There are many things in this world that humans are unfamiliar to. They think they are the only species on this planet smart enough to start their own utopia. Little do they know that most of their facts on this world are incorrect. How do I know this you may ask? Well, you see... I'm not human, obviously, and it is remarkable how some humans believe the lies about my odd appearance however. 'My hair has no color pigments' or 'My ears were flattened in my mothers womb'. Humans believed my lies... Or most of them do at least. There are some humans that know about my kind and find us beautiful creatures...So beautiful that they want to hunt us to sell on the black market. These hunters are the reasons for our species being in hiding underground. Your probably curious as to what 'species' I am. Humans call us Elves, since we have the long pointed ears of this creature. However, we are actually snow imps and I would consider myself much prettier then a foul creature such as an elf. My long white hair that falls to the ground is as white as freshly fallen snow, my eyes are as bright and golden as the most valuable piece of gold on the planet. My skin is smooth and slightly tan, which compliments my hair fairly well. I am known in my village as the most beautiful girl in the town, but I think that the compliment is just to patronize me. Well, I am the princess of the town and my parents, A.K.A the king and queen, are planning my marriage so they can retire and relax. I really don't want to become queen just yet though; I mean I am just 15 years into my life according to the human calendar. They don't care though, it's always about them. I wish they would choose one of my other siblings to do the job since they are all older then I am. My brother Eros is 19, and my sister Lilith is 21. Eros has a dark aura about him that I have noticed over the years. Some other people thought that they have noticed it too, but they are just being a stereotype since Eros has Black hair, red eyes and pale skin. His actual aura is hostile and evil, unlike my sister's, Lilith. Lilith's Aura is a calming one, she is protective and somewhat of a goof. She's off exploring the world at the moment since she is so interested in the earth and what not. And then there is me, Sapphire the responsible, curious, soon to be queen. My mother and father thought about having me marry my brother, yes you heard me right, my brother. Our species can inter-breed and have no effects on the children; hell my mom and dad are brother and sister too. Anyways, they were planning on having my brother and I marry but decided on having someone in the town that is worthy enough to marry me. This had angered Eros and now So, now I am sitting in the throne room at the moment, dress in my finest gown embedded with jewels, my hair tied up in a braided up bun and my shoes pinching at my feet, about to interview a ton of men who think they are good enough to become king. Lets go back earlier in the day where things started to go completely wrong...

"Bring in the first potential groom!" My fathers voice echoed loudly. The doors on the other side of the room slowly opened up and Eros emerged, grinning wildly, drenched in blood and welding a sword. I felt my heart stop as my mother and father gasped and stood up. "Eros! W-what in the world have you done!"

"I've claimed my prize" He said as his eyes darted over to me. I held my hands close to my chest as I took a step back.

"You've gone mad!" Mother yelled.

"Shut up!" Eros yelled as he charged over to us fast as lightning, sword in hand. In what seemed like seconds, mother and father were lying on the ground, chopped up in pieces, as I stood there, terrified at the scene in front of me before letting out a blood curdling scream. "Heheh." Eros chuckled as he walked in front of me. He grabbed my chin and lifted it up so I was starring at his blood red eyes.

"W-w-why...?" I stuttered. I was shaking like a leaf and I felt light headed.

"Because, they wouldn't let me become king of this pathetic town. Now then you have two choices." Eros brought his face close to mine. "Die, or become my queen."

"Your crazy." I whispered as tears started sliding down my face.

"So I've heard, Hun." There was a long pause before I sighed in defeat.

"...I'll marry you." I mumbled with my eyebrows furrowed.

"Good choice." Eros grinned and stepped back away from me, walking over to the bloody mess of what was once my parents and he picked up Fathers bloody crown and placing it on his head. "Now my queen, we should go make the announcement to our town that we are the new rulers by tomorrow morning."

"...I'm going to bed." I bluntly replied as I walked past Eros. He roughly grabbed my dress's shoulder strap and pulled my back, causing me to fall on the marble floor and make my shoulder strap rip.

"You are not to go anywhere without me!" He shouted as he hovered over me. "For all I know you will run off like the coward you are!" He grabbed my arm and forced me back up on my feet.

"I am not a coward!" I shouted at him as I pulled myself from his grip. A sharp pain went across my face as I was knocked back on the ground."

