"Born of ice and all that is cruel, here she is, my heir to this new Narnia, the first of the new age, you're Princess and future Queen, Eirlys! Rejoice with me my people! Aslan thought he could win this war but she is our key! Our snowdrop in a desert!" the pale skinned woman exclaimed from her castle balcony with a voice so thunderous it made the men in her army quake in their metal armor as they did as was told and yelled in excitement for the future of this cold kingdom. "Long live Princess Eirlys! To the new Kingdom!" the crowd cheered with such excitement it made the ground beneath them shake as they beheld their Queen, Jadis outstretch her arms and show them the small white bundle of blanket which contained the newly born princess. She too had pale skin. This tiny baby had short locks of dark brown hair which reached her chin and eyes black as the deepest cave with no light. Jadis smiled in satisfaction and cradled the child in her arms once again and with a small grin she looked out on the crowd and bellowed, "Let the festivities begin!" before going into her castle and had the child's governess, Luminess, dress the baby for the event. She was after all going to be passed around so that all may know their new princess. Luminess gently took the child and smiled down at her, "Yes your majesty." She replied in a voice so soothing it could make any screaming child calm when they heard it. As Jadis let out a satisfied hum and left the room, Luminess carried the baby to her room and laid her on a light blue changing station and began looking for a dress for her to wear. "How about this one your highness?" the black haired fawn asked as she held up a light blue dress with pretty frills on the sleeves and a puffy skirt. Eirlys blinked and of course didn't understand but rather found her hands rather fascinating and played with them. Luminess sighed and smiled softly. "How about this beautiful periwinkle dress?" she once again asked for the now fifth time in a row. This time however, Eirlys looked at it and smiled while rubbing her left eye and reaching for the sparkly dress. "This one it is then princess." Luminess cheered and readied the little princess for her debut.

"Come Eirlys, I want to show you something." the pale woman spoke softly and gestured to the now four year old girl to follow her. "Coming mommy." the young girl replied happily and got up from the floor, leaving her toys behind and following her mother. They walked through a frozen garden and into an old tower, a tower she was told to never step foot in. "Mommy where are we going?" the brown haired girl asked as she now was hesitant and for some reason, she felt scared and stood at the doorway as her mother walked in. Jadis walked deeper into the tower and noticed her daughter wasn't following, "Are you coming or not?" she said in a flat tone, almost sounding threatening to the ears of the scared child before her. "Y-yes mommy." Eirlys replied shakily in a tone so quiet not even a mouse would hear it. She swallowed hard and took a step towards her mother who watched intently. "Come now don't be frightened. You and I are the only ones here my love. You have nothing to fear." Jadis assured her and it seemed to calm the small girl since she moved faster now and followed close behind her. They walked down a spiral tunnel for what seemed like an eternity. It was so cold the water along the walls were frozen and every step was slippery as you could hear the ice on the stairs crunch and crack. The walls themselves held candles which were lit and provided very little light, barely enough to light up their path so they wouldn't trip. When they arrived at the bottom, they came across a glowing white sigil on the ground in the shape of a snowflake. The little girl's black eyes widened in delight as she ran over to get a better look. "You like it?" her mother asked as she took a vial off a table and opened it. The child nodded in excitement and ran back to her mother. "What is that?" she asked in curiosity as she tilted her head slightly to the side. "This my dear is what I wanted to show you." the mother smiled warmly and proceded to project ice from her hand.

"This is the source of our power." she demonstrated. Of course now the girl's eyes were wide in astonishment and wonder. She laughed in excitement and hugged her mother, "Why are you hugging me?" Jadis asked, holding back her disdain since she was only four after all. "Sorry mommy. I forgot you don't like that." the poor girl mumbled sadly. "It's just I was so happy you could do the magic too!" Eirlys continued while playing with the hem of her sweater. Now Jadis was curious, "What do you mean I can do it too?" she asked as she lowered herself to Eirlys' height and held her small hands in her large ones. "Well yeah. I can do it too look." The young one removed her hands from her mother's grasp and outstretched her hands towards the wall and ice proceeded to project from her hands. Jadis was stunned and stood to her full height with wide eyes. She was speechless for a moment as she beheld the ice wall that was before her. This made Eirlys worried. Was she in trouble? Why was her mother staring that way? "H-how did you do that?" Jadis glanced at her child and regained her composure. "I don't know. I got mad one day and it just happened." the child replied as she kicked a pebble by her shoe. "I see. Why didn't you tell me?" Jadis asked now calming down. "I thought you would be mad at me. I can't control it very well so sometimes it just happens." Eirlys let out a sigh of relief. Jadis smiled proudly and picked up her daughter in her arms. "Oh Eirlys, you can always trust me with these things. As a matter of fact, what you have is truly a magnificent gift indeed! It normally takes many years of hard work and training to even get to your level of power!" she doted and praised her. Eirlys beamed brightly, "Really?!" She questioned curiously. "Of course! As for controlling it, we'll work on it." Jadis smiled as she carried her child back upstairs and inside the castle. "Why don't you go play and we can train later alright?" the Queen spoke softly as she watched Eirlys run into the play room.

"Aren't you going to tell her?" Luminess questioned in a concerned tone as she approached the Queen. "Tell her what?" Jadis asked innocently with a straight face. "You know what Jadis! You're magic is against everything Narnia stands for. Above all else, it goes against Aslan." she snapped at the queen. "Are you forgetting who you are talking to?" Jadis scoffed, her voice growing louder with every word. "I AM YOUR QUEEN! Aslan is not coming back. This is why you're here to begin with, slave! You will stand and watch as I tear Narnia to shreds in this endless winter! Then and only then will I kill you." Jadis threatened coldly while aiming her sceptre at Luminess' throat. "I-I understand." Luminess said in a tone that seemed as though she had been crying for hours. She was heartbroken to say the least at the destruction of her home but she always remained hopeful that one day her King would return. That the prophecy would be fulfilled and that Narnia would have Spring again. So she secretly taught Eirlys of the prophecy. How two sons of Adam and Two daughters of Eve would come and defeat the White Witch and bring an end to Winter and Aslan would return to Narnia and bring peace.