Fantasy Of Fire and Ice [Completed]

[Tharivle]

The made their way down the main street with only the sound of their boots hitting the stone ground. Once they were a hundred yards away from the gate Idren stopped.
"Take my hand Catalina, and don't move." He took his stone out of his pocket and held it between them in his open palm. Idren mumbled the words to activate the stone and wispy white energy started coming out of the stone swirling around him and Catalina. Then they were whisked away.

Idren found himself standing in a room of turmoil. The beautiful Cathedral was a battle zone. Nearly every window was blown out and the door was shaking as it was sieged. They were in the middle of a group of ice bringers and fire keepers alike, fighting tooth and nail with the uldean. Nobody noticed their arrival because everybody was fighting, and if you were human, you were a friend.
"Follow me." Idren yelled to Catalina so she could hear over the roar of battle. "My father should be at the front of the room by the doors." Idren drew his sword and headed off twords the front of the room in search of his father.

 

[Flutterby]

Catalina slowed next to him, and waited. When he said to take his hand, she.. hesitated for a moment. And then she took it quickly, finding his palm the same temperature as hers for the first time ever.
The energy swirled around them, and then she felt lightheaded and dizzy. When she opened her eyes, they were in the middle of what looked like a church, surrounded by fighting people and uldean. She drew her sword immediately, but no one, not even the uldean, seemed to notice the sudden appearance of the two. She caught Idren saying to follow him, but missed the second part. She followed him anyway, even though she didnt know what she was following him for. The box was carried close to her chest, tightly clutched.

 

[Tharivle]

They pushed through the crowd of fighting people only having to go around a couple fights. Idren would lend a quick slash or stab as they went by. He was looking for his father, but what lowed him down the most was looking behind to see that Catalina was still behind him.
They got to the front of the room, and right where Idren hoped he would be stood Yato.
There was a loud crash and the door splintered. "FATHER" Idren yelled. Yato turned around and looked at him, relief washing over his face.
There was another crash and the door splintered a little more. "Quick, give me the stone." Idren said to Catalina.

Then the door shattered...

 

[Flutterby]

Catalina lent a blow or two as they went, but stayed close by Idren, since it seemed to matter. It wasn't until they got to the front of the room that she was able to piece together why they were charging through the middle of the battle. Idren's father, Yato, was near the door.
There was a crash, and the door began to buckle. Another crash followed shortly, and it budged more. Idren looked at her, and said something. It took a moment for her to figure it out, give me the stone. She stepped forward, pressing the small box into his hand, and then pressing it to his chest.
She leaned in, right next to his ear, "Be careful," She said, giving the hand that now held the box a squeeze.
And then the door shattered. Catalina stepped back, met his eyes once more, and then raised her sword and charged to meet the floor of uldean storming the cathedral.

 

[Tharivle]

Idren took the stone out of the box as Catalina ran by him. He fully intended on running it and giving it to his father for him to use. But the second he touched the stone everything changed.
He could move and talk and think like normal, but everything else was in slow motion. His eyes turned the same blue as the stone, and ripples of white energy swirled around his body. Time snapped back to normal and Yato and his men meet the charge as the uldean broke through the door, Catalina rushed by him, so nobody noticed Idren smoking.
His body could not handle the power. He was standing there paralyzed, using all of his will and power not to explode.
"IDREN..." he heard his father yell. It was pleading and urgent, but also distant and faint, and his fathers voice and all the sounds of battle fazed out....

"Idren.... Idrreennnn...." Only one voice cut the muffled, slow motion sounds of battle, and it was that of Ice Man. Idren could see a shimmering outline of the sentinel standing in front of him, but Ice Man was not actually there. "Idren my young friend. You have great power and in time maybe you could come to directly channel the stone, but not now."
"I don't know what I was thinking... If I move I will die." Idren thought the words in his mind, praying that somehow it was indeed Ice Man that he was talking to.
"I know... but if you do nothing, those around you will die." replied the sentinel.
"What should I do???"
"Merge the stone with your sword, it will dampen its power and transform it into usable energy."
"But I don't know how..."
"Merge theee stooonne......" and the image of Ice Man faded.

