Chapter 2: Bad Impression
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"ELSA!"
The moment the guards broke the door down Anna shoved her way through, her hands instinctively attempting to shield herself from the raging wind blasting through the window.
Anna barely had time to register the shock and horror that threatened or overwhelm her at the sight that greeted her. Her sister and Olaf, glowing in a frightening blue light, falling through a dark portal that had emerged from the floor.
Anna didn't even think. She dived towards the black vortex, falling to her knees, her hand reaching out towards her falling sister.
"ANNA!"
Anna's heart clenched painfully at the sound of her elder sisters scream, her voice filled with so much fear.
"ELSA!" Anna screamed, wanting her sister to hear her, to know that she was coming to save her.
Anna reached down into the darkness in vain, stretching her arm as far as she could and nearly falling in after her sister. The two guards grabbed her by the shoulders and tried to pull her away, but she violently shook them off, her whole intent being on saving her sister.
"Your highness, please!" One of the guards yelled over the howling winds as he tried to pull the princess away.
"No!" Anna screamed, her voice deranged. "I have to save her! She needs me!"
She wasn't going to watch as her sister was taken away from her again! She had just gotten her back after so many years of being alone!
Anna fought her way back to the very edge of the portal, her heart plunging into despair with what she saw. Her sister was far too gone, a barely visible swirl of blue fading into the blackness. All Anna could do was watch in dismay as Elsa and Olaf plunged further into the eternal darkness that was glittered with millions of shinning silver dots that twinkled like the stars in the night sky.
The last proper glimpse Anna had caught of her sister was her face.
A face filled with nothing but pure terror.
Anna knew it was a look that would forever haunt her darkest of nightmares and plague her every waking moment.
The portal began to close, but Anna didn't notice, she just kept staring at the shrinking dot of blue that had been her sister, falling further and further away from her.
The guards took advantage of her distraction and grabbed her by the elbows, hauling her away. Their touch caused her to instantly fight against them, even though she knew it was pointless, even though somewhere at the back of her mind her voice told her that they were only trying to help.
It didn't matter though. She wasn't the one who needed help.
It was her sister...
When the portal swallowed in on itself, shutting itself off and completely vanishing in a shattering blast of blue sparkling light, Anna's struggles stopped. One of the guards hurried over to the window and bolted it shut, blocking out the dying winds outside.
For a long time the princess simply sat on the cold floor of her sisters room, her eyes glazed over, fixated on the imprinted snowflake upon the marble floor.
The guards who had been watching over her left her after an hour, joining the others in their search for their queen. Anna refused to accept it, but somewhere deep within her she couldn't fight the sinking feeling that it was useless.
The menacing disembodied voice that she could vaguely hear only encouraged this poisonous thought. She wasn't sure where it was coming from, if it was real or her imagination. It was a silvery, honeyed voice that whispered darkly from the shadows around her, taunting her that their efforts were futile. That no matter how long they searched... they would never find their queen.
Anna clutched her head, willing the sinister voice away.
'You'll never find her. She's gone.'
'No' Anna whispered to herself, tears slipping from her eyes.
'Just when you thought you could finally be together she's tore away from you. Did you ever stop to think that you aren't meant to be with one another?'
'Go away' Anna gritted out.
'Oh dear sweet little Anna, you're all alone... once again. Just as you should be.'
'Enough!' Anna inwardly screamed.
She would find her sister. She would! And no one was going to stop her from doing so! No matter the cost she would be reunited with her sister.
'It's just another obstacle' Anna told herself, biting her lip.
Bitter feelings of hatred at the world swelled up inside her. There was always something wasn't there? Something to separate the siblings from being together.
Why? Why was there always some force standing between her and Elsa? Why did the entire universe seem to want to tear the two sister apart?
Why!
Anna slapped her palm against the ground bitterly, her eyes shutting tightly as she tried to lock away the tears and the pain. There was always something...
'From now on Elsa. I promise, I'll be there for you.'
Her unspoken promise whispered in her thoughts, slowly lighting up the darkness that had enveloped her mind. Slowly, her eyes opened.
She had promised herself that would be there for her sister. To help her when she needed it. Despite her efforts she had failed thus far... but that didn't mean she was going to give up.
"There has to be something here" Anna mumbled, scrambling to her feet and wiping away the rebellious tears. "There has to be a clue or something!"
