"Wisp" he had heard that word before. According to folklore those were a kind of fairies or spirits that lead people to their fates. Scientists said that they were simply gases that lit up in swamps, but now he knew they were plain wrong; that thing seemed…alive, it lured them to follow.

-Come on- She says, and without much as a heartbeat hesitation she makes Angus follow the lights, a small path of them that lured them away from the forest.

-Do you know where we´re going? - He asks; as an answer she nods.

-The fire falls-

He doesn´t know what that means so he keeps silence and lets her lead the reins, following the "wisps".

Finally the forest begins to recede and he can see them towering 200 feet over their heads, walls of rock and lines of water. Majestic, glittering with the light of the sun, waterfalls.

Two main pillars rise in front of them; one is maybe 20 feet taller than the other and much thicker.

From the ground a single spot of blue light is visible, floating over the shorter column.

-I guess we´ll have to climb-

Both of them dismounted and he stared at the granite wall. He had heard about guys like Den Potter and Alex Honnold do free solos, climbing without a rope, and had always wanted to try. Of course his parents had never approved, but now they weren´t here.

-Let´s do et- The thick accent was beginning to come easier every time.

Mérida is surprised, he had never met anyone who would do this other than herself, and secretly she expected him to back away.

-After you- Richard said and Mérida began to climb. He could see most of the handholds where big and the rock was solid, two things that would make the ascent easier and safer.

He followed, placing extra care of his footholds, the leather his boots were made of couldn´t compare to the high friction rubber of the shoes he used to climb with.

Handhold, pull, foothold, push, he had done it so many times before.

Finally they reached the top of the pillar only for the light to disappear and reappear again, several feet over them, on top of the main column.

Fear drawed upon her face –There is no way of going further, where the wisp is leading us-

Richard examined the situation, the pillar they were standing on was wide enough to sit and walk around comfortably. A 9 feet gap separated them from the other wall, a big ledge waited on the other side. They could of course climb down and then up again on the main column, but the water coming down would make it much more dangerous, and there was always a possibility that the difficulty was greater that way. So he chose a more radical solution. –We´ll jump-

Mérida wasn´t a coward, she had proved that many times over, but this was insane.

Richard smiled -I´ll go first- It was easy, another dyno at the gym. He took a deep breath a prepared for the jump, walking as far away as possible to gather momentum, then sprinting and jumping at the last possible moment.

The instant in midair was wonderful, exhilarating. Air rushed at his sides and his palms made contact with the wall, gripping firmly to the ledge and pulling himself up. It was bigger than he had expected, even big enough to sit on, so he did.

-Come on!-

Mérida doubted for a second before following him, and for an instant it seemed she would make it.

Her hands made contact with the wall, but something that shouldn´t have happened, did; the rock snapped, she fell...