Eska is a girl who lives in an Inuit village. She lives way up north, where people can literally freeze to death. She goes to school with her best friend, Kaya. The two love to take long walks deep in the tundra. It was winter, and there was a huge blizzard outside. The sky was pitch black and frozen, and wind screeched horribly. Eska was in her home with her mother and brother, sipping hot chocolate, when the three heard a huge tumbling noise. It trembled the house, rocking the log cabin back and forth. "Avalanche!" cried her mother, and they hid under a table until the rumbling stopped. "Where's Papa?" Eska's brother, Nukilik, asked. "Where's Kaya?" Eska cried. She stopped. "Oh no, she went out to take a walk!" the girl shrieked. "I have to look for her!" she ran outside before her family could change her mind. "Kaya, KAYA!" Eska screamed, pulling her fur jacket closer to her body. She didn't feel good. Out in the horizon, Eska saw a flickering flame. "Kaya!" she cried. The girl ran to the fire, tightening her snow shoes as she went. At last, she reached the flame. There, she saw a pale silhouette of her best friend. "Kaya!" Eska yelled. "It's so... cold." said her friend. "Huh?" wondered Eska. "I can't... get... warm. No matter how much fire... I can't get warm. It's... so... cold... So ve..ry cold." the silhouette was singing now, moving her arms to and fro to the tinkling song. "Do you need a blanket?" asked Eska. "Cold... So cold..." the shadowy figure ignored her. "Kaya, listen!" Eska cried. "You need help. Let me bring you back home, we can help you!" "Cold.... [u]you're[/u] warm." the silhouette said. Suddenly, the girl stood up. She was light blue, ice blue. "Help me, Eska. Help me get... warm." The ghostly girl lunged at her friend. Eska screamed. "Warm, warm WARM!" The frozen girl screeched, a grin on her blue lips.
The next day, Eska returned home. She looked just as she had before, but with a duller look in her usually sparkly blue eyes. "Eska, where have you been? We've been looking all over for you!" her mother called. Suddenly, Eska tripped. Her mother caught her, and feeling her skin, noticed she was ice cold. "Dear, are you alright?" her mother asked. Eska looked up. "Warm," she said.
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