So here is an early update for you (you lucky bastards) and I really like how this Fic is going.
Some notes I want to make:
-This is majorly set in and to fit around Rise of the Guardians. I practically just took the royal family and their status and just threw them in Burgess.
-This (spoilers) starts off with child Elsa and Human Jack and will eventually have 'Jelsa' in it.
-Much later on, I may make a bonus smut chapter for those kinky readers who want it (but it's mainly up to you)
-Prepare for feels in later chapters which also get quite huge.
-The size of chapter may vary as that's the way the story has played out so far and where I want the intervals to fall etc.
-Weekends are my best days to write though I try my best throughout the week. So more publishing in the weekends and you can look forward to those :) also I have priorities to don't lose faith if I'm quiet for a week or more.
-The song featured in it DOES NOT BELONG TO ME, 'Dirty Paws' belong to Of Monsters and Men and you should go check them out.
-The drawings I use for my cover images are my own, incase you were interested.
-Sorry if I have missed anything out.
Also, thanks again for just the views alone. I am really pleased with the response. If you have any questions or queeries please ask! I don't want you to go though this story unclear of something and you might even find a mistake for me! And reviews! I like reviews and I like hearing what you readers think of this! Just a comment will let me know if I am heading in the right track or what my readers like and all kinds of other things so please, messaged, comments or reviews, all accepted!
Also, I want to let you know that I put a lot of care in to my work; I write on word so that my writing is spelled correctly and is punctuated, also I have to copy separate chapters over and even they are in pieces because too much text screws up the site. And this is all done FOR YOU :D
Thanks again, and I hope to hear from you soon.
Fortiques.
Puffing clouds like a steam train, Elsa ran across the park towards the familiar trees. There was a light breeze today, causing the leave to constantly fall like an Autumn snow. Elsa giggled at the mere thought of seeing Jack again. She was also excited and even nervous about meeting his sister, Pippa. She would be the first person of the same age introduced to her and she hoped that Pippa would be as friendly and fun as her brother Jack. As Elsa reached the little forest, she looked around eagerly.
"Jack?" she called out, her voice leaving behind that nervous squeak and addressing the seemingly absent boy with a more confident tone.
"Elsa?" a reply came from high up. Elsa's blonde head tilted back to see Jack lounging in the tree they played in the day before. He had in his hand what looked like Elsa's forgotten mitten and he jumped down nimbly. As soon as his feet touched the ground, his cloak flapping like wings, Elsa ran forward and crashed into his legs again, rubbing her face against his thighs in affection. Jack was able to pry Elsa away so he could bend down and embrace her in a proper hug.
"How are you today?" Elsa sked when they parted. Jack stared into Elsa's captivating eyes as if afraid that if he blinked, Elsa would vanish.
He then playfully tapped Elsa's nose, making her giggle, "Just happy to see you. Oh, and you left your mitten here yesterday, so I looked after it. Here you go," Jack handed the black mitten out to Elsa who just stared at it. All she saw was a confinement for her hands and magic.
"I don't want it." Then she had an idea, "You keep it, and remember me when we are apart."
Jack looked touched at her offering, "Thank you Elsa. That means a lot to me." He slipped it inside a workbag that was leaning by their tree and turned back to Elsa, "Oh! I almost forgot, are you ready to meet Pippa?"
Elsa's azure eyes widened comically, "Yep, where is she?"
Jack stood up and looked over towards the playground, "With the other kids. I'll go get her for you, okay?"
"Okay…" Elsa was unsure of being left alone. It was amazing how attached she became towards Jack in such a short space of time. However, she was reassured at Jack's smile and he dashed off across the field. Elsa didn't have to wait long when Jack returned with a girl her size trotting beside him. She had the exact same chocolate brown eyes as Jack and even the same smile. She was dressed in a brown dress that matched Jack's hidden vest and old, battered shoes. When they reached Elsa, Jack introduced them.
"Pippa, this is my new friend, Elsa. Elsa, meet my sister, Pippa,"
Pippa smiled warmly at Elsa and gave a curtsey to the princess, "Nice to meet you, Princess Elsa,"
The little blonde could not help but smile back at the girl. She was so used to being rejected by other kids her age that she felt giddy, "Hello Pippa,"
"So, what do you girls want to play first?" Jack asked the children. Pippa began to jump up and down frantically.
"Hide and seek! Hide and seek!" she then turned to Elsa and took her gloved hands in her own, "Oh, do play hide and seek, Elsa! It's so much fun in the forest!"
