A/N: Thanks to everyone who's followed/favorited and/or is reading but not reviewing.:)
Thanks to bananas-rule-2015 for beta-ing.:)
QueenofIcelandia-Thank you:)
raven678-I think both Elsa and Anikka would help each other, honestly, even though Anikka is only five.:P Agdar has a genuine point for not wanting Elsa to leave the castle yet, but yes, she had to. So...it'd be bad either way.:/ The snowgirl (Rania) actually doesn't exist anymore, and neither does Marshmallow...they sacrificed themselves to give Elsa her life back, remember?:)
Elsa Tomago-I think that was all Elsa needed right then...just a reassuring hug.:) Technically Elsa IS better already; she knows she's the one who has a special job just for her. She's just still hurting inside.:/
Dragonheart35-And I PMed you, so I won't make you reread the same thing here.:P
Mandy-I'm glad you liked it!:) Without giving any spoilers, I will say that Anikka is not going back to the orphanage. I just can't see Elsa doing that to her. Elsa will take her family to the ice palace eventually, but I'm not going to say when.:P Jade is the main antagonist; Espen is her younger brother; and Rolf is simply someone she's hired to help her. Jade's motivations will become clearer soon (as in, probably in this chapter). I will say it has little to nothing to do with the 'eternal winter'.:P Elsa's leg is never going to be like it was before she got hurt, but that doesn't mean it won't get at least a little bit better by the end of the story. That's all I'm going to say at the moment.:)
On to the story!:)
FIVE DAYS LATER…
Elsa's plan had been going well. Anna and Kristoff went out into Arendelle to look for any possible clues, while Elsa tried to figure out new defensive and fighting strategies with Kai in the empty ballroom. On the first day, she had lasted only ten minutes before getting too tired to continue, but Elsa could feel herself growing stronger. Kai had outright refused to let her use her right hand for anything until it had completely healed, and now Elsa was very happy that only the slightest traces of all those cuts remained. They had almost completely disappeared. And her wrist didn't hurt anymore either. "Kai, what if I just plain don't hear someone coming up behind me?" Elsa asked now. "If I don't hear it before the someone gets close, I'm in trouble…"
"We practice enough so that won't happen, Miss Elsa," Kai said firmly. "You know you can't run, and making an ice bubble is purely a last resort because you can't defend anyone else from inside. That means you have to have something else you can do in all directions. Something you can do quickly and accurately. Your friend Kiara has volunteered to help. She will try to sneak up on you while you keep your eyes closed and tag you. If you hear her, open your eyes and throw a snowball at her. In a real fight, you would use ice. All right?"
Elsa nodded. "Okay. I can do that." I think. Elsa closed her eyes and almost immediately heard Kiara's attempting-to-be-quiet footsteps. On instinct, Elsa threw a snowball at Kiara without even opening her eyes. "Did I get you, Kiara?" she asked hopefully, now opening her eyes.
Kiara grinned and brushed snow off her coat. "Yep! Good thing I put on that coat you gave me. You didn't even open your eyes! Snow Queen Elsa, do your snowballs react to your thoughts rather than the direction you throw them? You know, like 'I want the snowball to hit Kiara' rather than 'I'm ever so carefully aiming at Kiara and I hope my traje-trajectory is right'?"
"I think it's both, but I'm not sure," Elsa replied. "I could experiment and see." This time Elsa turned her back and purposely threw a snowball in the opposite direction from where Kiara stood. Concentrating hard, Elsa found herself able to reverse the snowball's trajectory and it instantly flew back over her own head…and landed a mere six inches or so away from Kiara, perhaps less.
Kai gave Elsa a proud fatherly smile. "I daresay you would easily be able to do that with a bit of practice. Look where your snowball landed, Miss Elsa," he said, gently taking Elsa by the shoulders and turning her around.
Elsa's blue eyes went wide. "I actually did that?!" she asked incredulously.
Just then, little Anikka came running in as fast as her legs could carry her with Olaf waddling after her and yanked on Elsa's skirt frantically. "Elsa's sister missing!" she announced fearfully.
IN THE CASTLE DUNGEON…
"Psst. You want freedom?" Hans heard a voice ask. A small light blue stone tumbled through the window to the cell's floor.
Hans narrowed his eyes at the stone. That was no average rock. Somehow he was absolutely certain it had some sort of magical property. And not Elsa's. "Who are you and why are you here?" he asked in a flat, menacing tone.
