Castle.(On Hold)

I Chapter 2 I

In the far north lay another kingdom. Happy, joyous and a thriving kingdom, it was known as Stiriaque. It was ruled by a woman named Neva. Unlike an ordinary woman she was gifted with the power of cold and ice. A fair match to Freya, maybe, maybe not. She lived with her sister Ursa, both abandoned by their parents because Neva was different, and Ursa was another daughter when the king wanted a son. After the natural death of their parents, Neva became the rightful heir to the throne of Stiriaque. Both of them were happy and so was the kingdom.

One day Ursa finds a young man named Adriane. She instantaneously fell in love with him. They met each other frequently and would sit and talk about their lives, the lives of the people and the beauty they saw in one another.

"I would really like to visit the castle someday." Said Adriane.

"Sure, why not!" replied Ursa with a sweet smile on her face.

Days turned to weeks and weeks turned to months, both were star-crossed lovers, who couldn't live without each other. And one day Ursa decides to let Adriane into the castle. He was mesmerised by the beauty of the castle made of ice. It was made of purple, blue, amber and sapphire ice. The tips of two thin but strong pillars converged into each other in such a way that during the full Moon, the Moon would lie exactly between the two, and it lighted the palace such that it could be seen miles away from the kingdom. The doors opened and there stood Neva, in blue. Her hair was rose blond and her eyes grey.

She welcomed the man and her sister with joy and the three had a gala time together. Neva was overjoyed to know that a man like Adriane, handsome, knowledgeable and honest was going to be the husband of her sweet little sister, Ursa.

"Guards, make preparations for Prince Adriane to rest for the night." She ordered the men.

Hearing this Adriane was a little astounded. For he was to make sure that he ruled the kingdom of Stiriaque. So on the night of the full moon, when the guards weren't around and the Queen was fast asleep, he entered the chambers of Ursa.

"Be mine, right now." He asked her.

"What are you talking about." Asked Ursa in confusion.

"Be MINE, I said." He repeated again and forced himself over Ursa. She tried to protect herself but was outmatched by Adriane's strength. He tried to molest her. Ursa tried to make noise, so that the guards, or her sister was alerted, but failed. She kicked and pushed herself away. He tried to stop her and hit her with a vase made of ice. Ursa was dead.

Neva felt something weird and ran towards Ursa's chamber only to find Adriane on her and Ursa lying dead. She went closer to her and could see her sister's blood drip away on the floor. She screamed in pain and despair and spikes made of ice raced towards Adriane, he froze to death. She pushed him away and he shattered into pieces. She held her sister in her arms who was now cold and dead and screamed in grief. She saw the worst of humanity in Adriane and so cursed her land to be frozen forever. The sky turned dark and it began to snow. She went out the castle gates and stomped her foot in anger. Ice began to spread where she had stomped her foot and froze the entire land till there where the kingdom was spread.

A Queen born of ice whose heart was warm and ever loving was now literally as cold as ice.