Hey everybody! New chapter! Just a warning: this has a lot of Cynthia explaining some of the basics of the Pokémon world to Elsa in it. It's necessary, but Elsa is learning too! We all started somewhere.

Anyway, enjoy Chapter 4: It's a whole new world Elsa

Edit- 3/some date/17. Basic editing.

Disclaimer: Frozen and Pokémon are not owned by me, but would it really be worth suing me if I said they were? I mean, come on, I'm a college student, I have no money.

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The blonde, who had just named herself Cynthia, then asked. "What's your name?"

Elsa thought about giving her name out to a stranger for a moment. I don't know who she is or where she comes from, but she might have the answers I need about this place. If those creatures through the portal sent me somewhere else in the world, I need to know how far I am from Arendelle and how to get back.

Elsa decided to be a little nicer, knowing she must have come off as cold at first. "Elsa. My name is Elsa."

Cynthia gave no recognition to the name of royalty. But then again, I've only been Queen for six months, not enough time for my name to spread, even with the whole 'Eternal Winter' fiasco. The blonde woman continued, "And is that your Eev- I mean, Glaceon?"

Elsa looked down at the blue furred animal at her feet, and it looked back up at her. "Glaceon? That's your name?"

The creature spoke again, "Well, no, that's my Pokémon species name."

Elsa blinked, still confused and stunned that it can talk, "Wait, before we go any further, can you please explain to me how you can talk?"

"Uhh, Elsa? The Glaceon isn't talking." Cynthia said, stepping further into the clearing out of the tree's shadows.

"Hey, I can talk, it's just that humans don't understand me. You're the first to be able to do so." The Glaceon said.

"But why? Why can I understand you?" Elsa asked.

Glaceon gave the equivalent of a shrug. "I don't know. Your guess is as good as mine."

"Pardon me again, but I'm only getting half the conversation. If the Glaceon is really talking, then can you please translate for me?" Cynthia asked.

Elsa considered it, and then nodded. "Glaceon," she paused, making sure she got the word, or name in this case, right, "said that humans don't understand it, and that I'm the first to do so".

Cynthia frowned, thinking. "You can understand Pokémon?" She asked.

Elsa made a quizzical face, "Sorry, but what's a Po-ké-mon?" She asked, sounding out the word.

Both Glaceon and Cynthia gave her a confused look. "You don't know what a Pokémon is?" Cynthia asked.

"I feel slightly insulted." Glaceon said, the creature's voice was male and held a slightly teasing tone to it.

Elsa looked back and forth between them, "I apologize, but I'm not from around here. I don't know what a Pokémon is."

"Where do you come from if you don't have Pokémon?" Cynthia asked. Elsa listened if there was anything condescending in her tone, but all she heard was mild confusion and curiosity.

I guess I need to tell them I'm from Arendelle, Elsa thought. "I'm from Arendelle." She said.

"Arendelle?" Now it was just confusion.

"Yes, Arendelle." There was no recognition in Cynthia's face. "In Norway?" Still nothing.

"I haven't heard of either one of them. Where is Norway? Is it another Region?"

Region? Well, it might be in another region of the world, depending on where I am. "It's the nation, Norway?" Nothing. "Scandinavian Peninsula?" Still nothing. "Northern Europe?" She asked, getting more and more concerned when Cynthia showed no recognition at all. Just where in the world am I?

Cynthia shook her head at that, "I'm sorry, but I don't recognize any of those places." Elsa's eyes widened. How can she not know where Europe, or what Europe is for that matter? Is this country so far removed from the rest of the world that they have completely no idea about the world beyond? Just where am I?

"Then could you please tell me where I am at the moment?" Elsa asked, silently dreading the answer if it was someplace she didn't know.

"We're in the Sinnoh Region," Cynthia said, unknowingly confirming Elsa's fears, "specifically on Route 211 a few hours away from Celestic Town. I have a map if you want to look at it."

Elsa nodded 'yes' and Cynthia came over, rummaging in her backpack, which Elsa noted looked different than any she's seen, made of a different material.

"I'm afraid I'm a little old fashioned and only have a paper map with me, I hope that's okay with you?" She said.

Elsa was a little confused, what maps aren't made of paper? Metal maps? Wood? "Paper will be just fine, thank you," she said, carefully controlling her voice, betraying none of the confusion she felt.

Cynthia handed her the map and Elsa took a glance at it. The 'region' was no more than a large island, with unfamiliar names for cities and landmarks. Elsa saw that the region was split in half practically down the middle with a large mountain range with a mountain called Mt. Coronet as the highest point. She saw the town Cynthia mentioned and guessed their position.

Elsa shook her head, "I'm afraid it's now my turn to say that I don't recognize these names. Nothing is familiar. What nation is this region a part of?"

