Extended Summary:
Colours. They're everywhere... Blue, red, orange, purple, yellow, green. But out of all of them, there are only two forbidden ones. White and Black. Corozin, now populated with almost every race in the entire globe, faces a serious problem. An organisation that lies deep within the heart of the Wilderness, controlled by the remaining Overlords, are on a hunt for the Colours. Embark in this epic tale of extreme battles, bloodshed, gore, fantasy, emotional love and extreme use of law-bending physics!
But, the Overlords aren't the 'bad guys' this time... It's 'Them'.
Here it is, the fourth instalment of the 'FrostBitten' Series! Before you read this, I highly recommend you to read the previous three 'FrostBitten: Test of Courage', 'FrostBitten: Conquering Darkness' and finally, 'FrostBitten: Battle of The Elementals' in this order so that you'll be able to understand what's going on. I hope you all enjoy this chapter!
Chapter One: Blossoming Of Black And White (Prologue)
Frost's POV
Over this entire month, I've gotten used to how the human system works. I have a citizenship, an ID despite I'm only fifteen, some money and my own place to stay. I have school tomorrow. My first day at a human school... Dammit Milk's words are ringing in my ears! She acts like my mother sometimes... Lecturing me about my health and education... But worst of all, to get along with White! I love Mindy, and I still do but White is completely on a different page... But still, she's not an enemy. Just a rival of mine. We get along but at times, she acts similar to Star, only is she much more mature...
I let out a warm sight escape from my damp, pink lips that slowly opened. People of all sorts walked past and with me on the wide, concrete pathway that acted as a pedestrian zone to the right of the street. The passing cars filled the air with a pollution of noise and beeping along with the toxic fumes from their exhaust pipes. The people today looked really cheerful for an odd reason. January is at it's peak to February, the month when school starts and the third month of summer. I hope I can do well this year and suppress my abilities in certain activities. I don't want anyone to keep a cautious or mysterious eye on me. The constant tapping of our footsteps created a melody that played well with the sound of engines burning diesel and tires skidding from time to time. But I wasn't alone to enjoy the evening rhythm of the busy street. With me, was Frosty. She walked almost shoulder to shoulder from my right, wearing a warm, loving smile across her face whilst she had her black, cat-like, fuzzy ears folded on top of her head to make it almost unrecognisable. Same goes for me, only mine are the colour grey. But the funny thing is, is the fact that they look like bandages.
A calming, chilly breeze slapped my face softly, numbing my skin slightly as I smiled warmly. My black shirt and long, black pants fluttered in the air behind me ever so slightly whilst my short, jet black, messy hair danced like the light green grass of the meadow. We continued walking through the opposing crowd, standing right in the middle of them as they gave way for us. Frosty, from out of the blue, suddenly asked me a question from the stiff silence we both held together for quiet a while.
"Where are we going to eat?", She asked, sounding somewhat annoyed. I sighed, pulling my left hand to my face before closing my eyes and rubbing them with my thumb and index finger slowly. "We've been walking for nearly fifteen minutes, you know that?", She sighed.
"Don't blame me", I replied in a low voice, pulling my hand back down to my side before opening up my eyes again, seeing the vivid colours of the world take form right before me for a split second before going back to normal. I love doing that. Scratching my eyes then opening them to see the colours of the world become their fullest.
"Hey, why don't we go to a cafe", Frosty suggested, making me look dead ahead to see one coming right up. I had a little debate with myself, wondering if it was really the best option. But since time is precious, I ended up giving in.
"Sure, I'll treat you to anything", I said, making her chuckle cutely from my right.
"Really?", she asked, probably flushing a deep shade of red.
"I mean it. If it weren't for you, Milk or Candy, then I would've been depressed for the rest of my life. I'm not invincible you know", I replied, making her chuckle once again as we were only a mere eight meters away from the entrance of the cafe. I wonder what the others are doing right now. I offered them to come along but for whatever reason, they declined like something else was on their minds... I haven't heard from White for a while. Not that I care, but, she's the only thing left of Mindy... Dammit, I can't let this sadness overcome me!
"Hmm. Oh! We're here!", She exclaimed cheerfully, making me jump a little to how sudden she said that. The moment I looked to my right, my right hand was instantly grabbed by Frosty by both of hers, embracing mine in everlasting warmth before I was suddenly tugged forwards.
