AN: This is my first attempt at Ice Fantasy Fanfiction. There is a lot of my own creativity in this story along with a completely separate dimension alongside the Ice Fantasy world. Please don't hate me. I'm trying to get my creative juices working and I've been writing this for about a year prior to posting.

"Go Kallum. The portal won't stay open for long," Marie shouted over the loud wind rushing through the library.

"Mother please come with me," Kallum yelled as her brother ushered her to the bright blue light in the middle of the room.

"Kallum we can't," her brother hugged her one last time, "We don't know what's on the other side. You haven't ascended yet so the sun won't kill you. Mother and I can't take the risk."

Kallum held onto him even after he tried to let go, "The elders will kill you both. Please Mason," she sobbed into his shirt.

"They're not going to kill us. They'll only sentence us to hibernation," he tried to calm her.

"There's no difference," she interrupted.

"You'll make the difference. You have to get a new master, ascend, then come back for us. We're counting on you," Mason explained still trying to push her through the light.

"How does that help," she cried pulling back to look at him.

"Remember Father's bed time stories about the how a damphier can become a ruler. That's our laws. If you meet the standards they have no choice but to bow down to you. You must go," he managed to get her to let go so he could hand her the suitcase he had prepared for her.

She nodded and wiped her eyes as she passed through the light and felt herself falling. For a short time she felt as if the portal had no end and she wondered if she was going to be trapped in the light forever.

When the light finally faded there was a searing pain in her eyes. As Mason had predicted she found herself outside in the daylight. Immediately she closed her eyes and reached for the sunglasses she had seen her brother pack in the front pocket of her suitcase. Without them the sunlight would fry her retinas and she would go blind.

As she looked around she found herself to be on a snow covered hill. The trees around her were blooming with beautiful pink cherry blossoms. Strange for them to blossom in the winter she thought but this wasn't her world and she didn't know the laws of nature here. There appeared to be a city in the distance and the sun was heading down. In an hour it will have set and she could take the glasses off. She hated wearing them.

She knew she needed to go but for the moment she needed to grieve. She had just lost everything. Her father and master was being sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. Her mother and brother would be put in hibernation for their loyalty to him and her family servants would be given to one of the other elders. For these reasons her legs would not hold her and she fell to the cold ground to cry. She soon exhausted herself and fell asleep.

It was night when she awoke but she sensed she had only slept a few hours. Removing her glasses and putting them back in her bag she got up and began to walk towards the city. She tried to focus through her grief but it wasn't easy. Now she was thankful she hasn't ascended yet or she would likely lose control and hurt someone when she reached a populated area.

The city felt big and empty even though it was only about the same size as her colony back home. Since it was nighttime most people were sleeping or just home for the night. The streets were like a ghost town with nobody around. She was used to there being at least a small crowd of people out at any given time. Back home the vampires ruled the night and the humans enjoyed the day. To see the streets before her empty was a bit creepy.

After wandering for a while she finally saw someone. Her senses told her it was a man in spite of his long hair. If not for her grief she would have had to remind herself that the first rule of travelling between dimensions is to never let anything surprise you. Your normal will be different from everyone else's. Long hair here was likely normal for everyone and not just reserved for women as it was back home. She began to approach him and barely noticed that she was stumbling.

Her instincts began screaming at her as she tried to speak. She didn't care what she said. Any communication would suffice. She needed help. Her family was in danger and she couldn't save them alone.

She felt the need to get indoors and only when she looked at the sky did she realize it was an unnecessary impulse. It was still night but she could feel the sunrise approaching fast. Her internal clock was still reading her home worlds rhythms. Day and night were not the same here. Her arm began to burn where her mark linking her to her master was. She pulled her sleeve up to look and felt a blinding pain ebb from her arm through the rest of her body. She screamed in agony and lost consciousness. Her master who had been so kind to her and loved her, her brother, and his wife who had birthed them both for him was now gone.

TBC…