Cedric's Apprentice

Show And Shy

                       "You're doing a dream castle, and you decided to make one for gowns, and another for shoes?" Freya commented as Amber and Hildegard showed off their ideas. "Of course!" said Amber. Freya facepalmed, "When I decided to hang out with you, I was expecting more than just gowns and shoes.". "Then what ideas do you have Freya?" asked Hildegard. 

                      Freya thought for a while, "Huh, I just realised I'm even less creative than you two. I just thought of stairs that can turn into slides. Anyway, I'm going to see what the boys are up to.". The little witch went out and saw Zandar and James discussing that their dream castle should have a giant cannon. "Want me to make it go boom?" Freya asked, slipping her wand out of her sleeve. James said, "That would be really cool, but I don't think we should wow the crowd with magical assistance.". Freya shrugged, "Hey suit yourself.".

                    Freya saw Sofia reluctantly getting on to a carriage. "Hey, I heard you were paired up with a shy princess. Vivica, was it?" "Vivian. Do you maybe wanna come along?" "Yeah sure I have nothing else to do. She sounds like another witch to me, living in a cave with a pet dragon. Not sure about gnomes being her parents though.". 

                  Well the rumours were untrue. Princess Vivian lived in a lovely grey castle, her parents were pleasant humans and definitely not gnomes. "Hi, Sofia's here for a dream castle project with Princess Vivian. And might I say your majesty, if I were a princess I think this would be my dream castle.". Vivian's mother Queen Cecily gave a small chuckle, "Why thank you darling, what's your name?" "Freya." "Come in girls.".

                   Despite most of the rumours being untrue, Vivian still had a small dragon for a pet. Crackle was the name. Vivian was extremely shy when she saw Freya, but once Freya promised that she wasn't going to bite her head off Vivian warmed up to the two girls and showed them her music room, which was her favourite place ever. 

                  Freya was impressed when Vivian revealed she could play everything in the room. "I only know how to play the piano.". And then of course, once Vivian started playing the mandolin, Sofia and Vivian burst out into a song singing about the dream castle they would make. Freya waited for the song to be over and they went home. 

                    The next day, the little witch was brewing a potion that exploded into smoke, and Cedric gave her more books to keep her out of his workshop. She was practising a spell when Sofia opened the door, causing Freya to squeak which made her wand release a jet of magic that bounced off the icy floor, her icy bedpost, and her crystal mirror before hitting the ceiling, which made a storm cloud appear and drenched her bedroom in rain. 

                    Freya scowled as Sofia apologised over and over. After drying up, Sofia asked Freya if she wanted to come over to Vivian's castle since she ran away from the others at school. Freya gave a hard pass. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to re-frost my room." Freya said in a huff. Sofia questioned, "Why does your room have to be so cold?" "It reminds me of Freezenburg and I like it that way.".

                       James then appeared at the door, "Hey Freya, I'm going over to Zandar's place. Wanna come see the cannon?" "Will it go boom?" "Not physically." "I'm fine with any sort of boom. You two hold these." Freya said, handing them a ball each. They were dark blue and very cold. "Now throw them at the floor or at the ceiling.". The balls once making contact filled the room with a cold air, and the room was icy once again. "I call them snow bombs.". 

                       "This is the coolest cannon I've ever seen." Freya commented, "But isn't the assignment supposed to be a castle?". Zandar scatched is head, "Oh yeah, right. But we don't have time to make a castle big enough for the cannon." "I have an idea!" James said. They stuck a cardboard drawing on top of the cannon. "This will definitely make the cannon look huge compared to the castle. What do you think Freya?" "....You're a genius.".

                      Yeah, Sofia and Vivian got better audience results than Zandar and James. Mostly because of the creative song. As Freya found this out via Amber. Since Vivian gained more popularity, a lot of the royals wanted playdates. And Freya had to listen to them chat endlessly. Not only that, but had to listen to Vivian play the mandolin and Amber play the harp as she sat next to Clio and Hildegard. 

                     Sometimes, the royals always find a way to include her, which Freya sometimes thinks is really weird. The more she hangs out with them, the more she socialises. Usually she just talks to Cedric and Suzette. Oh well, Freya thought, it's nice to have friends.

Author's note:

Short chapter because I'm lazy~ stay tuned for more Freya shenanigans.