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Okay, this chapter should have been posted way earlier but my computer ate my file. I lost the whole story! (not that I had much past this chapter) It was very upsetting. So I had to retype the chapter really quick. I hope it's okay!
Quick story.
I'm babysitting a six-year-old boy and his little brother and a little girl. We end up playing that we have magical powers.
I end up with ice powers in our game.
Me: So, I have ice powers, so am I like Elsa from Frozen?
Adorable Little Boy: Uh, yeah. Yeah you are! (He's seen Frozen twice)
Me: Hey, do I look like Elsa? Kind of? (I have blond hair and blue eyes and a slightly round face)
Adorable Little Boy: Uh... no. No you don't.
Me: *heart silently breaks into a thousand pieces*
And that's how my dreams were crushed.
NOW ONTO THE STORY!
Disclaimer: I do not own Frozen!
Also, this chapter isn't my best due to the quick rewrite thanks to computer evilness. I apologize!
"Listen, you know prices of ice have been standardized throughout Arendelle," Kristoff folded his arms. "And yet you have been charging the southern villages with almost two times that price!" Kristoff stared each of the traders down one by one, and they all averted eye contact. "Anybody want to tell me why before I revoke your ice trading status without a second thought?!" he growled. He wanted to get back to Anna as soon as possible. Dealing with greedy, stubborn, self centered thieves was not exactly his favorite thing. And this was what was keeping him from Anna.
"I don't have patience for this. If you have no way to explain yourselves..."
He started to turn, the several guards who were accompanying him turning as well.
"No, wait!" A grey haired man looked up. "Listen, the lady said we were being cheated for the amount of work. She said nobody would care if we raised the prices…"
"The lady?" Kristoff turned, raising his eyebrows. His brown eyes fixed on the sea green eyes of the trader.
The trader gulped, looking to his three companions for support but they only shifted uneasily, leaving him to speak.
"There was a lady... She convinced us to raise the prices. She said we weren't getting enough for the amount of work we were doing and that nobody would care."
"Where did you meet this lady?" Kristoff demanded, his large hands curling into fists. That was clear treason against the country. And treason put the Royal Family in danger.
His girlfriend's family. Hopefully, eventually, his family.
"Tell me where you met this lady!" He grabbed the trader by the shirt, voice laced with fury.
"The... the Rusty Pick, sir," the man stammered, grey eyes wide with fear.
Kristoff released the man with disgust. The Rusty Pick, partway up the mountains, was a common haunt for ice harvesters. The place was a rundown pub, and Kristoff had to admit he had been there for a beer or two.
But this meant that the ice harvesters were most likely drunk during their exchanged with the woman.
"What did she look like?"
"She was beautiful," a man piped up.
"Gorgeous beyond belief," another agreed.
Huh. I doubt it. In Kristoff's opinion, nobody was more beautiful than Anna.
"Can we get a little more specific?" Kristoff crossed his arms.
"Her hair was raven black, petite build, and her eyes... as black as coals." the man shivered slightly.
"Did you get any other information about her?"
"Um... she mentioned something about a boat."
"A boat. Great." Kristoff fought the urge to pound his head against a wall. The men had obviously been drunk, doing who-knows-what with the mysterious woman with black hair and eyes, letting her convince them into treason.
Sven snorted.
"One step ahead of you, buddy." Kristoff was already getting the reindeer ready for the trip back. He turned to his guards. "Listen, I need to go immediately to the queen and report this. Suspend these men's trading privileges for a month- and make sure the people of the towns know. I will revisit the matter later."
"Yes sir!" the guards saluted.
"And keep an eye out for that woman. If you see her- arrest her."
Time to go back to Anna.
"There's..." grunt "Gotta..." grunt "Be a..." grunt "Carrot..." grunt "In here..." grunt "Somewhere... AHA!"
The lid of the barrel that Anna had been tugging at suddenly popped out, yielding to her hearty efforts to pull it off.
The petite girl went flying backwards across the room at the sudden release.
"Ouch," Anna rubbed the back of her head where it had banged against the wall, and then winced as the movement caused stabs of pain in her wrists. It had taken a lot of prying and twisting and pulling, but Anna had finally gotten the ropes off her wrists. Unfortunately, the skin had been rubbed raw to the point of bleeding from the process. Oh well. Add it to her ever growing list of injuries.
Anna was just dreading having to explain where every bruise and scratch came from if she ever got back to Elsa and Kristoff.
When she got back. Not if. When.
She had to believe that she was going to get out of this stupid boat.
Which was exactly why she needed a carrot. If Olaf, with twigs for hands, could pick a lock with a carrot, so could she.
