Hey guys, so I maybe a littleoff the promised due date, just a bit. But hey, as the saying goes, better than never, right? I hope you guys can forgive me, I do plan to try and do better by an updating schedule.
Also, in advance, I'm sorry if this beginning may seem a bit strange, but bare with me. I'll explain in the ending author's note.
Prologue
"Once upon a time, as all good stories do start, there was a wolf. A wolf with fur whiter than the freshly fallen snow."
Deep within the northern woods, a lone figure that shone line silver in the thin sun rays that poked through the leaves. A creature that moved at seemingly impossible speed, darting easily around logs and upturned roots, carelessly spraying dirt, and leaping easily over larger logs and stones.
"A strong and powerful, lone wolf."
He had always been alone. It was the only lifestyle he truly knew, ever since the horrible year when the hunt produced little food and starvation claimed his mother and sister. No pack would take him in, so he learned to survive on his own.
He was able to travel great distances on his own anyways, his strong legs allowed him to bound over any obstacle that happened to be in his path. Despite his abnormal fur color, not once could his pray ever see him coming and those that did always had fear in their eyes.
"Local villagers feared him, witches were wary of him and the fare folk respected him. And yet…"
With one final powerful jump, he landed with practiced grace and ease. He stood, easily, at three ft tall, much taller than any average male of his species, this he was sure of and at winter, he was virtually invisible against the snow, save for his piercing blue eyes, which scanned for any sign of something, anything, out of place amongst the evergreen and rainbow-assortment of petals and under-bush. But like always, the only thing out of place; was him.
"He would give it all up in an instant…just for a chance…to be loved…"
He sighed, shaking his head. He couldn't fool himself now, no female, no matter rank would turn away from the comfort of a pack-life on the chance of creating a potentially successful one with a white loner like him. No matter how he wished or dreamed.
Then, his ears twitched as a sound reached them. It started faint, almost a background noise like the distant running water of the falls. But it was different. He knew the sound and he didn't like it.
"But all that changed one day."
With a leap and a spring of his hind legs against the dirt, he was off again, ears focusing on the sound that seemed to multiply. Everything blurred as he bounded beneath bushes and around roots. When the sound got louder, he slowed, as noise turned to words and melody:
Lavender's blue,
Dilly dilly,
Lavender's green,
It was a song. Someone was singing in the woods. With a smaller, less powerful jump, he eased into a large amount of undergrowth and watched a human began to pass by, a basket of what smelled of flowers and herbs in hand. They're voice was soft sounding, like the bird's in the early morning, but held a much more beautiful quality in his ears.
When I am King,
Dilly dilly,
You shall be Queen,
The near silent hums that followed didn't lose in beauty or enchanting nature as he followed from the bushes, being mindful to avoid twigs or holes as to not draw attention to himself. His electric blue eyes strained as they observed the stranger, looking for any distinguishing features, but his view was highly obscured by the full-length, hooded, silk cloak that fluttered with each step. And of course the hood was up, hiding everything from his sight at his current angle. Its color idly reminded him of a robin's egg; a bright, deep shade of blue that glowed under the sun.
Who told you so,
Dilly dilly,
Who told you so?
He silently bounded back up into the foliage, once again bounding ahead and up the slope of the hill, hoping to catch a better angle of the stranger. When he got there, he could see it was a female human, now able to see her green dress and her pale-white-blonde braid hanging over one shoulder, tied off with a light blue ribbon. But alas, her face was still hidden from him. He had no idea why he was so persistent to see this human's face, it was probably the same as all the other girls who traveled through; round, plump with round eyes and dull colors.
T'was my own heart,
Dilly dilly,
That told me-
Without warning, the ground beneath him gave way, startling him with a yelp as dirt and pebbles went flying down the hillside right into the middle of her path. The girl was so startled, she stopped singing and jerked, causing her hood to slip off as she looked up where she heard the noise. Electric blue eyes surrounded by stark-white fur widened as they stared into a stunning pair of icy-blue eyes, which were framed by long, curled, full lashes and placed on a delicate, heart-shaped face with high-cheek bones, plump lips and a small, cute nose. Her long hair was all swept back in an unusual style with a snowflake pin placed on the side of her head opposite to her braid. She was, in a word, beautiful.
"One day...he met a human girl..."
