Okay, my first Jelsa fanfic. I do hope you like it. I know it could be similar with some other fanfics, but I will do my best to be original but still, please be respectful to my work!
Jack and other characters maybe OOC, because I'm so good with OOC. So, just...forgive me for that.
Special thanks for Lillianne Matake for beta-reading and the synopsis.
Warning: OOC, Jelsa, Kristanna
Disclaimer: All of the characters aren't mine, I hope that's obvious enough for you.
Second Chance
Chapter 1: Getting Lost
Guardians are a group of spirits that was chosen by the Man in Moon to protect the children on Earth.
Spirits are more complicated than you think, it is simply difficult to explain in length. Some spirits were mistaken as ghosts, others are thought to be hallucinations, a figment of the imagination. Most of the time, spirits are assumed to be myths. None of them are exactly right, or even close to the main definition.
Spirit are mostly immortal. As they don't exactly die. After all some are actually reborn or revive from the dead by the power of Man in Moon or just Moon as Jack would've said. Some are just chosen by Man in Moon, like North, Tooth and Bunnymund. They are also some which was created through the imagination of humans or simply a belief in a legend. Some say if many of the people believe in some sort of particular legend or monster, it would come to life. Of course, this could just be a hoax.
These spirits could appear as human, but of course, you know they aren't.
One of these spirits is Jack Frost.
He is the Guardian of Fun, the Winter Spirit. He has an appearance of a young adult, more or less an 18-year-old, with stunning snow white hair, pale skin and blue icy eyes. He is indeed a sight for sore eyes, as most girls would comment if they did see him.
If someone could see him (just a friendly reminder, that he needed to be believed in, to actually be seen), it would be hard not to mistake him as a normal human being. He appeared as so, but he still stood out with his unnatural paleness and frosty white shock of hair. Not to mention his pearly white teeth, if you're a tooth fetish like the tooth fairy.
So, Jack never thought he was human. He knew very well that he wasn't as Jack Frost. However, he knew he had been once... A long time ago before he had woken up.
But now, he never, even once, thought of himself, a human anymore, and he didn't want to be one, not ever.
So, he was quite baffled when his life turned upside down on one peaceful day.
Okay, this is how it all began...
He was just playing around in North's workshop, admiring some toys, trying some for himself, messing with the elves, pranking the yetis and basically, being the spirit of fun he was.
North always let it slide, as long as he didn't disturb the yetis' work, too much.
But then, he found a strange snow globe in one of the old shelves in a hidden corner. There were even cobwebs and thick dust covering it.
It was quite strange because he had never seen a snow globe like that before. It was a snow globe with snow falling from the top, even when he turned it over, the snow will shift and would still fall from the top. Not to mention it was shining differently with blue and white lights instead of its ordinary colors like the usual globes he had seen before.
So expectedly, Jack was fascinated like a little kid fiddling with a new favorite toy.
But then he heard a yell.
"No, Jack! Don't touch that!"
He gasped, turning to see North approaching him with a panicked expression etched on his face. However before he could reach Jack, the globe slipped from Jack's hand and fell to the floor.
Then magically, a portal opened horizontally which was already a tad bit unusual, if Jack were to note that.
In spite of that, Jack didn't have time to register what was happening, much less to scream as he fell into the magic portal.
"Ergh...w-what?" he gasped. He turned his body so he faced down as he opened his eyes, he took in the scene below him. It seemed to be some snowy forest. Well, that was what it looked like from above, in the sky as he fell.
His first instinct was to fly to prevent himself from crashing towards the ground.
So of course, his second instinct would be grabbing his staff to fly by controlling the wind.
Only to notice, his staff wasn't in his grasp or anywhere near his body.
"W-what!? Where is it!?" he panicked. He tossed and he turned in the middle of falling in midair but there was no sign of his staff. Panic swelled in his chest.
He must have left it in North's workshop. He was probably too shocked when he fell, so he must have lost his grip on his trusty staff.
