This was the beginning of the Year of the Spider, a collection of years that were the coldest and most heart-broken of all. Our story here takes place at the very beginning of the year, the main cause of why the year was cursed.
A foolish wolf and a magical cursed flower.
Here is the beginning of our story....
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Winter's Refuge

Lava
A female pregnant red and black wolf with bright green eyes ran through a snowy pine forest. Her hind paws left perfect paw prints in the frosty snow. She had left Pine Town to look for herbs that were only to be found in the wintertime. The wolf came to a stop when she saw a strange flower. It had thin petals that were see through. It appeared to be a rose made of pure ice.
How odd! A rose in the winter! The wolf thought.
She had the strange desire to pick it and give it to the village healer. Maybe someone could find a use for this!
She bent down to pick the strange ice rose. A chill suddenly overcame her and her thick fur was penetrated by a bone chill. The wolf didn't think anything of it and pulled the ice rose. The stem snapped and she felt more than a bone chill.
A frost slowly spread over her body. The wolf jolted back and felt that she could no longer move her legs. She began to panic and called for help, but no one was near enough to hear. The wolf slowly froze solid, little did she know that this would affect her son.
It would be a long time til she was found.