4: To our girls

Everything went black; she didn't know where she was. Last she thought she was on the ground, but what was this? A soft comfy bed! She felt around at the covers, they were silk, so were the pillows. She lifted her eyelids and sitting on both sides of the bed were people she had never met before. They looked at her as if she was a monster or if she were the ugliest thing imaginable. "I'm so glad to see you're awake dear! We've been worried sick about you." One of the older people said. Helena pushed herself up and sat up straight, "how long have I been asleep?"

"Nearly four day's" Another one said

"You passed out when you saw the ice chamber." One of the younger children said. Helena looked down and saw what she was wearing, a white short sleeve night gown that had a sage green ribbon tied around her bust line.

"Where are my clothes?"

"Oh you mean those rags you were wearing? We had them washed, but those aren't suitable clothes for a young lady like you. We have some more clothes that you could wear if you like?" Helena was livid that they had her clothes and most importantly; that somebody took her clothes off of her and changed her into the nightgown! "Alright everybody out! Let the girl have some room to breath! Come on! Skedaddle, Shoo, Nothing' to see here!" Cassie said as she walked into the room, just having heard that her sister was awake and asking questions. Everyone got off of the rather large bed and slowly exited the room. When they all left Cassie sat at the corner of the bed as Helena grabbed her clothes.

"Glad to see your up and walking." Helena went into what resembled a bathroom because it had a large mirror and vanity in there. She shut the door and quickly changed into her freshly washed and dried clothes. She came out and tossed the nightgown onto the bed. "You're welcome by the way."

"For what?"

"For changing you into that thing, if I hadn't done it they would have had some stranger change you. Who knows what would have happened then. And don't think I didn't notice that tattoo you have on your back."

Helena began to make the sullied bed, she stripped it of it sheets but left the comforter, she left them in a pile next to the bed. She left the room and went down the stairs, Cassie followed. They saw the table filled with people, obvious royalty, Helena stopped but Cassie continued on and took a seat at the table. She waved for Helena to come sit down.

While Helena had been asleep, Cassie had made herself acquainted with the household. Helena sat next to her sister and saw the empty chair that was across from her. Servers came out with trays upon trays of food that sprawled across the table. Still the seat remained empty after everyone had filled heir plates. "Sorry I'm late." Jason said as he took his seat. He looked at Helena in surprise "Good to see you're awake."

"Thanks, I guess." She looked at her plate; she was craving meat, raw meat. Not all these fruits, pancakes, and eggs that were set out on the table. She took one bite of the sausage links and it tastedlike ash. She held her hand to her mouth and ran up the stairs. Everyone remained quiet and finished they're breakfasts before checking on Helena. They silently mumbled this like, poor girl and she's doing it for the attention.

Nobody quickly volunteered themselves so after a moment of difficult silence Robert got up from the table, following him was Jason and of course Jeffery. Helena was wondering the halls, having not remembered where anything was, and ran into Robert. They fell to the ground with a slight thud; he hit head on the banister "Oh my god! I'm sorry, Are you alright!"

"Yeah I'm fine. Shouldn't I be asking you that?"

"What do you mean?" Helena pulled herself up and offered her hand to help him up but he refused, after all he still had his pride.

"You ran off in the middle of breakfast. You must be starving; you haven't eaten anything in four days."

He got up and rubbed the goose-egg that was now on his head. "I am, but I tried eating and it just wasn't what I wanted to eat."

"We have a kitchen full of yummy snacks! You surely could find something in there!" Jeffrey yelled at the top of the stairs with Jason behind him keeping him from running at them, he was staring at his brother as well. "I don't think so. Now if you gentlemen will excuse me." Helena slipped pass Jason and Jeffery and went down the stairs. Robert stood next to his brothers "Strange girl that one. She isn't even in a dress." Jason let go of Jeffery so he could run and play. "I don't know, I find her interesting she thought that our father was Wendell. She didn't know about the curse or what was in the ice chamber."

"Wendell? That's ridiculous!" Robert went down the stairs for another helping of breakfast while Jason followed where he saw Helena go.

She was sitting in front of the ice wall again, the faces were there but they looked like they were asleep. "What are you looking at?" Jason surprised Helena, "Them"

"There's nothing in there you know. It's been empty for a long time."

"It's not empty, their in there."

"Who are you talking about?" Jason stood next to her, looking at whatever she was looking at.

"Them. The two that are in there."

"The only people who have ever been in there were Wolf and Virginia Wolfson; they've been frozen beyond the point of resuscitation so it's a useless cause."

"Do you even know my name? Or even my sisters name?"

"Of course I do, your name is Helena and your sister's name is Cassandra. Why would you ask that?"

"My NAME is Helena Wolfson. My sister's name is Cassandra Wolfson. The two people that are in there are my mother and father! They left us 10 years ago! Now their right in front of me and you keep saying that their dead!" Helena stood up as she yelled in the princes' face. Her anger was getting out of control; here it seemed worse than when she was in New York. Jason stood still, "I'm sorry, but you can't fix them. They are dead. Not even magic can bring them back. They've frozen so long that they can't be brought back to life; it's a useless cause Helena."

"They're not dead! I'll show you!" Helena grabbed the chair by its back and threw it at the ice wall. It shattered like glass and shards flew everywhere. The wall really was empty, but how were the faces there? The only thing inside the Ice chamber wasa small stand and a note on it that said 'To Our Girls'.