Flame & Frost | Rise of the Guardians Fanfiction

When The Shadows Draw Near

Jack's POV

We both turned out gazes to the open window and exchanged glances, I bit my lip as she nodded in approval at my silent remark. I went up to Jade and slipped my left hand under her shoulder, and my right under her legs. Breeze took my staff, and I smiled in appreciation.

Me and Breeze walked up to the windowsill in heavy breathing, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before looking down at the low ground. I groaned silently in disapproval and Breeze looked at me in question.

"What if we fall?" I protested childishly. Breeze positioned my staff in her hands, sighing.
"I'll try my best to control the wind." She said uneasily. Somehow I could sense her discomfort, she kept looking at the door. "What is it?" I asked her after glanced looked at the door, yet again.
"Ben..." She admitted slowly, looking at me. I gave a reassuring smile. "He's strong, he'll be okay."

She bobbed her head in a nod, her blonde strands fell from her shoulder as she did so.
"In three," She ordered. We leant towards the air, preparing for a fall. I held Jade tighter, curling my fingers to secure her. "One, two,"

The walls of the room behind us made a banging sound, and as we turned our heads a dark soldier with red eyes appeared at the doorway. It growled and I hurriedly signaled Breeze. Its eyes gave a menacing glow and took a step close to us, making me shiver.

"NOW!" I prompted, Breeze and I jumped instantly. The wind was the one who picked us up, at the corner of my eye I saw Breeze making movements with her hands, controlling the wind. Jade's hair poked my face softly, her dress was waving.

"Where to?" Breeze asked, a hint of nervousness in her voice.
"Her house inside the forest, there's a meadow infront of it, we can light up the fire there."
Breeze nodded, and I assumed she knew where Jade's house is. Flying like this was easy, I didn't need my hands to control my movements, the wind carried us to where we wanted to go without depending on its own destination. In a few moments the tiny cottage came into our high view.

Breeze lowered us, the wind starting to decrease in speed and strength. We landed simultaneously and barged into the house through the door. I laid Jade on her bed, then my focus was averted with Breeze rummaging Jade's closet, mumbling things incoherently.

"What are you doing?" I asked, freezing myself on the spot. Breeze didn't turn to look at me, instead she fished out a couple of things and dropped them to the floor beside her. "I'm looking for matches."

I tried my best not to laugh, so I bit my lips instead to hold back the laughter. "She's a fire elementor. She doesn't need matches. She could just light a fire with her hands if she wants to." My voice cracked up as I said it.

"When she's weak she uses matches to reenergize herself. It must be here," Okay. Burn. She grunted and pulled out the metal box I had took a few days before. I tried all my might to cover my guilt, by the fact that I'd checked it out before. Breeze sighed in irritation and just dropped the metal box on to the floor carelessly, a loud metal banging noise echoed throughout the small house.

"Bingo," She laughed nervously and took out a matchbox from the deepest corner of the closet. She shook it, the matches inside the box collided and made shuffling noises. We exchanged grins as she opened the box, showing the full contents of it. Matchsticks.

"You might need to get your hands dirty," She grinned wickedly at me and started for the door. "Pardon?" I asked in confusion. "Get those firewoods. We need them." She gestured at the wood stacked inside the fireplace.

Without complaints I strode for the fireplace, filling my hold with woods. It stained my hoodie and my hands, but about that, I didn't care. What I care about now was trying to get some fire burning.