Winter's Rose. Chapter 1

Your vision was all but nonexistant. All you could see was darkenss. Never ending, life consuming, darkness. You were unsure if you felt scared or peaceful as you floated in the abyss...

Felt...

You...You felt...cold...so very cold.

In a attempt to warm yourself up you moved your arms to wrap around yourself. Or, at less, you think you did.

You felt something else, now that your mind slowly began to wake back up, you realized that you were wet.

Wet...and cold...that was never a good thing...Right?

Suddenly you felt something, something that wasn't your arms, wrap halfway around your waist and gently tug your body. Up or down you couldn't tell. Your eyes snapped open. 'I didn't even know that they were closed...'

The darkness was replaced with the most brilliant light you've ever seen. And the thing that was creating that wonderful, comforting glow was none other then the full moon that illuminated everything within the radius of it's rays. You could see the imposing water that surrounded you and kept you suspended and the shinning ice that created a almost perfect circular hole that lead to the surface, which was getting closer. 

Looking to the left you saw what looked like a tree branch pulling you upwards...to the surface....out of the water. It dawned on you that you couldn't, or weren't, breathing. (And that you were underwater...) You were about to freak out when a voice, not you own, rang inside your head.

You vaguely thought that you should be even more creeped out that there was a voice in your head but, strangely, you instantly felt all of your fears leave you. With wide eyes you looked around you not noticing that the surface was about several feet away from you.

'W-who are you?' You asked timidly.

'I am know by some as the Man in the Moon, or Manny. But you, child, can call me Mim.' The voice responded kindly. You turned you wide __e/C__ eyes to the silvery-blue moon. 

You had a feeling that the voice in your head was chuckling, or slightly amused. but you didn't know how you knew that since you didn't actually hear anything.

And just like that something clicked in side you as you were 

Once again you had that feeling that Mim was laughing.

As you were..."speaking" to Mim you didn't realize that you grew closer to water's surface until air rushed in to your lungs when you broke it. You gasped and drew in much needed air. Your hands went to your neck and your wide eyes broke contact with the moon. The winter wind felt dry as it went down you throat. So absorbed in taking in the oxygen your body had been deprived of for who knows how long, you didn't notice the cold arms that held you bridal style, the criss crossed legs you were sitting on, or the blue eyes that starred at you.