Savior

Freezer Shenanigans

 On the way to the Mythril Mines Daisey and Hollie screamed in absolute terror at the sight of a giant forty foot long snake impaled on a spike and dripping with blood. Hollie's body grew frigid and numb with absolute fear before her knees buckled making her fall to the ground. Daisey, Zack, Aerith, Tifa, and Cloud ran to her, Cloud blocked her view of the snake, "Hey, its okay. You're gonna be okay."

"... C---cold..." she stuttered as she seemed to stare through Cloud toward the snake.

Daisey hugged her and started trying to warm her up, "Snakes are her worst fear," Daisey explained, "Even worse than heights. And then to see one that large, like that..." Daisey shuddered.

"It's okay," Aerith said. "It can't hurt you. It's already passed on," she said sadly.

Tears streamed down her cheeks, "... I wanna go home... Wherever that is..."

Tears welled in Daisey's eyes and she hugged her tighter, "Me too..."

"Hey, we'll take you home. I promise," Cloud said, "Be strong, okay?" As if the sky was mocking her, rain started falling accompanied by thunder and lightning, making the girls screech fearfully. "Hey, it's alright!" He said hugging them, they held onto him tightly afraid to let go.

"We need to get out of the rain," Tifa said.

"Yeah," Kunsel agreed, "It's already starting to get muddy."

They all hurried to a cave in the side of the mountain, with the twins still holding onto him. When they got inside they realized they stepped inside an icebox, they started shivering madly as they dripped on the floor.

"God its f---freezing in here!" Barret muttered.

"We need to start a fire," Nanaki said.

"We need wo---wood," Kunsel shivered.

"I'll go find some," Tifa volunteered.

"H---how are you not c---cold!?" Barret asked.

"This is nothing compared to Nibelheim," she laughed.

"I'll go with you," Aerith said.

"I'll go too," Kunsel said.

"Alright," Cloud said, "You three look for wood, we'll be here trying to warm up." They went off in search of wood, while the others stayed close and tried to warm up. Cloud had sat down in between the twins trying to comfort them and warm up, while Zack sat on Hollie's shoulder trying to do the same.

"Thanks, Cloud," Daisey said.

"Th---thanks..." Hollie agreed.

"You're welcome."

A few minutes later Tifa and the others arrived with wood, Zack lit it and they all started drying off. Pretty soon everyone but Cloud and Tifa had dozed off. "You can get some sleep Tifa, I'll wake you up when I need you to take watch."

"Alright," she yawned.

The night passed by quickly, with everyone waking up at nearly the same time except Tifa who always wakes up really early. Hollie yawned and rubbed her eyes, "What's for breakfast?"

"Pancakes and protein bars," Tifa said.

"Seriously? Pancakes and protein bars? Well at least they aren't skitter cakes..." she mumbled sleepily.

"What are skitter cakes?" Kunsel asked.

"Sometimes on the road mosquitos fly into pancake batter..." Daisey yawned.