May The Odds Be In Our Favor

Chapter 1: Princess Illiana

"Illiana, are you ready?" Maid Agnes said, while knocking on the door. But no one aswered.

"Illiana?" Maid Agnes knocked again, still no answer.

"Is there something wrong Agnes?" Queen Alayna asked Maid Agnes.

"Oh your highness, I apologize for disturbing you" Maid Agnes bowed. 

"It is alright my dear. What is the matter with Illiana?" She chuckled and asked.

"I believe the princess is not in her room" she said.

"What?!" Queen Alayna panicked and ran to the throne room.

"My Queen. What is wrong?" King Ethan asked.

"Illiana... she's not in her room" she said anxiously.

"What?! Guards!" the king called them

-the guards came into the throne room- 

"Look for my daughter in the whole kingdom. Go!" He insructed and the guards left.

The King went to his Queen too calm her, "She'll be alright, no one knows what she is capable of".

"That is the problem. Even she does not know what she is capable of. She hasn't have any training yet." the queen worried, but just cried and hugged his king tightly.

--- Start of background ---

Princess Illliana the young princess of the Kingdom Aporo. The only kingdom that has never ending snow, only the royal family knows that the snow is a curse, casted on the Princess Illiana. Why? When she was a baby, she wasn't awake, nor making any noise, so King Ethan and Queen Alayna brought her to the powerful Babadoo. The Babadoo, only had one spell for her to have life but ofcourse every spell she has to do comes of with payment, not a payment for the Babadoo but a sacrifice payment from the spell. The Babadoo told the royal highnesses,

 "Your royal highnesses, your young princess shall have life, but she is to live with such pwerful powers. But she is not able to control it inside the kingdom. But it is not only her or you who is to pay the sacrifice, but the whole kingdom. The whole kingdom is be covered wih snow forever. That is the curse, the snow. But her powers is not a curse, it is a gift. She is gifted by the Spirits, for she is chosen to protect the world. She is to stop all madness, violence, war and replace everything with peace. But she is to be protected until she is 10, right after take her to the woods and you must start training her. But then, everything must be kept from her.

But the King disagreed with the instructions he is given by the Babadoo, but everything was too late. The spell was now casted upon Illiana.

--- End of background ---

"Your Highness" Maid Agnes interruped

"Any sign of her?" Queen Alayna asked

"Yes my queen,. They found her in the lake, skating" Maid Agnes said

"Oh my dear daughter" she exhaled with relief. "Where is she now?" she asked Maid Agnes

"In her room right now, she is now being guarded by the guards.

The King and Queen rushed to her room. They saw her sleeping. "Go" the queen ordered the guards. 

"My dear Illiana? I know you are just pretending to be asleep" King Ethan said.

"Why forbid me to go out the castle? For only the lake is just at the back of the castle. And it seemed like a good weather to skate, I mean, the ice was thick enough for me to skate on" she explained

"But we can't risk and let anything happen to you" Queen Alayna explained as well

"Why mother? I am old enough mother, I am nine already" Illiana stood up her bed

"Well then if you're already old enough, you don't need me to fly you around your room, you don't need me to read you stories anymore" King Ethan said and pretending to be mean.

"Hey... Who said I was old" Illiana said ang hugged his father in the back and he carried her around the room while her mother chuckled.