EDT: Read that first paragraph while listening to "This May Be the Year" by Mystery Skulls if you want some fucking feelings. DO IT. Slowly.
My skin was freezing. I couldn't feel anything but the piercing cold. It felt as though every bone in my body was going to break from the temperature. I looked at both Astra and Blair. They appeared to be in a great amount of pain. Blair continued to try breathing fire, but to no avail. We trudged on, despite everything. The snow easily stuck to us, and turned into a frozen layer of ice. My hands suddenly felt numb, and it became hard to flex my fingers. The blood in my hands had begun to freeze. If we didn't get out of the snow soon, none of us were going to make it. I looked to my right. Astra had collapsed. Upon checking the left, I saw Blair struggling to move on as well. She fell to one knee and then fell sideways. My legs began shaking furiously and it became difficult to stand. I found myself on one knee, then on two. It became difficult to see. I lost all of my senses. Everything went to nothing. It feels as though I don't exist.
"The first Seal." An ominous reached into the furrow of my mind. Who was that? I thought I was dead.
"It's almost in your reach. Don't stop now."
I tilted my head up and saw the silhouette of some being. The sun was sitting behind it, in perfect sync. It spread its wings and produced a large bird-like howl. The light coming from behind it flooded my vision. Everything began to go dark once again.
When I opened my eyes, everything was white. There was snow everywhere, and the precipitation only seemed to have increased. I pushed myself back up. There was some kind of burning passion within me now. It revitalized me. I felt a new strength. There was a purpose to what we were doing. Though I don't know what it was. It didn't matter. I grabbed both Astra and Blair and threw them over my shoulders. And, once again, I found myself moving up this never-ending mountain.
My muscles screamed with each step. The wind blowing down the mountain cut into my skin like thousands of frozen blades. I wasn't deterred. I continued on. Eventually, I found myself in the actual clouds themselves. Snow was everywhere, flying around aimlessly running into objects. The temperature was drastically colder inside of the clouds. All the hair on my body stood on end. After what seemed like hours of hopeless walking, I see something.
EDT: At this point, there is another song worth listening to that fits the writing amazingly. It's called Dreamer by OrionMelody. Check it out if you can.
I'm not sure how I could see it, but there was this incredibly minute amount of light. It bled through the clouds as subtly as possible. It was hardly noticeable to the eye, but I saw it. It gave me hope, and strength. I pushed on. Was this the top of the mountain? I kept moving. And, after a few moments, the evening sky was clear. I placed down Blair and Astra. I looked out from the flat top of the mountain.
The clouds rolled about silently and seemed to be perfectly even. They appeared to be an endless foamy sea. There was absolute peace. Nothing seemed to be wrong with the world. At the top of this mountain, the temperature wasn't too hot, nor was it too cold. I looked into the sunset. I was taken aback by its magnificence. Its golden rays stretched across the incredible cloud. The only thing that seemed to stop it was the iron light reaching from the moon towards the sun. Now that I looked at the two of them, I noticed that the moon was rising in perfect unison with the sun's setting. Everything seemed to be absolutely perfect.
I felt a warm glowing in the palm of my left hand. I lifted my hand to look at it. There was a strange looking white symbol. It appeared to give of a very minute glow. I didn't understand what it meant. When I looked at it, the only thoughts in my mind that appeared were ones of peace and tranquility. Specifically, the image of the calm sea of clouds was the most prominent. Maybe this symbol had some link to that strange dream I had? I'm not sure; I really should talk to the girls. Besides, they need to know about a lot of things besides the symbol on my left hand.
EDT: Looks like Drew is going to tell them everything about himself. Next chapter is going to be really interesting. By the way, if you didn't listen to the music, that's too bad. I thought it fit perfectly. As always, leave reviews if possible! For those of you that do, thank you. Not many people realize how helpful they can be. Hell, if they simply say, "It was short, but good" That tells the author a lot. Well, it says that we aren't doing TOO badly. But, hey. Whatever floats your boat.