The air was cold... and snow continued falling gently.

~?'s POV~

My footsteps were light on the floor of the cave, and I went inside without hesitating. Icicles hung from the ceiling in almost a decorative way, but I chose to ignore them for now... unless they fell on me, of course. With each step I took I was soon able to reach where I wanted to be... right next to the Ice Rock. It stood in solitude, other than my presence being there... but I still felt drawn to it. I took a step in the icy water that surrounded it and walked towards it, the water being rather shallow. I climbed up on the small part of the floor that the Ice Rock was on and reached over to touch it... but then...

"Come on Aneira, hurry up." My guardian's voice echoed inside the cave.

I turned around to see her, but she was already walking out.

"This place really gives me the heebie jeebies." She said as she proceeded to walk out of the cave, her voice still echoing a little.

I sighed and touched the rock... memories flowing, tears falling, all because of this one... object... but it was more than that to me. Not wanting to keep my guardian back, I turned and walked back, stepping out of the cave and into the snow below me. A clear straight path was in front of me, and around it was the forest, as well as a road and well... my guardian's pink car parked up a few meters away.

Opening the door to the back seat of the car, my brother, an Umbreon named Dart, looked at me with curious eyes as I went inside and sat down.

"No." I answered before he could even say anything.

"What?... I didn't even ask anything yet!" Dart looked over at our guardian, who was a Sylveon sitting in the driver's set. "Moooom, Aneira's being mean to me again."

I held back a growl, but I kept my cool as she began to drive off. This car was different than other cars simply because my guardian's legs couldn't reach the pedals or brakes, so they were extended so that she could reach them and steer at the same time, which took a lot of training before she got her license. She wasn't the only one in the world with a car like this, however, and it wasn't really seen as weird once cars like these became popular.

"Just be quiet until we get home, you two." She replied, paying attention to the road.

With a couple 'pssssts' from Dart and several pokes, I managed to ignore him long enough until the car was parked next to our house and then I was able to hop out.

"Come on, you're not telling me anythingggg." Dart said in a nagging manner, which made me want to ignore him even more, but I decided to answer him this time.

"It was... good." I replied coldly, following my guardian as she came out of the car too and opened the door after inserting a key and turning it.

"Wait, is that all? It was good... and- and- what else?" Dart followed me as I walked inside until I closed the door to my room and locked it.

"Aneira, I just wanna know how it was, come on..." He fiddled with the door knob and after a few minutes eventually left me alone.

I would've probably told him more if he wasn't just so damn annoying... hmph. I got up on top of my bed and put on the TV which was rested on the wooden cabinet in front of the bed. We had cable luckily, so weather like this wouldn't have affected my favorite channels and shows. With a buzz, I looked over to the left side of the bed to realize my phone was underneath the covers... so I grabbed it and checked my messages.

I didn't really have many contacts, especially because we kinda lived close to a forest and not in a neighborhood like other people, but I kinda liked it. The entire area was a lot calmer and quieter than those noisy neighborhoods with annoying kids... probably even more annoying than Dart, honestly, so living here was pretty much heaven in my eyes.

I went over to the notifications on my phone and I froze for a minute... then looked at the messages carefully to verify if it was him... and it was.

My ex-boyfriend.