Her eyes widened as she stared up at the magnificent beast that stood atop the part of the hill that jutted almost like a tiny cliff, creating something out of a dream as the wind gentle caressed its white fur. It looked just as startled as she was, barely able to keep itself from falling with the dirt and backing onto stable ground. Her eyes just couldn't look away. She had never seen such a large canine before nor heard of one with such a color. And its eyes, as it stared back at her, seemingly just as entranced as she was, shone with such startling emotion, her breath seemed to leave her.
"The wolf was so entranced by her...he just had to see her again, so, he visited his most trusted friend in fare-kind and asked her for a way for him to become human so he could see this mysterious beauty again..."
The white wolf slowly padded out into an open meadow one night, lifting his fore-paws onto a rock as he howled into the night. In a matter of moments, the space was filled with a soft light.
"The fairy gave him a compromise, a spell that would temporarily turn him human for the entire day, from sun-up until moon-rise, for upon the first sliver of moonlight would change him back to his natural form. In return for this, the fairy asked for one thing; for to spread the belief of fare-kind and he agreed."
He waited so patiently for the first sign of daylight as he paced the forest's edge of the nearest town. So dearly he wanted to see her again, to be able to talk to her. He couldn't describe the excitement he felt as he noticed the first peek of sunlight over that blasted castle's smallest tower. What came next was a tingling feeling as his fur seemed to retract, his eyes widened as fur turned into fine fair that seemed invisible against incredibly pale skin, claws gaining an extra digit and becoming hands and feet, nails growing small and less deadly. He could feel his teeth shrinking and his tail disappearing, bones shifting into a new structure, but nothing hurt. If anything when he tried to stand up-right, everything was disorienting as he was almost blinded by a blue light.
He once again shook his head again, groaning in annoyance as things briefly blurred, but than paused with a blink of surprise, "Huh?" Somehow, his voice sounded different and he felt odd on all fours and when he looked at his fore-paws, he saw humans hand covered in gloves and he gasped.
He made a mad, clumsy scramble for the nearby creek and when he peered in at his reflection, he gasped again, this time in delight. That wasn't the elongated face of a wolf staring back at him, instead, it was the sharp-featured, slightly rounded face of a human man. He couldn't recall if he had ever seen a human with such pale skin before or having white hair whilst being so young, but he supposed it was a side-effect from his fur color as a wolf. Thankfully, his eyes were still the same, sharp, piercing electric-blue. Also, thankfully, the spell included clothes. He doubted the town would take well to a stranger showing up stark naked.
He wasted no time. He hurried into town, determined to find his beloved, despite how wobbly he was taking to learning how to walk on two legs as opposed to all fours, but he got the hang of pretty quickly. It didn't take him long to find her, all he had to look for was whitish-blonde hair and a blue, hooded-cloak. It didn't take him all that long.
She yelped in surprise when a slightly larger body collided into her. "Oh my-! I'm sorry!" A male voice quickly apologized as she knelt down to gather the material she had just bought from the fabric store, which had been knocked out of her basket upon the collusion. "No, no, it's alright!" She assured vaguely aware he had knelt down to help collect her things, "Accidents do..." She paused when she looked up and her eyes widened as ice meet electric and for a moment, her breath caught as a white, furry face seemed to briefly ghost over this very human one, "H-H-Happen..."
Together, they stood as he handed the last roll of ribbon over, but she didn't move to put it away. Rather she continued to stare. So sure, she had seen those eyes somewhere before, but was not entirely sure where.
"F-F-Forgive me, I-I don't th-think we've meet be-before," She stammered flushing upon realizing she was staring and finally put the ribbon in her basket, and offered a smile and a hand for a shake, "I'm Elsa."
He looked at her for a moment before finally smiling back and Elsa felt her cheeks heat up even further as he replied, "Jackson," He took her hand and brought it up to his mouth to place a gentle kiss on the back of it, his eyes gleaming with a small mischievous gleam, "But you can call me Jack Frost."
"So, every twilight the wolf would wait anxiously for the first ray of sun-rise and he would take on his new form and he was able to see the girl again. To say she was entranced and bewildered by the new stranger was an understatement; she was intrigued. And soon, she was meeting him every chance she got, even getting up as early as she could to meet up with him at the forest's edge to walk with him."
