A Cold Cloud...

*Huff...Huff...

Snow crunched under his pads as he wandered through this desolate land. Already he had snow encrusting his eyelids and the rim of his nose...icicles hung from his jaws like a saber toothed tiger. He stopped, glancing around to check his whereabouts, but there was nothing close by that indicated life even existed out here...
He knew not where he was, no landmarks or tracks or trails to follow. He stopped, chest rising and falling heavily as the cold air bit his lungs. Naturally, he was used to the frosty air and biting temperatures of this terrain...he was born in one of the coldest parts of the Earth after all.
But things weren't as easy anymore...he hadn't eaten in four days.
His strength, or what little of it he had, was leaving him rapidly the last few hours. He hadn't scented so much as a mouse out here in this frozen land...behind him, he had left behind the Sea. Before him to the South, lied towering snow and cloud capped mountains. A shiver ran down his spine...was this it? Did he wander into his own frozen tomb at such a young age? He shook his body, sending snow everywhere around him and trudged on for a while longer.

His legs became shaky, he had been walking for a little over 2 hours now and his energy was spending. He had fought a few deep snow drifts, as if the land was determined to keep him from continuing on...
Snow shifted underneath him with the next step, sending him muzzle first into the cold bitter powder. He attempted to push forward, trying to force his legs to stand but his body refused his every command. He lifted his head, resting it on the snow as he stared into the distance...so this is how he would die? The Element he had grown up in, would be the one to kill him...

The wind howled, biting into his skin now that his fur was soaked by snow. His thick coat would not help him, now that it was saturated with the cold wet beauty. He sniffed, his body shook, his strength ebbing...