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So Anna ran off to go warn Elsa about Duke and the goons and her parents. But someone is following her.

Oh no!

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When I had been drugged out on the tranquilizers, I dreamt of Elsa. In the dream, I had woken up feeling warm and soft, the light around me gentle and soothing. I was in some sort of bedroom… I didn't know where but I could hear the ocean outside. It was such a peaceful, relaxing setting that I wanted to shut my eyes and stay in the dream forever.

There was nothing better in the universe than that room.

But my eyes didn't close. Instead, my vision was obscured by Elsa's smiling face and a chaste smile. I wanted to reach up and caress her face but my hands felt heavy, my joints refusing to cooperate with my brain. I managed to smile back at her, though, which only made her smile grow and her light feckless pop like mine did.

It was then that I was aware of how comfortable the sheets were. How close they were wrapped around my figure. My skin was tingling, sensitive, from what I assumed was a night full of fun and love. I don't know why this dream seemed so realistic. Perhaps it was the tranquilizer effecting my body and giving me some kind of lucid dream. I knew I was dreaming but… but I didn't want to wake up.

Here Elsa was with me and I was pretty sure she was human. No doubt, I had felt toes tickling my ankles as she leaned close, a teasing gleam in her eyes. As she got closer, my arms finally managed to reach out and wrap around her bare shoulders. Her skin had been soft like silk and her complexion was a creamy pale. She whispered in my ear but I didn't hear what she said, my brain fuzzy and my real body trying to wake up.

And when I finally did, I was alone in my dark bedroom.

Now I was running, my arms and legs working hard as I continued to push myself forward without looking back. Sweat was beading across my forehead and I could see my breath as I ran in the cold summer night. I might have been crying but it was difficult to tell because of how hard my body was trying to keep me cool.

I skidded over the rocks that led to the cliffs, leaping over them and falling onto my hands as I clambered across. I hiked quickly down and landed onto the beach. I looked around and found Elsa floating in the water, gazing up at the stars, her hand gently rubbing the bracelet I made for her.

"Elsa!" I cried out, reaching the rocks that held our crevice and secret meeting spot. "Over here!"

She blinked and scrunched her brows together, absolutely bewildered that I had returned to her at night. Nevertheless, she complied with my plea and met me in the crevice. I was gasping and clutching a stitch in my side.

"Anna… what's wrong?" she asked fearfully.

"First of all: what the hell are you doing here at this hour?" I demanded breathlessly.

"I like stargazing," she said innocently. "Why?"

"You need to go."

"What?"

"Like, leave. Now. Never come back to Arendelle Cove."

"But… why?"

I timidly took her face in my hands, tearing up and biting my lip.

"Elsa, I'm so sorry. I'm so, so, so, sorry," I croaked. "They know… they know you're real. I tried to tell them that you weren't but… they got it out of me. I'm sorry. I'm a weakling and I don't deserve to ever see you again." I was shaking with sobs. "But you need to leave in order to be safe from my stupid mistakes. Elsa… I'm sorry."

I expected her to be furious and push me away. But she didn't. Her face wasn't clouding over, her eyes weren't flashing dangerously, and she wasn't yelling at me. Instead, she cupped my cheeks with her hands and searched my face with the most concerned expression I've ever seen her wear.

"Oh, Anna… Are you going to be okay?" she said.

"Me? Am I going to be okay?" I laughed bitterly. "I'm the worst girlfriend in the world, revealed your secret, and now you're in danger. Why do you care? Why should you care? Elsa, good god!"

"They forced it, didn't they?"

"I should have fought harder."

"You did what you could."

"Just… go, please. Before you get hurt or caught or worse. Elsa… I'm begging you."

I saw tears build up in her eyes as she pressed her forehead against mine. We were so close and I wanted to kiss her right then and there before she left me forever. I let out a strangled sob.

"I'm so sorry," I repeated hoarsely.

"It's okay… I'll always forgive you."

"You shouldn't."

"But I do." She smiled weakly at me. "And I want to thank you for the weeks we've spent together. They were some of the best in my life and I… I wish that this could go on forever."

