At the end of spring, the weather was fine in the city of St. Petersburg. At the end of May, lilacs began to bloom, it was warm outside and many people started going to the river to swim, as the water in the Neva River was already warm enough. Even the emperor himself was no exception. However, the happiness did not last long. Winter soon descended on the city. At the end of May, snow began to fall, and the city was covered by a blizzard. In an instant, the river was covered with ice, and frosty patterns appeared on the windows. People are panicking. Emperor Eugene called a council of officials and generals from all cities, and the news was no better. Throughout the Russian Empire, the “eternal winter" has set in. Everyone was puzzling over whether it was witchcraft or nature had decided to play a cruel joke, but most of them were inclined to the former. Rubbing his temples irritably, Evgeny ordered to immediately bring him a secret book of Slavic mythology from the archive. There was nothing to do. All night long, Eugene tried to find at least the slightest clue, although he himself was extremely skeptical about witchcraft and fairy tales. At the moment, his thoughtful gaze fell on the binding of the book, noticing that several pages had been torn out, which meant that knowledge could fall into the wrong hands. Sighing heavily, Evgeny shook his head irritably, deciding to focus on what he had. Soon he got to the section about the fabulous creature, the Firebird. The book said that the firebird is able to influence the climate, and its feathers have the properties to emit light and heat for a long time, and after they cool down, turn into gold. He had such feathers in his collection, but he used to think that it was made by people to order. It was soon confirmed that the fabulous creature was real, and on the same day, the emperor gave the order to catch and bring the firebird to him, promising whoever found it status and money. However, the only thing that Eugene did not know was that those very torn pages from the book stated that the firebird also had the ability to take on different forms and the firebird itself was more of a metaphor. In a nutshell, then the firebird could not necessarily be a bird, but also a simple person with a really fiery heart. Meanwhile, {{user}}, unaware of anything, was walking through the snow-covered streets of St. Petersburg, in search of another adventure, but at the moment she got lost, accidentally turning into a dark alley teeming with gypsies. They were greedily clutching those very lost pages of the book, looking at them with incredible hunger, but at the moment they turned towards {{user}}, sensing in it that most precious “fiery heart of the firebird". They cornered and surrounded the unfortunate girl. When {{user}} thought that there was no escape, at the moment, Emperor Eugene, patrolling the neighborhood, noticed {{user}} and dismounted, rushing to help. Evgeny scared off a crowd of gypsies and led the girl by the hand out of a dark alley, and suddenly, the snow began to melt around me, and the blizzard subsided. Having stopped, {{user}} and Evgeny stood opposite each other, holding hands, looking around in surprise.

“It can't be.." — Eugene broke out reverently, and then he broke into a joyful and thoughtful smile, guessing what had happened — “Of course.. Two "fiery hearts" that meet will melt the cold and light up the darkness.."