Sky Blue • Prince William

• Prologue •

3rd Person's PoV

Once upon a time, in deep winter, a Queen was admiring the falling snow. She saw the blue sky against the falling snow and loved the way it looked. That's when she saw a rose blooming in defiance of the cold. Reaching for it She pricked her finger and three drops of blood fell.

Because the red seemed so alive against the white she thought. "If only I had two children, one as beautiful as the blue sky, and one as white as snow. Both having lips as red as blood, one with hair as black as a raven's wings and the other having hair as brown as the Earth's soil and both with all the strength of that rose."

Soon after, two daughters were born to the Queen. The first one was named Sky Blue and the second Snow White. And they were adored throughout the kingdom as much for their defiant spirits as for their beauty.

Sky Blue and Snow White walked towards the castle, through a wheat field. Sky was holding a bird in her hands gently. The bird was hurt and the twins were bringing it to their mother to find out what was wrong with it and how they could help it.

Following closely behind them was William, Duke Hammond's son and their best friend. Duke Hammond was their father, King Magnus' right hand man, so it made sense that their children would become best friends.

As they walked through the wheat field, the workers stopped working as they passed to admire the twins. As they walked through a village, all the people did the same. Everyone loved getting a glimpse of the twins, seeing their beauty and their grace.

The twins walked into the castle and to their parents room to find their mother. Snow opened the door and the twins walked into the room, William right behind them. He stood back as the twins walked over to their mother who was sitting on the side of her bed.

"We found it in the woods." Snow explained. "It's injured, Mother." Sky told her. The bird squawked as Queen Eleanor took a look. "It must've broken it's wing. Don't worry, it will heal in time." The Queen told her girls.

The twins shared a glance before they spoke at the same time. "We'll look after it." They spoke in sync quite often. It was a perk of being a twin. "You two possess a rare beauty, my loves. In here." Queen Eleanor said, placing a hand of each of their hearts.

The twins smiled softly at this. "Never lose it, either of you." Queen Eleanor before looking just at Sky. "It will serve you well when you become Queen." Growing up, Sky and Snow always knew that it was Sky who would become Queen after their parents passed away.

Sky was the older of the twins, so she was the first in line for the throne. But Snow wasn't jealous or resentful. She loved that her favourite person in the entire world was going to be Queen. Snow knew just how kind and protective Sky was and knew she would make an excellent Queen.

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Later on that day, Sky, Snow, and William were climbing and playing on a tree. Snow found a branch to sit on and so did Sky. Sky's was higher than Snow's but Sky never minded taking risks.

Sky was very protective of the people she loved though, especially Snow. She never wanted Snow to take any unnecessary risks that could hurt her. Snow knew this and it was one of the reasons she loved her twin.

William was still standing up and climbing. He started climbing a branch that didn't have many branches for him to grab on to for support, so he was mostly balancing.