This fanfiction is rated T for intense action, violence, blood, language, use of alcohol, suggestive themes and references, and an overall dark mood. May be at some points upsetting for younger readers. Suitable for ages twelve and up. Younger viewers must make sure that they're okay with the fact that everything is not rainbows and butterflies for the good guys.
For new readers, please read my author's note.
Author's Note: The long awaited sequel to Frozen III: The Coming Storm is finally here. For those of you who did not know, this story is indeed a sequel to two fanfictions; Frozen II: Phoenix Fire and Frozen III: The Coming Storm. I apologize that it is not stated in the summary. But, please, I recommend that you do not click away if you planned on doing it because this is a sequel. I have written the summaries for both Frozen II: Phoenix Fire and Frozen III: The Coming Storm below. If you have already read both stories, feel free to skip it and dive straight into this story. If you have not read both, here are your options: A. Go read both stories which will take a few hours to finish reading (they are both very good I assure you) B. Read the summaries I have written. (They may not be as detailed as the stories themselves but they'll give you a basic gist of everything). Ciao.
Also, the writing for Pheonix Fire is not nearly as good as The Coming Storm.
Frozen II: Phoenix Fire Summary
Kai is a boy around Elsa's age who has pyrokenisis (fire powers) and lives in a country called Teranhall which is a neighboring country to Arendelle. He accidentally blasts his best friend, Deren, in the face with fire around the same time Elsa struck Anna's head. Kai is then banished from his home village/town. Kai eventually comes across the capitol of Teranhall, Teranhall Keep. There, he is introduced to the Bandit Organization (a group of people who steal and hurt others in order to sustain themselves) by the King of Teranhall, King Lyre, who also happens to be the leader of the Bandits. Lyre started the Bandits in hopes of getting revenge on the citizens of his city as they do not respect his rule.
Years pass (one year after Frozen) and Kai becomes one of the strongest members of the Bandits along with a mysterious masked man named Strife. King Lyre introduces the Conduit, an ancient artifact capable of extracting and transferring energy, to Kai. He plans to use the Conduit to take Elsa's powers away from her, knowing she has ice powers, and use them to create an eternal winter for Teranhall as a final act of revenge. Lyre orders Kai to kidnap Elsa. Kai, now seeing the error of his ways, abandon the Bandits secretly and travels to Arendelle by ship in hopes of warning and protecting Elsa.
In Arendelle, Elsa is romantically involved with her Captain of the Guard, Travis Summers and Anna and Kristoff are about to be married. Kai arrives in Arendelle, and after a struggle with the authorities, Kai interrupts Kristoff and Anna's wedding. The wedding is cancelled although the party after is not, and Kai is arrested. Elsa has a short conversation with Kai in prison and returns to the party.
The party is ruined by a group of Bandits sent to do what was supposed to be Kai's mission. Kai, who escaped custody, saves Elsa from the Bandits but Anna is kindapped. Kai tells them everything they need to know about the Bandits, hiding the fact that he used to be one himself. Elsa and Travis prepare for a mission to save Anna, not allowing Kai to go, and Kristoff is left to take care of Arendelle.
Kai and Olaf stow away on the ship but are eventually caught. They are allowed to be part of the mission, but Travis reveals to Kai that he knows Kai's secret but decides to just keep it between the two. Later, Kai notices something wrong with the journey and it is revealed that Travis along with everyone else on the ship besides the protagonists are Bandits. The ship catches fire, but Kai, Elsa, and Olaf escape via row boat and Kai manages to keep his secret.
The trio find themselves on an island and narrowly escape an erupting volcano. In a forest, Kai has a secret conversation with Strife and Kai convinces Strife that he is still loyal to the Bandits to which Strife believes but not really. Kai, Elsa, and Olaf enter a fishing village where they encounter a disgraced Duke of Weseltown who gives them a ship. The three take the ship to Teranhall, and during the trip, Kai and Elsa fall in love and share a kiss.
In Teranhall, they find Kai's old home but it is completely destroyed and deserted. Kai discovers his mother is dead and unleashes his anger in the form of a fiery vortex. Elsa is forced to freeze Kai's heart to calm him down. Then, Strife reveals himself along with other Bandits and tells Kai that it was the Bandits who destroyed the village. He also tells Elsa the truth about Kai's past. Kai is subdued and put on his ship which drifts back to Arendelle along with Olaf. Elsa is captured but manages to freeze Strife's heart.
