Third chance at love

Divided

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Another late night and Raphael was back to finding a cure for the prince of Maldonia. In his lab began re-read his research. Searching through his spell books once again thinking he would be back at square one, Raphael came across something new. Something that made him rethink the the whole cure he had tried to create. Looking at page Raphael knew he had found the jackpot. 

" Night Root." He whispered to himself. That was it. If there was a way he could modify the effects of it he could finally save Naveen from going insane. Shutting the book Raphael began prepare the ingredients. Looking through his storage cupboard for the final ingredients he realise all his night root crystal had run out. 

" Great... now what!" Raphael said to himself. Night Root was a hard plant to find as it only grew in certain places of the land.' What about Zelena?' Raphael thought to himself. She must have some Night Root crystals in her potion storage cupboard. It was rare but it was worth keeping around just in case. 

Without a second thought Raphael transported himself to the little farmhouse. It was a late hour but Raphael was on a mission and he need to succeed. Zelena wasn't the kind of person to wake up during late the hours but Raphael had no choice. Knocking on the door loud enough for Zelena to hear. Raphael waited for the wrath of the wicked witch of the west. As the lights turned on, it wasn't long before the front door swiftly opened and Zelena face showed all the rage as she looked at Raphael. 

" What in the hell are you doing at house in the early hours of the morning!!" Zelena said as she frowned at him. 

" I'm sorry to wake you Zelena but I need your help. Do you have any Night Root Crystals?" Raphael said with urgency. Squeezing the bridge of her nose Zelena was in mood for this.

" Why?" 

" For a cure I'm creating. I really need as soon as possible. Please Zelena do you have any?" Bring back to what Lucy had told her Zelena realised who the cure was for. Worry took over her mind. She had to tell Raphael what Lucy told her, she had to warn him. She could let him go through with it for Tiana. Lost in thought Zelena was quickly snapped back to reality when Raphael asked again. 

" Zelena?, I Know it early in the morning but if you just let me borrow some of it I will be on my w- " Before Raphael could finish Zelena interrupted. 

" We need to talk....NOW."

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Numb was the only feeling Tiana could feel when she left the warmth of her carriage. Holding her palms close to her chest her fingertips were freezing, not even her body heat could ease the bitter pain of the cold. Looking around she was standing in a frozen wasteland but Tiana knew she was in the right place. 

far in the distance nested on a mountain full of snow her eyes laid upon a beautiful white castle. It was a sight to see as the ice around the castle dance within the moonlight. It was truly breathtaking but Tiana wasn't here for sightseeing. No, she had an important meeting to attend and a deal to uphold. Standing in the thick  cold snow Tiana turned towards her loyal soldiers who waited patiently for orders. " Wait here I will not be long." 

" I'm so glad you could make it Tiana...I was beginning to think you had changed your mind." Tiana froze at the sudden voice behind her. A chill ran down her spine as she turned to see a tall woman dressed in white with a satisfying grin on her face. The woman was slender and her skin looked sickly pale. The only colour that stood out upon the woman's ghostly appearance was her long ginger hair that flowed behind her back but what set Tiana on edge was the woman's cold grey eyes. They pierced into her very own brown ones, making her feel uneasy.

 Tiana was in the Snow Queen's territorial now. Her kingdom was a frozen wasteland filled with unsettling ice monsters that roamed the kingdom. No one dared to venture here as many never returned. The Snow Queen was not the kind sort. She cared very little for visitors and if you was caught in her lands without permission you might as well prayed for chilling cold to take you first before she did.  King Richard might of been the most feared king within the realm but The Snow Queen was the monster no one dare speak off. A monster that rested in the high mountain tops deep within the lands. Isolated from the rest of the world with nothing but snow and Ice to keep her company. 

Tiana had heard stories from Henry of another Snow Queen from a different Realm but those stories were nothing compared the one she had grown up hearing. Here The Snow Queen was a Real monster with no heart or compassion. She was as cold as her frozen wasteland kingdom she ruled  and dangerous as the Ice monsters she created. 

" Don't be shy now Tiana. We have some matters to discuss, come with me before you freeze to death." The Snow queen said still grinning. Without a word the Snow Queen transport the both of them into the Castle's Throne room. The room just like the outside was breathtaking and Tiana took just a moment to admire the beauty of ice and snow that made up the interior. However Tiana attention was brought back to the chilling woman who sat in her frozen throne. 

" If I am correct you came to discuss the matter of your little Shadow-man problem?" The woman said softly. Once again Tiana felt the Queen's eyes pierce into her own sending shivers up her spine and goosebumps across her skin.

" Yes your Majesty." Tiana said. It was clear that she was terrified in the presents of the infamous Snow Queen  but she here for a purposes. Standing a little taller Tiana looked back at the Queen with more confidence. " I've heard you two have cross path before and things didn't end quite well." 

The Queen's grin disappeared as she was remained of the dark memories of her pass.  Swiftly standing from her throne the Queen walked towards Tiana with a cold stare. She circled her like a predator does to it prey but Tiana remained calm. " So.... you know of my pass then. You know the Shadow man is the reason I am the way I am. The Monster everyone fears and hides from." 

"Yes.....And I know you want revenge as do I for his crimes." The Snow Queen let out a chortle as she listen to Tiana proposal.

" Revenge comes with a price the question you must ask yourself is are you ready to pay for it?!" The Queen stopped in front of Tiana with a cold expression that froze her in her place. "Rumours about me are true you know. I have no heart, I care for no one but myself. When I became Queen years before your time Facilier predicted my future....A future I refused to let happen but like all his victims I fell into his trap and what I tried to stop played in front of my eyes. I became a monster and rule nothing but Monsters, That my price." 

Tiana listen to the Snow Queen's tale. She had heard the Queen had killed her own sister so she could rule her throne. Cursing her with a frozen heart and a fallen kingdom. " Help me...Help me bring down the Shadow man that ruined your kingdom...I don't care what I have to pay for it to happen as as long as that man is gone from my life." The Snow Queen sat back in her throne  with her grin returned. 

" I will help you get rid of the shadow-man....And please call me Sigrid." 

Once Tiana left Queen Sigrid's Kingdom for her Journey to Maldonia Sigrid returned to her throne room. Summoning her hand held mirror of ice she looked into her mirror with wicked smile. The mirror showed the shadow man and everything special to him. Sigrid could see That Facilier had done quite well for himself, he was now a father and was in a relationship with a powerful witch from another realm. She looked through his memories and it wasn't long before she grew bored with is happy life.

 For years Sigrid had waited for her chance to get back for what Facilier had taken from her and now her day was slowly coming true. Tiana was a fool to trust her, she had no idea what she had just unleashed. 

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