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Jack waited impatiently as he finally flew into the clearing. The guardians told Jack about how Pitch was watching Crystal, so recently Jack has been trying to find him and stop him from doing anything. Jack was anxious to see Crystal again; up till recently he could only visit her once every few months. From trying to find Pitch, to carrying the cold frosts, snow, and ice to other places, he hasn't had any time to see Crystal.

She complained the last time they were together when he had to tell her that he couldn't see her for awhile. He could see how much it hurt her, the pain passing over her face, and her instinct to stick close to herself. He promised her he would be back on this very day, and would not miss it for the world; for today was Crystal's seventeenth birthday. He had been gone for six months now, and dreaded every minute from her. His body itched to be close to her again, his hands ached for holding hers and to pull her close, his mind strained to see her sparkling eyes and smile, and his ears pressed to ear her laugh twinkling through the air.

Jack looked around the clearing and felt his body weaken in disappointment from not seeing Crystal there. He knew her school should be over now, so why wasn't she here yet? Jack turned quickly as a crunch of leaves repeatedly happened. He saw a flash of grey, then a fuzzy tail as it left the clearing behind.

"Damn kangaroo," Jack said annoyed.

"Jack!" Crystal yelled happily as she jumped onto his back with her arms around his neck.

Jack froze as he felt something press against his back that felt different than the normal hugs he got from her. He turned around with a raised eyebrow as she let go and stared at him blinking with a huge smile still on her face.

"What?" Crystal asked laughing. "Not happy to see me?"

He looked her over slowly trying to pin point what had pushed against him, when he realized what it was. His face reddened as his hand flew up to cover his face. Crystal tilted her head to the side, still confused as to why he was staring at her.

"What is it?" She asked him with a smile.

Jack looked over her closely now and noticed how much she had changed. Her hair had grown down to her mid back, her face was sharper, her lips fuller, eyelashes longer, she was taller and up to his chin, her hips were narrow and actually showed, her shoulders were slender and curved, and her stomach was toned and curved, creating a women's figure of the hourglass. The one thing he noticed most though was how much her chest had developed; before she had to be a 'B' at most, and now she had to be a mid 'C'. He knew this much change couldn't have happened in just six months; how could he have not seen all this before when she was around him and close?

"Are you going to tell me what is up?" Crystal asked him as she stepped closer and looked up at him. She reached up and brushed the hair out of his eyes, letting her fingers brush his forehead. "Are you feeling okay?" She placed her hand on his cheek, feeling if he was burning…..well warm, I should say.

"Y-yeah," He said dropping his hand and looking at her. "Just a little tired."

"You should have rested then." Crystal told him with a smile.

"And missed today?" Jack asked surprised. "No way!" He looked at her and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear as he smiled. "Today is your special day, I wouldn't have missed it."

Crystal grabbed Jack's hand as she tugged him along. "Come on, I wanna have some fun."

"What about your aunt and uncle? Aren't they coming?" Jack asked. He stopped as Crystal looked at him with a 'you-gotta-to-be-kidding-me' stare as she raised an eyebrow. "Right." He said realizing how stupid that sounded; of course they weren't coming.

They went to the pond as Crystal sat on the edge with her feet in the water. "So what have you been up to lately?"

Jack stared at her as he sat down next to her and watched as the water froze where his feet touched. "Throwing snowball's at people's heads, a few sledding incidents, a couple frozen winds, the normal."

"Nipping at people's noses?" Crystal laughed teasingly.

"Nope," Jack said smirking. He leaned forward and kissed her nose as cold bit the end of it. "Only you."

Crystal blushed as she looked at Jack, but a smile spread across her face as she faced the pond again and bumped her shoulder with Jack. He relaxed as he bumped her shoulder back and stared out at the water. He let his hand brush over hers, feeling the cold run up her fingers. She stiffened a bit as she felt the cold, but relaxed as she took the chance and put her fingers through his, letting their hands twine together.

