50 years

That's how long Jack's been alone.

50 years

Since the day he first rose from the lake.

50 years

The amount of time not a single person or even spirit had acknowledge his existence. It has been lonely and painful existence. Was it too much to ask for to have just one friend? Or even just someone to talk to. Even if they didn't answer back it would be enough to just have someone in his presences. A face to look at as he spoke. Jack sighed once again as he skates aimlessly across his frozen pond. He felt the wind circle him in comfort. Trying to reassure Jack he wasn't completely alone.

The wind even continued to push Jack from the back helping him go much faster in his skating. Jack felt a bubble of a laugh at the winds playful teasing. He wished that he could turn around and give it a big hug. Then he was struck with a great idea. He came to a sudden stop on the lake startling even the wind that blew in his ear questioningly.

"Wind! I just had the best idea ever!" Jack said a happy smile on his lips. The wind blew again asking him to continue. Jack smiled wide as he begin to explain his idea.

"So I was thinking if I can't get anyone see me or be my friend then I can just make one." He said. The wind was still confused though so it blew at Jack again.

"Obviously I can't make a person or anything, but I can make statues. I'll make a life style statue then you can move it around so it will be like a real persons here!" Jack said waiting to be praised for his idea, but all he received was a blow of pity from the wind. It was worried that all the time spent alone had finally gotten to Jack. It couldn't be healthy to talk to inanimate objects.

"Oh come on wind! Please? You know how much I need this!" Jack said pleading desperately. He knew that he may be taking the first step to going off the deep end with this but it's not like he wouldn't understand the statue wasn't alive. He would just pretend it was.

The wind reluctantly blew it's agreement. It didn't want to ever be responsible for it's friends sadness. It couldn't deny Jack something he obviously wanted so bad. Jack lept in excitement at the winds agreement.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" He chanted happily. The wind felt better about the decision when it saw how happy Jack was. Once Jack finally calmed himself he addressed the wind again.

"Okay so I should probably start by making the statue right? It has to be perfect so this may take awhile." He said before raising his hand making a vague figure of a person.

"It should be about the same height as me so I can look it in the eye... well maybe a little shorter so that it's easier to carry." Jack said making the adjustment.

"Next I should probably pick a gender. Males probably the best decision. I hear it's easier to get along with friends the same gender as you." Jack said and wind reminded him that the statue would get along with him regardless of gender because it's a statue. Wind didn't want Jack to fall into the mind set it was real, but Jack just brushed off what they wind had said making it start consider if this was such a good idea after all.

Jack shifted and formed the statue to be male. Flattening the chest giving it nipples and shaping muscle structure of his body. He didn't make it too muscular though. Instead giving it more a body type to Jack's own. Abs were overrated. Jack even went so far as to give the statue a penis. Wind asked why he'd bother to do any of that when he could just shape it to have clothes.

"Because no ones clothes are really attached to them wind. When were done I'll fabricate some will my magic. As for the body parts? I want this to be as authentic as possible. I want to feel like a real person." Jack explained to the wind. The blew it's understanding. Before playfully calling Jack weird. Jack only laughed at his friends words.

As he laughed Jack looked at what he had so far. From the neck down his creation was pretty much done. Now he just needed to decided on a face and hair.

"Okay, next I should do the hair right? The hair frames the face and it would be easier to work inwards from there." As Jack said this he stepped forward and placed his hands on the head of the statue before spreading his fingers wide gliding them down forming long velvet like ice hair that he infused snowflake crystals in giving it a snow white look like Jacks own hair but still the texture of smooth glass like the rest of the statue. Jack smiled wide at the look. The wind asked him why long hair and not short like his own.

"Well he should have the choice to decide how long he wants it himself. That's why if I start it long he can just cut off however much he wants." Jack explained and the wind harshly reminded him the statue can't decided anything because it was not real. Jack frowned at the winds words and pretended as if they didn't really affect him.

"Wind your not really getting this whole pretend thing. I know it's not alive I-I'm just... choosing to believe it's real." Jack said his shoulders slumping. The wind blew it's apology at him. Saying it would not bother Jack about it again now that it understood. Jack gave a small sad smile at that before forcing himself to grin wide and get back to building his new friend.

"Okay then! Next thing we should do it the face structure. He should have something similar to mine. Kind of baby faced but still sharp in some places." Jack said doing just that. Giving it a distinct nose and cheek bones but slightly smoothing them out to give him a softer and approachable look. The wind asked why Jack wanted the statue to look so much like himself.

The wind was just full of questions today.

"I want us to look like we belong together like... like... brothers! There are no better friends then family after all." Jack said never breaking his concentration as he shaped the face.

"Eyes should come next. I want to make them a slightly darker blue then mine so they'll stand out on the glassy look of everything else and it will also make the hair pop." Jack said laughing a little at himself. Before doing just as he said. To make the color blue a strengthen a small space in the eye and melted the ice inside holding the water in place but still making it seem like it was swirling in the inside giving the eyes a feeling of actually looking back at him. It we enchanting to see. For a split second Jack thought he saw them twinkle with recognition. He brushed it off and wondered briefly if he really was starting to lose his mind from solitude.

Jack decided to ignore that and just finish up on the face. Giving him lips and shaping it into a small mischievous smile. Any friend of Jack's had to love pranking. That smile reflected that perfectly. Jack came down to the very last thing he needed to add.

