Quest Of Six - Missing -- Part 2

Here's part 2...

Prim slowly opened her eyes. Something was rattling in the most annoying way possible. She rolled over under the thin blanket and fell onto a cold, hard floor, instantly jerking awake. She sprang up, finding herself trapped in an oversized birdcage, with someone trailing the tip of a diamond sword across the bars, making the rattling sound.

“Finally,” grumbled a distinctly feminine voice. Prim paced the cage like a tiger in a zoo, then rattled the bars.

“You woke up. I was beginning to think I'd snatched a dead one,” The voice sounded amused. Prim turned her head, having pinpointed the location of the speaker – in the shadows to her right.

“Who are you?” she asked. There was a laugh in the dark.

“I am the one and only Mystic Fluffycorn, but you may call me Fluffy,” replied the voice.

“Fluffy?” asked Prim, half-amused, and half disgusted by the strange name choice. Fluffy stepped out of the shadows, revealing herself to be a young girl, with long brown hair, and brown eyes glittering behind a black mask. She flicked a stray hair out of her face and smiled. Prim pushed off of the bars and started pacing like a caged tiger. Fluffy’s smile widened.

“You are my ticket to fortune,” she purred, closing her eyes.

“What?” asked Prim, utterly bemused. Fluffy came right up to the bars and caught Prim’s wrists, pulling her close.

“Your little friend Ali has something I want,” she whispered. Then she blew sharply in Prim’s face and let go, laughing.

“Ali is gonna kill you,” growled Prim.

Ali skidded out onto the lake, still riding Hybrid. Written in the snow was the next clue.

“It is too cold, let’s head for the heat,” Sami read, and Ali wheeled Hybrid around, racing off towards the Desert of Silver Sands.