"Me too," I agreed.

We fell into silence, my lips quivering and my heart shattering piece by piece. Elsa wiped a few of my stray tears away, then she brought her hand up to brush my hair out of my eyes, my hood having fallen off my head as I hiked my way down to the cove.

I couldn't take it anymore and I threw myself into her arms, not caring that I was getting soaked to the bone in cold sea water. I cried into her shoulders and her grip on me tightened, her skin as silky as it had been in my drug induced dream.

This was it.

This was our last goodbye.

"I'm sorry, Anna," she said.

"Whatever for?" I breathed into her neck.

"For putting you into this mess," she said. "You don't deserve to get involved in my crazy world. I put you in inevitable danger by talking to you. It was only a matter of time."

"No… no, I wanted to be in this crazy world of yours," I said, drawing back from our embrace. "That's what people do when…" I sighed and brushed her cheek delicately. "Elsa, before you go… I just need to tell you that… Awh, I'm so in love with you that it's crazy."

Her face brightened and she split into a gigantic grin, which leapt onto my face in a heartbeat.

"You are?" she said.

"Of course! Are you kidding me!? Elsa, I love you!" I finally managed to reveal it, a few bursts of laughter bubbling over my lips. "I love you so much!"

"I love you, too," she admitted, tears of joy spilling over instead of our previous cries of sadness. "Anna… oh, this makes saying goodbye a whole lot harder."

"We'll meet again sometime, okay?" I promised.

"Yeah," she agreed with a firm nod.

She loves me.

I brushed the strand of her hair that refused to stay in place out of the way as I kissed her forehead tenderly. I wanted her to stay here forever, I wanted to kiss her lips, and I wanted to follow her into the water where I would hopefully morph into some awesome Anna mermaid. But unfortunately, this was where I had to let her go. Let her run off before Duke and my parents discovered I was missing.

"Goodbye, Anna," she sniffled.

"Bye, Elsa," I whimpered.

After another tight hug, I could feel another break down coming on. Tears were crawling down my cheeks again as her soft skin pressed against the cloth of my jacket. I could feel her quivering, obviously not wanting to let go anytime soon.

I was about to go on living without Elsa in my world. It was for the best and I knew it. I couldn't let my selfishness get in the way of her freedom.

I wished our final moment could have lasted longer.

Lasted forever.

When we pulled apart and an urge came over me. I had to kiss her now before we said goodbye for the rest of our miserable lives. She was thinking the same thing, I could tell. We were leaning closer to each other, and just as I was about to touch her lips, she yelped in pain and lurched forward, her hand shooting to her neck. My eyes widened as she pulled out a tranquilizer dart from her skin. Her eyes were already getting droopy from this unfamiliar human substance.

I whirled around to see the goons jumping onto our rocks. I started to scream to try to get them to retreat, the only voice I could hear was Elsa's as she whispered my name fearfully. I threw my arms around her shoulders, ordering them to back off. The larger goon hoisted me into the air like some kind of rag doll and began to lumber back to the main beach, the other goon pulling Elsa out of the water with disturbingly brute force.

"Let her go! Elsaaaaaa!" My screams were becoming high-pitched and breathy, like a child in some Toys 'R' Us when their mother said no to getting the latest Barbie. "ELSA! NO! NO! NO! ELSAAAAAAA!"

"Secure the mermaid in the tank and shut the brat up," I heard Duke command cooly from the beach.

"She's gonna die! Get her back in the water now!" I pleaded loudly, craning my neck to stare at my passed out mermaid.

She looked so small in the goon's arms, her scales shining with water and her figure shivering in the cold air, her chest heaving horribly with the lack of her natural sea water. I kicked and sent punches in random directions. It was my house all over again but I was not going down without a fight this time. I managed a few kicks on the goon's stomach but they were made of steel or something because he hardly grunted or winced.

"You bastards!" My throat was getting scratchy and strained from my desperate wails.

"Shut her up!" Duke shouted.