"It's not part of any 'nation' there is." Cynthia said, "It is its own Region with it's own laws and government."

Elsa rubbed her head, handing the map back and fighting the headache that was coming on. "So is there a closer 'region' that might know where my home is?"

Cynthia shook her head, "I don't think so. Sinnoh is pretty isolated from the rest of the world due to its geographic location, but the closest region is Kanto. But I've traveled all over that region and I never heard of Arendelle or Norway." She paused, "Judging by your response you probably haven't heard of that Region either, have you." Elsa shook her head. Cynthia was about to say something when another thought came to mind, and she frowned, "Wait, if you haven't heard of Sinnoh then how did you get here?"

Uh-oh, Elsa thought, that's going to be hard to explain. Do they have magic here, because I might get away with that excuse, but what if they don't? How will they react to my own powers? I know that magic in a human body isn't exactly normal, far from it, but I've accepted myself for who I am. But I don't want to be lost in a place that I have no idea about being hunted down for being a witch. I guess I'll have to keep my powers and me being a Queen a secret… for now.

Elsa hated having to hide her powers. Thirteen years of doing so was enough for her and she vowed to never do so again. She was never going to "conceal, don't feel" ever again. However, in this particular case, she was just simply going to not use her powers. Not suppress them like before, just don't use them.

"Okay, I'll tell you, but please hear me out on this. What I'm going to tell you is the truth" most of it "no matter how strange it sounds." She took a breath and started her story, omitting certain details. "I was in the mountains with my sister and her… friend," Elsa paused slightly, still not sure what to classify Kristoff as. "We were hiking up the North Mountain in Arendelle, which is where I'm from, when this rift opened up and I got sucked in. I wound up somewhere that didn't look natural. Then these strange creatures came up and opened up another rift. I guess it was another portal because I wound up here, waking up in this clearing with… Glaceon, before he changed."

Cynthia nodded and was deep in thought. "If you came through a portal, then that might explain the roaring sound I heard earlier."

Elsa felt relieved that there might be a chance she wouldn't be labeled as a psychopath. "Yes, there was a lot of noise and wind, so much that I blacked out from it. The next thing I knew after I entered was waking up here."

"So do you know what made the portal? We might be able to get whoever or whatever they were to send you back."

"I highly doubt that. You see, I don't know how the portal was formed in the first place, nor even if they could send me back."

Cynthia rummaged through her backpack again. "I have a notebook in here; maybe you can draw out what they looked like and I might be able to help by identifying what they might be." Cynthia pulled out a paperback book that had a strange cover on the front of it. It wasn't leather or wood, but shiny and light. It had a pencil in it that looked different than what Elsa was used to, but after a moment of feeling it in her hand, Elsa knelt down and put the book on her knee to get a sturdier base to draw on. She opened the book to a blank page and begun her sketch.

"They all looked similar, but they were different in their own way," she finished sketching the first two creatures. Glaceon looked over her arm and watched her sketch. Elsa could feel the cold emanating from the creature- no, Glaceon, and the slight blue aura it put out. I wonder if that's normal. "The strange thing was that they looked like letters, and they somehow knew my name, which they spelled it out using their bodies."

Elsa finished the sketch and handed the book back to Cynthia. Cynthia took a look at Elsa's quick sketches and couldn't help but say, "Wow, these are really good."

Elsa smiled at the younger woman's phrase, "Thank you."

Cynthia took a little while longer, but then said, "I recognize these Pokémon. They're called Unown."

"Wait, unknown?"

"Sorry, U-n-o-w-n." Cynthia spelled it out. "My grandmother gave me grief about that too when she told me about them. The Unown are believed to dwell in their own dimension, so that must be where you came in and out from."

Elsa nodded, trying to sort it out. "The realm was vastly different than anything I could imagine. So what are they exactly?"

"They're also Pokémon."

"Okay, before we go any further, can you please explain what a Pokémon is?" Elsa asked.

Cynthia started explaining, "Pokémon are the creatures other than humans that inhabit this world. They are all vastly different and unique, with all sorts powers and abilities." She paused, "I can show you another one if you'd like."

"Yes, please." Elsa said. Even the Glaceon seemed interested.

Elsa saw Cynthia reach to her belt and pulled off a red and white ball that she had. Elsa's eyes widened as the ball suddenly increased in size as Cynthia pressed a button. "Togekiss, come out please!" Cynthia tossed the ball and it opened in a flash of white light. The light suddenly formed into a winged creature that Elsa had never seen before and was far bigger than any messenger hawk she's seen.

"Togi!" The bird like creature cried out.

"Wha-what?" Elsa said, shocked. She backed up a step or two. "Where did that come from?"

Cynthia caught the ball as it came back to her. "That is my Togekiss, one of my Pokémon that I have. I called it out with its Poké Ball." She held out the red and white ball to her.

