Kristoff climbed onto the horse sitting in front of Anna. He looked over at Elsa and couldn't help but laugh a little bit. "Hey Sven, mind giving the queen a hand?" He asked his reindeer buddy. Sven snickered quietly as he knelled down making it easier for Elsa to get on. Kristoff was looking forward to exploring the forest of Corona. A breath of fresh air after being stuck on that boat for a few days.
Corona forest was as beautiful as the people said it would be. Big lush colorful trees and plants and a variety of woodland creatures. The perfect place to have a picnic of course, and the perfect place for thieves and bandits to hideout in. However Kristoff and company were prepared just in case. I mean they did have someone would could form ice with her hands so they doubt no one would try to rob them. "Wow, this is so amazing, look at all these trees. A lumberjack's dream huh Sven?" Kristoff spoke in which Sven snorted in agreement.
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Speaking of thieves, Vaan and Ashe were tracking one down. This thief had already stuck the castle town multiple times within the past couple of weeks. None could also get a good description of the guy, though one shop owner said that he got a look at his face and swore he looked like that exiled prince from the Southern Isles. What would he be doing all the way out here? The siblings did get a tip from the tavern that there was a shady looking guy hiding out in the forest so they decided to take a look. "Man this guy must be really good in hiding his tracks." Vaan spoke. They had been searching the forest for over an hour and haven't gotten a single clue to where the thief might have gone.
"Vaan, how about we take a small break?" Ashe suggested.
"Tired already? Yeah we could take a break." Vaan replied with. The two found a nice spot deep within the forest to relax. They mounted the horse around a small tree and they sat on the soft grass. It was probably already the afternoon by now. "I gotta, take care of some business. I'll be back." Vaan told Ashe as he walked off. By taking care of business he meant use the bathroom. He found a small spot be hind a bush where his sister couldn't see him but just as he stepped there the ground gave in and he fell down a steep incline.
"Vaan?!" Ashe got up after hearing her brother yell and ran into the direction he was in. "Vaan....Vaan where are you?!"
"....Down here!" He yelled back. Ashe looked over the small bush to see her brother quite a distance down from her. He wasn't hurt or nothing. In fact he had found footprints in the ground and no they weren't his. "I think I might have found out where our thief went."
"You did? Great, I'll come down and...."
"No stay up there. It's a pretty long way down. I'll just check up ahead and come get you once I....well, once I find as way to get back up." Vaan told her. No need for both of them to get stuck down there.
"Alright, be careful then." Ashe replied with and headed back to the horse. She was worried for Vaan, but she knew that he'd find a way back. They've been in worse situations before.
Vaan began to follow the footprints on the ground and where they lead him no one could have figured out by accident. Out in the middle of the forest surrounded by what looked like a giant hole, if you standing at the top of the ground was a tower, in the middle of this giant hole. Hmm.....no wonder why no one can find this thief. His hid himself pretty well. Vaan thought. He began walking towards the tower thinking that he was going to catch himself a nice bounty.