The Beauty and the Kid

Part 8

Chapter 8

Gerda, Irma, Luta, the trolls, and the Snow Queen reached a foreign village, that was all frozen and the roads were empty without any other objects located on the outside.

"Okay, the spirits already were here," Mentioned Orm passing by the frozen bench, where a man sat reading a newspaper. Orm placed his hand on the ice sculpture to gaze at the newspaper, then the rest of the group moved further to check out the rest of the place.

"Okay this is the third place, that we've found frozen and with no one spared from the spirits," Commented Irma making Gerda nod.

"The way things are going we're not going to catch up with them. Going all alone won't be beneficial. If one of us ends up being frozen, we lose. If we stick together, we can at least defend each other with more ease," Snow Queen commented. "I have my ice powers, Gerda her combat skills, Irma is practically an army knife with her variations. Orm has.....swordsmanship. It's not anything magical, but can be handy,"

"And together we can use our power to stop these spirits easier, right?" Asked Irma looking at Gerda and Orm.

"Hopefully. Gerda here has done it around three times already. You, Snow King, the curse with the wishing stone and this will be her fourth time and hopefully last time," Commented Orm looking up at Gerda, which was looking straight to the road during the conversation. "You're okay, Gerda?" Questioned Orm watching Gerda shrug her shoulders.

"You know in a moment like this one, I miss to have someone comfort me about my current emotional state," Mentioned Gerda, then the Snow Queen placed her hand on Gerda's shoulder.

"You have always been a great girl, Gerda. You have already achieved things before, not even a magician could do without its magic. Don't ever think otherwise about yourself. Your heart is just worried about the unknown fate of your friends and family," The Snow Queen said, then Orm gave the Snow Queen a thumb up.

"Now that's friendly," Orm commented, then the Snow Queen pointed her index finger to create an ice ground on the floor to cause Orm to slip and land on his butt making Irma laugh. "Hey!" Complained Orm, making the Snow Queen smirk amused, while Gerda covered her mouth to prevent herself from laughing.

"Ok, that was a little rude," Commented Gerda, then from seeing what the Snow Queen had done, she had an idea. "Snow Queen! You're able to create anything you want out of ice, right?" Questioned Gerda watching Snow Queen glimpse at her serious.

"I know physics aren't taught at the school, until you go to a private school, but heavy ice doesn't fly," Mentioned Snow Queen making Gerda roll her eyes.

"I haven't finished my idea. You could create a ride on wheels. Like a locomotive. I have created one, when I was under the wishing stone's curse," The girl explained making the Snow Queen nod.

"Yes, I can do that. It might just take a couple of minutes," The Snow Queen confirmed making Gerda nod and watch the queen move forward to look for a free space. The trio gathered together watching the Snow Queen form with her hands in the air the suggested vehicle of Gerda with all the details she could recall on the spot. After a while, the Snow Queen dropped the locomotive front gently on the ground and presented it to the rest of the group.

"Not bad for a pro," Asked the Snow Queen, then watched the troll cubs cheer and race towards the ladder of the vehicle to try to climb on it. "Okay, I already have their answer. All I need is yours,"

"It's better than the one I made back then," Confessed Gerda. "By the design, I mean. Yours more realistic and mine was more like a giant toy only,"

"As long as we can move with it, it doesn't matter. Yours moved forward and was able to be steered. We need to know about this one," Orm commented earning a nod from the Snow Queen.