Has been for… some period of time. I really need to find a way to track time in this place.
It was very sudden. One moment we were walking down the shifting, winding roads, the next we were slogging through a snow drift.
One of the suits, her name was Annie, she started freaking out. Said she heard a child in the snowstorm. A child singing. The others warned her, told her not to go after it, but she wouldn’t listen.
So we followed Annie into the snow storm. And we found a child. A little boy standing in the driving white, singing. Twinkle twinkle little star. But there were no stars. The sky was completely whited out, everything was obscured by the snow. I couldn’t even see Annie, couldn’t see the other suits, couldn’t see Mr. Smith, all I could see was the little boy. All I could hear was the song.
Suddenly, Annie walked out of the driving snow. I was relieved until she started walking towards me, singing that song, her eyes were black, her skin white. The Ice Prince. The Ice Prince had gotten her.
It was as if realizing it had broken his hold, I could move again, hear. One of the suits was yelling for help. I took one step forward, then the other. I shoved Annie aside, my hand burned from the cold, but Annie vanished.
The singing stopped. I’d frightened The Prince. The snow slowed and The Prince was standing in front of me. He looked so much like a lost little boy. My heart ached for him. He held out one small, frozen hand and I looked at it. He wanted me to join him, keep him company.
I extended my hand towards his. The light flashed. The Ice Prince was gone and the snow had stopped falling. We were back in the shifting streets of The City.
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