It had been several weeks since the battle with King Darkness and his dark forces. I watched my father as he lead us fairies to the Elven Kingdom for a celebratory feast and public thanks for the heroics but...this day was marred by the lost of Ice. "Are you feeling alright?" Kraken asked as she sat on my shoulder.

"Mhm." I responded.

When I heard a shout, "FLAME!" I looked toward the left to see Volcan running over to me, his parents leading the fire spirits after him.

Queen Cynthia smiled at father, "Hello...it is good to see you again." Father simply gave a tiny nod and continued onwards. Volcan chuckled as he fell into step beside me.

We both stayed quiet even when we got there, until theceremony was starting and I suddenly spoke as a thought came into my head."What happened last time?" I asked causing everyone to look at me in confusion.

"What do you mean?" Invent asked.

"The artifacts, their guardians, what happened last time to them? If they had stayed then wouldn't our parents have them around more often than never?"

Queen Cynthia was the one who responded, "They went with Ice, same as all other times..."

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"But they didn't this time...," Prince began, "that must mean something, right?"

I thought for a second before a question that was never answered resurfaced to my mind, "Queen Cynthia...You act like you've known Ice for a long time...Where does he go after the Darkest Hours?"

Queen Cynthia smiled lightly, "He stays inside my hometown...He's always asleep though on mother's throne. I asked father once when Ice would wake up so we could play together and he simply said, when the war is done and the mistake is rewritten is when he shall wake up...I never did find out what he meant by that."

Volcan spoke up while watching me, "Ice stays in the Dark Kingdom, asleep until the next Darkest Hour, a mystery mistake that needs to be corrected, our artifacts staying...," he had a look like he suddenly thought of something, "Guys, hear me out here but what if...the artifacts are connected to Ice?"

Sphinx spoke up, "They are! He made them along with us, to add a bit of challenge for the chosen heroes and to allow them to grow and become even stronger but continue please."

Volcan nodded, "Since the artifacts are connected to Ice..."

Invent finished for him, "Maybe we could use the artifacts to get to Ice!"

Prince smiled, "And if we get to Ice...."

"We could find the way to finish this war!" I finished, "So how do we use them to get there?" I tapped my magic wand lightly against my palm as I contemplated an answer. As I did so another thought hit me and I held out my wand, "Put them together!" Prince smiled and nodded as he pulled his double swords out of their sheaths and placed them both directly over my wand. Volcan and Invent did the same with their sword and hammer. At first, nothing happened but after a few seconds, our artifacts started to glow and just like that, the world vanished around us.