Okay time for the next chapter. Like I said last time was Popo's perspective, this time it's Nana's first point of view on what happened to her in her past. Something that will definitely affect they're present. Once again Smash Brothers doesn't belong to me and neither does Ice Climbers. Though I do wonder if anyone else has tried spinning they're back story the way I have. Well remember to read and review everyone. You know how much I like that right?

"Night Of The Werehog, Brawl Edition Chapter Twenty Nine: Nana's Story"

By DianaGohan.

{Nana}

I hate Popo.

Actually I don't hate him. Hate isn't a strong enough word to properly describe my feelings for that evil son of a bitch. The one who stole everything from me. The one who lied to me for years, the one who pretended to be my friend and even my Vishetnu when in reality he was really my worst enemy. I don't even know how I couldn't see it until now. Maybe this whole were curse opened my mind to the truth, or destroyed the part of my brain that made his lies seem like wonderful nice things that took my cares away. Whatever it was it's gone now and I can see the truth about what he did to me.

I had a good life growing up in Icicle Mountain. A strong father, a loving mother, and of course the cutest most wonderful little sister ever. She was called Nellie and she was born a couple of years after I was. She had short dark hair (like my father) and a cute adorable nose (that my mother said was just how she use to look when she was young). I know that you're suppose to hate your younger sister and always argue and bicker with them but it was never like that with me and Nellie. Ever since she was born I always felt this special bond with her. When my mom was busy with housework I would help take care of her and teach her how to play outside, even helping her make her first snowball. It was such wondrous, joyous times.

Times I can never get back thanks to that son of a bitch.

The problems began a day in our backyard. Me and Nellie were playing a lot of winter games that we had created in our own minds. Making snowball angels, having snowball fights, and even sledding along the snow in a little raft our mom had bought for us. I get my love of snow and of the cold from how much fun I had playing with her actually. And that fun seemed at it's peak when we worked together to make this giant snowman. We had planned making him bigger and better then anyone else could possibly make. Whether it was in the village or the entire region. Unfortunately we had run into a problem when we were constructing the head.

"Nana, we're out of snow to use" my little sister said trying to scoop to clump up a lump of powder in her hands, powder that ended up just falling on the ground. All the snow had went to the first two layers of the snowman and there wasn't any more snow to make more for the final part.

"Don't worry, I'll just get some from the front."

"But mom said not to go to the front unless she's watching us" my sister reminded me. "And you said we could have this snowman be a surprise for her remember?"

I remember smiling wide at my sister as I approached her. "You're right" I said looking down at my hands as I flexed them some. "Which means I'm just going to have to make the snow for our snowmen myself."

Nellie gasped surprised at this. "You can make that much snow?"

"Well I have been practicing some" I said. In truth my powers really hadn't come in yet. The most I could of made before was a small snowball or the tiniest block of ice but I wasn't about to let my sister down. So walking up to the head of the snowmen on the small hill we had made next to him I breathed in a few times and looked at my hands. I then closed my eyes, hoping that whatever Ice god was around would give me the strength I needed to make a big head for our snowman that'd make Nellie happy. I gave a small smile to myself and rubbed my hands three times before breathing in once more.

And that's when HE made his move.

I at first thought it was an ice god blessing when I looked to see a giant ball of snow forming in my hands as it fell on top of the Snowman. For a second the snowman (despite not having accessories) looked perfect. Then the head grew to an enormous size as it crushed the rest of the body, causing a mountain of snow to fall in front of me.

"Nana, you ruined it!" I remember my little sister crying out looking confused and sort of angry. I had bigger problems to worry about though as from this pile a giant snow tower was shown forming in my hands.

"No, enough!" I remember calling out trying to move my hands but finding myself unable to. I could feel this chill blowing around me, a chill that I had never felt before. It was always cold in icicle mountain but suddenly even a 100 jackets wouldn't warm me. It felt like my blood was literally freezing over, my eyes had become ice crystals as my entire body just froze up. I remember falling into the ice tower, trying to cry out and get someone to help out, feeling myself lost within it just hoping someone would get me out. That's when I heard a voice calling out.

"Nana!" I felt a hand coming from outside as I grabbed it, looking to see it was my sister's. Somehow she was able to pull me out of the ice I had fallen into as she started shaking me. "Nana, nana! Are you okay?"

It took me a few seconds to snap out of my frozen state and look at her and nod. "Yeah, I am now" I said. Just being around her made that cold energy in my body stop freezing me. I looked around and some and shook my head, hoping that it'd get rid of any of that lingering feeling that was still in me. "Sorry about ruining our snowman."

My sister then hugged me tightly as I looked down at her. "It's okay just... please don't ever do that again. It felt like... I was going to loose you."

"You're never going to loose me" I then looked down and rubbed her head. "We're family, and family always sticks together."

"I know but... it was just so scary you had all that ice around you and... and..." My sister then started bawling. I didn't really know how to feel myself then but I knew I had to make her feel better as I gently hugged her.

"I'm really sorry I scared you" I then smiled down at her. "Guess I used too much of my super ice powers." I then laughed some as she looked up at me confused. "Still training you know. Don't worry though, I can still fix our snowman". I then walked over to the pile snow and closed my eyes as I felt the powers come back. This time I closed my eyes and just concentrated, praying I could just use them to make the snowman. I could feel the wind blowing beneath me and then stop. When I opened my eyes I was in awe at the giant Three circles of snow that had all lined up together, creating the base for the biggest snowman I had ever seen. "Uh... ta-da!" I then held out my hands at the creature hoping to get Nellie's attention.

