You walk across the frozen lake, hoping to find what you are looking for. You feel the cold air swallowing your sense, your chest feels heavy. Your foot slips and you fall, tumbling down. The ice breaks, and you fall into the depths below. All you can feel is the tingling sense of cold and pain swallowing all thought and reason. You gasp for air, but all you get is cold, hard water. You feel yourself slip into darkness, never to be seen again.

You start to dream of palm trees, swaying to the melody of the setting sun’s rays. You feel the heat and warmth of love, surrounding you. You hear the birds singing. It distorts. You wake up to cold and terror once more. Silence. Nothing moves. You feel your jacket, and through that your pounding heart and soul. The air touches your skin, no longer wet. But that can’t be. You were just in water. The frozen lake lay in front of you once more. How long has it been? A week? A year? Or has it simply been an hour? You long to find it, though you don’t know what or where. You only know how.

Your tredge across the lake once more and see a small hole. You look through it and see a body floating. You watch it turn over, and painfully realize that body is yours. But you’re still alive, so how could it be you? Or are you even living? You find yourself crossing the lake for what feels like forever, until you find the end. There’s a chest. You cannot remember anything at this point. Only what you must do. You reach for your bag, hoping to find a knife or something sharp. Your back is empty. You scan the forests, the pale trees staring you down. The barren branches eating into your soul. You see frozen animals, unable to hibernate against the cold. You search, again for what feels like eternity. You finally find a sharp branch, and drive it into your heart. To your surprise, nothing happens. Your inner consciousness is telling you to open the chest, and after some thought you listen. You are overcome with silence, but with silence comes darkness. You have found peace. You have found what you were looking for.