SubZero: A new age

Chapter 2: Backstory

When we were about 10 years old, we witnessed the deaths of our parents. It was the most tragic thing we've ever gone through. Especially at a really young age. We didn't actually see it happen in front of us but we were just moments away from when it did. Basically what happened was that this group of people who've started getting revenge on our parents for absolutely no reason, came to our home and attacked them. Our parents were unarmed and clueless about what was happening to them. While we were walking back home from our aunts house, we saw the group running out of our house. We ran inside cause we didn't know what was happening and saw them laying on the floor dead with blood oozing from their necks. We both started crying and when our neighbors heard us, they came as fast as they could. They ended up getting the prince of our clan and some of the guards as well. Once they got here, me and my brother were being hugged by our aunt as she tires and calms us down. She is our mothers best friend who was like a sister to her and she cared for her and the rest of my family very much. It was a lot to take in seeing how even the Prince knew my parents. They have worked together in many things from years before we were born till now. We didn't know how close our parents were to the royal family until just a few months ago and everything started to make sense. Like why they left us with our aunt a lot while they went to the Palace or some type of mission with the Prince and royal guards. We never understood why but we soon learned to just go along with it and paid more attention to having fun.

Our parents deaths were quick and silent. Not even a sound out of them when they were attacked. Just thinking about it wants to make me throw up, and half the time I do but It ended up stopped after a few weeks.

Some time passed as me and my brother started settling down in the palace and we just don't know what to do at this point. We wandered around so we could start knowing each and every corner of this place. Let's just say we almost walked into some of the sleeping chambers but thankfully the maids stopped us. Not that there was anything going on but the main chambers we almost walked in were Prince Kyro's chamber and the Empress' chamber. And we kinda didn't want to walk into them anyways.

After a few days of staying in the Palace and helping out the prince and princess with their duties and other things, the prince decides to adopt us. Learning that he was going to adopt us made us very happy and we wouldn't have wanted anyone else. Not that our aunt wasn't an option and we love her and all but she's a little boring sometimes. We do a lot of fun things together as a new family and my brother and I do witness some things at a young age but surprisingly we get through it. 

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Four years later, a few months after our 14th birthday, we heard that the prince is going to marry the princess of the Azure clan (our sister clan), in just two and a half months. We started to get excited that we were going to get a new mom. But then we started thinking about other things. Like how he would be like when she gets here or what others would say. Especially the gossiping maids we have here at the palace. The maids barely even do their main jobs anymore. Gossiping is like their new job now. One of our favorite gossipers is Mai. She has been helping out with us ever since we moved in and we've grown to love her. Even so, just the fact that we are going to have a new mom soon is exciting but also overwhelming. We don't want to think that they'll be fully replacing our parent's position in our lives but then again, we kind of need parents right now. All I know is that my brother and I will grow to love the princess even more than we already do and create a bond with her just like we did with mother.

One thought I've been keeping to myself is that even though I haven't really met the princess yet, I feel like we would create a strong bond very quickly. From the stories I've heard, we kinda have a few things in common and I can't wait to make lots of memories with her. Just thinking about it, I'm just really happy that there will be a mom in my life now who will help me with things I might need help with in the future and who would care for my brother and I just they way our mom did when she was still here.. 

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The next few weeks went by fast as we get ready for the Azure princess to come. Kyro doesn't seem to be excited or even cares about it but Kamari and I think that deep down, he cares a lot. Especially if it means that the war will basically end between the two clans. We both start preparing as the day the princess comes draws near and the excitement going through mine and my brothers heads are out of this world. We have never seen the Azure Princess up close before. Only when our birth parents brought us there for things they never told us about. The Azure clan is a beautiful place and they have these beautiful blue flowers that grow in the snow. They are very cool and the very few times we went to the sister clan, I would always bring a few back with me. Although I kinda had to sneak them out because I didn't know if we were supposed to take them outside the border.

That I can remember, me and my family never really spent much time in the Azure clan. Each trip there started to feel a little shorter than the one before. We've only gone 4 times as a family and I wish we traveled there more. I never understood why this was happening and didn't want to talk to my parents about it. Every day I think about my parents and the fun times we had together as a family but now that they are gone, it feels like there is an empty space in my heart. At least I have my brother though. Without him, I don't know how I would be able to live with myself. And then I have the support of the royal family, council, and all the maids.