It only took a short time to fly to the training grounds - twenty minutes would be my estimate. The landscape below was mostly barren and void of life. It went from foggy and green to less foggy and less green. As we approached the mountains, the temperature dropped dramatically - the ground below and the tops of the mountains covered in a snowy blanket. I didn't feel the full extent of the cold until we landed and Rune put me on my feet. Being out of his arms, I began to shiver pretty quickly.
I hugged my arms around me as I took in our surroundings. Mountains fenced us in to a valley of sorts. It looks as though the huge circular space had been carved out by man for this exact purpose. What look like houses skirt the edges and the centre, where we're standing, is covered with fenced ar
