Chapter Fourteen: By Her Side
Frost's POV
Hmm... Agh... My head hurts. Where am I?... I moaned quietly in drowsiness with narrowed, tired eyes as I stared up deeply into the spiralling darkness of the night that held the countless, twinkling stars, galaxies and amazing nebulas. A prickly feeling rained an icy sensation up my spine that chilled my blood as I lay on what felt like short, spiky grass. My heart beat comfortably, matching the silence of the night as a very dull light emitted from my far left. Well, actually, it was the ONLY light. Slowly, I turned my head towards it, smiling warmly to see Nova and Melody fast asleep. Melody curled herself up into a ball to keep herself warm in this cool, quiet night that held a pleasant, soft breeze that slapped my face passively. Nova rested her back against the light brown, smooth looking bark of an old oak tree that sheltered us in it's large, branches that held hundreds of green leaves. But not enough to block out the night sky that stood high up above us, replacing the sky. I sighed quietly, chuckling for a split second before blinking, hearing a faint rustle of the grass emit from my right, causing me gulp quietly in slight anxiety.
Suddenly, a voice so calming and beautiful, that not even an angel could even compare sung from my right, causing my eyes to widen as I listened to it with everlasting awe. My heart beat with love, beating my chest painlessly before I turned my head to the right to see a familiar figure that sat a couple of metres away on the grass that had a light blue appearance... White.
"Cast the shadows, out from sight. A finals stand, a shouting cry. All the wrongs now turned to right. So fight the past take back the night. And call upon the torch tonight, to bring out all the ghosts to light. Because at last we have to go, it's time. To take back the night", She sung with ever lasting beauty that made me wonder if that really was her... I've heard that song before. But I can't put my finger on where... But it's related to a legend about how a dark ruler was taken out. One by the name of Herobrine. "Damn... I'm so reluctant...".
I smiled warmly, blinking before pushing myself up, scrunching the grass quietly, causing her to immediately look right at me with her amazing, crimson eyes that glowed in the steep darkness of the night. She had a surprised and embarrassed look to her face, but at the same time, she looked glad that I was awake.
"What are you doing up at a time like this?", I asked her just loud enough for her to hear in a friendly voice.
"Nothing... Just star gazing", She replied with a bright smile, tilting her white ears to the left as her white hair coiled on the grass like fine strands of silk.
"Aren't you cold?", I asked her in slight worry. She already has both of her thighs severed. I don't want her getting sick... "I mean... I'd be bad if you got sick. We really need you".
"Need me?", She laughed quietly to herself, thinking of it as a joke before she frowned sadly and looked away from me and down at the ground... What's gotten into her? "Why do you need me?".
I sighed, having an idea of what's going on with her. I was once in her shoes back in the early stages of the Game when I thought I was weak and a complete outcast... She was like that last night as well. Slowly, I got up on my feet with a quiet grunt and proceeded to walk towards her in silence as the stars showered us with light along with the full, overhead moon casting an amazing, ambient light blue glow that gave the entire woodland a 'magical' feel to it. She didn't look up at me, and I didn't mind that... But... I don't why I feel like I have to always help her... It's like I knew her. Or, maybe I want to show the same kindness that Mindy gave to me when I felt down... That must be it.
"Don't say that", I began, smiling warmly as I now stood to the right of her, looking up into the distant universe with awe and fascination that struck my mind like thunder. I blinked, taking in a deep breath of the cool, calming air before slowly sitting myself down beside her with crossed legs and both my hands on my lap. The grass scrunched quietly from underneath me, finishing off the final beat of the music as the wind continued to blow across the earth like wandering spirits in search for their goal and reason to exist... "To me, I see you as someone really special. Someone who reminds me of a lot of things...", I trailed off, slowly looking to my left, staring into her light red eyes as she stared into my light blue and light red eyes that reflected the light of the moon gracefully. Damn... I feel so... Nostalgic...
"I'm sorry... But... I feel like I'm just getting in your way sometimes. Like when we fought the Reaper...", She said, making me blink blankly and suddenly feel a little mad at her for saying that... But I shook it off, now wanting to make her feel bad since I'm not the type to do things like that... But I don't know how or why I'm able to talk to her so casually like she's a close friend. Is it because of her resemblance with Mindy?
"You're not. You're the reason why I'm still alive right now", I said soothingly, making her eyes widen as her cheeks flushed red, making me too, flush a light shade of red. Damn... She's... Argh! "If it weren't for you, I'd be down in the underworld by now"...
