My world ends in ice

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Excellent so I'm facing a 20-foot tall yellow giant with sparkly Chinese dragons for feet and a golden disco ball for hair.

I clenched my fists so tightly my knuckles turned white. The heat Gration's body emitted would be unbearable for an ordinary human being. His eyes were like mini-suns.

"So you're the anti-Artemis," I said simply. Gration simply smiled. His eyes went from red to glowing orange that reminded me of a hot poker.

"That I am, child. Mother warned me about you," he said. "She said you would be very difficult to defeat."

Artemis' bane she shall withstand.

Stop repeating that line, I thought to myself.

But you're already facing the bane of Artemis.

I know! Shut up! I mentally snapped at myself.

I cleared my throat. "She said that? Wow, I can't believe she complimented me. I feel so honored!" The amount of sarcasm in my voice made me flinch. Gration just laughed.

"Feisty one, eh? You have a lot of fire in you!"

I felt my chest grow colder. "Fire? Ew. Too hot. I'd pick ice over that any day. It's way cooler. No pun intended." The cold energy travelled to my shoulders, rushing down my arms until my hands where I willed the cold to stay. My hands began to shake.

Gration laughed. That pretty much set me off.

I thrust my hands forward and sheets of ice came flowing out hitting Gration in the chest. The giant stepped back and grunted.

"Aww… tired already? That's just one hit!" I taunted. Gration growled and wiped his chest. His eyes burst into flames.

"You will regret that, Daughter of Neptune, Champion of Diana."
He bent down on all fours and roared like a lion. Then I realized that he wasn't just roaring like a lion, he was turning into a one.

I swore and snapped with my left hand. Avalanche reverted back to a ring. Normal weapons would be useless against Gration.

I jumped up, somersaulting over lion!Gration as he ran towards me, ready to turn me into minced meat.

I let out a blast of ice as Gration's back appeared below me. Flames immediately rose up, quickly melting the ice and scorching the front of my Camp Jupiter shirt. I landed gracelessly on the snow.

I scowled and picked myself up.

As if I had spider senses, I pivoted to dodge another one of Gration's attacks. His golden mane seemed to be made of pure flames.

What did Diana say? Cold was his weakness, right?

I narrowed my eyes.

Fine. I'll admit it. I didn't want to use my powers that much. The things Gaea, Asbolus, and even Diana said about my abilities made me dislike them. I didn't want to end the world. I don't want to be used because of them. But if these abilities are what's going to help me now, then I'll do what I can.

The ground rumbled and I thought I saw the face of a woman in the snow.

There are no limits to what you can do. I heard Gaea's voice in my mind. Yes, you can destroy the world.

I gritted my teeth. No limits, eh?

"I'll show you no limits," I muttered.

"What was that girl?" Gration demanded. He was back in his weird humanoid form. He held a flaming lance. The snow around him was melted, revealing the rock under them. He threw the lance at me.

I suddenly felt my veins freezing. The energy surged to my fingertips, bringing with it the familiar sensation of an adrenaline rush.

Huge chunks of ice began thundering down. They knocked the flaming lance down.

Gration scowled, glowing brighter and brighter until his body vaporized.

My eyes widened. Gration turned himself into pure flames. There was this huge and strange line of fire in front of me. The heat it emitted was nearly over powering. It melted all the ice I summoned.

The flames expanded, melting everything in its path.

"I am pure fire, girl." The flames moved in sync with the words. "I am the heat that brings droughts to once fertile lands. The cold can't travel. It is heat that moves from place to place!"
The flames surrounded me. It began closing in, threatening to consume me.

I closed my eyes.

I can't fire Diana's arrow. Not yet. It'll just pass through the fire.

My hands began to shake and I just allowed my instincts to take over. I let my powers run free.

I snapped my hands out and cold blue energy blasted from the tips of my fingers. My whole body felt a lot colder. My muscles began shaking. I felt the familiar wrenching pain in my gut.
Snow didn't usually obey my command but this time, I forced it to. I'm their master now. Not Khione.

I stomped and the ground shook. Jagged stalactites of ice rose up, cutting through the flames.

"What is this?" Gration asked.

I realized that I managed to push Gration's heat away but it continued to grow more intense. It melted the stalactites but more just took their place.

"You're right, Gration," I said. My voice was surprisingly calm. I felt cold smoke seep out from my throat. "Heat is the one that moves."

Heat moves, so I just have to keep creating cold things to absorb the heat, to diminish it to nothingness.

The energy within me began to grow stronger.

Cold wind began ripping through, causing the snow to rise up.

The hail I created earlier, thundered down with a renewed vigor. More jagged spikes tore through the ground.

The temperature dropped to well below freezing.

Gration's flames began dying.

"Stop this!" Gration shouted.

He materialized. A flaming war axe formed in his hands he slashed horizontally and I ducked under it, spinning until I was behind him.

I felt my adrenaline rush reach its peak.

My surroundings grew even colder. I thrust my hands forward and blades of ice blasted from my fingertips, electricity crackling around them. The electricity from the different blades connected with one another, creating a web that cut through Gration's body, immobilizing him.
I summoned my bow and drew Diana's arrow.

"Any last words?" I asked Gration.

"I will rise again! Mother needs me-"

"Boo-hoo," I said and let the arrow fly.

Apparently the arrow thought that the surroundings weren't cold enough. Ice began forming on my hands. The arrow connected with Gration's chest and let out a blast of cold energy which blasted my body backwards.

I felt the air around me grow even colder. I let my arms drop to my sides. The ice ran up covering my entire body.

I closed my eyes as my body went numb, all feeling removed.

Notes

Too short for my liking. Might re-upload. Depends.