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xandriagreat · 27 days ago

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The Snow Dragon Snake | Chapter 3

Prologue | Last chapter | Next chapter

Author’s note: THIS STORY IS ALIVE!!!! Sorry it took me a few months, I was very busy and had a BIG writers block.

Anyway, enjoy!

Notice/warnings: arguing, dismissing, death mention, sad moments/crying

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After that had happened, the two kingdoms were still allied without anyone from Los Arenelle knowing what happened or even remembering that Cedric had powers.

The Lights family still do visit the Clawson family, it’s just that Cedric doesn’t play with Moe and Florence.

But that doesn't stop Moe and Florence asking and offering Cedric to play with them.

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Moe and Florence were playing with each other while their parents were in a meeting.

At one point of playing, the both of them look out the window to see a gentle snowfall. They both light up at the sight of the snow.

“It’s snowing!” Moe exclaimed excitedly, his tail wagging excitedly.

Then Florence quickly rushed down the hall, leaving Moe at the window, which got Moe’s attention.

“Where are you going?” Moe called out after her.

“I’m going to see if Ce-ce wants to play with us in the snow! And maybe bug him!” Florence answered, still quickly slithering.

When she had left the hallway, Moe stared at where she slithered off before looking at the gentle falling snow, thinking for a moment.

‘Should I go join and ask or just put on my coat and boots?’ he thought. Then he smiled as he made his decision. ‘I'll also go to Cedric's room and ask.’

He starts to go down the hallways to Cedric's room.

As he rounds the corner, he sees Florence being talked to by her parents.

“But mother, father-!” Florence started but was interrupted by Marrc said in a stern tone, “Florence, you’re not going to bug your brother.”

“Why?!” Florence asked angrily.

“Let’s talk in your room to explain why.” Estelle suggested in a stern and calm tone.

Florence sighed dramatically before nodding and slithering to her room with her parents following her.

After they went into her room and closed the door, Moe got curious about what that was about but he shrugged it off before he continued to go to Cedric's bedroom.

When Moe saw the bedroom door, he felt nervous. He didn't know why… but he gathered all of his courage before going and stood in front of Cedric's door.

“Ce-ce?” Moe started when he got to the door before knocking a few times.

“What is it?” Cedric’s voice asked through the door.

Moe took in a breath before asking, “Do you want to build a snowman?”

There was an awkward silence that went a bit long.

Moe felt that he needed to explain more as he took in another breath. “Since it's snowing right now,” the young wolf started, explaining, “and I was wondering if you wanted to come out and play… it doesn't have to be a snowman. It could… be a… snow-piranha!… if you want.”

There was silence for a moment again before Cedric answered sadly, “No… I don’t feel like playing right now…”

Moe's smile faded a bit into a frown. “Oh… Ok… bye.” he said, hugging himself before leaving the door to go get his winter coat and boots before going outside to play in the castle garden.

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For the first four years, Cedric kept his distance from Moe and wouldn't play with Moe and Florence when the Lights visited the Clawsons and Los Arenelle.

He would normally lock himself in his room and practice his powers, trying to control them.

But Cedric sometimes does read some of the stories from the castle library to Moe and Florence.

So, that has to count for something.

But that all changed when Marcc and Estelle had to go visit a different kingdom…

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In The Northern Lights Kingdom castle, 12 year old Cedric slowly slithered to Marrc and Estelle’s room. He looked in to see 8 year old Florence with their parents, giving them a big hug as they hugged her back.

“I’ll miss you!” Florence said to them.

“We'll be back in a few days.” Estelle reminded her with a chuckle.

Then Marrc and Estelle noticed Cedric, who still stayed near the doorway of the room.

They slithered over to him as he hugged himself and bowed to them.

“Do you have to go?” Cedric asked worriedly, going back upright as he looked up at them.

“You'll be fine.” Marrc reassured him, nodding to him. “There are people out there who say they can help us and need our help.”

Cedric nodded and sighed.

“We’re proud of you.” Estelle said, comfort in her voice as she smiled softly at him.

She was about to offer a hug to him but Cedric slithered back a bit, not wanting to be touched. Not wanting to hurt his parent’s feelings more, he bowed again to them and said, “I won’t let you down.”

Marrc and Estelle looked at him for a moment and then bowed back to him.