The idea of hide and seek sounded very attractive to Elsa. The last time she played was with her nanny but that was ages ago and rarely ever happened. Elsa nodded eagerly and Pippa giggled turning back to Jack.
"Okay, Jack! You count to twenty and Elsa and I will hide," and Pippa grabbed Elsa's hand and together they left Jack closing his eyes and counting out loud.
The girls giggled as they searched for different places of concealment. Elsa pointed out the large batches of leaves, dry and crisp scattered throughout the little woodland. The girls selected their own stacks to hide in. Elsa squirmed and wriggled making the fiery foliage cover up her blue attire. She could hear Pippa nearby making the same rustling and they giggled once they settled down.
Seconds passed and Elsa nearly lost patience when she heard the soft crunching of feet on dead leaves. Jack was feet away from the girls when he stopped. The suspense was unbearable.
"Where have they gone?" Elsa heard Jack ask out loud and the girls snickered from under their hiding places, "Did they just fly away? Or did they turn invisible?" Elsa clasped a hand over her mouth in an attempt to stifle her laughter at the outrageous ideas Jack was throwing out. She could imagine the teenage boy looking around and scratching his scruffy hair like a fool. Elsa tried to sneak a peek at him which was her mistake.
"Ah-ha!" Jack cried triumphantly at the movement to his right and charged. Elsa screamed as he dived in after her and grasped her in a tight hug, "Got you, Snowflake! Now tell me where the other one is!"
"Never!" Elsa shouted in play, her grin bright and toothy.
Jack grinned deviously, "If you won't tell me, then I shall tickle it out of you!" and Jack then flipped Elsa on to her back and began to tickle Elsa's sides receiving squeal of defiance and begs for mercy in between fits of giggle, "Is she in the trees?"
"No!" Elsa would gasp.
"In the bushes, then?" Jack's smile filled Elsa's vision when here blue eyes were not closed in joy.
"I'll never tell you!" and at that moment, little Pippa could not hold it in any longer and a short burst of laughter escaped from the other mound of Autumn leaves. She cut herself off with her hand but it was too late, Jack looked up with a devious look on his face.
"Looks like she already did," and he left Elsa to attack Pippa's hiding place.
"Run Pippa! Save yourself!" Elsa screamed and the leaves burst revealing wide eyed Pippa who turned and sprinted.
For a long while, the three of them played chase, twisting in and out of the trees and diving into the fallen foliage. Once the little ones were too tired to continue anymore, Jack (who seemed like he could play forever) acted out silly stories for them, stomping around like a troll or lashing out his cloak like a dragon. He made silly noises and faces, receiving endless giggles and cheers from Elsa and Pippa. The two had grown as close as Elsa had with Jack and sat together of the red surface, often bumping shoulders as they shook with laughter. Pippa then asked Jack to sing for them who demanded that Pippa sang with him. He knew that Elsa might feel left out and asked for Pippa to help Elsa out.
"Okay," Pippa began, turning to face Elsa, "There is a hand chant that goes with this song and it takes four beats. That means there are four actions for you to remember. Jack and I will sing while we do it,"
Pippa taught Elsa a mixture of clapping hands and slapping laps and alternate high-fives. Lap, together, right, together. Lap, together, left, together, and so it went on. Elsa had great difficulty at first but Pippa was patient and kind, encouraging Elsa and praising her when she got it right. Eventually, Elsa perfected it, and they were ready to start singing.
"This is a song mummy sang to Jack and me to make us go to sleep," Pippa explained as Jack collected to stones and sat and crossed his legs next to the girls, "It's a story song called Dirty Paws,"
"Ready?" Jack asked and the girls nodded. Jack knocked the two stones together in a four-beat time and Pippa cued Elsa to start clapping on the ninth clip. After the girls went through their claps twice, Jack began to sing, his voice deep and soft, perfect for the folk song.
Jumping up and down the fall,
My head is an animal,
And once there was and animal,
It had a son, that mowed the lawn,
The son was an okay guy,
They had a pet Dragonfly,
The dragonfly, it ran away,
But it came back with a story to say…
It was a curious song that made little sense to Elsa, but a story was a story and she listened with intent as Pippa joined in the next verse.
Her dirty paws and furry coat,
She went sown the forest slope,
The forest of talking trees,
They used to sing about the birds and the bees,
The bees had declared a war,
The sky wasn't big enough for them all,
The birds, they got help from below,
From Dirty Paws and the creatures of snow…
The song went on to talk about how the animals were scared down in to their homes and the forest coloured black by killing machines, whatever a machine was, but with the help of Dirty Paws and her furry friends, the Queen Bee was overthrown and her men defeated.
