The Ice Prince

Chappy 5

Days had gone by. Days of walking, hiding, and nibbling small portions of food. Bonnie's skin was becoming pinker every day, looking more bubblegum-like. I began hearing whispers even without wearing or even looking at the crown. I noticed a strange blue tint to my skin as well. I hoped with all of my being that I wasn't turning blue. I was beginning to have white hairs as well among my blonde; the purest color of white in hair that I have ever seen. White like snow. Both of us were undergoing drastic physical changes.

Once, when Bonnie held my hand while we were walking, our hands got stuck together because she was getting sticky. Her hair constantly kept getting stuck in bushes or low hanging trees.

Bonnie once pointed out to me that my eyes were lighter than she remembered; a more faded out blue. That frightened me. What was this crown turning me into?

So far, nothing had attacked us since those wolves. That was good. If I put on the crown again, it would just speed up my transformation. I also noticed I have started to become very absentminded. I kept forgetting things, like why we were walking and why Bonnie was so sticky. She probably repeated her candy factory story a couple times to me. She didn't seem to have a problem with it though. It passed the time after all.

"Finn... do you remember your last name?" Bonnie asked me suddenly. Oh great; that took me by surprise. I scrunched my nose, thinking hard.

"Umm... Snow?"

"Your mom's name?"

"Ice."

"Dad's?"

I said nothing.

She gave me a look of worry. "Your last name is Mertens, Finn. And I doubt your mom's name was 'Ice'."

I sighed. "Bonnie, I'm forgetting everything. My mind is filling with icy mist. Almost literally."

She said nothing, knowing I was right and knowing that the crown was causing this. I could tell she wanted me to destroy it, but I couldn't. That foolish girl, wanting to get herself killed.... heh heh heh.....

"What?" Bonnie turned to me. I realized I was just whispering. I didn't even know what.

"Nothing!" I quickly answered.

"Alright, here's another question. What's two plus two?"

"Bonnie, I donk at math. I wouldn't be able to solve that with or without the crown."

"Oh..." I could tell she was stifling a smile.

I looked at her. "What!?"

She started giggling. "I'm sorry, Finn, you're just... you're just so cute!"

I felt heat melting my icy aura. I quickly looked away, feeling embarrassed once more.

"Sorry! Sorry, I'll shut up now!" Bonnie turned away. I could tell she was remembering the time I pulled away from her when we were about to kiss. I'll bet she thought I felt super weirded out by her and this romance stuff.

I wanted to say it wasn't her, it was just I had no experience with this and I was so awkward, but it didn't come out. If I said that, she might take it as it would be okay to kiss me, and I didn't want her to. I mean, I did but I didn't. I did but we couldn't. I was planning to part with her after I got her somewhere safe. Kissing her would make leaving impossible. I couldn't let that happen. We continued to walk in silence after that. Then once again, she tried to break the tension.

"Why do you think that book's so important? That Enchiridion thing?" she asked.

I didn't recall... "The what?"