NOTICE There has been a rewrite to some chapters. I have posted them so be sure to read/reread the chapters posted. Thank you for your time and for reading my story. -Blood
Chapter 1
Arendelle, Common Quarter, East of the Palace Gate
Wednesday, 2nd of Winters Peak
1706
"Mother, Füria is burning to the touch. What should we do?" Nexillious asked frightened. "Quickly, help me wrap her in the blanket and Nex, go find your uncle. We are going to take her to the palace." Mother ordered. I wrapped my sister in the blanket mother held out to me. "Come let us go, quickly." mother said. I pick up Füria and went out the door as fast as I could. We ran to the palace and there was Galdson, waiting for us with Nex beside him. He lead us in past the gate into the Grand Hall. I nearly stopped there expecting the King or Queen to be there to meet us but Galdson ushered us past the throne and into the castles living quarters. I had been there a few months ago, just two weeks before the birth of Princess Anna, to help Galdson build a new bed for Princess Elsa.
The King was waiting for us at the end of the hall by the library. The old librarian, Melkate, was there too. Mother ran ahead and tried to tell the King what happened but she could hardly say a single word, she was crying so much. Galdson told the King and Melkate what he knew of the symptoms my sister had and, for Melkate, it seemed to be enough. He ran into the library and before I had even made it the rest of the way down the hall he came running out again with a map and was shouting "To the stables boy. Bring her to the stables." I turned and ran the best I could to the stables, hoping that the crazy old fool knew what he was doing.
When I arrived at the stables a moment later he mounted a horse, took Füria from me and rushed out the gates. I scurried onto the nearest horse and went after him. Far into the mountains we rode at speeds I though impossible. Everything flew past, I had to trust this old man with my life and my sisters even more than I had before as I knew not where we had gone. Melkate slowed his horse and whispered in a tone almost reverent, "We are here."
I looked around and saw nothing but a host of mossy rocks and a scattering of steam vents. Dismounting from the horse I was about to rend Melkate, the senile old fool, from this earth when the ground began to tremor. The rocks rolled around Melkate as he dismounted from his horse and I saw hands reach up towards my little sister. The rocks were alive, they were the trolls of the Valley of Living Rocks from the stories my da used to tell me before he disappeared. My mind was running as fast as it could trying to make sense of what was happening. I moved closer to Melkate and the trolls gathered around my sister and as I came closer what I heard turned my heart to ice.
"She has been cursed, and quite an interesting one at that. Someone has cursed her with the power of fire and it is conflicting with her natural powers." a gravely voice said. "The are few things that may save her now." "There must be something we can do." Melkate hissed angrily. "She is Pri... Dewstan's daughter." "I can do nothing on my own for this." the voice said "But if you help, we may be able to save her life." "What? How?" "With your ice, friend. Your ice, and his heart." All turned to look at me. "What need I do?" I asked instantly.
"You must hold your sister, your heart to hers, as tightly as you can" one of the trolls said. "You must hold her and you must die for her." I looked at Melkate, "And you will be the one that kills me I suppose?" Melkate looked at me then turned away and softly whispered "Ye.. yes..., I am sorry."
As I knelt there holding my sister tightly to my heart I remembered the promise I made when she was born. I swore that I would be there to protect her, to keep her safe forever. "I have and will still keep that promise" I whispered to her "Are you ready?" Melkate asked solemnly. "Yes." I said. Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my back then, cold, spreading from my heart. As my body grew colder I saw the hair all over my body turn white. Then with my last breath I whispered to my sister "You will always be safe. I will always be there in your heart. Remember that." So that was the day I died. I died to save my sister life and nary a one will ever remember it for a very long time.
Authors Notes
Read these at your own risk as they may contain things you might not want to know.
I decided to do a rather large rewrite that will help explain some things better and hopefully will alleviate some of the problems that would have been an issue later on in the story. Over all the text hasn't changed too much but the impact changes drastically so if you are reading this chapter for the first time after the 13th of February then you will probably not have read the first revision that was posted. If you have read the first revision then you will see what I mean by this.
Also I have been thinking about making Youtube videos of me reading my story aloud but I'm not sure about it. Anyways, that's all I have to say here. I'll see you for the next chapter.
Thanks for reading.
-Blood
Chapter 1 was replaced by this revision on the 13th of February 2014.