Once Upon A December
Kendall Burns was working as a firefighter until the Savior rolled into Storybrooke. When the curse was broken, Kendall remembered he was Prince Blaze, an unknown character who had control over fire, and had a tragic past. When Elsa arrives into our world, she seeks comfort. Can she cool his warm heart or will he be lost to the flames? Companion Fic to Wands and Red Cloaks Series.
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Chapter 2: White Out
Previously on Once Upon A December...
"What we've seen from Elsa is terrifying."
"Evil snowman! Run!"
"It's about our parents, Grandpabbie."
"I know where they were going."
"Where's Anna?"
"She's booked passage on a ship, but she's doing it for you."
"What do we even know about this..Misthaven?"
"You might know it better by what the inhabitant's call it. The Enchanted Forest."
"We have to go after her."
"It's too late."
"She didn't have to do this alone."
"I'm Prince Blaze, but most people call me Kendall."
"Don't worry, Anna. I will find you."
Location: Mr. Gold's Shop, Time: Night
Kendall's POV
Me and Elsa stepped out of the shop, and I locked it behind us.
"So..what's that?"
I gestured to the snowflake necklace.
"It's a necklace. I gave it to my sister for her wedding."
"And her name is Anna? By any chance do you hail from Arendelle?"
Elsa spun around and pinned me to the ground with ice.
"How do you know that?"
"A prince who told of a wicked ice sorceress who lived in Arendelle. But you are not that at all. You're special. You're unique."
Elsa released me from the hold.
I stood up.
"I want to help you find your sister. I know family is precious."
"How would you know that?"
"Because my parents are dead! Along with my brother and sister."
Elsa stopped.
"I'm sorry..I didn't know.."
"It's fine. Let's just...find your sister."
"Okay. Until Anna and I are together..no one leaves this town."
Elsa's hands frosted over and little did I know an ice wall was forming around the entire town, cutting off any escape.
"Anna, I will find out what happened to you."
Suddenly, the street lights went out.
"Elsa what did you do?"
"I put an ice..wall..around..the town.."
"That wall must have cut the power lines. The town's going to be searching for you. Come on. I know a place we can go."
I led her away down the street to my home. We stepped inside.
"There's a bathroom through that door there. Guest bedroom is next to it."
Elsa turned to me.
"Why are you doing this?"
"Cause.." I paused. "Cause it's the right thing to do."
Just then my phone rang. It was Emma.
"Oh, no."
"What? What is that sound?"
"It's a phone. I'll explain in a second."
I answered it.
"Hey, Emma. Yeah, I'm looking at it in my apartment right now. You need me? Possible fire hazard? Okay. I'll get the small fire truck."
I hung up the phone, and turned to Elsa.
"I'm needed. I promise I'll come back."
Elsa nodded, and I headed out, grabbing my fire jacket on the way out. I didn't notice her sneaking out the window as I drove the truck by.
Location: Town Line
I sighed to myself as I turned the power off to the fallen pole. Emma, and David were nearby inspecting the wall.
"What do you guys think?"
"I don't know what to think," replied Emma.
Suddenly we heard twigs snapping and out came Hook from the tree line.
"In case, you were wondering, it goes the whole way 'round."
"Thank you, Captain Obvious," I mumbled as I stood up.
David turned to Hook.
"Hook..I didn't know you were joining us."
"I get a distress call from a fair maiden, and I'm on the spot."
"I was not distressed," said Emma. "And you're saying this wall goes around what..the whole town?"
"And that it does."
David sighed.
"So, once again, we can't leave Storybrooke."
"It's doing more then keeping us inside, by the looks of that."
Hook gestured to the fallen pole.
"Guess that's what caused the loss of power."
I facepalmed as Emma congratulated Hook.
"Look at you becoming a 21st century man. Yeah. It looks like to me whoever was putting up the wall wasn't trying to take out the lights. They were just putting up the wall."
"To keep us in..why?" questioned David.
"Kill us all one by one. It's what I'd do." said Hook.
I sighed.
"No, just no."
Just then I heard a slight crackling of ice near the wall. I looked over and saw a flash of blue.
"Elsa?"
I stood up, and headed over to wall. Emma followed.
"What is it, Kendall?"
"Not sure. Stay back."
I entered the wall and nearly bumped into Elsa.
"Elsa what are you doing here?"
"I was nervous when I heard those wailing things. I thought you were hurt."
Just then, Emma showed up.
"Kendall..who is this?"
"My name is Elsa."
Elsa raised her hand in defense.
"Elsa, okay. It's okay. I'm Emma. You want to tell me what you're doing out here? You have something to do with this..wall?"
"I'm looking for someone..my sister. I can't find her. Kendall is helping me. This.."
She showed Emma the snowflake necklace.
"This was hers. I found in a store filled with things. Where is she?"
"I have no idea, but if you want me to help you, you have to help me. What's her name?"
