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Chapter 4: Secret of the wind

Later that day when night had fallen and the streets had gone quiet, only the wind could be heard raging outside in an uneasy manner. A faint and uneasy whisper could be heard by those who listened but none could tell what it said. The wind seemed to circle around a particular house, or rather a certain window. Desperately trying to enter the room, where a white haired boy seemed to thrash around in his sleep. His expression was one of pain, yet he was unable to awaken and the wind wanted so badly to relief him of his pain.

The boy's agony lasted all night, but went unheard by all but the wind. It was such a pitiful thing to witness but no one would have been able relief him of the pain even if they had tried. Only the wind knew the cause of his pain, they knew it would one day awaken and they were ready for it, Jack however was not. The wind could tell, so they did the only thing they could, reseal it until he could handle the strain.

The wind had been aware of the boy's power from the moment he was born, and it had chosen to become his protector. Diligently protecting him from the one who wished to harm him, keeping him from even noticing Jack's presence before he was ready. They knew all this would frighten the boy and it hadn't been an easy secret to keep, but it was necessary in order for the boy to be able to fully understand and not fear its awakening.

While the sealing the boy's power had been completely impossible, it had done its job of lessening the pain of its arrival as evidence the Jack's expression had calmed considerably. The wind seemed to be relieved at that, but they knew the hardest part was yet to come. The wind feared the boy's reaction of this revelation, but the wind knew that now the power had been awakened it could be delayed no longer, no matter how painful it might be.

When Jack woke up the next morning he felt strangely cold, but somehow it was oddly comfortable. He felt strangely weakened and the thought he didn't have to go to school like this made him very happy, although he was annoyed he had to start of his vacation being sick. He heard the wind blow eagerly against his window and dragged himself up to let it in. the wind kept dancing around him trying to get his attention but he just wanted to go back to sleep.

Jack slept for another hour before his mother came to drag the teen out of his bed. It was then he finally gave up and got himself up. His mother nodded to herself at a job well done before she left his room so he could get dressed, it was then Jack finally decided to talk with his friend that kept nudging him for having ignored it and gone back to sleep. "Sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you. I just felt so tired. Can you forgive me?" the wind danced playfully around him accepting his apology.

Jack opened his mouth to say more, but was stopped by an excited little girl running into his room and dragged him into a bone crushing hug. "Morning Ems! Did you sleep well?" Jack said retuning the hug. The 6 year-old girl gave and excited nod before saying "Come play with me!" she begged and Jack couldn't help but chuckle. Emma, Jack's little sister, loved playing with her older brother. She knew Jack was blind and not able to certain things but she had no idea what 'being blind' meant and to be honest she didn't care, as long as she could play with Jack she would be happy.

Jack loved that about his sister, most people tended to avoid him just because of his blindness. He hated their pity and he couldn't help but fear that Emma might eventually do the same once she realized what 'being blind' meant. He threw the thought to the back of his mind and chose just enjoy his time with her instead of fearing future 'what if's'. The wind discretely nudged him before saying "go on, I can wait a bit".

"Sure Ems! What do you want to play?" she looked thoughtful for a moment before saying "hide and seek!" Jack just chuckled "Sure! You think you can beat me today?" Emma put on a serious face before stating proudly "I found a really good hiding place, you won't ever be able to find me this time!" Jack chuckled again and ruffled her hair a bit before nudging her along "go on then" she happily bounced out the door giggling on the top of her lungs as she did so.

Jack shook his head at his sister's antics when their mother, who had seen Emma rush out of the room giggling, entered slightly laughing at her daughter's actions. "So, which game is it this time?" she said her smile was clear in her voice. Jack smiled back "hide and seek, she loves that game. Even though I find her every single time." She just ruffled his hair at that and chuckled "No one can hide from your perfect hearing. Especially when giggling like a mad man" Jack burst out laughing at that. "Very true. Well it's time for me to go look for her." He said as he walked out the door.

It didn't take him longer than 10 minutes to locate Emma's hiding place, in the attic closet. He put on a smirk as he heard the slight giggle coming from the closet. He decided to sneak up on her and moved towards the closet as silently as he could manage. Upon arriving at the closet he grabbed the handles and flung it open. Emma only had time to let out a startled yelp before Jack had grabbed her, dragged her out of her hiding spot before he started tickling her until she surrendered.

She pouted as she said "I thought I had finally found a hiding spot you wouldn't find" Jack chuckled "no one can hide from me, but points for trying. Now it's my turn" He finished with a smile. Emma searched and searched, but Jack being a natural at hiding that he is remained unnoticed by her. She gave up after an hour of searching and Jack reappeared from his hiding spot under the coats on the coat stand.

It was then their mother called Emma down as it was time to go. She was going to play with her friend Claire today, while she was happy to go visit her friend she was sad to leave her brother. Noticing this jack put his hand on her shoulders and turned her to face him. "Don't worry, go have fun. I'll still be here when you come home, okay?" she smiled at that and nodded as she ran down to their mother.

Jack let out a sigh after she had left and headed towards the pond in their garden to hang out with the wind a bit, before Tooth would come by. At the pond he started feeling better than he did when he woke up this morning. He took off his shoes before perching himself on his rock. His toe slightly touched the water surface, when he felt a sudden energy from within causing him to jump back slightly in surprise at the sudden coldness of the water. When he tried touching the water again, he felt a thin but hard surface. He could immediately tell that it was ice and judging from the thinness of it, he could tell it was only around the edges, but none of it mattered as he couldn't help but be slightly freaked put by it as it hadn't been there just a second ago. It was then the wind hesitantly whispered "Jack, there is something we need to tell you."

A/N here you have the next chapter as promised. Got a bit delayed hope you can forgive me. I will upload another chapter later, will most likely be a bit late though.

anywys I hope you enjoyed the chapter. if you wonder why Jack suddenly had a sister appearing out of nowhere then remember i did a huge time skip when Jack was 5 and he is now 13 meaning he became a big brother when he turned 7. I would have mentioned her in the previous chapter but she didn't seem to fit in so I waited for this chapter instead. hope this clearified a few things.