The Snow Ferrets and the Shinju Necklace (completed)

Chapter 4

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The next night we walk grumpily for about an hour when we come across a ravine.

"What the heck?!?" Anemos cries in outrage, flinging his arms out furiously toward the giant cut in the ground. He waves them around in anger, "Why is there a ravine here?!? Remember last time we had to get across a ravine?! Oh right! WE ALMOST DIED!!!"

Terro rolls his eyes, "Calm down Mos, it's not that big of a deal!"

I look at him, my nose wrinkled, "Mos?"

Terro shrugs, "What? Anemos is a mouthful."

I roll my eyes, "Not really."

Terro frowns at me and I frown back at him. Wow, we really don't get along.

"You two bicker like an old married couple." Ignis grumbles.

"It's so cute!" Vieni squeals, her hands fisted near her face.

I roll my eyes at them, "Well, if Anemos is now Mos, you should be Ig."

Ignis wrinkles her nose, "Ig? That's horrible."

"To bad."

Ignis glares at me, "I hate you."

I pinch her cheek just to spite her, "I love you too!"

Wow! This whole 'annoying people' thing is so fun! Why don't I do it more often?

Ignis groans, her face falling into her hands. I snicker.

"Guys, there's still a ravine we have to cross!!!" Anemos wails in anguish, his glasses only halfway on his nose now.

"How do we cross it?" Nero asks no one in particular, cocking his head. We all stare at him.

"What?" He asks stupidly.

"Does.....oh, I don't know, the teamwork round, the Harmony Games we all almost freaking died in, ring a bell? Any of it? Any at all?" Kin says sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

"You don't have to be so rude about it."

"Whatever."

"Okay, so Ignis, Terro, and Nero, you're up." I say, pointing to the ravine. The three walk over and Terro puts his arms out, his palms facing the ravine. Dirt appears and makes a bridge across the ravine. Nero then conjures water and turns the dirt into mud, which Ignis then cooks, making it hard. Hard enough to walk across, at least.

Neve races across first, us following soon after, and we are on the other side in a minute.

"Well, that was much easier than the last time." Neve comments positively as we continue walking in the direction we need to go.

"Yep." Vieni sings, skipping forward again.

I grin, following them, extremely glad that that bridge didn't have man-eating crocodile's.

Yikes.

We continue walking before Vieni decides to inform us that we're about to come across Asiu City, and as if on cue a snowy horizon appears, growing closer with every step.

Neve immediately brightens and I smile. Then, getting an idea, I jog to her side and lightly bump her with my shoulder so her beautiful blue eyes turn to me.

"So, what's Asiu like?" I ask, grinning.

Just as I expected, she lights up even more and starts talking, "Well, first, everything is beautiful. There's ice and snow everywhere, so everything is bright and sparkly!" She gets a distant look in her eyes as she speaks as though she is imagining herself at her house right now.