the beginning

                                          THE BEGINNING





            Icey was taking a swim in the lake near her village. She felt something in the water and assumed it was an animal. She was wrong because it was actually Blackblade and Mecha. They were there to put a curse on her as a prank. She got out of the water to dry off and she fell asleep.



    45 minutes later…



She woke up to see a lite-blue leopard as her reflection. Her clothes were in tatters. She heard voices coming and she knew who they were. Her friends Sunny and Shadow were coming down the road with her boyfriend, Hydro. She hid in the bushes when they got near to where she was. She ran for fear that they might accuse her, a leopard, of killing. All three of her friends ran after her for a while. She finally lost them and came to a dark cave. She rested her muscles but fell asleep behind a rock. She awoke to voices outside the cave and she knew it was them. ‘They’re gonna kill me,’ she thought. She sniffed and she knew someone had entered the cave. She trembled with fear. “Icey?” said a voice, “You in here?” She knew at once it was Hydro. She gasped at how close he was to her spot. “Ice?” he said. He drew closer to her location and saw her. She cringed but realized that he wasn’t going to hurt her. All she had to do was look in his eyes and see that he was concerned at why she was cringing away from him. “Hydro.” She whispered. He grabbed her into a hug and said’ “Where have you been? Don’t you realize that we’ve been worried about you?” “Yes I know and I won’t worry you anymore. But the leopard you were chasing earlier. That was me.” She said quickly. “What? How?” he asked. “I don’t know. I woke up that way.” She said. “Gear.” He said. “What?” she asked from outside. “Go get Icey some clothes.” He said. “Why?” she asked. “She needs them.” He said. “Okay.” She said. Once they are alone, she starts to cry. “I was so scared that you guys were going to catch me and kill me.” She cried. “It’s okay, you’re safe now.” He says. She cries for a bit more.



      5 minutes later…



Icey stopped crying and Hydro got his shirt all wet from her tears. “Got them!” yelled Gear’s voice from outside. Hydro lets go of Icey to run out and get her clothes. “Why is your shirt all wet?” asked Sunny. “I’ll tell ya later.” He said taking the clothes. He runs back inside to give the clothes to Icey. “Can you turn around?” she asked sheepishly. He turned around so she could get dressed. She heard more voices outside and knew that her other friends had come. She got dressed quickly and headed outside with Hydro. The bright light practically blinds her. “Icey. Where have you been?” asked Gear. She quickly explained everything to them so they couldn’t badger her. “Well now that that’s all cleared out. Can we go on the mission now?” asked B.J. “yeah.” Hydro said. They all head out and B.J. explains what the mission is. “We are to rescue the children in the Shine Village from the Raiders.” He said. Gear catches up to Icey and said, “Hydro told me what happened and all I have to say is maybe Blacky knows who did it. He might specialize in curses.” Icey nodded and stopped for a moment. She summons her younger brother and sister. They come quickly. She knows that she can rely on them since she is the second oldest. “What’cha need, sis?” asked Snowy. “I have to go somewhere and I need you two to fill in for me on a mission.” She said. “Okay.” Snowy said. “Where are you going?” Razor asked. “Well… To the Blader’s hideout.” Icey said nervously. Both Snowy and Razor glare at her. She smiled. She tried to turn around but ran into something. She looked up and saw her older brother,Tundro.