"Great! That's soo smart of you!" he scolded himself, being prepared to collide with the snow covered ground. Hopefully, it wouldn't be such a painful crash.
He landed, fortunately, on the ground and not tangled on some rough tree. Thankfully, the piles of snow made the landing more bearable, but he could still feel some dull pain on his limbs.
If someone ever said that immortal couldn't feel pain, Jack would want to meet the guy and punch his nose. Fine, a mortal would've broken their bones and had lost tons of blood in the process, falling from that height without anything to protect their body, and the snow wasn't that thick too, he could still feel the solid ground beneath it. Well , in all honesty, mortals would've died from that fall and thankfully out male lead isn't a mortal.
"Ouch...Shit," he winced in pain.
What the hell was with that snow globe, thought Jack. Usually the portal opened vertically, not horizontally. Maybe that was the reason why North panicked when he picked it up. It could be a faulty globe or something.
"Geezz... where am I? It would be a pain to walk by foot to North's place," Jack complained.
Without his staff, it was hard to control most of his powers or the wind. Not to mention how the wind felt different here... Weird.
He stood up and dusted off some snow from his hoodie. Looking around the snowy forest. He deduced he could be on some snow-capped mountain or the place could just be experiencing winter.
But...
Something felt strange.
The air around him felt...odd?
Jack couldn't place it into words. But, it's not just the air, it is also the snow and even the clouds looked different. It all felt... strange. It was weird, because Jack was really familiar with any kind of snow from around the world. The normal white snow, the snow filled with dirt, or polluted greyish snow. Even snow from different places, he knew the feel of every type of snow existed in the world. But, this snow is different. He picked some on his palm and analyzed it.
"It honestly feels strange and just...different," Jack mumbled under his breath.
Like... more magical? How could that be?
He didn't know, but this snow felt more powerful, surging with magic.
Not only the snow but the wind as well...
What the hell...? Where could he be?
"Hey! You there! Are you alright!?"
Jack heard someone shout from the distance.
Out of habit, he turned around to check if that someone was calling out to someone else. However, no one else was around that area, just him and someone riding a slide nearby. He was probably the one who called out...to him?
Judging from his voice, he is mature in terms of age but frankly...it should be impossible. Most adults and even teenagers couldn't see spirits, so it couldn't be...
A sledge stopped right in front of Jack. A blonde man was riding it, he was wearing a thick old-fashioned clothes with a dark bobble-hat. He had a big nose, large in size and a muscular body. On the sledge were huge ice cubes tied to it. The guy was in the ice business then...
"Oh my god! You are so pale! Are you cold? Hypothermia? Wait a minute," the blonde man panicked upon seeing Jack and was searching for something in his bag. Not the winter spirit could blame him, his bluish lips and nails would make any sane person panic at the sight of him, worried for his health.
"Uhm... where is this actually?"Jack asked the blonde, even though he was more than eager to know why the man could even see him. Judging from his responds towards Jack's appearance, it didn't seem like the man believed in winter spirit, he even mistaken Jack as a normal human being.
"We're at North Mountain...wait, are you lost?" the man queried. Jack frowned, pissed to admit the fact he was but eventually he nodded grudgingly.
"Aw that must suck. Here, wrap yourself up with this blanket. It's so cold here and you're only wearing light clothing! You're even barefooted for God's sake!" exclaimed the blonde as he offered Jack a brownish blanket. Jack smiled, these days where more and more people get selfish and heartless. Can't believe there are still kind people like this blond guy here.
He didn't really need the blanket but he couldn't refuse the gesture of kindness either...
"Thanks," he said politely, looking at the man in the eye with gratefulness. He took it and awkwardly, wrapped himself with the blanket just like how all humans do when they get too cold in his observation of them. It felt weird as he wasn't feeling even a bit chilly.
"Do you want to use my boots? Your feet could get frostbitten-"
"No I'm fine, really."
Jack had said to the man as nicely as he could've managed. He felt absurd using the blanket, he didn't need and he didn't want to use boots. He hated the idea of wearing them.
