AN: To anyone who read the companion piece and then read this, or vice versa...I couldn't find if I had mentioned when her birthday was, so I made up one. If it's found in the companion piece I will change it, but please don't read the companion piece JUST to find the mistake. Thank you, and enjoy!

"Father!" I heard Eira shout next to me as she jumped on the bed. "C'mon Father! Wake up!" She giggled as she shook me awake.

"Alright, alright!" I laughed as I slowly sat up. "What is it?"

"You promised you'd take me out into the real world on my eighteenth birthday! Well...today is the day! December 15th, 1851! C'mon! You promised to show me North America!"

"Ah, how could I forget!?" I chuckled low. "Today is the day your Mother said your physical age would stop! So, for today..." I got up from my bed and walked over to my dresser, opened up the first drawer and pulled out a blue and green box. "Happy Birthday, Eira." I smiled at her and watched as she carefully took the box from me.

She opened it slowly and nearly dropped the gift I gave her if I hadn't caught it from beneath her hands. "Father?"

I gave a deep chuckle as I lifted the box back up to her. "I had Flora and my Sprites work together to make it for you. Turns out your invisibility talent is a type of winter magic my sprites possess. They told me about it when you were fifteen, and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with that knowledge when you turned eighteen, and today is that day. It will be visible to everyone, but all you have to do is merely wish it to be invisible, and it will be invisible to everyone...well, everyone but me, of course. Your brothers Nimbus, Bram, and Summer had already come to nickname you the Snow Queen anyway, and every Queen deserves a crown." I placed the box on top of the dresser and took out the the crown that was similar to my own, but instead of the flowers, it had snowflakes and frost patterns that weaved in and out of each other, and it was made of such pure silver it was nearly tinted blue, but it was just the silver they made it into. There were four small beautiful diamonds on the crown. Two on the left and two on the right, and they rested inside small snowflakes, but in the middle, on the biggest snowflake, there was a beautiful circular Topaz gem. I carefully tucked her hair behind her ears on both sides before placing her crown on her head. "There..." I told her as I backed away. "My goodness! You do look like a Queen. Won't your Mother be pleased! Come, look in the mirror! The Topaz gem matches your dress perfectly and the snowflakes at the bottom of your dress match it too! Come look!" I excitedly moved her to the mirror as she began to giggle.

Once she saw herself in the mirror, however, all of her giggling stopped and she stared at her reflection in awe. "Oh my! It's beautiful!"

"You're beautiful, my sweet daughter. I consulted your other brothers and sisters about the idea, and they thought it was brilliant. All I had to was recruit my sprites and Flora to make it." I watched as she clasped hands to her mouth, causing a smirk to appear on my face. "Do you like it?"

"I love it! So...I'm the Snow Queen for real now, huh?"

"Yes, you are. It also keeps anyone from assuming that you're mine and Emily's biological child."

"True." She agreed as she tilted her head a bit, admiring the crown on her head. "It's beautiful, Father! Thank you!" She wrapped me in her arms and I couldn't help but return the hug with a slight laugh.

"You are most welcome. Now...if you'll let me get dressed, we can have you out of the domain in no time and into my favorite little, but ever growing town called Burgess."

"Okay!"

She left my room, and as I remembered her reaction at the gift I gave her, I chuckled once more and I noticed I started to cry. "She's grown up...but still my little girl." I wiped the sad yet joyful tears from my face and started gathering clothes together. I grabbed a solid white long-sleeved shirt that had a loose V-neck that I laced and tied, but kept it just a tad loose, a pair of brown pants without the leather straps this time, but still similar to my original ones, and finally, my blue hoodie. Once I was fully dressed, I grabbed my staff and met Eira out in the hallway, and that's when I noticed Emily was there too. "Oh! Hello, Emily."

