A.N. Alright...So this is my very first Frozen story. Since I watched last weekend, I'm really obsessed with FrozenxD This story takes place a few months after Frozen and I needed 2-3 hours to write this, so it's nothing special (normally I need a whole week for one chapter) Well, I know this story idea is reeeaallllyy bad, I know! I just couldn't get this idea out of my head. Either way...bad idea or not, I hope you still kinda like it.
Fire and Ice
Chapter 1: Reunion
It was one of those stressful days for the queen of Arendelle. There was so much to do that the time flew by. The days just didn't have enough hours to do everything. It was late afternoon and Elsa read through some writings. But she was interrupted by one of the servants.
„Your Highness, forgive me the interruption, but here is someone who wants to speak with you." Elsa sighed silently. She didn't have time for this. „Send him away, I'm busy.", she replied, without looking up. „He said he won't go before you received him." Then she stood up. „Very well.", she sighed and walked to the main gate.
It looked like she didn't have another choice but to handle it herself. Once there she saw a man who turned his back to her and looked around. Elsa cleared her throat when she stopped behind him, in order to get his attention. He immediately turned to her and looked at her in surprise.
She also looked at him in surprise when she saw his face. He looked quite familiar. But how did she know him? He had short, brown and messy hair and dark brown eyes. His clothes looked cheap and as if he traveled for some time. „Elsa!", he said and grinned at her cheerfully.
Wait...that smile...those brown puppy dog eyes...could this be...? The Snow Queen snapped out of her daze when the man cleared his throat. „I mean...Your Majesty.", he corrected himself and bowed respectfully. „It's an honor that you receive me." Oh yes, now there was no doubt about it. She remembered who he was. „Mako? Is that you?" Then he looked up at her and grinned. „You remember me."
„Of course. Why not?"
„I mean...I'm just surprised because it's really been a long time since we've last seen each other.", he said as he stood straight again. That's true, many years have passed since they last saw each other. Back then when the gates were still open and years before she accidentally hurt Anna they became best friends. They'd always played together and since Anna was there, she was with them too.
She wondered if Anna still remembered him. Elsa smiled slightly at his behavior. He hadn't changed a bit. She turned away from him to go back into the castle and waved him over to tell him to follow her. He did as he was told and followed her in. „What brings you here to Arendelle, Mako?", asked Elsa, while they walked through the corridors of the castle.
A few weeks before that terrible accident with Anna, Mako and his family left Arendelle and she hadn't heard of him since then. „I wanted to visit my favorite princesses.", replied Mako and grinned at her. „Until I heard that one of them is crowned Queen. I'm sorry that I couldn't be there at your coronation."
Elsa swallowed hard as she remembered that day. It was one of the worst days of her live — next to the night where she almost killed Anna. „It's okay. It was nothing special anyway."
„And I'm sorry about your parents...", he added. She tried to keep her emotions under control to not freeze something accidentally and just nodded. „You okay?", asked Mako anxiously. Elsa cleared her throat and looked away from him. „Yes. I'm alright. And forget about the formalities."
„As you wish, Your Majesty.", replied Mako and bowed again. He knew that it annoyed her when he behaved like this. Even as a children he treated her as a princess for fun and not as a friend. „Are you listening at all?"
„Always, Your Highness."
„Mako...", she said warningly. „Yes, my Queen?", he replied, his grin became wider. Of course, he had to push the game further. She just stared at him warningly. „Don't push it."
„Okay, I'll stop.", laughed Mako. „You better stop. Unless you want the guards to escort you out of here."
„An escort...Doesn't sound bad."
Elsa frowned and raised an eyebrow, while he raised his hands defensively. „Just kidding. By the way...where's Anna?", he asked and looked around. „She meets up with Kristoff. She'll be here soon." Before either of them could say something else they were interrupted by a very loud voice. „Elsa! I'm back!"
They turned around and saw Anna, who ran up to them. Her little sister stopped in front of them and looked confused at Mako. She looked as if she was trying to remember if she had seen him before. „Hi, Anna.", he said and smiled at her. „Do you remember him, Anna? It's Mako."
Suddenly Anna's eyes widened. „Oh my god, Mako?!" It looked like she still remembered him. Before Mako could react, Anna threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly. „It's been an eternity, since we've last seen you!"
