The group walked silently in the cold tundra. The only thing that could be heard the crunching of footsteps in snow and the mixed noise of supplies moving around.
"Look!" Kath exclaimed as she pointed to an old fortress on the top of a mountain, it could be seen just above the treeline.
"We need to get moving." Kristoff declared, if there was any chance of getting Elsa's powers back, they'd have to get there soon as possible.
The group sighed in haggard faces as they had to push on more.
Elsa looked at her hair to check on it. It had become even more brown than blonde.
"How much longer did you say?" She asked, extremely worried of the consequences if they failed to get her powers back.
"Three or four days." Kristoff replied as he held most of the supplies. They could all use Sven, and a sled, and some warmth, and more supplies. But they continued to go on.
"Listen," Wilhelm sighed as he came up next to Elsa. "I'm REALLY sorry about taking your powers." He said with sympathy.
The queen ignored him, she didn't like this guy.
"I just did it to help me save someone else." He exclaimed, trying to prove his justification. "I did it to try and find my brother." He sighed.
Elsa began to pay attention.
"He disappeared one day. You remember? Peter?" He asked.
"Yes." Elsa replied.
"The Tyrant of Perfection said that magic and money will help me find him. So I provided both, to find my brother." He proved his justification. "I'm sorry."
"Its ok," Elsa sighed. "You did what I would if the same happened to Anna." She admitted.
Wilhelm grinned softly.
"I promise I'll get your powers back." He swore. The group pressed on.
Kristoff stopped, in turn the others did also.
"Chris and I will scout ahead. Rest for now." He declared. The two men walked ahead.
"Its gonna snow tonight." Kristoff sighed, just to make matters worse.
"How do you know?" Chris asked in curiosity.
"See the overcast?" Kristoff asked, in response, the redhead nodded.
"That's carrying particles of ice." A sudden realization of a rumble occurred, along with familiar barking.
"Wolves." Kristoff exclaimed.
"Maybe even worse." Chris added.
The two followed the source of the sound, weapons drawn.
"They killed almost half the pack!" The same voices before exclaimed only there was an even bigger force, almost brigade sized.
"Hawk is not gonna be happy with this." One exclaimed in a fearful tone before the same towering man from the streets of Arendelle came up, his face still shrouded by a hood.
"What's this?" He asked, pointing to a wounded wolf. "I said for them to chase them to the castle, not kill half their men and half of ours and destroy their camp."
"I'm sorry sir, I won't let it happen again." The leader of the stuttered and shook in absolute fear. He could see what was going to happen next.
"You're right, because you're going to explain why this happened to the King." Hawk exclaimed before pointing the man to head to the castle.
The man walked as if it was his death march. The others watched in fear that they would suffer the same fate.
"Get back to work, they need to get to the castle by tomorrow." Hawk commanded. The men scrambled towards the castle. The two scouts ran back to the group.
"See anything?" Anna asked.
"Yeah," Chris replied.
"The same guys we saw earlier sent those wolves after us." Kristoff stated. "They want to chase us into a trap. What should we do?" He asked.
"We keep going." Zach piped up, he had been quiet for a while.
"Trap or no trap," Anna exclaimed. "I'm getting Elsa's powers back." She stood next to her sister.
Wilhelm joined in.
"As am I." He declared, he made a promise, and he was going to keep it. Elsa looked at him with a thankful expression, he returned with a nod. Slowly the others joined in. The group headed their way to the castle.
After hours and hours of walking through the cold winds, the group made it to the worn down citadel.
"Are you sure this a good idea Anna?" Kristoff asked.
"Yeah, they don't look too dangerous." Anna replied with fake optimism as they looked at the armed men watching from above like birds of prey.
"Who knows," Chris exclaimed as he viewed the ravenous gargoyles above and the spikes on the walls, still slightly stained from past battles.
"They might be nice." He said in a happy sarcastic tone.
The doors were opened as if they were expecting them, they were "greeted" by ten armed men. They were shouted at to drop their items by force. They did so in surprise. They began to loot their stuff.
"You two!" The leader pointed to Wilhelm and Kristoff, the two both were pulled up by a couple of men and shoved into place in front of the group and put in cuffs before lead away.
"Kristoff!" Anna cried in distress as he love was taken away.
"Don't worry!" Kristoff called out. "I'll be ok!" He attempted to comfort before he was brought around the corner of the mossy cobblestone wall.
"Them two and them two!" The commander ordered before Zach and Kath, Anna and Chris were put away also.
"You." The man exclaimed, glaring at Elsa. "You have to meet someone." He grinned.
"Where are you taking my friends!?" Elsa asked in a sorrowful tone.
"They'll be put in the dungeon for now," the man replied. "Come on." He gestured for her to follow.
She did so in fear for both her friends and her powers. She was going to meet her first enemy.
