The Love of Winter

Chapter 3

She dreamt of icy dreams full of running through frozen mountains, free and wonderfully wild. The cold surrounding her with a tight, but comfortable grip while she slept.

She dreamt of the harsh snow hitting against her as she ran. She dreamt of something coming closer as she ran, she couldn't see what it was..

There.

It started to close in on her.

A wolf eventually caught up to her and was running next to her, she stared into its glowing eyes as they raced in the blinding whiteness.

She sat up immediately and let out a harsh breath and looked around with wide eyes. She was in the hospital wing with warming blankets and a heavy duty warming charm placed on her, she felt like she was going to suffocate.

It was too much. Too hot.

The blankets were flung away and she stumbled out of the bed that she was placed in. She made the decision to finally go outside for the first time in what felt like in forever.

Ducking out of the hospital wing she made her way to the closest exit. She shattered the warming charm immediately and walked a little quicker to the coldness that she was dying to embrace her again.

A chill crept down her spine the closer she got, she felt her heart pumping harder along with the adrenaline starting to course through her system with anticipation.

The door slammed open and she braced herself for the lng awaited reunion with the true cold. A blast of freezing air hit her with a strong force and she almost tumbled over, but she took it head on and kept walking.

She watched as snow danced around, changing the tempo along with the fickle wind. An itch she never felt before arose. It needed to be scratched, but how?

She kept going and followed dancing wind that slowly lead her to the Forbidden Forest.

A student from the Astronomy Tower spotted her and watched as she made her way to said forest. They wondered what she was doing and where she was going, they decided to quench their sudden thirst of curiosity.