Snow Witch'S Journey
At first I was trapped

Here I am, busy writing notes for my travel book. It's been over a month since I left home and have had the ambition to travel. There are many interesting stories that I have written in detail in my book. My one-month experience was still lacking to fill half the book. I guess this last page will still be empty once I reach my final destination. Duh, stupid me. The world is wide. The whole world cannot be written in a single book. At least I need hundreds or more blank books to record my every trip. In that case, I'd better be careful about buying some books just when I get to town. If I could get to the city.

Now that I'm wondering to myself, how good should I start writing this new story? I stared at the dense sky while tapping my pen on my cheek. His small knocking voice even resounded out loud, but I ignored it.

Actually the atmosphere here is quite calm, or arguably too quiet. There was no sound other than the knock of my pen and the sigh of my breath. The sound from outside could not come in. Blocked by this ice ceiling that locked me away. This kind of atmosphere was actually very comfortable to make one's focus increase sharply. Unfortunately, it's quieter than I thought. I felt as if I were the only living creature left in this world.

I jerked. Like a light turned on by a switch. An idea popped up in my empty head. I can start by explaining my situation right now. Not a bad idea either. I immediately bent my knees to become the base of my book, then started writing at the top left end of the page.

Here's my. Trapped in a strange and closed place. It's completely closed like there's no way out. Not completely closed, anyway. There was one path I used by accident to get to this place. But the road is only for one direction. You could say I can't go back. I was confined to an ice cave that was tens or perhaps hundreds of feet below ground level. I can't see the night sky and there's no more snow here.

I'm confused now. What do I have to do to get out of this place? I can't just use magic to open the way because the sky is going to collapse and hit me. I don't know how deep I am now. So, it would be very risky if I made my own way.

In the place where I sat leaning there was only the ice floor, the ice sky and the ice wall. All I see is ice. There are no animals or fruits that I can make food for. There is also no bed to sleep on. His name is also stuck, what can I expect.

If I don't get it wrong, I've been in this cave for an hour. During that time, I did not panic. My mother told me not to panic in dangerous conditions. Maybe because of my confidence or my expectations or because it's my own nature I don't really care about it. I was calm as if nothing had happened. I don't have to worry about the temperature. I'm a hundred percent cold-resistant. I have enough for the next three days as well. So, there's nothing to worry about. Oh, maybe there's one thing I need to worry about. That's boredom. Because it only contains ice, I will get bored faster. I'll think about the matter after I finish my writing. [Note: This IS IMPORTANT!!]

Then, about how I got to this cave. Well, actually it's pretty funny. I suffered bad luck because of a trivial quarrel. With who? Who else if not the compass judge. So here's the story ….

I turned my head to the left and to the right, while walking in this unfamiliar forest. My eyes trace the gap of every tree and everything that hides in its shadow. Just in case there's something. Feeling safe, I took out a magic wand from my sling bag, then waved it in the air. Flocking the amount of trash scattered on the ground floated in front of me. The garbage is still part of nature such as: wood twigs, leaves, stones, flowers, snowflakes, and grass. The things moved around as I turned my wand, then weaved as I moved my wand again.

The branches form each other and become a figure. The little stones became their heads. There are three little human figures I made. Some wear flowers as their crown and some wear five-fingered leaves as their robes.

The compass I put in my shirt pocket asked as I was busy forming shapes out of trash, “What are you doing?”

“I'm bored. So, I was having a small show of makeshift materials using my magic.”

“Magic doll show? I think it'll be stiff if it's driven by magic.”

“You think so because you haven't seen it,” I said trying to ignore it and continue the level-style entertainment.

“If you're bored, why not just fly with your magic straight into town? Your magic can do that, right?”

“No. From the past, no matter how I tried, I don't know why I always had trouble flying with a magic broom. Magic can do a lot of things, but I say, not everything can be solved by magic. After all, wandering without using a magic broom makes me able to enjoy and admire every detail of the world more clearly,”.

“Smart also speaks. You just feel ashamed of yourself who is the daughter of a great magician but can't use flying magic, right? Admit it!” his insistence.

I who was busy walking while moving the flow of the show with my magic could only smile at his protest. How else, all humans have their own shortcomings and advantages. That's why I became the number two witch after my mother. If I have no flaws, then I have already surpassed my mother. It's nice to feel, but it's a pity, reality isn't that wonderful.