Jack looked over at her and saw the faint blush on her face; he felt pleased somehow by that look.

"I didn't even get you a birthday present." Jack told her embarrassed.

"What are you talking about?" Crystal told him as she looked into his icy blue eyes. "You were my birthday present. You made sure to come back on my birthday. I couldn't have been happier!"

Jack looked around and saw the flowers blooming around him; forming an idea in his head. He plucked one as he let go of her hand. She watched him curiously as he touched the rose in his hand, letting frost cover it with white flakes, and then letting ice preserve the rose in its beautiful state. He handed the rose over to her and watched as her smile widened in excitement.

"A frozen rose," Crystal stated breathless. "It's beautiful!"

Jack snapped his fingers as snow began to fall over her, landing on her lashes, lips, and hair, putting a fine white coat over them. The snow gathered together as pictures of Crystal danced around together. A picture of Jack joined as a single Crystal appeared; they started dancing around as if they were in a ball. Jack pulled the real Crystal up as he led her out onto the water with him. He set his staff down on the ice as the pond froze over. He twirled her around, before wrapping his arms around her waist to pull her close. She wrapped her arms around his neck as they waltz around the ice gently; the snow continued only over the pond and themselves as the rest of the clearing was warm and sunny.

"Is this good enough?" Jack smirked as he leaned his forehead down onto hers.

"No," She said making him pull back in surprise, "It's great." She told him smirking as she stuck her tongue out at him.

Jack chuckled as he began to up the dance into more spins, and turns at a faster pace. Crystal let out a small squeal as he dipped her down and pulled her close. Crystal began to laugh as Jack grabbed the rose and put it in his mouth, grabbed her hand as he dramatically began dance with her.

"So dramatic!" Crystal said as she spun out of his grip.

He bowed to her as he took the rose out of his mouth. "Why thank you."

Shadows moved behind them as Pitch peeked out from the trees with an infuriated look crossing his face. He hated how Jack could have someone like her close to him, he could use those emotions against them. Crystal and Jack danced around laughing, completely oblivious to the boogeyman watching them.

"What's been going on with you?" Jack asked as they walked away from the clearing and through the woods.

"I'm lucky not to have hit someone at school." Crystal said sighing.

Jack look at her surprised, not used to hearing her be violent. "And why's that?"

"Because all the girl's around me have suddenly taken an interest in me." Crystal told him as she took his hand in hers.

"Isn't that a good thing?" Jack chuckled as he looked at her.

"They said they like my looks and wonder why I'm not dating any of the guys at our school." Crystal told him. "I told them that it was because I didn't need any of the guys here." She blushed suddenly making Jack look at her with a smirk. "They asked who I was with now then, if I had no interest in the guys. When I told them it was you, they laughed." She let go of his hand making him look at her with worry. "They said you weren't real, that I'm making things up just to seem like I have someone. They say I shouldn't believe in you."

Jack took a step forward as he grabbed her hand and laid his forehead upon hers.

"You're real." Crystal said smiling. "I really hope this isn't just some dream. Or that I'm going crazy."

"You aren't," Jack told her as he began to float up into the air. "If you were, I'd go crazy just to be with you."

She wrapped her arms around his neck as he lifted her into the air. His arms twined around her waist as he turned his staff to use as a lock behind her.

"How about a little trip?" He asked her.

She shivered as his breath hit her face and his body chilled hers. She nodded her head as she hung on tighter. Jack flew off as the wind wiped passed them and the sun receded below the horizon. Jack landed on a mountain side with a clear view of a lake before it.

"Wow!" She said amazed by the view. "It's amazing!"

Jack stood in awe as Crystal spun to face him; the sun reflecting on her hair and eyes, and it illuminated her body. The only thought going through his head was that she looked like an angel with all the light around her. Jack flicked his fingers towards her, making snow flying around her in a whirlwind, lifting her up gently into the air. She laughed as the snow landed on her fingers and danced around her gently.

