"Elsa, that's a pretty name," said Jack smiling "I'm Jack Frost."
Elsa looked up "Jack Frost? Aren't you just a myth?"
"Well to be honest I thought you were too at first," Jack replied "but here we are." Jack stopped suddenly, "Wait, how come you can see me?"
Elsa didn't seem to hear the last thing he said. "What do you mean I'm a myth?" Elsa asked, perplexed.
Jack realized he might have made a mistake in saying that. He found himself wondering how long she had been frozen in this tomblike palace. The story of the Snow Queen was supposed to have taken place in the 19th century. Did Elsa think she was still back in that time? Maybe he should explain things to her.
"Well you obviously know about me, I'm about a hundred years older than you. I can make it snow and freeze things just like you," Jack explained. To demonstrate he waved his staff and made it start to snow inside the palace. Elsa looked up in shock with her mouth ajar at the snowflakes as they flurried around her and Jack. "People know about you," Jack hesitated. How could he put this delicately? In the stories he had heard about the Snow Queen, she was suppose to be a wicked villain who had frozen everything, including people's hearts. Elsa certainly didn't seem like a villain. She looked scared and it was clear she wanted to be left alone. Jack thought he might as well just flat out tell her, "They call you the Snow Queen, and there is a legend about how you froze everything. The kingdom by the fjord has been buried by snow and frozen for about two hundred years now."
Elsa looked away again. She started to cry and the tears became frozen diamonds that shattered when they hit the floor. "I didn't mean to," Elsa sobbed softly, "After my coronation, I became Queen of Arendelle… but that same night, I also became a monster. I had tried so hard to keep my powers a secret, to keep my sister safe from me. I had almost killed her with my powers when we were children. I didn't mean to. I worked for so long trying to get my ice powers under control, but no sooner had they put the crown on my head that I lost control. I tried to run away, to distance myself from Arendelle. But I froze everything anyway. My sister came to find me here. After all I had done, she still loved me, and she believed I could stop this winter and bring back summer. I told her to stay away but she didn't and I ended up freezing her heart." Elsa's breath came out in gasps now, "my sister is dead because of me." At that moment, Elsa lost control. Ice shards shoot everywhere and the gentle flurry of snow in the room became a blizzard.
Jack dodged the ice shards and shielded himself from the blizzard within the room. This girl isn't a villain, Jack thought to himself, she's just scared. She never meant to freeze anything. It wasn't her fault she had this uncontrollable gift. Jack suddenly thought back to what Pitch had once told him back when he and the Guardians had battled.
"You know, I once met someone very much like yourself." Said Pitch slyly
"Is that so" replied Jack, thinking it was some sort of trick.
"Oh yes," said Pitch. "You see, though human, she too had been gifted with amazing powers of ice and snow. But she was merely a child, and you know how prone children are to fear…" Pitch chuckled darkly. "She ended up sacrificing a great deal for the sake her little sister. Not much as you, I mean… You died so your sister would live…"
Jack was now staring at Pitch with a shocked look in his eyes.
"And every day," Pitch continued "she died a little inside so hers would be safe… from herself."
Only now did Jack realize that Pitch was talking about Elsa, about the Snow Queen. Jack fought his way through the swirling snow towards Elsa who had fallen to the ground, sobbing. He put is hand on her shoulder and whispered in her ear, "Don't be afraid."
The blizzard stopped and the snowflakes hovered in the air, frozen in place. Elsa looked up at Jack, her eyes as frightened as a child's. She rested her hand upon Jack's hand that was now gripping her shoulder in a supportive gesture. "I'm sorry, Jack. I'm sorry that I lost control."
"It's okay Elsa, I'm here for you," Jack smiled down at her. "You don't have to worry about freezing me," Jack assured her.
Elsa smiled up at Jack, her tears now disappearing. They shared an intimate moment where neither one looked away for a long time as both of their crystal blue eyes were locked in a trance. Suddenly they both looked away at the same time, cheeks flushed upon the pair of them.
"You wanna see a trick?" Jack asked her.
"Sure," Elsa said shyly.
Jack drew a picture of a rabbit in midair with his fingers. The ice lines of the sketch hovered frozen in midair. Then, with a wave of his staff the rabbit came alive. Elsa jumped back, startled, as the rabbit started to hop across the room in a shimmering ghost-like ice form. Elsa smiled, which, to Jack, made her face look even more beautiful.
When the rabbit disappeared, Elsa turned to Jack and said, "Watch this." She waved her hands around gracefully and a snowman formed in between them. When Jack leaned down to look at it, the snowman suddenly came alive and started singing.
"That is so cool!" Jack exclaimed. "Hey if you want to have some real fun there are some people I have to introduce you too." Jack took Elsa's hand in his and pulled out a small orb that North had given him. He tossed in front of them and a portal appeared. Before Elsa could marvel at the anomaly Jack pulled her forward and they both stepped though the portal."
