My ears were being crushed was how I woke to the first day of winter. I was uncomfortable, hot, and I felt really heavy. I couldnt even remember what happened before I went to sleep. I need to get up, I feel like im suffocating here. My arms were trapped under something soft, It took me longer than id like to admit to figure out that I was underneath the girls.

How long was I out? I thought they would wake me before we made camp and why the hell are they on top of me?!

It took me ten long minutes to escape from the two wrestling sleepers. Vylets fur was making it hot and malady was really freaking heavy. Of course I wasnt going to tell her that, with her powers growing and that little episode she had I need to pay more attention to how I treat her. I heard some crackling and tried to find the source. There was a fire in a little cylinder bin. I just thought it was another hidden thing in the carriage that the girls had found. They were both still sound asleep in a heap on the bed so I grabbed some of the jerky and bread I saw on the table and had a small breakfast. The sound of both the girls snoring was the only thing I could hear, outside was silent.

It took one look out the window to find out why. It had snowed last night, the area around the carriage was covered in a blanket of snow. The carriage was still hidden because the bushes around it were covered in snow. You would have to walk around them to be able to see anything. I walked a short distance from the carriage and tripped on something under the snow.

"ughhnn"

what the fuck? There is a person frozen in the snow!

Immediately I started digging in the snow to get them out. They wont be alive for long laying around in the snow like this. I freed the head and found out its a very pale little girl, the paleness of her skin made me think she was about to freeze to death so I dug faster. I managed to free her chest then her arms, stomach and waist. The only thing she was wearing was a small jacket and some torn gloves.

Why the hell do I keep finding children?

I complained mentally but kept digging the snow off of her. I gave up after her waist and just picked her up from under her arms and pulled her to the carraige. The fire will warm her up. She was oddly heavy for a small child and I felt like she was dragging something behind her but I just focused on getting her into the carriage. She will die soon if she doesnt warm up. I opened the carriage door and pulled her in setting her near the fire, I pushed the door closed to keep the heat in. But it hit something and wouldnt close, I looked down and I see a large snake's tail. It went from outside the carriage and ended just below the little girl's waist.

Why the hell do I keep finding Demi-human children?!

Seriously, where the HELL ARE THEIR PARENTS?!

I couldnt help but curse inwardly. This girl was a lamia, a snake woman. They story was they would capture and rape men from human villages to increase their population. After the men couldnt give them children anymore they were sacrificed and eaten by the lamia's clan. But that was just what the humans said, Ive seen what lies their stories have been lately. I think they just get a bad reputation, like everything else in the human kingdom that isnt human.

Suffering children always reminds me of my demon friend when I was a slave. I hate seeing children suffer, so ill help this girl and hope the stories are just full of shit like the other ones. I pulled her tail in and closed the door, putting as much of her snake body near the fire as I could. It was freezing outside and I dug her out without any gloves so I sat next to the fire as well. She was a very small girl, with small freckles dotting her cheeks and a deep brown hair. She wore a small tattered gray jacket with ripped gloves that exposed some of her fingers. The jacket was small, but it was extended to go lower by sewing other cloth to the bottom to make it longer.

A couple minutes by the fire had passed and she started moving. I thought she had woken up but, it turns out she was just unconciously moving closer to the warmth. I didnt want her to get burned though so when she got too close to the fire I moved her back a little. I put a blanket on her when that got annoying, maybe that will stop her from moving so much.

Malady and Vylet were starting to wake up, I can tell because they said good morning to each other and had started talking to each other about yesterday and the things they saw. Completely oblivious that I was sitting on the floor with a lamia girl.

I was kind of feeling left out, I just ignored the feeling and waited for the lamia girl to wake up. Didnt take long for that to happen. I saw her open her eyes and look at the fire, then around the carriage till she saw me. She immediately escaped to the other side of the fire and hissed at me. The two on the bed finally noticed us after they heard the noise and sat up looking at me and the girl on the floor.

"Who have you kidnapped now?"

Vylet said with a smirk, not taking the situation seriously at all. Malady didnt seem to either and was simply looking at the lamia with an interested expression. I didnt even bother to answer vylets question and instead tried to talk to the girl.

"relax, we arent going to hurt you. I found you outside asleep in the snow-"

"Snow? How can there be snow it wasnt that cold yesterday" Vylet hopped off the bed and looked out one of the windows at the blank white ground outside.

"Wow"

"As I was saying" Turning my attention back to the scared lamia girl." I found you outside sleeping in the snow, I thought you had passed out or something and didnt want to leave you to die out there. So I brought you inside and put you next to the fire."

"Yousssave Lammisss?" She asked looking geniunely confused at this. "But Lammisss wasss taught alll hatesss lamiasssss."

"Ive learned to keep an open mind lately. Malady over there is a minotaur."

She waved at the girl, giving her a smile and showing off her hooves at the same time.

"And the loud girl at the window is a Demi-human" I gestured at her, choosing to ignore the glare she shot me for calling her loud.

Lamis looked at us with her head tilted slightly, trying to process this.

"Also we arent far from where I found you, so you can probably find your way home." I added. But her eyes widened at this and she started crying. Im not very good with children so, im not sure how to handle this.

"Lamissss is aloness. Sisssterss wents huntingss, I tried to followss but got lossstsss."

I sighed, yet another problem added to the list. At least this one shouldnt be too hard to solve.

"Alright we will help you find your sisters." I said, getting a weird look from malady. I couldnt tell if she was proud or annoyed. Vylet ran over to Lamis giving her a hug and trying to stop her sobbing.

Already the lonely noble girl tries to make another friend.

That was fast, she doesnt pass up a chance to make a new friend. Lamis stops crying and Vylet gives her a cloth to wipe her face. I open the door and gesture for her to come so we can find her village. The lamia girl gets 3 feet away from the door before collapsing again.

I had to resist the urge to facepalm and picked up the lamia girl and put her back into the carriage. This is going to be more difficult than I thought.