Just so you know that I haven't abandoned this, cos it's been a while, here's an update.
12
"How long have you been here?" Elsa asked, her question directed to Anna.
"Long enough," Anna responded weakly. "But you're here now so that's something…"
Anna might have continued but it seemed as though the woman with short black hair had things she wanted to say too.
"Anna was telling me that you could help us," she said. "You have some kind of magic on your side right?"
Elsa narrowed her eyes at the woman. She recognised her but was aware that she was not from Arrendelle. Then she figured it out.
"Corona, right?" Elsa asked. "Princess R… Something with a 'Z' in it."
"Rapunzel," Anna informed.
Elsa nodded. She wasn't all too bothered really. She just didn't want to dash her hopes too quickly.
"I'm sorry Rapunzel," Elsa sighed, "but I don't think there's much I can do. If I get my powers back then I don't really think the bitch who put us here will let me help you in any way."
Rapunzel rested her head back against the wall. Then she swivelled around to Eugene. What he was doing she wasn't sure but he seemed to be jangling the chains about.
"Eugene, what are you doing…?" she began.
A moment later she realised.
"These chains," he mumbled, possibly to himself. "Almost impossible to pick lock…" Then the chains dropped off him. He grinned at her and she felt the urge to either kiss him or slap him. Instead she just smiled and told him not to get cocky.
"Surely you know me better than to tell me not to get cocky?" he asked.
It was some minutes before all of them were freed but there was still an uneasiness Elsa felt. It shouldn't be this easy. What was the game the Snow Queen was playing exactly? As soon as all of them were freed Eugene was at the door. But it was pretty apparent pretty quickly that the door was locked from the outside with no key hole on this side.
"Great," he said. "That was ultimately pointless."
Elsa stared at Eugene, feeling an odd anger rising with in her. Striding over to him he received a glare which could have turned him to ice, metaphorically speaking I mean.
"Good time for you to talk then," she said. "What did you do to annoy her in the first place?"
Elsa felt Anna's hand on hers, pulling her away, but she stayed where she stood. Eugene, meanwhile, gawped at her.
"I honestly don't know," he responded.
"Swear to me you never did deals with that woman," Elsa spat.
"I swear," Eugene said. He was not one to be intimidated easily but right now he saw that the murderous glint in Elsa's eyes was returning. "I swear I never met that woman before she accused me of dealing with her."
Elsa continued to stare for a moment. Then nodded. "Lilly Morstan is dead," she said. "You must understand…"
"I do," Eugene assured, "but there is no way I would forget if I dealt with that woman in any way before."
Elsa smiled at him with a nod and no doubt would have said something but then there was a sound from the door, the sound of the lock unlocking. Then the door swung open to reveal a little snow man with a a snow cloud over his head.
"I heard you were in trouble," Olaf said.