The next thing I knew, I was thrown to the ground and kicked hard in the side. Pain shot through me and I was pretty sure one of my ribs was broken. I groaned and rolled onto my back, hugging my middle and unconsciousness trying to overtake me once again. I struggled to reach out to Elsa, although it wouldn't do any good and I knew it.

"Elsa…" I whispered. "I'm so sorry…"

My body shut down from the intense pain and my head hit the sand, darkness swallowing me whole.

"NO!"

I awoke with a start, sitting bolt upright, my side screaming at me to remain put. I didn't listen as I jumped to my feet. It was early morning, probably half past six. The cove was quiet and tarnished with footprints that weren't mine, some leftover garbage that they tossed behind them, and metal bits and pieces from something I couldn't quite figure out. My clothes were damp from my hug with Elsa and my socks were glued to my feet due to the salt water that had leaked into my shoes.

It was empty. Elsa was nowhere to be found. She had been snatched away from me in the blink of an eye. After all I had gone through to ensure her safety and escape, she was now in the clutches of Duke and my parents.

"No…" I whispered. "They followed me here…" I said to nobody in particular. "I led them to Elsa. Now she's gone…"

My knees gave way and I fell in front of the tide. I covered my eyes with my hands and began to sing weakly.

"Meet me… by the… sandy shore," I let out, a hole in my chest where my heart used to be throbbing painfully. "Down by… the rock… at our favorite port… I'll chat you up…" I let out a large sniffle, hugging myself like Elsa sometimes did when she was scared. She had been doing just so when I was warning her.

But what good did that do?

I put her in danger. I had left all that evidence of her existence lying around so of course someone was going to find out eventually. God, I'm such a fucking klutz. I don't think and I'm impulsive. The bottom line was the biting fact that screw ups chew up true love's chance.

They bit down hard and I chickened out...

Now she'll never get to dance.

She'll be in the clutches of a scientist until their experiments silence her for good.

I heaved a dry sob, clutching myself hard and wanting to save her.

But how?

With nowhere else to go, I wobbled to my feet and started home. When I opened the front door, my parents were sitting in the living room speaking in low whispers. I didn't greet them cheerfully. I had no reason to. They betrayed me and willingly assisted in tearing Elsa away from me. I glared at them and said nothing, heading to the stairs to my bedroom.

"Now hold on just a minute, young lady," my father said in an authoritative voice.

"Fuck you, Dad," I snarled violently.

"Anna!" my mother yelled, aghast. "You apologize this instant!"

"Why!? I think I have every right!" I shouted back, turning on my heel. "You took her away from me! You helped that crazy son of a bitch Duke! Now she's going to die! And I can't save her! She's the absolute love of my life and you've—"

"You can't possibly be in love with something outside of the human race," my father snapped.

"So what if I am!? We have a pure, human connection. She's really a person with thoughts and feelings. She can speak and learn so what makes her so different from us just because she's got fins instead of legs?" I said, clenching my fists. "Just leave me alone. I hope you're fucking proud of yourselves."

"You are grounded, Anna Christensen," my father said. "For as long as I wish. You are not allowed to search for that thing—"

"She has a name, you idiot. It's Elsa," I said.

How dare he treat her like some kind of animal?

"Fine. You can't search for 'Elsa,' you can't leave your bedroom except for meals and for the usage of the bathroom, and the balcony doors have been locked so you can't escape again," my father continued in a dangerously low voice. "Are we clear?"

"I'm eighteen! I'm legally an adult and I don't have to—"

"Are we clear!?"

"Crystal," I huffed. "Sir."

"Good. Room, now." He snapped his fingers and pointed upstairs.

I rolled my eyes heavily and stomped up to my room, slamming my door hard behind me. I was still incredibly depressed but my adrenaline was now fueled with anger and hatred towards my stupid parents. I stormed around and kicked over the balcony chair that was still in my room from the time I had Rapunzel and Merida over. I shouted out profanities and cried, throwing another tantrum. I was too told for this shit but I didn't care.

When Elsa was dragged away, my heart was dragged away with her. I had no purpose anymore. She was my world, my entire being. With her gone, I was a shell of a girl and wanted the world to end.