"Well okay...By the way, I'm going to Arendelle, do you want to tag along?" blondie questioned.
Jack frowned.
Arendelle? Where was that?
Well, it wasn't like he remembered every goddamn place on the planet but still, if that place was in the sub-tropics, he would know. After all, he spends most of his time there...
"Yeah sure...," he accepted wearily. Maybe he would remember when he arrived at this Arendelleplace.
Jack hopped into the sledge and the man proceeded to talk to his reindeer.
"Come on Sven, let's go home," he said. Jack was amused, not exactly shocked, with the scene. He was a winter spirit and he had seen weirder things than this in his whole lifetime, so he didn't say anything on it.
"Oh yeah, let me introduce myself. My name is Kristoff," he said with a broad smile.
"I'm Jack Frost," Jack replied back, wondering whether Kristoff recognized the name...
"He is Sven," introduced Kristoff as he pointed to his reindeer. Okay, so he probably never heard of Jack Frost at all.
"Nice reindeer," Jack commented, at least it wasn't as wild as North's reindeers. They still scare the hell out of him sometime. Sometime.
"Yeah thanks. By the way, where did you come from?" Kristoff asked a bit curious yet slightly suspicious. Jack noted the suspicious tone. Well, he couldn't blame the man. No one was stupid enough to get lost with only wearing light clothing without bringing anything else in these kinds of weather. (cough-Anna-cough)
"From the North," Jack answered vaguely.
Kristoff looked confused but didn't comment on it, thankfully.
"Just a random question, do you believe in spirits?" asked Jack, looking at the man expectantly.
"Spirits? Well, I never saw one, so I guess it's a no. I will believe it when I see it," he answered, not holding back. So obviously, he is telling the truth. Well, it's not like he has any reason to lie in the first place...
Jack just frowned deeper after hearing Kristoff's reply. After all, it didn't explain the reason why Kristoff could see him. The blonde didn't even believe in spirits.
To be honest, Jack was very tempted to just blurt out that he wasn't human to the guy. He wanted to explain that he was a winter spirit that got lost in the middle of nowhere. It sounded really pathetic but Jack didn't want to deceive this kind man, and he really wanted to get back home.
But thankfully, in these circumstances, Jack still had some rationality in him to think thoroughly. He had the logic to think that if he even went and told Kristoff the truth, the chances are that Kristoff would not even believe him and would think Jack had gone mental. After all, he just told him that he did not believe in spirits. In the worst case, the guy could throw him off his slide and left him stranded in the forest. Jack did not like his chances.
It is not like Jack could actually die from that, but he didn't want walk to the town. He didn't even know the direction to the town. So, he just shut his mouth and swallowed his words. What Kristoff didn't know, won;t hurt him.
"Are you sure you're alright? You don't look too good," Kristoff asked again, worry evident in his eyes.
"Don't worry, I'm naturally pale," Jack answered, not explaining his bluish lips and nails. He didn't how to explain about how blue they are. It was part of his appearance when he was given the 'Jack Frost Package' from the Moon.
"Alright," Kristoff said wearily, he wasn't too sure about it but Jack wasn't trembling in cold. Not even a bit. So maybe he really is fine despite his sickly pale appearance.
To be mistaken as human was weird. It was the first time Jack had experienced that and frankly, it was really,really awkward and bothersome. Too much questions.
IoI
When Jack arrived at Arendelle, the first thing came to his mind was...
Where the hell is this?
He observed the buildings around him noticing how old-fashioned they were. They were medieval styled. Well, he knew that some places in the world, had this kind of buildings. Like Italy and France but it wouldn't explain the old-fashioned ship they were using or the old fashioned clothes... Jack felt like he was trapped in some old movie. He had seen those.
Did he somehow travel back in time, and got trapped here?
Maybe that globe wasn't used to travel from place to place but instead...from time to time, Jack wondered. His mind was thinking of the plausibility of his theory.
"Ouch! Hey, watch where you're going!" someone scolded him when he bumped into some passerby.