Elsa picked it up and wondered at it. It's metal, but nothing this size could hold a creature that size. "How does this hold your Pokémon? It's too small!"

Cynthia smiled calmly, "True, but you're forgetting the fact that technology makes up for it. If you capture a wild Pokémon, it will transform the Pokémon into energy, which will be sucked into the Ball. When calling out a Pokémon, the process is reversed, turning energy into matter again."

Elsa gazed at the ball with wonder. "Are these made with magic?" She asked.

Cynthia made a small motion of concern when Elsa said that. "No, they're not. They're manufactured in factories using technology."

Elsa shook her head. "I have never imagined such a thing could be done. The ability to turn creatures into energy and back would be considered black magic from where I'm from."

"Well here it's basic technology, and it's commonly used by Pokémon trainers and people in general."

"Pokémon trainers? They tame Pokémon to use?" Elsa asked. She was slightly horrified at the thought, thinking about reports she heard from her ministers of animal fights and circus animal cruelty.

"In a way," Cynthia said, "some people are like what I think you're thinking of, but most try to befriend the Pokémon so they can be better partners."

Elsa nodded and handed back Cynthia's Poké Ball. "I think I'm beginning to understand. So how does a trainer capture a Pokémon?"

"Usually a trainer battles it with another Pokémon."

"Or sneaks up on them!" Glaceon suddenly exclaimed.

"What?" Elsa asked, forgetting for a moment the strangeness of being able to understand it.

Glaceon suddenly looked abashed, "This human was trying to capture me right before I ran off to you. She was trying to do it stealthily, but I noticed."

Elsa gave Cynthia a dirty look. "Oh really?"

Cynthia looked nervous, "Uhh, what are you two talking about?" Togekiss looked on with bemusement at his trainer.

"Glaceon just told me that you were sneaking up on it before to capture it. He also told me you didn't do a very good job of sneaking."

Cynthia looked embarrassed and rubbed the back of her neck. "Yea… I was trying to capture it. But to be fair, you are- or were- an Eevee, and a shiny one at that." Cynthia said, trying to lighten up the atmosphere.

"Uh huh, I get that a lot." Glaceon said.

"Shiny?" Elsa asked.

"Oh, I guess I should explain. The term 'shiny' Pokémon means that a Pokémon is a different coloration than it should be, and they are extremely rare." She reached into her pants and pulled out a strange black object and opened it. Elsa had no idea what she was doing, but when she finished, she showed Elsa what was inside.

"You can see that an Eevee is normally brown, but a shiny one is a silver color." Cynthia said.

Elsa was amazed. There was a picture of what Glaceon looked like before, but what astounded Elsa was that she couldn't see any sort photograph or anything that formed the picture. It was as if the picture was a part of the thing.

Adding onto Elsa's amazement, Cynthia pressed a button and the picture changed without any noticeable transition to a slightly different colored Glaceon. "And here is a normally colored Glaceon, an evolved form of Eevee."

Elsa didn't ask about what the thing Cynthia was using, thinking that could be answered later, "You said, 'evolved', what is that?"

Cynthia explained, "When a Pokémon reaches a certain level, or is exposed to the right type of evolutionary stone, it evolves, changing its form and sometimes its type, and grows stronger." She paused thinking, "However I am curious, why did Glaceon evolve, or I should say, Eevee into a Glaceon?"

"Why, is that odd?" Elsa asked.

"Yes, in a way. Eevee is a normal type Pokémon, but can evolve into several different forms, depending on the circumstances. But Eevee only evolves into an Ice type, Glaceon, when it's exposed to an Icy Rock or lived long enough in the snow for it to change. I can't figure out why it evolved. "

Oh. I can. Icy Rock. Snow. I'm the Snow Queen. Elsa made the connection. I guess just being near me triggered this evolution into Glaceon. But I can't tell Cynthia that because that would reveal the knowledge of my powers.

"Err, I don't know why, it's a mystery to me as well." Elsa lied.

Glaceon looked up in confusion, "But I can feel you, you're part of the ice and snow too. You know that, don't you?"

Elsa gave Glaceon a look that said, 'not now'. Thankfully, Glaceon got the hint and shut up.

Also thankfully, Cynthia didn't understand what Glaceon said. She didn't miss the exchange however and asked, "What did he say?"

"He said that he doesn't know either." Elsa lied again. Cynthia seemed to accept that answer, but her Togekiss gave Elsa a funny look. Elsa stared back at it.

"Oh, that reminds me," Cynthia said, "how do you understand Pokémon?"

Elsa shrugged, "I honestly don't know."

Cynthia 'hmmed' for a moment, then turned to her Togekiss and said, "Togekiss, would you mind talking to Elsa for a moment? I want to see something."