Idren looked down at the stone in his right hand and the hilt of his sword in his left. He hadn't noticed until this very second that the hilt was indented, and the stone was the perfect size to fit the mold if it was hallow. Well I don't think I'm going to break it by using a little force.... Idren let both items lay flat in his palms and brought them together with a loud clash. The whole room flashed blue, blinding everyone and everything, whether they were looking in Idrens general direction or not.
Time snapped back into place, and Idren mind was sharp again. The sounds of battle had stopped. The uldean all retreated a few steps and the humans were all too surprised to do anything but take a few steps back as well.

The sword had turned blue, with white swirls and there was a clear stone set into the hilt that was not there before. Idren charged the door, the people in the way stepped out of the way and just let him pass. The uldeans shock wore off, to them it was just a light and now this single boy was charging them. The first uldean to meet Idren slashed at him and Idren stopped his charge and parried. As the blade made contact with the creature the uldeans paw turned to ice, then shattered as it cried out in pain and put it on the ground to run. Idren stabbed the uldean as it fell because of its now frozen nub of a limb. The sword passed through the uldean armor as if it wasn't even there and the creatures fire immanently went out, and little ice veins started forming on the creature spreading out from where the blade was in its side, the creature was freezing alive as it was standing there. Idren withdrew the sword and the uldean fell over dead, one side of it frozen solid and the other still warm from the uldeans natural heat.
The next two uldean facing Idren noticed how easily their first was killed, but it only slowed then for a second. They came at him and Idren stepped to his right slashing up at ones face cutting it across the chin, then stepped toward the one he hit and stabbing the second. The cut to the chin sent Ice spreading across the creatures face, blinding it, and the stab to the second uldean killed it just like it did the first uldean. Then he stabbed up into the creatures belly, for the one he cut in the chin was standing above him beating its face trying to get the ice off. The creature froze like a statue as the blade was buried hilt deep into its belly. Idren pushed the blade up and the sword cut the uldean in two vertically, and the two frozen halves fell to the sides, leaving Idren to face more uldean. This time they did not attack him, rather they turned and started to scramble to get out. They were in such a hurry that they jammed each other up trying to get out, and the Ice Bringers lead by Idren lived up to their name, for with renewed vigor the people surged and ice energy flowed like a river from the crowd killing the retreating uldean in drones.

 

[Flutterby]

Catalina, in the middle of an attack, felt a sudden shift in energy. She blocked a blow, and turned to look back at Idren. He was standing, frozen, with the stone in one hand and his sword in the other. His whole body was tensed, and he seemed to be struggling against some great force as he brought the crystal and his sword together. In the next instant, she was blinded by the bright blue light.
When she was able to open her eyes again, Idren was rushing past her, his sword turned blue and white. The power of the sword was.. extraordinary. So much so that the remaining uldean turned and fled, with the ice bringers chasing after them. Some of the fire keepers started to follow, but Eron held up a hand.
"I believe they can take it from here," He said, glancing around at his men. "Secure the square, and gather those that are uninjured there. Gather any wounded you can find, and bring them back here to be tended." A small group with Zuko approached. "Ah, yes, Zuko, please find our fallen, so we can lay them to rest."
The fire keepers dispersed with their orders, as the ice bringers drove the uldean to the edge of the city to finish them off.

A strange thing was happening, to the fallen uldean. Their bodies were crumbling, turning to soot, and blowing away in the wind. Catalina walked through the square, watching the piles of ash drift away. Eron approached her, and she pointed it out. "With the alpha dead and the stone returned, they're becoming nothing." Indeed, as the minutes passed, the remaining uldean were becoming weaker and weaker, some of the smaller ones even starting to dissolve before they had been killed.

As the wounded began to flood into the cathedral, Catalina moved inside, limping in between their makeshift beds. She laid hands on them as the healers worked, lending her own power to be channeled.

 

[Tharivle]

Idren and his father lead the hunt as they chased down the now week uldean. Slashing at them from the side or hitting them in the back with ice. There were a few straglers, butt even in their weekend state the uldean were fast and once outside they were making a break for the gate that was in ruins and open. Idren, Yato and the rest of the men, that didn't peal off to tend for wounded and the fallen came around the corner to find the last two hundred or so uldean stopped in the courtyard just before the gate. They did not turn and charge, but tried to back away as the Ice Bringers cautiously approached. But the front of the line wasn't moving so the group just condensed into a giant blob that wasn't moving.
The uldean suddenly shifted and ran back towards the ice bringers. "Shield" Yato Commanded, and the ice bringers closed ranks and a shield was formed. The uldean were not charging, but running away. The ice bringers could hear the uldean cry out as they were cut down in drones, but who could be doing it, they had no reinforcements outside the city that would make an army turn and run toward and army they had already tried to flee.

