Authors note: A little story I have been doing for a while, requested by Dreamsandimagination, hopefully the story will be to you and everybodies liking. :)
Summary: After fleeing Arendelle from the disaster that was her coronation Elsa to meet Hans, a stranger, yet one who has a lot in common with her. She sees herself as a monster, he sees himself the same way, will the two be able to help one another? Or will they be torn apart?
"Get that witch!"
Elsa looked behind - and it caused her to stumble and fall in the snow. Quickly the queen gathered her skirts and ran on. Oh god they came closer, she had to hide- All thought vanished from the queen when she saw a man appear before her. "Stay away from me!" warned Elsa as she began to scramble back. "Please I don't.. I don't want to-" Elsa became quiet when she saw the man's face. It was eerily similar to her own, the same fear, the same disgust reserved for oneself. She could only stare and he to her.
"Good work, lad." The enchantment was broken when the duke arrived on horseback. "Now hand her over."
Did he work for- no, realized Elsa as she saw his frowned face. No, he didn't work with them. And immediately she felt relieved and safe - she already felt connected to him, despite having only met just 3 minutes ago.
"What are you planning to do with her?"
"Why, drowning her off course."
"For what?"
"For witchcraft and sorcery. Now hand her over." bit the Duke annoyed to the man.
"I will." The man said as he stepped towards Elsa, who struggled against his grip. It was no use, as it felt like iron. "If you can catch us."
Before she knew it, Elsa was heaved up by the stranger and fled in his arms at an inhuman speed. "What are you?"
He opened his mouth, only to shut it down again. His green eyes, that had begun to gain a yellow color, settled on the queen in his arms. "A monster." he said with a clenched jaw. "Like yourself."
Before Elsa could ask she screamed as she heard a loud noise and horrible pain on her arm. Because of it she struggled, causing them both to fall as the mans balance was lost.
"SPLASH!"
Elsa's breath hitched up as she felt the water make contact with her skin, soon she was immersed under the water as her dress soaked in the water and dragged her down, her lungs hurt as she could not breath, but she did not struggle or fought to save herself, in her mind she deserved it, she deserved to die.
"Elsa... Elsa, wake up!" Elsa heard as she slowly opened her eyes, turning her head she saw her little sister Anna, with a mischievous smile she said "Lets play",
"Why? Its late" answered Elsa yawning as she buried her head unto the pillow to go back to sleep, groaning Anna turned and lay on her back on top of her sister and said rather dramatically "The sky is awake, so I am awake, so we have to play", laughing lightly yet too tired Elsa pushed Anna off by saying "Go play by yourself", landing on the ground Anna frowned then smiled before getting back up and saying "Want to build a snowman?".
Those words were like magic, Elsa opened her eyes and smirked. But little did she know at that time, was how much her life would change after that night.
Giggling the two ran out of the room and downstairs to the ballroom,
"Do the magic! Do the magic!" said Anna happily, with a smile Elsa waved her hands, creating a ball of snow,
"Are you ready?" asked Elsa, to this Anna nodded eagerly, with a wave of her hand she threw it up to the ceiling, the snowball burst and snow began to fall,
"This is amazing!" giggled Anna in delight as she and Elsa ran a bit, catching snowflakes before Elsa stopped and said "Watch this" with a stomp of her foot she made the floor turn to ice.
The next hour or so Elsa and Anna had so much fun, together they ice skated, they made their childhood snowman whom they named Olaf and so much more.
"Going up" cheered Anna as she began to jump,
"Hold on" said Elsa as she waved her hand and made a hill of snow, Anna jumped from one to the other, going higher and higher,
"Catch me!" called Anna,
"Anna! Slow down!" Elsa said before crying out as she slipped and fell, at that moment Anna jumped,
"Anna no!" Elsa cried out as she moved her hand, she had intended to make a soft landing, but ended up shooting ice, Anna cried out as she got hit in her eye, she slid down and landed on the ground, whining a bit.
"Anna! Are you okay?!" said Elsa in a huge panic as she ran over and checked on Anna, nodding numbly Anna looked at Elsa as she checked her for injury, there was non.
