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Choas isn't a pit, Choas is a ladder.

The climb is all there is.

Petyr Baelish, from "Game of Thrones"

Could someone please enlighten him about why the universe hates him so much? Because he didn't know anymore. Woo one of the royal sisters, they said. It will be easy, they said. Hans snorted. Things were now developing so fast that he hadn't time to think about his next step! And so, he had done what came first into his mind: Help the Queen in stopping the Duke. Him, a failing prince who wanted to have the throne, was helping the queen in order to prevent another player on the Game. Hilarious, but not really.

"We need to get out of here..." spoke Elsa. For a moment, the prince had forgotten her as he had been so lost in thought. He blinked, but the dizziness didn't go away. "When was the last time you slept?" commented the queen when she noticed the dark circles arround the man's eyes. The man changed in to the green-purple clothing of the guard, as the cold began to affect him, and the injury.

"uh... three days ago?" The man's eyes locked once again with the queen's and immediately wished he hadn't. Big ice blue eyes... It was as if he could get lost in it. Hans coughed his throat and averted his eyes. "Yes, it has to be something like that."

"You need to rest"

Again the prince felt his heart go faster. No one had ever been...worried about him, and it felt strange and unreal. What did she have to gain with hi- He shook his head. No. She had nothing to gain if he rested. She was now at her most vulnerable. With the coup d'état, it was hard to tell who was still loyal to the Ardellian royal family and who wasn't. Her sister was in danger, possibly even dead by now -Hans groaned. He should really tell her as soon as possible- And her Kingdom was dying. Her people were practically screaming for the Queen's head. She was completely dependent on him, and had no hidden agenda. God damn did it infuriate him! Why was she this way?! She was just like Anna. Innocent, but harsher like the ice she could make. Why did she care about what happened to him? She was... well, good, and kind... and he... Hans growled. "I don't need rest" snapped the prince. "Your safety is more important." The last sentence had come out too naturally, too emotional and his anger rose even further. He gripped his sword tighter and practically begged for a guard to attack him so he could take his anger out.

"Why would you care what happened to me?" whispered the queen as they went carefully out of the dungeons. No guards were present and they quickly went further. "I'am a monster..."

"No you're not." answered the prince. It somehow pained him to see her so sad, like a bird who had broken its wing. "What happened at the coronation... We shouldn't have pushed you so far."

"But you didn't know, neither of you didn't know. I should have controlled it better."

"Anna told me you shut her out for 13 years... I presume that was-" He hastily pulled her out of sight when a patrolling guard came their way. Yes. He saw it on her face. My god! 13 years in isolation to protect her sister and kingdom! When the guard passed, they came out of their hiding place.

"My Sister Anna... Is she alright?" asked Elsa when she remembered the prince mentionning her.

"No." Better to break it harshly then the soft way, his mother always said. Like pulling a plaster from a wound so to speak. "She told me that you struck her heart, and she begged me to get you to her in order to revoke the curse."

"The head can be persuaded...but the heart is not so easily changed." Gran Pabbie's words rung inside Elsa's head.

"Oh no!" New tears began to flow down her face and she couldn't stand up anymore. "Anna..." sobbed the queen. She was dying because of her!

"We need to get moving." said the prince. He ticked his foot on the wooden floor as his patience wore off. "Get up." The queen didnt bulge and the sighing prince knelt beside her. "I said, Get up!"

"I can't..." wept the queen.

"Yes you can. Your sister isn't dead yet, and can still be saved. And if she is, you'll save those other people in this kingdom."

"How can you be so damn casual about 'death'?" snapped the queen angrily.

"Because, my queen, that is the only way we can move forward" snapped the prince back. "If I would just have wept and complained with Anna how unfair it is, you would have died! What are you going to do when your country is at war? Will you run away to your ice castle and leave your subjects alone? You don't solve your problems by running away, but by facing them."

"But... I don't know how to be brave.." said the queen while wiping her tears away. "I can't lead people, I can't even help them! Fear is all I know, prince Hans."

"You can only be brave if you are afraid." spoke Hans. "If you aren't afraid to die, if you aren't afraid for anything you are a fool. But don't let that fear cloud your judgement. Anna needs you. your country needs you. " I need you. But he didn't speak it out loud. For a few seconds, he waited and the queen's eyes snapped up to him. Hans smiled when he saw her determinded face, and he extended his arm which she took hold off without even thinking. The prince pulled her off the ground, and on they were. They had now reached the second floor... Anna was nearby. "So the weapon chamber... Is it close?"

"Its outside the castle, near the soldiers baracks."

Hans hummed when he could place the location. "I'll go to the weapon chamber, while you go to your sister. If we split up we-"

"No." He turned arround, surprised by her sudden change of tone. "No, we stick together. If the Duke knows, our surprise element is gone." spoke the Queen as she remembered her father's war lessons.

Hans grinned. "You are learning to think a like a Queen."

