Winter's Fall

A Planet Destroyed

Far out in space in a nearly forgotten region, a planet could be found, one of the only ones in its system, glowing with a majestic blue color. On this planet resided many different races, all there for one reason, they wanted to escape. Each and every person there had escaped the destruction of their planet, or grew tired of the rule of one tyrant, King Cold. The most prominent figures on this planet were two members of the very same race as Cold, Byte and Snow. Byte was a warrior that led the defensive forces on the planet, was proud and powerful, and felt that Cold brought shame to their race. Snow despised Cold as well, but loved Byte to no end. This day was a special one for them, as they had just become parents. Snow smiled down at the baby as she held her, happy that she could raise another kind member of her rice. Byte put his arm over Snow, looking at the baby as well. She was in her natural and final form, the orbs on her head, arms, and legs shimmering with a black color, and her skin white as snow. Byte chuckled, smiling down at his new daughter. "I think she will be an amazing warrior." Snow chuckled,
"oh Byte, you're always thinking about fighting, you're a father now, can't you just calm down?"
"I can't help it, I'm the captain!" Snow chuckled and put the baby in her crib, hugging Byte happily.
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It had been five years since Winter's birth, and everything had been rather peaceful. Winter could already walk, talk, and even use some of her power. She had made many memories with her parents, and never thought that anything would happen to them. All until that one, horrible day...
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Winter awoke to panic, her parents were gone and she could hear screams coming from outside, and cries of panic. She got up and ran outside, seeing her mother looking to the sky.
"Mommy? What's going on?" Snow took her eyes away from the sky, seeing Winter's scared expression.
"Winter...Go back inside..."
"No! What's going on?!" Snow sighed, looking back up to the sky.
"He's here..."
"He?" Snow closed her eyes, nearly in tears.
"Cold...He's found us..." Winter gasped, looking to the sky like her mother was. She was shocked to see King Cold's ship, floating in the sky, watching the planet.
"But...I thought..." Winter was cut off by her father running in, looking to her, the scars on his face seeming more prominent.
"Winter! Come with me! Quickly!!!" He ran off back in the direction he came from, Winter following as fast as she could. They soon came to a small pod in the shape of a circle with a window on the front, sitting parked next to a home.
"Daddy...What is this?"
"Winter, get in this pod, quickly!"
"Why?" Winter was in tears at this point, them falling from her face and wetting the ground. Byte bent down to her height, putting his hand on her shoulder and looking right into her eyes.
"Winter, I taught you to be in your first form for a reason...If you can get in this pod, you can escape, you are important, we can't have you dying..." Winter sniffled, looking at her father in despair.
"But...What will happen to you? Why can't you come?"
"Winter, this is the only pod that works here...The others are broken, and it's too small to fit all of us, just trust me, please..." Winter hugged her father, crying full on now.
"But I don't want to leave you! I can't! I...I love you too much..."
"Winter, just remember what I taught you...You can be someone else's hero now, just make sure that you never forget where you're from, ok?" Winter broke from the hug, looking to her father, nodding, not having the strength to say anything else. Snow ran to them, in tears as well, hugging Winter.
"Winter, remember that we will always love you, even if we're gone, we will always be with you..." She broke from the hug and kissed Winter, Byte opening the pod and Snow putting Winter inside. They held each other as it closed and quickly launched off, flying to an unknown place in the universe. Byte and Snow looked to the sky, holding each other as they saw a large attack from King Cold falling towards the planet, and they held each other even tighter as it hit, soon being destroyed along with the rest of the planet...
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It had been an unknown amount of time, and Winter was still traveling in space in her pod. Every time she saw a planet pass by she wondered,
"is that my new home?" And every time, she was wrong. She was growing hungry and thirsty, and she was getting more uncomfortable with every minute. All until she finally reached the planet where she would land. She watched out the window as the pod approached the planet, wondering what the planet would be like. When it landed it opened up, and Winter stepped out, looking around. The area seemed very habitable, trees, grass, and she assumed there was water as well. She walked around, not seeing any person or sign of civilization at all. She felt the breeze on her face, and the blades of grass poked at her feet as she walked. The planet's environment was interesting to her, green and lush but no signs of life other than plants. She continued walking, she wasn't sure why she was so confident in her movement, maybe it was because she liked being alone, but she stopped, remembering what had happened that led her to this planet. She remembered her parents, hearing their desperate voices echoing back in her head. She wanted to be strong, but it got harder and harder the more she thought, until finally she just broke down, falling to her knees. She looked down at the grass and took a deep breath, soon standing back up and pressing on, changing the thoughts in her head, soon saying them aloud.
"He can't get me here...He won't get me here...I'm safe...I'm safe."