Well here we are, the end of the line so to speak. Yes that's right, this is the last chapter for Arendelle Attacked.

Sorry that the story was so short, the next ones should be longer.

By the way, this is not the original ending. In the first ending I had marshmallow be the main villain but after reading several fanfictions on him I decided that no, he would not attack his mistress. If anyone is interested I would be willing to finish up the first ending and publish it as a separate chapter.

Finally, I want to thank everyone who read this story and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

To those who fear this to be the end I merely say: Fabula bonum non deficient...


Arendelle Attacked

Chapter 8: A life in the balance

After freeing herself from the icy dungeon Anna had raced upstairs, following the sounds of the battle. She ran into the castle ballroom, almost slipping on the thin film of water that had formed on the floor. She looked around at the slowly melting castle, wondering what was going on before her eyes fell upon the horrible scene in the center of the ball room.

One of the golems was suspended, slowly melting, from dozens of icy spikes, a few spasms of life still kept it moving. Directly across from her one of the once transparent support pillars had been shattered, enveloping it in a fine network of cracks that made it look like it was covered in pure, white snow. There was another color present on the pillar as well, red. The fine trail of blood was slowly running down the icy tower, towards the ground. Anna followed the dripping crimson liquid and saw her. Tears formed in her eyes as she screamed out her sister's name.

"ELSA!"

It was a truly awful sight. The snow queen was lying face down on the floor, her arms spread out and away from her. Her once beautiful gown was tattered and torn, parts of it's wonderful blue color were stained with red. On the back of Elsa's head Anna saw a shallow gash, a steady trickle of blood was running down her sisters cheek and onto the floor. Anna bit back tears as she raced over to help her sister.

As Anna got closer she realized just how bad things were for Elsa. The princess sat down next her sister. Elsa's breathing was shallow and her skin was pale and felt cold to the touch. Although Anna wasn't sure if that was a bad sign or not since Elsa's skin was always cold and pale, ice powers can do that to a girl. Anna gently rolled her sister over, taking care and making sure not to put too much strain on any one point for fear of causing more damage. She looked her sister over from head to toe checking for broken bones but found none. Aside from the gash on her head, a swollen ankle, and a small cut on her arm Elsa was ok, well there was the whole unconscious thing too. Elsa drew a rasping breath and Anna quickly cradled her head. Elsa opened her eyes a crack. "You made it." Anna tried to laugh but almost choked on the emotions welling up inside her. She whispered "How do you feel?" Elsa tried to laugh as well but ended up just coughing. "How, do you think, I feel?" came her response between coughs. Elsa reached up her hand, placing it gently on Anna's shoulder. "Stay safe sis" she whispered. Anna couldn't help it, she started to cry, big, hot tears welling up and running down her cheeks before splashing on the floor and all over her dress. "Don't leave me, I need you Elsa." Anna cried out, tears streaming down her face. It couldn't end this way, not now, not so soon, it just wasn't fair. Elsa took her arm off of Anna's shoulder, laying it gently down beside her. She smiled a final time "Good bye Anna, remember that I always loved you." her voice was quiet, gentle as she closed her eyes for the last time, leaving Anna to scream her name to the icy walls until her voice gave out. After that she just sat there, crying.

Her sister was gone, taken from her by the hooded man.


"Can't you do something?"

"We mustn't interfere."

"But they interfered, otherwise this would never have happened, you know that."

"If we interfere we are no better than them."

"We can't just let her die, she is not ready yet, the council will not allow her to return! And what about her sister, we cannot do this to her. This isn't how things are supposed to go."

"You still care for them, don't you?"

"You would too if you spent as much time with them as I had."

"..."

"And?"

"There may be something that we can do. But it is not without risk."

"I accept the risk, we need to save them."

"Very well..."


Anna broke; she sank over her sister, sobbing. The melting ice dripped cold water down upon her and the floor was freezing, the cold seeping into her bones, but Anna didn't care. She just stayed there her tears mixing with the growing puddle of water that was forming on the castle floor. It seemed as if the ice and snow itself was crying, mourning the loss of its queen. Anna took no notice of this, she didn't see the melting ice, she didn't see the dripping water, and she didn't see as Marshmallow got up, dragging himself over to where the queen and the princess now lay. She merely stared at the body of her sister, and continued to cry.

Anna only looked up as a massive shadow blocked out the light and stared into the golems face. She looked at it a while, tears blurring her vision before lowering her head once more. If that thing wanted to kill her, let it. Anna didn't feel like fighting anymore. She just wanted to stay here, with the sister she never had enough time with. There was still something she wanted to tell her sister before the golem got her. She leaned over, whispering into her sister's ear. "I will always love you Elsa." Then she closed her eyes and waited for the golem's blow to strike her down.

It never came.

Marshmallow simply reached out with an icy hand and laid it on Elsa's arm closing his eyes, as if he too was mourning for her loss.

A moment later Anna noticed that, despite having closed her eyes, the room was getting brighter. She looked at the golem and let out a gasp. Marshmallow was still crouching next to his queen, an icy hand on her shoulder. There was a bright warm glow coming from the point where his hand was touching Elsa's arm. As Anna watched in amazement the light grew brighter and brighter, eventually swallowing up the golem and the queen and spreading across the room. The light continued to grow until Anna was forced to shield her eyes. When she opened them a few minutes later the golem was gone and the glow had faded. In its place was a mound of slowly melting snow. Anna glanced down at her sister and gasped yet again. The cuts and bruises had all vanished, leaving no hints that they had even been there in the first place. Elsa took a shallow breath, then another, and another. Soon her breathing had returned to normal. The queen opened her eyes. "Anna?" she asked, slightly dazed "What are you doing here?" "Your still alive Elsa." came Anna's reply. "Oh" was the only thing Elsa could say at the moment, and then. "How?"

Anna told her, everything. She told Elsa about how she had broken out of her cell and found her on the floor while everything was melting. Anna told her how she had died in her arms, how she felt Elsa's heart slow and her breathing stop. She told her about the golem and the bright light that still blinded her. Elsa reached up and wiped the tears from her sisters eyes with her fingers. "Where is he now?" she asked. Anna pointed to the mound of snow behind her sister and Elsa's face sank.

"No, it can't... Why?"

Elsa turned around and crouched over the snowy patch that was once her creation. She forced her magic into the fallen mound, trying to make it rise and take shape again. But the snow would only partly form before collapsing again, failing to keep its shape. Elsa tried to recreate Marshmallow for several minutes before she was finally exhausted. Defeated, she sank to the ground, shoulders heaving with dry sobs. A single tear ran down her cheek and fell, crystallizing before it hit the snow. Anna stood back her heart breaking at the sight of her sister's pain. Gradually she got up and walked over to Elsa, putting her hand gently on her sister's shoulder. Elsa winced but eventually, slowly, got to her feet, sniffling and wiping the solitary trail of water from her cheek. She turned to Anna, her bright blue eyes were set, determined, and yet, defeated. "Let's just go home." Anna simply nodded, closing the ice castle's grand gates behind them.

The sisters walked, hand in hand down the North Mountain back towards Arendelle. Around them, it began to snow, tiny flakes gently drifting down from the darkened skies. Elsa took one final look at her ice palace. It had stopped melting, and once again let out a gentle glow even without sunlight to illuminate it. Then she turned, following her sister down the mountain. Eventually they were swallowed up by the shadows cast from the surrounding trees. The falling snow covered their tracks, making it seem as if they had never been there. With luck they would reach Arendelle before nightfall.

It would be a long time before either one returned.