"I was just about to come up and wake you to remind you of our daughters promise that you made to her, but not only does she tell me you're currently getting dressed, but I see that she now has a crown atop her head, and looks every bit like the Snow Queen her brothers have nicknamed her to be."

"I know, and I told her it would also keep others from finding out that she's our biological daughter."

"That's a very good point." She hummed and brought a gently hand underneath Eira's chin as she let out a sigh. "By the stars...you've grown so much, and to think...this is now how you'll always look!" She took her hand away, leaving a grinning Eira and I couldn't help but smile along with them. "You'd better get going. Burgess needs snow after all."

"RIGHT!" She shouted and immediately started heading down the stairs. "We'll be back, Mother, don't worry! Father! C'mon!"

Emily chuckled lightly, and as always, she made my heart feel warm with just a sound. "You better go."

"Yeah...She's all grown up, Emily..."

"I know, but she's just like you and clings to a childish side. Go on, and tell me how it goes. I'm supposed to help Nimbus out with a storm for the next few days. He thinks he caught a cold, and every time he sneezes it thunders...you know this..."

"I know and it's always hilarious! Alright, I'll go. We'll be back later."

"As long as you're back before dinner, I don't care."

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"Alright, now what do ya say we give them a nice good foot of snow. Just one foot of snow for now, okay?" I asked her and she quickly nodded her head and took flight, and I followed her briefly before separating just enough to wear we could work on opposite sides of the town, but to where I could still see her. "Remember, just a foot of snow."

"But Jack, how will I know when I've reached a foot of snow?"

"You'll feel it in your heart, just trust and believe in yourself...and have fun! And good job on saying my name!"

"Thank you! I'll try!" I only caused a small amount of snow while I watched her carefully, and she was dancing as well as Orchestrating the snow she created. It piled gently and beautifully. It had some very small hills in some areas, in other areas it was flat, and on the trees it rested perfectly without falling off of the evergreen leaves. Once she was finished I noticed how her eyes lit up and she gave me a brilliant smile that I quickly returned. "Jack! I felt it!" She shouted with pure enthusiasm.

I let out a soft laugh and nodded my head. "Good job! You did it beautifully as well. So, take a good look at the town that's now covered in snow."

I watched as she looked around and noticed the pure sense of wonder and awe appear on her face. "Wow! The houses! There's so many! The farms with all the animals! Oh my goodness! It's all so beautiful!"

"Yes, and comparatively to the whole world, this is a blade of grass in the middle of a meadow."

"Are you serious!?"

"Yes, it's much bigger than we've been able to describe to you, and much much bigger than in your books. You'll see. Come on, fly higher with me until I stop, okay?"

"Alright." She did as I asked and flew with me higher into the sky until I stopped. "This...is just one small area in a country. It's not big in any comparison. This is what...maybe two or three villages? That's nothing compared to the rest of the world, and I, along with your Mother and siblings, will show you the world."

"You promise?"

"Yes, of course!"

She was about to say something, but we both suddenly heard a scream, and it was a child's scream. "Do we find out what that is?"

"Absolutely!" I growled out and dove towards the sound with her following behind me. Once we found the source of the sound, Eira quickly altered the snow around the boy's surroundings that was running from something, and she began to strategically guide him back to the village. Once the boy ran inside, and Eira was by my side once more I nodded my head at her. "That was a very smart move. I'm proud of you, but that little boy wasn't scared for no reason. Let's find out what it..." Before I could finish, I heard two deep animalistic growls. I turned my head to the right, and I saw a woman riding on top of an overly sized wolf. There was no way that the wolf she was on was born purely by Nature's laws. She had done something to it and the other one for that matter. "Who are you, and why was that boy running from you?"

"My name is Wolfina, and how rude! You should show me some respect! I'm one of Mother Nature's creatures!"

"Funny, I don't remember seeing you in the domain."

"WHAT!?"

"Yeah, we're her winter spirits. I'm Jack Frost, and this is the Snow Queen. We live in the castle in the domain. So, why haven't we seen you there?"

