Song: Voices
By: Chris Young
Start song at (1)
Frost magic used as illustration idea came from Randomly Talented. Thank you for the idea and your continued support.
"Even when I first awoke from my pond I'd heard whispers in my head, whether I was making a big decision or just thinking all along certain trains of thought."
(1) Frost started to spread along the windows beside Jack, beautiful stern patterns of security outside view, when they were completely covered Jack put his finger to the glass and started drawing. Two men and a woman took shape. Then Jack held out his hands and concentrated. The drawings walked out onto his palm and became 3-D. They gained features that sculpted them into individuals. Jack then gently blue on them and they grew in size.
The younger of the two men walked to stand in front of Jack, his features showed their resemblance easily. "Now I know who each of those voices are. There is my dad saying work that job, but don't work your life away. "The woman then stepped up to stand by the man." My mama telling me to drop some cash in the offering plate on Sunday." The elder of the two men then took his place by the other frost creations. "My granddad saying you can have a few, but don't ever cross that line."
The frost people, re-creations of his parents and grandfather, then started to walk among the family. As they smiled at the seated people they were met with open mouths, wide eyes, and reaching hands. Everyone there was astonished and wonderfully amazed at the magic before them. You could see a few members of the family trying desperately to explain what they were seeing to themselves but Jack didn't let that get to him as he described the various times, in his 300+ years, that the words of the people who cared for him had helped him.
He drew and created another woman as he continued describing the advice that's stuck with him all these years. "My dad said quit that team and you'll be a quitter for the rest of your life. And of course mama telling me to say a prayer, every time I lay down at night!" The new Frost creation was now done; she was an older woman who looks to be about the same ages Jack's grandfather. Jack smiled at her wistfully: "grandma always said if you find the one you better treat her right." Jack's grandma re-creation went to walk among the watching and listening family members as the guardian of fun slowly drifted off the floor to float among the frost people. He stopped above the one of his father and repeated one of the pieces of advice the man had given him. Next was the one of his mother, then his grandfather, and grandmother.
The frost creations made their way back to the area next to the window and Jack landed beside them. "I'll never forget those voices and now also never forget the people who gave their advice to me. And to top it off, you can all hear and learn from them to through my story." All five of them bowed.
It was silent for a beat then a single clap broke the silence. That one clap grew to a crescendo as more hands joined in.