Music filled the ballroom as people danced in pairs that formed a circle. Jack stood behind a column nodding his head along to the beat a smile on his face. He looked at the other people in the room and saw that they were smiling. He heard claps around the room as the song ended. Jack wondered why the music had stopped until trumpets went off. "Queen Elsa of Arendelle," the announcer spoke.
Jack watched people curtsying and bowing as Elsa took her place in front of the ballroom. Jack looked at Elsa up at the front of the room. She was regal and looked very confident. Jack smiled inwardly. She looked like she was faring well and she an aura that spoke Queen. "Princess Anna of Arendelle," the announcer spoke once again. Jack watched as a red head ran to the front of the room. She stood on the bottom part of the stairs that led to the plat form where Elsa was. The announcer walked down the stairs to where Anna was and motioned for her to stand next to her sister. A few words left Anna's mouth as she was moved to stand next to her sister and it was plain as day that she was not sure that she should be standing next to her sister. A chuckled escaped Jack's mouth as he saw the small affair. Jack didn't really know Anna but had seen the princess around enough to know that she was energetic, humorous, and was nervous around her sister. The guardian watched as the two sisters exchanged words and how Anna didn't know how to feel about it. The girls both stuck their noses in the air as if smelling something then looked at each other and spoke at the same time causing giggles. Jack saw that both girls were doing well and too this chance to look away, but soon his eyes were back upon the Queen and the Princess as an old man approached them. He saw them talking but could not hear what they said. Jack maneuvered through the crowds gathered on the edge of the room and found himself a few feet away from the royalties. When he finally was able to see the girls the old man who was talking to them had bowed. Jack watched as the guy's hair fell forward leaving it as obvious as day that the representative was bald. Jack burst out laughing joining the two women who were stifling their mouths to hold in their laughs.
"Hem," Elsa cleared her throat in attempt to get the representatives attention. The wigged man looked up. "Thank you, only I don't dance." Jack shook his head. Elsa could dance and she was really good at it. He had danced with her when she was younger and she would always laugh at how he couldn't dance.
"Oh," the old man responded in defeat.
"But, my sister does," Elsa told him gesturing her arm to her sister. Jack shook his head she was throwing her sister under the bus.
Anna snickered, but her eyes went wide as the representative grabbed her arm. "What?" She started.
"Lucky you," the representative said as he started to pull her to the dance floor.
"Oh, I don't think..." Anna tried to reason but it was too late she was already being pulled to the dance floor. Jack snickered as he saw the panic in her eyes.
"If you swoon, let me know. I'll catch you," Jack heard the rambunctious representative say.
Elsa had her hand in a wave and stopped when the new found partners were out of sight. "Sorry," the word came from her mouth knowing she just handed her sister to a crazy man.
Jack laughed again at how the overall occurrences played out.
Elsa was laughing on the inside at how she was able to get rid of the crazy representative. The Duke of Weselton had always tried to get secrets from Elsa on why the castle had been shut down. She had always been able to slip by without spilling anything. But, when the Duke came up and asked for a dance she had no other choice than to sacrifice her sister. Elsa laughed to herself as she watched the two dance. Actually, it was more like Anna stood there and the Duke went around her. The Queen laughed at her sister as she was dipped then brought back up to stand while the representative jumped around her.
The dancing soon stopped and Elsa watched as Anna made her way back to stand next to her. "Let me know when you are ready for another round, milady," Elsa heard the Duke of Weselton call after Anna.
Elsa laughed at she sister stood next to her. "Wow, he was spritely," she said between laughs.
"Especially for a man in heels," Anna agreed as she reached to touch her feet in emphasis.
Elsa looked at her sister giggling. "Are you okay?"
"I've never been better. This is so nice. I wish it could be like this all the time." Anna faced her sister with hope in her eyes.
"Me too," Elsa let the words slip out of her mouth. Elsa realized what she and her sister were implying and frowned. "But, it can't," she said as she turned her head away.
"Well, why not?" Anna asked reaching for her sister.
Elsa flinched away. "It just can't," she told her sister rejecting the idea.
