guardian tales: deviation from the tale

my curse

My name is coco, the heiress of the ice witch (lupina), making me have a dangerous power of summoning a very powerful red ice, either to make things like weapons and also being able to create that ice to freeze whole people, the bad thing. .... I have no idea how to rewind that ice.

When I was little there was no problem, I didn't know about my powers yet and I was happy to hang out with other kids, however, it wasn't until I became a teenager that I discovered my horrible curse.

This happened when I was playing with a snowman, I knew that the Innuit had some rivalry with them, but I knew it made no sense to hate someone just because of their species, so we would sneak around together, as long as we were not discovered.

One day we went farther away from town than usual, as long as we could see the beautiful moonlight during a starry night, we were both happy, suddenly, I saw how he turned to look at me and came closer, I did not know why but I felt very happy, maybe he wanted to give me a hug, It may sound strange, but I was not used to hugs, so I extended both arms with great joy and closed my eyes, but I did not feel any hug, which scared me and made me doubt a lot, could it be that he was ashamed to give me a hug? Maybe it's not a hug he will give me? What if he plans to betray me? Oh what if I'm too ugly and he regretted it?

All those thoughts were in my mind until I decided to eyes, when I did, I had the worst feeling I've ever had, I saw how his whole body had been frozen under a red ice, I couldn't believe it, see how his eyes radiate sadness while he stood with his arms outstretched too, while I didn't want to hurt him, in his eyes, the last thing he saw is how his best friend closed her eyes without saying anything until he froze it.

I tried to free him, either using my magic, I couldn't unfreeze anything, only create more ice around him, still, I kept on and on, accidentally creating weapons, which they use to try to break the ice, I tried for hours, until I just got tired and ended up crying while hugging what is now his statue, I cried and cried, but that wouldn't change the monster I had become.

In spite of all the pain and hate I was feeling, I had fallen asleep hugging him, it seems that unconsciously I did not want to abandon him, but when I woke up I heard voices, it seemed that they were his parents who were looking for him who without knowing, was already frozen, so fearful and still in tears, I had no choice but to run, I ran and ran as much as I could, without paying attention to where I was going, tripping more than once, I even had some scratches that day, but I just did not want them to find me for what I had done.

While I wanted to go as far as possible, sooner or later I would end up getting tired, when I looked up I noticed that I was at the top of a mountain where I could not see any town in the distance, maybe this would be the place where I belong, a place where I can not hurt anyone, a place where I should never run away again, maybe I would feel very lonely, but it is what I deserve for having fled in such a cowardly way before my actions.

As time went by I made my igloo in that place so I could live there, it was small, perfect for a single person like me, fortunately I had been taught to make igloos before, so even though it still had many imperfections, I made it before nightfall, and the place was...habitable.

I lived there for quite a while, trying to understand my power and studying it in order to find a way to undo my ice, clearly hunger came to me sooner rather than later, so, as there was only snow, it was only left to go down and search. some place with food on the sly, after walking for a long time, I found what seems to be a large empire, it had guards that watched that no one passed, or so I think, I'm not sure.

I went to hide to look around that kingdom to avoid attracting the attention of the guards, I managed to find some food, it was bitten, but it was a considerable amount, so I grabbed a small bag that was also there, I was lucky that it was not broken, just a little dirty and worn, so I kept the food there, and then I went back home.

Walking home, I was feeling tired, my legs hurt, I had never walked so far to reach another kingdom, it got worse when the clouds started to cry, so I decided to rest under a tree, which was near the sea, I felt comfortable and calm watching the sea, seeing how the drops danced happily on the vast sea, it is so mesmerizing that I just stayed there watching it and forgetting my pain.

I would have stayed there longer if I hadn't seen a little doggie slowly approaching me, he was getting wet, poor thing, and he is the size of my hand, I couldn't resist the urge and offered him a bitten apple from the one I had in my bag. The doggie slowly approached and ate it, it seems he was hungry too.

The little dog sat down next to me and rested there, however, he was shivering, so I took him in my hands and put him under my hood, so he could cover himself with the warmth of the cotton of my hood and also the warmth of my hair.

Once the rain was over I got up and picked up the bag, the doggy didn't bite anything so I could walk normally without worrying about the weight of what I was carrying, when I got to the igloo I started to eat some of the food, it tasted a little strange, it was not the taste I remembered from the food, but it is what there was, so I kept eating, because my hunger was stronger.

When I finished I lay down on the floor and put the puppy down and then I had him under my arm, he was so cute and fluffy, maybe I won't make the same mistake as before, he is small after all, in fact, maybe this could be my lifestyle, living so isolated doesn't seem so bad, in fact, it's the best thing that can happen to a witch like me...