Hello again, followers, fans, haters, everyone in between. This is Blizzard IceDragon with another sneak peek!

And since no one ever comments on my works (except for a select few people, you know who you are), I'm going to start with ITWC. It's slowly catching up to Fate of the Forest too, so that's pretty exciting! (The only thing that's not exciting is that ITWC doesn't have as much views as FotF does, and I can see why.)

This next one's called Strongest Stone! Enjoy the preview :)

   Cole let his mind wander as his paws unconsciously lead the way. He had been along this path before many times, and could walk back and forth along it with his eyes closed. Besides, sight was never his strong suit, strength and endurance were. If he were blind the whole time it wouldn't have made a difference.

   After a long while the trio finally arrived at the spot Cole wanted to look around at. Beyond the cats was a barren, flat, smooth land that could hardly be called a field. Sure, it was a valley, all right, but the surface of the area was smooth and black. A colorful human structure yard (Cole believed the correct term was playground?) stood a few running bounds away from the smooth black surface. Human children were at play there, running around noisily and playing games.

   Cole took a pawstep on the warm black surface. The ground felt oddly smooth under his paw pads, but he easily shook off the feeling. Kai and Jay followed, stepping cautiously onto the black surface.

   "What even is this stuff?" Jay gasped, lifting a paw. "This is oddly smooth, but it doesn't feel like stone."

   "The scent is strange too," Kai grumbled. "And it seems to sink a little under my paws."

   "Well it's not as bad as the rotten boneheads' scent, hm?" Cole responded, scanning the valley for any hint of irregularity among the smooth surface. "It's human - er, Tall-Leg stuff. Even grass can't grow in this. That's why I chose this place to search."

   Kai's eyes scanned the area. "Don't you think we've come a little too late?"

   "No," Cole snorted. "In fact, I'm pretty sure we're too early." He motioned with his tail at the playground and the humans. "They don't go home until it's dark. We can search when the sky turns dark."

   "Judging by the color of the sky, nighttime doesn't look too far away," Jay chirped.

   He was right. The sky was a purplish-orange color, and a wave of dark water seemed to follow the bright orange sun as it began to dip its head behind the horizon. Twinkling silver embers started to shine through the black veil that was gathering at the east.

   "Dusk is upon us," Cole declared, shifting smoothly and easily into his leader role. "Maybe we should go get us a snack before coming back and searching for Earth?"

   "I agree with Cole," Jay exclaimed suddenly. "I'm starving!"

   "We barely traveled for thirty minutes," Kai hissed, twitching his whiskers. He turned to Cole. "But I'd like a snack too, if you don't mind."

I'll try to get this next chapter out and published tomorrow, since I've almost finished it! (If not then it'll be out November 1st.)

Until then, cya and stay safe!