Day 12: Let it Snow

POV: None, again

Shippings: None

Inspiration: The fact that IT HASN'T SNOWED YET!

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A smaller girl woke up one morning, rolling over sleepily and looking at the clock. "What time is it?" She muttered sleepily, looking out at the clock. The time read 7:45. "I'll be late for school! She yelled out, jumping up out of her bed and running to her closet to grab her school clothes. As she grabbed them off the hanger, a thought came to her mind. The black haired girl ran to the window, and then opened the shades.

Outside, she saw nothing less than a winter wonderland. Snow had fallen pretty much, well, everywhere. Christmas lights blinked under their white coatings. The branches on trees were weighed down. White pieces fell from the sky.

Rapidly, Hotaru put back her uniform and ran downstairs. "No school today?" She asked her mother, who was in the kitchen making pancakes.

"There's too much snow to drive on the roads." Her mom told her. "I know how much you love school."

"Yup." She did like school; however, it was a nice change not to have it.

Her mother served her pancakes, which she ate until the doorbell rang. Her mother answered it. "Hotaru, it's for you!" She called, and Hotaru wandered to the door.

When she reached the door, her friend Mikan waved at her, clothed in hat, gloves, winter coat, boots, and ski pants. "Hey, Hotaru!" The little girl in pigtails yelled at her friend. "Wanna play outside?"

This was typical of her best friend. "I'm eating breakfast. And in pajamas." She stated calmly. "I'll come out when I'm done."

While Mikan wasn't very school smart, she knew her friends all too well. "Okay!"

Even though it seemed Hotaru wanted nothing to do with Mikan, Hotaru couldn't be happier to play outside with her friend. She quickly ate her breakfast, got ready, and then walked out as if she had never tried at all. Once outside, she noticed her friend trying to roll a snowman almost as big as she was.

"What are you trying to do?" The dark-haired girl questioned, walking over to the fence that separated their yards.

Surprised, Mikan looked up. "I didn't see you there!"

Hotaru laughed. "I can tell. So, what are you making?"

"A giant snowman!"

Knowing herself to be the more reasonable one, Hotaru climbed over the fence and patted the snowman. "It's a bit big for that, don't you think?"

She shook her head. "No, I want it to be the biggest one in our town!" The girl with the pigtails yelled out, continuing to push the snowball around.

"Be a bit louder. The neighbors can't hear you." The elder one muttered sarcastically. "And don't keep rolling it! You're gonna make it too big!"

Obediently, Mikan stopped. "It's in the middle of the front yard!"

Hotaru looked around. "I guess it is."

"Wanna make the rest of the body?" Mikan questioned.

Her friend shook her head. "I'll make the head."

The other girl nodded. "I bet that I can finish my snowman part faster than you can!" The other girl challenged.

"I don't think so." The dark haired girl responded in a friendly tone. "Want to bet?"

"Two bars of chocolate to the person who wins. And a crab." Mikan said.

Hotaru smirked, purple eyes lighting up considerably. "Deal."

The violet eyed girl easily completed her part within nine minutes, spending the time it took her friend to finish to make a rather artistic face from some sticks and leaves. Mikan finished in fourteen minutes, giving her friend an annoyed pouty face when she realized that, not only did she lose, she had to buy her friend a crab somehow. Her grandfather was not going to like this.

"I win." Hotaru stated, brushing snow off of her gloves. "And stop pouting." She commanded.

The pig-tailed girl rolled her eyes at her friends comment, but did as she said. "We've got to put the snowman together, now."

"Any ideas on how we'll do that?"

Mikan shook her head. "It's too big for us to lift. But maybe…"

It didn't take too long until both Hotaru's mom and Mikan's grandfather were standing outside in the light snow. "What do you want us to do, again?"

Purple eyes looked into purple eyes. "Mommy, can you help us lift these snowballs?" She asked in a voice so sweet, Mikan couldn't believe she was looking at her friend. "They're too big for us to reach."

However, Hotaru didn't end up doing much work after her adorable moment, for Hotaru's mom, Mikan, and her grandfather ended up lifting the two lumps of snow on top of each other. When it came to packing snow in-between the lumps, the two did that by themselves. They didn't want their guardians to get too much credit.

"It looks pretty good." They commented simultaneously, laughing at their similarity.

Mikan reached out to hug her friend, but her friend denied her. "Nope."

"But the neighborhood will look up to our lovely snowman! Everyone will love us!" She yelled out, putting out her arms for a hug. But something from across the street hit the two of them in the head. When they turned around, they saw a crimson eyed boy smirking at them from across the way.

At this time, Hotaru got a better idea. "Attack Natsume?"

Mikan smirked, gathering snow in her mittens. "Oh yes."

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Disclaimer: Short and Simple: OneDream 2dream doesn't own Gakuen Alice, nor will she ever.

Author's Note: So I wrote this at school today. Yup, you heard me! All at school. There wasn't really any homework, so being bored, I wrote this. I wish I could have a snowball fight with Natsume! *sigh* Happy Holidays!