She wasn't going to sit by and do nothing! Desperately she started looking around the room, searching for anything that didn't look normal, stood out or was out of place. There just had to be something to give her a clue as to where her sister was or something to explain what had happened! There had to be!
Unbeknownst to Anna, as she ran around the room urgently looking for any clues, the moons rays had deliberately crept into the room from the window, shining its light upon the spot Elsa had once stood. When the light intensified, it caused something lying on the floor to glitter and gleam, catching the princesses attention.
"What the..." Anna trailed off, walking over and kneeling down beside the glittering substance that surrounded the snowflake on the ground.
She picked the powder like compound up, scrutinizing it for a few seconds before allowing it run through her fingers. It was a black, grayish powder mixed with shimmering silver slivers. It was cold to the touch, and left Anna's hand feeling oddly tingly.
Taking a small pouch out of her pocket, she shoveled as much of the strange powder into it as she could fit before tucking it away in her dress. Maybe it was a clue to how Elsa had disappeared.
Casting one last solemn glance around her sister's room, Anna realized with a small heart throb that there was nothing else she could do here.
Hand placed against her heart, she took a deep calming breath. She had to conceal away all the pain and fear she was feeling, she couldn't let it show. Not now... not until she found her sister. For Elsa she had be strong, she couldn't allow her anxieties and emotions to get the better of her.
"Conceal. Don't feel. Don't let it show." Anna murmured silently.
There was only one person that could help her now.
She just prayed that he could help her as he had done so many times before.
Once Anna left an eerie silence descended upon the room. It only took a few moments before the silence was broken by the sound of slow, calculated footsteps emerging from the shadows.
"Well that was very nice of you, Old Friend" a dark voice said mockingly. "The silent spectator finally interacting? Shedding some light on the girls troubles. How noble."
A man stepped into the light cast down by the moon, the moons rays unveiling him of the shadows that had cloaked him. He was a tall man. His skin was a pale grey which brought out the brightest in his menacing orange eyes that were tainted with an iris of silver. His hair that was as black as that of a crows feather was sleeked back into spikes. Most of his body remained hidden, his black robes seemingly merging with the shadows gathering around the light of the moon.
"It's a very interesting situation we have here, wouldn't you agree?" Pitch Black said, gesturing around him. "A young queen blessed with the power of ice and snow vanishing into thin air?"
Pitch's eyes sought out the snowflake imprint on the floor, he indicated to it with his head. "Seems the Star of ønsker is up to it's old tricks again."
The Bogeyman began to pace within the boundaries of the moonlight, his eyes drifting up to were the moon hung in the sky, silently watching his movements.
"I think this could be a good thing... well, for me that is" Pitch laughed darkly, a canny glint gleaming in his eyes. "Imagine it. A kingdom distraught due to the absence of their beloved queen. An ill prepared princess forced to take up her sisters pedestal, having the reins of control thrust upon her, all the responsibilities, the obligations and endless expectations. Poor little thing won't know what hit her."
Pitch ceased his pacing, his eyes focused on the glowing beacon in the twilight sky. "This is all just too beautiful, isn't it? A perfect set up... for fear."
Pitch took a few step back, the shadows devouring him from sight until all that could be seen was his eyes glowing in the darkness.
"Little Anna... will be this kingdoms downfall. And there is nothing that you, or your precious Guardians can do about it. Afterall... you only protect children."
"Do me a favor and please don't drop her-" Olaf said, squeezing Jacks neck tighter as the wind blew against his face. "Or me for that matter."
"Hey, ease up on the grip there, little guy" Jack choked.
Currently Olaf was handing onto the winter guardian's neck as he flew through the clear night skies above New York, the sleeping queen carried in his arms, fittingly in princess style.
"And don't worry" Jack said, a smirk twitching at the corner of his lips and grip as he pulled Elsa in closer to him."I won't drop you."
"Well that's a reli-ahhhh!" Olaf let out a shrill screech as Jack suddenly nose-dived down towards the Earth, pulling up within seconds of colliding with the side of the empire estate building. Olaf tightened his grip, using his free hand to hold onto his carrot nose.
"Are you crazy! We're going to crash!" Olaf screamed, flinching as Jack narrowly missed another building. "I'm too young to die!"
