The Snow Ferrets and the Shinju Necklace (completed)

Chapter 7

I giggle quietly at what I'm about to do, standing in front of the tent I share with Terro, shifting the freezing snow from hand to hand before my hands get too cold. I don't want pneumonia.

Vieni and Ignis are in front of Nero's tent and Neve and Kin are in front of Anemos'. I got Terro.

I grin, shifting the snowball, which is more like an iceball, to my other hand again.

Suddenly, a little noise comes out of the tent. I mentally scream in anticipation, my heart racing and my hands and feet tingling. I look over at the other girls to see all of them getting excited too. They must have heard something from their tents too.

I turn my eyes back to the tent in front of me and get ready, my arm drawn back and my stance wide. I also make sure to activate my dart mode so everything is slow.

Suddenly, Terro bursts through the tent, wide-eyed and nervous in slow motion. When his emerald green eyes land on mine they break into relief but then they see the snowball and frown slightly in confusion.

I answer his unspoken question and chuck the snowball right at his face.

The ball soars through the air in slow motion and explodes into tiny chunks of snow-ice as it makes contact with Terro's face.

I hear the sounds of snowballs hitting bodies to my left and spare a quick glance over there to see Anemos and Nero get bombarded, Ignis, Vieni, Neve, and Kin cracking up as they chuck more snowballs at the boys.

I grin and reach to the ground, grabbing a second snowball, and throw it at Terro again. This time it hits him square on his chest.

In slow motion he looks down, clearly surprised, but then he turns his face toward me, a playfully angry look in his eyes.

I laugh and start pelting more snowballs at him. So many that they rain down on him, but he just ignores them all and runs toward me. He's a pretty fast kid overall, so the only reason why I have managed to throw so many snowballs at him without getting stopped is because I'm darting so he's in slow motion.

But also 'cause I'm just really awesome like that.

I reach down to grab another snowball, but my hand hits the wet grass and I look down in horror to see my supply of snowballs gone.

I gasp, looking back up, and see Terro almost on top of me. I try to turn around and bolt, but unfortunately for me, Terro is a freaking athletic beast, so he puts one more burst of speed on and tackles me to the ground, his now freezing body instantly soaking my clothes.

"Get.....off.......you.....fat.....lard!" I gasp, smacking him with each word for emphasis, feeling myself freeze under him. I shiver.

Terro grins evilly, moving his body so he is straddling me to the ground. He did not, however, straddle my arms.

I cross my arms across my chest, pouting.

"You're not supposed to hit a girl, let alone tackle her! Isn't that, like, the boy code or something?"

Terro just shakes his head at me, still grinning, "That is the boy code, but it doesn't apply to me."

I raise an eyebrow, "And why not?"

"Because I'm a man!" He says grandly, sounding very proud. I roll my eyes and out of the corner of my vision I see my partners in crime-Ignis, Neve, Vieni, and Kin-leaving me to die, being chased by two very wet looking boys.