Blackfeather Woods New blood

It was not long before they both arrived at the Mire, it was soft under foot but not as soft as he was expecting it to be then he remembered that this time of year it would be frozen over. At least surely that made it safer for them to wander round. She was right in her initial statement, it wasn't much, but it was something new he hadn't seen before. All around there was pockets of frozen puddles where the ice was trapping reeds and other plants in it's icy fingers. Mac smiled and look over at Venus. "It's kinda cool, especially in winter. Hey last one to that ice over there is a loser." With a laugh he took off initiating the race and with a leap landed on the fresh ice, but as he did there was loud crack and Mac's face fell as he realised what was happening. "Oh sh-"