His Snow Princess

~Aneria's POV~ "Wake up! Wake up, brother! It's our birthday!" I don't understand how my brother can sleep for the whole day, especially on this day, this is our birthday! We were waiting for this day for years and now, when it's finally here, laziness is dancing over his head. I tried shaking him awake, but his heavy body didn't budge. I stomped my foot, we will be shifting into our lycans today, but he just doesn't care! His beauty sleep is more important than his shifting. "Let me sleep, Ann. I had a tough drill the whole day." I rolled my eyes and stopped myself from rolling him out of bed. He is the one who can develop fire through his hands, but his sleepy voice and continuous yawns were building a fiery volcano inside me. I fisted my hand to stop myself to make my brother feel a thud on his head and sweetly smiled thinking about the evil idea that just popped into my mind. "Have a good night brother." As if he understood what I meant with that sweet voice of mine, he ran away from the bed but, of course, my poor bother couldn't escape me. "You can't do this to me! Mom told you not to use your powers on each other! You drenched me, Ann!" His yells and jumping made me roar in laughter, "You are behaving like a 3-year-old girl brother." He glared at me and I batted my eyelashes at him with a pout on my face which made him smile. He can't be upset with me, not even if he tries. After all, I am his first love. Duh, that's what he says. Though it's cheesy for siblings, I love it when he puts me over everyone else. He changed super quickly and groaned, "If it wasn't for mom preparing for our shift and party, I would've dozed the whole night." My eyes moved to the clock, it was 11:50 already. We have to get out now! Despite my brother's efforts to sleep, I dragged him down the hallway in his sleepy state. I felt my palms getting sweaty. I looked at my brother who was breathing heavily. Is he...oh my god...he is shifting! Soon my brother jerked my hand, closed his eyes, and, like lightning, he jolted out of the castle. I stood there dumbfounded, staring at the colliding large doors, he left in the shifting pain. My brother is feeling the shifting pain! I mind-linked everyone to tell them about Ash and followed my brother's pine scent which was mixed with ashes. Yeah, it often happens with him. Whenever he is angry or disturbed, his smoky scent and fire come to the surface. But unlike me, he never uses his powers on anyone. Mama's good boy. I reached the lake that mom named freedom lake and saw my brother's body twisting in pain surrounded by smoke. He was groaning and growling with all the shifting pain. His bones were cracking, slowly taking the form of a large lycan, and black fur slowly started appearing on his body. The way he was digging his nails into his flesh scared the s**t out of me. If he didn't stop digging into his flesh, he will soon start to bleed. I didn't see Evan shifting into his lycan as I was out with grandpa that day and returned after he shifted. I heard he was wild, but if wildness means this...no, I can't let my brother hurt himself. I stepped in his direction but a furious and unknown powerful roar stopped me from taking another step, making me shiver with fear. This roar came from none other than my brother. His painful roars and growls made me cry and I tried to take another step, but mom's voice echoed in my mind, "Princess, his lycan is in control. Don't go near him. He will be fine." "But my brother won't hurt me. Or will he?" The way mom smiled and shrugged at the same time put me in huge doubt. Ash and Evan never hit me. Not even in training. They just told Stella, Claire, and me to continue with training and growled if anyone else tries to hit us, ever. And if my brother hurt me today, in his insane state for no reason, I will definitely lose my cool and will make the whole place look exactly like Elsa's castle. It's been almost an hour since my brother was growling and howling in shifting suffering but...I...why can't I feel anything? "Do you feel anything, princess?" Daddy's soothing yet worried voice rang in my ears and my vision started blurring. I want to be a Lycan. Like Evan, Ash, and mom... She is beautiful. Her legendary white Lycan... I want to be like her. Standing tall on my two and looking different from the crowd, is what I want. I...I...I just don't want to be a wolf! I tried to stay collected while looking at the long painful lycan shifting but standing there for too long while taking awkward glances made me jog away from my place. Of course, nobody said anything as they didn't want to disrespect their king and queen or their princess, but their weird peeks and sympathetic smiles were enough to blow my mind. I ran until I reached my favorite lone spot and landed straight on the bed with a tear-stained face. It's not that I hate wolves, no, I love wolves. I admire daddy's big black giant wolf a lot, but lycans... They are different. They are incredible. They stand out from the crowd and their appearance is magnificent, different from all the beings in the supernatural world. Someone caressed my messy black hair and by this sweet chocolate scent, I can tell it was daddy. Without looking at him, I hugged his torso and sobbed. I know I shouldn't be feeling like this, I will have a wolf but... My little dream just got crushed. Daddy made me sit on his lap and rocked me like a baby. His soft warm lips touched my forehead, which made me shiver, I was so cold. "I'm sorry princess," he sighed in guilt. I hiccuped hearing his guilty voice, it's not his fault that my Lycan shift won't be happening. I peeked at his guilt-mirroring eyes and more tears started making their way out of my eyes. He is not to be blamed! Even mom has a wolf too! Stop crying, Aneria! You are unnecessarily making your father feel guilty! "Don't you like me moving princess?" Daddy asked with a tight smile on his face. I looked at him confused and then lowered my gaze. Oh s**t! His legs are freezing! I quickly melted the ice from his legs and looked around me, this room...yikes. If mom saw this, she would drag me by ear in front of everyone. Jeez, even I can't handle this mess! Water was everywhere, things were floating around, and snowflakes were around my bed. God... I made a complete mess. Dad laughed at my face, "What happened to my clean freak, huh?" I huffed and quickly opened the bathroom door, making all the snowflakes turn into water, and then guided all the watery mess to the bathroom. Daddy smiled at me while I cleaned my room super fast and, with a hopeful smile lingering on his lips, he said, "Maybe it's for the best..." An authoritative roar reached our ears and we smiled, it was mom. My brother's shift was completed. I sighed, maybe it was for the best. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Authors Note- (Please read) I'm back with Aneria's story! The first chapter and our main lead is already feeling waves of emotions. But it's just the beginning❤ Thank you so much, everyone, for loving and supporting the first book of this series, The Legendary Wolf (TLW). I am grateful for all the support, love, and feedback that I received for my first story. It made me feel loved and helped me enhance my work and writing style though I'm still learning and trying to improve more:) I know I took longer than expected to come back with this one, but other projects in another area of my life kept me busy. Also, my health wasn't at its best. Apologise! There were some grammar errors in TLW but in this one, I will try my best to avoid such errors. If I still do, then please bear with me and I apologize in advance. I'll try my best to avoid such errors and improve my writing style in this one with all the feedback I received. I hope you will enjoy this one as much as you enjoyed TLW. And if you haven't checked TLW yet, please check it out. It will give you a better understanding of the plot and characters. Thank you so much once again for giving your support and love to the first book. I hope you'll enjoy Aneria and Alec's journey as much as you enjoyed Serena and Noah's. Please leave your impressions of the very first chapter of Aneria's journey in the comment section. Let me know your thoughts on this one! Thank you:) Happy reading❤