Hey guys, finally chapter 3 is here. This one is a little longer than usual, so enjoy :)
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Chapter 3 : The Chase
Thomas stood frozen for a couple of seconds before taking any further action. He had to think fast.
„Damn! The queen is running, the princess is still here. Dark Legion was here too. They were going after the queen first, so they'll probably stick to that plan," Thomas was frantically thinking trough all the possible courses of action.
When he saw multiple dignitares and the princess set off after Elsa, he decided to go after her aswell. He took an indirect route to avoid being noticed by the guards. He legged up to the second floor and popped out on a balcony above the courtyard just in time to see Elsa fire a blast of ice towards a bunch of dignitaries in the doorway. She then took off once again with princess Anna and a male with auburn hair chasing after her, shouting her name.
Thomas leaped off of the balcony, taking an indirect route and following Elsa. He quickly scaled the palace's wall and dropped down below on the other side. What he saw next blew his mind.
Queen Elsa was running across the fjord, freezing the water underneath her. Thomas stood in awe, unsure of what to do for awhile. He started to feel a little fear towards Elsa. Nevertheless, Thomas decided to follow her and just as he was about to set his foot on the ice now covering the whole fjord, he noticed that both Anna and the unknown male dignitary were nearby, looking across the fjord.
Thomas instantly hid behind a nearby tree to avoid detection. He didn't want to just run across the ice after the queen while they were looking. Also didn't want to make a fool of himself if he happens to fall while crossing. He waited for a couple of minutes until the coast was clear and then carefully walked down to the shore.
„What is this?" Thomas whispered to himself as he gazed at the fresh ice covering the fjord in middle of a summer night.
He took a step forward, setting his foot on the ice. It didn't break.
„Here goes nothing," let out Thomas, setting his full bodyweight on the ice. After making sure it's safe, he began to carefully cross the fjord towards where he had last seen queen Elsa. When Thomas was about halfway across, he suddenly felt something cold land on his nose. He turned his gaze upwards, only to be surprised by what he saw.
It was snowing.
„Now this is too much.." Thomas was seriously considering turning back and running for the hills, but he had duty to fulfil. And that duty was protecting both Queen Elsa and Princess Anna. At this point, Elsa was in quite a bit of danger. After crossing the frozen fjord, the ground was already covered in a thin layer of snow.
„Great, this will only make tracking harder, " Thomas thought to himself, letting out a sigh.
He started looking for clues as to which direction Elsa went and soon he had enough info to start moving. He was heading north and the temperature was getting noticeably lower. No more than twenty minutes later Thomas was already shaking. He kept tracking Elsa but the snow and the cold was making it harder and harder by the minute. Few hours later it was starting to get light, the sun was rising.
Thomas walked for a few more hours before seeing something attention worthy. It was a small log cabin and a stable in middle of forest. He decided to approach and stepped on the porch of the cabin.
„Wandering Oaken's Trading Post.. and Sauna, " Thomas read out loud, a bright smile appearing on his face, „just what I need."
Thomas entered the trading post and looked around. He was greeted by a rather odd man.
"Yoo-hoo, big summer blow out, " came a voice from behind the counter.
Thomas stepped out into the open and approached the shopkeeper. He was a very large man, wearing a hat and sweater with bright patterns. Thomas assumed that was the Oaken himself.
„Good morning, do you happen to have any.. uh.. winter supplies?" Thomas asked, looking around the trading post.
„Just over there, " Oaken motioned him over to the other side of store.
Thomas walked over to the winter department, looking at the thin selection of supplies. He knew he was going to thin them even more. He selected a dark blue knee-lenght overcoat with a hood, a roll of rope and a small dagger with a holster. Thomas carried the items to the counter and placed them on it, retrieving his money pouch.
„Do you have any food for sale?" Thomas asked, looking around the odd store and trying to find any edibles.
„Lutefisk," offered Oaken, pulling up a jar of greenish fish from behind the counter.
„Ehh, I was never a fan of fish. Do you have anything else?" said Thomas, glaring at the jar with disgust.
„Carrots?" asked Oaken, retrieving a bundle of fresh, juicy carrots and dropping them on the counter.
„Carrots will do. How much will this be?" asked Thomas, opening up his money pouch.
„That will be fifty five, " Oaken said, smiling.
Thomas retrieved some coins from his pouch, slamming them down on the counter. He picked up his items, ready to leave.
