Author: Twice in one week? I'm on a roll here! But its all thanks to you guys for reading it ^_^ Warning, some violent scenes ahead. You have been warned. And I'm actually not a violent person even though I write stuff like this... Enjoy. Sorry for any grammatical or spelling mistakes.
Anna trudged tiredly through the undergrowth and kicked away the snow. Sitting down heavily on a rock, she pulled out her water bottle and took a tiny sip of it. Her stomach growled in protest from the lack of food. "I know, but I currently have nothing to feed you. Hang in there for a little bit longer." She patted her stomach affectionately before pushing herself off the rock.
Coming around a bend, Anna quickly jumped behind a tree. There in front of her stood Ariel and Cinderella, they were both from Elsa's class and it looks like they have been fighting. Cinderella's arm was the colour of Ariel's hair, it was hanging limp by her side and she was breathing heavily. Ariel was not fairing much better herself. She was like a fish in water but on land, she was at a disadvantage. Her knees were shaking and her right leg was bleeding heavily.
Cinderella lunged at Ariel and they both fell into the snow with banshee like screeches. They pulled at each other's hair and scratched at their eyes. "Not only did you already have Eric, but you had to go and take my boyfriend too!" Cinderella delivered a nasty kick to Ariel's solar plexus. The air whooshed out of Ariel as she stumbled back. Glaring in disgust at Ariel, Cinderella dived into a bush and rustled around in there. Ariel screamed in fury and charged into the bush like an enraged bull.
Screams and shouts could be heard from within the bush and then silence. Anna cautiously peeked out from behind her tree and saw Ariel dragging herself out from under the bush, Anna waited until she was completely out before deciding to step out from behind the tree. Ariel's head snapped up and tried to get up but fell back down. Anna saw that there was a massive glass shard sticking out of her inner thigh. From the position of the shard, Anna could clearly see that it had cut over an artery. There was no point in lingering around, Ariel would be dead within a couple of minutes anyways.
Anna sidestepped Ariel while eyeing her warily. "Please…" Ariel gurgled with fear and pain in her eyes while reaching out for Anna. "I don't want to die." Blood poured out from around the glass with every move she made. "I just didn't want to be a loser anymore." Anna squeezed her eyes shut and took in a shaky breath, opening her eyes she was about to reply but the sight of Ariel stopped her. She was already dead. Shuddering at the sight of the corpse, Anna tore her gaze away and towards the bush. Tiptoeing gingerly towards it, she parted the shrub and nearly vomited at the sight of Cinderella. Her mouth was open in a silent scream and her left eyes had rolled back into her head. An oyster knife stuck out from her right eye.
Trembling, Anna swiftly left the gory scene. "To be fighting over boys at a time like this." She muttered to herself and shook her head in disbelief. Rubbing her eyes harshly, she tried to block out the sight of Elsa's dead classmates. "I have to find her." The sound of her boots crunching in the snow was her only companion, well that and her shadow. Glancing back at her shadow she had noticed that it had gotten significantly longer. "The day must be coming to an end, I need to find decent shelter if I want to survive the night." Nodding to herself, she began her search for anything that would give her any sort of warmth or at least a place that would keep her dry.
She spotted the mouth of a cave a little ways up the cliff she was walking against, squinting she tried to judge the distance between her and the cave. She was about to begin climbing when she heard something thundering through the forest. Desperately, she looked for a place to hide but there was none. Pushing herself up against the cliff face, she wished she could melt into the rock. Holding her breath, she stared into the forest, plunged her hand into her pocket, she clasped the army knife. "Stupid prick, who does he think he is? Commanding me around like that, but at least I wouldn't have to face her." Whacking at some low hanging branches, Kristoff emerged from the forest scowling. Resting his hand on his pickaxe, he blew some hair out of his eyes. "Kristoff?" Anna's eyes lit up in delight and waved at him. Focusing his gaze, Kristoff spotted Anna and waved back grinning. "Anna!" Anna run towards him and jumped into his arms. Laughing loudly, Kristoff spun her around in a circle before letting her down.
"I never thought I would see you again." She smiled up at him. "Neither did I but I'm glad." Kristoff grinned back at Anna and patted her shoulder. Anna's face changed to a more somber expression. "Hey, what's wrong?" She flung herself at Kristoff for the second time and buried her face in his chest. "It was horrible! Ariel and Cinderella, they were… They are both dead. I saw them kill each other." Kristoff looked down at her sadly and petted her hair. "You haven't seen Elsa have you Kristoff?" She looked questioningly up at him.