Kai teams up with Kristoff along with Olaf and Sven to save their friends. They use a flying machine Elsa mentioned to get to Teranhall quickly. In Teranhall, Lyre manages to extract Elsa's powers and create the winter. The boys crash land in the city and head towards the castle. Kai fights Strife while Kristoff and Olaf go after the girls. Kai and Strife find themselves on the roof of Teranhall castle and Strife reveals himself to be Deren, now scarred and seeking revenge on Kai. Both succumb to their Frozen hearts and turn into solid ice.
Anna convinces Lyre to turn good and he frees them and returns Elsa her powers. They all go to the roof and Elsa stops the eternal winter but they find Kai and Deren as ice. Lyre uses the Conduit to heal Kai but it is then destroyed. Kai uses his own powers to heal Deren. Kai lets Deren go after.
Days past, and Lyre is now a better King. Anna and Kristoff are married, but Kai decides he should leave his friends. Elsa convinces him to stay, and they share another kiss.
Elsewhere, Hans promises revenge.
Frozen III: The Coming Storm Summary
A few weeks after the events of Frozen, Hans is forgiven by his father but his two oldest brothers, Ander (the oldest) and Christian, are skeptical.
Many months past (a few months after Phoenix Fire) and Kai is Elsa's new Captain of the Guard. He is on a ship where he encounters Deren. The ship begins to sink, and all but Kai, Deren, and the captain are left. Deren shoots Kai with a pistol and Kai is presumaby killed.
Monthe later, Hans convinces his father that Elsa is a threat to the world and decides to hold a war council where they agree to declare war on Arendelle in order to defeat Elsa. It is Elsa's birthday in the winter. She has isolated herself from the world once again after Kai's death. That night, Kai reveals himself to still be alive but very weak with an injury in his shoulder. He explains to his friends that Deren was killed when he was struck by lightning and that Kai barely made it off the ship.
The next morning, Elsa recieves a letter informing her about the war. She calls for a peace council which many monarchs and representatives agree to go to including King Lyre, the monarchs of Corona, Hans and his brothers (discluding their father and Ander). Rapunzel and her husband, Eugene, go to Arendelle in hopes of making amends with Elsa and Anna because their parents perished on the journey to Rapunzel's wedding.
During the peace council, Kai and Elsa attacked by man named Cade, and while they chase Cade around the castle, Cade's lover, Lilith, and many other men attack and kidnap the councilmen leaving only Hans. Cade escapes and Kai and Elsa are too late to save the councilmen. The next morning, a meeting is held concerning the kidnapping. Hans accuses Elsa of being responsible which she denies. When Elsa and Kai are left alone, Cade appears and easily subdues Kai. He gives them the coordinates to where they are keeping the councilmen and escapes.
In the Southern Isles, the king is killed by Cade with Hans in the room. It is revealed that Cade and Hans are working together as part of Hans' plan to get revenge on Elsa and Anna and as part of Cade's lifelong goal to hurt the fortunate. Hans blames Kai for killing the Kingand an angry Ander declares war on Arendelle.
Elsa sends a majority of her guards to search for the councilmen in the snow covered woods. Anna is denied the chance to help. Later, Ander arrives in Arendelle, blockading the city with his navy. He gives Elsa three days, including that day, to prove their innocence or else he will destroy the city. That night, Anna leaves secretly in hopes of saving Arendelle by finding the councilmen along with Rapunzel, who hopes to endure her parents' safety. Kristoff, Eugene, Olaf, Sven, and Maximus leave togeher that same night to look for their missing wives.
The next morning, Kai leaves with Elsa's permission to find their friends. Anna and Rapunzel, after encountering wolves and some men at Oaken's, find themselves captured in a cave underground run by Bandits who are not disbanded. Kai, who tracked them down, frees them and the base is destroyed. After interrogating a Bandit, it is revealed that the Bandits continued to thrive under Cade and Lilith and that the coordinates that Cade has provided lead to a trap. The councilmen are truly being kept in Elsa's Ice Palace in the North Mountain where Cade and Lilith have taken refuge.
Kai reluctantly agrees to accompany the girls on their quest. Lilith leaves the North Mountain to assassinate Elsa. That night, the night before the deadline the next afternoon, Kai, Anna, and Rapunzel are attacked in a pub in the forest. Kai loses his left ring finger during the struggle and is poisoned though they don't know it yet. They barely escape with their lives.
