Wall of Ice
"Ugh,w-where am I?" I groaned,rubbing my head.
As I sat up, a shiver ran my spine and I quickly looked around-eyes widening as I did. It looked as if the entire village and country had been covered in snow. Now I knew why I started shivering-I was just wearing a plain white shirt and brown shorts that went down to my knees.
The small, modest homes and buildings surrounding me looked like they were made out of brick and stone,but when I looked up, over them, I saw an enormous palace that looked almost like it was ade from ice, it was so pristine and fragile looking. I knew better then that,but it was fun to imagine,though. I felt something cold prick my hand, and I looked down and saw a snowflake as it melted against my skin. I looked up at the sky, and saw of them falling,continuing to blanket the ground.
"Hey you!" I heard someone call out above me. Not thinking they were calling me, I paid them no mind.
"Hey you, the girl in the middle of the road freezing her butt off!" I heard the same person call out again. I looked, no realizing that I was the one they were yelling to.
"Why are you just sitting there acting like a moron, catching your death?" They asked, appenrently shocked by seeing me sitting there. "Where am I?" I asked back up to her. "What? Alright,I'm coming down-wait right there!" She commanded. I looked around, as if I would have anywhere to run off to.
A few seconds later, I heard a door slam and saw a brown-haired woman running towards me, wearing a hooded coat with long sleeves and fur lining the outside trim of the sleeves and hood," Are you insane, kid?" She asked me as she came up.
"I-I don't know." I responded, my mind still dazed. "Huh,what do you mean "You don't know"? You'd obviously know why you'd be outside killing yourself." She told me.
"Where am I? Why is it so cold?" I asked,questions being the only thing I could really form on my mouth.
The woman kneeled down, and looked at me, "Come on,let's get you inside and warm you up." She told me,her silent stares able to asses what was wrong. As she led me toward the building she had come from, I could practically feel the hat eminating from it,and surprisingly,the closer we got,the more at peace I felt.
We got inside and the woman closed the door, and I was able to now see that she was a young-woman about mid-twenties and the fire that was going in the fire-place lit up her turquoise-colored eyes. She led me into the living-room and sat me down in a chair infront of the fire-place,setting a blanket in my lap,"Here, you warm up here for a little bit, 'kay?" She offered. As I looked at the blanket, I started realizing just how cold I really was. I quickly wrapped the blanket around me,tightly,crossing my legs up in the chair, to where all you could see now was my face sticking out,cheeks probably red and nose chapped.
"Where am I?" I asked her again. The woman looked over at me,"You're in the beautiful,yet cold country of Celes,where it snow's almost all the time." She explained.
'Celes,huh?' I thought.
A few minutes later, I had almost drifted off, When I heard a door open and close," I'm home!" I heard a man's voice yell out. "Hey,Toren!" I heard the woman yell back,sitting on a sofa to the right of me. "Oh hey,I thought you'd fallen asleep!" She told me,when she saw me stir.
"T-thank you for the blanket." I finally thanked her.
She waved it off, "No prob. You needed it more then I did." She replied,chuckling.
"Sis,who are you talking to?" I heard the man ask as he walked in the room. He paused when he saw me, "Oh,hi." He said,surprised when he saw my presence.
"I found her in the middle of the street, freezing,so I brought her inside to warm up." The woman said,getting up and walking into what looked like the kitchen. The man looked at me,"Hi,my name's Toren,and you?" He asked. I bowed slightly,not an easy task,considering I was still wrapped up in the blanket,"I am...um...I am?" I paused,thinking.
Toren chuckled," You know, your name should not be something you have to think about." He said. I looked at him,"I don't remember." I told him. "Huh?" He asked,confused. "I don't know my name." I said,looking down. "Apparently, the girl's lost her memory and can't remember anything." The woman yelled from the kitchen.
Toren walked over to me and kneeled down. He took my face in his hands and looked me straight in the eyes,"It doesn't appear to be any signs of trauma." He explained,"It must be something else that causing it."
"Maybe she witnessed something traumatic, and that caused her mind to shut itself down." The woman suggested. I stood up,"I'm very sorry!" I apoligized, bowing at the waist, "I've probably overstayed my welcome-I'll just leave and let you very nice people get back to your lives!" I told them,starting to move towards the door. Suddenly I felt a hand grab my wrist.
