Darkness and Light (On hiatus)

by Dare2Dream13

"Light is always there, no matter how dark it seems." The Elementals are slowly falling as the Curse takes its toll on Anna and Elsa grows weaker by the day due to her nightmares. But how did it begin? How did the shadows come to be in the first place? And what secret is Charity hiding? It's obvious she isn't telling the complete truth. Part 2 of 3 in the Fire and Ice Trilogy.

1. Prologue

A/N: Welcome to part two in the Fire and Ice series, Darkness and Light! I've decided to just jump right into it rather than working on other stuff beforehand. If you haven't read part one, I suggest you do so, otherwise most of this will not make sense to you. For those of you who have read it, this section revolves around Charity and Awiergan, though every once in a while there'll be a chapter about Elsa and Anna. I hope you enjoy!

If you walk nine miles south, then rest for a day, then watch the moon as it changes until it undergoes an eclipse, there's a very good chance that you'll be sent to the place where the shadows reside. Sent out of reality's grasp itself; but is reality really there at all? Maybe we live in someone's dream; maybe the world is a figment of some wild imagination. No, this is impossible. It can't be. Or can it? It's true that many of the things we assume exist do not, and some of the things we've granted impossibilities happen every day. There is an end to reality, a fracture, created by darkness itself, where time ends and light flickers to nothing and all life ceases to exist.

And when the moon turns red, things change. The shadows are favored, and the Curse is set free to choose a victim.

This victim varies, though usually it's someone who is lonely, unhappy, afraid…but there's always one common thread that remains the same: this person must have control over an element. And for years, decades, centuries, the Elementals have fought against the darkness; for their freedom, for the lives that have been lost, because the evil they face does so much more than just single out an innocent to burden.

Then, after over a thousand years, a prodigy was born. Someone miraculous that could defeat the Curse and change the world; who knew if this would ever happen again? Now was the Elementals' only chance. So this prodigy was recruited and transformed into a hero. They worked for many years against the darkness until one day, it happened: the Curse struck them.

It was sheer luck that they survived to tell their story. So this is it, this is specifically what they experienced during their lifetime. This is was they told their allies, what they wrote onto yellowing rolls of parchment, and this is what someone has recovered from so long ago.

Are you ready for an adventure? Then let's go, because I'm ready too.