Chapter One: Icy Skin, Warm Heart

Kirby was struggling against the wind. It wasn't a natural wind, though. It was one created by his friend; an Ice-Elemental.

He had a thick blanket in his gloved hands. When he got to the top of the snowy, windy hill he was climbing, he threw it onto the person that was sitting on top. The wind stopped immediately.

"Are you alright?" Kirby whispered, stroking the person through the blanket. Even with the heavy material, he could still feel the cold seeping through into his hands.

"N-no..." Came the muffled reply. "I-I'm scared... I-I want Kaby to be here..."

Ah, Kaby. The Fire-Elemental. The only one who could control the ice. Unfortunately he, along with Meta Knight, the Air-Elemental, were off in Shiver Star, trying to thaw it out.

"Oh, Keeby..." Kirby cooed. "Calm down. You're going to make the blizzard worse... Do those meditations Addie taught you.

Adeliene. The Water-Elemental. An artist, who mastered in water-colour paints. She used meditation to clear her mind and give her ideas.

Keeby was silent for a while, and Kirby could hear him breathing deeply. A few seconds later, he poked his head out of the blanket. A swirl of cold air and snow blew past Kirby's face as he did so, but the blizzard had completely died down, leaving nothing but a light snow.

"Better now?"

Keeby took one more deep breath, before smiling and nodding. "Better now."

"Good." Kirby smiled. "But, you know, if you lose control like that again, you'll end up freezing everything. Like Shiver Star."

"But... I can't help it." Keeby sighed. "It's seems like I'm losing control more often nowadays. It's almost as if an Animal or Spirit-Elemental is controlling me..."

"That wouldn't be the first time..." Kirby sighed, remembering the last Spirit-Elemental, Zero Two, who used his ghost minions to possess people.

"Either way, Keeby, at least try to keep your powers under wraps until Kaby comes back, or we can find another Fire-Elemental, 'kay?"

Keeby nodded, wrapping himself tighter in the blanket.

Kirby hugged him, even though he was near freezing to touch, before starting back down the hill.

"He has a warm heart." He smiled. "Too bad he was given one of the hardest Elements to control..."

As a Multi-Elemental, Kirby could control every Element. Ice was definitely one of the hardest, though...