Anna pulled herself up, heading back to the barrel and peered in.
Empty.
Anna sighed and sat down, slumping against the wall. Great. She was stuck in a dumb room in a dumb ship, forced to play bait by some psycho woman who had something evil planned for her sister.
A shiver went up her spine and Anna pulled her knees up to her chest, hugging herself. She suddenly realized that she was still in her pajamas.
Of course she had to get kidnapped in her thin pink nightgown! Anna groaned and examined the pitiful piece of clothing. It was filthy with grime of the ship and blood from her wrists. Further examination revealed that she didn't even have socks on- her feet were bare- a fact that Anna wasn't sure how she missed earlier.
What if Kristoff comes to rescue me?! I looked awful!
Wait, this is not the time to think about that.
Unfortunately, the only other thought that crept into her mind was wondering what Raven had planned for Elsa. Anna knew Elsa would come- her older sister would go around the world for her, with Kristoff right on her heels.
But, Anna reassured herself, Elsa would defeat Raven in heartbeat. It was one of the perks of being able to shoot icicles out of your hands.
What if...
Anna tried to shut all other doubtful thoughts out of her head and stood up to examine the tiny window in the room. She had checked it like twenty eight times already and the view of murky water was always the same.
Well there was no way she was going to sit around and wait for her sister to get lured into a dangerous trap.
Suddenly Anna had an idea.
"Hey!" Anna banged on the door. "Hello!"
"What the hell, she's supposed to be tied up!"
"Should we tell Raven?"
"Hey! I was wondering if I could talk to the Raven lady..."
"Shut up!"
How rude! Anna frowned and crossed her arms. Then she took a deep deep breath and...
Screamed at the top of her lungs.
The force and volume of the scream scared her a little bit. Maybe I should rethink this screaming thing.
"What the..." The doorknob rattled then suddenly opened.
"Yes! Ha ha!" Anna scampered past the guard and twisted out of wild grab the rugged man made.
"Get her!"
Anna sprinted down the hall, her heart beating wildly as the pounding steps and yells followed her.
Okay think!
She raced up a set of stairs- wow this is a big boat- and dove wildly into a dark doorway, holding her breath and hoping with all her heart the room was empty.
The sound of the pounding of boots went past.
Anna turned and let a small sigh of relief as she examined the empty room. Quickly she found a hidden nook behind some crates and carefully settled herself in the hiding spot. She could hear distant yells, but the room was silent except the slight creaking of wood as the boat rocked slightly.
Okay. Now all I have to do is wait silently for like ten hours until things calm down and then I can sneak to the deck and swim to shore, find Elsa, and then hopefully there will be an opportunity to punch Raven at some point.
Reexamining the plan, Anna realized there was a slight problem.
How was she going to stay still for so long?
Was it even physically possible?
She had been sitting in the corner for, what, five minutes? and she was already bored out of her mind.
You can do this! It's for Elsa.
"We can talk in here..."
Anna froze, recognizing the smooth melodic lilting of Raven's voice, the sound making a shiver travel down her spine.
"After you, Your Majesty." The second voice was deeper, rougher.
Um since when was Raven a Your Majesty?
"Shut the door." There was a soft click. "Are you sure these will work?"
"The Ancient Secrets are rarely wrong, Your Majesty. It is finding them that is the hard part."
Anna leaned slightly forward, risking a glance.
Raven and a large man had their backs to her hiding spot, but she could see a glimmer of metal in Raven's hands. She leaned forward a little more, her blue eyes widening.
Raven was examining what looked like a metal glove.
The object had locks and thick chains on it. Anna knew exactly what it was for- she could already imagine Elsa's slim pale hand captured in the restraining piece.
This was very bad.
"However, I don't understand how this will remove her powers..."
Anna couldn't stifle the soft gasp that escaped her lips.
Remove Elsa's powers... that wasn't possible! Was it?
Luckily, the two figures didn't seem to notice the tiny gasp from the corner.
"The gloves are only to restrain the Ice Queen. To remove the powers..."
"Your Majesty!" The door swept open.
"I told you not to interrupt!" Raven hissed, her voice laced with venom.
"I'm sorry! But... it's the girl. We didn't want to disturb you but we've looked all over... she's escaped and..."
Raven cut the flustered man off with a tinkling laugh.
"Don't worry. She's in here. Anna, would you like to come out now, darling?"
Anna's heart sank as she peeked out behind the crate to find Raven's jet black eyes fixed on hers.
The gleam in those dark glittering circles made her heart pound with fear.
Once again, sorry this chapter isn't the best. I hope you enjoyed it anyways!
And don't worry- there will be lots of Elsa in the next chapter!
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