Disclaimer: Obert Skye owns Leven Thumps. I just love the world he created.
*Dedicated to the friends I have that also love Leven Thumps. You know who you are!*
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. ~Mary Ellen Chase
A Silent Snowfall
Thick clouds rolled across the darkened sky, blotting out the celestial lights that shone over Foo. The temperature dropped sharply, chilling the air and freezing the soil. Living things sought refuge and warmth burrowing into holes and slipping into their homes.
The swollen forest stiffened in response to the cold, some of the expansive trees exploding into frozen fragments of tree limbs and sap. Any plants smaller than trees passed out, drooping lifelessly on the ground.
Even some of the seven siids crept deeper into the night searching for a warm place to sleep.
Leven stirred slightly in his sleep, the white in his hair seeming to glow faintly, before turning onto his side and continuing to sleep.
Then the snow began to fall.
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Winter was freezing.
Never in her waking life had she been so cold. Now a slight chill covered her entire body, causing her to shiver in her sleep.
Was this a dream? ... No, her dreams were never cold.
Then she must be awake.
That still didn't explain the cold. Had she lost grasp of her blanket in her sleep?
Even though her eyes were still closed, she could feel the woolen material between her fingers. The blanket hadn't gone anywhere.
So she still had the blanket… Why then was she freezing? … And why did it seem so familiar?
Something stirred in her memories. She saw flashes of her life in reality. She remembered a Christmas spent at the Tuttle's… and something involving crystal flakes falling from the sky.
That's what the cold meant, it had snowed!
Winter's eyes snapped open.
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"LEVEN, wake up!"
Totally unprepared, and still wrapped up in a dream, Leven didn't react well to Winter's wake-up call.
Instead, he fell off his bed… onto the floor.
Leven was awake, but in a little pain.
That didn't stop his blond assailant from running over to his disheveled form and repeating herself.
"LEVEN, wake up… it snowed!"
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Author's Note: This is part one of my Christmas story, part two is coming soon!