So I haven't written a fanfiction in quite a while but 2 weeks ago my three year old nephew had me watch Frozen and Rise of the guardians with him and I came to the same conclusion a lot of people have, those two belong together. This story has been in front of my mind since I watched them and I need to get it out, so I rewatched both and I'm going to give it a try. I'll be the first to admit that writing isn't my strongest skill and I'm not quite as comfortable with these characters, but I have fun writing so oh well. I'll say it right here that I did change a bit when it comes to Jack and Elsa so if that's not your cup of tea then this might not be for you.
The story is set three months after the events of Frozen and everything that happened in the movie happened in this story. One of the things I didn't like about Frozen was that Elsa lived her life with no control of her powers and then all of a sudden she can control them. I get that love thaws a frozen heart and what not but for this story I'm having her lack of control return. So not much change for Elsa's character.
Now Jack's a different story. This is going to be before Jack becomes a guardian...but he already has his ice magic. I know I know, but I really wanted to write a romance/adventure with the two of them having magic and it kinda looses it's fun if one character is an immortal that no one can see. Plus I've read a few Jelsa fics and really want to do something original. So the synopsis is for Jack to come to Arendelle to teach Elsa how to use her magic properly after hearing about what she did. I'm going to change his past around a lot but the movie never really went too much into that anyway. I really liked his snarky attitude in the beginning of the movie so I'll try to do it justice.
Some OC's but most of them are just to move the plot along. Sorry this was so long but I wanted to let everyone know what's going on so you can decide if you want to read it. So here we go!
DISCLAIMER FOR ALL CHAPTERS: I don't own Frozen or Rise of the Guardians.
The sun was shining brightly over the kingdom of Arendelle as residents were going about their day. A cool breeze was blowing through the air signaling that fall would soon be upon them after their, unusual to say the least summer. As people were bustling around a young man was calmly walking through the streets admiring the sights and sounds of the kingdom. He lazily ran a hand through his messy brown hair as he observed citizens buying and selling goods at the market place, along with ships drifting through the water of the fjord. Arendelle certainly lived up to its reputation for beauty he thought as he continued to his destination. He was clearly an outsider wearing a light blue long sleeve shirt, dark blue pants and black boots. He had guards tied around his forearms and shins and a light brown backpack on his back with a long staff with a curved head attached just under his shoulders. But despite a few looks no one was really paying him any mind.
The young man stopped at the plaza right in front of the palace, leaning against one of the stone pillars he admired the grand structure, noticing how all the lampposts had a purple and green banner with a yellow bust of the queen in the center.
"It really is a sight to see isn't it?" He heard a voice filled with pride speak from behind him. Looking to his left he saw a middle aged man standing in front of a stand with various fruits and vegetables adoring it.
"Yes it really is, all of Arendelle is really," the young man said with a smile on his lips while taking a few steps into the plaza.
"Judging from your attire I'm guessing you must be new here," the merchant said while looking over what the young man was wearing.
"Yes, just got into town actually."
"Well then let me be the first to welcome you to Arendelle! The names Alf and I'm a portrayer of fruits and vegetables here in the town square." Alf said while tossing the young man an apple off from his stand as a sign of good nature.
The young man caught it and took a bite. "Thank you very much, the names Jack."
"Well Jack I hope you had a decent sail here." Alf said with a warm smile.
"Actually I came through the mountains, not really one for ships," Jack said while continuing to snack on the apple was giving.
Alf raised his eyebrow at Jack an gave him a quizzical look. "The mountains? Even during this time of year that's still a cold hike."
Jack chuckled lightly at the comment. "Yea I guess you could say that, but I prefer to travel on my own two feet and the cold never really bothered me."
"Well regardless of how you got here you're here now and if you need any information about Arendelle just let me know! Was born and raised in this kingdom," Alf said while pointing his thumb at himself and grinning.
"Well now that you mention it," Jack said while turning to look back at the palace, "I was hoping to get an audience with the queen."
