Okay here's Chapter 3! Now that it's summer, you guys can expect to see chapters updated a little more frequently. Sorry if this chapter isn't all about Anna yet, it's just that this part will be important in the future.
And if you haven't already noticed, I like ending with cliffhangers. So...hehe.
"This is all my fault," Elsa said, sitting on her bed where Anna had slept that night, watching Kristoff pace the room. The sun had just risen over the horizon, a ray of light shining through the large triangle window. "I could have stopped them, I should have been able to control it and stop them!"
"Elsa," Kristoff said his face in a grim expression. His hair was ruffled from that morning's scuffle. "It's not your fault. There was nothing we could have done."
Elsa hit her hands down onto the bed beside her, "But I could have stopped them!"
Kristoff stopped his pacing and sat down next to her. He turned his head to give Elsa a sympathetic look. "Elsa, that's not important. We can't change what happened. Killing ourselves over something that we can't change isn't going to help. Talking about what we could have done isn't going to help us find her. And right now our only priority is to find Anna."
"I already sent our soldiers looking for her," Elsa responded, forcing herself to take deep breaths. "They'll be sweeping every foot of Arendelle."
"Does anyone else know of her kidnapping?" Kristoff asked, standing back up. "Do the villagers know yet?"
"No," Elsa replied, looking down at the floor. "Not yet at least. We're not going to tell the kingdom just yet. It will cause a commotion among the villagers and then finding Anna will be futile."
Kristoff thought of the soldiers carrying Anna, who seemed to be unconscious, and remembered what the one with his feet stuck to the ground said. He blinked, trying to make sense of the memory. "What do you think he meant by, 'You've got the wrong one'?"
Elsa knew what he was talking about. "I don't know."
"Who do you think took her?" Kristoff said, his hands balled into fists. "Does Arendelle have enemy kingdoms?
"I don't know who took her," Elsa said, exasperated. "As far as I know, Arendelle is at peace with the others."
They were both quiet for a minute, trying to imagine where Anna could be, as if imagining where she was could actually help them. Elsa stared at the little box the Kristoff had meant to give Anna in the corner, still untouched from when she last saw it. Kristoff noticed her staring at it and went to pick it up. He held it in his palm and gazing at it.
"Do you think Hans was behind it?" Kristoff suggested, his face growing red just thinking of the traitor. He tucked the box in his back pocket. "He did try to take over the kingdom last time."
Elsa shook her head. "I don't think so. He's probably in trouble with his own family back in the Southern Isles. I highly doubt that he would do it. I did send a message to them, Corona, and another kingdom though to keep an eye out for Anna."
"Did you ask where Hans was?" Kristoff asked anxiously.
"No. Kristoff I don't think he did it," Elsa said. "He would be under constant watch after what he did in Arendelle. It's a possibility, but I don't think so."
"He did manage to fool everyone here last time. Don't you think he could have done it again?" Kristoff said, completely convinced with his own ideas. "He almost killed both you and Anna."
"Maybe," Elsa said, blowing a strand of hair from her face. "I'll send another message asking how he's doing."
Kristoff nodded and resumed pacing the length of the room. "We have to go look for her ourselves. It's the right thing to do."
"How is it the right thing?" Elsa said with a look of despair on her face. "I have to watch over the kingdom."
"Well," Kristoff said, shrugging his shoulders. "She did come looking after you when you left."
A pang of guilt hit Elsa like a slap to the face. Elsa's memories of nearly killing her sister flashed through her brain, the white hair streaks, the blizzard, and of course Anna, a cold hard ice statue. She gasped and shook her head. "I should go after her, but I can't.I have a kingdom to look after and I can't just leave."
"You can't just leave Anna either!" Kristoff said, anger beginning to show in his voice. "You can't just abandon her!"
"I can't just abandon the kingdom!" Elsa said, her hands shaking. The floor around her feet had begun frosted over, creating a little flower of ice around them. Elsa took in a breath noticing how cold it had just gotten. She closed her eyes and tried to calm herself down. "I'm sorry…"
Kristoff wrapped his arms around himself and shivered a little. Elsa still hadn't quite mastered her powers even after she had thawed the entire kingdom. He gave a curt nod and walked to the door. "It's fine. I'm going to go look for her though."
And with that he quietly left the room and closed the door.
It took Elsa about three seconds after Kristoff left the room to realize that there he was right and that she needed to do more than just send out troops. She quickly got up and ran after him.
