Chapter Twenty – The 'Magical' Snow Day

Crummy title, yes I know… If it doesn't snow in Domino… well….TOO BAD! It does now, I said so. Also, I'm on Spring Break and I hope to finish it before school starts again, also, Amanda person dude, person, humanoid, (O.o Emilie moment) I tend to update often so keep checking!

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Chapter Twenty- The 'Magical' Snow Day

Kriss set her alarm clock earlier and got up at six, which was fifteen whole minutes earlier, gasp!

Kriss crept downstairs so she could watch the cancellations on the T.V. Again, killing her dreams, the fifth stair creaked rather loudly.

Marik poked his head out of his room.

"What are you doing, Kid?" He asked.

"Going downstairs, what does it look like?" Kriss snapped back, than she sighed. She was so used to snapping at her dad that she forgot that he was now being nice to her.

"Why? Your schools cancelled the school day," Marik informed her.

"Really?" Kriss asked in astonishment.

"Yeah, didn't you take a look outside, it's like a friggin' blizzard," Marik said, before retreating back into his room.

"Oh…" Kriss said, going back upstairs. She looked out her window. It was really dark, as there were no street lightsback there, behind their next-door-neighbor, it just opened up into a gigantic field that if Kriss had to guess, was about three miles long.

But even in that darkness that eerily shone, (can darkness shine?) Kriss could clearly see the thick heavy snow flakes that were blowing around. Kriss opened the window. The wind was blowing away from the window so no snow got in. Kriss peered down and could see that the snow was already deep and getting deeper.

Kriss squeaked with excitement and jumped back on her bed. She wasn't sure why she hadgotten excited aboutthat; she hated the snow. Probably because it reminded her of Thorn. They'd always play in the snow together. Kriss thought about this and before she fully fell back asleep a tear slowly leaked out and quickly disappeared into her pillow.

A little while later she woke up again. She glanced at the clock, it was only eight now. Kriss rolled over onto her back and stared at the ceiling. Then she decided to get up. She got dressed into her beige cargo pants and one of her ten or so black sleeveless'. Ishizu was bad at getting clothes for her…

Kriss sighed again and flopped on her bed. She leaned against the wall and crossed her arms. Well, she got her wish. Now what was she going to do? Kriss sighed yet again and rolled off her bed. She crumpled up a piece of paper and threw it against the wall. She caught it and threw it again.

Then she got bored again and threw it in the trash. She sat on her bed and sighed again. She got up and opened her window. She grabbed her card off her desk and looked at it. It reminded her so much of Thorn and made her realize how much she had changed.

A gust of wind swept the snow below her. It was still blowing away form the window. A sudden gust changed directions and blew the card out of Kriss' hands and swept it through the window.

"Hey! Bring that back you thieving wind!" Kriss cried as she jumped out the window, landed on her feet, and took off after the card.

She wanted that back. It was the sign that told her that she'd made the right choice by leaving her mom's house. Unfortunately, it didn't look like Black Fang wanted to come back as he blew farther and farther away.

Kriss sloshed through the snow. Oblivious to the freezing temperature gnawing at her ankles. Socks weren't important and she constantly had shoes on for this reason. The sleeveless however, was a very bad choice as Kriss quickly found out. The wind was blowing and it was impossible to see more than a yard ahead of her own face. Kriss knew that it was hopeless but she refused to go back anyways. It's not like she could find the house even if she wanted to…

Kriss trudged onward into the freezing wind. She was very close to considering it a blizzard. The winds were whipping at her as she realized that she had wandered into the field near her house.

'Oh great…' She thought. If she was in the field than it was possible that she would be lost until the blizzard stopped and she didn't know if she would last that long.

Suddenly she spotted the card sticking out of the snow. She knelt down. Sitting in the snow she picked up the card. As soon as it was in her hand, it blew away again.

"No!" Kriss yelled. To her that was Thorn, and Thorn deserted her again. Just like everyone else in her life.

She decided that was it. She had nothing left. Of course she did always have her music, but without Rex it was useless, she needed a drummer and Rex was pretty damned good.

