No, I'm not dead, I was just at the Provincial volleyball tournament. Fortunately, we came in fourth. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to write in a while. But, on the plus side, I gave you guys an extra long chapter to make up for the lateness.

Disclaimer: I own nothing except my OCs

They hadn't been racing for a long time it seemed, before they stopped. Well, they didn't exactly stop. Jack was using the wind to carry him along beside Arrows, or so he thought. He looked over to her and his heart skipped a beat. She was gone. One moment she was there, and the next she was gone, like a startled rabbit.

He looked around frantically for the spirit. He couldn't find her anywhere. Jack looked down after he got control of himself and saw her as she zipped through the lowest branches of the pine forest they were passing through.

Jack sighed and dove down to catch up with her. "What was that for? Just ditch me, why don't you." He huffed as he looked over to the spirit of love. She had a determined look on her face, she was looking for something.

After a while she looked up at him. "Sorry about that, I just felt something. It's this feeling in my gut when I feel strong love or one of my workers did something wrong." She flew back up towards the sky to get a better look at the forest.

"So, you're looking for strong love?" Jack asked her and she nodded her head and pointed over to a spot in the forest.

It was a sort of clearing, but it was still had a roof of leaves. They went down to look at it. It was a nice little cove, with rocks to sit on and a little river that ran through it. It looked humble and pleasant, the sort of place that Jack would be able to understand people falling in love there.

He was taking in the little cove that he didn't even notice the people until Arrows nudged his arm and pointed to them. They were sitting on a rock in front of the stream and they were holding hands. Upon closer inspection, Jack saw that they were both boys. One was short with a skinny body, his light hair was unruly and his eyes looked out across the water at the bright moon. The other one looked a lot different, though. He was tall and built like a swimmer, not too big, not too small. He had brown hair that was close-cropped and his eyes peered over his glasses at the boy with his head rested on his shoulder. He kissed the top of his head and then they just sat there, looking at the scenery.

Arrows notched an Arrow and pointed it at the two boys. She was about to let it go when she remembered something. She loosened the bow and took her arrow off of it. Jack watched in confusion as she took another arrow from her sheath and a piece of red thread from her pocket. She flung her bow across her back and began to fasten the rope so each end was tied to each arrow. She took the bow off her back again and notched both of the arrows. She aimed and fired the arrows at the two boys, one aimed at each of them.

Jack thought that the arrows would explode around the two boys, but they didn't. At the last second they swerved and went past the boys and they would've kept flying if the string wasn't there. The arrows flew and danced around the boys until they were cocooned in the red thread. The thread melted into them and Arrows sighed. "Don't you just love love?"

Jack looked at the two boys as they looked at each other. He could see the slight blush on the smaller boy's cheeks as the taller boy dipped down and placed a gentle kiss on his lips. Jack tore his eyes away from the scene and looked at Arrows. "Ya. What did you do exactly with the whole 'thread and arrows' thing?"

"Oh, that? It was another blessing. True love is rare Jack, it's when two people just love each other and I didn't even set it up. Those two boys are truly in love Jack, I couldn't do anything else except bless them. It was a blessing that they will live a long and happy lives together." She said as she began to walk away, her boots making a crunching sound as they connected with the frost covering the ground.

Jack walked beside her. "So you bless people, not just make them fall in love, cool. Where are we going now?" She turned a corner between two trees and began ducking underneath branches.

"You were the one that said you wanted to hear one f my songs, so I'm taking you to my home." Arrows said as she glanced back at Jack. He was looking around, resembling a small child that was visiting a new playground, and he was smiling, showing his snow-white teeth.

"Awesome! Then I can show you some of the stuff I like to do!" They stopped in front of a large meadow and Arrows turned to look Jack dead in the eye.

"I think you should know something, though, before we go in. I don't live alone, I have a roommate." Jack looked at her quizzically and she continued. "We became spirits at the same time, so we just kind of bonded over the last few years. She shouldn't bug you as long as you don't bug her." And with that they walked in.

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The meadow was a beautiful clearing with lush grass, stunning flowers and beautiful cherry blossom and birch trees. There was a humongous vegetable garden to one side that was overflowing with bright red tomatoes, green grapes and other fruits Jack couldn't name. Beside the garden was an orchard that was filled with apple trees, orange trees and some tropical trees that were bearing sweet fruit. Birds, deer, squirrels and even a bear roamed around the fields freely, not fighting, just eating the grass and what-not.

Jack didn't have time to process all of that side of the meadow before he looked at the other side. The other side was more elegant, with floral hedges and porcelain pots holding red rose topiary. There were little walls made out of bushes going around the perimeter of the small garden (compared to the other one) and on the inside the was a grand white arch, like one at a wedding, with a ruby red heart at its peak. Underneath it was a porch swing, that was painted white like the arch, with red and pink heart pillows along the back. Behind the arch there was a white, marble fountain with a fat little baby with wings, a cherub. The little baby angel was holding a bow and arrow that was pointed the the sky with pink water coming out of the heart shaped tip.

All Jack could say was: "Wow. . . This place is awesome!" Arrows giggled as she grabbed his hand and led him towards a cozy house that was in the middle of the meadow, between the two gardens.

It was a pretty little house that was painted white with vines going down the sides that were bursting with bright, juicy grapes. The door was painted a forest green along with the roof, and the window pains painted pink, along with the baskets that hung off of the windows, filled with roses and other exotic flowers.

They walked up the porch steps, and along the porch, past more benches with pink pillows, until they finally came to the door. In green wood, in black elegant writing it said: "Home of Flora and Arrows."Arrows opened the door and walked inside. She looked back at Jack who was still staring at everything in wonder. "Come on in, make yourself at home." He looked up at her and shook his head, as if he was coming out of a trance, and followed her in.