Just before the line of uldean reached the shield they were all cut down, and standing just 15 feet from them was about a hundred sentinels. Idren broke rank and stepped out, looking through the crowd desperately trying to find Ice Man. And the crowd of sentinels parted clearing the way for him as Ice Man stepped out of the line and into full view of Idren.
"Hello again young man." Ice Man smiled at Idren, "That is quite a nice blade you have there."

Idren stood there confused. He wanted to find Ice Man in the crowd but now that he did he was stumped.
"You died... You were broken and you went gray, then melted." Idren said to him.
"One cannot actually kill a sentinel. They can only temporarily destroy them." Ice Man answered.
"What do you mean?"
"There are exactly 100 sentinels and when we die our life-force goes back to our ancestral chambers. When every single sentinel is back in their respective chambers and their bodies regenerated they can choose to awaken."
"Okay, then why not kill yourself, join the others, and have everybody wake up? Why go on alone for so many years?"
"That is the only rule. Should any one sentinel take their own life or willingly submit for a execution, all sentinels would die and the chambers be destroyed."
"So you couldn't kill yourself or have the ice bringers kill you after the civil war."
"Correct, and because of the old councils magic I couldn't not follow the orders of the council leaders, nor could I tell them to send me into battle that would kill me, because it would be the same as submitting for an execution."
"You had to go with us and had to die fighting the alpha without us knowing that you needed to die?"
"Yes, and I'm sorry that I couldn't tell you until now." Ice Man then addressed Yato, "The sentinels will sweep the rest of the city and track any that may have gotten out. Your men should get back and care for the injured and fallen." He then turned back to Idren, "Lets go see Catalina, I'm sure she would like to see the both of us."

Idren walked into the Cathedral with Ice Man close behind. One could hear swords draw and gasps as people saw Ice Man, but people slowly relaxed as it became apparent that the creature before them meant not harm and that Idren was escorting him. Catalina was sitting next to a healer with her back to them as they walked up. Idren waited for the healer to finish before saying, "Catalina, there is someone here that would like to see you."

 

[Flutterby]

Catalina followed the healers around, supplying them with the energy they needed for so many healings. Turned out that she could help with both ice bringers and fire keepers, instead of just one or the other, so she went wherever the most serious injuries were. As the battle ended outside with the arrival of the sentinels, she was beginning to feel the ache of her own wounds and the drain on her body from helping.
She was just finishing with a near-disembowelment when she heard Idren behind her. She gave a small, humorless chuckle. "Well, forgive me if I'm not in the mood to entertain guests..." She said sharply, as she turned around. Her face was pained and tired, but when her eyes fell on Idren, and Ice Man standing behind him, it burst into a smile.
"How is this possible!" She exclaimed, brushing by Idren to throw her arms around the Sentinel in a hug. She released him, and shook her head. "You know what, I don't care right now. All that matters is that you're not dead and we won." She looked fondly at Ice Man, and then at Idren. "We actually did it."
Catalina looked as though she might cry from the happiness of it, but then she pulled herself together again, and limped a little back toward Idren. "Well, he's okay, and what about you? Are you injured?"

 

[Tharivle]

Ice Man chuckled as she ran over to hug him, and he and get you healed up. the gesture. Idren smiled at he, "No Catalina I am unhurt, but you are so sit down and we can talk and get you healed up."
Idren told her what had happened starting from when he touched the stone to when they meet the sentinels by the gate. Ice Man chimed in to explain in better detail how he was back and with all the other sentinels.
Is there anything you are unclear on Catalina?" Ice Man asked.

 

[Flutterby]

Catalina looked down at herself, covered in soot and still oozing from a gash in her leg. She could still feel the sting from the burns on her shoulder and cheek. She nodded, distantly, and sat on the edge of a cot and waved over the healers. The burns were tended by an ice bringers, who ended up waving over a fire keepers for the gash.
She listened as much as she could, and ended up shooing away the healers before the gash was entirely done. It would scar, but she didn't care; she cared more about getting the information on the sentinels. When Ice Man asked, she shook her head slowly, and then looked at Idren and his newly-empowered sword.
"What happens to that, now? You're not going to use that everyday, with the stone still powering it, right?" She raised an eyebrow, resisting the urge to reach out and touch the hilt.

