I'm finally back! Sorry for the wait! I had a hunk of work needed to be completed and I've finally finished them!

I highly advise that you read the previous FOUR stories before reading this one as it won't really make any sense and might end up confusing the heck outta you.

FrostBitten: The Nine Isles: Nine islands. Nine rulers. No one is friendly. Frost Richtofen, the boy who beat the impossible 'Test Of Courage', is set on to unite the islands and fight back the evil Litch who threatens to take his life and his entire home continent. However, the Litch isn't the only one with diabolical plans...

Contains- Extreme imagery of blood and gore, Strong emotional love, Epic fight scenes, Nudity, Possible lemons, Mob Talker, Excessive use of language and violence, mature content and finally, a lethal dose of adventure blended well with fantasy!

Hope you guys enjoy this story as much as the previous ones! Sorry if the first few chapters are a little slow and weird! Happy reading! And also, happy April Fools.

Chapter One: Time Ticks

Phase's POV
I sat silently behind my polished, freshly painted wooden desk which was positioned on the second row of desks and at the centre. The classroom is just how we left it before first practice. Pictures of us scattered around randomly with dates written in blood red hung to the right, yellow painted wall. Three ceiling fans spun like helicopter rotors high above us, blasting refreshing air upon us all as our paper booklets rattled like machine guns. I was perfectly erect and silent, staring down at my folded booklet with a dark blue pen in my right hand held irregularly. My light blue eyes pierced the paper with ease, reading the black, printed words which read 'Dream' over and over again, trying to comprehend what if truly meant. A dream. My dream.

While one half of my mind was focused on that, the other was focused on Frost. He's here, at this school and he's in the classroom downstairs on he second floor of this four storey building. That's where the older students are. Ruby and her sisters are in the same class as I am, but I've never spoken to them once. They understand well why.

"Frost", I whispered to myself and clenched my pen tightly before placing it flat on top of my white booklet, gripping both opposite ends of the table as I pushed myself out of my seat with a loud, painful screech which caused me to grit my teeth a little.

The entire class froze and dropped everything, immediately staring at me as I walked behind my chair and pushed it underneath my desk before slowly moving up to the door which was to the top right of the classroom. My footsteps were as loud and echoed a few times as I approached it. I extended my right hand for the silver door handle and clutched it's fine, smooth exterior. Just as I began to twist it clockwise, the female teacher spoke to me.

"Are you feeling alright, Phase? You're acting a but strange today. It's not like you", She said softly from behind. I paused, slowly taking in a deep breath of the cool, silent air to my lung's content before saying something...

"I'm fine. Just need to use the bathroom", Was my reply. I said it without any emotion whatsoever and with a straight face. She hummed in confusement as I fully twisted the silver handle, hearing it release a satisfying click, then pushing it open slowly. It creaked silently as I walked out and immediately headed to the left, walking down the white hallway with a small, excite smile now plastered across my cheery white face. At the end of the hallway, there was a staircase that lead both up and down. Obviously, I headed straight down as silently as possible, hearing footsteps march from the corridors bellow.

I ignored them. After entering the second floor's hallway, I headed to the right and looked to the top right, reading the names of the classrooms that I passed as silent as air. Chemistry class, rifle mechanics class, strategic class and magic class... The one I stopped at was 'make' class since that's the place we had to go when we first came. I stopped in my tracks, turning to the right to face the front light brown, hard wooden door with the silver door handle sticking out in an ever so tempting manner. He's here. I know it. I took in a deep breath of air and gulped down a mouthful of saliva, blinking hard before gripping the handle with my right hand and twisting it clockwise. It emitted a small scraping noise right before it clicked and jolted from it's locked position, allowing me to pull the door wide open and take a step inside to see everyone inside stare at me with widened eyes. Even the male teacher who's name was Nikolai. The same man who was with us during the destruction of the western side.

I had a good look around the entire classroom and easily spotted him since he was the only one wearing an eye patch. I made my slow journey towards him as he stared out off the window at the far right corner of the classroom, minding his own business and paying no attention to me whatsoever. I growled to myself and continued to approach him, passing by many other faces who stared at me with awe and shock to why I was here.

Finally, I stopped in my tracks, standing to the right of him as he stared out of the window, depressed for some reason. It made me a little sad, but at the same time, I was happy. He wore the school's black button shirt and the long pants to go well with it. His shoes were the SAME old grey ones that he always wore and finally, his left eye was a light, ruby red which was a dead give away.

Everyone still stared at me, or should I say us since my focus was drawn to him and him only. He shook his head, letting out a quiet, sad sigh before turning his head around to face me... The moment our eyes were locked onto one another, he gulped. And it wasn't one of those normal gulps. It was the type that you'd do if death was standing at your front door...

