Updated:11/08/16

Prologue

Our story begins as one would expect. One rainy night in a small town called Burgess, a young woman sat on the bedroom floor of a boy and his little sister.

Both children were as typically adorable as you would expect the story to point out. The boy was brunette, with expressive honey eyes, not older than 7. The little girl's hair was blonde and messy, with big, bright green eyes, she looked about 3.

The older girl with them was small and happy looking, a skinny short thing. Looking no more than 16, it wouldn't be hard to mistake her for some kind of winter fairy. With fair skin, sky colored eyes, and silver white hair she could easily pass for the Snow Queen herself; albeit a a much gentler version. The truly peculiar thing about her was the striking charms she never parted with. Her jewelery consisted of a thin silver ring, a silver charm bracelet with a golden sun pendant on it, and a silver crescent moon necklace.

The boy spoke up "Tell us a story!" he said to the elder girl.

The girl lifted an eyebrow. "Please?"

"Please Star?" the boy amended impatiently.

"Alright, Jamie," the girl, Star, smiled patiently "What story do you want me to tell you?"

"The Two Sisters! the Two Sisters" cheered the little girl.

Star laughed "OK Sophie, calm down, I'll tell it."

"Hey! I thought I was going to choose!" Jamie frowned.

"Oh! So you don't want to hear that story? She hummed slyly.

"Yes, I wanna hear the story." pouted Jamie, embarrassed.

"OK then!" Star grinned cheerfully. She pulled out a worn journal, opened it up, and started to read.

"Nobody is quite sure when this story started, and nobody can yet say how or when it will end. But someplace in between the two we know this,"

"Once upon a time there were two celestial sisters. The elder sister's name was Solana and she lived in the sun. The younger was named Luna and she lived in the moon. They had once had a third, but she had long since passed when we find our beginning."

"Well one day the two sisters decided that they need a group of very special people to protect the children of the world. They had already chosen 4 guardians, but those were adults and the two sisters wished to find children, for only a child can truly understand another child.

"And so as the elder sister, Solana tried her hand first. She searched the world but could find no child that could help other children in the way she needed. So she let a single drop of her sunshine fall from the sky. And from this small drop of sun, grew a magic golden flower. Solana had decided that, if she could not find a child to protect the other children of the world, she would help and heal all she could."

"But at any rate, that flower had the ability to heal the sick and injured. Unfortunately, the first person to find it was an old witch. Instead of sharing the sun's gift, this woman- Mother Gothel -hoarded it's healing gift to keep herself young for hundreds of years! But sometimes even when a secret is as tightly kept as that of the Witch's flower, the wind whispers it, and the woodland creatures gossip. And soon a small kingdom flourished in the surrounding area, started entirely by whispers of the Sun's gift."

"Well, while all this was happening, Luna was trying her hand at finding a child. Almost a century after the flower had grown Luna sensed something. She looked for what she was feeling, and she found it! She saw a child, a baby about to be born. He would be the firstborn of two nobles from a frozen northern kingdom. This child was going to be born with an incredible gift. This gift would give him a very special connection to Luna. He would in a way, be the son of the moon. She decided that once he came of age that he would be told of this connection and he would then start to protect the other children of the world."

"But, it was not to be. Once this child reached his 4th year and he discovered his gift, His fearful parents took him to a village of trolls, to get a spell to rid the child of his powers. The spell did suppress the boy's gift, but the price was high. He lost his memory, not only of his powers, but of his family and his past, so he could not be with them any more. And, not only did he lose his memory but every one who knew of him lost their memory of him as well. Only the three adults present that night remembered. The trolls warned that keeping him with his birth family might someday awaken his memories and unlock his gift. With heavy hearts, the couple gave their firstborn to the young nurse they had brought with them, to be raised by her and her husband."

"Luna was grieved. These people saw the child's gift as a curse and because of their fear, she'd lost her child. The next winter and following summer were the harshest that kingdom knew, as one sister grieved and the other expressed her rage at them for her sister's pain. However 6 years later, when Luna again sensed a child, she gave the newborn girl her blessing. But it seems fate has a strange sense of humor. This child was, in fact, of the same household as the first chosen! The girl grew to be very sweet and kind, a loving child."