"How dare you speak to me in that tone! If you do so again I will do more then just slap you!" I held me cheek and silently cried.

"Yes Eros... Will you please take me to my chamber now..."

"That's better, and yes I will." I stood up as Eros grabbed the back of my head and pushed me towards the door. I was a short walk from the throne room to my chamber but it seemed to take forever. We did eventually get there and when we did I silently thanked Eros and went to shut the door to my chamber but he pushed it back open and grinned at me. "I'll be back later Hun, so we can start making our new family." My eyes grew wide and I started to shake again.

"N-no! I'm far too young for that!"

"Your never to young for breeding." He then left, slamming the door, the lock on the outside clicking loudly. I gripped my arms tight and stepped back, feeling trapped. In a sudden burst of anger I punched my vanity mirror, cracking it down the center. I looked at myself; blood stained my hair, face, and my dirty and ripped dress. My eyes were red and puffy from crying and a red mark was on my left cheek from being slapped. I looked pathetic. I glared at my reflection, flung my tiara off, and let my hair down.

"I'm done playing the defenseless princess..." I ripped my dress right above the knees, throwing the material on the floor and kicking my shoes off in the process. I then grabbed a nearby knife and ran over to my stain glass window. In one quick movement I punched to glass, shattering it. I jumped out and onto the ledge of the castle, running quickly but carefully. Yelling was heard from inside the castle, which was the red flag that Eros probably found out that I had left. I pushed myself as fast as I could go and then saw my destination come closer and closer. I swallowed my fear and jumped off the ledge and threw the window or the barn house. I fell on my side on the ground, grunting in pain but quickly recovering. I jumped up and looked at the panicking Griffins. [Part bird, part horse]

"Sapphire!" I clenched my teeth and ran into the stampede of griffins and randomly hoping on one, grabbing it's feathers digging my heels into his sides.

"Hieya!" I shouted, the griffin responded by flapping his wings and heading through the broken window and right past Eros who stood angrily.

"You wont get away!" I heard him shout. I felt my adrenaline running as I directed the griffin to the hole leading to the upper land. My heart dropped when I heard the cry of another griffin and then the angry shouts of Eros. "You can't escape from me!" I tensed up and dug my heels into my griffin's sides some more, making him pick up speed. We were approaching the upper lands quickly and the closer we got the more nervous I got. It wasn't long before I flew into the dark and snowy skies of the night, but being a snow imp and all the cold doesn't effect me at all. I looked behind me again and saw Eros not too far behind. I had made the mistake of not keeping my eyes in front of me however. The griffin that I was riding jolted to the right to avoid a tall pine tree, and since my grip was loose I fell off. I was in utter shock. Tree branches hit me as I fell to my death. Before I knew it, I hit the ground, losing conscience immediately.

'Am...am I dead...? No... I feel wetness... and it's cold...' I opened my eyes slowly, the sky was visible through branches of pine tree's. "W...what the?" I sat up, grunting in pain as I looked at my frostbitten legs. "What happe-" I stopped mid-sentence, remembering everything that had happened before I was knocked out cold. "Eros." I sat in the snow for a few moments before getting up slowly. I clutched my left arm and took baby steps in a random direction. "I wonder where I am..." I looked up at the sky and noticed that the sun was rising. "And I wonder how long I was knocked out for...Oh well... I should start walking away from here." And so I did. I walked and walked for hours on end, the same scenery of Pine trees and snow. Just when I was about to stop for the day I heard voices nearby. I couldn't make out what they were saying but I didn't really care, I needed help. I started to limp over in the direction of the voices. "H-hello?! Is someone there?!"

"Dude, did you hear that?"

"Yeah, it was coming from the woods?

"That's kind of creepy." The voices were getting closer and closer, I recognized the voices to be male and that they were possibly in their teens.

"Gentlemen?! Please...Help me!" I tripped over a log that was hidden under the snow and yelped out in both pain and surprise. I just laid there, flat on my stomach muttering curses under my breath as I heard snow crunching in the distance.

"I think I heard it over here."

"Holy shit dude! Over here!" The crunching became extremely close.

"What in the world is it?"

"It looks like a girl." I turned my head to where they were but the sun blurred my vision.

"Help..." I muttered one last time before passing out from exhaustion.