The appearance of my mother caused everything to stop. It was almost as if the entire forest was silent in shock. Ice looked away from her before turning and dashing out of the forest, completely unchallenged. "Ice..." Invent whispered, sadly.

Mother said nothing at all which seemed to piss off Prince who snapped at her, "So...that's it!? You just watch him go! You're not going to try to stop him!?"

"You stay quiet when you know NOTHING of his SINS!" Father snarled.

That really made Prince angry, "I DON'T CARE! IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HE DID! HE CLEARLY REGRETS IT! NOT ONLY THAT BUT HE WAS TRYING TO LEAVE PEACEFULLY BUT YOU," He suddenly moved so he was right in father's face, stabbing a finger into his chest, "YOU WOULDN'T JUST LET HIM LEAVE PEACEFULLY! YOU JUST WANTED TO FIGHT HIM BECAUSE YOU WERE MAD AT HIM FOR SOMETHING HE APPARENTLY CAUSED IN THE PAST!"

Volcan moved forward to try to stop him, "Prince...stop it."

"HELL NO! HE DESERVES TO HEAR EVERYTHING I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT HIS INABILITY TO LISTEN!" Prince snapped back.

"Prince..." I spoke.

Repeating his name a few times until he finally looked at me with a snappy "WHAT!?"

"Calm down~ I'm sure father has a reason for being mad~" I said, noticing the look change on Prince's face as a blush started to form across his face. I turned to look at my father and mother as I asked, "What DID he do? And don't you DARE tell me that I have no right to know."

I could hear Volcan laughing behind me as he asked, "Are you all right their Prince? You look like you've been put under a Succubus spell~"

"S-Shut up!" Prince snarled, embarrassingly. I was going to ask what he meant but decided it might be better for me to focus on finding out what happened in the past and worry about whatever spells Prince fell under later.

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Father opened his mouth, his stance telling me that he was going to deny me the information I needed but mother interrupted, "Nothing that was his fault."

Father looked furious, "Nothing that was HIS fault! HE CAUSED YOU TO DIE!!" The silence that filled the forest after that was almost deafening. Mother simply looked down in sadness.

"H-He...He caused m-mother's d-death?" I asked, feeling my body shaking in both confusion and sadness.

Everyone was quiet before mother finally spoke again, "He did but it was not fully his fault..." She sighed before continuing, "Ice has a special type of magic...one that is very effective against the people from the Dark Kingdom...and those that have the blood of a Dark Kingdom resident. He can only use it during very specific times." There was a long silence again before she continued, her voice gaining more sadness as she went on, "You had only just been born when it happened. We were heading toward the Elven Kingdom when father attacked. He was beating us, and it caused Ice to use his power...Blane understood what was about to happen and shielded my sister with his own body...I choose to shield you instead of protecting myself and Ice's magic killed me." She shoots father a glare before turning a softer look onto me, "He didn't mean for it to happen. He never meant to kill me but...he has no control over it...he has never had control over his power...and he will probably never have control over it."

"He still was the death of yo..." father began only to stop at the glare she gave him.

She turned her attention back to my friends and I as she warned us, "No matter what happens...remember Ice will help you but you must protect each other. Ice cannot protect you, but he shall try his hardest to do it anyways. He feels deep regret and that will cause him to work extra hard, but he will also keep more secrets than ever before so you will need to rely on each other the most."

"What do you mean, Ice has no control over his power." Invent asked, confused.

Mother stared at her for a few seconds before giving a tiny smile, "I don't know the full story but...there was another at the beginning who forced his power to come out. That is why he cannot use it whenever he wants...I'm sorry my love," mother gently touched my cheek, "I must go now but I shall always be watching over you, however Flame, a word of warning. Just because you can use a spell does not mean that you should use it...do not use the reunite spell again unless you absolutely need assistance and remember I might not even appear...the reunite spell pulls the soul that's best needed in the current circumstance. I love you." She slowly vanished becoming nothing but air once more, leaving me with tears running down my face. I felt arms wrap around my shoulders and let myself break against Prince's chest.