Why?

Yeah, they so needed lots of practice. But Wind had him in the air...maybe...for about four-seconds or so. And he kept bouncing off the rooftops of the houses and trees (and maybe crashing here and there and maybe way over there), but it was all good and fun! Sure, it was scary, but it was so exciting! Jack knew he never flew like this before! Besides, who would have thought he was so light? He was surprised he hadn't died yet.

Jackson chuckled around a groan as he landed on a rooftop, unsteadily. He looked down to see people near fire pits as they tried and get warm. He saw other adults rushing to and from houses with items. He guessed they were trading or something. He even saw children running around as the snow fell gently. They looked so happy and the snow looked so pretty.

The Wind caressed him gently, apologizing for the bumpy ride, as they looked at the village. Jack looked at the small village in awe. There were so many people at this hour at night. His eyes wandered around the faces of the different people. He felt like he should know them, but he came up with a blank. He frowned as his eyes caught sight of a young girl with brown hair. She seemed upset.

Jack frowned as he jumped off the roof (with Winds help) and landed next to the girl as she cried into a young boy's arms. The two children looked to be ten or so. He tilted his head questioningly. What was she so upset about? And why did it feel like he knew her?

"He's dead Jamie," the girl's muffled voice cried. The girl sounded familiar, but why? "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have been near the middle." Jack frowned along with the boy. Why did his heart hurt? Did he know this girl and his boy that she's crying over?

"It is not your fault Flee," the boy named Jamie said softly. Jack noticed that he had tears in his eyes as well, but held it in for Flee. "Jackson risked his life to save you. There was nothing you could have done. What about your mom and Jackson's brother? Did you tell them yet?"

The girl didn't say anything for a while. She was silent as she sobbed harder. Jack felt a sudden tightness in his chest. He had a bad feeling about this. Jack got on his knees and smiled sadly at the girl.

"Hey, kiddo...I knew it's hard losing Jackson, but...you have to be strong. He wouldn't want you to be sad like this. And what about your mom? She must be heartbroken, just like you. I bet you two can comfort each other."

The girl continued to cry as Jack spoke. Jack figured she must have loved this boy a lot. She seemed so heartbroken. He wished there was something he could do to cheer her up.

"…She…" Jack perked up at the hoarse voice. "She didn't take it very well." Jack's face fell. He figured as much. This Jackson must have been someone special. "She found us and…"

"What Flee?" Jamie asked softly as he rubbed Flee's back.

"She...jumped into the water...after he fell in."

Jack's eyes widen in horror. Oh, my god. The poor girl. Jack opened his mouth to speak, but his throat felt too dry. His chest also ached terribly as well, but why? It didn't make sense. Maybe he knew these people. But how? He just woke up in that lake not long ago.

"I'm so sorry, Flee," Jamie said sadly as tears fell down his cheek. Flee cried some more.

"Kozmotis…was devastated…"

Jack froze in place at the name. Kozmotis? Where have I heard that name before? Jack sat on his knees for a while, lost in thought. He felt hurt for some reason and lost. His chest hurt too much as well. He took a shuddering breath as his own tears began to fall. Why did everything hurt? Why did it feel like he was hurting people and that it was his fault? That didn't make sense either.

"I'm so sorry," he whispered to the girl as the boy wrapped his arms around her to support her. Jack looked at them and paused when he saw the girl's face. She looked familiar. He felt something tugging at his mind, but all he could get was a small laugh. He frowned when he noticed them walking towards him. "Do I know you?" he asked, but he didn't get a response. What happened next completely shook Jack to his core. Jack gasped as the children walked through him, instead of around him. His hand flew to his chest as he seemed to become translucent for a moment before becoming solid again.

Jack felt the color drain from his face as he turned around. What just happened? Did they just…go…through me? Jack felt his breath hitch as two little kids ran in his direction. "Excuse me?" he tried to ask, but the rest of his words died in his throat as they ran through him. Jack staggered back with tears in his eyes. Jack felt an emptiness in his chest as more people walked through him. It was a very unpleasant feeling. It was as if he was being torn apart.

