“The Coolest Place”
Prompt: Snowy mountaintop.
“Why is it so cold?” Arielle whines. “I can’t feel my hands!”
She presses her thick mittens against her reddened cheeks. As if that’s going to help when it’s a billion degrees below zero.
“May I remind you that it was your idea to climb to the top of Mount Nilph,” I hiss at my sister. “Couldn’t you have chosen anywhere, and I mean anywhere, else for your Celebration of Age trip?”
“Well, Heis came here last year and kept saying that it was the coolest trip he’s ever been on,” Arielle mumbles. Her breath comes out in short white puffs against the clear blue sky as she continues rubbing her hands against her face.
I hold back a snort. Leave it to Arielle to be so innocent. “You do realize that when Heis said ‘coolest’, he literally meant the coolest place in the kingdom? As in we’re going to freeze our butts off cold?”
