If they could not find a way down, and surly they would be able to, Elsa wondered if she should show her power to Ashe? If she did, than she could use her power to make a sort of stairway down the deep hole. She nibbled on her bottom lip as she thought about this. Subconsciously, she moved closer to the blonde's back, feeling her body warm up, but because of how much heat Ashe's body generated. Elsa blinked in confusion, but pushed her thoughts aside. There were more important things to think about. Ashe's brother could possibly be in trouble.

They walked all around the area several times, but nothing out of the ordinary could be found. It was the strangest thing.

"I don't understand?" Anna said confusedly. "Can we possibly bet some rope from the town and use that to get down the hole?"

"That might be our only option," Elsa murmured, still on the fence about using her powers.

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"My mother taught me to be careful. She said that men outside the tower were all thugs and only want to do bad things. You said you weren't a thief, but you could still be bad."

Rapunzel set a few feet away from the stranger. "That's why I'm not allowed to leave the tower." A wistful look came over her face. "Are you well? You fell and hit your head, but there is no mark." The last bit was a lie. "I will untie you if you promise to go and never tell anyone about me or this tower. I'd get into so much trouble if mother found out."

"Rope? Wait a second I think we may have some. Just a second." Kristoff said as he got off the horse. He walked to the right of Sven where there was this medium size brown sac tied on his saddle. He actually kind of forgot to take it off of him, for in this sac contain most of his ice harvesting equipment including some rope. "Good thing I forgot to take this off of you buddy." Kristoff said to Sven in which the reindeer snorted. "Now we just need a tree and we're good."

"Um.....were in a forest Kristoff." Ashe told him giggling a little bit. "That one seems good." The blonde pointed to a large oak tree not too far from where the incline was. "You think the rope is long enough."

"Oh yeah. I always bring plenty of rope with me on my job." Replied Kristoff. He walked over to the tree and tied the rope around it as tight as he could, tugging it to make sure it wouldn't loosen up. Walking over to the incline he threw the rope down it with it making it all the way to the ground. "I'll go first I guess." He said grabbing the rope and making sure he had a good grip before slowly and carefully making his way down the incline. "Alright who's next?"

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"Bad? I'm not the one tying people up. How can I be well when I'm tied up like this?" Vaan responded with. Then again he was the one that broke in the tower. "You're mother? Aren't you old enough to go and do as you please? Not everyone in the world is bad you know. Yeah, there are jerks, thieves, liars, but hey you just learn to deal with it and not become one yourself. There's gotta be something out there you want to see. Anything?"

"I am not old enough to do as I please, Mister. I'm forbidden to go anywhere. The only way out is through that window and you have already found out how hard it is to get inside, imagine going outside!" She twirled her long hair between her hands. "Mother is only trying to protect me..." She looked away from him, not wanting him to see the doubt that was starting to cloud her judgement. Wasn't her mother only trying to protect her?

"But if I could see anything... the lights from the village. They make the sky glow once a year on my birthday. It would be lovely to see them up close. But it is impossible! I've asked mother already and she got really angry." Rapunzel felt a couple tears fall down her cheek. She did not want this stranger to think she was a damsel in distress, like in one of her novels. She wasn't! Her mother was a good person. She had to be.

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"That looked easier than I bet it is," Anna said, but it did not really trouble her. She jumped off her horse with no help, thanks to Kristoff just running off and doing what he pleased. She was a princess, but that did not mean she needed help doing everything. But still, he could have helped her... instead of doing everything at Ashe's beck and call. It was silly to feel jealous when it was obvious the blonde was attracted to her sister, but she couldn't help it. She walked over to the incline, eyed the rope, and how far down it was. With a smirk, she set down on her bottom and instead of using the rope, she used the incline like it was a slide and just slid down. Her butt was a little dirty, but it had been fun.

"Gosh Anna, have a little class," Elsa said, but she couldn't help laughing. She got off Ashe's horse and walked over and looked down at Kristoff's and Anna's faces. "Come Olaf, I'll hand you down to Anna." Olaf was soon handed off and safe on the ground. Elsa looked back at the horses and Sven. "Sorry guys, you'll have to wait for us."

"Ashe, you can go before me." As a queen, she felt she should let everyone go first.

Well it wasn't very hard to get inside thanks to my hookshot. Vaan thought he was listening to Rapunzel speak. He was actually starting to feel bad for her. How could a mother just force her child to stay stuck up in a place for her entire life. Sounds like her mother was trying to hide something from her. Vaan would have killed himself if his parents ever did something like that. He's heard of overprotective mothers but this was just ridiculous. "So you wanna see the lights up, close, and personal huh? Well then, lets go then. I can take you there. I mean, you gotta rebel once in a while. Hell I used to do it plenty of times when I was a kid." Vaan then offered. She didn't seem like a bad person, same couldn't be said for the mother though. "We could just say, I kidnapped you, I really doubt she'll try to get the kings guards to hunt me down since obviously this place is well hidden from them as well."