 

[Tharivle]

"I don't know.." Idren replied a little sarcastically, "It is indeed a very nice sw...."
"It was a nice sword before, you just didn't have the strength or knowledge to use it appropriately." Ice Mans words cut Idrens sentience short. "The sword is containing the power for now but the stone was never meant to stay in the sword for long. The stone is an artifact of power from before the sentinels were awakened. And Many kingdoms have risen, then fallen under its power. You would be a fool to think you can singly handily control that stone, no mater how good of a weapon you bind it to." Ice Man was stern, sincere, and final. Idren had been in almost a slight trance, that was undetectable until he snapped out of it and shock his head and looked down at his hip where the sword was strapped to his wast.
"I am sorry for being rough Idren, but you cannot keep the stone in the sword. It will bring prosperity to all if shared equally, but should any one man or group of men possess its power, it will bring ruin to all." Ice Man continued in a softer, nicer tone, but still remaining stern.
"Right, there is a place in the council chambers for the stone?" Idren was more asking if that is what he should do, rather than telling if that is what he was going to do.
"To put the stone in the council chambers would be to repeat the past. Sure there was great prosperity in the city, but the council became corrupted over time, and that started the war. And wile i am sure it would not have the time to corrupt the heart of someone as noble as your father, or even you. but eventually, the council will falter, and evil will be in the hearts of the ice bringers again." Ice Man was speaking as though it was from experience, with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"Okayy.. So if not the council chambers, then where?" Idren asked.
"Give the stone to me, and i will bind it to the city somewhere. The city will have all the same benefits, but none of the temptation." Ice Man replied.
Idren looked suspiciously at Ice Man for a moment then looked back at Catalina. "Doesn't sound like a bad plan, what do you think."

 

[Flutterby]

"I think he's right." Catalina said softly, looking over at the sword. "Even I can feel it, wanting to know exactly how much power it has and what it can do, and I'd be willing to bet it's worse for people native to ice." She looked up at Idren's face, and nodded. "Let Ice Man handle it. He's a lot wiser than the two of us." She looked up at the vaulted ceiling of the cathedral, and then moved her legs onto the cot so she was laying down. She felt horribly tired, now that the adrenaline had stopped. "Just put it somewhere nice, Ice Man. Somewhere the people can see it, even if they can't touch it. Like the Eternal Flame, the entire city could see it at night." She fell quiet, looking thoughtful. With a little cleansing magic, her people could return home. It brought her a deep peace to know that.
She sat up with a start when her father approached the cot quickly, with a odd look on his face.
"Catalina, you must come. Now." He commanded, and then added in a softer tone, "Its Eron."
Catalina practically flew from the cot and fell in behind her father at a jog, as he lead her out of the cathedral. She glanced over her shoulder at Idren, and the disappeared through the door.

 

[Tharivle]

Idren looked worryingly at Catalina as she walked off with her father. He drew his sword and handed it to Ice Man, "Can you take the stone out?"
"Yes Idren I can take it out. Do you want me too?" Ice Man replied.
"Yes, take the stone, give me back my sword, and we will figure things out further once the buzz around here fixes itself a bit."
"Very well." Ice Man took the blade and held it in his open palm, then cupped the stone with the other. He became silent as if concentrating. The stone pulled out of the blade and Ice Man rotated his hand as to be holding it in his palm. The sword turned back to its normal silver look and Ice Man handed it back to Idren. Idren sheathed his sword and looked back at Ice Man.
Ice Man was standing there head down, eyes closed, and shimmering. He was normally the same dark blue that the stone was, but now he was glowing blue, not just blue, and white ripples of energy floated around him, and through him.
"Are yo ok???" Idren asked warily.
Ice Man looked up at him, the glow faded away and the white ripples of power stopped then disappeared. "Yes, I am fine. Just had to get use to that for a moment."
"How are you controlling that without trying so hard?" Idren asked.
"I am not controlling anything. I am now simply a conduit for its power. I have no spell capabilities like you do, so the stone acts on me like it did for the sword. My claws would freeze and cut anything, and my ranged attack could make things explode because they freeze so quickly, but it is all passive. I could hold the stone for a few days before it started to harm me." Ice Man replied. "I will wait a bit before placing the stone, lets go see what is going on with Catalina."