"Mother Nature told me I would be better fit at being outside of the domain with the wolves since I'm an animal spirit and I'm one of the spirits of wolves. My name is Wolfina."

"Ah, yes, I believe I remember her mentioning you once. She had to leave the domain so that she could go get you. Well, nice to meet you, but considering that you just sent a child screaming in fear, I think I'll hold off on giving you any respect, thank you very much. Now, what did you do to him?" As I asked my question I noticed that there was blood around the other wolf's mouth, and considering how terrified the child was, I put two and two together, and I instantly pointed my staff at her. "Who has your wolf eaten!?"

"EATEN!?" Eira shouted in shock.

"She only had a small meal!"

I leaned over to Eira and as quietly as I could I whispered. "Go get your, Mother...quickly!"

"What are you whispering about!?" There was a flash of green and blue, and Eira was gone. Wolfina sat upon her wolf with her arms crossed. "Awe, she's afraid, well that's fine...or is it you sent her away?"

The flash returned, but this time it was both Eira and Emily, and Emily was seething with rage as she took in the sight before her. "Wolfina! What have you done to them!?"

"I only gave a couple of ordinary wolves my blood. It wasn't much."

"She had one of her wolves eat something that sent a child running, scared for his life." I told her as I glared at Wolfina on her wolf, my staff still pointed at her.

Emily moved towards the wolf I had mentioned and I could see that Wolfina grew a bit tense. "Akini, growl!" She commanded which instantly angered Eira, because Wolfina was telling the wolf to growl at her mother, and I lowered my staff, knowing what she was about to do. Eira instantly summoned ice vines, and used them to grab her and slam her against the ground.

"Don't you dare hurt her!" Eira shouted, and she used the vines to pick Wolfina back up.

"How dare you!? You insolent...!"

"Insolent!?" Emily growled out. "Them!? No! They are loyal to me, follow my rules, they use their powers for good, and they certainly have never intentionally harmed or scared anyone! YOU, however, are vastly in the wrong! The blood on your wolf is a child's blood!" I watched as Emily drew a circle in the snow, placed her hand on the blood on the wolf, and allowed it to drip off of her hand and into the snow circle. "Show me the history of the past hour of this blood!" I watched as an image started to appear in the circle, and I had no idea that she could do that, but judging from what it was doing to her arm, I never wanted her to do it again. It was almost as if the blood was glowing and crawling up her arm in what HAD to be a painful manner, but she was keeping a calm face, so I ignored it and watched the vision.

The two children had snuck out of the house, and ran off into the woods and that's when they met Wolfina and her wolves. "James...we should go back..."

"You're right! We need to tell the others about the wolves! These are bad wolves!"

"Oh, I think not!" Wolfina grinned wickedly. "You will NOT be sending hunters after my precious wolves! Akini...eat!" The wolf in the vision went to bite at the small little girl, but Emily used her foot to shoo away the vision before we saw any of it.

"YOU MURDERED A CHILD!" She shrieked, and Eira's vines tightened even more. "Snow Queen, leave just enough room for her to breath, but not enough to talk!" Emily conjured whips of her own, but these had thorns as sharp as the sharpest blade, and she whipped at the wolves, killing them almost instantly. She dispersed her whips, and waved a hand at the creatures, causing them to dissolve like snow in spring. It was as if they weren't there, and there wasn't any blood either. "There, I've gotten rid of your abominations!" Emily growled out with a fury I have never seen on her before.

Wolfina's screams were physical, but not audible as Eira kept her vines gripped against her. "Scream all you like, but no one will hear you!" Eira roared out with the same amount of fury as her Mother, and I honestly felt a bit proud of her, but a bit terrified of Emily. Not in a bad way though, it was strange.

"Snow Queen, loosen your grip enough for her to talk and if she starts to scream or say anything other than the answer to my question, tighten them as much as you like!"

