I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! I had fun making this and I just want to say that I won't be making a separate story on what had happened during the two week skip. I apologies. I want to give a big thanks to the random reviewer who motivated me to make this chapter with a smile. You really made my heart warm up with joy when you said that I sometimes motivate you and others. Enjoy! If you haven't read the previous story, 'FrostBitten: Test Of Courage', then I highly recommend you to read it, that's if you wish to do so.

Chapter Two: Realising The Truth

Frost's POV

Great! Only five more days to go then we get the REAL deal. I took in a deep breath of the cold bitter air that swirled around me like wandering spirits, aimlessly roaming the earth. I know how serious things are going to get and how tough the hardships will be during our adventure, but hey! Everything has it's risks, and I know very well that our lives are on the front lines, ready to be dumped into a deep pool of iced water. The moon shown down at me from the endless night sky high above, emitting a light blue glow and aura that painted the entire garden I sat in. The air was cold tonight. Terribly cold but I coped with it, not allowing it to distract me from the amazing night sky that consisted of many shimmering dots and purple swirls of nebulas. I can just imagine what the night sky would look like away from this country. I released a sigh along with some of my worries, forming a transparent white cloud of warmth for a split second before disappearing into nothing but the never ending silence. What's gotten into this world? If I remember correctly, Humans where once peaceful creatures who lived almost everywhere in the planet.

That was until the era of separation took place, splitting up every single race alone. Many races died from warfare... But my own race died by a massive raid called 'The Great Grief', killing ninety nine percent of my entire race... and keeping the rest as slaves and toys for entertainment. I won't ever give up. Not even when I close my eyes for the final time cause I know that nothing will ever take me down... What to do? I sighed to my thoughts and shook my head slightly as I continued to stare off into the night sky, taking in the amazing sight with awe and confusion. What is there to do during these five remaining days? Brawl with each other for training? Nah, it'll probably end up bad, seeing that the Old Man might get himself into trouble like always... Damn, he's got guts of steel, telling Milk and Chaos to kiss so suddenly. I smiled and took in a deep breath of the cold, moist air as a small gust of gentle wind blew across the garden, making the beautiful flora and the light green grass dance like puppets on a string, the wind being the master. My hair fluttered to the left as I sighed, just before the wind died out and left an uncanny silence, forcing chills up my spine as I continued to stare up into outer space. Life is full of mysteries and happiness. But you must face the sadness and sorrow as they will later be replaced with new happiness and then sadness. That's how I've seen it so far.

"Aren't you tired at all?", Drago asked me from within my mind, causing me to blink blankly and curve my moist, pink lips upwards into a small smile. I blinked again, regaining my senses with a deep, heavy breath through my nose. I then exhaled out all of it and felt the cold air tickle my face and palm, making me look down to the green grass as I held out my left hand to my face.

"I'm restless. I think to much...", I whispered and suddenly stopped as I felt my eyes beginning to water up and sting from the tears beginning to form from underneath my eyes. "Will I die?", I asked, nearly crying and clenched my fists before dropping my hands down to the green soft grass that tickled the back of my hands.

"Frost, I can't say what I think, but you should be looking beyond death", He said and snorted out what sounded like flickering flames from his nostrils. "A prophesy is just a word. You should've learnt that by now".

"I know what you mean...", I whispered and sniffed as I wiped my damp eyes with the back of my right hand. "Thanks Drago".

"Goodnight", He said politely. I said it back and sighed before looking back up into the amazing sky filled with many colours and life. I wonder what it's like at night in Thris. They must have the best view of the universe from up there. Must be amazing... Damn how much I think. I guess I'll be heading back now, don't want Mindy or the others to worry about me.

Mindy's POV

I sat to the right of Frost, leaning on him for warmth as I blushed hard and released a soft sigh from my moist, pink lips. We all sat around the wooden rectangular table in the middle of the three yellow couches we all sat on. Me, Ruby, Frost and Frosty all sat on the one to the left of the TV and table while the others sat on the other two. I don't know why my parents wanted us all to meet up here, but it must be something serious, or at least something important. If not, then I'll leave with no hesitation... After all, I can't bare to even look at them for a second. Not what they did to me when I was a child... Abandoning your child like that... How low could they possibly get. Sindy's became hostile towards ever since three days ago when she caught me red handed, using a new move that Serenity told me to try out... After what I saw it could do, I made a vow to never touch that move ever again... I'm even keeping it as a secret from Frost. It's THAT dangerous.

