I wake up in a large room. Seva by my side and an ice pack on my head. Where am I? I wondered. I couldn't remember anything from the day before. Then theres a knock on the door. Too loud to be the gentle knock of anyone royal.
"Come in." I say. The door opens to reveal a tall blonde man. I've seen him before. I can't remember where though. But something about him makes me... Feel like I know him and that he's someone who I love. But not love love but sisterly and brotherly love. Like he's my family.
"Uh. You past out earlier. And I wanted to see if you were ok. Your, uh, Kaya, right?" He says.
"One and the same, pal. One and the same." I reply. Hoping not to sound sarcastic.
Suddenly I sit up in bed. "My team?! Where's my team?!" I jump out of bed. I grab hold of his shirt collar and start shaking him. "WHERE ARE THEY?! WHERES CALIC? AND JOREN?! WHERES? Where's? Wheres." I start to clam down. I sit back on the bed and burst into tears.
The man comes over and puts a hand on my shoulder. This may come as a shock but the bed didn't sink his way when we sat down. It sank my way. That made me cry harder. As a young girl kids teased me about being... Bigger then the other kids. And the only one who was there to comfort me was... Was... My brother. I took my hands out for my face. And plopped it into a pillow instead. It was then I let everything that had ever happen to me come out. The pillow became soaked with tears and I had completely forgotten the man was there so I started to yell into my pillow everything wrong with my life.
"WHY'D YOU HAVE TO TAKE HIM? WHY? WHY? PLEASE! COME BACK! I-I NEED YOU! MY ONLY BROTHER! MY.. MY ONLY... family.." My face( and the pillow) were now completely wet with tears.
I jumped when the man put his hand on my shoulder.
"So. You lost a sibling too, huh?"
I nodded with the pillow stuck to my face. I pulled it out to look at him. He gave me a towel and I wiped my face.
"You know. Maybe if I shared how I lost my sister and you how you lost your brother. It'd make you feel a little better." He suggested.
"Alright."I said,"it all started when my parents died when I was ten going on eleven and my brother was seven going on eight. They had died two months earlier. Anyway. My father had been lead ice harvester and told me never to bring my brother with me until I turned twelve but I thought I was old enough. So one day my reindeer, me, my brother and his reindeer calf headed out onto the ice but little did I know it wouldn't be thick enough. So I jumped off my sleigh leaving the reindeer with it. Now the other ice harvesters hadn't been out that day because it was too cold. I helped my brother off the sleigh and put him on the ice beside me. I had been teaching him how to be an ice harvester like myself. He had learned fast and he and his reindeer were fully capable of trying by theirselves so I gave him his little saw and pick axe so he could try it. It was all fine until he got over confident. He tried to pick up two blocks with one ice tong. And then it happened.
"The weight of the blocks was just to much for him and he fell straight into the freezing water. I dived in after him. But he wasn't breathing when I pulled him out-"
"Is that when he.. You know... Left you?"
"Oh gosh no! I pulled him out and I started to worry but he coughed up some water and started to breathe. I put him on the sleigh and we started to leave up to our small cabin on the mountain which our parents left to us when the ice by the river started to crack. It was much thinner there then on the lake. Seva, my young reindeer couldn't run fast enough. And her and I slipped through. I held on to her harness so she didn't slip away from me. My brother had a little sled in the back I kept for him and I was glad I had it. He hooked up his reindeer to it and came over to me. He told me to grab his hand but my sleigh fell through creating a a wave that made my grip become loose. The last thing I did was get his reindeer to being him home. Then I slipped under. It was a good thing Seva was a good swimmer. I climbed on her back and made our way to the nearest town. Two ice harvesters found me and took me to the castle. From there I was taken to an orphanage which I absolutely hated. But once I turned sixteen The king gave me a deed to a little shack in the woods it reminded me of the one I grew up in. And at age eighteen I was Buringtons official ice Mistress. But I insisted on master. And then things went on and I ended up here."
"That's actually quite similar to my story but as far as I know my sister is dead... But out of curiosity what was the little reindeers name? And how about the boys? And your last
name?"
"The reindeer. That was Sven. Such a sweetheart. But so addicted to carrots. And the boy. He was Kristoff. Oh what it took me to try to forget him. So loving. So caring. So adorable. And just so dedicated to being an ice harvester. My last name? That's an odd question but its Bjorgman. Kaya Bjorgman."