"Phase... Is something the matter?", Nikolai asked me from the far right. I shook my head quickly and blinked, still staring at 'Syringe' with a small, delicate smile that I knew he could never EVER resist.

"Uh... H...Hey... Do I... Know you?", He said shakily, gripping he edges of his yellow painted timber table tightly, trying to fight back his nervous state that took him by storm and drove his body.

"You know exactly who I am and why I'm here", I immediately said to him, clenching my fists a little as I watched him widen his eyes and blink twice... Bullseye.

"R...Right. Ah... Phase... Um... Did I surprise you?", He asked slowly and nervously, probably not wanting to give away just who he TRULY is. I respect that, but not coming to see me as soon as he came is something I can't look over... Out of everyone, I missed him the most! I've been depressed every since! Agh...

"Of course you surprised me. I missed you", I said cheerfully, making him sigh and smile warmly, escaping the chains of nervousness and becoming the old Frost that I once knew and loved with all my heart...

He opened his mouth, looking like he was ready to say something before suddenly, the bell rang as loud as an evacuation siren, indicating that class was over... He shut his mouth and shook his head left and right before saying something.

"Let's talk in private"... I nodded happily and immediately agreed.

"Yes".

Frost's POV
Dammit! I regret even bothering to hide my identity and should've just entered the school with my REAL name! I had no idea that things would be like this! People keep on asking me what 'type' I am and how I did all those things! I don't mind being well know, but having a large amount of people chase after me and ask me a million questions is a nightmare!

We went from place to place, trying to lose the crowd and talk in private but failed on so many levels. The centre of the school, the practice grounds, gym, locker room, toilet, you name it!

It was me, Phase and the girl who I saved. Her name is Res. A nice, simple name that suits her well. We ran as fast as we could away from the crowd, turning left and right to wherever my heart decided to lead us. I held onto Phase's hand with my right, dragging her along as Res shadowed behind. Soon after, we found ourselves in a solid, dark brown field where a small fight was happening. There was a crowd of about thirty people all surrounding two male figures who each had a flame in their palms, ready to fight to their hearts content... I blinked, growing curious and ceased running, slowly walking up towards the commotion with Phase humming in confusement and Res huffing and puffing.

I turned around, making sure that we lost the crowd. No on. Good. I sighed, blinking in relief before turning around to face the front again and slowly approached the crowd up ahead, hearing yells of anger emit from the centre and gasps from the sidelines. An urge pushed me to go forward, but after a few more steps I stopped and decided that this would be good enough.

Phase tugged on my right hand downwards gently, making me look slightly down at her with a small, heart-filled smile which caused her face to turn a little red with embarrassment.

"Yes?", I asked in a warm, friendly tone of voice as Res walked up to my close left and exhaled loudly with all her might, wiping off some sweat from her forehead with he back of her right hand and clenched onto her knees whilst bending slightly.

"Why are we standing this far away?", She asked me in what sounded like a whisper, making me look back to the front and blankly blink, seeing a large, red and orange flicker of light spark from the middle of the crowd as if a miniature explosion had occurred. Res gasped immediately, taking a step back as soon as the crowd backed off from the two as a huge, flickering fire ball that resembled a flaming cannonball forced its way straight towards us like a bullet. Oh crap!

As fast as I could while eyeing the flaming, extremely hot ball of fire with my left, light red eye, I reached for Res's hand with my left tightly and pulled her behind me as well as Phase. I grit my teeth and braced myself for impact, leaving my body as open as day to the fire ball... It exploded an inch away from my body, causing a beautiful eruption if flames to consume my vision shortly before vanishing into oblivion... I couldn't even feel the heat. Ack... That's right. I have high resistance to elemental magic. Figures. I sighed, shaking my head left and right before pulling both Res and Phase out from behind me and checked to see if they were alright. Phase had a puzzled look to her face and Res looked as if she was about to have a heart attack... They both had widened, completely shocked eyes... Eh?

"Syringe?! Y...You're unscathed?! You escaped death?!", Res exclaimed, making my eyes widen a little as I jolted up in fright, hearing the thumping of footsteps approach us from the right as I stared down at her adorable, shocked face.

I blinked, looking down at my black school attire to find nothing but a single carbon particle which rested on the middle button... I need to think of something logical to HOW ON EARTH I was able to survive that. All that training I did with Litch turned me into a super FrostBitten.

"I... It... Er...", Good job brain! "Well... You see-".

"Phase! Are you alright?!", An extremely familiar voice cried worriedly from the right, causing my pupils to contract as I knew EXACTLY who it was... I'm so dead... "Why are you holding his hand?!", The girl cried as I stared down at the ground with a blank facial expression, hoping for the best as one false word could easily lead to my doom... She'll turn me into a girl, and destroy me if she finds out who I am!

