Rei-of-Hellfire

Today was long; today was really, really long. I hate today. Leaving the crowded schoolhouse, I can finally smell the fresh air, as if for the first time in ages. It’s cold. It’s winter; snow, ice, silent wind. Lots of snow, too much ice and annoying, mute wind. I feel like I’ve been walking in the same direction for too long, the monotony of the snow-covered distance makes me wonder, like Winter Wonderland, but far less interesting. There it is, the lake that marks my way home. Home. But why go the same path as those other days? I’m sick of the mundane, run-down pathway I’ve walked for years. I walked upon the ice c