"I'm glad we were able to refill our water and food in the Tiger Eye's area," said Lief as they walked through a dead forest.
"But that was a day and a half ago, and we should be coming up on the lake," said Dara as they reached the edge of the trees, where they found a red lake.
"That water does not look good," said Jasmine with a worried expression.
"Because it's poisoned," said Lief as he looked at the Amethyst, which was almost completely black.
"Nothing can survive in there," said Barda. Just then, the water started to bubble as a giant eel moved out of the water.
"Looks something can live in there," said Lief with a worried expression.
"Yeah, the Quartz's guardian," said Dara as she noticed the gem in the creature's forehead. The eel then shot a purple goo at them from its mouth, but they got out of the goo's path in the nick of time.
"Ew, what is that stuff?" asked Jasmine. Suddenly, the ground under the substance started to melt away.
"It's a high-powered acid, one touch and we're dead," said Dara. The eel then started to fire acid at Leaf, who was now standing in front of a boulder.
"Whoa," said Leaf as he dodged the acid by jumping over another rock.
"That was close," said Leaf as he peaked around the rock, just in time to see the acid getting absorbed by the boulder. Watching this gave him an idea on how to beat the eel.
