Danger Never Rests - Part I

They all thought that danger would give them a break for the day. After the entire incident at the bridge, they wondered how exactly things could get worse than it did.

Kristoff definitely took most of the impact of the bridge. There was no winning for him the entire time there. First, he lost his precious sled; one of the things he depended on most for his job. He easily could have retired early. All of the ice he collected could easily and more quickly be made by Elsa artificially. But, he kindly denied her offer for an easy life. He didn't want to be thought as lazy and ungrateful. The last thing he wanted to do was seem like a selfish person in front of both Elsa and Anna. He wasn't like that at all.

Without the sled, travel time to Mount Caelum for the group was multiplied incredibly. There was no way that all of them could climb onto Sven's back and ride him all the way to the mountain. There was also no way that they could travel at a fast pace together. The group each had different stamina levels and the rate at which they would need to stop for another to rest would be very high. To add to that, they all needed their full energy in case another obstacle faced them which was very likely.

They trekked on for the entire day, with Bloom at the front of the group, leading them. They took so many twists and turns that Elsa questioned herself whether or not Bloom truly knew what she was doing. She then countered and told herself that she couldn't risk losing her faith in the fairy. She was her only hope to getting to Artha, and Arthar was her only hope in saving Kai from whatever his infliction was.

The places she led them through were rather spectacular and diverse. First through the forest, then through a grassy field with large rocks, then through another forest, then through another grassy field with large rocks. Following the field, was another forest! But this time, the forest was completely different. It had a small stream in it! The diversity of these landscapes was amazing. Arendelle's land had so many unfamiliar places.

It didn't take long for the sun to finally go down and for the moon to rise. They have been walking for about nine hours after they lost the sled. Their feet were sore. The very thought of walking one more mile was excruciating.

Kristoff scouted ahead for a good place to call it a day. It took only a few moments for him to find a small area clear of trees but surrounded by trees. They followed him off of the current imaginary path they were going and entered the tiny clearing, about half the size of the average bedroom in Arendelle Castle. That was another thing they all missed about back at home.

Instantly, Elsa collapsed on the ground and leaned her back against a tree. Moonlight seeped through the leaves and branches of the trees and hit the center of the clearing. That's where Bloom flew to and sat. She then fell flat on her back and looked up at the shining moon above them all.

"We should get some rest as soon as possible." Elsa said. "Then, we should wake up as early as possible. If he's following us, he can't be too far behind."

"Well," Kristoff said, "why don't we just keep walking? We can't just give us the chance to strike when we're not prepared."

"We can't just keep going on and on until we all die of exhaustion." Anna explained. "Eventually, we need to rest, and I'm not lying when I say that I'm really tired."

"I'm just saying that I'm up for a few more miles." Kristoff said. "But, if you all want to rest, then we should take this opportunity."

"It's not like we're taking beauty sleeps, Kristoff." Elsa said.

"Of course you're not." He said.

Sven then sat on the ground and began to snooze. Kristoff sat against the reindeer and laid his back against Sven's body. He was surprised to see how warm Sven was. The fall weather wasn't necessarily as fun to be in as summer weather. Anna, knowing where the most comfortable place for her to sleep is, crawled in next to Kristoff and leaned against Sven as well. Kristoff then put his arm around his wife. Anna then placed her head over Kristoff's shoulder and began to fall asleep. After her eyes were closed, Kristoff leaned his head against Anna's in a loving manner. Before long, Kristoff drifted asleep as well.

Elsa looked over at the couple from her tree a few feet away. She smiled, knowing how happy Anna must feel under her husband's loving embrace. That was all Elsa wanted for her sister. Happiness. She knew that Anna needed someone else in her life that made her happy. Growing up, she knew that she couldn't give Anna what she wanted. She felt that she spent more time thinking about the perfect man for Anna than Anna had ever thought herself. The funny thing was that when Anna found her first man, Hans, Elsa opposed the idea. She wanted Anna to have someone to make her happy, and when Anna immediately found one, she refused to believe that he was the one. Elsa's suspicions were not for no reason, however. She knew that Anna barely even knew Hans, and therefor Hans might have held something ugly from Anna. Elsa's suspicions were justified in the end.

