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The Snowy Night
The snowy night ...
I hear your voice,
Calling your fate.
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The snows began to covered footsteps. It was a cold night. The moon was peering through those clouds, yet wolves kept howling to the moon. Lightened by the moonlight and lantern, a woman ran ahead on the dirt path. She was wearing a white-hood and there was a big hump on her back yet still could run quickly.
Her eyes glanced at the moon. The moon was shining brightly and slowly moved, leaving those clouds which covered its light. Those black jet eyes reflected the Moon like an onyx and then closed. The hump on her back was disappearing when she was murmuring. It was gone like it was never there from the very start. She opened her onyx eyes when she heard wolves' howling closer to her.
"Tish, I have to go out of this forest!" She ran as fast as she could and not turned back, knowing the wolves were still far away from her. "I can feel it … she is coming to this word," said Mew Regiros and curved a smile.
Today was her unlucky day. Just a moment she arrived on Cislen from Iseren, she received a message saying that the Queen's delivery was near. Mew ran as fast as she could and asked help to a merchant so she could stay on his carriage. The worst of all was the snows. It was not predicted by town's forecasters and made all her marks were burdened by it. To be exact, it was the safest route she knew. But, thanks to the carriage she met on the way to the forest exit so she could escape from wolves.
Even though she received the message from an aristocrat, she couldn't expect someone, or a servant would pick her up. No one would do it for her. Even though the Griffins often offered a carriage and a guardian that would protect her, she could not accept that easily. I would make things uncomfortable between her and others who served the Castle. Moreover, which servant who wanted to escort another servant, even their master ordered them?
A grin appeared on her face as she saw lights from houses, torches and lanterns were lightening town side. Mew exited the forest and walked to the farm outside capital's wall. The farms were not in harvest stage or planting anything. Snow covered all over the soils that usually were planted with corn or vegetable. However, oranges, grapes still stand as it were, even though those trees weren't harvesting any fruits. She walked to the dirt path when realized she stepped on the wrong side. She followed a path guided by lanterns to the gate of the Capital.
She slowed her steps and opened her hood showing her gleaming black hair that smooth like silks. Before her, there was a fortress gate. She stopped and looked around the fortress, hoping could find any guardian or knight who patrolled there.
A shadow caught her eyes. A red-haired knight walked closer and was bringing a torch with him. "Mew? What are you doing at midnight like this? I thought you were in Iseren," the knight asked. His red eyes were reflecting on Mew's image. He nudged her shoulder.
Mew was tilting her head and gave him a letter that was sent by Griffin. "This is from Duke Tonio," said Mew and lowered her head. "Duke told me I should come back to Ilwent as soon as possible I received this message. The Queen will deliver the new princess soon."
The red eyes knight, Ted Averon raised his eyebrows. "What, how could you know the Queen will deliver a princess instead of a prince after the King declared it was a boy? Moreover, you were not here for months."
Her onyx eyes were rounded. She did not realize what she had said a while ago might confuse the knight. She sighed deeply. "Oh … I was hoping the baby is a princess."
Ted glared. "You should not say something opposes King's wish."
Mew nodded. "I'm sorry."
The knight turned back and brandished his torch ordered his subordinates to unlock the gate. The guardians followed his order and within seconds, it opened slowly making noises of gears and iron, also other instructions from the red knight. Mew wore her hood again and walked past the gate. She turned her head to the red knight, stopped for a moment and smiling brightly. The knight blushed then averted his eyes giving an order to his subordinates. The noises of gears and iron broke the silence once again. As the servant headed to the capital, she put away the letter into her bag. She accelerated her pace but made sure not to make any sound.
Once she arrived at the castle, another knight who guarded the gate was asking her some questions. Mew opened her hooded-cloak and was revealing her black jet hair which was shining in the night. The knight gave her a smile and was knowing she was a servant of the castle, a Queen's maid to be exact. She showed the letter from Tonio Griffin. The knight allowed her to enter the castle. The castle was quiet at night yet leaving a warm feeling from the lanterns which were hanging on the ceiling and the wall. After she had entered the castle, a blue-haired butler came welcoming her and escorted her. The two walked slowly unwanted made any noise that would wake up the other. The butler escorted her until she reached the stairs. She stepped stairs carefully and was folding her hooded-cloak.
