CHAPTER 3 (The Glacial Mountains)
Espie was given a nicely knitted sling bag made of Flax by Teva. Others had their own bags prepared already and were preparing other items they intend to carry with them. They all head towards the Spirit Tree to have blessings before moving on to getting supplies. After having blessed, they move on to getting fresh fruits and berries from fruit trees and berry shrubs. Next, they got robes and scarves for the freezing mountains they were going to pass by.
Espie read from the scroll, "Glacial Mountains, head West through the Valley of Winds, Travel across the Forlorn Mountains and across the Forlorn Valley into the Glacial Mountains. So we would be heading to the Glacial Mountains first, my friends." Espie rolled back the scroll and lead her four friends through the lush forests of Nibel.
Upon reaching the Valley of the Wind, they made themselves gliders out of big and long leaves. They glided through the afternoon below the Sorrow's Pass and into the Forlorn regions. As the five glided across the Forlorn regions, Kayne exclaimed "What a sight, the former living areas of the Gumon, The Forlorn Ruins." They glided on through the Forlorn Region, finally arriving and landing on the edge of the Glacial Mountains.
The skies were splashed with a reddish-purple shimmer and there was a mix of blue and orange. Aura happily shouted "It's BEAUTIFUL! What nice shades of the skies." "We should make camp here, it's evening" Sven suggested, as he pulled out his spark rocks. Aura and Teva prepared a nice leafy sleeping area while Sven lighted the fire with nearby sticks and his spark rocks. Kayne went to help unpack for everyone while Espie went to look for more firewood. She looked for firewood on the ground, from small pieces to big pieces. Espie glanced across the cliff side of the Glacier Mountains and saw what seemed to be a village made of ice on top of one of the other mountains. Espie thought, 'we should get there tomorrow morning.'
Espie brought back the firewood and placed it near the fire, for Sven's usage. "Took you long enough, it's cold up here" He uttered as he tended the small fire, having a lack of firewood. "Where have you been?" Espie answered excitedly "I saw the village that we would be going to. It looks like the spirits there made their homes out of snow and ice."
"We definitely need rest before continuing our journey there, us spirits can't go and help other spirits when we look totally tired." Teva yawned sleepily, dropping onto the leafy bed, making leafs fly about. The other four laughed before lying on the leafy bed of leaves and falling asleep.
When dawn broke, they all awoke and wash their faces in the river nearby, cleaned all of their fur and packed their items, ready to go. "Are we all ready to fly?" Espie asked, just to confirm. After that, she signalled them to go towards the village.
Upon reaching the village, they could not believe that it was freezing cold, so they put on their robes and scarves to keep themselves warm. They saw the resident spirits had no problems with the cold and did not have robes as they have adapted to the cold and have grown thick fur.
They head towards the village chief's icy house and asked the chief for any problems with the village. He spoke with a deep and saddened voice "Yes, we do need help, a lot of help. Our village is always haunted by Dark Spirits, who would throw boulders or rocks to destroy our houses every now and then. We have to keep rebuilding if they stay here permanently. They are hidden at the adjacent plateau and in some cave. They only just came a few weeks ago. However, they already captured some of our villagers and stole some of our belongings during their first few attacks. If you want to help, please bring my villagers back and help to vanquish the Dark Spirits."
The five move on towards the plateau where the Dark Spirits lived.