I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!

PLEASE READ! Did any of you read chapter 14? I was PMing somebody and they accidentally skipped chapter 14. It's titled 'Anger and Love'

IF YOU HAVEN'T READ CHAPTER 14, READ IT BEFORE YOU READ THIS CHAPTER!

"So how did Lilly cope with me, ya know, dying?" Jack asked me a couple hours later.

Guess what? He asked me to be his girlfriend! And of course, I said yes. Right now we were just taking a walk in the meadow. For some reason we always end up here.

I looked down, sadly. Should I tell him? No, he'll be worried. But she's already dead...But then again my dad's dead and Jack was mad at him for killing me...

I sighed. "You don't wanna know." I answered.

"Why not?" He looked at me.

"It's just...complicated. She didn't take it very well."

"Tell me more!" He begged.

"Can we just leave it at that?"

"Nope."

"Not gonna give up, are ya'?" I muttered. "Nope." I rolled my eyes.

"Fine. Like I said, she didn't take it very well. The night that you died, she ALMOST had a heart attack in her sleep. She was screaming, yelling, thrashing around in her bed, begging for you to come back. You would always wake her up from her nightmares, but nobody could wake her this time, " I started, remembering that awful night. "NO! JACK COME BACK! PLEASE! NO!" Lilly's voice echoed in my head.

"I didn't know what to do. I was scared to death. We had to pour freezing cold water on her for her to wake up. When she did, she was shaking, she was gasping for breath, crying..." Jack looked down, a mix of anger and sadness on his face. I can see where the sadness is coming from but the anger...Wait..."Pitch is the boogeyman. He causes all the nightmares." Jack's voice reminded me. "Pitch." I whispered, but not loud enough for Jack to hear me.

My fists clenched. Suddenly, my skin got burning hot. My eyes turned red(Vultori!). Red dust covered my dress. I felt angry. I was full of rage. I started flying off the ground, but not on my command.

"Crystal? What's going on?!" Jack yelled, but I couldn't hear him. Red ice started to fly around me. I growled under my breath.

"HOW COULD PITCH DO THAT TO HER?! WHAT HAS SHE EVER DONE WRONG? SHE DIDN'T DESERVE THAT! HE ALMOST KILLED HER!" I yelled, anger pulsing through my veins. The protective side of me coming out. All I felt was pure rage.

"CRYSTAL! SNAP OUT OF IT!" Jack yelled, through the sound of the wind. He tried to fly to me but the scarlett red ice only pushed him away. "Woah!" He gasped when he hit the ground.

"That's it!" He took his staff and swung it in my direction(He didn't throw it) Ice shot out of it and froze my raging red ice. But as soon as the ice froze, I dropped to the ground.

"Crystal!" Was the last thing I heard before I blacked out.

One hour later. In a random bedroom.

"Now tell me the story again. I need to know if I go' it righ'."

"Nope! I'm not saying it another time!" An all-to-familar voice groaned.

"Wha-what happened?" I choked, sitting up and rubbing my head. "Crystal!" Jack said, flying towards me. North left the room. I looked at him and noticed a bandage wrapped around his right arm. Did...I do...that?

"CRYSTAL SNAP OUT OF IT!" Jack yelled through the sound of the wind. He tried to fly to me but the scarlett red ice only pushed him away.

I hurt him...

He seemed to notice what I was looking at. He gave a small smile and pulled me into him. "Hey, it's okay. I'm fine. Plus, since I'm dead, it'll be better by tomorrow." That doesn't matter. Even if it's better by tomorrow, I still hurt him.

I wrapped my arms around him and buried my face into his hoody. "What happened?"

He chuckled. "I don't know. You tell me. You're the one that had red ice flying around you." I held onto him tighter. He rubbed my back and kissed my forehead.

"I...don't really know what happened. After I said what happened to Lilly I remembered when you told me about Pitch. I figured that Pitch gave her the nightmare. I don't know what happened after that." I whispered. Jack scrunched his eyebrows.

"So you felt...protective of Lilly?" He asked. My eyes lit up like a child on Christmas morning.

"Yes! Yes! Protective!" He laughed at my reaction.

"Define 'protective'." Okay...

"Umm I don't know how...I just feel like I should protect them from everything that could hurt them. Like Edward and Bella from that Twilight movie with the shirtless guy. Except I don't fall in love with the children..." Why did I bring that up...?

"Ummm I don't watch Twilight...But keep going."

"Yeah...I feel like I need to protect them from getting hurt. From being bullied, from being abused...I would say 'from a broken heart' but that's the dads job."

"What if it's the dad that's abusing them?...Woops. Sorry..." He cringed. I laughed.

"It's okay. If it's the dad that's abusing them, then I would try to get them away from them. If they see me and run away, I'll chase them and try to help them. I've it before, I'll do it again." I have done it before. About 3 years ago.

"You have?"

"Yep. 3 years ago. With an 8 year old girl named Danielle(I did NOT steal that from that other Jack/OC story. I have my own reason behind it.). She had her hair in 2 little low pigtails. She was abused her whole life. I saw her dad punching her. I just don't get why people treat their kids like that. Why I was treated like that...Back to the story, I watched over her the next day. Kids picked on her at school. Every single punch, kick, tease, and shove she got killed me. When she got home, her dad immediately started punching and kicking her. I was too in shock to move. I flew to her room and blew a snowflake into her eyes. When she saw me, she didn't run. But what really shocked me was the first thing she said. She said "Can you help me?". It tore me apart to see that she was so desperate for help, that she would ask a spirit. Someone she doesn't even know...So of course, I helped her. She didn't have any relatives. Don't ask what happened to them. I took her to the foster home, not without a little fly around Burgess," He laughed.

"They took her in without question. They couldn't see me, but I told her what to say. They called the police and told them about her dad. They took care of him." Jack looked at me in awe.

"I bet that Danielle is very thankful that you helped her." I smiled.

"I'm glad I helped her. I know I can't protect every child in the world from being hurt but I can at least try." He pulled me into a hug. I hugged back.

"I love you." Jack whispered.

"I love you too."

North just sat there as he listened to he story of Danielle through the door. He smiled. "Spirit of Protection."

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