Winter and Spring (ENTITY BLESSING THREAD)

[Entity NPC]

“Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.
^{Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.}
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.”

In this place beyond the borders of what was right and natural she had found herself. There was something out here that needed her, though she didn't know what that was. Just as before...

Mortals would call her a fool. The volcano had called to her as well; had needed her. Look what that had caused? Well, it had caused the mountain to be covered in life at last, hadn't it? Hadn't it worked out alright in the end?

True, she felt a little insecure without her dear friend the stag to escort her... but as he was a mortal creature bound to the ground he could not follow the spring sprite to her destination. This destination.

Where was this place, anyway? She wasn't certain. There was no green here. Nor fire. Nor wind. Just light and shadow.

But Spring had come to the end of the world, as she'd been called by her nature to come here. She slipped over the strange rocks in curiosity, seeking out any sign that flowers would grow here or life would bloom. Behind her, a trail of flower petals and vines clung to the strange formations.

A promise of hope and life.

Then she caught scent of something on the wind. ... Wait... Wind? There was wind here?

She turned her childish face up to the sky and took a deep breath. Yes. Frosted wind. Something was approaching... and it was cold. Colder than the frosts of early spring that made lacy patterns on the new leaves. Colder than the nights that were clear and calm. Colder than the rains that triggered the start of the cycle of yearly life.

Watching curiously, Spring waited to see.

Was winter coming late?

[Jack Frost]

“When people think of winter they think of gray skies, snow storms, and bitter cold nights. Every few people think of the fun and beauty that winter actually holds. Very few think of the way the moon glistens of the freshly fallen snow on a calm night when you can see the stars, or how the snow looks like glitter in the sun light of a snow day. However, the most magical time that most people over look because they are too busy complaining is when flowers pop out of the snow making it look like the colors are emerging from a white canvas and paint with all the colors of the wind. The time when two winds collide with each other and make objects balance on their own. This is the time wind when winter meets spring and they dance around each other until spring takes the lead.”


What appeared to be a young boy was laying in what seemed like water. He wasn’t sure how he got there. The last thing he remembered was being told by North that he was chosen to help with a dispute among the gods. Jack Frost gave the old toy maker a confused looked and asked how he was able to do such a thing when most of the time the winter child caused disputes. He was told that there were children that needed his help. These people’s worlds already had Hope, Memory, Dreams, and Wonder; It was fun that they lacked and that could help yet again in this situation. Jack, however, still wore the look of confusion on his face. He was then told that there was a universe that needed an entity that they could trust…one who has been one of them before and fairly recently. Jack would have to help keep their spirits up and there were people that would help with further information waiting for him. But, it would be up to Jack what action he would need to take.

Young Frost asked Santa how he was suppose to do all of this and get to these other worlds. He was then told that the Moon would guide his way. The boy looked up at the moon…and that was the last thing he remembered.

As was said before, Jack Frost awoke in what appeared to be water. He sat up and looked around. The sky was a vortex of colors and kind of made the young man nauseous to look at it for a long period of time. There were also small slivers of land here and there. But the most unusual thing was the water he was laying in. It was deep….or at least it looked that was, and Jack didn’t sink in it. It wasn’t his frost a power that froze the water either….he was literally just sitting on top of the water’s surface. He got up slowly and looked around. “Where-where am I?” He said to no one. He looked up to the sky and didn’t see the moon. “Of course.” He said rather annoyed as he took his bare feet and kicked up a wooden branch with a hook shape at the one end into his hand. He twirled it around and placed it gracefully on his shoulder looking up to the moonless sky again. “It would be nice if you could tell a guy what he is supposed to do before sending him place that blind side him.” He sighed and started to walk across the water.

Jack Frost noticed that the water still seemed to freeze as he walked which was a good sign that his powers still seemed to work. “Hey, wind?” He called out to what seemed to be nothing. “Are you still with me?” The wind then blow threw his hair to let the boy know that it was indeed still at the boys command. The boy smirked and started to run. The wind followed and lifted the boy up. Jack Frost was a strike of blue as he flew across the vortex sky.

A strange ball of black interrupted Jack’s flight pattern. He had to flip out of the way of it. “What the…!?” He said in surprise as he watched the ball object descend and actually submerged itself into the water. “Oooookay.” He shook his head and moved on trying to figure out what the heck he was supposed to do. He was looking for any sign of life that he could find be it plant, animal, or human…but there seemed to be nothing. “Well this is depressing.”

After while Jack came above something green. He raised his eyebrow because it seemed to be moving. Jack wasn’t scared of whatever this might be. He didn’t feel that he had to be afraid of it….in fact he felt a pull towards it…a bond almost…like he had seen this creature before. With a childish smirk on his face he lowered himself so that he was just above the creature. He wasn’t sure if this thing would be able to see it but he had other ways of letting things know he was there. He tried to with hold the giggle as he turned himself upside down above. He then lowered himself further so that he and the other creature were face to face. “Boo.” He said.

[Entity NPC]

“Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.
^{Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.}
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.”

