The Five Kingdoms

You said the answer to the old man, which made him laugh aloud. "Smart kids," he said softly in a deep but kind voice. Jimmy was confused. "Do you know why are we here? Who manipulated all of these crazy scenes?", he asked. The old man turned around to face the battlefield. He swayed his arm, and all the chaos went away instantly. You were stunned by what came next. A colossal tree emerged from nowhere, standing between the burned land and the roaring ocean. "What is that?", Peter asked first. A snail slowly descended of the trunk. The snail was as huge as your school bus. Then, all of you heard the words went directly into your minds.

"The paths ahead were apart. None of you can keep going forth without making a choice."

"Flame, or water?"