Chapter 4: Dreams
Elsa walked through the castle to her room. Once there she threw herself on top of her bed. Not even bothering to use the blankets she closed her eyes. Elsa looked about, she stood in a building she could not recognize. The place was completely destroyed. Elsa examined herself and saw she was no longer wearing her blue gown. Instead she wore a pale blue sweater with black leggings and boots. Her hair remained in its braid. Elsa walked towards the window and she saw tons of buildings similar to the one she stood in. Elsa craned her head to look below her. She saw nothing but destruction. She leaned a bit further out to see how far up she was and almost fell out the window. Elsa screamed as she was just able to balance herself before she plummeted to her death. Frightened Elsa backed away from the window and back into the complex. It looked as if someone had lived here. Elsa suddenly heard a loud crash from the room above. Elsa ran up the stairs and froze in horror at what she saw. She could she Loki he was yelling at a giant green beast. She couldn't hear what he was saying but just his expression frightened her. She had never seen him like this before. Suddenly the green monster reached for Loki. Elsa jumped in front of Loki and stuck out her arms as she yelled, "Please, don't hurt him!" Elsa was stunned as the beasts hand phased through her and tossed Loki around like a rag doll. "Noooo! Stop! Please stop!" Elsa felt tears running down her cheeks as she ran to where Loki had been thrown. As she reached him everything seemed to melt into the background and disappear. When she was just a foot away from him Loki too disappeared. Elsa dropped to the ground still crying. And then again the scene changed. This time Elsa found herself in a wasteland. It was dark and the ground seemed to be covered in ashes. Elsa could make out figures in the distance and started walking towards them. When she was closer she saw a monster uglier than the green one earlier. It looked as if it was made of complete darkness. The monster was moving towards a man huddled on the ground. Elsa also saw Loki moving towards the monster ready to kill it. Elsa ran over just as Loki ran a knife like object through the monster. As Loki smirked triumphantly Elsa could tell the monster wasn't going down without a fight. Elsa pushed Loki out of the way surprised that she was able to make contact she failed to notice the monster reach for her. The monster grabbed Elsa's shoulders and pulled her towards it to use the same thing that had impaled it to do the same to her. Elsa felt the intense pain of the wound and let out a loud scream. She saw the horrified look on Lokis face as she blacked out. Elsa awoke in her bed tears still streaming down her face. She checked herself to make sure that there was no wound and she was in her castle. Once she had made sure that she was safe she laid in her bed and cried the rest of the night, scared of the dreams that would haunt her if she fell back to sleep.
Loki stayed on top of the castle staring at the sky. The lights in the sky had reminded him of Elsa. At first she would hide her emotions scared that she would hurt someone. Then all of a sudden she burst to life. Smiling and laughing and not having a care in the world. That was the Elsa that he liked. Loki smiled softly just thinking about her. He hoped that she could find her own happiness so that she would never frown anymore. Finally Loki climbed off the roof and made his way through the castle to his make shift bed. He settled into the blankets and closed his eyes. He hoped that this sleep would be more peaceful then last nights. Loki stood on a balcony that overlooked a kingdom that looked like it was in the middle of summer. It was a beautiful sight. He could hear voices in the distance slowly he made his way towards them. Loki was shocked when he saw himself talking to Elsa. She held his hands in hers as she pleaded him to stay with her in Arrendelle. He saw himself shake his head as he told her he couldn't stay and that he had unfinished business to take care of back on Asgard. Still Elsa insisted that he stay. Again Loki shook his head. He could hear himself say, "If I stay here it will only hurt you."
"No," Elsa said, "if you leave you will hurt me. I can't let you go. I just can't. No matter how hard I try no matter how much I may want to I just can't."
"I will be the death of you. You know that." Loki said sadly.
Elsa nodded her head and said, "It is a fate I'd happily accept if it meant more time with you."
"You may accept it but I will not. That is why I must leave to keep you safe." Loki let go of her hands as he spoke.
"Leave. But know that where ever you go I will always find you." Elsa walked towards the door and sadly looked back at Loki before leaving.
"Goodbye my snow queen." Loki saw himself sigh as he teleported himself away. Loki stood still for a few seconds before the scene began to fade. Loki tried to analyze the events that had taken place seconds before but decided that for now he'd ride them off as just a dream. Suddenly Loki found himself in a wasteland. There were ashes everywhere and the sky was dark. He felt a cold object in his hands. He stood behind a monster that looked ready to kill Thor. Without even thinking Loki ran the object through the monster. Loki smirked as he saw the monster turn and look at him confused. If anyone was going to kill Thor it was going to be him not some hideous monster. Suddenly Loki felt small delicate hands push him to the ground. When Loki looked up he saw that the monster had impaled Elsa with the same object he used on it. He heard her scream as she fell to the ground. Loki rushed to Elsa's side and pulled her into his arms. Her breathing was shallow as he pressed his hands against the wound trying to stop the bleeding. He could feel her warm, sticky blood on his hands it felt so real. Loki had to keep telling himself it's just a dream, just a dream. Elsa's blue eyes looked into his green ones as she said, "You were right." He felt her body go limp in his arms as he woke up. Loki threw the blanket off of himself and paced the room. It was just a dream, he kept telling himself. No, he thought, this isn't a dream it's a nightmare.
