"Elsa! Kristoff's sled came back with Sven, but no Carolyn or Maddie!" Anna yelled in panic.
"Then something has happened. I'm going to the mountains!" Elsa said.
"But who will run the kingdom?" Anna asked confused.
"You will." Elsa said, while she made a snow-cloak and ran away.
"Wait...what?! Elsa?!" Anna yelled, but her sister had exited the room. "But I want to help." Anna whispered to herself.
"I think it's hot in there." The man laughed while looking at Maddie, who sat in the far corner of the sauna. "But why doesn't she sweat?"
"Because of her powers. They keep her cool, but sooner or later she'll break and sweat. Then we take her out." The leader said, while pulling a chair to the table in the middle of the room. "So how did you get her?"
"We were scouting around the mountain and they practically walked into our arms."
Some men nodded and said something like their leader.
"That's weird." Maddie's father said. "Why would she leave her safe castle, to come here?"
"So how are you going to pay us, Phillip?" One of the bandits asked.
"What do you mean?" Phillip asked surprised. "I already paid you."
The leader shook his head. "The price has increased. You said: one normal girl. But now out of a sudden she is a witch and we brought her friend the princess."
"I never asked for the princess." Phillip said.
"But you will pay for her, otherwise we take them both to someone else. You know how many will pay for a witch and a princess?" The man started counting.
"Sir!" The henchman who watched Maddie yelled. "She passed out!"
"Is she sweating?" The leader asked calmly.
The man looked, "no sir, but I think it's better to let her out."
"Her powers are too strong to risk it."
"But if she's unconsious, she can't hurt anyone." Phillip said.
"Fine, get her out. But keep the sauna on temperature."
Two men followed the orders and dragged Maddie out of the sauna. Her face showed a pink colour instead of the usually pale white.
"She looks normal to me." Someone said.
"Can't you see? See turned from pale to pink!" An other said.
"Well we all are pink, aren't we?"
"But she is an ice-witch! They are white look at the queen."
"Don't you guys feel chilly?"
"Yeah." The leader said, "You are right."
Slowly Maddie woke up, she was in total panic and sat up as soon as she could.
"Were am I?!" She yelled, while looking at the various faces around her.
"She still lives." The leader said. "Put her back."
"No!" Maddie yelled. "Please don't put me back there, please, it hurts too much."
"Come on, Brad." The man who got her out of the sauna said. "She's just a child."
"She is no child. She isn't even human. Now put her back!"
The man nodded and wanted to take Maddie back, but she didn't want that. She started kicking on the floor what made ice-spikes come out, which impaled the table and surrounded most of the man.
"You little witch!" Brad hissed, while he grabbed her bounded arms. "You are going to be nice and quiet or I'll sell you to someone who lives in a dessert!" With those words, he threw her back into the sauna.
"Let me out!" Maddie yelled while knocking on the door with her bounded hands.
"Not until your powers break!"
"I don't want her powers to break." Phillip said. "I just need them to shut down for a short period so I can transport her."
"It's the same, but she doesn't need to know."
Phillip nodded. Brad was just trying to scare Maddie. "But how much do you need for the new payment I already gave you five hundred coins."
Brad nodded. "I know. I think you'll need to cough up another five hundred for the princess plus an extra three hundred for your precious daughter."
"Why don't you just keep the princess? There are better buyers for her."
Brad shook his head. "Not going to happen. You take them both or I'll take them somewhere else."
"Alright, I think I've got the money, but it can take me a week to get it. I need to go home to get it."
"Then I should go, if I were you." Brad said with an evil grin.
Phillip nodded, "but please don't hurt my daughter, I need her."
"Yeah, you said that before. But why do you need her?" Brad asked curious, maybe he could ask some extra money.
"I won't fall for that little trick. Just stay here and I'll be back in a week."
Brad nodded. "It's a date, mate." The men shook hands and Phillip ran outside.