The sun could barely penetrate the thick clouds as they overshadowed the icy landscape. There was almost no sign of life on the snowy ground, yet beneath it, the water was teeming with life, as was expected. The polar bears had long since gone from this place, and the ice had returned, almost magically. People everywhere had been calling this incident a miracle, but no one could figure out how it had happened. This is where Ies comes in. At the moment in the year, where it seemed the last bit of ice from the shrinking polar region was about to dissolve forever, a microscopic frost particle forced its way through the Earth’s atmosphere. Floating through the sky, it drifted down towards the massive black ocean, where that final piece of ice was just about to vanish. The frozen speck touched the ice, and the shocked molecules began to move slower. The decrease in speed exploded across the surface of the water, and the expanding ice continued to grow, until the entire ice cap had been restored. In the very center of the icy circle, the particle began to change. A sleek jawed head with a spiny crest like a crown of icicles sprouted first, and after that, the skeletal body followed, extending the spiky headdress into a sharp crystalline backbone. Within a few seconds, a gaunt creature with bright eyes like pinpoints of light on its face, surveyed the ice around it. Its body looked like it had been made from pure ice, entirely transparent, like a living ice sculpture. This creature was Ies.

The new organism took a few steps, taking great care where it placed its bony claws as it navigated across the fresh terrain. After a little while, it came upon a huge crack in the ice. This was to be Ies’s first home. For quite a few years, Ies lived in comfort in the new land, touring it occasionally and observing every living creature he encountered with limitless curiosity and interest. He always did this from a distance, always fearing his discovery. Through this fear he developed soundless travel, learning to creep along the ground and jump to and from great heights in complete silence. Ies had no need to hunt, for he sustained himself with the snow that piled in great amounts in blizzards. These incidents of strong winds and flying snow excited him very much when they happened, and he would often play around in the worst of the snowstorms. The driving snow didn’t harm him at all, and he defied gravity when he walked on the fresh powder layer, neither sinking nor leaving any sort of track behind. And then, Ies found his first humans.

There weren’t very many of them. He came upon a snow block structure that looked too perfect to be natural on one of his rounds, and as he came closer, he noticed that there were some creatures coming and going in and out of it. It looked like the creatures had built a cave. It had a very small entrance, and a medium height roof, and even from a distance, Ies could feel heat coming from inside. Curious, he crept towards the structure. Taking note of objects that could give away his presence; he slid silently around the inhabitant creature’s methods of travel. They had those thick furred loyal husky animals as their servants, but all were asleep in their nests they had dug, and were getting quickly covered by the driving snow. Ies avoided them by picking up their heat signatures, and the warmth grew stronger as he neared the snow block cave. He paused before the entrance, uncomfortable as waves of heat washed over his sleek body. Trembling with fear, yet filled with curiosity, he took a mouthful of snow to cool off, and peered inside.

There they lay, oblivious of his presence. The two legged creatures were bundled in fur, but Ies could see that the only natural part of this rested on their heads. They were completely at peace with their eyes closed, mumbling in their dreams. Ies had never seen two legged creatures without wings before. The only twin legged animals he had ever encountered before were those birds that flew very high if he made noise. These creatures didn’t have wings of any kind. Their skin looked very bare and soft. Ies’s intrigue rose and he walked the rest of the way into the warm house to have a closer look. As he neared one human, his powerful senses worked out that it was female. She was very beautiful to look at, especially in the light of their little flame they had made in the snow house. Ies then turned to the masculine human, and noted the differences in his features. Ies sat down, quietly comparing the variations of the two people, and then turned to leave, only to be surprised by the presence of a smaller person blocking the doorway. It too was female. He halted, tensed to run, but he wasn’t sure where. There was no way for him to get out of here without crashing through a wall. Throughout all of Ies’s experience, he never left any sign that he had been in an area, and he was sure that these people needed their warmth in this cave. Confused and very frightened, he backed away from the creature.

The girl laughed and advanced, her arms spread before her, eyes sparkling with interest. Ies halted his retreat, and his slender ears pricked up.

“Silla!” she said. “Iluq silla!”

The words were strange to him. He didn’t know what she was saying, but her actions communicated friendliness, not hostility. Ies slowly stretched his neck towards her. She reached for him with her little grasping paws, and touched his icy snout. A shock ran through his body. She was warm. Too warm. His body wasn’t made for high temperatures. Ies shrank back, and the girl lowered her arms. She looked at her hand, which was stinging with cold, then turned her gaze towards the fire her parents had made to keep them warm in their igloo. Ies was frozen with fear, afraid of the warmth of the creature’s touch. The girl radiated sadness, and the ice creature before her cocked its head in concern. The girl suddenly smiled, and stepped away from the ice cave’s entrance. Sweeping her hand out, she motioned to Ies, and the creature leaped out into the swirling snow, soaring over the sleeping huskies. And then he was gone, as if the wind had just blown him away like a lone snowflake.

Far away from the igloo, Ies settled near his home. Sitting there, with snow swirling around his body, Ies began to think. The humans were fascinating. He had sensed that their intelligence was high, compared to other animals he had seen. But they had an internal fire that was best left alone. In future encounters, he would probably hang back a little more. As long as he didn’t touch any of them, he was in no danger. And like all other creatures, if he didn’t provoke them, they’d leave him alone. Ies’s senses tingled through him, and the sky burst open in a world of green light. Ies watched the aurora borealis until his body trembled with weariness. Stretching his stiff limbs, the ice creature crept into his den, and fell asleep, while the thoughts of people and snow drifted through his dreams.

Heck of a first impression right there! Personally, I find it extremely hard to write a story without dialogue, but you executed it extremely well! Ies seemed like a very realistic explorer and he grew on me quickly. I think you opened with excellent descriptions and followed that to the end.

I do have, a couple little things to say. For the most part, big chucks of texts can be intimidating, so I personally recommend double spacing your stories, kinda gives a little breathing room I guess. The other thing I would've liked to see was more of his senses. Not just his his sixth one that he apparently has, but sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell, or especially if they're not what would be assumed. Like, if for example, he can't see in color or it all looks glassy though his crystal eyes. Like, humans are brand new to him, and you mentioned he was never seen before. The girl got up extremely close to him, close enough to touch him, which as you mentioned by her being warm, was a whole new sensation to him (I probably looks so bizarre feeling my face for a reference point!) so it might tickle him or prang him with curiosity. Maybe her finger stuck for a moment? I think ice has done that to me before.

Again though, very cool story, I hope to see more of you!

Thanks! I kind of forgot to put the spacing in since I pasted it from where I originally made it (a Word Document).
If you wish to see more...I'll post more! :D

The only reason why the girl didn't have her hand stick to Ies's face is because since he was in their warm house, his body was slightly slick from the heat.