Meiko had travelled far from her home by the time it was mid day. At the moment she was resting her feet by sitting down on a log. "At this rate I'll never get there" she said gloomy. It was still snowing where she was and the wind kept blowing the wind in her face. "Maybe I should've waited till the snowstorm was gone" she thought to herself. While getting up she says "Well I better get going, there's a lot of walking to get done."
The further Meiko walked the harsher the weather got. It was so cold her pointed ears started turning blue and so she had to put on her earmuffs to keep them warm. While walking she would often see arctic foxes scurrying away from her in the distance. "I guess I'm not popular with all animals" she thought. As the day grew on, Meiko got weaker and colder by the minute. Her legs ached with each stride she took as she tried to warm up her bodie. Soon her legs collapsed under her weight causing her to fall face first into e snow. Too weak to get up she just laid there while the snow started to cover her bodie. By the time snow had covered her legs completely, Meiko had fallen unconscious, leaving her delicate life vulnerable to the cruel weather.
When she reawakened she was in a small room with a fire burning in a fire place. Her bag had been placed beside her with a cup of hot chocolate. Sitting up she removes the blanket laid over her and stands up. The room is filled with paintings and books. A small painting on a shelf catches her eyes as she walks up to it. In the painting is a mother bear with its two cubs sitting under a pine tree, tuffs of grass are sprouting around their feet. The mother bear looks straight at Meiko as if it is really living. As Meiko moves her hand over it the door behind her opens. Startled Meiko turns around to see a woman with silver hair and eyes. "Your awake, that's great!" the women says with a gentle smile on her face. "Yes, I have awakened" Meiko says trying to sound funny to the stranger. "Do you feel fine? You aren't cold or anything?" she says as she walks over to Meiko. "Well I'm a bit hungry but other than that I'm fine" Meiko reply's. "Then I shall have to make something for you to eat so that you aren't hungry" says the women as she picks up the hot chocolate and disappears out the room. "Oh, you don't have too to make me anything I'll be fine" Meiko calls out to her. "No it's okay, I can make you something." she calls back.
When the women came back she was carrying a plate full of food. As the women handed it to Meiko she comments on how nice it is to have a visitor. "The pleasure's mine" Mieko says back. "So where you from?" the women brings up. Looking up from her food Mieko reply's "Not that far away from here, maybe a day's journey" "That's nice. And what's your name?" the women asks. "I'm Meiko Rei, you?" "Oyuki" "Oyuki why does that name sound familiar?" "You want to know?" The woman asks. Meiko nods in reply. "You might of heard stories about me while you where young" Oyuki says. Meiko looks confused. "I see you don't remember them, well I'm like you" "Like me?" Meiko says even more confused. "Yes like you I'm not human" . "Not human?" Meiko says uneasy. "Yes, I'm a Yuki-onna, you might say I'm a winter spirit" "And what about me? What am I?" Meiko says as she starts to stand. "You are special, your half human and half demon" Meiko starts backing up to the door. "Half demon?" she says nervously. "Yes, your father was a demon and not any demon" Oyuki says as she stands up. Reaching for doorknob, Meiko says "What do mean not any demon?". The floor under Oyuki starts to cover with ice. "What I mean is your father is Samael, one of the eight demon kings and that means your demon royalty." After finding the doorknob Meiko says "I guess that makes me a princess" before opening the door and running through it, locking it behind her.
Meiko stands there as ice starts to appear on the door. "Unlock the door, my princess" Oyuki's voice comes behinnd the door. Meiko yells back "Not by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin!" before turning around, grabbing her bag and running outside away from the house back into the snowstorm.