Black In Black

Plot Twists and Fights To The Death

After saying goodbye to Bunny (He had to get back to his eggs anyway) Jack led me out the way he came. I had to use some of my fire to grind out of the tunnels with him, but quickly we had made it to the surface. Snow still covered the ground, only patches of where small footprints had been where grass poked through.

'C'mon, we should get her back." Jack said, naturally floating away, towards the direction of the houses. I followed, but instead of getting some air like he was kept pace by running. He wasn't going too fast anyway, with a sleeping girl in his arms. Soon, we made it to one house in particular, a red faced house with snow practically dripping off the roof. Jack must have gave the house a extra layer then the others.

From here, I could hear kids playing. Yelling, screaming, thumps like something wet against a fence, you'd think someone was getting murdered back there. Not dwelling on the idea of dead children (another reason why I really shouldn't be a Guardian)  I followed Jack into the house by flying up to the window, a large one that was open to a girls bedroom. I sat myself at the windowsill and watch jack try to be careful of setting her in bed-- and failing. It was me who jumped and grabbed her before she hit the ground. Not like it was a bad fall, it was about a foot and she was going to land on some stuffed animal anyway. I set her in bed and grabbed the comforter from the floor and covered her. Jack had saved the fluffy (sheep? Bear?) from the hardwood floors and let Sophie lazily take it. She was asleep for a nap in seconds. She was truly precious.

I looked up from her to see Jack softly smiling at me. Downstairs, the door clicked open, then closed. "Lets go to Jamie she's home before his Mom asks," He mumbles quietly, and I nod. I follow him out the window again and around the house and spacious back yard. A group of kids were playing snow forts, 2 on 2. Me and Jack came down, both teams pausing to exclaim in his presence.

"Jack!" One boy said smiling, running from his hiding place over to where we landed. He ran right through me-- quite literally. I felt a shiver run down my back, a ping of pain in my stomach, more directed towards my healing cut. Instinctively I grabbed at my stomach carefully. I looked over to Jack, who  had bent down to be at the boys level to return the hug. He looked over his shoulder and saw me, he gave me a look full of sorry.

"Hey Jamie! I brought someone with me to introduce to you guys," He said as Jamie pulled away happily. Now, all four kids had left  their forts to surround Jack. I jumped out of the way, not wanting to experience what I had with Jamie again.

"Who?" One dark haired boy asked Jack. 

"She's a new Guardian, Ellie Pitchiner." He explained to them. Jamie pulled a confused face.

"Why cant we see her?" He asked.

"Well, I believe in Ellie," Another boy said, his glasses too big for his face. He pushed them up as he spoke. Everyone else followed him by repeating the same.

Jack suddenly pulled me around the group of boys who surrounded him, as the first dark haired boy spoke again. "What does she do?" He asked. "Like how you make snow and stuff."

He thought for a moment. "She has an uncanny ability of scaring me with her fire," He chuckled. I rolled my eyes.

"You're scared of me, Frosty?" I smiled cheekily. He laughed, and the boys looked at him in confusion.

"She's uh, pretty funny too," He continued, smirking.

"Jamie- Boys- who's this?" A voice came from the doorway to the house. a woman stood, her brown hair wrapped in a bun. She held her hands at her hips, and she looked at the boys and who I assumed Jack. I looked to him and he had a surprised look on his face. Looking back to her, She continued. "You must be the babysitter, you're pretty quick. Did you drive? I didn't see your car."