“We know that you'll do a great job of practicing your powers.” Estelle said to Cedric, smiling softly at him.

Cedric smiled a bit back at her and watched with Florence as their parents left for their trip.

𖤓a few days later…𖤓

Cedric was in his room, practicing and trying to control his magic before he went to bed.

He almost had it under control but his magic ends up bursting out a bit and hitting one side of the wall, creating a layer of ice on it while snowflakes start to float around the room.

He stared at it before growling at himself and sat down on his bed before looking at snowflakes floating around his room.

Some of the snow fell around him while some of the snow danced around him.

‘I hate this… Mother and Father should be back home soon…’ he thought, looking at some of the snowflakes before getting into bed and falling asleep.

It was early in the morning when Cedric was woken up by Arron, one of the king's advisers.

“Your majesty…” Arron said, sounding almost sad while trying to control his emotions. “It's time to get up and get ready for the day.”

Cedric looked at him, confused but slowly nodded. “Ok…?” he said, yawning as he got up. “Should I get dressed now or later?”

“You can get dressed later, your majesty.” Arron said, nodding.

‘Your majesty is more for king or queen… maybe it’s a mix up or preparing for when I’m king.’ he thought as he got his sleeve glove on before getting his bedrobe on before following Arron out of his almost ice covered room to the conference room.

The rest of the adisters were in the conference room and sitting at the table when Cedric and Arron came in and went to the table.

“Morning, your majesty…” the adisters said to Cedric when seeing him.

“Uh… morning?” Cedric said, still confused as he sat down in one of the chairs while Arron sat down in the seat next to him.

“Alright, the first thing we need to talk about is your coronation.” one of the adisters started, looking at a list that needed to be done in the meeting.

Then Cedric raised his tail, wanting an answer, as the advisers looked at him. “Um… I’m sorry but what’s going on?” Cedric asked, looking at the advisers. “Why am I here?”

The adivers looked at Cedric before looking at Arron.

“You didn’t tell him yet?” one of the advisers hissed at Arron.

“I thought we were telling him here.” Arron hissed back.

Cedric was still very confused by all this. “Tell me what?” he asked, getting worried.

The adivers sighed and looked at Cedric.

“We’re so sorry, Cedric…” Another of the adivers started, swallowing an emotional lump in her throat. “But the king and queen are dead…”

When hearing that, Cedric felt his world begin to crack and almost crumble.

“There was an accident-” one of the other advisers started but Cedric couldn’t hear more as he got lost in his mind. ‘They’re gone?…’ he thought, starting to feel almost a swarm of emotions going through him.

Then he took a deep breath and calmed down, getting back to the present and looking at the advisers.

“I see…” Cedric forced out of his throat, not showing any emotions. “That must have been hard news to carry… Does Florence know yet?”

“Not yet.”

Cedric nodded. “Alright… I can tell her when I see her…”

The advisters nodded in understanding.

The unexpected meeting went on like a normal meeting.

During the meeting, Cedric knew that there was going to be a lot of mourning when the kingdom and his sister found out.

‘You need to keep it together, Cedric. Even your powers. Just keep them down, along with your emotions…’ Cedric thought. ‘Be the good young man that you’re supposed to be. You can take on the responsibilities…’

After the meeting was done, Cedric went back to his room.

The news lingered in his mind.

When he got to his room, the snowflakes just hung up and froze in the air.

Cedric stares at the suspended snowflakes for a moment before getting his glove off.

Then grife went over Cedric and he started to get emotional, crying quietly.

𖤓◇12 years later◇𖤓

In Los Arenelle kingdom, everyone was getting everything cleaned up. It was the night before Moe's coronation.

A lot has happened for the past couple of weeks.

The kingdom had to be under quarantine because of… something.

No one remembers what happened but all that everyone knew was that a lot of people got hurt because of the thing. Some had even died because of it, including Queen Lilith and King Vincent.

Thankfully, there was help from The Northern Kingdom and was able to stop it from spreading.

In the castle, 23 year old Moe walked around the halls and noticed 24 year old Cedric going down the hall to his room.

“Cedric!” Moe called out, walking to him.

Cedric stopped slithering and looked at Moe. “Mason.” he replied, nodding to him.

Moe got to Cedric, smiling at him and asked “How are you doing?”

Cedric shrugged. “I’m… ok… Just tired.”