The Queen was groaning in pain, calling her maid who just came from a long journey. Indeed, Mew has not taken care of all Queen's needs since her maternity. However, the Queen gave her special attention to her making others servant jealous but nothing they could do. After the Queen had been pregnant, a temporary maid was chosen for replacing Mew. That was making the black haired servant free to travel around the kingdom. Nevertheless, she still has her title as the Queen's maid.
Mew entered the Queen's room. There was the King, Tonio Griffin and two little princesses of Blanche. Mew placed all of her stuff and began to help the baby delivering. The midwife of the Grêle, they titled Mew because she handled the royal baby delivery of Grêle castle, Castle de Blanche. She handled the baby delivering carefully and murmuring unclearly to be heard by others. It was like enchanting a spell to the Queen but nothing happened. There was no magic circle of light or any effect like whenever a witch or warlock enchants spells. Nothing happened at all, but strangely, the Queen became calmer when Mew murmured those unheard words.
The baby's cries broke all the silence in the castle. The two princesses who were holding each other hand smiled brightly. The older one with clipped ginger hair hugged the baby pink-haired princess. The two ran to a man who wore blue silk pyjamas.
"Do we have a brother or a sister, uncle Tonio?" the ginger-haired princess—Meiko Automne de Blanche— asked.
Duke Tonio de Griffin—also the head of Griffin— shook his head. "I don't know, dear. Let's wait for the news." He smiled at the princesses and held both of their little hands. Three of them walked closer to the King, Queen, also Mew.
After bathing the baby with warm water, Mew passed the baby to the Queen who lied down on her king size bed. Lola Griffin de Blanche, the Queen, smiled at her child.
"She is beautiful and healthy," Mew said, stated that the baby was a princess.
The King and the Queen were surprised. They believed it was a baby boy. Since the little was a girl, another fate was waiting for the Blanche Kingdom.
"A baby girl ….," the Queen said and snuggled her newborn child. The baby was red, small and cute. It was like dolls which were the other princesses had in their room. "Meiko, Luka, come here and see your little sister." The Queen smiled brightly even though sweats were flowing all over her face.
The princesses tiptoed to saw their newborn sister. They smiled. Luka reached her newborn sister's hand. Slowly, the baby held Luka's index finger and opened her mouth. She smiled brightly and giggled.
"Let's give her a name," the King said as he sat beside Lola.
"Papa," Meiko called her father, Loen été de Blanche. "Can I give a name to the baby?" Meiko caressed her father's hand and smiled brightly, hoping he would allow her to give the baby a name she had chosen.
The King rounded his eyes and then gazed at his child gently. He patted Meiko's head and nodded. "Do you have a lovely name for the baby?"
"Yes, Papa." Meiko nodded and turned to the baby who was playing with Luka's index finger. "How about … Miku?" She asked as her eyes were glowing. Her eyes gazed to the baby and the Queen. "I read a story about an Elf princess who kind-hearted and ruled her kingdom bravely. The name of the Elf princess is Michaella, and she is often called Miku by her family."
Mew turned her head to Meiko, staring intensively. She closed her onyx eyes and exhaled her breath slowly.
"Miku?" The Queen smiled. "I love the name you have chosen, Meiko."
The King caressed the baby's cheek. "Then, her name is Miku Hiver de Blanche."
"Princess Hiver," Luka whispered and was tilting her head, lying at her mother's side.
"Welcome home, Miku."
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May God bless and protect you from the darkness.
Welcome to the world,
The Winter Princess.
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To be continue
A.N
Hello guys, welcome to my story :)
For the introduction, I want to tell you, this fanfiction is from my old Indonesian fanfic titled "Snow White Story" and now I'm very happy, after a loooooong hiatus on this series, I can continue this :') well... it took almost two years to rewrite this story and turned it into English :''')
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thank you~ see you on the next chapter