"No need to be so threatening," the voice answered. "I can set you free if you agree to assist me. You will have all the proof you need if you simply pick up that rock."
"I need to see who I am speaking with," Hans replied suspiciously. Also, he knew the extent of Elsa's powers. Sick or not, that girl probably wouldn't be so lenient if he tried to usurp her again. Besides, he hated to admit it, but a tiny bit of him actually liked her. She was fragile and yet tough as nails. She had an insanely good sibling relationship with her little sister; she had a whole kingdom under her command. She could have had him killed with a flick of her wrist if she had so chosen. But she had simply sent him to the castle dungeon and made it so that he had to communicate only with his own little sister, Kiara. He knew she was simply trying to repair the two Westergard siblings' relationship. Hans had privately decided he would not exact revenge on the girl or her kingdom again, although he was still angry and bitter about the whole thing. But freedom?
A shadowy face appeared at the window. "Satisfied? Pick up the rock and you will have…part of the power you have desired," the voice said.
Well, it can't hurt to just pick it up, Hans reasoned. He could always put it right back down again, couldn't he? He picked up the small blue stone and instantly felt a pleasantly cool sensation running through him all over. The floor beneath him began crackling with ice. Hans made a twisted grin at the stone. This is no stone. It's a crystal, and it's imbued with the same powers Elsa has.
"Now don't be too excited, Prince Hans. That crystal doesn't have nearly as much power as Queen Elsa has. But she also thinks she is the only one with ice powers. Rather unsettling for her, don't you think?" The shadowy figure burned through the bars of the window and climbed inside. "I have a fiery version of the crystal I've given you, plus plenty more different ones where I live. Queen Elsa is not invincible any longer." Jade tossed off her hood and looked Hans in the face. "You know what you want to do."
Hans looked from the ice crystal in his hand to Jade's fire crystal and sighed. Could he really purposely hurt the Snow Queen yet again? But this was his ticket out of here. Magical power crystals were foolproof. Elsa could not fight all of those crystals at once, although he was sure she would easily defeat one at a time. "I need to think about it," he said finally.
"What is there to think about, you fool?!" Jade spat. "I'm offering you power and a way to get out of the castle dungeon. Don't you want that?"
"Look, I won't tell anyone about you or what you're doing, but I won't blindly help you, either. Get out, crystal girl. If you have power crystals, you don't need my help anyway. You have an ulterior motive," Hans informed her.
"Yes, more employees," Jade replied, crossing her arms. "Right this moment, I have the princess captured. She will be my helper rather soon herself." She bent close to Hans, her brown-black hair falling over her face. "I have shot her in the heart with fire. Fire brews hate, you know," she whispered. "Toward all the people you love most."
Hans's green eyes went wide as he backed away. "The queen will kill you," he said, stalling for time. She has to be lying. But why would she? I would have done the same myself not so long ago…
"Oh, I think not. I daresay the Snow Queen will break down instead. I need her, too. Alive." The Arendelle royal family ruined mine…it's Elsa's idiotic parents' fault my parents are dead… Jade paused and then scrambled back out the window. "I shall return tomorrow. You'd better have made your choice by then."
"Elsa, sweetie, we will find Anna," Idun said firmly that evening, holding her eldest daughter securely in her arms. "You sent guards out to continue searching throughout the night. I won't have you out there all night too. You're much better, but you still aren't quite back to normal." She gently stroked Elsa's hair when Elsa hid her face in her mother's shoulder. "Everything's going to be all right. We'll find Anna and you're going to be all right, too."
I can't be all right without Anna. Who on earth would have done that? And how did he or she do that without attracting attention? I know Anna would have made a big fuss. I know she would. "Mama, the only solid clue Anna and Kristoff had found out was that it was a female wearing a hood. Who would want to kidnap Anna like that? I want my baby sister back!" Elsa refused to cry; she would not break down again. "And what if whoever took Anna is hurting her and I'm here safe in the castle? I have to do something!" Elsa paused for a moment as a horrible thought struck her. "It's my fault someone took Anna because I sent her out to do the investigating!" You shouldn't be here, Elsa…you're causing trouble again…it'd be so easy to leave…
Shut up. I'm here because I have a job to do. I have to protect Arendelle and my family.
Idun almost immediately realized what thoughts were tormenting Elsa again when she saw the little ice shard Elsa had abruptly hurled across the room. "Good job, sweetie. You got rid of it on your own," she told Elsa, hugging her close. "Elsa, do not hurt yourself. You're stronger than that now."