I don't know how long it had been when I finally collapsed on my bed, hugging my pillow close to my chest. My side was still sore but I had discovered that nothing had been broken thankfully. Regardless, I hurt all over in spite of that real physical pain. For the hurt I was experiencing was more from the loss of my beautiful girl.

Just…

Why?

It was around two in the morning when I heard a soft knock on my door. I didn't allow entry but Mom came in anyway, a couple of things in her arms. I watched her as she came over to me, shutting the door behind her with her foot.

"I brought your things back," she said. "I couldn't stop Duke from copying your notes but… everything is intact."

I didn't say anything back to her.

"Your drawings of her are lovely. She really was a pretty girl considering," she tried for conversation.

I just glared at her from over my shoulder. Her usage of past-tense when she referred to Elsa bit down hard and purely added salt into my open wounds. She blinked with sorrow and I turned my attention back out to the balcony window.

"Anyway… here," she placed them on my bedside table and laid down my bag that held my ukulele, phone, iPod, and among other things inside. She sat on my bed and reached out to me but I shooed away her hand with my shoulder as soon as it made contact. I was acting like some bratty kid. She sighed and withdrew her hand. "Anna, I'm so sorry about all of this. I just wanted to tell you that I… I didn't agree to any of this. I tried to talk some sense into your father but you know how he can get."

Again, I remained silent.

"And I also wanted to say that you are not allowed to go to the Arendelle Science and Marine Institute at this address." I felt a paper slip down my neck and land in front of me. I blinked down at it and my lips parted with astonishment. "And you are also not allowed to leave through the balcony door with this key." The bronze key fell on top of the paper. "And I don't think Elsa is being held in the outdoor tank in the institute either so there is no chance you'll be able to find her out in the open. No worth even trying."

I sat up slowly, staring incredulously at my mother. She winked at me and stood up.

"Mama… thank you," I croaked, feeling a phenomenal rush of affection and forgiveness towards her.

"I have no idea what you're talking about. You're still grounded," she said with the shadow of a smile before leaving my bedroom.

I picked up the key and paper with trembling hands. I folded it open and read the address, a note from Mom underneath it that said: 'Go get her and make sure she's safe. Doesn't your friend Kristoff own a truck?'

It was eight in the morning when I made the call.

Stifling a gleeful giggle, I snatched my phone up and dialed quickly, speaking in a hushed voice so my father wouldn't hear me.

"Hey, Kristoff?" I said. "You home?"

"No, I'm at Eugene's. Why?" he replied.

I could hear the sounds of a video game being played in the background. They must have stayed over there last night, I thought. I had received a text from Merida about that, I remembered, but I didn't respond to it for I had been fighting the goons in my house when she asked me to hang out with them.

"I need to talk to you guys about something… something big," I said, inserting the key to unlock the balcony door. "I'll be there in twenty, okay?"

"O-okay?" he said slowly.

"Great." I hung up.

Once again, I climbed up onto the railing and leapt off, landing, rolling, and coming up running. I could've made a damn good assassin with all these hidden skills, are you kidding? I knew that Mom was distracting my father so I didn't care about being followed this time.

I looked back, however, just in case.

I found myself at Eugene's door, clutching a stitch in my side, knocking heavily. It was answered almost immediately by Rapunzel and I collapsed into her arms, wanting a glass of water. Merida fixed one up for me as I was led to the couch. I sat and drank deeply, all my friends' eyes on me.

"Okay…" I gasped, wiping my mouth with my sleeve. "I have some news that may shock you just a bit but you have to one hundred percent believe me. You will, right?"

They all nodded.

"Remember that Elsa girl I mentioned?" Again, they nodded. "She's real but she's also… a mermaid. The Arendelle Cove mermaid is real."

There was instant uproar. Rapunzel was shouting 'I knew it!' as she jumped up and down. Merida started laughing until she fell backwards in her seat. Kristoff was gaping at me in disbelief and started jabbering out questions of how I knew. Hans was screaming 'bullshit!' and began to argue with Eugene, who had been clapping and whistling.

"Guys… guys… guys, ENOUGH!" I shouted over the noise.