"Chill out, Frosty, you're in safe hands with me. Just make sure you don't let go!" Jack laughed, moving his flight pattern to a safe distance above the city and out of the skyscrapers range.
"Don't do that again! And my name is not Frosty" Olaf scoffed offended. He uncurled his arm from around Jacks neck to smack him across the head. "I told you earlier that it was Olaf and it hasn't changed to Frosty since then. If it does I'll let you be the first to know."
Jack winced from the hit, casting a scowl to the snowman on his back. "Gee thanks, don't I feel special." Jack turned his attention to the sleeping queen in his arms, gesturing with his head. "You never did tell me who Sleeping Beauty here is?"
"Oh" Olaf's voice instantly perked up. He leaned over Jacks shoulder to look at the guardian more easily, the shift in conversation to his friend causing a toothy smile to form on his face. "That's Elsa. She made me!"
Jack could hear the fondness in his voice, along with the pride that came from supposedly being made by the girl. The little snowman obviously cared deeply for her. Whether or not the girl had made him however, was still up for debate. How could she have brought to life a living breathing snowman?
"She made you, huh?" Jack said, raising an eyebrow.
"She did!" Olaf huffed, picking up on the spirits disbelief.
"Oh sure, I believe you" Jack said unconvincingly. He decided it was best to change the topic and leave that line of questioning to later, hopeful Elsa would be able to explain the snowman's origins to him later. "So where exactly did you guys come from anyway? You just suddenly fell from the sky... or is that normal were you come from?"
"Nope, not as far as I know" Olaf shrugged. "And we come from a wonderful little place up in Norway, called Arendelle. Have you ever been there?"
"Nope, never even heard of it" Jack answered. He caught the unimpressed scowl from the little snowman. "No offence."
Jack felt the temperature drop, it was getting colder, fast. His eyes adverted down to the passenger in his arms. She looked to be breathing normally and wasn't shivering from the cold, but he couldn't be sure. He knew he had to get her to warmth soon.
"Wind! I need you to take me home faster!" Jack shouted to the wind, to which it complied.
"Did you just... talk to the wind?" Olaf asked confused, quirking an eyebrow.
'Ha ha... tell me I haven't ran into another crazy person.' Olaf winced inwardly.
"Yeah" Jack shrugged.
"That's... uh" Olaf nervously chuckled. "A little odd, don't you think?"
"Says the talking snowman" Jack grinned, swirling through the air and causing Olaf to scream and clutch on tighter. Jack didn't slow down, instead picking up the pace and going as fast as he could.
"Slow down!" Olaf screeched, catching his carrot nose as it went to fly off his face again.
"No can do, Frosty. I need to get her to warmth fast, she might be suffering from hypothermia and if we don't hurry up she could die" Jack explained, speeding up even more.
"Oh I wouldn't worry about that" Olaf said, waving his hand. "Elsa doesn't mind the cold. She use to live in an ice palace, you know."
'I'm pretty sure the cold will be bothering her' Jack thought.
He was surprised that the snowman wasn't at all concerned about the welfare of the girl, whereas earlier he had shown hints of deep care for her.
"An ice palace, huh?" Jack replied, deciding to humor the snowman for now.
"Oh you should have seen it! It really is beautiful. Though I wouldn't go up there now, my brother Marshmallow lives up there by himself and doesn't like company. Unless it's Elsa or me that is."
"Marshmallow?" Jack asked, slightly puzzled. Images of a giant living Marshmallow sitting in a palace of ice upon a throne of snow, a small tiara on its head, flickered through his mind. It could be possible, he was after all, talking to a living snowman. "And whose Marshmallow? Is he an actual marshmallow or is he a snowman like you?"
Olaf tapped his free branch off his chin in thought, his head slightly tilted. "I wouldn't call him a snowman like me, per say."
As Olaf prattled on about Marshmallow, neither he or Jack noticed the sleeping queen stirring from her slumber.
"Kristoff, are you sure getting enough greens in you. You're looking a bit thin."
Kristoff rolled his eyes, choosing to ignore Bulda as he unhooked Sven's harness. It was best not to give her attention when she went full-out mother mode on him, least it encourage her.
"You're a growing boy, you need your vegetables!" Bulda prattled on, placing her hands on her hips and tapping her foot impatiently. "Cliff explain this to him! He clearly isn't listening to me!"
