Short Story: Snow's Cycle By Kayleigh

Snow’s Cycle
Written by Kayleigh It had been days since she was home, perhaps weeks, she couldn’t tell due to the everlasting snowstorm. Ice whipped past the injured young woman’s face as she trudged through the frigid tundra. The swathes of icy mass made visibility poor, like a sub-zero mist intending to freeze all in its path. Eira continued to stride through slush, brave the blizzard. Her numb feet encased in stiff leather rose and fell in a robotic rhythm. Her goals were to survive in the barren environment and find refuge – possibly in an acquaintance’s hut of whom she reignited friendships in a glacial scene prior to whatever paranormal event was happening. Now, she had found herself stranded in (hopefully the same) polar wasteland with no recollection on how she arrived there, not even where she was. A rose-red pendant kept flashing in her mind. The sky was the same as …show more content…
Lead, was attempting to pin her down as she stumbled towards it. Gradually, the shape of it was expanding as more weight held her. But it was growing too slow. Forces were getting more intense, the hadopelagic pressure of the twilight times of her life. Her limbs were aching as she forced her body to move on. Recoil from her strenuous actions caused her to lose control of herself. Her throat felt dry beyond comprehension, rough and aching. The drained girl had blurring vision, nausea overwhelming her. Her throat contracted repetitively as she gagged while staggering around the site. Quickly she dragged herself into the thin slit opening - With a dull thud the void consumed her. Eyelids fluttering open like dazed moths, her vision refocused onto a swaying piece of material. A faded teal tarp dark under snow, rustling and crinkling like an artificial leaf. Loud, the sounds of the blizzard intensified. What was that object? Her skin felt prickly and