Kristoff was another story. After Kristoff risked so much coming back for Anna and helping her, Elsa knew that he was someone who truly cared. Of course, he didn't propose to Anna immediately. It took a few months for the two to get to know each other better, and when he felt he was ready, he proposed. Elsa, of course, approved this time. Kristoff was not the perfect man, not by a long shot. He didn't grow up with many friends, his social skills were incredibly low, and his line of work was not the greatest. But, he had it good where it counted. He had heart, and that's the most important thing Elsa wanted for her sister.

Looking at the two made Elsa think about how much she missed Kai. She did her best to try to avoid her emotions about him in his current state. She refused to believe that green eyed death machine was him. As far as she was concerned, Kai was dead. His life was taken along with his memories. By finding Arthar, they would be bringing Kai back to life. Kai underwent many journeys to save her and her family. Now, it was their time to return the favor. It was the least they could do.

While she was thinking, she couldn't help the fact that her hands were playing around with her hair. Her hands were mindlessly braiding her straight hair that swept down over her shoulder. It kept braiding and unbraiding. She finally settled to keep the straight hair.

Elsa looked over and saw that Olaf was sitting against a tree like she was, looking down at his feet while turning them like a pendulum in synchronization. He didn't look tired at all. Of course, why would a snowman need sleep?

"Olaf?" Elsa said, trying to get his attention.

"Yeah, Elsa?" Olaf asked.

"Is it okay if you keep watch?" Elsa requested. "I'm really tired. It's been a long day."

"No problem." Olaf said. "I'll wake you guys up at dawn."

"Wake us up if anything bad happens." Elsa said, slowly shutting her eyes and drifting asleep. "We need to be ready."

Elsa and the others only managed a little bit of shut eye before this went sour for them. Elsa was so startled by the sudden events that she didn't even remember what she was dreaming about. She could recall that her dreams were rather pleasant; something she was not given the luxury of for the past few days. Ever since Kai became what he was now, she couldn't remember a dream in which she couldn't call a nightmare. It was a shame really that the one good one she had was taken away from her in a matter of seconds. Just like Kai was taken from her in one short night.

Olaf could have been more clear and apparent when waking the others up. As sound asleep as they were, it would take more than one sentence to wake them up. They all were not ready to lose the sleep they needed to sustain another day. They couldn't keep traveling on with no rest. Considering their current uncharted path, they couldn't catch a break.

"Uh, guys?" Olaf first said.

He knew that something was incredibly odd. He was walking around the tiny open part of the forest when he first spotted it. A pair of eyes staring at him from the darkness and shadows of the forest surrounding them. He said his two words right after he saw the eyes. For a second, he thought that the eyes were human. But, he knew that human eyes weren't that low to the ground. Olaf was about to scream for the others to wake, but he was smart enough to know how unwise that decision would be. If he raises his voice any louder, he had a feeling that he and his friends would be shredded quicker than it would take for one of them to open their eyes.

"Guys, wake up." Olaf said, not too loudly but loud enough so that his words could get through to their ears.

Nothing else happened besides Anna changing her sleeping position so that she was more comfortable next to Kristoff. Elsa seemed unmoved. Bloom, who was sleeping in the middle of the clearing, simply turned over to sleep on her other side.

"Guys!" Olaf said in a quite exclamation. "We've got company."

That was enough to make Kristoff open his eyes, groggily. He then slowly moved Anna's head off of his shoulder and onto Sven's warm back. He then let out a quite yawn while he stretched his arms. As he did that, Elsa slowly opened her eyelids and did her best to prevent them from shutting closed. Kristoff slowly got up and walked over to Olaf, his vision blurry. He couldn't clearly see what Olaf was seeing. His instinct was to believe that it was morning, but everything was still dark. It would be a few more hours until the sun started to rise and the moon would be out of sight.

"What is it?" Kristoff asked Olaf, his voice quite because of his tiredness.

Olaf said nothing. He simply patted Kristoff's leg with the back of his hand and pointed over to the eyes in the darkness. Kristoff knelt down so that he was a bit over Olaf's height so that it would be easier for him to see exactly what Olaf was seeing. He was forced to squint in order to see more clearly. It seemed that snowmen's eyesight was better than a human's. Then, he saw the eyes. Kristoff instantly kicked himself alert and wide awake in his mind. He slowly stood up straight without saying a word. He had a bad feeling that he and the others were going to meet some old, vicious friends. Kristoff asked himself why they had to show up during their resting hours.

