A NOTE THAT IS IMPORTANT AND NOT A TOTAL DISCLAIMER FOR ONCE: Hoi guys! So there's a song parody in this chapter and it goes to the tune of "Once Upon a December" from Disney's Anastasia, which I LOVE SO MUCH. I don't own Miraculous, blah, blah, blah. Yes, Adrionius and Marietta are based off of Adrien and Marinette and yes, Celynvia and Sampsoniel are based off of Cecilia and Sam if you didn't realize that in the last chapter. Of course, they're different characters. Similar, but not 100% alike. Cecilia belongs to PinkSakura271. Oh, and Meleia is based off of UnicornSecrets' Miraculous OC Melissa Gray. Sam was my own creation, but I obviously don't take full credit for the creation of the characters in this chapter and the next one. If you read this whole paragraph, thanks, and now you can reap your reward. I present to you this next chapter.

Enjoy! :D

Once upon a time, long ago, in ancient China the Mongols took over. And since they did not wish to let the Chinese rule their own land, they hired foreigners to be the officials. One such official was a French princess named Celynvia. Legends say that she was absolutely beautiful. Supposedly, she had hair like golden silk, skin as pale and soft as snow, and dresses of the richest pinks, reds, and whites there ever was. Her brother was a French prince and also a Mongol official, and he was Prince Adrionius. He, too, is said to be very handsome. He had hair like the rays of the sun, eyes like the brightest emeralds, and a smile so good that some ladies used to faint by just looking at it, even if it was directed to someone else. Their existence, of course, was kept a secret because they helped to create the miraculouses in China. They were the twin children of Charles V of France, and when they created the miraculouses to secretly help the Chinese get their own land back, they had nearly all traces of them destroyed, except for the records that have been kept safe, such as the ones kept by the Keepers of the Miraculouses. The Black Cat Miraculous is the miraculous that uses unlucky and destructive magic was made by Adrionius, and the Deer Miraculous that uses graceful magic was made by Celynvia.

Prince Adrionius fell in love with Lady Marietta, which was her other name. Her original Chinese name is unknown, but she was the Creator of the lucky Ladybug Miraculous. They loved each other very much and had a beautiful wedding in China.

The problem was that Celynvia greatly disliked her sister-in-law. Hated her, even, but her beloved brother and his bride didn't know that. Until it was too late.

A year after her brother's marriage, they were all seventeen by then, Celynvia met a Japanese prince who was the Creator of the noble Peacock Miraculous. This was, of course, Sampsoniel the Noble. It is said that the two had first met by bumping into each other when Sampsoniel was helping a librarian and wasn't looking where he was going. Whether that is what actually happened or not, Sampsoniel fell in love with Celynvia the moment he saw her. She thought she was enchanting and brilliant and would do anything to earn her affection.

Sampsoniel talked a lot with Celynvia. They began to see each other everyday and became close friends. He gave her many gifts; sometimes it was a flower, sometime it was a dozen blossoms, other times it was things like bracelets of gold or silver hair ornaments. Slowly, he made Celynvia fall in love with him, even if she didn't realize herself that her feelings toward him had changed at first.

One day, a few months from when Sampsoniel and Celynvia met, Adrionius and Celynvia's cousin who had taken a year long trip away from China returned and came back to the Mongolian Empire. Her name was Meleia, the secret daughter of Duchess Eleanor of Austria. Meleia was the Creator of the powerful Bat miraculous, which was why her history, like the other Creators, was kept very secret.

Anyway, Celynvia introduced Meleia to Sampsoniel and they got along quite well. So well, in fact, that Celynvia began to grow jealous. But since her jealousy sprouted from unknown love, she couldn't do much to control it or confess to Sampsoniel. She quietly watched the friendship between her cousin and the person she didn't know she loved grow stronger in silent envy.

The French princess concealed her jealousy quite well, but not well enough. True, Sampsoniel became better and better friends with Meleia as the days went by, but he was still often seen with Celynvia. Unfortunately, as his love for her grew, so did her discontent. He noticed things about her that had changed. Small things, but the young prince from Japan was smart enough to know that small things could lead to bigger problems. He saw how she stiffened when one of them brought up Meleia's name, how her smiles sometimes became strained when her cousin showed up, that her eyes seemed to flare when he told her something funny that had happened between Meleia and he, and how she became a little more possessive of him every time they were together, as if she might lose him if she wasn't possessive enough. These little hints that he was sure the princess didn't know she was leaving made Sampsoniel ponder over the idea of telling her how he truly felt about her.

On the day Celynvia was to be eighteen, Sampsoniel rode his horse over to visit his beloved princess and give her the gilded ring with a small, elegant deer head on it that he got for her birthday. He had gotten her the ring because he wasn't sure if he should confess his love to her and promise to be by her side, or if it was better not to risk it at all. He galloped down the path through the woods surrounding Celynvia's home when he heard a beautiful voice singing a sorrowful song.

He left his horse tied to the trunk of a tree at the edge of the woods and followed the voice as quietly as he could. As he crept closer to the source, he could make out the words.

"Dancing deers

Noble birds

Things that hurt to remember

And the song that I now sing

Once a lonely winter.

Wish someone held me safe and warm

His smile melting a green-eyed storm

A couple dancing gracefully

Across my memory..."

It was Celynvia; he'd know her enchanting voice anywhere. Sampsoniel knew something was wrong, that she was hurting. Her songs normally weren't so sad. And though the forest was where she always went when in distress, he knew that she didn't go out into the forest during the winter months unless she was greatly troubled. What he didn't know was that her trouble came from her worrying that her best friend might take the prince she unknowingly loved just a little more after a year when that Lady Marietta took her wonderful twin brother.

He peered through the foliage and found her petting the muzzle of a water deer as she sang. Her golden hair hung over her shoulder in a gleaming braid and her skin glowed against the pale snow. The prince watched her red lips move as they delicately formed the words of her song. He wanted to throw his arms around her, to comfort her, but her ballad left him awestruck and unable to move from where he hid.

"Wish someone held me safe and warm

His smile melting a green-eyed storm

A couple dancing gracefully

Across my memory..."

She hummed the tune of the song as she danced beautifully in the snow. The deer watched, seemingly as mesmerized as Sampsoniel.

"Once before

Long ago

Glowing dim as a lantern

Things my heart wish it knew

Things that make it hurt to yearn

And the song that I now sing...

Once a lonely winter..."

Her voice trailed off as she returned to the deer. Even from a distance, Sampsoniel could see the crystal tear that went down her face.

The prince was by her side in two strides. He kissed her softly and slid the ring onto her hand as his blue cloak shielded them from the snow that began to fall. It was at that moment that Celynvia realized that her jealousy had sprouted from the love that she had for her prince, and now that they were together, she didn't feel that jealousy for a long time. One happy year passed for the couple.

And then...

Disaster.