Chapter 6 (Back on Phyrriha)

They explained everything they had been through over the... years? Months? Days? It was all very confusing.

" So... none of this is supposed to be happening? " said Lynx.

" No. And this is going to be harder than last time," said Lilly.

" So how do we fix all of this?" Said Lynx.

Lilly had to think about this, then she remembered something from her old memories.

" Brainstorm used to take some of Jeraboa's blood," said Lilly.

" But Jeraboa is in Snowfall's possession. " Said Ruby rose.

" Not the new Jerboa. The old Jeraboa, still frozen in time. " Said Lilly.

" Wait... you mean Jeraboa's home? " Ruby rose asked.

" Yes... " Said Lilly. " Does anyone know how to get there? " Said Lilly.

Everyone looked at each other. It was obvious everyone was clueless.

" Well, guess we're going after the new Jerboa. " Said Lilly.

So they went back around and headed for the Icewing palace again. There was heavier security around everything. It was like you HAD to be born from there to EVER get back in. They hid in a cave near the palace, where they could still see everything.

" What do we do? They're too many guards! " Said Karisma.

" Well, it seems most of the guards don't want to be there. " Said Smartmouth. " I don't know if we could use that, though. They are still very loyal to the ice wing royalty. "

Lilly started thinking. Smartmouth looked over at Lilly as if she just decided to go ahead and run at the guards blind.

" That's dumb... but it could work. " Smartmouth said.

" Can you please explain this genius plan to us non-mindreaders? " Said Karisma.

" We're going to take everyone who can shapeshift, into Icewing guards. " Said Lilly.

" And of us who can't? " Said Karisma.

" You'll see... " Said Smartmouth.

They rapped Lynx, Karisma, and Ruby rose's talons with rope, and set them to the front of the castle. Some guards stopped them and asked them what they were doing there.

" We bring you some of the prisoners. they seemed to have been hiding in that cave! " Said Lilly, pointing to the cave they were just at.

One of the guards decided to let them go, the other guard, however, seemed to not entirely trust them. Something about him seemed familiar. A dead giveaway was the fact that his mind felt like it was encased in a vault, that was chained, that was underwater, that was behind a steel wall. Why Winter was a guard was anyone's guess.

" We'll take it from here, thanks. " Said Winter.

He took them and then noticed the roped were a little loose.

" Do you notice that these are not tight enough? " Said Winter, now looking more concerned. He pulled on the rope tight, which made them flinch.

" Please let us in, we are the prisoner's escorts... by the queen's orders," Said Lilly.

Lilly gave Winter a piece of paper, written by Snowfall, which was very believable.

THESE PRISONERS ARE TO BE SENT TO THE CELLS BY THESE TWO. IF ANYONE GETS IN YOUR WAY, YOU CAN BRING THEM TO ME, AND I WILL TALK TO THEM PERSONALLY.

The other guard seemed very afraid and took the paper away from Winter.

" We were never here... go on. " Said the guard.

They set off, and the heroes walked past Winter. Winter still didn't trust them and began to follow them.

They began to walk to where Lilly said Jeraboa was located. Then she let out an awful cough.

" What was that? " Said Smartmouth, looking worried.

" Just a little something in the back of my throat... probably spit. " Said Lilly.

As they walked, Lilly seemed to be getting worse. They made it to Jeraboa, who seemed frightened. Lilly spoke first.

" Jerboa... please lead us to your mother... " Lilly said, with a dying voice.

It didn't help that she was starting to change every second she coughed. Lilly flopped on the floor and started coughing up blood. Smartmouth dropped everything to help her.

" What's happening? " Said Jerboa.

" I... I only live because of animus magic... Soon, I will once again die... " Lilly said, coughing more terribly at every pause.

Smartmouth held her up, so she could not spatter so much blood everywhere. Ruby Rose ran over to Lilly.

" Snowflake... please don't go... " She said, tearing up.

" I'm... sorry... it's not something... I can control... " Said Lilly. She stared blankly for a second, then turned into Snowflake.

" What's... happening to me? " She said, still very weakly.

Ruby rose tightly squeezed Snowflake, then saw her disintegrate to nothing but bones... Lilly was gone... things just got harder.