"Three years later, when the mother of Luna's two chosen was once again with child, there was an accident. The young mother suffered a bad fall, her last child born early. She was gifted like her elder siblings, but in a different way. But the stress of all this caused the elder sister to discover her gift a year earlier than supposed. But thankfully, she hide her new-found abilities for fear of worrying her parents further. And so she forgot about them for a little while, caught up in the wonder of having such a beautiful younger sister."

"That night, after everyone had retired for the night, she snuck into her new sister's room. As she stood there she thought of how she was the elder sister now. Of how the midwife, the nurses, and the elderly housekeeper had spoke to her of her new responsible. Thus, she for the first time used her new gift. A small snowflake fell on her sister's nose while she whispered to her that she would always protect her."

"A very long time after this- and much further south- in the kingdom of the Sun's legend, a young Queen was about to have her first child. But she became very sick. She was running out of time, and that's when people usually start to look for a miracle- or in this case -a magic golden flower. The whole kingdom had heard the story of the magic flower, of how it was the foundation of their realm. And so they started their search."

"That night Gothel was visiting the flower to restore her youth again. She sang a special song to make the flower glow and it healed her of her old age (very, very, old age)"

"Just then, she heard footsteps, so she covered the flower with a fake bush. But, as she turned to run she brushed the bush with her lantern, knocking it over. But she didn't realize this, and kept running. Just as she found a hiding spot two castle guards appeared. 'We found it!' They shouted as they looked down at the little cliff, and Gothel realized with horror that the bush had fallen over, revealing the flower! Her flower!"

"As the castle guards dug up the plant, she swore vengeance, saying that she would not rest until she had gotten back at them."

"The Queen, meanwhile, had been healed. A healthy baby girl, a princess was born, with beautiful golden hair. To celebrate her birth the King and Queen released a flying lantern into the sky. And for that one moment, everything was perfect."

"And then that moment ended."

"Gothel broke into the palace. She was intent on killing the new baby princess, because they had destroyed the flower to heal the Queen and save the child. But before she could deliver the blow, Gothel noticed something. The King and Queen were both brunettes, but the princess's hair was a beautiful golden color. On an impulse, she started to sing the song that had kept her young for centuries. The baby girl's hair started to glow! Gothel reached down and grabbed a lock of the princess's hair. It turned her young just like the flower!

"How was this possible!? Gothel knew the flower's power could not be passed on in another form, hence that wasn't what was happening. Perhaps having the power of the sun flowing through her mothers veins- and thus her own -had changed the unborn child so that she was gifted with these incredible powers. What she didn't know was that Solona had blessed the young princess after her birth in the same way Luna blessed her own after the first. Taking precautions they had learned from her grief. Letting a drop of sunlight fall, Solana sealed the princess's power and her connection to the sun. Nothing would ever break it."

"Gothel reached out with her scissors to cut off a lock of the child's hair. But when she tried to cut it she found she couldn't. The child's hair wouldn't be cut! 'Fine!' Gothel decided 'There is more than one way to take this power with me and still exact my revenge!'"

"Gothel grabbed the girl, but she started to cry and woke her parents. They looked up, and in the window was a cloaked old woman! In a flash she disappeared, taking the baby girl with her. The kingdom searched and searched, but they could not find the lost princess, for deep in the forest, in a hidden tower, Gothel raised the child as her own."

"Gothel had found her new magic flower, but this time, she was determined to keep it hidden."

"But just as she could not keep her flower secret, the walls of that tower could not hide everything. Each year on her birthday the King and Queen released thousands of lanterns into the night sky in hopes that one day, their lost princess would return."

"But before all this, a long time before the two celestials even had guardians, there was someone who could help guide these children. Though this guide of guardians did not know where her destiny would truly lead her, or who it would lead her to..."

Yay my first story! I'll probably update about once every two weeks. Thanks for taking a peek!