The only way to get to the Frigidia Province was through the Bernink Province, so Prince Sean, Mieu, Wren, Laya and Rhys were forced to traverse the desert and go through an echoey passage to get there. When the party neared the end of the passage, a blast of frosty cold air hit them. Sean began to shiver.

"It's so cold here..." Sean mumbled, his teeth chattering.

"Prince Sean, why don't you try unclipping your cloak and wrapping it around you?" Rhys suggested. The prince took his advice and took his cloak from around his shoulders, wrapping it around his body like a makeshift poncho. Laya began to shiver, and Rhys saw her.

"I'm fairly warm. Laya, why don't you use my cloak to keep warm?" Rhys said, unclipping his cloak and handing it to Laya. Thanking him, she took the cloak and wrapped it around herself, just as Sean had done. After everyone's warmth issues had been sorted out, the party set off into the Frigidia Province.

The province was bitterly cold - so cold that the party wished that they were in the Bernink Province, but that wish was unlikely to be granted.

"Come on," Sean ordered, "let's find Laya's Pendant." He lead the party through ankle-deep snow and bone-chillingly freezing winds. Driving snow attacked them from all around, and as the flakes melted, the wintry water soaked into their clothes, making them feel even colder.

"I know it's unlikely," Mieu said, "but how about we look for a town or a village?"

"Are you serious, Mieu? The cold must be playing with your computer chip!" Sean snapped. The Siberian temperatures were making his blood feel like ice, even though he had his cloak wrapped around him for warmth. Mieu sighed.

"I know it sounds stupid, but please try to find somewhere. Even if it's just an abandoned village." she said, her head hanging. Sean grumbled under his breath and stormed through the now knee-deep snow, with Mieu, Wren, Laya and Rhys following closely. As they trudged further through the carpet of white, featureless snow, Sean thought he saw something in amongst the vast expanse. It looked like some sort of bright red rectangle stuck in the snow. The prince ran over and picked it up.

"It's a letter! But... how?" Sean asked himself as he looked at who it was addressed to. It was addressed to him. He showed the unopened letter the other members of the party.

"Well, shouldn't you read it?" Rhys suggested. Sean tore open the envelope and found a folded piece of light blue paper. He read it aloud to the rest of the party, and it said:

Dear Prince Sean and party,

I'm writing this letter over 3000 feet in the air, which is no easy task. That's why my handwriting's a mess. I've just found out some startling news.

The winged creature that had taken me had been blathering on about the fact that the explosion of Satellite had all been planned in advance! And then as soon as that one was down, the other moon, Dahlia, was going to be blown up as well! Luckily they abandoned that plan, because those guys finally got what they were looking for. They're also after Laya's Treasure.

Maybe Lune could help here. I know Queen Sari said that he'd been the one behind the attacks, but actually he regrets everything he's done. He's on Dahlia, where Orakio banished him 1000 years ago. Yeah, I know it sounds odd, but he's still alive, thanks to sleeping in a freezer, also known as cryogenic sleep. Brrr, it chills me to think about it.

He's also got one of the Layan Eyes, so it'd be wise to go over to Dahlia. I'd better stop writing or else Wing-Features here might tear the letter up.

Lots of love, Lyle.

X X X

P.S. If Lune tries to attack you, you have to explain the situation. Don't fight back!

"At least Lyle has told us what we need to do after retrieving Laya's Pendant." Rhys said after Sean had finished reading the letter. The prince put it into his pocket and lead the party through yet another vast, bleak expanse of snow.

After a long two hours' trekking, the party could see something in the distance.

"Come on! I see something over there!" Sean ordered, jogging through the waist-deep snow. The shape became clearer and clearer, and the prince could see that it was... a town.

"Mieu, you were right! I see a town! Move it!" the prince said eagerly, ushering the party towards the town. Before they got inside, they stopped.

"This isn't a town at all!" Laya said.

"Whatever are you saying now, Laya? Of course it's a town! Look, there are buildings here!" Sean replied. Laya stopped him saying any more.

"This place... my older sister told me that this was where she and Orakio finally made up. This is Mystoke, the Castle of Silence."

"Oh yeah? A Castle of Silence, huh? Well, we'll make much more noise than that!"

"Still your tongues, both of you!" Rhys snapped, forgetting the fact that he'd just overstepped his authority. Sean looked sternly at him.

"I apologise, Prince Sean. That's your job." Rhys said slowly, backing down. Sean then lead the party into Mystoke, the Castle of Silence.