But that still didn't explain why people could see and touch him...
Kristoff had left Jack in the middle of town, and said something about delivering those ice cubes around town. The need of ice cubes in the middle of winter confused Jack, but he just shrugged it off as some kind of weird...need.
Jack wandered around town, confused and lost, like a child.
The town wasn't familiar at all and the people were looking at him strangely or pitifully (probably because he was barefooted). With all that had happened, he just didn't know what to do.
"Okay... Just calm down... Calm down Jack," he told himself, closing his eyes and taking deep breathes.
First of all, he should figure out his own location.
Arendelle, but that wasn't the answer.
Why...is this place...so different from the Earth he had known?
Then Jack's eyes widened in realization.
Maybe, it wasn't Earth...
Then... Another world?
Jack almost laughed at the thought, he must've had read too many of Jamie's comics. Another world? That was a ridiculous idea...
However... it is a high possibility that he couldn't ignore. Jack gulped.
It was the only way to explain all this strangeness.
"Hey, come on Liz! Faster! The queen is going to do her magic again!"
Jack turned to see a few children were running not too far from him.
"Wait a minute! I need to grab my skates!" one of the little girls called out.
The queen was going to do magic? That was indeed interesting, he never ever heard of any queen doing magic.
Jack was interested to see this and since his head had started throbbing due to too much thinking, a distraction would be nice.
He followed the children, trailing behind them. He had long accepted the fact that everyone here could see him. It seemed that they were heading to the castle, quite expected, since it was queen they were talking about.
Jack arrived at the courtyard and saw of the town's people there, waiting eagerly.
In the midst of the crowd, right in the middle of it was someone who caught Jack's attention.
She really stood out of everyone there who wore thick and warm clothes. There she was, a beautiful woman wearing only a thin gorgeous gown, not suitable at all for the winter season.
Wasn't she cold?
"Everyone ready?" she declared with a smile. Jack gasped, she was the queen?!
Wow... here he was, thinking that all the queens were old and grumpy.
However this particular queen had platinum blonde hair, almost white with clear blue eyes shining in anticipation. Her skin was a snow white pale. All in all, she was really beautiful. Jack had lived more than 300 years and even he admitted that she was one of the most beautifulwoman, his eyes had ever laid on and that's saying a lot considering the time he had spent in his world…
Then the queen moved her hands, gesturing something. Then suddenly...
There were sparkles and shimmers of blue and white. Ice spread quickly on the ground. With a moment's notice, the grounds of the courthouse were all frozen.
Jack's eyes widened.
WHAT!?
Then she gestured more, and more sparkles were seen. The fountain was frozen too, its water turned into ice, creating a beautiful ice sculpture.
Jack just blinked at the scene unfolding in front of him.
W-WHAT!?HOW!?
Everyone cheered happily, amazed with the queen's magic, obviously used to the scene, unlike Jack who just stood dumbfounded in the middle of it all. With that, the citizens started to skate happily on the ice.
What the hell is going on?
First, a faulty globe…
Okay maybe, not faulty… Perhaps, just different.
Then he got lost in North-only-knows-where.
Everybody seems to be able to see and touch him and now... Now…
A queen who seems to wield powers. Not just any powers, but his powers.
Jack didn't know if he should be freaked out or happy.
However, he decided to do the latter.
Because maybe the queen can help him!
He spotted the queen, chatting with another girl, judging from their similar faces... She should be her sister or something. After a while, they started skating together, the other girl seemed a bit clumsy as she tried to skate, needing the Queen's guide to prevent herself from falling. Maybe she wasn't good at skating just yet.
Jack almost didn't dare to interrupt their bonding time, but it was urgent! He really wanted to go back!
"Excuse me, uh...your Majesty!" he called out, approached them easily. He was still Jack Frost, with or without his staff and nothing would ever stop him and get in the way of getting what he wanted.
The queen stopped abruptly and turned to look at her caller.
