Now we're starting the fun things! Or at least some of them... ;-)
Sofia the first is not my property but I do have this story in my head and want to write it down.
I will probably be changing a few things/ facts from the original series but that's to make my story a bit more plausible. (I will try not to make them OC, only the facts.)
But please; read, enjoy and please write me some feedback!
(And for those of you that have been waiting: Lemons coming your way!)
Enjoy!
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"SOFIA!" Cedric screamed and it was the last thing that she heard before her head went under the ice cold water. Everything turned into blue and black around her. The cold water feeling like thousands of swords slicing her skin.
It was so cold! Her muscles screamed when she tried to mover her arms. Flailing wildly trying to get up to the surface. Her lungs felt like they were exploding. The cold making it even harder to keep the air down. Her heavy cloak dragged her down and she tried to get rid of it. Her arms still protesting.
She was going to die.
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The carriage ride had been in silence. Cedric had tried to start a conversation, but had quickly stopped when he realized that she didn't respond to his questions. He had become quiet. Looking like he thought that the silence was good. It was fine with her. She did not trust herself right now and did not want to make a scene when somebody else would hear. She had too much dignity for that.
They had arrived at the plateau in the mountain glacier. Sofia had quickly conjured warmer clothes and stomped away towards the trail that would take them to where the special snow was that had managed to capture the sunshine. It was going to be quite a walk for them.
Cedric followed in silence and had a bit of a time trying to keep up with the princess steps. She heard him after a while breathing rather heavily. She didn't slow down, but rather quickened her steps a bit more and soon she too had strained breathing. Everything to keep him from talking.
After a while the sun hid behind dark clouds and snow started to float quietly around them. Usually Sofia liked the snow. This time she didn't care.
"Sofia…?" Cedric tried to get her attention. His breathing only making it sounds like a whisper.
She didn't listen. Looking ahead. It wasn't that far now. She realized that he had stopped his steps. She just trailed on. Do not stop, do not think, do not speak.
"Sofia! We should turn back." He said a bit louder.
Sofia ignored him once again.
Cedric sighed loudly and ran after her catching up. He didn't know what to do. She was really upset for some reason.
After a while they were finally in the area that had what they sought. Cedric took a bottle from his coat and managed to trickle some of the snow down into it. Even if it had started to get a bit darker in the sky, the snow still shone like it was a bright sun reflecting in it. He did an enchantment on the bottle to make sure that the content wouldn't melt. He turned around towards the princess smiling trying to show her the beautiful shine. His smile faltered when he only saw her back.
"We have what we came for. How about we take a short break before we go back. I have some hot chocolate." He said.
Sofia started walking back the way they came.
That was the last straw for Cedric. He quickly ran towards her and grabbed her arm forcing her to turn around and look at him. He looked into her beautiful eyes and saw anger in them. It matched what he felt.
"Sofia! What's wrong with you?! Why don't you answer me?! Why do you ignore me?!" he practically shouted. Keeping the grip on her arm.
Sofia looked at him.
"So it's ok that you ignore me for a week, and when I don't want to speak with you then it's not?! Leave me alone!" she said and tried to shrug his grip away.
He tightened the grip but keeping it soft enough as too not to hurt her.
"I haven't ignored you! I've just… been too busy to…" he stammered.
"Lies! Everything that comes out of your mouth is lies!" Sofia felt her cheeks starting to sting a bit. She realized that she had started crying and the cold made her tears freeze on her cheeks making them even colder.
"What are you talking about?!" Cedric felt frustrated. Why did she act this way?
"If you don't want me as your apprentice you could always tell me! Why did you ignore me like that when they said all those things!" she tried once again to shrug his hand off. This time succeeding.
He looked at her with sadness in his eyes.
"But I do want you as my apprentice…I didn't know…" he stuttered and let his arms fall down to his sides.
"I don't believe you!" she screamed. "Everything is lies!" she continued.
"I've not lied!" Cedric started to get angry. Why did she accuse him?! He had never regretted making her his apprentice!
"You've done nothing than lie to me!" she took a step forward and put a stern finger on his chest. He looked at the finger and then at her face. The tears glistening on her cheeks. He hated seeing her so sad.
"What have I lied about?! Tell me what you accuse me off" he screamed back at her.
The snowing had intensified and the wind had started to whine with an eerie sound. Sofia's hairs flowing freely around her making her look as an angry goddess.
"Why do you say that you're old when you're not THAT old?! Greylock told me everything. EVERYTHING!"
Cedric opened his mouth in shock and took a step backwards. How…? When…?
Sofia saw his reaction and her anger and hurt grew.
"How old are you Cedric?! Tell me!"
She heard him mumble something looking embarrassed.
"HOW OLD ARE YOU REALLY?!" she screamed again.
"29! Yes! My father sent me too school way to young! Yes! I had help getting through the studies through time magic! Are you satisfied now?!" Cedric had always felt inferior because of that. Some said that it was like cheating but he had been forced into it. It was not his fault!