An awkward moment passed between the two sisters then Anna spoke. "Excuse me for a minute." Anna walked down the few steps of the plat form and away from her sister.
Elsa watched as her sister weaved through the bodies of people in the hall. Elsa knew she had hurt her sister but she couldn't keep open the gates.
Jack had watched the tussle between the two sisters. He saw Anna walking away from her sister and Elsa trying to shield herself from the pain. Jack wanted to cross the few yards that separated them but couldn't bring himself to do so. So, instead he watched Elsa from afar. Watched as she bottled up her emotions and put a small smile on. He watched as the few people who heard the quarrel between the two sisters whisper to each other. The guardian just wanted to snatch the new Queen up and take her somewhere she could be safe from other people. Take her away from everything that ever hurt her, but he knew he couldn't. Elsa belonged here.
The party was going fine for Elsa. She had kept a small smile pasted to her face to keep people from questioning her. She had moved from her spot on the podium and started to strike up conversations with people. She had just finished a conversation between two men when her sister came up behind her dragging a person. "Elsa! I mean Queen. Me again," Anna said correcting herself. She curtsied before her sister. "May I present Prince Hans of the Southern Isles." Anna tugged on the man next to her. He had copper coloured hair and was very handsome.
The man bowed. "You're majesty." Anna looked at Hans pleased.
"We would like," Anna started.
"Your blessing," Hans finished for her. Both adults were giggling now.
"Of our marriage," both said in unison. Elsa could not believe her ears.
"Marriage?" Elsa managed to get out. Her face was decorated with a shocked expression.
"Yes!" Anna squeaked excitedly.
"I'm sorry, I'm confused," Elsa said with an underlying meaning of no.
"Well, we haven't work out all the details ourselves," Anna said oblivious to what Elsa meant. "We'll need a few days to plan the ceremony. Of course we'll have soup, roast, and ice cream. And then," Anna stopped her sentence as a new idea came to her head. "Wait! Will we live here?" She asked Hans.
"Here?" Elsa could not believe what she was hearing. Anna was serious.
"Absolutely," Hans agreed just as excited as Anna was.
"Anna," Elsa tried to cut in.
"Oh, we can invite all twelve of your brothers to stay with us," Anna sprouted off.
"What? No! No, no, no, no." Elsa tried to sneak a word it.
"Of course we have the room. I don't know if some of them..." Anna suddenly went quiet as Elsa spoke.
"Wait, slow down, no one's brothers are staying here. No one is getting married," Elsa spoke louder to her sister cutting her off.
Anna's high suddenly came to a halt as she understood what Elsa was saying. "Wait, what?" She asked.
Elsa tried to control the shift of her face but it held in the 'are you serious look'. "May I talk to you please?" Elsa asked her sister. "Alone?" Elsa nervous face looked at Anna.
"No," Anna said as she moved back to stand next to Hans, "whatever you have to say you can say to both of us."
Elsa sighed. She was going to try to break it easily to her sister when they were to talk alone. But, Anna didn't agree to it. Elsa stiffened her back. "Fine. You can't marry a man you just met," she said. There it was out there, hopefully Anna would understand. But, of course luck was not on her side.
"You can if it's true love," Anna retorted gripping on to Hans harder.
Elsa felt bad. "Anna, what do you know about true love?" She asked trying to make her sister see her mistake.
"Well, more than you. All you know is how to shut people out," Anna argued with her sister.
This struck a nerve in Elsa and she visibly shrunk away. "You asked for my blessing, but my answer is no," she said trying to be strong. "Now, excuse me." Elsa started to walk away from the two.
"You're majesty," Hans started, "if I may ease your..."
"No you may not!" Elsa said sharply cutting him off. "A-and I think you should go." Elsa had had enough. "The party is over. Close the gates."
"What?" Anna said startled. "Elsa. No, no wait." Anna pulled on Elsa's hand and accidentally slipped the glove that Elsa wore off.
Elsa gasped and quickly turned snatching at her glove. "Give me my glove," she said franticly.
"Elsa, please. Please! I can't live like this anymore!" Anna begged her sister.
This struck Elsa. Elsa knew she had hurt her sister. She knew. So Elsa said the one thing that could satisfy Anna's and her own needs. "Then leave."
