She Came From Outta Space... I Think?

Isn't The Reindeer Meant To Have A Red Nose? The One That's Very Shiny?

Cold... It's so cold. The thought repeated over and over in the frozen girls mind. Her limbs grew numb, she could barely stay conscious. Was she even conscious? Was she dreaming? Astral projecting? Maybe she was dead. Tani honestly didn't have the energy to even think at this point, all she knew was she was really, very, undoubtedly cold.

She thought she heard the muffled cries of people she knew calling her name, the voices were desperate and distressed.

I'm here! It's cold please help me! I'm stuck! Don't leave me! She cried in her mind, her voice frozen just like the rest of her body.

It was dark... So very dark and cold. Like a nightmare world where she was drowning. The crunching of the snow above her signalled that her nakama were near.

Please help me! I'm right here! Please! She couldn't even cry. The world dulled as her limbs had done moments ago, everything seemed so quiet... So very very quiet.

...

Her body bounced and swayed, her arms dangled limply in front of her eyes while she body shivered violently. Sandaled feet imprinted in the snow beneath her.

Tani tried to move her arms, turn her head, move anything! But her body ached so immensely that it wasn't worth the effort. She just blinked her eyes tiredly while her world went quiet once again.

...

Tani woke up again, finding herself suspended god knows how high. Her waist was plastered against a warm body, tied there by a red coat that was loosely knotted around her companions hips.

The sound of pained grunts and bells ringing caressed her ears in a dull way. The swaying made her dizzy.

"Uwahh?" Tani groaned softly, but it was enough to alert the man carrying her.

"Tani?" he called to her, loud and clear against the wind.

Luffy? He found her!

"La-" but the name died on her breath as a wave of nausea hit her. She held her mouth shut, leaning against Luffy's back and pressing deeper into it.

"Hold on Tani, almost there," Luffy promised. Tani nodded into his shoulder. Her eyelids heavy, sleep once again took over her.

...

Tani launched herself forward, her breathing was heavy and uneven. Tears rolled down her face as she choked on the air that flooded her lungs. A cold shiver ran up and down her spine, instinctively she pulled the blanket around her closer... Wait a blanket? She looked around at her surroundings. Grey stone walls lined with shelves upon shelves of bottles and jars, multiple white beds lined up with one another. It looked like a medieval hospital.

Tani grabbed her head as a killer headache knocked against her skull. Her hiss of pain echoed back at her, she was alone in the room. Letting out a sigh, she went to reach for her backpack, every muscle screamed in protest but she didn't care. If she was bed ridden, she was going to entertain herself. Half way down she heard the sound of a door being opened. The person entering must have been small because their foot steps sounded light.

A shadow that looked... Nonhuman? Danced across the wall. Tani froze on the spot. Watching the shadow get closer and closer. She sucked in a breath, ready to see what was coming towards her.

What she saw... Was not quite what she was expecting.

A raccoon? No It had antlers, and it wasn't ugly like a moose. It must be a deer. What on earth was a Disney's Rudolph the red... No wait that's a blue nose. So it's Rudolph the blue nosed reindeer.