Chapter 5: Let it Grow
Here you are, Chapter 5! I enjoyed writing the "Let it Grow" scene; that was by far the best part of the movie. Anyways, enjoy!
These lyrics were written by TDSuperFan, although, I did edit some lyrics.
As Dawn burst through the palace doors, everyone outside began cheering for her. Some were even inviting her to celebrate with them. All Dawn could think of was holding her bare hand close to her heart while looking around for an exit.
Noticing her anxiety, a young mother cradling a baby walked over.
In a comforting voice she asked, "Your majesty? Are you alright?"
Fearing for the safety of the mother and baby, Dawn backed away until she bumped into one of the fountains, her bare hand grabbing the edge to keep balance.
Moss instantly covered the entire fountain with water lilies popping out of the water. Like the party guests inside the palace, everyone let out gasps of shock and fear.
Before Dawn could come up with an explanation, Chris and his body guard came out of the entrance.
"There she is!" the Duke yelled, "Stop her!"
"Please," Dawn begged, holding up her hands in a peaceful gesture, "just stay away from me. Just stay away!"
However, after suppressing her powers and living in fear for so long, Dawn had no control over her magic. Green sparkles shot out, making vines grow around the Duke and body guard's feet. The vines continued to grow taller until the men were hanging upside down by their feet.
Outraged and humiliated, Chris immediately threw the blame onto Dawn.
"Monster… Monster!"
Realizing what she had done, Dawn looked around the courtyard only to find everyone backing away from her. The mother that had been so kind to her was now shielding her baby from Dawn's magic.
Now that everyone knew about her powers, Dawn couldn't stay. She fled from the palace while the vines she created beforehand continued to grow.
Zoey managed her way to the entrance, still holding onto Dawn's glove, with Mal by her side. They came just in time to see her sister run away.
"Dawn!" she cried out and began to run after her sister, Mal following.
But Dawn didn't look back and continued to run. With each step she took, trees sprouted from the ground, moss surrounded the docks and thorny brambles began to grow along the palace gates.
Reaching the lake, Dawn stopped running. She was trapped! If she turned back, the guards would surely capture her.
"Dawn! Wait, please!"
Dawn turned around to see Zoey and Mal running towards her. The only thing Dawn could focus on was her sister's green hair strand. Turning back to the lake, Dawn made a quick decision and tentatively took a step onto the lake. If she died, no one would get hurt and if she survived, she could run away and live somewhere where she couldn't hurt anyone; either way, Zoey would be safe. However, Nature didn't want her to die, each step on the lake created a chain of lily pads that were strong enough to support her weight. Discovering that it was safe enough, Dawn broke off into a run, leaving the entire lake surface covered in lily pads and water lilies.
"Dawn!" Zoey screamed, "Stop!" she tried to run after her sister, but tripped over a growing vine.
"Zoey!" Mal cried out as he rushed to her aid.
As she watched Dawn disappear into the forest, Zoey whispered, "No…"
Then, Mal noticed something.
"Look…" he said, gesturing toward the docks, "the fjord."
The vines and brambles were rapidly growing around the ships, holding them in place. There was no way of leaving Arendelle.
Looking back at Zoey, Mal saw how she was trembling.
"...Are you alright?" he asked as he gently helped her back up onto her feet.
All Zoey could do was look off into the forest with shock.
"No." she answered.
"Did you know?"
"No." she answered again.
After failing to stop her sister, Zoey and Mal made their way back to the castle. Meanwhile, Chris, who had managed to get out of the tangled vines, started to take advantage of the crowd's rising panic to discredit Dawn.
"Look! There are plants growing all over the kingdom! We're trapped! The Queen has cursed this land! She must be stopped!"
Turning to his sole bodyguard, he ordered, "Chef, you go after her."
"Wait no!" Zoey cried out as she rushed over to the Duke.
Hearing her voice, Chris quickly hid behind Chef and pointed a finger at her.
"You!" he accused, "Is there sorcery in you to? Do you have freaky powers like your sister, the Moonchild?"
Zoey was taken aback by the accusations.
"No. No." she said, "I'm completely ordinary."
"That's right," Mal agreed, "she is…"
Realizing what he just said, he quickly added, "in the best way."
Zoey smiled at how Mal was supporting her before turning back to Chris.
"And my sister is not a monster." She protested.
"She nearly killed me! ME of all people!" Chris argued.
"You only had your jacket caught on a vine." Mal calmly explained.
"HER vine!" Chris emphasized.
"It was an accident!" Zoey cried defensively, "She was scared. She didn't mean it. She didn't mean any of this…" Seeing everyone's scared faces, Zoey made a quick decision,"…Tonight was my fault. I pushed her, so I'm the one that needs to go after her."
Turning to Brick, she asked him to bring her horse and cloak.
Chris saw this as an opportunity to seize the kingdom and eagerly agreed.
Mal, on the other hand, was more concerned.
"Zoey, you can't go. It's too dangerous!"
Zoey had already mounted her horse, donning a light blue cloak over her coronation gown. Facing Mal, she smiled gently and replied, "Dawn's not dangerous. I'll bring her back and I'll make this right."
But Mal wouldn't leave her, placing his hand over hers, he said, "I'm coming with you."
Zoey smiled sadly at her fiancé, "No, I need you here to take care of Arendelle."
Seeing the desperation in her eyes, Mal finally agreed.
