I don't own Frozen
Hey everyone. This is the sequel to my story, Lightning and Ice and my friend, A Cold Touch's story, Tears of Ice. This is a project that we will be working on together. I will type chapters that are from Kaji's POV and Touch will be doing chapters from his Elsa's POV. We both hope you enjoy this story.
Prologue 1: Unexpected Journey
Kaji's POV
"The wind feels nice…" Kaji commented as he swirled his wine glass a bit in the air. Before he took a sip. Then he turned toward his right to look at his wife and smiled at her.
"Yeah…" Elsa sighed as the married couple smiled at each other. Elsa was wearing her snow queen dress and she kept her hair in her usual braid since it was a special occasion. Kaji thought she looked more beautiful than anything at the moment, but he always thought that.
"Suri would have loved this weather if we brought her here," Kaji added. Elsa giggled but she nodded before leaning her head onto his shoulder.
They were sitting at a round table, furnished with a white cloth, and plates were laid out for them along with their silverware. The plates were empty at the moment, but the glasses weren't. They were situated in a courtyard with a number of other tables filled with nobles from other kingdoms.
It had been roughly eleven months to a year since the couple's daughter was born and it had been almost two years since Kaji defeated his brothers and gave the crown of Adenia away to his brother, Chie. But A few days prior to the present, Ulfric had summoned the two to the Southern Isles for some kind of celebration. Kaji and Elsa decided to leave their newborn daughter in Arendelle to keep her safe since she was still so young.
"I hope she's treating Kai and the others well," Elsa said.
"She's a little angel, I'm sure that she's treating them well. She adapts to people well, even Olaf's boundless energy didn't make her cry," Kaji spoke. Elsa laughed at her husband's joke.
"Where is the little snowman anyway? I don't remember seeing him…for some time actually. Where does he disappear off to for so long?" Elsa asked.
"I think he said something about touring Europe or something like that. I guess he's running around somewhere. I hope he's not getting in trouble…" Kaji said. He and Elsa shared a worried look before they sighed. Well the little snowman hadn't come running back yet.
"There's not even a breeze," Anna grumbled, getting their attention. She was sitting at Elsa's other side while Kristoff was next to her. Kaji chuckled at his sister-in-law's position. He knew that she must have drank too much of the wine. She always wanted to try and keep up with him and Elsa.
After his victory over his brothers, Kaji had decided to try wine and mead more often at Elsa's request since she drank it a bit. Kaji found that he enjoyed the rather bitter drink and he discovered he had a pretty high tolerance for it, similar to his wife. Don't get them wrong, they never overdid or became dependent on it but it was a nice little thing for the couple to enjoy. Especially since Anna always tried to match them but unfortunately she didn't have a high tolerance like them.
"Daddy, what's wrong with Aunty Anna?" Kaji looked to his left and smiled at the little three-year-old girl. Alexandra's green eyes peered at him, cutely. She was wearing a green dress along with a blue scarf. While they left their baby daughter back at Arendelle, there was no way to leave Alexandra at Arendelle. She had grown rather attached to them and Kaji's stories.
"Oh, Aunty Anna is just resting, Alexandra," Elsa said. The blonde girl tilted her head as she tried to see over the table.
"Really, Mommy, but why is she sad?" she asked, cutely as she tried to peer over the table.
"Yes, what's wrong Anna?" Kaji asked, trying to contain his laughter as he set his wine glass down. His cheeks were slightly red but it might have been because they were currently outside and it was rather cold. He sighed and poured himself another glass and sipped it slowly.
"It's too hot…" Anna whined. She had her face buried in her arms on the table. Thankfully her voice didn't sound changed but it was pretty obvious that the drink was affecting her.
"I told you not to drink too much," Elsa sighed as she sipped her own drink. Alexandra hopped out of her seat and walked toward Elsa's seat.