"W...Wait!", I exclaimed, stumbling and nearly tipping over my own feet. She quickly pushed the brown metallic-framed door that had a thick glass pane covering it almost entirely. As fast as she could, she brought the both of us inside with silence, letting go of my hand as I took in a deep breath of the amazing coffee aroma that filled this store. Ah! It smells so great! I melted slightly, blinking as we walked up to the polished, timber counter that had a metal machine for making coffee on top of it. The floor was layered with wooden floorboards, giving off a nice glossy texture that really invited me to just drink a coffee. There weren't many people in this place which persuaded me to buy not one, but TWO coffees! Haha! I won't be getting any sleep tonight!
I looked around the place, wanting to observe it's beauty. Crystal clear window all over the place, wooden couches with red cushions on opposite sides of a brown, timber table that looked as shiny as metal. From what I observed, there was only seven people in this place, non looking hostile or peculiar about us... Then, I saw her, sitting in the bottom left corner of the cafe with a girl who had blonde hair. I could only see the tip of the girl's hair but that girl... She's deadly familiar. White, long hair, light red eyes. No doubt that's White! I have to make sure she doesn't see me.
"Eh? You guys are here as well?", A girl so familiar, that all I had to think of was a piece of ice said in front of me, making me turn my head dead ahead to see Shard, dressed up in a strange uniform that really looked appalling and suited well with this place. "And you're back to your male form Frost?". She gave me a look of awe, staring at my face as she lean forwards like I was some sort of idol.
"Um, yeah. It's a long story", I said, wanting to dodge a bullet. I do NOT want to tell my life story in front of humans. They'll look at me as if I'm insane! "How have you been during the past month?".
"Really great. I own this cafe and I have my sisters working hard with me at the back", She said, erecting herself as straight as a wall before placing both her hands down behind the counter. "Now, may I take your order?", She asked in a cheerful, friendly tone that made me smile to how amazing she looked. Light blue hair tied up in a bundle, her brown and white, buttoned shirt along with her long skirt that JUST reached her knees.
"You really have changed, haven't you", I whispered, looking down at the glossy, polished floorboards before looking back up at her, staring into her icy blue eyes that told me so much about her. She smiled more brightly, warming my heart and soul to the most. "I'll just have two coffees. Frosty, what would you like?".
"A hot chocolate and four toast with butter", Frosty said, making me blink blankly, feeling my chest tighten for an unknown reason... Four toast eh? I didn't know she was THAT hungry.
"How much all together?", I asked, regaining my composure from that little trance, blinking once again, staring into her icy blue eyes with my strange light red and light blue ones.
"On the house", She said, making Frosty gasp in awe and smile brightly, making me blink as I couldn't accept that.
"Don't worry. I'll pay", I said, not wanting to accept her generosity as I found it embarrassing.
"You give me even a cent, and I'll make sure that everyone here knows your secret", She threatened in a polite voice, making me think twice about what I was going to do... Argh... I have no choice, do I?
"Fine. But I'll repay you with something else later", I said.
"That's fine. Take a seat, your order will arrive shortly", She said, tilting her head to the right cutely, making her light blue hair jiggle slightly.
"Thanks", I said, giving her a firm nod before spinning around, now facing the front door. To the right and left of it, where valid seats. "Come Frosty", I said I politely, slowly walking up to the seats to the right, looking out of the window to see nothing but darkness. Damn, it's already this dark?
"Hey, Frost, what do you think of school?", Frosty asked me as she stared down at her empty white, polished mug of hot chocolate that didn't even have the slightest brown stain.
I blinked, sniffing the amazing air that had the bittersweet scent of coffee in it's atoms, binding with them gracefully and enchanting my very soul with love. The smell of fresh coffee is amazing!
"A place where opportunities are given to you through learning. Where friends are made and where you can actually live life in a very special way... But now that it's a human school... I don't know", I said honestly in a low voice, not wanting anyone to overhear what I said.
"Really?", A voice from my left asked, making me jolt up in shock before I looked at the source with lightning speed. Right there, I saw Milk, dressed with a white shirt and a light blue miniskirt that made her look amazing. Her shoes were the colour of silver and her amazing light blue eyes shone a light in my heart. "Do you enjoy it?", She asked me. I sighed, releasing all of my negative thoughts with it as I regained my composure, blinking once more before I answered her honestly.
"I can't say. It depends on who's with you. But I'm sure that this year will be great cause we'll all be there, right?".
"Mhm. Even White will be goin- Ow!", She cried, stepping to the right suddenly as she rubbed the back of her head like she was hit there with a baseball bat. The moment she moved, a girl with white, long, straight hair and light red eyes stood before me with an extremely red face, trembling in what looked like embarrassment. She wore an adorable white shirt and white, jean-like shorts that covered a third of her thighs. Her shoes were too, white but her face was red. Haha! I love how ironic this is! "Why'd you hit me, White?", Milk complained.
