A/N: Hi everyone, this story has been in my mind for a very long time ever since I watched Frozen, and constantly reading Frozen's Fanfiction until I needed a new pair of glasses. Also, please pardon my poor grammar as English is not my main language, which you can noticed as soon as you look at my profile. Please noted that this is the first time I ever write a fiction in English, so any review and suggestion is highly appreciated, because in the end it will greatly helped improve the writing style and makes a better better reading experience. Please beware the story is... wall of texts and the timeline is jumping, so might require good memory to keep track.
Chapter 1: Jack and Arendelle.
Long time ago, far up the Northern land, there weren't any kingdom. Villages yes, but none of them were big enough to be claimed as a town, much less a kingdom. The people from North sustained their daily life by logging, fishing and ice business. Being far up north allowed the Land to produce abundant amount of ice which is valuable to trade for other commodities that can only procure from the southern nations or villages. Though it is a simple life, but the people were satisfied, they did not ask for more nor did they dream for it. They are simply just living their life there.
However, all this changed when a group of men and women arrived. They were a bunch of misfits, each having their own peculiar habits and whims. Some of them were polar opposites, fighting in the group is a daily occurrence, yet they worked in tandems, one's weakness is quickly covered by others, one's burden is carried by everyone, happiness and sorrow is shared among everyone. Each of them is an individual, each having unique skills and abilities to offer yet they are a united as a team. Insults to one are insults to all, and revenge from whole group is often swift and merciless, results in the total annihilation of the opposite power. Such is their creed and their loyalty to each other.
Though it is such a strange and misfit group, all of them look up to a young man, for he is the one who brought them all together. The man is thin, yet tall. He has a pair of striking icy blue eyes, white hair despite his young age and equally pale skins as if he lived sheltered life. He is the fun and the core of the group; he is no leader, for he is the friend of everyone. Wherever he went, everyone followed, they knew that they would never be bored as long they were with him. The group wandered in the world for a long time, saw events around the world, took parts and bore witness to them. But when the young man travelled to the Northland, he found the place soothing for their tired wandering souls and deemed the land to be worthy to settle down and start their own nation, to take a seat among the world. He did not dream of being the pinnacle of power in the world, merely wished to leave their legacy. The group conceded and each of them settled down. Before they realized, people gathered around them for many different reasons, protection, curiosity are among some of them. Camp quickly turned to a village, to a town, to a city and eventually to a kingdom.
Soon enough, the young man found that their group of misfits has expanded so quickly and rapidly, they needed to have rules and clear guidelines to maintain the stability of it. In the end, the people that gathered had demanded a ruling person. One who could give them guidance and oversee the kingdom. The original group of misfits were viewed as the nobles, hence people turned to them for directions, all the while the group turned to the young man for decisions. The young man felt depressed, he knew he was not cut out for this. He was funny, spontaneous and often filled with mischief to indulge oneself. Thinking pranks was his specialty, but ruling was not. When he was cornered he questioned his friends
"I can't believe this? I will be the king of this new kingdom!? Why is this happening to me, tell me this is a joke from the sick man in the moon" Asked the young man
"Hohoho! WHY!? Because you lost the DRAW!" Everyone laughed at the answer of the bulky man with white beard, old enough to be father for everyone in the group, Nikolai ST (santa) North more commonly known as Santa
Yes, in the end, the group settled that they would decide who will be the sacrifice to be offered up as the Royal, as the ruler of the new kingdom with….. Draw lots. They decided that the loser would be the one with the shortest lot, and the young man had drawn the Lucky one. All he could think at that moment was how unlucky he was but unknown to him, the bulky old man who gave out the lots cheated and broke the lots of the young man resulting him having the shortest thus he will be the royal.
"But you guys know that I am not cut out to do this! I am all funny and prank, ruling? I am not. The kingdom will crumble on the day I become royal" Groans the young man while facepalming himself in his chair in the simple mansion that acted as the keep for their kingdom, the place where the group stayed.
"Jack, you will be fine. I am sure that you will be a great ruler. You have leaded us many places and through many of the dire situations, you led us and we are all here because of you" said the only girl in the group. She had chestnut hair colour and a smile so wide that shows all her snow-white teeth. She dressed in a green dress with matching colour hood that shined under sunlight's, giving her an illusion of a green fairy. Toothiana de Duanna
"Ugh, why not let Pitch rule? I know he loves power and is always striving to dominate others" Jack muttered under his breath, while still slumping in the chair.
"Well, it is true that I love to dominate others, control and toying with them. But this is different. This is the time where I can sit back and relax without doing anything but at the same time, I can look at you suffering, Jack. Do you even know how much this will entertain me? How much this is going to intrigue me for years to come." replied Pitch Evernight from the shadow where he stood.
