The further they got into the north, more cold and icy it became, they had already passed the Volcanoes of Ice and were getting closer to the frozen Nohar Mountains, or so called by the very few survivors, the Madness Mountains, these mountains were a huge frozen maze, the first level was a series of ice caverns and the second and last was the mountains themselves,
"S-S-Sooo C-Cold...Ever-Ev-Everywhere..." complained Slippery Jack,
"It's not [I]THAT[/I] cold" said Elf Cup,
"E-Easy for you to say, you're a polar bear an-And I'm n-N-Not"
"He's right, he was never meant for the cold, he's a croc, cold blooded" said Beauty Stem,
"W-What about y-Y-You?"
"Me? Oh, I was meant for cold too, but not as much as Elf Cup was, take these velox berries anyway"
Slippery Jack quickly gulped the berries down and he felt cold no more but a perfect temperature for crocodile, just then Puff continued to whine way back in the back,
"I'm hungry an' there's no food!"
"Oh stop whining Puff Ball"
Fur Foot stopped, and saw a cave opening,
"Thi-I-Is must be-E the te-Emple of Juui"
"I don't want to go in there!" Panther Cap moaned, and took two steps back,
"We don't have a choice, either let this Shadow kill another god, gain more power, and kill all of them, and then the creatures go next!"
"And then the world?"
"I sup-Pose… Ye-Ess"
He took a look inside, and then a step, another and another, his teeth chattered in the deadly cold, all he could see by far was glowing crystals, some were blue, and the rest were teal,
"How… Pretty" said Beauty Stem, gazing upon the shining 'treasure',
"I have got a bad feeling about this" Said Elf Cup
"Me-E too" Replied Earth Star,
Earth Star began sniffing the air, there was a hint of some odd smell, like ice but at the same time lighting, just as something caught his eye, was it a crystal? Or some hidden foe? They all decided to follow it, it was then seen again, this time by Panther Cap, who shivered even more with fear,
"It we-Ent into the… Le-Left tunnel" Whispered Panther Cap,
"Yo-Ou sure?"
"Yes"
Elf Cup stepped in a pool, and felt a shock of pain, she tried to not make any noise though, but she still let out a small bellow,
"My foot!"
"Wh-What is wro-Ong?"
"Something has bit me or… I dunno"
"Lets sit in the light of the crystals and see" Beauty Stem suggested,
Elf Cup limped over there, and then saw it, there was a open toe and a few crystals stuck in and then was a good quantity of blood on it, when she saw it, she freaked out, but Beauty Stem calmed her down, so she was still enough to pull the crystals out herself, then Beauty Stem wrapped a bit of cloth around it to protect it.
She moved her foot a bit, the pain was not fully gone but at least she could walk without getting it infected or get ice maggots, ice maggots loved to go inside other animals cuts and wounds and begin to suck away their blood until they are dead then they will eat them, just as the odd creature returned,
"There it is!"
"Where'd it go!?" Said Shaggy Mane with eyes as wide as snowballs,
"The middle tunnel!!"
"Let's go!!"
They followed the strange creature to a cave exit, it went outside and into the complete barren waste of an ice land,
"Co-Old y-Et??" yelled Slippery Jack to Elf Cup,
"Alittl-E"
They followed it through series of dead ends and forks until they saw a beautiful castle of crystal, water and ice, it shone in the now weak sun,
"It's beautiful!!" Oyster cried out after she popped her head out of Puff Ball's backpack,
"So that's why my backpack was so heavy, and I bet the food is gone.. "
"A-Ll you wo-Orry about is fo-Ood, le-Et's go inside!!" Shaggy Mane shouted excitedly,
"And let's ma-Ake sure Puf-Ff Ball doe-Esn't eat the castle whi-Ile we are in" Panther Cap said,
They found a throne and a creature made of ice, with a small ice spider nearby,
"Who are you? And why have you come?"
"We w-Ere sent b-Y one of F-Ang W-Hy"
"That evil god! I sh-"
"Wa-It! You D-Don't Unde-Rsta-And, Fang-Why w-As attacked by t-He Shadow.. "
"I have heard of rumors of him.. But to hear them from a creature's own mouth… This must be true.. I shall help you and leave Fang-Why, but.."
The creatures looked on as the god thought, they could almost see what he was thinking in his eyes,
"But.. If this is not true, I shall destroy you and this god!"
Just as Juui spoke the deal, the creatures were instantly teleported back to the small town, and they saw a raid of ice giants and golems, but a voice said 'You have gave me what I want and it is nice, now I shall rid you of this price of ice!' and then ice creatures walked back towards the north until out of sight,
"You have saved us!" Shouted the man
"And the reward.. ?"
"Oh.. That, well, gather round and we must speak low, for this is forbidden knowledge..
Long ago, when the gods were created, there were seven gods, Juui, Fang-Why, Blaiok Leepei, Haia, Grijg and the Shadow, Blaiok Leepei was the most powerful of all, and the Shadow became jealous, he made three devils and one demon to power an orb, he then bound her to the void, but she had taught her only creature, Emitssassa, how to make creatures and life, Emitssassa then created nine other creatures"
"Who were they?" questioned Slippery Jack
"They were.. You"
"Us?!?"
"Yes.. "
"Impossible!!"
