The Boosh Queen.
Summery- BooshxSnow Queen. Vince lost his mother when he was younger and works in the hotel owned by his father. One day, he meets and falls in love with a new worker, Howard, but an icy lady comes into town and steals Howard away. Will Vince journey through the four seasons to get him back?
Disclaimer- Boosh is not owned by me, is owned by two people with more talent then my little finger. I only owe Evelyn.
Author's Notes- This is based on the TV version of the snow queen with Bridget Fonda in it, I don't own this, some guy called David Wu does, I just own the DVD I got free out the paper hehe.
Thanks to everyone who've reviewed Hopefully there's everything in here- humour, angst, fluff, yay Also thanks to Jamie for betaing this chapter
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Chapter Five- The Garden and Wizard of Spring.
The river flowed through large fields filled with long green grass, and beautiful, coloured flowers. Some pink, yellow, red and blue, as a largish man wearing a blue shirt, blue pants and a large straw hat covered in flowers, walks out of his cottage to admire his work. He then sees a lone figure with brown/blond hair floating down the waters face down, pushing away the fallen flowers floating beisdes him.
The man wades into the waters and gathers Vince in his arms, dragging him back to the grassy shore and lying him down "Come back, you don't wanna go yet" He called out, desperate for Vince to arise "You're not dead yet, you just have too much water in ya" He shakes Vince hard, which makes him cough up the water, awake and confused as he felt arms wrap around him and hug him close.
"What were you doing in that water?" The man asked, pushing the wet strands from Vince's eyes.
"I guess I fell in, I can't remember much" Vince answered, looking around his surroundings with awe.
"Good job I saw you before you floated even further. Well, I'm your Uncle Fossil and you live with me" The man introduced, smiling. Vince gave a small smile in return before allowing Fossil to hug him again.
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When Howard awakened, he found himself in darkness with only a bit of light drifting in through a small window. He raised his head to see icicles hanging from looked like the reception desk of the hotel. He got up and glanced at an exact copy of the hotel, only made from snow and ice, there was even a stuffed polar bear in the entrance hall. The whole place was then lit up by sunlight drifting through the skylight above him, making it glitter strangely.
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Fossil took Vince back to his cottage when the younger man felt well enough. Inside the large cottage was a dining room with a small table in the middle. On the table was an empty bowl, but cherries magically filled it to the brim "Help yourself to the red things, but might the stones. I nearly choked once, remember?" Fossil joked, leading Vince to the table and sitting him down.
Vince looked confused at the question, as though trying to remember such events "So, you fell in the waters hey? Why you? You're one of those obedient nephews who doesn't answer or talk back unless spoken to, one of those 'sleepy kids' I call 'em" Fossil said, before starting to comb Vince's still wet, silky strands with a brush from his pocket. Vince tried to pry away, nobody touched his hair without asking, even family. But he just couldn't pull away, enjoying the way the brush gently went through his hair "Ever felt sleepy when someone brushes your hair?"
Vince nearly gave a yawn, before remembering something important "I can't stay here, mate. I'm looking for someone important"
Fossil ignored him and kept brushing "You have such lovely hair, so long and soft. You must be so tied now..." Vince couldn't help but start to agree. Every stroke of the brush caused him to get more and more tired, he tried so hard to stay awake "I can't stay...I'm looking for someone...Howard, have you seen him?"
"I'm sure this 'Howard' person will come by soon, but in a minute you'll decide you'll want to go to sleep" Fossil's calm but demanded voice rang out.
"I couldn't find him anywhere, so I set off to find him. I just couldn't stay there and do nothing to help him" Vince kept on, trying to get his message out "Thanks for rescuing me and all that, but I gotta go find him"
He got out of the chair and walked towards to front door, Fossil opening it for him "No probs, thanks for stopping by anyway" Vince walked through the door, which to his shock had turned into a bedroom with a large bed in the centre "You worry too much, I think you better have a nice sleepy"
He pulls the covers from the bed and Vince lies in between them, no longer resisting the urge to stay awake "How's the bed? Great hey? I filled it full of soft petals, so it should smell great too"
Vince gives a sleepy smile and looks over to the window, where blood red roses grew around the windowsill. He swore he could hear them going 'Vince...Vince, listen to us...' "That rose is beautiful, but is it that time of the year already for them to grow like that? They remind me of something...someone..."
"Do they make you think of some guy?" Fossil asked, looking at the roses with disgust. Vince just smiled as he heard the roses more clearly 'Vince...Howard needs you...We know where he is...' "I think he needs help, needs someone to find him..."
Fossil looked over the roses and whispered "Go away, get out of here now" At that simple command, all the roses from the garden were gone, leaving no trace of them. When he looked back over to Vince, he saw the young man was asleep with a small smile on his face "That's it, sleep and forget all your worries" He whispered, before leaving the room.
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Back at the real hotel, Rudi went upstairs to rouse his nephew into getting up "Vince? Time to get up" When he heard no answer, he opened the bedroom door and was shocked to see the room empty, the bed undisturbed. He rushed down the stairs in distress "Bryan! He's gone!"
They both went into the large forest to look for him "Vince! Vince!" Bryan called out, with Rudi falling behind him "Let me get my breath back first, brother"
"There's no time, he must be around here somewhere, he loves these woods" Bryan replied, before walked off again. Rudi rolled his eyes, and then followed behind quickly.
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Howard walked over to the large front doors and tried opening them, but they were frozen shut tightly. He turned back around and saw a large pile of glass in the centre of the hall, in front of a large broken mirror. He touched the topmost piece and gasped in pain as his finger got cut, the blood slowly dripping from the cut.