Sighting in relief Elsa hugged Anna and said "Its okay, I got you", Anna said nothing as Elsa hugged her, unaware of how her left eye was slowly turning to a blue color.
"NO!" yelled the man, who was named Hans, as he scrambled to his feet as Elsa fell and sank under the water of the river. Whether it was instinct or panic, the next thing he new his body reacted before his mind did, he was up on his feet in a matter of seconds before he ran over and he jumped into the river, going after Elsa.
The ice cold water burned his skin as he swam down, desperately searching for Elsa through the dark,cold waters, luckily the river was calm so it made the search easier. Once he found her, he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulled her close before he swam up to the surface before dragging them both to shore.
Struggling as her dress was heavy due to the water Hans persisted and managed to get to the rocky shore of the river, once on shore he lay her down and checked her, mentally begging she was not dead.
He breathed a sight of relief as he felt a pulse and breath, she was alive, was a bit hurt as a bullet had grazed through her arm which explain why she screamed and struggled. Reaching for his sleeve Hans ripped it off, holding it he ripped it again making cloth strips which he used to bandage up her bleeding arm as tight as he could to make sure the bleeding would stop.
When done bandaging the wound Hans heard clicks, looking up he saw soldiers that he ran into earlier, somehow they managed to find them, but that was the least of his concerns as he saw them pointing their weapons at him and Elsa ready to fire.
Narrowing his green eyes began to change to a more intense golden yellow color as he warned "Leave us alone". The soldiers made no motion to leave or even putting their weapons down.
"They asked for it" though Hans as he stood up... and let it go...
The soldiers faces turned to horror as the stranger began to scream as his form contorted and changed, soon said screams turned to growls, then a howl.
Before they could even react the thing, the man had turned into attacked them, tearing them to shreds, bullets and arrows did nothing to stop the beast, the wolf, Hans had unleashed.
When done all that was left was a scene of massacre and death. Nothing more.
Breathing heavy the wolf turned to where Elsa was laying, walking over he noted how weak and fragile she looked as she lay on the ground, shivering weakly. Pressing his "snout" against her back the wolf tried to decide if she was prey or something else. In her sleep she curled up more and let out a soft whimper, it was at that moment the wolf decided she was not prey, she was to be protected at all cost.
Shifting to a kind of half man form he scooped her up into his arms and began to walk away. As he did the wolf receded and Hans was back.
For a moment Hans was baffled, the wolf never did this before, the beast would not stop till forced back or when it felt like to. But did not questioned it as his main priority at the moment was to go back home where he and Elsa would not only be safe, but also he would be able to help her better without the fear of them to be found and attacked.
As Hans walked there was a point where Elsa, in her unconscious, moved a bit, burying her head into his chest, her hand gripping unto his skin in a weak grip.
"Probably seeking warmth" though Hans before saying "Don't worry, we will in a warm place soon".
When that was said Hans pace turned from a fast walk to a jog as he went down a path he was familiar with, arriving soon to a cottage or maybe a hut.
It was built in a similar style as the vikings homes back then. Then again it probably was as when Hans discovered it he noted how old it was. With some repairs he made it more than livable and comfortable for himself.
"Though now seems I will have to share" though Hans as he entered his home, the first sensation that greeted him was warmth as he had left a small fire going.
The hut was a two story, the second was more of a loft area looking down unto the kitchen/living room/dinning room area, while the fireplace was in the center of the room.
Walking pass it Hans walked up to the loft where there was an old bed, the mattress he made it with old cloth which he sown together then stuffed it with some wool, the blankets were animal pelts and lastly a pillow which was also stuffed with wool.
Gently laying Elsa down on the mattress Hans sighted, she could not sleep while she was soaking wet, she could get sick and her being sick was not something he wanted.
So going to the foot of the bed he opened an old trunk which was full of clothes, mostly second hand, rummaging through them Hans pulled out a nightshirt, it was plain white, made out of rough spun wool, just what he was looking for.
With that in hand he went back to Elsa, taking another breath he proceeded to take her soaking wet clothes off.
"Don't look" he mentally said as off went the bodice, skirt, shirt, then her undergarments, anything wet was taken off.
Then with a gentle hand he put the dry nightshirt on her all the while again trying not to stare. The few times he did see more than what he wanted made him turn red and look away immediately.
