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The boy never forgot about the stories his mother had told him about the Snow Queen. He always thought of her every time he looked out of his cottage window into the shimmery snow or felt the snow on his face. These small signs made his belief grow. He started asking himself questions. What does she look like, where does she live, how did she gain these powers? He would ask these to his mother who thinking he was silly sent him away to ponder them for himself.
One afternoon while walking in the forest, he became aware of something following him. He looked around to see a flurry of snowflakes fly toward him. They came quickly and swept past Jack in a darker direction of the forest. Jack felt as though something had taken his hand to guide him and so decided to let it lead him. The snowflakes swirled back and forth between the oak and pine trees for some time. Then a stronger gust of wind carried the snow up and then straight down onto a frozen lake which seemed to appear suddenly. Jack stepped near the water's edge, looking down into a mirror of glass. What he sees is a bright picture made of crystal and flashing colors. He first sees a snowy mountain separate from the world by a vault of snow. Then he sees a castle made of glassy ice crystals built near a cliff.
He winces with realization. Is this the Snow Queen's castle?
Looking more intently he spots a figure standing on the balcony of the ice castle. Her hair is as white as snow and so is her skin, which seamed pale without much color. He also noticed that she wore a dress made of ice crystals, with a delicate veil falling down her back. But something was missing. A crown! Where is her crown? She is a queen, right? This fact was indeed true, she possessed no crown, which made him want to doubt.
In a moment, all doubt was dispelled like rain clowns on a sunny day. She began to create objects out of snow: pillars, decorations, and even a talking snowman. His eyes widened with amazement. All she created reflected beauty and creativity. He looked at her face and saw that she had freedom to allow only the wind to carry her. He felt the wind on his back, it was a cold wind, but he also felt the freedom like she did to create, to explore, and to just let it go. He knew this life was the one meant for him.
The pictures reflecting on the ice suddenly changed from light blue to an array of color. The light flashed and there appeared two small children, one of which looked like a smaller version of the person he had seen on the balcony. The smaller child beside her had wide eyes and flaming red hair. They ice-skated together in a palace with the snow and ice the older girl created from her fingers. While they played, the younger one gets carried away, and in attempt to protect her sister the older one strikes her sister in the head. By the girl's face Jack can tell she is devastated, crying desperately. Her parents who seem as though they have power and wealth, burst into the door to find a half frozen child on the ground and her sister crying on top of her. They quickly seek out the help of a wise rick troll in the deep forest who restores the child's mind by erasing all memories of the older sister's powers. He also said that the one with power had beauty but also danger. Fear will be her worth enemy...
Jack looked intently and asked himself what everything meant. From seeing this he realized that even as a child, she had powers. He also shuttered a bit to know she could also freeze humans and use her powers for wrong. One thought startled him which was the possibility of other people become frozen because of her powers, even other objects. She had powers full of beauty, but also of destruction. The Snow Queen he ha d once dreamed about turned into one to be feared.
It had been several weeks since Jack had seen the mysterious pictures of light on the frozen lake and had not change his opinion of the Snow Queen. Although he never wavered in his opinion, he did decide to teach his little sister how to ice skate like the two sisters had done.
"Hey," Jack said rather happily ", how would you like to go ice skating." He said lifting her onto his feet as he pretended to skate across the floor.
"Sure Jack, I've never been ice skating beforeā¦" she stops in mid sentence than looks up at him with a worried stare ", but I don't have any ice skates."
"Don't you worry," He says while pulling out a pair of new leather ice skates ", I made these just for you so now we can go ice skating."
"Thanks Jack." He lifts her up in his arms, hugging her tight.
