Gale of Memories

Chapter 11: Fun

"D-dad?!"

"So, who's team am I on? Come on, I'll show you guys how to properly build a fort!" The kids stared in shock for a moment, before they let out a massive cheer.

"You just saved their relationship." Tooth stared. "That's incredible. Our powers aren't supposed to work on adults."

"Well have you ever tried?" Jack shot back, a smirk on his face. "I mean, nobody ever taught me anything, so I figured it all out by myself. They say someone who isn't taught limitations doesn't have any." He laughed. "I guess it's true."

"HA!" North grinned as he went to make a snowball as well, but the snow stubbornly would not be scooped up. "What?! Nyet!"

"It's a memory, North." Bunny pointed out. "There's no actual snow, here."

Jack smirked, creating a snowball. Nobody noticed until it smacked Bunny upside the head. He turned, blinking owlishly at the winter spirit, who cackled gleefully.

"Ya bloody showpony!" He growled, attempting to scoop up some snow, himself, for retaliation, only to find his paw pass through air.

"Is a memory, Bunny. No snow." North pointed out with no small amount of amusement.

"I KNOW THAT!" The rabbit bristled.

The memory shifted again. "You know... Kaze, I can still have fun, even if people can't see me... I can be the invisible snowball thrower." Frost chuckled, adding a twirl to his stride. "Maybe I should pick up some other hobbies?" He speculated.

"Oh?" North raised an interested eyebrow.

"Hmm..." Frost listened as Kaze said something. "Yeah! That's a great idea! I should learn other languages, too, while I'm at it!" He grinned. "I'll learn something from each country!"

With that thought, he flew off. "First stop, Asia!"

There was a sequence of memories, showing him learning several things from different nations. He learned how to play the Koto in Japan, as well as the fan dance. He learned medicine from China and several other countries. He learned the Hopak dance from Russia, and art from Italy. He learned some culinary skills from France, and mechanics from Germany. Frost picked up several practical traveling skills from Romania. He revisited several countries to learn dances, instruments, and artistic pursuits to help fill his seemingly endless lonely days.

His new artistic talents showed in his frost designs, and the Guardians were blown away by just how much he'd learned in such a short span of time—for learning all this took him less than a century.

"So that's where ya learned to paint." Bunny noted, as he saw Frost studying several noteworthy painters from Italy.

"Yeah! It was fun, learning how to draw and paint and stuff!" He grinned. "And nobody ever noticed paints and brushes go missing, so I could just take whatever I needed."

"Jack!" Tooth admonished. "That's stealing!"

"Nooo, I thought it was a gift." Jack rolled his eyes. "Sorry... sarcasm is my default when stressed." He shrugged. "At any rate, this is just how things were. I never really learned how to use money or anything, and had to learn right from wrong by myself. Remember, I had no memories from my human life. So I had no concept of these things. And since nobody would take the time to talk to me, I had to figure out everything by myself."

Tooth blinked as a thought suddenly occurred to her. "Jack?"

"Mmm?" He looked over at the hovering fairy lazily, enjoying the lighter atmosphere.

"Does that mean... umm... Have you ever had... The Talk?" The other Guardians froze, looking horrified.

"I am not giving Jack Frost The Talk!" Bunny refused at once.

"TOOTH!" Jack cried out, flushing a bright blue. "I do know what sex is!" He looked incredibly embarrassed. "So there's no need for that! I've listened in on several talks before, so there's really no need!" He denied fervently.

North let out a large sigh of relief. "Not wanting to give that to anyone. Ever."

Sandy nodded in agreement, feeling like he'd just dodged a bullet. The three Guardians shot Tooth a mild glare for bringing up such a possibility.

"What?" She looked at them, confused. Baby Tooth facepalmed and shook her head, snuggling into Jack's hoodie. Sometimes, her mother was so clueless.

"So when was this, anyhow? Are we nearly through your memories?" Tooth asked, curious.

"I'd say this is the late 1800's to early 1900's. So we'll be hitting the World Wars soon..." Jack winced when he remembered what happened. It's coming up so fast... But there's still a couple hurdles first. Like 1912... He sighed.

"Let's just get this over with." He decided, as the happy memory faded away, leaving trepidation in its wake.

A/N: Holy crap! Another update! I'm on fire! Yeah!! Hope you are all enjoying this. This may not be one of my more popular stories (like my Hetalia ones get about 100 comments within the first hour of posting, this one gets maybe 20 in the first day if I'm lucky), but it's still fun to write. As long as I know people are enjoying it, I'll keep writing it. ^^ We're reaching the 20th century, now. So next we've got the Titanic, World War 1, that mysterious event, World War 2, and then maybe a few more modern-esque mishaps before finally reaching the movie in 2012. Please look forward to the next update~!

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Posted: 04/11/2019