"Better?" Jack asked her as he made the snow and wind put her down.

Crystal cocked an eyebrow at him in confusion, making him sigh and chuckle.

"You sounded down." Jack told her.

Realization dawned upon her as she smiled and walked over to him. She wrapped her arms up his shoulder blades as she laid her head on his neck. "I always feel better when you're around."

He wrapped his arms tightly around her as he buried his head in her hair, smelling sakura blossoms. This felt right to him; having her in his arms and this close felt like it needed to be. How could he have denied it for so long? All on the excuse she was too young; they would always have this connection.

"Time to get you home," Jack said noticing the moon coming out.

Crystal sighed as she smiled up at him willingly. "Fine,"

He took them home as he landed on her window sill, setting her down safely inside.

"I have to get going," Jack said reluctantly.

"See you tomorrow?" Crystal asked in wonder.

He nodded his head in agreement as she smiled in joy.

"Night," Crystal told him as she set her shoes and jacket down and began to walk to bed like normal.

She turned to watch him leave and sucked in a breath as his icy blue eyes pierced into hers, centimeters from her face. He cupped her neck as his lips connected with hers. It took her a minute to process what was happening, making Jack think she didn't want it. He pulled away disappointed as he backed up letting her go. Her mind cleared the fog as she watched him walk to the window and onto the sill. She saw the slump of his shoulders and felt guilty for not thinking fast enough.

"Jack!" She whispered quickly.

He turned around to face her, wanting to get away quickly and save the embarrassment. He froze as she grabbed his hoodie in both hands, pulling him forward, and pushing her lips fiercely against his. Jack dropped his staff as his hands grabbed her hips and pulled her close; he stepped down from window sill as he deepened the kiss further. He nipped her bottom lip making a small noise come out of her throat. Jack smirked as he pulled away from her so she could catch her breath.

Crystal looked up at him with dazed eyes as she smiled up at him. "You don't know how much I've wanted you to do that."

Jack looked at her with surprise, before he smile and kissed her again. Leaving this one short as his time was being cut short. "I've got to go."

Crystal nodded her head as he let her go and jumped up onto the window sill after grabbing his staff. He smiled at her as he waved and jumped, letting the wind carry him away. Crystal raised a hand to her lips as a flush crossed her cheeks. She couldn't believe that just happened; she'd been imagining that moment ever since she met Jack. To think that it actually happened; she finally got Jack to feel the same way about her.

"Wasn't that sweet?" A voice laughed behind her menacingly.

She turned around surprised as she pressed her back against the window. Pitch stood there with a smile on his face that sent chills up her spine and froze her heart.

"W-what do you want?" She asked as her voice cracked in fear.

"You," Pitch said rushing forward.

Crystal tried to let out a scream as Pitch grabbed her, but he pressed a finger to her temple, knocking her out and filling her mind with nightmares. Pitch laughed as he walked out of her house and to his lair, without anyone knowing.

"Follow the plan," Pitch told his nightmare horse as it rushed out of the shadows.

The horse nodded before snorting and taking off to Crystal's house. It transformed into Crystal as it nodded its head to Pitch and planted itself into her bed, ready for whatever they were doing next.

Crystal woke up in the dark, on a hard ground made of rock. She rubbed her eyes as they adjusted to the dark, making her gasp in fear at what she saw. Pitch's lair had cages hanging from the ceiling with children inside them. Rocks protruded every which way, and the whole cave was dark making it feel as if you were still in a nightmare.

"Help me," A child cried as his whimpering was heard.

She got up quickly and climbed up to the kid, grabbing his hand to calm him down. "It's okay. I'll get you all out of here."

As she looked around she began to count the kids; she counted at least twenty in the cages trapped down here with her.

"Jack," She whispered scared. "Help us."

