Frozen

(The setting moves beyond the mountains to the frozen palace of the Snow Queen. All her servants are all sorts of winter animals such as polar bears, snow leopards, and bobcats. Wolves are her guards and penguins are her waiters. Two polar bears open the door to a penguin carrying a tray with a drink on top. He walks over to the Queen, Elsa, who is sitting on her throne with scepter at hand.)

Penguin: Your drink, your majesty.

(Elsa grabs the cup and takes a sip, but immediately sips it out.)

Elsa: What is this?

Penguin: (Nervously) Umm, you're normal ice c-c-c-coffee?

Elsa: Well, it's not cold enough! Take this back and make it colder!

(She slams the cup back on the tray.)

Penguin: Yes, your majesty.

(The penguin quickly leaves the room. A female snow leopard comes in with her manicure supplies.)

Leopard: Is her majesty ready for her morning manicure?

Elsa: Yes! Yes! Let's get it over with!

(The leopard starts to file her nails when a bobcat comes in.)

Bobcat: Your highness, Cero has returned from hunting.

Elsa: Then, sent him in! I don't have all day! (To the leopard) You're dismissed.

(Both the bobcat and leopard leave the room. The doors open and Cero, the same black wolf who attacked Anna, comes in.)

Cero: (Bows) Your majesty.

Elsa: Ah, Cero; my most trusted and loyal pet. I'm to hear that the hunt was successful.

Cero: Yes, your majesty. But, uh, there's something I need to . . . warning you about.

Elsa: Excuse me?

Cero: While I was hunting, there was this girl and this man and a rabbit and um.

Elsa: Is there a point to this?

Cero: They are coming here to see you as we speak.

Elsa: What? Impossible!

Cero: The man is a mountain climber who seems to know the range and I think-

Elsa: You think?

Cero: That they can easily get here.

Elsa: Easily? Please, Cero don't make me laugh.

Cero: You haven't heard the rest of the story. The girl wants to talk to you about stopping this winter.

Elsa: (Scratching her chin) Does she? Well, she's just wasting her time.

Cero: But what if they do get here?

Elsa: They won't. At least we won't let them get here . . . alive. Cero! Send your pack to the mountains and make sure they don't come an inch in this castle. Is that clear?

Cero: Yes, your highness.

(He runs out of the throne. The penguin comes back in with the queen's coffee. Elsa takes a sip.)

Elsa: Better.

(Penguin Sighs in Relief)

Elsa: But now I want something else. Bring me some ice tea! And make sure it's cold!

(Again, the penguin leaves. Elsa walks over to her window and watches as Cero howls at his pack for a hunt. All the wolves then follow their leader to the mountains.)

(Meanwhile early in the morning, Kristoff, Anna, and Pavel are starting their journey up the mountains. Pavel is riding on Kristoff's sack.)

Pavel: Wow! This is so easy. I don't understand why Mountain Boy here complains a lot.

Kristoff: Maybe it's because of the chattering rabbit on my sack who's making the weight harder to carry.

Pavel: Wait! Are you calling me fat?

(Kristoff just dumps Pavel on the ground.)

Pavel: Well, then. How rude.

(Anna looks up at the mountain.)

Anna: We certainly have a long way to go.

Kristoff: Still want to do this?

Anna: Yes and I'm not changing my mind.

Kristoff: I thought you might say that. Well, since you are still crazy, you should probably know a few things.

Anna: Like what?

Kristoff: Like first of all: you need to be careful of where you step. You might slip, fall, die and trust me: being so high up, you don't want that to happen. Right?

Anna: (Uneasy) Right.

Kristoff: Another thing: keep your voice down when up here. Your voice can trigger an avalanche.

Anna: AN AVALANCHE?

Kristoff: Shhh! (Whispers) Yes! An avalanche!

Anna: Sorry.

Kristoff: And one more thing . . .there's a monster up here.

Anna: WHAT?

Kristoff: Shhh!

Anna: (Whispers) Define a monster.

Kristoff: I'm talking about a 10 foot beast covered in fur, teeth, and claws. I call him Yogi.

Anna: Is he around here?

Kristoff: Oh, no. He lives more up top. Way far from here.

Anna: You seem to know about this . . . creature.

Kristoff: Tell that to these.

(He rolls up his sleeve and reveals three scars on his arm.)

Kristoff: A few years ago when I first climbed these mountains, I saw him and he attacked me. That's how I got these scars. But hey, it's better that being dead.

