Light of Hope and Kisses of Desperation

It's getting darker and darker, colder and colder, in each passing moment – in that middle of nowhere, Winter remains stuck in the line between life and death.

She's frozen all over, unable to move a limb or even open up her eyes, and she doesn't know how long this'll keep on going. It's petrifying. But even though she fears that this may be the end for her, she continues to hold onto that tiny glimmer of hope that comes along with all the precious memories that started flashing inside her head – memories of her friends, her colleagues, her elder brother, and her most beloved.

'Life flashes before one's eyes moments before death arrives – is this what it means…?' she thought at first but realized that the flashbacks she was having right now were different from those she had when she died back at her previous timeline.

'No. I'm not going to die. Not when all these memories are telling me to live on.'