When The Snows Fall...

Saia spent most of her days curled up with their mother inside the palace dens and it as a life she had grown accustomed to. She'd still go out when asked of her, by her parents, by her siblings. But it seemed she spent the most time with Seere at least when outside of their royal home. It would be no different today.

When the blizzard had hit them it had happened too quickly for them to make back over to their home island and it left Saia wondering what they were supposed to do. She hadn't even noticed she was really separated from her sister at first while all the commotion was going on around her. The wind in her ears, the icy blistering cold that was nearly pelting her as she tried to trudge through it. Unfortunately none of the adults were right around the shrine while the growing pups found themselves in this predicament. But Saia's immediate thought was that one of their fathers would be finding a way to come get them from the storm. She knew they would.

It was very long and agonizing moments before she turned to realize that Seere was no longer there beside her. And she too was struggling to find her footing and map out just where she was standing in the trees of the shrine. The blizzarding snow was already blinding in the way it whipped around but the white of the Alabastrine trees didn't help any. She didn't realize the circles she was stomping, the drifts in the snow making the ground uneven but she couldn't open her eyes enough to look. She tried hard to find her sister just by quick glances around, and panic came over her. She truly thought they were in real danger, that with them separated Seere could potentially die and it overwhelmed her. She did let out a call for help, for her sister, for anyone of the pack. But it seemed everything was gone on the wind.

She'd never really know how far away she had moved from Seere, and without being able to attempt to map out the shrine blindly much longer it was cut short either way. It was almost like one of the trees came alive out of nowhere and she was being swung at by massive paws. It seemed the polar bear wasn't so accustomed to the harsh weather either. Maybe the cold, but not so much the head knocking winds. Maybe that's how it wandered so deep into the pack lands, it must have been lost.

Still without being able to see much anything, Saia starts to run with the wind which seemed to be the easiest option away from the bear. Her shoulders clashed into the trunks of the trees and her head a couple of times too. She'd find herself on the ground after losing her footing over the drifts the snow had made. Everything was going fuzzy, maybe from hitting her head combined with the cold. But more fuzzy than i had been previously. As she looked up she saw flashes of grey lashing straight out at the bear, and she knew it was Seere.

It took her much longer than she anticipated before she could get up. It seemed almost like a tag team because as Saia was finding her unsteady footing, Seere was collapsing to the ground. Family meant everything to her, especially her parents and siblings as much as she may have secluded to just herself and their mother. And if this was the end, she'd die happy knowing she was protecting her sister. She'd jump forward very disoriented, going to bite down on the bear's hind leg in an effort to scare it off the best she could but she knew better. She was no match for the polar bear just on her own. Still, she found purchase into the warm fur of the bear, ripping backwards with her grasp before letting go and moving around behind the bear to taking another bite of the opposite leg. Their father's snow leopards were here, but she wouldn't even know that. Her vision seeing nothing but faded colors or monochrome blob really. She'd pass out as her grip was lashed out on the bear's second leg. And luckily, her father's companions would be able to save the girls from there.

Fighting Seasonal Prompt
Total Word Count: 2157 words
Word Count Goal: 1500 words

"Saia Abraxas-Destruction"