Here is the scene i reworked the whole story to fit in. I couldnt help myself...
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Chapter 15: Jack Helps Jamie Believe; Casey Helps Maddy Believe
Casey flew back to Pitch's lair. When she arrived, she found Jack flying in after her. When he saw her, he smiled and flew closer to her. "Casey!" he yelled. "Are you alright?"
Casey nodded. "Fine." she replied. "Are you?"
He nodded. "I remember everything. I had a sister and I saved her life."
Casey smiled. "I remember everything too. I had a brother and I saved him."
Jack smiled. Then it dropped, replaced by a serious expression. "We have to help the mini tooth fairies." Casey nodded her agreement and the two flew up to the cages. "Come on! Let's go!" Jack yelled after he'd opened one. None of the fairies made a move to exit the cage. They made chirping noises and shook their heads. Jack and Casey could only assume what that meant, and neither of them liked it very much. "None of you can fly?" Jack asked. The fairies shook their heads again. Jack and Casey turned their heads towards the globe that Pitch had in his lair. The lights were going out. One by one.
They ran over to the globe where all but two lights had gone out. Looking closer, Jack and Casey each recognized who each light was.
"Jamie." Jack said, smiling.
"And Maddy." Casey said, smiling as well. They shared a look and nodded. They took off into the air, both heading for Burgess. When they arrived in Burgess, they split up, Jack going to Jamie's house and Casey going to Maddy's.
When Jack arrived at Jamie's bedroom window, he found the little boy talking to a stuffed rabbit. "Okay." Jamie said to the rabbit. "You and I are obviously at what they call a crossroads. So here's what's going to happen: If it wasn't a dream and if you are real," he leaned down closer to the rabbit. "then you have to prove it. Like, right now." The stuffed animal was of course unresponsive, but that obviously upset Jamie, because he kept talking. "I believed in you for a long time, okay? Like, my whole life in fact." He picked the rabbit up. "So you kind of owe me now. You don't have to do much. Just a little sign, so I know. Anything. Anything at all." The rabbit did nothing and Jamie frowned. Bowing his head sadly, he let his arm drop and the rabbit fell to the floor. "I knew it."
Jack knew he had to step out. He just couldn't let this little boy lose his belief. Jack quietly opened the window and stepped inside. Turning towards the window, he used his powers to frost the window over, the sound it made alerting Jamie. Jamie looked at the window as Jack began drawing a picture of an egg. Jamie looked at the rabbit, then back up at the window. Jack then began drawing a picture of a rabbit.
Jamie's eyes widened. "He's real!"
Jack grinned and, concentrating hard, he made the picture of the rabbit come out and start hopping around the room. Jamie started laughing, which in turn got Jack laughing. It hopped up toward the ceiling, where it burst, snow falling in the room.
A confused expression crossed Jamie's face. "Snow?" he questioned. As a snowflake landed on his nose, he remembered what his mom had said about Jack Frost. That was when it hit him about where the snow had come from. His eyes widened. "Jack Frost." he whispered softly.
Jack looked at Jamie. "Did he just say…?" he asked, not sure if he could believe it.
"Jack Frost?" Jamie asked, sitting up on his bed.
Jack gasped and backed away slightly. "He said it again. He said, you said," Jack couldn't find what words to say.
Jamie turned around and, when his eyes landed on Jack, his jaw dropped. "Jack Frost!" he said, amazed.
Jack smiled widely and put a hand to his head. "That's right! But, but that's me! Jack Frost! That's my name!" He looked at Jamie in amazement. "You said my name!" Jamie just remained awestruck, his jaw still hanging open. Jack backed away slightly. "Wait, can, can you hear me?" he asked. Jamie nodded slowly. Jack stepped closer. "Can you, can you see me?" Jack could barely contain his excitement when Jamie nodded again. Jack smiled widely, tears coming to his ice blue eyes. "He sees me! He, he sees me!" Jack exclaimed as he somersalted backwards and landed on Jamie's desk.
Jamie laughed. "You just made it snow."
"I know."
"In my room!"
"I know!"
"You're real?!"
Jack jumped off of Jamie's desk and stepped closer to Jamie. "Yeah, who do you think brings you all the blizzards and the snow days? And you remember when you went flying on that sled the other day?"
