AN: A wintery fic, because why not? Also it's the perfect season for one as well, unless you're reading this in the middle of spring or something. This was one of the first fics I have written for touhou around two years ago and was gathering dust on my usb, so characters may be a little ooc. But enjoy!
It was in the middle of the day and yet, it looked as if it was settling into evening. All around Gensoukyou was covered in a thick blanket of snow. This would have been a beautiful sight if it was not for the harsh winds and the snowflakes that act more like hailstones then real snowflakes. And the temperature that made Gensoukyou feel more like the arctic. You would think that no one would be crazy enough to walk or even travel through this arctic hell. Well, you're wrong; one person is crazy enough to traverse through the blizzard. Her name is Marisa Kirisame. She is on her way to meet her best friend and miko, Reimu Hakurei. Of course, she could have waited for the blizzard to pass before making a journey to the shrine. But this is Marisa we're talking about. Someone who is outgoing as well as impatient. However, Marisa wanted to see Reimu that day and proceeds to, even if it does mean freezing half to death to get to the shrine. Luckily, she had a coat that could stop her from freezing, but the coat did not protect her from the downpour of snow, hail and rain. By the time she was a third of her journey to the shrine, she was soaked practically to the bone.
'My god this weather! I hope it won't turn out like that incident that Cirno had accidentally made ze.'
Marisa had closed her eyes and remembered what had happened. Unfortunately, at that moment, a snowball flew in the sky and hit Marisa square in the face, causing her to lose balance on her broomstick and falling to the ground. She survives for three reasons. One, she was flying close enough to the ground not to be killed on impact. Two, the ground snow cushioned her fall. Three, she was resilient to trivial things like that. The snow had to be at least six inches deep for Marisa to sink into it. She just stayed there, figuring out if she had any injuries or broken bones. But she had to move quickly unless she wanted to be buried under another two inches of snow that was quickly building up. Because of that thought, Marisa quickly got up and proceeded to look for her witch hat and broom. She did find both after ten minutes, albeit sodden and covered in snow, she turned around and saw Cirno, who looked pretty smug.
"Alright, Cirno. What did you do ze?"
"Of course, the only thing I would do in this weather! I'm pretty proud of it."
'So she's the one who threw it.'
"Cirno, please. I don't really have time of this, so could you move out of the way and preferably pester someone else, ze?."
The ice fairy only glared at her, making it clear she isn't going to move. Marisa sighed and proceeded to walk past her.
"Hey! Where are you going?! Not up to the challenge? Not the great-"
As soon as Marisa pulled out her mini Hakkero and aimed it at the ice fairy, Cirno immediately shut up and scrambled away. Marisa grinned as she pocketed the object, knowing that the tactic would work every time with faeries.
'I guess that I will be walking the rest of the way since my broom is frozen over. If I'm mistaken, I think that's the shrine, so it won't be a long walk, ze.'
However she was mistaken on one thing. Not that it wasn't the Hakurei shrine, but the walk would be tougher then she thought. It was now reaching evening and Marisa was beginning to worry when her sight was slowly shortening with the declining light and increasing hail and snow, blanketing the atmosphere in a grey curtain. Marisa ended up tripping up on some things that had littered the ground before snow started falling, then tripping on a tree root, making her frustration to actually getting there grow.
'This weather! Can I at least get there in one piece?!'
Marisa barely made it before she froze to death. However, when she got to the shrine and celebrated her victory getting there, a large lump of snow that was on top of the shrine dislodged and poured onto Marisa, encasing her in the cold snow.