One morning, in a tiny village on the outskirts of a tiny kingdom, there lived a rather moody girl and her cheerful younger sister, along with their father and grandfather. When the girls were still young, their mother died in a harsh winter, causing their grandfather to move in to try and balance out the family.
Though before long, the grandfather began to take long mysterious trips beyond the borders of the kingdom. Each year that passed for the girls became more sorrowful and emotionally confusing for the older sister, though the younger one remained as cheerful as ever, and they became more beautiful.
The younger sister was in the town purchasing eggs and other necessities when she saw a carpenter and his apprentice. The apprentice had slicked back blond hair and focused blue eyes. When he turned away from his work to address the carpenter, he saw her.
They were married soon after.
The older sister was left alone with her now ailing father. When the next spring came, the father was dead, leaving the older sister in the house alone.
Just humoring my inner child right now