"Besides, I don't think our relation will change by this… ruling business you just got yourself into" Said another man in the room with grey hair.
"Bunny, it is easy for you to say. You are the one who is obsessed with details, loves planning and prepare in advance. You should rule, not me." Retorted Jack on Bunnymund's comment.
"In fact, everyone in this room got their own special quality that is much more fit to rule than me," continued Jack until he was cut off by Santa.
"Nah, Jack. We are all but playing pretend here. We might carry those names we put on ourselves, but you are different. You are truly blessed by the world. You have power that none of us have. You are the embodiment of the legend in human flesh. Who else is more fit to rule, besides you?"
"Look, you have more experience in life than I do Santa. Sandy is kind and caring for everyone. Tooth is good with coins and yet can bring smile to everyone while robbing them blind. Bunny always plans ahead and anticipates the worst and prepares for it. Last but not least, Pitch is more ambitious than I am, I absolutely sure that I simply lack what it takes to rule" Sighed Jack while looking at his own hands.
But being with his friends for a long time, he knew that no excuses he gave would change their mind. Nothing that he said will make them let him off the hook. So with one last sigh, Jack decided that he would need to make this one point clear.
"Alright, fine. I will rule, I will be the king for this new kingdom. But do I really need to change my name? I really love the name Frost. It really signifies me."
"Why not? As long you go out there and be the ruler, you can choose whatever name you want. But you need to do the kingdom name" Said Santa with a victorious smile and everyone in the room is grinning knowing that Jack is starting to give in and their plan is working.
"Promise me that we will continue to be friends, you guys are my brothers and sisters. We are a family. I will never, ever trade anyone of you for anything in this world." Sighed Jack while getting up from his chair.
Everyone in the room gave Jack a hug and murmured to him that they would always stand by each other. Even Pitch came out from his shadow refuge and pulled Jack into a light hug. And they fist bump as what they usually did, as cue that they are on the same team. Before Jack could walk out to the courtyard of the keep to announce their decisions, Pitch pulled Jack in for one last time and whispered in Jack's ears
"Stand tall, and be brave. I will always have your back covered"
But Pitch also make loud and evil laugh after the whisper to put up a show, to lead others to think that he made a particular heartless remarks toward Jack.
Though on the outside, Jack and Pitch is always at odd with each other, but deeply inside they knew that they valued each other like brothers, perhaps even closer then blood-related brother. They were the polar opposite and through their fights they understood each other more than anybody in the world. Although both of them would never admit it to their friends and family, but each thought the other as brother and would put the others before themselves. The group of friends know this show they put up through and through but none of them bother to point it out.
Walking out the Keep, the group ascended to the icy stage in the courtyard. Jack cleared his throat before addressing the people, his soon to be subjects, those he needed to protect from now on. After his speech and announcement, the people gathered in courtyard cheered at their newfound kingdom and the royalty presented in front of them.
"LONG LIVE KING JACK FROST OF ARENDELLE!"
10 years has passed since the coronation of Jack as the first king of Arendelle, the father of the kingdom. The newborn kingdom was steadily prospering under the rule of King Jack, at first they met with many troubles, a new rising kingdom attracted all sort of people around the world, and not all came to Arendelle with good intentions. Through mistakes and hardworking, the kingdom was finally stable and rapidly growing in economy. The members of the original group have joined up and acted as advisors for the kingdom. Each contributing the best they could. However not all things in this 10 years were good, some were terrible for the group of friend.
Few years after the coronation, Pitch withdrew himself from the group, shutting himself out into a small cottage in the mountain. The frequent visitor to Pitch is none other than Jack himself. Other group members also dropped by occasionally, they know they were still families but none of them questioned why Pitch left them. Pitch had only told Jack his reasons, for he wished not to be around their friend and family anymore. Through years, many of them had already started their own family. They got married and have children. These were things worth celebrating for everyone except Pitch. For Pitch, the growing family was not a welcoming sight. He lived in the pass and only wished that their group will remained the same forever. However he knew that this was not possible. Thing changed and people changed, slowly Pitch came to realization that he was powerless to prevent things from changing but at the same times, he also made the decision that he would be the anchor. He would be the one who passes along their stories and their skills. Being alone left him plenty of times, which he took to study each of his friend's skills. He had the time to learn their skills when they travelled together, and now with the time on his hand, he analyse them and combined each aspect of the different skills set into a single set of skills that he used to amend and change his own stances. His new sets of skills combined large amount of weaponry his friend used but he mainly focus on agility and rely on stealth and swiftness in dispatching opposing enemy.