Kristoff turned to see Cliff appear next to Bulda whom was now huffing, her arms crossed in annoyance. Cliff turned to Kristoff, giving him a look he knew all too well; it translated to 'Humor her. For all our sakes.'
"I'm eating plenty of vegetable, okay!" Kristoff sighed exasperatedly, folding away the harness. He tucked it away in his bag before reaching in and pulling out a carrot which he offered to Sven.
Sven looked at it excitedly, tongue licking his lips in anticipation for the delectable treat.
"That's our boy!" Bulda instantly perked up, slapping her husband Cliff on the shoulder playfully. "See told you. I knew he was trying to get himself in shape. He'll need to be for when he pops the big question to Anna!"
Kristoff had been successfully blocking Bulda out until the words 'pop the big question' and 'Anna' came about in the same sentence. He started spluttering violently, a blush spreading across his features.
"Wow" Kristoff drawled, a nervous chuckle integrating into his words.
He turned to face the two trolls, his movement taking the carrot out of reach just as Sven had went to take a bite. Sven glowered and made another attempt at retrieving the carrot, but Kristoff moved away, causing Sven to nearly trip over himself.
"Lets not get a head of ourselves here" Kristoff said, his hands gesturing for them to slow down. "Anna and I are taking things slowly."
Besides, even if he wanted to ask Anna the big question now he couldn't. He first had to get through Elsa, and taking on the Snow Queen was not something he was in a rush to do.
He liked not being frozen.
Although he and the Queen were on good terms, he knew when it came to his relationship with her sister that she was far less keen to the idea than she let on, or perhaps even realized.
She was protective of her sister, and for this he could not fault her. Anna didn't exactly have a great track record when it came to suitors, so he could understand why Elsa was far more precautions. Especially considering what Anna's naivety and over trusting caliber had almost led to.
It was not a thought he could entrain for too long.
"Now hold up!" Bulda snapped, hopping up onto Sven's back so she was face to face with Kristoff, her hands planted firmly on her hips. "Are you telling me you two haven't even discussed this yet? And how long is 'taking things slowly' going to be exactly?"
Kristoff took a bite out of the carrot in his hand, leaving Sven staring at him in horror. With a pout and a glare at his owner, the reindeer plopped himself on the ground, pouting his lip out. His sudden movement caused Bulda to roll over backwards with a yelp.
"Why are you so interesting in the progress of mine and Anna relationship?" Kristoff asked, taking another bite out of the carrot... as well as poor Sven's heart as he watched his carrot being eaten. Bit. By. Bit.
"Don't talk with your mouth full" Bulda scolded, dusting herself off as she rose to her feet. "And why am I so interested? Simple. I want some grandchildren!"
Kristoff nearly keeled over, swallowing the chunks of carrots he had been chewing and choking on them. He banged his fist off his chest in an attempt to force down the contents stuck in his throat.
Several near by trolls saw his predicament and scurried over, two jumping on one another shoulders while a third hopped on top and preformed the Heimlich maneuver. After a series of worried check overs to make sure the young man was alright, the trolls bid their quick farewells and rolled off to continue along their business.
'Grandchildren!' Kristoff choked inwardly, completely taken aback.
That was it.
He had to put his foot down, now! If Elsa ever overheard Bulda or anyone talking about his and Anna's futures in that sense, then he knew, he knew without a shadow of a doubt that she really would hunt him down then and there!
And that thought... was terrifying.
"Right listen-" Kristoff said sternly, his gullet now free of restrictions. "We need to have a serious conv-"
"KRISTOFF!"
Kristoff, Bulda, Clint and Sven all turned round to see Anna galloping towards them on her grey horse. Before her horse had a chance to stop, Anna had threw herself off of it, landing next to Kristoff who caught her from falling over.
"Oh Anna! " Bulda beamed. "We were just talking about you. Kristoff wants to ask you a-"
Kristoff effectively shut off the rest of that sentence with leaning over and clamping a firm hand across Bulda's mouth. "Not, now. Please."
Bulda rolled her eyes, reluctantly nodding in agreement. Since he asked nicely she would keep quiet... for now.
Kristoff turned to Anna with an apologetic smile. The smile faded when he finally got a good look at her.
She looked terrible. Tears stained her flushed face, her auburn hair, having fallen free from their braids, clung messily to her face. Every so often a vicious sob would shake her body.
