Snippet #2429960

(It's alright, I use a mobile all the time, imagine what I go through.)

John lay there in the snow, shaking, partially from shivering, partially from panic in his nightmare-while-awake. His eyes were open, but he was not seeing what he should have been seeing. However, something had awoken him. It made the hairy elephants and lava all disappear. It made everything disappear. Everything was gray and white again. He was lying down. Realizing that, he stood up and brushed the snow off himself. Getting up was difficult, as the bag on John's back weighed him down quite a bit, but John and been hauling it around ever since his Father was captured.

John was about to try and get his bearings, or rather, guess which direction was south, when something barely caught his eye. Now, everything was white in this winter wonderland, but there were very, very, few differences in the flat, snowy landscape. So even a human figure lying in the snow that was almost completely white, was still very noticeable. Well, John was initially scared out of his mind, but still stood his ground. Curiously, he shuffled his way to the figure. It moved, which frightened John once again, causing his already shaky figure to jerk back.

It was alive, but did it notice him? John then realized what it was, a person! A girl, maybe. John froze, not knowing what to do. He'd not met a real person, nor a new one, for longer than he can remember. For all he knows, he thinks he's still eight years old. Well, the most sensible thing seemed to be to say hello, if he remembered how to speak. Opening his mouth, he tried to recall how the words worked.

"Nnn, ahh! Ah!" Good start. His teeth chattered together, making it a bit more difficult. "H-H-Haaaaiiii!" He stretched the word out, his lips remembering the phrases they once used. "Ah, Awr-r-r, Are y-you ok-kayyyy~?!" He shuffled a bit closer to the person. "Y-you're a g-g-girl?" His teeth chattered uncontrollably, as cold air entered his mouth, as if blowing away the verbal cobwebs. He shuffled right next to her and crouched, and looked right into her green eyes. He'd almost forgotten what people looked like, but here was one right here. Somehow, John couldn't help but have a huge grin.