In the 10 years, not only their group grew in numbers, they have also lost one of their friend. Santa, the eldest among them had passed away after 9 years acting as King Jack's advisor. On the funeral, even Pitch had made himself presented among their friends, although he quickly retreated back to his own solitude after the ceremony. The passing of Santa put realization into the people of Arendelle, that their Monarch is human, he would grow old and die eventually. Few months after the funeral, the people demanded the king to find a wife, a Queen that could ensure the royal bloodline will not lost to time. After being under stress of ruling, sadness from his friend's passing and the pressure of finding a wife to produce a heir, had driven King jack to his limits. He lost his funny and mischievous personality after a few years into ruling, and his health deteriorate soon as he fell ill. As soon as Jack was ill, Bunny quickly gathered up all the doctors and physicians he could find to help Jack. The recent passing of Santa drove Bunny to paranoia, not willing to risk losing another family like this again. However none of the treatments worked. Jack was still ill, all of his friends were heavily concerned and the people of Arendelle started to panic and tried to find all sort of medications to help their king.
Pitch acted immediately when the news of Jack sickness reached him. For all the time he lived alone in the mountain, he had come across some magical creatures, and he knew that some of them were very intelligent, especially a tribe of trolls living in the deep mountain. Pitch rushed to the castle and took Jack with him into the mountain. Upon meeting the trolls, they have examined Jack and told the 2 humans that Jack is actually perfectly healthy. The reason of his health deteriorating was due to the stress from ruling and pressure to produce an heir. After their return from the trolls, Pitch has draft up the map and direction on how to find the trolls and ask Bunny to keep them, in case similar situation in future happens again. Pitch also told Bunny the reason of Jack illness and after a meeting with the original members of their group, they decided that Jack should take a trip away from the kingdom. A vacation to let him and Pitch travel out across the sea to Scotland, while the group would form the ruling council to keep the kingdom running during the absence of its king.
Despite their time away from Arendelle, Pitch and Jack were not oblivious to the change in Arendelle. The council was led under Bunny, Sandy, and Tooth, who has constantly been sending mails to them, keeping them updated on the situation in the kingdom. Under the council, Arendelle grew even stronger in economy despite the king's absence. With the increased trade routes of Arendelle, the kingdom have started to prosper even further and grew rapidly in a short time, the council decided to move Arendelle's keep from inland toward the coast, to make it better to monitor the ships coming to Arendelle for trades and having a more defended position. The location they chose was a near the coast yet covered by mountain range around it, forming a ring around the kingdom that provided natural protection. Making the most convenient way to reach the kingdom is through water. With prosper comes enemy, the original city watch has been improved and the military was gradually growing.
Even during their vacation, Pitch and Jack decided to throw themselves into the war between clans in Scotland highland mainly to relive their adventure life before founding Arendelle. That time Clan Dunbroch was having war with other clans. Without revealing their true identity, Pitch and Jack managed to play a part in the forming of the kingdom of Dunbroch. After that, they managed to strike an alliance with kingdom of Dunbroch.
The vacation turns out longer than anyone of them anticipated. Jack and Pitch finally returned to Arendelle after 10 years away from the kingdom. By the time Jack and Pitch returned to the kingdom, it was a totally different kingdom compared to the one when they left. When Pitch and Jack returned from their vacation, they were greeted by the people at the newly constructed fjord. Immediately they noticed the people were wearing much better quality cloths. The previously mud streets has been replaced with cobblestones. The houses were much sturdier and much more organized. An education system has been implemented and there were common schools in the kingdom now.
When Jack and Pitch get on the gangplank, the whole kingdom has come to welcome them. The people were excited to see their king after a decade. Although now the council held the real power over the monarch, but everyone in the kingdom knew that in the end, the council would release their hold on the power and the King will fully regain his authority in the kingdom. For the majority of the council are families to the king. What people did not expect was, the King did not return alone. After Pitch walked down the gangplank, King Jack held the hand of a young girl, around the age of 8. The young girl had a pair of striking icy blue eyes that resembled the king's, she wore a deep blue dress with matching shoes. A black coloured headband on her hair to contrast her platinum blonde hair that tied into a single braid, that wave behind her as she walked down the gangplank while escorted by the king himself.
King Jack looked extremely happy, happier than the people of Arendelle ever remembered, their happy, cheerful, funny and mischievous king was finally back and better yet, he had brought a young girl back. After they left the ship, the king and Pitch walked toward the near complete Castle of Arendelle. While it was still under construction, it was clear that the council did not intend to waste unnecessary money to boast the wealth of the kingdom. Everything in the castle wall was practical. While the castle was being build next to the fjord, the only access to the castle was through the cobble stones bridge and part of the bridge was actually suspension bridge that can be lift and cut off the only route into the castle, essentially enhance the castle defences along with the heavy oak gate that stood at the end of the bridge. But today the bridge was lowered to welcome the king back and to accept the people in town to see their king and the new girl the king came with. The rest of the buildings in the castle ground were similar, sturdy and while the covered area was not exceptionally wide, there were some rooms left for future extension if necessary.