He smiled as he looked around. The inside was just as nice as the outside, though it was extremely different. As soon as he stepped in, the smell of flowers enveloped him in a hug. The entrance was filled with pictures of different types of flowers and animals. Jack wiped his feet on the welcome mat he was stepping on before he followed after Arrows. She turned around a corner and Jack couldn't help but gasp. Directly in front of him was a huge grey wolf. Its shoulder reached the middle of his torso and its body was probably longer than is height. Arrows didn't even pay the wolf any mind as she walked past it. It rubbed its nose against her chest and she started to pet it. She pulled a giant dog biscuit out of her pocket and fed it to the obedient wolf and it trotted away, leaving a trail of crumbs in its wake.

She continued to walk through the room, which was filled with books of all sorts, and stopped when they arrived in what seemed to be a living room. Though, it was hard to tell when there are a bunch of vines blocking the entrance. Arrows huffed, she was used to this sort of thing, since her roommate was mother nature.

"Flora, get rid of these vines, go do your experiments outside! We have a guest and I don't think he wants to get a rash from one of your poisonous specimens!" Arrows yelled through the vines. Jack heard a mumbled word (probably an 'ok') and the vines retracted into the room and standing where they were was a girly.

She seemed to be about Arrows's and Jack's age, but she was smaller. She was petite, with small arms and legs. Her hair was brown (like dirt,) She had brilliant green eyes and her skin had a green tint to it, like she was made out of a plant. She had dirt smudged on her cheek and she wore a dress that seemed to be made out of flower petals. She looked up at Jack and smiled a dazzling grin and held out her hand.

"Hello, I'm Mother Nature, but my friends call me Flora, nice to meet you! So, you're the troublemaker that kills my plants! Oh well, they decompose into the soil anyways and help my new plants!" She chirped as she enthusiastically started to shake her hand. Then she started to hop up and down as she grabbed his hand and dragged him around a corner. "I almost forgot, I need to show you this! Close your eyes."

Jack did as he was told and heard the nature spirit as she looked around the room looking for something. When she came back, she pushed a pot into his hand. He looked down at the plant. It wasn't that spectacular, it was a small sprig of a flowering bush. It had petals that were a minty-green colour with white details in the middle. It also had little blue flowers with five petals and small, green stems.

He looked at her and she smiled back at him and started to explain. "It's a brunnera macrophylla, it's the Jack Frost plant! It's named after you, don't you just love it?" She was so happy and pleased with herself and the plant that Jack couldn't help but chuckle at her enthusiasm.

"Ya, I love it. Why did you name it after me?" He asked and she started to blush, her cheeks turned a dark, forest green.

"Well, I named it after you because I like helping people and I was hoping that it would give you more believers, because I know what it feels like to not be believed in." Jack smiled at her, it was a kind gesture. That's when Arrows burst into the room.

"Flora! Luna tried to eat one of your specimen and she's sick now! I told you it was a bad idea,to have a pet vegetarian wolf with all these unfinished plants everywhere! You need to help her." She huffed and Flora's face turned stony. She ran through the rooms until she came to Luna, the great grey wolf.

She bent down beside it and put her ear to its snout. Her face fell even more. She turned towards Arrows. "Go get me, the aloe vera, wolfs bane, two lotus flowers and a stem from the Moly plant." she demanded and then she turned towards Jack as arrows ran away to fetch the ingredients. "I need you to go to the garden, you should find a big red bird, possibly on fire, freeze off two of its feathers and bring them to me."

Jack listened to her instructions and ran out of the house. He searched in the garden frantically until his eyes rested on a massive bird.

Now, most people, when they think of a massive bird, they would think of a bald eagle or an ostrich, but this bird was truly massive. Its head was as big as a grown man's torso, and its body was as big as a small car. It was intimidating, but just because of its size, every last one of its feathers was on fire.

Jack gulped and held up his staff in defence as he approached the bird. "Nice bird, I just need one of your scorching hot feathers, no big deal. Oh god, I'm gonna melt." He mumbled to himself as the humongous bird turned to look at him. Even its eyes were on fire. Jack gulped.

The bird let out a mighty shriek and turned to fully look at Jack. He held up his shepard's cane and aimed it at the bird. He saw the bird cock its huge head to one side and he heard a confused gobble come from its throat. He fired his staff at the bird and when it hit, he heard the sound of steam, as the ice connected with the flames. The bird squawked and fluttered its wings in distaste.

Jack took this as an opportunity to seize the feathers and run back into the house. "I got them!" He cried as he burst into the room Flora was healing the grey wolf. Flora took the feathers and put them in the bowl with the other plants Arrows had gotten. She began to crush them together and when she was satisfied she turned to Arrows. "You know what to do."

Jack was confused, but it seemed that Arrows understood what she said. She drew an arrow and notched her bow. She muttered an incantation and fired it at the potion. The potion began to glow green and Flora fed it to the sick grey wolf. They all held their breathe in anticipation. After what seemed like an eternity, the Luna's eyes fluttered open. She turned her big brown eyes to Flora and licked her face, like an obedient dog.

Flora smiled and the serious air blew away, everything was okay. She turned to look at Jack and Arrows and giggled. "Sorry about that! It happens sometimes when I'm trying to make a new plant. I'm trying to make this one so that Arrows can have more believers! I'm gonna call it 'Cupid's bow,' doesn't it have a nice ring to it?!" Arrows smiled, Flora was back to her old self.

"So, I was actually going to sing Jack one of my songs, he's been asking me to. Good luck with the plant and thank you." Arrows told Jack as she gestured for him to follow her as she walked into another unknown part of the house and he followed her, without even hesitating.

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