A Cold Surprise {Wren&Lena}
Tagged: @grywren
It had never been Lena's intention to turn the snowman into a weapon. Honestly. At most, she wanted to give someone a shock (but a pleasant one) when they turned the corner and suddenly saw a waving snowman. And she had studied the charm she needed to use almost a bazillion times before trying it in practice. It was fool-proof!
Okay, so maybe some people would think it was somewhat childish. Building a snowman and what not. But if snow, seven black pebbles collected by the lake, a carrot stolen borrowed from the kitchens, and half an hour of pushing said snow around was all she needed to maybe get a laugh out of someone? Lena felt it was a worthy cause.
And okay, so maybe she did use more than thirty minutes because she forgot she needed sticks for its arms (how else was it supposed to wave?) and therefore spent almost ten additional minutes searching the area for sticks that had the right shape. But, and Lena could say this honestly, it might just have been the most perfect snowman she had ever laid eyes upon.
Now all that was left was to speak the incantation out loud and move her wand the right way and she was all set. With her eyes narrowed in concentration, Lena performed the spell... except the snowman didn't start waving. Instead he exploded into a huge cloud of snow splattering not only Lena but also the unfortunate person coming around the corner at that time.
With an intelligent "uuargh" Lena lifted her arms to shield her face. Standing as close to the snowman as she had, the snow hit her with enough force to make her fall backwards with another shriek. Luckily the snow secured a soft landing, but it did take a few seconds before the world stopped spinning.
"Oof."