Fortunately she looked up at me and slowly stopped her sniffling as she she gazed in wonder at the snow man. "Wow!" She yelled out forgetting about being sad just a moment ago. "Did you do all this Nana?"

I nodded. "Sure did" I then winked at her. "Don't worry though I'll tell mom you helped out as well."

"Hey we still have to add the twigs and coal and carrot to him though" Nellie pointed out holding out her hand. "And you said I could find the hat we could put on his head remember?"

"You think I'd ever forget a promise I made to you?" I said laughing some as she laughed too. "Don't worry Nel. Now that we have the base it won't take any time to finish the rest of the snowman and show it to mom and dad."

"Yeah I bet they'll eyes will go super huge seeing how big it is" she said giggling some as I giggled as well. Seeing her laugh like that made me forget about my freak out from before. After all so long as she was happy I was happy and with her ecstatic on finishing up the snowman, how could I possibly be down?

Our spirits were even more lifited when we showed the snow to our parents. Mom looked at it for a few minutes before asking us where all the snow came from as Nellie blabbed about my powers, thankfully not mentioning the part where I nearly drowned myself in them.

"That's incredible Nana" My mom said looking down at me smiling. My mom was a fairly tall and serious looking woman with dark long brown hair that usually flowed down to her back when we weren't outside where it was covered with a long over side hood. "I don't even remember having my powers start setting in until I was a teenager, and for them to be at this level, is absolutely incredible."

"It sure is sweetie" said my father who picked me up and hugged me. My dad was a fairly big powerful man with strong powerful forearms that I always thought could of bench pressed our hut if he felt like it. And yet he was also one of the kindest nicest souls I knew always trying to laugh and smile to make me feel better. "And just think of how much stronger you'll be with some more training. Maybe we should start practicing more after lunch some every day."

My mom put her hands on her hips. "I thought we agreed we wouldn't have any serious training start until after the school year is over."

"Hey no harm getting in some extra practice right?" My dad said looking down and smiling some. My dad was also one of the greatest ice warriors in our entire clan with more power then most Ice-users could ever dream of. So obviously he was happy at me having so much ice powers at such a young age. Of course at the time I was just really happy they enjoyed my Snowman and that I could spend all the time I wanted with them and Nellie. After all it was winter break and we didn't have to worry about going back to school for a couple of weeks. We still had so much time to play and be happy with each other.

At least that's what I thought.

I had no idea that the cold energy would keep striking back. The first time was when I was out with a group of my friends a few blocks in the village rushing to the vendor that always sold the most delicious slush pops in the entire village. Just the thought of the slush pop triggered this cold sense again as I looked in horror to see the man selling them frozen in an ice cube. My friends had no idea it was me though as they tried screaming out at him wondering what was going on. Eventually someone saw and called members of the fire department to help dethaw him. The news said it had just been an unfortunate accident. Of how the weather had accumulated in the spot and had frozen the man up until he was dug out. I was the only one who knew the truth, that the power had come from me. Or at least I thought it had come from me. It was only later I would find out the real truth.

The next day me and Nellie went to go and play with a friend of both of ours named Icecia. She was one of the our closest neighbors and we had been friends with her and her family for years and me and Nel always enjoyed playing over there. They had a much bigger back yard area which had a bunch of great places to sled and her mom always made the best Ice Chocolate in the entire village though. When trying to freeze mine a bit more for extra flavor I noticed the entire kitchen area shaking as soon giant icicles were shown coming through and piercing the room. We managed to run out before any of the icicles hit but the room was wrecked beyond repair. Once again everyone had thought it was a freak accident and not a display of "my" power. I didn't want to say though that it was me: I was afraid they'd consider me some sort of freak or monster and not want to play with me again. It sounds so naieve and childish now but back then that's what I really cared about. Especially since if I wouldn't be able to play with them neither would Nellie and I would never want to burden my sister like that.

I figured out though that I should stop trying to concentrate and use any of my ice powers if I couldn't control them. That way the accidents would stop. They didn't though. In fact just a couple of days later when playing a board game in the living room it struck again. As I was moving my piece a huge surge of ince energy erupted from my hand, slicing through the board and going through the entire room, hitting the wall and causing a huge crash. Fortaunley no one was in the way of the beam but everyone in my family (Mom, Dad and Nellie) all saw me do it as they looked at me shocked.

My mom quickly went over and leaned down looking into my eyes. "Nana... what did you do?"

I remember feeling incredibly ashamed at the moment as I cried into my mother's arms letting my tears (which turned into icicles) flow down to my cheeks as I tightly hugged. "I... I don't know" I said crying out realizing I couldn't hide it anymore. "This ice keeps blowing through me. Outside... in town... at Icecia's house and... now here". I remember weeping even more as my mom picked me off the floor and tightly hugged me.

"It's okay Nana, it's okay" she repeated as I looked into her eyes. "We'll get through this together" she then wiped away some of my tears.

Looking into her eyes made me feel a bit better but I could still feel this chill blowing inside me. "H... how though?" I asked as I held myself tightly. "This... this cold keeps coming and... I think it might hurt someone if I don't stop it."

"You're not going to hurt anyone Nana" My father said walking over and looking into his eyes. "You just have to learn how to control them."

"But... I don't think I can."

He shook his head. "Nonsense" He then smiled a bit. "I had trouble first learning how to control my powers as well when I first started out. It just takes a little time and practice, that's all." He then rubbed my head some. "Tell you what: tomorrow we'll go see our tribe leader. I'm sure he can help give you the guidance you need to help control those amazing powers of yours."

"Can't... you do it daddy?" I asked.

"I can help but with such great power like yours it may be out of my hands" he then laughed a bit.

My mom looked annoyed at him. "This isn't the time for jokes dear."

