The Cold Wolf

Chapter 2 A Single Snowflake

Icy slowly came to his senses, he attempted to open his eyes, but darkness surrounded his vision either way, so no difference would be made. He attempted to move, no difference as well. He slowly came back to hearing, only to hear some voices, though he wouldn't recognize the voice of who was speaking. There were two voices which seemed to be fighting, but attempted to prevent a conflict. He began listening to them, unsure of what to do at this point. "What were you thinking?!," the first voice said, it was a female with no doubt, but unrecognizable to Icy. "I did what I could, I knew that this would come, but he is more damaged then I thought he would be from the attack, if he is even alive...," the second voice said in a calm tone. "If he is, then we may have issues, we will have to do something!," The first voice said, she didn't seem to be fighting the fact that he shouldn't be here, but she tried to pull herself together from something new. "I don't know... maybe he's ok..?," She questioned. "If ok means horribly damaged, then yes," the first voice said, there was no response to that, only a sigh from the second voice. "Hold on, let me go see something," the second voice said. "While I'm looking, go untie them, try to calm them, they may be awake now...," She continued. He heard footsteps leave the room. "Alright...," the first voice said. He felt a strange feeling, like he was being loosened. His arms and legs were able to move now. He never felt better, he felt the thing that covered his eyes being unfolded. When he first saw the room, he was only seeing white. His eyes took a minute to adjust to see what was to be seen. He saw something, but he couldn't tell what his eyes were looking at. "Hey, it's ok, we're not going to hurt you...," she said quietly. He stood up on the bed he was resting in, looking around, he felt his legs work again, and his thoughts rushed back to him. "Where am I?," he asked. "Safe, that's where," she responded. "You're in the sky hut for now." She didn't seem happy nor mad, but rather confused. Icy had no words for a moment, he had to regain some of the events that happened still. "You'll be confused for a while, best that you look around for a bit...," she said. She seemed a little scared, or at least as he thought. It took him a minute to realize something was off. He realized that she had a fin, and a shark tail. He jumped in fright a little, she must have realized what he saw. "Yes, I'm a shark, not dangerous though...," she said more quietly. "How is this possible?," He asked. "You're not where you think you are, you were taken to another place, up North of your home, you're safe here," said the shark. "Well that makes sense," his mind said, unsurprisingly. "Why was I dragged here?," he asked while looking around. The room was a little dim, but a roaring fire kept it warm, and there was a picture about double the size of him, showing a map of what seemed to be the north pole at its true potential. "You're here because you are the only one we had to find from a call we heard from the one we serve," the shark said, now saying in a concerned tone. "Yeah ok...for what?" He wanted to know, but he was also too scared to know. "Well, currently right now we are in the sky hut, a place atop the peak which we watch in, we need to get back to Völlur to get help," the white shark said, "Hopefully the trip won't be hard, I'll explain on the way," She said in a tone of determination. "Alright, but what was that weird dream kind of thing?," He asked. "Weird dream?," She asked. "Yeah, I had a weird dream, of a dragon or something? Not exactly sure...," he said. The shark gave a surprised look, and went silent. After a moment of silence, she asked "If you did see it, did you touch it?," "Yes, but it slowly faded...," Icy said. The shark's face was scared now. She took a step back. "What's wrong?," he asked. The shark remained silent, then spoked "You were chosen, give it time now," She said quietly. "What do you mean?," he questioned, but she didn't respond. Someone else then came into the room, it was a white dragon, but also had moons, something Icy questioned. He always wanted to study the moon, as he felt something from its beam ever since he was out at night, as he felt some strange connection, like the dragon within his dream. "Oh!," she gasped, "You're awake, that's good," she said with a tone of joy, "Here, drink this." She gave him a cyan-colored drink. He wanted to question it, but at this point, why should he when he's already seen enough. He took it, and drank it, feeling as if his fragments within him collected itself back into his heart. "How do you feel?," she asked with a curious look. "Better, thanks..?," he said. "Armatica, a substance that's meant to patch your wounds, over time your wounds will heal, but we will have to give more time to fully heal the damage within you," She said in a little sad tone, with joy still remaining. "So, Moonfrost, I'm assuming you have told them what is going to happen?," The white dragon asked. "Yep.. they seem not surprised or scared." Moonfrost said. She gave Icy a strange look. "He said he saw it, but how can we help him with it?," Moonfrost asked. The dragon gasped, "Moons above! Did you see the dragon?!" She asked with a more serious tone. "Y-yes?," Icy responded. "What dragon are they even talking about? How is this related to me?," his mind thought. "Then we have to hurry back to Völlur," the dragon said, "Moonfrost, get your stuff ready, I'll help him," the dragon responded with a more serious tone. "Alright!," Moonfrost said, leaving the room. "Call me Moonlight, we will have to keep watch over you from now on!," Moonlight said. She looked at him with a straight motherly look, her moon shaped eyes looking into his crystal eyes, like she was looking inside of him. "Are you doing ok?," she asked. "Yeah, but confused," Icy responded. She nodded, understanding that. What seemed like minutes had passed, waiting for Moonfrost to get ready. He was just thinking of what was happening. "Am I safe? Or are they going to harm me? They haven't yet, she has helped me so far, but things can change..." He wanted to ask where they were going, but Moonfrost finally came out. She looked like she was ready to ski, which Icy was confused about. "Alright, let's go!" She said with excitement. She had moved rather quickly outside, excited to watch the snow fall from the atmosphere to the grounds of the north pole. He walked outside with Moonlight, seeing that it was snowing softly down. He managed to catch a snowflake as it landed on his crystal claw, he smiled at it, knowing that things may get better for a change.