Prologue - Setting the Scene
A/N: So I'm kind of new to writing fanfics, but I've read millions of other stories written by other authors. So I'm kind of using similar ideas that I've found in multiple different fanfics and combining them into my take on how Jelsa came to be. One of my friends is a fanfiction author and she loves it so I figured I'd give it a shot. This is kind of just setting up the story. It explains the basics of how the soulmate part works, who is who, who is friends with who, who is soulmates with who (that was a lot of who), and just kind of what's happening in the story. It is written in third person BUT I'm debating over writing the rest in first person and switching between POV's, but we'll see. I haven't planned out exactly how I'm going to write the rest or what I'm going to write. So this'll definitely be an interesting experience.
So yeah... enjoy, or don't, your choice. ~EruditeAthena123
Disclaimer: Definitely don't own ROTG or Frozen or else there'd be a cross over movie and Jack and Elsa would get together.
Everyone wanted to be her friend. Everyone wanted to be her soulmate. They didn't know she had a feeling who her soulmate was. But fate would only be cruel like that to her. Elsa Winters. Daddy's perfect little girl who would grow up and take over his company. The high scoring, 4.0 student. The girl who always wore long gloves to cover her timer, who always wore long sleeves, long skirts or dresses, or pants. Only her closest friends knew that this was to avoid meeting her soulmate.
See, a soulmate was the person who you made physical, skin on skin contact with when the timer on your wrist hit zero. It usually happened with a handshake or a high five. When that happened, the timer tattooed the wearer's wrist with a unique mark that only their soulmate would have a match to. The strongest matches would have a clear picture of a specific image, while a standard, normal match was given an undefined shape that was still easily recognizable by their soulmate. Weak matches had shapes that looked as though they may not match their partner, or looked like someone else's tattoo. It was extremely rare, but possible, to match before your timer ran out. When this happened, both timers hit zero as soon as contact was made, regardless of what time they had before the two met. It was also possible to change your soulmate, though this had happened only twice. You could fall so deeply in love with a person, and they fall just as much in love with you, to trick the timer into zeroing out.
Elsa didn't want a soulmate. She was too guarded and uncomfortable with the idea of having a person who she was expected to live with for the rest of her life. She also didn't want them getting in the way of her future, her career, her planned life. But truly, she was scared. She was afraid she wouldn't be enough and that they would leave. Her greatest fear was being abandoned by her loved ones, or hurting them in some way. So, she concealed her emotions and feelings. She only relaxed when behind closed doors with her six closest friends. She didn't want to risk having a soulmate who expected her to change and become someone she didn't want to be.
The six people she would allow herself to relax around were her sister, Anna, her cousin, Rapunzel, Rapunzel's soulmate, Eugene- everyone called him Flynn, Harry- who everyone called Hiccup, Hiccup's soulmate, Astrid, and Merida. Merida was an Unmarked, someone born with no soulmate. This wasn't common, but it did happen occasionally. Merida, however, was completely fine with being an Unmarked. She planned on getting into the Olympics for archery and didn't want a soulmate to slow her down.
Elsa and her sister were quite the opposites in both appearances and personality. Where Elsa was tall at 5'8, Anna was short at 5'1. Elsa was fair skinned, platinum blonde, and overall a quiet, reserved person. Anna had a light tan year round, strawberry blonde hair with natural red highlighting, and came with a bubbly, fiery personality. She was open with everyone and constantly talked. They were different when it came to soulmates as well. Elsa avoided the topic when it turned to her soulmate, she tried her hardest to not meet them, even though she had a strong feeling who it would end up being, and she kept her timer covered. Anna on the other hand, talked about who it could be constantly, did everything she could to meet them and make contact even before her timer actually hit zero (she was convinced she could do it), and she always left her timer uncovered.
The only real similarities between the two Winter sisters were their bright blue eyes, and their intense dislike of a single boy, the "King of Fun." A feeling shared by their entire friend group. His name was Jackson "Jack" Overland Frost. He was a player, cocky, arrogant, and a prankster. His favorite target? Elsa. He took delight in teasing her, pranking her, and generally just annoying her daily.
Jack was tall, pale skinned, and had stark white hair with natural silver highlights mixed in. He was the hockey team captain and was extremely popular. Every guy wanted to be him, and every girl without a soulmate wanted to be with him. Minus Elsa, Anna, and Merida of course. It was a known fact throughout the school that he didn't have a soulmate yet. It was also a known fact that he kept his timer covered. Nobody actually knew how long it would be until he met his soulmate.
Jack was also the last of his friends to have met his soulmate. He desperately wanted to find the person who would help make him the happiest he could be. That was why he was a player. It wasn't the best way, but he figured it would be a quick way to find her. Toothiana "Tooth" Faeri met Aster "Bunny" Bunnymund in the beginning of freshman year and they immediately began dating after realizing they were soulmates. Tooth and Bunny were juniors along with Jack, Elsa, Hiccup, Astrid, Merida, and Rapunzel. North and Sandy, Jack's other two friends, were seniors along side Flynn. They met their soulmates the previous year at a party, and both girls went to a different school. Anna was the only sophomore in the two groups, but never really minded being the youngest.
All of the high schoolers were getting ready for the start of their Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years at Disneyworks High School. Each planned for how best to survive the next coming months while not failing every class. Not one knew just how different this year would be from previous years, all thanks to a certain partner project in Communications.