He looked to the side of him to see the stairs going up to the first floor, but the steps were covered in a large tunnel of ice. He placed one foot on the ice and tried walking up, but just slid back down again painfully. He kept on trying, running forwards from a distance but just kept sliding back down again. Howard gave up that idea and went to look for something else, the rose Vince first gave him. He took it out of its hiding place in the bench, amazed it was still in bloom in these conditions.
He then felt a chilling wind blow gently around him, small snowflakes floating past him. He turned to see 'Mrs. Gideon' behind him, not smiling and giving him an icy stare "So you're up now. This is your home, right down to the last detail"
"How long have I been out for?" Howard asked, curious.
"I dunno, I was away on business...a couple of months maybe" The snow queen suggested "Well, I'm home now for the summer, did my work for the year"
"I can't stay here, it's too cold. I'll freeze to death if I stay here" Howard moaned, helplessly wrapping his arms around him to keep in some warmth.
"Well, then you'll die. Answer me this, have you ever felt anything like that first kiss I gave you?" She replied, circling around him.
Howard thought about Vince, how their first kiss was filled with warmth and passion, while her kiss was filled with cold and bitterness "No"
"No, you haven't, have you?" She left him alone and walked over to the broken mirror "This was once the most beautiful mirror in the world. I sure someone as smart as you can put all the pieces together, once you do, I'll let you go"
"I'm not doing anything you say, not even this stupid glass jigsaw" Howard commanded while walking away into the shadows. He gave a moan of pain as he sank to his knees, feeling what felt like spikes of ice digging into his skin. He looked at his hands and saw them becoming covered in ice, the coldness paining him no end. He felt tears of pain welling in his eyes as he pleded "Please, stop. I'll do it"
"You are to stay on the ground floor as you work, I'm a very light sleeper. If you wake me up during the summer, then I will make you suffer" The snow queen annoced, taking the ice spell off Howard, the snow and ice disappearing from his hands "Remember this, if one kiss made you sleep for two months, imagine what the next one will do. And soon you'll be begging me for another, Howard"
He looked around to see her gone, and resigned to his fate of piecing the mirror back together. He looked down at the pile and desided to try it later, first he was hungery. He sat on a block of ice and cut a hole into the icy floor, then went off to find a long pole and some string. He turned them in a crap fishing pole and started to find food, without much luck.
He soon caught a fish and has to eat it raw, the most disgusting thing he'd ever ate. He bought out the rose from inside his jacket pocket, the memory of Vince clear in his mind as he kept his hopes up of getting out of there "I know you're not asleep, I will be getting out of here. Someone's looking for me and we will walk out of here together" He yelled out, hoping the snow queen could hear him.
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At the cottage, Fossil was trying to cook sausages while Vince sat at the table, enjoying the bowl of cherries that were still sitting on the table. As his other clothes dried, he wore a shirt covered with small colorful flowers and light blue jeans "I'm glad you're here, Vincey. I'm not lonely anymore" Vince smiled up at him, before tucking back into the small, red fruits "You grew up too soon. That shouldn't have happened, you should have had your childhood first. You have someone there to take care of you when you're long, it's called 'The Spring of Life', that period is"
Later on, Fossil started making the bed in Vince's room as the younger man sorted out his new make-up and clothes "Hey, Uncle Fossil. When will I be old enough to leave this home?"
Fossil stopped his job in shock "Why'd d'ya wanna leave home, Vincey? That hurts, why'd d'ya wanna leave me?" Vince felt so guilty, tears welled up inside his eyes "I'm sorry, it was just a question. I didn't mean to upset you, uncle" Fossil nodded his head in understanding and walked out of the room, leaving Vince feeling retched. Fossil's done everything for him, and all he could do was ask some stupid question and get him upset.
He sighed and got a pencil and a small notebook from his bedside table, writing a clear note on one page 'I don't belong here!' He looked at the words in confusion, but thoughts of doubt crept into his mind 'Do I belong here? Wasn't I looking for something?' He didn't even know how long he'd been here.
"Vincey, time for your afternoon nap!" He heard Fossil call through the door "I'm going, uncle" He called back, then tore the message out and rolled it up, looking for a place to hid it. He looked around and desided to place it in his small jewellery box, but when he opened it, he was surprized to see another rolled up note in it. Vince unrolled it to see in shock four words written on it 'I don't belong here!'
He then knew he had to get out of there, to escape! Vince opened his bedroom door slowly and looked into the dining room, sighing with relief when he couldn't see Fossil anywhere. Quickly, he walked over to the front door and out into the small garden outisde 'Vince...Vince...Over here...' He heard again, falling flat on his front into the grass "I know you're here Howard, please come to me"
He gasped in shock as he felt roses wrap around his legs and arms, his thin body also getting trapped to the ground 'Yes...We know where he is...Howard is not here, nor is he dead...He passed here months ago...He was with the Snow Queen...She is winter and winter has past, so they are nowhere...She has taken him to her great palace in the north, where all hopes die...If you want to find the Snow Queen, you must past through all the other seasons before you can reach her...If you do not get him before winter comes once again, Howard will die there too...'
The roses had delivered their message and released Vince, where he lay still on the grass, sobbing gently. He then felt a great courage inside him and got up, opening the metal gates leading to the giant fields outside "So, you're just gonna leave me?" A voice called out. He looked around and saw Fossil at the front door, looking angry and upset.
"I don't belong here, you knew that all along. You can't keep me here, so let me go!" Vince shouted, annoyed at the fact he'd been forced to stay here against his will.
"You can't defeat the snow queen, it's hopeless. She's my sister, so I should know about that. I mean, why is this 'Howard' character worth it?" Fossil asked, trying to change Vince's mind.
"Because he made me want to live again, I love him" He opened the metal gate and ran out into the tall grassy fields, not looking back once at his 'uncle', who looked on with worry and regret.
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