Elsa looked down at her hands and then back at her mother. "I don't feel stronger than that now," she whispered. "I'm better, but…I just…I just want to feel happy and at peace again." Now Elsa's tears streamed down her cheeks, and she stood up and stumbled to her bed and hid under the covers, clutching the two dolls Anna had given her for her birthday as tight as she could. I want Anna back. I don't want to be here; I want Anna and I want to see that shining gate again. I wasn't messed up anymore there. I was just plain Elsa, and just plain Elsa wasn't hurting or depressed or anything anymore…
You chose to come back, Elsa. You knew you would still feel hurt and pain or whatever else here. You came back anyway. To defend Arendelle and help Anna. You can't renege on that decision now. Besides, leaving is selfish. Anna is far more important than me; I have to help her. Dump those nasty thoughts and get it together, Elsa. Mama is right. You are stronger than this, or you wouldn't have come back. You can cry if you need to; you can get upset if you need to; but you cannot completely lose it. Period. You will be that invincible icy fortress you need to be. Starting now. Elsa sighed heavily and just lay motionless for a few seconds, calming herself down and thinking about what she needed to do. She could not start withdrawing into herself and her thoughts; she needed to stay clearheaded and 'on top of her game', so to speak. There was a little sister somewhere who needed her help. Don't worry, Anna. I'm coming. You've been helping me; now it's my turn to help you.
Elsa sat up and looked at the chess set sitting on her desk. This is a chess game. My opponent has made two big moves-set a fire, kidnap the princess-but every chess master has her weaknesses…And I have to find my opponent's.
"Mama? Change of plans. I need your help. The Snow Queen needs to make her move. After all, the queen is the most powerful piece in a chess game. She just needs helpers. I've been laying low, and haven't really done anything. That's about to change."
Anna stood grumpily in a tiny rock room in Jade's cave home late that night. Technically Anna had decided the tiny room was more like a cage-three walls and part of the ceiling were rock, but the fourth wall and the rest of the ceiling were bars. She knew whatever that girl had shot her with was some kind of magic, and she dearly wanted to get to the trolls before whatever it was began working on her. But there was no way out; there was literally nothing in the cage-looking room, and even if she managed to break out, there were three people she would have to get by, one of which had some sort of magic. "Look, what did you do to me?" Anna demanded now. "Since it's pretty obvious I can't get out, it can't hurt you guys to tell me," she added logically.
Jade gave her a bored expression. "You'll find out soon enough. Shut up, will you? Espen and Rolf are trying to sleep."
"I'll scream," Anna threatened.
"Doesn't matter. Your voice won't make it out of the cave, Princess Anna. It just echoes off the walls for some reason." Jade had figured that out shortly after she and her brother (plus Rolf) had found this cave. You could scream your head off and while it was deafening in the cave, no one could hear it even right outside the cave for some reason. Well, you'd hear high-pitched squeaky noises, but that was about it.
Anna sank back to the floor, knowing Jade was telling the truth. She could lay down with two or three feet to spare lengthwise, but the width of the tiny enclosure wasn't even five feet across. It's a good thing I'm not claustrophobic… Anna suddenly realized something else. Jade didn't just want her; she wanted Elsa. Anna was positive of that. If Jade gets Elsa, I bet I know exactly where she's going to put my sister. In here.
Wait…so? She stayed in her room for ages by herself and ignored me. It doesn't matter. The Snow Queen can just stay locked up forever for all I care.
"Stop it! Stop it, stop it!" Anna scooted back into the far corner, horrified and wondering where those mean thoughts had come from. I think I know. Jade's magic hit me in the heart… "Jade, what have you done?!"
"I think you know already," Jade replied dryly. She held up the fire crystal. "Soon you'll be more than willing to help me with what I want. You'll tell me helpful information voluntarily, too. Your family ruined mine. Now I get to return the favor."
"Just…whatever you do, please don't hurt Elsa," Anna begged. "She doesn't deserve that!" She hurt me when we were little. Only fair to make that even. Anna closed her eyes and took several deep breaths, trying to will the mean thoughts to go away.
Jade looked Anna right in the eyes. "I won't be hurting her, mostly. You will."