She collapsed in the snow and just laid there. After a few minutes something appeared in front of her face. She looked up and saw Black Fang. She gasped. It was her card! But it was the actual wolf! It was like what she had seen when she went with Rex to the Duel City Tournament. Kriss sat up, the icy needles biting at her face.

"Thorn," She whispered softly.

Black Fang glared at her and ran away.

"No!" Kriss said as she chased him. She could just barely see his tail soaring behind him as she raced ahead.

The snow gave out and her foot caught on a root, sending Kriss sprawling into the grass. Kriss lay there in the freezing snow, hoping she would just die and get it over with.

She got up and started walking again. Up ahead a fuzzy shape appeared. It was really big. She knew it wasn't a tree because it was golden. As it started clearing, she could see that it looked like a bird. Its golden wings stretched magnificently.

Kriss gasped and crept closer. It was looking her direction. She got closer and the thing before her took her breath away. Black Fang had been enough. This just added to the mayhem.

It was Ra standing before her.

"Uh…" Kriss started.

Ra looked at her with piercing gold eyes that matched his feathers and talons.

Kriss looked at them. They were huge weapons that looked like they could rip her in half if Ra was provoked enough.

"You have come."

Kriss snapped her head up. She didn't know that Ra could talk.

"Oh yes, thy mighty one," Kriss sneered.

Ra gave her a disapproving look. Kriss didn't care one bit. She glared at him as she remembered her dream and tried not to cry. The pain was so deep and it was all because of the one that stood before her.

"I know you hurt," He said.

"You know nothing," Kriss growled.

She turned around and tried to get her bearings. Ra walked up beside her.

"You don't know the way, I made sure of it."

"Then I'll wait it out," Kriss told him as she wheeled around.

"I will make it last."

"I will kill you."

"You can't kill me, I am a God."

"Then I'll die trying," Kriss responded darkly.

"Are you sure you don't want to talk about it?" Ra asked gently.

"You sound like my dad, a.k.a. a psychiatrist," Kriss told him again.

"You need to do something, if your mom finds out how you are, she'll kill you," Ra said, looking out ahead.

Kriss looked at him.

"No, I'm more easily provoked now, I'm tougher, I'm stronger, there's no way she could beat me in this state," Kriss reminded him.

"But you have nothing to fight for, your heart is empty, it's a black hole. A void full of pain and suffering," Ra said, not taking his eyes away from his frontal vision.

"That doesn't always mean anything!" Kriss said, folding her arms across her chest.

"It always means something. Love is what keeps the human alive."

"How would you know? You're not human! You have no idea what I've been through! What I've suffered!" Kriss cried, her eyes wetting.

"I control what you go through," Ra said, turning is attention to her and staring into her eyes, "I needed to do this; you'll see later, it'll all play out in the end."

"Yeah! Play! That's what you do huh? You get bored one day and go, 'Oh! I'm gonna kill Thorn today and make Kriss miserable!' Then you get bored the next day, 'Oh! I got it! Now I'm going to turn her entire family against her! Most of it already hates her anyways but that's okay! More hate won't kill her, unfortunately!'" Kriss shouted at him.

"I didn't turn your entire family against you! You have your dad! I gave you him!" Ra shouted back.

"Marik couldn't care less about me! He's only helping me because he wants to get rid of the fucking curse!" Kriss yelled, but she didn't stop there, "No one truly cares about me! I'm hated by the entire world! And you too! Got that! As soon as I get back to the house, you'll see me in Hell," Kriss promised.

"You have changed Kriss Ishtar! You are completely different! No wonder everyone hates you!" Ra shouted.

Kriss was taken aback. She hadn't expected him to match her fire. She expected another riddle that would pick at her brain and eat her alive.

"I just want my friends back. I've never had true friends like Thorn and Rex," Kriss said, focusing her attention on the ground.

"You had Tommy and James, they were your friends," Ra said in a softer tone.

"Yeah right! They used me to sell their music and make records…" Kriss said, "Just give me one of my friends back and I'll quit whining…" Kriss said.