When they finished, Elsa's hand were feeling sore, despite the fact that she kept her gloves on the whole time.
"That was lovely, guys," Elsa said, wishing that she could have joined in.
"Did you like the song?" Pippa asked and Elsa nodded with a smile.
"I loved it,"
"Do you want to learn it?" Jack asked, reaching out to stroke Elsa's hair. It was lose in its braid from all the running around but it still shimmered vibrantly.
Elsa nodded again, "Yes, please."
More time was spent teaching Elsa the song and she got half of it down when Pippa got bored.
"I'm hungry!" she cried and Jack perked up.
"Well, let's go get something to eat!" and he stood to take the girls to the local bakery and had slipped on his workbag when he noticed that Elsa wasn't going to follow, "Elsa? Can't you come?"
Elsa shook her head and Jack knew that she was worrying about her parents. He was even fearful that they were abusive to her, he prayed that they weren't. He walked over to her and knelt down beside her, his hand resting on her shoulder.
"I tell you what; Pippa can stay here with you while I go get us lunch. Does that sound good?"
Elsa nodded, failing to smile.
"Cheer up, Snowflake. What do you want me to get you?" Jack took hold of Elsa's hands and gazed warmly in to her eyes. Pippa was climbing all over Jack's back as he hunched over.
Elsa sniffed, the cold air making her nose a little runny, "I don't know if you can get them,"
She was probably talking about some rich food like cream puff that were really hard for commoners like Jack and Pippa to even get their hands on. Instead, he suggested his sister's favourite, "That's okay Elsa, maybe another time. But this time, how about I get you Pippa's favourite? Cinnamon buns and fudge cake?"
Elsa nodded again and found herself on the floor with Pippa again, Jack out of sight. Luckily, Pippa was just as distracting as Jack was; trying on Elsa's scarf and often talking about Jack. Pippa and Jack were inseparable, something Elsa envied. She knew that Ana would probably become her best friend but the baby was still screaming for milk in the night.
"Pippa?" Elsa's voice was small again, nervousness creeping in. She hated how she effectively lived in fear.
"Yeah?" Pippa was such a good listener, and Elsa felt safe to continue.
She clasped her gloved hands together, "There is a secret I share with Jack and… I want to share it with you too… can you keep it?"
Pippa gave the best understanding face a five year old could give, just like her brother did, "Jack taught me how to keep promises. You can trust me," god, their similarities were just endless.
Elsa smiled, butterflies exciting her stomach and lifting her mood, "I can do magic," she whispered and drew her hand out of her glove again. Before Pippa formed and entire snowball, glittering as perfect snowflakes drifted around it.
Pippa's voice was stolen and all she could do was look at Elsa with the most amazed expression, Elsa could feel the magic reflecting off her.
"Can you play with snow?" Pippa said like it was to test Elsa's abilities.
"I sometimes have snowball fights in the castle, but I mostly get shouted at."
Pippa was bouncing with delight, "Can we play? Can we?"
Elsa nodded but glanced over to the playground, "But let's move away first shall we? No one else is to know,"
Pippa squealed and pulled Elsa along, deeper in to the woodland, her bronze hair swished back and forth. They stopped a ways off and Pippa turned to Elsa.
"Okay, show me what else you can do!"
Elsa obliged and she thrust her hands into the air, a flurry of snow show shot from her palms and the flakes drifted down upon them. Little Pippa gasped, her eyes wide and full of wonder. She reached out to catch the snow, as if to make sure that it was real.
"More!" she shouted, and Elsa waved her hand above the ground. Instantly, a wave of frost washed over the leaves and coated them in sparkling ice. Pippa squealed at the sight.
"You're amazing Elsa!"
Elsa smiled, it was the same thing Jack said to her when they fell and landed on her snow. Most of the time, her parents called her a nuisance. As Elsa and Pippa played and frolicked in the snow created by Elsa's hands, Jack had returned from the bakery.
"Ah, so you decided to show my Pippa your gift after all?" He said as he took in the dreamlike sight before him. Pippa ran up to him, brimming with happiness.
"Jack! Jack! Elsa is a Snow Queen! Isn't she wonderful?"
Jack laughed and picked Pippa up to cuddle, "Yes she is, Pippa. She is wonderful," he gazed at Elsa over Pippa's shoulders. He felt like he was blessed by the heavens to have met Elsa. He then placed Pippa down and encouraged the girls to eat the baking with him.
Elsa graciously took the cinnamon buns and fudge cake, and together, Elsa, Jack and Pippa ate quietly, sharing the moment of bliss and companionship.