Hello again guys! Last chapter of Elsa's story! Are you excited? Don't worry about 'Aw there's only six chapters?' because part 2 is next. And it will be in Jack's POV. I hope you enjoy and don't forget to review!
Chapter 6 Thawing The Ice
I awoke slowly, and for a minute I didn't know where I was. Then I recognised Arendelle's castle dungeon. As I sat up, I followed the faint line of light with my eyes until it led to a window.
A window! Now I can see if Anna was right.
I stood up and raced to the window, but was halted quickly with the feeling of resistance on my hands. I looked down to see iron encasing my hands, an iron chain leading from them to the floor. I moved around till I could look out the window. Ice and snow and frost covered everything.
"Oh, no," I murmured. "What have I done?"
Suddenly I heard the prison door opening. I whirled around to see Hans in the doorway with a lantern in his hand. He set it down as he shut the door and walked over to me.
"Why did you bring me here?" I demanded.
"I couldn't just let them kill you," he replied.
"But I'm a danger to Arendelle. Get Anna."
"Anna has not returned."
I looked out the window again, worried for my sister.
"If you would just stop the winter. Bring back summer, please," Hans seemed to beg.
"Don't you see?" I turned back to him. "I can't!"
Hans seemed taken aback.
"You have to tell them to let me go!" I cried.
"I will do what I can," Hans said. He turned and left, locking the door behind him.
I suddenly felt my power working and looked down at my hands and saw frost already covering the iron. The frost quickly ran down the chain and across the floor to the wall; where the frost began to climb up the wall to the roof.
"Elsa!" I heard someone call my name.
"Jack!" I looked to the window to see my friend through it.
"I overheard Hans talking; they're coming to kill you! Hurry, pull on the chains! The frost should weaken them."
I started pulling as hard as I could. I stopped for a second at the sound of voices on the other side of the door.
"Hurry up!"
"She's dangerous!"
"Move quickly!"
I pulled harder.
I can't do this alone.
I looked fearfully at Jack.
He nodded. "Stand back!" He raised his staff and pointed it at the window. He blasted a hole in the wall that also hit the iron encasing my hands; the force was so strong, they popped right open.
I dashed through the opening, just as I heard the dungeon door swing open.
I ran into the blizzard, away from the castle once again. But since everything was white, I didn't know where I was going and I soon lost sight of Jack.
I don't know how, but somehow Hans found me. I tried to walk away but he stopped me.
"Elsa! You can't run from this!" he called.
I turned to face him. "Just-just take care of my sister!"
"Your sister?" Hans seemed to scoff. "She returned from the mountain, weak and cold. She said that you froze her heart!"
"No!" I whispered.
"I tried to save her but it was too late. Her skin was ice, her hair turned white," Hans told me. "Your sister is dead, because of you."
I stumbled as I tried to step back. I turned and fell to my knees. "No!" I cried.
I killed her! I killed my own sister! I heard a sword being drawn, but I didn't even care.
All of a sudden, I felt someone run in between me and Hans.
"No!" I heard a voice cry that I recognised as Anna's. Then there was a cracking sound and an exclamation from Hans as he was thrown to the ground.
I looked up to see an icy blue hand. I immediately stood up. "Anna!" I cried. I cupped her face in my hands, which was complete ice; her whole body was ice! "No, no, no!" I kept murmuring. I clung to my sister and sobbed. Hans had lied before, I knew that now, but now she was really dead; I had killed my own sister. I didn't even feel the warmth spreading through her until she sighed and stood up straight.
"Anna?" I looked into my sister's face, then wrapped my arms around her for the first time in years.
"Oh, Elsa!" Anna said.
I pulled away but still held onto her hands, as if she would turn to ice again if I didn't hold on. "You sacrificed yourself for me?"
"I love you," Anna replied simply.
Olaf gasped. "An act of true love will thaw a frozen heart!"
