Set in Motion.

Chapter 5

Midnight snow.

Prologue

It was cold, it was dark. Snow could be seen lightly falling on the sky, decorating the night as the sound of a carriage along with a few riders rumbled through the dark snowy road. Iron hoofs of the horses massing against the snow disturbed the silent night, as the light from their torches and lanterns lit up the pitch-black road as they traveled.

Inside the carriage were two important passengers, a young girl, and her mother.

As the young 5-year-old girl plays with her narwhal fluffy friend without a care in the world. Her mother, however, seems to be stressing, looking past the road into the tall pine forest, her eyes intensively gazing at all the unmoving tree, it's like she is worried about something.

"Mommy, what are you looking at?". The voice of a child brings the woman back to reality

"Nothing dear, just bored that all," she said

"Really!? Then you should play with me and Wally! He always loved it when you play with him!" her daughter said, smiling wide making the woman gazed warmly at her.

"Very well. What does mister Wally here like to play then?"

"Ummm...He would like to playyyy~" the little girl stopped mid-sentence, holding the two fins of her narwhal friends out to her mother. Clapping Wally's fins together then raised them in front of her mom. The woman smiled, knowing what it is that her daughter wants.

Soon the two of them were clapping their hand together in a rhythm. Well, to be more precise the queen was clapping her palm against a toy narwhal as the youngling's light laughter filled the carriage bringing a smile to her mother.

But like every other good moment she got to share with her daughter, it ended too quickly. The unease sound of the horses screaming reached her ears as their carriage come to a halt, filling her with dread feeling.

"Stay here Star." She said, looking at her daughter sternly, leaving no room for the little girl to protest. Hugging the narwhal closer to her, Star nodded.

Stepping out of the carriage, the queen leather boots made contact with the icy cold ground, warm air flowing out of her lung in steam. Rubbing her hand together to ease the cold's bite, her eyes searched to see what had scared the horses...or the source of her unease feeling. Her eyes soon landed on one of her riders who was kneeling on one leg on the white road, he seems to be examining something.

"Captain Idris?... What is it?" She asked the guard.

The riders looked behind his shoulder at the queen with frosty breath flowing out of his armored face.

"Tracks your highness... Snow troll's tracks" the guard replied with nervous in his voice, showing her the large footprints carved into the snow

"What!... That-that can't be. They never adventured outside of their mountain regions...why would they be here!"

"I don't know your grace" the captain answered.

"How many are there?" she asked, fear starting to crawl at her.

"Just one, your highness"

At least it just one monster, but it's one BIG monster.

"Should we go look for it, my queen?" Idris asked.

She thoughted for a moment at his question. There is definitely something wrong here, Snowtroll had never reached this far past their home before, there is a threat lurking around here among the snow that should be investigated. But now it not the time for that, she had a daughter to worry about. And staying out here under this unforgiven weather for god knows how long, just to investigate the threat?...No Star need to get home safe and stay away from all of this, she would deal with this issue alone later. With that final thought, the queen gives her order.