2011 Young Voices Conference Instant Web Anthology

A howl of cold wind chills you to the bone. The snow seeps through your coat and wraps you in an icy blanket. An eerie howl sounds throughout the forest and a gust of wind grabs at your shoulders, its chilling claws thrusting you back. Your legs can't take it and you fall into the bed of snow. You can't go any further; you have nothing left, when you see it, a small pinpoint of light penetrating through the wall of snow. Willing your exhausted legs forward, the light becomes brighter and brighter and hope rushes through you. With all your strength you step into the glistening light. Warmth smothers you in a hearty embrace, pumping through your veins. You let your breath out in a sigh of relief.