Protecting Genie

Chapter 9

In no time at all, I finished Jack's book. I've always been a fast reader. This is what I've gathered from what I read.

Jack 'died' at the age of sixteen and will remain in that physical age for the rest of eternity. He joined the Guardians about 300-400 years after his new 'birth'. The first half of the book was how Jack's life was like before he died and his years alone playing pranks on people. The second half was about him joining the Guardians to stop Pitch from plunging the world into darkness.

I guess Jaime really was telling the truth about helping them. That's my brother.

Back to my thoughts of analysis, Jack spent his whole 'human' life growing up in a small village with his mother and his younger sister. His father was often away for unknown reasons.

The village seemed to have been stuck in a constant state of winter; according to this book, it snowed almost every day. Jack came to absolutely love the cold, even going as far as to step out of the house without shoes or socks; that's crazy!

He was known as a prankster, always playing games and pranks on close ones, making it hard for others to trust him; sounds like the boy who cried wolf story; I wonder if that's where they got it from.

His life was pretty normal until one day when his little sister asked him to take her skating on the close by frozen river; or at least, they thought it was frozen. It was pretty brittle towards the middle, where they happened to be skating. His poor sister froze in terror, afraid to move a single inch.

Jack knew he had to help her somehow. Quick thinking, he was able to deduce that the dull blades at the bottom of the skates were what caused the ice to crack. He grabbed onto a wooden staff close by.....wood staff...his weapon! Oh cool, now I know how he got that.

Anyway, he saved his sister by pulling her towards a stable spot on the ice, never noticing the ice beneath him cracking.

So he died by making the biggest sacrifice ever, saving his younger sister.

So is this why he feels he needs to protect me 24/7?

Crap, now I feel horrible, I practically yelled at him. He just wants to make sure nothing bad happens to me. I mean, I am being chased by the boogeyman, every child's worst nightmare.

I tossed the book towards my luggage and lay down onto the bed, placing my right arm over my eyes. I guess I've finally had the epiphany that North wanted me to have; and it gave me a bit of a headache.

I slightly understand Jack a bit more. He's naturally protective of the people he's close to, and I'm now one of them.

Great, now I'm mad because I was proven to be the one at fault. I have to be the one to apologize now. This sucks because, like most girls, I hate to be the one to apologize.

After lying down for a while and clearing my head to get rid of the dull ache, I started to debate whether I should start reading Pitch's book. It seemed to be calling out to me every time I look over at my luggage.

I kept looking out the window to see if Bunny is heading back over this way. He never did tell me when he'd be back. But he does seem like a gentlemen and he would never enter a woman's place without knocking.....right?

I'm going to go with my guts.

I placed Jack's book onto the bed and went over to my luggage to pull out Pitch's.

"Ok Pitch, let's see if this explains to me why you're so creepy."

"Genie!" My guts were wrong. He didn't knock and the door was being pushed open already.