Author's Note: This is not your average "let's replace all the characters in frozen with similar characters!" or a simple genderbend story. I have taken elements from rough drafts, deleted songs, and the original Frozen movie. I tried to go more in depth with certain themes, and I have given everyone different backstories. Astrid, who "replaced" Hans, is not who you think she is. So, please give it a chance. Hang with me for a few chapters and see what you think. Also, you need to listen to the outtake songs, all of which are on Youtube. Start with "We Know Better," then come back and start reading!

Have you done it yet? Because that song is the featured song for this chapter.

Ok, now you're ready. Enjoy!

"Mama! Mama!" Jack Frost cried excitedly as they walked down the hall. "Do the magic!"

"I don't know what you're talking about, sweetheart," Queen Elsa of Arendelle replied smoothly.

"Make it snow! Make it snow!" Jack insisted. "Please?"

"Aunt Elsa," Jack's cousin, Rapunzel, said sweetly. "I'm really really really really REALLY hot."

Elsa grinned suddenly and the three of them rose into the air on a giant snow-mound that quickly filled the hallway.

"Yippee!" Jack yelled, clapping and jumping up and down excitedly.

"Wait for me!" a voice called from the dining room.

Turning, they saw Princess Anna, Elsa's sister and Rapunzel's mother, racing towards them. Skirts flying, she scaled the mountain with ease.

"Are you ready?" Elsa asked, although she already knew the answer.

"YES!" the other three yelled.

With a flick of her hand, Elsa melted the snow and they fell toward the ground. Another motion, and they were sliding along an icy slide.

"Open the library door!" Anna screamed with pleasure.

The guards quickly did so, and the four tumbled into a fresh powdery bank. Laughing, Elsa looked up and saw Kristoff, standing over them, arms crossed and a disappointed scowl on his face. In one hand he held Elsa's tiara, which had fallen off in the confusion. The laughter stopped.

"Kristoff!" Anna exclaimed. "We, uh, were just, um…"

"How dare you…without me?" he asked, breaking into a smile.

"We're sorry, daddy," Rapunzel, ever the sensitive one, said tearfully.

Kristoff smiled and picked up his two year old daughter. "Don't worry, now we can have some real fun, now that I'm here."

"Oh yeah?" Jack said rebelliously.

He stomped his foot and the whole floor was instantly covered with ice. Jack grinned as they all started to slip, but his smile fell as Elsa melted it again.

"I can't ice skate right now, Jack. You know that," she said seriously.

Jack wrinkled his nose in displeasure. "When the baby gets here, then can we have real fun?"

Elsa laughed. "We can still have real fun, we just can't ice skate. Who's up for a snowball fight in the ballroom?"

The room was empty in 5 seconds flat. Elsa followed them more slowly, to give the children time to hide. Of course, with Jack, it wasn't hard to find him. He was still learning to control the powers he inherited from his mother, and left a snowy trail behind him whenever he was excited.

This time, however, Elsa decided to make it even more fun, and layered the snow on thicker than usual. The delighted squeals of the children and her sister, who still held onto that childlike temperament, led her right to them. Within minutes, snowballs were flying through the air. Jack jumped off of his own hills when throwing the snowballs, pretending he could fly.

"Boo!" Jack jumped around a corner and sent a snowy spray, rather than a snowball, at his mother. "Gotcha!"

Elsa shook the snowflakes out of her hair. "You sure did!"

"I wish daddy could be here," Jack said suddenly.

"Me too. He'll be back soon though," Elsa promised.

King Robert Frost had sailed to visit his old home, the Southern Isles, a few week ago. His eldest brother had decided to throw a surprise birthday party for the youngest brother, Prince Hans, who barely got any attention. All thirteen brothers would gather for the first time in years. Elsa had wanted to go as well, but since her own parents had died at sea, a rule had been made that both monarchs could not be gone from the kingdom at the same time. Elsa had despised the rule, but within a few days, would become very grateful for it.

Jack and Elsa went back to the game, teaming up and ambushing Anna. They were all having so much fun, that at first they failed to notice the very somber looking guard enter the ballroom. Elsa eventually did see him, and cleaned up the mess.

