Frostbitten Heart
INTRO
Regions, the areas that keep peace and harmony, all regions ruled by a leader, or what they call a lord. Lord Hojo Minami of the Hoshi Region is a kind man and a wonderful father to his two daughters, Yukie, the youngest and Miyuki, the oldest and the heir to the thrown. He may be a loving father but has always paid more attention to his royal heir Miyuki. Yukie over the years became jealous over the extra attention her father was giving Miyuki. She still loved her sister but at the same time she resented her, everything became worse after her mother died. Yukie and Miyuki were only seven and nine.
They both were very sad but Yukie was even more sad because her mother would give her lots of attention. So then Yukie became even more resentful, she tried her best over the next seven years to put on a normal act, but things just became too much for Yukie to handle, and she gets so clouded with resentment that she doesn't see her biggest mistake in life coming. One that will change her life forever.
Chapter One- The Princess of Hoshi
A blizzard was happening, it was one of those days. The Hoshi Region usually have blizzards once a week. It snows three times a day and lakes were always solid ice. The region had huge mountains, the biggest is called Raiga Mountain, and at the base of that mountain is Minami Manor. Home of Lord Hojo Minami and his two teenage daughters, Yukie who just turned fourteen and his oldest, Miyuki who is sixteen. To all the residents of Hoshi Region they look like a normal family but deep in that family something dark resides within the family.
Coming out of her room, Yukie takes the family dog, Shun outside so he can do his business. The family got Shun about a year ago, he's a black and white Husky. He mostly stays with Yukie because her father is busy all the time and Miyuki is too busy learning about her royal duties with their father and teachers. Yukie doesn't get much time herself with them either, she becomes more and more depressed everyday, but she never shows it so the family doesn't know anything about it. She may be feeling like that but she could never hate her own sister, in fact she loves her sister more than anything in the world she just doesn't know it.
"Shun come on boy!" Yukie calls Shun back and they go inside. Yukie goes into the bathroom and grabs a towel and begins to wipe Shun off. She picks up one paw at a time and dries them off. She then dries his belly, back, and tail. When she's done she walks into the bathroom again and throws it into the dirty clothes basket. "Ruff ruff!" Shun barks in excitement when she returns. "Shun keep it down, Miyuki is studying in the next room!" Shun lowers his head and lays down on the floor.
Yukie then gets a knock on her bedroom door. "Enter!" She says and she already knows who it is. He opens the door and steps in. It's Sota Takahashi, a servant of the Minami Clan. "Lady Yukie I'm here to collect your laundry." She nods and walks to her bed to lay down. "Very well." She listens to him collect the laundry and walk out of the room. Yukie closes her eyes and takes a nap. Shun gets up and joins her on her bed and falls asleep himself. Soon Yukie begins to stir in her sleep. She dreams of her past, a childhood memory of when her mother was still around.
DREAM
It's all white, she closes her eyes and then she opens her eyes back up to see the background change to the backyard, Yukie then sees her five year old self running up to someone, she then realizes it's her mother. Yukie then starts to observe her younger form. "Mother, mother look at what I found!" Her mother turns to her younger form and smiles. "What did you find my dear?" Younger Yukie then holds out a Winter Lily. "See it mother? It's a Winter Lily! Miyuki loves these, I want to give it to her." Younger Yukie then begins to walk toward Minami Manor. A hand then stops her. Younger Yukie turns around to see her mother. "I'm sorry Yukie but Miyuki is studying."
"Mother she is always studying, I barely ever get to see her, sure she's the heir and all that but she needs to spend time with her sister sometimes. It's not fair!" Younger Yukie sits on the ground and pouts. Her mother sits next to her and puts her arm around her shoulders. "Listen my dear, your sister has many responsibilities as the heir. She tries her hardest. I just want you to know Miyuki feels..."
END DREAM
Yukie opens her eyes to see Shun staring at her. She wishes she could have heard a little more in her dream. What was her mother going to say? She looks at the clock to see that she was only asleep for a couple hours. It's about time for dinner. She gets up to head to the dining room. Shun gets up as well and heads toward the door. She looks at him and sighs. "Stay." Shun then walks back to the bed to lay down again. Yukie walks down the hall and enters the dining room only to come face to face with her sister. Her breathe is caught in her throat. She has rarely ever been this close to her sister. Staring into her blue eyes makes her happy for only a few moments until she speaks. "Greetings Yukie, what are you up to?" Yukie doesn't know what to say.
To be continued...Hope you enjoyed. Soundtrack up soon. I'm not sure when.