"Um... S...Sorry", She stuttered, completely shaking in her boots as she stared at me with an extremely red face... "I... I thought that Frost was here with Frosty, I haven't seen her in almost a month", She said, sniffing once... HAHAHAHAHA! She doesn't know!? Oh man! I have to play along! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity!
"White Crimson, is it?", I asked, giving her a warm smile that made her eyes widen and her face go twice as red, like her blood was becoming as hot as magma.
"Y...Yes!", She said in pure, utter embarrassment.
"Hey... Milk", Frosty said in front of me, trying to spark a conversation with Milk as I had my own one with White.
"Yeah?", She replied.
"Don't tell me you didn't tell her...".
"Well... Maybe...".
"I heard that you and my twin sister are great friends", I said, turning a bit red as my throat ached due to me trying to hold back one hell of an epic laugh.
"We are. We are more than best friends!", She said, ceasing her trembling as she somehow regained her composure. She bowed down to me, keeping her arms as straight as possible as her white, beautiful hair collapsed down from the side of her head... Oh man... I'm going to die from this... "And you're sister is super cute! I am proud to be her rival and live friend", She said, sounding confident and honoured... "Your sister is someone who I want to be with forever and fight with because she takes them seriously"... I take them seriously!?
"Frost, you should stop", Frosty whispered from my right unamused.
"This whole month I've been looking for her. For Black... She didn't return home one night", I said sadly, making up some random back story to back me up.
"What?", White said in shock as I looked down at my white hands, gritting my teeth and trying to look as sad as possible WITHOUT laughing my ass off to how she's actually buying this! Ahahaha! I need to... Not laugh...
"That night, I went out looking for her, trying to see my beloved twin sister that had never left my side since the birth of time... Then, I saw her...", I whispered, clenching my fists to make this as believable as possible whilst I trembled with tears forming in my eyes.
"He's getting carried away", Milk sighed.
"She... was no longer with me... She went just like that. Do you know what she said at the start of the day?", I asked White, not looking up from my hands.
"What?", She asked in worry as I was basically her only friend who understood her very well.
"She said 'Today, I will tell White thank you... And I will come back to enjoy your hugs'"...
I blinked, letting a tear stream down my right eye as what I said brought back the memories of Ruby. The little girl who killed herself for the sake of me. Dammit... Just as all went quiet and the coffee smell began to disappear, a small, faint tap emitted from in front of me, making me look up to see White with tears streaming down her adorable, soft, white face... My heart skipped a beat to how guilty I actually felt from doing this... But if I tell her, then I'll get my ass kicked by her. She'll pull out her Moon's Rhythm on me and shot me point blank at my heart!
"H...Hey. It's alright", I said in a comforting way, wanting her to calm down but she rejected it with passion, believing that her very best friend is gone...
"Frost, are you sane? Or should I say, Black Melody!", Frosty exclaimed, making White gasp in pure shock as I immediately shot a look at her that say 'Why?'. "White, wipe those tears off of your face and kill Frost. He's Black Melody, only in her male form".
"Hey! What do you mean 'in her male form!?'. This is my normal form!", I exclaimed in a small fit of anger as I hated the fact that I had to be a girl during the time I spent in the Colour Plane with White.
"Idiot Frost! Both forms are you! If you die in that one, then you become the other one!", Milk lectured me like a mother, making me cringe and growl slightly before a warm, soft hand rested on my left shoulder, causing me to look to my left at White who had a look of worry across her face.
"Black?", She asked in what sounded like a scared tone of voice.
"Um... Hi?", I said, not wanting to say anything more as I had already made her cry.
"You... Why'd you... Why didn't you call? Where were you?", She said in worry, gripping my left shoulder excruciatingly tight, causing me to grunt in pain as I quickly grasped onto her hand and tried to pry it off. What? Why can't I move her hand?
"We'll be going then. You two enjoy yourselves. Oh and also, Frost was too scared to see you in HER male form", Frosty said, making me grit my teeth in anger.
"You won't get away with this Frosty! I trusted you!", I exclaimed... Wait a second... There are people around... And we're talking nonsense and gibberish... I noticed them all staring at us like wild animals silently, wondering what was going on... Argh... I turned a bright red from embarrassment as my heart throbbed like a swollen bruise... Dammit...
"Frost... I'm coming home with you", White said all of a sudden... Eh!?
That's Chapter One! (prologue) I hope you all enjoyed the very first chapter of this story! Leave a review on what you thought cause I love reading them. They give me ALOT of motivation to write better and makes me more into the story. PM me if you have any questions, suggestions or anything you'd like to say! Follow and favorite! Stay tuned for the next chapter! Until next time!