In the mountains of Ultisphere it was cold, not just "go out of your
door" cold, but worse than a trek up Everest. In a secluded cave was
a small frozen pool and round this pool was things as if someone
lived there. But, who could live in such a cold climate? From the
pool which was obviously frozen. Something lurked in this pool that
had rested and had been saved from the oblivion of a previous time.
It had been let out but now existed only here, and her sisters knew
not what to do.

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Tuatara sat in the hall where the marriage was taking place and
nudged Jadis,
"Sister we have to leave, the time has come, she will be released."
Jadis widened her eyes and whispered back,
"Surely not I'm here to watch a wedding not have some 17 about to
turn 18 yr old bimbo telling me what to do. I will stay here thank
you."
Tuatara looked at her sister and shook her head as she turned to her
other sister The Snow Queen,
"Come, let's go..."
and with a swirl of cold mist they vanished leaving Jadis alone. She
sat and contemplated what she knew about the coming sister and the
unbinding of her powers. They didn;t know that it was Shive thier
Goddess sister that was in the frozen pool and thier other sister
who was meant to be asleep was in Artek's palace reviving herslef.

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Tuatara came to the cave and sat next to the pool. Tuatara looked at
the opening and made a small gesture at it and it sealed with thick
ice. Tuatara turned to the pool which had bben boken and she heard
something in another tunnel next to this one. The Snow Queen looked
aghast and sat in a nearby chair.
"It isn't her Tuatara, it's Shiva, we've been decieved."
"What to you mean it's not her? It simply has to be...go to your
churches one my one, or the high church and check if there have been
any disturbances in the Ice ether."
The Snow Queen nodded and fizzed out through the ice door and went
at once to her high church to speak with the high preiestess there.

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In Artek's palace through the portal a young lady could here what
was going on. A wedding that she wasn't invited to. She looked
around to see the room that she had been placed in, it was all white
and a pale ice-blue, and she smiled, something which she rarely did.
By the bed where she slept was a note and on the envelope was a
lovely lavender colour emmiting a name it read:
"Lady Icrone"
A startled look ran down her pale, slender face. The lady got up and
brushed her near platinum hair with her delicate fingers and
sneered. Opening the note she read:
"Articia this is for you, the room in my house. Please donot join
the wedding. Your sisters do not know that you are out yet. Keep
clear of them as your power is great. Today is your 18th bithday and
with assuming these two names 'Lady Icrone' and 'Articia' you will
be well known.
Please be careful you are not at full strength. Call on me if you
have any trouble that you know not how to handle."
At the bottom it was signed,
"Artek"
Articia looked about with awakened eyes. Somehow these names meant
something to her. Deep within her those names rang and rang true...

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The Snow Queen arrived a few minutes after she had left the cave
residence in the blustery Ultisphere mountains. The Queen looked at
her high church and looked upon the door and called to her in the
ice language a whisper language that many do not know. The heavy
white door opened and her high preistess greeted her with open arms.
"Mother..." she said as they embraced, "we have some rather bad news
for you."
The Snow Queen looked at her daughter,
"I know, that is why I'm here to see if there has been anything
while I've gone, but most importantly in the last day."
The High Preistess Amelia, gestured for her mother to follow her
into the "Ether Room".
The door opened and the ether cavern lay open whith the high
preistess let her mother pass through.
"What is this? Where.....how....." And The Snow Queen ran out of the
church and screamed and misted herself to return to the mountains to
her sister....

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In Bahamut's palace the wedding was nearly at an end and Artek
looked at Sephiroth.
"It's time now, she's awake dear..."