A game of {not so good} Hide and Seek

Go outside, Anna said. You'll have fun! Anna said..... geezuz, where'd Tiri get off to ? Elsa thought. Barely outside the castle, heck outside the city proper as it was in the woods towards.... well not towards Oakens, that was more northwesternish... But as soon as they got to the rolling hills and woods and meadows, Tiri took off while Elsa was distracted, well they were to play hide and seek or something!

It was about an hour, possibly a bit longer before Elsa was near completely lost, her feet left prints of ice for a few moments before the footprints faded away. Stepping lightly onto a animal path she headed to where she thought she heard her friend not far off, was that laughing ?

She was so concerned with taking it all in, walking basically in circles as she moved down the path she failed to be looking where she was walking, suddenly out of the blue she found herself face down on the leaf covered ground, a bell was ringing in her ears, but what actually hurt was her right ankle.

Something was constricting it. To the point where it actually hurt. Sitting up she stared at what she'd been caught on. An animal snare ? All the way out here ? Tiri was prone to practical jokes and pranks but this, this didn't seem to be her doing with the bell attached to it. Reaching to the thing to try and get it off her ankle she noticed two things right away

Thankfully the first was that she was not bleeding, just sore, maybe a cut or two. And the second thing she noticed, or rather felt, was that her left ankle was starting to go to sleep. She struggled with the snare, trying to get the thing off her ankle, but the more she tried to get it off, the tighter it seemed to become. She was close to freezing the thing clean off her ankle when it became tighter. She was scared, clearly so. Who was out there ? She remembered her mother's story from as a child of why to stay within sight of the castle turrets. Elsa whimpered softly at the mere thought of someone else out there with her and Tiri.

But Tiri had gone this way, and Elsa wanted to find her friend, after all it had started as a fun game.

But someone had set up the snare she was caught in. The question was.... Who ?

Wait, there it was again! Laughter! Clearly Tiri's laughter, there was no mistaking that hyperactive icewraith's laughter!

Was she sure that Tiri had not set up the snare ?

She tried not to laugh, the Icewraith however was unable to hold it in as the three Monarch butterflies flew about her stomach area, the icebones of the icy creature rang with laughter as Tiri tried to keep quiert but failed miserbly as she suddenly heard a bell ringing. Finally the butterflies took off, letting Tiri get quiet again, whew, it wasn't everyday that happened! She thought briefly on changing her form, darting off again from that patch of ferns to another, shifting her form as she did so before hiding, Ha! Crazy butterflies, try making me laugh now! Tiri thought.

Wait, why was she hearing a bell ? That didn't make sense at all! There were not any bells in Arendelle's woods... unless they were on the ice harvestors sleds or at Oakens! Which were not in that area..... So why the bells ?

She then heard, albiet faintly if barely at that, a voice...

But it did not sound the least bit familar at all

Puss had not been figuring on catching one of human size in the snare. He hadn't been expecting any other humans to be out in the forest. Why would a lady of the court be out here in the forest? It was a puzzlement to be sure. However he certainly couldn't be anything of profit for him to get accused of poaching let alone kidnapping. He didn't let his concern be evident though and his tone was one of a dynamic personality and a distinctive accent not of these parts. The boots made little noise as he brought himself through the foliage.

"Of course I speak. I can also sing, dance, and make a delicious turrón that your mouth will water for." He began to walk over to her. "And of course I can help you."

He glanced down and moved his paws to reach for the snare before pausing at the sight of something quite unusual. It looked as though the blood at her ankle had crystallized... But it was not that cold. That made his large eyes blink a few times as he tried to comprehend such a strange thing. Shaking it off he retrieved a small knife from its holster and mindfully cut away the binding so that all that was left was the anklet of rope around her ankle. Once the device was no longer tightening he mindfully plucked at it with an extended claw from his finger until it was released and blood could return to flowing to her foot.

Hearing a distant laugh caused his ears to swivel and twitch as they adjusted in the direction of the source. Who else was out here in these woods and what were they doing? Was it some sort of sprite? Or perhaps a pixie? The cat would just have to investigate after getting some food in his stomach.

Princess Elsa

Triri stayed hidden, moving occasionally from groups of bushes to other groups of bushes and ferns. It was easy to shatter soundlessly and hide as if she were frost on the ground. But then Elsa knew her ice from her own, so it wasn't exactly an easy thing. If that. She moved to another bunch of ferns and waited.

The bell stopped ringing. that ringing noise. Wait, didn't snares have a bell on them ? Tiri looked about her ferns she was hidden in and spotted nothing out of the norm. So she stayed put, unmoving. Well this was interesting to say in the least. Tiri peeked out of the ferns down a path. She just barely made out some of Elsa's on a few trees.

Did something happen to her sister ?