"Tonight I brought you all here for a special reason", My father said and took in a deep breath before releasing a warm sigh from his dry lips. "I want everyone to say their most sincere secret and tell how they truly feel towards someone. I'll go first, then It'll be my wife, you guys will figure out the rest on your own", He announced and smiled at Milk. She returned it back and sent a firm not towards him before he took in a deep breath of the cold air surrounding us like lost ghosts of the insane, sending chills up my spinal cord in an uncomfortable way. "I am not just Arachnid", He said suddenly, shattering the silence that held us in unbreakable chains, causing Chaos to mutter something to Star and Milk before as Frost gasped quietly and leaned forwards in interest, making me look to my left right at Frost's face. He was sucked into what my father had said... Wait, WHAT!? I darted my head back towards my dad with widened eyes filled to the brim with shock and confusion.

"Not only Arachnid?", Frosty whispered dumbstruck to herself as she stared blankly at my father like he had just murdered someone. But how? And most of all, why? I need these questions answered!

"I was born a FrostBitten and had the blood of an Arachnid from my mother's side. My wife, April, passed over to me my final race", He said and stared straight into my eyes with a serious look, but with a soft, heart warming smile across his face. "Crimson. We care about you Mindy, and we're sorry about what we have done to you in the past, but it wall all for a reason... Please, hear your real mother out", He said slowly and looked as if he was about to let loose of his crystal clear beads of tears from his eyes. For whatever reason, I felt drained and broken, unable to react properly from what I had just heard... So my DNA wasn't altered after all...

"I was born a Crimson and later became a FrostBitten and an Arachnid due to my husband, transmitting the race to me via saliva transfusion...", She said and smiled at me kindly... a way that made me realise that I had it all wrong... My mind was suddenly shocked with electricity, causing me to spark up, widening my eyes as I felt my eyes beginning to water up with my salty tears... "And... we left you with Sindy's family and gave them the position for king and queen... Just to protect you", she said sadly and held her smile before closing her eyes for a second then opening them up to reveal her red, watery eyes. "We're sorry... and we wish to have you back as our daughter. Our first born child. We promise to never let anything like this happen again", She said as tears streamed down her eyes, shining in the light bulb attached to the white ceiling.

My blood cooled down to the point of freezing, rendering my entire body motionless, all but my beating heart and my inflating and deflating stomach. I began to choke on the air as my tears kept on building up within my eyes, trying to make me release them... I've had it all wrong the entire time... I'm sorry. With a heart filled with regret and happiness, I clenched my fists tightly as I shut my eyes closed gently and felt something slide down my cheeks... Ha... why am I crying for? I'm supposed to be happy, aren't I?

"I...I'm sorry...", I whispered as my eyes fluttered open, sore from my tears that streamed down my cheeks like rivers of both unending sadness and happiness. "I'm sorry", I said, this time in a louder tone.

"Mindy...", Frost whispered from my left as I began to sob quietly. The room was silent, bare of any noise but me and only me... Like time was frozen solid, only to be broken until a certain event happens... That's when I came to my senses and stood up with my face looking down towards the ground. Both my parents stood up from the yellow couch, making it wheeze out air in relief just before I felt an urge to forgive them suddenly invade my heart like a virus... This is it... I'm going to forgive them!

Immediately, I ran towards them both and embraced my mother in my strong, warm arms of happiness and regret as I began to sob uncontrollably into her neck. "I...I'm sorry! I had no idea!", I cried loudly and sobbed harder, feeling my tears smudge all itself all over my face as I cried into my mothers neck. Suddenly, I felt a warm arm wrap us both in an embrace as they both began to comfort me with their endless warmth of love and sorrow... I love them so much...

"We love you Mindy", My mother said soothingly and began to sway from side to side with me in their tight, warm embrace.

"I love you too", I whispered soothingly in the middle of my sob and closed my eyes one last time... never forgetting what had happened just now... These four weeks of my entire life have been the best... From the two weeks from the Games to the defeat of Coal, I had experienced endless love and a new will to live on and to love life. The next two weeks we spent here, have been about learning about one another and finding out secrets that changed our point of view upon one another... Like how I see my parents now... Now they are my REAL parents...