"Not if you are as powerful as Emitssassa, now I am done, and you can go to your next quest, whatever it will be, I do not know"
The creatures waved good bye to the man, and left, they decided to go east, and to the land of Air..
"S-S-Sooo C-Cold...Ever-Ev-Everywhere..." complained Slippery Jack,
"It's not [I]THAT[/I] cold" said Elf Cup,
"E-Easy for you to say, you're a polar bear an-And I'm n-N-Not"
"He's right, he was never meant for the cold, he's a croc, cold blooded" said Beauty Stem,
"W-What about y-Y-You?"
"Me? Oh, I was meant for cold too, but not as much as Elf Cup was, take these velox berries anyway"
Slippery Jack quickly gulped the berries down and he felt cold no more but a perfect temperature for crocodile, just then Puff continued to whine way back in the back,
"I'm hungry an' there's no food!"
"Oh stop whining Puff Ball"
Fur Foot stopped, and saw a cave opening,
"Thi-I-Is must be-E the te-Emple of Juui"
"I don't want to go in there!" Panther Cap moaned, and took two steps back,
"We don't have a choice, either let this Shadow kill another god, gain more power, and kill all of them, and then the creatures go next!"
"And then the world?"
"I sup-Pose… Ye-Ess"
He took a look inside, and then a step, another and another, his teeth chattered in the deadly cold, all he could see by far was glowing crystals, some were blue, and the rest were teal,
"How… Pretty" said Beauty Stem, gazing upon the shining 'treasure',
"I have got a bad feeling about this" Said Elf Cup
"Me-E too" Replied Earth Star,
Earth Star began sniffing the air, there was a hint of some odd smell, like ice but at the same time lighting, just as something caught his eye, was it a crystal? Or some hidden foe? They all decided to follow it, it was then seen again, this time by Panther Cap, who shivered even more with fear,
"It we-Ent into the… Le-Left tunnel" Whispered Panther Cap,
"Yo-Ou sure?"
"Yes"
Elf Cup stepped in a pool, and felt a shock of pain, she tried to not make any noise though, but she still let out a small bellow,
"My foot!"
"Wh-What is wro-Ong?"
"Something has bit me or… I dunno"
"Lets sit in the light of the crystals and see" Beauty Stem suggested,
Elf Cup limped over there, and then saw it, there was a open toe and a few crystals stuck in and then was a good quantity of blood on it, when she saw it, she freaked out, but Beauty Stem calmed her down, so she was still enough to pull the crystals out herself, then Beauty Stem wrapped a bit of cloth around it to protect it.
She moved her foot a bit, the pain was not fully gone but at least she could walk without getting it infected or get ice maggots, ice maggots loved to go inside other animals cuts and wounds and begin to suck away their blood until they are dead then they will eat them, just as the odd creature returned,
"There it is!"
"Where'd it go!?" Said Shaggy Mane with eyes as wide as snowballs,
"The middle tunnel!!"
"Let's go!!"
They followed the strange creature to a cave exit, it went outside and into the complete barren waste of an ice land,
"Co-Old y-Et??" yelled Slippery Jack to Elf Cup,
"Alittl-E"
They followed it through series of dead ends and forks until they saw a beautiful castle of crystal, water and ice, it shone in the now weak sun,
"It's beautiful!!" Oyster cried out after she popped her head out of Puff Ball's backpack,
"So that's why my backpack was so heavy, and I bet the food is gone.. "
"A-Ll you wo-Orry about is fo-Ood, le-Et's go inside!!" Shaggy Mane shouted excitedly,
"And let's ma-Ake sure Puf-Ff Ball doe-Esn't eat the castle whi-Ile we are in" Panther Cap said,
They found a throne and a creature made of ice, with a small ice spider nearby,
"Who are you? And why have you come?"
"We w-Ere sent b-Y one of F-Ang W-Hy"
"That evil god! I sh-"
"Wa-It! You D-Don't Unde-Rsta-And, Fang-Why w-As attacked by t-He Shadow.. "
"I have heard of rumors of him.. But to hear them from a creature's own mouth… This must be true.. I shall help you and leave Fang-Why, but.."
The creatures looked on as the god thought, they could almost see what he was thinking in his eyes,
"But.. If this is not true, I shall destroy you and this god!"
Just as Juui spoke the deal, the creatures were instantly teleported back to the small town, and they saw a raid of ice giants and golems, but a voice said 'You have gave me what I want and it is nice, now I shall rid you of this price of ice!' and then ice creatures walked back towards the north until out of sight,
"You have saved us!" Shouted the man
"And the reward.. ?"
"Oh.. That, well, gather round and we must speak low, for this is forbidden knowledge..
Long ago, when the gods were created, there were seven gods, Juui, Fang-Why, Blaiok Leepei, Haia, Grijg and the Shadow, Blaiok Leepei was the most powerful of all, and the Shadow became jealous, he made three devils and one demon to power an orb, he then bound her to the void, but she had taught her only creature, Emitssassa, how to make creatures and life, Emitssassa then created nine other creatures"
"Who were they?" questioned Slippery Jack
"They were.. You"
"Us?!?"
"Yes.. "
"Impossible!!"
"Not if you are as powerful as Emitssassa, now I am done, and you can go to your next quest, whatever it will be, I do not know"
The creatures waved good bye to the man, and left, they decided to go east, and to the land of Air..