Early in the morning two days later, Elsa rode her horse out of the castle gates, her fear of falling off because of her leg forgotten. She still didn't feel completely stable astride Lorin, but she didn't care anymore. Elsa wore an unassuming dark blue dress, not an ice-dress, hoping that would make her a bit less noticeable. "C'mon, Lorin. We're going to find Anna," she whispered to the horse. Elsa, stay calm. The guards told you they found footprints and signs of a struggle a short ways into the mountains right before you left. Keep your eyes and ears peeled.
Elsa suddenly remembered something she thought perhaps would help her mission. Whatever this was was something only she was supposed to be able to defend Arendelle and her family from. That meant it probably had something to do with magic, right? She rode straight to the Valley of the Living Rock to talk to Grand Pabbie.
"You are destined for great hardship, but then happiness more than equal to it, Queen Elsa," Grand Pabbie told her.
Elsa clutched Lorin's reins tightly, not particularly liking the sound of that. Terrific. Some other rotten, horrible thing I'm supposed to deal with. Anything for Anna. Anything, anything for Anna, she reminded herself.
"Also, I do not know for certain, but it would be logical to say that since all of the trolls' power crystals are missing, you are needed to defeat whoever stole them," Pabbie went on. "Queen Elsa, there is one thing I need to show you. It will help you with your mission; to be able to deal with it without breaking down."
Ice crackled beneath Elsa's feet as she watched the hologramic vision Pabbie showed her. Just like when she was little, Pabbie's vision scared her badly. Elsa watched the blue figure of herself try to stand up from a crumpled heap on the ground and fail miserably. A pink figure with pigtail braids appeared next to the blue one and shook its finger at the hologramic Elsa before dragging her to her feet. The scene changed to the hologramic Elsa bound and unable to speak, and then the vision ended. Half of Elsa felt like screaming and the other half wanted to curl up and cry. Okay, Elsa, calm down. Pabbie said 'happiness' too, so that's not the end. "Pabbie, that pink figure just happened to have pigtail braids, right? It isn't Anna, is it?" she asked hopefully. "Anna would never do that to me!"
Pabbie looked Elsa straight in the eyes. "Not of her own accord, she wouldn't," he said gently. "Your sister is not in physical danger, but she is in danger on the inside."
Elsa shrank backwards, not wanting to know or hear any more about this. "Who's hurting Anna?" she whispered. "Where is she? If I find her quickly enough, will she still be her usual self?" Anna, please don't hurt me. I can't take it…please… Elsa suddenly realized the old troll had turned back into a rock, leaving her and Lorin alone in the valley. Wind whistled as a sudden breeze whipped up, and Elsa shivered as she wrapped her arms around her middle, hugging herself. She wasn't in the least cold, but this whole thing unnerved and frightened her. Someone had taken Anna, and as near as Elsa could tell, that someone had poisoned Anna's mind somehow. What if she couldn't figure out how to get Anna back to her usual upbeat and happy, loving self? What if she broke down inside and couldn't think logically anymore? I want to go home.
You can't, Elsa. You have to find Anna and rescue her, no matter what the cost is. You can do it. You have to.
"C'mon, Lorin," Elsa muttered determinedly as she struggled back up on her horse. "We have to find Anna." Lorin nickered quietly, and Elsa smiled a tiny bit as she gently stroked Lorin's mane. "You agree we should find her too, don't you?" Elsa asked. "Anna is the one who convinced me I could ride a horse back in the summer even though I hadn't done that since I was eight. I didn't even fall off the first time, either." Elsa giggled to herself, remembering how Anna had half-teased, half-reassured her by saying that if clumsy Anna could ride, then surely Elsa could as well. I will rescue you, Anna. You rescued me even though it hurt you. Now it's my turn.
Elsa had just turned a bend in the path into the mountains when she spotted what looked to her like a concealed entrance to something. Too late, she heard the sound of something whizzing through the air that hit her and knocked her off balance, sending her tumbling into a soft pile of powdery snow that instinctively formed beneath her. Elsa blinked in confusion as she half-registered Lorin neighing in panic and then galloping back towards Arendelle before she passed out and knew nothing more. I wasn't shot. Somebody…knocked me out…I thi-
Jade revealed herself from behind a tree once she was sure Elsa wasn't awake anymore. Good. Coast is clear. She ran to pick Elsa up and then ducked into the concealed entrance to the cave. "I got her," she called. "Easy, just like I thought it would be. I knew Queen Elsa would come after the princess. That tranquilizer thing worked perfectly. Now Anna, you have to tell us how to keep your sister from freezing all of us when she wakes up. I need to talk to her, and besides, I haven't got access to enough tranquilizer to keep her knocked out all the time."