I turned my head and saw the woman looking at me, a look of determination yet a softness was hidden in her eyes as well,"I'm not letting you go back out there and die. You are staying here as long as you need to." She told me, sitting me back down in the chair.
Before I could argue,she started walking back to the kitchen,"By the way, the name's Sera,ok?" She told me,dissappearing into the other room.
I looked down in my lap,fidgeting with the blanket draped over the arm,"T-thank-you Miss Sera!" I yelled to her. She reappeared, holding a wooden spoon,"Sera. Just...Sera." She replied,pointing the spoon in my direction. My face reddened, "S-Sera then." I stuttered slightly.
She smiled," Alright then." She said and then went back into the kitchen.
Toren sighed,then chuckled,"Sis is crazy like that." He told me.
I laughed.
When my laughter died down,I looked around,observing the rest of the house. I saw the entry-way,which looked almost like an entry-way to an antique store-it had relics and antiques all cluttered up,but still it looked clean. The living-room was next to the entry-way,and it was sepearted by a wall and door frame. The living-room was kind of small,and there was a stair-case to the right,near where the kitchen was, and it led up to the second floor,and I could slightly see a library from where I was sitting.
I sighed and leaned back into the chair.
"Ser~a!" I heard a door slam and a loud voice call out.
I practically jumped,and turned around to see a girl with a short blond bob hair-cut and brown eyes wearing a coat that was a shorter style then what Sera wore,but it was still long enough that,with the front buttoned up,it looked like a dress on her,and she wore black leggings and black flat boots-so it looked like her legs were completly black.
She didn't notice me as she started looking around the room,her eye catching on Toren, "Toren~ Do you know where Sera is?" She asked.
"I'm right here,Aire,don't bug Toren." Sera said,appearing in the doorway.
"Sera!" Aire exclaimed,running towards her.
Sera stuck her hand out,stopping the young girl. "You said you'd meet me at my house for my piano lesson ten minutes ago and you were nowhere to be seen!" Aire pouted,struggling against Sera's strong hold. "Something came up." Sera replied,gesturing towards me.
The young girl looked over,looking surprised that see didn't see me earlier,and darted over to me,"Hi,I'm Aire Miretta,very nice to meet you!" She chirped,smiling. "It's nice to meet you,I am..." I said,trailing off."She's Mina!" Toren blurted out,suddenly. I said nothing and stared at the man,who was blushing at his sudden outburst,and apparently everyone else was silent as well. He looked around,"What?" He asked,his face red."
Sera sighed,"She's a friend of our's visiting." She explained.
Aire looked back at me,"Well any friend of Sera's is a friend of mine!" She smiled.
"Thank-you."I replied,"And you said she was giving you piano lessons?" "Yup! I'm going to become a famous piano player when I grow up!" Aire explained,thumping her chest,proudly. I giggled,softly,"That sounds really nice." I replied. Sera came back into the room,"Guy's! Lunch's is almost ready!" She told us. "I hope she's making her stew." Aire told me,"Her stew is almost famous around the whole village!" She squealed. 'Wow,I wonder just how amazing this stew is!' I thought. Everyone started walking towards the kitchen and I stood up to follow them,but I wasn't up long.
Right after I stood up,I started feeling very dizzy and a piercing sharp pain went through my head,"Aah!" I groaned,sinking down to my knees. I wasn't very aware of things around me at that point,but I could sense everyone gathered around me.
"Kid! Hey,are you alright?" I could hear Sera's voice,but it sounded muffled and far off.
Suddenly everything went white and I couldn't hear any sounds now at all. Suddenly, it was like I was watching a scene in a movie almost, I watched as a man was walking off,and he turned around to look at whoever was standing there,but I couldn't see his face,which was shadowed by light streaming through the trees,and I could see as he smiled kindly and mouthed something that I couldn't hear.
It was very strange for me,he seemed so familiar.
Suddenly,my eyes widened,"F-father?"
Hello,I'm Luna and this is chapter 1. of my new fan-fiction:Walls of Ice *echoing*
...Ok. That was weird. Anyway~ I'm very proud of how this is coming and I already have future chapters in mind,so hopefully I won't neglect this story like I did all my others! lol
Before I go,I'll have my little amnesiac say a word:
"U-um,if you read this story,please don't h-hesitate to r-review!" -she's so cute!-
*grabs ahold of her* Alright! To the next chapter!