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Travel dresses, boots, a sleeping roll, the map, and a sack of food. I was almost ready to go. I looked at my dresser; looking for something I missed, and I saw a pair of light blue gloves. I picked them up, but quickly put them back. I couldn't wear them, it didn't seem right. I finally picked up my carved knife; my parents never knew about it, I had made it out of a tree branch a few years ago. Winter knew, but she didn't tell, we always knew each other's secrets.

I sighed. Was it right not telling Winter about my powers?

This question sung my heart like an angry wasp. The way she reacted, I was only trying to do the right thing. Her eyes, hard with pain, stared into my soul.

Oh Winter, I only thought I was doing the right thing.

A tear slid down my cheek, and sparks flew from my hands. I jumped back, and batted them out on my dress, causing it to be stained with soot.

Was this how Elsa felt? Always battling her emotions; to stop her from doing something horrible. At least her powers were beautiful. Mine are just a danger.

After sitting there for a moment; thinking, I was snapped back to my senses. I picked up my neatly packed bag, and headed to Winter's room. Before I got to the door, I stopped. I couldn't go in there with my dress like this, covered in the stain that my powers had brought. Rushed to the stables, and took out my favorite stable boy outfit. I put it on quickly and then headed to Winter's room.

"Winter, are you ready?" I asked hastily.

"Yeah," she looked up at me, "why are you wearing that?"

"It's a lot easier to travel in this, than a dress." I replied matter-of-factly.

"Well I like to keep my dignity."

"Suit yourself."

We quickly exited the castle, trying not to be seen so no one would ask questions. I quickly pulled out the map and studied the directions. I followed the lines with my eyes, and they rested on the dark forest.

"We need to go back into the woods." I stated sadly.

"Well, it says we need a few objects to even activate the fountain. Like, um…." She stated shakily, "a four-leaf clover! Let's go to the garden to get one." She said quickly, pulling on my arm.

"I have a feeling we can't just pick one from the garden." I replied slowly.

"Yeah, you're probably right. I just don't really want to go back in there."

"I don't feel any better about this than you do."

We quickly walked into the dark forest, and it had already seemed hostile to us. Small flakes of snow dotted the air, and rested on my shoulders. I shivered, and pulled my cardigan closer to me. The area soon turned pitch dark, and I couldn't see a thing. I lit a small fire in my palm and surrounded Winter and I in a circle of light.

As we walked along, a small lake came into view. It glistened in the fire light, but it still seemed dark. Voices seemed to whisper in my ear. A song seemed to engulf my ears. Calling me towards the lake.

"Winter, do you hear that?" I asked.

She didn't answer.

"Winter?" I asked shakily and looked back. Her eyes were glassy, and she was staring at the pond. "Can you her me?"

She still did not respond, she just stared forward. I touched her hand, and she was cold; like ice. She seemed to nod, and then walked forward. She seemed to want to go to the lake.

"Winter? Winter! Stop!" I cried pulling Winter's arm.

She wouldn't move.

I soon gave up and cried out to the pond. "Stop it! Whoever is doing this stop! Please!"

There was no reply, and Winter didn't stop walking. I threw a ball of fire across the lake, and it flew across. It suddenly stopped, in the center, and it spread light around the lake. In the air, I couldn't believe my eyes. There were birds, or at least the bodies of birds, with the heads of women. I gaped at them, and noticed that they were speaking, and staring at Winter.

A ball of fire burst into my hand. "Stop it!" I yelled at them, throwing the ball with extreme force. The bird quickly dodge it, and stared at me.

No, not bird. Siren. I soon realized.

She looked at me, her concentration on Winter faded, and Winter collapsed. The harpy focused on me, and started singing. Telling me to come to her. I wanted to do it. I could feel my legs starting to move toward the lake.

No! Stop it! My inner conscious yelled at myself.

I tensed, tried to look away from the lake. I tried to stop walking. I struggled to not listen. Pain engulfed me, but I looked away, I stopped walking, Stopped listening. The siren stared at me harder, put more force into her words, and was putting all of her energy on forcing me towards the lake. I slowly raised my palm. Pain seared through my body like a million knives cutting my skin. I knew that If I stopped struggling, the pain would stop. But I didn't, for Winter. Fire came to my will, and I weakly threw the fire at the siren. Busy concentrating on me, she didn't notice the fire ball, and was too late to dodge it. The siren burst on impact, and turned into a cloud of smoke. One black feather floated across the lake, and landed in my smoldering hand.

A raven's feather.

I was about to ponder this, but I remembered Winter. I ran over to her and checked her forehead. It was normal. I sighed, and waited for her to wake up.

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