Chapter 6

"Jack!" Anna shouted with excitement, as she pulled the man who had taken her back to Arendell over to him. "This is Kristoff. Kristoff, Jack!"

"It's nice to meet you," said Kristoff, holding out a hand to shake.

"Hey, you're that ice delivery guy, right?" asked Jack as he shook his hand.

"Yeah, but I don't really know you from outside what Anna's told me," said Kristoff, looking slightly proud that someone recognised him from his work.

"Oh well, guess I'll have to make myself more memorable," Jack said, feeling his mischievous grin spreading across his face.

"Okay," said Anna, "so, I'd like it if the two of you could get along, you know, just a bit, Jack."

"I wasn't gonna start anything or prank anyone," said Jack defensively. "Besides, This guy seems better than the last one, although that's not saying much."

"I hope certainly hope I'm better than Hans," Kristoff chimed in. "Really not in the mood to try and kill Elsa, you know?"

Jack smiled his smile and said, "We might just be able to get along then, donkeyface."

That was when the reindeer ran up to them, butting his head against Kristoff's arm as if he wanted something. "Alright, Jack, this is Sven," said Kristoff, as he got a carrot out of his pocket and let Sven bite into it, then taking a bite himself. That was somewhat disgusting.

"Nice to meet ya," said Jack, as he patted Sven's head. Sven seemed to smile at him.

"So," said Kristoff, turning to face Anna, "are you sure he can handle a ride on my new sleigh?" He had a smile on his face, like he was genuinely excited for this.

"Probably," she responded, "but the way you drive, there are absolutely no guarantees."

Jack smiled, and took it as a challenge. "Well, if I can't handle your driving, no one can. Count me in on this 'slay ride'"

"This is going to be awesome!" Anna exclaimed, bobbing up and down slightly in excitement. "Now we just have to invite Elsa. If Jack's going, she won't say no. She wouldn't want to miss a chance to show that she's superior to him in every way."

"This. Is. Awsome." said Jack, as he looked at the sleek design of the sleigh. "Is this hand carved?" he asked Kristoff.

Kristoff looked to Anna, who said, "Yup. Only the best for our official ice master."

"Is that a thing?" asked Jack.

Anna said"Sure it-"

"I am SO excited," interrupted, a voice behind them. Jack turned around to see a snowman walking towards them. He blinked and rubbed his eyes, but when they were open, the snowman was still there.

"Please tell me the rest of you see that," Jack said.

The snowman looked down at himself and said, "No. Way. I can see me too!"

"This is Olaf," said Kristoff, laughing slightly at Jack's face.

"Olaf," said Jack. "Got it. I'm… Jack?"

"And, yes," said Anna "Olaf is real. Or at least I can see him too." She turned to Olaf and asked, "Wasn't it your job to get Elsa for this?"

"Oh, was I really supposed to do that?" Olaf asked.

"It's alright," said Anna, "I'll go get her."

She left, and Jack was alone with some guy who smelled like reindeer, an actual reindeer, and a talking snowman. This wasn't at all awkward.

"So," said Kristoff, "how do you know Anna?"

"Childhood friends," Jack responded. "Accidentally dropped a bucket of water on her sister. Apparently, that's a good way to make lifelong friends. Who knew?"

"I knew!" said Olaf. "Although, being created by her sister works just as well. Oooh," he said, getting distracted by a butterfly and leaning towards it.

Kristoff started looking at the sleigh, stroking it gently.

"It is a really good model," said Jack. "How come Anna never gets me cool stuff like that? Already choosing romance over friends," he said, shaking his head in mock disappointment and watching Kristoff in hopes of conformation. Kristoff turned bright red.

"Don't worry," said Kristoff, "just get her to break everything you have and she'll replace it with better stuff."

"Nice to know," said Jack. "I should just let her into my house. She's clumsy enough she'd probably break everything."

"That is oddly true," Kristoff noted, laughing slightly. "But she hasn't noticed it. She still tries to do things like climb mountains and stuff."

Jack laughed just thinking about her doing that. "How soon did she fall off?" he asked.

"She jumped, into my arms," said Kristoff, his smile getting bigger.

Jack laughed, rolling his eyes. "She knows I'm too scrawny for things like that," he said, "she's tried."

"Here they come!" said Olaf, pointing his… stick towards the castle. Anna was running, pulling Elsa along by the wrist.

When they were in speaking distance, Olaf, said, "I am so ready for this. I also hope that we know where we're going. Because I have no clue."

Kristoff laughed and said, "Just a steep mountain path that is easy to fall off to our deaths. Nothing too bad."

"Well," said Elsa, "Lets not die, alright?"

Jack laughed and said, "If we die, I will so blame you. You just completely jinxed it!"