Everyone around fell into silence, watching the princess with concern.
"Anna" Kristoff asked anxiously, his eyes filing with a deep concern. "What happened? What's wrong?"
"It's... It's Elsa and Olaf" Anna whimpered, the veil of tears that lined her eyes threatening to fall with each word. "They're gone. I need your help, can you please take me to Pabbie?"
Elsa struggled to open her eye, Olaf's voice having stirred her from her sleep. She wasn't too sure how she had ended up asleep, hadn't she been finishing off her paper work? No... she had finished it and had been going to bed when-
Panic shot through Elsa, the memories of the strange light and vortex coming back to her in a series of flashes. Olaf! Olaf had fallen into the darkness with her! Was he hurt?
"I like to think of Marshmallow as a giant, snowy teddy bear with a few anger management problems and anti-social tendencies. He's really nice once you get to know him, though."
Elsa relaxed at the sound of her friends voice. He didn't at all sound hurt or distressed at all. Perhaps it had all been a dream then? A content sigh escaped her lips at the reassuring thought. Of course it had been a dream, what else could it have been?
Elsa allowed herself to snuggle into her pillow, opting on allowing herself a few more minutes sleep. She was exhausted, both mentally and physically, from carrying out all of her queeny duties as Anna called them.
Although she had completed all of her paper work she still had plenty to keep her time occupied for a several more weeks, and once she was finished that there would of course have a accumulated even more work of her to do. She still had to set out the arrangements for the next treaty meeting with the Northern Isles, make new trading settlements with the fishing villages at the far end of Arendelle, make preparations for the Summer festival ball and agree on plans requested by the villagers for a new trading market to be built in the west end of the kingdom.
There was so much to do, and never a chance for Elsa to just let go and have... fun. Elsa softly laughed an empty laugh. Fun... she hardly knew the meaning of the word of late.
She hit her hand off her pillow, trying to fluff it up a bit. It seemed awfully hard.
"Oww! What was that for?"
Elsa, surprized, ceased all movements and remained perfectly still. As far as she was aware pillows didn't talk. It was then she realized with startling horror, that she wasn't actually in her bed. It felt like she was being carried by someone, the owner of the voice presumably. Not knowing what was going on she decide to continue her faux sleep until she could get a hint as to her current situation.
'Maybe I just collapsed due to all the work. It's probably just one of the guards carrying me over to my obviously saw me, got worried and got help' Elsa reasoned.
"So where are you taking us? Back to Arendella?" Olaf asked curiously.
Back to Arendelle? Scratch that, not a guard! She was one hundred percent certain that she had not left Arendelle for any reason at all since before her coronation. Being in her room finishing off her work was the last thing she knew without a shadow of a doubt she had been doing before blacking out. So why in winters name was she outside of Arendelle?
Carefully, she peeked out from one eye, trying to take in her surroundings, but from her position all she saw was the blue fabric of her captors clothing. Strange, most of the strangers shirt was frosted over. But how could that be? It was summer time in this part of the world. Unless she had subconsciously done it in her sleep. If that was the case then she had to be careful, her powers might be getting out of control again.
"The North Pole" came the strangers easy reply.
'North Pole?' Elsa gasped inwardly. And how did he plan to take her there? That journey would take weeks, months even! Not even the best ship in all of Arendelle could take him there fast enough. The curious question though was why he was taking her there?
It was plausible that he could be some sort of spy, or worse assassin, sent from a neighboring rival kingdom. Although Arendelle was a peaceful country, and had allies through out the globe, Elsa regretted the knowledge that not every nation saw eye to eye with hers. They had many enemies, just as any kingdom did. And it was feasible to conclude that this may be one of her enemies doings.
But again, why the North Pole? Arendelle had no enemies or allies up there as it was uninhabitable. No one in their right mind lived up there. Anyone who dared try to live their would most likely die of the cold and even if they survived the bone chilling temperatures then they would starve. No crops could be grown there and there was no suitable materials to build a fire let alone suitable dwellings.
Regardless of the purpose for taking her to the North Pole, Elsa felt rather insulted. Did her captors truly think he could take her all the way up there without her putting up a fight? She was the Queen of Arendelle, also known throughout the lands as the Snow Queen. The powers of winter could be wielded at her finger tips at will. She was a formidable opponent, and not too be taken lightly.
