IIloveBook: Well... Not a summer spirit... Am... Read on to find out, I guess.. XD
JustPlainOldMe: I hope I made the right choice anyway... XD Thank you!:)Oh gosh! I just saw your recent comment as I was about to update- Spirit of creativeness? Well, I have an idea... I don't want to say anything about what creativeness has to do with her... It'll ruin a moment! XD Her run away? Well, she let's them help her find out what she's the spirit of... but... ya. That's all I'm saying! XD
Elizabeth: Explained in chapter 20- which you also replied to, so... Imma reply to that comment here too: In this chapter the memory thing isn't explained, but I promise it'll go back to Sophie's POV in the next chapter so it'll be explained there. :) I actually like your questions because they make me think too.. :) Hm... Well, time passes in this chapter- sorry! XD Not saying any more, you'll have to read on. :)
AVENGERS-girl-ASSEMBLE: That is the most amazing comparison I will ever get. Thank you. :')
someonefromearth: Book references should be law. XD I don't like Nicki Minaj's 'music'. She calls people 'stupid hoes' and then tells people to not bully others. Hypocrite! :/ and... maybe. XD All will be revealed in this chapter. :P JADHAKJDH! Thank you! :D
FrostFan1: Yay, glad I mess your emotions... XD (Joke). Thank you... Hmm... Good idea, but... Read on to find out what she is... XD
VeryBerry96: I think I'll make things complicated for them... MWHAHAHA! XD Good guess... Although, I was hoping someone would pick up on the hint and you did *claps* . :) Ha, I'm no fan of Twilight... Hm, just realised I made Sophie stop comparing herself to Bella- Whoo. Nobody wants to be a Bella... NOBODY! XD Glad you do! Yay! Thank you! :D
Dreamsand Caster 2: Can I just say- what an accurate summary! XD Glad you like it and- SUSPENSE OVER! YAY! *PARTIES* XD
AquaDiamond-girl: Ha, I don't mind the questions. Honestly, most of it is answered in this chapter, however, an explanation isn't really given about the whole parents thing, so.. just a warning! XD
FanimeLex: No problem.. :) I know... :( It was sort of sad to write, but... Ya. It's not going to be all dark and bleak, so don't worry! XD Thanks, I'm happy you think it's cute and that you like it... :')
THORina2245: YEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSS! Ha, let's hope it does.. *Dun, dun, dunnnnn* XD NO! NOT THE PRESSURE! AGGHHHH! XD :P Ha, updated as soon as I could update, hope this was quick enough for you! :)
Black-Death-646: You are? Oh my gosh! Thank you! And no! I don't think it's weird- I think it's nice that you praise things like that. People usually... block out any misery in books and try to ignore it, but you don't, so the praise makes me happy! :D I make it seem easy? AHAHAHAH! No... XD I don't know... I just think of sad times in my life and how I felt during them and express them through the characters, really. Weird, right? Yaya, Sophie is BACK! XD And I know right? Shame... :| Ya, I just love it and... Oh my gosh. You sound so awesome... XD Nobody in my school really likes it like me- except one guy.. but... we had problems before so we don't talk as much. :/ Oh well.. XD This year though we started to talk again, so... Yay. Found a Potter buddy! XD Blah, ignore my self-criticism. I do it with EVERYTHING I do. My music, my art... writing. It's just who I am, so sorry! XD Trust me, you motivated me. :) Your comments really do mean a lot to me, and I hope you like this chapter too. :) I'm glad I got such a dedicated reader. THANK YOU! :)
AND, the story continues... XD
(Still Jack's POV):
I just stared at her. I couldn't believe it. She was alive. She was right her before me. And her parents couldn't see her and she had no idea where she was. So, not exactly so fairytale, is it? I knew with Tooth she would regain some memory, but what one? Maybe she won't remember me. Maybe she won't remember that I loved her or that she loved me. I frowned at the thought.
"Where's my daughter gone?" Mr Bennett asked, narrowing his eyes at me.
