Alex Aldermen: Alpha female of Summit High. Goes from leading her peers to the lunch room to leading an army of hundreds into a heroic battle. Ness Mottz: A typical nerd. Goes from ordering textbooks to ordering supernatural changes in mother nature's scientific patterns. When these two girls are forced together by fate, they change the course of nature with the help of two boys-one who doesn't exist and one with a dangerous secret. Together, they show that ice and fire can survive together.