"That was you?!"
"That was me!"
"Cool!"
"Right!?"
"But what about the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy, and," Jamie asked.
Jack picked up the stuffed rabbit and held it out to Jamie. "Real, real! Every one of us is real."
"I knew it!" Jamie yelled, jumping on his bed.
"Jamie," the voice of Jamie's mom came up. "Who are you talking to?"
"Um," Jamie stammered. He looked over at Jack, who just cocked his head towards the door. "Jack Frost?" Jamie finally answered.
A condescending chuckle came from his mother. "Okay." Jamie looked at Jack, smiling.
Meanwhile, across town, Casey was helping another child believe. Soon after she had separated from Jack, she had flown to the house of little Maddy Sakimoto. Like Jamie, Maddy was a firm believer in the Guardians. Unfortunately, that didn't include Casey herself. But Casey knew, if Pitch could get her to stop believing, the world would be one more step closer to its end.
Casey sat on the window sill and looked in. She saw the familiar little girl, her long neck length brown hair falling over her shoulders. She wasn't facing Casey and there was no indication that there was anything wrong, but Casey had hung around enough times to know when something was troubling the little girl. Like all the other kids of the world, she seemed to be doubting that the Guardians were real.
"I want them to be real, but…" Maddy muttered. "My friends don't believe anymore…" The little girl's voice was soft and sad and Casey sighed sadly. She slowly opened the window and crept inside. She knew she needn't have tried not to make noise. She was invisible to the little girl, but she tried to be quiet anyways.
Taking a deep breath, determined not to let Maddy doubt her belief, Casey concentrated and the air condensed, liquefying. She formed small groups of water into water duplicates of Tooth's mini fairies and had them fly around Maddy. Maddy's amethyst eyes widened as the water fairies swam around her head. One came in contact with her, spraying her a little, something that confused the little girl.
"It's water." she muttered then a story her grandmother told her once came to her mind. The story was about a water spirit who resided in the Philadelphian forest pond and not only controlled water and water-related weather, but she also usually saved anybody who was drowning. The story had been told by her grandmother's grandfather who swore that the water spirit was the spirit of his older sister, who had saved him when he was a child. The only reason water would be doing what it was right now would only be caused by the water spirit herself. "Casey Aqua?"
Casey, still concentrating on keeping the water fairies' forms together, couldn't believe what she had heard. She looked at Maddy. "What did you say?" she asked. Maddy looked around the room.
"Casey Aqua!" she said a little louder.
Casey stumbled back. Maddy had said her name. "You said Casey Aqua."
Maddy turned completely around until her eyes landed on Casey. She smiled. "Casey Aqua." she said, now having no doubt in her mind.
Casey swiped her arm across her eyes. "You can see me?" Maddy nodded. Casey stumbled further back. "You can see me! You said my name and you see me!" Casey jumped up, accidentally hitting the ceiling in her excitement. "OW!" She yelled, rubbing the top of her head as she floated back to the floor. Maddy laughed. "Sorry."
Maddy shook her head. "Don't be. It was funny! Why are you so excited?"
Casey sat on the wooden bed post at the end of Maddy's bed. "No one's been able to see me in over two hundred years. You're the first person who's been able to see me in that long. It's a little overwhelming, but in a good way."
"Are the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and Tooth Fairy real?" Maddy asked.
Casey nodded. "Yep. So are the music spirit, the forest spirit and even Jack Frost!" Casey laughed.
Maddy laughed, but a sound stopped their laughter. Casey jumped off the bed post and walked over to the window, where she saw the outline of North's sleigh crash around. She frowned deeply. "That can't be good." she muttered. She looked at Maddy. "We need to go see what that was." she said. "The Guardians need us."
"Us?"
"The Boogeyman may be coming after you." Casey explained. "I don't want you to get hurt so will you come with me?"
Maddy nodded and Casey smiled. She bent down so that Maddy could climb on her back and she took off, heading for the Bennetts which is where the others could be.
This is what i was waiting for. I loved writing this chapter.
BTW MistyLilyValley isnt the only friend i have now who's writing their own version of events. My other friend, NArain's creator, is working on one too. Her name is arielkatze and i really think you guys should read it if you havent already!
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