Elsa looked at Emma cautiously, before replying.
"Anna."
Just then Hook called out.
"Emma!"
"Stay back."
Just then, Elsa lost control of her powers as Emma's father and Hook came forward, causing the ice wall to shake, and caused an avalanche, sealing us into the wall. I turned to Elsa.
"What did you do?"
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean too..I just..the man with the black square thing, and the man with a hook for a hand..I just..."
Elsa collapsed into sobs and I pulled her close to me.
"It's be okay. We'll get out of this."
Emma stood up, and began to talk to Elsa about undoing the ice just as David beeped in on the walkie-talkie.. Emma told Elsa what it was before talking to Hook and David.
"I'm in here with this woman. She's looking for her sister, Anna. She thinks that Anna is in town because she found a necklace of hers in Gold's shop. She want us to try to find her before..."
Elsa grabbed the walkie-talkie and spoke.
"Before I freeze this town and everyone in it."
A few minutes later, Emma began to shiver.
"Aren't you cold? I'm freezing."
"It's never bothered me," replied Elsa.
I handed my jacket to Emma.
"Here."
"Don't you need it?"
"I have fire powers. I can warm myself. Duh."
I gently rubbed my hands together, but no flames would ignite from my hands or fingers.
"Well...that's just perfect."
Emma kept talking to Elsa.
"Yesterday, there was something here. We called it a snow monster. I assume that's something you made?"
"I'll do whatever it takes to get my sister back."
"Including kill?" I asked.
Elsa looked over at me in shock.
"You said anything. Don't look at me like that."
Emma sighed.
"I can tell you care about her a lot. I'm sorry about her necklace."
"Where is it?"
"It's down there in the ice. You could always melt down, and retrieve it."
Elsa looked at the wall. Emma sighed in realization.
"You can't control it can you? When you talked to my father, what you said wasn't a threat. It was a warning."
"What makes you think you know me?"
"Because, I know me, and I have powers too, and I am not great at controlling them. And it looks to me like you're the same way."
I stood up, and looked over at Emma. She was shivering even worse then I was.
"I do too. I can control them, but when I step out of my comfort zone they're a bit harder to control."
Elsa turned to Emma.
"You..you have magic?"
"Yeah."
"Anna helps," replied Elsa. "She..helps me control it. So if I can find her, she can help me undo this. We can get rid of all this..the whole wall...when she here."
"Well..I'm afraid she's not.." sighed Emma.
Emma started to go down to the ground. She was freezing to death.
"Emma, stay with us!"
Elsa and I stayed close to her as I tried to make my powers work.
"Come on. Come on."
Emma passed out. She was barely breathing. Just then, my vision started to blur.
"Elsa..."
I slumped over as darkness overtook me. After what felt like a few seconds, I felt something warm press against my lips, and I took a deep breath, coughing on cold air. My eyes snapped opened and I gasped.
"What happened?"
Hook was standing nearby holding Emma tightly while I felt someone holding me.
"Elsa..?"
Elsa smiled at me.
"You're okay..."
I smiled softly.
"You saved me..."
My eyes closed once again as I fell asleep.
Location: Kendall's Apartment, Time: A few days later.
Kendall's POV
I slowly awoke to the smell of burnt eggs. Slowly getting to my feet I entered the kitchen to find Elsa, standing behind the counter in a nightgown. She was fussing over the food.
"Elsa?"
She looked up.
"Kendall!"
She ran over and hugged me.
"You're awake. I..I made breakfast."
I chuckled softly.
"Wow..you didn't have to."
"It's the least I could do."
"Where did you get the nightgown?"
"Emma let me borrow it. And I requested that I could stay here with you..if that's okay?"
I stood in shock before clearing my throat.
"Yeah, sure. I don't mind that at all. Let's eat some breakfast. So did I miss anything?"
"Anna's alive. We found that out by this Shepard's crook. The ice wall is still around the town. I can't melt it."
"Why?"
"Something's keeping it up. I don't know what."
She looked down sadly. I took her hand in mine.
"We'll figure it out. Together."
She smiled at me and we began eating burnt eggs together.
Location: Ice Cream Shop, Time: Noon
3rd Person's POV
A blond-haired woman was in the town's ice cream shop, handing out ice cream. Leroy accepted his chocolate cone.
"Thanks. Power outage must be your worst nightmare. Lose a lot of merchandise?"
"No. I didn't lose anything. Just lucky, I guess." replied the woman.
Leroy smiled and left. The woman watched before she waved her hand over a bucket of melted ice cream, freezing it solid once more. Sticking her finger into it, she took a small bite before leaning against the fridge as it iced over. Soon the back wall was covered in ice as the woman smiled.
So, part of Kendall's tragic past has been revealed, Ingrid has appeared, and something is starting to form between Elsa, and Kendall. Could it be...romance? Stay tuned to find out.