He felt something in the queen's stare... like... uh, he couldn't place it. The queen looked confused with his appearance but she just brushed it off and smiled at him.
"What's wrong? ...It seems that you aren't from around here," the queen said hesitantly as she walked over to him with her seemingly ice heels.
Yeah, with his out of the ordinary appearance, the queen should have remembered him if she knew him from Arendelle.
"Yeah... uhm, I'm lost and to be honest, I need your help," Jack admitted a bit too timidly to his liking, he scolded himself for looking pathetic in front of such a beautiful woman, a queen at that.
Wait, what?
"Oh, you're lost? Then I could call someone-"
"No, I mean. How should I explain this...Uhm, can we talk in a more private place?" Jack cut the queen.
He hastily added "Your Majesty" at the end.
The queen looked a bit put off at his slight rudeness and frowned a little but nodded all the same.
"Okay, let's talk in the castle," she said finally and turned away.
Jack nodded in agreement.
That went quite smoothly for someone who always messes everything up, Jack thought to himself in relief.
"Elsa?"
The queen turned to her sister, or at least that's what Jack assumed her to be.
"I'm going to the castle for a bit, enjoy yourself Anna," she said with a warm smile.
"Okay! Don't take too long! You will miss all the fun!" the girl, Anna, replied back with a giggle.
The queen just smiled and turned to walk towards the castle with Jack trailing behind her as he looked at the castle with amazement.
The castle was amazingly grand…
Just amazing.
There were also icy decorations here and there (sculptures and little frosts), it must be the queen's doing.
Jack was a bit, okay, very curious with the queen's abilities but his problem came first.
Be careful Jack, don't mess this up, he reminded himself again and again as they walked.
They entered a room, probably a study room. Then the queen seated herself on the huge armchair behind the broad wooden table. She looked more intimidating and full of authority here compared to just now, outdoors. Jack gulped nervously, trying to get it together.
C'mon, he can do this! He faced worse.
"Okay, now explain yourself one more time," the queen said no, ordered.
Jack tried to arrange his words into coherent sentences but he didn't even know how to make sense of it all in the first place.
"I came from... I don't know how to explain it. I know this will sound crazy, but I think, I came from a different world," he said as subtly as he could have managed.
The queen just frowned at his words but didn't say a word, so he just continued.
"I came here by accident. So, I'm lost and I need a way to go back home...and maybe, you could help me with that, Your Majesty," said Jack as he bowed his head.
Oh my Man in Moon, he really hoped the queen believed him, it seemed so farfetched that even he wouldn't have believed it if it weren't for the fact that he was in that situation.
As Jack finished his short explanation, Elsa frowned deeper and even glared at him suspiciously.
"I don't understand, how could that be," she replied, finally.
Me either, Jack mused to himself, feeling a bit let down.
"Ah! Maybe you could understand this instead!" exclaimed Jack with a huge grin.
He got an idea. He needed to show that he wasn't a mad delusional man.
So, Jack opened his palm and formed a snowball.
"I have powers just like yours," he said with a cocky smirk.
The queen gasped, her eyes widened in disbelief.
"W-what? How?!" she inquired in confusion.
Jack grinned. He wasn't a madman after all! Yeah!
"I'm Jack Frost. The winter spirit."
IoI
Elsa had seen and known many strange things in her life. Her powers, trolls, a man who talked to his reindeer... Okay the last didn't count but still...
She stared at the so-called winter spirit.
A young man wielding the same power as she did…
She couldn't believe it... But there he was with that snowball.
"Look, to be honest I'm not so sure about what I've just said either. I'm not sure whether this place is a different world? Or maybe it's a different time? I'm just so lost... I really hope you can help me," he said, his face emotionless but his eyes was filled with unwavering emotions.
Elsa could see from those eyes that he was being truly honest. She was still confused but oh well...
"I don't think I could help you, but I know someone who can," she stated softly looking at Jack with a small smile. Jack beamed at that.
"Really?" he asked eager dripping from his voice.
