A small she pup thrashed desperately in the water. She knew she must survive. Every instinct in her body was telling her to breathe, but when she gasped for breath, the icy liquid tore at her lungs.
She pushed with all her strength, but hit something solid. She scrabbled desperately at the surface before being carried away under it.
Finally she managed to bump the surface again, pushing up with all her might she managed to break the thin covering of ice. She retched up mouthfuls of the liquid and gulped down the air before being once again swept under the ice.
She struggled frantically but could not break through the barrier again. Faster and faster her heart beat as she worked her legs, churning the water.
Then her heart-rate began to slow, little by little her legs were taken by the deathly cold, and her mind spun into darkness.

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Above the river, the trees lashed back and forth against a violent storm. A lightning bolt shot across the sky, hitting the base of a tree and causing it to snap with a loud crack .
The tree toppled over as if in slow motion. Its dark branches whipped the sky in a last valiant effort as it fell earthwards.
One of its branches smashed into the river, smashing the ice and setting free the flow.
The lifeless body of a tiny, dark gold she pup snagged in its branches.
Far above, the rain started as a loud roar of thunder echoed across the skies.

A/N:{Yeah! I know it's short but R&R! Thank you..!}