In the far reaches of Northern Joya, most of the inhabitants wear skates, for without these sharp, silver blades it would be too slippery to traverse the shimmering ice fields. When the King and Queen find a frozen girl child in a snowbank, everyone stops and tries to thaw her out. A gigantic bonfire is lit, which brightens the night sky, but soon the ice fields of Joya are melting. A trickling stream becomes a rushing river, then suddenly, a deluge...