The ears.

It seemed simple enough but Jack stopped himself just before adding them. His friend would have to have something unique about him. Something that made him really stand out from others and easy to describe. So Jack gave a big smile as he shaped pointed ears on the side of his head. Smiling brightly when they were done giving a whole new type of beauty to his creation. His best friend (after wind of course) would be an elf. Wind voice how much it liked the ear making Jack smile even wider.

"I know right! There so cute! Now what's next?" Jack said looking over the statue only to see he had finished everything that need to be done. The only thing to do now was give it clothes. Jack took in the site of his finished product and felt an overwhelming pride and excitement bloom in his chest. He began dancing around in happiness again even hugging the statue in his excitement.

The wind played into that swirling and spinning around Jack just as happy for his friend. Jack turned too look at the face of his new friend and smiled big at it. Placing a big kiss on it's forehead in happiness before pulling it once again in his arms for a hug. He just stood there for a while hugging the statue close with a wide smile on his face.

That is until he felt two arms lift up and hug him back. Jack felt his blood run even colder than usual at the feeling. He then noticed that his face was pressed up against skin of a shoulder now and not ice like it was before. His hand was cradled in actual hair instead of just the snow white imitation.

Jack pulled back quickly holding the what was once a statue at arms length. The... thing smiled back at him. Showing off pearly white teeth. It's very blue very real eyes looking up at him in adoration. It smiled widely at him again before trying to go back in for a hug. Back Jack only backed up more now completely letting the now living statue go. The feel of it's skin under his hands too much for him to handle.

The man looked at him confusedly and a little hurt at his withdrawal.

"Daddy?" It said reaching out for him again. Jack sucked in a inhale of breath trying to will himself to do something. Anything, run, scream, call out for the wind to help, jump up and down in happiness, anything. Jack tried to mentally reach out to the wind for what to do but it was just as shell shocked as Jack having never seen anything like this happen before either.

"Daddy?" The man said again trying to take a step towards him on the clumsily fall on the ground tripping over it's own feet. It didn't seem to really now how to control it's limbs yet like a new born baby. When he feel his eyes started to water up and he looked as if he was about to cry. He did just that. Whaling loudly as tears fell from his eyes freezing by the time they reached the middle of his cheek before shattering against the frozen pond.

That manage to make Jack finally break out of his shock. He approached the man cautiously but concerned.

"H-Hey did you hurt yourself? It's okay you don't need to cry." Jack said rubbing the mans back soothingly.

"Daddy, h-hurt?" It said seeming to ask what that meant. He didn't seem to know any words other than Daddy. Which made sense since he's apparently just been born. And jack was the one who made him...

That made him a dad!

He pulled the man up and against his side before looking at his knees that were red from the impact of the fall. He gently put his cooling hand over them.

"Hurt." Jack said to the pained area of the man. He looked down at his knees before also looking at his arms which were also in pain from the fall.

"Hurt?" He asked Jack who nodded. He pointed at his nose too it had gotten hit in the fall also.

"Hurt?" He asked again and Jack nodded patiently. Touching all the places the man named hurt cooling them off with his magic making him feel better. Once Jack was done and the man seem to not be hurting anymore he turned to Jack again with a big smile.

"Daddy!" He squealed happily throwing himself in Jack's arms not seeming to care he was completely naked. Jack didn't push him away this time having come to the realization the was practically his son. He did make him and the little guy was calling him Daddy. It was pretty much his responsibility to take care of him now. He hugged him and even rubbed his head a bit. Smiling down at him. He was quickly growing on Jack.

Wind blew around them both. Circling them seeming to want to join the hug. The man in Jack's arms startled at the feeling seeming uncomfortable at the unknown force circling them. He looked like he was about to tear up in fear again. Jack was quick to sooth him.

"Oh no, no, no don't be scared. It's just wind. Wind it our friend." Jack said holding his hand out the wind circling around his palm in a small circle. Going so fast and strong it formed a small circle you could visibly see it.

"You see?" Jack said holding his hand out for his son to see. He eyes were big and wide staring at Jack's hand in wonder.

"Wind." Jack said again moving his hand closer.

"Wend?" His son said and Jack chuckled at the pronunciation before nodding anyways. When he got his conformation he turned to look at the wind again. One of his arms still wrapped around Jack cuddling against him while the other reached out for the wind in Jack's hand.

When he did the wind circled up his arm and all the way up too his head blowing up his hair for a second. The man... no... boy laughed loudly at that trying to grab at and catch the wind. He pulled away from Jack for the first time to chase it on all fours all across the pond being lead back to Jack eventually.

Once he was right in front of Jack again the wind disappeared to end their game seeing he was getting a little tired. Jack who had been laughing the whole while smiled widely at the little guy.

"Come here you." Jack said lifting him up back into his lap getting out a squeal and ticklish laugh when he touched under his arms.

Ticklish huh? Jack saved that knowledge for later.

"Welp I guess I'm gonna be taking care of you from now on." Jack said smiling at his son. He got back a smile in return before the little guy placed a big kiss on Jack's cheek. Jack almost swooned at how adorable that was. He cuddled him close after that looking down at his face when he came to a realization.

"Your gonna need a name though. How about... Everest?" Jack said think about his most favorite mountain in the world to visit.

Jack's heart warmed when a big toothy smile was the only answer he got.