The Child of Frost

Epilogue

Fawn's P.O.V.

A few weeks later...

Everything had returned back to normal. The snow was back in control, and people were having fun. Well, everyone except for me. You see, after my mother had became sick, my papa thought it would be better for her if she left home for a while. He said that she has had enough of the winter cold, and needs a good place to warm up.

While my parents are gone, I've been alone in this house, waiting for Jack to come see me. I knew what he had to do in order to rule Frost. He had to announce everything to the children of Frost, and pray that they accept him.

"Look's like it's time for bed..." I sighed as I slowly made my way back to my room. The feeling of disappointment haunts me these days. I want to see him so badly, but I can't find him if there's no snow falling. I hate feeling as if I'm truly all alone. "Maybe tomorrow, I can go outside and see the lake..."

I laid myself down on my bed, closing my eyes as soon as my head hit the pillow. Now, I'm not sure if what I was in could really be a dream-like state, but after about ten or twenty minutes, I realized a familiar sound. Rising from the bed, I looked towards my window to see a drawing on the glass. A rabbit.

There was no sign of the boy who could have drawn it, but then again, maybe there was. I got up to open the window, and just as I pushed the glass out, he came in.

"Hey Fawn, long time no see!" Jack said in an excited voice. From the looks of it, he was lonely too. "Sorry I haven't been able to come for a while. Frost is really tiring these past few days."

"Why? What's going on?" I asked as I stepped closer to him.

His smile dropped as he said, "we... We had a memorial for Father Winter to honor his memory, and it took a while for everyone to decide who was in charge now. Unfortunately, everyone decided that it really should be me to run it, but only because I hold powers similar to Father Winter's."

"You don't want to be in charge, do you?" I asked, already knowing the answer.

He shook his head no. "I just want to have fun. I like to play with the wind, make snowball fights, building things out of the snow, and simply just being me. I don't think I could handle the responsibility of protecting everyone else when I was barely able to protect myself."

"I'm sorry, Jack, but I have to agree with the others. I get the real reason why you don't want to do it, but if you don't stand up for them, who will. Father Winter is gone, and I'm positive that he would want you to take his place."

"I know that. I'm afraid that I can't live up to his expectations. What if I let everyone down?"

"You won't. If there's one thing Jack Frost knows how to do, it's keeping the promises he makes. Besides, you're not doing this alone."

He smiled at me once again before taking my hand and running to the window. "Come with me. We can live together in Frost."

The idea of it made me happy, but the thought of leaving my parents made me frown. "Jack, I can't. What about my mom and dad? What would happen to them?"

"Fawn, I already asked them. Another reason why I came so late is because I spent a long time looking for them. I wanted to ask your dad in person."

"What did he say?" I asked him, curiously.

With a sweet smile on his face, he said, "that you should pick your own path. He said that after everything you did, you proved that you are no longer a child, and that he'll be happy with whatever you choose. Your mother said something different though."

"Really? What did she say?" I asked, a smile forming on my lips at the thought of a possible reaction mama could have gotten when her eyes landed on Jack.

"She shouted out at the top of her lungs that I could never have you. You were too good for me, and that no daughter of hers would ever marry someone like me." His cheeks blushed pink as he looked away from me. "In the end, it really is your choice."

Without needing to think about it, I wrapped my arms around him in a hug. "Thanks Jack. If I choose you, will I be able to see my family again?"

"Of course you would. That was a deal I had to make with your dad if you decided to come to Frost." As if finally realizing it, he asked, "does that mean you're choosing me?"

I leaned closer to him and whispered in his ear, "let's go home."

As we flew through the night sky, a new chapter in our lives began. No longer did we have to be alone. As long as we had each other, nothing could go wrong. Who knows what would happen next? Anything is possible when you're with a real Child of Frost.