“Ah, I see.” Moe said, nodding slowly.

Cedric nodded and was about to slither down the hallway but stopped when noticing that Moe looked worried and nervous. “Are you doing ok?” he asked.

Moe held himself, gently rubbing his arms and sighed. “I'm… nervous…” Moe said with a nervous chuckle, hugging himself.

“Are you nervous for tomorrow?” Cedric asked, tilting his head a bit to the side.

Moe nodded, his eyes showing worry.

Cedric stared at him and then nodded. “That’s understable. But don’t worry. Everything will be ok.” he reassured him with a soft smile. “You’re a great wolf, Mason. And I know that you’ll be a great king for your kingdom.”

Moe smiled back, feeling some of the worry and nervousness fade away. “Thanks, Ce-ce.”

Cedric nodded and started to slither down the hall but stopped when Moe called out again, “Cedric, wait.”

“Yes?” Cedric turned around to look at Moe, seeing what he wanted.

Moe was about to suggest something but shook his head and said, “I wanted to ask you if you wanted to do something fun but I remembered that you said you were tired. So, nevermind me asking… Good night.”

Cedric stared at him for a few seconds before nodding. “Good night, Mason.” he said, slithering off to his room.

Moe watches Cedric slither down the hall for a moment before leaving the hallway.

When Cedric entered his room, he closed the door before taking off his tail glove and looked at his tail, which had a claw scar on it.

Then Cedric started to think of what Moe wanted to suggest to play and thought of what else he could have said.

“Moe…?” he started quietly, having a fake conversation. Then, carefully, he starts waving his tail a bit, summoning a bit of his magic. A small snowflake appears on his tail. “Do you want to build a Snowman…?” Cedric continued to ask quietly to himself, leaning against his door to look up at the ceiling and letting a tear fall down his cheek.

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midnight-in-town · 3 months ago

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TOP 10 reveals during the Green Witch arc

Since this arc is airing soon, I thought I’d recap what to look forward to, plot wise, since most of these are still very relevant to the current storyline. :)

10) A new ally

Spoilers for anime-onlies, but obviously Sieglinde's introduction is a big deal. Her genius aside, like Soma, Sieglinde is one of the few characters who has only known our!Ciel and who owes him a lot, which explains why she'd remain a friend and ally to him, in the current arc against real!Ciel.

The fact she's a genius is also extremely plot relevant, because Sieglinde's laboratory is funded by Queen Victoria, which means Sieglinde will definitely play a big role in the series until we get to the heart of the Victoria vs Ciel conflict.

9) Diedrich

Long time hinted at, first real time actually seeing him in action and, man, did he serve !

Despite his grief, he's a genuinely caring evil noble, because he promised Vincent, but also, because he simply cares that a kid like Ciel has to shoulder this burden. That's why he immediately chose to side with him, instead of his own army : patriotism, who ? Friendship is the real deal.

He's also one of the few characters who may have known that our!Ciel was lying about his identity, considering he never called him "Ciel", which means that he might remain an ally of our!Ciel in the current conflict between the twins.

8) Finny's backstory

Finny's the first servant to have his backstory revealed, because this arc happens in Germany, but also because Finny has similar circumstances to Sieglinde. Both of them were "experiments" of the German military, Finny with enhanced strength and Sieglinde with intelligence, creating new weapons.

The bond between Finny and Ciel is revealed to be deeper and a more emotional one than we could imagine, as Ciel is Finny's savior and Finny would even stand against Sebastian for his sake.

There is also the possibility that our!Ciel gave Finny his birth name that he discarded 4 years ago, making that bond even more significant if this turns out to be true.

7) All the servants in action

Not seen since the Circus arc, will not be seen again until our!Ciel runs away from Scotland Yard in the current arc (and will probably be seen next time against bizarre doll!Snake T_T).

We had many badass moments, for all of them, showing how much they want to be helpful to their master, which is heartwarming. Bonus point for Dee's remark :

In other words, Tanaka aside, Vincent didn't have a household full of talented fighters.

Finny's backstory and standing against Sebastian also proved that the servants are all definitely devoted to our!Ciel, making them his most secured allies, which will be hella significant (as we now know) when real!Ciel returns (and in case there is one day a conflict between Seb and Ciel).

