Reincarnated sister

We only made it to 16

It was 1697. My name is Farrah Jade Overland Burgess but I mostly go by Jade because when my little sister Mary was born.... Excuse me our Jack and I.... When she was old enough to talk she couldn't pronounce Farrah when she was old enough to try harder names. So, she would call me Jade and by the time she could say my name correctly people already just ended up calling me Jade. Jack and I we did everything together. Our little family was perfect.

Everything was going so well. We all got along nothing too bad would happen. Jack would be you know Jack and cause chaos and pull pranks and be silly and play tricks on people including us but that was beside the point. We grew up believing in everything. And when I or Mary were given nightmares we would crawl into bed with Jack and he would protect us. He was a good big brother that way.

He always would bring up the fact that he was a couple mins older than me. April 8th 1697. That's when we were born. Jack seemed to be able to get away with pretty much whatever he wanted to because our father founded the town we lived in. Burgess. We would have founders day balls once a year and everyone would come dressed up in fancy clothes and we'd all wear masks. By the time Mary was 4 years old we had a statue made of our family in the town square.

Jack was often scolded for not doing his chores and that he'd rather play with us than do his work. Fortunately mama and papa always won those battles with him because Jack was a pick your battles kind of child. He'd rather have fun than work. But that was the Jack we all know and love especially once he becomes Jack Frost and learns because of his lost memories that fun is his center. And it makes a great deal of sense. After all he never took anything seriously except for protecting us.

He'd save us from attacks on wolves and protect us from nightmares he'd hanging upside down from trees and worry Mary and I that he would get hurt. He'd make up scary/silly stories at bonfires to tell the kids and act them out and had his own little props. Everyone loved Jack despite how much trouble he was. Parents loved me more though they thought Jack was a bad influence on their children even though he meant well And no one ever got hurt. He'd just rather play games than work.

He was also a distraction when I was supposed to be helping mama in the kitchen or down by the river. We would be told not to play near the river or push each other in. We only made that mistake once. The first time was on purpose the second was an accident. We pushed each other in only once that was the mistake we only made once. Neither Jack or I can swim. Luckily it was shallow enough to get out. Our parents would never leave us alone when we were down by the river after that.

When the wolves had attacked I wasn't afraid of them which was strange because I was afraid of everything. But it seemed Jack was pretty fearless. I couldn't think of a single thing he was ever afraid of. And Mary wasn't scared of much either. I loved the animals I always sure I could understand them. I'd told Jack this once he said he believed me and I tried to make them do it for him but it never worked. And I had a very creative mind and imagination. I would often find particles of sand on their fur and be confused as to where they found them. I would play with them often when I wasn't playing with my siblings.

One was black and two were white. I'd given them names. Onyx, Nightshade, and Poison. I was never a dark or violent child but I'd always had an interest in witchcraft and in dark things minus death. I believed there was always good in everyone and everything even if they showed they were more bad than they were good. Because I had this gift for speaking to animals they would tell me about their lives said they were shapeshifters that could transform mostly into horses dogs and wolves and people. That the names I had given them had really been there names.

I never told anyone my secret except for Jack and Mary and made them swear to never tell anyone. They would've thought I was insane. Or that I was a witch and have me burned on the stake. I couldn't risk anyone finding out. We would go about our days until it was 1712. For Christmas that year we got pairs of skates because Mary had always asked about going ice skating and we got necklaces. Jack and I had snowflake ones. And Mary had a sunflower one. The note it came with said put them on. There was no harm in following what it said. It told us that should anything bad happen to us the necklaces were a big piece of this life that we might soon forget.

We wrote it off as a prank. Especially because it was signed by a Manny with a full moon symbol. But they were beautiful and so there was no harm in wearing them. We went out one day close to the end of winter to take Mary ice skating. We had promised our mother we'd be careful we were not careful enough. I was trapped in the middle Mary on one side and Jack on the other. Mary's ice was cracking and Jack had said we were going to play a game.

That we just had to believe in him when he told we were gonna have a little fun instead. He laughed when Mary and I didn't think so because he was always playing tricks and his laughter had always been contagious. It eased our fears for a moment when we began a game of hopscotch and he pretended to look like he was going to fall. But then it was our turn. Jack went for his staff with the G on the end of it. I swung Mary around to the center of the staff part while Jack switched places with her and Mary pulled me to her side. But Jack fell in. I saw the wolves and heard them call out. They came rushing to try and help us him out.

They had told me to go run and get help. I told Mary to go get help that I'd be right behind her. The wolves transformed said they would try and help but the water was too cold I ran to go after Mary but when we got to the clearing where everyone was something hard and round hit my back. I looked at it and it was sand. My eyes changed to a gold color. I started speaking without thinking and I said the wolves were trying to help us and I gave away my biggest secret.

I felt the sand fall away from me and I covered my mouth hoping they thought I was speaking nonsense. But then they had me on a stake. My hands tied behind my back. Everyone watched everyone had pitchforks and torches. My parents were pushed to the side Mary was pushed back with them. The wolves had tried to help get Jack out but they were too late as the moon shone bright that evening when I could swear it was morning not too long ago. I saw 3 familiar faces in the crowd trying to get by. One had black hair and tinted grey skin and gold eyes and looked like Jack the other two looked like me and Mary but with white hair and gold eyes.

They saw me at the stake surrounded by fire. As the fire started to burn me. They turned back into their wolf forms. And scared everyone. They all ran screaming in fear. As the bonds were ripped away. I ran with them through the cold snow bare foot as we took our skates off to save Mary. But the burns hurt too much as Onyx threw me on his back and I hung on tight to him clumps of fur in fists. But I fell off they said get up but then I saw a short man with a single silver hair wearing bow tie and had blue white silver eyes. The last thing I heard and saw was the wolves turn back to their human forms and I collapsed on the cold soft snow ground. The small man said she is needed in a different time for something greater I have a plan for all 3 of them.

That part confused me but I closed my eyes. 3 months later its like March or April. Because Jack and I had died the parents started keeping their children inside. Mary didn't eat or sleep or smile ever again after that day and got sick and died that spring before her 9th birthday. And then I heard a voice say open your eyes.