"Togi!" Togekiss said, "Togi Togekiss togi togi kiss togi?"

Elsa didn't understand a thing, but she felt a tug on her skirt as Glaceon got her attention, "He asked why are you hiding something?"

Elsa nodded instead of directly answering she said, "Sorry Cynthia, but I didn't understand Togekiss. I needed Glaceon's help." Not lying per-se, but just avoiding the truth.

Cynthia looked more confused. "Do you only understand certain Pokémon, or is it only certain types?" She mused.

Elsa had a suspicion. "What type is Glaceon?"

"An Ice type."

Ahhh, okay. "Hmm, that is strange." She said, once again garnering strange looks from Togekiss and Glaceon.

"I'll guess we'll find out later then, huh?" Cynthia said, admitting defeat on her questions.

"I guess so." Elsa said. There was a silence and then Elsa realized that Cynthia was probably going off somewhere and Elsa had no place to go. She had no clue where she was, or what there was here in this Sinnoh region. She had no knowledge about Pokémon or what the people were like here. She would be just like when she was in her isolation for 13 years, clueless about the world. And I don't even have the thought of Anna nearby to keep me going. She's still on the other side of that portal in my world. And since it closed, there's no way that she can follow me at all.

But knowing my sister, she'll probably find away, being as stubborn as she is. She probably followed me anyway and dragged Kristoff with her, so where is she? And how will I find her?

I should worry about my more immediate needs right now, like where should I go and where can I get supplies? I could ask Cynthia, but I don't want to impose. But it couldn't hurt to ask I suppose.

"Umm, Cynthia?"

"Yes?" She responded, looking up at her in the eyes.

"I was wondering if I could… I mean if you didn't mind… that is, if, uhh…" Oh god, I'm worse than Anna! Elsa sighed and said, "Cynthia, I hate to impose myself on you, but I don't have a place to stay and…"

Cynthia silenced her with her hand. "Say no more. I'll take you back to my grandmother's house in Celestic Town. We can help you get oriented and on your feet there."

Elsa gave a small bow, "Thank you very much. It means a lot to me."

Cynthia smiled, "It would be my pleasure."

Glaceon nudged Elsa's leg. "Can I come with you?"

Elsa was surprised. "You want to come with me?"

"Yes, you're the only one who can understand me. Plus you still have to explain what you're keeping a secret." He said.

Elsa looked up and smiled at Cynthia, "I guess Glaceon wants to join me."

Cynthia looked at the two of them and made a decision. She reached into her pack and pulled out another Poké Ball. This one was black with red and gold highlights around the middle, with an extra band near the top and the button gold colored. "Here," she said, handing it to Elsa, "this is a Luxury Ball. It's supposed to raise the friendship between a Pokémon and its trainer quicker so they get along. I think you deserve it."

Elsa took it and stared at it for a moment. "You want me to catch Glaceon?" She asked. When Cynthia nodded, Elsa said, "I thought you wanted to catch it."

"Well I did, but seeing as how Glaceon seems to like you, I decided that you should be the one to do so. After all, I don't think that Glaceon would want to come with me now after meeting you. I'm not that selfish."

"You bet I wouldn't want to go with you." Glaceon said, earning a snort of laughter from Elsa.

"Do I want to know?" Cynthia asked.

"Probably not." Elsa responded with a smirk. She looked down at Glaceon, and then kneeled down to its level. "So you want to travel with me?" She asked.

"Yes, I do." Glaceon said. He raised its paw and was about to push the button on it when he paused. "Hey Elsa?"

"Yes?"

"Don't keep me inside the Ball all the time, please?"

Elsa smiled, "I wouldn't dream of it."

Glaceon nodded, then pushed the button. He was enveloped in a red glow and was pulled inside the Poké Ball. The button flashed red three times then clicked, emitting a series of sparkles. Elsa stared at the Poké Ball in her hand as Cynthia came over.

"Congratulations, you've just captured your first Pokémon."

Elsa felt elated for some reason. She suddenly knew that she had a new friend, one that she could take care of and would also follow her wherever she went.

I have a feeling that this is just the beginning.

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Yes, yes it is Elsa.

There will be several more chapters of Elsa and Cynthia before I get back to Anna and Kristoff and introduce Ash to the story, so don't hold your breath.

Another reason not to hold your breath, I've got a summer job up at a camp that starts Friday, so the Wi-Fi there isn't the best and a lot of my time will be taken up with teaching classes, so expect delays for this story. Weekends should be when I update if people aren't hogging up all the Wi-Fi up there playing MMO's or whatever and if I have a chapter written by then... Speaking of which, the next chapter will be Chapter 5: Unexpected Return

Anyway, I'm enjoying all the positiveness you readers are giving me, so thank you for that!

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