Alya winced as the Witch shouted back at her. Her head ached. The music was awfully loud and then the woman was even louder than that. Before she could even retort, the woman had already turned away..

[i]SNAP[/i]

Alya watched in horror as she saw the woman's foot suddenly cracked through the floor, the bone snapping above the ankle. She could see how disfigured her leg was and it was brutal. It hurt to watch. It all happened so quickly, Alya couldn't really react properly, but what she did notice, was the draining spell lifting itself. The half elf fell to her knees in exhaustion, she couldn't really hear what the Witch was muttering, but she could almost tell what she was going on about.

Suddenly something huge smashed into the side of the tower, a terrible maw faced the half elf. She instinctively shrinked away from the jaws, trying to push her small body further into the shield that still surrounded her. She closed her eyes and shielded herself with her arms, like it would actually help her at all. A voice boomed.

[color=0054a6][b]"You've failed Leandra. But I will give you what you always wanted."[/b][/color]

Alya slowly opened her eyes, lowering her arms as she witnessed the whole room was encased in ice. She flinched back, but realized that the ice didn't go through her shield. Her gaze snapped over to Leandra, only to see her frozen, much like the statues in the tower. [color=6ecff6][i]Serves you right..[/i][/color] The half elf thought. It was an odd thought for her, but it felt nice to see that woman punished for what she did.

She looked around the ice covered room, wondering if she would be able to get out or not. Probably not. But then the voice spoke again.

[color=0054a6][b]"Worry not little one, I didn't forget about you."[/b][/color]

[i][color=6ecff6]Oh thank goodness.[/color][/i] She sighed in relief as the ice below her detached and brought her to the lower floor safely. She hadn't noticed that the chorus of noise was gone, since it was still ringing in her head, but it wasn't long before she noticed another song. It was beautiful. It was free and flowing. The music came from all around, as far as the mountains. As far as she could tell, it was all for the flying being that had saved her. She didn't know what it was. Or rather, she did, but she couldn't remember what it was called... But now wasn't the time to think about that as the song crescendoed and the creature glowed brightly. The last high note. [color=6ecff6][i]Ice.[/i][/color]

She could feel it's overwhelming power as a presence. It was a god. A god was born, right in front of her. How she knew was beyond her, it was more like.. She just felt it.

[color=0054a6][b]"Thank you all for freeing me. I am Shadaraliax."[/b][/color] The god said. Alya was a little puzzled at that. She hadn't done anything helpful at all. All she did was open a door and get trapped in a bubble.. The thoughts were dashed when she felt a cold sensation on her body, or rather more accurately, on her throat. She touched her neck for a moment, sliding her fingers on the front of her neck. She didn't feel anything there. Must've been a chill.

Alya didn't really know what to do now, but she was very curious about the ice that the being... What was it..? [i][color=6ecff6]A dragon![/color][/i] She realized. A little late there. She was curious about the ice it had made. She felt compelled to touch it. Touch the ice that encased the Witch. She spotted some stairs that went upward, but it was blocked off by the floor, but the hole that Leandra had made was closed up by ice. Ice that can be touched.

The moment her hand made contact with the ice, she could hear a sound. A note... A song. One which she knew to be Ice. The Note of Ice as it were. She felt as thought she'd be able to recreate such a tune, but it was difficult as well. She needed to translate this sound into something she could play.. Perhaps now she had something to do on the way to Rilana's home...

[i][color=6ecff6]Rilana![/color][/i] She realized she'd forgotten all about what they were here for. Everything was happening so quickly. Far beyond what she'd expected from a journey through the mountains.

She quickly made her way down the stairs, only to trip on something that leapt at her feet. She comically fell face first into the floor. The half elf looked up, her nose reddened from the tumble, she looked at her feet. Red fur. It was Echo.

He ran up to his mother, nuzzling her face as if she'd been gone for many years. She smiled at him, giving him a quick kiss on the top of his head before getting to her feet. She watched as Echo bounded off into the darkness for a brief moment, before returning with a stick..Or rather her flute. She gave him a pat as she took the flute from him. [color=6ecff6][i]Better start practicing that Note.[/i][/color] she thought, putting it to her lips.

As she walked down the tower, she experimented with different notes on her instrument, in an attempt to recreate the sound, but to no avail. However she could remember it vividly in her mind. Like an earworm.

It wasn't long before she'd found the main entrance to the tower, she noticed that there was a lot more people outside than before.. [i][color=6ecff6]How odd.[/color][/i] She thought, failing to notice that all the statues in the tower were gone and these guys were actually the statues. The more the merrier.

She found Rilana.. Or rather she found the half elf. Alya noticed that the Moon Fey's hand was injured and bleeding a little. Her hand immediately went into her pouch, pulling out some cloth wrap. She carefully bound the wounded hand before looking at Rilana, giving her a smile. Perhaps they were due for a little bit of catch up. Definitely.. She saw Svarak a little ways away, which made her remember that she needed to discuss something with the big cat.