6) More development for the War subplot

This story has different subplots (the main plot being Ciel's path to revenge) and this one was introduced back during the Murders at Manor arc :

Queen Victoria is said in the story to be a visionary (*cough* thanks to Brown being a supernatural being *cough*), reigning over the most powerful Empire in the world.

Twice now, she sent her Watchdog to thwart Germany's military achievements (when Ciel saved Finny and again during the Green Witch arc), to say nothing of her interest in bizarre dolls as weapons.

German Shinigamis also commented on the possibility of a massive world war being launched soon and it seems clear Victoria is preparing for that.

For now though, our!Ciel positioned himself as a threat, because he managed to convince Sieglinde not to give the Queen the formula for the SuLIN gas, which is what she was mainly coveting.

This means that our!Ciel probably has a huge part to play in avoiding the launch of WWI, 25 years early (could even be why he might be judged worthy, should he...ahem... die).

5) Family tree and special lineage

Ch103 made a lot of noise when it was released, between hints of real!Ciel's existence, the reveal of the birth & death dates of Claudia and Vincent, contrasting with the absence of dates for Cedric K. Ros-, thus the theory that it could be the Undertaker's previous identity.

On top of that, it's also in this chapter that our!Ciel noticed the German Shinigamis, despite them hiding, when Seb couldn't, implying the existence of a Phantomhive lineage very useful against supernatural beings.

In fact, to this day I remain a strong advocate of the theory that the Watchdog's duty is the Phantomhives' burden because of their special lineage.

4) Shinigamis' origins

The GW arc is also when we got the confirmation that Shinigamis were once humans and that other deserters besides UT exist.

The implication that the Shinigami system is an unfair one that deserters like UT might be trying to take down also started with this reveal and could be, as some of us theorized, very significant to the current arc.

3) Our!Ciel's inner guilt

The GW arc was a painful arc for Ciel, because it triggered some traumatic memories that left him lost inside his own head for a few days. A peak into his mind in ch95 showed that our!Ciel feels guilty about many people's death...

...and that it's why he bears with the contract, giving up hope for a happy future, because he's the one who made that choice 4 years ago, for his own sake.

2) The Undertaker's tearful moment

The arc started with our!Ciel trying to find info about UT and questioning Klaus about him. But Klaus turned him down, saying Dee would know more, because he was an evil noble before Klaus was.

So it was quite memorable when it turned out that UT had visited Dee, not long before our!Ciel arrived in Germany. xD

And while we can question what he was doing there before going to France (trying to sell bizarre dolls as weapons to Victoria's enemies ? or recruiting Shinigami deserters from these countries ?), what mostly struck is UT's reaction to seeing a picture of Vincent during his Weston days :

Obviously, this scene was a big hint about real!Ciel being turned into a bizarre doll, but also to the bond existing between UT and Ciel's family (aka the possibility that he's Cedric K. Ros).

This scene also confirmed that, unlike real!Ciel, Vincent can't be brought back as a BD, because his body (which is where the cinematic records remain) is too damaged.

This begs the question : was the fire, which destroyed the manor, started to damage Vincent's cinematic records, 4 years ago ? Not because of the bizarre doll project, because it didn't exist yet, but rather to hide who actually killed him and Rachel ? Food for thoughts.

1) Initial sparks of a possible conflict between Seb and Ciel in the future

A part of the fandom loves to joke about the "90% serious" incident that happened during this arc, but actually, comic relief is often used by Yana to hide a darker truth.

As far as Seb is concerned, him being 90% serious about eating our!Ciel's soul means he was more than ready to end it then.

This proves that Seb doesn't have Ciel's best interests in mind (in case anyone had doubts lmao), he just acts by the 3 rules of their contract, as long as Ciel still has his path of revenge well in mind.

Their dynamic is a chessgame that's been ongoing for the last 4 years and this indeed means that...

...Seb is the one Ciel trusts least of all, because a simple lack of focus can be deadly for him. So there might come a day when our!Ciel questions if the contract is really what he wants, but before that day happens, he will need to deal with all that inner guilt first.

For more details, please read these posts :

Rise of a possible conflict about the contract between Seb and Ciel [part 1] [part 2]

About Ciel’s inner guilt and how it might eventually cause a conflict between him and Seb

Thanks for reading ! Looking forward to more commentaries about this arc by Yana-sensei and Editor K, as the anime airs !

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