Chapter 13: Frozen
It was really cold when Emma came to her senses. Looking around she saw Britney sitting next to her huddled up in a fetal position to keep warm because everything was frozen around them. Everything was covered in ice and snow. Starting to feel the frost getting to her, Emma got up and said, "Come on, Britney. We should get inside…some place warm before we get sick and freeze to death." So the girls got up to head towards town but they had to stop when they found what appeared to be statues frozen in the woods. The scene of a man and woman kissing with the other two men watching reminded Emma of a wedding with ice sculptures. Britney seemed worried and Emma tried to urge "It's ok, Britney. They are just very life-like. Everything's fine. We just need to get indoors soon." So Britney let go of the ice statues and they resumed their quest to get to town and safety indoors.
But as they got to town everything got worse. All the buildings were frozen too and there were no people in sight. Aside from more ice sculptures that were even starting to bother Emma. She was having a hard time believing that everything was ok. Britney started crying when they entered Granny's Diner and everyone and everything inside was solid ice. Emma tried to tell Britney not to cry but something about the group like this seemed wrong. She couldn't explain what she felt or why she felt so attached and familiar but it wasn't long before her thought were interrupted. There was something warming up the diner but she didn't see any heaters. As Emma went to investigate, there was a gush of cold air streaming in and before her stood a 20 year old blonde woman in blue directing her anger at them.
Emma tried to explain, "We didn't mean to trespass or anything. But it is so cold out and we needed to warm up so we could get home" as she went back to stand in between the new woman and Britney. Bothered the woman said, "That won't be necessary because I doubt you will return home" as she approached them with her hands facing out at the girls. Britney pulled Emma out of the way as a flash of blue went by and the room grew very cold again. Uncertain at what just happened Emma faced the woman angry that she seemed ready to hurt them for no reason. As Emma and this woman glared at one another and drew their arms to attack, Britney screamed, "STOP. Please. You are not going to get anywhere just attacking people. If something is wrong, just talk to someone. They may surprise you and help." With lowered defenses, the glaring continued before they were joined by additional guests.
A graying brown-haired man with brown eyes walked in with a brunette woman with blue eyes. And while the coloring seemed different, they looked exactly like the kissing couple in the woods. Alarmed the blonde haired woman went to attack the couple; as ice emitted from her pale hands, Britney rose above and screamed, "NO!" With a flash of white and yellow light, the room started to stir. Realizing that the blonde froze everyone in the diner and probably the rest of the town, Emma backed away but Britney cried, "I'm sorry, Emma…ma." Conflicted because the blonde froze everyone and Britney seemed to have unfrozen them frightened Emma but the little girl had a piece of her and she felt responsible for the child, Emma stopped only to be startled by the other occupants.
A dazed thirty year old blonde with hazel eyes that seemed familiar looked at Britney and said, "Sorry for what?" Britney looked between Emma and the source of the question unsure what to say. However, her response was not needed after a short brown haired woman about 40 years old answered, "You have a daughter. Why does that not surprise me? You had a son and gave him up. Of course, you would have another child." This seemed to bother some of the other occupants. In particular a couple in their early thirties with a baby boy. The dark brown haired, brown eyed woman said, "That is ridiculous" and the dirty blonde haired, blue eyed man continued, "How can you say something like that, Regina?" Regina didn't seem surprised that the couple defended her, "Well, David. She doesn't think about the consequences of her actions, like Snow. She proved that today when she brought someone back to Storybrooke with her."
With that the black haired, blue eyed man in his thirties with a hook placed lightly on the thirty year old blonde's back said, "So that is what this is about. You are mad that Marian is in Storybrooke because she is Robin's ex. You are just mad…" he continued and looked over at his companion, "Right. You didn't have and give up a daughter?" At this point, Regina had to but in, "Well. Mister lover-boy. The girl called her Mama. That is not something that is just thrown around." Chuckling the blonde replied, "Of course not. I only have Henry who had extenuating circumstances in his life. And the girl did not call me mom." Watching the argument, Emma had to but in, "She is right. Britney just called me Emma but she stuttered at the end because of well everything here." Suddenly aware of the other child that was not supposed to be here the group didn't know what to say. Not comfortable with the silence or the way Snow and David were looking between them, the blonde turned to Regina & said slightly confused, "I'm sorry if I hurt you but clearly the little girl was just calling her, Emma" (as she indicated teenage Emma).
Chapter 13b: Frozen Snow
It had only been a short period of time in Storybrooke since the town had frozen over but its residents were learning more about the newcomers that Rumplestiltskin had failed to send home. Elsa & Ingrid possessed snow & ice powers and were from somewhere called Arendale but had not been a part of each other's lives for very long. Ingrid was Elsa's aunt but not allowed near either of her nieces because of her powers. Although Elsa liked having someone else around that understood her powers, she sensed that Ingrid was trying to harm her sister Anna. Anna & her fiancé Kristoff had been missing because of Ingrid but of course Ingrid tried playing this off as a way to create tension between the sisters.
Elsa was trying to find Anna with the help of the Charming family but it was proving to be more difficult because Emma was having trouble controlling her magic. Emma was distancing herself from everyone because she thought she was dangerous and could hurt them. Then again she saw the look everyone gave her when she used her magic. Oddly the only one that seemed always believe in her was this new strange little girl that would just pop in out of nowhere. Even the girl's friend seemed to distrust Emma. Emma knew in the pit of her stomach that she knew these girls but when she only saw flashes of them and no one else saw them she didn't know what to think. Because nobody else seemed to remember much more than the idea of the girls at granny's when the town was first frozen over.
Much to Ingrid's dismay she saw the girls too. She did not like either girl around because although she didn't know who the younger Britney girl was she did know that the older one was Emma as a child. Young Emma could ruin her plans to bind Emma and Elsa's powers with her own. With the girls disappearing often they were not the biggest problem because Rumplestiltskin knew her plans and was trying to stop them. He did not like the Snow Queen very much and knew how to make Emma doubt her magic to the point of trying to get rid of them. However, he did not account for Killian and Elsa changing Emma's mind about her powers so Ingrid was able to cast her Shattered Sight Curse.
With the shattered sight curse in place everyone in town seemed to hate each other and always be picking fights. As planned the exception to this was Ingrid who had enacted the curse, Elsa and Emma because she had bound their magic. The only surprise was that Britney and young Emma were around and they seemed unaffected by the curse. Young Emma was her usual I will take care of myself and hurt you if you cross me self. Britney on the other hand was this little ball of energy and was trying to defuse the situation and get everyone to be kind to each other. She seemed to know & believe that everything was going to be fine so much so that she got adult Emma & Elsa to break the curse with Anna's necklace that she got from her mother. Once the curse was broken, Britney and young Emma disappeared without a trace of ever being their just a feeling that something was missing for everyone involved but it was a good day. With the curse broken and sisters united, Elsa and Anna returned home through the mirror with Kristoff to save their kingdom and Belle sent Rumplestiltskin away over the town border because he had chosen magic and power over their love and marriage, and life went on.
Author's Note: I just wanted to update this since I had written it before the frozen had played out on once.