Without saying or startling anything, Kristoff approached Anna slowly. He was still facing the direction of the eyes. Kristoff then leaned down at gently shook Anna's shoulder so that she wouldn't wake up in a startled manner. He looked over at Elsa who was wide awake, looking over at the eyes and shadows. She was obviously aware of their new visitor, whoever or whatever it was or is. She then turned over towards Kristoff with very cautious eyes. She mouthed the words "What is that?" Kristoff had a feeling he knew, but he hoped that he was wrong. They couldn't know for sure, but if anything startled it, they were going to find out.

Kristoff just shrugged and thought to himself "We don't want to know."

Anna finally woke up and sat upright. She still had her eyes closed and was tasting her mouth. When Sven felt the presence of Anna leave his back, he too woke up. He didn't make a sound. All he did was look back at Kristoff who was busy keeping his attention on Anna.

"What's going-" Anna said it a little too loudly. Kristoff immediately leaned down and cupped his hand over her mouth. That made her eyes shoot open in confusion. She gave Kristoff a dirty look in her eyes like "What the heck?!"

Using his other hand, Kristoff pointed towards the eyes in the shadows. Anna almost shrieked when she saw it, but she wasn't that stupid. She couldn't compromise the safety of her family out of fear of the unknown. She got her satchel, slung it across her shoulder, and began to rise up. Elsa stood up slowly along with Anna. All of them slowly tip-toed and stood behind Olaf, slightly in an action ready crouch. Bloom then flew quickly and stood on Kristoff's shoulder, just as perplexed as the others originally were. They could see the eyes getting bigger, implying that whatever it was just moved forward.

"What is it?" Anna asked.

"One of our good old, furry, sharp teethed, four legged friends." Kristoff answered.

"A wolf." Elsa simplified.

Anna recalled the last time she encountered a wolf. It must have been about two years ago when she and her friend Rapunzel were chased through a snowy forest by a pack of wolves during their journey to save the kidnapped nobles. They managed to evade the danger without taking any serious damage except for Rapunzel's shoulder scratch. She then remembered the very first time she encountered these fanged animals. It was on her journey to the North Mountain with Kristoff in hopes of bringing Elsa back to Arendelle so she can stop the eternal winter. That time costed Kristoff his sled. She wasn't very fond of wolves and whatever chaos and havoc they brought with them.

"Don't they usually travel in packs?" Elsa asked.

Just after she said it, more eyes appeared around the first pair of eyes. They all looked incredibly similar, displaying the same amount of malice as the first one. They weren't intending on being friends and making piece. They were hungry, and the nearest food they had were Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, and Sven. Oh, how lucky they were.

"Me and my big mouth." Elsa said.

"Don't worry guys," Kristoff said, "they won't attack unless they growl first."

Suddenly, growls from all the individual wolves could be heard from the darkness. Kristoff could have sworn that he could see the whiteness of their bared fangs in the darkness.

"Me and my big mouth." Kristoff said.

"Are we screwed?" Anna asked Kristoff.

"Not yet." Kristoff said.

The wolf at the head of the pack stepped out of the shadows and into the clearing. Kristoff and the others took a few quick steps back, cautiously and in fear. They all found themselves standing in the middle of the small clearing, under the moonlight. Two more wolves stepped into the clearing, revealing themselves. The group found themselves facing three blood thirsty wolves.

"Oh," Kristoff said, "we are completely screwed."

"I have an idea." Elsa said. "I could create an ice barrier all around his."

"No, that won't work." Kristoff said. "The wolves are smart, and if they're truly committed, which I think they are, they'll wait it out."

"Yeah," Anna agreed, "and that time we waste inside this barrier is time Kai can use to catch up to us."

"Well," Elsa said, "we can run and while we run, I create walls of ice to slow the wolves down."

"Even then, they can outrun us." Kristoff said. "Obstacles like that won't stop them. Besides, you'll make it awfully easy for Kai to follow. He'll know to follow the giant random ice walls in the forest."

"You guys are just sunshine and butterflies, aren't you?" Elsa said.

Escape was not an option. Running from them would not be wise. It would only be a matter of seconds before the wolves tackled them from behind and begin to feast. The only reason Anna and Rapunzel could run from the wolves was because they had a humongous head start from those wolves. These wolves were only a few feet away.

"Why aren't they attacking?" Olaf asked.

"If I had to guess," Anna said, "it's probably because they know how confident we are against them."

"Maybe." Olaf said. "I heard that wolves could smell fear."

