"Which way from here?", wondered Jasmine. "I think we might be going up the ledge, to the tunnels", said Scarlett. I suggested they everyone follow me, as I was the strongest one in the group and the only one with powers, so I could get everyone across safely. We eventually got though and reached the exterior of a large dome, which must have been the outside of the celestial temple. "I don't know what's wrong with me, but I feel something's not right", said Scarlett. "Hmm, yes, I also feel that we don't have access to the Chronicler just yet", I answered. Taylor then hushed as all as a voice began to project. This voice was stating something, something about four elements... But they weren't all the commonly known elements of fire, earth, wind and water, but rather it was "ice, earth, electric, fire". I then realised something about myself. From the dream I had when sleeping with Cortex, I remembered that I naturally possessed ice. Yes, the upset from Ruth had given me a frozen heart which was so cold that I could actually, externally express hurt at any time by breathing ice.

So we all proceeded into the large dome and ended up in a room with five doorways and platform in the centre. The white middle door was locked, the rest had suggested each of the elements by their colours. I suggested that to tackle each element quickly, the other three chose between earth, electricity and fire, while I took the ice pathway. Scarlett ended up taking electricity, Jasmine took earth and Taylor took fire. I don't know of the others, as they each went through their own doorway, but mine had obviously lead to another part of the temple grounds, where there were these blue coloured bugs coming after me. I soon discovered that the only way of getting rid of them was to now master and take control of my ice abilities. The bugs were almost all over me but I could seem to care at this point in time; my vision was getting blurry and I collasped on the ground, falling asleep. I was about to enter another dream:

Karla: "Again I'm cold. What's going on?"

Ruth: "Follow me Karla, I have something to show you".

Karla: "Ruth? But I thought you hated me".

Ruth: I'm not Ruth. Come!"

- Karla starts crying -

Karla: But you threatened to kill me! You said I was going to die..."

- Ruth slowly comes behind Karla, hushes her and pulls her close to Ruth's body, giving her a tight hug -

Ruth: "Do you feel that?"

Karla: "It's like internal fire".

Ruth: "And what's the opposite of that?"

Karla: "Internal ice?".

Ruth: "Think about it this way. You're seeking someone to love you, love often feels warm and inviting like a flame but instead, you perceive hatred, which is something cold and bitter, like ice. Love moves, hatred does not".

- Karla breathes in heavily and then sneezes with ice blasting from her nose -

- Ruth slaps Karla on the back and makes her sneeze again, but this time, with a bigger blast of ice -

Karla: "If you're not Ruth, then who are you? Because you certainly look like Ruth but then are spouting a lot more wisdom than the one I truly know".

Ruth: "That's for you to decide... But you may come to know me better, than to know her".

Karla: "Could I maybe call you Dreamy Ruth?".

- Dreamy Ruth nodded and pointed to a vision of the celestial caves -

Karla: "Dreamy Ruth, don't leave me!".

Dreamy Ruth: "You have to go now, you have lots to do... But I'm not going to leave you. I'm going to be with you wherever you are... And when all hope is lost, you will feel my flame amongst your world of ice".

- Dreamy Ruth released Karla from the hug which caused her to wake up -

I woke up to find myself shivering. "What is this?", I thought, "another powerful dream indeed". For some reason, I thought I was still in the dreamscape and so I tried calling out for Dreamy Ruth, "Dreamy Ruth! Are you there?!", there was no response. It was soon enough that I realised where I was again and I cast my gaze onto all these glowing blue bugs that were now swarming themselves all over me. I was struggling to get up as there were so many but then I saw something that stood out. Approaching the scene was an orange bug that glowed brighter than any of the blue ones and this orange bug did not seem to attack me... Rather it just kept jumping up and down in one spot. After lying on the ground for so long, I had finally gathered up the strength to lash up from the ground and give a huge sweep of ice breath which knocked out all the blue bugs, but not the orange one. I then thought to myself, "Orange, flame?". Was this maybe Dreamy Ruth exhibiting her presence? I bet she was now fully involving herself in my endeavour and her first plan was to help guide me to the Chronicler. So I made my decision and followed the orange bug.