„Yeah.", he replied and hugged her back. Then she released him and looked at him excitedly. „What are you doing here in Arendelle?"
„I'm just passing through and I thought I could pay you a visit when I'm here."
„Good idea! Elsa and I really missed you!"
„I missed you too."
„How long will you stay?", she asked then. She didn't even give him time to breath. Elsa stifled a laugh. „I haven't decided it yet..."
„Where will you spend the night?"
„Uh, I don't know I just arri—"
„You can stay here! Right, Elsa?"
„Huh?" Elsa stopped listening to their conversation was surprised that Anna addressed her so suddenly. „Can he stay here?" The Snow Queen remained silent. Actually, that wasn't a bad idea, after all he was — is — a good friend of theirs. She wonder if he knew of her powers?
Back then only Anna, her parents and some servants in the castle knew about her abilities. But if he knew, he would have addressed it, right? She should keep it a secret from him, if he really didn't know. How would he react if he knew about it?
„Yes, why not.", she finally said, while Mako smiled grateful at her. „Thank you, Elsa." Elsa wanted to say something, but then Anna dragged him already on his arm away from her. „Come, I'll show you where you'll sleep."
„Okay."
„See you at dinner, Elsa!", called Anna back before they disappeared from her sight. Elsa smiled shook her head, before she went back to work. Anna would take care of him until dinner.
A few hours later they met again for dinner. Mako told them what happened to him in the last years. For reasons that even he didn't know he and his family moved to another country to start a new life. His parents died a few years earlier and his little sister had a boyfriend and moved in with him.
Because he wanted to see a little bit of the world, he decided to go on a journey. Anna was so fascinated by his stories that she questioned him about everything, while Elsa was listening silently. When Anna wanted to tell something about them, she stopped her little sister. „Anna...", whispered the Snow Queen. „Don't tell him anything about my powers."
„Why not?", she whispered back, confused. „He mustn't know." Anna stared at her in confusion, before she told him something about them. Of course she didn't mention her powers or her isolation and she was really grateful for that.
„You know...", began Mako, when Anna stopped talking. „I've heard something about a Snow Queen." Elsa froze instantly. So he really knew. „A Snow Queen of Arendelle.", he added and stared at the two sisters thoughtfully. „Ever heard of her?" Ah, so he didn't know that it she was the Snow Queen.
Elsa's eyes widened as she realized that her cutlery are covered in ice. She lost control over her powers...She quickly put the cutlery away and hid her hands — where her magic bubbled out already — under the table. She really wished to have her gloves...Anna and Mako noticed her mood swing and then her little sister tried to cover her.
But Mako didn't believe her and her nervousness increased. Don't let him in. Don't let him see. Be the good girl you always have to be. Conceal. Don't feel. Don't let him know. Elsa shook her head as she remembered her old mantra.
She could just prevent blizzard in the middle of the room, but she couldn't prevent the cold wind. Fortunately, she now had more control over her powers. Then the candles on the large table went out because of the cold wind. „Oh, I'll do it.", said Anna quickly to distract Mako from the wind and reached for the candles.
„May I?", asked Mako, whereupon Anna sat back down. He pointed to the candle and suddenly a small flame shot out of his index finger that lit the candles again. Anna and Elsa's eyes widened in surprise. Had they just seen right? Then he looked at them in amusement. „Surprised?"
„You...you..!", stuttered Anna perplexed, while Elsa just stared at him in shock and couldn't say a single word. „I control the fire, yes.", he answered their silent question. „And Elsa is probably the famous Snow Queen. The wind proved it." She really wasn't good at keeping something secret...„But how—?" Mako interrupted her little sister by raising his hand to tell her to be quiet. „Ever since I was born. Have you ever heard this legend about the Spirits of the Elements?" Elsa and Anna just shook their heads and listened to him. „The legend says that one child in one country will be blessed by the spirits and gets the ability to control a particular element."
„Wait.", interrupted Anna. „You said one child in one country?" Mako nodded. „But you and Elsa..."
„I'm not from Arendelle. I was born in a neighboring country. Everyone were afraid of me because I accidentally set anything on fire, that's why we moved to Arendelle. When I was old enough I was able to control it better, but I still tended to set things on fire."
Now Elsa remembered she'd heard often about fires in the city. „Strangely enough, I could control my abilities much better since we became friends.", he continued and looked directly at Elsa. Her eyes widened. „It's the same with me. Then your fire just neutralized my ice?"