"Sorry to keep you waiting," she said. "Is anything the matter?"

"I think you had better sit down, your Highness," the guard said sadly.

Elsa felt a stab of fear and leaned heavily on her sister, who helped her to a nearby chair. Elsa knew what had happened before the words came.

"It's the king's ship, ma'am. It wrecked off the coast of Corona a few nights ago. The king sent out a rescue ship, but it was too late. There were no survivors. King Robert…is gone."

"No…" Anna whispered.

Elsa's head sank. Her grief was so great that she could not even cry, but it was evident as ice began to spread throughout the room and snow began to fall heavily. Kristoff quickly swooped up the children and carried them out as Anna attempted to calm her sister.

Much of what had been said by the guard had been lost on Jack and Rapunzel, but Jack had heard his father's name.

"Uncle Kwistoff? What's wrong with daddy?"

"Nanny," Kristoff called out to a retreating figure. "Take Rapunzel to bed, now." When Rapunzel had gone, Kristoff bent down on one knee and looked into Jack's ice blue eyes. "Do you remember the big storm a few nights ago? When we all stayed in your mother's room and sang songs?"

"Yes. It was scary, but then we sang and it was fun."

"Well, during that storm, your dad's ship crashed. It won't work anymore. So your dad can't come home again."

"Not ever? Even for Christmas?"

"I'm sorry, Jack."

Jack didn't speak after that. He went straight to bed, but didn't fall asleep for a long time. He was only two years old, and didn't comprehend much of what was going on, but he did understand that his father would never come home again, and that saddened him. For the next few months, his spunky, playful self disappeared. Rapunzel understood even less than Jack, so it puzzled her when he didn't want to play anymore. For once, they stayed in the nursery, instead of forcing Nanny to play hide and seek all over the castle.

But then everything changed, just as suddenly as they had when Robert had died.

One morning, seven months after the news had arrived, Anna came and got Jack from the nursery. She looked exhausted, but she was smiling broadly.

"Come here, Jack. I've got something to show you."

"Me too?" Rapunzel asked.

"You can see later," Anna promised.

Curious, Jack followed his aunt to Elsa's bedroom. She looked even more tired than Anna, but she was also happy and holding a small bundle in her arms. Jack climbed up and joined her on the bed.

"Look, Jack," she said. "You have a brother."

Jack looked down and wrinkled his nose. "He doesn't look like us."

"No," Elsa said somewhat sadly. "He looks like your father. That's why I named him Robert Henry Frost The Second."

Robert Henry Frost The Second opened his eyes and stared at Jack. He had brown hair—surprising since most Frosts were red-heads—and solemn green eyes. He started hiccuping. Since both boys were young, Jack didn't think his brother looked like his father, and he certainly didn't want to call him Robert Henry Frost The Second.

"I don't like Robert."

"Well you're going to have to learn to. You'll be living with him for the rest of your life."

"I'll call him Hiccup," Jack decided with finality.

"You can't call him Hiccup," Elsa said.

"I can't call him dad!"

Elsa sighed. "Alright. You can call him Hiccup…for now. If he ever wants you to stop, you go back to calling him Robert. Or at least Henry."

Jack nodded and ran a cold finger along Hiccup's face. Hiccup giggled, still hiccuping. Smiling, Elsa laid him back in the bassinet and got out of bed.

"I'm going to get ready for the presentation this afternoon. I'll see you at lunch time, okay?"

"Okay," Jack said.

He soon realized he was alone with Hiccup. How this happened he never knew, because after that he was never allowed to be alone with him until they were older. But this time, it was just them. Jack hung over the bed into the bassinet and sang to his brother quietly.

"Hello little baby, you're prince just like me.
Bet you're thinking maybe, it's a pretty cool thing to be.
But soon you'll see that everyone expects a lot from you,
They say that there are things a prince should and shouldn't do." He blew a small snowflake from his hands and it landed on Hiccup's nose.
"But you and me, we…

There were footsteps in the hall and Jack lowered his voice even more."We know better."

"Jack!" Nanny called. She poked her head in the bedroom. "Jack Frost, you get away from that baby! We don't want you freezing Robert when he's only hours old."