Anna: I'm sorry. You're very brave.

Kristoff: Thank you. And you're still crazy.

(Anna rolls her eyes and continues walking. Pavel isn't that far behind, but suddenly he starts to sniffle.)

Anna: Are you okay, Pavel?

Pavel: (stuffy) Uh-huh! I'm-Ah! Ah! AH!

Anna: Pavel, no!

(Pavel pauses and sighs in relief.)

Anna: (Sighs) That's a relief.

Pavel: Yeah . . . AHCOO!

(The sneeze echoes through the mountains. Suddenly, the group hears a rumbling sound. They look up and see as Kristoff predicted: an avalanche.)

Kristoff: RUN!

(They run away as the snow come tumbling down. Anna, Kristoff, and Pavel make their way up, but all of a sudden, the ground underneath them starts to shake. Kristoff throws a rope up to a tree on safer grounds. The ground starts to crumble: Pavel quickly hops across, but Anna starts to fall.)

(ANNA SCREAMS)

Kristoff: Anna!

(He grabs her hand just in time. They both hang on to the rope, dangling over the cliff. Kristoff and Anna glare over at Pavel.)

Pavel: (Sniffs) Excuse me.

Kristoff: You alright?

(Anna looks down; they're up really high.)

Anna: No!

Kristoff: Don't worry. We'll get out of this.

Pavel: Well, you better hurry because we got company!

(They turn to the other side and see The Snow Queen's pack of wolves approaching with Cero leading. Back in her palace, her majesty is watching the action through her specter.)

(ANNA GASPS)

Elsa: (Laughs) Yes! YES! Get them! Throw them off the mountain! HA! HA! HA! HA!

Kristoff: Hurry! Climb!

(Kristoff and Anna quickly start climbing up, but Cero leaps up to the tree and climbs up to the rope.)

Cero: Mind if I cut in?

(He raises his claws and is about to cut the rope until a rock hits his head. He turns around and sees Pavel.)

Pavel: Oops. (Chuckles Nervously) My bad.

Cero: You little meat!

(Cero charges for Pavel)

(PAVEL SCREAMS)

Pavel: NO! Get away from me!

(Pavel hops up to a tall boulder where it's safety. Kristoff climbs up to help him. He runs over and wraps his spear around Cero's neck. There, the fight begins.)

Pavel: Oh, that's it! Give him a left! No! I mean right!

(Anna, still hanging on the rope, swings back and forth; avoiding the sharp teeth of the pack of wolves. Finally, she makes it across. Kristoff, on the other hand, is struggling with Cero. The black wolf is able to pin the man down in the snow, but there, Kristoff kicks Cero off the cliff. He falls down the mountain as the other wolves retreat. Anna watches Cero lands on another edge; he's fine, but has a bad cut on his leg. He looks up at Anna with a growl and disappears into snow.)

(KRISTOFF WHISTLES)

Kristoff: Hey! Are you coming up or what?

(Kristoff lowers his rope from the tree to Anna as she starts climbing up. When she gets to the top, Kristoff pulls her up.)

Kristoff: Here, let me help.

(He pulls her up and gets her on her feet. Just then, Anna trips and lands in Kristoff's arms; she looks at his emerald eyes.)

Kristoff: (Chuckles) You best be careful next time.

Anna: (Lost in thought) Uh-huh.

(For the first time, they smile at each other.)

Pavel: Umm, hello? Can we move it along before we become someone else's lunch? Please?

(The two break apart quickly and look away awkwardly.)

Kristoff: Uh, yeah. We better keep going.

Anna: Right. Of course.

(Kristoff grabs his gear and starts to lead again. Anna shakes the thought out of her head.)

Anna: No. It's not impossible. Or is it? (Sighs)

Pavel: Anna!

Anna: Coming!

(Again, the group makes their way up the mountain.)

Hey, guys. I hope you like the story and I apologize for the wait, but I got something for you:

I got some drawings of the four main characters: Anna, Kristoff, Pavel, and of course Elsa the Snow Queen. Just go to my profile if you want to check them out.

I'm sorry it took me a week to publish this chapter. I just started school and I'm working on a story for FictionPress. It's a wintery historical story like this one called Second to Great. There's a link on my profile that goods to my fictionpress account if you want to read the story.

I'm going to try to work on my Gleefics, Golden Stars and The Glee Movie, for you gleeks out there and of course this story as well.

Thanks for your patience, your reviews, and loving the story overall.

See you next chapter!