"I know but it's not the time for tears either. This is a part of every great warrior's journey: learning to have to control and use they're powers for the greater good." The next words my dad said were ones that I will always cherish even to this day. "It's up to you Nana to use your powers to help out those in need. You've been given a great gift and you need to learn how to make the most of it, to protect those closest to you. Understand?"

I nodded. "I understand daddy" I said jumping into his eyes and hugging him tightly. At that moment I felt better about the whole thing. Like I really could control these powers and use them to help people, especially the ones I loved most.

Thanks to him though I never got a chance to use "my" powers the way I should of.

I saw our village elder the very next day. I was hesitant at first since he asked to display some of my power to him but I felt I really could use it to help people once it was under control. I shot out ice blasts and ice balls and to surprise nothing happened. No chill feeling, no sudden outburst, nothing that wasn't in my control. Maybe I just needed to concentrate and not let the cold get to me and I'd be fine. Which is why I was surprised when I saw the Village Elder looked shocked at me and even more shocked when he asked to see my parents alone and I was to wait in the other room. Though I always try to be obedient I really wanted to hear what he had to say, especially why he couldn't just say it to me.

A mistake I'll regret doing even to this very day.

I sneaked through the room and pressed my ears again the door and hear our village elder speek in his booming but at the same time fairly quiet voice. "I'm afraid your child has been touched by the Infinite Chill."

I heard my father gasp out loudly after hearing those last two words. "You... you can't be serious."

"What's wrong Puak?" I heard my mother say concerned.

My dad sighed loudly. "A curse that has befallen a few chosen ice warriors. Something no one should have to bear"

I remember standing there shocked at my father's words. This power that I had inside me was some kind of curse? Something no one should have? I could feel my skin start tingling all over as I leaned even closer on the door.

"The Infinite Chill is a very rare bloodline mark of our people" The Village Elder said as I could hear him standing up. "It is said there is only one born in every 2 or 3 generations around Icicle Mountain. According to scriptures those with the Infinite Chill possess ice abilities far above those of even the greatest warriors. But such power comes at the cost of never being able to truly controlling it. Of the power freezing the users and those around them. And the stronger the power gets, the larger area it can freeze. At her growth rate, she could freeze the entire village up on a single whim."

I gasped at this. Freeze our village? It didn't seem possible. Until I looked inside myself and felt the power, the icy chill growing within me. I could feel there were levels far more then I had shown before, levels I didn't even want to think about.

I could also hear my mother jump up before she spoke. "Our daughter does not have any Infinite Chill!" I could hear my mom yelling. "She's the nicest and most caring daughter I can ever have. There is no way she would ever try and freeze anybody like that."

"Not intentionally but doesn't mean her own powers won't strike out if they get the chance" I heard the cheif explain. "And though I do not wish to upset you, she DOES have it. We chiefs are trained to recognize any fluctuations, no matter how small or large of ice energy in front of us. And seeing her use her powers just now confirmed that to me."

"How?" My father asked. "She didn't do anything wrong. She preformed the moves perfectly and was in complete control."

"She might of been in control that one time, but in control or not I could still feel the ice chill energy that powered the moves. Infinite Chill has it's own stream of energy different from any other ice user. And it was there when she was using her power." I heard the village leader clang his staff along the ground. "Still there is not too much cause for concern. There are ways to handle the power of the chill."

"What ways?" I asked, forgetting I was trying to be silent. As I breathed out those words I could feel the chill breathing out as well, freezing the door as it broke into shambles as I pounded on it.

My parents gasped as they saw me standing in the exposed door way. "Nana" My mom said going over and leaning down. "I told you to wait in the other room sweetie."

"But... I wanted to hear what the village elder said about me" I was able to whimper out.

"She would of had to be told about this anyway Kaylk" the village elder said slowly walking over to the two of us. "Perhaps it is better for her to hear it now then to have to wait."

"Yeah... then... then I won't have to freeze anyone else" I said looking down sadly as I could see tears comign to my eyes.

"You're not going to freeze anyone Nana" my father said coming over and hugging me. I could feel both my parents holding me as I continued slowly weeping, trying to keep the cold energy at bay.

"The fact that you are able to keep such power at bay means you should be able to obtain it before anymore of your power leaks out" the village leader said looking down at me.

"What does she need to obtain?" my father said looking at him.

"In our history there are only two things that have been known to stifle infinite chill" the village leader held out one finger. "The first is being around the presence of another such being who also is inhabited with the infinite chill."

"Didn't you say that there's only one born once every few generations?" My mother asked.

"Nowadays but that was not always the case" the village leader looked up. "From the carvings our village elders gave us it was stated that before the mountain fully formed thousands upon thousands of years ago there were many warriors together with the infinite chill that were able to control it's powers. It is when these warriors split apart and went they're own way did they loose the ability to control they're own powers and fall victim to it's curse". The leader held out his hands as a snowball was shown forming in each. "When the power of two of these warriors come together and they bond, the infinite chill can be extinguished from they're souls. That is how the bloodline was allowed to spread over the years, but since it spread so far over time the option of finding another Infinite Chill user is a most likely impossible scenario."

"So then... how do I get rid of it then?" I quietly asked.

"The only other surefire way is something very few villages around here know and others believe to just be a rumor. It is a legend almost as old as the one of the chill though few would ever believe in it's existence." The leader paused for a second before turning his back. "What you need to do is find the Fire Plum."

"Fire... plum?" My dad asked. "Why would an enflamed vegetable be of any use?"

"It is no ordinary flamed vegetable" the chief then walked to the back of his office and pulled out a sheet of paper and looked at it. "It is a legendary mystic item. One with the power to burn through even the hardest ice. It would be the only thing that could stop the power of the infinite chill if it was left unchecked and ran rampant."