They fell silent and I took in a deep breath. Then I started to explain everything. About our first meeting, how we grew to be friends, our budding romance, Duke following me, barging in and getting the truth, the way Elsa was dragged away, and what my mother had told me.

As I spoke, I watched their expressions turn from wonder to a combination of awe and heartbreak. By the end of it, Rapunzel was wide-eyed with tears sparkling in her green orbs. Merida was struck dumb, gripping her chair arms, having righted herself after I yelled at them. Kristoff was sitting intently with his hands clasped in front of him, watching me carefully and listening closely. Eugene was blinking, almost as if he were daring to believe it. Hans had been sitting cross armed for most of the story but now he was relaxed, staring at me with a slack jaw.

I wiped my eyes and asked them a big question. "Can you guys help me save her? I think I figured out how to do this and… I can't do it alone."

"I'll help you," Rapunzel said at once. "It's not right, what they're doing. To hell with the rules. Eugene, are you ready to be Flynn Rider for a night?"

He laughed and nodded. "The old thief will emerge from the shadows to save a truly wonderful creature." He cracked his knuckles and I saw Rapunzel bite her lip in a grin, her cheeks tinting pink.

I beamed at them both. Merida raised her hand in a fist, the Scottish in her becoming fiery and lighting up her eyes in a warrior-esque fashion.

"Ay! I'll go on with you and watch your back," she promised.

"I'll be the getaway car. We'll figure out a way to load her tank onto the truck and then… then what?" Kristoff said, looking around.

"Release her back into the ocean, of course," I said. "Get her away from all this madness."

"Preach!" Eugene cheered.

"But you love her," Rapunzel said weakly.

"Love her enough to let her go," I replied sincerely.

There was silence and the brunette sniffed, muttering about how amazing I was. I sent her a smile as Hans spoke up.

"I need to see her to believe her," he said stiffly. "However, I will go and help because we're friends and, hey, if she's real then I'll fight alongside you all the way through."

"Thank you," I said. "So how will we pull it off?"

"Leave that to Flynn Rider," Eugene said, standing up. "Okay, Kristoff we've established that you will be the getaway. There's a loading dock that you can park in and pretend your car broke down. In the meantime, Hans and Merida can be the distraction. You two can sneak inside and create havoc. Go fucking crazy!" He spread his arms as Merida clapped her hands with glee. "While Rapunzel, Anna, and I will deal with getting Elsa's tank into the car. Sound good?"

"Sounds great!" I said. Then I frowned. "You just pulled an entire heist out of your ass. How in the world—?"

"Anna, you obviously haven't met Flynn Rider: world's greatest thief," Eugene bowed deeply. "I've got a reputation in New York that I left behind but— ah, it's always nice to be back in the game."

I started to laugh. "Fair enough. Let's get started then. Tonight: we break Elsa out and release her into the ocean."

I couldn't believe I was about to pull of a full-fledged heist in order to rescue Elsa. But I knew that every single scar, bump, and bruise fighting for her freedom would be worth it all in the end. Watching her swim away free from the evils of the human world would soon become nothing short of my proudest accomplishment.

They all dressed in black and I wore one of Rapunzel's black shirts, switching with my baseball tee. My hoodie was still on and so were my scuffed up jeans. My sneakers were black so that was an extra plus. We all wore jackets to cover up out faces because masks were out of the question. I had argued that they would be fun to wear but everyone talked me out of it.

Boo.

As Kristoff drove, we all crouched in the trunk to avoid being seen. Eugene, Rapunzel, and I had handleless furniture dollies and screwdrivers that we fished out of his basement. Hans and Merida had crowbars, air horns, and spray paint in order to cause a distraction. Kristoff kept driving until he came to a slow stop in a secluded spot near the institute. The five of us got out and he drove on to meet us at the rendezvous point in the loading dock.

I led them forward until we hit a brick wall that ran alongside the campus. We crouched as we moved, peeking over the wall every so often in case we were going to miss Elsa. Mom said that she would be out in the open until they figured out what to do with her… therefore she would be a fresh delivery in the yard.

