#aweebwrites fic ideas

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Cost of the Crown

I had this random idea just now while writing Move on Dragons ch 31 and like, ofc it’s Glacier because I have no self control. I most likely won’t end up writing it sadly, but here’s what I got:

Warning: blood, very light gore (it’s not described but implied) and character death.

Zane is the ruler of the pristine yet frozen kingdom in the far north. He still has his elemental powers which is the reason he’s ruling there to begin with. He keeps his kingdom protected from the outside forces of other kingdoms who lust for his empire for it’s wealth in minerals- gold, diamonds, emeralds, you name it. His empire is considered a blessed one because of the abundance, almost never ending supply of those precious minerals. Trade just isn’t enough for those kingdoms, and so, he closes his boarders to every kingdom, save for the south kingdom ruled by twins of fire and water (Nya and Kai obvs).

Background aside, Cole was born and raised in Zane’s empire, growing up to admire the frosty Emperor since he too, was young. (Elementals are immortals here I forgot to say. They’re relatively new here though, so Zane’s only like, 2 or 3 years older than Cole) Since his father and mother worked in the castle (his father is a bard of the Emperor, former and present while Lilly is one of Zane’s guards), he had plenty of opportunities to interact with Zane, so they’re childhood friends. Zane often shared his troubles and fears about becoming an emperor with him and Cole is always quick to tell him he’d do fine and that he’d become the strongest soldier so he could always be by his side to protect him. Naturally, as they grew up, their feelings of friendship became deeper.

Cole’s mother and the old emperor died in an ambush while making their way to the southern kingdom for a ceremony they were invited to. Zane blamed himself for that, for not being there to protect them with his powers but naturally, Cole wouldn’t have that. Zane soon after gets crowned as the Emperor at roughly 14 and they hadn’t gotten to spend much time together after that. He was busy ruling his kingdom and Cole was busy fighting his way up the ranks.

So 6 full years passed without Zane seeing Cole even once while Cole had been watching him become a benevolent but lonesome ruler, defending the kingdom with just a few movements of his hands. Finally, Cole was appointed as Zane’s main guard. This caught Zane by surprise naturally, but in a good way. They got even closer than before in a matter of hours and Cole wormed his way back to his side always. He’s often the cause of Zane’s smiles. Their feelings grew even more and one night while bidding Zane to sleep, Cole took the plunge and kissed him. Before Cole could make a run for it afterwards like he planned, Zane just drags him into his room and ordered for them not to be disturbed. You can guess what happens there.

So they start courting from there. Everything’s going fine and dandy for a few years- and Cole even proposes- but things go wrong when a direct attack was launched at the kingdom, a few other smaller kingdoms coming together to take the ice kingdom down, using fireballs to melt through its packed ice walls and boulders to break through the stone walls beneath. Considering that they had no elementals in their league, they were easy to take down, but their numbers meant that they managed to get into the Kingdom and managed to even kill a few people. The one who organized it all (leaning towards Chen) only used them as a means to an end, to get inside the kingdom. And while Zane was busy weaving his elemental powers to drive back the forces, with Cole taking care of anyone who got too close, he managed to get in close. Cole did spot him and tried to apprehend him, but he managed to sling his vengestone Kusari-fundo around Zane’s neck before he was taken down.

Now, in this, Vengestone doesn’t just take away an elemental’s power while in contact with them. It also weakens them drastically, like kryptonite to superman. It’s a relatively light chain but to Zane’ it was as unmoving as rock and he collapses with it. He couldn’t pull it off for the life of him. Cole knows about Vengestone, knows that it’s only available in two places. This very kingdom, deep in the mines... Or in the southern Kingdom, their supposed allies. He doesn’t have time to think about it though. He needed to take care of this guy and get those chains off Zane. He and Chen fight while Zane struggles with the chains still, Chen’s forces making a comeback and preventing any of Zane’s soldiers from coming through. Chen’s tough and he plays dirty, throwing ground pepper in Cole’s eyes to blind him. Cole knew if Chen manages to get to Zane’s he’d kill him, and he wasn’t about to let that happen. Even though he’s blinded, he fights still, somehow managing to predict where Chen is, until he can somehow see where he was standing, see the shift in his stance as ripples through the ground (yes, like Toph) and he’s starting to win. Chen isn’t pleased with this at all. Unfortunately for him, Cole is not only strong, but he’s been training for years to protect Zane. Cole stabs him in the chest with his sword and lets him fall back off the edge of the high wall.

He finally gets to Zane, not even realizing that his strange sense of sight vanished once he touched the chains, nor that he felt weaker. He yanks them off and helps Zane up as he fuses over his swollen eyes. Zane suddenly makes a surprised sound as he senses something coming at them at high speed then shifts them. An arrow he could make out- but Cole refused to let him take any for him and quickly whirls the other way still, holding him to his body tightly with eyes squeezed shut. He was waiting to feel it pierce him... but it never happened. Turns out, not only did Zane’s ice act on its own to protect them... so did the stone wall below the ice, shooting up and combining with the ice to protect them both, forming something that looked suspiciously like... Diamond.

