It was long after we gave camp our Iris-message. I closed my eyes and remembered the scene in the background. Celestia was worried, the grass was charred, and the hydra was officially dead. We stopped for rest on a grassy hill, and the snowy kingdom could be seen just a mile away. I could picture the snowy village, and Glinda trapped in an icy cell. We needed her to complete a prophecy.
It was autumn now, and the trees were a beautiful combination of crimson red, pumpkin orange and electric yellow. Acorns were falling down the oak trees and the grass was covered in beautiful, fragile, dewdrops. It was full of serenity--if you put the fact that there's a life-or-death situation in the trash.
"The dewdrops are beautiful, aren't they?" I turned around. Alec was standing behind me, with a D.S. in his hand.
"What's up with D.S.'s?" I asked, and sat down on the beaten up picnic bench. Cylena set it up with plates.
"They're the new in." Alec casually said and I rolled my eyes. He sat down on the wet grass.
I stared into the snowy mountains, that were sparkling from the sun.
"Where's Lucas?" I asked.
"He's helping Panda with the rabbit dung situation." Alec chuckled.
"You know," I began. "I'm beginning to feel like we're going nowhere with this quest. Everything we've done... it feels like trash."
Alec frowned. "We completed the first line! And now we're going to complete the second line!" He took a deep breath.
Cylena returned, this time cooking now. Her white apron said: White Sugar...Comes from Moon.
When Cylena left to get some food, I spoke. "As one gets lost in the Kingdom of Snow. Who do you think it is?"
"Maybe Chieko." Alec replied. "Or maybe me..."
The sun was setting, and the grass covered in dewdrops seemed magical now. They seemed orangey... no. They were like diamonds. No, its both.
"I'm not sure if you're trying to draw attention or not..." I stood up. "But that's nonsense."
I strolled back near the forest to look for Lucas, then looked back. The dewdrops... they made something magical. Friendship. I thought. It was friendship.
"Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends." Czech Proverb
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