Next morning, Jasper woke up to an abrupt cold, and the fur on her back stood up. She quietly walked out of the room, trying not to wake Adil. As she stepped outside, she gasped in surprise. Everything was white. She looked around, to scared to step into the white fluffy stuff (the 'white fluffy stuff' is snow. But Jasper does not know that yet). She hesitated, but forced to step in it. "AH!" she jumped back. "COOLLLDDD!!!!!" she yelled and ran into the house.
"Uh.... Jasper? You okay down there?" Adil yelled down to her.
"Yes, fine. Come over here, you must see this!" Jasper said in excitement.
"Okay, be down in a bit" Adil said from upstairs.
"No, please you have to come see now!!" Jasper called up to him.
"Alright, alright!" Said Adil, as he slowly walked down the ramp. He gasped out of surprise, as well.
"What is this stuff? Dare me to jump into it?!" Adil said in excitement.
"Yeah... I guess" Jasper said, while making a face at him. But before she could finish, he jumped head first into the snow!
"ARRG!!!" he yelped. Then he got himself together, and sat in the snow, not knowing what to do, trying to act like everything was okay, he said, "Come on in, nothing to be afraid of! Your not scared are you?" He said.
"NO! I'm not scared!" She said. And she jumped into the snow, right on top of him, and scratched him on the head. "Happy now?" she said with a grin.
"... That didn't hurt...." He said, trying not to seem hurt, even though he was. Jasper walked out of the snow and into the woods, and Adil followed. There was not much snow in the woods, but when Adil bumped into a branch, which was quite often, the snow fell out of the tree, and onto their heads! "Where are we going?" Adil said.
"The pond. It's a ways away, but I've been wanting to visit it for quite a while, now." Jasper answered.
"What was that sound?" Adil asked, in fright.
"What sound?? I didn't hear anything. Your mind is probably just playing tricks on you." Jasper answered. They kept walking, Adil listened closely, but he didn't hear anything anymore. Jasper listened too, but she didn't hear anything either. Then Jasper came to a stop, Adil, being Adil, ran right into her.
"SSSHHH!" Jasper commanded. They both listened, and heard a rustling in the bushes. Jasper shivered. Adil quivered and leaned close to her, "I'm scared..." He whispered.
"We will be okay, it was nothing. Just keep walking, and try not to think about it." Jasper said. They kept walking, but Adil still was very curious, and wanted to know what that rustling noise was coming from. They heard the rustling noise again, as if it was following them. They walked for a while, and finally they got to the pond, and to a great surprise, it was frozen! "Well, I certainly wasn't expecting this.... It's frozen..." Jasper said in disappointment. "Hmmm... maybe we could walk on it.." She said. She slowly stepped onto the ice, and slipped "Ouch!" She said, and got up slowly. Her large paws trembled trying to keep her balance on the slippery ice. She slowly walked, then slipped again, but she caught her balance. "Come on, Adil!" She called to him. Adil slowly stepped onto the ice as-well. He slowly walked over to Jasper, and they tried to maintain balance, but struggled. Jasper staggered over to the edge, and waited for Adil to hurry up. He got up onto the edge, as soon as they saw a large shadow of a wolf, in the woods.
"Going somewhere?" the voice called, roughly.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, we ARE!" Jasper said sharply.
"Oooh! Trying to act all tough are you? Oh I am so scared!" The voice called. "I hate it when weak little pip-scweeks try to play hero, you might as well surrender, NOW!" The wolf yelled.
"Make me!" Adil said.
"I wasn't talking to you, cub! I was talking to Jasper!" the wolf said.
"Leave us alone!" Jasper leaped at the wolf. She bit his neck and pushed him to the ground. But he quickly rolled over, and was on top on her, squeezing her neck.
"Your skills are no match for me, you weak little mouse!" the wolf said sharply. Jasper struggled, and clawed at his neck, and he fell over backwards. Adil trotted over, and stuck his tongue in his face, and crossed his eyes. "GET OFF ME!!" the wolf yelled and pushed Adil over. Jasper got up and leaped at him again, claws unsheathed. She clawed his back and he bit her on the neck. Adil jumped on top of the wolf and started to bite his ear. The wolf shook Adil off, without any effort. Adil got up and sunk his teeth into the wolf's tail and pulled at it, and the wolf fell over, and Jasper pounced. The wolf threw her off, and bit Adils hip. "AH!" Adil stumbled, and fell over. Jasper was now raging with anger and jumped onto his head biting at his ear, and clawing at his stomach. The wolf slowly toppled over, and breathed slowly, not able to move. "RUN!" Jasper said. Adil staggered and leaned on her shoulder. They walked fast, but the wolf caught up quickly. They ran faster, Adil slowly gaining his strength back, and they came to the deep snow, and didn't hesitate. They jumped in, and trudged towards the house, the wolf had stopped at the snow, and ran back "THIS ISN'T THE LAST YOU'LL SEE OF ME!" a voice called from the distance.
