Once upon a time, Queen Fairy Autumn and her pink fluffy unicorn, Bubblegum, went to a royal gala in New Orleans to celebrate the city’s 99th anniversary. It was also Autumn’s birthday. She got dressed in a long yellow ball gown, the color of gold coins. Then, she dressed up Bubblegum in a protector necklace which was jade and always shone brightly when the queen was in danger. Bubblegum also wore a white, blue, and pink tie-dye dress. Queen Fairy Autumn flew to the party while her unicorn galloped on a rainbow.
When they got there, the scent of chocolate cake filled the air. Fairies and elves celebrated the queen’s 32nd birthday until… The evil fairy Crystal crashed the party!
Crystal was wearing a jumpsuit made out of ice blue velvet and real ice cubes.
Then, Autumn noticed the wand. She nearly fainted.
Crystal had a dragon wand which had taken all the colors of Autumn’s people so that the Autumn’s kingdom’s colors were fading. Without color, everyone except the queen would start to fade to death.
Autumn had to make things right.
Before he died in a battle with the winter kingdom, Autumn’s father, the king, had said, “There is always a time to make things right before anything gets out of hand.”
“What have you done to my people?” said Autumn.
“I took over your land because I never got anything I wanted,” said Crystal.
“But don’t do this! You don’t know what you’re doing!” screamed Autumn.
“Mwaha-ha-ha-ha-aa, you will never get a hold of me!” Crystal yelled. “Zaaap!”
Crystal zapped her wand several times at Queen Fairy Autumn. But the wand did not work on Autumn.
“It’s time to make things right,” said Queen Fairy Autumn.
Crystal threw Autumn into the ocean which was full of tears.
But when Crystal looked at the water, she saw her true reflection — evil.
Because Autumn was gone, Crystal became the new queen — the Snow Queen of Winter. She made the queen’s people come back to color. There were gnomes, princesses, princes, ballerinas, dwarves, elves, pirates, fairies, mermaids, and good witches, celebrating the birth of a new season and a new queen. They were all dressed in coats made out of wool and leather. The new queen used her wand to make an ice castle. The people clapped and laughed and played games.
The Snow Queen had never felt this happy before. She finally realized that being evil was not the way to live.
Then one day, ice voyagers came. The Snow Queen made a big portal to protect her citizens. But the ice voyagers started taking away the snow which made everyone except the Snow Queen melt! Then there was no way she could get her people back, so she became evil again because all that she loved was lost forever. The people would only come back if a new season came.
Crystal was left alone in her ice castle with her mirror.
In another kingdom, far away, there were two neighbors, a girl named Kate and a boy named Gretel. They had love for each other; they even grew each other roses in different colors. Gretel would go over to Kate’s house to drink hot cocoa with marshmallows. They would build snowmen and go sledding together. The Snow Queen watched them in her mirror made of ice.
One day, when Kate and Gretel finished their hot cocoa with marshmallows, they went straight outside. As soon as they did, the Snow Queen sent transparent icicles straight into Gretel’s heart. He then became mean, greedy, and nasty. Gretel started to run away from Kate.
Kate screamed, “Why are you running away from me? I thought we were going to go sledding together!”
“Go away!” Gretel yelled in a rude tone. He ran away and never looked back.
Kate ran to her grandmother’s house. Tears flooded all the way down her rosy cheeks.
“Oh, Grandmother!” she cried. “I think the Snow Queen from the Kingdom of Winter took control of Gretel.”
“Oh, no!” her grandmother cried. But then she told Kate, “Oh, my darling, I know a shortcut to the Snow Queen.”
“What is it?” Kate said.
“First, you go to the lake where a magical bronze canoe is waiting just for you. Second, you will pass a beautiful garden where there are lots of flowers that are colors such as Yummy Yellow, Prancing Purple, Blaring Blue, Pretty Pink, Rose Red, Owing Orange, and Groomy Green. Then, you will see a pirate’s ship stuck on solid blue ice crystals.”
“Maybe the pirates can show me the way to the Snow Queen!” Kate exclaimed.
“Yes, they can,” her grandmother said. “But only if you are nice to them, even if they’re mean to you.”
“What next?” Kate asked.
“The final step is to find Gretel.”
“Thanks, Grandma!” Kate said with tears of joy.
“Oh, you’re welcome, my dear child,” Kate’s grandmother said.
“Bye, Grandma!” Kate said.
“Bye, darling!” Kate’s grandmother said.