Over the last two days, Anna had tried as hard as she could to fight whatever Jade had done to her, but now she was unable to do that. She felt nothing at all when she saw Elsa lying on the floor. She didn't hate her, but she didn't love her either. Elsa may as well have been a rock; Anna felt that indifferent. Jade had let her out of the cage-room once she was sure Anna wouldn't attempt to escape. "Jade, what did you bring Elsa here for?" Anna asked in a bored voice.
Jade huffed in annoyance. It was taking much longer than she had anticipated to get Anna to be against Elsa. Even now, the girl just seemed…bored. And indifferent. "I told you I need her for something. Now hurry up and tell me what I need to do with or to her to keep her from freezing all of us," she ordered.
"Ok, fine. Elsa uses her hands to control her powers mostly," Anna said. "But you prob'ly knew that already."
"Anna, stop stalling! Of course I knew that! She's going to wake up soon. Is the queen immune to heat as well as cold?" Jade asked.
"No. She's heat sensitive," Anna replied.
Jade grabbed the fire crystal and sent a small stream of flame towards Elsa's hand. A blue glow exploded from the unconscious girl's body and sent Jade flat to the ground in a daze. Wha…what was that?! I know she is still unconscious!
Sure enough, Elsa hadn't moved at all. Her powers were simply responding to the intrusion subconsciously. Even though Elsa wasn't aware of her surroundings, her innate ice magic still tried to defend her.
"Try natural fire or heat," Rolf suggested. "Maybe her magic just responds to magic automatically."
Elsa jerked awake with a pained scream when she felt something far, far, far too hot burning her sensitive, cool skin. Elsa's blue eyes darted from one side to the other in a panic as she tried to jerk her arms away from the two people holding them still. White-hot pain burned all over her palms, and when she instinctively tried to use her powers, she nearly blacked out from the intense pain. I need my ice whether it hurts or not! I have to get out of here! "Let me go!" she finally shouted.
Elsa suddenly realized nobody was trying to burn her anymore, although the pain remained. She tried to stand up to get out of there as fast as she could, but she found herself unable to do so since she couldn't even use her hands to push herself to her feet, let alone use her powers. Elsa scrunched her eyes shut as she tried once more to summon the ice inside her, which usually came naturally. Snowflakes tumbled down around her, but she couldn't tell whether it was from her distress or if she was making it snow on purpose. Probably the former, she thought absently as someone dragged her to her feet. "Anna?!" Elsa asked as she briefly saw the someone's face in the dim light.
"You're staying in here," Anna said in a monotone, pushing Elsa into the tiny cage-room.
"Anna, please! It's me, Elsa!" Elsa exclaimed desperately, willing her tears not to fall, despite the physical pain of her badly burned hands and the emotional pain of Anna treating her like this. She scooted helplessly to the far corner, pressing herself against the rock wall as if that would make her disappear. It's not Anna's fault; it's not Anna's fault, she told herself in her head. Elsa knew something had happened to Anna; these were not Anna's voluntary actions.
"You ignored me for thirteen years," Anna said now. "You hurt me."
Now Elsa's tears began trickling down her cheeks, slowly at first, and then faster and faster. "I d-didn't want t-to ignore you," she whimpered almost inaudibly. She didn't make any effort to fight back when she felt Anna taking the brace off her weak left leg, leaving her completely incapacitated, unable to even stand up. Elsa just cried, holding her burned hands close against her chest. "A-Anna…please? I…I'm…I'm s-sorry," she stuttered.
"It's too late for sorry."
Poor Elsa had no idea what to do. The logical part of her mind was screaming that this was not her baby sister and that someone had done something to poison Anna's mind somehow, but all the same, it left Elsa hurting both inside and out. Her hands throbbed badly; those burns were the worst pain Elsa had felt in her life. And she had absolutely no idea what had happened to Anna. Why? Why is this happening? I know someone else is behind this, but why would anyone do this? I don't understand!
