Hours had passed and we had not found anything at all. Apparently having Luna's heightened sense of smell and hearing meant nothing when there was nothing around to be found in the first place. Plus all this extra snow covered any potential tracks that may have been left. In other words, this was going to be tougher than I thought. A small whine escaped from Luna as she sniffed at the air. She was probably beginning to lose hope at this point. Considering I had already lost it an hour ago, she was doing better than I was.

"What was I thinking?" I say breaking the dead silence. "Coming up this mountain just to shave a week or two off our trip was a horrible idea."

Luna replied back with a bark I didn't expect.

"Luna, please. This is not the time for an 'I told you so'."

Another bark and a groan filled my ears and I couldn't believe what she was saying.

"Come on now, Luna. Don't be like that. How was I supposed to know about the lack of food up here? I mean yeah I guess I could've listened when you told me how bad of an idea it was, but did you really want to spend an extra week going around the mountain?"

Luna replied with a grunt and well, I couldn't argue with that. "Well, next time I'll just let you make the decision then, miss know-it-all."

I glanced down at her and noticed her giving me that 'look' she always gives me whenever I finally realized she was the one who was right and I was the one who was wrong. Happened way too often in my opinion.

"You are so bitter when you're hungry, you know that righ..."

Luna stopped dead in her tracks. Her ears twisting trying to focus, her nose sniffing the air. "What is it, girl?" I asked, now on full alert. Her sudden reactions always meant one of two things: Food or danger and most times it was usually the latter which was why I was now scanning my surroundings searching for anything and everything. If I could see it or hear it in time maybe I could be prepared for whatever it was. A slight movement in the corner of my eye catches my full attention and only one thought crosses my mind once I've laid eyes on the small animal ahead – food. Before I can process another thought, Luna raced after the little rabbit desperate to end her hunger.

"Wait for me!" I shout running after her. The chase was on. The rabbit was quick, but Luna was hot on its tail. We were so close. My mouth was watering at the thought of our soon-to-be meal. I could already taste it. There was no way we could lose out on this. Of course that would've been true, if it hadn't found safety in some stupid tunnel in the ground. Luna dug at the entrance of the hole not willing to give up, but soon realized the rabbit was long gone. We had missed our chance.

Exhausted, I collapsed to the ground trying to catch my breath. Luna began to whimper as she strolled back to me with a sad, disappointed look on her face. As she lay down next to me, I couldn't help but feel bad. This shortcut was proving to be more trouble than it was worth and if anything was taking longer than I had planned. I expected to be across the mountain in maybe 6 days. So far, we've been up here for 13 days. Yep, you heard right. To make matters worse, the last of our food had ran out on the fifth day. You can see now why we were so miserable. Note to self: do better planning. Our hunger was all my fault. It hurt to finally realize it, but it hurt more to know Luna was suffering because of it. She didn't deserve this. I glanced down at her and ran my gloved hand through her dark grey fur.

"I'm sorry, girl. We'll just find something else to eat instead. And…I promise to listen next time when you say one of my ideas is bad, okay?"

Luna let out a low groan leaving me shocked. "I'm going to let that slide for now since we're currently in a situation. You're lucky you're special to me."

She rested her head on my leg and I smiled. She may have been mad at me, but it wouldn't last long. "I love you too, girl."

Hundreds of thoughts raced through my head trying to figure out a way to get us out of this mess when Luna's head suddenly jerked up halting my train of thought. Her ears twisted in different directions trying to focus. "What is it? What do you hear?" A moment of silence filled the air and before long I realized I could hear something myself. I sat there still and quiet, listening. It was a voice. No wait. More than one voice. For some reason, it left me a little puzzled. Since trekking through this mountain I had always assumed I was the only person crazy enough to be up here. I mean why would anyone else be up here on this apparently deserted, snowy wasteland of a mountain? Curiosity getting the better of me, I decided to check it out. Staying low to the ground, I slowly made my way towards the sound with Luna trailing behind until I could make out some words.

"Oops. Can't forget the most important part! There we go. So, what do you think of your new little brother, Olaf?" a female voice called out.

"He's amazing! You know, I've always wanted a little brother. My big one can be a pain sometimes," replied the other voice, which I assumed was Olaf.

I finally reached them and peeked behind some bushes. What I found was quite interesting. There were at least ten to fifteen small snowmen scattered around an open area and a young woman wearing a brown winter dress with auburn hair and pigtails hanging past her shoulders sitting next to two of them. To say the least, I was baffled. This woman came all the way up the mountain just to build a snowman? And where was this Olaf I heard? He was nowhere to be found. I stayed there just watching wondering what would happen next. Yeah, I'm nosy like that.

"You know what? We should show Elsa the new addition to your family," the auburn woman said to absolutely no one. It was quite clear that this girl—was crazy. Coming up here alone to build a family of snowmen and now talking to the wind. For all I knew she probably imitated the other voice I heard. I looked to Luna and she to me. "At least we're not THAT bad." Luna nodded and I smiled. I turned back when I heard the other voice again.