"Frost... I'm so-".
"It's ok. No need to apologise. Come on, let's get some sleep", I cut her off unintentionally. "Can you stand up on your own?".
"Ah, no. I crawled here", She replied in a chuckle, making me laugh quietly. Haha! She's really something. "Um... Can we sleep here?", She asked, making me cease my laughter dramatically and blink blankly as I stared at her face, then up into the amazing sky...
"Hmm. Alright", I said.
"Don't you find it strange?", She said from out of the blue as the grass crunched from my left, making me look down at her. She laid on the grass with a smile on her face, but at the same time, she shivered slightly to the cold air.
"What strange?", I asked as I too, laid down beside her and stared into her eyes in awe as she returned it happily.
"That the Overlords weren't really intending to do evil things". Eh? What does she mean by that? Charcoal enslaved many FrostBittens and killed many of them! Overturn sent out his children to... I forgot what but I know that it was something bad! And finally, Forsheer already altered this entire universe to his own liking... But the reason is STILL unknown to me... "Charcoal couldn't control his own actions, Overturn only wanted what was best for the world so he became the host for Forsheer who made this new world...", She explained... That makes sense but... Argh! Screw it. The more I think, the more closer to insanity I'll go!
"Hmm. I understand you a little, but at the same time I really don't know. Good night", I said honestly with a warm smile.
"Good Night...", She replied before I yawned quietly and narrowed my eyes, ready to fall into my nocturnal heaven for the rest of the night...
Mindy!? Mindy! I stared in pure, utter awe at the girl who I've loved for so long standing before me at the edge of a cliff, smiling warmly at me as the crashing tides bashed against the rocky edge like missiles. The air smelt salty, but I didn't care about anything... All I cared about was her... I began to run towards her... She took three steps back. Another four, then another five... She still smiles at me, tears running down her cheeks as I smiled back at her with everlasting hope and joy, running straight towards her... She mouthed something... What? Again, she mouthed something...
White's POV
F...Frost! I blushed incredibly hard, feeling his warm arms wrap around me as he grit his teeth in his sleep, pulling me close to his body as tight as possible whilst he trembled... He's having a nightmare? Should I wake him up? What do I do?...I blinked, breathing quietly with widened, shocked eyes as his chest pressed against mine. His heart beat incredibly fast and he looked as if he was on the verge to tears...
"Don't go...", He whispered in sadness. Huh? I blinked again, wondering what was going on with him as something slithered from behind me and Frost, wrapping us in three loops as the tip rested to the back of my head, softly pushing my head forwards into Frost's neck... Is this... His tail? Suddenly, the grip tightened, inflicting slight pain to my arms and legs but I discarded it as tears began to flee from his tightly shut eyes, dripping onto my head before he began to enter a fit of sadness... "Don't jump! Please! Mindy! Don't do it!", he sobbed, making me imagine just what was going on inside of his hellish nightmare... Frost... he misses her so much...
"Mindy... Mindy... hold my hand! Please...", He said in a desperate tone... Frost... "I... can't... I don't want to forget you!"... He loves her so much... "Your name... White!", He exclaimed, causing me to blush excruciatingly hard as I gasped quietly to what he had just said... Frost... I smiled warmly, accepting what his embrace with all my heart as for the first time in my life, I've felt the feeling of love...
Frost's POV
What a dream! I've never been more terrified in my entire life... To let go of Mindy's hand and let her fall into the crashing waves was more than enough to send me into pitch blackness for an hour straight! Damn...
"Are we there yet!?", Nova asked winged childishly, pushing Melody's back lazily with tremendous force, causing her to stumble forward and NEARLY trip over a small stone on the hard gravel road. I chuckled at her with a smile plastered across my pleasant face as I walked behind them with White in my arms. Her head rested on my right chest while her soft, white legs hung from the left. She was surprisingly light, but not too light.
Melody gasped, clutching her right fist and holding a brown, leather bag filled with raw, bloody meat tightly with her left as she spun around after quickly recovering from her near topple. She stopped in her tracks and so did we.
"Yes! What time did you fricking sleep last night?!", Melody exclaimed in anger, both staring into one another's eyes with fuel and fire.
"When do you think my legs will be healed?", White asked curiously from out of the blue, making me blink and look down at her with a warm smile across my face as she stared at the two with a neutral look.
"Today I hope", I replied. "I hope this village has a place for us to stay. I had a strange dream last night".
"Really?... I mean, yeah. I hope so as well. Beds beat the floor any day", She chuckled...
