He was clearly shocked at being called prince. Sure he was a prince in the dragon realm but he shed that on purpose once he left it. He followed though,obeying as was told. "I'm not a prince here your Highness. I'm just a dragon." He said softly.

"Oh, I know." He went to another part of the courtyard, where frozen statues littered the snowy landscape, making it eerie and surreal. Some stood straight and proud, some were twisted in abject fear, arms and limbs thrown up to protect themselves. Looking at some of their features, they looked so real and lifelike. The Queen of Winter has a creepy sense of style. Rowan paused in front of one statue, covered in a layer of smoky ice, its features barely distinguishable through the opaque seal. This wasn't a statue at all. A human stared out of his ice prison, mouth open in a scream of terror, one hand flung out before him. His blue eyes, wide and staring, gazed down at Jason. Then he blinked.

He saw it blink and almost passed out. His face paled and sick green and white washed over his underwings and freckle scales. The little Shade silently shrieked and curled into his hoodie pocket,the little female creature baring it's little ice fangs and spreading her ragged wings.

The human blinked again, his terrified gaze beseeching Jason's. His lips trembled as if he wanted to say something but the ice rendered him immobile, frozen and helpless. How could he breathe?


"Brilliant, isn't it?" said Rowan, gazing at the statue in admiration. "Mab's punishment for those who disappoint her. They can see, feel and hear everything that goes on around them, so they're fully aware of what has happened to them. Their hearts beat, their brains function, but they don't age. They're suspended in time forever."

He gently cuddled the mini Shade,that was like how he had used to be before,and looked down. His brown hair draped down and green tips dangling like vines a bit, exposing his night black,fractured,horns.

The human blinked and tried to say something again. Rowan smirked. "Do you want to hear the entertaining part?" He didn't wait for an answer before he said, "their noses and mouths are full of ice. But they still keep trying to breathe. It's like they're suffocating for eternity."

Okay,now he felt like he was ganna puke. Sadly the little dragon ish creature looked at the prince and growled only for a split second before Jason grabbed her gently and put her in the pocket with the poor little past like Shade.

He turned the full brunt of his icy gaze on Jason. "So, Prince," he continued, making himself comfortable at the base of the statue. "Tell me something, if you would." Pulling an apple out of nowhere, he bit into it, smiling at him all the while. "I hear you and Ash traveled all the way to the Iron Kings realm and back. Or so he claims. What do you think of my dear little brother?"

For a second pink bubbled at the edge of his freckle scales,it was bright but then it turned dark before fading to the pounding of forced dark purple. The color the sky had been the day he had hatched,the memory still with that bright pink moon shining down to wrap his young little dragonet body into a warm embrace.
"What do you mean your Highness?"

Rowan produced another apple and tossed it at him. "First, was my brother a complete troll, or did he remember his manners? And then give me the blunt truth."

The apple felt cool and crisp in his hand and he hadn't eaten in a while.