And my hands hurt so much. Elsa bit back a pained yelp as she held up one hand, trying to see from the dim light of a lantern overhead. Just like I thought… Elsa could see blisters and red, peeling skin all over her hand. She wouldn't have cared, except that it hurt. After noticing there was ice she'd made in her fright and upset all over the ground, Elsa bit her lip before forcing herself to just lay both palms flat on the ice. Maybe since she was immune to cold, it would have the same effect cool water would have on burns to a normal person. Okay, Elsa, you need to think. You can't get all upset and start bawling. You need to put the pieces together and escape and fix Anna back to normal. Elsa mentally willed the ice in the cage-room to remain permanently and not melt unless she let it; that way she would always have a source of cold…pleasantly cool to her, that is.
Elsa winced in pain as she moved her hands again, holding them protectively close against her chest. "Why did you capture me like this?" Elsa's strong, authoritative voice rang out through the cave in sharp contrast to her desperate cries from just a few minutes before…and the fact that Elsa knew that she was still helpless to escape. She couldn't use her hands; and she didn't have her brace, so she couldn't even stand up. I could try…it can't make any more trouble than I'm in already anyways… Still, at the moment, Elsa thought feigning that she was completely unperturbed and in control was the best course of action. At least for now.
Jade involuntarily jumped at hearing Elsa's question. She had been expecting to hear that sooner or later, but not in that tone of voice. "Shut up until I say you can talk," she hedged for now.
She won't kill me. She wouldn't have taken the time to make sure I'd be completely conscious but incapacitated otherwise. Elsa closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I am the queen of Arendelle, not you. I shall ask what I please," she announced in that same confident voice. Elsa managed to move to the more well-lit half of the cage-room and stared Jade right in the face. Wait, I know who this is! This is the one person who dissed me after I made that speech back in the summer. Her name is Jade.
"You don't be quiet, I'll make you," Jade threatened, hoping that would make Elsa be quiet until she needed her. She was fairly certain Elsa had already figured out that Jade did not want to kill her, so that was one threat she knew would not work. Elsa wasn't stupid.
Elsa glared silently; then just said, "You have made a wrong choice," when she realized glaring wasn't very threatening when it was from someone with badly injured hands and couldn't stand up. She looked over at Anna, who was just staring at her with an emotionless, blank expression. How can I help Anna when I can't even free myself?
Jade was tired of listening to Elsa practically lecturing her, so she strode over to the tiny cage-room to open the door. "I told you to be quiet! I know you know I need you alive, but I don't need you talking. Not right now," she said in annoyance.
Elsa impulsively scooted backwards away from Jade, but she soon found herself trapped against the far wall. "Leave me alone! You know I can't get out of here!" she half-shouted; then winced as she blocked her face with one arm, trying to avoid whatever bad thing that she was sure was going to happen to her. Calm down, Elsa. Calm down!
"Good grief, I'm not trying to beat you up," Jade said disdainfully. "Why would I do that?"
Elsa dropped her arm in surprise, her blue eyes looking quizzically at the other girl. "You burned my h-" she started to say; then immediately grew alarmed when she felt something forced into her mouth and tied tightly around her head, preventing her from speaking. Elsa scrunched her eyes shut against the pain as she tried to undo the knot behind her head, but her fingers wouldn't cooperate at all.
Jade scoffed at Elsa's feeble efforts. "Good luck getting it off; I don't think you're going to be able to. And I only burned your hands because I didn't want you freezing your way out the second you woke up. That's the only reason I did it-I'm not some crazy sadistic monster. Seems to be working well enough."
You are too a crazy monster. Prob'ly not sadistic, but that doesn't make you much better. Elsa glanced down at her ruined hands for a moment and felt a single tear trickle down her cheek. A tiny bit of her wanted to keep fighting, but mostly she just wanted to give up and go home. She still didn't understand what Jade wanted; and she felt…broken inside. Elsa remembered the indifferent way Anna had taken her brace away and said 'It's too late for sorry'; and she slumped on her side in the darkest corner of the cage-room curled in a ball as she finally broke down in sobs. "I still love you, Anna," she tried to say, but the cloth gagging her made anything she said completely unintelligible. I want to go home! I can't fix this…I'm helpless and I'm in pain and Anna's mind has been poisoned somehow and just…just…I don't know.
I don't know.
No, that's not true. I do know. I know what I need to do. I need to rescue us-all of us-somehow. You can be in check and get out of it before your opponent pulls a checkmate. Jade has put me in check. Not checkmate. There has to be a way out. I just have to find it.
I hope.
A/N: Um...that happened.:/ Just remember there IS a happy ending. Also remember Elsa can be really creative.:)
Next chapter coming soon!:)