In hindsight, this was not one of Selphie's better ideas. But the lure of mystery and intrigue pretty much over-rode all her good senses the minute she saw the beach covered in snow.

Something howled in the distance, something foreign and not of this world, she knew that much, and she also knew she had to see what it was.

She took off in the direction of the noise, her shoes crunching happily in the snow.