Treating my girlfriend like some kind of cargo… disgusting.

I peeked over the wall once again and came to a halt, the others colliding into me. I saw her! I actually saw her! She was okay!

Well… okay may be an overstatement.

She was in that dastardly glass cage that was about chest high. She was scrunched in her tank with a look of pure misery on her face, breaking my heart a thousand times over. Over Elsa's hands were some kind of handcuffs, almost as if they believed she was some sort of monster. They must think she had magical abilities or something. Unconsciously I rubbed the glass bottle of sand that was still around my neck.

"Whoa…" breathed Rapunzel. "Anna, she's gorgeous."

"Holy… just wow," Merida added.

Eugene clamped his mouth shut before he could say something, looking absolutely bewildered. Hans was blinking stupidly before he started to grin like an idiot.

"Well, I'll be damned," he muttered.

"Told you," Rapunzel and I said with a giggle.

"Shut up," he snapped with a roll of his eyes. "Okay… now what?"

"We get her out of here," I said. "Merida, Hans— go cause destruction. Preferably somewhere in the east side of the institute away from Elsa. The three of us will get open the gates and load her onto Kristoff's truck."

"Then we release her," Eugene summed up.

"Bingo," I nodded.

"Cool," Merida grinned. "C'mon then, Hans. Let's kick some ass."

"Right behind you," he said.

They hopped the wall and we watched them tear down the paved campus of the labs, their fingers pressing hard against the air horns' triggers. When the coast was clear and we saw some scientists and guards chase after the noise, we hopped the fence and went towards Elsa.

I indicated they wait here and pulled out my screwdriver. I could unscrew those cuffs in no time and get her fingers moving again. I approached her quietly, praying my lack of coordination wouldn't go against me in this precious moment.

"Psst!" I hissed.

She opened her eyes and poked her head out of the tank. "Is that you!?"

"Shh! Don't let them hear," I hushed, pressing a finger to my lips. "Gimme your hands. I'll get those things off of you."

Elsa was smiling as she obeyed, tears glistening in her eyes. I smiled up at her and pressed a kiss to her nose. We were at the same height because of the lowness of the tank so I could look at her properly. I worked my screwdriver into the first chain as she spoke to me.

"How did you find me?" she asked.

"I was… ah… strictly told not to come here," I said with a grin. I undid the first cuff and it fell to the floor with a clatter. I winced and looked behind me, Rapunzel and Eugene on guard. They gave me the thumbs up, indicating no-one was coming. So I turned back to Elsa and worked on the second cuff, frowning. "And I had to say sorry for being such a wimp. I couldn't keep your secret…"

"Yet you couldn't let them win," she said with an understanding nod, fanning her free hand over my cheek.

"No…" I agreed. My face turned determined and I looked into her icy blue eyes. "But I'll get you out. You'll make it home, I swear."

"What?" she gasped as the second cuff fell off. "No! You don't get it… I'm not going back there, Anna."

I stared at her as she cupped my face with both hands.

"My whole life I've been shaped into the perfect little queen," she explained. "But in those chains and with you… I've never felt more free."

"But the chains are off," I pointed out weakly.

"You get the context, you dork," she giggled with a roll of her eyes.

"Where do you think you'd live!?" I said desperately. "I can't keep a mermaid in my bedroom."

"I'll figure it out," she said.

"Oh my gosh, you're crazy," I told her with a shake of my head. I noticed her eyes roaming my face but thought nothing of it. "Are you really telling me you'd rather stay here than—"

It happened so quickly I could hardly react in the first ten seconds. Suddenly, I felt Elsa press her lips firmly to mine in a determined expression of her affection for me. It took me a second to register that she was kissing me— finally kissing me— before I fell into it and held her close, snaking my arms around her shoulders.

Nothing in the world mattered. The chaos that my two friends were causing didn't matter. The fact that Rapunzel and Eugene were probably gaping at me in disbelief didn't matter. Or the intense danger and dreading fact I was most likely compromising the entire mission didn't matter. I was kissing Elsa and she was kissing me back. My head was spinning, the earth beneath my feet had vanished, and her body grew warmer than I had ever felt it before.