"I can't do that," Ra told her.

"I know…" A tear escaped and Kriss collapsed to the ground, kneeling. Her chest was heaving as all the pain she'd suffered the past week came gushing out.

"Please, just stop the torment!" Kriss sobbed, feeling weaker than she ever had in her life.

"It depends on your actions," Ra said, walking away.

Kriss looked up and saw him disappearing into the swirling snow.

"No!" Kriss got up and chased after him. The wind was whipping at her face and the snow was dampening her hair as it spun around her face.

"Ra! Wait!" Kriss called.

The figure kept moving. Kriss ran after it. However fast she ran, Ra was always two feet in front of her. This went on until Kriss had had enough and dove at him, missing and crashing to the ground beside him. He stopped.

"I need something, anything! I need a reason to live!" Kriss sobbed into the snow, the tears flowing freely now.

"It will come in time," Ra told her.

"Everything seems "to come in time" I hate it! Time needs to die!" Kriss screamed, and then was overtaken by great heaves of a cry that she needed to have for a long time.

Kriss got up to her knees and stared at the ground, melting the snow with her salty tears.

"Get up," Ra ordered.

Kriss didn't respond.

"I said get up!" Ra said louder.

Kriss slowly made her legs move. They felt like they were full of jell-o.

"Maybe I should just end it for you," Ra said.

"Yeah, keep thinking that way, but I know you won't do it," Kriss said.

"You're right."

"And it was just because I said that…"

"You got it," Ra said, walking again.

Kriss spun around, "Wait!" she called after him.

Again, Ra kept walking.

"Give me a reason to live! And don't say that the answer will come in time because that's really starting to bug me!" Kriss shouted after him.

"You want a reason? Here!" Ra shouted, turning around and raising his foot. A piece of cardboard flew from it and he turned and continued walking. Kriss picked it up. It was her card! She looked at Black Fang lovingly and felt something on the back. She flipped it over and saw an engraving in cool handwriting:

Remember Who You Are

Kriss was amazed. Ra had given her the sign that she had screamed at him for. That message could not have anymore effect then it did then. She needed to be who she was. She wasn't a weak little coward! She was a tough bitch!

Kriss narrowed her eyes and silently thanked him. Then she looked around again. She still had no clue where to go and the wind was still whipping at sixty miles an hour. Kriss sighed and started walking in a random direction. Then she stepped on something.

Kriss looked at her feet and saw a rock. It was about the size of her fist, but even more peculiar about it was that it had an arrow on it. Kriss smirked. Ra was on her side now, but she still thought that it was hoax or something.

Kriss changed her direction and kept walking, feeling a lot more stable and knowing of where she was going. After a long time of walking Kriss could see the giant blur that was her house. Kriss squeaked with joy and sprinted towards it.

Kriss quickly climbed the vine support that everyone in the house hated except for Ishizu and was in her room again. She was chilled to the bone and her hair was soaking wet. She had goose bumps everywhere and was chattering uncontrollably. But she was happy to be in her room again.

She saw that her door was open. It was shut when she left. She crept out and peeked down the stairs. Marik was sitting at the table with a mug of hot cocoa. He noticed her immediately. He bolted up and strode over to the foot of the stairs.

"Where the hell were you!" He shouted.

"Why?" Kriss asked, "Were you concerned?" Kriss laughed. She was starving, freezing, hated, and wet, but she felt a lot better than she had in days.

"Yes! You're all wet, what happened?" Marik asked.

"I had a little encounter…" Kriss grinned.

"For three hours?" Marik pressed.

"That was only three? Jeez… it felt like four…" Kriss thought about it.

Marik scoffed.

"So, what did you do?" Kriss asked, changing the subject.

"Worry about you!"

"For three hours?" Kriss asked.

"Don't get smart with me! And change out of those clothes, you're going to get sick."

"And just when I thought you couldn't care more…"

That chapter was good! I liked it, don't know about you, tell me what you thought! I want more reviews! RECRUITS! XDDDD

- Kriss