"So... if I get this plum then... the chill will be gone?" I asked the chief.

"No the power of the chill will remain within you but it is something that will keep the power in check and unfreeze anything you have frozen." The Chief then took the paper he was looking at and showed it to us. It looked like a drawing of the entire mountain with a red marking far away from our village. "Unfortunately it is an incredibly long trek to get there. Even riding along the fastest ice flows it'd take weeks each way to cross."

"Weeks?" My mother gasped at this statement. "What is it buried on the other side of the mountain."

The village chief nodded. "It was lasted used by one of my ancestors actually who lived on the other side of the mountain. When they had passed on the family members buried it in that area and gave the instructions on how to find it to next of kin in case there was one born in our clan who would possess this power." The chief then handed the map to my father. "It will be a difficult journey for her but-"

"Wait hold on a second" my mother let go of me as she stood up looking angrily at the chief. "Are you suggesting having my little girl get this plum?"

"It is the only way" The chief explained. "At the rate her power is accumulating it needs to grabbed as quickly as possible. Which means that we do not have the time to wait for someone else to try and find it and bring it back. She must be the one to find it and use it."

"You can forget that" my mother said looking down at me. "I am not risking the life of my baby because of a story of some plum to try and stop some power she might not even have."

"I... do have it though mom" I said feeling my chest as I breathed out seeing ice smoke all around me as my mom looked at me concerned. "I don't want to lie anymore. It's there and... it's getting stronger." I then shivered some as my mom reach over and hugged me.

"That still dosen't mean you're going to make such a dangerous journey" she said looking into my eyes. "I'm sure there's another option we can take that wouldn't mean having to travel weeks to the most norther point of the mountain."

"There is a third option but I assure you it is not one you want to take" The village chief warned.

"And why not?" My mom asked.

There was an eerie silence in the air before the Chief spoke again. "The only other option of getting rid of infinite chill is to exterminate the host of it before it is too late."

My parents looked shocked at this. More shocked then I had ever seen them. I didn't know what exterminate even meant right then but just one look into they're eyes I could tell it definitely wasn't a good thing.

"No..." my mom said tightly hugging me crying some. "We aren't... we would never... do such a horrible thing."

"I know you wouldn't, which is why the plum search is clearly the best option" the village chief pointed out. "That way a cure can be obtained as quickly as possible before any such calamity can strike."

My dad looked at the map in his hands as he nodded at the chief. "Fine, we'll go with the plum option. But we are not letting our baby girl go alone on such a dangerous mission". My dad then smiled some. "We're going to go with her to find this plum."

"That is acceptable" The village Chief said. "It is a journey that would be better to go through together then alone. Still I would advise keeping this matter between only yourselves. The secret of the plum is one that has passed down from my family for generations. It is not something that can fall into sinister hands."

"Don't worry about that" my dad then leaned down and patted me on the head. "We'll get it and keep it before anyone can be hurt by it or this chill. Right sweetie?"

I looked up at him and nodded. "Right daddy" I said looking down ashamed. "Sorry we won't be able to train."

"No need to be sad. This is far more important then that" he then picked me up. "Besides the most important thing about being a warrior is doing what needs to be done. And if finding this plum and stopping your chill needs to be done then that is what we're going to do."

I really thought that we were going to find it and everything was going to be better. After the chief explained the best route to take and what perils we might meet along the way my mother and father took me home, talking to themselves about something. I'm not sure what but I think it was about how they were going to explain the whole thing to Nellie. I did know that when we got home they told my little sister we were only leaving to go searching for a magic treasure that would give it's bearer one wish.

"Wow that's so cool" she said laughing some as she looked up at him. "Can I go and make the wish daddy?"

"Of course you can, so long as you've been good the entire time" he said.

"Yeah!" She said cheering as I looked at her saddened as she looked up. "Don't worry Nana: I'll wish for something the two of us can share." she then hugged me tightly.

My parents had explained to me before they talked to Nellie that we couldn't tell her the truth. That it would upset her to know the truth about my power and what would happen if we didn't find it. I didn't want to upset my sister at all so I played along with the lie.

"Sounds... good" I was able to stutter out before crying some as my sister looked up confused.

"What's wrong Nana?" Nellie asked.

"Nothing" I said looking around. "Just... thinking about sad stuff."

"Why would you do that?" she asked me. "We're going to go on a fun trip together and see that really cool part of the mountain in Ice Ranger!" she pointed over to her favorite picture book, the one about the Ice Ranger who would climb the biggest and most deadliest steeps of icicle mountain always searching for more adventure. "And we even get to have a wish after finding it. It's all going to be so much fun."

"Yeah... fun" I then looked into her eyes and felt myself smile some. I just couldn't look into her happy expression and stay sour for long. Nellie is wonderful like that: one gaze into her smile and I always felt so much better. Just seeing her happy actually made me look forward more to the trip despite how long and dangerous it was supposed to be. I knew if I was with them it would be okay and there wouldn't be any need to worry. That's why I went to bed with a smile on my face and a hope for what was ahead of me knowing tomorrow we would set out on our journey and everything would be fine.

It was the last genuine happiness I would ever feel.

I awoke the next morning in a startle. I looked to see all around me that everything had frozen, turning into a big giant ice cube. I panicked and screamed out.

"MOMMY, DADDY!" I yelled desperatley rushing out of bed. "IT'S BACK! THE CHILL! WE HAVE TO LEAVE!" I then ran to they're room and opened it, looking to see they weren't in bed. I then ran down stairs and looked in horror at the sight that was in front of me.