Kristoff and his party arrive at the given coordinates and find that it is overrun by Bandits and that the guards Elsa sent are now captured. They liberate the guards and take the base. They learn where the councilmen truly are and embark to the North Mountain,in hopes of theirs wives going there as well, while the guards return to Arendelle. Elsa is attacked by Lilith, but Elsa defeats Lilith. The next morning, Elsa tried to use Lilith to prove her innocence but it is not enough for Ander. Lilith is then taken to a prison far away from Arendelle.
Kai separates from Anna and Rapunzel and apparently succumbs to his poison. Kai returns to the land of the living after a small trip to limbo where he encounters his mother, and heads to the North Mountain. In Elsa's Palace, Cade captured Rapunzel and is about to kill Anna but Kai saves her. Kristoff and the others enter the castle and free Rapunzel and the councilmen. Anna and everyone else, excluding Kai, run to Arendelle via horses to stop Ander and Hans, Hans' treachery revealed.
Kai defeats Cade in a fight, both sustaining many injuries. Cade kills himself by jumping into the chasm below Elsa's Palace, rather not living his life under those he hates. Kai believes he has failed to help Cade see the good in the world. The palace begins to collapse and Kai barely escapes.
In Arendelle, Ander sees the councilmen right before he fired upon Arendelle, and Christian, who was held captive, tells Ander everything, therefore Arendelle's innocence was proven. The next day, Kai, who had just returned home, stops Hans from assassinating Elsa and Hans is arrested. Soon, during a trip to the beach, Kai props es to Elsa, who agrees, and Anna is revealed to be pregnant.
Months later, Anna gives birth to a baby girl, Lena, and Kai leaves to the city to investigate something.
In the end, Deren is revealed to still be alive with new electric powers.
Author's Note: Now, without further ado, I present to you Frozen: A Sky of Shadows! The chapter will be very short compared to future chapters.
"People may believe that light shall conquer all, but when the world is engulfed in a sky of shadows, and there is no light left which can conquer, what will they believe? Only then can they see that darkness is the strongest force. The darkness is the only thing they can believe to be real. But, once they understand that, they will realize that there is nothing they can do. All they can do is burn." - Mara, the Agent of Darkness
Prologue: The Prophecy
Many years before Frozen...
Grand Pabbie was curled up in his rock form, not moving an inch as he was resting. Countless other trolls surrounded him, also in their rock form, making a large empty circle about fifteen feet in diameter around him. The night was rather peaceful. Not many noises came out of the forest that the Valley of the Living Rock was located in. The bright full moon shined it's light beautifully over the clear patch of land. The night could be considered perfect by many others. But, Pabbie's slumber was not that deep. He kept an ear open, even while in his rock form. He always did that in case danger ever arose. That habit was just about to prove itself useful, but not in the way Pabbie thought.
Whispers. The whispers of children it was. They weren't loud enough to wake many up, but they were loud and close enough for Pabbie to be alarmed. He sensed no threat in the whispers. The high-itched voices indicated that they were children, and with children came innocence. No doubt that the children wanted Pabbie to read to them a story before bed. Some nights, they would request that Pabbie would tell them a story at night so they had something to dream about and re-enact. Pabbie believed that he was beginning to run out of stories to tell them. He had told so many already. But, of course, he would think up of something. He was wise enough to make up a story on the spot.
Pabbie changed into his humanoid form and looked at the children to the side. Inside the empty space created along with Pabbie was a little Kristoff, Sven, and two child trolls. Kristoff wore his normal outfit which he would use to go out and attempt to mine ice with. The troll children had yet to earn any crystals to put around their necks. Pabbie recalled how long it has been since Kristoff became a member of their family. A year, Pabbie remembered. In that time, the trolls have really learned how to warm up with the human and he did the same to his new family. Sven's antlers were still developing and they were nothing more than white stubs on his head. A large book was in Kristoff's hands, about the size of half of his body. Kristoff seemed to be struggling with carrying it.
"Hello children." Pabbie whispered, smiling gently.
"Hi Grand Pabbie." The children said in unison, softly so they won't wake up the other trolls.
Pabbie looked at the book Kristoff had. The exterior was made of leather and was torn and ruined. It was obvious that the book had gone through rough times. Pabbie wondered how old it was. It surely was fragile and required the utmost care, he thought.
"What do you have there?" Pabbie asked Kristoff, as if it wasn't obvious from a single glance.
Kristoff took a step closer to Pabbie and dropped the book. He didn't drop it very gently as it fell on the ground with a thud. Dust danced over the book and around it. Kristoff wiped some of the dust away from his face, managing back a sneeze for the trolls' sakes.
