Chapter Five: The Endless Tundra
After boarding our Gummi Ship, we went to the bridge. We then roamed around for a while before coming across a world seal. After opening the path with our combined piloting skills (we kinda… took a crash course) and then went through to the world beyond. Twilight Town could wait.
When we landed, we found ourselves in a thick, dark forest, covered with snow. I walked around a little, checking out our surroundings. Snowy forest as far as the eye could see. This did not bode well. I had guessed where we were, and from what I believed, we could be in trouble, very fast and very soon.
I quickly ran back to where my friends were, and told them of what I'd discovered.
"You guys, we have to get out of here. I think I know where we are," I told them.
"Where?" Amy asked me.
"We're… in Narnia," I whispered.
"Where's that?" Jason asked me.
"Don't you know? Have either of you guys seen the movies or read the books?" I asked, surprised by their lack of knowledge.
"What? I've never heard of that," Jason said.
"Well, I have. And my instincts tell me we need to get out of here, now!" I shouted.
"Fine… fine…" Jason complained, and we started walking through the dense, snowy forest. The place seemed to be totally desolate and devoid of life, as we encountered no animals on our way through it. I felt an eerie presence about us, though…
After breaking through the forest, we stood in a vast tundra. Despite the steady snowfall, I could faintly see a river on the horizon, outlined by the rising sun. Trudging through the freezing snow and wet feet (your feet get wet in snow, for those of you who don't know), we reached the river by the time the sun had risen halfway into the sky.
"Man, I'm so cold…" Jason complained. Truth be told, I was really hating it right now too (and I'm one who likes to go play in the snow). Even with my coat and dark clothes, I was freezing my bones off.
"How are we supposed to cross this?" Amy asked through her shivers. "There's no way to cross it, from what I see. There's no ice to float across on, either."
"Hm… I know!" I said. Truly, I did: I'd use my True Form, and then use my enhanced strength and agility to simply jump across the waterfall. I closed my eyes and cast off the darkness, and I felt that strength flow into me… my true strength.
"Whoa! Roy… what are you…" Amy started, but I grabbed her and Jason by the wrists, then sprang over the waterfall. I made sure to go out of my True Form quickly after we landed in the crunchy snow beneath us.
"What was that?" Jason asked me briefly after we landed. "Your hair turned white!"
"It was… nothing. We made it across the waterfall, right?" I said.
"Well, yeah, but…" Amy started.
"Then, let's get going!" I shouted, running off toward another forest. They followed, and I was glad I gotten myself out of that discussion.
After dashing through another snowy forest (which got progressively less snowy), we found ourselves face-to-face with a camp… in it were all sorts of mythological creatures. At the long end of the camp, there was a yellow tent.