The Forbidden Frozen Fruit

She was enjoying taking time to herself. This great big world they were in was really something. Once she'd come to grips with her narcolepsy and gotten it mostly under control, it was no time at all before she learned something spectacular: it wasn't really so scary out here at all. In fact, the world was filled with beauty and wonder! Winter had nipped at her ears and toes, harrying her onwards to find a place to rest. Each new land she explored offered something special, and this place was no different. Strange dilapidated fences and structures could be seen in the distance, as well as trees spaced neatly in rows. What kind of creature could create a place like this? Trees didn't need to be so orderly. Siobhan found it almost unnerving. Ducking her head against another gust of freezing wind, she grit her teeth so they wouldn't chatter. Some perfect glittering globes hung from the branches overhead, fruit that had been so surprised by winter's early arrival it had frozen completely in place. Siobhan stopped for a second to stare. Incredible.

The largest structure loomed closer now, its entrance a ragged, open mouth. Inside it was quite dark, and though the wind whistled through the spaces in the walls, it provided a wonderful ballast against the worst of the cold. Shivering, Siobhan curled in a corner and stared out of the door as a fresh coat of snow began to fall from the sky. There would be time to explore more after her toes stopped icing up and sticking together.