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Prince Cole lay asleep in his bed as he was struck with a pillow, he instantly woke up to his younger brother Sam entering.
"Wow, for such a deep sleeper, that sure woke you up fast," laughed Sam.
"Dude, what are you doing, it's like midnight," whispered Colby.
"Do you wanna go exploring?" asked Sam.
"What?" answered Colby.
"I can't sleep, I'm gonna sneak out of the castle gates, wanna come with?" asked Sam.
"You remember what happened the last time we did that?" replied Colby.
"Mother and Father wanted to ground us for life," replied Sam.
"Exactly, and my coronation is tomorrow, I can't be tired while accepting the throne," explained Colby.
"They're never gonna find out, they won't be back until tomorrow," said Sam. "What they don't know can't hurt them."
"I don't know," said Colby.
"You can practice with your powers while we're out," said Sam smirking.
No one except their family knew that Cole had been born with magical ice powers. They found out when he was young and he's had them ever since. Their parents had decided to keep his powers a secret from everyone except the royal family, ever since the incident when Cole was little.
They had gone out for a walk outside the castle grounds, hoping Cole could practice his powers and in doing so; he accidently severely wounded two passing travelers. They didn't know how the kingdom would respond to a prince and future king with powers, so to protect both their sons, their parents kept his powers and the incident a secret. Sam and Colby were both too young to remember what exactly happened, but it's still something that they think about every day.
He is still trying to get a grasp on his powers, he had never been allowed to use them much due to their parent's fear of someone seeing or out of fear of him harming someone again. They allowed him to use them for practice every once in a while, in small scenarios, inside the castle, away from prying eyes.
They had even kept Sam away, in fear of Cole accidently hurting him, but Sam actually found his brothers power fascinating, and so Cole practiced a few times with the help of his brother, obviously without their parents' knowing.
The older Colby got, the stronger his power grew, but even to this day, he couldn't figure out how to fully control them.
"What about Uncle Elton, think he'll notice were gone?" asked Colby.
" Not if we leave now," replied Sam. "So, you coming or what?"
"Fine, but not for long, okay?" said Colby.
"Deal," replied Sam.
The boys crept slowly down the hall passed their uncles room, who had come for the coronation. They rushed quickly but quietly to the castle door and swung it open with force. They slipped through and shut the door behind them. The two boys hurried across the courtyard to the wooden gates on the other side. They climbed over and jumped down and then stopped to catch their breath.
"I can't believe we actually did it," exclaimed Colby.
"We've literally done it a thousand times," laughed Sam. "Wasn't hard."
"So, where to?" asked Colby.
"I was thinking the forest," replied Sam. "We haven't been there in a while."
"Okay, but that's all the way across the fjord, we'll need a boat," explained Colby. "I'll go grab one."
"Orr?? We could do it a more fun way??" said Sam grabbing Colby's arm.
Colby looked at him confused, and then it struck him. "No, absolutely not," he replied.
"C'mon, you did it all the time when we were kids," said Sam.
"Yea kids, we're teenagers now," explained Colby.
"Dude, it'll be fine," said Sam reassuringly. "Just freeze part of the fjord and we'll walk across, no biggy".
"I don't know about this," said Colby.
"You really wanna do it the boring way?" asked Sam.
"Okay, but I go first," exclaimed Colby.
"Fine with me," replied Sam.
"When we get in trouble for freezing part of the fjord, I'm blaming your sorry butt," laughed Colby slyly.
"Just do it already," laughed Sam punching Colby's arm lightly.
Colby raised his hands and Sam watched in fascination as Colby used his powers to turn the water to ice. When Colby was finished, he lowered his hands back down and there was now a frozen path of ice across the water. Colby walked across with ease, sliding in some spots as he did so. He stepped on land by the forest and turned to wait for Sam.
"Okay, your turn, c'mon," said Colby.
Sam happily stepped onto the ice. He was halfway across when he heard a crack beneath him. He looked down to see the cracked ice below him, he raised his head and looked at Colby with worried eyes. Colby didn't have time to react before Sam fell through the ice and into the cold water.
"SAM!!!!" yelled Colby.
Colby quickly dove into the water. He could see Sam sinking lower and lower, the weight of his jacket holding him down. Colby swam as fast as he could, grabbing Sam's hand just as he slipped out of consciousness. He wrapped his arm around Sam's waist, bringing him to the surface. Colby drew in a huge breath when he reached the surface.
"Someone help, please!!!" yelled Colby, swimming to shore with his brother in his arms.
King Elton burst through the wooden gates and into the cold outdoors, followed by Jake, Corey and Aaron; 3 of the palace guards. Elton locked eyes with Colby, and rushed down to the fjord. He helped lift Sam out of the water.
The guards followed closely behind ready to intervene if they needed to. Once they reached shore, Corey took Sam, and rushed him back into the castle, along with Jake and Aaron. Elton and Colby followed behind. Once they were back inside, Elton turned to face Colby.
"What happened?!!" asked Elton sternly.
"We just went out," explained Colby, worried. "I thought it could hold him, I didn't mean for this to happen."
"Cole, you should know better!!" said Elton. "Your brother could've died tonight, and not to mention anyone could've seen you use your powers, then what, how would we explain that?!!"
"I'm sorry," said Colby sadly.
"I know you are," replied Elton, more calmly this time. "But this can never happen again, we could've lost him. Thank god he wasn't under for a long time."
"Can I see him?" asked Colby.
"He needs to rest," replied their uncle. "And so do you, big day tomorrow. You can see him in the morning."
Colby returned back to his room, but didn't sleep very well the rest of the night. He woke up the next morning, remembering that today, he was to be crowned King. If he was being honest, he wasn't feeling super ready after the night he just had, but he had to put on a brave and strong face for his people.
