;Wow you guys did not like that last chapter did ya? Don't worry it gets creepier. And there will be Jack/Maeve fluff in the next chapter! so hang on! I own nothing just the plot and OC's;
"Maeve!" Victoria's voice greeted her through her bedroom door. "It's time to get up, sweetie."
Daughter Nature groaned and sat up on her bed. She had fallen asleep laying on top of her covers after her nightmare that night. She rubbed her eyes and looked at her open sketch book with younger and older Mother Nature scribbled in it.
Shaking her head from the horrible discovery she learned, Maeve walked into her bathroom to wash the sweat off her face.
She leaned over the sink and splashed her face with cold water and hung her head for a second. Maeve was still trying to grasp the fact she was daughter nature and had these "past lives" sort of things.
Maeve knows how it feels to have your brain crammed, especially after 4 years of high school, But this was just to much.
Daughter nature grabbed her tooth brush and toothpaste. She looked up at the mirror expecting to see a sweaty girl with extreme bed head in her pajamas. What she saw made her drop her toothbrush and left her jaw hanging open.
Staring right back at her with the same horrified expression was a teenage girl with shoulder-length white blonde hair and Maeve's same multi color swirling eyes. Instead of her pajamas the girl was wearing a bright yellow short sleeved blouse tucked in a red skirt that went to her stomach.
Maeve reached out and pressed her fingers against the glass. The girls hand followed and touched the same place she did.
Forgetting about her dental hygiene, Maeve hurried out of the restroom.
She ran into her bedroom and closed the door. Who was that? What was that? Maeve looked down at her hands in panic.
"What's happening to me?" She thought.
She looked up from her hands to around her room. What else is changing? It looked perfectly the same as it did last night and the day before and the day before that.
But her room seemed colder than normal. She noticed the cause of the dropped temperature was coming from her bedroom window covered in frost.
Each panel had a different picture. The first had a quick sketch of a lake view. The second had been carved outlines of baby Sandy and North. The third was "HELP" in all capital letters. The fourth simply said "Jack was here".
She smiled a little as she got dressed in a blue and brown plaid long sleeved shirt with a brown t-shirt underneath and simple jeans with tennis shoes. It's sounded like a good idea to go spend time with Jack. He would definitely help take her mind off things.
Maeve jogged downstairs to see her family sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast. Or at least she called them her family. Daughter nature suddenly stepped back up the last two steps and hid herself from view.
Maeve had easily caught on by now that her mother sent her to different mortal families as an infant. And that she was never actually... born... But that meant Jamie wasn't her dad... Victoria wasn't her mom... Lewis wasn't her baby brother and... and Amelia wasn't her little sister...
She had never felt like such an outsider in her own home.
"Morning." She said talking fast while walking strait to the coat closet and grabbing her jacket. "I'm heading out with some friends today. I'll see you when I get back."
"Do you want breakfast before you go?" Victoria asked standing up. "I was hoping we could plan something for your birthday. It's coming up soon-" "No, I'm fine. I'll see you later, bye!" Maeve waved good bye practically running out the front door.
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Maeve ran to the frozen lake before realizing what she was doing.
Running a hand through her long hair that was laying lazily on her shoulders, she wiped the sweat off her forehead. Maeve had never felt like such a mess in her life. Or at least in this life. She sat down on the rocks and hid her face in her hands.
"Something wrong, rainbow-eyes?" Someone asked.
Daughter Nature looked up from her hands to see Jack Frost walking up to her swinging his staff around. His mischievous grin vanished when he saw her milk-pale skin.
"Hmm? Oh, nothing's wrong." She said standing up. "Just had a rough nights sleep." He grinned a little, but still looked concerned. "Better wake up, your helping me babysit again." He joked lightly nudging her arm with his staff.
Maeve laughed a little. "How are we going to get there?" She asked wiping the small amount frost that had grown on her arm. "Bunny and Tooth are supposed to meet us. They'll be here soon." He said.
