DISCLAIMER: I do not own The Avengers, Frozen, or any songs that find their way into this story. The Elsa in this story is SIMILAR to the one in Frozen but not completely the same.

Chapter 1

"A Heart As Cold As Ice"

The daughter of Tony Stark sat behind her desk and continued to review paperwork as the hour drew near for the board meeting that would determine her position in Stark Industries. Her anxiety grew and her body temperature was beginning to drop, although she hid it well. Gazing at her watch for a moment, 3:45 pm; fifteen minutes until the meeting began. Elsa quickly signed her name on the last piece of paper, stood, straightened her suit jacket, handed the stack of papers to her secretary, Leslie, and asked her to be sure they made it to the proper departments, then strode down the hall into the conference room where a few of the board members were already present.

"Good afternoon, gentlemen." She greeted courteously and adjusted her frameless glasses so they sat in their proper spot and received the same greeting. Before too long, the rest of the seventeen members were present and seated while Elsa stood at the opposite end of the table facing the director, Jonathan Markson he was a giant in the world of business management and was why, Elsa assumed, her father wanted him as the board director.

"Ms. Stark, we called this meeting to discuss the new advertisement that aired recently. I'm afraid that the viewers have responded very negatively-"

"I told the financial department that the Iron Man promo was a bad idea!" she tried to defend but was silenced by a hand raised by Markson.

"Elsa, the promo was a hit. I'm afraid you were not. The viewers took a poll of the commercial and the results were all the same. And I quote, "Replace the fat chick with a hotter model."… I'm sorry Elsa, but you are no longer the face of Stark Industries." This bit of news caused the young woman's heart to shatter, "We're letting you go, Elsa. Please clean out your office by the end of the week. Dismissed." Then the board stood but the young Stark stopped them from leaving by saying, "That's it?"

"Elsa, understand this was a difficult decision to make-"

"No it wasn't! You just want to impress society by using what is considered "normal" and "beautiful". In commercials today, you see half-naked women or sports cars but the second a hard working business woman, who just so happens to be plus sized, makes herself known; the public freaks! Stark Industries is supposed to be a welcoming company for out-of-the-box thinking and original ideas but I see that nothing has changed…" as the heir to Stark Industries began this rant, the room temperature seemed to drop and her hands began to tingle. Markson carefully approached her with fake sympathy evident on his face.

"Please understand dear Elsa… We're doing what is best for the company. It isn't personal." The older man reached out to place a hand on her upper arm but the young Stark pulled back with a, "NOO!" and ice flew from her fingertips, creating ice spires to protrude from the plush carpet beneath their feet and point at the board members. Her face held utter terror at what had just transpired.

"You're a freak!" a few members cried causing the woman to take quick leave of the room and into the waiting car downstairs. Once safely inside, Happy began driving towards Elsa's Miami home but was directed to call the airport to ready the jet for a trip to New York. Her father was in for a shocker.

During the three hour flight, Elsa changed into a pair of boot-cut jeans, a Poets of the Fall t-shirt, black tennis shoes, and pulled her hair back into a braid. She then called JARVIS to tell him to let her father know she was on the way, and then stared at her palms in silent fear. Slowly, her body temperature became so frigid that she had to put on her heavy denim jacket and raise the heat to a near unbearable degree. Her ice blue eyes gazed out the window when the city that never sleeps slowly came into view. She sighed heavily as fear creeped in once more.

When she arrived at STARK TOWER, she got out of her blue Corvette and allowed her gaze to travel upward with a small smile. As she walked inside, she was greeted by the AI's voice, "Good evening, Miss Stark."

"Good evening, JARVIS. Is papa home?"

"Indeed he is ma'am as well as Ms. Potts."

"I'm glad…" she said softly as she entered the elevator and rode to the penthouse. As soon as the doors opened and her sight met that of her father's, her anger grew.

"Did you know the board was going to fire me?" she asked as she exit the elevator car.

"WHAT?! Of course not! When did this happen?!" Tony asked outraged and came towards his daughter who was on the verge of tears.

"Stay away from me!" she screamed as she felt the same tingle like in the conference room. The elder Stark stopped in his tracks and appeared hurt by his child's outburst.

"Elsa, what's happened? Don't start shutting me out, sweetheart…" he quietly begged and inched closer only to have her back up further until her back hit the wall.

"Please stay back papa… I don't want to hurt you…"

"Hurt me? Baby girl, what do you mean?" Tony asked as he moved even closer. Elsa grew irritated that he wasn't listening and shrieked as ice sprout from her palms and caused spikes just like earlier. Pepper and Tony were taken aback momentarily and Elsa fell to her knees in tears at what a monster she no believed herself to be.

"Elsa, when did you discover this power?" Pepper asked cautiously as she stepped around the spikes to kneel before the weeping woman. The poor woman couldn't answer as Tony joined them as the ice began to melt when JARVIS turned up the heat. All she could do was weep and kept her hands away from the couple who embraced her in comfort and love.

*A Few Weeks Later*

Elsa awoke shortly after 4:07 in the morning in a cold sweat from a nightmare she had been having for the last few nights. A raven haired man appeared, took her in his arms, kissed her passionately, and then turned to a frozen statue! Getting out of bed, she stalked into the kitchen to get something to drink. As she stood with the glass in hand, a presence made itself known for the lights came on and about six or seven guns were aimed at her! One man stepped forward, his face seeming familiar but the ice woman couldn't place him.

"Ms. Elsa Beatrice Stark, I am agent Coulson of SHEILD and I need you to come with us please." The man stated. All Elsa could do was drop the glass and scream as ice shrapnel manifested and fired off in random directions! None of the agents were injured, but the scream and shattering glass awoke Tony and Pepper who came running to discover the agents tranquilizing his daughter and moving to take her to the waiting chopper on the terrace,

"Where are you taking my daughter?! ELSA!" two agents apprehended and held back the Man of Iron as Coulson came toward him.

"Your daughter is now under the protection of SHEILD, Mr. Stark. When she has been trained to control her abilities, she will be returned to you. Until then, you will keep her presence in New York a secret. No one must know where is and you will not attempt to track her. Do I make myself clear?"

"If you harm one hair on my little girl's head, I will personally rip your intestines out and force feed them down your throat." Tony snarled in Coulson's face. The stone-faced agent pulled out a business card with dates and times printed on it.

"These are dates and times you may have verbal communication with your daughter and they will be monitored. Have a nice night, Mr. Stark, Ms. Potts." And then the agent disappeared through the elevator and Tony screamed in anger as he fell to his knees.