Hiya J!
It's New Years Eve, and we're huddled outside, swathed in furs- that's Jessica, Aaron, Phoenix, Book, Heather and Me- holding cups of hot chocolate and cream. The Northern Lights are shining, more green and pink than I've ever seen them.
"One more minute!" Book cries, and We're all laughing. The stars glittered overhead.
Ten!Nine!Eight!Seven!Six!Five!Four!Three!Two!One! Happy 2013!We jumped about cheering, wishing each other a happy new year. Indy bounded out of the house.
Lucky! Lucky! Kiya's here, Kiya's here!What?! I cried, racing after her, through the house and into Mum's room. She held a little baby in her arms. It looked like this:

I walked over to her and perched on the bed. The baby Kiya blinked open her large, grey eyes.
Why are her eyes that colour? I asked. I knew it was an unnatural colour.
Kiya? Kiya, look at me. She gasped.
She's blind, Lucky.I blinked, confused.
How can you live without seeing?Her other senses will be twice as powerful, you wont notice. Maybe she'll have an extra sense- a sixth sense- for the lack of sight.Cool, I said. Mum retreated under the furs, Kiya still in her arms.
She's getting cold, Mum explained. Dad smiled at us.
You two should go to bed. It's late.Happy new year, Daddy, I said- I hadn't called him Daddy for years, I realised as I walked out with Indy and shut the door. I walked to the front door, where the others were singing.
Dad says it's time for bed, I told them, and with several 'awws', we all went inside and shut the door. I led Indy into our room and shut the door. I climbed into bed, cuddled up in my sleeping bag, in a pile of furs.
I was cold, I realised, yawning in the darkness. Drowsiness overcame me.
Happy 2013...I awoke several hours later to the sound of voices. Outside the thin walls, someone was talking. Silent as a feather, I wrapped polar bear around me and walked to the wall, listening. The voices were unfamiliar.
They're inside, boss, about nine of them.Good, and how are they coping?Well, sir, very well.Ugh, how I wish we could starve them! But Cody said not to, didn't he? You're Arcian, fool, what would he be plotting?I don't know sir- your united states of Islandia, Vereterra, and Smaragdus know as much as us.Yes, the Vere Glacies are a fine group of countries, aren't they? But why the Arcian royal family? Why not the Islandic one?I don't know sir, I don't know. So what will you do?I'll call them for a meeting tomorrow. Send that idiot guard Sara to fetch them. See what they can salvage.His majesty wont like that.Tough. I could burn their house down and Cody cannot lay a finger on me, as he is not my king.I gave a small gasp, and as my paw went to muffle the sound, it hit the wall. The dogs outside froze.
What was that?Maybe someone inside heard our conversation.Whoever it was, when I find out, they will be punished severely.Yes, if you find them.If? No if, fool! When!Yes, when. Unless...Unless what?Unless it is the girl Cody told us not to hurt.What is he up to? The voices were getting fainter as the dogs moved away.
I don't know, sir. What was her name again?I strained to hear his answer, but they were too far away. I cursed my clumsiness, and climbed back into my bed, wondering:
Who the waffles is this mystery girl???