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Liam put the two gems back inside his bag and sat down, thinking about what he could do. Ugh, maybe I'll annoy Izzy for a bit, he thought. He got up and started to walk to the igloo, but then stopped. Oh, wait... He remembered what had happened to her. That was all her fault, he thought. If she wasn't so nosy, none of that would have happened.
Zari was running to the igloo, and when he arrived, no one was there. It was quiet. Oh gods... he's already harvested everyone! What am I going to do... I can't go back, he'll already have been there. Dang, I wish our gems were fused, it would be a lot safer, he thought. He waved his hands over the smashed igloo, and the normal one, and they both melted and misted, leaving behind nothing but a fire, and some smashed piles of snow used as beds. He kicked them up, so that it looked like no one was there, and he ran into the woods, clutching his sapphire, wishing he would've sacrificed himself instead of Emrys.
Lief listened as he seen the girl turn around, and talk to someone else inside. He banged on the ice harder, hoping they would hear him, "Excuse me?! You aren't going to leave me in the cold alone, are you?!" he yelled. The emerald in his scepter glowed as he banged it, and a vein of emerald green started to slowly spread across the ice, cracking it. "Dearies, I wouldn't suggest leaving me here. You don't want me to force myself in, do you?" he yelled.
Rosalie looked and saw Lief banging on the ice. Oh no.. What do I do? He's going to force himself in!! Rosalie told herself. She saw as the green gem, it looked like an emerald, glowed and then cracked the ice a bit. "Why should I let you in?" She told Lief, suddenly regretting saying it.
Liam continued to sit down next to 'his' tree and think. Hey... where are the others? He'd only seen Yasuke, Alice and Izzy. And even then, Alice was dead now, along with Izzy. He began to make his way to the igloo. Maybe someone will be there, he thought.
Lief stopped, and listened. "Because, dearie, I'm the king of this realm. You wouldn't want to... disrespect me, would you?" he asked in a presumptuous voice. The green vein of emerald stopped spreading, and it made the ice appear a bright teal. He lowered his scepter, and stood there waiting. "Well? Are you going to let me in? Or shall I let myself in?" he asked.
(XD I forgot for a sec that your gem powers are the same as mine
we should fuse again once all this plays out c: )
Lief walked in, and looked around. It was spectacular. The inside of the tree was hollow, and all around him there was frost. The inside felt surprisingly warm though, and felt very relaxing. He looked up, and seen 5 little bubbles of frost floating around, and in each one of them there was a gem. The gems were pulsating, and floating around the top of the sanctuary, out of reach. Oh, I see how it is. Saying you're never going to harm a single gem, yet you've obviously begun harvesting them for dark shards. I pity you, Zari, because when I'm done with you, there'll be nothing left but this frozen section of the infinite forest. He looked at the girl, and seen another girl behind her. One was partially asleep, while the other, the one who sassed him and let him in, seemed obviously scared. His scepter made a clink as it hit the ice on the ground with each of his steps. "So, you know about the dark shards then? Are you helping Zari collect them?" he asked in a serious tone.
Rosalie jumped when Lief's scepter hit the ground. "N-No.." Rosalie said, trembling. "I-I mean, I know about it, but I'm n-not helping him collect t-them. Why would y-you assume that?" She said, still obviously scared. What's he going to do now.?
Lief noticed the girl was obviously scared of him, and possibly lying. He wondered what knowledge she withheld from him, so he thought he'd go ahead and go to the extreme. "What is your name? And what is your gem? What can it do? And how many of you are here?" he asked. The emerald in his scepter started to glow as he asked these.
"My name is Rosalie.. My gem is Lapis Lazuli." She said, showing him her gem. "It freezes or melts water. It can also make water into different shapes, like a heart, a circle, a triangle, all sorts of shapes." She looked at her gem. I'm really worried he's going to take it.. She told herself, putting her gem away.
(ahhh hypeee) Alexa was happy knowing that Mari would love her forever. Alexa looked up at Mari, "Thank you for being my companion, thank you for being loyal." Mari listened carefully. "You turned my life around for the better, I should be the one thanking you," Mari replied.
Lief listened intently. This girl seems to have the same powers as Zari. How odd... he thought. When she showed the gem, he noticed it was pure, and that there weren't any dark shards in it that were obvious, but he couldn't take a chance. She'll need to be harvested eventually. He looked up, and seen the bubbled gems, "Dearie, do me a favor, and bring down those two red gems, the ones that look like ruby. And that silverish one too, what is it called? Um... moonstone! Yes! I'll need to confiscate those." he said.
Rosalie looked over to where Lief was pointing. "Um, okay." She said, then went to go get the three gems. Moonstone.. She told herself, and looked at Mizuki, who was asleep. She walked to Lief, and gave him the gems.
Lief happily took the gems, and watched as the bubbles popped. The gems felt cool to the touch. He looked at Emrys's ruby shard, and seen where he fractured it, noticing how pure the remaining ruby was. The dark shard was back in the emerald spire, safe and sound. But... this gem was one of the strongest, besides his own and the water controlling gems he'd seen. "Hm... yes." he handed back the two ruby shards, and began inspecting the moonstone. There was a glimmer of dark blue-violet in it, a dark shard. He would have to shatter it to extract it. "Say, do you know whose gem this is?" he asked.
Rosalie looked at the moonstone, the gem Lief was talking about. "It's actually this girl's gem." She said, pointing at Mizuki, fast asleep. "She actually cracked it once, which probably explains the dark shard in it."
Lief nodded, and set it in his pocket. He bowed to the girl, Rosalie, "Farewell dearie." he said. He took out a dark black gem, and a poof cloud surrounded him. When it faded, he was gone. The ruby shards clinked on the icy floor.
Zari found himself alone in the forest, far away from everyone else. He reached the edge of the forest that wasn't frozen, and it felt nice to be in normal non-snow covered woods. He walked slowly, looking back at everything, and sighed, continuing on, deeper in the forest.
Liam made his way back to the igloo... only to find that there wasn't an igloo there anymore. "What happened here?!" he said in shock. He looked around, trying to find what, or who, broke it.
Alexa hugged Mari tight, "I'll never leave you." Mari hugged Alexa back and kissed her on the forehead. Mari clutched the Fluorite tight while holding Alexa.