Matt searched frantically around him but all he could see was sheets of snow and ice. "Brilliant!" Matt muttered exasperatedly. Okay, he was freezing like crazy, no need to deny that, but he still needed to look for Sora no matter what.

Matt looked around the snow looking for some signs that she had been here. It would have been much easier if it weren't snowing. He could have gone north south east or west.

He frowned hard, thinking. And stared at the horizon, it was around ten and the sun was still making its way towards the top of the sky.

Oh great.

He had been skiing at the opposite direction!! He remembered clearly that the last time, the sun had been setting behind them when they found the little village!

Matt swore and immediately changed his direction. Getting lost in this place was so definitely not a great idea.

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Sora hugged herself tighter. Her butt was freezing!! She turned around to watch the sun creep towards the sky. She sighed and turned back to try and tug her board loose, it some how gotten stuck. Sora tried to scoop some snow away but it was no use.

She muttered angrily, and tugged the board again, this time, the board got loosed and with another hard tugged, it was free.

Sora gingerly crawled on to it. At least now her butt wouldn't be freezing from the ice. Pushing off with her hands and planting her feet on the board, Sora used the snowboard like a sleigh and was on her way.

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"Come on Mimi!" Tai called as he snowboarded down the white sheets of snow.

"Hey! I'm just a beginner okay?" Mimi yelled back as she tried skiing without falling on her butt every few minutes. It was a long steep way down and she hadn't even managed to complete the intermediate course without falling! "Oh why did I say yes?!" Mimi grumbled under her breath.

"Do you think they could have reached the bottom by now?" Tai wondered out loud as he shielded his eyes with his hands and looked around.

"I dun think so," Mimi said as she skated to a halt next to Tai. "They have been missing for a day, they probably slept somewhere and continued their journey this morning!"

"Yeah? Lets hope so. Mrs Tingle is not going to be happy. Remember when we went to hide from the teachers? Gosh! She was frantic!! Going totally nuts! They are probably still in the lodge waiting for some news or something.. kinda feel real bad!"

"Oh man! We are so going to be in so much trouble!" Mimi moaned. "Never mind, we better go and find them quick!" She launched forward and skied forward for about ten metres before she fell on her butt again.

Tai sighed; maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.

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Matt snowboarded down the slope in maximum speed. Gosh!! They were so bloody stupid!! Why didn't her think of it sooner? He made a mental note to kick his self in his arse hard after they got out of this mess.

Matt swerved sharply avoiding the brown rocks and gaining as much momentum as possible. He halted abruptly as he scanned the ground for the marks that a snowboard would make.

Matt frowned, there were three marks. Two were the work of a snowboard and the other was made by a pair of skis. At least he knew that he was on the right path now.

Matt took a deep breath and pushed off.

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Sora was bored. She was extremely bored. Okay, it was harder avoiding the rocks but most of the time, she just sat there as she skied down the mountain. It hit her then, she missed Matt. She missed arguing with him, missed fighting with him. Sora sighed as she jerked her board left and missed a rock by a few inches.

Sora wished she could snowboard down the mountain properly; she could be doing some stunts by now.

She was worse than bored. Sora sang softly to herself.

Of all the things

I've believed in

I just want to

Get it over with

Tears form behind my eyes

But I do not cry

Counting the days

That pass me by

I've been searching

Deep down in my soul

Words that I'm hearing

Are starting to get old

It feels like

I'm starting all over again

The last three years

Were just pretend

And I said

Goodbye to you

Goodbye to everything

I thought I knew

You were the one I loved

The one thing that

I tried to hold on to"

I still get lost in your eyes

And it seems that

I can't live a day without you

Closing my eyes and

You chase my thoughts away

To a place where

I am blinded by the light

But it's not right

Goodbye to you

Goodbye to everything

I thought I knew

You were the one I loved

The one thing that

I tried to hold on to

And it hurts to want everything

And nothing at the same time

I want what's yours

And I want what's mine

I want you

But I'm not giving in this time

Goodbye to you

Goodbye to everything

I thought I knew

You were the one I loved

The one thing that

I tried to hold on to

The one thing that

I tried to hold on to

And when the stars fall

I will lie awake

You're my shooting star..

"Sora?"

Sora startled and almost crashed into a rock in front of her. She looked back and saw Tai snowboarding towards her and Mimi who seemed to be having a lot of problems as she nearly tripped and fell again when she neared Sora.

"Tai? Mimi? What are both of you doing here?"

"Looking for you and Matt of course!" Tai said as he pulled Mimi to her feet. "Where's Matt?" he added looking around.

Sora snorted, "he is probably still shagging a blond bitch at the other side of the mountain. We kind of got lost, all thanks to him!"

"Blond bitch?" Mimi exclaimed, "you mean you left without him and he is staying on the other side of the mountain shagging a blonde?"

"Yeah." Sora shrugged and continued skiing.

"Woah! Wait a minute! We cant just leave him there!! And why are you er, snowboarding on you ass?" Tai asked.