This village, was fairly a good size and the population fitted it very well. A gravel walkway that leads to various places around the village. Children played around, laughing and kicking balls of all sorts of colours around in the plain field of emptiness. Literally. There was absolutely not even a SINGLE tree in sight from where we are! There were two blacksmiths in this village and a good seven houses that offered good shelter while the rest where pretty decant for a normal villager. These people, all worn brown robes, stained with dust and some green dew on various places. Most were male, but they looked fragile and very weak. Same with the females... I wonder how hard life is for them in this place.
We walked on a gravel road, well, just me as I still held the sleeping White in my warm, strong arms towards a house up ahead, resembling an 'L' shape and constructed out of wood and stone. For whatever reason, the roof of the house was painted in red, resembling blood REALLY damn closely which chilled my blood and bones to negative. From the instructions that Melody gave to me, we should find them inside there with someone who'll give us information to what's the situation of this village... One step at a time, I felt like something was weighing me down mentally. An emotion to be precise... Probably anxiety and fear. These people look like they're wearing fake smiles...
This town, is obviously in control of something or someone evil... I can feel it.
Jace's POV
I grit my teeth, holding my light blue, transparent, icy war hammer in my right hand, clenched as tight as vices as I gave Star a deathly stare that told her many things. She's crazy! She's taking my training to the extreme! She'll literally turn me into a girl again and impregnate me! And I can't believe I even accepted this! Argh... Her bloody magic! Heck! She even managed to anger me! And it takes ALOT to anger me and make me want to hurt someone!
"I promise it'll be gentle", She said, pulling my strings harshly which caused me to immediately lunge forwards at her with tremendous speed, holding my light blue war hammer to my far right as she too, rush up at me with her right hand and sword drawn and ready to strike. "Now! Behave yourself!", She cried in joy, sending a lunge right for my heart as I quickly retaliated with a spin to the right, counter clockwise before ceasing suddenly and smashing into her hot pink rapier that bared an intimidating tip. Her eyes flamed hot with molten silver, greatly intimidating me as I quickly pulled my arm back and spun once again, sending another strike with my war hammer.. This time, a vertical, downwards strike!
"Feast!", I exclaimed, seeing her smile demoniacally for a brief moment as I had no hesitation to take her out with one fatal swipe. Hell! I know why Frost and the others get so fucking annoyed around her! Here it comes! She jumped back a good three meters, just barely dodging the impact of my hammer that literally pulled me down with it and buried itself into the ground like an embedded ancient blade. Dust and rocks spat up into the air as a small crater was formed, making me grunt to how reckless my attack was. Dammit! She REALLY knows how to put someone on a disadvantage
"Haha! Don't push yourself Thor!", She laughed... She's fucking dead! Gritting my teeth twice as painfully, I forcefully ripped out my hammer from the brown, frail earth that we fought on in this bare wasteland and immediately lunged right at her, making her gasp to how sudden my movement was... But... I was far too reckless... Fuck... I couldn't move. I would if I could but there was something inside of me. A pink, cold metal rod impaled inside of my chest... Oh no she doesn't! I won't lose to her just ye- Ah!... "I said, don't push yourself Jace"... Her blade went deeper into my chest, penetrating my flesh and breaking a rib as I stared into her eyes with my widened, dark blue ones that trembled in pain to how merciless she was... What did I do wrong to lose?... My war hammer is no match for her blade, but, if I were to use my battle axe, then I'd immediately win against her. She really knows how to play dirty... But at the same time... I sorta like that. "Idiot. You have a lot to learn. And don't worry, I'm not going to do anything to you", She sighed in slight disappointment... I wish I could react but the damage was already done to me... I wish she said that sooner.
Vortex's POV
Frost needs to make his name known, but his identity hidden. If he can do that, then he'll grab the attention of 'Them' to him in investigation which will allow us to ambush 'Them' and take them out for good... But it's a shame that Frost's not a female anymore... Nevermind. I'll just get Star to bring her back...
Colour Plane
A new form of darkness is shrouding this area and plunging these people into absolute fear. I stood before a large gate made of black metal and had strange, curved symbols that resembled various ancient beings. To my left, was the girl named White who stood proudly, holding a white revolver in her left hand and a blade in my right. To my left, was a girl who had no name, but, claimed that her colour was Pink... Nevertheless, I kept my eyes on the metal doors, staring at it in confidence and with a warm smile... Whoever is doing all of this, will die.
"No mercy", I thought.