Elsa nodded with a little smile. "I'll call someone to escort you there," she added after some thought.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you!" he thanked her excitedly. She just nodded and couldn't help but smile at the guy.
He acted like a child who got himself his favorite cup of hot chocolate with tiny marshmallows.
She stood up and walked out from her study room. She needed to find Kristoff and expected him to be skating with Anna at the courtyard.
Elsa glanced back, noticing that Jack was trailing behind her a bit cheerfully. He also seemed a bit dazed as he looked around the interior of the castle.
A winter spirit huh? No wonder he looked so... unusual.
His white hair, his pale skin, his blue eyes and his bluish lips...
Not only that but he was also oddly barefooted and was only wearing light clothing in the middle of winter without showing any signs of being even a bit chilly.
"So, how did you get your powers?" he asked her out of the blue after the long comfortable silence. Elsa was a bit taken aback by his sudden question. Did he know he was being rude? Although she should've known that the question would have came out sooner or later.
"I'm born with it," she answered as casually as she could, failing to hide her anxiety.
"Oh...," was his response, not really planning to get into it.
"How about you?" she inquired him, glancing at the pale boy.
"The Moon gave it to me," he answered as if it was the most natural thing ever.
Her lips twitched downwards as she wondered on the Moon person. Who was this Moon person? Despite her skepticism and her own curiosity, she just kept quiet. Shaking her head, she thought that the Moon is probably some high force in his world or something like that. He did come from another world (assuming he really did) and she shouldn't be bothered with the specifics of his world as they probably have a different type of logic compared to her world.
As they stepped into the courtyard, she spotted Kristoff with Anna, skating clumsily together, happy as ever.
"Kristoff!" she called.
"Kristoff? Huh," Jack mumbled at her side, though she disregarded it.
"Elsa? Oh! Hey Jack! What's up?" replied the buff blond as he made his way towards the pale beings.
"You know him?" questioned Elsa, raising an eyebrow at the revelation.
"I met him earlier. Is there something wrong?" Kristoff responded as his eyebrows scrunched together in worry, indeed a kind and caring man.
"Elsa! Who's he?" queried Anna who suddenly appeared beside Kristoff.
"I'm Jack Frost," Jack readily answered her with a smirk. Anna looked at him and widened her smile to a grin, which had a hint of excitement.
"Oh hi! Nice to meet you, bet you're not from Arendelle," Anna greeted excitedly.
"No, I'm-"
"Kristoff, I need you to escort Jack Frost to the trolls," Elsa cut in before the introduction between the two lengthened.
Kristoff looked at her with perplex.
"The trolls?" repeated Kristoff.
"Trolls?" echoed Jack who looked a bit lost. The number of times he looked lost that day was a bit too much, but he can't be bothered by it at the moment.
"Why does he need to see the trolls?" Anna asked with curiosity shining in her eyes as she perked up at the strangeness of it all. Nothing is better than a bit of weirdness to make your day a bit more interesting, right?
Elsa sighed and just said,"I don't know how to explain all this. Perhaps Frost would explain it along the way?". It was not really a question, he knew. She wanted and ordered him to explain for himself.
"Uh... sure," Jack agreed, he was a bit upset that no one bothered explaining the troll bit but only kept it aside as he would find out soon enough.
"I want to tag along!" Anna declared as she raised her arm, completely and utterly pumped up for the upcoming adventure.
"Anna..."
Elsa groaned as she rubbed her temples.
"It has been awhile since I have met the trooooooooolls," Anna pleaded with a sad face, imploring her sister to give her consent. Elsa eventually sighed and gave in.
"Okay, just be careful," warned Elsa, her expression filled with worry. Her sister nodded as she smiled victoriously.
"Thank yooou! Now, c'mon Kristoff! I want to see the trolls!" she exclaimed, pulling her boyfriend towards the huge gates.
"Aren't I suppose to be one who should be excited for the trolls?" Jack murmured as he stalked behind them.
Seeing them leave, Elsa gave out a heavy sigh.
What a strange day indeed.