"I don't care about him, he can take care of himself! And if you want to know, kinda twisted it. Long story."

"Tai's right Sora," Mimi spoke up, "we cant just leave him!"

Sora shrugged annoyed, "well, I certainly don't want to see him nor 'save' him. If you both are really serious, go and look for him yourself, I don't really know the way back to the village. Now if you excuse me, I'm leaving. Good luck."

With that, Sora turned around and pushed off with her arms.

Tai looked at Mimi, "so what should we do?"

Mimi bit her lip and thought aloud, "maybe I will go with Sora and you go and find Matt. You are a much better snowboarder or skier than me."

Tai nodded, "okay, guess I have to trudge up the slope again or something, good luck and be careful."

"You too Tai." Mimi said as Tai gave Mimi a quick peck on the cheek.

Mimi waved to her boyfriend and continued down the slope with Sora as Tai took of this board and slowly trudge up the mountain.

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Matt swerved around avoiding rocks and came to a sudden halt when he noticed a lone figure trudging up the slopes.

He shaded his eyes with his hands and squinted to make out the figure. It some how looked familiar. Pushing off, he snowboarded towards the figure that had just noticed him.

As he came closer to the motionless figure, Matt recognised the brown out of control hair.

"Tai?!"

Matt found himself faced to face with a very worn out, mad and angry Tai.

"WHERE THE BLOODY HECK WERE YOU?! WE ARE SO GONNA BE BUSTED BY THE TIME WE GET BACK YOU KNOW THAT?!"

Matt nearly tripped over his snowboard in a haste to step back. "Woah! Chill dude!" Matt mumbled as he rubbed his eardrums.

"You all could have gone back first! I mean.. we can take care of ourselves... I think.."

Tai snorted, "right, and leave my best friend lost somewhere in the mountains. No way!"

Tai sighed and look around, "Mrs Tingle is so going to be mad. We left without her permission... She has probably sent out a search team or something. We better get going..."

"But I have to find.."

"Sora? We already found her. But I can tell you; she isn't exactly in the best of moods. She is with Mimi, they are on the way down the mountain. Sora twisted her ankle or something too."

Matt winced slightly, he was definitely feeling guilty.

Tai continued, "they aren't moving too fast, we should be able to catch up with them."

Matt sighed, "we better go then." He turned to face Tai, "but all I can say now is that I'm glad you are here man."

Tai smiled, "glad I found you dude. Kay, we better get going now."

With that, the two boys snowboarded down the white snow

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It took about only less than ten minutes for Tai and Matt to catch up with the girls.

It took about more than an hour to reach the ski resort, because...

The moment Matt appeared, Sora gave him a big shelling.

It took about ten minutes before Tai and Mimi managed to calm them down.

Then, Matt insisted on Sora holding on to one end of the rope while he pulled her down the mountain with the other end.

Sora insisted she wasn't a baby and if he couldn't wait, he was welcome to leave.

Matt and Sora ended up giving each other their piece of mind.

Mimi and Tai managed to calm them down after around fifteen minutes when they used their last resort and threw snowballs smacked right into Matt and Sora's faces.

Somehow or another, they managed to get back alive.

They sneaked back through the back door with Matt piggy - backing Sora to slip pass Mrs Tingle who was waiting anxiously at the lounge for some news about the missing students.

When they reached the third floor of the resort, Tai beckoned them silently as they made their way to one of the rooms.

Tai held up a key and smirked, "it lucky that we are spending a few days here."

Opening the door, Tai revealed a nicely furnished cosy looking bedroom.

"Put Sora here," Mimi whispered as she motioned towards the bed.

Matt turned his head to see Sora resting her head comfortably on his shoulder fast asleep.

How she could look like a peaceful innocent angel and be a red little devil, he had no idea.

He gently lowered Sora off his back and onto the bed and covered her with blankets.

Standing up, Matt jerked his head to the door and whispered, "lets go."

Tai and Mimi nodded as the three tiptoed out.

Once out, Tai locked the door and said, "Well, we better go and find Mrs Tingle as much as I hate to.." Tai grimaced, "but we have to face her sooner or later anyway. Better get over with it."

Mimi and Matt sighed as they followed Tai to one of the lifts.

"Whose room is that anyway?" Matt asked Mimi.

"It's Tai's obviously. But I guess Tai and I can switch keys, I will sleep in the same room with Sora, you and Tai can share a room.. unless of course..." Mimi winked, "you wouldn't mine sharing a room with Sora."

Matt felt a faint blush creep over his cheeks as they step into the elevator. "No thanks." He stammered.

Tai smirked at the look of his best friend, "yeah right."

Matt threw up his hands in the air, "I'm telling you, that girl's a nightmare!! She is going to be the death of me!!"

Tai smirked and said mockingly, "and you will love every minute of it."

Matt blushed again and Mimi snickered behind.

The door lift opened.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!"

Oh man.. Busted.

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