"She's right here," I gasped coming to my senses. "I- I think she's... like me. You have to believe to see her."
"I have to believe to see my own daughter?" Ms Bennett exclaimed. "That's absolutely ridiculous!" What? Weren't they even the slightest bit happy that Sophie was alive? Okay, how about they get their priorities in order!? Seriously, if I were them I'd be over the moon- oh. Okay. Maybe the Man in the Moon isn't all bad. He did bring Sophie back. But why? What was her duty? Had it something to do with the way her eyes changed?
"You still haven't answered my question, sir," Sophie pointed out. Did she seriously just call me that?
"Sir? No way did you just call me that," I joked. "Don't you have to be mature to be called that-? That should be law. No, Sophie... I'm Jack Frost, guardian of Fun and the bringer of winter. I'm also one of your best friends."
"I think I'd remember my best friend," Sophie says, giving me a sceptical look.
"See, when the Man in the Moon makes you... immortal, you sort of lose your memories. Those two there are your parents- Louise and David."
"I died," she gasped, closing her eyes. "I remember dying... I shouldn't be here. What's going on?" She looked so confused and scared that all I wanted to do was hold her and comfort her. I wanted to tell her everything was going to be all right. I remember when I woke and forgot everything- including my family. I had been so confused, but I didn't think about anything else... just ice-skating. Okay, maybe it's me who needed to get my priorities in order. Maybe...
"Ya, but... you're alive now!" I reminded her, smiling at her (Ya that usually melts people- irony much? I am Jack Frost!).
"But I can't remember anything!" Tears strolled down her face.
"Jack..? Is she... okay?" Ms Bennett asked her voice full of absolute worry.
"Uh, she's lost her memory," I admitted. "It happens when the Man in the Moon changes us-"
"Changes? What do you mean?"
"What? Did you really think I naturally looked like this?" I asked her. "I was way better look-" she gave me a look. "Well, sorry. Uh, he changes our look to go with what we do. I got white hair and blue eyes because snow is white and ice is... sort of blue. Sophie right now has no definite eye colour. They keep changing- red, yellow, brown and so on."
"I want to see her," her father said.
"You have to believe," I reminded him.
"Believe in what? What is she now? DO we just believe in Sophie Bennett?"
Sophie looked up from her distant gaze at her name. She looked at her parents, almost like she was trying to make her decision up about them. Slowly, she stood up and kneeling before them she looked into their eyes. "These are my parents," she whispered, looking back at me. I nodded. She furrowed her brow in frustration."Then why can't I remember anything about them?"
"Because-"
"Okay, whatever. I know. That stupid guy took my memory," she snapped. Well, at least she has some of her attitude still with her.
She screeched in anger, and ran out of the house. I gave a look to her parents as she slammed the door. Their shocked gazes looked up at me. "I better, uh, go after her."
I flew out of the house and chased her until I caught up with her. I grabbed her wrist to stop her from going any further. "Would you calm down?" I said to her. She looked like she was about to kill me- okay, bad idea to tell an angry girl to calm down. That's a death waiting to happen. Good thing I can't exactly... die, really.
"I don't know you, so you can't tell me to calm down," she snarled at me.
I groaned out of annoyance. "You know what? You do know me. I've known you since you were three. You were the first person that didn't go right trough me. You were my first believer. After a long time I came back and we stood in your room where you kissed me. And the last words you said were 'I love you, Jack'. So yes, you do know me but you just can't bloody remember me!"
I didn't realise how hurt I was that she couldn't remember me until I got all of that out. She looked at me in surprise. I hoped for a minute that brought her memory back- but then she looked angry again and I knew it hadn't.
"We were... boyfriend and girlfriend?" she asked quietly as though trying to register that in her mind.
I shrugged. "It was complicated, really," I told her. "We knew we couldn't be together properly because I was immortal and you weren't."
She paused for a moment. "Then I'm sorry I can't remember you."