"His name is Hiccup," Jack insisted as Nanny led him to breakfast.

"No it isn't, silly. His name is Robert Henry Frost The Second."

But as the years passed and both Jack and Rapunzel refused to call him Robert or Henry, the nickname stuck. The new prince was called Hiccup everywhere except in town, and he didn't seem to mind. With Rapunzel and Hiccup by his side, Jack returned to his normal, playful self. Although Hiccup didn't appear to have snow powers like his mother and brother, or even healing powers like Rapunzel, the three royals got along splendidly, playing games of hide-and-seek around the castle, and generally causing mischief wherever they went. And of course, there was singing, mostly written by Jack, who like his father, was a gifted bard.

"One, two, three together, clap together, snap together," they sang as they played their favorite game. Hiccup, now six, called it their handshake game.
"You and me together, knees together, freeze together.
Up or down together, royal crown together
Always be together, you and me!"

"One, two, three together, clap together, snap together
You and me together, knees together, freeze together
Up or down together, royal crown together
Always be together, you and me!"

"They say a prince is full of charm and grace," Jack sang.
They say he always knows his place."

"They say a princess wears pink and frilly clothes," Rapunzel chimed in.
They say she never laughs and snorts milk out her nose."

They say he's calm," Hiccup sang. "They say he's kind.
They say he never speaks his mind…"

"Or freezes Nanny's big behind!" Jack added as he did just that.

"But you and me, we, we know better!" the boys fled and hid in a side closet with Rapunzel.

"You boys are in so much trouble," Nanny yelled. "When I tell your father and mothers what you've been up to!

"How come you can do that and I can't?" Hiccup asked softly.

"I don't know," Jack replied sadly. "I wish you could though…"

In the next few years, the songs grew even more elaborate, as the children grew older and started school together. Avoiding their tutor, sword fighting, and climbing up the roof became favorite pastimes. Jack especially grew quite good at balancing on the relatively steep parts of the castle.*

"They say a princess is super duper sweet," Rapunzel sang as she dueled Hiccup, now nearly eight. "She doesn't fight; she doesn't sweat…"

"And you never see him eat!" Jack finished as Hiccup burped.

"They say a prince doesn't climb and scrape his knee," Hiccup said, scrambling up one of the castle's columns and falling onto a mound of snow.

Jack snuck into their tutor's private room, almost invisibly approaching the tea table. "They say a prince wouldn't freeze his tutor's tea!" And just as quickly, he was gone.

"They say she's poised…"

"They say he's fair," Hiccup added.

"He never mentions underwear!" both boys shouted.

"Or longs to see the world out there," Hiccup sang with yearning.

He led the trio to the window and looked out over the little kingdom on the sea. Who knew what lay beyond? Hiccup wanted to see Corona, and the Southern Isles, the mythical DunBroch, and the mysterious island of Berk. But he was not allowed to go anywhere until he was thirteen, Elsa had said. Jack climbed out of the window and helped Hiccup follow. They continued singing as they scaled the roof.

"But you and me, we, have big ideas of our own
For the distant someday when we're grown…"

"When I'm King…"

"And I'm your right hand."

"You'll get to travel…"

"Throughout the land," they harmonized.

"I'll tell them of my brother and the magic things he can do."

"We'll take care of our people and they will love…"

"Me and you!" Again Hiccup joined his brother for the last line.

Rapunzel, climbing a little slower with her long blonde hair, finally reached them and sang the finale.

"No one can tell us what a royal should be
As long as we're together, you and me!"

That was the last time Hiccup could ever really remember the three of them having fun together. After that, Rapunzel grew up. She had baking and sewing lessons from her mother, and grew quite accomplished with the paint brush. Eventually, she came to prefer these activities than messing around with her boy cousins. Jack and Hiccup, however, remained inseparable.

*they are not as steep as they were featured in "Love is an open door," as it is physically impossible to get up something that steep!

"Mama, I'm hungry."

"I know," Elsa told her youngest son. "We're on our way right now."

"What's for supper?" Jack asked, bouncing up and down.

"I don't know. Anna and Rapunzel have been in the kitchen all afternoon making something for Kristoff's return."