I ended up at some grand room with banners of each of the four elements and a scary looking ice sculpture approaching me... And guest what! The orange bug left me. I was left to face this scary ice sculpture alone. I discover that the only way I could defeat this sculpture was by using ice attacks and this time, punching and kicking wouldn't work at all. It took a few ten litres of breath but then the ice sculpture eventually knocked over and broke down. I had stepped onto the platform into the centre of this room and it took me back to the room where I had started with Scarlett, Jasmine and Taylor... But this time, they weren't there. The platform in the middle of the room was now flashing white and when I stepped on it, there was that same voice from before, this time it said, "Summon ghost and face what you fear most". I then stepped onto the platform and I was taken to some sort of dark looking arena where I was faced with a nasty looking Ruth. The only difficulty is that Ruth was shielded with an elemental force. Sometimes, she'd be blue and other times, she'd turn orange. For now, I could only attack her when she was blue but when she was orange, I couldn't do anything. At the current rate of her colour changes, it felt like forever to overcome her and I was starting to get exhausted. Then I thought, I would use Dreamy Ruth. "Dreamy Ruth, is there something you can do?", I whispered while trying to dodge the elemental Ruth's attacks. For now it felt like Dreamy Ruth didn't hear me as nothing was changing. Ruth was blue and so I just kept hitting her... But it was when she turned orange that Dreamy Ruth must have placed an effect on her as Ruth started attacking herself. Eventually, Ruth knocked over and then faded out of sight. Although I had overcome her, I still felt myself getting upset over the fact that she was gone... Why was this? This sinking feeling had stayed with me for a while and felt like it would not be going away any time soon.

I ended up back in the central room, but this time, the middle white door was open. I thought to myself, "do I go through or do I wait for Scarlett, Jasmine and Taylor to catch up?". I decided to wait for a few minutes but no one was coming, so I just went through and the door shut behind me. It was quiet in the room... I felt some empowering presence, yet no one spoke to me. I went further into the room to find some hourglass podium in the centre and all these bookshelves as walls. Then when I looked over to the desk, I saw a grey dragon just sitting there... But I was betting that it was a dragon that could talk. Then I went to the desk, making no noise... I was slightly scared and unsure of myself but then a thought hit me, maybe this was indeed the Chronicler. I think he may have felt my presence as he turned around and gave me a slow, stern greeting. "Yes, you are the voice from my dreams, at least all except my previous one", I said. The Chronicler nodded, "It appears that you yourself have awakened Ruth's subconsious in that previous dream". Now that I could confirm... I was certain that Dreamy Ruth was now by my side... "And so you don't need me anymore".

"What the?", I thought, "I came all the way here for nothing? And lost friends in the process?!". I got almost to the point where I started crying again. "Young Karla, I did lead you here but then I can't afford to let you go now, seeing you stricken with so much grief. Those elemental pathways served as a test, to make sure I was seeing the right person and you indeed posess a large mass of ice within you, you are of the ice spirit". I still trembled in concern for the others though. "Well for the others... Let's see... They may have to keep struggling until they can overcome their respective elemental conquerer". I knew the Chronicler was one full of wisdom but at the same time, I thought he was a madman for keeping my friends in danger. "Okay, I understand, if my friends end up dying, then the only one that can account for it is me... Because I'm the one that wanted to come here... And they came to support me". The Chronicler had developed a slight look of sorrow on his face. "A weakness of yours is blaming yourself. Nothing is ever your fault, not even Ruth's betrayal towards you".

Once again I asked him, "What am I here for? Can you help me?!" and the Chronicler's response was, "I was going to awaken the subconsious but it seems you have already successfully done that. Work with her as much as you can in your dreams and soon enough, she will be bringing those very important messages to Ruth that you were not able to get across". As I was talking to the Chronicler, I was looking around the room, searching everywhere for a sign of my friends. Then suddenly, a glowing white fairy appeared. "And it seems that Ruth's subconsious has had such a strong bond with you already that she seeks to help you in this reality as well"... The Chronicler was indeed surprised to see Dreamy Ruth's presence in his quarters. "And so from now on, I think that Ruth's subconsious will be with you wherever you are and no matter what situation you are in. Follow her and in fact she may lead you back to your friends. I will keep watch from here and you can always come back if you need some advice from the books and ancients like myself". Although the Chronicler did have me in a scary situation for some time, I still thanked him for the insight he gave and followed Dreamy Ruth to find Scarlett, Jasmine and Taylor.