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Chapter 14: We're so lost without you.

Jack felt the cold water hit his face before it swallowed him whole. As soon as he was in the water, he attempted to locate her presence. He felt her struggling a little below him and immediately went down deeper. He ignored the icy water and the pain of his tensing muscles. NOTHING would prevent him from saving his beloved little sister. As soon as he reached her, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her with him towards the surface. He felt an unbelievable relief as they finally broke through the surface. He pulled Emma up on the surrounding ice, quickly thickening the area where she lay upon, before he even attempted to pull himself out of the icy water.

All his remaining strength seemed to evaporate, as he tried to pull himself out of the hole. In a desperate last effort he finally manage to lift himself enough to pull himself out, but much to his horror the ice gave in to his weight as soon as he had pulled himself up. He didn't even have the chance to freeze it back into place before it had already given away and he once again found himself sinking deeper into the cold abyss.

It was so cold… it almost seemed to burn against his skin. He could no longer move… the icy water claimed all his remaining strength. His lungs were desperate for air… the icy water entering his aching lungs, but he couldn't care less. A wide smile formed on his lips, he had succeeded! He had managed to save Emma! He had never felt so relieved in his entire life. As he felt himself losing consciousness, he closed his unseeing eyes and focused. The already icy water became even colder and he felt the ice above thicken and the hole close up. As his consciousness faded, drawing his last breath… he could only think about his beloved Tooth. 'I'm so sorry Tooth… at least you will be safe now… safe from me… forgive me."

Tooth, who had been searching for Jack after he fled the school, suddenly felt the wind tugging her… urging her to follow it. She didn't even hesitate, already trusting the wind to lead her to him. When she arrived, she was honestly surprised… she hadn't expected Jack to have gone home, not at all. It seemed so strange, suspicious even. She frowned in confusion at why the wind had let her here. It was then she heard a yell coming from the garden "EMMA! GET AWAY FROM THE ICE!" followed by the sound of slashing water. All color left her and she immediately ran towards the garden, but she was too late… Jack was gone.

She stopped dead in her tracks, taking in the scene in front of her. There on the middle of the pond, she saw a dripping wet Emma, shivering from the cold, crying her heart out while she pounded on the ice. "JACK! It's not funny anymore! Please come back… don't leave me… JACK PLEASE!" it broke Tooth's heart to see Emma like that. She pushed away her own grief, knowing she had to be strong… for her sake. She ran to Emma, immediately pulling her away from the ice. Emma tried to struggle against Tooth's embrace… yelling at the top of her lungs to be put down, that she had to get back on the ice… she had to save Jack! It was all her fault.

Tooth held the struggling girl even tightly and quickly headed for the door to the house. She had to call for help, she had to keep Emma warm or she would die from hypothermia. Emma was brought to the hospital, where she fell asleep almost instantly due to the combined stress and exhaustion, only then did Tooth allow herself to break into tears. The thought she would never again see Jack's stunning smile, hear his heartwarming laughter nor feel his loving embrace broke her heart into millions of tiny pieces…. Far beyond repair.

When Jack's parents finally arrived to the hospital, they both wore a face of pure horror and denial. His mother could barely even stand… she appeared to be on the verge of a major emotional breakdown. She ran to the still crying Tooth, holding the teen as if her life depended on it. Tooth returned the embrace before the elder woman finally allowed herself to break into tears. His father didn't seem to fair much better. As reality began to sink in, he dropped into one of the nearby chairs in a state of shock. Silent tears rolling down his face as he stared into the empty air.

Two weeks later, Jack's body remained to be found, despite the countless searches they all came out empty handed. Therefore, they lowered an empty coffin into his grave when they held the funeral. The family couldn't bear the thought of returning to their once beloved home. It held to many memories of him and the fear that they might one day discover his remains in that dreadful pond caused them to put it up for sale. Tooth couldn't blame them for it, especially considering how Emma reacted to her brother's untimely death.

Emma had completely locked herself away. She would no longer smile… no longer spoke a word to anyone… she was haunted by the memory every time she closed her exhausted eyes, making it impossible for her to rest… she would wake up in to a panic attack, screaming, crying as she called for her brother… As if that hadn't been enough she was now refusing to eat, forcing the doctors to feed her by force or she would die from starvation. It had broken Tooth's heart to see her like that. They decided it would be better for Emma to leave the town, hoping she could find some peace away from the constant reminders of Jack.

After they moved away, Tooth had tried to remain in contact with them but she could tell that doing so was only making it harder on the family… so she stopped. As the months went by, her mind tortured her with question, constant reminders causing her to cry herself to sleep every single night, since that dreadful day. Why couldn't they just leave her alone? Wasn't it bad enough to loose Jack? Was it some sort of punishment for having hurt his feelings? She had so many questions swirling around in her mind, questions only Jack could answer but the fact remained; she would never have the chance to ask.

A lone girl stood by a lone gravestone. She kneelt down, a lone tear falling down her cheek as she placed a beautiful bouquet of pure white roses. She looked down upon the empty grave and spoke in a voice was barely above a whisper. "I can't believe it's been a year. I can't stand this any longer… I feel so lost without you." She paused as she broke into tears "when you died… it was like you took a piece of my heart with you… I feel so lost… so empty" she tore her gaze from the grave, unable to look at it any longer. She looked up in the sky "as much pain and grief your death has caused me… I can't help but be proud of you for saving her… you were so brave and selfless, so why do I still feel this way?"

She stood up to leave, brushing the snow off her cloth before leaving the cemetery when she heard a faint voice, so heartbreakingly familiar, call out to her. However, before she had a chance to react the laud, shrieking sound of tires burning against the asphalt rang in her ears, before the world went black.

A/N: Sorry to keep it so short and leave such a cliffhanger, but i thought better to separate the two different versions of the same events. fear not i will return again tomorrow with Jack's version.

for those who thought Jack could just have frozen the pond before Emma fell through, he couldn't... he was too far away to do so and didn't have the time for it either. after all in this story most of Jack's power has been sealed off, making it both harder and take longer for him to make ice. true, his power has been growing and gotten harder to control... but try and look at it this way... his ice powers goes out of control in tune with his emotions... anger, freezes... fear cracks...