Once they were inside the castle ground, Jack was greeted with fierce hugs from his friends in the council. Bunny, Sandy, and tooth each took turn to give Jack and Pitch a bear hug and tears were starting to build up in their eyes. The young girl kept her distance from these strangers and she was standing behind Jack and slightly leaned toward Pitch, almost hiding behind Pitch. Turn around, Pitch noticed the young girl's anxiety, he gave her the warmest smile he could manage and mouth the word 'Family' to her.
On the display of comfort, she nodded and took in the people and scene around her. Despite at young age, she held herself in regal posture she learnt from the tutors back in England where Jack and Pitch has settled down to relax after their adventure in Scotland aiding Dunbroch.
"So, finally not the king that did not continue his own royal line after he founded his kingdom eh?" Bunny Joke at Jack while looking at the girl behind him
"Oh Come on! As if I am really going to shame everyone in family" Whined Jack at Bunny's comment
"Old man Santa will surely be proud. Look at her, such a fine lady at her young age. She will definitely be a wonderful young woman in no time" Added Sandy
The mood was slightly down at the mentioned of their late friend's name, but Tooth quickly picked it up, "so, Jack, who is the girl? And who is the lucky Lady? Where is she? Oh My God, I can't wait to meet her!"
The girl lowered her gaze at the mentioned of her mother to avoid letting anyone see her sad expression. Jack face turned dark as well but quickly shook his head saying,
"she is not among us anymore, she has returned to moon "
"I am so sorry" said Tooth to Jack and tried to put her hand on the girl's shoulder, but she flinched and putting some distances between herself and Tooth. This made Tooth felt even worst, seeing this Pitch put his hand on Tooth and shook his head.
"I see Pitch has turn a new leaf as well, your wicked and sick personality is almost gone. Did Jack rub off you?" Chided Sandy to lift the gloomy situation
Turning to Sandy, Pitch scoff at him and ignored his jab at his change of attitude. They didn't need to know, as long Jack understands and it will all be suffice. Pitch did not change because of Jack, Pitch was always the same. The only reason he acted differently is because of the young girl. He could not stand to see his family, sad or feeling down. When he first presented the girl when she was still small and wrapped in blankets by the woman Jack in love with. Pitch had asked himself "Am I worthy?" but the smile of the mother and the encouraging smiles of Jack, made Pitch realize that at the moment it is alright. He is worthy. The baby in his arm looked at him with bright eyes and giggle while extending her small hand trying to pat Pitch's face. That very moment, Pitch decided, he would protect this girl to the end of his life just as he would do for all his friends, for she is Jack's daughter, she is one of them.
As the people finished gathering, Jack led the young girl up to the icy stage he made in the courtyard. His icy power is no secret to his people. Many knew about his power yet they accepted him, not out of fear but out of respect. They had witnessed him using the power to protect and not bring harm. On the stage he addressed his subjects, those who he did not see for 10 years while he was away from his kingdom. After clearing his throat, Jack started his first speech after 10 years away from Arendelle
"Good people of Arendelle. I am Jack Frost of Arendelle, father to kingdom of Arendelle. It is an honour for me to be able to stand here on this stage today to meet you. It has been long, it is longer than anyone of us expected. I did not expect my recovery to take such a lengthy duration. I humbly ask for forgiveness from all of you for leaving the throne vacant for this long time. And my own incompetence to remain vigilant and stay strong to be with every one of you through this last decade"
After a slight pause he continued,
"Alas, I have returned to this wonderful kingdom. It is a vastly different kingdom compared to the time when I left. I will try my best to adjust myself to this new kingdom to better serve everyone in this kingdom."
"Before I went, I clearly remember the council had brought to my attention and as many of you have urged me and reminded me that it is important for me to continue the royal bloodline. To ensure the kingdom will continue to prosper and continue to grow. For the longest of time I cannot bring myself to do that. But at last, I am able to proudly say, I fulfilled my duty to the kingdom, not only to the kingdom, but to every one of you as well."
"Most importantly, that is before I am your king, your ruler, your Monarch. I am a husband and I am proud to be one. For she is the sun in my life, she brightens up my day during my darkest hours. And she made me a father" taking a breath to steady himself, Jack continued,
"Though she is not here with me anymore, she left me a daughter, our daughter. Good people of Arendelle. I present to you, the one and only daughter of King Jack Frost of Arendelle, the true heir to the throne. CROWN PRINCESS CYNTHIA!"
At the end of the speech, every single person in the castle courtyard cheered and chanted
"LONG LIVE KING JACK FROST OF ARENDELLE!"
"LONG LIVE PRINCESS CYNTHIA OF ARENDELLE!"