Virgil was walking through the forest, kicking the fallen leaves and stepping on twigs. Continuing on his little adventure, he came across a clearing with a pond in the centre. Even if it was October and not yet cold enough to freeze over, the pond had a thick layer of blue ice on top.

Walking to one of the trees, Virgil took his backpack off and opened it, pulling out a pare of ice skates and put them on before hiding the bag. He slowly walked out onto the ice, keeping near the edge.

A crow above head cawed, breaking the silence and scarring Virgil enough to make him jump.

CRACK!

The ice under Virgil split. He stayed still, looking around for something to grab hold of.

CRACK!

Panicking slightly, he got ready to jump up and grab a tree branch.

CRACK!

Virgil jumped up as all of the ice that was in a two meter radius broke off and seemed to melt into the pond. Virgil pushed a small amount of orange and red leaves out of his face.

SNAP!

That was the last thing Virgil heared before he fell into the pond, branch still in hand. He tried to swim to the top but only hit his head on the newly formed ice sheet. Virgil sunk to the bottom where the branch was and layed down, letting out his last breath before a ring of darkness surrounded him.

(If you spot any more, I will add them onto the list)
Prompts used:

1: ring,
26: dark.