A bright, cheerful pair of laughter filled the woods as the two blue-eyed teens rushed about the trees in a playful game of chase. She couldn't remember the last time she laughed so hard or so earnestly, not even the games she used to play with her sister got her smiling so hard it was almost painful. Yet, this young man had her grinning like a madwoman almost every second when they were alone, always made butterflies storm about in her stomach, it was almost unreal. Yet, when she looked back at equally blue and expressive eyes filled with joy and love, a equally large grin stretched on such a handsome face, she couldn't bring herself to mind.
"And every dusk, he would retake his natural form and sleep, dreaming of what the following day would bring. As more and more time passed, the more closer they became."
Jack smiled as he led Elsa up a hill and moved a low tree branch so she could step out into the sun and what she found made her gasp in awe. The mighty falls weren't all that tall, when compared to the castle, anyway, but they were taller than any building in the town, the light mist created such an enchanting feeling as the cattails and long grass the grew along the bank below swayed in the breeze. She smiled up at Jack as he stepped up beside her, and he smiled back, love shining bright and sincere as ever.
"Before he knew it, months had passed by and he could not keep his feelings to himself any longer."
As Jack turned to her, Elsa blinked a little in confused, before her eyes widened when he took out a small box and gave it to her. She glanced up at him but he motioned to the box. When she opened it, she gasped. The ring was a simple silver band, but the blue sapphire made up for it, despite being slightly on the small side and it was cut in the shape of a crescent moon.
"He asked her to marry him and she said yes...a couple dozen times."
A smile slowly broke across her face and without warning, she squealed loudly and tackled him, causing them both to laugh as they embraced. They shared a brief, yet loving kiss.
But as she rested her head against his chest, a worried frown over took Jack's face as a thought crossed his mind. How was he going to explain the truth to her? How was he going to spend nights with her when he would always revert back to his natural form the moment the sun disappeared?
"Now, he was left with a predicament he had never told her the truth of himself out of fear. But now, he had no choice."
Elsa was a bit confused as to why Jack had become so tense and nervous whenever she would try to invite to her home for dinner with her family, her sister, Anna, assured her it was simply a natural reaction all men would get when it came to meeting the family, especially since he had literally come out of nowhere and would always disappear back into the forest every night. Whenever she asked to see his home, he would always make some excuse. Now, she was concerned.
"One night, she followed him into the woods and what she saw was a sight indeed."
From behind a tree, hood pulled up, Elsa watched silent as a shadow as Jack sat by the river that the falls led to. He was watching the sunset with an almost perfect blank expression, it worried her, especially when she could see the forlorn and sorrow in his eyes. But as the sun disappeared and the pale light of the moon began to peek through, Jack became engulfed in a blue light, making Elsa gasp in shock as his shape changed into a different, yet at the same time, disturbingly familiar one.
The shape threw its head back and released a sorrow-filled howl before the light disappeared, revealing the white wolf that Elsa had seen on her midnight strolls more than once. It shocked her to her core. Jack was a wolf. Her bright, lovable, fun-loving Jack Frost, was the White Wolf. His ears twitched and he turned quickly to see her.
"The following morning, he explained everything to her; his birth as a wolf and his deal with one of the fairies to be human so he could meet her again, how he never thought he could fall in love, but he had. She believed him and married him anyway."
Elsa chuckled as Jack led her blindfolded towards the forest's edge. He pressed a light kiss to her cheek before pulling the blindfold away and Elsa gasped. She had walked this part of the town's boarder and knew there shouldn't be anything here. Yet, there it was, the most adorable farm house she had ever seen sitting so snugly among the trees. It was easily two stories tall, three if you counted the attic, the stone fencing that formed the property boarder was low, low enough for her to see the chicken coop nestled nicely near the stable.
Unable to form words, Elsa smiled up at Jack, who was also smiling back hand gently rubbing her perturbing stomach with all the love in his heart. Elsa laughed as her sister, a bubbly strawberry-blonde with light blue eyes and a round face, Anna, burst out of the door, shouting, "Surprise!"
"But this is where are story really begins with the birth of their son, a little boy named Tuff."
And done! That didn't take all that long considering and again, I apologize for the delay in deadline, but it turns out I work better under the added pressure of school. Who knew?
Anyways, this is my additional prologue to my adaption of the 2015 Cinderella movie, or in this cause, Cinderfella. I've finally made up my mind and it is going to be a genderswitch role-wise. For those who don't like, don't read the next chapter...whenever I put it up.
Anyways, let me know what you guys think. Good, bad, advice, votes for the next crossover, guess the rest of the cast. Let me know in the review box down below.
Till next time!