Oxygen:Inhale-Untraveled Road

Winter's Storm

I walk outside to get a breather before Carpatha lays some sort of price on mine and Venus's heads. Sitting outside, I see Nikki's tracks, some coins...and something that made me wish we didn't meet:Her blood and her fur. I immediately follow her tracks alone, not caring if Venus follows, because she did, trying to tell me Neil wouldn't hurt us. I knew he'd be coming to help us, but Nikki was the only thing on my mind."NIKKI!!!"I holler, hoping to find-
"Who's this 'Nikki' you speak of?"
Someone steps out of the shadows, and immediately I noticed something about them.
Sky, as they say they are named, was looking for someone as well: Apparently she befriended my brother because I could see a small bit of ice forming on her cheek.
"Who are you?"
"That is not for me to tell you."
How are you doing, Sky?"
She flinched, surprised I got her name right.
"H-how did y-you know-"
"Lucky guesser."
I didn't want her to know I was on the run from the USA. I told her I was from Michigan (which was completely false). She seemed interested in Michigan, so we walked and talked.
Good times, good times....

I woke up early this morning to grab Nikki's phone. It's me, Noah, the 10 year old.
I, just like Chris, have turned into an anthro. I don't think I mind, but Chris rants on about how he's a monster so much, I might as well sell him out. Problem is, he's gonna sell me out, too, if he gets sold out. So I'm gonna leave it at that.

Here I am, hiking in the snow, looking for berries so we don't have to buy goods much, when I'm tackled by Nikki,  her body masked in blood and guts. I stared in horror at her as she pointed to her phone. I quickly gave it to her, and we both silently agreed to go full steam ahead. We are walking into the unknown...together. Friends...or enemies?
I don't know anymore.
I just want to live.
Not die.
Live.
Onward we march.

As me and Nikki walked, we learned something:We actually have something in common.We are excellent scouts, outdoorsy people, and love to hunt. I loved to be open-minded, Niki has preferences about boys, and I thought Chris fit right in. Ought to tell him when I can. Anyways, we encountered a blizzard. No use turning back, for we were surrounded by the storm. As we walked, it seemed to get stronger. Suddenly, Nikki was frozen in a block of ice. As I looked, I was struck by a million volts. How I survived, I don't know, but the electricity was cold. Ice cold...I got up and ran towards the source. Just as more ice came at me, I made a firewall that surged forwards, melting all the snow. I ran forward and tackled the girl."WHO ARE-"I stop, seeing that I know her.
This was Winter's storm.

Damn that Neil. He almost killed Venus as we ran. I used my telepathy to hide us behind a dumpster. Ew. We hid for one minute, hugging each other. I could hear her heart beating, we were so close.
After a week(minute),they gave up and left...we kept hugging.
We looked into each other eyes...
Immediately we found ourselves on the ground, kissing..........

We waited a second before pulling away, our faces red as a sunset. I get up slowly and help her up. We don't speak on our way back to the hideout.
My love might have shifted to Venus...