Chapter 7

It was a pitch-black night and the teens were traveling on the snow. Jess was carried by Trevor and Lucy had a huge paper in her hands. Sean traveled beside Trevor, a hand clutching Jess'. She had been slipping in and out of consciousness, often confused when awake. Suddenly, the small lake they had been walking across cracked and split crudely. "Run!" Sean yelled and everyone rushed the rest of the way across. They stood, now, in front of two rather large mountains with a gap in between.

"Should we go in now?" Lucy asked after a while of silence. Sean answered by leading them into the pathway.

Halfway through, Jess awoke, "What's going on?" She asked.

"It's okay, Jess, we're going home," Sean gently whispered, and put his hand back on hers. A while later they arrived at a dead end.

"Home sweet home," Jess remarked sarcastically.

"If you're going home, then you're going the wrong way," A voice echoed behind them. Abruptly, Sean spun around, only to come face-to-face with none other than Princess Ferra.

"Please don't turn us in! We have an injured member, physically as well!" Lucy smirked at her own joke, unaware of how terrible it was,

"What do you want, Rose-UH-Ferra?" Sean stuttered as Jess gasped and lapsed into unconsciousness.

Trevor groaned, "Crap, she's heavier asleep."

"I'm here to help you home. Well, the best I can," Ferra said.

Sean squinted at her. "You don't know the way out?" He accused.

"No, I've been searching for years already. There's nothing here but wasteland," Ferra waved her hands around at the ground they stood on.

Lucy shoved Trevor aside and moved in front of the group, "Can we trust you?"

"I sure hope so," Ferra smirked at the outgoing girl.

Sean sighed and reluctantly said, "Fine, show us the way."

"You were right to follow the star, just in the wrong direction," Ferra explained, pointing up at the shining ceiling of stars above them, the one they had been following the brightest of all.

Lucy shoved the letter establishing fire at Ferra and barked, "Care to explain this?"

After reading the letter carefully, Ferra exclaimed, astonished, "Fire couldn't last a day here!"

"We already established that, genius." Lucy snapped, snatching the letter back.

"What could Evel's hold be?" Ferra murmured, almost talking to herself.

Sean rolled his eyes and explained, "If your not human, Evel has no hold on you."

"So..that's me," Ferra whispered, realization hitting her. "Let's just go," She swallowed hard, leading them out of the trap and towards the cabin, but kept going.