"On my honor."
Knowing the kingdom would be safe in his hands, Zoey announced, "I leave Prince Mal in charge!"
Still holding onto her hand, Mal asked, "Are you sure you can trust her? I don't want you getting hurt."
"She's my sister," she explained in a reassuring voice, "she would never hurt me."
With that said, Zoey removed her hand from Mal's and snapped the reins. Her horse began galloping out of the palace, heading toward the mountains. Turning her head back to the palace, Zoey saw Mal watching after her until she was too far to see him anymore.
At the tallest mountain, Dawn found herself in a clearing surrounded by wildflowers overlooking Arendelle. Stopping to catch her breath, Dawn turned around and looked back down the way she came from the forest.
Facing the full moon in the night sky, she sighed, "The moon glows bright on the clearing tonight. Not a footprint to be seen… A kingdom of isolation and it looks like I'm the queen."
Right now, all she could think of was how she lost control of her powers and the fear in everyone's faces. Chris' words were what hit her the most. Monster, now she knew, she would never be accepted.
The vines and lily pads she created though, her magic had never come out so strongly before. Was this a result for trying to suppress her powers for so long? "The plants are growing like this deep desire inside. Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried."
As she spoke, Dawn started to remember the years of isolation, how she shut Zoey out of her life after that horrible day. All those years with only her parents and Scott for company, and what did it lead to? All it did was reveal the entire kingdom and foreign guests that she had the power to control nature.
"Don't let them in, don't let them see." She reminded herself with the familiar saying, "Be the good girl you always have to be. Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know."
But now, her parents were dead and Scott was gone. She never heard from him again after he left. For the first time in her life, Dawn felt at peace. Now that she left the kingdom, she could live freely without a care in the world. She wouldn't have to worry about hurting anyone up here in the mountains.
"Well now they know."
With that said Dawn took off her other glove and tossed it out, watching it get carried off into the wind.
Raising her hands, she released green sparkles off into the ground, creating new wildflowers in the clearing. "Let it grow. Let it grow." She said, "Can't hold it back anymore."
Releasing more sparkles into the air, a tree grew in its place along with a tree fort similar to the one she and Zoey had made before everything became so complicated.
"Let it grow. Let it grow. Turn away and slam the door. I don't care what they're going to say. Let the plants grow on." She unclasped her cape and allowed the wind to take it away.
"The nature never bothered me anyway."
Walking further into the clearing, Dawn giggled to herself as she looked back at the far away kingdom.
"It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small and the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all!"
Reaching a grassy cliff, she pushed her hands forward, creating a staircase made of tree branches decorated with flowers, vines and leaves.
"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!"
She began running up the stairs, releasing her magic over the cliff to support the beautiful, yet delicate stairs she just created.
"Let it grow! Let it grow! I am one with the wind and sky! Let it grow! Let it grow! You'll never see me cry!"
Stepping off the steps, Dawn slammed her foot to the ground. Under her foot bloomed a giant white rose.
"Here I stand and here I'll stay!"
Now that her secret was out, there was no way she could return to Arendelle. She would just have to make her home in the mountains.
"Let the plants grow on…"
Suddenly, inspiration struck her. If she was able to recreate the last tree fort she made with Zoey, why couldn't she create her own palace of nature? Pulling her hands up, Dawn summoned all her energy and raised trees from the earth, transforming them into beams and supports with leaves and vines twisting into beautiful, intricate designs around the rose to make the walls and floor.
"My power grows from leaves to the roots underground. My soul is spiraling in nature's growth all around. "
Spinning across the floor, Dawn spread her hands out and pushed the leaves and vines out into the walls while throwing in her favorite white roses to create flower archways. With one final touch, she threw her hands up towards the ceiling to create a beautiful chandelier made out of tree roots and flowers similar to the ones in the royal garden, the same ones that Scott and Zoey planted while she was stuck in her room.
"And one thought breezes through full of nature's blast..." Dawn paused as she took off her silver crown and stared at it. In her reflection, she was reminded of the fear she had felt all those years, yet she also remembered the fun times she had with her family and friends before Zoey got hurt, before she lost contact with Scott, before her parents died. Looking back up, Dawn had a determined demeanor. Now was her chance to start over, there just wasn't any more room for fear or regret.
Tossing her crown to the side, she declared, "I'm never going back the past is in the past!"
In a flash, Dawn began to take down her hair from its bun, letting the platinum blonde locks to hang down to her waist. If she wanted a fresh start, she might as well start with a new look. Her magic swirled around her coronation dress, transforming it to a sleeveless, light forest green gown with a sweetheart neckline that reached her ankles. At the hem of her gown were the white roses she loved so much. With a finishing touch, Dawn used her magic to pin a matching rose to her hair.
"Let it grow! Let it grow! And I'll rise like the break of dawn."
Walking towards the balcony, Dawn felt a new surge of confidence. No more did she have to stress over being the perfect princess.
"Let it grow! Let it grow! That perfect girl is gone!"
Opening the doors, she greeted the sky with her namesake. Watching the sun rise above the horizon, Dawn felt free.
"Here I stand in the light of day! Let the plants grow on!"
As she headed back inside her new home, Dawn turned back to the sunrise with hope in her eyes.
"The nature never bothered me anyway."
And with that, she slammed the door, looking forward to her newfound freedom.
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