Frost's POV

I brushed Ruby's straight red long hair as she cuddled beside me asleep on the white comfortable bed, around us was the eerie silence of the chilly air dancing around like they where lost souls of the damned. The only noise audible was the light breathing of Ruby who cuddled me to my right and the soft breathing of Mindy who slept to my left, snoring ever so quietly. I smiled and sighed quietly, making my warm breath take the form of a small cloud of grey steam before extinguishing into nothing but the cold air that swirled around us and the outside world. Today was a good day and a bad day. Not for me, but for Mindy. The good was that she is now able to see her parents AS her parents, allowing her to leave the grips of regret and anger in one, smooth move. The bad was when she told Sindy that she still loves her as her own sister, but she was neglected brutally by Sindy. Star too, backed her up, making nearly throw up in pure disgust to how much Sindy had changed over the few weeks. She has changed from the innocent girl that first talked to me in the beginning of the Games, to someone who wouldn't care less of Mindy... But I think that there's more behind it, cause if I remember correctly, she started to throw fits at Mindy ever since the massive explosion three days ago. Who knows what might have been, but it must have something to do with Sindy's anger... Only time will tell, but as for Mindy, it'll be a road of many bumps and cracks of negativity. I hope she doesn't go insane under all of this. I yawned quietly and sighed, letting loose of a white smoke of my warmth. I blinked twice before slowly closing my eyes as I faced the ceiling, imagining it as the night sky... The endless darkness behind my eyelids consumed me entirely, making me moan quietly as Ruby's embrace around me tightened like metal, never letting go... I took in a deep breath as I slowly, felt my body going numb... Goodnight.

Frosty's POV

I stood on the grassy plains that hid behind the massive yellow mansion with a smile as I held my scythe from behind me with my right hand. The cold metal bar felt smooth and sturdy, as fine as leather. The others sat to the right of me with concerned faces as they stared up at me. Today's deal was to train, and by train I mean fight one another to learn their fighting patterns and to react more efficiently. Star was far up ahead, five meters away, smiling devilishly at me as he held his white staff with his right hand to the side, resembling a walking stick more than a staff. Damn old man.

Frost stood to the left of me, standing at the midway mark of me and Star, holding out his left hand, ready to lift it up when he decides for our fight to begin. "Are you two ready!?", He asked in a loud yell as he looked to both me and Star. We gave him simple nods, causing a new sort of energy flow throughout my entire body, forcing my heart to smash against my rib cage. Why am I so nervous? I mean, it's not like I'm going to die in this battle. I clenched onto the bar of my huge, black metal scythe from behind me and grit my teeth painfully. If I lose, then Frost will consider for me to stay here instead of going with them to the Skeleton Kingdom. Whatever I do, I MUST NOT LOSE! "GO!", He exclaimed as he flung his hand over head and took a step back. A cold surge of air blew from the right of me, playing with the grass and all our hairs like toys. I stared into Star's white eyes as he stared into my dark brown ones, trying to intimidate me or to catch me off guard. I'll go for the counter, not for the head on collision...

I pulled my scythe from behind my back and held it forwards as I grasped tightly onto it with my left hand at the lower part of the pole.

"Come at me chicken!", Star said loudly with a devilish smile, making me grasp the pole much more tighter than usual, making my mind vulnerable to any negative thought, potentially able to cause me to loose control of my tactics. Damn... Star's playing dirty. Looks like I'm going to have to cleanse his entire being with my mighty scythe! "Or are you too afraid?! CHICKEN!", He exclaimed as the wind died out, collapsing my back hair behind me as I grit my teeth painfully hard and felt my blood begin to boil like magma, awaiting to explode out of my systems into lava. I'll teach him a lesson for trying to enrage me!

"Star! If you think that playing dirty will work to your favour, then you better prepare your butt for some serious kicking!", I exclaimed angrily and took a step back before launching myself forwards with lightning speed, making the light green grass explode up behind me like confetti as the others watched me in awe. With my heart beating as fast as a steam piston and my eyes filled with rage, I sent a horizontal slice with my scythe towards him ruthlessly, intending to ONLY severely wound his stomach. Surprisingly, he ducked took a step backwards, just barely dodging my furious blade and pointed the tip of his stick towards me as it began to glow a faint yellow colour... Shit...

"Goodbye!", He exclaimed and blasted me with a golden ball of light energy point blank into my chest area. It felt like a bloody freight train had collided with me head on. I flew backwards a couple of meters away, skidding along the grass the immense pain began to make it's move on me, forcing me to stay down as my body wasn't able to register anything my mind told it to do... Dammit... It hurts so much. C'mon... How can I lose to such an old man...

