From: ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-)
Subject: Snow falls at the CASTLE!
Organization: Guardians of Romance
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 13:45:17 GMT


	The sun shone brightly from the gray-white stone walls of the
Castle of Romance. Wind whistled coldly over the once lush green
meadows that surrounded the Castle like a scarf. The brilliant blue
sky was slowly filling with dark, threatening clouds as the two
figures walked slowly alongside the sparkling brook that wound it's
way across the wide valley.

	"It's getting awfully cold" Brianna shivered, looking up at
the sky, "Wonder if we might get some snow?" she said in a hopeful
tone.

	"Could be although those clouds are far away. The wind isn't
right to move them our way unfortunately" Feral Knight replied,
holding her warm hand in his as they listened to the burbling water.

	"I love snow, I wish we would get a ton for Christmas!" she
answered fervently.

	"I too love the snow. I remember the deep drifts that would
block off the cave entrance when I was young. I would have to dig my
way out to the sunlight every morning. I remember the thousands of
bits of light reflected from the solid blanket of snow and ice that
covered the ground and trees. It was so beautiful." he reminisced
about his lonely childhood in the wilderness.

	The air was supremely crisp and invigorating as it
swept across the valley and the sun shone down with icy brilliance.
They had been in need of some time alone together and the walk outside
was refreshing and intimate. Suddenly, they became excruciatingly
aware of the other and they stopped. There was something else in the
air that nagged at their senses.

	"What is it?" she wondered looking at her mate.

	"I don't know, but there is a feeling in the air, a feeling of
magic." he said, looking around them. Their eyes made contact directly
and paused, locked to one another. A slow grin curved his mouth as he
pivoted slowly on a foot to face her fully. He stared into her eyes
and an almost painful warmth swelled inside his chest.

	"Brianna..." he whispered as incipient tears made his eyes
shine in the light. Almost every time he looked deep into her eyes
this feeling swelled to impossible proportions within him. Oh how he
loved this woman! That she loved him the same was something that
seemed incredible to him and yet so right.

	They drifted together and held each other tightly for a
moment. He could smell the clean scent of her body and hair and his
heart ached with love. This was the woman he had unconsciously been
searching for all his life. This was the reason he had left his
precious wilderness and traveled through populated Lands, searching
for something he couldn't name but felt a irrepresible urge to find.

	He had found the Land of Romance long ago and had stayed to
champion the Goddess of Love. She had led him unknowingly through
trials and tribulations that had forged him into an indomitable force
of right in defense of the Land. Her ministrations had not always been
gentle but the end result had been a man that had learned to love
himself as well as others. It was this one flaw that he had always
carried and now he was complete. Then She had gone one step further
and made his life totally whole...She had allowed Brianna to come into
his life.

	They had wed only a short time ago and yet it seemed as if
they had never been apart. Utter joy was experienced in the company of
the other even amongst the most trivial of activities. When they were
together it felt as if the universe aligned itself correctly.

	He moved his head back and gently kissed her warm mouth. Their
lips moved together and breaths mingled as a cold gust of wind pushed
fiercly at them. Feral Knight's eyes opened and he grinned as he
pulled back from his wife.

	"Darling, look about", he murmured softly.

	Brianna looked and her excited laughter pealed across the
fields. Large, fluffy flakes of snow were descending in stately beauty
over the Land. The clouds had moved after all for some reason and the
air was filled with billions of flecks of icy snow that fell gently to
the ground. The snowfall was incredibly thick and they knew that in a
short time the valley and Castle would be covered with a sparkling
blanket of white.

	Feral Knight looked towards the Castle and his brow furrowed
slightly as he concentrated. He then relaxed and a warm look appeared
in his eyes as he thought of a particular someone who was a close
friend of both of theirs. Yes, that may be the reason for this,  he
mused. He then turned abruptly and swept Brianna up into his arms!
Whirling about in a spiral they laughed with utter freedom and blessed
the Goddess for their fortune.

-FK