Then, Kate put on her sweater, coat, mittens, scarf, hat, and snow boots. She raced out the door and went into the freezing cold. When Kate got to the bronze canoe, she had to go through all of the seasons. She climbed into the magical bronze canoe as her grandmother said. When she stepped inside the canoe, it moved by itself.
Wow, so this is what Grandma meant by magical, Kate thought.
When she got to the other side, she saw a beautiful garden with an old lady, who was wearing purple gloves and a purple dress.
“Hello there!” Kate said politely.
“Hi,” the woman said. “Can you please brush my hair, dear?”
The lady pulled out a purple comb and gave it to Kate. She took off her hat and held it tightly in her purple gloves while Kate brushed her hair. When Kate was finished, the lady asked her to do chores around the house. When Kate was finished with the chores, she asked where she could find the Snow Queen. The lady pointed right and Kate, without a word, left.
The next obstacle was a snowstorm. Kate fought the snowstorm like a warrior. Five minutes later, she saw a pirate’s ship stuck in solid ice. Kate walked closer to the pirate ship until…
“Aaargh!” one of the pirates shouted.
“Eek!” Kate screamed in horror.
“Hey, matey, why are you skedaddling here?!”
“Umm, ” Kate started to worry. “I want to find a way to the Snow Queen!” she screamed loudly, as if the whole world wanted to hear her little voice.
“Why, though?” said a girl pirate named Alivida De La Cruz.
“Because my friend, Gretel…”
“Gretel? Who in the name of the ship is named Gretel!”
“He’s my friend who got lured to the Snow Queen! And I… I… I just miss him.”
“Well why didn’t you say so then?”
“So will you lead me to the Snow Queen?”
“Yes, since you gave us a reason.”
“Thank you!”
“Yeah! But first, we are going to need someone to help us with the ice.”
“Umper!” Alivida De La Cruz shouted.
“Yes, Captain!” replies Umper.
“Get your axe please so that… uhh… what’s your name?”
“Kate,” Kate whispered.
“Uhh, Kate and I can break the ice to keep the river flowin’,” said Alivida De La Cruz.
“Yes, ma’am!” And down Umper came with the axe.
Kate and Alivida De La Cruz held the axe together. The ice went crush, crunch, croop! Then they climbed up the ladder for the ship and sailed through the icy water.
“To adventure!” Alivida De La Cruz said.
“To adventure!” said Kate.
In 15 minutes, they were at the Snow Queen’s ice castle. Kate was freezing, even though she was wearing a coat, snow boots, a scarf, hat, and mittens. “Thank you, Alivida De La Cruz,” Kate said.
“You’re welcome, matey! Anytime!” Alivida De La Cruz shouted.
Kate ran as fast as her legs could take her all the way up that iceberg hill. When she was in front of the ice doors, she opened them. Creak!
“Hello?” Kate said, shivering.
“Who is it?” the Snow Queen said in her snarling voice. The queen had a frown on her face. She had teal lipstick and icicles on her back, sticking up to the ice chandelier.
“Oh, hello,” Kate said.
“Well, well, aren’t you that little pest who was playing with this boy all the time?”
“Yes, Snow Queen, and I’m here to get my friend back, you crook!”
“Excuse me? What in the ice did you say?” Crystal said.
“I said, you crook!” yelled Kate.
“Out of my way!” Crystal screamed. She pushed Kate to the side.
Kate ran past her up to the Snow Queen’s throne room and saw Gretel, other children, elderly people, and grown-ups.
“Gretel!” Kate said in relief. “I am glad that you are fine.” She tried to hug him but he kept turning around and backing away. Then finally, Kate had a plan. “Gretel,” she said.
“Yes? What do you want?” Gretel said.
“I would like to talk with you,” said Kate.
“What is it?”
“Don’t tell the Snow Queen, though,” said Kate.
“Okay,” said Gretel.
Kate leaned forward and went to Gretel’s ear. Then, she hugged him and she said, “I love you!”
Gretel closed his eyes. All of a sudden, he wasn’t pale anymore, he was colorful. He was back to normal!
“Thanks for saving me!” Gretel said.
“You are welcome,” Kate said. “Now let’s get out of here!”
“Yeah!” said Gretel.
The two friends ran home. When they got there, Kate explained how she got to meet a pirate and an old lady who wore a purple dress.
“Wow!” Kate’s grandma said, fascinated. “It’s a good thing Gretel is back home now!”
In another kingdom, the Snow Queen, Crystal, adopted a cat and was happy… for now…