Anna took in a sharp breath. She had not expected her sister to say that. Elsa looked at her sister with sad eyes then turned away letting out a deep sigh.
After Anna had left and Elsa started to converse with people Jack found his way back to his original spot behind the column, but with the quarrel Jack had moved closer to the action. Jack had heard some of the words exchanged and was astonished that Anna could even think of marrying a man she had just met.
Jack watched as Elsa's glove was taken from her and her saw she looked like a scared animal. Jack wanted to march over there and take the glove from Anna and give it back to Elsa. Emotions surged through him as Anna yelled at her. "What did I ever do to you?"
Jack wanted to yell back at her, "You brought it upon yourself! She's scared of hurting you!"
"Enough Anna," Jack heard Elsa say struggling to keep her emotions in check. This was Anna's fault. If it wasn't for Anna Elsa wouldn't be afraid of her powers, she wouldn't have shut people out!
"No! Why? Why do you shut me out? Why do you shut the world out?" Jack heard Anna say to her sister heatedly.
"She doesn't want to hurt you!" Jack yelled. No one turned a head no one had heard him. Jack made his way to the center of the room and stood on the brink of the crowd.
"No! Why? Why do you shut me out?" Elsa heard her sister speak. It felt like something had struck her chest. "Why do you shut the world out?" Another sharp pain. It was becoming harder and harder to control her emotions and the temperature in the room had dropped. "What are you so afraid of!?" Anna yelled at Elsa.
Elsa cracked. "I said enough!" Flinging her hand back Elsa let go of her powers. Spikes of ice sprouted from the ice she laid on the ground and people took several steps back in fear. Immediately she pulled her hand back as if it would shelter her from the accusations.
"Sorcery," the duke of Weselton said accusingly. "I knew there was something devious going on here." He stepped behind another person.
"Elsa," Anna murmured. Pieces of the puzzling fitting together in her head.
Elsa's gloved hand fumbled for the door knob. Finding it she turned it and fled out of the door.
Jack flew after her and landed in front of the Queen. "Elsa stop!" Jack called as he stood in front of her. Elsa reached the spot where he was standing and ran right through him. Jack gasped at the rushing feeling that ran through him as she passed through him. He spun around and watched as she ran out door of the castle. He flew down the hall after her. Being unseen did not him from going after Elsa. Jack reached outside in time to see Elsa back away from the people of Arendelle and into the lip of the fountain. He watched and the water froze creating and ice sculpture.
"There she is! Stop her!" Jack heard a voice ring out from the door of the castle. He turned to see the old man, the Duke of Weselton. Did that guy ever know when to bug out?
"Please just stay away from me," Elsa's voice reached his ears, "Stay away!" Jack watched as her power activated on her fear and shot a blast of ice at the people at the door. If it was in any other scenario Jack would have laughed as the people launched themselves to the side.
"Monster," Jack heard from the old man. Jack had half a mind to whip the Duke with a stream of cold air. "Monster," he said again but louder so that everyone had heard him.
The guardian looked down at Elsa and saw her flinch. He saw he look at her hand in fear. No! Elsa wasn't supposed to fear her powers she was supposed to embrace them! Jack was angry at all of them. They were so stupid. Couldn't they see the beauty in her magic? Elsa turned and ran. Jack turned to follow her but paused his chase due to a red headed princess that appeared in the door way. "Elsa!" She called after her sister. Jack watched as Anna ran after her sister.
Jack grumbled to himself something along the line of, "Stupid," and, "Your fault," and took off after the Queen.
Jack flew above Elsa as she ran down the stairs behind the castle and towards the lake. "Elsa!" Both of the ice makers heard from Anna as she screamed for her sister.
Jack looked down at Elsa. "Elsa, please stop you know you can't go anywhere." Elsa took steps backward and that was when he realized she had frozen the lake beneath her. She too looked down and saw it.
"Wait, please!" Both heard Anna call. Jack watched Elsa as she looked at the fjord beneath her. Seeing how she hadn't fallen through the Ice Elsa turned and ran across it leaving ice crystals in her wake. Jack hadn't moved from his spot in the air and watched as Anna tried to follow her sister. Jack sighed at the younger sister and took off to follow the scared magician. Her own stupidity had brought this upon her. If she had only listened.