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"Heh heh......sorry Anna." Kristoff said to the princess as she came down chuckling nervously. It was then that he realized that he had left her on the horse and forgot to help her. He was so focused on getting down this incline though. Well hopefully on this bonding journey he'll learn not to become so forgetful. Kristoff helped the princess brush off some of the dirt from her bottom.

Ashe was just done tying the horses back up on a tree, that way they won't just run off as she heard Elsa call out to her to go down first. "Alright then." She smiled and nodded and she grabbed a hold of the rope and got herself down the incline. "I'm down Elsa. Your turn!" She called out to the queen. Ashe stood right next to the rope in case Elsa fell show she could catch her....or was it because she would be able to get a clear view of Elsa butt.....no, no she was there just to help her in case anything did happen. Ashe wasn't a perv, her brother could be sometimes though.

"Can I really just go?" Rapunzel said, her eyes wide with wonder. She looked around the room. Was anything other than her mother holding her back? Of course, Pascal would go wherever she went. She bit down on her lower lip and started to walk closer to the tied up man. She knelt down next to him.

"Do you promise to take care of me out there? And if I ask, will you bring me back?" She put her small hands on the man's chin, making him look at her. He did not look evil, pretty normal in fact. No sharp teeth, no beady eyes. "I will untie you and you can show me the lights?"

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"It's fine, whatever." Anna jogged up ahead of everyone, looking along the path. She was the first one to come out onto the clearing, having left them behind. She saw the tower and nearly fell on her bottom when she looked up at it. It was that tall.

"Wow."

Elsa climbed down the rope, having no trouble at all. She landed with a thud, teetered and fell into Ashe's arms. she blushed and turned to look at the blonde. "Whoops." She moved away from her and went over to Kristoff.

"Let's get moving... Hey where's Anna?"

"Well sure you can just go. I mean your mom's not here to stop you isn't she? Well, you would have to figure out a way to get down this tower." Vaan replied with. I'm pretty sure your long long hair could help you get down. Geez I wonder how long it is anyway? He thought before Rapunzel grabbed his chin forcing him to look at her. She is pretty cute looking though, I'll give her that. "Alright, I promise you that I'll do my best to take care of you and keep you safe. I'll bring you back if you want, but after experiencing the outdoors I don't think you'll wanna come back." Was Vaan's response to Rapunzel's set of questions. "Now will you untie me?" Vaan clearly had no idea what he was getting himself into.

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Ashe couldn't help but blush as well as the ice queen fell into her arms. "Careful there." She quickly said to Elsa before she moved away. As followed Elsa towards Kristoff.

"Wait Anna. I think we should all stick together." Kristoff suggested. However Anna was already off in a world of her own. Kristoff sighed, he remembered Anna doing this on their winter journey as well. The harvester turned around to see Elsa asking him where Anna had gone. "She took off ahead of us. We should probably hurry. We have no idea what's ahead." He replied with. Ashe nodded in agreement as she started heading off, the others following. Didn't take long to catch up with Anna. "Anna you really shouldn't......" Kristoff's stopped talking when he realized what his fiance was looking at. "Whoa.......that is a tall tower."

"You are not kidding. I never seen this before and I've been around this forest plenty of times." Ashe spoke as she looked up at the tower. "Vaan's got to be in there." She then said. It looked like it was impossible to get to the top if you weren't an excellent climber, but Ashe knew her brother well. She knew that he found a way, mainly because of that hookshot device he has.

"Yes," Rapunzel said. She walked over to him and cut the rope. She held her hand out and gently grasped his and with strength she did not seem to possess, pulled him into a standing position. "I'm Rapunzel. And you are?" She looked at him, her cheeks taking on a pink tone. He was not that bad looking, not at all like what Mother said men looked like.

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"How are we going to get inside?" Anna asked. She glanced at Elsa, wondering if Elsa would show her ice power, because she would be able to form a ladder of sorts.

"No idea," Elsa answered. She was not ready to share her powers with people outside her kingdom, even though Ashe seemed to be an understanding person and not that bad on the eyes. She shook her head, wondering what that last bit had to do with anything.

"I guess, call out to him," Anna suggested to Ashe. "See if he is okay."

"We could try to climb it." Kristoff suggested, though it sounded like he was joking about that. He could go retrieve his rope, but then how would they get back up the incline.

"Yeah, I think I'll pass on that. Rather just yell to see if he's up there." Ashe replied with. Calling for him was without a doubt the safest way to do this. Taking a deep breath she took her hands and put them to the sides of her mouth and yelled at the top of her lungs. "VAAAAAN! YOU UP THERE?! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!" All they could do know was wait for and answer.

After Vaan was freed and pulled up and moved his fingers and hands around to get the feeling back in them. "The name's Vaan." He finally said to her looking down at the blond. He's gotta admit, she was very beautiful though he was still wondering why her hair was about twice the length of her body. He was about to say something until he heard his sister yelling. "Oh crap. I totally forgot about Ashe." Vaan finally said as he went over to an open window. He looked down to see his sister waving at him looking relived that he was alright. She was also accompanied by three other people he didn't know. "I'm fine Ashe! I'll be down in a second! I'll explain everything then!" He yelled back before going back in. "Well looks like my sister found us." He told Rapunzel.