This idea came from the fact that yesterday I nearly ended up on my ass on the way to school and again today, while the rest of the UK has snow we've just got ice.

Not quite as much about running as the other chapters but it does have a little bit in. I hope you like it.

The people of the planet they were currently visiting where in the middle of their winter festival and they had invited the travellers from another world to join in and take part.

The day before had basically been a snowman building competition, which the four of them had enjoyed immensely. The end results had been interesting as they had to in some way reflect the gods that the villagers believed in, which were luckily the Asguard.

Jack, Sam, Daniel and Teal'c had worked together and built a life size Thor, not the little grey version, out of snow. After they had built their snowThor they had ended up joining in with the children's snow ball fight when a badly thrown one hit Jack in the back of the head, much to the amusement of the rest of the team. The Elders had tried to apologise but Jack had waved them away and promptly nailed the child with the perfect powder ball which had exploded on impact.

After that the rest of the villagers had watched as SG1 and all the village children had made war. This war involved lots of running from the children as they tried to avoid the well-aimed throws from Jack, Sam, Daniel and Teal'c.

The snow ball fight had also made the Elders more open to trade negotiations between the two worlds, which was good as this world seemed to have an abundance of a mineral that, according to the MALP readings and the ones from Sam's machine, could possibly be a clean source of energy on Earth.

Today was a more laid back, they had spent the morning in negotiations for the possible treaty but the afternoon saw them following all the villagers away from the village and towards the forest. They had all been handed primitive looking ice skates before the walk so they had guessed that they were traveling towards a frozen water source of some kind.

When they came to the clearing they could see the huge lake that was completely frozen. They watched as the village blacksmith got a rope tied around his waist and was given a long, solid looking branch. The man made his way onto the ice, using the branch to test the ice in front of him. Once he had reached the middle and then turned to make his way back the children all cheered and started putting their skates on.

"Well I guess that means the ice is safe," Daniel said.

"Indeed," Teal'c agreed.

Jack was now smiling widely and moved to a fallen log. He brushed the snow off and sat down to pull off his boots. Soon he Daniel and Teal'c were all booted up but when Jack looked at Sam she was still standing holding the boots and biting her lip.

"Problem Carter?" he questioned.

"Um not really," she answered slowly.

"What's up?"

"It's just I've never been ice skating sir. Dad was nearly always stationed in warm climates."

"Ah," Jack said, "And you're worried about making a fool of yourself."

She nodded and then shook her head. "Sort of I guess sir. Really I'm worried about falling and rebreaking my arm."

Jack nodded his understanding. This was their first mission back since Sam had gotten her arm out of plaster after an unfortunate incident with a falling tree.

"We can stick together Carter," Jack said with a smile, "I won't let you fall."

That seemed to satisfy Sam because she moved to sit on the log beside him and started unlacing her combat boots. She got the skates on and then Jack checked that they were tight enough before the four of them stood and walked unsteadily towards the ice, where the villagers were already enjoying themselves.

They got on together but once Sam had gotten a bit more confident she told Daniel and Teal'c to go and have fun. Once they had left she moved in a little closer to Jack, who had an arm around her waist for support, and said quietly, "I can see why you like skating sir. It's actually quite relaxing when you know what you're doing."

He smiled at her and replied, "Well Carter, when we get home I'll teach you how to play hockey."

"I'd like that sir," she said as they continued along the ice amongst the villagers.