Elsa ran through the forest Jack not far behind until she reached the top of the North Mountain where she slowed to a walk. Jack had followed her all the way to the North Mountain and was wondering how far she would go. He was surprised that her powers has grown so much and was wondering what she would do next.
"The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation,
And it looks like I'm the Queen."
Elsa started to sing. She looked around at the wide open space around her sighing she looked ahead and continued to sing.
"The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried."
Elsa sighed and looked down at the ground realizing what she had done. Then realizing that she didn't have to hide anymore.
"Don't let them in, don't let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know
Well, now they know."
She pulled off her other glove and threw it into the air, a sign that she wasn't going to hide her powers anymore.
"Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door".
Elsa sang as she let her magic flow through her as she created snow from the palms of her hands.
"I don't care
What they're going to say
Let the storm rage on,
The cold never bothered me anyway."
Elsa unclipped her cape and it flew off into the cloudy sky. The surrounding cold in the air touched her skin and she smiled.
"It's funny how some distance
Makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
Can't get to me at all."
Jack hadn't stopped watching Elsa sing and let go of her control. But, it was at this moment that Elsa was remembering her childhood friend and how he said, "That whenever you feel troubled take it with a nip of frost and let it go, have fun."
"It's time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
I'm free."
Elsa smiled and created a set of stairs made of snow. Jack above her looked confusedly at her. Was she crazy a snow set of stairs wasn't going to get her anywhere. Elsa took a step onto the stairs and the snow immediately turned to ice. Elsa started her run up the stairs.
"Let it go, let it go
I am one with the wind and sky
Let it go, let it go
You'll never see me cry."
Elsa ended her staircase near the top of the North Mountain on a ridge. Jack watched from above clearly amused that Elsa was going so far to let it go.
"Here I stand
And here I'll stay
Let the storm rage on."
Elsa stomped on the ground and Jack rolled his eyes smirking. Like that was going to do anything. A large ice snowflake appeared on the ground and Elsa spread it out over the ground. She then moved her hands up as if to pull something out of the ground. Jack was laughing, how much would this girl humiliate herself, he thought. But what happened next surprised him as ice pillars sprouted from the ground and rose into the sky.
"My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I'm never going back,
The past is in the past."
Elsa finished shaping and building leaving in her an ice palace. Jack was flabbergasted. He didn't know what to think. How much was Elsa holding back? It was then a golden crown was thrown in Jack's direction. Jack dropped to the floor to avoid it.
"Let it go, let it go."
Jack watched as she freed her bleach blond hair from is wreath braid and ran her fingers through her bangs adjusting them.
"And I'll rise like the break of dawn."
The guardian's mouth fell as he watched her make a dress out of pure ice. The dress was beautiful the body was a bright teal colour, the sleeves a see through version of the same colour.
"Let it go, let it go."
The winter spirit watched mesmerized as a cape formed behind Elsa as she walked to the balcony of her new home.
"That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand."
Elsa walked out on to the balcony with her hands in the air finally realizing that she didn't have to contain her emotions that she didn't have to be afraid.
"In the light of day
Let the storm rage on,
The cold never bothered me anyway."
The new fearless Elsa turned and slammed closed the doors to her balcony. Jack admired how she now held herself compared to how she had held herself at the party. Jack landed on the floor, but Jack didn't anticipate the slipperiness of the floor as his feet slipped from beneath him and he fell to the ground. Jack groaned in pain as he rubbed his but trying to get rid of the pain. "Jack? What are you doing here?"
So far I haven't really left any like cliff hangers just like pushes to the next story. But now I can officially say Tolololololol! Ha ha ha! Don't kill me.
So I didn't get very many reviews from my last chapter, which is okay, and the one that I did get was an "I love your story! Update more!". I love those review don't get me wrong they are so motivating. Just think that someone is out there and loves my story and is willing to say it just brightens my day. So thank you Frozen Fan. But, if I am to get better at writing and for the story to improve I am going to need reviews that tweak my writing.
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