"Kristoff!" She called to him down the hall. "Wait."
She ran up to him. "When are you leaving to go look for Anna?"
"Now of course," He said, turning away to go.
"Wait," Elsa said, putting a hand on his shoulder. He sighed and looked at her as she spoke. "You don't know where to start."
"Of course I do," Kristoff said, trying to sound stern. "I'm going to start right where she disappeared. Right…here." He stepped onto carpet where the flash had been. Of course, there was nothing there.
"Remember the soldier we caught? We could ask him. If anything we can see the crest on his weapons or armor if he doesn't answer." Elsa said motioning to the spot where she had frozen his boots to the floor.
Kristoff considered the idea for a moment, staring off into blank space. "Fine. When can we see him?"
The corners of Elsa's lips curved upward just the slightest. "I'm the Queen. I can go to see him whenever I want."
The descent to the dungeons was enough to chill Kristoff to the bone. Most of the cells were empty, with the exception of dangerous thugs in a couple. Soldiers lined the stone walls, in which small oil lamps hung, guarding carefully. They gave a small nod and bowed as Elsa and Kristoff passed by before returning to their original statue-like state.
Kristoff swallowed hard as he gazed at the musty place, following close behind Elsa. She made her way the end of the dark hall and stopped outside a door. Elsa motioned for one of the guards to open it and waited patiently as he jangled with his keys for a second, before unlocking the door. Elsa nodded in thanks and stepped inside, motioning for Kristoff to follow.
Inside sat the soldier, no longer in his armor, which was in the possession of the cell keeper, on the small cot in the corner. He looked up at the two approaching and gave an annoyed look.
"Where is Anna?!" Kristoff shouted. Elsa put a hand on his shoulder, telling him to calm down. He murmured back an apology and repeated his question softer, but his time with more hatred in his voice. "Where is Anna?"
The soldier looked up at them, raising an eyebrow. "Is that who we took?"
"Yes! Where is she?" Kristoff gruffly spoke, taking a step towards the soldier.
"Unfortunately for you, I do not know," The soldier said. "But I do know is that they'll be coming back."
"For who? You?" Kristoff smirked, looking over at Elsa, who was frowning.
"They'll be back," The soldier laughed, a sneer across his face. "They will be back."
Elsa and Kristoff felt a small tap on their shoulders from a prison guard who gently whispered, "He's been saying this recently repeatedly. I'd like to escort both of you out as in a moment he will begin to get a bit violent."
"They will be back!" The soldier screamed with a mad smile. He started laughing madly. "They will be back!"
Elsa and Kristoff allowed the guard to escort them out of the cell, hearing the soldier scream as the door was being locked, "THEY WILL BE BACK!"
"What happened to him?" Elsa asked the cell guard. "Was he like this when you first brought him here?"
"Yes Your Majesty. He seems to be going mad for some sort of reason," The guard replied, pausing as another 'THEY WILL BE BACK!' was shrieked. "But we did find a crest on his sword."
"May I see it?" Elsa asked, trying to block out the imprisoned soldiers voice.
"Of course, Your Majesty," The guard said, "Right this way."
He led them to the main guard room, where the prisoner's sword sat on the table. Elsa stepped closer and examined the crest. She gasped.
"What?" Kristoff asked. "Do you know who that belongs to?"
Elsa seemed to freeze. "I didn't even know that kingdom still existed anymore."
Kristoff's eyes widened with hope. He placed his hands on Elsa's shoulders. "So you know where they're taking Anna?"
Elsa felt a sick looking at the crest, a shield with a serpent with thorns growing around it in a twisting ring. "I do."
Anna woke up not knowing where she was. Her hands and feet were both bound with leather straps and she was being carried in someone's arms. She opened her eyes and tried to speak only to find her mouth was also bound and gagged.
"She's awake," The person carrying her spoke in a gruff voice. It was a soldier covered in black armor. There were three more soldiers walking around him, all in matching uniforms. Around her all she could see were trees and more trees, a thick forest. The soldier holding her chuckled. "Hello Queen Elsa."
She blinked in confusion. The sound of hooves interrupted her thoughts and she turned her head to find the source. It was him, riding on a black steed. Hans.
Hans gazed down at her, his expression turning instantly from a smile to a look of disgust. "You fools, this isn't the queen. This is Princess Anna of Arendelle."
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