An Angel Rises

Chapter 28- Becoming Weaker

The two were turning off the lights in the nap room, as Jack looked at Avery and asked. "Did you mean what you said?"
"Mean what?" She responded, Jack quickly glancing away. "Nevermind."
"You can tell me, ya know." Jack stuffed his hands in the pockets of his hoodie, "It- It doesn't matter." He chuckled as he blushed a bit. Avery shrugged it off as she put the book back in her backpack.

"Didn't we turn off that light?" Jack asked. "Hm?" "In that room." Jack pointed to one of the rooms which had a light on. "Yeah, I thought we did," Avery said as she walked to the room, opening the door.

"Jason?"
In the room was Jason in a sleeping bag, reading a book with a bright light on. "Sorry." Jason mumbled as he looked away.
"It's okay honey," Avery walked to him. "But why are you up? Aren't you ready for a nap?" She asked.
Jack glanced at the book he was reading, where he saw a picture of Avery.

"I like your book!" Jack said. "Who's that person in the picture?" He pointed to a drawing shown.
"Remember when we did storytime and you told us about Avery? The guardian of luck?"
Jack nodded. "Well, that's her." Jason shared. Avery chuckled a little bit, "She's very pretty." "Yeah! And in this picture she's talking to Mother Nature." Jason said. Avery looked at Jack with a shocked expression. "I wonder why you didn't mention her during storytime, maybe it wasn't in your book?" Jason looked at Avery.

"Jason- Does your book say where...Mother nature is?" Jack asked. "Hmm," Jason flipped through the pages of his book. "Oh yeah, she lives in the high mountains called Lone."
Avery glanced at Jack. "I dunno where that is though."
"That's okay, thank you, Jason." She smiled, standing up to walk away.
"Ugh-" She fell to her knees. "Avery!" Jack blurted out as he ran to her.
"Avery? I thought your name was Ava!" Jason yelled.

The two looked at each other as Avery sighed. "I think it's time that he...learns the truth..." Avery took off the necklace, revealing her true form.
Jason looked at her with a shocked expression as Jack also revealed his true self.
"It was you all along..." Jason muttered with astonishment. "You both were the guardians! Jack frost and...Avery."

Jack held Avery's weak body as he looked at Jason, "Jason we need you to help us, and in return, we will always be there with you, guarding you."
Jason nodded. "We need to go and find Mother Nature, and you have to get the kids to believe in all the guardians, if not, we will all disappear," Jack said, Jason gasped as he nodded. "I will! I will!" He chanted.

Jack pulled a snow globe from the backpack. Avery looked at Jason and weakly smiled.

"We believe in you, Jason."