Elsa rolled her eyes at him and said, "Well, are you going to go even though I jinxed it, or are you too scared?" After a slight face-off, they both burst out laughing. Jack thought of how tickley her laugh was, and how well it suited her.

"Alright," said Jack, "I don't know about you guys, but I am ready to go."

"Wow," shouted Anna against the wind as Sven dashed up the mountain, "Sven's going even faster than before. And with a heavier load! Cool!"

"I can tell next ice season will be the best one yet!" Kristoff called back to her. "I just can't wait to see this thing going downhill!"

"This is going to be great!" Olaf called. The thought of how fast this thing could probably go made Elsa nervous, especially when she thought about how fast they were already going. She was sure Kristoff knew what he was doing, or at least she hoped he did.

"HOLD ON!" Kristoff cried as they turned a sharp corner. This sent Jack, who'd been sitting between Olaf and Elsa, toppling on top of her and probably out the side had Elsa not grabbed him.

"I had it under control," said Jack, turning slightly red.

"Most people would have said 'thank you for saving me,'" Elsa replied.

"Thanks, but I had it handled," he said, as Elsa pulled him back up.

"NO you didn't!" Olaf cried, "You would have fallen out if it weren't for her! We all know it."

"Alright, maybe I would-"

"Get ready for the downhill!" Anna cried from the front of the sleigh. Elsa looked out and saw that they would be going down at close enough to a right angle to make her stomach churn. She looked over at Jack, who looked almost as nervous as she did. Then he grinned and said, "This should be fun," just before they started down the hill.

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Olaf screamed. Anna and Jack were clutching the sleigh, but still laughing like they were having a good time. That was until the sleigh kept on gaining speed. And gaining speed. It was going faster than anything either of them had ridden before. It was going faster than…...Sven?!

"Jump!" shouted Elsa, as they were about to run Sven down. He jumped and landed a little behind Elsa with more than a little terror in his eyes.

"Uh oh…" said Kristoff, as he realized that they now had no control. The only one still having fun was Olaf, who was shouting joyously to the reindeer: "Hey Sven! Enjoying the ride? This is SOO fast! Isn't it great?!"

"Alright," said Jack, turning to Elsa, "Coming in here, I didn't ACTUALLY think you'd jinxed the ride!" Then his eyes shot wide as he saw a sharp turn ahead.

"Jack, we're not going to make it!" Elsa cried, and clung to him.

First Jack face-palmed-and then he beamed. "Elsa, ICE POWERS!"

"Of course," Elsa sighed. She took a deep breath, stretched out her arm, and made a curving ice wall to force them to turn the corner.

"YOUR POWERS ROCK!" shouted Anna enthusiastically.

"We have not made it through yet!" shouted Elsa as the path they were riding on began to narrow. She made the path thicker with her ice, which only made them go even faster than they had been before. Sven fainted.

"Sven!" Olaf cried, turning to his friend. "He's still breathing, guys!"

"Are we almost at the bottom!?" called Elsa.

Kristoff laughed and called back to them, "Yeah, there's just one place coming up where we need to jump a small ravine. Can you handle that?"

Elsa sighed. This had been an awful idea. She looked at Jack, who was grinning like he was having a great time. He looked at her and must have seen some panic in her eyes, as he called, "You're doing great! We're almost done! Don't worry!"

As the ravine approached, it seemed like they could make it over with the momentum they had built up. They soared through the air and made it far enough and high enough, but too far to the right. They were falling through thin air.

Elsa panicked slightly, and did what her instincts told her; she made a giant pile of snow to break their fall. They landed, and somehow, miraculously, the sleigh was still intact. Apparently, it was as good a deal as the salesman had said it would be.

Everyone was quiet for a minute, then Jack, Anna, and Kristoff started laughing themselves hoarse as Olaf said, "Can we do that again?"

"Not a chance!" said Elsa, making a note to herself never to do anything like that again. Ever.

"Come on, Elsa!" said Anna through her mirth. "We survived! It was even - even fun! Why can't we go again?"

Elsa smirked at her and said, "Well, for one I have to get back to running a kingdom. That was just about all the time I had left." She hoped that these excuses would be enough to convince Anna.

"Party pooper," said Anna.

"Hey," said Elsa, "it doesn't look like Sven wants to go again either."

"Oh, sure he does," said Anna, "right Sven?"

The reindeer had shakely gotten out of the sleigh and looked ready to pass out again at any moment. He shook his head fervently and sat down, as if to say that they were were not doing that again. Ever.

"You guys are no fun," said Jack, shaking his head in mock disapproval.

"Yeah!" said Olaf. "It's not like anyone got hurt!"

"Well, we can't go anywhere without Sven," said Kristoff.

"I suppose," said Anna, although she still seemed somewhat disappointed.

"I'll bring you along again, sometime," said Kristoff hugging Anna. "And next time, it'll be even better."