The Big Four and The Prophecy (Book 1)

1 - The Frost Family

PART I

The Frost Family

JACK

Jackson Overland Frost and his sister, Emma, went out of their house wearing their winter coats and bonnets as they breathed in the warm breeze of Autumn. Autumn faded in like a softly sung hymn. There was a rosiness to the leaves that wasn't there only a week ago. For that brief time, their eyes will rise from the damp concrete paths to the beauty above, watching each leaf as it makes its final dance to the ground before a wintry embrace would claim them.

Although it was not winter yet, the two went out to practice ice skating. Emma picked her ice skating shoes up as Jack picked up his. Their mother was in the kitchen chopping some onions to prepare for their lunch. Perhaps now you are wondering. how on earth would they ice skate through the mist of this fall morning?

You see, Jackson, a fourteen-year-old boy, was born with supernatural ice powers. And because of this, he was forced to be homeschooled, and pretty much isolated from people. He had very few friends, including Emma. Yet there's Jamie, Pipa, Caleb and the others who were the same age as Emma but whom Jack had grown to be friends with as well. They had known about the truth, and they eventually accepted him, which was one of what Jack was most thankful for. From that day forth, his family kept his "gift" a secret.

Jack chuckled as he watched her crunch up her nose as Emma struggled to tie her shoelaces together. He bent down and asked his poor little sister, all stressed out, "Need a hand?"

"No, I got it," she insisted. With one last attempt, she finally got the shoelaces tied.

"You can do your magic now, Jack!" His 9 year old sister giggled excitedly.

The white-haired boy stood beside the edge of the lake and bent down once again. He raised his hands up as a small sparkling snowflake appeared floating from his palm. Emma stared at it with wide eyes admiring every inch of the freshly made snowflake. Jack moved his hand to where it is in front of her and said, "You know what to do, kiddo."

Emma excitedly blew the floating snowflake from Jack's hand; it went up into the air until it reached its maximum height and exploded. Thousands of snowflakes were falling from the sky, and in just a matter of time, everything surrounding them will be covered in snow. Once the snow had settled, like an expansive throw-over, all had changed. Before them was a new surface, a new sky, a new immensity. What once were trees had become a turbulent sea of white foamy waves, unmoving, as if somehow frozen in time. It was quite a scene. They'd give anything just to see it every day.

But, Jack's masterpiece was not quite done yet. The lake was still the lake. Still as flat as any mirror. His hand reached out for the water...and as soon as his skin touched the surface, ice came sprouting out from his finger; freezing the once still water of the whole wide lake. Jack somehow still cannot fully control his powers, it was often affected by his emotions. He'd sometimes fill their house with snow in his sleep.

As he was done, he stood up and shoved the snow off from his shoulders and started skating. He went for a small spin and then eventually pulled Emma with him. Emma was still not as good as him in skating, so she still needed her brother's guidance. Their hands were locked together while they spin and spin.

"Emma, I have to let go of you now." Emma nodded and he gently let go of her hands. She kept her elbows up, maintaining her balance.

"Just keep it steady..."

"Yeah, I got it," although she was wobbling.

"Okay, good. Can you give me a little spin?"

Emma positioned herself and did as he said.