Okay, so it's been like what, a week? since my last update so I'm REALLY sorry about that but I've had total writers block with no inspiration or motivation, plus I had my last exam which i had to revise for but I am really sorry :( i was actually supposed to upload this yesterday but fanfiction decided it would be funny to not work so you can partly blame them :') Anyway, here it is! Sorry if I moved a bit fast but yeah :/ I love you allll for being sooo patient, YOU ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL HUMANS.
Chapter 26 - Remembering
Who where these people? What was I doing here? What was happening? Where was my sister? So many questions and I didn't know the answers to any of them. I inspected my clothing one more time. I had the same trousers on but someone had changed my shirt to a weird blue jumper that had a hood.
I looked back at the people in front of me. The girl with the long blonde hair seemed angry now, but not at me. She was aiming her anger at the pale man all in the black. The Boogieman. It was obvious it was him. I'd heard stories about him, the nightmare king. Sure I believed them, but I wasn't afraid. I was too busy protecting and reassuring my sister to show fear, she was the one who had always been terrified of him. She'd wake up screaming from a nightmare but I'd always be by her side to calm her down.
"What have you done to him!?" The blonde asked furiously. Were they talking about me?
"Like I said, I killed Jack Frost." No they couldn't be, my second name wasn't Frost.
"But he's right here in front of us!" She gestured her hand towards me as she spoke. So they where talking about me? They must of had me confused with someone else. Some other Jack that would know what was going on.
"Look, I don't know who you guys are but I'm not Jack Frost." I said, pointing to my chest. The Boogieman smirked to himself as the blonde looked at me with sad eyes.
"Of course you are!" The fiery red head exclaimed. Her hair was crazy, red curls spiraling over her shoulders.
"No, I'm Jack Overland. I think you have me confused with someone else." They exchanged an awkward glance with a brunette boy before looking back at me.
"Look, I'm just gonna go, I need to find my sister and you clearly have your own situation going on here..." I gestured to the area we where standing in before stepping back. My foot landed on something hard and rough like a tree root or branch.
"No! You can't leave!" The brunette boy almost shouted as I looked down at my bare feet. I'd stood on a twisted kind of stick that was sharp and jaggered at one end where it had obviously been broken. I looked around for the rest of it as I bent down to pick it up. The other half wasn't that far away, arms reach, near a tree. This part had a crooked end that curled into a crescent shape. I reached over and grabbed it, inspecting them as I held the two halfs in front of me. It looked like some sort of staff or walking stick so I tried putting the two half's together to see what it would look like as one. Suddenly, a small blue glow started spilling out of the join, engulfing the whole area in a blue light. What the hell was this thing?! I threw the staff to the other side of the clearing in pure panic where it bounced along the dirt before coming to a halt outside the entrance to a small cave. The blue light had dissipated, leaving a small crack in the middle where it hadn't fulling joined. Had it just fixed itself?
"Get that blasted staff away from him!" The Boogieman yelled at an old black haired women who hurriedly ran over to the staff. She snatched it up quickly, gripping it tightly as she trotted back over to her place behind the Boogieman.
"What the hell was that?!" I panted looking at the different faces around me. They didn't reply but just looked at each other with concern.
"Will someone please tell me what is going on here?!"
"Erm...to be honest, we don't entirely know our selves.." The brown-haired boy explained, fiddling with his thumbs. I sighed to myself, rubbing my eyes before pinching the bridge of my nose. What had I gotten myself into?
"This is just great. I'm stuck in this creepy forest with come clueless strangers, I have no idea where my sister is and to top it all off, the Boogieman is here!" Something clicked in my mind as I finished the sentence. My sister is missing. The Boogieman is here. My sister was always terrified of him. It all made sense now.
"It was you!" I shouted as I strode up to the Boogieman, pointing at him with narrowed eyes.
"You must have taken her away from me whilst I wasn't looking then knocked me unconscious and brought me here!" He laughed at my presumption as he crossed his arms behind his back.
"Unless...this is all a nightmare and your just making me think that she's missing, but I'll wake up and she'll be there, safe. It's all just a trick isn't it!?"
"So close...yet so far!" He grinned to himself, showing pointed teeth, sharp like wolves'.
"Then what is it!? What is going on!? Will someone please just explain what I'm doing here!?"
"Jack!" The blonde called sharply as I turned back to her.
"Stop shouting! You're scaring Jamie." She gestured to the little brown-haired boy who was gripping her leg, hiding behind her. I quickly jogged over to them, crouching down beside him and smiling gently.
"Hey, I'm sorry. Jamie is it?" He nodded swiftly in response, letting go of the girls leg.
"You shouldn't be scared of him." I gestured behind me with my head.
"I'm not, it's just...you don't remember me." Was I supposed to know who these people where?
"Look Jamie, I don't really know what's going on at the minute, everything's all a bit confusing so don't take it personally, okay?"
"Okay...but you said you'd always protect me, that you'd always be here as long as I believed in you." I put my hands on his shoulders, look directly into his eyes.
"Well, believe in me now. Everything is going to be okay, I promise." I didn't even know this kid yet I was making such big promises but he reminded me a lot of my sister, I just felt the need to protect him. He nodded as a small tear started to roll down his cheek. I wiped it away with my finger before standing up and extending my hand out to him. Why was I telling him it was going to be okay, anyway? I didn't know if it would. I didn't even know what was going on, whether or not I was even supposed to be here but he was just a child. A scared, innocent child. He didn't deserve this.
"C'mon, how about we have a little fun instead?" I stopped in my tracks, staring at my hand. Those words. This scenario. It all felt so familiar. I looked around, speechless. I knew these people, this place. I staggered back a bit as everything came suddenly flooding back.
Saving my sister, falling through the ice. Dying. Coming back. The moon. 300 years of loneliness. Joining the Guardians. Meeting Jamie. Being believed in. Defeating Pitch. Hogwarts. My mission. Hiccup. Rapunzel. Merida. Everything. I was Jack Frost.
I could feel myself changing back already, regaining my power. I looked at my hand as it starting fading back to a pale pink, the piece of hair that fell over my eye began changing from brown to snow-white, each strand at a time.
I looked down at Jamie with a ecstatic grin before swooping him up into a massive hug, cuddling him into me. I'd missed him so much. He wrapped his arms around my neck, hugging me back tightly as tears rolled down both of our cheeks, lightly dripping of our chins and landing on the floor with quiet splashes.
"You're back." He said through sobs.
"I never left."