My parents were in the living room as ice was shown flowing all around them, slowly freezing they're bodies. The ice crystals hardened as they tried struggling out but to no avail. I gasped as I realized the energy was leaking out of me as I tried closing my eyes making it go away but finding them still freezing before me.

"Nana!" I remember hearing my mother scream out as I turned to her. "You... you need to...." she stopped speaking as the ice covered her throat, stopping her from being able to talk.

"Mom!" I yelled out trying to desperately pound on her legs, trying to break off the ice forming along them but only causing more to pile up. My mom looked so much in pain. She had always taken care of me, always helped me out, and now she could only float there thanks to me.

"Nana the... map is on the drawer of my desk" my father said looking at me. "Take it to the elder and....." I looked to see father was frozen as well, his face stuck in a position of shock and fear. Something I had never seen from my dad who always seemed so strong. Thanks to me though that strength was gone as he stood there frozen with my mother both not even able to turn they're eyes.

I tried desperately to save them: even going into the kitchen and pouring hot water or trying to form some sort of fire to melt the ice. It was useless though: The power of uncontrolled infinite chill is unstoppable alone. No ordinary fire or heat could free them which is when I started running out as I dashed upstairs at breakneck speeds.

I needed to go and find my sister and get her away. I didn't know where I would take her but I knew as long as she was safe I could go to the elder like my father had requested of me.

To my horror though she too had been a victim of my inifite chill. I looked to see ice covering her room as she was shown frozen in bed, ice creeping around her blankets as it slowly made it's way down to her face.

"NO!" I screamed out trying to pound on the ice around her. "NO, NO STOP! STOP FREEZING HER! STOP!"

"Nana... what's... what's happening?" Nellie asked me as she tried moving up. "Why... why can I move and... why is there so much ice in my room?"

"Nellie..." I softly cried out looking at her. "I'm so sorry Nellie. It's... it's all my fault" I then cried looking at her. "I have this... power within me that... I can't control and... I'm so sorry."

"What... are you talking about?" she asked. "You're my sister. You're... the nicest person I know... I know you would never do something like this." she stammered out. Her comments made me feel even more guilty. My sister's purity blinded her from the truth that this was "my" fault as the ice slowly crept more and more over her. "I don't know what's happening but... I know you can stop it. You can do anything Nana like... how you made that snowman."

"No... that was with this power. This awful... awful power..."

"No it wasn't. That was a... good thing you did Nana. I know you wouldn't do anything bad... and I know you'll help me... save me so... so we can play together again." She tried reaching her hand out as I reached over to grab it. That was the last trigger the powers needed though as it soon froze over Nellie completely, leaving her stuck in bed.

"NELLIE!" I screamed out several times trying to break her free from the ice but not being able to. "Nellie" I wshiepred again as I fell to the ground crying my eyes out. In the span of a few minutes my entire family had been taken from me. By me, or at least the power that was inside me. Once I regained my senses I tried thinking what I could do to save them. I thought about doing what my father had said and taking the map to the elder but then realized something:

I needed to be alone.

I couldn't harm him or anyone else with my powers. If I was going to save my family I needed to find that Fire Plum. It was the only thing that would freeze the ice on them. And I couldn't depend on anyone else to help me either. I could end up freezing them too. This was something I needed to do myself. I know my parents didn't want me to but I needed to. In order to save them just like how they tried saving me.

I may of been young but fortunately like all kids in our village I knew how to pack and travel around the ice flows. I knew I had to carry light and only bring the necessities: some food, a few coats I could change into, some blankets for warmth, and of course something to protect me with. I took my dad's hammer, the one he had given to me last year for my birthday. I practiced with it sometimes and knew how to wield it and knew it'd help me fight out there what I couldn't just freeze.

Of course at the start of my journey I had promised myself I wouldn't even use my powers. That way I wouldn't be able to harm anything with them. That proved to be pointless though as they activated on they're own. Anytime I felt a Topi or a Polar Bear chasing me I felt this power over take me and freeze them up on the spot. I then tried using it to a degree but every time I felt that cold that chill in my body it reminded me of what had happened to them and how I was all alone. I had always had my family or friends or someone around me, but not now. I had to go and find the plum on my own to save them and couldn't burden anyone else with my journey.

Which is where HE appeared.

One day when I was trying to gather fish I saw him: a child that looked just like me except he was a boy wearing a blue coat. Everything else seemed the same though: same kind of hammer weapon, same height, and the same sort of lonley stare I felt in my eyes. The strangest thing though was that he had the infinite chill as well. I had heard that it was something that nowadays only existed once every few bloodlines but the moments our energies touched I could feel it was the same as mine. It was something filled me with joy right on the spot: someone just like me, someone who knew my pain. Someone I could share my story with and then someone who promised to help me on my quest to save my family so I wouldn't be alone like he was.

And like a fool I trusted his words.

It didn't seem that way at the time. I really thought we had something. He called me Vishetnu, a bond only given between true soul mates. I really felt that was true. We had the same energy, the same powers, same pain and same loneliness that was being filled by the others. I really thought we had something. That feeling expanded even more when I journeyed with him to find the plum. We soon shared everything with each other. Our fears, our secrets, or deepest desires. It actually made the journey fun being with him. Not to mention the longer I was with him the more I could feel my chill going away. I thought that what the village chief said about the two infinite chills cancelling out the others was happening to me: that our powers were dwindling and now not only could I go home and cure my family but I could be normal again. Best of all I would be with my Vishetnu Popo. I dreamt of him coming to my village and meeting my family and all of us having such a great time together. Just playing, laughing and having fun and not having to worry about loosing anyone I cared about ever again.