Elsa blushed from his compliment. "Thank you...I guess..." They walked on in silence, and they just wanted to turn arround a corner when- zff! zfff! zff! Hans pulled the Queen back when the arrows passed them centimeters from their heads.

"There she is, stop her!" It was the duke! Hans paled. They had already infiltrated the castle...

"Come on!" yelled Hans and he took the queen's hand to pull her with him.

"But the arrows-"

"They have crossbows, they need time to reload it!" interrupted Hans as they ran as fast as they could towards the window.

"Hans..."

"Protect your head with your arms!"

"ARE YOU CRAZY?"

"Possibly"

"That's a twenty feet drop! We'll fall dead on the stones!" They were running so fast right now, that it was hard to stop. Only a few meters...

"Don't worry, the snowfall has been quite great, it will soften our landing!" I hope...

zff! zff! zff! They ran even faster now, so they wouldn't be hit by the arrows that had now been released. Elsa braced herself and she pulled her arms before her to protect her head as Hans had instructed. A surprised gasp escaped her lips when she felt the prince's warm hands on her, envelopping her like a cacoon. CRASH! As they jumped through the window, they felt the arrows ziff centimeters away from their bodies. The queen screamed along with the prince as they felt themselves become airborn for a moment. After that, Gravity catched up with them, causing their stomach to be clutched together. They screamed again when they went down, like a child down a slide at blinding speed. Both breathed heavily when they reached the ground and when the stress wore off, they burst into laughter.

"That..." hiccuped Elsa. "That was fun"

"You should have seen the Duke's face" gniffled Hans. He had turned arround when they had launched themselves out of the window, so he was protected with his back. In that moment, he had seen the duke's baffled inraged face. The prince laughed again.

"I'm sure it was a very amusing" smiled Elsa. "Your majesty!" imitated the queen, causing the prince to laugh even harder. "I'm dancing like an agile peacock, with the face of a monkey, I'll fly!'" Both snickered, but when the laughing stopped, they realized again how close they were.

Elsa swallowed. How was it that she could laugh with this man and feel safe with him? Her powers weren't freaking out as had happened her sister or father... and yet, when they walked hand in hand, she didn't hurt him... When Elsa looked up from her hands back to the prince's face, she tilted her head away when the prince's face was suddenly way closer to her. After willing her heartbeat down, she slowly leaned in. She didn't know who did it first, perhaps they both leaned in at the same time...

Their lips were mere inches apart, when they heard the Duke scream out of the window. "Get her!" Both pulled apart, with red cheeks from embarrassement.

"We need to go.." said the prince hoarshly as he helped her up. "Is there another way to reach Anna from here?"

"Past the servants doorway" remembered the queen. Both began to run but when they saw soldiers come their way with their swords drawn, they skidded to a halt. 10... 15...20...no, 55! And more were still coming out the doors... Hans quickly took out his sword along with his knife. They won't touch her, not while he still stood.

"GUARDS, TO YOUR QUEEN!" roared Elsa to whoever was still loyal to her. Elsa turned arround to see a few soldiers come their way. But unlike the others, their hostility wasn't for her, but for the soldiers on the other side. She counted 30. It wasn't enough...

The traitor-soldiers came closer, secure of their victory. Kai had appointed them for the queen's coronation, since there hadn't been enough to guard and keep the people at a distance. Thanks to her late father, he had also reduced the soldiers during Elsa's isolation years, even the loyal ones. And now, the decision of King Agdarr would cost his eldest daughter her life...

The few soldiers and Hans stationed themselves arround the Queen, a living barrier of flesh and bones.

"Formation!" yelled the commander of the traitor-soldiers. The soldiers pulled their shields up and marched forward. It was an old roman technique: Their spears sticked out in order to slice into the flesh of their enemies. Then, the spears would withdraw, the shields would 'open' and the swordmen would come out. They would withdraw behind the shields as quickly as possible, and the whole process began anew with the soldiers marching forward.

Soon, Guards from Elsa's side began to get stabbed by spears. Some were dead immediately, others were wounded in the stomach or knee. The shields went back, and Hans sliced the first men down. Immediately, he wanted to go forward to get the second man, but he refrained. He couldn't step out of line...it would leave the queen unprotected... The shields returned to normal place, and Hans hissed when he felt a spear in his stomach. It wasn't lethal, but it made him lose a lot of blood. He quickly cut the sharp edge off, and pulled the spear to him, causing the soldier to be smashed against the shield and cause chaos in the formation.

It gave them a short respite... Hans breathed heavily. Even in this cold weather, sweat began to form on his brow from the fighting. Alright... Hans braced himself. Round two...


"So... what happened to your kiss?" asked Olaf to a shivering Anna. He didn't like silence; always so akward and uncomfortable...

"I was wrong, Olaf... we all were. There is no cure for this" and she took a braid of white hair to emphasize further.

"But we ran all the way back here..." said the snowman saddened. The snowman's face became serious again. "We are not giving up on finding an act of true love to save you!... Do you have any ideas?"

