"CHARLOTTE!"

I push myself just a little further but it's just not enough. I watch in horror as Charlotte hits the ground...

I remember the sensation of flying. Wind through my hair and absolute terror as I looked at the ground far below. I remember looking at the moon in awe then fainting... I don't remember the moment I hit the ground.

But suddenly everything went darker then I've ever seen. Just... Nothing... And then...

I float down beside her and stare in shock, "No." I listen to her non existent heartbeat.

I whisper, shaking my head, "No." I fall to my knee's and start to cry. Little ice crystals fall into the snow, I can't believe it, I just killed someone. I can't breathe and what breath I do manage is a choked out rasp. I look up at the Man In the Moon, sobbing, "What have I done?"

And then I saw a light. Not like the sun, bright and hot, but soft and cool. It gets bigger and brighter until I realize it's the moon.

"Matka príroda"

I put her head in my lap and cry. I'm talking the ugly kind of crying. But I was in no state to be embarrassed. I manage to whisper, "Charlotte. I didn't know you but I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to. I should have just left you alone. I'm so-"

I'm cut off in shock as I watch her bruises begin to fade and I hear the sickening sounds of her bones snapping back into place. I back away and she begins to glow as if reflecting the light off the moon... The moon!

Of coarse! Manny! I glance at the moon and when I look back at Charlotte her hair is darker then it had been before. It was now the color of wet dirt and her freckles were a little more prominent. I watch as everything goes still and the faint glow fades. I wait but nothing happens and my anxiety returns.

Then her storm cloud grey eyes open.

"Jack?"

I ask in a hoarse voice.

"Charlotte." He says my name like he's really relieved, then his look returns to a look of concern, "How do you feel?"

I give him a confused look, "I feel fine. Better then fine actaully. But why wouldn't I?"

He ignores my question, and asks his own, "Did you hear anything while you, uh, fainted?"

I scrunch my eyebrows in concentration, "Yeah, I think so. I heard a mans voice. He was speaking in Slovak. Which was odd."

"Slovak?"

"Well, my mothers family came from Czechoslovakia during world war II. We spoke it all the time in our house. I learned it right along with English." I sit up and shrug.

"What did he say?"

"He said- Well, he called me Matka príroda."

"What's that mean?"

"It means Mother Nature."

I pretty much almost barfed.

I had killed her. And now she was what I had been before I was a Guardian. Which meant no one would see her. Now came the hard part... Telling her.

"Charlotte?"

"Yeah?" She says as she starts to stand up.

"You might wanna sit back down."

"Why?"

I take a deep breath, "Because I killed you."

She laughs, "Yeah, okay."

"I'm being serious. We were flying and you wigged out and fainted. I flew as fast as I could to catch you but I missed and you hit- you hit the ground."

"Then how am I still here?" Charlotte asks, still in denial.

"Sometimes, when someone saves a child then dies before their time the man on the moon brings them back. He tells them their name and then leaves them to figure out their purpose."

"Aha!" She exclaims, "I never saved a kid be-before..." She lets the sentence drop with a stutter.

"Are you sure?"

"About a year ago, Markus was playing outside and he swallowed some kind of berry. His face turned all purple and he couldn't breathe, I grabbed him and put him in the car. My cell was dead and we didn't have a home phone. Then the seizures started. It was my first time driving and I was terrified more then I had ever been before. I got him to the hospital, just barely. He had eaten a Pokeweed berry, but they were able to fix him. They said if I had hesitated even a moment before getting him to the hospital, he would have died." I watch her stare at her hands, "I-I do feel a little different... Stronger."

"Charlotte, I am SO sorry." I reach forward to put my hand on her shoulder but she backs away.

"No! Get away from me! I'm going home." Charlotte turns around and runs.

"Wait! Charlotte, they won't be able to see you!" But she was already gone.

"Dad! I'm home. I think I need to see a psychiatrist or something." I walk into my house and look around. "Dad?" I walk upstairs and see my dad and my step dad inside my room. But they weren't alone. Police were there.

"I don't know officer, she's gotten upset before, but she's never run away before."

The officer gives him a sad look, "Mr. Summers, there doesn't appear to be anything packed and the window is wide open."

"What are you saying?" My step mom, Trisha asks in a concerned tone of voice.

"I'm saying, Mrs. Summers, most likely... Your daughter was kidnapped."

My dads face goes blank and he seems frozen while my step mom begins to sob, "Oh, Chris."

I walk in quickly, "Guys, it's ok, I'm fine. I'm sorry I scared you." But no one looks at me. "Guys, I'm right here."

Jordan and Markus come to stand in the door way, sleep in their eyes, Markus asks, "Mom, whats going on? Where's Lotty?"

"Boys." Trisha opens her arms for Markus and Jordan.

"Marky. JJ." I look at them, "I'm right here. I-I'm right here." Jordan runs to get into his moms arms... And as he does, he walks right through me. My breathing stops. I stand in shock, "N-no."

Markus is still standing in the door way, "Marky?" I ask, tears welling in my eyes, I kneel in front of him, "Marky?" I whisper but he seems to be looking right through me. I try putting my hand on his shoulder but my worst fear comes true. My hand just passes through him.

"Mom? I said where's Lotty?" Tears fall down his little chubby cheeks and I lose it. I rush out of the room and down the stairs. I stumble out in to the snow and scream at the top of my lungs but none of the neighbors lights come on and no one rushes out to see what the problem is.

I begin to hyperventilate and pull at my hair, "No. No. No. This can't be happening. This is all just a bad dream and I'm going to wake up any second."

"No, your not. And this is happening." I look up to see Jack leaning against an old oak tree.

I stand up and storm over to Jack, "You son of a-" I start rapidly hitting his chest with my fists, "I HATE YOU!" I start breaking down in sobs, "I hate you." I whisper as he wraps his arms around me.

"And you have a right to."

I break away from him and start walking away, "What do I do now? Where do I go?" I ask desperately to myself.

He follows me of coarse, "I'm not really sure but... I know some people who might be able to help you."

"Yeah? Who? No one can see me."

"They're called the Gaurdians."

"And what, just leave everything I've ever known?"

"Hey, that parts not as hard as you'd think. I have the hardest part."

"And what is that?"

"I have to tell Jamie."

A/N I know that this is quite a bit shorter. I had so much writers block after the first 4 sections. Let me know if you like it. I'll actually be trying to get into a schedule of updating this every Thursday night. This probably won't start for about a week or two. Let me know what you wanna see happen next. How will Charlotte react to being invited to the North Pole? How far do you think I should make her powers extend, as I do not want her to become a Mary Sue. And how will Jamie react to his "Dream girl" being gone?

Hope you enjoy! Always yours,

Beloviel