That's all they were though: dreams. Where things are warm and loving for people. Compared to reality which is like the Infinite Chill: Cold and painful and can takes everything you care about away.

When I arrived home I was horrified to find that my village, my friends, and my family had been ravaged by this Pollaris creature. I ran through the house seeing the bloody imprints of my parents. Even more horrifying was seeing what little was left of my sister, frozen pieces still lying on the bed indicating she had still been stuck by my power when they attacked.

I cried out for hours about this, only letting up when I realized I didn't want to go and be sad forever. I knew if I kept thinking about them and how they were taking away from me I'd never be happy again. I had to forget my family and replace it with happy memories. Memories of someone I thought meant something just as much to me: Popo. I asked if we could just forget our pasts and concentrate on just being together. He agreed as I tried blocking away all memories of my family and they're love and replacing it with his.

Which was the stupidest thing I would ever do in my entire life.

It seemed like a good idea at first. Part of me thought I was being too heartless or too cruel to forget my own family but... I just couldn't think of them without feeling sad, without remembering what happened and it tearing my heart to pieces. I knew it would be a feeling that would never go away either no matter how much time had passed. If I didn't forget I would just be sad and miserable and I didn't want that. Not when I had a reason to feel happy or at least something I thought was happiness anyway.

It was hard to try and forget them but eventually being with Popo it seemed to just sort of happen on it's own. Being with him, fighting off Arctic creatures and always protecting and laughing and having fun with each other made it easy. I considered Popo my entire world and I felt he had done the same. We adventured together throughout the entire mountain, always looking for new thrills and new journeys. One ouf journeys ended up being a quest Nintendo turned into a game called Ice Climbers, starring us. I had never really heard much of electronics or of participating in a video game but we decided it'd be a blast to make and were happy to hear so many people enjoyed one of our stories.

Though I doubt people would be happy knowing our adventure was based on a pack of lies.

It is only now though that I know the truth of what happened. Thanks to the were power a memory that revealed Popo for everything he really was revealed itself to me. A memory that made me realize we had no true connection and just what that bastard had stolen from me, and how much I needed to make him pay...

Several years after our adventure a being called Master Hand appeared to us and asked us if we wanted to partipcate in this tournament we were hosting. We agreed and were transported to Smash Brothers mansion. It was the first time either of us had left the mountain and though it had blistering heat and no ice or snow around it was a fun place. I especially enjoyed playing around in the mansion halls whenever we didn't have matches or meetings with the hand.

One night I had gotten up to get a drink of ice water. This was about a few weeks after the tournament had just started and we were still adjusting some to this being our new main home. I had tried to get Popo to get up to go with me but to my surprise found he wasn't there. I figured he had just gotten up to use the bathroom so decided to go by myself down to the kitchen to get a drink. On my way back though I spoted from the corner of my eyes Master Hand conversing with someone. My curiosity got the better of me as I peaked to see who he was talking to. To my surprise it was Popo who was shown holding something inside his gloved fingers.

"Here you go" he said handing something over to Master Hand. I was about to scream out and ask Popo what he was doing but my mouth stopped before I could say a word as I looked to see what was in his hand:

The Fire Plum.

I had crushed and beaten the plum to pieces after realizing my family had already been killed before I could use it to help them. I had left it there in front of they're house. I didn't want any connections to my former life with them now that I had Popo and thought that in the midst of the devastated village no one would of been able to find it. Besides if they had it's not like it could of done harm to anyone around anyway.

And yet there it was being given to the giant glove who looked over and inspected it. "Yup, this is defintley that plum" he said tucking it within his gloved body. "I'm amazed you were able to find one of the most legendary treasures of the universe in such a barren ice land."

"Technically I didn't find it, Nana did" Popo said with a wicked smirk, an expression I had never seen him use before. "Poor girl was looking for it in order to save her family and didn't know the real value of it."

I once again tried speaking out but was too confused to try and stutter out a word. Me and Popo swore to never reveal our pasts and our true backstory to anyone, so why was he telling the hand this?

It got worse though when Master Hand moved closer to Popo. "So I take it that's why it took so long to give to me. Having to get it away from her."

"Nah, she probably doesn't even know I had it. It took so long to try and get the plum back together again" Popo pointed out continuing to smirk in that really haunting way. "Still seeing her reaction was worth it. Even better then I had planned it."

My mouth finally started working again as I made the second biggest mistake of my life: gasping out so they could hear me. I don't know if I had said any intelligible words but it was definitely audible enough for them to notice me as I looked to see Master Hand had teleported himself and Popo right behind me as I desperately backed away, my whole body shaking as I looked at them.

"Well well evasdropping again Nana?" Popo said continuing to have that wicked evil smile on his face. "Thought you have learned better by now."

"Popo what... what are you talking about?" I creid out. "Why... why do you have the plum? Why are you telling him about my family? Why... are you smiling like that?"

"Full of questions I see" Popo then crossed his arms and walked closer to me. "Very well, I'll tell you. Not like it will matter any." He then opened his arm as he flexed it back and forth. "You were told that there is only one born with the infinite chill every few generations right? Did you ever think it was strange that there'd be two born around the same time, much less two within the same area of Icicle Mountain, and that they would just happen to meet like that?"

"I.... thought it was fate."

Popo cackled and evil laugh as he glared viciously at me. "Oh come on Nana, fate? You think fate would be so kind and considerate like that." The arm he was flexing then produced some an ice ball which he tossed back and forth. "Oh no, there was only one born with the infinite chill of the two of us Nana. And that would be me." The ball then landed on the ground as the ice from it started to melt. "The power was great at force. I could use it to crush who I wanted, take what I wanted, and kill whoever I wanted to kill."

