Ezreal sighed.

As much as he enjoyed fighting the forces of Noxus on the Fields of Justice, he just wasn't into it today. But he knew he had to be, if he wanted to succeed in doing his best. He closed his eyes and drew a deep breath in through his nose as he felt the summoning process come to completion, and the bright light of day met his closed lids from the other side. The explorer's nose was filled with the crisp, chilling wind of winter, and a cold breeze billowed his wintry clothing. With a slight smile, he brushed back his snowy white hair. The summoner had chosen the frosty look for him. Grabbing a Doran's Blade from the grinning shop keeper, Ezreal regarded his teammates, and they him. Garen was already in a quick exchange with his Demacian friend Jarvan, as they both headed to tag-team the bottom region of Summoner's Rift, and Xin Zhao had quickly disappeared into the jungle. Luxanna, the only other caster, was smiling as she came to stand by him after picking an item from the shop. It looked like he was teamed with Demacia itself.

"I was going to take the middle section, if that's fine by you," she chimed, her voice low and calm. She looked relaxed. More like she was going out to shop for new spell books and tea cups, than fight other champions on the Fields of Justice.

"Fine by me," he replied with a chuckle, giving her a confident smirk. She grinned, mimicking his confidence as she swiped her hand once through her blonde hair.

"Good luck, then...?" she paused in heading down the middle lane in the forest, indicating that she did not know his name.

"Ezreal," he said with the same smirk, one hand planted on his hip while the other adjusted the goggles on top of his head. He started to walk backwards down his own lane as Lux grinned at him from across the snowy base.

"Good luck, Ezreal," she smiled as minions started to pour from their Nexus. He threw her a salute before leading the trail of blue-caped minions down the top lain of Summoner's Rift.

To his slight annoyance, Katarina and Cho'Gath were his laning opponents. He had hoped on a day like this, he would only have to deal with one bumbling, OP Noxian. But alas.

He held them off well, slinging mystic shot at opportune moments, smacking Cho or Kat in the face with it when they were out of position from behind their minions, and stacking up the experience and gold. He drove Katarina to the point of having to go back to her base once, helped by her overconfidence. Cho was more patient, and the creature of the void put quite a dent in his health. He finally snagged a kill on Kat, and that ended up almost costing him a death. He stuck to his turret like a leach for the following 7 minutes after calling for Xin to come pick up a kill from the bloodthirsty Cho'Gath.

Breathing heavily, Ezreal wiped sweat from his brow, despite the cold. He used his other hand to lean against the turret for support. The giant stone structure rumbled every second as it shot magical projectiles, the reverberations humming down the stone-cold masonry. The turret shot at the enemy minions swarming its base as Cho'Gath prowled at the edge of its range, his growling voice murmuring promises of bloodshed toward Ezreal. The explorer's icy gaze was focused on the fighting going on between the minion, and he steadied his ragged breathing. He took a glance at his map, and blew a sigh of relief from his nose as he watched the magically moving sphere of Xin Zhao's location trailing up toward the top lane through the river. He noted that Lux was succeeding in dominating her lane, by her positioning.

He waited a moment as Xin crept through the brush, undetected, then burst out to tear the creature of the void apart. Ezreal paused to watch Xin Zhao take him down before starting to recall. Right before the shining blue light whisked him away, he saw Kat return to the lane, and Xin stayed to hold her off.

Ezreal's surroundings flashed, and he was standing squarely in the middle of the snowy, circular base. A cooling, soothing feeling filled him as his given health was replenished, and he turned to buy more items with the gold he had accumulated. As he turned, an announcement sounded that a turret had been destroyed. He checked the map, and saw that Lux had taken the middle turret. Just after he picked up his last item, the Lady of Luminosity appeared behind him in a flash. He almost ran into her on his way back to the top lane.

"Easy there!" she exclaimed, grasping the sleeve on his arm with a start when Ezreal almost knocked into her.

"Pardon," he smiled down at her as she side-stepped around him with the fluidity of a dance. "Well done with your lane," he called as he began to return towards his own. Lux looked up from the counter of the shop as she purchased an item.

"Thank you. Though it looks like I might need to come help the top lane..." there was a sharp glint in her eye as she smiled slyly at him, and she started back out towards the middle lane. Ezreal sent a taken-aback look across the base to Lux as he bounded toward his lane.

"Hey now! I'm soloing that, thank you!" he shouted. Lux threw a wink back across at him before they both lost sight of each other.