The Snowflake

The snowflake landed on her nose. All I wanted to do at that point was stare at her. I told her to wait one second. I had never seen a snowflake quite like this one before. As a matter of fact I wasn’t quite sure it was even a snowflake. My friend said it tickled and started to lift her hand up to swat at her nose but I stopped her abruptly.

“No!! Don’t do that Kelly!” I said to her rather sharply but I didn’t want her to hurt whatever it was. But I was positive it wasn’t an ordinary snowflake.

“ Jess, my nose is freezing and it’s burning! It’s just a snowflake!”

“ Let me show you something. I’ve got to get my phone. Hang on. Don’t move”. I ran into the house as fast as I could. And of course my phone was no where to be seen.

“ Jess!! Jessie!! Hurry! Help me!! Somethings coming toward me!! Jess!!!!” Suddenly Kelly’s voice went from a loud and desperate attempt to warn me of the monstrosity behind me to a low and almost inaudible muffle. What in God’s name is her problem. She’s always so dramatic. Or just being silly. It’s not like this little snowflake creature is going to hurt her. I just want a pic!

I began to bend over to grab my cell phone from underneath the couch. It had been plugged into a charger the entire time which would be perfect for all the pics I was about to take. As I began to walk back toward the front entry of my home I could feel an icy cold sensation wrap around my neck. I suddenly felt a chill come over me and was shivering uncontrollably. I was in an enormous amount of pain. I tried to reach for something. Anything to release this monster thing off of me. It was white with sharp crystal like jagged blades of ice coverings its exterior. It had no face. Or none that I could see. It was like this cluster of icicles rolled up into one giant ball of sorts. And it evidently wanted me for something.

I began to scream at the top of my lungs. I had to get it off of me and to my friend.

“ Kelly!!!! Kelly!!! Omg Kelly!!” She was slumped over and lifeless looking or at least from what I could see from afar. I only could hope that she was merely passed out and not dead. I silently prayed as I continued to yell for help. But nobody would even hear our cries for help. We were all alone. My brother had my wolf dogs so we had zero protection. Nobody lived near my neck of the woods. We were desolate and severely remote. People came out here only to look for big foot. I just thought it was all a big hoax. Something to get people into our town to boost revenue. But maybe this thing was real? Maybe this ball of whatever it was that had a strong hold on me was in fact this big foot in disguise. I couldn’t breath and was so cold. I ran towards the fireplace. The only thing I knew to do was to throw myself into the fire. Despite the hold it had on me I began to step into it head first. It flew off of me before I could make this morbid entrance into the fire. “ Thank goodness! My trick worked. I could feel sweat beads rolling down the sides of my face. I felt sick to my stomach. I was worried about my friend. I had to make sure she was okay. It was safe now. The ice monster was gone. I grabbed her and carried her inside. She was slightly blue but she did have a pulse. She was going to be okay. I placed her on a pallet near the fireplace to keep her warm with about 4 quilted blankets covering her. She seemed like she was at peace and would make it. I turned on the news immediately. I needed to see if there had been some sort of ufo siting or anything. It was hard to believe that as far out as we were that we could even get the news but somehow it was on one of four channels we had via my handmade antenna. . A headline came across the tv. “ Attention! Stay in your home if you live in or near Delia county. There have been reports of mass killing from what people are calling the abominable snowman”.

I dropped my hot cocoa I was holding spilling it over me. “ Omg!!” I then heard thunderous pounding on the door. My friend was sound asleep despite the deafening noise. I yelled it for it to go away and it kept pounding and within seconds there he stood. The snowman. The ice man again whatever it was. I ran towards my bedroom and grabbed my shotgun. I knew how to shoot to kill and aimed towards him and shot again and again. Snow flew everywhere. Ice blades shot through the windows and broke furniture. My friend finally woke and was screaming at the top of her lungs. I collapsed from terror and exhaustion. My friend came to my rescue and hugged me. All that was left of him was a giant puddle of water. And a destroyed home. But i killed him. He was gone. No more snowflakes would land on my friends nose ever again. At least not that one anyways.