"What the... you're... you're not like that" I stuttered out.

"Oh yes I am Nano" he said pointing to himself. "I just happen to be one hell of an actor about it."

"No one could... be the friend... the soul mate you were and... just call it an act."

"Oh you'd find once you mastered Infinite Chill you could master a whole range of things" he said lightly breathing a layer of ice that whipped around my face as I tried knocking it away. "See you can not only freeze people, objects and environments, but even more spiritual or less physic objects, like emotions. A master can freeze off any part of his emotion at will, from fear to sadness to even more malicious intents and impulses." He then put his hand over his face, wiping it as he looked more like his normal self. "See? Now I'm just friendly mild manner Popo" he then wiped it back again giving the evil smirk he was using before. "And now I'm Icicile Mountain's most renown criminal, Oppon Codl."

I gasped at that name, remembering hearing stories from my mom and father about a terrible beast who went by that same name. "But they said he... was a demon... pure evil incarnate born from ice."

"Of course that's what they would say. Like they could ever know a thing like me." Ice powers circled around Popo's body as he continued speaking. "Infinite Chill can give a person many appearances and abilities. However even that wasn't enough to get what I truly wanted: true absolute power. And the only way I thought of doing that would be finding the legendary Fire Plum." He sighed as the ice around him disappeared. "Getting it proved rather difficult when my own infinite chill powers looked like they could consume me. No master no matter how powerful can truly control Infinite Chill. The power looked to be destroying me from within and there was nothing I could do about it. Until I found out a rather interesting fact" he held out one finger. "Infinite Chill is a power you can transfer to other ice users so long as they share a similar blood line. That proved simple enough since hey every person is related to every other, especially within the confines of Icicle mountain. That wasn't enough though. They needed to also have a similar body type as well as be able to handle all that ice power. And no one I tried seemed suitable to the job. That is until I met you."

I remember gasping at this. It felt like my entire world was spinning as I backed away from him some more, probably looking like he had punched me hard through the gut. "You... you didn't... you... you couldn't of-"

"Oh come on Nana, you really think that power came from nowhere? The one that wished you could make a big head for your snowman to keep your little sister happy?" He leaned closer to me. "I was there Nana. I heard that thought running through your head. The one who just wanted more then anything to make your dear little Nellie smile. Infinite chill can read the mind of those who know how to use it, and that at the time included me." He then pinched my cheek. " Besides anyone could of read that expression on your face: that oh so cute careless kid one, Closing your eyes, having that tiny smile on your face, rubbing your hands three times precisely and then breathing in once when you expected to make that giant display of snow."

Though I still tried denying his story to myself a part of me started seeing it as true. I may of shared everything with Popo but the only way he could of known what I looked like to have described it so explictily was to have been there. Tears started welling around my eyes at that point, having felt the first twinge of betrayal. And it would certainly not be the last as he continued his story.

"It was then I made my move, transferring my powers into you so you could make that snowman. I watched how you flubbed it up some and destroyed it worrying that poor little Nellie of yours. Surprisingly you were able to somehow construct the real deal in a short amount of time." Popo rubbed his hands together. "I don't know how you did it but I didn't care. With some of the energy out of my body I could stabilize the chill so it wouldn't wound up destroying me. That meant making sure the chill in your body though kept active which meant I had to keep activating it around town for you."

"No... that's a lie..." I kept repeating to myself even if part of me knew the only one lying now was myself.

"Oh no it's quite true. I activated them when you were trying to get that Slush Pop, when you were trying to drink your ice chocolate and of course letting your parents and sisters find out about it at your house" He then patted my head some before pushing me to the wall. "I was there Nana and impressed at your control, though annoyed at how you handle the "gift" I had given you. All that power and all you cared about was it harming your family and loved ones. How feeble can someone be to let that stop them?" He then leaned closer looking in my scared and frightened eyes. "Feeble as you I suppose. Still I wasn't about to let your weakness stop me, especially since your own failings about it led to you discovering the map to find the fire plum." Popo looked up some sighing once more. "Though I knew of it's existence even I didn't know exactly where it was. That chief did though and with you going there I knew it'd be the perfect chance to grab it. However I needed to do something about that annoying bunch of interlopers that going there with you."

"You... you mean my family?" I asked as he nodded. Though I didn't want the words to slip out of my mouth they did anyway. "So that means that-"

"Yup, I activated those powers of "yours" once again to ice them for good" Popo explained laughing some. "It would be so much easier to grab the plum and keep you in check without them around so much so I had to make sure you set out alone to find it."

"....You... you monster" I remember whispering my eyes brimming with more tears then I thought could be in me. "How... how could you hurt them?"

"Hey you're the one who technically did the deed I just supplied you with the power to do so." The sadness within me suddenly turned to rage as I screamed out and tried punching him as he just grabbed my first and pushed me back into the wall. "Hey settle down Nan. I didn't tell you the best part: how I got you to join me." I tried struggling but he was able to keep in check as he continued on. "Eventually I would of needed to take the plum once you found it, but thought I would only make my appearance to you then. I soon realized though the more infinite chill I transfered to you the closer and closer I had to be to get it to synch right. A face to face would be imminent. Fortunately I planned for such a thing." He then imitated crying some. "'Oh boo hoo I lost my family to this evil Infinite Chill. Oh please Nana let me help you. You're my soul mate. I'd do anything for you.' What a sap you were to believe that hooey." I screamed out attempting to hit him as he continued pushing me back. "Master Hand think you could lend a hand here."

Suddenly I found myself frozen to the wall as I saw the hand floating there. I had forgotten he was still around as he looked down at Popo. "There. Now tell me more about this whole ice betrayal thing. It's pretty juicy stuff."