"Little Jack can't save you now." Pitch said appearing from a cave entrance from the side. "He won't even know you're gone."

Crystal stared at him in horror as he flashed his sharp teeth at her and his eyes shined evilly at the fear in all their faces.

"You're mine now," Pitch told her commandingly. "And you will help me!"

Jack rushed quickly to the clearing the next day, anxious after what had happened last night. He thought she would have hated him once he did that; what a surprise it was when she returned the kiss. Jack sat and waited for her in the clearing, ready to see her face and her smile she always greeted him with. Half an hour passed by before Jack became worried; she had still not come to the clearing.

He flew up into the air quickly as he rushed to her school. "Maybe her school ran late."

Jack stood on the tree outside her school looking for Crystal. Girl's laughing echoed through the yard making him look towards the sound. He flew over to the girl's searching their faces for the one familiar one he wanted to see, but she was nowhere in the group. Jack crouched on top of his staff as he stared at the girl's, listening to see if Crystal would be brought up.

"Wow! Crystal has changed a lot!" One said with a smile.

"Yeah! And over night too!" Another added cheerfully.

Jack perked up at hearing her name and leaned forward to hear their conversation better.

"I couldn't believe she actually thought Jack Frost was real!" A stuck up girl said laughing snidely.

"Yeah!" a quieter one pitched in. "Then all of a sudden today she told us how she said we were right! That Jack Frost is nothing but a Myth children were told by their parents!"

Jack's heart froze as the sentence echoed in his head repeatedly; it felt as if someone was squeezing his heart so much it was going to burst. His chest ached as he stood up and flew to her house; he wasn't going to believe such gossip. He was going to see her himself and get to the bottom of this.

He stopped at her window and pushed on it, only to find that it was locked. He stared at it in horror; her window was never locked, he was always allowed in. Frost covered the glass where his hand pressed against it; he moved his hand moved to the pane letting the frost leave the glass. His peered into the window and was shocked to find Crystal at her desk doing homework.

"Crystal!" Jack shouted out. Crystal didn't even blink at his shout, as if she didn't hear him. "Is she mad?" He whispered to himself.

Jack knocked on the window, and saw Crystal heard that. He was pleased to see her get up from the desk and head over to the window where he waited for her.

"Why didn't you meet up at the clearing?" Jack asked with a smile as she opened the window.

He stared her in the eyes as she stood there looking at him, so much it was as if she was looking right through him. She leaned forward, and he opened his arms thinking she was going to hug him, say sorry, and then kiss him as an apology. What he didn't expect was what happened; she phased right through him, as if he wasn't there at all. He jumped away in surprise as he watched her lean out the window and look for the object that hit the window. She shrugged her shoulders and closed the window, locking Jack inside as she went back to her work.

Jack clenched his teeth in anger as he tried to grab Crystal, but his hand phased right through her. He slammed his hand on the desk in front of her, making her papers and desk frost over with ice, and causing her to jump in shock.

"What the heck!" Crystal yelled looking down at the papers.

He smirked proudly as she stared in shock; her shocked face turned into a smirk. He stared in confusion as she placed her hands on her hips and looked around.

"Okay, I don't know how you did this, but your prank is over!" Crystal shouted out looking around for the girl's. She shook her head as she wiped the frost off her papers. "Funny, very funny." She said sarcastically sighing. "Just because I used to believe in Jack Frost."

A sharp pain hit Jack in the chest as he stared at her in horror. He shook his head in disbelief; he didn't care about the rules of not doing things around others who don't believe. His anger caused ice to cover her room, every inch was cold and icy.

"Brrr," Crystal said shivering. "I hate the cold."

Jack's anger had become too much as he unlocked her window and flew out fiercely. The window blew out strongly, causing all her papers to fly out after him, and for her to squeal. Once Jack was gone Crystal looked where he left and smirked victoriously.

A black orb came out of her hand as Pitch appeared on the other side. "Mission complete." She told him happily.