"With Queen Elsa you say." Alf put his hand up to chin while looking down in thought. Snapping his head back up to jack. "Well you're in luck then, every Monday the Queen is in the throne room for the afternoon to meet with any residents that have an issue or just something they would like to bring to her attention. As you can see, Arendelle isn't a very large kingdom so it's never too crowded so I'm sure you would be able to see her."
"Well I guess it's my lucky day then," Jack said with a coy smile. "Truthfully I wondered if the gates to the palace were going to be opened after the sudden winter three months ago, word has gotten around of the Queen's...unique ability."
Alf's smile receded after Jacks mention of Queen's Elsa powers. He knew that it was inevitable that once all the people that were here for the Queen's coronation had left that they would be talking about their experience seeing something as incredible, and as terrifying as an eternal winter in the middle of summer.
Alf stood up straight while putting his hands behind his back. "Well I certainly hope that word has spread of what an amazing queen and person she is. No one here blames her for what happened." Alf's eye dropped as he continued. "The first few weeks after the incident were great actually. We knew why the gates were closed for so long, the queen was out in the kingdom, we even had a ice skating rink in the palace courtyard."
"You say 'were great' like that's no longer the case," Jack said while eyeing up Alf's body language. It appeared to him that even though the gates were still opened, not everything was perfect.
Alf let out a low sigh as he looked Jack in the eyes. "Like I said, at first we saw her and the princess all the time, walking, shopping or just plain socializing with the citizens, it was great. But after a while it became less and less, I would assume that her duties as queen must have been taking there toll, and then..." Alf paused, frowning at Jack.
"And then?" Jack said trying to coax the man to continue.
"And then last month, Queen Elsa and Princess Anna were here in the town after weeks of not being seen. Everyone was so excited to see them, myself included, that they drew quite a crowd. People were pushing and shoving to see them and it caught them off guard, they were losing space to move fast. And that's when Queen Elsa accidentally...froze some of the town square here. Everyone quickly backed up, but the queen looked horrified that she again froze some of Arendelle. After hastily thawing most of the ice, her and Princess Anna quickly went back to castle and the queen hasn't come out since." Alf finished, clearly looking distraught as he remember the scene.
"You don't say," Jack said slowly, now even more intrigued to meet the snow queen he had heard so much about.
Alf nodded at Jack. "Princess Anna came out the next day and assured everyone that it wasn't their fault and that the queen didn't blame the citizens for what happened. Everyone was relieved and wanted the princess to tell her sister that she still had their support even if she doesn't have complete control of her abilities." Alf's smile returned to his face. "But we're all just happy she kept the gates open and we can still go talk to her if need be. Now enough of that, what business did you have with the queen?"
"Oh just wanted to offer her a little advice," Jack said with a slight grin. He could see the puzzled look on Alf's face. But before Alf could ask what he meant, they both heard someone clear their throat. Turning around Jack saw that quite a line had formed since him and Alf began their conversation, the people not looking all to happy that they were kept waiting.
"You always get caught up chatting don't you Alf," the woman at the front of the line said sternly while glaring at the two of them with her hands on her hips.
Alf's eyes went wide with shock when he realized he got so wrapped up in talking to a new person in town that he forgot he had a business to run. He quickly began uttering apologies to his costumers as he started helping them.
Jack took this as an opportunity to make his exit. Smiling and giving Alf a subtle wave, he finished off the apple he was given, tossed the core into a waste bin and started walking across the bridge to the palace.