She was glad that she managed to escape from the short mission, as she didn't want to explain about the existence of the weird young man to them. She could even imagine Anna's reaction if she found out... It was bound to be loud and tons of questions could have been thrown at Jack as well as her if she was there. No, she had other things to do, important royal duties that needed to be attended. A queen's duties are never ending.
IoI
"WHAT!? A WINTER SPIRIT!"
Jack tried to block her yells with his hands. Although, it was quite futileas Anna could be very loud when she wanted to be, she could even compete with North on that aspect...
"Yeah," he said, still wincing at her loud voice. He had formed a snowball to prove his statement.
On the other hand, Kristoff took it quite well. He accepted it calmly as opposed to his girlfriend's reaction.
"Wow, a winter spirit... Who would've known? That was why you didn't feel cold at all earlier on," Kristoff said in realization, finally understanding why Jack's condition, he definitely was not sick.
"Yeah, sorry for not telling you the truth earlier on," Jack responded, scratching his head while grinning apologetically at the blond man.
"Oh my god! A winter spirit, Kristoff! Can you believe it!?" Anna was still freaking out, positively of course. She was filled with excitement.
Jack just grinned at her reaction. She looked like a very interesting girl, such a contrast to her stoic sister.
"You have the same powers as Elsa! That's soooooo GREAT!" she exclaimed expressing her ultimate joy at the revelation.
"Yeah, thanks I guess?" responded Jack, quite flattered. Although he has exactly no idea why it was great in the first place... Maybe it's the uniqueness of his powers and Elsa's?
"You are perfectly compatible with my sister!" she exclaimed again.
"So...what do you think of her?" she slowly questioned, looking expectantly at Jack for an answer.
"...w-what?" sputtered Jack, perplexed at her question. Anna was staring at him with a beaming face. In the end , he did answer...
"Well... She has a good control of her powers, I guess?" he answered a bit hesitantly, not understanding why Anna had even asked him that question, but he was feeling rather...cornered.
"She is beautiful...right?" Anna queried again, stepping closer to the winter spirit.
"Well yeah... I would think so," Jack said admitting to himself that Elsa was quite gorgeous. He still didn't understand where this conversation going... though he had a vague idea on it…
"Anna, stop it. He has a problem to deal with," Kristoff reminding her their purpose to go visit the trolls. Anna just smiled at him innocently and faced Jack.
"Aww it's okay right, Jack?" she asked him, all innocent-like.
Jack didn't know what to answer or how to answer her...
"I bet you can get along with her just fine... Great even! Elsa has been too busy with her 'royal' duties these days, she needs a fun guy... like you!" Anna rambled joyfully at her thoughts.
Well, that was Jack's job. He was a Guardian of Fun after all, but... is he missing something here?
"Oh Anna come on... Let it go..."
Kristoff pitied Jack, since the winter spirit couldn't even understand why Anna was so excited. But, Kristoff knew exactly why.
"Okay okay, fine... lets talk about this later after we meet the trolls then!" she said as she quickened her pace, skipping faster, getting ahead than both men.
"Come on!" she called as she looked back at the trudging men.
"Wow, what a lively princess," Jack muttered just loud enough for Kristoff to hear.
"You have no idea..." Kristoff said with an adoring smile.
IoI
If someone had ever mentioned 'trolls', Jack would have imagined a big rock-like creature, scary and strong.
Not little creatures. Cute and...rolling around like...this.
He just laughed seeing how Anna and Kristoff being surrounded by little rolling trolls.
For sure, they really,really liked them. Though, they looked heavy judging by how Kristoff almost fell when they started clinging onto him, one by one.
"Who is this man?"
Finally, one of trolls noticed him and with that, the other trolls stood still and blinked at him, twice in surprise.
"Oh, this is Jack Frost. A winter spirit and he is here to see Grandpabbie, it's urgent," Kristoff answered shortly without going into detail on the spirit's business.
Jack just waved to the trolls while grinning in amusement at their appearance.
