Glacial
"Bloom," Cloud's voice came from the entrance of my room.
"Mnghppp" I mumbled with my face still stuffed in a pillow.
She sighed heavily. "Either you get up on your own or I will drag you out and toss you off the balcony." She threatened, but I only grabbed my blanket and covered my head.
Suddenly, I felt the blanket be ripped off of me and Clouds smooth and soft paw wrapped around my ankle. I yelped as she dragged me out of my soft bed and out on the balcony.
"No, No, NO!" I screamed. "I'm up! I'm up!" I tried to stand up, but it was too late. She flung me off the balcony. I summoned my dragon quickly and I landed gracefully on her back. She flew me back up to my balcony where Cloud was still waiting on me.
"I see you are awake now. Come, today is the day you leave for Glacial. We have packed your backpack and have some rather nice clothes for your trip." Cloud led me back into my room and I saw two neat stacks of clothes on my table.
The first stack was compiled of some of the strangest clothes I have ever seen. It looked like they were made of dragon scales and some kind of sturdy, bright red leather.
"You need to layer up on Glacial, so we made an under layer composed of dragon scales stitched together and rare volcano salamander hide. It will trap your body heat in the material and help you keep warm." Cloud explained as she helped me put the tight, but comfortable clothes on.
The next pile consisted of very large boots, some kind of snow pants, and a large jacket with a mask sewn onto the hood.
"Fur lines the inside and the mask will protect your face from the bitter winds." This was much easier to get on, but I was already feeling hot. "Maybe, we should hold off on that until you are about to leave…" Cloud said, noticing the sweat running down my face.
Cloud and I walked to the portal room where Enti, Abyss, and another dragon I have never seen before was waiting for me. The new dragon was long and had a mane running from his head all the way down to his tail. He may actually be older than dirt though. His scales were ragged, and his horns were battered and broken probably from fights. He was speaking quietly with Enti, and I could clearly see he had some broken teeth. He turned his head when I walked into the room and I could tell that he was blind.
"Hello there, I think I can assume that you are Bloom, correct?" His voice was light and raspy, completely contradicting his looks, but showing his age at the same time.
"Hello, and yes, I am Bloom." I answered him and did a small bow.
"I am King Terran, the ruler of the Land dragons. I am sorry I could not see you sooner, but there is a conflict on Eraklyon that needed my full attention. It has calmed down for the moment, so I took this opportunity to finally come and meet you in person." He explained.
"How is everything on Eraklyon?" I asked a little too quickly. "I have a friend who is in the middle of all of it…" I said a little embarrassed at my outburst.
"Not good to be honest with you. The rebels have apparently made an outrageous claim against the crown and are seeking out the guardian of Eraklyon." He said quietly, bowing his head a little. "There has already been almost countless deaths."
"Do you know anything about Prince Sky?" I asked him hesitantly.
"… All I know is that he is leading his men well and trying his best to keep his father's temper in check." Terran said.
"Oh…" I said simply.
"I do not want to interrupt, but it is time. If we wait much longer, you may arrive in the middle of a blizzard." Enti moved forwards.
"Okay, let's go." I put on the large, fur jacket and strapped on my backpack which was stuffed with food and supplies.
"You have your key, right?" Abyss asked me.
"Yeah, it's around my neck." I patted where it was on my chest since I was unwilling to take it out once I put my gloves on.
Enti moved around the planets and chose one on the far side of the three dimensional map. He then chose a place over what looked like a frozen ocean.
"Frozen Gale lives with a pack of Furze dragons on the ocean of Sola. She has been informed of where you will be, so just find a place to hunker down and wait for her."
Enti opened the portal and I gasped as the cold wind hit my face. "Put your mask on before you enter." Enti advised.
I placed my mask on and took a deep breath, probably the last breath of warm air I will have in a while. I walked towards the portal, and looked back to the others one more time. They bowed their heads, and I waved goodbye, and I jumped through the portal.
Now I know what cold feels like. I have been to the omega dimension and Domino when it was still a dead planet, but this was something completely different. This was not a biting cold, this was a burning cold that made you feel like you were on fire even though it was well below freezing. A blast of wind knocked the breath out of me and I crumpled to the ground. Come on Bloom, get it together! I began gathering body heat in my clothes and just sat there, collecting myself and preparing to stand up again.
I finally got up after a while and looked around. All around me was ice and snow. After a moment, I decided that standing in snow would probably be safer than standing on ice when I don't know how thick it is. I shuffled to a large snow drift and got an idea. I shuffled around the drift, so I was facing the wind, and began to dig. I dug well down, out of the way of the wind and patted it down to sturdy it. I decided that this would be the perfect place to wait for Frozen Gale, so I laid down and waited.
After a while, I felt something in my mask. I lifted it up a bit, and thousands of tiny frozen specks fell out all over me. Apparently, it was cold enough to freeze the water molecules in my breath. The cold air felt like it was glass in my throat and burned my lungs, but I had to ignore it if I was going to meet Frozen Gale and learn about how I know her.
I don't know when I fell asleep, or how long I was out for, but I knew for a fact that I was dreaming.
BLOOM, WAKE UP NOW! The silver dragon was right in front of my face and roaring at me to wake up.
I jolted awake just in time to see some kind of furry monster trying to dig me out of my hole. I gasped and wedged myself at the very back of my hole. Its muzzle was too big to fit in the entrance, but I knew that its large, clawed feet would dig me out pretty quickly. I looked down and saw that the snow at the entrance had solidified into ice. Well, that gives me about two more minutes. Think Bloom, THINK!
A thought came to me, and I decided to try it out. I took a deep breath, ripped off my mask, and yelled. "Dragon's breath!"
Fire erupted from my mouth and I heard the monster scream in fear. I ran out as it backed up and pawed at its singed face. Big Mistake. There were at least six others waiting behind the first. I fired two balls of fire to distract them as I took off back towards the ice. I was too scared and focused in running for my life to try and transform, so the ice was my best bet. There had to be at least five feet of snow on the ground, but not on the ice. Luckily, on the bottom of my boots, there were small spikes and very rough leather like material that gripped the smooth surface well enough to where I wasn't sliding everywhere. Over the howling wind, I could hear the monsters feet pounding on the ice after me, so I decided to penguin slide to get further ahead of the monsters. I dived onto the ice and went flying forwards. I scrambled to my feet once I slowed down enough and began running again. I was a good ten yards in front of them when I noticed something was wrong. I blinked rapidly as the landscape in front of me began to blur together and get darker, then it went back to normal. Suddenly, a deafening roar shook the freezing air, causing me to fall. I looked up and I saw a massive wyvern land in front of me.
This was unlike any dragon I have ever seen before. She had light blue scales that appeared smooth, but she also had ragged white spines that reminded me of icicles. She looked back at me and I could see that her eyes were a piercing blue that reminded me of an ocean.
"KEEP AWAY FROM MY CHILD!" She bellowed.
The monsters skidded to a halt and they all slipped while trying to run back the other way. Once the monsters were all out of sight, the wyvern turned to me and lowered her head to my level.
"Bloom?" A voice whispered in my head.
"…Frozen Gale?" I guessed who she was.
"I never thought I would see you again. You had me worried sick!" The kind motherly voice turned to the angry motherly voice.
"I'm sorry, but I had… to go… home." My vision faded again and I felt myself fall backwards.