"Boo."

Her eyes widened and she flailed backwards, her wing like arms fluttering in a burst of confusion as she hit the not-really-water on her back, eyes and breath fluttering like butterflies as she watched the stranger hover above her. Taking a few deep breaths, she staggered back up and blinked at him, her mind seeming to remember this energy.

Her voice came from within her mind rather than her mouth and echoed as if it were the wind itself.

"...Wh...Who are you?" She didn't seem overly frightened. After all, he didn't appear to be a raging fire spirit out to eat her. Being near him actually felt pretty natural. Like this was how things were supposed to be. Her hair, leafy and green, seemed to deepen and darken when this stranger was near, like it did during the first few weeks of spring, in her dance before Stag would ask her to revive the cherry tree from it's sleep.

The child faced spring's eyes glowed a familiar amber as she gazed into the crisp blue that was this stranger's eyes. "...You are Winter..." she whispered quietly. Looking around again she took note that this place was still devoid of the Elements.

"Are you the reason i was called here?" She asked quietly, her eyes still wide and confused. "I feel like I'm supposed to be here, but there's no where for spring here. Nothing for it to grow on... see?" She pulled herself along the water and allowed her train to fall on it and at first there were petals and vines and water lilies... but just as soon as they'd appeared... they started to wither and dissipate. Her eyes searched Jack's as if he might have an answer. She had always been the trusting and naive sort.

Just as the flowers withered completely away, there was a voice echoing over the water. Small, still, but clear.

"Innocence and Fun... will rekindle the light of the worlds..."

Her eyes widened once again and she tilted her head to listen."...L...Lenora?"

[Jack Frost]

Jack couldn’t help but laugh at the other spirit’s reaction. He turned himself up right and landed on his feet doubled over from the laughter. “Hahahaha, sorry about that.” He said wiping his eyes. “Are you alright?” He asked while helping the creature up. He might be cold hearted but he wasn’t heartless. This allowed him to get a better look at her. She seemed to be made of water and greenery but still had a human face. Jack wasn’t overly surprised to see someone like this. She looked a bit like the Tooth Fairy only she didn’t have feathers. “So I am going to go out on a limb here and say you are something like me.” He said to her. He really never met anyone like him and the guardians. He knew he was different than the rest of the guardians because unlike the rest of his group he could control the elements. He couldn’t really tell what she was because of his ignorance on the matter but it was clear that she more resembled him power wise.

When the spring spoke Jack Frost whipped around in confusion. The Voice was surrounding him but the girl didn’t open her mouth. He looked back at her and had a mischievous smirk on his face. “Neat trick.” He said in an unsure way. “I am….” He was cut off by the girl speaking again. This time he was a little bit more use to her not actually moving her lips. “Yeah.” He smiled and took a bow. “Jack Frost is my name and I guess you could say winter is my game.” He said in high spirits…though he really wanted to face palm himself for such a cheesy saying.

Jack notices that the girl was no longer looking at him but the environment. He looked around too…mainly for a way out. Jack looked back at the little spirit when she talked again. “Am I the reason you are here? Ha I was hoping you could tell me why I was here. All I was told was that some place needed me…” He broke eye contact with her and began to walk around. “Then I was tossed here with no memory of how and no other direction.” He said slightly annoyed with the thought of it. He was alone. No other guardians bothered to come with him at this point. Why? Did he do something wrong? None of them ever had a problem reprimanding him before….even in 99% of the time he didn’t listen. The air around the young man grew progressively colder to match his emotions. “Look Lady, I am sorry but I don’t even know why I am here let alone you. I am not going to be much help it would seem.” He looked back at her finally.

Jack crouched down to see the lady was talking about. He watched as her train went passed him revealing some growth but it withered away quickly. He picked up one of the plants before it had a chance to wither and inspected it. It froze with one touch. He then put the frozen growth back down on the so called water. It stayed frozen. It was like it was preserved or suspended in time. It didn’t wither beyond the point it was incased in ice.

He stood back up and swiped at the water with his staff. The water froze and didn’t melt away in Jack’s presence. His powers seemed to take hold in this place. So why then didn’t hers?

Jack stood face to face with the young lady and tried to come up with a reason for her. “Ummmm….well….there isn’t that much soil here so maybe it has something to do with that.” He said to her. This was a true fact. There was no land there and the stuff that was land was nowhere near deep enough to hold growth. With that being said Jack thought he knew how the girl was. She was either the spirit of Spring or Summer with all the green and growing stuff.

Just when Jack was about to ask her a Voice came on the wind. It surrounded the pair and Jack got in defensive mode. He raised his staff up and pointed it at the invisible force. He didn’t know where he was and now strange voices were coming out of nowhere. All he could think of was Pitch when it came to voices that came out of nowhere and that made him uncomfortable.

When he heard the other spirit speak and seemed to be surprised at the voice he lowered his staff a bit. He raised his eyebrow. “Lenora? Who is that?” He asked thought the voice sounded familiar