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Prologue

Jack Frost shouted out his joy to the heavens as he let the wind carry him across the forest, bringing winter snow and frost to the trees. He spun and flipped himself over and over and over. Smiling at the sharp crystals of cold poking inside his lungs. He flipped his staff with practiced precision and aimed and arc of sparkling frost at the highest tree he flew over, laughing again as he headed toward the Kingdom in the distance. The children would love a snow day, as children always did.
As he flew higher, though, he noticed something he was almost sure wasn't here last year. He stopped to land on a branch, frost covering the branch where his bare feet touched it, crystallizing intricate patterns into the wood. He hopped off the branch and flew closer, stopping when he was as close as he could get. It was…a tower? He grunted his confusion and tilted his head, moon-dyed locks flopping to one side out of his eyes. Yes, there it was, a tower. In the middle of a cavern, in the middle of the dense wood, at least a day's walk from the nearest kingdom, and that was if you didn't get lost. Jack flew down and started to look over the tower, taking in it's oddly tall structure. There was one door at the bottom that was locked, but when he went up to the top of the tower, the presumed living space, he could see no one inside. He looked in all the windows, but despite the furniture in the home, no one was inside.

He huffed. Why should and empty tower interest him anyway? "And its not like anyone could see me, even if they were home." He said, feeling a pang in his chest. He turned away, ready to have the wind carry him away to bring winter to the rest of the Kingdom, when he caught sight of the little light in his peripheral vision, coming out of a concealed cavern. He turned back to look, and flew down a little lower, hiding behind the tower. As the light came closer, he saw it was a lantern, bobbing up and down in the last hour before night fully came. He folded his arms and narrowed his eyes. Why would someone chose to live way out in the woods like this? He waited as the view of an old, haggard woman came into view, she was clutching a bundle to her chest and trying to hurry as fast as her old legs could carry her. As she approached the tower, she looked up at it, and the last rays of light at the top of the cavern cast a dim light on its peak. She brought the lantern closer to her face and scowled at the tall structure. Her face bathed in the lantern light, making her look even more terrifying. Then, all of a sudden, the bundle at her arms squirmed and howled. Jack raised and eyebrow. Now, things were interesting. The old woman glanced at the little bundle in her arms and looked at it with pure disgust. Jack narrowed his eyes again, clearly, the woman was not happy with the child she carried.

The woman made her way to the bottom of the tower and to the door, trying to rock the child as she went. She clearly had no experience as a mother, and Jack found himself feeling sorry for the poor child. She set down the lantern at the foot of the door and pulled a single, solitary key from her robes. She placed the key in the lock and turned, the old lock clicking as its gears yielded. The baby began to howl more fervently. "Oh shut it." The old woman grumbled, scooping up her lantern and heading inside and slamming the door behind her. Jack heard the click of the door being locked again. He stared at the door, contemplating what to do.

He grumbled again. "Well Jack what would you do? She can't see you, and you are not in any position to take the thing." He said to himself, then laughed. Had it really been so long since he had talked to anyone that he was resorting to talking to himself? He really was losing it. So, as much as he pitted the little child and the strange haggard old woman, there was nothing he could do about it. So he flew to the top of the cavern and set his sights on the Kingdom across the forest and lake, laughing as he ran across the lake, his bare toes freezing it solid.

*I have posted the first chapter along with this Prologue, just to get a start. I will try to be as regular with this as possible, but let me know what you think as I go. Reviews and Favorites are appreciated! This is my first time publishing my writing, so please help me spread the ideas in my head around. Thank you!*