What Does The Autumn Hold?
(Im typing this shit out on word pad, lord help me)
Chapter Four
General Hjerd's words didnt quite strike home to Elsa until she cocked her head behind her. Elsa gasped as the weight of all the eyes of Arendelle settled on her, each person watching her intently. The people filled the walls almost three deep, crowing around so they could all get a piece of the wonder that was about to happen before their very eyes. The bravest of the population had taken the long hike up to the Crystal Castle within the mountains, bringing back stories of its wonder and glory to the less iron willed in town. Word traveled quickly when the locals had spotted Elsa and Anna frolicking down to the docks, and when the higher command of the Arendelle Army and Navy followed, naturally the rest of the town followed as well.
The walls of the town filled quickly, with the over flow of bodies spilling down to the very sand of the beaches. Those who didnt want to fight against the waves of people, instead took to the very waves of the ocean in their little row boats, taking up position along side their fishing boat brothers. The only sound present was the lap of the waves at the shore, and the hush of the wind as it passed along. The entire city seemed to hold its breath, watching and waiting.
Elsa turned back to the dock, the mother of her ice road. She heard Anna make a small sound, and she turned her head to her sister. Elsa smiled confidently to Anna, reaching over to playfully ruffle her hair, making Anna smile and swat at Elsa's braid.
Elsa strode forward, calling forth the ice that resided within her soul. The wind instantly picked up, whipping her braid behind her into a frenzy. Elsa stopped half way down the dock, tilting her head forward and closing her eyes. She held her hands before her, a bright blue crystal forming between her hands while the powers of winter hummed around her. Fist sized snow flakes slowly rotated around Elsa, pulsing with energy as she summoned. With a crack akin to that of lightening a rod of pure ice shot down from the crystal, splintering the wood of the dock as it burrowed deep down into the water, embedding itself to the sand and mud of the harbor floor. The dock groaned with displeasure as Elsa furrowed her brow, funneling more power into the slowly growing crystal. A shockwave boomed from within the water, shuddering the waves above. Great icy pillars, perfectly round and coursing with veins of pure blue ice, slowly rose from the ocean. Two by two they rose up, towering above the dock and displacing water with great gusts of snow and frost. The pillars continued to rise as far as the eyes could see, stretching out into the ocean to the very watery border of Arendelle.
Fluffy white clouds filled the sky, casting a mild shadow onto the people watching. Many a citizen shuddered in the drop of temperature, pulling clothing tight to themselves while some sent children running home to retrieve coats. The air seemed to crackle with raw, uncontrolled power. Elsa was washed in the glow of the crystal to the point that people had to look away as if they had looked into the sun. Elsa bared her teeth as she forced more and more power into the crystal, pushing the tips of her fingers into the surface. The crystal erupted when Elsa touched it, a fierce radiant light exploding along the pillars. Blocks of ice began to form, slamming into place with might booms. The blocks formed walls twelve feet deep and twenty feet high, some breaking off to form grand towers with crystalline roofs and windows so clear it seemed that they were made of the finest glass. The wall carried on until the road ended at the border, with two mighty anti-siege towers resting on each side. Just before the ancient walls of Arendelle's harbor a citadel erupted forth from the ocean, the ocean bubbling away as if a glacier itself was rising up.
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