "Now for the Leviathan, Yuki, Nostri, come"
The two nodded and followed Jack as he approached the end of the beach,
"Leviathan, I am Jack Frost, King of Winter, and I command you to return to your slumber, until the throne has need of you!" Jack shouted,
The Leviathan looked down at him and roared, Jack standing unfazed,
"If you do not, we will be forced to destroy you!" Jack called,
The Leviathan growled again and started to disappear beneath the waves, in an instant the storm vanished, leaving the spirits alone.
"That went well!" Yuki-Onna smiled,
"Indeed, I didn't feel much like fighting him, Ashtari Could do it, with our aid" Jack nodded, "Take the army back to the Palace, Inform Natura what happened here, Ashtari will come with you. I'll catch up with you"
The Two Spirits nodded before rushing off, leaving Jack alone with Jamie and Manny.
"Are you alright Jamie?" Jack turned to face him,
Jamie blinked and nodded, "I'm fine, just a bit battered and bruised"
"I'll leave you two alone, See you at your Palace Jamie" Manny told him, before he turned and walked off,
"C'mon we'll get you back to your Palace" Jack nodded to Jamie, summoning the North wind.
"Wait! I want to talk first" Jamie told him,
"Ok" Jack nodded, "What is it you want to talk about?"
"Why didn't you come and visit, its been over 150 years!" Jamie snapped,
"I…" Jack gulped, "Just because you didn't see me, doesn't mean that I wasn't watching keeping you safe, why do you think that there have been no attempts on your life, because me and Manny have been protecting you for your entire reign!"
"You've been watching me? For 150 years?" Jamie asked,
"Either me or another Spirit, Nostri and Yuki-Onna can move silently" Jack nodded,
"Why didn't you say anything?" Jamie asked, almost hurt.
"Because…. Well…. Because it would have hurt too much…. The only reason I'm here now is that…. Old Man Winter came back…. And you needed defending" Jack told him,
"Jack…. Are you telling the truth?" Jamie asked with a smirk,
"Most of it" Jack nodded,
"Jack… I… want to talk about that night…." Jamie told him,
"What is there to say?" Jack asked,
"It needs saying Jack, I don't care if you forget it or deny it for the rest of our immortal lives, but… I regret pulling back, I regret running away, I regret not kissing you" Jamie told him,
Jack turned to look at Jamie with a quizzical look upon his face, "You regret it?"
"With all my heart" Jamie nodded, noticing how close they were now becoming,
"So shall we correct the mistake?" Jack asked, inches from Jamie,
"I Hope so" Jamie nodded, pulling Jack into a kiss, at long last, the two kings let go all their other responsibilities.
At this moment, they were Jack and Jamie, to people in love, two people with passion flowing. And they loved it.
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