When we get to the village, it's evening. We pull up to a house right by the forest. I get out of the car & turn on the luggage bot we rented to take the bags inside. I watch the little droid for a few minutes & get bored. My mom is talking to a realtor, so I decide to check out the forest. I turn on my holophone for a light & trudge in. The summer grass is wet. I guess it must have rained earlier… Cool! I suddenly hear a bird cawing. There are hardly any birds in Ninjago anymore. I remember, in one of my books, it said that birds were descended from dinosaurs. I hope this one isn't descended from a grundle!
*snap
I hear a snap. I look around, but don't see anyone. I notice mist beginning to fill the air. I start to get freaked out, so I walk back… but I can't move.
Huh? I look down. Ice? The rain has frozen! I snap the ice away from my feet. Ice! But it's July! I run back home, the ice breaking under my feet all the way.
"Mom! There's ice in the forest!" I say as I run back.
"Cool." says my Mom.
"But it's July!" I say, not seeing why she isn't shocked.
"The mountains are colder than the city." says my mom. "Altitudes, pressures, stuff."
"The winter spirit." says the realtor. "My son caught a glimpse last year. All shiny & glowey, typical spirit." The realtor lets out a loud… guffaw was the only word for it.