Soulwielders Book One: Elemental

Frozen Wilds

"Wonderful! I will prepare the sleds immediately. Xorg, I will need a few crates of rations if you could spare some." Dustin said.

Xorg nodded. "Of course. It'd be stupid to send you out without supplies." They walked out of the room together.

"Avian what the heck?" Melora shouted. "We can't do this, we don't have time!"

"Actually Avian made a good call. That man is Captain Dustin. He's the one we call 'The Dragon's Bane.' Dustin defeated a Fire Dragon with just a few men at his side. That's where he got his armor and sword. Nowadays he leads attacks on enemy nests on the far edge of the Melting Point." Oritz recalled.

"So? What about that makes this a good call." Melora asked impatiently.

Ortiz crossed his arms. "I was getting to that! If we help him out we would have a very powerful ally on our side."

I stepped in between them. "Great. So how about we get outside so we can go? The sooner we leave the sooner we get back." Melora opened her mouth but decided against saying anything.

Outside Dustin and Xorg were loading wooden crates onto two metal sleds. Six-legged white dog-like creatures were tied to the sled to pull it. They had little wings sticking out of their backs and sharp teeth.

Xorg and Dustin shook hands and the Yeti Commander walked back inside the outpost.

"Well then, let's be off. One of you ride with me and the other two can take the other sled." Dustin said, jumping onto a sled and taking the reins in his hands.

"I'll take the sled with Dustin. I want to get to know him, I've heard he's a great captain." Oritz offered and he jumped onto the sled.

"I call not driving!" Melora jumped onto the other sled quickly.

I climbed aboard and picked up the reigns. "We'll take turns alright?"

"Don't worry about getting separated. These creatures stick together and can find each other in even the strongest of storms. We'll break once we start to see trees. Now let's go!" Dustin spurred his dog creatures forward and they ran off. I repeated what he did and we zipped through the snow.

The dogs were pretty fast. Before long I couldn't see the Glacial Outpost behind us. I was exhausted from the battle prior so I sat down, still clutching the reins.

"Avian, do you think we'll be able to beat Lycitor?" Melora asked suddenly.

I snapped out of my daze. "Of course we will. Have you seen us?"

Melora let out a laugh. "Yeah, but you told me about your friends. One of them was going to be a general and he lost. And you had your other friend keeping your heads clear. I'm just worried."

I was curious to know where this had come from. "My friends were still in school. Talia had barely even tapped into her healing abilities. Oritz is a fully trained soldier, I can actually Soulwield, and you've got some incredible powers. It's why I'm confident enough to challenge him. I know I can save my friends with you guys by my side."

"That was so cliche! But I'll give you this, you do have a way of convincing people. You sure that you're just a Soulwielder?" Melora joked.

The sun was starting to set and snow was starting to fall. I was really starting to feel tired and it was getting hard to see. "Hey Melora, let's trade-off. I want to sleep."

Melora rubbed her eyes, then she looked ahead of me. "Oh look the trees are just up ahead!"

As we approached the forest I reined the dogs in. Dustin and Oritz were already setting up tents and sleeping bags.