Master of the Mountain (Cole x oc)

The Real Fall

 We plunged down the hole, falling faster and faster, everyone was screaming.

Cole called out something indecipherable.

"What?!" Wu yelled back.

"I said are you guys okay!?" Cole returned.

"For the moment, yes!" Wu answered.

"Other than falling to my doom, I'm fine," I responded.

"Speed up! I can't hear you!" Cole shouted.

"We're falling as fast as we can! You have to float up!"

I tucked my limbs in, making myself more aerodynamic, and stretched out again when I was closer to Cole, "We're fine for now!" I called.

"OK!"

"Cole, try to use your elemental power to slow your fall," Wu offered.

"I guess," Cole attempted waving his arms to slow his fall, but it didn't work.

"Master Wu! Cole!" came a cry. I was able to roll onto my back, catching a glimpse of Vania flying down after us.

"Princess Vania?" Wu called.

"I'm coming, but you have to slow down!"

"How?"

"Stretch yourself out as much as you can, try to catch an up-draft!" I offered.

"I've got an idea!" Cole shouted, twisting himself back over again and reaching for a vine hanging down the side of the pit. He grabbed a hold of it, only for it to break loose and come back, slapping Wu and I in the face.

"I need a bigger vine," he began, and reached for another vine, only for it, to, to break loose.

Wu dove down to Cole, "Quit fooling around and stay with me," he extended his hand to Cole, who took hold of it.

"Celine!" Wu called, and I, to, pushed downwards, grabbing Wu's other hand.

"Hang on, I'm almost there!" Vania yelled. We all rolled over and watched as she plummeted towards us.

"There's no way those wings will hold all of us!" I shouted.

"It's the only way. We have to try. Now reach!"

We all reached up as far as we could, catching onto her wrist.

"Gotcha!" The wings spread out, dragging in the air, lifting us up. But the weight of four people was too much, and the wings detached, causing us to fall even faster than before.

"Oh, I was afraid of that!" Cole wailed.

"What do we do?" Vania questioned.

"Firstly let me say you are handling the situation remarkably well," Wu answered.

"Thank you!" she beamed, "But I'm with you and Cole and I'm sure you've been in way worse situations."

"Oh my gosh," I grumbled.

"Uhh," Wu stammered.

"Nope," Cole stated bluntly.

"But I'm sure you have a plan?"

"Not a clue."

The princess went silent, then let out an ear splitting scream in panic. Suddenly, we were slowed by yet another spider web. But the weight of all four of us combined with the rate at which we were falling caused us to dive right through the web. We bounced off more webs that straddled the pit, each one slowing us by a small margin until we finally landed on an even bigger web. And a much stickier one at that.