Me: 'Ello! I'm new and still don't understand everything...

Jack: no you're not, you've had an account since September

Santa Clause( north): yeah! you're not being a good girl

Me: okay okay, I've had an account for a while but I'm a slowly learning

Bunnymund: On with the show!

Chapter 1

Survival

Honestly, I didn't care anymore. I didn't care if I lived or died. The only thing I worried about was my little brother and sister, hoping to protect them against the things Our parents never could or cared to do. Night Mares, no, that wasn't a mistake, Night Mares are evil horses of black sand that taint the usual gold dreams of children and adults. How i knew of the world of magic i never understood, why didn't i stop believing in them? They never help me, they never did anything for me. Wrong. A little part of me said. They gave you faith. I sighed. I looked over to my brother and sister huddling together to get warm. I was so tempted to snuggle up with them, but knowing i would fall asleep i resisted. I would never leave them defenseless. So i sat there leaning against the window as the coldness sank into my back. I was so tired, but i wouldn't fall asleep, I couldn't fall asleep. The wind grew louder and looked outside, a blizzard. I shivered. I hated the cold. It was horrible. It killed everything and locked my family in this three roomed house. Big, considering other settlers houses. My mother, an irrational drunk, and my father, a liar who made his living off of the slave trade. The only perk was that he typically away and mother was always locked in her room r out in the tavern. The downside, I had all the chores to do. And if the check never came from my father, i had to steal. My younger brother and sister shivered. I got up ad picked up another blanket and put it over them. Their shivering ceased. I sighed again. I can't remember the last time i slept through the whole night, or even when i slept at night at all. I sat back down next to the window and listened to the wind scream and my siblings gentle breathing and... waited.

5 years later

"Hey! we're going out to play! We'll be back in time for dinner!" shouted Aliquam, a young girl of 13, jumping behind her was a boy of 10, Calidum

"Okay but remember to wear a coat and don't forget your manners, Oh and do pick up some wheat on the way back, and don't talk to strangers and.." "Relax sis, we'll be careful." Answered Calidum. A girl came out of the kitchen. Though only 16, she looked more like 40, worry lines and bags under her eyes. She was fair though, Not strikingly beautiful, but more like a modesty pretty. She was dangerously thin, having to forget to eat sometimes. She sighed.

"I love you two." she bent down and hugged them for a moment. Breathing in, she stood up again and said in a gentle voice "Run along now, you don't want to be late." yelping with glee, the two ran outside into the snow. She watched them until they disappeared. Then another voice rang through the house

"ugh.. Where's my lunch girl?" A roly-poly of a man stepped into the kitchen. He hand thick twisted beard and the smell of cigars, tar, and alcohol wafted off him.

"Coming right up father, let me get the eggs..." The young girl put on a fake smile and started cooking. In no time flat she offered him a plated of breaded chicken. Steam still coming off of it. the man took the plate. Using his greasy fingers to gnaw on the chicken he sat by the fire. He gobbled up the meal in a matter of seconds. Licking his fingers he said

"ehh, I've had better, but it will get you a husband." The girl stopped what she was doing.

"I've already told you father I won't marry until..."

"Until what? Until I die so you can pick your own? Until Aliquam's has married? No sir, I'm not waiting that long to get rich, you're marring the merchant's son. He's always fancied you." The girl nearly chocked.

"The merchant's son? He's always at the brothel! He would throw me away once he's had his fun with me! "

"He would, but his father is Christian so He wouldn't let his son divorce you and if he can't have his fun with you until you're married to him. It's the perfect plan to strike it rich without having to do anything!" The man twisted his beard with his hands. A smile plastered on his face, showing his teeth, a few missing ones, what remained where yellow ones, some were even rotting in his mouth. "I will set the marriage up tomorrow." The man exclaimed

"Father!" The girl gasped running to him

"No arguments, I've beating enough blacks to know how much force it takes to break bone! Want me to try to see how much it is to break a white girl's bones!?" The man yelled shouting at the thin girl. The girl didn't reply. "No? I assume not, be happy I'm letting you go, many of the.. Passengers abroad my shop would not get that mercy." Waddling out of the room he shouted to his daughter "I'm going to the tavern! Who knows? I may make a visit to the brothel and hang out with my future son-in-law!" He merrily put on his coat and trotted out into the snow. The girl stood there for some time and then collapsed onto the floor crying. One might assume she was crying for her own fate but when you heard her cries it clearly was not.

"Please! Don't do this! My brother and sister can't look after themselves yet! If I leave hey will have no one but that disgusting man!" Tears trickled down her face. Then they stopped. Wide eyed she got up. "I know! The neighbors! They love Aliquam and Calidum They always wanted ones of their own, and with mother dead and father basking in the riches, he wouldn't care if the little children where gone!" She out a coat she ran to them neighbors. It was a good 15 minute walk but she made it. When she asked them if, when she should leave, marriage or in death, that they take n her siblings they merely accepted, knowing the cruelness of her father. She thanked them over and over and began to walk back. That's when the blizzard came. A hailstorm of snow ripped at her coat and tore at her face. She then saw a blurred object walking, a round man. With realization that it was her father she ducked behind a bush. He steadily walked to the house opened the door and walked in. Closing the door. She got up and walked to the back door. It was locked. She tried the cellar. Locked. Finally she tried the front door. Locked. Her stupid father locked the front door. She screamed and banged on the door, but it was heavy oak. No way was she going to break it down or be heard, especially if her father was in his room. Sinking in defeat she tried walking to the neighbors. The blizzard fought against her. Pushing her back and tearing her coat off freezing her. She eventually gave up and sank into the snow. Her thoughts drifted. I've always hated the snow. Oh well, Now Father won't get his money and my brother and sister are safe, they know to stay in and go to the neighbors. They are safe. They are safe. They are safe... Her thoughts slowed to repeating that one sentence and soon even her heart slowed. Until one last thought remained beside the others before it all stopped

I wish I could see the moon again.

Her body was engulfed in the snow. Only a few minutes later a lone boy floated down from the sky settling down. As he settled down so did the winds and the snow. He held a staff in his hands and though it was beyond freezing, wore no shoes. He walked till at one point was standing on top of her. Oblivious to the fact he killed a person he continued on. Until he eventually disappeared.

Sorry for that depressing chapter but now the show can begin! Some fun facts for ya:

Aliquam means story in Latin and Calidum means warm! I'm still not sure what my oc's element or name is going to be yet. Suggestions are welcomed!