Chapter Ten: One Ice Cavern Later…
Professor: Hope you all enjoy this chapter! I do not own these characters or worlds.
Gray had no clue why there was a large, half frozen pond behind the giant Zora in red ice. But he did know that the ice that floated on the water made a make-shift path to a cave on the other side.
'Good place as any to start.' he thought to himself.
His hatred and anger still boiled as he leapt between the spinning ice platforms. But he channeled it into his task. That was his entire thought, was the next step.
Which happened to be a step closer to his goal.
Beating this game.
The only thing that Gray could reason that would freeze this place and kill that girl was this game's boss. So that moved him right up to the top of Gray's list.
The ice mage growled at the thought of whoever it was, the feeling much worse than the anger he had felt at the Grand Magic Games.
But it made him continue.
He just had to figure out how to tell his team his new plan.
But frankly, the Hero might go to the boss, so Gray might as well take care of them both at once.
He made it to the entrance rather easily, barely giving thought to the fact that he had entered an ice cavern of sorts.
He sliced through the few enemies and ice spikes that stood in his way, taking only another moment to get his bearings in this new room.
There was a large spinning contraption that whirled deadly sharp blades around the room, but Gray didn't care. He rushed forward, slamming his hands together to channel his magic and freezing the contraption in place.
Gathering the silver gem things was very quick after that. After he grabbed the last one and tucked it away, a passageway opened on the other side of the room.
In fact, the only thing that gave him pause was the room with blue fire. It was definitely reminiscent of Romeo's different fire types, but Gray didn't think that the kid had blue fire that burned cold. At least, he couldn't remember if he did.
Either way, the Ice-Mage-turned-Zora made a rather simple deduction. If it was here, then it must be useful. Who knows? Maybe it could even melt that red ice he had seen.
Putting his hands together, he quickly formed a bottle of ice in his hands to grab some.
Using it to get through the rest of the cavern was a breeze. The surprise came after that in the final room.
The room was small and a little cramped, covered in snow and ice like the rest of the place had been. Gray had barely taken three steps before a howl rang out, startling him. A giant white wolf seemed to rise out of the snow in front of him, immediately rushing forward for an attack. Gray jumped to the side, easily dodging. They went back and forth for a while. The animal was surprising good at blocking. But, eventually, Gray was able to land the final blow. As the wolf disappeared in a batch of smoke, a chest dropped from...somewhere. 'Video game logic.' he scoffed.
He had just grabbed some sort of iron boots out of the chest when he turned around and came face to face with a man and woman, both wrapped in purple garb with masks. They both had blonde hair, the man's poking out of the top of his mask and the woman's in a short braid. But both also had a giant red eye branded on their chests.
The man glared at him in anger, but the woman let out an excited squeal.
"Gray!"
"Lucy?!"
Professor: I know, short chapter. I'm sorry, but I couldn't think up a lot for Gray to do here. He can easily handle the Ice Cavern and he's pretty straightforward, so there wasn't a lot I could do until the end. The chapters will get longer though, eventually!