„And vice versa.", he said and nodded. „Oh, that's the reason why your body temperature is always so high.", said Anna then, while he nodded again. „Yeah."
„Oohh...Did you meet some other guys on your journey who have this ability?"
„Yes. The first one was the child of the water, whose name means ironically "water child"(*). And she always loved it to drench me. Then I met someone who could control the earth. And I also met someone who could control air and one who could control even lightning. I think that would be all the elements. I haven't met anyone else yet."
Elsa had to smile. She wasn't the only one...She wasn't the only one who had such abilities! Her whole life she thought she was the only one who was so different. „To be honest, I believe that the spirits want to make fun of us."
„Why?", asked Anna curiously. „Well, so far everyone has summoned a natural disaster over their home." Both sisters looked at each other in surprise, before they stared at Mako, urging him to keep talking. „We all were afraid of our powers and summoned floods, earthquakes, lightning storms, hurricanes and droughts. And now I heard that the almighty Snow Queen set off an eternal winter to Arendelle."
Anna and Elsa couldn't stop being amazed. Though Elsa frowned as he called her "almighty Snow Queen". But the most important thing was that Elsa wasn't the only one who summoned a natural disaster on her homeland. Each of them was afraid. Even Mako. She wondered if anything would be different, had they all been together? No one could foresee it, but the fact was that Elsa and Mako had better control of their powers when they were together.
„Is there anything else we should know?", asked Anna after a while. „Oh, there's still a rumor that...uh...we'll get together with the one whose element is compatible."
„Like what?" Mako shrugged. „Earth and air."
„But these are opposites."
„Opposites attract." Anna nodded thoughtfully. „Then there's fire and water?"
„No, it's fire and ice.", he replied, while Elsa's eyes widened. „Hey, I didn't set this rule!", he said quickly and raised his hands when he saw her gaze. „But it's just a rumor! No spirit can force us to get together with whom they want us to be with, right?"
„Yes.", replied Elsa and nodded. The two looked at each other in silence and smiled at each other. Was that was the reason why she found him so attractive back then? Because the spirits wanted the right elements be together? To neutralized each others powers and to never lose control over them?
„Are you really sure?", asked Anna teasingly and grinned conspiratorially at them both. Elsa decided to ignore her little sister. „But then water and lightning remain. How is this possible?"
Mako shrugged and looked just as clueless as her. „Don't ask me. I have absolutely no idea how that's working. I'd think they conjure up the ultimate storm, rather than preventing it."
„Who cares?!", interjected Anna. „The important thing here is that fire and ice will get together.", she squealed and grinned at Elsa with a glow in her eyes that she didn't like at all. „Anna, that's enough."
„Why? I always knew that there's something between you two." Elsa looked down to hide her blushing face. „Anna...", she said warningly, but her little sister ignored it. „Then there will be a king soon? I'm so happy for you two!" Elsa rolled his eyes and looked at Mako. He was also quite uncomfortable.
He looked back at her and gave her a devilish smile. Elsa immediately understood and smiled back. Then the Snow Queen let some ice materialize above Anna — without her noticing of course — with a small movement of her hand. Then Mako shot a fireball at the ice and then one liter of water fell on the unsuspecting princess. „Hey!", grumbled Anna, who was completely soaked. „Not fair!"
A.N. Okay, for those who agree with my that this was the worst idea ever: I'm sorry for wasting your time with this story^^' (though I wasted 2-3 precious hours, so we're even) For those who happen to like the idea...uh...thanks I guess. And Sorry if Elsa and Anna are ooc. Don't forget, it's my first attempt with Frozen. At last I wanna say: I thought it'd be better if Elsa stayed single, that's why I made an open ending. If there are some people who happen to like this weird story and want me to write some kind of sequel with Mako and Elsa as a pair, then tell me and I'll think about something. Oh right, and don't tell me that the quotation marks are wrong. I know that. It's German grammar, since THIS wouldn't be the only things I'm doing wrong. Anyway, thanks for reading and please review. And Merry Christmas^^
Note: the „Puppy eyes" are an allusion to my novel where Mako (his original name's Makoto) is a wolf^^
(*) An allusion to another oc, whose name's Mizuko. Means Water child in Japanese. (Mizu=Water; Ko=Child)
