SummersSkye
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- Posted: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:56:31 +0000
Trees covered in ice, their bark bleached white, and leaves tinted blue. Grass frozen over, flowers blessed to stay eternally beautiful. Really the winter forest was a sight to behold, and so few actually had the opportunity to do so. Rialle was one of the few fae blessed enough to be able to travel in them at will. Since they were so close to the palace, they naturally were warded to keep out assassins and would-be intruders. They were an almost sacred place that Ria often used for clearing her mind. It needed clearing.
Ria had just enough time to get a light dusting of snow all over her, and place a blue Frost Bloom in her hair before the summons arrived for her. Time to go back already. The pixie looked at her expectantly and Ria sighed, giving the little creature a small smile. “Oh alright, I’m coming.” The pixie was insistant, obnoxiously so, but Ria only shook her head and smiled. The little buggers had a soft spot in her heart; otherwise she would have frozen it to a tree. The same went for most of the things that dwelt in the winter grounds.
Once back inside the familiar walls of the palace, Ria went on auto-pilot, letting her legs carry her while her mind flipped from idea to idea. She barely even registered when someone stepped out from a doorway in front of her, and was within a second of crashing into the male and making him drop a pile of breakable objects. A familiar scowl crossed her features…until she saw which fae she had nearly bumped, and she softened. The white haired boy was similar to the creatures that lives among the trees. He was small, shy sometimes, but sweet. His head was so often in the clouds. In many ways he was more wild than any other Winter Fae. That combined with his love for joking and pranks made people often wonder if there wasn’t just a little bit of Dark Court in him. But that was just who he was. And he was loyal to Winter, so Ria had, over a long period of time, grown to accept him as a ‘friend’.
“Be careful Jack.” She said gently, removing the flower in her hair and tucking it behind his ear. “Cleaning that mess would be annoying.” He gave a sparking, pure white grin and nodded.
“I’ll be careful.” He said before wandering off. Sure he would.
Finally she made it back to the private rooms of her Queen and she hesitated outside the door. She brushed some of the remaining snow off of herself and took a deep calming breath before entering the room and giving a curtsy to the two royal fae. “My Queen, you sent for me.” She said gently, not even glancing at Darren.