"FROSTY!", I heard Frost call out as Star was approaching me quickly with his staff held in both his hands. On the tip, I could see another yellow glow... Argh! I Can't move! "FIGHT WITHOUT YOUR ANGER!", He commanded out at the top of his lungs, making my eyes widen to what he had just said like it trigged a secret button from within me. I grit my teeth as I could begin to feel the ground begin to rumble from under me, indicating that Star is closing the gap between us. Dammit, dammit, dammit! I can't let my anger consume me! Every second counted right now as the rumbling grew stronger and stronger by the passing milliseconds. "I BELIEVE IN YOU!...", Frost's voice echoed in my mind as I closed my eyes tightly and calmed myself to the very limit...

I heard a loud explosion emit from the left of me, making me open my eyes once again to see myself at least two meter away from the charred, smoking black patch of earth to my left that could've potentially been me if... wait a second... what happened?

"Dammit", Star sneered and turned to me in surprise with his eyes partly opened as the smoke irritated his eyes, making his vision blurred out. I felt my lips curve up into a devilish smile as a brilliant idea swept across my mind like a bullet to the heart. Time to end this old man!

Immediately, I could start to feel my very being again and able to take control of myself at will. I stood up feeling refreshed with new energy and power as I smiled and spun my scythe around my right hand, intimidating Star greatly as he grit his teeth and pointed his staff's tip towards me as if it was a mechanised weaponry of some sort.

"Rapid fire!", He exclaimed as it began to glow a bright yellow once more, making me sigh and stop spinning my scythe, holding it close to my face, waiting patiently for him to start his fire.

A split second later, a white circle formed at the tip of the staff vertically as it began to spit out small balls of light at me. I took in a deep breath and simply slashed them in mid air before they could even scratch the surface of 'close'. They exploded upon the touch of my lethal scythe, filling the air with a dim light before completely evaporating into the very thin air like magic. He suddenly stopped and fell to his knees in what looked like exhaustion. Crystal clear beads of his sweat dripped down from his forehead to his cheeks as he took in deep, heavy breaths and exhaled out all of it before repeating the process.

"I give up!", He announced loudly and pulled the grass in between his fingers before gritting his teeth. I feel kind of bad for making him feel like this, but after all, he was the one who WANTED to fight me. Too bad it ended up like this. Oh well, at least no one got hurt!

Frost's POV

She finally figured it out! Yes! If she can keep her composure for other fights, then I'm sure that she can take down almost anyone with her scythe! I'm so proud of her... maybe this whole time she was holding back on me. But then again, she's not that kind of person to do such a thing. But Star most definitely IS. The move he made was too reckless, resulting in him to wear out of stamina in the blink of an eye. To use magic, stamina is strongly required as it involves the use of energy and logic bending rules. Damn, even I know that and I don't even USE magic or supernatural stuff except for my own abilities. I sighed and made the green grass scrunch from under me with every step I took towards Star as he looked down into the earth beneath him like it was the reason for his loss. Typical Star.

"Stop being reckless", I said as I squatted down beside him and placed my right hand onto his right shoulder, making him ease his tenseness with a small, quiet sigh of confusion.

"Saying that is like telling a brick wall to move", He joked, making me laugh for a fixed moment before I sighed to even myself up to normal as he took in a deep breath of the cool, bitter air that surrounded us like spirits of lost children, aimlessly wandering around us for no reason at all. I let my right hand slide off of his shoulder before I stood up and looked up into the light blue sky. The sun was just beginning to lower down to the horizon line across the small mountain range facing the direction behind the house. At the front side of the house, there stood the infamous Mount Winterfall, concealing it's snow-coated tip within the everlasting swirling clouds high above it. From what I've learnt from school, that mountain is the largest and most highest point in the world. So far, than no one has ever reached the top yet.

I sighed quietly, releasing a my warm breath before looking forwards to spot something far out in the distance, hiding behind a tree far away. I blinked and shook my head to focus properly to see a glint of light shining towards me. I wonder what it may be.

"C'mon Daddy. Let's go back inside and play a game of Champion Chess", Ruby said cheerfully as she rushed up to me with an adorable smile with her arms held behind her back. I looked straight into her eyes and sighed before smiling warm heartedly at my FUTURE daughter. Agh, how can I say no to such amazing light blue eyes? I obligated to what she said and immediately, she grasped onto my right arm, making me lean over to the right slightly as she began to drag me roughly back towards the house, scrunching the green grass with every step we took and making the others stare at us silently with smiles plastered across their faces... Dammit guys!

