"A real howler in July, ja?" the vendor told the man. "Where ever could it be coming from?"
"The North Mountain." the man replied.
"The North Mountain." Patch repeated with a smile, that way they would know where Elsa and Amber were right now.
"That'll be forty." the vendor told the man after making a purchase.
"Forty? No, ten." the man replied.
"Oh, dear, that's no good," the vendor said back, trying to sound as sweet as pie. "See these are from our vinter stock, vhere supply and demand have a big problem."
"You want a supply and demand problem?" the man replied before gesturing out the window. "I sell ice for a living."
"That is rough." Atticus said.
"Yeah, that's really-" Anna added in until the man shot them a look. "Ahem... That's unfortunate."
"Still forty," the vendor told the man. "But I vill throw in a visit to Oaken's sauna. Yoo-hoo! Hi, family."
"Yoo-hoo!" the naked family called from inside the steam room.
Patch soon waved to the family.
"Ten's all I got," the man said to the vendor. "Help me out."
"Ten will get you this and no more." the vendor replied as he cut down the carrots.
"Okay, just tell us one thing," Anna said to the man. "What was happening on the North Mountain? Did it seem magical?"
"Yeah, did it?" Patch added with a smile.
"Yes, now all of you back up while I deal with this crook here." the man replied.
"I think you should take that back." Atticus said as he saw the vendor stand up and seeing his true size.
"Vhat did you call me?" the vendor asked, revealing to be about seven-feet-tall.
Cherry rubbed herself as she was freezing outside.
"Now, now, let's just calm down." Atticus said.
The man looked nervous of the vendor until he was thrown out and splashed Cherry with even more snow.
"Oh, joy..." Cherry shuddered.
"Sorry." The man said.
Atticus rushed out to the man. "You all right, sir?"
"I'm fine..." the man then stood up and dusted himself. "I must get going..." he then went over to his reindeer friend and spoke with him as he looked quite hungry. "No Sven, I didn't get your carrots."
"Aw!" The reindeer groaned in animal language.
"But I did find us a place to sleep," the man then said to his reindeer to an abandoned looking barn. "And it's free!"
"A reindeer on a barn..." Cherry sighed. "I feel like I'm in my childhood Christmas movie: Annabelle's Wish."
"Was that really necessary, sir?" Atticus asked.
"I'm sorry you had to see that..." the vendor went into his shop with a teddy bear.
"So, uh, how much is it again?" Atticus asked.
"Forty." the vendor replied.
Atticus soon secretly used his magic to make enough money for everything they needed and everything the man needed appear in his hands.
"Oh, how generous..." the vendor smiled at the money.
"Keep the change." Atticus smiled back on his way out.
The man was then singing to his reindeer while Anna glanced curiously at him.
"Here we go." Atticus whispered.
"Did you get some chicken soup while you were in there?" Cherry shivered.
"Man, you look terrible..." Atticus said before smirking to get back at her. "Oh, wait, that's how you always look."
Cherry growled while narrowing her eyes to him. Atticus soon conjured up a bowl of chicken soup. Cherry took it and ate it instantly to cure her cold.
Patch chuckled. "That was mean, Atticus."
"Hey, she does it to me all the time." Atticus replied about his little joke to Cherry.
Cherry soon sniffed the broth and cleared her sinuses.
"Whoa! What kind of chicken soup is that?" Patch smiled.
"Magic." Atticus smiled as well.
Cherry then slurped down the broth and cleared her throat and took a mucus-free breath. "Wow, that feels much better!"
"Guess all you needed was a bowl of magic chicken soup." Patch smiled.
"This is really incredible soup..." Cherry smiled as was cured instantly.
"Thanks." Atticus smiled.
Cherry then finished the bowl which made it disappear from the magic. Anna then went to see the man and his reindeer. Atticus, Patch, and Cherry soon entered with her.
"Nice duet." Anna commented after the man's song with his reindeer.
"Oh, it's just you," the man then sat up once he saw who was at their door. "What do you want?"
"I want you to take us up to the North Mountain." Anna replied.
"I don't take people places." the man replied.
"Oh, really?" Atticus smirked.
"Uh, let me rephrase that..." Anna tried so the man could take them to Elsa and Amber. She soon gave him the stuff he needed. The man groaned and looked in the bag.
"Take us up to the North Mountain," Anna begged. "Please."
The man eyed her, but still refused to take orders from her.
"Listen, we know how to stop this winter." Atticus said.
This caught the man's attention instantly. "We leave at dawn," he then said, coming up with a plan. "And you forgot the carrots for Sven."
"Did I?" Atticus took out a bag of the carrots. He soon tossed them to the man.
The man groaned as they then hit him in the face.
"Sorry, sir." Atticus winced at that.
The man then went to get his reindeer ready and they shared the carrots.
"Looks like we're going to the North Mountain." Patch smiled.
"Yep." Cherry nodded.
"I just hope Amber's okay..." Patch said. "She was so sad about accidentally freezing Darla back home."
"I'm sure she's getting along just fine with Elsa." Anna said.
The reindeer was then pulling the sled with the man in it.
"Hang on!" the man tried to scare Anna. "We like to go fast!"
"I like fast!" Anna replied fearlessly.
They were then in the sled and were introduced to the man who was known as Kristoff and his reindeer named Sven.
"It's nice to meet you, Kristoff." Patch said.
"So, do you guys know what made the Queen go all 'ice-crazy'?" Kristoff replied.