He froze when he saw all warmth drain away from her face.
"Then my feelings aren't that important to you that you use a lie to sunder my heart…" Cedric had problems hearing that last part. He just barely did. The low voice being caught in the soaring wind.
Sofia turned around and started running the way they had walked earlier. She ran over the frozen lake. Cedric shouted after her to make her stop and wait for him. They needed to talk!
All of a sudden he panicked when he saw how all of a sudden the ice cracked under her feet and how she fell down into the water.
"SOFIA!"
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Strong arms caught her and dragged her up to the surface. She gasped for air and felt the cold air score her throat when inhaling the much needed air. Making her lungs feel ripped apart.
"Sofia!" Cedric treaded the water and helped her to get rid of the heavy cloak. Sofia had lost her will to survive and Cedric had a hard time keeping the both of them up over the waters edge.
"Sofia! You got to help me! Take a grip on the edge!" he screamed.
The cold had started to affect her making her drowsy.
Cedric realized that he was losing her. He screamed and managed to get some new strength. He managed to toss her over the edge of the ice and then dragged himself with no finesse up beside her. He didn't dare to stop and breathe. The snowstorm had intensified and Sofia was blue. He would soon turn too if he didn't do something.
He dragged her further from the hole. Not wanting them to go in again. He managed to stand up. He had started to shiver. He brought her up in his arms. She was freezing cold! He had never been as afraid as he was right now. He needed to save her!
Then he remembered the old hunting cottage that he had seen on their way up.
He started running. His fright making him stronger than ever.
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Sofia shook like crazy. She was so cold! She tried to look but her fevered state made her gaze clouded. She saw something orange and yellow flickering. It reminded her of fire. But it didn't feel like fire. It was too cold for that.
Just let me sleep she thought and longed for the dark blessing.
"Sofia! Don't fall asleep! Not just yet!" She heard Cedric.
Impossible. She was in the water and she had run away from him. This must be her regret before dying…
"I'm sorry Sofia. I do hope that you won't remember this later on… but I can't let you die now…"
Sofia felt something strange happen. She felt how her body was being held down by something, both cold but warming at the same time. Her body started to shiver in a whole different way. A heat was slowly growing in her stomach and was slowly spreading in her body. Her skin prickling hurtfully when the feeling was coming back. But the other feeling was overshadowing everything else. Some places being ice cold, but others felt like they were on fire. Her body started to move in its own rhythm matching the feeling she was experiencing.
Soon she felt like an explosion happening and she screamed of the sensation. Her body stopped shaking vehemently and she felt how her deadly tired body relaxed. She welcomed the darkness that engulfed her.
"Sleep now Sofia." Was the last thing she heard before everything turned black.
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Cedric still shook. But now it was mostly because of his chilled body. The terrified fear he had felt until a couple of minutes ago had lessened.
He looked at the fire in the fireplace. He had remembered correctly and had found the old cottage. He had managed to open the door and ran into the rooms lying her down. He had found a lot of wood for the fireplace and had used the last strength for making the fire start with his magic. He knew that the magic hadn't been enough if he hadn't found the cottage… Do not think about that now! They were safe inside!
He made sure that it was enough wood stapled to make the fire go for the rest of the night. They needed the warmth from the fire.
He was shivering, his body aching of the cold.
He had managed to take the wet clothes from Sofia's body. He hadn't even felt insecure when taking her undergarments off. The need to save her life had been stronger than anything.
He had then taken of his own wet clothes. His teeth clattering. He had never been so cold before!
He moved in under the covers in the big bed. Thanking the gods that he had found a lot of them in the cottage.
He felt the both of them shaking. Her limbs even colder than his.
Luckily he had remembered what he had heard once many years before. He had needed her to start her blood circulation again and had done something that he had never before imagined that he would do.
Finally Sofia had started to feel less cold and her breathing had become less strained. If the fever wouldn't take her she would live. He prayed to the gods that she wouldn't remember some of the things that he had to do. He would probably regret it another day.
But today he had saved her life. Today he would ignore the shame. Today he would hold her giving her his strength and warmth and he would take her heat and make his own body a bit warmer.
He wished that the shaking would soon stop.
Sleep found him before the shaking stopped all together. But it had lessened a lot before that.
The fire was crackling soothingly in the fireplace.
Sofia's and Cedric's naked bodies entwined under the heavy covers. Outside the snowstorm was howling's it's rage. No one had died in the glaciers this day.
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Record speed for me here! I even imagined some of the cold that our heroes had to endure.
I remembered some of the times that I've bathed in ice holes. (I live in Sweden you remember) At those times it have been under safe settings. A hole with a ladder down in the ice and a warm bath/ sauna only steps away afterwards.
So, what do you think? I've only hinted on some of the lemons in this chapter… and there will only get more intense. Please tell me!
Until next time!
Aasa