"Up," she said, raising her arms up. Elsa smiled at the little girl and hoisted her up so the girl was on her lap, facing her. Then she twirled a part of her hair, making the little girl giggle before she hugged Elsa, cutely. Elsa laughed and hugged her little girl lovingly. Kaji smiled at the sight but then Elsa looked and him and beckoned him closer. He did as she asked and leaned a bit closer and then Elsa gave him a quick but sweet kiss before leaning towards his ear.
"Later tonight?" she asked. Kaji smiled and he gave her another kiss as an answer, making his wife giggle. Alexandra didn't know what was going on and just giggled as well.
"But you and Kaji drank as much as I did!" Anna whined suddenly as she raised her head, then she frowned at them. She never liked seeing her older sister and Kaji be affectionate towards each other and it was…understandable since the couple still started up storms when they were alone in their bedroom.
"Can you two stop making out for one minute?" she asked, annoyed as she rubbed her temples. Kaji and Elsa laughed nervously before they returned to their positions.
"Sorry Anna," Elsa said but they all knew she didn't mean it.
"It's still not fair that you guys can drink so much…" Anna grumbled. As if to punctuate her point she pointed at Kaji who was drinking his full wine glass, which happened to be his fourth one until he finished it. He chuckled as he poured himself another glass and downed it in front of her to prove his point.
"We don't drop our bearings after only two glasses, Anna," Kaji said playfully as he set his glass onto the table.
"But how come you can both stay sober so long?" Anna asked, aghast.
"Heh…" Kaji shrugged his shoulders. Elsa giggled slightly and finished her glass as well. Though she was careful to make sure Alexandra didn't try to take the glass.
"No fair…" Anna mumbled. Elsa smiled apologetically at her and waved her hand slightly, making the air chill down. She felt satisfied when she heard some of the loud nobles complain about the weather. Kaji sighed in satisfaction from the cold and he wove his hand and a crack of thunder sounded through the sky, making some of the nobles jumpy. Everyone chuckled at how jumpy they got.
"Why exactly are we here again?" Kristoff asked. He looked at some of the other guests cautiously as if they were all about to get jumped.
"We were invited to the Southern Isles because Ulfric has some kind of an announcement and unfortunately that message seems to have to do with us…" Kaji whispered the last part just in case someone was eavesdropping.
"Then why are we here?" Kristoff asked.
"Because Anna is the Princess and you're the closest thing to a prince we've got," Kaji said. Kristoff blushed and Kaji and Elsa laughed at his discomfort.
"People, too loud," Alexandra said. Kaji smiled at the girl and smoothed her hair softly, making her giggle.
"Nice to know, she'll grow up well," he said. Elsa nodded with him and Alexandra seemed to take the compliment well also since she started bouncing up and down on her mother's lap in a cute way that could melt anyone's heart.
"I grow up to be princess," she gushed. Elsa laughed and kissed her daughter's head.
"You're already a princess, dear," Elsa said. Alexandra worked her way off of her mother's lap and ran over to talk to Anna and Kristoff, much to their pleasure.
"Certainly energetic," Kaji sighed.
"Hard to believe that we found her outside our walls," Elsa added. Kaji smiled at her and leaned in and kissed her lightly.
"We have a family now," he said. Elsa smiled and took his hand into her own. They gazed at their adopted daughter as she teased/talked with her aunt and future uncle.
"I wonder when Kristoff will finally ask her?" Elsa asked. Kaji looked at her then back at his friend and sister-in-law as they talked to Alexandra, who was bouncing on her feet a little. Then he noticed how Kristoff placed his hand on Anna's shoulder as she returned to her position of burying her face into her arms. Kristoff looked pretty happy despite the fact that Anna wasn't exactly paying attention to him.
"I see what you mean. Though, not everyone is as…"passionate" as us," Kaji joked, hinting at the fact that they got married really quickly. Elsa laughed and smacked his arm lightly, her blow dining against his armor rather painfully. She held it close in pain and glared at him.