A cold, chilling wind blew down from across the entire field as scrunching heard softly from behind quickly became louder and louder until I was grasped from my left arm unexpectedly by Mindy, feeling like my body could just tear into two at any given moment... She looked into mine as I looked into her gorgeous red ones with a smile as they shimmered like stars in the sunlight. I'm so lucky to have someone like her... Someone I can rely on and trust for all of eternity... Someone I can love till the end of time and beyond... Mindy...

Sino's POV

Why would our commander want us to kill THIS young boy? I don't get it at all... He has friends of his own who aren't evil and most of all, are living in this royal estate... I shuddered as I had the black cross of my sniper scope aimed precisely on his head, waiting for it to be blown off as soon as I pull this trigger... But I can't... What has he done to become so wanted by the governments of our country that they would even send me, Shora and Silica to hunt this guy down like a pack of wolves...

"What are you waiting for!? SHOOT HIM!", I heard the 'Boss' command me via radio contact from a device that was placed on the rims of my ears for Telecom I grit my teeth as my right index finger began to pull down the trigger slowly and softly, feeling my mind suddenly go blank, making me exhale under the deep pressure that had built up within me ever since I held the scope onto him.

"I can't", I said sadly and held back the urge to cry, fighting against what's wrong with what's right within my head like an all our war.

"Listen to me, you scumbag, useless girl! SHOOT THAT BOY BEFORE I SHOOT YOU!", The boss threatened me ruthlessly, causing me to open up my left eye in shock, feeling like my entire body was about to break... I just don't see the reason on why I should kill him! WHY DO THEY WANT HIM DEAD!?

Shora's POV
Crap! Crap! Crap! They're onto me like rats after a piece of fucking cheese! I bloody knew it! They where brainwashing us with lies just for the sake of killing Frost! Argh! I ran as fast as I could, away from the menacing goblins that chased after me like polices after a robber as I did INDEED steal some valuable info from the commander's quarters. I am SO damn lucky to even last five minutes after betraying the commander! Dammit! I grit my teeth and cursed at myself and clenched my fists as hard as I could as I stared furiously at the thing that will cause my very death. A bloody dead end! I could already hear the rustling of the goblins approaching from being growing louder and louder by the passing second. Alright... if I'm gonna die, then I better make the most out of this Intel!

I grit my teeth painfully hard like both the top and bottom of my jaw where rivals in life, clashing together like two asteroids. "Sino!", I yelled as I pressed a small black button to the right of a blinking light on the device stuck on my ear. "Do not, I repeat, do NOT shoot Frost! He's not the enemy!", I screamed out loud as I heard the flapping of birds emit from behind me, forcing me to turn around with my eyes widened in anger and frustration to how selfish the governments and military are. "TELL HIM EVERYTHING!", I screamed one final time as the shadows of the goblins took form from right around the corner of this claustrophobic alleyway. I forced a smile across my face as I released a sigh before blinking to hear the rustling of armour and weaponry... I won't be dying here... but I will be captured and used as a slave like the others... Looks like my time has expired for helping out my race. My selfish, disgusting race that call themselves Mankind. I'd rather be a FrostBitten than a Human! I blinked one final time before feeling an immense pain strike my entire body like and electrocution... Goodbye... The life of a Human... The life of greed and endless desire, and hello to a new world... fair and honest to one another... fighting for one another and not showing any hostility.

Sino's POV

I'm out of time! Immediately, I blinked and stood up from my prone position with haste as my boss began to throw a deadly fit at me though the Telecom, enraging me and forcing me to pluck it off my ear and hurdle it into the ground with tremendous force. I then stomped onto it with my right boot, smashing it into smithereens as a light blue spark emitted from it. I bent down to pick up my large, grey sniper riffle but was just missed by a bullet shot from somewhere behind, whizzing past my left ear, emitting a muffled slicing of the air sound right after a muffled explosion. Dammit, they're onto me! I grabbed onto my riffle and cradled it as I began to make a full sprint towards the massive yellow estate... Please, don't think I'm hostile!

Thank you guys for reading this chapter! The winter holidays have kicked in just today and I'm ready to write! Leave a review on what you thought about this chapter cause it really helps me and motivates me in many ways. Once again, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I will see you all, later!

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