Scarlet Fireprism is not excited for Christmas this year. For one thing, it is cold. She hates Christmas.
Christmas is a time to spend with family and friends, but she has none. The last time she tried to meet up with a friend was on Halloween, which ended up with her friend being vanished by the puppet master.
So this year, she will try to save her friend. She started this mission when Winterfest began, and nothing terrible has happened. She wants to return after Winterfest so she does not have to experience the cold.
She thinks her friend might be trapped somewhere on Dragon Isle, so that is where she's headed.
One day of her mission, she wakes up. Where was she again? Oh, right. She is along the path between the Academy and Bonfire Spire. Halfway there. She just needed to eat and look at the map again, and then she could continue travelling.
Except for one thing. Her backpack is suddenly gone. Without a map, she doesn't know where she is going. She’ll have to find her backpack first.
“Hmmm,” Scarlet said. “It should be around here.”
So Scarlet searched. She searched the area, but she couldn’t find anything. “Ugh,” Scarlet said. “Do you know where it is?” She asked Luna who her pet was. She shook her head. “How about you?” She asked her buddy, who is a Husky. He sniffed on the spot where the backpack was just last seen, then he started walking. Scarlet hurried after him.
Soon they arrived near some bushes. Suddenly the dog stopped. “Oh,” Scarlet said. “So this is where my backpack is?” Scarlet went behind the bushes. But her backpack was not there. Now what?
Her Husky put his paw over her hand like he was telling her it was going to be alright.
“I know. If only I had a map.” Scarlet said. “We need to know where we’re going.” Surely her Husky can’t lead the way, because they wouldn't know where they would be going, and they could be going to the middle of nowhere.
Suddenly Scarlet had an idea. “Wait. Let’s make a trap.” She said, She flicked her eyes to Luna. “I’ll use you as bait.”
Scarlet hid behind a bush, with Husky following along. “You stay where you are, Luna. Surely anyone would want a mythical epic, so the person who stole my backpack last night must also want to steal you. But we won’t let the person capture you.”
She waited. And waited.
Until a shadow came from the sky, swooping down. Scarlet gasped. It is the Puppet Master! Isn’t he supposed to be in Dragon Isle?? Right at the moment, Scarlet jumped from her hiding place.
“Stop this right now!” She said as she cast Starbit. But it was too late.
The Puppet Master was gone, and he had taken Luna with him.
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Extra note: this story is called winter without snow because there really isn't any snow in the story.