"Yes, Mother Nature!"

I could tell she did as she was asked, and I watched as pure rage crossed Wolfina's face while Emily stomped up to her. "Give me one damn good reason why I shouldn't strip you of your powers and your life right this very second!"

"I am a wolf spirit! You need me! I have to keep the wolves in line! I'm responsible for them! I..."

"YOU...are replaceable! A CHILD is NOT! You are merely a SPIRIT! I can dispose of you whenever and however I please! There are plenty who would make fine wolf spirits! You think too highly of yourself!" I watched her place a hand on Wolfina's mind, and a hand at her core. They both started to shine a brilliant green and brown light, and then the light was gone.

"Wh-What have you done?" Wolfina questioned as she was out of breath from whatever Emily had done.

"I stripped you of rank and power. Now, you will merely be accepted by wolves, but you will have no control over them, nor will you ever be able to become their Alpha. You will remain like this for fifteen years. We'll see if you've learned your lesson by then! Snow Queen, release her!"

Eira did just that, but she lifted her up and slammed her down once before doing so, and it took all I had not to chuckle or smirk at that. "You can't do this to me! I'm the best wolf spirit you have! There's only three of us!"

"Again, thinking too highly of yourself. You are not the best wolf spirit I have, and you never will be at this rate. Either accept your punishment or forfeit your life. Your choice, but I will not have disobedient children that MURDER INNOCENTS!"

"THEY WERE GOING TO SEND HUNTERS AFTER MY WOLVES!"

"THEY WERE NOT YOUR'S BUT MINE! THEY WERE YOUR ABOMINATIONS, BUT THEY WERE MY WOLVES AS I AM QUEEN AND MOTHER OF NATURE! DON'T YOU DARE ARGUE WITH ME, CHILD!" The thunder started, and with a flash of lightning, Nimbus appeared with fury lighting his eyes like one of Adara's wild fires.

"You summoned me, Mother?" Nimbus growled out as he glared at Wolfina.

"Yes, I did! I may need you, should she continue to argue with my decision and rule."

Nimbus nodded and spread his arms as he made his eyes and hands glow while crackling lighting surrounded his hands. "Just give the word, Mother."

"This is your one and ONLY chance at the moment, Wolfina. Life or death?"

Wolfina fell to her knees and started to cry. "I...I choose life. I submit to your punishment."

"Very well. You will start by going up North and away from here. If you do not go this instant, I will take that as a forfeit of life."

Wolfina immediately got up, transformed into a wolf, and started running as fast as she could going North. Once she was out of all of our sights, Nimbus calmed down a bit and was no longer glowing. I rushed towards Emily and carefully grabbed her arm. "What did you do with that blood spell?"

"I did exactly what it looked like. I made it show me the life of an hour to who the blood belonged to. It's alike to a thing called soul magic, but it's also very different."

I tilted my head at her in confusion as something struck a strange chord with me at the name of the other Magic. "Soul Magic?"

"Yes, although it's..."

"Forbidden..." I shook my head as I quickly held a hand to it. "...but I...shouldn't know that..."

"No..." Emily trailed off with a concerned whisper. "...you really shouldn't. C'mon, let's all go home, eat, and try our best to forget about today...other than the beautiful show you put on Snow Queen."

"You saw that!?"

"Of course I did, sweetie." Emily beamed as she held onto my arm.

"Ah, so outside the domain she'll be called Snow Queen?"

"For now, yes." I answered as I tried to do as she asked and worked on forgetting the whole situation and the strange knowledge that popped into my head.

"What about Wolfina? What if when her punishment is over...she tries to attack again?" Eira questioned with a concerned look in her eyes, and I couldn't blame her. It was s good question after all.

"We'll worry about that when we get there. For now, let's go and not worry about it for now. I will be alerted by the wolves if she acts out, and if she does before her punishment is up, then she has forfeited her life."

"Alright then."