I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!

LISTEN TO 'BREATHLESS' BY TAYLOR SWIFT OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR THIS CHAPTER! SONG IS IN JACK'S POV. CHAPTER IN CRYSTALS!

"Santa Clause is coming, to town!" The children of the village sang, the next day, as they made snow angels. I smiled. I couldn't sleep at all last night and I don't know why.

"Hey, Crystal!" Lilly yelled, running to me. She crashed right into me.

"Woah! Slow down, partner! You okay?" She was still panting.

"I'm great! Jack told me to tell you to meet him at your 'special place'. Do you know what he's talking about?" I nodded.

"Okay. Well my work here is done! Oh and have fun! But not too much fun!" I blushed. She laughed and ran off. I quickly ran to the meadow and to the tree. When I got there nobody was there.

"Guess who?" A familiar voice said in my ear, as they covered my eyes.

"Is it the Easter Kangaroo?" I joked. He laughed. For some reason we call the Easter Bunny, the Easter Kangaroo. I have no idea why. It was his idea.

"Nope. Keep guessing."

"Santa Clause?"

"Nope."

"The Sandman?"

"The Sandman doesn't talk."

"Fine. There's only one other person that it could be."

"Hmm?"

"Is it Lilly?" He burst out laughing.

"Seriously!? Do I sound like a girl?" he laughed.

"Well-"

"Don't answer that," He said, seriously. I laughed.

"I'm just kidding."

"You better." Someones in a grouchy mood.

"Aww! Is someone having a bad day?" I said like I was talking to a baby.

He smirked. "No!" He pouted, playing along, though I could tell something was wrong with him. He crossed his arms and turned around. I put my hands on his shoulders and started to massage him.

"Are you sure? You feel tense." I purred in his ear. He did feel tense. He shivered. What in the world am I doing?

"Y-yes." He stuttered.

"I don't believe you."

"It's nothing. I just got a weird feeling that something bad is gonna happen." He said, sitting down on the ground. I followed, suit. "Like visions?" He shook his head. "I don't know. It's just a feeling." I looked at him confused. "Well I guess we'll just have to keep an eye out for anything dangerous."

"Like giants and Lions and, and...Oh I know! The Easter Kangaroo!" He exclaimed.

"The Easter Kangaroo? I doubt there's anything dangerous about him." I said trying to stifle a giggle. It didn't work.

"Hey, I just don't think he's as innocent as people make him out to be. He could be a dangerous Rabbit who throws boomerangs at people. Ooh and he can have exploding eggs too!"

"You are a strange little man. And you have my pity."

He crossed his arms. He smirked. "Excuse me for wanting to make life more fun and you gotta admit, that does sound pretty cool." It does sound pretty cool.

I smiled, deviously. "So you want him to go around hurting kids with boomerangs and eggs that blow up? Not to mention, one of those kids is your sister."

"No, no! That's not what I meant! Plus, why would I want him to hurt my little Lillipop?" That's his nickname for Lilly. I find it really cute. His nickname for me is Cryssy(It's pronounced Crissy, not Cry-see)

"Ya' know I'm just kidding?"

"Oh..."

"You take things too seriously."

"I get it from my dad." I froze when he said the word 'dad'. Memories of last night flooded into my head. All I saw was my dad. He noticed this. "Crysy? You okay? Speak to me!" I couldn't hear him. All I could hear was the horrifying voice of my father. I don't even know if I should call him that. Jack shook me by the shoulders. I whimpered when Jack touched a certain spot on my shoulder. He noticed this too. He lifted up my sleeve above my shoulders and gasped at what he saw. On my shoulder was a big, black bruise in the shape of a fist.

"Crystal.." He said, in shock.

"No, no! Get away from me! NO!" I yelled as I had a flashback of last night(It's scaring her so bad that when she sees Jack, she sees her dad. So throughout this whole scene, she's seeing Jack as her dad. Does that make sense?) I fell to the ground and starting backing away from him. "Crystal! Snap out of it! It's me! It's Jack!" He leaned down next to me and lifted me into his lap, much to my dismay.

"NO, NO! GET AWAY FROM ME! JACK, HELP ME! DON'T HURT ME! PLEASE!" It was mentally killing Jack to see me like this.

"Shh, shh. I'm right here. Calm down. It's okay, you're safe." He soothed me. I slowly started to calm down, but I was still gasping for breath. "Right here, right now, you're safe."

"H-he abused me, Jack!" He continued holding me and whispering soothing things in my ear, "H-he gave m-me b-bru-bruise and s-scarrs...and, and, and..." I buried my face into his chest and continued crying.

"I know, I know. He can't hurt you here. You're safe, here."

"Nowhere is safe."

I really don't know what to say about this chapter.