Anna chuckled, despite the cold. "I'm completely out of ideas, I'm afraid..." The princess looked up to see Olaf melt near the fire. "Olaf, you're melting!"

"Some people are worth melting for" smiled the snowman to his friend. When the heat melted a part of his face, he quickly held it up. "Just maybe not right this second!" Suddenly the window clattered open from the strong wind and Anna shuddered.

"Don't worry Anna, I got it" said Kristoff quickly. The man frowned when he heard the chilling noise of metal against metal and he looked down to see the fight below in the courtyard. "O God! Anna! Your sister is down there with Hans!"

"She is?" Anna forced herself back on her knees. "Kristoff, what's happening out there?!" Even from her place at the fire, she could hear the sounds of struggling and screams. Before the man could answer, they heard noises at the door. Soldiers were trying to get in! "Kristoff?!" The Ice harvester quickly pulled the princess behind his back and took out his axe to defend them both.

After another bounce against the door, it went down and the soldiers entered, with the Duke of Weaselton in front. "Your majesty..." smirked the old man. "Forgive me for your door. I'll repear it off course..."

"What do you want?" As she spoke, she could feel the frost bite on her skin.

"To give Arendelle to me.. Your sister has cursed this land and put you to death!" the duke nodded to the white snowflakes that began to appear on her forehead and cheeks.

"That gives you no right to claim this country for your own!" growled Anna. She could barely stand now, and it was only thanks to Kristoff's arms that she didn't fall down from exhaustion. "Where is my sister? What have you done to her?" The Duke didn't answer and simply raised his hand. Immediately his two guards came forward to take the princess, but they were met with the bulky Ice harvester.

It wasn't much of a fight. The duke's assassins were trained well, and even with his strength the ice harvester couldn't take two men at the same time. Soon, he was forced on his knees, with his hands behind his back.

"Say to the people of Arendelle that they have to obey me."

"Anna don't- aaah!" Kristoff screamed when one of the guards twisted his arm in an uncomfortable angle.

Anna swallowed. "You swear. Swear that no-one will get harmed if I agree."

"I promise" spoke the man.

"Then I consent." breathed Anna out. Even breathing had become painful now and to her horror she could see her own cloudy breath in the warm room. She didn't have much time...

The Duke waved his hands again, and Anna gasped when she was taken forcefully from her chair, practically dragged down the ground. "What- let me go! I'm your princess, you -" another coughing fit came over her and a blinding pain in her chest stopped her from talking further. Her heart... She felt it pumping down blood in her veins, but at an excillerating rate, as if it knew that the end was near...

"You gave me full authority, you don't give any orders anymore princess" smirked the old man.

"Let her go you bastards!" screamed the Ice harvester enraged by the guards treatment of the princess. The man screamed when one of the guards punched him in the face and blood began to drip on the ground... the man groaned. His nose...

Both te princess and the ice harvester were dragged out of the library, while squirming and cursing the men who held them hostage.

"uh, guys?" Olaf, who had been present, had stayed quiet during the whole scene. It had been too much to take in for the little simple minded snowman to comprehend what was going on. "Guys wait for me!" The little snow creature waggled behind, powerless to aid his friends...


There were only 17 of them left against 76, and their numbers were dwindling at a rapid pace. Elsa saw another man fall down and she looked arround to see Hans fighting an opponent off. The queen's eyes widened when she saw another man come towards the prince in order to stab him amidst the chaos. NO! Elsa reacted without thinking and she threw a self made spike into the man's neck, causing him to drop dead on already huge pile of bodies. Some fell by getting stabbed, others were simply overrun and trampled by feet.

"Fall back!" screamed Hans as he fought on. "Close the gaps, close them!" He couldn't see properly anymore: the blood and grime dripped from his face into his eyes and mouth. Death... so many death...

"WITHDRAW!" Suddenly the traitor-soldiers stopped advancing on the slim group of survivors and everyone looked up to see the Duke at the shattered balcony. "Queen Elsa, just like you, I don't want to have any more blood on my hands. Surrender, stop this winter, and perhaps I'll let you live!"

Elsa scowled. "Lord Duke, I have tried, but I can't stop it. I have begged before, and I do so again: Let me go so I can flee where the winter won't torment my people any longer."

"You think I'll fall for your words, Witch-Queen?" yelled the Duke angrily. "Fine, It seems you leave me no other choice..." A feminine voice screamed out and Elsa's eyes went wide as saucers. Anna?! O god, what have I done to you?! The queen's lip trembled when she saw Anna's pale face and white hair. the princess screamed even louder when she felt a dagger against her throat by the Duke. Thanks to her Frozen Heart, it was difficult for her to revolt against him. "Lay down your weapons, or your sister dies!"

Everyone's eyes turned to the Ice Queen for an answer.

I'm a terrible person, to leave you all with such a cliffhanger!

Hans opens a little bit more to the queen as you can see :) That they nearly kissed was because of the heat of the moment. Remember, they are both in a lot of stress, so it is justified that they feel drawn to one another. :)