"Don't be sorry- it was basically my fault you died anyway," I admitted, looking to the ground feeling ashamed of myself. "If I had told you that you couldn't come with me, those living dead wouldn't have stabbed you... Uh, how is your cut?"
Sophie looked down, shocked to find a piece of jumper wrapped around her waist. I'm guessing her cut couldn't be too bad if she only noticed now she was covered in sticky blood. She pulled the cloth off and looked to her side. The cut wasn't there, only the blood stain. Well, good going, Man in the Moon. It's like I finally got a good answer from you without asking for anything.
"S'not so bad," she chuckled, touching her hand to the hole in her shirt.
"Sophie?" Came a shocked voice. Sophie whirled around and found Bunnymund staring at her in absolute shock. Behind him were Tooth, Sandy and North. I almost wanted to smile at their surprised faces. Yup... It's a... spring miracle.
Sophie screeched, looking at Mund in horror. She ran back and stood behind me. DO I LOOK LIKE A SHIELD? WHAT IF IT WAS ACTUALLY A BAD GUY!?
Mund looked hurt. "She... she can't remember anything," I told him. "She's... one of us."
"What's with her eyes?" Tooth asked, her voice shaking from weakness. Oh god. I hope Tooth would be all right. Who else would obsess about my amazingly white Teeth?
"I'm not so sure, yet," I admitted. "Don't worry, Soph. These are the good guys. That is Bunnymund, the Easter kangaroo-"
"Did we not already talk about this, Frost? I'm. A. Bunny," Mund snapped. Sophie let out a nervous laugh.
"That's Toothiana, the Tooth Fairy," I pointed to Tooth who gave Sophie a kind smile.
"She's so pretty," Sophie cooed, looking at Tooth's feathers. Tooth blushed, looking down embarrassed. Sophie realise Tooth heard her and she, in return, also looked embarrassed. "Your feathers are really colourful. I like colourful... I think..." Sophie smiled over at Tooth who returned the gesture.
"And Sandy- he can't talk, but he's so nice. He's the sandman." Sand made a top hat with his sand and bowed to Sophie, taking the hat off in a sweet gesture. Sophie curtsied back to him, suppressing a giggle.
"And finally, this is North-"
"I am Santa Claus," he boomed. Sophie looked a little startled, but grinned up at him.
"We're known as the guardians and it's our job to take care of the children of the world. We fought a guy called Pitch with the help of your older brother, Jamie-"
"I have an older brother?"
"Ya, he's another one of my best friends. Him and his girlfriend, Pippa, are expecting a child- so in a few months you'll be an aunt and a godmother."
"This is so much to take in," she said shaking her head in disbelief. I remember how hard it was for me to discover who I was. And then realising I had a life before becoming Jack Frost. I had a family. I still wonder did I ever have a girlfriend, but with Sophie here I ask that question less and less. Who cares if I did when I had her? (Wow, I think I should get an award for being the cheesiest guy alive!). Sophie pinched the bridge of her nose, sighing in anger and frustration. I wish I could help her remember it all, but it's impossible.
"Well, first of all, we have to figure out why you're here."
And so, plan discovering-what-Sophie's-ability-is begins!
I told her parents that we'd be gone for a while, while we figured out what she did. We didn't exactly know where to start. First we tried to find out why her eyes changed colour. What could it mean? At least with the rest of ours, they were all the same colour... she was completely different. What did those colours signify? I knew they were important... Just... Why?
Okay, to save you time... we were at this operation for months. No sign from Evil whatsoever. Sophie's birthday was the month after she died, but it was no longer relevant considering she would never age again. Summer rolled in, no luck.
That was until the last day of summer.
We never expected it to take this long. Her parents and Jamie could now see her again- thank god. I brought her to her home every now and then so they could talk. I was not letting them be cut off from one another. And, the baby's birth was getting closer and closer. I could see Jamie getting more stressed each time we visited. He was clearly nervous, but I knew he'd be fine.
Anyway, getting off topic.