"Very well" he then paced in front of me as I tried getting at him, letting my rage boil over to try and forget the sadness of losing my family to someone I thought meant the world to me. "Having gotten you around my little finger we set off to find the plum. In order to build your trust I tried making an effort to bond with you. Make it that much easier to keep my infinite chill pumping. Though as I'm sure you know two forces, even if one is just being used by the other, with infinite chill will eventually deplete them. Resulting in the power being gone forever." Popo then slapped me hard on the cheek as his expression suddenly changed to an angry one. "Thanks to you I had lost all that power I was going to use to conquer Icicle Mountain. The only chance of regaining the powers was actually gaining strength enough to manually summon them, which would of taken years." The angry expression turned to that evil smirk again. "That meant I'd be stuck with you since I'd still need something to balance out my power. Fortunately even without the direct effects of the chill we still don't age so I could afford to wait for the power to rebuild. In the meantime I had to do something to pay you back, which meant getting rid of what you loved. And this time, for good."

"Bastard!" I tried screaming out but still found myself unable to move. If I wasn't angry I would of been crying my eyes out. Not only at being used but being betrayed by the one person I thought actually truley cared about me. He had taken advantage of me to advance his own power and had put my parents and Nellie through so much suffering. As if that wasn't enough what he said next would of made me tear him in two if I was able. Actually if I was able it would of made me want to tear him to a million pieces and throw them to the ashes and still want to find ways to kill him.

"The plum was still useful to my future plans so I had also had to make sure you didn't even want to use it. I might not of had the chill but it doesn't take much to find a Pollaris and convince it to tear apart a town, especially one whose greatest hero was far away." I tried raving out at this. Somehow he must of saw through me as he smiled even more wickedly. "I take it you remember what happened next: Those Pollaris can cause quite a rampage, especially to the victims who can't even bother escaping. I obviously wasn't there but I can just imagine the gristly conflict that would of occurred as the bear ripped them to shreds and chowed down on some of they're juicy remains-"

"I'LL KILL YOU!" If I wasn't so angry I would of been surprised at how I was able to leap off the wall un frozen as I tried charging at him as the bastard I knew as Popo jumped above me and landed on the ground giving that hateful sour expression I wanted to slice from his face more then anything.

"Odd I thought you wanted to forget your past, just spend time with me. Isn't that what you said?" he sneered.

"SHUT UP!" I screamed out. "YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THEY'RE DEATHS."

"Actually I've already been payed" Popo said smugly. "See touring with you has been quite beneficial. With our game and the acclaim we got frome everyone around the mountain. And of course being in the tournament and finally getting a chance to sell that mystic fruiit." I then tried smashing my hammer down as he jumped away before it missed splitting his head in. "And until I get my powers back we're going to keep fighting and winning as a team."

"I'D NEVER WANT TO TEAM UP WITH YOU!" I screamed. "YOU'RE NOTHING BUT AN INHUMANE MONSTER! SOMETHING THAT SHOULD OF DIED A LONG TIME AGO."

"Oh come on, you're still touchy from what happened years ago?" he said as I tried hitting him again but the bastard kept dodging all my shots before turning to the hand. "That's pretty much it of the story so-"

"Right I got you" the hand commented. Suddenly I found myself frozen again as I tried getting out and moving but once again found myself unable to do anything. "See people actually really like playing as you guys on a team. And since I'm not going to sign the rights away on just one Ice Climber you're going to be with Popo."

"You're going to be with him in hell" I remember saying to myself as I then felt a weird white glow around me.

"Don't worry, you won't remember anything of what happened here" Master Hand said as the memories of what transpired starting fading from my head. "By the time you wake up this whole night's activities will have vanished and you'll be back to how you were before..." that was what I last remember hearing and then having woken up with no memories of what Popo's true intentions were and what really happened to my family.

That is until tonight.

I learned that the power of this were hog energy actually is able to to counteract Master Hand's own powers. That means it actually restored the memories he tried erasing from me. I'd make him pay but I know Wolf has plans with him already that will do the job.

Besides I have a much bigger target in mind:

POPO!

HE TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME!

MY HOME TOWN!

MY FRIENDS!

MY PARENTS!

NELLIE!

EVERYTHING!

I hate him so much. He pretended to be my soul mate, pretended we had this connection. And all this time he was just trying to hurt me, trying to make me suffer, or trying to make me his pawn.

Well no more. It ends, tonight.

Now that I can see the truth I can finally make him suffer. Make him pay for all he did for me. For the honor of my parents, for Nellie I'll erase that evil disgusting trash from the world. So he won't be able to hurt anyone else like he hurt them.

And I'm going to end it with what he tried ending us all with.

I can sense him going around trying to search for me. Little does he know I'm going to turn his own weapon against him. I'm going to revive the infinite chill within my body that he gave me to kill him. It's only fitting: what he used to make me suffer will make him the one to feel pain, to feel agony. It won't be as much as I felt because I don't have time to make it last the years he did for me, but it will be satisfying.

I can feel the energy around me glowing. It's almost at it's peak now. Just a few more minutes and I'll finally have justice for my clan, for my family.

I'll finally make him pay.

And teach that "Vishetnu" what happens when you kill the things that matter most.

And the price you pay for forever ruining someone's life.

TOBEY CONTINUED!

Wow, looks like Nana's pretty ticked off at Popo. Well you've heard both sides of the story. Next episode is they're big confrontation scene. Hopefully one with a happy ending. Until then though remember to send me your reviews and tell me what you thought of this chapter. I need your support to keep writing people: remember that.