Mean Seasons 88 Keeping Promises 5

Carrie picks her son up and darts upstairs. "What?" She asks.

The casket was frosting over at a fast pace, Pippa was wailing, her hand on the icy coffin, screaming her brother's name, willing him to not leave her again.

Carrie looks at frosting coffin in horror. "What happened!?"

"We don't know. Frost gasped and started thrashing, and then...was very still. Five minutes later this began happening. He's fighting, but it will be a matter of time."

Carrie looks at Mother Nature. "Can you tell us what's wrong?" She asks desperate for information to save her son.

"My Winter is rejacting the healing." Mother Nature said sadly. "So the coffin is killing him."

Carrie felt the blood drain from her face. "Why?"

"Because that is its function."

"MOVE!" Everyone was shoved asside as Hiccup ran forward, gripping the Coffin in both hands and beginning to melt it.

"Come on Frost don't do this...not now. Remember Jack...I was supposed to find you a Dragon! Remember?!"

"Why is Jack rejecting the healing?" Carrie ask clutching Jamie to her tightly watching Hiccup try to save her son.

"He doesnt want to live!"

Carrie froze at the Viking's panicked statement. "What? Why?" She ask looking heart broken.

"Gee I wonder!" Hiccup spat bitterly "300 years of being abused, ignored, unbelieved in. What has he got to live for except a few light points? I'm sorry, but from what I understand, Jack Frost's immortal life has been HELL! We've gotta GIVE him something to live for!"

Carrie nods. "Yes we do I am NOT losing my son."

Hiccup had suceeded in thawing Jack out of the eerie coffin, and stepped back to let Carrie and Mother Nature scoop Winter off the wet floor.

Carrie winced at her son's injuries. "Oh Jack." she said helping Mother Nature set her son on his bed. She ran a hand through his hair when they got him settled. "It's ok baby everything's going to be ok."

Pippa shoved her way into the bed as well, and Jamie groaned in pain and fell to the ground. Hiccup lowered his heat and caught him.

"Better hurry." he said, gesturing. Mother Nature gasped and said with a crack in her voice "Carrie...look at your boy's hair!"

Jamie had a streak of pure white in his hair

Carrie stared at the streak of white with fear. "Bring him over here." She said settling next to Jack running her hand through his hair. She took Jamie from Hiccup and began humming a lullaby.

"mmmm Mom?" Jamie asked, his voice weak and tired. So tired...he reached towards his mother.

"We're dying." he said.

Carrie shook her head. "No you are not going to die. Neither of you are going to die." She takes a breath. "Jamie honey you need to talk to Jack."

"Jack?" he asked, still tired "Well ok. What do we talk about? Hey...hey Jack...You can hear me right? Listen...I'm not...I don't wanna die yet Jack. I mean...Well if you die, then I'll be all alone. You don't want that right?"

There was a giant pause.

Carrie looks at her oldest boy and takes a shaky breath. "Please don't leave. I don't want to lose both of my sons."

There was another pause, and finally...

"You...won't."