Just then, the sound of a loud fart could be heard behind Olaf. Anna sniffed and almost threw up her lunch. She had to cover her mouth with her hands in order to avoid doing so. Elsa pinched her nose and waved it away from her face. Bloom almost looked like she was going to die. Sven was shaking his head so that he could try to get the smell out of his mind. All Kristoff did was wrinkle his nose.

"Who was that?" Elsa asked.

"Sorry." Kristoff apologized.

That's when the wolves struck. The first one came from behind the three wolves that were already in the clearing. It jumped past the three ones in front of it. Olaf, Anna, Elsa, and Bloom jumped out of the way, but in Bloom's case, flew out of the way. Kristoff was the unlucky one. Instinctively, Kristoff raised his forearm in front of him to protect himself from the animal. The good thing was that the wolf didn't hit much on Kristoff. The bad thing was that Kristoff's forearm took a lot of damage.

Kristoff let out a quick grunt in pain. The wolf's fangs dug deep into Kristoff's forearm. His clothes got soaked a dark red color. Blood. Kristoff couldn't remember the last time he experienced this much pain. Possibly never. He knew he couldn't be complaining about the pain he was in. Kai had it worse than him before. Much worse.

After he got over how much pain he was in, he used his other arm to grab the wolf by its back fur and yank it away from his arm. Kristoff then used his other hand to grab the wolf. The creature was incredibly heavy. Heavier than what Kristoff thought it was. The wolf snapped its mouth towards Kristoff's face while it was being held. Kristoff moved his head back to avoid any injuries. He then threw the wolf at the three wolves who stood in the open. One jumped out of the way while the others weren't too lucky. The wolf slammed into two of the wolves, all three letting out a whimper in the process.

The wolf still standing looked at Kristoff with angry eyes. Kristoff gulped in fear. An angry wolf was in no way less deadly. If he had to guess, the wolf would be more deadly than any of it's comrades because of it's raise.

"Nice doggy." Kristoff said, putting his hands out in front of him. Blood dripped from his forearm and dropped onto the grass one at a time. Kristoff didn't have enough time to assess the damage, but he had a feeling that he needed to treat his wound before long or else blood loss would get the better of him. "Nice vicious beast." Kristoff continued.

It leaped at Kristoff with bared fangs. Before he could do anything, a blast of ice hit the wolf from the side. The wolf was smacked out of it's path in midair. The ice threw it to the side, making it hit a nearby tree and whimper. Kristoff turned to his side to find Elsa standing with her hand in front of her.

"Thanks." Kristoff said.

"Don't thank me just yet." Elsa said. "We're not out of danger."

Kristoff nodded in acknowledgment. He, Elsa, and Anna turned to face the wide gap between two trees where darkness made it's hope. That was where most of the wolves were. They expected a random wolf to just jump out anytime and attack them. Elsa counted about ten seconds before she realized that the wolves were smarter than she gave them credit for. No sound came from any of them. It was possible that they had escaped, but Elsa and Kristoff didn't hear any wolves fleeing the scene. They were still near. They were planning.

"Did they give up?" Olaf asked.

"No." Elsa said. "We just made them angry."

Elsa ordered Anna to hold out her hand to which Anna obliged. Elsa hovered her hands over her sister's, and a weapon of ice began to form in Anna's hand. It was a yard long stick which looked identical to a baton. She then ordered Kristoff to do the same thing. Kristoff held his right arm out in front of Elsa, the arm which took the bite. First, instead of giving Kristoff a weapon, she hovered her hand over his forearm and ran it across. His forearm was then covered in a layer of ice which looked like a gauntlet, although it differed from one because his hand was bare.

"There." Elsa said. "That should help with the bleeding."

"Still hurts like hell." Kristoff complained.

"The ice will numb it." Elsa assured him. "This should be the least of your worries."

Kristoff then unsheathed something from his waist that the others did not see prior. It was his knife. The weapon was old and was never polished. The handle was black and the blade was grey. It's blade was wave-like and completely impractical for a weapon. But, he used the blade on many occasions and it never let him down. He prayed to himself that it wouldn't let him down the first time he used it in actual combat.

Anna looked down at the weapon in disgust. She then looked up angrily at Kristoff.

"What?" Kristoff asked, confused as to what he was doing wrong.

"You're going to use that against these creatures?" Anna asked. "They're just animals, no different than bunnies."

"The things about that is that I've never had a bunny try to bite my face off!" Kristoff said.

