FUKUSHŪ

CHAPTER 10

Chapter 10

There's a castle in the Lapland.

A white castle made of ice.

A castle surrounded by a vast land of whiteness.

A land of freezing cold, where only snow falls as rain and the reflection of ice is its light.

Some people might find this land so depressing.

Some might think it's empty.

Such a waste.

Even sad.

The castle stood tall and mighty in the center of those vast lands.

The Lapland castle.

The Snow Queen's castle.

A place where most sane people avoid for the safety of their life.

Just like this vast empty land with no other living things on it, so is this castle.

Carved beautifully with ice from floor to wall, but it's also empty.

Just like the land and the castle, the owner stood in the middle of the room with her empty blue pupils looking at nothing at all.

A beautiful smile carve on her lips when she turned around and found another girl just like her stood there in front of her with an awe clearly showed in her eyes.

"Wow, this place is so beautiful!" the girl exclaimed in a cheerful manner.

"It is? I made it myself." the girl with hair as white as the snow announced happily.

"You did? Wow! ...hmmm" the little girl was looking at the white haired girl expectantly "Sorry for my rudeness." she wiped her hand at her jacket and extend it forward to the lonely looking girl. "My name is Sharon, let's be friend..ummm..."

The lonely girl stared at the extended hand unsure if she should return the favour. Slowly she held the hand and found that Sharon flinch at the sudden coldness as they contact each other "I'm Katarina. Do you really want to be my friend?"

"Yes, I do." Sharon answered with a happy wide smile that revealed her white teeth.

"So..." Sharon exhaled "What should we play first?"

"Do you want to build a snowman?" Katarina asked, a gleam in her blue eyes sparkled.

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"What's that, Chaeyoung? fufu...What version of the Snow Queen story did you read? I've never heard about it be like that? The Snow Queen plays with Sharon? And building a snowman?" Mina chuckled at the sudden funny end to the story of today. Lately, Chaeyoung has her own style of humour sometimes. It always comes unexpectedly. She likes to tell Mina her own version of Snow Queen fairy tale, claiming it was the original version.

"It's the Lapland Version. Lapu-lando Va-sion. I think it's the version from Scandinavian. I like this version." Chaeyoung tugged at her shirt collar to straighten it up but it's a failed attempt again. This time, Mina swear she had imagined the cub ears slump down in defeat. Realizing the struggle of her wife, Mina turned Chaeyoung to face her and help her straighten the collar easily then slowly smoothing the jacket's shoulder. Chaeyoung didn't wear a tie anymore when she had a necklace given by Mina. The beautiful glittering necklace with a butterfly pendant; Half of a butterfly, while the other half she wore around her neck herself. It's a pair set of necklace she specially ordered.