Once she had the nightshirt on he pulled off the covers from the bed, moved Elsa so she was in a comfortable position and her head on the pillow before he put on her the fur blanket making sure she was warm.
"There, that should help" though Hans as he ran his hand through her hair, as he did he could not help but stare.
Her sleeping face was without a doubt the most beautiful he had ever seen, with delicate facial features, pale flawless skin with a bit of rose color on her cheeks, eyelashes that seem to curl just perfectly while her silver blond hair shone under the candle light giving her a halo effect.
Those men... they called her a witch... but how could she be? She was too beautiful to be a witch, if anything Hans was sure she was an angel that had fallen from heaven.
His eyes looked to her lips, they were parted slightly as she took small breaths, pale in color. How would it feel like to kiss them?
Leaning down he was more than ready to press his lips against hers. It was just a kiss, he deserved that and more for saving her life.
But before he did he stopped himself,
"What am I doing?!" Though Hans scolding himself for the brazen act he almost committed. As he did he heard a growl, seems the wolf had been the one who wanted to kiss Elsa.
"No!" Though Hans as he back away, he was not going to let the wolf do this. "She went through hell and back, I will not let you hurt her!"
The growls went quiet but did not help Hans worry less.
Turning Hans made his way back down, for a moment pausing to look back at the sleeping angel.
"Hope she is having good dreams now that she is safe" though Hans before he went back to the ground level and began to work on the fire to warm the place up more.
Turning Elsa breathed as she stirred from her sleep. She felt tired, heavy, her body ached like boulders had been thrown on top of it.
That though brought panic to her, what if boulders had been thrown on top of her?! She had read about how being stoned was one of the many punishments used on witches back in Salem..
Panic brought adrenaline which was more than enough to allow her to open her eyes.
The first thing she noticed was she was not being stoned, she was neither outside or in a cell. She was in fact in a room, laying on a bed and covered by a blanket made out of furs.
Moving she found herself to weak to leave the bed, any movement made her limbs ache. But she forced her arm out from under the covers to find her dress was gone. Instead she was wearing a long sleeve, baggy shirt, whoes she did not know.
At the corner of her eye she saw her dress laying against a chair.
Questions ran through her head, where was she? Who brought her here? Why? But before she could wonder more she heard footsteps, soon a person arrived.
It was the stranger she ran into...
Stirring a bit of gruel Hans hoped it was to her liking. He made it a bit thinner than he wanted it, had put some juice of sweet berries he had found to make it taste a little sweeter.
Arriving Hans saw Elsa was awake, for a moment she seemed spooked with the way she buried herself in the mattress.
"Brought some gruel" said Hans holding it, she said nothing, just buried herself even more in the mattress.
"Its okay, I am not going to hurt you" promised Hans, as if to prove his point he took a sip from the gruel, then swallowed, was for a moment glad that it tasted as how he wanted it to taste.
Sweet, a bit tangy though.
Elsa relaxed a bit but said nothing, looking down she struggled to sit up, but found herself unable to even lift her head, at that moment she regretted the past few weeks she went pass with very little food and water.
Seeing this Hans set the bowl aside and helped her sit up, then reached for the bowl and helped her eat the gruel as she was even too weak to do that.
"This is not good" though Hans, he knew she was in a weak state, but never figured she had been that weak.
"Seems I will have to give her heartier foods, help her get her strength back" though Hans.
After having a tiny amount of the gruel Elsa moved her head away. Not wanting any more.
"A bit more" said Hans as he made her eat a bit more before setting the bowl away.
With stomach full Elsa began to feel tired, even more than before. Her head began to fog a bit as she was lulled into sleep. She felt Hans hands on her.
With a gentle hand she felt him tuck her back into bed. As he set her head down on the pillow she weakly reached up and took his hand before he moved away, pressed it against her cheek before pressing her lips against his knuckles in gratitude kiss before allowing herself to fall asleep.
To be continued...
Authors note: Okay a bit steamy in the beginning, but hopefully its okay. But how did things end up the way they are now? You will have to wait and see ;p. For now please leave a review and feel free to tell me what you all think of it. Constructive criticism is much welcomed.
