;Haha you guys hate me right now don't you? XD well I'm done with my hardest exams now so ill start updating like normal! And trust me you'll love me again after reading this chapter I promise ;). I own nothing but the plot and OC's;
Slowly coming to her senses, Maeve woke up with a groan. Almost instantly, she tensed up and kept her eyes closed, probably because she was scared that dark Jack and the dark woman would be there. Daughter Nature realized she wasn't laying on snow or grass but on sheets with a large blanket covering her up to her shoulders and her head on a pillow. She easily came to the conclusion someone had placed her into a bed.
Opening her eyes, Maeve realized she was in her own bed in her own room. Was it all a dream? She sat up and winced loudly at the pain in her upper back. Nope. Not a dream. She looked around her room. Jack Frost, the original Jack Frost not his dark version, was sitting in her windowsill with his hood covering his face. "Jack." She said hopping into her feet, which was a big mistake saying she almost fell over from pain. "What happened? Who was that? What- are you ok?" She asked walking over to the spirit of winter. "It was some sort of nightmare sand creature. He- it attacked us." He replied looking at her. His bright blue eyes looked looked like giant pools mixed up with emotions. And even though he's trying to hide it she could tell he was angry. Really angry.
He stood up and picked up his staff that was leaning against the wall next to him. "I have to go." Jack said opening the window. "And your going to come back, right?" She asked. Jack sighed and lowered his head. "Maeve..." He said turning to look at her. "No." She said closing the window with one hand. "You are not ditching me. After what you said saying you'll always be here for me and your just going to leave?" "Do you know how close you where to dying? When I got there I thought I was to late specially when I saw the black sand..." He trailed off as he remembered what happened. Shaking his head, he started again. "This fight is to big for you. I'll come back for you once Pitch is gone then we'll figure out how to stop your "recreation" or whatever it's called." Maeve shook her head. "Jack I only have till I'm 18!" She nearly exclaimed. "And You and Bunny won't be able to stop Pitch by yourselves especially saying the others have been turned into infants." "We'll manage." Jack said opening the window again. "It's my choice if I want to fight." Maeve snapped suddenly less desperate and more annoyed. "Not any more." He said hitting the butt of his staff on the ground creating a large freezing wind to burst out from the impact.
When Maeve was able to open her eyes again, Jack was gone. Scowling, Daughter Nature ran out of her bedroom and to her back yard. He was not getting off that easy, not with out her say in anything. She jogged out into her backyard and stood in the dead center. Jack must've removed her Jacket, socks and boots with out her realizing it. At first she could stand the cold, but after a few seconds she couldn't feel her feet. Jack flew down in front of her, looking extremely annoyed now. "Maeve go back inside your going to freeze." He said pointing at the house with his staff.
"I'm not going inside till you stop being stubborn and just let me help!" Maeve snapped. "I'm being stubborn?" He demanded. "Your the one running out into the snow during the middle of the night with no winter gear on trying to convince me to let you fight a battle you won't survive in!" "That's my risk!" Maeve said not noticing how in each others faces they where. "I'm just trying to look out for you!" He retaliated. "I never asked you to!" She shot back at him. Jack sighed, now just plain annoyed. "Maeve look... I-" "No just hear me out! I know you think I can't do anything-" "Maeve I never-" "And I know you're just 'looking out' for me but That doesn't mean I'm not going to help fight." "Maeve just listen-" "No you listen. I'm going to help whether you like it or not!" Jack rolled his eyes helplessly. Would she just stop and listen?! Maeve caught his eye roll and got mad. "What? Why is it such a big deal to you if I get hurt-?"
Jack cut her off by grabbing Maeve by the arms and pulling her close as he smacked a cold kiss onto her lips. Maeve's face turned completely red as she stared at him wide eyed. Did not see that coming. Jack kissed her gently, like he was unsure of what to do next. That or was unsure of how she would react. Maeve's eyes fluttered shut as she gripped Jack's hoodie and kissed him back. She felt him pull her closer causing her arms to be scrunched up between them and deepen the kiss. Maeve always knew Jack naturally gave off cold, mostly because she almost always was right next to him, but his lips where freezing. She felt like she was kissing an ice cube. but... softer. Kinda like snow. You know? Finally, Jack regrettably pulled away and rested his forehead on Maeve's. Daughter Nature could feel the small layer of frost that had formed on her lips and she could see her own breath.
"That's why." He muttered. If possible, Maeve felt her face turn redder. "Oh." She said quietly. After a few seconds of silence she muttered: "I'm... I'm sorry. For yelling. I just don't want to be stuck here doing nothing while you're out there fighting..." "I had my share of the yelling, but it was mostly you." He joked waving off her apology. Maeve giggled. "God did I really just giggle?" She thought wanting to face palm. "Please, please, please don't notice..." "Did you just giggle?" Jack teased grinning. "Maybe..." Maeve muttered feeling her face turn red. The winter spirit laughed a little. "Have I told you your adorable when you're embarrassed?" He asked.