"It's an old book we found." Kristoff explained. "We have no idea what's it about yet."
"Where did you find this?" Pabbie asked.
"In the woods." One of the trolls answered.
"What were you doing in the woods, Kristoff?" Pabbie asked. "You know how dangerous it is out there without supervision." Pabbie did his best to talk in a voice that showed concern and authority but in no way showed any hostility. He wanted Kristoff to know his dangerous choice was frowned upon.
"I'm sorry." Kristoff apologized. "It's just that I needed to tinkle really badly and I didn't want to wake anyone up."
"Why do you only like to tinkle in the woods?" Pabbie asked.
"Moving on." Kristoff asserted. "Anyway, I found this book near the tree I was tinkling on. It had lots of things covering it but I luckily found it just fine."
Pabbie looked down at the book and turned it towards his direction. The book was just as big as Pabbie was, but looked much lighter. Of course, a rock would be much heavier than a book. Pabbie wiped the dirt off of the book cover and looked to see the title of it. Unexpectedly, there was no title at all. It was just plain brown leather. Could it be a journal? A diary? Because of the lack of title, Pabbie questioned whether there were any words in the book at all. He flipped open the cover and, indeed, found words in black ink and cursive. He then closed the book and looked back at the children.
"You want me to read you this?" Pabbie asked.
Kristoff nodded quickly and the troll children smiled in agreement. Sven walked up behind Kristoff and lay on the ground. Kristoff, too, lay on the ground, his head and neck on Sven, using Sven as a sort of pillow. The troll children walked up next to Kristoff and Sven and dropped onto their bottoms, awaiting for Pabbie to read the story.
"Okay then..." Pabbie said. He opened up to the first page and began to read to the children. He realized that it was a journal entry with no date.
Some people may call what I'm about to describe a myth. The full details to the event were lost as time progressed, and all of those who were there to experience it are now in the ground. I'm not sure if anyone truly believes this anymore. This story has been passed down to me from my father, and he was told it by his father, and so forth. I'm not sure if I even believe it myself as it is too ridiculous to even be real. No one I know knows this story, and that may be for the best. I am writing it down only because I have no sons of my own, and I won't allow the story to be lost forever.
A long time ago, about three thousand years or so, there was a time of magic. A time of darkness. Four individuals, descendants of spirits and gods as some may say, had control over the elements fire, ice, lightning, and darkness itself. Some say that they have cursed themselves with the powers in that time while others may say that they were blessed by the mythical trolls. It mattered not how they came across these powers.
The woman who had control over darkness was the leader and the strongest out of the four. All used their powers for mischief, using them in unholy manners. The normal humans have grown to despise them so. Because of their resentment in society, they decided to take revenge on those who hated and feared them. Together, through unholy dark magic, they forged a dark staff which harnessed the dark one's powers and made her stronger than ever. The combined power of the staff and the blood of the powered elementals allowed for the dark one to put the world into an eternal darkness. It is said that the sky turned black and evil creatures made of pure darkness spawned around the earth. No light from the sun or moon shined upon the world. If it weren't for man made light, such as fire, the world would've been pitch black. The plants started dying, and because of that, so did the animals. Food was becoming scarce.
The other three powered individuals, the fire, ice, and lightning users, disapproved of everything following the eternal shadow. After seeing the humans suffer greatly, the three had finally seen the error of their ways. They betrayed the dark one and joined the race of men. The three were able to muster a large army of men to use against their former ally. The army of men met the dark one's hoard of creatures in battle. But, the army of men proved to be too weak. Although the creatures could die, they were much stronger under the shadowy sky. Most of the army died in that battle.
All hope seemed to be lost. There was only one more hope for mankind's salvation; the trolls. The trolls and humans have never been very close with each other, but they had to work together in order to defeat the new menace. Using the magic of trolls and the metal of men, a single sword was forged that harnessed light. Mankind and the elementals asked for more magic from the trolls, but believing that mankind would misuse all of that power, they refused. Using the sword of light, Ludicium, the elementals and the few men that were alive in the army marched into battle against the dark one.
The battle was said to have lasted many days. The side of light suffered many casualties. Eventually, the elementals used the sword of light against the dark one and destroyed her body. Her spirit, however, was still alive. Before anything else could happen, the trolls trapped the dark spirit inside a prison which is not meant to be found. The staff, as it had no connection to it's master, lost all power and became nothing more than a normal staff. Both were put in a place meant for no one to find. That was not the end of the trolls' deeds. Believing that Ludicium, the sword of light, was too powerful for men to use, the trolls locked it away as well, telling it's location to no one.
