"It's okay," Blue Maiden said. She rubbed Snow's back gently "It's all over now. You did great, Snow." She gave Soulburner a desperate 'help me here' look.
"Yeah!" He jumped in. "You totally conquered that last trial...whatever it was. I used to have this old friend and I bet that he would have said that you did an exceptional job."
"I know it wasn't real..." She sobbed. "But it still feels real!" She burst into tears again.
"Snow!"
Snow looked up, her eyes overflowing with tears. "G-Glacier?"
Everyone follows her gaze to see Playmaker and Glacier running over to them from the direction they had been going in.
"You all are okay!" Blue Maiden cried in delight when they reached them.
Glacier ignored both her and Soulburner, going directly to Snow. She wrapped her arms around the girl.
"Everything is fine," She said. "I'm not going to leave you ever. I promise. None of that was real. You know that."
Snow nodded, burying her face in Glacier's chest. Blue Maiden grabbed both Playmaker and Soulburner's arms, dragging them out of earshot to give the two girls some space.
"I'm assuming that Glacier was right about Snow's worst nightmare being Glacier leaving her?" Playmaker asked.
"Yeah." Blue Maiden nodded. "She had the worst time out of all of us. When Soulburner and I snapped out of it, she was just standing there crying. It was awful. But it also kind of makes sense with what she told me about her past." She quickly told them what Snow had told her.
"Man, that's terrible." Soulburner sighed. "I can't imagine what her life would be like now if Glacier hadn't stopped to talk to her."
"I agree." Playmaker nodded. "Now we also have some hint as to who she is in the real world. We also know that she and Glacier don't live in the same cities, or at least they didn't when they met."
"I was thinking that they were sisters, but this makes sense, too." Blue Maiden agreed. "Glacier really stepped up, and now they're, like, permanently attached to each other."
Glacier and Snow walked over, holding hands. Snow still had some left over tears in her eyes, but she looked a lot better than she had a few minutes ago.
"We're ready to go," Glacier said. Snow nodded her agreement. "Playmaker and I found the exit, so we can take you all there."
"That sounds great." Soulburner smiled.
As they started walking again, Blue Maiden risked a glance back at Snow. She and Glacier were talking again, and Snow was laughing at something that she had said. Those two sure did have a special relationship. She hoped that nothing would ever take them apart.
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Ice Flower
FanfictionWhen Yusaku hears of his parents' sudden deaths, he can't be more surprised. But what surprises him most is that his younger sister, Kayla, is coming to live with him. They haven't seen each other in years, so he definitely doesn't expect to see a m...