Just then, a growl could be heard from one edge of the tiny open circle from the trees. Rustling bushes and branches could be heard from another side of the circle. They were surrounding them as it seemed.

"Anna," Kristoff said, "this is a life or death situation."

"As much as I hate to say it," Elsa said to Anna, "but these wolves will never give us the kindness of mercy. They're out for one thing."

Elsa then flicked her wrists, and faster than anyone could comprehend, ice swords were formed by her powers, one in each hand. Elsa then swung her swords in a skillful yet graceful way. It was a little trick she taught herself when she was bored one day. Kai taught himself virtually the same spin on his sword. Except, whenever he swung his sword, it was for both exercising his reflexes and to intimidate the opponent by showing them that he knew how to handle a blade. Elsa, on the other hand, just learned it because she thought it was neat.

"So, what?" Anna asked. "You guys are just going to stab these creatures who only act out of instinct and survival?"

"I don't want to kill any of them more than you do, Anna." Elsa said. "I know how to handle a sword. I'll slash, but I won't stab. Hopefully these wolves can leave in fear with only a few cuts and bruises."

"Hopefully." Kristoff repeated.

"You sound like you're not planning on playing this carefully." Elsa said.

"I doubt I can stab any wolves with this knife without them hurting me in the process." Kristoff said. "I'm with you on this."

Just then, growls came from all around them. Wolves always traveled in packs. And in this case, the pack sounded incredibly large. There seemed to be at least ten to fifteen wolves surrounding them. They all stood back to back in the middle of the forest clearing. The trees were shrouded in darkness. They wouldn't be able to see where the wolves are coming from, nor would they be able to see the wolves themselves until they entered the clearing. Sven slowly circled around the humans. Olaf riding around on his back. Sven acted like a layer of protection for the others. He didn't intend for anyone to get pass him.

Bloom flew around the circle clearing rapidly, trying to be the first to spot a wolf before the others did. Hopefully then, she would have enough time to warn them before any of the wolves struck. But, she wouldn't have an easy way of telling them. She had no voice, so what was she going to do? It really didn't matter that much. The growl of a wolf would be enough to indicate it's presence.

More aggressive growls came from the woods. The others instantly jerked their heads that direction to see whether or not the first strike would come from over there. Unfortunately for Kristoff, he was the closest one to where the noises were heard. That meant that he was the one closest to the line of fire.

"Any more words of wisdom?" Anna asked. "This may be the last time we get to stand together like this."

"I doubt it." Elsa said. "We'll make it through this predicament like any other."

"So now we're calling life or death scenarios predicaments?" Anna asked.

"Let's stop going back and forth," Kristoff suggested, "and let's focus more on not getting eaten."

He would've died if he wasn't armed right then and there. A wolf jumped out from the darkness before Kristoff, momentarily startling him. Kristoff didn't yell though. He couldn't risk attracting anymore unwanted attention in their area. Although he was paralyzed by fear for a second, he managed to save himself the last minute by swiping his arm that held his knife in a backhand style that Kai liked to use. Kristoff practically punched the wolf away with his armed hand. His knife managed to cut a gash in the wolf's body. The animal whimpered and was thrown to the side.

As the wolf got up to flee, another wolf jumped from the shadows and towards Elsa. When the wolf was at about sword reach, Elsa quickly swung both of her icy swords the same direction towards the wolf. Upon impact, the swords hit the wolf to the side, leaving two nasty cuts in it's body, deeper than what Kristoff's attack did. She would've grieved over what she had done given the circumstances were different than they were. But, they weren't. This was another trial they had to face in order to get to the mountain. She couldn't imagine what the journey home would be like... Assuming, of course, that there was going to be a journey home.

"Kristoff's turn was first." Anna said to herself. "Then Elsa's turn. That means-"

A wolf ran out of the darkness of the trees straight towards Anna faster than she thought was possible. She readied her icy weapon and held it like a warrior running with his sword raised across his or her shoulder into battle.

"My turn! My turn! My turn!" Anna exclaimed.

She then swung down on the wolf right when it was close enough to her. The wolf was hit right in it's head and it's face went flying towards a nearby tree. The wolf's head crashed and smashed through the trunk of the tree. It's head was inside the trunk while the rest of it's body was sticking out. Some may find it amusing how the wolf struggled to push itself out by pressing it's legs against the trunk but to no avail. After a second or two of trying, it gave up and it's body went limp from disappointment.