"Love will thaw," I thought aloud. "Love, of course!" Why hadn't I realized this before?
"Elsa?" Anna questioned.
"Love!" I answered.
I let my magic out and quickly thawed everything. Of course, I hadn't thought about the fact that we were out in the middle of the fjord and could easily fall into the newly thawed water. Luckily though, we were on an ice covered ship. I cleared everything to a bright summer's afternoon.
Anna put a hand on my shoulder. "I knew you could do it!"
I smiled.
"Hands down, this is the best day of my life," Olaf exclaimed as he melted. "And quite possibly the last."
"Oh, Olaf! Hang on little guy." With a wave of my hand, I put the snowman together again and created a snow cloud above him, so he could always stay cold.
"My own personal flurry!" Olaf giggled.
We all turned at the sound of someone moaning. It was Hans. Anna's friend, whose name was Kristoff, started toward him, but Anna stopped him. I could tell she wanted to handle this herself.
Anna walked to Hans, and stopped in front of him.
"Anna?" Hans seemed completely perplexed. "But she froze your heart!"
"The only frozen heart around here is yours," Anna started to walk away, then turned around and punched Hans in the face! He flipped right over the ship's railing and into the water!
I hugged my sister again, glad to finally have someone that close to me. I opened my eyes to see Jack hovering above the water.
"We need to talk," he said. "Meet me in your bedroom."
A few minutes later, I walked into my room and closed the door. Jack was sitting on the window bench, looking out the window.
"You like it here, don't you?" he asked. "I mean, of course you have a kingdom to rule, but would you ever want to leave?"
"Not really, why?" I questioned. A sudden realization hit me. "You have to leave now don't you? Your assignment was to help me control my powers and now that I can, you're going, aren't you?"
Jack nodded sadly.
"But I don't want you to leave!" I blurted out.
"I don't want to leave either," Jack confessed. "I'll miss the scenery, and you."
"It's not just that," I hesitated. "I love you."
Jack stood up and walked over to me. "I love you too," he murmured. He bent down and kissed me.
I felt such happiness as I hugged him. This was a different love than the love my sister and I shared, but love all the same.
"Oh, hey, do you remember the Duke of Weselton?" Jack asked.
"Yes." How could I forget?
"I might have written a message for that butler of yours to deliver to him and his bodyguards. All it needs is a signature!"
I went to my desk and read the message, laughing when I read the last word.
"'Weaseltown?'" I repeated. "Don't you think it's worse enough being sent home as a prisoner?"
Jack shrugged. "Don't you want to pester him all you can?"
"Yep!" I answered as I signed the paper.
Jack flew overhead as the scene took play, and I laughed with him as he relayed it to me. A few minutes later, I was asked to the courtyard; the people wanted me to make an ice rink for them.
"Bye, Jack," I whispered as we walked through the hallways. "Have a safe flight to wherever you're going."
"Good-bye, Elsa. Stay in control," Jack replied as we stepped into the courtyard. "I promise to visit."
As Jack flew away and I walked to the center of the courtyard, I thought, Thanks for everything, Jack.
"Are you ready?" I asked the gathered people.
They clapped excitedly in response. I raised one foot and brought it down with force that created an icy floor that went into each corner of the courtyard and made designs on the walls of the castle. I made the fountain water turn to ice, and even made it snow a little.
Anna came, slipping and sliding, to meet me. "I like the open gates."
"We are never closing them again," I promised. I waved a hand toward her shoes and created skates for her.
"Oh, Elsa, they're beautiful, but you know I don't ska –"
I didn't let her finish as I pulled her a few feet. "Come on, you can do it!"
"Look out!" Kristoff shouted as his reindeer, Sven, pulled him around. "Reindeer comin' through!"
Olaf came up behind Anna and stood her up straight. "Hi guys! That's right Anna, glide and pivot.
Laughter rang out into the night as the whole village had fun. All was right in Arendelle.