"A winter spirit!? How cool!" the trolls cheered enthusiastically.
"Yeah... cool," he said, laughing a little at their childish enthusiasm.
Just then, another troll... rolled towards them. He looked older than most of them and judging from his clothes, he seemed to be more important too. Grandpabbie maybe?
"You aren't from this world," the older troll stated as he analyzed Jack.
"Wow, you can tell?" Jack said, a bit amazed as he kneeled down to Grandpabbie's level to talk to him without staring down at the troll.
"He said that he is... lost. Can you help him get back to his own world?" explained Kristoff stepping closer to Grandpabbie.
"Aww that's such a shame..." mumbled Anna incoherently but Jack heard her. He frowned at her mumblings, not understanding her reasoning but he chose to ignore her…
"That needs a great amount of magic and I'm afraid that I don't have that amount of power," said the troll sympathizing Jack's situation. Jack frowned at the fact but then...
"But, there's one way for you to go back to your world," the troll added hastily, Jack's eyes widened with glee.
"Really? How?" he asked eagerly.
"Once in a hundred years, a crack within the world would be opened when the moon is seen at its fullest. If you pass that crack, you can travel beyond this world," Grandpabbie explained gesturing to the sky with his stony fingers.
"Once in a hundred years?" Anna repeated. Her voice dripping with eager and she was trying really hard not to grin in respect to Jack's situation.
"When is that? And where will the crack be?" Jack asked, he was immortal so he could live hundred years but it would really suck to wait that long. Not to mention he had to do his job as Guardian. He was never a responsible person but he does love his job, it's simply fun.
"In three months from this day; the crack will be here, at North Mountain. I'll inform you about the exact location on a later date, when the day draws nearer. So please do come again a few days before the said date," Grandpabbie said.
"Three months huh," Jack uttered under his breath. It was quite long but at least it was not a hundred years.
"Well, at least, we get three months!" Anna said joyfully, fist pumping as she did.
Jack wasn't sure what she was talking about, what does she need three months for?
"Thanks Grandpabbie, that really helped me," thanked Jack gratefully to the old troll. The troll smiled knowingly at him.
"May you enjoy this world while you wait for your departure," he said. Jack nodded.
"That would be a good idea," Jack agreed, glancing at his escorts.
"Oh my gosh! You can live in the palace!" Anna cheered at her brilliant idea.
"W-what? Are you sure?" stuttered Kristoff as it was too sudden. Everything was moving way too quick that day.
"Really? May I?" Jack asked with a glint in his eyes.
It wasn't like he needed a permanent place to stay, he used to wander all the time but he didn't have his staff and because of that it would be a tad bit more troublesome than before. In addition to that, people can see him now...
Plus, it seemed more interesting, the idea really appealed to him. He didn't even have a clue on why did it even did. Maybe it's the idea of sleeping in a majestic castle. Yeah, that's probably it.
"Sure you can, I'm the princess you see," Anna giggled.
Kristoff just sighed and tapped Jack's shoulder. "Be prepared buddy."
"For what exactly?" said a bemused Jack, raising one of his eyebrows at the man.
"Well, you'll figure it out soon," Kristoff answered cryptically. Jack just titled his head at this. Anna, not able to conceal her excitement, was giggling all the time. This made Jack more perplexed that ever. What was she up to?
To be continued
If you are Jelsa fans, I bet you have an idea on what Anna will do. Of course, she would get Jack to be with Elsa! There is no other reason for her enthusiasm. But, we will see through it later. Here in my story, Jack and Elsa are not just going to instantly fall in love, everything goes through a process but the ending is fixed with Jelsa written all over it. Get ready for tiny fluffs of Jelsa along the way.
And, why did I 'de-power' Jack? 'Cause it will simply be much more fun! XD
I like to make the characters go through a bit of trouble in my stories, if Jack have had his staff, it will be way too easy for him. Now, he can't fly and most of his powers are not usable. This will make it easier to drive him towards Elsa! You'll understand soon enough :)
So, review please!