Sophie's power... It was quite a shock, to be honest. We were in a forest, trying to see what she could do. So... Ya. She could fly. That was quite a shock to me, especially. But that wasn't it. After getting so stressed, she hit a tree and the most bizarre thing happened. I felt like it was somehow like my power when I touched trees with my staff and made frost and snow appear on them.
You could see the tree was normal at first, but then something changed about it. The leaves. They changed to browns, reds and very pale yellows. Sophie looked at us all, wondering why we were all looking up. She came over and stood beside me, gaping up like us. She arched a brow at the work she had done. One tree full of dead leaves amongst trees full of life.
"What the hell am I?" she exclaimed, staring down at her hands.
"I believe you are now the bringer of autumn... I think you're the spirit of autumn," Mund suggested.
"I kill plants?" she asked. "Aren't I such a sweetheart?"
"Just the sweetest," I said sarcastically. "You're like the grim reaper for plants."
"Oh, ha-ha," she said, sticking her tongue out.
She walked out, stretching out her hand and began to touch other trees. Straight after her touch the leaves began to whiter. It was actually amazing to watch as they transformed. The colours her eyes had finally made sense. They were the colour of the autumn leaves. I miss her green eyes sometimes, but she still looked incredible. The best part? She'd never have to grow up and I'd finally have MY happy ending. I hope her happy ending was the one I had in mind. Now that she can't remember me, she might not ever feel the same way about me again.
She turned around and smiled at me. "Who made Autumn before me?"
"Seraphina," I told her. "Or, Mother Nature. I guess you're just one of her helpers."
"This is so cool." She turned and began... murdering innocent leaves again. Until... "AGH!" She fell down in shock and scrambled away, looking up at the tree which she just killed. I, along with Mund- us being the only two there- raced over to her side. We looked up and I gave a small chuckle as did Mund. There, sitting on a tree branch, holding a staff similar to mine was an old friend. Well, sort of. I didn't see him around much, to be honest. He had white hair like mine too. Unlike my staff, his had a knife at one end... Why didn't I have one of those?
"S'up, Nightlight," I smiled up at him.
He simply nodded to me. See, Nightlight doesn't talk much... Like Sandy he usually communicates through something else. Nightlight liked to draw and use his hands to talk to us. It can get annoying considering he can actually talk, but I wasn't going to complain. Not like I talked to him a lot anyway- speaking of which... what was he doing here anyway?
"Heard there was a new spirit," he spoke- very rare moment from him. He looked down at Sophie, almost trying to memorise her. He smirked. "She's not a guardian, is she?"
"No, she's not," I replied, giving him a questioning look. "So, where's Katherine?"
I could see him blush a little. Katherine is his closest friend, and I suspected he had a crush on her. I'm going to say I'm right considering he was about as red as a cherry. "Uh... She's at Santoff Clausen," he replied. Something about his tone made me think he was lying, but why would he have to lie about that? Katherine was the Guardian of storytelling. She was a lovely girl, and very easy to get along with. She's also... Mother Goose, as people say.
"So, what are you a spirit of, exactly?" Nightlight asked, addressing Sophie. The tone in his voice seemed nervous. Why was her nervous? I had a horrible feeling something was wrong- but what? And had he changed the subject? That's suspicious.
"Nightlight... I'm going to ask you and you better tell me the truth... Where's Katherine?" I knew he had been lying. And so did Mund.
Nightlight looked like he wanted to cry. "He's taken her!" he sobbed.
"Who?" Sophie asked concerned. I had to stop the smile coming on. She barely just met Nightlight, and she doesn't even know Katherine and yet she was concerned and worried for her safety.
"Evil... Evil's after taken her... and Seraphina helped him," he said, shaking his head and clenching his fists.
Well, that wasn't good, was it?
Okay, Nightlight and Katherine aren't OC's. They are actually characters from the books: Guardians of Childhood. Okay- hope Sophie's power now makes sense, especially the eye colour part now. :)Um, Sophie's POV next chapter- just saying in case you were getting sick of my attempts at Jack's.. XD And.. review for more? I hate asking because I feel I sound pushy... :L