The sun was beginning to rise over the Land of Ooo, as Roll was wandering through an empty field, panting tiredly, while Kadin was floating beside her. The two had been traversing most of the night for the Ice Kingdom. Roll looked down at the palms of her hands, seeing them still covered in the blood of the Naga she had killed when it had attacked her. She had been silent for the rest of the night and a good chunk of the day. She just reached into her red backpack, rummaging around within it before pulling out a bottle of water just taking a drink from it.
"I cannot believe it… but I think I see it," Kadin said as he raised a skeletal hand upward to a degree, pointing to the sky. The young girl could see the tip of an icy mountain, though she was having another thought cross her mind. If she did put the ghost's arrow in the snow, she would be alone again. The only person she would have left was her father. The only reason she even made it through that forest was because Kadin had assisted her. Roll knew it was wrong to even consider refusing to bury his arrow, especially after making a promise to get him there. She had another thought come across her mind. "Kadin...? You promised to be happier if you saw snow," she reminded him of this made.
Kadin groaned, but he let Roll see a skeletal smile, his bony teeth showing. This made her begin giggling and laughing, just seeing his face like that. She felt another sharp pain shoot through her side. "Oww...! Y-you don't have to fake it for me..." she claimed, making him go back to his old bore expression. "I am not faking. Believe me, I am more than happy seeing a single snowflake before my eyes," he stated while the two continued forward. The snowy terrain was only a few miles away. Roll tried to just forget last night to enjoy the current moment of being nearly done with her first adventure, even if it was going to make her lose a friend. She was more ecstatic to tell Finn more than anything.
"Roll? Roll!" Finn cried out. He had been searching most of his day for his daughter, and he was only just now going through the forest. He called out for her more, but he just shook his head after no response, growing more desperate and worried the longer she was gone. The forest was really thick to the point that the sun could only get a few small beams of light through the piles of leaves on the trees. Finn just began wandering through the forest, but during the exploration, he came across the corpse of the Naga that had been killed last night. He just crouched down, examining it. "Some hunter wasted his time on this guy…" he muttered, thinking the rotting corpse was either a waste of food or someone just filling a lust for blood.
Finn just continued walking, seeing the same scenery of trees surrounding him, though he stopped when he came across a tree that was very small compared to the rest. It was barely taller than the human himself. He reached down and brushed aside some of the moss that had been growing on it, seeing carved words on the wood of the small tree. "I, Finn, hereby give up adventuring as of this moment." He had carved it into the tree a long time back, maybe a day or two after Roll had been born. It was one of the few areas he had traveled, through he didn't think it was worth reliving old memories now. He just continued on his way through, hoping to find his daughter either in the forest. That was until he saw something on the ground. A small footprint lay on the ground, followed by a trail of them. "…She was here... Roll, what are you doing?" Finn questioned the empty surroundings while following the trail of footprints.
Roll and Kadin were nearing the Ice Kingdom. They could see the heavy amounts of snow, the tundra like environment, and at last, the huge icy mountains. "This is it. I cannot believe it is actually real snow. Please, find me a nice spot to bury my arrow," Kadin requested. Roll nodded as she dug around in her backpack, pulling out a blanket and wrapping it around herself. She had only packed it in case she felt the need to take a break. She was tired, but she knew that resting when they were so close to finishing was unnecessary. They couldn't quit now. They just began to walk through the snow, the wind blowing furiously as normal to the environment of the Ice Kingdom.
Inside another part of the Ice Kingdom, another person was making his way toward the Ice King's fortress. Jake the Dog, he had gotten older in age. Some of his previous yellow fur had slightly turned grey, but his age hadn't stopped him from doing his best to protect the Land of Ooo, even when his younger brother had vanished with no word. Jake was on another rescue mission for a damsel in distress. He was about to stretch up to the Ice King's huge window that over viewed the land, but suddenly, he heard a rumbling noise. From underneath the snow, appeared a golem of ice. "Ugh… again…?" the magical dog sarcastically questioned.
The Ice Golem roared, throwing a fist at him. Jake dodged it and stretched out his paw, piercing it through the Ice Golem's chest. Seemingly, it did nothing until he expanded it to a huge size, easily cracking open the golem's chest and shattering the whole body into small shards of ice. It was easy to deal with the ice creatures since he had found out how to beat them with ease. However, after that was done, Jake thought he saw something moving in the distance, but it wasn't moving towards him, so he just ignored it as he stretched up to the top of the Ice King's fortress.