The question caused him to freeze and he adopted a troubled look. He averted his eyes and shook his head in shame. "No, no I haven't." He lied. Anna took a couple of steps away from Kristoff. "Kristoff… Where is Hans?" He flinched at the question. Guilt and shame could be seen clearly on his face and he glanced back into the forest. "Who wouldn't you have to face?" Kristoff's head snapped up in surprise and he whimpered. "You heard that?" Slowly Anna began to put the pieces together, why Kristoff was being so evasive to her questions, why there was a look of guilt and shame on his face. "Elsa."
Anna spun around and began sprinting into the forest. "Anna! Anna wait!" Kristoff shouted and ran after her. Anna took the army knife out of her pocket and flipped open the largest blade. Pivoting, she rapidly changed her direction and jumped on top of Kristoff. With deadly precision from years of fencing, with one clean stroke she slashed Kristoff's eyes with the small blade. Screeching at the stinging pain, Kristoff fell to his knees and scrambled blindly in the snow. Above him, Anna looked down at him coldly. "It was a mistake to lie to me Kristoff." Kristoff cried tears of blood. Anna stared apathetically at her once best friend, now he was worth less than the dirt beneath her boots. "I'm sorry Anna, I'm sorry but Hans he-" Anna kicked him across his face, breaking his jaw and sent him sprawling into the snow. "But nothing! We were family Kristoff, and family takes care of each other." He whimpered and clutched at his broken jaw.
Bloody spittle dripped down his chin and he crawled away from the direction he thought Anna was. With the hand that wasn't holding his jaw, he managed with some difficulty to pull his pickaxe free. Swinging out blindly, Anna jumped out of the way of the halfhearted attack. Charging at Kristoff, she dodged another wayward swing and plunged the blade deep into the arm that was swinging the pickaxe. Kirstoff howled in a mixture of agony and surprise, dropping his weapon he struggled to get away from the red head who was attacking him mercilessly with deadly accuracy. Anna frowned at the pathetic boy that was tumbling around in the snow, angry tears stung her eyes but she brushed them away. No one who hurts Elsa deserves any mercy, even if she considered him or her to be family. "Anna… Anna please don't." Kristoff begged, swinging his hear around he tried to hear where Anna was.
Walking calmly over to the discarded pickaxe, she picked it up and tested the weight of it in her hands. Swinging it around experimentally, she nodded in appreciation at the humble yet barbaric equipment. Kristoff hearing the metal cutting through air began to cry, the tears stung his wounds and he blubbered incoherently. "Anna why?" He whispered. She stopped swinging the pickaxe and replied in a cold detached voice. "Loving someone always requires you to not love others." She lifted the pickaxe high above her head and swung. The tip cracked Kristoff's skull as easily as you would crack an egg. The axe sunk deeply into his brain, he began to twitch and gurgle before slumping over motionlessly. Stepping on his head, Anna with some difficulty began to rock the axe out of his head. Squelching noises were made with every rock until she finally managed to jerk the weapon out of his head which was now coated with blood and brain mass. Kristoff's life force gushed out of the wound, some sprayed onto Anna's face but she did not care.
With an impassive glance, she took his pickaxe, his water bottle and his life. You cannot ever turn back now Anna. She did not care; she would do anything for Elsa. Leaving Kristoff's rapidly cooling corpse in the snow she ran towards the direction Kristoff came from. Hearing screaming and flesh hitting flesh, Anna went from a fast run into an all-out sprint.
Flying into the clearing like a crazed animal, Anna stopped short when she saw Hans above her half naked sister. His hands were fumbling with his belt when Anna burst into the clearing. Roaring with rage, Anna swung blindly at Hans; she was seeing red and had completely tunnel vision. Nothing mattered except seeing the life leave his eyes. Swearing loudly, Hans dived out of the way of the oncoming attack. Elsa stared in wonder and disbelief at the enraged girl that was her sister, her hair was flying around like wildfire. There was a crazed look in Anna's eyes that frightened Elsa, but also struck her with awe. She was a whirlwind of crimson and silver.
Hans had drawn his sword and was blocking with the best of his abilities; Anna's Viking like fighting style. Growling in frustration, Hans decided to use Anna's fury to his advantage. When Anna charged at him again, he easily parried and as fast as lightning sent an upward stroke in her direction. Anna barely missed having the side of her face sliced open from jaw to temple but she did not evade unscathed. The tip of the sword sliced her open from cheek to brow, which effectively knocked her out of her berserker mode.
"ANNA!" Elsa screamed in terror. Anna stumbled back and shook the blood out of her eyes; she did not even register the pain through her daze. Anna was about to lunge at Hans again when she saw something red flash around his neck. Smirking in delight, she rested the pickaxe on her shoulder and tilted her head to the side mockingly. "What?" Hans demanded and stalked closer. "What are you looking to smug about? You haven't won yet." Anna laughed darkly and pointed at his neck.