"Melody? I thought you were still picking your teammates. Why are you here?", Phase asked slowly, gripping onto my hand twice as hard as a gust blew from up ahead noisily... Please don't notice me! Just... Talk to Phase and NOT me!

The thudding stopped and were replaced with loud breathing and the rustling of our attired with filled the air with a pleasant mood... I had a quick glance at Res and looked back to the ground... She's still shocked... I'm so dead!

"Y...you spoke?!... So the rumours were true...", Melody said, taking a deep breath before immediately continuing. "Anyway, are you alright? That condensed fireball could've killed you all instantly! Lucky no one got hurt"... She actually worries about people?... Pfft! That's a new one! If she went through a complete change, then I'll be the happiest man alive.

"We're fine", Phase said with a small smile, turing around to face us as her hand slipped out of my grasp. I blinked and kept my composure, still staring down at the ground with high hopes that Melody would NEVER spot me... "Are you ok, Res?", Phase asked kindly in her ever so sweet tone of voice... I can't believe how much of a change she went through! From stabbing me countless times to this? A lot can change in six months... But if I was here, I don't think anything would've changed at all.

"Huh?! Ah... Y-Yeah! I'm alright!", Res exclaimed and stuttered all over the place with nervousness and shock, making me take in a quiet, deep breath of air and exhale slowly, trying to calm myself down... Why is she so stirred up? At this rate I'll be exposed to- "M-More importantly, is Syringe al-alright?! He took the full blast and y-yet h-he's still alive!"... Crap!...

A stiff silence entered our playing field as I blankly blinked and looked up ahead, raising my head to see the crowd of students stare at me with lowered jaws. I blinked again, feeling my heart bash against my ribs and my blood rush around my body like bullets. Dammit... I don't have a choice anymore...

Releasing Res's hand from my grasp, I turned my entire body to face Melody who stood beside Phase with an open, warm, AMAZING smile which literally pierced my heart and ALMOST made me laugh out loud. I smiled, forgetting every negative thing that clogged my mind immediately as I recoiled forward and quickly cupped my mouth with my left hand, forcing myself to NOT burst out laughing at her... Oh man... Oh man... I'm gonna die if I- PFFT! That smile suits her too well! Dammit! Don't laugh brain! Do NOT laugh!

"Frost?", Phase said in a worried tone of voice... I choked on my laughter immediately and entered an endless fit of coughs in response to Phase saying my name in FRONT of Melody and a few others standing around us. I leaned forward, holding a fist in front of my mouth as Res began to slam her right palm against my upper back to help me recover. Thankfully, I was able to recover and regain my composure... "Hmm? Melody? What's with the face?"... Eh?...

I sighed, slamming my left fist against my chest as I cleared my throat and silently thanked Res from behind before turning back around to see Melody stand there with widened, light green, teary eyes which reflected the sun's glare like still water. Her light green, long flowing hair which was tied up in a pony tail fluttered to the right of her as the tears steadily grew more dense and dense, ready to fall down her smooth white cheeks and onto the dark brown earth below us... Ah... Dammit... Just seeing hat makes ME want to cry! T...This is too good to be true... She's really on the verge to cry... I feel... So guilty...

I stared into her eyes with my left, light red eye as she returned it, taking a step forward and jolting upwards, just about ready to bawl her eyes out which made me blink and smile in an attempt to calm her down... That didn't work at all... My heart ached painfully in both guilt and happiness as I watched her down become a bright, cheerful smile... I held my breath as my heart jolted to the bullet fired from her amazing appearance... She's... Amazing when she's a normal girl!

"M...Melody. You don't have to... Cry", I said softly and at once, she rushed up to me with open arms and embraced me with all her might... "Melody?".

"We've missed you so much Frost! Six months was too long for us to handle! You idiot! And here I thought you'd never come back!", She cried muffledly into the centre of my chest at the top of her lung, venting out as much happiness and sadness from her system. I felt like crying as well, but I endured it and just smiled as I slowly wrapped my arms around her. My right hand cupping the back of her head and my left on her lower back, gently rubbing it to comfort her. She continued to sob hard and pour her salty, crystal clear tears into my attire which reached my skin with ease...

"I've missed you too. All of you", I said warmly, tightening the embrace and looking over her head to see four other people standing behind her, staring at us with widened eyes filled to the brim with disbelief... I cleared my throat quietly and blankly blinked before whispering something into where Melody's ears would be if they were visible. "Keep my name a secret. From now and on, it's Syringe. I don't want to spawn unwanted attention. Please".

"N...No problem!", She cried in a muffled manner, sending nice vibrations throughout my entire body which made me chuckle a bit... Thank goodness... For a second there I thought- "Only IF you join our team!"... Ah... So there was a catch... Looks like I'll have to agree... Not that it bothers me. I would've joined regardless... My first step is to go from underdog to hero... Haha! This should be fun! The first step to uniting this entire continent!