Alice Lennox

Chapter 16: Oh Great, It's Him

When we arrived, everyone was waiting for us. Scott greeted the others while we just smiled and waved at everyone.

"Merry Christmas again." Scott says, "Good to see everyone here. Do you really think it's necessary to call an emergency council meeting? I'm ready to ride the sleigh, if you know what I mean."

"Santa, we thought you should see this." Mother Nature says as she turns a standee around to reveal a man in a winter themed suit wearing a sash that said 'Merry Frostmas.'

"Silver bells!" Scott exclaims. I also kinda had to agree. What in the actual heck was this?

"I found 270 of them at shopping malls scattered across the Northwest." Mother Nature explains as Scott sits down. "I hereby call this special session of the Council of Legendary Figures to order." She then slammed her gavel on the table to wake up the Sandman and scolded the Easter Bunny for making some comment at Cupid while Scott muttered something under his breath. "Our first and only order of business," She continues, "is the disciplinary action to be taken against council member Jack Frost."

"Now that's what I'm talking about." A voice says, and I turn to see the same man entering the room.

'Oh no.' I thought to myself, 'nononononono please tell me this isn't who I think it is. That can't be him.'

Apparently my shock was noticeable, as I felt my husband's arm wrap around me.

"You alright, hon?" Bernard asks quietly, "What's up?"

"I'll tell you later." I respond.

Frost stopped and stood by Scott before taking his sunglasses off. "You love it. Am I right?" He says, "You guys finally woke up and are giving me my own holiday. Frostmas, of course, is just a placeholder. I'm wide open. Frostgiving, the Frost of July, Frosthog Day, I mean the possibilities are endless."

"Jack, you are hereby charged with 273 counts of attempted upstaging of Santa Claus." Mother Nature tells him. "You froze a volcano in Hawaii, you made it snow in the Amazon, and you frosted Mexico, sending all of the geese north for the winter. You have violated the Legendary Figures code of conduct in a manner that is both willful and malicious."

"Excuse me, did you just accuse me of being skillful and delicious?" Frost asks all snarky. "Guilty as charged."

'Oh end me now,' I thought, 'my human life has been a lie.'

"Frost, you herald the season." Father Time says, "You're not a holiday."

"You're the best friend, you're not the leading man." Tooth Fairy adds.

"And you kill fruit." Easter Bunny adds.

"All in favor of suspending Jack Frost from the Legendary Council," Father Time starts as everyone raises their hands, "please say-"

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" Frost says, cutting him off, "Father time, wait a minute. You gotta understand, I-I have enormous untapped potential."

'Understatement.' I thought, keeping a sarcastic laugh to myself, 'If only you knew what people like me used to think of you.'

"But all I am, year after year, is an opening act." Frost continues, "A setup man for Mr. Big."

"Jack, why don't you let that go...?" Scott says.

The two then got into an argument about how Scott has it so easy while I took the time to speak again.

"Is this guy seriously the Spirit of Winter I used to believe in as a child?" I asked quietly.