Two more wolves approached Kristoff. The first wolf was much faster than the other one as it was running compared to the trot of the other wolf. When it jumped at Kristoff's face, he smacked it away with the hilt of his knife, sure that he broke at least one tooth. The other wolf lunged a little lower, allowing Kristoff to simply kick it away with a large force. Both wolves ran away from the clearing like their predecessors before them.

Sven, who was in another part of the clearing, was having some trouble of his own. The wolves must have figured that Sven would probably make the biggest meal out of the others. Naturally, a good number of them attacked Sven first rather than the others. Elsa turned over to Sven who was only a few feet away from the group to find that a wolf was clawing on his back, and that another was at his feet. Sven tried desperately to shake the wolf off and to kick the other one away. They were persistent though. Sven couldn't concentrate on both things at once. Elsa feared that if she didn't do anything, Sven would be nothing more than a carcass in a matter of minutes.

She threw one of her swords down at the ground so that it was sticking out of the dirt. Using her now free hand, she shot a blast of ice at the wolf on Sven's back. The force pushed it off of the back, and the fur of the wolf magically began to get frost all over the area where it was hit. Now free from distraction, Sven stepped on the tail of the wolf at it's feet. The wolf yelped in agony. Sven smiled in amusement. He then slowly raised his other hoof, finally taking out the wolf by quickly striking it with a jab of the hoof to the head. The wolf froze, stuck it's tongue out, and fell to the ground limp.

Sven looked over at Elsa, ready to thank her with a grin on his face. The grin immediately faded and changed into alarm. Sven grunted loudly towards Elsa. She knew exactly what he was trying to tell her. She turned to find a wolf heading straight towards her in mid air. Instinctively, she covered her free hand in a layer of ice so that it was a frozen fist. She punched the wolf with all the force she could muster. Upon impact, her ice fist shattered but the wolf dropped to the ground in front of her. Elsa pushed the wolf a few feet away from her with her foot so that she would have more free foot space.

Anna spotted one wolf only a few yards away from her. The wolf did nothing but snarl and pace back and forth in a straight line, always keeping it's gaze on her. Anna readied her weapon for the wolf's first attack. She steadied her breathing and concentrated on being able to strike the wolf wherever it was going to be when it was close enough to her. Then, confusion swept over Anna's face. She got out of her battle stance and stood straight, giving the wolf a funny look. She could hear Elsa, Sven, and Kristoff hurting approaching wolves around her. They were obviously seeing a lot of action. Anna didn't know what was up with this particular wolf. Was it right in the head?

Anna turned left and right making sure no other wolf was creeping up on her. As she thought, her family was taking out a majority of the incoming wolves. Anna then threw her weapon at the not moving wolf which hit it right in the snout. The wolf dropped to the ground, limp and almost motionless.

"Well..." Anna said to herself, "alright then."

That was probably the most anti-climatic moment in her life.

As the fight went on, it didn't seem like the wolves were willing to give up. They couldn't lie about the fact that they were getting so tired. The lack of sleep, the soreness of their feet from walking, and the fact that their senses had to be alert for the battle meant that it was only a matter of time before they all just dropped and gave up. It was a bit too late for Elsa to create the ice barrier she suggested earlier because there would always be at least two wolves inside of it.

"Elsa," Anna said, "we-"

The deep, load roar of a creature could be heard not so far away from them. The wolves stopped coming, and they all looked over to where the sound was heard. Anna and the others lowered their weapons and looked in the same direction out of curiosity.

"What was that?" Elsa asked.

"The end of us if we don't go..." Kristoff said. "We got to go now!"

To be continued in the next chapter

Author's Note: Sorry that this chapter came out a little later than usual... again. This has been a very busy week for me because of school related things, so I hope you guys can forgive me. I hoped you guys liked the chapter. This chapter was also one of the longest chapters I've ever written, too, so I hope the length made up for the wait. Also, I never usually read my own work. Can you guys tell me how long it usually takes for you to read one of my chapters? I hope it's longer than about ten minutes, because that's what I try to break.

I've had this crazy idea in my head that if I ever had the time, I would rewrite Phoenix Fire. Looking at the writing for it makes me embarrassed. I probably won't ever get the chance to do so, but if I do, I just wanted to let you guys know that the idea is out there. It probably will come out late 2015 or early 2016 assuming I'm still interested in it.

QOTD: What's your prediction on what will happen to Deren in the story? (I know what happens, but I just wanted to see if you guys can guess correctly)

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