"Perfect," Pitch said with a menacing laugh. "Now return."

Crystal nodded as her body changed form into a black horse with red vines of fire wrapping around its entire body. It jumped out of the window and rushed to its master.

Pitch looked over at the real Crystal with a satisfied smirk once the horse returned back to the lair. "See? You're Jack will never come and save you."

She clenched her teeth as her heart froze over in pain. She waited till he left before her tears spilled over and flowed like an open faucet.

"Jack," She whispered helplessly.

"It's okay," A little girl said. "Just keep believing in him." Crystal stared at the girl in surprise as her tears kept flowing. "That's what you would tell us."

The little girl forced a smile on her face, making Crystal see what the she was talking about. Every time they panicked about dying, or not seeing their families, Crystal would tell them that it was okay, that they had to keep believing that they would go home, and then she would smile to soothe them from the fear.

Crystal nodded as she stared at the children. "You're right," She said, putting a smile on her face. "We'll get out of here, and then you all will see your family, and I'll see Jack."

Weeks passed by as Crystal constantly tried to get out of the lair; she had found a way out, but she wasn't going to leave the children there. Crystal continued to smash a large rock against the locks; her hands were bloodied and cut from the rock digging into her hands. She had tried several ways to get the locks undone; she even tore her clothes to try and yank the locks off with a makeshift rope. She had to fix her clothing, she had tied the light blue strips around her into a makeshift skirt that dipped down on one leg and angled up towards the other in a diagonal, and a tube top that covered her chest. The only problem was that it left her legs, stomach, and shoulders open. The locks finally fell off as she dealt the final blow to all of them. They clanged to the floor as she threw the lock away and helped each kid out of the cage.

"Come on!" She told them as she ushered them to the smallest opening in the side of the cave.

The kids followed where she was taking them and squeezed into the small opening; it opened up into a larger opening and a light shone at the end of the long tunnel, showing the tunnel to the outside. A scream of anger was heard behind her, causing all the children to freeze.

"Go!" She whispered frantically to them.

The sounds of crumbling rock were heard behind her as the children scrambled up the rocks quickly, trying to get out of the tunnel.

"There you are!" Pitch yelled angrily. "Come back here!"

Crystal felt him grab her ankle, making her lash out and kick him in the face. The hit made him let go and made her usher the kids faster. The first child exited as soon others followed after.

"No!" Pitch screamed as he watched the children escape. "YOU STUPID GIRL!"

"Watch out!" The little girl screamed from the exit.

Crystal pushed the last child out as she turned and looked. Pitch's anger had caused a giant black orb to form over him, and his shout launched it towards her.

"Go!" She shouted at the kids, making them take off running away from the dangerous attack and the lair.

She had just reached her hand out into the light and watched as the frozen rose, Jack had given her, fell out of her pocket and into the light. She grabbed it just as the darkness engulfed her completely.

Crystal could feel her body become cold, it was as if ice was creeping along her body. Her limbs wouldn't move; she kept trying to tell her body to move, to run, but it wouldn't listen to her. It was cold, so much colder than anything she's felt before. The cold hurt, that's all she knew; a face appeared in front of her; a boy with hair as white as freshly fallen snow, electric blue eyes, pale skin, and a bright smile.

"Jack," Crystal whispered. "Save….me…."

The cold seeped into her throat, closing it off and leaving her unable to speak. She hung onto that picture as the cold seeped into her heart; the pain was searing as it wrapped its fingers around it and froze her heart completely. Crystal saw Jack calling out for her at the last moment, causing the tears to flow and her smile happily. She knew Jack was probably looking for her, even though he would never find her. She let the cold take her away as her mind fell into the darkness.

'Goodbye Jack,' was the last thought she had before she died.

I'm giving you a heads up right now, this is not the last chapter! I plan on continuing this story till I find I can't anymore!

Ja-ne!