Here's the next chapter! I always try to post it as quick as I can!

I tried to put a bit of awkward romance in there.

I hope you like it. It's by Ignite (me)

I woke up on a small blanket by what was once a burning fire, now a smoldering pile of wood. I sat up, my head foggy, and groaned.

Was all of that real? Did I really… Die? It had seemed real.

I didn't remember much, just that thing stabbing me, and then I spent, what seemed like hours, running around in total darkness hearing Winter cry. The way she tried to wake me up, how she kept screaming 'No!' like I had died. The weird thing was, I felt like I was dead. My running seemed to feel more like floating and I had to struggle to get a few words out.

The good thing was, Winter was my sister again, and all of my injuries were gone. The only thing different, was that there always seemed to be a foggy darkness in the back of my head. I shuddered, and noticed that it was night.

Everyone must be asleep. I thought to myself.

I slowly stood up and walked to a pool of water. My dress was changed, (I don't even want to know who changed it) it was a bright magenta, with purple highlights, and a green blanket was draped over my back. My hair was in my usual two braids that glided down my chest. I brought my hand up to my temple, remembering when the spear made contact. I shuddered and got up.

I walked to the tents and looked in each one. I saw Winter, curled up in her sleeping roll. She had a wide grin on her face, and giggled in her sleep.

She must be dreaming about Calder.

I was totally fine with that, I mean Calder and Chet had both tried to help me. They both helped Winter. They were fine in my book. And if Winter liked Calder, who was I to stop her?

When I looked into the other tent, I saw Chet. He was curled up in the corner of the tent with no sleeping roll, and he was shivering. I slowly took off my blanket and draped it over him. He was still shivering, so I walked over to the empty fire, took some stones and some wood, and walked back to Chet's tent. I carefully laid the wood on the grass and surrounded it with stone, so the fire wouldn't spread. I lit my finger, and touched the wood. It immediately burst into a glowing, orange, fire, and almost as quickly; Chet stopped shivering.

I sighed and looked at him. I owed him, the least I could do was this.

I walked out of the tent to see the sun rising. The sun burned multiple colors; from yellow, to orange, to even having a tinge of pink. I lit a fire in my palm, and it burned the same. I watched as the fire jumped and changed colors, when Chet came out of his tent. I quickly extinguished the fire and looked at Chet. He was carrying the green blanket that I had placed on him last night. He stretched and his blonde hair rippled in the sunlight. He turned, saw me, and blushed.

"Um…" he stuttered, "Thanks." He said as he handed me the blanket. "And the fire." He looked down.

"Oh, no problem." I said, hoping I wasn't blushing.

We stood there for a bit, staring at each other. Soon Winter emerged from her room, and we quickly looked away.

"Good morning." She yawned.

"Good morning." I replied back.

Suddenly Calder came out of his tent as well.

"So," Chet started, "what's for breakfast?

We had a breakfast of berries. As we finished, Winter stood up.

"We should get going if we want to get to the fountain in time." She stated quickly. She picked up the map and pointed towards two mountains. "We go this way." She said as she started walking towards them.

We trudged through the dense forest on our way. I could've sworn I saw something following us, but every time I looked back, nothing was there.

Stupid darkness. Stop messing with my head. I thought to myself.

After what seemed like hours, we finally reached the mountains.

"It's a long way up." Chet stated. "I don't know if everyone can make it that far."

Calder seemed to be thinking the same thing. "If only we had some sort of transportation." He sighed.

We needed something that could fly.

Fly! I thought as I realized what I had to do.

I started creating fire from my palms. I started shaping it; giving it wings, a tail, and a curved beak. Soon enough, a large bird of prey loomed over us.

"It's a hawk!" Winter exclaimed.

"No," I replied, "A phoenix."

"Well, what are we waiting for, let's get riding!" Winter exclaimed as she approached the phoenix.

The phoenix reared away and screeched in protest.

"Whoa! Whoa girl." I stated as I calmed the bird. "What's wrong?"

It shook it's feathers, like it was shivering.

"Oh," I realized, "it's the cold. She's afraid of it." I sighed.

"Oh," Winter sighed, "I guess that won't work then."

I thought for a moment. We had to get some way to get us up there. I tried to remember when I first saw a phoenix. Even before I made it for the first time. I retraced my steps to how this thing even started.

The clip! I suddenly remembered the orange bird resting on it.

"The clip." I repeated out loud.

Everyone looked at me, confused.

"What do you mean?" Winter asked.

"Remember the clip I got from mother."

"The one with the orange bird on it?"

"Yes! That orange bird, was a phoenix!"

"So?"

"So…. Remember that mirror that mother gave you."

"Yes"

"What did it have on it?"

"A bunch of flying horses but…." She paused. "Do you think I can make those?" she gasped.

"It's worth a shot."

Her brow knitted in concentration as she moved her hands. Snowflakes emerged from her finger tips as they created the shape of a horse. Soon enough, a winged horse stood in front of Winter. When she looked up, she gasped when she saw the pegasus.

"Did I make that?" She asked.

"Yeah! You were great!" Calder exclaimed.

As we mounted our rides held out my hand to Chet.

"Hey wind boy, come on."

"Me?" He stuttered.

"Do you see any other wind boys around, and besides, I don't think Ariadne will appreciate a water elemental on her back."

"Ariadne?"

"That's her name." I said as I patted her neck.

"Oh, okay." He said as he climbed on.

We all lifted off the ground on our mounts and headed over the mountains. When we got about half way, Ariadne seemed to shudder. It was too cold here for her to keep flying.

"We need to land! Ariadne can't stand the cold." I called over to Winter.

She was about to respond, but Calder cut her off.

"We can't waste any time! We've already gotten this far! We have to keep going." He called as he sped forward. Quickly exiting my range of sight.

Ariadne screeched in alarm as her wings froze and we plummeted towards the ground.

"Brace for impact!" I called to het, the air pressure blocking all sound from my ears.

The ground quickly got closer, and we crashed into the base of the snowy mountain.

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