Hey guys. Sorry for lateness on all my stories lately. I've been distracted. I'll try to stay on track more, though. :)


"Summer?" Mikey asked Donnie, who nodded. "Oh, I don't know why, but I've just always loved the idea of summer, and sun, and all things hot!"

Donnie blinked. "Really? I'm guessing you don't have much experience with heat," he guessed.

"Nope!" Mikey exclaimed with a smile. "But sometimes I like to close my eyes, and imagine what it would be like when summer does come."

(Since he's imagining the entire thing, I'm just gonna let you watch that part on your own because if I post just the lyrics I'll get in trouble. Sorry. :/)

"So come on! Leonardo's this way!" Mikey smiled, pointing and going in that direction as April and Chompy followed him. "Let's go bring back summer!" he yelled excitedly.

"...Somebody's gotta tell him…" Donnie muttered, following behind them.


"No, no, you've got the bark facing down," Bradford, back at the village, told Xever, who was currently trying to stack wood. "The bark needs to be face-up!" He flipped a piece of wood upwards.

"Bark-down is drier!"

"Bark-up!"

As the two men fought over the wood, a young boy of about 7 snuck over and took some wood, bringing it to his father. "Papa!"

"Cloak? Does anyone need a cloak?" Casey asked people, going around with 2 guards.

"New York is indebted to you, Your Highness," a woman told him, taking a cloak.

He smiled at her, then announced, "The castle is open. There is soup and hot glogg in the great hall." He patted a guard's arm. "Here, pass these out."

"Prince Arnold!" Dregg called, stomping over with his arms around himself, too high and mighty to put on one of New York's probably cursed cloaks. "Are we expected to just sit here and freeze while you give away all of New York's tradable goods?!" he demanded, a sneer on his face.

"Princes April has given her orders," Casey said calmly, seemingly unfazed.

"And that's another thing!" Dregg cut in, throwing his fists down, "Has it dawned on you that your princess may be conspiring with a wicked Sorcerer to destroy us all!?"

"Do not question the princess," Casey said, anger slowly making its way to his features, "She left me in charge, and I will not hesitate to protect New York from treason."

"*stammers* Treason?" Dregg demanded, hand over his chest as it offended.

Before he could say anything else, though, they both heard a horse whinnying. Casey turned around saw April's horse coming towards the square, obviously riled up about something.

Casey went over, calming the horse down. "Easy, boy."

"That is Princess April's horse," someone observed.

"Then where is the princess?" someone asked.

Casey looked towards the mountain that could plainly be seen from where he stood.

"Princess Anna is in trouble," he announced to the town, "I need volunteers to go with me to find her!"

A guard of New York volunteered, and Dregg came over. "I volunteer my men, My Lord."

Then, quietly, so no one else would hear, he said to them, "Be prepared for anything. And should you encounter the queen, you are to put an end to this winter. Do you understand?"

He got 2 nods of confirmation.


April, Donnie, Chompy, and Mikey were obviously getting closer to Leo, if the ice spikes pointing at them were any indication.

"So, how exactly are you planning to stop this winter, again?" Donnie asked April.

"Oh, I am going to talk to my brother," April answered immediately, voice confident as ever.

"That's your plan? My ice business is riding on you talking to your brother?"

"Yep," April answered, just as Donnie ran nose-first into a spike.

"So… you're not at all afraid of him?"

"Why would I be?" April asked him in a bit of confusion.

"Yeah. I bet he's the nicest, gentlest, warmest person ever," Mikey cut in, not noticing as a spike impaled him directly in the center of his plastron. He noticed and turned his head around to look at his new friends. "Oh, look at that. I've been impaled." He chuckled.

"Also, for reference," Donnie told the snow-turtle, "he's cold blooded and has ice powers. He's probably colder than all of us."

The group of travellers soon ended up on a peak of the mountain, with a very, very steep mountain wall next to them.

"What now?" April asked, looking at the wall.

"Mmm… It's too steep. I've only got one rope and you don't know how to climb mountains," Donnie said, going through his bagas Chompy's eyes stayed on April.

"Says who?" April asked, and Donnie looked up as Chompy nudged him.

"What are you doing?" he chuckled, looking up at April, who was about 5 feet off the ground on the mountain wall.

"I'm," she grunted, finding another handhold, "going to see my brother.

"You're gonna kill yourself," Donnie said, although he didn't seem that nervous. "I wouldn't put my foot there."

April grunted, hanging there for a second before finding another foothold. "You're distracting me."

"Or there," Donnie smirked. "How do you know Leonardo even wants to see you?"

"Alright, I'm just blocking you out because I gotta concentrate here," April informed him.

Donnie shook his head in amusement. "Y'know, most people who disappear into the mountains want to be alone," he smiled.

"Nobody wants to be alone!" April retorted, finding another handhold. "Except maybe you."

"Hey, I'm not alone. I have friends, remember?" Donnie smirked at her.

"You mean the love experts?"

"Yes, the love experts." Donnie folded his arms.

April struggled, her leg going a bit further up than it could stretch. "Please tell me I'm almost there," she begged.

She hadn't even gained a foot of progress. "Does the air seem a bit thin to you up here?"

Donnie chuckled. "Hang on," he requested, walking over.

"Hey, Chompy?" Mikey asked from a few feet away. "I don't know if this solves the problem, but I found a staircase that leads exactly where you wanted to go!"

April looked over and laughed in triumph. "Ha-ha! Thank goodness. Catch!" she told Donnie as she let go of the cliff wall into Donnie's quick arms. "Ha, thanks," she smiled, patting his plastron, "That was like a crazy trust exercise."

They all came up to a tall flight of stairs leading directly to the castle that Leonardo had apparently built.

The large, six-story castle made completely out of ice.

Mikey chuckled, immediately starting to climb the stairs.

"Whoa," Donnie and April simultaneously breathed in awe.

"Now that's ice," Donnie sighed. "I might cry."

April didn't look at him. "Go ahead. I won't judge," she promised, going up the stairs.

Chompy immediately tried to follow, only to slip and fall back down. He whined, but Donnie helped him stand back up. "Easy, Chomps, I gotcha." He set his companion on his four legs and then pet him. "You stay here, buddy." He then proceeded to go up the flight of stairs, whistling. "Flawless…"


Finally done! :D Thanks for anyone who's still here and reading! Please review! BYE!

Shadow