"Oh the North Pole! Anna told me all about there! That's where Santa Claus lives, right!" Olaf's grinned.
"The one and only" the stranger said, and Elsa could hear the smile in his voice. "That's actually who we're going there to meet. His real names Nicholas St. North, but the guardians and I all just call him North."
Elsa couldn't tell if the stranger was being serious or not. He was taking her to the North Pole... to see Santa Claus... really?
"What's the Guardians?" Olaf asked.
"The Guardians is what I am. We protect the children of the world, whether they're good or bad, naughty or nice, from all the evil of out there that wants to hurt them. We were all chosen by The Man on The Moon."
Elsa inwardly winced. That confirmed it, she had been kidnapped by a crazy person. She was going to have to have serious words with her guards when she got back. No one should have been able to break into the palace let alone be able to successfully kidnap her, the queen of all people! The guards could count their blessing however, if it had been Anna who had been whisked away rather than her then heads would have rolled.
"That sounds exciting! Who are the other Guardians? Or is top secret?" Olaf added in a conspiracy whisper.
'Oh Olaf don't encourage this mad man, please' Elsa cringed. Olaf had always been far too trusting, a trait she suspected he had acquired from Anna.
"Well besides North there's the Easter bunny, Bunnymund. The Tooth fairy, Tooth. The Sandman, Sandy. And yours truly, Jack Frost" the stranger listed off with pride.
Santa Claus? Easter bunny? Tooth Fairy? Sandman? Jack Frost! What was this stranger prattling on about? All of those characters were nothing more than fairytale for children.
She knew all their stories. Elsa remembered a time when her mother and father would tell her them before she went to bed, along with so many other tales that filled her mind with wonder. Stories of legendary creatures such as unicorns that would frolke around the forest as fairies danced between the tulips. Tales of evil spirits, ghosts, demons, goblins and the king of nightmares, the Busemann, that lived within the shadows and fears of children. Legends of slumbering dragons guarding damsel princesses locked within towers. Wonderful myths of fair haired mermaids whom swam the seven seas with kelpies, sirens and selkies. Or tall tales of skies filled with airborne creatures like gryphon's, harpies or witches.
She loved the stories, they all amazed and inspired her.
But that's all there was too them. They were fantastical fabrications. Nothing more than bedtime stories to fascinate children and help them sleep at night, to keep them obedient when they dared disobey their parents, or reward them for their good behavior.
They weren't real.
And that was something she had learnt the hard way.
"I thought they were all just fairy tales?" Elsa heard Olaf say.
The stranger scoffed. "Again, says the talking snowman. You and sleeping beauty here fall from the sky out of nowhere and here you are questioning our existence? Not to mention the fact that we're flying right now. You'd think you could suspend your disbelief a little. No pun intended."
'Flying? Did... did he just say we're... flying?' Elsa tensed at the thought.
Flying wasn't possible, but then again the stranger did have a point. She had the powers of winter magic within her, she could create living breathing creatures from ice and snow with but a wave or gesture of her hands, and could conjure gowns made from her element with a simple thought. So... why couldn't such things as flying and magical creatures from legend be true?
Despite this thought she couldn't bring herself to believe in such wonderful tales. But there was one way she could test whether or not the stranger was lying, at least, about the flying. She had noticed it was awfully windy.
Carefully, and still pretending to be in slumber, she turned her head away from the strangers chest, letting out a sleepy moan. After a few moments of remaining still she dared pry open one eye that she doubted her captor could see from his position.
Oh how she wished she hadn't looked, barely did she contain the gasp.
She was soaring high up in the night sky, strange dazzling yellow and orange lights of a city blaring brilliantly hundreds of feet down below her. The skies were crystal clear without a cloud in sight which allowed her to see the endless streams of lights stretching out far as the eye could see until they came to an abrupt stop into darkness were land met sea.
What in winters name was going on?
Trying to fight off the surging feeling of fear, Elsa shut her eye again tightly. She could feel her powers stirring in response to her panic and confusion. Her hands were tingling with prickles as her powers fought their way to the surface.
'No. Not now, please!' Elsa begged, clenching her hands shut.
She couldn't lose control of her powers, if she did then she could hurt the stranger. Even if he was some sort of alliance with an enemy nation it didn't mean she wanted to hurt him. She didn't want to hurt anyone! Especially not with her powers! And if she did hurt him while they were up so high then it would end badly for all of them...