"Yeah. She'll love it. Hey, Elsa! Come and look at my new baby brother!" said Olaf, or was it the brunette? I couldn't tell. There was still no one else there, yet the woman's lips never moved. Ventriloquist, perhaps? If so, she was a darn good one.

"I'm coming, I'm coming," a female voice chimed in. A tall, slender woman with weirdly pale skin and platinum blonde hair twisted into a french braid had arrived. And my god was she breathtaking. She was wearing a bright blue, off the shoulder dress with a long transparent cape trailing behind her and some blue gloves to match the outfit. The sheer sight of her left me at a loss for words. There just weren't enough of them in the English language that could properly describe her.

"Oh my god. Luna, she's so...so beautiful," I whispered. I had never seen anyone more radiant than her, even though she was still weirdly pale.

"Olaf, he's adorable. And so handsome too," the blonde girl said.

One of the snowmen near the auburn woman glanced up at the woman of my dreams and wait, what? I rubbed my eyes a few times. Did I just hallucinate? I looked back over and confirmed that I did in fact see a snowman move and oh my god, it was talking. It was frickin' talking! How was this even possible? I looked at all the other snowmen in the area and suddenly felt surrounded. This was an awkward feeling that I could confidentially say I'd never felt before. It reminded of the time I had built a snowman when I was a kid. I had eventually knocked it down a few hours later. Oh god, was it alive too? Did I murder an innocent snowman? Too many thoughts were flooding my brain. I know what you're thinking and you're right. I need to get it together. I need to...

A soft growl emanated from Luna and I knew something was wrong. This usually happened after her sudden reaction I told you about earlier right before the danger came, but this time it was first. Something had snuck up on us and I felt unprepared. Luna kept growling. It was then I saw it. Two glowing eyes hiding in the darkness of the trees on the other side of the open area. They were watching the two women and the family of lively snowmen. Two more quickly appeared alongside it followed by two more and then another two and then another two until...oh snap. "Luna, let's go!"

Luna and I jumped out of our hiding spot and ran straight for them. I wasn't entirely sure what I was going to do. Didn't really have time to plan. All I knew was that I had to do something or else those wolves were going to kill them. I refused to let that happen. The pack of wolves jumped out of hiding as well and was running full speed towards them growling ferociously.

"Watch out!" I yelled. The girls and the snowman looked at me and saw me pointing in the other direction. They turned their heads and saw the wolves coming at them. Panic filled their faces. Fortunately, Luna and I reached them first and stood in front of them as a protective shield. If those wolves wanted them, they'd have to get through us first and, well, I had no intentions of dying today. I'm pretty sure Luna felt the same. How about that for confidence, huh? I guess it could be stupidity also. Let's just say it's the first one.

The wolves stopped just thirty feet away. Apparently they didn't expect a man and his wolf friend to intervene. "Just stay behind us," I tell them. Luna stood growling, ready to attack. Although our chances looked slim, I was proud of her bravery, but I wasn't about to let her go up against this many. If there was only one or two, I'd let her fight with me, but not with a whole pack. I slowly stepped in front of her knowing that it would be me who'd have to deal with this situation. If they decided to run again, I would have to do something I hadn't done in a long time. It would probably come back to bite me some kind of way, but right now staying alive was all that mattered.

I could easily tell who the alpha wolf was. He paced back and forth in front of the pack. Taking my gloves off, I stared into his eyes hoping to get him to realize that backing off was the better idea. Nope. That didn't work. The alpha wolf let out a loud howl and they were running again. It looked like I was going to have to do this and fast. With them just ten feet away, I raised my hands and soon a huge stream of fire burst out towards them. The huge flames covered the ground in front of them instantly melting all the snow and ice between us. The pack skidded to a stop and ran off in fear. Apparently they had gotten the message. Only one remained. The wolf leader. He stared back at me with hatred in his eyes and then ran off after his pack.

The fire from my palms died down until they were no more. Relief washed over me as my quick thinking actually worked. I turned back to see Luna wagging her tail. A smile formed on my face right before I heard the ice crack. Next thing I knew the ice underneath me had broken and I was now submerged under the ice. Because my heroic feat apparently wasn't enough excitement for today, I now had to survive drowning. The shock of the icy water hit me like a ton of bricks. Any spare oxygen I had in my lungs was now little bubbles floating up to the surface. This was not good. I didn't intend to drown when I woke up today, but life was funny that way. I pounded on the ice searching for the opening I fell through as my lungs began screaming for oxygen. I'd have to remember next time to stay away from all kinds of frozen water in the next life. Finally I was able to get a clear enough thought processed in my mind.

I pressed my hands to the ice and unleashed the fire once again. It took only seconds to make a hole big enough. I broke through the surface of the water taking huge breaths before I could even come all the way up. Not exactly helping myself, but hey. I grabbed onto the ledge of the ice and felt myself being pulled up. It was the two girls. The auburn woman and the blonde woman. Imminent death had made me forget all about them. I was pulled completely up onto the ice coughing up water. As I slipped off into the land of unconsciousness, a single face looked down at me leaving me with one final, yet unexpected thought before everything went dark. My god is she beautiful.