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Elsa lost track of how long she had been down here. She had been moved from out in the open and into one of the hanging cages. She was terrified inside of it, worried of what would happen if it fell or if she accidentally broke the cage with her ice magic. Her fear of this place lessened slightly with time, but it only grew when that man came back to speak with her. "Ah, such lovely fear. It warms my heart to see that even adults understand what fear truly is, that there are things in this world they need to run and hide from." he announced grandly, stepping in front of the cage he had put her in.
She backed away from him, feeling the bars press into her back as she tried to put more distance between them. He laughed, amused at her attempts to get away. "Why fear me? Oh, that's right, I am the boogeyman, the very personification of fear. I suppose that is reason enough, isn't it?" he asked, smiling at the girl in the cage. Elsa was terrified and wanted freedom, but it didn't seem like that would be coming any time soon.
"You know, you are an interesting girl, I will give you that. Do you remember that blizzard the other day? That was brilliant, creating so much panic, so much lovely fear. It was that storm that made me realize how well we could work together." he continued, but this time Elsa felt brave enough to respond. She had no intention of helping him, regardless of what he thought. "Never! I am not a monster, I won't let my powers control me." she argued, but she glanced at her own hands as if she were trying to convince herself that it was true.
Pitch Black laughed, knowing that this girl was weak to her fear. He would make her his ally, no matter how long it took. This prison would become her home, and he would use this time to perfect his newest technique on her. Dream sand was unique magic and he was struggling with changing the dreams of the children. Perhaps she could help him create his nightmares. "My dear, you do realize that your powers already control you. Did you want to create that blizzard? Did you want to freeze your sister out there?" he asked, sensing her greatest fears and knowing how to use them to his advantage.
Elsa froze, ice covering the cage around her. Her sister hadn't been hurt, had she? Elsa might have brought snow to the egg hunt, but she didn't hit Anna with her powers. Maybe something else had happened, but it wasn't because of her. She tried so hard to convince herself of this, but the man in front of her seemed so confident in his words. "What? No…I didn't hurt Anna….I promised…" she whispered, her hands starting to shake in front of her.
Pitch only smiled wider at her, happy to see her falling apart as her fear took control. "The red-head, wasn't she? The one who wasn't a child? I was there, you see, and I saw her. I saw her freezing in the cold, huddling with the other children and trying to tell them it would be alright. When the blizzard grew stronger and the wind picked up, they knew they had to get inside, but they had no where to go. They couldn't see anything and none of them had been prepared for a blizzard that strong, or temperatures that cold." Pitch began, trying to give Elsa as much fear as possible.
Elsa's shaking grew, spreading throughout her entire body. Snow flakes could be seen in the air around her, swirling around as her fear and horror grew. Elsa didn't want to be a monster, she couldn't be one. Was this what she was meant to do? Destroy everyone around her without thought? She closed her hands into fists, determined to not let that happen. Elsa would stay strong and fight against this, no matter how hard it was.
"Your sister is dead, Elsa! She froze to death in the storm you created!" Pitch yelled, realizing she was resisting her fear. Elsa's eyes looked up at his, suddenly wide and terrified. "No!" she yelled, and her power exploded, creating a burst of icicles around her that broke through the cage and sent her plummeting towards the darkness below her. She screamed and in her fear, she was able to create more ice and snow in this place, desperately trying to save herself. It wasn't until something dark and shadowy approached her that she ended up finding relief that she would survive. It wrapped around her, even as her ice began to freeze it, and brought her to safety.
Elsa couldn't deny it anymore, she truly was a monster. Her powers killed her sister, the one person she still had that loved her. Even her parents were gone, lost in some other world. She had determined that Arendelle wasn't here a long time ago and accepted her life here with her sister. Now, she had no one. Even the Bennets, as nice as they were, could never understand Elsa's true nature. The world would have been better if she had died, but instead she fought to survive and cause more pain for others.
"See? We work well together, my dear. I will give you some time to think about it and mourn your sister. After all, I don't want you to think of me as a cruel man, do I? You will see me again, Elsa of Arendelle, and when you do, you will join me." Pitch told her, placing her inside a different cage before leaving. Elsa was shaking with her sobs, but at least her powers were not causing her more harm. A little bit of ice covered the bars and snow was surrounding her, but it was not going to break the cage. As she sobbed, she began to wonder if she would ever get out of here. She didn't know what she would do anymore if she did get free, especially now that Anna was gone.
After some time, she grew tired and felt herself fall asleep. She didn't notice the small flecks of black sand that had fallen on her before hand, but she did notice the horrific surroundings in her dream. She was back in Arendelle, with her parents and Anna. All around her, the kingdom was covered in snow and becoming overwhelmed by a massive blizzard. "Elsa, what have you done?" Anna asked her with fear in her eyes.
Elsa stepped forward, wanting to explain that she wasn't responsible and didn't want this to happen, but her family only backed away in fear. Elsa glanced down at her hands only to see that there was snow surrounding her body and ice at her feet. Her magic truly was out of control and responsible for this storm. "This is getting out of hand. We thought she could control it, but we were wrong. She is nothing but a monster and we need to get rid of her, for the good of Arendelle." her father said, holding the queen protectively.
"No, I can control it! I'll do better!" Elsa pleaded, but her power only grew more out of control. It blasted out of her outstretched hands and she watched as the ice hit her family, sending them flying backwards. "No! I didn't mean to, please be alright. Anna!" Elsa yelled, running forward and not caring as she saw the blizzard grow even more in her distress. In front of her, her entire family was collapsed. The ice had been too much for them and all of them, just like Anna so many years ago, now had white streaks running through their hair. She touched their hands and discovered that they were as cold as her own. Crying, Elsa leaned over them wishing something could be done to save them.
Slowly, she watched as one by one they stopped breathing. "No, no, no. Please, don't go! Don't leave me alone!" she begged, not wanting to be responsible for their deaths. Her cries did nothing and she watched as her entire family died, because of her own magic. Feeling like the fear was overwhelming her, she screamed and found herself awake and sitting in her cage, gasping for air. She knew it was only a dream, but it had a piece of the truth within it. Elsa was a monster that had killed her own sister. She would only destroy others and would never control her magic, that was something she was certain of.
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