Jack tilted his head as he leaned in and kissed her again. Prepared this time, Maeve closed her eyes and rapped her arms around his neck. Daughter nature felt her stomach do a flip and an unnoticeable small spread of warmth run through her and into the ground. Part way through the kiss, Maeve noticed something odd. Something was tickling her feet. It must've been the same for Jack, be cause when she pulled away, he had the same look of confusion. Looking at their feet, they saw small vines had grown just below their toes. Attached to the vines where two fully bloomed white roses. Jack squatted down and plucked them from the ground. Standing up, he tucked one behind Maeve's ear and gave her the other to hold. "Roses can't grown in snow." Maeve muttered as she smelled the flower. It smelled sweet like fresh grass after it rains. "One of a kind Winter Roses." Jack said kissing her forehead then pressing his against it. "Just like you." Daughter Nature smiled and looked down at the white rose in her hands. She wasn't good at the whole romance thing. Especially responding to cheesy complements.
"I'm going to go back to the forest, see if that shadow might still be there." Jack said taking her free hand in his. "And your going to come back, right?" She asked quirking an eyebrow. Jack stared at her for a moment before smiling. "I'll come back and take you to the pole." He said poking her nose making it instantly turn cold. "But only because you're so stubborn." Maeve smiled and instead of another romantic kiss, simply jumped into his arms. Jack rested his chin on her shoulder. "Maeve?" he asked quietly. "yeah?" She replied. "I love you." Daughter Nature felt her cheeks burn redder as she pulled away and kissed him on the cheek. "I love you too." She said hugging him again. Jack smiled and nuzzled his face into her shoulder. Maeve could feel his cold breath on her neck which sent a shiver down her spine. "I'll be back soon." He said as they pulled apart. "See you soon." She said stepping back.
"Oh! and go inside." He added last second as he floated up into the air. "You're starting to turn blue." "Alright, alright, Mr. Bossy." Maeve said waving her hands and heading back inside. She stepped into the kitchen and closed the back door behind her. Almost instantly she leaned her back against the door softly and slid down into sitting position. Jack Frost had kissed her. Her. Not only once but twice. A large bubbled of happiness seemed to burst inside of Maeve and filled her with warmth from head to toe. She couldn't remember the last time she felt this happy since she was Daughter Nature.
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Jack stood on the edge of the neighbors roof top to make sure Maeve went inside. Knowing her, she might run after him again. As soon as the back door closed, Jack shot both arms up in the air victoriously while chanting "Yes!" And falling backwards off the roof and shooting up into the night sky. He let out a large whoop of joy while doing several circles in the air. "Yeah!" He yelled as he fist-pumped the air. Nothing, in over 340 years, has ever made him feel so happy.
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Maeve finally managed to get back onto her feet and went to one of the lower cabinets to get a small vase for her flowers. She filled it with water and carefully set both white roses into it.
"You shouldn't get to attached." A woman's voice said. Maeve jumped and almost dropped the vase. She whipped around to see a tall, beautiful woman with jet black hair that went literally into the floor sitting casually in one of the kitchen tables chairs. She was wearing an old fashioned green dress that showed her stomach seemed to grow into the tile floor like her hair and covered up the small sections if moss growing on her cheeks and hands.
"It'll only make it harder to say goodbye." She finished. Maeve stared at the woman wide eyed for a good while before finally realizing who she was staring at. "M-mom?" Maeve asked quietly, setting the vase down behind her. Mother Nature nodded and stood up from the kitchen chair she was seated in.
"It's been a long time since I've talked to you when you where all grown up." She said walking over to Maeve and gently running her hand across her daughter's cheek. "I think the last time was 400 years ago." "400 years ago?" Maeve thought suddenly bitter. "The last time she bothered to talk to me was 400 years ago?" "Why?" Maeve blurted randomly. "Why what?" Mother Nature asked calmly even though she was annoyed by her child's interruption. "Why everything! Why do you kill me of? Why do you hide me with 'mortal' families? Why do you decompose me into a new body? Why, how, and who takes my memories? Why do you haunt me with my own past?!" She demanded pointing at her reflection in the oven. A girl with curly, chin-length flaming red hair was pointing right back at Maeve. She was wearing a yellow dress with designs in gold sparkles that made the peacock feather in her hair pop.
"I knew it would haunt you. That's why I wouldn't let you remember. Man in the Moon helped me with that." Mother Nature answered calmly waving a hand at the full moon through the window. "I hate you..." Maeve thought glaring at the moon's surface. "That is beside the point." Mother Nature said waving a hand. "I'm here to discuss this "Frost boy"-" "Discuss? What's to discuss?" Maeve asked cutting her off. "Your getting to attached to him." Mother Nature snapped suddenly causing Maeve to stumble backwards into the cabinet. Mother Earth noticed her anger and calmed down. "As friends I was fine with him being around. But now that you've kissed-"
"where you-? Where you watching us?!" Maeve demanded feeling her face burn many shades of red. "Do I not have any personal privacy?! And my relationships are none of your business!" Mother Nature glared at her daughter. Maeve had never been this difficult to deal with. Even 400 years ago, she never disrespected her or spoke to her in such a rude tone. "This Frost boy has left a bad influence on you." She said stepping away from Maeve. "Do not get to attached to him. Because soon you'll be coming home."
"Why?" Maeve demanded as her mother sunk into the floor. "Don't leave! Why won't you answer me? Mom!" Maeve fell to her knees as her blood mother vanished from sight back into the earth.
;jack and maeve kiss. Check. Mother Nature comes into story. Check. My work here is done. But you should totally leave me a review pretty please with dream sand ontop? Haha thanks for reading guys;