Right, so, OK. I own nothing but a few characters.

I'll try and make this one longer.

Mya was not having a good day.

"FIRE MAKE;" After being rudely awakened,

"FIREY CROSSHAIRS!" She was now fighting for her life.

"Strength magic x6!"

BOOM!

Luckily, she was pretty good. Puling back her fire rifle, she aimed down the blazing scope and shot several times at the beast.

Ah yes, the monster. It was a towering thing, completely made up of ice and snow. Now, one monster made of snow didn't seem so bad. But when it was 45 feet tall?

It got a little interesting.

An advantage of the humans was that the monster had no legs, only an upper body and fists, protruding from the ground. It's head was a strange, small thing. About 1/4th of the size of it's fists, it moved along the body, at one point on the arm, another on it's chest. Speaking of, on it's chest, right where the heart would be, was a clear blue gem, encompassing the entire left breast bone.

The huge beast, which Redir had already taken to calling "Goliath" sent down a colossal right fist, narrowly missing a leaping Shizuo. He landed on the soft snow and glared up at the towering monsters, already preparing for another strike. Unfortunately the fists seemed to be made of ice, and not, soft snow.

"Ready!" Opal held up her longbow and notched a wooden arrow. "Fire Shot!" A magic circle appeared at the tip of the arrow and moved down, changing it from an ethereal blue to a fiery red. "Fire!" Releasing the string, the arrow left a fiery trail as it sailed though the air and implanted itself into the Goliath's chest. She watched as it seemed not to notice the burning arrow. Shizuo was repeatedly attempting to punch one, but repeatedly getting stuck in the soft snows.

"This isn't working!" Shizuo growled. "We need a single, big attack!"

"Well- Arh!" Mya parried a fist with a huge dense shield of fire. It however caused the shield to shatter. "That isn't going to happen!"

Boom!

Boom!

"My bombs aren't doing anything either!" He scrambled out of the way of another fist. "At least it's slow!" He pulled out another bomb from his satchel. "You know, I kind of hoped for like, a wolf as our first monster. A pup-whoa!" He stumbled through the snow and almost dropped the bomb. "A puppy wolf." He finished.

Looked around the group, while keeping an eye on the Goliath. There had to be something... "Opal, can you make a bigger bow? Like, giant bigger?" She gave a quick nod and he directed his attention to Mya. "Mya! Make the biggest arrow you can!" She frowned, but did as instructed.

"FIRE MAKE; GIANT ARROW!" A huge fire arrow formed beside her, bigger than she. "I can't carry this!"

"I have fire-proof gloves!" Shizuo ran forward and lifted up the large construct with ease. "Damn that's hot."

"Bow Summon!" Beside Opal, a large magic circle appeared. From it came a huge bow, floating in the air. "Aim!" She pulled back her normal bow and the larger one mirrored the movement. Shizuo leaped up and placed the arrow into the required slot.

"FIRE!" Opal, Mya, and Redir shouted in unison, signaling the attack. The enormous arrow flew through the air and punctured the Goliath's chest, making a clean shot as it went straight through the beast. It slowed, mid-punch and stopped. Slowly, it crumbled, for without the gem, it seemed to die.

"Well." Redir clapped his hands together. "That just happened."

"WHAT DID YOU DO?!" A voice called out, breaking halfway through. From out of the woods dashed a blue man. When I say blue, I mean blue, but not like smurf blue. He looked as though he'd died several times over, each one by freezing to death in water. Wearing a long fur cloak, he looked like a medieval lord. He rushed to the discarded and splintered gem, lying amongst the snow. "HOW-how could you!" His tears immediately froze, plastered to his already frozen cheeks. Suddenly he stopped. "Yes, yes. You're right. No use crying." He turned to the shocked group. "Why? Why come here, ad interrupt our peaceful-"

"PEACEFUL?!" Mya screamed and dashed over to him and grabbed his collar. "Pea-how is this PEACEFUL? Our houses are crumbling. Our shores are frozen." Her hair began to lift around her and spark, her amber eyes turning red. "Our land is DEAD. Our crops are DEAD. Our animals are DEAD. MY MOTHER IS DEAD. My father wants to be. MORE THAN A THIRD OF OUR VILLAGE IS DEAD. EVERYTHING IS DEAD!" She screamed, and all the snow in a five foot radius around her evaporated. "Now, do you know what is else is going to be dead?" She raised up a flaming hand.

The blue man's eyes were wide with terror. "NOOOO!" A blast of furious snow and air threw Mya back, and saving the blue man's life. He stumbled back, still terrified.

"Rise! My friends, save me!" Around the group, blue magic circles appeared. From them rose a dozen snowy wolves, each with a blue gen in the center of their forhead.

"AAAWWW YEEEAAH! That's what I'm talking about! Puppies!" Redir shouted, throwing his fists into the air. Being the loudest, a wolf leaped for the small boy. Taking advantage of this, Redir ducked and spun, planting a bomb in the underside of it's belly as it flew past. It landing and slid several feet, noticing something was wrong. It's biggest clue was when it exploded, shattering the gem.

Another pounced for Shizuo who easily dispatched his with a well-aimed punch. He snorted. "Are these supposed to be a challenge?"

"I doubt it." Opal responded while shooting three arrows in rapid succession, each hitting their mark. With only seven wolves, the blue man realized his situation.

No! I am Hoarfrost! MEN!" From the snow rose four ice men. They each held a different weapon. One a lance, a mace, a sword, and a spear. "Icicle Madness!" From the snow, blue circles appeared, forming one giant ring. Icicles jutted from these, creating a cage.

Meanwhile, the lancer charged Shizuo. Bad idea. Shizuo brought his knee up and snapped the ice lance in half, the broken part dissipating into snow. Grabbing the knight's helm in his hand, he crushed it and the gem held inside.

"This is kinda boring actually." Redir, despite his words had a mighty grin plastered across his face. Blowing up two more wolves with pre-placed bombs proved a cinch, "Hey Mya! How're y-" he abruptly stopped when he looked over. She was covered head to toe in fire, The flames roaring a foot above her head. When she looked up, he eyes had actually been replaced by two rolling pools of flames. She looked to be the embodiment of hell.

"I TOLD YOU TO DIE!" A heat wave flew out of her core, instantly melting all enemies. The gems were just a simple crush of boot. The actually wave blew Hoarfrost back into his own spikes, jutting straight through his heart.

In his final moments, as his eyes slowly died, he said one last sentence that made no sense, until much, much later in the story.

"Curse you Olwen. You Know perfectly well that Hoarfrost will be back. And perhaps next time I can find a more suitable ve..." They dismissed it as the ravings of a madman, but Mya couldn't help but feel that he would.

I failed in making it longer.

But heeey, plot development!