It had been another gruelingly long day for Elsa, she was up at the crack of dawn to meet with the council to discuss imports, exports and trade routes that would help Arendelle continue to run smoothly and keep them at the top in the trade of natural minerals, which the mountains around the kingdom had an abundance of. Then it was right over to meet with her advisors that aid her in forming relations with other nations. It was a difficult task seeing as she had been closed off from the world for almost 13 years. Lastly she was given a quick update from legislators, the captain of the guard, and public servants about how life in the kingdom was going, she wanted to be sure her citizens were as happy as possible even if it killed her...and she feared it just might. She barely had any time to eat before she met Anna and the two of them headed to the throne room to meet any citizens that needed to address something with her directly. Sitting on the single throne in the room in the blue and black dress that she wore at her coronation complete with purple robe, Elsa looked up at her sister who was standing next to her in her favorite green and black dress. Two guards also stood on each end of the small platform the throne was on, holding spears. Anna gave her a bright smile that Elsa half returned. Anna loved meeting with the people and truth be told Elsa was glad she was here, she always was more of a people person. Anna did her best to help her sister where she could but most of the responsibility feel on Elsa, she was the queen after all. Elsa slowly looked back down to her lap where she had her hands folded neatly. Both hands covered with a fine white glove. After the incident in the market place Elsa insisted she wear them, much to Anna's dismay who felt she was regressing back to her life of hiding herself. But Elsa knew that she still was uncertain when it came to her powers and couldn't risk shaking hands with another monarch and accidentally giving them frostbite. No this was definitely for the best she thought.
Elsa was snapped out of her thoughts by one of the servants announcing the first person coming to see her. Despite how tired she felt she straightened herself and prepared to give her full attention to anyone who came in. Luckily Arendelle was a great place to live and not all that large so she didn't have to many people come to address her. With each citizen that stood before her, she was able to offer aid and suggestions that seemed to satisfy all of them, Anna even chimed in a few times to give her input until before they knew it the guard announced they were through the list of people for the day. Letting out a breath of relief Elsa got up and prepared to make her way back to her chambers to relax a bit.
"Actually your majesty," Elsa stopped as she heard the servant in charge of letting people in address her. "There's one more person who would like to see you, he's not from here but says it's urgent."
Elsa looked over at Anna who simply shrugged her shoulders at her. "Alright then, we finished early today so I suppose one more person would be fine," Elsa said while retaking her seat and signaling for the servant to send him in. The servant nodded his head and went back to the doors of the throne room to let the stranger in.
Anna bent down to whisper in her sisters ear. "Urgent huh, maybe it's a prince from a far away land wanting the queen's hand in marriage," Anna teased with a small laugh.
Elsa playfully glared at her sister trying to suppress a small chuckle herself. "For some reason I really don't think that's going to be the case."
Elsa turned her head to see a young man with brown hair and a backpack with a large staff sticking out from the sides. Elsa subtly studied his appearance, definitely not a prince she thought to herself.
"This is quite a place you have here your highness," the young man said while looking around the room with a small whistle putting a hand on his hip.
"How dare you speak to the queen in such an informal manner!" One of the guards said taking a step toward the young man.
Elsa quickly raised her hand to stop the guard from throwing him out. "It's alright," Elsa began keeping her cool complexion. "Well then...Mr.?"
"Jack," the young man responded quickly. "The names Jack, and it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance your highness," Jack said giving an overly expressive bow with a cocky grin on his lips.
"Alright then Jack," Elsa started slowly, eyeing him carefully. "What can I do for you?"
Jack looked over at Anna and then back to Elsa grinning slightly. "Actually, I'm here about what I can do for you."
Elsa was not amused at whatever game this Jack thought he was playing. "Oh, and what might that be," she said keeping her icy glare on him.
"You see," Jack began as he started walking toward the throne. As he got closer the two guards stepped in front of him pointing their sharps spears right at his chest.
"That's close enough," one of them said giving Jack a hard look, daring him to try to get closer to the queen.
Jack simply gave them both a wide smile as he touched the tip of each spear with his fingers, no sooner did his fingers touch the metal, each spear suddenly flash froze and then crumbled to a pile of ice on the hardwood floor below.
Jack directed his attention back to Elsa, his chocolate brown eyes meeting her now wide azure ones. "Were not so different you and I."
So there ya go! Whether I get good reviews, bad reviews or no reviews I'm going to finish this story. Like I said before I need to get it out of my head. I have it all planned out so I should be able to update frequently as long as I have time to write.