Zane’s the one to put it together, seeing him battle Chen while being blinded as if he could see... And now this? Cole... Cole was like him, an elemental. Before he could share the news however, he spots someone behind Cole- and Chen stabs Cole in the back with his own sword, the same sword stabbing through Zane’s shoulder. All  Zane could hear was his own heartbeat, the pain of having his shoulder pierced not reaching him at all. In a fit of rage, he impales Chen on an ice spike from below, splitting him open and pulling the sword out in the process. Zane clings to Cole tighter, whispering no over and over again, using his ice to try and patch the wound, to prevent him from bleeding out, but he could only do son on the surface, the inside bleeding out still. Zane’s sobbing, knowing Cole was dying right before his eyes and he could do nothing whatsoever about it. Cole just hushes him with blood running down his chin and tells him that he’ll be fine, he can go on, that he had to, to keep protecting the people. He manages a kiss to his forehead and tells him that he loves him, that the afterlife won’t stop that. And then he collapses in Zane’s arms, his weight forcing Zane to lay him down. Zane’s frantic all over again, checking to see if he was breathing- but no, he wasn’t.

He just... Stares down at him in disbelief because just this morning, everything was perfect, they had woken up in bed together, had cuddled and talked and laughed and loved... And now... Now... Zane started glowing, gritting his teeth as rage and grief swallowed him, the force of his powers intensifying, wrapping around him, gathering, growing. The sight paused the war below that was still raging, everyone looking up as he floated upwards, ice and snow whirling around him. He screamed then and a roar came, swallowing it as a massive dragon of pure ice and cold was birthed behind him, taking his rage and grief as its own and descending on the war, blasting razor sharp shards of ice and hail, killing and rampaging. But the dragon wouldn’t touch those of the kingdom, its deadly force turning to but simple snow on contact with those who were of his kingdom while those who had come to rage war were mercilessly slaughtered. Zane collapsed then, gripping Cole to him as he sobs.

Life does go on however. Cole’s funeral was a grand one the entire kingdom attended. They all knew the light in their Emperor’s eyes would never return. The dragon born of his powers remained, patrolling the kingdom and the areas outside it, unwilling to be caught off guard again. It was now know as the Emperor’s pet, his steed. They could always tell when the Emperor would mourn his lost love as the dragon too would mourn, small diamonds falling from its eyes as it flew over head. Trade with the Southern Kingdom was abruptly cut off, making the kingdom truly isolated. The South had tried to get in contact with him but any one not from the kingdom was quickly chased off by the icy dragon.

Finally, Nya and Kai decided to visit themselves in person, refusing to leave until Zane talked with them. Kai’s fire was enough to keep the icy dragon at bay and Zane reluctantly went to see them- outside of the kingdom gates. They swore on each other’s lives immediately that they hadn’t been trading vengestone, and to enter the mines were it was located was strictly forbidden and that it was guarded 24/7. But they did admit to having a bit of a rat problem, aka Chen who apparently managed to get into the mines and get enough to make the chain. That made Zane believe them even less. How did they know all of that? They weren’t there to know that he had a chain slung to his neck? He asked them that, ready to attack if he must as his dragon (you now what? Borealis) stared them down from his perch on the high walls surrounding the kingdom. Nya and Kai shared a look before they stepped aside so Zane could see the carriage they came in.

He stares confused as the door opened- before his breath leaves him all  at once to see Cole step out. He takes a step back, disbelieving. Cole was dead, he saw it with his own two eyes. He wanted to rage, to demand to know what trick this was but found himself unable to even breathe.  Borealis swooped down with a low growl in his defense, wings spread wide, but Cole walked forward still, stopping before the large dragon before holding a hand up. That made Borealis pause before hesitantly lowering its head, sniffing at his palm. To Zane’s surprise, Borealis pressed its snout against his palm with a low rumble. What- what magic was this? Cole continued forward again and Borealis let him, watching as he walked past Kai and Nya before standing right before Zane himself. Zane opened his mouth to say something- anything, but the warmth in those bicoloured eyes he had loves, still loved so much made it impossible. Could it... Could it really... Cole spoke then, telling him he missed him as he cupped his cheek tenderly, and the warmth of his hand, the work hardened roughness of it was exactly like he remembered. Who wouldn’t cry at that? Cole just hushed him and pulled him into his arms, letting him cling to him and sob his heart out.

He does explain. He really had died... though he wasn’t sure if dead was the best thig to call it. It was like he was asleep, only partially aware as his body recovered. Being buried made it faster somehow, until his heart started beating again and he was able to wake up fully. The ground opened up for him to let him go and while he wanted to run into Zane’s arms, he needed answers about that war. So he left the kingdom, had visited the others that teamed up against him and finally, the south. What he gathered was that Chen was Nya and Kai’s parents’ advisor and close friend. Unlike Zane who was given the title of Emperor because of his power, Nya and Kai were of royal blood, next in line to rule. Chen had murdered their parents and managed to rule for only a year before Nya and Kai discovered their powers in self defense against him wanting to be rid of them too. He was banished but he took some of the vengestone in his time ruling and had continued with his plan to rule all of the kingdoms, planning on getting to their kingdom last. So he built followers, an army, until he convinced a hand full of small kingdoms to give him their army and he’d let them gorge themselves in the icy kingdom’s wealth. Once he discovered the truth, he insisted that Nya and Kai personally explain themselves or else Zane would never believe them.

He showed Zane proof that he was the very same Cole he watched die through the scar he retained from the fatal injury, and had told Zane just how proud he was that he kept going. Zane had angrily but choked up had told him not to ever do that again (leave him that is) and had kissed him as if he was his last breath of air.

Ye daz it. This is literally my thought process while writing fics- literally nothing was edited. So yeah, my random idea posts will look like this. Thanks for reading my brain barf! Back to MoD I go!

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Au by @aweebwrites ! (Y’all should go check their fic of this au ;0 )

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