She broke off from our kiss for a second as she shuddered, her teeth clenched. I was about to ask her what was wrong but she kissed me again, the tiniest groan of what sounded like suppressed pain or joy, I couldn't tell, drowning into our kiss from her throat. The water around her was rippling, splashing, and I could feel it get on my jacket. Elsa bit down on my lip by accident, grunting in pain and this time I understood. Again, I attempted to ask her what her problem was but she kept kissing me harder and harder.

I heard Rapunzel gasp and Eugene go, 'holy fuck what just happened to her' but I didn't know what they were talking about.

Elsa was intoxicating, her lips tasting exactly what I expected them to taste like: sea water.

I was the one who finally broke away, blinking in a daze and a stupid grin on my face. I could see her grin, too, and I really wanted to laugh out all my affections and announce them to the world.

But all I could manage was a: "Whoa…"

I blinked again and realized she had grown a few inches taller than me. I cocked my head to the side and my eyes combed down her body until I found—

"Wait, what!?" I gasped. "You… you have legs!" I stared back into her face, gaping with disbelief.

"I do now," she said with a tiny shrug.

A true love's kiss…?

Wow.

"That's… super cliché," I told her. "But you know…. legs or tail, I would have loved you anyway."

It was then I realized that she was without any form of clothing (save her seashell bra) to cover her up. I blushed horribly and whirled around, arousal spiking against my will.

"Elsa! Oh my god, you're practically naked!" I wailed.

"Shush!" Rapunzel hissed.

I clamped a hand over my mouth as Elsa squeaked out, "Is that bad?"

"Yeah… just… hold on," I said. I turned back around with one eye closed and the other focusing only on her face. I wrapped my arms underneath her armpits and started to hoist her up. Eugene and Rapunzel ran over to assist us, getting her out of the tank.

I guess the dollies were out of use now that we didn't need to move the entire glass prison into Kristoff's idling truck.

I took off my jacket and wrapped it around her waist, eyes glued to the night sky. Eugene removed his sweatshirt and shoved it over her body, her head poking out of the neckline, her face one of complete confusion that two total strangers were helping. Thankfully his sweatshirt managed cover up her nether regions so I could hold her close without looking weird or looking down.

I hate being a hormonal teenager sometimes.

Once we let her go, she started to lose her balance and topple forward. I caught her with ease and grinned at her, putting one arm around my shoulders for support.

"You'll get the hang of walking," I assured her gently. "Let's get you out of here before we get caught."

She eyed Rapunzel and Eugene suspiciously and I laughed.

"It's okay! Hey, they're friends. Elsa, this is Rapunzel and Eugene," I introduced. "They wanted to help find you."

They both nodded firmly and her dark expression melted. She sent them grateful smiles as Rapunzel put Elsa's other arm around her shoulders. We coached her soothingly as she wobbled to her feet, her face a mixture of horror and excitement. She wiggled her toes and let a tiny giggle escape.

I wanted to kiss her again but I managed to hold back.

"C'mon. Kristoff's waiting," Eugene said as we slowly but surely made our way to the loading dock gates.

"We're going as fast as we can," I hissed at him. "It's kind of hard considering the girl just became a goddamn human."

He scowled at me but Rapunzel told him to knock it off and to his job. With a grunt, he unlocked the loading dock gate and it swung open with the tiniest eeks and creaks. I felt Elsa's hand curl around the fabric of my shirt and I whispered in her ear that everything was going to be okay.

She was safe. That's all that mattered.

IT IS NOT DONE. At least three or four more chapters after this. There will be the matter of their hiding place until they feel it's safe/are caught (ooh which one) and among other things. But Elsa is a human now because of a true love's kiss. That's what happens in the song shut up it wasn't just me and my ideas that literally happens in the amazing song so don't say anything about it.

Yay they kissssssssssed. I give you permission to squeal.

So now that Elsa is a human and she is reunited with Anna, they have to find a place to get her safe. That will be covered in the next chapter. Until then…

See you next time!