I worked hard on this chapter! Its a little longer! The real fun begins next chapter, though. review! it keep me going! never the less, enjoy!

Sera danced around our small group as we reached the Snowpeak. She had borrowed one of Ashei's fur coats. I wished Rusl had joined us, but ever since his son was returned to Ordon he visited us less frequently.

"I've got a new lead on the snow monster. Hear this, Link told me that there's a mansion at the top of the Snowpeak, and that the snowman lives there with his wife. Isn't that ridiculous?" Ashei asked.

"Maybe a bit," I laughed.

"I had to look for myself though. Who knows, maybe Link was telling the truth. He's never steered me wrong before."

"Or maybe he's crazy. How do we even know that there is a snow monster?" Sera asked.

"There's way too much evidence to say that the snow monster doesn't exist," Ashei responded sternly. I knew that Ashei had spent most of her life studying the Snowpeak and if anyone suggested that she was wrong about it then she acted defensive.

Sera shrugged, not entirely convinced.

"So where do we start?" Auru asked, pulling out a map Ashei drew of the Snowpeak.

"There," She said pointing to a spot below the small cliff we were standing on. Cracked ice made small floating islands in the icy water of a lake.

"Down there?" I asked. I was terribly afraid of heights. I gulped nervously.

"Don't worry, I'll help you find your way," Ashei replied reassuringly, patting my on the back.

I took a deep breath and hoisted my rucksack onto my shoulder. "Alright."

"Let's move, yeah?"

Ashei went down first, then Auru, then Sera, and lastly me. I let myself be guided down then I prepared for the tricky part: crossing this lake. There was no way around it, and it was certainly too cold to swim through it, that only left one option. We were going to have to jump across the ice. I hit the snow at the bottom of the cliff and waited for further instructions.

"Alright, so listen closely, we are going to have to hop across these platforms of ice to get to the other side. Do not fall into the water and be careful, yeah?"

We all nodded. Ashei demonstrated first. She leapt onto a large chunk of ice. It swayed in the water but then stopped as she caught her balance. I went next this time, jumping onto the ice mass next to hers. I heard Auru and Sera follow and then we were off. Ashei would jump to the next platform and I would follow closely behind her, desperately trying to keep my balance on the ice blocks. With each step they wobbled, creating frightening images of myself falling into the water. I reached the end of the lake thankfully stepping onto land. Nothing had ever felt so relieving. We had reached the bottom of the first mountain. I looked ahead but all I could see was white. A blizzard of snow blinded my vision. At least Ashei knew where we were going.

"This is where the fun begins," I heard her mutter to herself.

She pulled out her map and looked into the snow.

"That way," she directed, pointing forward.

Without a word, we followed her as she made her way up the winding path of the mountain. We were almost to the top when a snowy beast emerged from the snow. It was a furry white wolf. Its red eyes glowed at me dangerously.

"Ashei, what's that?" Sera asked nervously. Ashei looked almost as surprised as the rest of us.

"I-I don't know." Auru took a step forward, drawing his sword cautiously. The wolf watched him. Then it jumped. It leapt at Auru, who managed to jump to the side just in time. Then it was gone. The wolf had disappeared. Auru stood up, replacing his sword in its sheath after glancing around and seeing no sign of the wolf.

I spoke up. "Should we...?"

"No," Ashei responded sternly, "We move forward. Just be on your toes, yeah?"

Once again we all nodded. We began our trek up the mountain again.

"Another thing to be cautious of… This just gets better and better, doesn't it?" Sera muttered sarcastically.

I sighed. I knew she was right. I was starting to wonder whether coming on this adventure was worth it or not. The farther we progressed, the more dangerous things began to look; and all for what? A hunch Ashei had? I was having doubts.

"Guys," Ashei said, turning to smile at us, "We're here."