Kristoff's family lived on the other side of the mountain in the city of Dale, where the snow was so deep he only got to visit them two or three times a year. He was just returning from one of these trips, and the whole family was excited to see him again. It was a casual dinner, just the six of them. Elsa was wearing her magic ice dress and her hair waved loosely down her back.

"Can we go any faster?" Hiccup asked as they reached the long spiral stair case.

"Okay," Jack said quickly.

Without waiting for his mother's consent, Jack thrust out his hands and covered the stairs with crisp, icy snow. The three of them slipped and began to slide down. Jack managed to get in front, so that when they reached the ground floor, they kept going down the hallway. When they got in sight, Jack stopped spreading the snow and used a cold winter wind to blow open the dining room doors. They slid neatly into the table.

"Nice work, Jack," Elsa said, standing up. "Don't forget to clean up."

"Okay."

Jack wrinkled his face and stuck out his tongue in concentration. At ten years old, he had almost mastered the art of dissipation. Almost. With a wave of his hand, the snow melted into water. Elsa promptly stepped in and froze it.

"Try again, dear."

This time, Jack was able to make it disappear completely.

"Very smooth," Kristoff said from the other side of the room. "You're improving."

"Uncle Kristoff!" the boys yelled, running to greet him.

"Nice to see you, too. Now when's dinner going to be ready? I'm starved."

"Ta-da!" Rapunzel and Anna exclaimed, entering triumphantly from the kitchen.

Elsa struggled to hold back her laughter. Anna had evidently pulled her red hair into a bun at the beginning of her endeavors. Now she had strands falling out the back and sides, not to mention one particularly annoying bang that she kept blowing out of her eyes. Both Anna and Rapunzel were smudged with soot and flour, but their jubilant, proud grins told that they were oblivious to the fact. The turkey, on the other hand, looked amazing, if not a little dry.

"Daddy!" Rapunzel yelled.

She abandoned her usual princess demeanor and ran toward him. Ignoring the grime, Kristoff swept her off her feet and into a giant bear hug. Anna set the turkey down and then skipped to join them. While they were distracted, Elsa crept over and looked at their supper. It looked very dry. With a wink at the boys, she gently touched the side. It froze solid.

"Come and sit down so we can eat!" Hiccup called.

"Coming!" Anna trilled joyfully.

Elsa calmly moved to her place at the head of the table, Hiccup and Jack on either side. Next to Hiccup sat Rapunzel, and next to Jack sat Anna. Kristoff took the odd seat beside his wife. After grace, Anna prepared to carve her masterpiece…and was greatly surprised.

"It's frozen!" she exclaimed.

"No!" Rapunzel wailed.

"Elsa!" Anna said, glaring at her sister.

"How do you know it was me?" Elsa asked innocently.

"Wasn't me!" Jack said, quickly waving his hand and evaporating the ice.

"Impressive," Elsa said, all mirth gone. "That's the first time you've been able to clean up my snow. Or anything other than your own magic, for that matter."

Jack smiled proudly.

The rest of the dinner went smoothly, and the turkey seemed to have improved with the added moisture. Kristoff updated them about his family. His younger brother George had two children and another on the way with his wife Kimber, and his older sister, Daniella, had gotten engaged in his absence and planned the wedding for his return, surprising him. Maria, the youngest in the family, had just started University, and seemed to like it well enough.

When they had finished, Elsa sent the girls to wash up, and the boys to bed. Hiccup complained that Rapunzel got to stay up late, but she assured him she was going straight to bed when she was finished with her bath. Jack, tired of his efforts that evening, immediately fell asleep. But Hiccup, no matter how hard he tried, simply could not. Eventually, the castle quieted down. Rapunzel was in bed, and all the servants had retired. The adults were awake, sitting quietly in the library and talking.

The hyper-active eight-year-old slipped out of bed and crept across the floor to where his brother was sleeping.

Author's Note: Be sure to check back tomorrow for the next chapter! I plan on releasing one per day as a sort of "Twelve Days of Christmas" deal before I take next semester off from writing to focus on other things. I've written all but the last chapter, so I promise I won't leave you all with a three month gap between chapters!

Edit: I meant to post this last night but the internet was not working. Second chapter coming up soon!