Sorry that this isn't fluffy or even really romantic, but the idea just wouldn't leave me alone.


The wind was being especially rowdy that night, wild and thrashing as it whipped up a fierce blizzard. It was almost as if the wind knew there was vulnerable victim in its vicinity. Ice Queen knew better than to try to control the raging gales, opting instead to trudge back to her castle, a young Cake nipping at her heels.

"Whoowee, I could barely see my own paws out there!" the feline remarked once they were safely inside, "Can't really feel them either."

"Hmm," Ice Queen responded without really paying attention. She didn't really have to worry about things like that, so why should she have cared? In fact, she rarely cared about anything as of late. At that moment, she was more than ready to just not-care herself right up to her faithful bed, and she would've gladly done so too.

If it weren't for the piercing wail that suddenly filled the room.

Cringing, she whirled around to look at Cake, immediately taking note of the strange bundle in the cat's arms.

"Uh-oh," Cake squeaked in anticipation.

"What in Grod's name," Ice Queen growled, "is that?"

Cake gulped, "Well…I'm not really sure. I found it buried outside on our way here. I think it's some kind of baby."

Ice Queen sighed and rubbed her temple, "And you thought bringing it inside was the thing to do?"

"I didn't know if it was still alive or not," Cake shrugged, "judging by the crying I think I guessed right."

"Obviously." Curious, Ice Queen lifted the baby into her arms, unwrapping the bundle to get a closer look. She was met by a small rosy face, shiny with snot and tears. She also saw the outline of a white hat and the tiniest tuft of golden hair. Strange, it looked almost…

"Human," Ice Queen whispered, momentarily fascinated.

"Human?" Cake blurted out, "But nobody's seen one of them for centuries!"

"And yet here we are," Ice Queen twirled a finger absentmindedly around the child's hair. "Well whatever," she handed the baby back to Cake, "I'm going to bed."

"What about the baby?"

Ice Queen frowned, "What about it?"

"Well, what should we do with it?" Cake pushed back a feeling of dread, not liking where the conversation was going.

"I don't know, put it back where you found it or something?" Ice Queen shrugged, not too terribly concerned.

"B-but there's no way it'll survive on its own out there!" Cake's tail was starting to swish around, signaling her rising anger.

"So? That's not really our problem, is it?" Ice Queen couldn't really understand why Cake was getting so riled up over this.

"We've just discovered what may be the last human, and you're just going to let it die like that?"

"Well why not? They've already been declared extinct anyway. Either way, I can't have a kid running around here. What prince in his right mind would marry me if he saw that? That's right, none. We're not keeping the human, and that's final." She turned her back on the cat and walked away defiantly.

"Fine!" Cake yelled, "If you won't take care of her, then I will!"

"Ha! You can't even take care of yourself" Ice Queen's distant voice drifted to the cat's ears mockingly.

"Watch me."

The first thing Ice Queen noticed when she woke up the next morning was how unusually quiet the castle was. Cake's usual yowling for breakfast was nonexistent, and that worried the wizard.

"I wonder how mad she still is about the kid," she mumbled to herself. A glance at her bedside table held her answer in the form of a note. Quickly grabbing it, she read it softly to herself.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry but I can't do this anymore. This isn't the first time that your crazy selfishness has made me completely disgusted by you. Honestly at this point, you're so gone that no prince would ever give you the time of day unless you held him against your will. It's not only pitiful but it makes you a harmful influence to be around.

"This is goodbye for us. I've taken the human child and left the Ice Kingdom. I'm not coming back.

-With Former Love, Cake the Cat."

Ice Queen crumpled up the letter, overcome with emotion. How could her only friend just leave like that, all for a stupid kid she randomly found? Deep down she blamed herself, but it was much easier to direct her anger towards the child.

"I swear, if that thing somehow survives, it better hope I never find it!" Tossing the note aside, she quickly got out of bed and ran to the window, letting the crisp air calm her down.

"I'll have to hold princes against my will, huh? You know, that doesn't sound like a half-bad idea…"