Age of Darkness

Chapter 21: Walking In A Winter Wonderland...

Snow... I hate snow... Hate it so much... If I see any more snow, I'll go crazy. Oh, look... More snow...

Basically, my last few hours have been spent trekking through the snow. Oh, fun!

''Elizabeth?''

''Yeah?''

''Like the weather?...''

She looked like she was going to hit me...

I didn't realize we were going to be going through mountains, so I didn't bother packing warmer clothes in the first place, so I'm freezing to death. I can feel my feet going numb, the wind like cold knives cutting into you. We begin climbing up a slope, which only takes more out of me.

''I don't know how much more of this I can take...''

''Me neither.''

Now we're going downhill, which is much easier, except for the fact of the difficulty of keeping your footing.

''Don't trip,'' says Elizabeth.

''Haha. Very funny.''

The drop actually is fairly steep, and therefore dangerous. I think I've finally got it figured out when...

I trip, of course, on a protruding piece of ice. I tumble down head-first.

''Nicholas!'' I hear Elizabeth scream, and can barely see through my tumble her jumping after me. Is she trying to kill herself, as well?!

I slide down a slide of ice, and near the edge of a cliff. I slide off. Luckily, I manage to grab hold of the icy edge. Not for long though, and my fingers quickly slip. I try to use magic, but it is useless. I can't concentrate. I tumble into nothingness...