'Breath in... breath out... breath in... breath out' Elsa tried to calm herself.
"Watch out for that tower!" Olaf cried suddenly.
Elsa instinctively open her eyes which widened twice the size at the sight of a skyscraper they were speedily approaching. She let out a cry and swiftly turned her head into the strangers chest, her eyes clenched shut tightly as she awaited the impact. Instead she felt herself suddenly flying upwards as the stranger pulled up just in time to miss it.
'This has to be a dream. This is has got to be a dream' Elsa inwardly cried, biting her lip.
"Morning Elsa!" Olaf cheered happily, peering over Jacks shoulder to see her. "Well actually I suppose it would be good evening rather than good morning, ha ha."
A chuckle escaped her captors lips. "So I see you awake, Sleeping Beauty."
"Why do you keep calling her that? Her name is Elsa!" Olaf asked, nudging Jack by his shoulder.
If it hadn't been for the fear racing through her Elsa would have scolded herself for having let on that she was awake. As it was she was too panicked to completely grasp hold of the situation. Forcing open her eyes, she looked up.
The stranger, a boy barely older than she, with shockingly white hair as white as snow, looked down at her through kindred icy blue eyes as vibrant as the bluest ice. He had a cheeky grin on his face, clearly amused by the fright he had given her from his antic.
"How are you doing this?" Elsa shouted frantically, her eyes locking with the strangers.
Jack swirled around another building, slowing his pace slightly to hear his passenger better over the howling winds. "The flying? Well I guess you could call it a talent."
At the corner of her eye Elsa caught how Jack skimmed past yet another building, missing it by inches. She turned her head back towards him, refusing to acknowledge the building passing by her in a blur, nor the bewildering uncomfortable distance between her and the ground.
This all had to be a dream, there was no way this was real! She wasn't flying through the skies, she was back home in Arendelle resting peacefully with Olaf by her side.
'Just relax, Elsa... this is just a dream. Now you're going to close your eyes, count to three and once you open them everything will be back to normal' Elsa reasoned, closing her eyes.
But when she re-opened her eyes and saw the amusement dancing in the strange boys eyes the hope that this was a dream began to quiver.
"This is a dream" she mumbled, shaking her head.
"Not a dream, I'm afraid" Jack laughed, suddenly diving downwards.
Elsa felt her stomach lurch at the sudden dive. She instinctively threw her arms over the boys shoulders, squeezing tightly as the dread of falling became all to real. At the corner of her eye Elsa caught how Jack skimmed past yet another building, missing it by inches. She turned her head back towards his chest, refusing to acknowledge the building passing by her in a blur, nor the bewildering uncomfortable distance between her and the ground.
How could this be a dream? Since when were dreams so vibrant with colors and sensations? She could feel the wind beating against her, blowing her hair into the air behind her. She could feel the closeness of the strange boy and the way he carried her in his arms. Her eyes had seen everything crystal clear, whereas in all her dreams before everything had been foggy and murky.
Was it possible that this was all... real?
No... she refused to let go of the possibility that this was a dream. It had to be... but if there was a chance that this was real then she knew what she wanted.
"If this isn't a dream then let me down right now!" Elsa cried frantically against the wind.
"What do you mean if this isn't a dream?" Jack asked. After a pondering over it for a few seconds a grin broke out onto his face. "Oh right, I guess it's because I'm so dreamy, huh?"
"What?" Elsa snapped. "Ughh! No! I demand that you let me go this instant!"
"Calm down, I'm sorry" Jack apologized, trying to calm the girl. "It was a joke. Sounded better in my head than it came out."
"I don't care about that! I asked you to let me go, now!"
"Well aren't you the bossy boots" Jack rolled his eyes. "Listen, I'm trying to help you. I'm just taking you somewhere were you can be warm and we can make sure you're okay. You fell into-"
Elsa shook her head. She didn't care what he wanted to do, all she did care about was getting to the ground, she had to. She could feel her powers raging inside her, desperate to be let go. Her emotions were getting the better of her and she couldn't keep them at bay for much longer.
"I don't care! I need to be on the ground now!" she shouted.
Her eyes darted over to where her hand was grasping onto the strangers upper arm. Frost spread from her fingers, slowly coating the boys jumper in another layer of icy spirals. She wasn't going to be able to restrain her powers for much longer...