"Why are you still wearing your armor everywhere? Can't you wear your silver suit instead? Your sword is one thing, but why do you have to act like we're going to war?" Elsa asked. Kaji chuckled at his wife's anger even though he knew that she didn't really mean it.
"I can't simply make my armor appear and disappear like you," he replied, hinting at the fact that she could use her powers to form her armor and weapons at will, which he couldn't. Elsa still didn't look happy so Kaji smiled and took her "injured" hand and kissed it softly.
"Does that make it feel better now?" he asked. Elsa blushed slightly but she smiled before she pulled him into a kiss. He returned it and they held it for a few seconds despite the fact that they were in the middle of a bunch of snobbish nobles. When they pulled away, they thought they heard some snide comments but they didn't pay them any mind. Kaji sighed before Elsa spoke again.
"But, back to all seriousness, this probably has something to do with Ulfric's father, as I recall his father wasn't in the best health last I heard…" Elsa whispered.
The group had received a letter about a week ago from the crowned-prince himself. There wasn't much detail to the events of the celebration. All it said was that he desired their presence as his most honored guests, which was why they were sitting at the front of the entire courtyard. The prince had yet to make an appearance though…
"I wonder where the man himself is, I didn't think he was the type to leave his guests waiting," Elsa commented as she conjured up an ice cube, which she pressed to Anna's head getting a sigh of satisfaction from her. Kaji sighed at his sister but he quickly smiled when Alexandra came up to him and he picked her up so she could sit on his lap, despite the fact that he wore armor, she didn't seem to mind.
"Everyone tired?" Alexandra asked. Kaji looked at all the nobles around them and he noticed that she was right. The nobles all seemed to be kind of tired and it was still the middle of the day. The nobles he knew would be loud and obnoxious all the way through the day and night.
"Hm…" Kaji gazed around the courtyard cautiously. He didn't like what was happening. The nobles were loud and obnoxious just a few moments earlier, what happened now?
Sure they were still loud and obnoxious but something about them was just…off. They were much more quiet then they should have been and none of them had approached him or anyone from his group yet. He activated his sight and a familiar blue tint filled his vision and he quickly looked over the crowd.
"What?" Kaji thought as he looked through the crowd. Thanks to his ability he was able to see the life force energy that every being possessed. He was surprised when he saw that everyone in the party, excluding himself and his group had rather weak life force energy. Not enough to be lethal but enough to have a noticeable effect.
"Kaji what's wrong?" Elsa asked to his side, she probably noticed he was staring at the other guests in an odd manner. He turned to her and her eyes widened slightly, probably because he kept his sight activated.
"Something is wrong here…" he replied then as if to confirm his worries the man himself came into the light.
"Greetings honored guests and welcome to the Southern Isles!" Ulfric's voice boomed over the crowd like a cannon went off in a garden. Kaji tensed visibly when he heard the Prince's voice. He looked at the prince and his eyes widened when he saw him.
"Kaji?" Elsa asked, worriedly when she saw her husband tense.
"What's going on here?" he said. He was staring at Ulfric, who had finally come out from his castle but…something was amiss. Ulfric's life force energy seemed to be larger than it should have been even for a true Old Race. Then he saw that he was drawing life energy from the guests. But…with closer inspection the energy wasn't being absorbed into him. No it was being absorbed into something he possessed…something he was holding.
"I am here to announce that I will be leaving this place for a time. I will be going to a new world and when I return I shall bring prosperity to my empire!" he boasted.
"What's he talking about?" Anna groaned. It seemed she had bounced back finally.
"Something's wrong, he's draining energy from the guests!" Kaji whispered, urgently.
"Wait what? Are you sure?" Elsa asked.
"I'm watching it happen right now…" Kaji replied. As he finished he noted that the life energy Ulfric held was being focused toward his…hand?
"I thank you all for your cooperation!" Ulfric announced as he raised his hand and opened it. In his hand was a small orb that began glowing brightly.
"Oh no…" Kaji thought. All the life force he saw was being pulled into the sphere.
