Once upon a time, my Egyptian mummy sister Zura and I lived together in the Arctic as sisters. It wasn’t too hot or too cold for us, so we liked it just the way it is, and played together in the snow every day. We’d swim in the open seas with polar bears. We’d roll down snowy hills. We’d have snowball fights, although it was clear that Zura always won. But best of all, we liked sliding on the ice together. No matter how much fun it was, we always liked sliding across the icy pond towards the other side. It was so much fun that we always tumbled and slid into the snow banks. We’d always emerge laughing and try to get up onto the ice, but we always slipped and landed in a heap.
One day, Zura and I were playing on the ice pond as always, sliding across the pond and crashing into the snowy bank on the other side. As we emerged, we were laughing until we couldn’t stand up - on literal ice. “Wow, that was great!” I cried. “You’re right, Sophie, it’s always fun to play together in such an icy, quiet paradise.” said Zura. “Yeah, just us two, no one else, on ice.” I smiled. Zura tried to get up, and I did too, but we slipped as always and landed atop one another in a heap. We were laughing so loudly that we almost didn’t hear voices calling for us. We looked up, and saw a young human boy (in real life, I know him as a werewolf) and a young vampire. Their names were Fang and Luna.
“Hi, you two! You come from the nearest ice tribe to play with us?” I asked. “Yeah, sure,” said Fang, “You girls are playing ice sliding! Mind if we join you?” “You bet!” said Zura and I together. We lined up at the edge of the pond, and Fang and Luna were boasting. “Bet we can slide all the way to the other side faster than you can!” laughed Luna. “Bet you can’t slide all the way to the edge of the ice!” I giggled. Fang playfully punched me. “I’m going to go even faster than you.” “Want a race?” asked Luna, and he was about to jump into action when Zura grabbed him by the scruff of his tribal coat. “No!” she cried. “Let me teach you.” “Actually, I’ll teach them first.” I added. “I’m an expert slider.” So saying, I leapt onto the ice and slid like I never slid before. “Wheeeeeeeee!!” I cried. BOOF! I landed into the snowy bank. Zura cheered for me, but Fang and Luna looked at each other, annoyed.
“Come on, guys, it’s fun!” I called. “Alright,” said Fang, but Zura stopped him and insisted it was her turn next. Zura leapt onto the ice and slid across, yelling in joy, until she collided with me and landed in the snowy bank. We emerged, hugging and laughing. “Our go!” called Fang. “Wait! Luna has to wait his turn first!” I shouted. “Who cares?” asked Luna, “We can both have a go!” Luna and Fang slid across the ice and landed head first into the snow. They emerged, laughing and high-fiving. Zura and I were astonished! “What? You…” I began, but Luna just pulled a face and Fang jeered, “We’re much better than you!” “Why?” I asked. “Because boys are better at ice sliding than girls. Girls stink! Boys rule!”
These words hurt us so much that we turned and walked away. I was crying softly over what Fang and Luna said. “There now, sometimes people say hurtful things, but I’m sure the boys will learn their lesson sometime soon.” “You mean you will punish them for what they’ve done?” I asked. “Like this!” said Zura, and she pinched my ear gently, causing me to giggle. “Still, we shouldn’t have invited them into our game, they’re far too boyish for our taste.” Meanwhile, Fang and Luna were sliding across the icy pond continuously. “Yeah! Woo!” called Fang. “Now watch me!” Fang leapt onto the ice, but it was too late. The ice began to crack and divide, and Fang fell off his ice floe and into the cold water. He was struggling for his life, and Luna was on the edge of the pond, worried for him. “Help! Luna!” he cried. “Don’t worry, Fang, I’m coming!” called Luna, and he leapt into the water. But soon after he dived in and held onto Fang’s shoulders, he was struggling too! “Help! Help!” they both cried.
Who should hear their cries for help but us. “Oh no! Fang and Luna are in trouble!” I cried. “Perhaps they’re wrong, girls CAN do anything. This is why we need to rescue them.” Zura and I raced towards the pond and leapt into the water. I grabbed Fang, and Zura grabbed Luna, and we both dragged them towards the edge of the water, dragging them onto dry land again. Fang and Luna coughed up water and looked up at us. “Oh thank Drac, you saved us!” said Luna. “You’re both right,” said Zura, “Girls AND boys are good at sliding along the ice.” “Then we’re sorry we didn’t believe you were good. All the slipping and sliding and everything, we thought you weren’t good at it. We thought us boys ruled.” said Fang. “Yeah, sure, but now we’re both wrong.” sobbed Luna. “Cheer up,” I smiled, wiping Luna’s tears away from his soft, pale face, “I think we could slide down icy hills together.” “Why?” asked the boys all at once. “Because that’s what both genders do together.”
“Everyone ready?” I asked a few minutes later as we lined up at the top of a snowy hill. “Sure!” my friends cried. “Three, two, one, GO!” I called, and off we went downhill, until we landed head first into a snowbank, laughing all the way. This continued for the rest of the day, until Fang and Luna had to go back to their Eskimo tribe. Zura and I returned home to our cave too, and as we disappeared into the swirling snow, we vowed we’d play with Fang and Luna someday soon again.
THE END.
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