The ominus palace sat upon the hill. Years of neglect had caused this once beautiful and regal palace to fall into disrepair. Weeds and dead limbs from trees littered the huge landscape. No one dared to go near the old palace though. Locals thought it to be haunted. Many who had passed through the village might have agreed. You see there was a stream near the palace that ran crystal clear and a bed of roses that bloomed all through the year. Though the grounds were covered in drifts of snow, the roses bloomed as though it were spring.