 

[Flutterby]

Catalina hurried along behind her father, who was weaving in and out of the small groups of people without looking back to see if she was following. Their path took them to the middle of the courtyard outside of the cathedral, where Idren had lead the charge against the uldean. On the eastern side, there was a group of fire keepers, mostly council members or their named heirs, all on one knee in a small circle.
And in the middle, Eron laid on the cobblestones. Zuko reached them about 5 steps before Catalina did, and cleared a spot for her at his head.
"Eron, Catalina is here." Zuko said softly, touching his king on his shoulder. Eron stirred a little, his eyes straining to open. There was a deep gash across his chest; the edges looked like they had tried to heal him but hadn't been able to. Catalina looked down at him, and then turned to one of the council members and told her to go find Eron's son, who had also come to fight.
Catalina crouched next to him, and placed her hand on his shoulder. He looked up at her, and tried to speak, but no words came out.
"It's okay. I know. It's time." She said softly, her gaze filling with fondness for her mentor. "Don't worry, Eron. The city is free of uldean. I will take our people home."
He smiled and tried again to say something, but broke into hacking coughs.
"I'll have my ceremony in the House of the Eternal Flame, just like you wanted." There were tears in the corners of her eyes, and as the sun broke over the buildings, she gave Eron's hand a squeeze. "Save your energy, I've sent for your son to see you off." She leaned over, and kissed his forehead softly. "May the Eternal Flame guide you home, Eron."
As she stood and backed away, she drew her father aside. "Arrange for the hatha to happen as soon as possible.. I will wait for the ceremony until we return to Caloria, but that could take a while and I don't want to leave our people without an official leader for that long." She blinked back tears, and then pulled her father into a hug.
He squeezed her tightly, and nodded. "Wayland and I will handle it. I'll send him to find you when we are ready."

Catalina nodded, and started away from the group, heading toward the main gate. She needed to get out of the city, into some open space.
As she neared the gate, the sun finally broke over the top of the city wall and began to shine in earnest on the city streets. At almost the same instant, she heard an anguished, grief-filled cry from the eastern edge of the square behind her. Catalina broke into a jog and headed for the treeline.

 

[Tharivle]

Idren and Ice Man came into the courtyard just as Catalina was leaving. "You go, I will stay and search for a place for the stone." Ice Man said as he stopped walking, then he turned and walked off towards the center of the city, leaving Idren alone to scramble after Catalina. Idren ran, but not full tilt to catch up with Catalina. It wasn't until they were almost to the edge of the woods when he caught up to her.
"Catalina? Weight up." Idren said as he neared her, "Where are you going?"

 

[Flutterby]

Catalina heard Idren behind her a few steps before she slowed to a stop. She stopped in the trampled snow, and took a deep breath as he spoke.
"Nowhere," She said softly, but the word didn't come out very clearly. Sadness choked up her throat. She cleared it, twice, and then spoke again.
"Nowhere, I just need some air." She swiped away a tear, and sighed. Catalina cleared her throat again, and glanced at him. "Eron died, just now. The Council is preparing for the hatha, and I just need a minute to uh.. be a kid before I can't again." She looked up a little bit, and sniffled. "You coming?"
Catalina rolled her shoulders, and walked over to a large tree nearby. In a matter of seconds, she was 10 feet up, sitting on a large branch with her feet hanging toward the ground. She had slid out to leave enough room for Idren to sit next to her, if he followed her up.

 

[Tharivle]

Idren watched with a sad smile wile she climbed up the tree. She motioned for him to follow and he smirked a little bit. He had never climbed a tree... he was never allowed to go into the forest. He knew every inch if the area in the other three borders of the ice city, but there were never any climbable trees. Idren took off his sword belt and started climbing. He moved slow but steady, and after only a moment he was sitting next to Catalina, and they were looking at the last bit of sunrise over the mountains and through the towers of the city.

 

[Flutterby]

Catalina waited patiently for him to join her, smiling sadly as she watched his somewhat clumsy progress. As he settled next to her, she turned to look at the sun like he was, wishing she felt the sense of relief that she had thought she would feel if they lived to see this sunrise. But now, she was about to take on the ruling position of her people, her mentor had died, and she was about to move to a city a full day away from the only person she dared consider a friend.
She turned her head and looked at him, the side of his face that she could see anyway, and noticed a freckle on his cheek she hadn't seen before.
"We should figure out something like your hearthstone. To help with moving between the cities quickly." She said softly, biting her lip a little. "So its easier to see each other." She let out a breath quietly. "I mean, if you want, Im not trying to- just with everything, I figured- I mean if its weird, you know.." The tips of her ears grew a little warm, and she snapped her mouth shut before she continued to make a fool of herself.