“You may not be able to see it because of your small existence, but there are more things worth appreciating in me than being reproached. Like my face, my skin, my eyes, ram-”

Really, I was surprised. I can't believe he suddenly advised me so long as my mother. What has possessed that tiny thing?

Following after, we could say we kept raving about each other. He kept taking care of my shortcomings while I defended myself. To be honest, this conversation was of no use to me. In the end, I will keep moving forward and will never look back again. I feel that bringing a feeling of happiness will help me enjoy life more. However, the really piercing tone of speech made me unable to keep quiet just listening to it.

We continue to deal with issues that are not as important as children. After a second thought, this is completely useless. I could've put it back in my bag and covered my own ears, but I didn't. All the replies we gave were frivolous and laughable. Fortunately, this fight managed to distract me from my magic show. As my attention was distracted, I was completely unconscious when I stepped on something I should not have stepped on. The snow sand that I thought was the solid surface of the ground, turned out to have space underneath. I was too busy taking care of the compass, lost my balance and fell under a pile of fake snow. I slipped and slid down a long ice alley that kept me going deeper and deeper. Holding my hat to keep it from coming off, I shouted. My cries bounce off each other and go back to my own ears. And finally, I stopped screaming as I landed very hard where it seemed to be the tip of the ice slide.

As far as I can remember, I fainted at the time. Waking up, I was already trapped inside the ice cave with no way out. The real aeron woke me up. From my slowly emerging consciousness until I fully woke up, he continued to shout my name in panic.

Such is the story of what really happened behind the wandering magical girl trapped inside the ice cave.

“Why are you smiling?”

“Not your business,” I replied briefly. I'm smiling right now while finishing my notes for now.

I closed my book and looked up at the ceiling of the cave with a moderate sigh. My ears do not catch any sound other than that which comes from me. It was hard to accept, but I could imagine the end of my journey ending in this cave. Whatever I'm thinking right now, it's not taking me out of this cave.

After I pay attention again—because that's all I can do—this cave turns out to look beautiful. The reflection of her icy blue color was like giving me a lasting calm. I feel like I'm under the sea now.

There is a saying that the most beautiful things will appear when the end of your life is near. I'm not pessimistic. I just see what I can see now.

While imagining the sound of the clock ticking in my ear, I raised Aeron near my face. The shiny metal felt very cold. When I opened the cover, it was seen that the north was on my right now. “I wonder, can you feel sleepy?” The question just popped up because I felt like I wanted to sleep right now.

“Again, a strange question that suddenly arises from your mouth,” grumbled. “The answer is no. I'm kompas. I'm just pointing in the direction you want. Which makes me different I can talk. I can keep repeating it if you forget.”

“No need. I just want to chat,” I said slowly. I close my eyes and hope when I wake up, I'm in my room.

A vibration that is increasingly felt more and more clearly. I opened my eyes and saw the sky, the walls and the floor were shaking. Even my body is shaking. My heart was shaken like it was in a toy glass ball. Then, an enormous tremor was felt from behind the ice wall in front of me. There is a gap between the vibrations. Like a pattern. If it's not wrong, it's like when I punch the wall of the house. The next vibration creates a crack in the wall. The cracks were increasingly spreading creating a crack. The gap gradually opened and I saw a light. On my front wall, opened a large hole due to the impact of the streak. And the vibration continued but was more pronounced on the floor. I see very big feet. Bigger than any foot I've ever seen. The leg felt so heavy that it caused a great vibration while on foot.

I directly pulled my magic wand forward. Shortly afterwards, the owner of the foot revealed himself from behind the dust and the ruins of ice. What I saw was a shape with two hands and two feet. It resembles a human, but has a very different structure. That structure is familiar to me. The body of the giant creature consists of what is called a steel machine. Yep. I didn't see it wrong. The steel machine was in the shape of a giant man and was capable of moving, even destroying ice walls.

As the creature moved closer, I could see a bright yellow light on its upper body. The light was round in shape, stored within a layer of steel like the yolk of an egg in its shell. Although the movement is stiff like a doll, but I can be destroyed in one hit like the ice wall if I do not do something.

“Identification ... human. Girl-girl. Age ... unknown. Name ... unknown. Threat .. harmless.”

Suddenly, the creature raised its steel arm towards me, then opened its four fingers. I don't know why or how, but I feel like he's trying to shake hands with me.