Jack studied Maeve's face. "Are you sure your alright?" He asked. "You look a little pale or more like me pale." Maeve felt her face turn red. "I'm fine." She said avoiding eye contact. "I told you, I... I just didn't sleep well."
The spirit of winter pressed his hand to her forehead. "You feel warm." He said. "Um... No offense Jack but your skin is as cold as a freezer." Maeve reminded him while removing his hand. "I don't think you can take my temperature."
He shrugged and nodded that she had made a point. "But seriously, are you sure your not sick? Really I can watch Sandy and North myself if you are-" "no, no I'm fine really!" Maeve said a little to desperate. She didn't want to go back to her house, not anytime soon anyway. "I just had a nightmare that's all-"
Jack's eyes grew wide. "Nightmare? Was Pitch there?" He asked.
Maeve mentally slapped herself before coming up with an stupid excuse. "D-did I say nightmare? That was just a bad choice of words. It-it was only a rough nights sleep that's all." She said quickly while playing her hands.
Jack furrowed his eyebrows, clearly not satisfied with her excuse. He opened his mouth to say more when a giant hole opened in the ground. Instantly Bunny hopped out and Tooth flew out after him.
"G'day, Maeve. Long time no see, eh Sheila?" Bunny greeted shaking her hand. "Yeah." Maeve said forcing herself to smile.
"Are you alright, Maeve?" Tooth asked studying daughter nature's face. "You look pale." "That's what I said." Jack said giving her a "what did I tell you" face. "I'm fine." Maeve said a little more forced than she'd liked to.
"Why must you even lie to yourself, Maeve? It's quiet unhealthy for you don't you think?"
They all jumped. Bunny pulled out her boomerangs, his ears moving trying to locate the voices speaker. Tooth buzzed around, trying to find him as well. "Where are ya, Pitch?" The Easter bunny yelled. "Come on out and face us!"
"Oh, go suck an egg, rabbit." Pitch said unamused.
"Show yourself Pitch!" Tooth demanded flying around the rocks. "Well... if you insist..." He answered appearing right behind the tooth fairy. "Tooth behind you!" Maeve yelled.
But she was to late. Pitch had already spun the clock hands counterclockwise aiming right at Tooth and hit her with the same golden waves from Father Time's watch. She screamed and fell from the few inches she was levitating onto the ground.
"Tooth!" Bunny yelled throwing his boomerang at Pitch. The boogeyman sunk into the ground as a shadow and ran across the ground.
The large black shadow slithered below Maeve. "Ah!" She yelped as she got sucked through. "Maeve!" Jack yelled trying to jump after her. The shadow vanished before he could reach her.
Maeve reappeared deep in the forest as the shadow turned into the boogeyman himself. Daughter Nature scrambled away from him as fast as she could, running back-first into a tree.
"Such a pity." Pitch said shaking his head. "I expected better from you."
"Get away from her!" Jack yelled flying strait at Pitch. The boogeyman side stepped away into the shadows, reappearing several feet away. "Come now, Jack, you don't want to ruin the family reunion." Pitch grinned evilly.
Bunny, who had hopped up behind Pitch, stopped before he could hit him in the head. "What you talk'n about?" He demanded. Pitch grinned.
"You mean, Maeve didn't tell you?" Pitch toyed with them. "I'm not surprised. its not a very proud position to say your grandfather is the Boogeyman."
Maeve felt her heart go up into her throat and all the remaining color she may have had left leave her face. She looked at Pitch, jaw hanging wordlessly.
Jack looked between Pitch and Maeve unbelievingly. "Your lying!" He said pointing the end of his staff at his chest. "Am I?" Pitch asked.
Bunny yelled as he threw his boomerang at Pitch. The nightmare king simply sunk into the shadows and the boomerang went flying at Maeve. She yelped and hit the deck as it rebounded off a tree.
"Till next time Maeve." Pitch's voice echoed.
Daughter Nature sat up hugged her arms close to herself while Jack ran up to see if she was alright. Bunny, who could've cared less if Maeve was hurt, ran to Tooth's aid.
How many more families will she become an outsider in?
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