The Fifth Element
Chapter 2: An Old Bearskin Hat
The Ice Castle was the grandest structure in the entire ice kingdom. It blended seamlessly with the Ice City below, and was bang in the centre of the ice kingdom. It was the home of the Ice King, Simon Petrikov, and his loyal Penguin Retainers. Below, in the Polar City, lived a thriving community of Penguins and Snow Golems.
The medical ward was incredibly sparse. Only Penguins really used it. Snow Golems could reconstruct themselves from snow, and Simon was not sure if he even COULD be injured or get sick. It had certainly not happened in recent memory.
The penguin nurses and doctors were hard at work on the human boy's body. Although alive, the process of thawing him out had caused the young boy's body to go into shock. Simon had to leave to wrangle his Ice-o-pedes, but was not pleased when he returned. The Penguins had not thought to give the boy any clothes.
"Could somebody PLEASE get this boy some warm clothes?" Simon snapped, his white beard flaring up. The nurse penguins squawked in fright, and shuffled off to get the human boy something to wear. Simon walked up to the doctor penguin, who was trying to wake up "Finn".
"Tell it to me straight Doc." Simon began. "Is he going to pull through?"
"Wenk!" Said the Doctor.
"What do you mean you don't know?" Simon barked. "What do I pay you for?"
The penguin jumped up and slapped Simon with his flipper. "WENK!"
"You're right. I lost my biz there. It's just this is the first human I've seen in nearly 80 years! I need to know who he his." Simon sighed.
"Wenk."
"Thank you doc."
There was a familiar shuffling noise of Penguins on the move. Due to the lack of humanoid people in the ice kingdom, clothing options were slim at best. They found some shorts, a t-shirt, and most strikingly, an old white hat, made from bearskin.
"Well," Simon sighed. "It's better than nothing."