Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ Tᴡᴏ
Tʜᴇ Dɪʟᴇᴍᴍᴀ

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"Merde*," Spy groaned. "We've barely had a day here and there's already a problem on our hands!"
"Hey, we'll all get through this!" Esmeralda began. "In Paris I've survived really harsh winters, and I didn't even have much back then! If we keep our heads up and hopefully we've gotten--" She was cut off by Sniper.
"Yeah, Esmeralda, but...this winter came unexpectedly. It's supposed to be in the middle of summer. We haven't really taken much to go up against these conditions."
"Brrrrr, can we please get home soon? It's getting cold already!" Rapunzel was shivering.
"-Oh, yes, of course. We should get going."

-POV thing again-
"May I speak to the Prince for a second?" Frollo asked Anna, trying hard to hold back his anger. Anna responded with a quick "Yes you can", and Frollo didn't hesitate to pull Hans aside, making sure he wasn't around anyone who would hear.
"You...imbecile!" Frollo nearly yelled at him. "You had the chance and then you BLEW IT! Now it'll be LONGER to get the crown, or you won't at all! No nephew of mine--"
Hans shot right back at him. "It's NOT my fault, Uncle! It was her sister, she refused to marry us off. Then Anna got her upset, and...and!!! Well, here we are!"
"Quiet, you! We don't want the commoners, let alone the Princess hear! Now we either work a way around this, or it's back to the Southern Isles."
Hans let out a long sigh. "Yes, Uncle."
They made their way back to Princess Anna. Hans made a reminder to himself. Might as well find a way to get rid of him...but when the time is right...
-POV thing over-

They headed back to their house with barely a word. The heater made a difference, along with any other warm clothing and blankets brought along (unlike Simba, who had a fair amount of fur to keep himself and others warm with). Not much talk was going on, but everyone was doing their own activities: Rapunzel was drawing, Esmeralda was cooking telesko vareno* with some assistance from Spy, Sniper was off in his room sleeping, and Simba and Fluttershy were sharing some chit-chat.
"Do you think we'll ever get home soon?" Fluttershy asked Simba. She was scared, there were still some animals at her and Rapunzel's cottage. Even that Applejack and Pocahontas volunteered to look after them, she still couldn't wait until she was reunited with her animal friends.
Simba reassured her with a stroke of her mane, "Don't worry. Poca and AJ have it under control, and they can call us back anytime. Your little buddies back home probably miss you as much as you do."
"Hey, everyone! Dinner's ready. Rapunzel, go wake up Sniper, please." Esmeralda called.
Rapunzel did so, and knocked on Sniper's door. "Sniper! Esme and Spy finished up dinner. Time to wake up, okay?"
Sniper groggily woke up, and took a moment to take himself back from the comfort of the nap, and came into the dining room and sat down, asking "So, what's for dinner tonight?".
"It's a recipe I got from an old cookbook of mine, it's called telesko vareno," Esmeralda answered as she handed everyone their plates(Simba had a big slab of meat and Fluttershy had a vegetarian substitute). "It's from Bulgaria. There's a lot of food from around the world that I can cook in this book."
Rapunzel smiled. "Wow, you have got to let me cook with you sometime!"
Esmeralda smiled warmly. "And I will, maybe tommorrow."
After dinner, most of them went to their rooms to sleep. Spy and Esmeralda were still up. A moment later there was a ring at the phone, and Spy went to pick it up.
"Hello?"
.....
"Ah, yes, the flight.."
...
"Wait, what..?"
.....
"No! You can't do this! It's completely frozen here!"
.....
"I am NOT joking. It's really is frozen here!"
.....
He ended the conversation with a cold, "Fine." and hung up.
Esmeralda noticed her fiancee's anger. "What...what's wrong?"
"...Benjamin's putting the flight on hold."
The entire room went silent. Esmeralda felt her heart drop, and gripped Spy's shoulders. "What are we gonna do?!"
He softly grabbed her shoulders. "We'll find a way through this. We can still call the others and see if they can do something about it. Until now..we just need to get some sleep."
He kissed her, and she gladly kissed back.

Soon everyone was asleep. Or...at least most of them were. Sniper was still up, in total wonder. What's was the queen's problem? Did she do this on purpose? Did she even KNOW she had ice powers? Questions ricocheted through his head so much the curiosity was overwhelming. He hated himself for it, as he thought it was childish. The curiosity soon got so intense that he decided that he had to go out there and see what was going on himself.
He--ever so quietly--got into any warm clothing he had packed, as well as packed some other things. Some water, a camera, a flashlight...just some things he figured that would be all he needed to go out there. He soon was going to leave, until he was interrupted by a small, quiet, soft voice. "Sniper? Where are you going?"
It was Fluttershy.
Damn, he thought. "Uh...c'mere, I'll tell you."
Fluttershy made her way towards him as he needed her in close, so noone else could hear.
"I'm going to see if I can see how it is, with this sudden winter and such. Don't tell anyone, okay?"
"..But, why?"
"I just wanna...how you kids would say it...check it out. See what's going on. Now promise me you won't tell the others, alright?"
"I promise."
"Good...I should be back in a bit. Don't worry...I'll be right back."
Fluttershy was worried for him, but allowed him to leave. She wanted to come too, but she felt safer with the others, especially Simba. As se went back to where she slept, questions circled throughout her mind, usually concerns about Sniper.
Will he be okay?
When will he come back?
Should I have made him stay?

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"Merde*" - "Fuck"/"Shit"/"Damn" in French
"teleshko vareno*" - Some Bulgarian dish, I wanted to look up Gyspy cuisine but it's actually from the sounds of it they have a variety of food they make from different countries so...