„Oh and, " Thomas begun, retrieving another few coins and adding them on the counter, „It would be great if you didn't mention to anyone I was here."
Thomas turned around, exiting the trading post. He put on his overcoat, pulling the hood over his head, afterwards attaching the holster and the dagger to his belt. He began to walk north, trying to find a track of Elsa again. He found a track and began to follow it, eating his purchased carrots in the process.
After a long time of wandering around, getting lost and walking in circles Thomas was exhausted, cold and hungry. He was considering returing to either the trading post or Arendelle to resupply and rest but something kept him going fowards. After a few more hours it started to get dark and it wasn't long after that when Thomas found himself wandering trough darkness. He was on the edge of giving up when he finally spotted something in the distance. He walked closer to it and couldn't believe what he was seeing.
A castle of ice.
„At this point, I wouldn't be surprised to see a living snowman," Thomas chuckled to himself, starting to walk in the direction of the castle.
Not long after he had arrived at the bottom of icy stairs which led up to the castle. Thomas looked around the area and his heart skipped a beat. There was tons of footprints and several broken spears in the snow just near the stairs. He began walking up the staircase, realizing that at one point half of the staircase was broken. He arrived at the main doors of the castle entirely made out of ice and pushed the huge icy doors open.
„Now this is something.." Thomas whispered, looking around the beautiful interior of the castle. It was entirely made out of ice and was sparkling in thousand different colors. He slowly walked across the main room towards a set of stairs leading up further in the castle, keeping his hand on his sword. He made his way up along the stairs to another huge room. He stopped dead in his tracks when the scene infront of him unfolded. There was what looked like a broken ice chandelier in middle of the room, along with couple of crossbow bolts, icy spikes and ice pieces everywhere.
Thomas ran across the room, starting to investigate the scene. After seeing the vandalized balcony of the castle, he was certain that a fight had been going on here. Upon further investigation he noticed another crossbow bolt stuck in the ceiling of the room. He put two and two together in his head, realizing that it had been fired to break the chandelier and cause it come crashing down on somebody. He checked the whole room and was relieved to find no blood.
Thomas stood in middle of the room, recollecting his thoughts.
„It couldn't have been the Dark Legion, too many weapons and footprints. Her sister perhaps? No.. why would a fight erupt? Perhaps some of the dignitaries? They seemed pretty pissed about what happened back at Arendelle.. and they sure would want the summer back considering their ships are frozen in the fjord, " Thomas kept rethinking all the possibilities only to be disturbed by something that sent chills down his spine.
A loud, deadly roar right behind him.
Thomas slowly turned around, gazing upon a 50 feet tall icy snowman who did not look happy at all.
„WHO YOU?! " the snowman screamed at Thomas, looking very intimidating.
Thomas took back what he had thought earlier. He was indeed surprised to see a living snowman. He quickly went trough his possible courses of action and decided to run. As soon as Thomas tried to escape, the snowman grew ice claws and fangs all over his body, looking twice as intimidating. Thomas tried to get to the exit but it was blocked off by the snowman, trying to get ahold of him. Thomas had no choice but to run over to the balcony and take a leap of faith down into the snow.
Thomas was lucky enough to land across the ravine and onto a large pile of snow. He crawled out of the snow pile, brushing the snow off of his clothes, happy with his achievement. But not for long, the icy snow monster had jumped down after Thomas, landing not far from him. The chase started again. Thomas ran trough the forest, doing his best to avoid the snowman's attacks. When he thought his luck couldn't get any worse, he was greeted by a cliffside. Thomas looked behind, seeing the snow beast advance on his current position.
„I hate my job," Thomas let out, taking yet another risky jump off of the 200 foot cliff.
Thomas woke up a few minutes later in a large pile of snow at the base of the cliff. He crawled out of the freezing snow, brushing it off of his clothes. They were all wet and he was freezing yet again. He brushed his palms together, starting to head in the direction of Arendelle.
„I have to find the queen.. " Thomas barely managed to let out a whisper, stumbling across the snow.
His view was getting blurry and his temperature was rapidly dropping. When he thought it couldn't get any worse, he heard a loud wolf howl behind him. Thomas slowly turned around, only to be greeted by a pack of at least 8 wolves slowly surrounding him...
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed the chapter and I hope you like how the story goes on along with the main storyline of Frozen. But don't worry, the story will continue even after the events seen in Frozen are done :)
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