- The Stabbington brother's testimony

"The two of you and Flynn Rider stole the Tiara of the Lost Princess," asked the judge of the two Stabbington brothers. The one didn't seem able to speak so they were brought in together.

"Yeah. It was his idea. He needed us to do the muscle work. Drop him down and pull him up again. He ditched us and left us to the guards in a little box canyon," said Lance.

The judge nodded, he had heard the reports from the guards.

"Had you known him long?" asked the judge.

They shrugged, "A few weeks, though we had bumped into each other from time to time, but mostly only knew each other from reputation. Flynn was more of a loner."

"Why did you join up with Gothel?"

"She offered something worth more then a thousand crowns, but the clincher was we could take our revenge on Flynn Rider. He double crossed us too often to let slide. He took the crown and left us for the guards, then got away again at the dam. Then he tries to give us the crown so he could take off with the girl with the magic hair. She is worth far more then any old crown."

"So, you thought to kidnap the Lost Princess?" asked the judge.

Lance and Dirk traded a look, but Lance said, "We didn't know she was the Lost Princess. She was just a girl with magic hair. We saw her magic Flynn's hand. It was pretty obvious that what she could do was very valuable. Magic artifacts are very valuable. Magic beings even more so, if they don't blast you. But since the girl didn't attack the old lady, we figured she wasn't all that dangerous. We could get the magic girl, take care of the old lady and get plenty of money."

"You were going to sell a magical being into slavery, just for the money."

"We gotta eat too." They shrugged together.

"But you'd get a lot more then just eating money," said Ota as he leaned back and peaked his short fingers in front of him.

The Stabbington brothers could only shrug, but they were beginning to sweat this was not a good kingdom to be accused of kidnapping in. About the only good thing was, they hadn't been successful at all. Attempted kidnapping was not nearly as bad.

The judge knew that the black market trade in magical artifacts was very high stakes. Most magical beings were either strong enough to defend themselves like fairies, unicorns and dragons or would live in large enough groups to hold off attackers, like gnomes and pixies. As a magical being the princess seemed powerful, yet quite defenseless, she would indeed be seen as very valuable.

"So, who were you going to sell her too?"

The brothers exchange a look.

"I'll ...consider a reduction in your sentence for that information." Finding a dealer in illicit magical entities and artifacts would be very valuable. The magical black market was one of the most violent and heartless in the world. Many people have been killed because they were rumored to have an artifact or ability. Many forests were destroyed in the search for magic.

Another look.

"We don't know his real name, but he goes by The Mustache, he's based in Ulm."

"Very good. I'll see what can be done for you."

(A/N: I can hear the plot bunnies getting it on. Anyone want to run with them? Be my guest.)