Prologue
I kill for my queen.
With my brothers and sisters we lay waste to the numerous armies that stood before her.
They were no match for us. We were strong and they were weak. Our swords, bows, axes, and skill were a force to be reckoned with and with them we had accomplished immeasurable reckoning.
Yet despite all the death that I had dealt-we had dealt-we never see our queen. She sits in solitude by herself, in the gigantic Ice castle doing what rulers do; plotting the demise of another kingdom. Rarely does she leave. The only ones to see her are of her own creation, ice demons that carry out her every whim. No steel can vanquish them and only it is only fire they fear.
When we return from a long conquest successful it is the demons that we present the crown too. The abominations bring it back to the queen and we are allowed solace until we receive another order (indirectly from the ice demons) to head out once again.
The only memory I have of the Ice Queen was of when I was a boy. I had been stolen away from home, a young lad around the age of eleven, as did the rest of the girls and boys in my village. Our families were killed, put down by sword, but we were too young and too afraid to do anything for them.
Locked up in wooden cages we were brought to the castle of the Ice Queen, we were ushered out and brought into the Throne Room. I remember the bitter cold inside the castle, even colder than the snow that was outside falling heavily down onto the kingdom. Yet to this day what stands out the most in the memory was the imposing posture of the queen sitting on the mighty ice throne. Her cold blue eyes that could pierce through a man's soul like a spear. I shivered even more than I had been originally stepping into the castle when I saw them. When we were all situated in the throne room and quieted down only then did she move from her throne to meet us.
She greeted us warmly which sharply contrasted the entire situation we were in. "Children. I have brought you from your homes, and relinquished you of your heartaches. I will care for you all as if you were my own…Do not worry the emotions that you are currently feeling will fade away to never be thought of again. I am here for you. Think of me as your….elder sister." Her entire way of appearance was white from her dress, to her hair. Only a few outlines of blue cascaded around her royal gown complimenting her and increasing her beauty even more than before.
She smiled for a time as she took in the variety of 'recruits'. She paused at a sniffling young boy, her head tilted to the side and quickly I saw her smile twitch. She walked to him her ice blue heels clacking on the ice under them. She asked him why he was crying, and came to the conclusion that it was his family that he was crying for. "Do not fret child…love is a putrid thing. The only thing it is good for is taking ones entire being and crushing before their eyes. Love will not help you, love did not help your parents." She raised her hand to caress his face and when her hand made contact with the boy's face ice crept onto him. "Love is weakness personified. When one experiences it they are not the same. They do things foolish, and do things that will inevitably do more damage than good. That's why it is not allowed, why it is never allowed…it'd be best if you ceased the crying. The only reason why I have not taken further action is because you are but a child one not taught in the ways of my kingdom." With that she finished and let go of the boy's face, but it seemed to be too late as the boy's face was permanently scarred the markings of the queen's grip shown on his face.
She walked back to her throne and waved the entire of us off having another one of her Ice demons to escort us away from the castle, where we would then go to the barracks where we would be trained for ten years in the art of war and death. I would go on to becoming the best of the class and sent on the more demanding journeys.
With all this knowledge it had still shocked me when I was summoned to the throne room to personally deliver the crown myself. Even more when she looked down on me with the same eyes as before, the exact same dress, and the same exact queen. Saying that the years had done nothing to hamper her look wasn't a compliment it was a statement. Amidst the queen's glory she had seem to have discovered immortality. Her age was now quite literally just a number, and the entire world was at her magical fingertips.
To show respect I kneeled down with my head bowed. "My queen. It is a pleasure to finally see you once again." I said holding out the crown in her direction. It was a beautiful piece, embroidered in the finest jewels, and when I ripped it from the foreign king's head and slayed him it was shimmering in the sun. I felt the meager weight disappear from my hands and a command to stand.
Doing as I was bid I stood up with my head still down. Looking at the queen without being spoken to was the most disrespectful thing to do. "Raise your head, my huntsman." The queen's voice rang out smooth yet as emotionless as the cold.
"Aye, your majesty." My head tilted up to view the queen in full.
With my head raised I was able to take in the entire picture of the queen. All the stories did her no justice and my memories did none either. Her hair at first glance was a white as the snow that she bended to her will, but upon further examination was an incredibly light and wild blonde. Her figure was held tight into her dress but her majesty showed no discomfort. I gawked, as would any man or woman at the queen-my queen.
I looked at her, careful to avoid eye contact afraid that any whatsoever would be my undoing, desperate to make her happy, to do her bidding. "My huntsman…you've done well. Your feats have not gone unnoticed, and I sense that you will do many more good things for me. I commend you." She told me and I couldn't help but feel a bit of pride in my service, I almost gave her my thanks when she began to continue.
"I didn't just call you down here to praise you, my huntsman. I asked you here to perform a personal mission." The queen was holding a glass cup in hand filled with whatever liquid royals tend to drink and began to twirl the contents with a lone finger. The opportunity to do something meaningful for my queen was enough and I eagerly waited for the chance. She saw my interest and continued "I requested you come down for one reason and one reason only. In order to conquer the next land I need to personally go myself, but I'm much certain that there will be an attempt on my life. While I can handle it myself it would be considerably more dangerous than going with a bodyguard. To prevent such danger I'm assigning you to the task as my lead guard. You will accompany me at all times in order to ensure my safety." She finally ended her speech and began to wait for my reaction.
Though I knew that the decision was already made. "There is no greater honor, than to help my queen." I paused unsure of the question I was about to ask "If your majesty allows it...may I ask where are we going?"
The smile on my queen's face unnerved me just as it had before.
"Why my sweet little Erik, there is only one place that would openly defy me to this point…if it will ease your heart for your queen than I will tell you…Arendelle." In my queen's eyes as she says this I saw hunger and a thirst for revenge. It was quite unbecoming of a queen but it was in no way my place to judge my ruler.
"As you wish, Queen Elsa." I recited the words for an eternity hoping day in and day out I would be able to say them. Finally my wish had come true I would be able to serve my Queen in a way that actually mattered. I wondered what laid ahead in my future, but never was I able to imagine my fate playing out the way that it did.
A cruel thing fate is, out of all the choices that you make the only one that really matters is the last one.
So hey guys! Otaku4now here! You probably don't know who I am so I'll tell ya! I'm an amateur writer who likes to do this stuff for when they're bored and things along those lines. So when I finished the new movie The Huntsman: Winter's War I couldn't help but notice the similarities. Using the opportunity for the new release and the fail it did in box office I decided to put a twist on it. You can already see in the prologue what the twist was.
I felt myself unsatisfied with the ending and the story. So what better way than to drag in everyone's adorable Ice queen? I hope you like it! I have a plan for this story and it's kinda awesome!
And before anyone gets their nickers in a twist, there was a reason for me not posting this in the crossover section. The only similarities with this and the movie is the huntsman idea...and the kid getting his face scarred up, but you have to admit that part was too cool to keep out! Other than that it's not following the movie. (Which is almost exactly what they did with the second movie compared to the first lol).
Sorry to waste your time if you didn't like it but if you did….Review and Follow…and Favorite!
-Otaku4now