 

[Tharivle]

Idren let her stumble over her words for only a few seconds, then he reached over and took ahold of her hand, "I would like that."
Idren held her gaze for a moment, then looked back at the city. As they watched the city changed color. It went from white to a blue the same blue as the stone, then back to white. First the buildings inside the city then like a wave it spread out to the outer wall and then up the wall, then up the towers changing everything dark blue. Then ever so slowly it faded back to white. If they squinted they could see cracks and missing pieces of the wall and towers start to fix themselves. It took only a few minutes and the ice city was beaming like a shining jewel against the distant mountains. "I guess Ice Man found a good spot for the stone."

 

[Flutterby]

Catalina relaxed when he took hold of her hand, and gave a small smile. She watched him turn to watch the city, and then did the same. Before their eyes, a wave of dark blue washed over the city, and it started to repair itself. In minutes, the city was whole and white, shining in the new day's sun. She nodded slowly at his comment, and murmured, "It's beautiful."
She took a deep breath, and leaned her head down on his shoulder, her cheek resting lightly near the crook of his neck. "Today Im going to be queen, Idren." There was a pause, and then she admitted, "I don't think I'm ready."

 

[Tharivle]

"Yeahhh... I like you more as a princess." Idren put an arm around her as she leaned against him, and they sat there quietly for a moment.
"Next time, if you want to see more of me, you can just ask. We don't have to repeat this whole doomsday quest." Idren said with a little smirk and he gave her a squeeze, pulling her a little closer to him.

 

[Flutterby]

Catalina gave a soft hum at his joke, not quite feeling up to really laughing. She let him pull her closer, surprised to find that he felt the same temperature as her now. She was quiet for a heartbeat, and then tilted her chin so she could look at him without moving her head from his shoulder.
"Well, I was hoping I wouldn't even have to ask. Just show up at the front gate and pop in for a visit." Catalina murmured, "Feel like we're close enough for that, after all the life-saving we've done for each other recently."

Back in the city, Eron's body had been covered and moved into a corner of the cathedral. his son stayed with him, while the council members went about collecting the materials needed for the hatha from the ice bringers: candles, water, and parchment. In a little while, they had a mismatched assortment of candles, and goblet of water, and a large enough sheet of parchment. All they needed now was to get the last few council members healed up and fetch Catalina.

 

[Tharivle]

Idren looked down at her and held her gaze for a long moment. Then he kissed her on the forehead, quickly. He looked away quickly, his ears red with embarrassment.
"We should be getting back..." He said quietly, but wile making no move to leave or let go of her.

Yato was standing in the courtyard looking at the broken gate and crumbling wall when the city came to life. Before his eyes the gate regrew, leaving the broken peices on the ground but magically growing a new gate in its place. Yato helped the fire keepers in any way they could with their preparations.

 

[Flutterby]

Catalina held his gaze when he looked at her, not even feeling nervous. Her eyes fluttered shut with the contact of his lips on her forehead, and she adjusted to be more comfortable against him. She hummed softly at his suggestion of going back, knowing he was right. "Not yet, they'll send for me when they're ready to perform the hatha," She said quietly. Until then, she didn't want to move an inch.
"How do you feel, now that you have fire in you too?"

 

[Tharivle]

Idren looked back at her and reached over with his free hand and held it in front of both of them. Then let some energy flow out. It was red wispy energy that was cold and chilled, exactly like it had been a week ago, but now it was a dark firry red instead of blue and white.
"It is cold, and I don't have to try to make it cold, it just is." Idren said slowly wile looking at the red energy falling away from his hand, wile wiggling his fingers and turning his hand over to keep catching then letting the energy fall. "But I can make it hot if I want to." Idren flicked his hand, and the energy itself didn't change, but the way it acted did. Instead of misting down and falling away, it crackled a little bit and evaporated up into the air in crisp little motions.
"It is an amazing feeling though. I like being warm, because I was always cold. But I like being in the cold and not feeling cold, and I can still do that." Idren smiled at her s he finished then asked, "What about you? How are you liking being cold wile still being hot?"