I do not own InuYasha..only the OCs I decide to create...and the plot of course. ;)

to maryanna .pink: oh, thank you! I dedicate this chapter to you because you gave me inspiration.

BrownMnM: thank you for the review and the advice. Though I'm not gonna take it because I'm purposely writing it in present tense, I thank you nonetheless.

So this gives you a bit of background on the Wish Granter's life and how she came to be one. Enjoy!

Fubuki- snow storm

Youko- sun child

Fuyouko- winter child

Yukiko- snow child

Chapter 3

She is floating in a vast ocean of darkness. She looks around and tries to find her bearings but can't. She wants to panic but it seems that her mind won't allow her to.

"What in the world?" she says aloud only to hear her voice echo around her. She continues to look around and finds a piece of metal that looks an aweful lot like her mother's locket. It's white gold with the snowflake symbol of her family in a light blue engraved and a white gold chain that allows you to clasp it around your neck. She grabs it and is suddenly pulled into a memory of the past. Her mother's.

A demoness with ink black hair and bright violet eyes was running down the hallway with her hands wrapped protectively over her swollen stomach. She made a sharp left while throwing her shoes to the right to throw whoever was chasing her off her trail. She held her swollen stomach even tighter and held back a growl of pain. This wasn't the way she pictured giving birth to her beloved pup!

"Fuyouko," she whispered softly and looked up at the ceiling as she caught her breath. She had been running for hours leading those who wanted her and her pup dead on a wild goose chase. Oh, how much she wanted her beloved mate by her side at this very moment.

"Yukiko!" the pained howl of her mate reached her ears and her head shot up in surprise. The scent of blood hit her sensitive nose next and her violet eyes widened. She'd recognize that scent anywhere. It was her mate's.

"Fuyouko!" she cried in pain and the scent of her water breaking filled the hallway. She pulled herself up using most of her strength as she forced her body to move into the closest room. She barricaded it in a matter of seconds and looked down at her soaked kimono with a sense of irony. It wasn't lost on her that she was at her strongest when she was about to give birth to the Nothern Heir. Her adoptive brother, Inu No Taisho of the Western Lands, would have surely found this amusing. As would her mate, the current Wish Granter, no doubt.

Oh, she knew what her mate was. She knew what her child would become. She also knew the curse that being the next Wish Granter would leave only her pup in this world without her parents to guide her. Her intuition has been screaming at her it was a girl when she first realized that she conceived.

She cooed down at her stomach as a contraction hit and she cried out. She laid down and spread her legs. As the contractions grew to only seconds apart, she began to push with no help of the mid-wived her mate had gotten for her. She could hear the demons on the other side trying to break down her barricade as she continued to push. She pushed until she had no strength left and still continued after. Once her pup was out she cut the umbilicol cord and cleaned her up, humming under her breath as she did so. She wrapped her precious girl up in a silver blanket and looked down for her first and last glimpse of her pup. Her short ink-like curls rested at the top of her ivory skin as a black snowflake was seen on her forehead. Her silver eyes stared unblinkingly up at her mother as a single black stripe on each cheek made her known as the true Heir to the Northern Lands.

"Fubuki. My precious, precious, snow storm," she cooed as she set her daughter down in a basket and covered her precious bundle of life in more blankets and motioned from the window for one of her guards to come. He had just finished battling a fearsome demon from the East and came to her quickly. She dropped the basket and gave the guard a tired smile.

"Protect her," was all she whispered before disappearing from the window and facing her make-shift barricade. It was broken down and many demons entered as hey faced the Northern Lady who was covered in the blood of her birthing and sweat. She stood straight and tall as they surrounded her leaving no room for escape. She fought bravely but her strength was sapped from giving birth to her lovely daughter and she, like her beloved mate, was caught and held for questioning in the throne room. Her mate's headless body seemed to stare at her as her eyes scanned the room for his head. When she found it, a strangled cry of anguish came from her lips as she collapsed in the arms that were restraining her. His silver eyes were void of life but still held the emotion of love and betrayal as his blue hair was held by the traitor's clawed hand.

"Where is that pathetic whelp you just birthed," the leader and traitor, her mate's twin brother, snarled and Yukiko looked up from her mate's dead eyes and into his. She gave him a beautiful smile and laughed.

"Somewhere you can never find her," was her reply before he cut off her head as well.

"Find her!" he snarled as Yukiko's body fell to the floor and her blood splashed unto the marble. "FIND HER!"

So, you get to learn to Wish Granter's name in this chapter. I, honestly, got tired of constantly referring her as the "Wish Granter." Sue me. *sticks out tongue then smiles* Review and tell me what you think!