"Oh well, it was all my fault," Anna confessed. "I got engaged, but then she freaked out because I'd only just met him, you know, that day. And she said she wouldn't bless the marriage-"
"Wait, you just got engaged to someone you just met?" Kristoff asked.
"Yeah, anyway, I got mad and so she got mad and then she tried to walk away, and I grabbed her glove-" Anna tried to continue on.
"Hang on, you mean to tell me you got engaged to someone you just met?!" Kristoff still couldn't believe that.
"I know, it's unbelievable!" Atticus told him.
"Whatever, pay attention," Anna tried to tell her story. " But the thing is she wore the gloves all the time, so I just thought, maybe she has a thing about dirt."
"Didn't your parents ever warn you about strangers?" Kristoff scolded.
"Yes, they did," Anna said as she got away from him while still in the sled. "But Hans is no stranger."
"Oh, yeah?" Kristoff smirked. "What's his last name?"
Anna froze slightly. "Of-the-Southern-Isles?"
"What's his favorite food?"
"Sandwiches."
"Best friend's name?"
"Probably John."
"Eye color?"
"Dreamy."
"Foot size?"
"Foot size doesn't matter."
"Well, what if he needed some new foot wear?" Cherry asked.
"You're not helping." Anna said to her.
"I'm being honest." Cherry shut her eyes smugly.
"She's right." Kristoff said to Anna.
"Hmph." Anna pouted.
"Have you had a meal with him yet?" Kristoff then asked about Hans since Anna was in love with him. "What if you hate the way he eats? What if you hate the way he picks his nose?"
"Picks his nose?" Anna winced.
"And eats it." Kristoff then smirked.
"That's disgusting." Patch cringed.
"Excuse me, sir, he's a prince!" Anna glared.
"All men do it." Kristoff shrugged.
"Not me." Atticus said.
"Not when you think anyone's looking." Cherry said.
"Cherry!" Atticus called out.
"Well, you're a boy..." Cherry shrugged.
"Anyway, let's stay focused." Patch said.
"So, Kristoff, are you some kind of love expert?" Cherry asked the man.
"No, but I have friends who are." Kristoff replied.
"Oh, really?" Atticus smirked.
"You have friends who are love experts, I'm not buying it..." Anna shook her head.
Sven suddenly stopped and his ears perked up. Atticus decided to cover Anna's mouth so they could hear what Sven was hearing. Kristoff looked off into the dark woods surrounding them. Patch sniffed the air before starting to growl.
"Sven, go, GO!" Kristoff told his reindeer.
Sven nodded and took off.
"What is it?" Cherry asked.
"Wolves." Kristoff replied.
"Yeah, that's what I caught the scent of." Patch said.
Kristoff went to the back of his sled and lit a torch.
"What do we do?" Anna asked nervously about the wolves.
"For you, nothing." Cherry said.
"Just don't fall off and get eaten." Kristoff said to her.
"But I wanna help." Anna insisted.
"No." Kristoff declined.
"Trust me, I think it's best that you don't try to help." Patch said.
A wolf then jumped out for them, but Kristoff kicked it off suddenly. "Who marries a man she just met?!"
"It's true love!" Anna defended as she grabbed Kristoff's lute to help fight off the wolves.
"But you don't even know what's in his heart!" Patch barked as he attacked a wolf that tried to attack Cherry.
"Christopher!" Anna called out.
"It's Kristoff!" Kristoff told her as they fought off the wolves.
This looked pretty bad as the sled was wobbling and about to go down a hill.
"Oh, crud." Atticus said.
Cherry did her best to help fight off the wolves. "This is not good."
"Nope," Patch's eyes widened. "I think we're gonna go downhill."
"Oh, Patch, don't say that, you aren't that useless to the team." Cherry misunderstood.
Patch soon used his magic and made Cherry look to where they were heading.
"Oh, boy..." Cherry muttered as the sled was close to the edge. "No sounds... No sudden moves..."
There was then a spider crawling on her nose.
"SPIDER!" Cherry screamed before the sled then sped down the hill as she tried to get the spider.
"CHERRY!" Atticus and Patch glared.
"It's the spider's fault!" Cherry cried out as they went down the hill super fast.
"What do we do?!" Patch asked.
"I dunno, but I'm panicking!" Cherry latched onto Atticus.
Kristoff and Anna rushed to help stop the sled. Cherry, Atticus, and Patch screamed as they were going out of control.
"Atticus, can't you just teleport us to the other side?!" Patch panicked.
"I'll try!" Atticus called out.
"I'm gonna die in the frozen tundra." Cherry flopped on the floor in agony.
Atticus began to concentrate on his magic. Cherry and Patch looked nervous.
"I love you, Colette, I always have!" Patch cried out as this looked like the end.
Colette and Mo soon appeared in the sled as if by magic. "What the?!" the tomboy and cocker spaniel asked each other in confusion.
"Oh, Colette, Patch was just talking about you." Cherry smirked.
"What I meant was I love her like the beach or a good book or the beach." Patch said blushing.
"Hmm..." Colette smirked slightly to the dalmatian puppy.
Mo and Colette both soon screamed once they saw where they were heading.
"This reminds me of the Snow Queen story Grandma used to read to me!" Mo cried out. "We're in King Agnarr and Queen Iduna's kingdom, but it's been frozen!"
Atticus concentrated as hard as he could so he could save them with his magic. And where he was able to save himself Patch, Mo, Colette, Cherry, Anna, Kristoff, and Sven.
