@badthingshappenbingo: Shaking and Shivering
Characters: Twilight, The Chain, Ordon Village
Warnings: Hyperventilating, falling into ice
Twilight woke to someone jumping on him, and a young voice cheering excitedly.
"Link!" Colin said, grin across his face. The chain had ended up in Ordon village, much to Twilgiht's delight. They had only been there a day, but everyone had quickly settled and been introduced to his family.
"Link, it's snowing! An' the lake is frozen over!"
Twilight laughed as he sat up, rubbing sleep from his eyes. It was good to hear his brother’s voice again.
"Well, I guess we better get out there, huh?”
Colin nodded and jumped up, running out of the room. Meanwhile, people stirred around him. Wind was already awake, staring out the window with his eyes wide.
Twilight stood and scruffed his hair, but the sailor was too in awe to even bat the hand away. Twilight chuckled. “I forgot you’ve never seen snow before. Wanna come outside?”
Wind gasped in delight, promptly running over to where Hyrule, Wild and Four were.
“Come on!” He called to them, before disappearing through the door excitedly.
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When everyone was wearing appropriate clothing, they gathered down by the lake. Beth and Colin were already there, sword fighting with hooked sticks.
“Uh, Twilight?” Hyrule asked. His eyes were drawn to Twilight’s shoes. “What are you wearing?”
Ilia had wandered over as Hyrule asked the question, and laughed. She was also sporting an odd pair of lace up shoes, that had thin blades attacthed to the soles. “They’re so you can slide on the ice.” She answered. “It’s for a game here in Ordon.”
Ilia offered another one of the hooked sticks she was holding to Twilight, who accepted it before turning to the chain. “Want a demonstration?”
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The people of Ordon village had divded themselves into two teams, before gliding out onto the ice with their bladed shoes. Mayor Bo stood in the centre of the lake, dividing the teams, and he held a smallish round object.
Everyone tensed, and the Link’s all leant forward in anticipation, waiting to see how the game would go. Twilight and Ilia, who seemed to be the captains of each team, faced each other in the centre.
Then Mayor Bo dropped the disc.
Twilight and Ilia immedietly fought for control over it using their sticks, and Twilight emerged victorius. He hit it towards Colin, who took it and skated towards their makeshift goal. Colin hit the puck towards Twilight who sped along beside him, but it was intercepted by Uli, who turned around to go the other direction.
One thing the chain took notice of was the Twilight was fast. He slid along the ice with his bladed shoes as if he had been doing it his whole life (which he probably had), and quickly drew himself parallel to Uli. Rusl, who was standing at the goal, braced himself.
The game was going fine. Competetive and enjoyable, with everyone standing around the lake cheering on the players. Then a sharp crack echoed across the lake.
Twilgith let out a cry, arms flinging out as the ground underneath him dissapeared. The gap at his feet caught on his shoes, and the chain could only watch as their brother fell down.
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Twilight skated forwards, inline with Uli who was heading towards her goal. Rusl stood in the goals, ready for her to shoot. Twilight went to snatch the puck away from his adoptive mother, when a loud crack caught his attention.
First there was the sickening realisation that the ice had broken. Then there was the intense feeling of COLD that engulfed him, taking over his body. Then there was what Rusl called the ‘cold shock response’, and he felt his lungs tighten, which caused him to gasp for air that wasn’t there.
The icy water that he inhaled only made him freeze up more, and he felt himsef begin to hyperventilate. ‘Don’t panic, control your breathing’ Uli would tell him. It was a shame his brain and body didn’t seem to want to listen to reason.
COLD. It screamed.
COLD.
COLD.
COLD.
He couldn’t feel anything.
AIR. It gasped.
AIR.
AIR.
AIR.
He couldn’t breathe.
Alarm bells went off in his head. He was going to drown, he was going to drown, he was going to-
‘If you fall into the ice, you have to stay calm.’
He knew that voice. His panicked brain might not be able to identify who it belonged to, but he knew he could trust it.
‘Find where you fell through and orientate yourself.’
There. There was the hole in the ice. Twilight forced his freezing limbs to move, andwith great difficulty, reached up and grabbed onto the edge of the solid ice above him.
‘Get into a horizontal position, and kick your legs. This will help you pull yourself onto the ice.’
He did. He kicked his legs, and hauled himself up, spluttering as he pulled his head above the water.
‘Don’t try to stand up. Roll yourself out of the water.’
With a shuddering gasp, Twilight rolled himself out, panting heavily. He didn’t remember much after that. Someone gently helping him back inside, someone fussing over him.
“Let’s get you warm, hey?”
That sounded good.
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I’ve done the last @badthingshappenbingo that a family member requested, my brother picked Shaking & Shivering
I’ve chosen to do this story for my Dragonborn story Far Horizons & Ancient Stones
The Dragonborn’s Curse
Kaidan, Kristof and Serana rounded the corner and froze, standing over a dead Vampire Lord was a massive black furred werewolf, Kaidan reached back to draw his sword but Kristof pulled him back.
“Kaidan, don’t!” The taller man looked down at Kristof, confusion was clear on his face but he let go of his sword hilt nonetheless, letting his blade slide back into its scabbard. Kristof stepped forward, holding his hands out to show he was unarmed.
“Kris…” Kaidan watched the older man step forward
“Jaina…” Kristof spoke softly towards the werewolf, Kaidan’s eyes widened as he heard the name of his closest friend, the wolf spun around, growling at Kristof as he stepped up to it, “Jaina, its ok, everyone is safe, it’s over now” the wolf snarled, causing Kristof to stop for a moment.
The wolf looked at Kristof, then down to the vampire. Once the wolf had had a moment to let the situation sink in, it pulled back, and retreated away from the trio, Kaidan watched Kristof.
“Jaina, please, you’re safe, it’s ok,” Kristof’s voice was clear and calm, Kaidan watched as the werewolf’s form began to shift, slowly revealing the Dragonborn, who fell to her knees, her whole body began to tremble as Kristof closed the distance, crouching down next to her and handing her a water skin so she could wash the blood from her mouth.
Kaidan was frozen to the spot, unsure what he could do or say to help, resigning himself to watching helplessly as Jaina trembled. Her hands were shaking so much that Kristof had to hold them so she could drink from the water skin without spilling its contents.
Kristof looked up to Kaidan and Serana
“She’ll be alright in a moment” he said quietly when Jaina dropped against his chest
“Why is she shivering like that?” Kaidan asked
“A side effect of turning into a werewolf” Serana said “vampires, at least, new vampires, react the same way”
“Having spent some time with such power and ferocity, to suddenly become human once again, it takes its toll” Kristof explained
“Did you not know about her Lycanthropy?” Serana asked
“No! Why would I?” Kaidan snapped “I’ve travelled with her for nearly a year and she’s never turned before” Kristof nodded
“That’s probably why she’s reacting so severely then” he said as he looked back down to Jaina who was still violently shaking, “might be best to get out of here, get her some fresh air” Kaidan and Serana agreed, so Kristof scooped Jaina into his arms and the 4 of them left the cave.
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