They all hoped that it would be the end of the dark uprising. Soon, though, the troll leader provided a prophecy which he believed was inevitable.
"The darkness shall come, from one who's not hallow. The world will soon plummet, in an eternal shadow." The troll leader believed that one day, the dark one will return, and the world will be put under an eternal shadow once again.
Like I said, this is all just a lost story. That's all I hope it is. All of this seems so ridiculous and unnatural. I can't imagine all of this actually taking place. This all sounds like nothing more than a fairy tale.
That's where the story ended. Pabbie flipped through the pages of the large book and found that it all was empty. No other words were written down in the large book. Pabbie feared that the writer met his untimely end before writing down any other entries. He looked down at the children. All seemed to be asleep already. Kristoff snoozed with his head over Sven's back and the troll children were already in their rock form. Pabbie wondered if they even heard him read most of the story. In a way, he was glad that they didn't hear all of it. This tale was not one that was for children.
Pabbie's eyes were wide open. The story replayed in his mind, haunting him. He hoped that it was not true. He hoped that it was not real. He wouldn't have believed it at all if it wasn't for one detail. The name Ludicium was very familiar to him. He, and all trolls, were very acquainted with the name. Most had no idea what it was. All they knew was it's location and that it was a secret that the trolls should keep to themselves. Could it be that the Ludicium that Pabbie knew was the sword of light itself? He hoped that it was just a coincidence that the names were the same. But, many of the things said in the story did not seem like coincidences to Pabbie. Before, Pabbie knew nothing of the darkness nor did he know that there were people with powers before Elsa who came to him a long time ago.
This was a tale lost with time. For all he knew, Pabbie was the only living thing that knows this story. It was not something that he should run around spreading. Ludicium was the only thing that gave Pabbie an uneasy feeling that this story was perhaps an actual event. But, that would be ridiculous. Dark creatures? A staff of darkness? That was something Pabbie believed to be folly. He was no stranger to people with magic abilities, though. Elsa, for example, had magic powers just like the elementals in the story. Pabbie did not know if there were others in the world like Elsa.
The prophecy was what made him the most uneasy. It sounded like something a troll would actually predict. Luckily, there were no signs of darkness in the world like the one described. Pabbie hoped that, if the story was indeed true, the darkness would never come. He could not imagine a world in an eternal darkness. He believed that it was just a myth, though. No way would there be enough magic to do that to the world. It was unnatural and didn't make sense. This magic does not exist, Pabbie was sure.
Pabbie put together the similarities to the story and the current world. There is something called the Ludicium that the trolls must keep secret. There are such a thing as powers. Other than that, there were no other similarities. So, he finally decided that the story was indeed a fraud. It was just a tale to entertain others with. The proof of it actually have taken place was very faint or non-existent.
He couldn't let others worry about this story. He knew that he should just keep it to himself. That would probably be best for everybody.
"It's just a tale." Pabbie whispered to himself. "I hope..."
Little did he know that it was more than just a tale. Little did he know that darkness will rise.
Frozen: A Sky of Shadows
Written by InfiniteAssassin
Author's Note: This chapter is about 4600 words in all, including the summaries. The prologue is truly about 2500 words. The future chapters will be much longer and intense, I assure you. I know how confusing all of this magic stuff may be, but trust me, stick around and it will pay off nicely. Please review/comment on this first chapter! I'm going to tease the next chapter with this; you're going to see a familiar yet unfriendly face: Lilith. Also, I will have a little trouble writing some chapters because I use my iPad a lot when writing, and my iPad is really old. I have iOS 8 on it and the performance is horrible. Please forgive me! Ciao.
You guys also have to know that I don't read fanfiction at all. I only write it. So, if there is ever something you see in my story that is similar to another fic, don't sue me!
Important
I decided to start something called the question of the day where I ask you guys a question and you answer it in the reviews. The best answer will be acknowledged in the next chapter in an author's note and you will be praised. Also, I can't come up with all of these question on my own. If you have a suggestion for a question, shoot me a PM if you're a user, but if you're a guest, then just write it down in the comments/review section. They can be related to anything media. I'm doing this because I want as much interaction with you guys that I possibly can have.
QOTD: Do you think Kai is a hero or an anti-hero and why?
Ciao.