"Right now! Let me go immediately!"
"Will you please just listen to me?" Jack cried exasperated, finding it difficult to keep a comfortable hold on the girl as she began struggling against him.
"You have to let me go!"
"I'm trying to take you-"
"No! You are taking me nowhere but back to the ground!"
Olaf clutched tighter onto the Guardians neck as Jack was forced to cease flying forward and instead spend all his focus on trying to calm Elsa down. Olaf could see his friend was upset, she wakes up in a strange place with no idea how she got there and in the arms of flying stranger? But if she didn't calm down then Jack was going to end up dropping her.
"Um Elsa... I really think you should listen to-" Olaf tried to reason, but Elsa cut him off, not listening to the little snowman pleas.
"Let me go now!" Elsa cried. "I need to be on the ground!"
"Calm down! You're safe with me, I'm just trying to-"
"I said put me down!" Elsa shouted, hitting her hand against Jack's chest. Her eyes widened when she saw the imprint of ice her fist left on the boys jumper. She was losing it. "If you don't put me down I'm gong to end up hurting you!"
"Please" Jack scoffed. "I hardly think there's anything you could do that would hurt me."
"You don't seem to understand, I'm being serious!" Elsa snapped, her anger flaring.
All around them small flurries of snow started falling from the once clear sky as a result of Elsa's anger. Jack's eyes narrowed as he noticed the snow... he hadn't done that.
"What the..." Jack trailed off, as his eyes landed on the building they were hovering next to. Frost was slowly creeping and twirling along the windows. Just before the particular window he was looking at fully frosted over he noticed in his reflection that his breath was now coming out in small puffs of condensation due to the dropping temperature.
"I don't know who you are or what enemy of Arendelle sent you to kidnap me but I swear if you do not set me down I'll make sure you're punished to the fullest extend of Arendelle's laws!" Elsa threatened.
Jack absentmindedly nodded in agreement, not really paying any attention to her. "Uh huh, sure thing."
"Elsa, he isn't an enemy!" Olaf chipped in with a smile, hoping that this revelation would ease his friends mind. "He's Jack Frost!"
"There is no such thing, Olaf!" Elsa snapped, hitting her hand off of Jack's chest again in an attempt to regain his attention. When even more ice spread onto his jumper Elsa clasped her hands, pulling them in tightly to her own chest, not daring using them anymore in her current emotional turmoil.
"Oh really?" Jack said narrowing his eyes, the girls statement drawing his attention away from the mysterious change in weather and back to the girl in his arms. "Jack Frost isn't real, huh?"
"Truly" Elsa shot back. "Now. Let. Me. Go!"
Jack's eyes drifted momentarily off to the right, a sly smirk twitching at the corner of his lips. He bolted through the air, ignoring the startled screams from both his passengers. After a few seconds he came to an abrupt stop in mid air and looked at Elsa, waiting for her to re-open her eyes. When she did they sought out his and he could see that she had another threat at the tip of her tongue ready to be fired at him.
But the moment his eyes caught hers he smirked, a smirk that stopped the threat dead in its tracks. Elsa knew he was up to something, she didn't know what it was until he casually looked downwards. Curiously and cautiously, she too looked down and saw only darkness. Once her eyes adjusted the moonlight allowed her to make out something below her... something that looked like a very small lake.
Her eyes instantly found his again and immediately she caught onto his intentions. No... she hadn't meant for him to...
A full fledged smirk broke out onto Jacks face. Well if she wanted him to let her go then who was he to argue? "As you wish."
"Don't you dar-!" Elsa cried horrified.
Her scream carried on the last of her sentence when Jack spread out his arms, allowing the queen to drop out of them.
And for the second time that night, Elsa fell from the sky.
"Did you just... did you just..."Olaf stuttered, mouth gaping as he turned to look at Jack ,horror etched on his face.
"Yeah" Jack said, almost with a touch of pride. "I did. Well you did say she didn't mind the cold."
Dropping the girl into a pond from a good few feet in the air probably wasn't the best way to make a good first impression, but hey, he'd had worse.
(A/N) Thank you for taking the time to read this. Stay tuned till next time xx Sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes, feel free to point them out and I'll correct them when I get a chance. I actually prefer it when people point it out that way I can learn from the mistakes and improve my writing.
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