Tears fell down his cheeks as the North Wind rushed towards him. "Master!" Jack barely heard the familiar, yet unknown, voice as he cried for Wind to get him away from the village. The Wind complied and pulled him into the air and back to the lake.

Jack sobbed as the Wind caressed his cheek and tried to wipe away the tears. Everything hurt. He was so confused. What was he? Was he dead? Was he a spirit? A ghost, maybe? Why was he alone? Jack sobbed as he landed on the ice. Frost swirled around the ice as his hands touched it, creating beautiful patterns and designs.

Jack couldn't stop the tears that kept on falling, nor the pain he felt in his chest. He wasn't sure why, but he felt like he failed the young girl somehow. Why couldn't they see him? Why couldn't she hear him? Who was this Jackson that she was talking about? Why did it feel like he should know all of these questions that swirled in his mind over and over again? Why couldn't he remember? Why? Why? Why?

Jack continued to cry in misery, completely unaware of the snow that was fall above him. Jack was so lost in his conflicted thoughts and emotions that he didn't notice a woman and a horse coming towards him.

"Master?" Jack was startled by the voice and looked up to see a black horse with yellow eyes. Jack blinked his blurry eyes in confusion. Does she see me? The horse lowered her head and licked his tears away. Jack was stunned for a moment before he laughed and smiled at the black horse. Jack was curious about the grains of sand that he felt when he petted her mane. What is she?

"What are you? And why did you call me Master?" Jack asked the horse.

"You are Master, Master," the horse replied. "I am your Nightmare Horse."

Jack blinked in confusion. He had a horse? Since when? He frowned as he tried to remember if he had seen this horse before. "What's your name?" he finally asked after a moment.

"Her name is Night," a female voice said from behind the horse. Jack lifted his eyes to see a tall elegant woman (maybe around the age of twenty-five) smiling at him. The woman had long black hair that reached her lower back. She had gray-greenish eyes and a warm smile. The woman was wearing a beautiful blue gown that seemed to sparkle in the moonlight and had vines stitched in certain areas of the dress. Jack noticed that the woman had black shoes that had gold in it. Jack tilted his head to the side in question. The woman looked familiar. But he couldn't place where he saw her before.

"Night's a pretty name," Jack said softly to the horse. He looked at the woman. Maybe this was the person Manny said he was supposed to help him. "Who are you? Are you this Mother Nature that Manny told me about?"

A flash of pain flashed in the woman's eyes for a seconds before it was covered up. Jack blinked in confusion. Did he miss something? "I am Mother Nature, Jack Frost." The woman smiled sadly at him. He wondered why.

"Do you know what am I?" Jack asked her softly. "Those people walked right through me." Jack's shoulder slumped slightly at the memory of being walked through. He still didn't understand it and it frightened him a bit. He could still feel the hollowness in his chest.

Mother Nature was silent for a second before smiling gently at him. "Jack, the reason you were walked through is because you are a spirit. The humans need to believe in you to see you."

"A spirit?" Jack's voice shook slightly. So he really was dead.

"But you are not just any spirit." Jack blinked in confusion. Mother Nature bent down so that she was kneeling on the ice as well. "You, my dear child, are very special." Special? How? "You are a Winter Spirit."

"A Winter Spirit?" Jack repeated slowly, his brows furrowed in slight confusion. "How does that make me special, though?"

The corner of Mother Nature lips curved into a smile. "You are not any Winter Spirit, Jack. You are the Winter Spirit. You are the Head Seasonal of Winter."

Jack's brows shot up. "Wha…really?"

Mother Nature nodded as she got up. "Yes, really," she said with a light smile that made her look even more beautiful. "Come child. Time for us to leave."

Jack quickly got up as Mother Nature began to walk towards land. "Where are we going?" Jack asked as he walked after her.

"Home," she replied with a smile. Home? I have a home?

When he got on land he noticed that Night was bending down so he could get on. When he did, Mother Nature got on behind to him. Jack felt her arm going around him as she settled herself on Night before she started floating.

"To my castle Night." And then Night took off into the night sky to his new home.