"Instead of thinking about that flaccid piece of flesh in your pants, you should be worried about your life." Hans froze and only now noticed the high-pitched beeping noise his collar was producing. "Wha- You killed Kristoff?" Elsa gasped and covered her mouth, mortified. "I have. And I will kill you too for laying you filthy hands on my sister." The beeping became faster meaning Hans' time was nearly up. I will beat Time. Hans dies by my hand. Jumping forward, Anna crouched down low and swung her axe. Hans did not have time to react to the sudden attack and howled out when the axe went through his knee.
Crumpling to the floor, he swung his sword as he was falling and clipped Anna on her shoulder. Hissing in annoyance, Anna circled the boy and swung again. Strike, dodge, parry. Strike, dodge, parry. Anna was getting increasingly frustrated, even with a serious injury Hans was a difficult to kill. There was not any progress until Hans slipped on his own blood while dodged a downward swing from Anna. The axe plunged into his shoulder and got stuck there as he jerked away from Anna.
Screeching in agony, he dropped his sword and crab walked backwards away from Anna. Elsa stared on in horror, how could her baby sister be capable of something as horrendous as this? It did not make sense to her. Picking up Hans' sword, Anna quickly advanced on him. The broadsword was a lot heavier than the rapier she was used to and had to hold it in a double-hand grip. Hans opened his mouth to say something but before his tongue could make a sound, Anna impaled his open mouth with his broadsword. "Die quietly. You filth." She spat out at him, and with strength, she did not know she possessed. She cleaved his head clean off his neck.
Panting heavily, she dropped the sword and it clattered noisily to the ground. Wiping sweat off her brow she turned and staggered towards Elsa. Elsa crawled to her feet and ran over to Anna, she caught her just in time before her sister keeled over from exertion. Anna held on to Elsa tightly and nuzzled her bare collarbone. Her eyes, which she did not remember, closing, snapped open as she jerked away from her sister's bare flesh.
"Elsa your shirt!" She fought to get out of her jacket and draped it over Elsa's shoulders. Concern and anger was on public viewing as Anna fussed over Elsa's state. She growled and swore furiously at Elsa's swollen and beaten face. Her once porcelain skin was blotched with black and blue markings, dried blood caked her face and she gently brushed some platinum blonde hair out of her face. As Anna was studying Elsa's face, she did not notice the way Elsa looked at her. Adoration and love blossomed deep within Elsa's chest and slowly spread a warmth throughout her body she had not felt ever since they came to the fjord.
"You're bleeding!" Elsa exclaimed as she felt the wetness of Anna's jacket over her shoulders. "I'm fine, it is just a scratch." Anna brushed off and continued fussing over Elsa. Elsa tore off what was left of her shirt and zipped up her jacket. Tearing off small strips, she poured a little water on the cloth before tenderly cleaning Anna's wounds. "You're hurt because of me." She whispered sadly. Anna tipped Elsa's chin up and stared deeply into her eyes. "I would sacrifice myself for you Elsa, I love you." Anna promised and smiled.
Oh Elsa, if only there was someone who loved you. Hans' words rung in her ears, but when she heard the love and tenderness behind Anna's words, a small tear trickled down her cheek. "Elsa?" Anna looked at her worriedly. Elsa just laughed and wiped the tear away. "It's nothing, just something Hans said." Anna scowled in disgust and slowly climbed to her feet. Elsa followed her and glanced over at Hans' corpse before quickly looking away. Anna saw the reaction. "No human life is equal. I will do everything in my power to keep you safe Elsa." Elsa stared at Anna in shock and was about to argue until she saw the look in Anna's eyes.
She had seen that look before; it was the same look when her father said that she was too small to fence. It was the same look when people told her that she could not do something. Nothing could stop Anna know that she had that look in her eyes, and Elsa knew better than to try argue with her like that. It was like arguing with a brick wall. "At least let me bandage your shoulder." With the remaining strips of cloth, she bandaged Anna's shoulder. Her fingertips lingered on the bandage before she retracted her hand. Anna grinned in appreciation before walking around to collect their stuff.
She slid the scabbard over Hans' headless body and heaved her pickaxe out of his shoulder. Rummaging through his backpack, she found a small first aid kit and bottle of water. She tucked her trusty pickaxe through her belt and stored the water battle and first aid kit in her own pack. "Here, you should take this." She held out the sword for Elsa who had just put away her own knife. Gulping, she took the sword with trembling hands and clasped it around her shoulder. "I saw a cave not far back; we can sleep in there tonight." Elsa blinked in surprise; this Anna was a new Anna. This new Anna was headstrong, powerful and was not afraid to get her hands dirty. Elsa was beginning to like this new Anna, even though she had to throw away her innocence because of her, and that caused guilt to gnaw at her heart.