Hi guys! here's the next chapter!

Sorry it took longer than usual, I had lots of schoolwork. :/

"Winter?" I called out, "Wiiinter? Come on, we have to go."

Winter slowly walked out of her tent, her eyes red with tears. She must've been crying about Calder. What did he do? I decided, that I would have a talk with him, soon.

"Come on." Chet called as he started walking through of the woods.

I grabbed Winter's arm and ran to catch up with the boys.

"I can't tell which way to go! Where's the ocean?" Chet asked, "Calder, you should know which way water is."

Calder looked scared and closed his eyes. "Something must be blocking the way, I can't feel it."

Winter made a rather impolite noise, but Calder didn't even seem to care.

"I could climb a tree, then I might be able to see which direction to go." I offered.

"Okay." Chet replied.

I climbed up the tallest tree I could find, branch by branch I rose into the thin air. The bark scraped my hands and tore my dress, but I didn't care. It was almost like I was back home, Winter was home reading, and my parents were too busy to care that I'd gone. It was nice. Soon I reached the top of the tree, I rose above all of the trees and touched the clouds. The bids flew under me, and the wind brushed against my face. I searched the horizon and easily found the sea across the plain.

"Guys I found it!" I called down.

No response came.

"Guys?" I called again.

I must be too high to hear them. I thought and started to climb back down.

I was wrong. As I touched the ground; my friends were nowhere to be seen. I searched around the brush until I heard a loud rustle to the side. I ran toward the sound and heard a muffled voice yelling something. It was Winter's.

"I know he's a JERK, but get AWAY from him!" Winter screamed.

When I finally found a hole the vast field of trees, I saw Winter, blasting something with her ice. It was huge, with dark clammy skin, and one eye. The only clothes it wore was a large fabric, maybe a ship's sail, like a loin-cloth that revealed his not-so-muscular stomach. I was pretty scary, if you're afraid of giant one-eyed sloths. Laying under his large legs, was the limps body of Calder, and in one hand, was Chet; struggling to get free. In the other hand, a giant club ready to strike. The monster swung its club at Winter, but she quickly dodged and froze the monster's legs. The monster growled in frustration while it tried to free its legs from their icy cage.

Chet saw his chance, and blasted the monster in the eye. The monster roared in agony, and dropped Chet. Unfortunately, he landed head-first on the ice and laid limp on the ground. Dang it Chet. I ran through the trees, and neared the exit, trying to help Winter, but I was too late. Just as I go out of the trees; the monster swung its club at Winter, and met its mark. Winter fell, like a rag doll a child had just dropped. The monster laughed loudly as he started to pick up his prize.

"ENOUGH!" I yelled as my hand set in fire and I ran towards the beast.

"Another girl? And I thought this was almost too easy." he growled as he looked at me.

As he broke through the ice, I tried to summon Adriene, but all that appeared was a hazy image of smoke in her shape. This fight was going to be like every other, but this time, I was alone. The monster was coming in fast, but sloppily, constantly stumbling and winging his club madly.

Clumsy, clumsy one-eyed monster. I have to remember that. I told myself.

I easily dodged his steps and constantly blasted his legs with fire, but that only made him mad. And when I blasted it in the eye, it didn't really help my case either. That made him blind, clumsy, and REALLY mad.

"I will destroy you puny human!"

I'm probably going to die anyway, so why not have some fun? I thought.

"You'll have to catch me first! Woo!" I yelled back as I ran around him, encasing him in a circle of fire.

I smiled in triumph, but a little too soon. The monster quite easily, stepped out of the fire with an evil grin on his face.

"Stupid girl. Cyclops are almost completely immune to fire." he laughed as he swung his club at me.

So that's what you are.

I quickly jumped out of the way and climbed on his club. Before the Cyclops even knew what was happening, I was on his arm and scrambling onto his shoulder. I lit on fire, grabbed a branch from a tree, and stabbed the flaming stick into his shoulder. He cried out in pain, and I kept running along his body.

Not so fireproof on the inside, are you? I laughed to myself.

He tried to swat me off, but his movements were strong, but slow, and I easily dodged them. Well, most of them. One landed right behind me, but the force created a wind that blew me off, and I started falling. I fell from the 50 foot-tall Cyclops onto the ground, flat on my back.

Suddenly, I couldn't breathe as I laid there defenseless. The Cyclops saw, and smiled widely. He raised his club, and brought it down towards me.

Then my fire went out.

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