//------------------------------// // 5 is live // Story: Ekre'als' equestrian adventure. // by RC //------------------------------// As Shade spoke to clover about our plan to go exploring ice and I were busy working on two new charms for me and gathering the gear for our trip together. we crafted the charms from antarctic silver and arctic gold. it surprised me very much to hear that ice was basically living as a hermit because of how she appeared to the others. The charm made from antarctic silver was made to resemble a bloody handprint. The one made from arctic gold was pressed like a white tiger The hand print allowed me to don the shadow garb of the dark brotherhood and would allow me to gain the perks of the ancient armor of the assassin. granting my bow more power and the ability to fade from sight as I move stealthily. The tiger changes me into the white mighty morphing power ranger with his gear and the ability to summon the white tiger 'zord. this form grants me a boosted awareness and agility alongside a substantial speed boost. After ice and i finished gathering our gear we began to get everyone together to travel to the ice-bound mountains of the frozen north. the trip was mostly uneventful, save our encounter with a pack of daemons of frost. Shade told us that Clover told her that they were Wendigo's, which made me laugh and say they are called frost wraiths back home. a Wendigo, or Wintigo as i had learned them, was a much more deadly beast that i pray we should never come across. We passed the pack of Wendigo easily with a wide girth before moving on. once we had passed a ways we found something and i nearly had a heart attack. a Wendigo pup had been left to die because he was a runt. upon seeing him Twilight ran up to it and began to see what had caused it to be left behind. as she worried over it i noticed a change in it as shade and ice both attempted to get twilight away from it. it had begun to change color from a light and faded grey-blue to a light pink-purple with yellow corona bordering it. "Twilight, what are you doing? it's a wild beast. You cant just go up to a wild beast like that." Shade was saying to Twilight as I walked up behind her to the pup. "Shade, look at this." i say as i pet the Wendigo "she seams to of changed from being shown a small amount of kindness. perhaps a mutation in this one caused her to adapt to what emotions are near her as a form of survival." as i finish the pup breaks my grip and begins to try and get to twilight but Ice encases it in a shell of ice. "Look, it was trying to attack twilight!" she says as I walk over. I tap the ice shattering it. "I would look again Ice," i say as the pup licks twilight happily and twilight starts to laugh in surprise and joy. at this point, Tia and Luna joined her next to the pup. it sniffs at them and yip's happily. "besides, it looks like it imprinted on Twilight anyway, so even if we let it go, it would follow us. and if we hurt it, it would still follow us but instead of being happy or passive it would retaliate against those who had hurt it." Ice stares and starts to mutter as we continue on the way, our new companion, who twilight decided to name life, decided to scout around us for any threats. and I'm glad he did, because it meant we didn't have to fight the Tizheruk, Ymir, or Amarok that we passed. the only thing that slipped past life was a Qiqirn, but it was swiftly dispatched by shouting its name at it, as is the only set way to get away from one of those large hounds. later we arrived at a location that seamed to be perfect. a valley surrounded by tall mountains to block the storms, a lot of open lands for farms, and a deep cave with a pool at the bottom with water so clear you can see clear to the bottom, with fish that shined like crystal. "This is it," starts Ice. "A place we can call home," said shade. "Some were that we can live free happily, and away from danger," I said. "A place where we can have fun in the crystal clear sun, " said, Celestia. "With clear skies to watch the beautiful night," said Luna. "And large enough for us to need for little and want for naught." said Twilight. "Our own crystal empire," we all said as one, naming our home after the shining mountains wich looked to be made of crystal in the late day light, as our own personal empire of hope.