"What is that?!" Anna gasped as she covered her eyes to block the light.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Alexandra shrieked as she ran to her parent's sides.
"It is time!" Ulfric announced as the object suddenly, "For me to rediscover the ancient power of the Race of Old!"
"Shit!" Kaji and Elsa jumped from their seats but only Kaji sprinted toward him while Elsa picked up Alexandra up and waved her hand so her armor formed over her body.
"Kaji! Elsa!" Anna and Kristoff immediately scrambled to follow after him but they had to back off since Kaji had to summersault under a fireball that Ulfric threw at them.
"Kristoff, Anna, get back! Here, take Alexandra and get back now!" Kaji heard Elsa order as he closed in on Ulfric.
"Stop!" Kaji shouted as he sprinted toward the prince. Ulfric laughed when he heard him and Kaji paused when his gold eyes turned to him.
"Ah yes, Kaji I was hoping you and your friends would join me in this," Ulfric said as he turned to face them. The orb in his hand started
"Stop what you're doing Ulfric! You don't know what you're messing with!" Kaji ordered as he approached again.
"You're free to come along if that's what you want but you won't stop me!" Ulfric declared as flames crackled in his hands.
Kaji grit his teeth as he quickly sped ahead. Ulfric raised his hand toward him and fired a blast towards him. Kaji stopped and formed a shield with his electricity. The flames parted when they hit the shield and blazed by him.
The nobles had long cleared out by now. The moment they saw the light they panicked and ran out of the courtyard. Good, now Kaji didn't have to worry about people getting caught in the crossfire.
"Kaji!" Elsa had caught up to him and she created an ice shield in front of them to help block the flames. Kaji reinforced it with his lightning powers to hold the fire back when it seemed like it would burn through the ice.
"Stop this!" Kaji shouted as he pushed the flames back with his lightning energy. Ulfric grunted when he broke his stream. Then Kaji and his wife dove to the side when he smashed through the ice shield. Kaji rolled onto his feet though and sprinted at the Prince, drawing his sword.
"Damn it!" Ulfric cursed, as the young king got closer.
"This ends now!" Kaji declared as he lunged at Ulfric, intent of stopping him before he did continued to mess with powers he didn't understand.
"You fool!" Ulfric roared as barely dodged the swing. Kaji followed up on the strike and quickly struck again, this time his blade collided with the glowing artifact in the prince's hand.
Kaji's lightning surged through his blade do deal more damage. However, it appeared that all he did was cause the artifact to react violently. The light started flickering, and sparkling wildly, causing some kind of reaction. Kaji's eyes saw the energy around the orb start to flicker but when he thought it was about to die down, it suddenly flared and grew even bigger than before.
"You fool! You disrupted the energy flow!" Ulfric yelled. Kaji grunted as he pulled away but before he could get away a strong force immediately started pulling him. The orb in Ulfric's hands and expanded into a big sphere of light. It consumed Ulfric and it seemed like it wanted Kaji too!
"Ugh! What?!" Kaji tried to get back but whatever was pulling him simply refused to let him go.
"Kaji!" Elsa shouted as she and the others got closer.
"Stay back!" Kaji called but his warning fell on deaf ears.
"Daddy!" Alexandra screamed. Kaji felt fear grip him when he realized that she was probably trying to get to him.
"Alexandra!" he heard Elsa yell. Kaji wanted to turn to see what was going on but before he could though, he felt himself get dragged further and further into the light.
The artifact started glowing brightly again and suddenly the light started growing even more. The force that dragged the young king in was growing stronger and stronger. Kaji couldn't even tell if the Ulfric was still alive or not. Whatever the case, he was being pulled in toward the growing light. He heard the screams of his wife and daughter. Horror filled him at the thought of them getting dragged in with him.
"Kaji!" Elsa shouted.
"Damn it!" Kaji cursed as he got closer and closer until the light finally engulfed him whole. His eyes widened as he saw energy flowing all around him like he's never seen before. Then as suddenly as it happened, he blacked out.
