A/N: All right! Hi, everyone! It's been awhile since I've updated this story. I'm so sorry! I had exams one week, then I was sick and busy volunteering, and then my tablet wants to be a pain and won't let me email what I had typed up to myself, so it took a little extra time to type it all again. Anyways, I'm so sorry! But I hope you guys like this new chapter! :D
Disclaimer: I do not own anything except for the story idea and my OC.
Anna slowly stepped in first, looking around. From where she could see, there were crystals all around, sparkling blue. It was an amazing sight to see. Elsa came in after her, looking at the walls of the cave and smiling, but she wasn't as awed by it as Anna was. She covered her mouth with her had while she chuckled at her sister.
"Come on, Anna!" She said, pulling on her sister's arm lightly. John had followed them in and closed the rock so no one could follow them and cause problems. "So, how do we know which one's the one we're looking for?" The queen asked the fire boy.
"We'll know. Trust me," John answered. Anna rolled her eyes at John's words. We did trust you, she thought, but kept it to herself. She had to contain her feelings. Conceal them. She definitely didn't want to get into more trouble with John. It was bad enough, what John was already doing to her and making her do. She had to marry him, and do some other things that she didn't even want to think about. He threatened to kill Elsa if she didn't marry him. And, there was no way to save Kristoff. Kristoff. Her true love. Only about a week ago they had shared their first kiss. The kiss that told Anna that he was The One. Kissing John felt nothing like kissing Kristoff. And when they got back to Arendelle, she would probably only be able to get one final kiss before he had to leave for an unknown amount of time.
"Anna!" Elsa said, pushing the princess over to the cave wall, narrowly missing hitting any of the ice crystals. Anna looked around to see why her sister had pushed her out of the way. John? No. He seemed just as confused as her. Cave-in? No. The cave looked perfectly fine. "Oh, sorry. I thought I saw something start to fall on you," she said. John just rolled his eyes and continued his trek forward. Anna looked at Elsa, still confused. The moment she met her gaze, Elsa glared at her, and Anna immediately understood: her emotions from her thoughts must have been showing, and Elsa had made her come back to reality before John noticed.
"Thanks," Anna whispered.
"You owe me," Elsa whispered back, before turning to follow John. Anna stood straight and joined the other two.
"That makes sense," Elsa said when the princess caught up to them.
"What does?" the strawberry blonde asked.
"Oh, that only people with ice powers can reach the ice crystal," Elsa explained. Turning her attention back to John, she asked, "Do you think they have some booby traps around here?"
"I don't know, maybe," he said, shrugging. Just then he kicked a little rock that went tumbling. Just as it stopped tumbling, an electrical strike hit the rock, leaving it smoking. "Hm, I guess so. So we'll have to be pretty careful." He picked up a few rocks and threw them every ten feet, setting off any traps that may be in their way. When they reached the gorge, John decided that there were no more booby traps, and put down the rest of the rocks.
"Do you think you could make an ice path across the gap?" he asked.
"I made a staircase over a gap once. This will be a piece of cake. Not literally," she added, noticing Anna's eyes widen with excitement, and then fall again. She took a deep breath in, then shot a blast of snow at the ground, which stretched from one end to the other. She took a tentative step onto the snow, and it turned into ice, just like with the staircase. "Just follow behind me, and don't run," she instructed, before running across the path herself. When she reached the end, she turned around to see Anna looking at her questioningly.
"I thought you said not to run?" she asked.
"I meant not on ice. Snow was different," Elsa explained. "Now come on!" John stepped onto the ice lightly, making sure that his fire powers wouldn't push through and melt the bridge. Before he could take another step, though, Anna stopped him with her arm.
"Maybe I should go first, and then you could come after me and melt the bridge, that way no one can follow us," she suggested.
"Good idea," he said, and stepped off of the bridge so that Anna could cross. She really just wanted to go first so that she knew nothing would happen to Elsa, but she wouldn't dare tell him that. When she reached the other end, Elsa whispered, "I could, you know, freeze his heart if you want."
"No good. His fire powers protect him from things like that," the princess replied bitterly. Before either of them could exchange another word, John joined them, the whole bridge now melted, just like Anna had suggested.
"Let's go," he said simply. It got dark as they continues, so John created a small fire in the palm of his hand. They walked about a mile more before reaching a cliff that dropped down about two hundred feet.
"What now?" Anna asked as she looked down the cliffside. It reminded her of when she and Kristoff were thrown out at the North Mountain, only there was no snow and no Kristoff anywhere to be seen.
"I think Elsa's on her own now," John answered. The queen gave him a puzzled look, not understanding what he meant. "The only way to get down there is with ice powers, and, if my suspicions are correct, the rest down there is the path to the ice crystal, and, like I mentioned before, I think only someone with ice powers can reach it." Elsa nodded and looked down.
"Do you mind? Staying here?" Elsa asked Anna.
"Yeah. I'll be fine," Anna answered, trying her best to smile.
"All right. I'll be back as soon as I can," the queen said, hugging her sister. "Bye."
"Good luck," Anna said. Elsa nodded, sent a blast at the ground, then jumped of of the cliff. The princess let out a little sigh, closing her eyes. When she opened them, she noticed John glaring at her.
"You told her, didn't you?" He snarled.
"Of course! She's my sister! We've been trying not to keep any more secrets from each other," Anna responded. The brunette just let out a little snort. "Be angry all you want! But don't hurt Elsa. You promised you wouldn't if I married you."
"I know. I guess I can just take out my anger on you," he sneered. "After we're married, of course." He didn't say more, leaving Anna in shock, confusion, and fear.
Meanwhile, Elsa was defending herself from every attack coming with her ice powers. John was right. Anyone without ice powers would have no chance at getting the crystal. She had passed about twenty obstacles when she reached the pillar that had the crystal floating above. She reached forward, feeling the cold air, which was ironic since the cold didn't bother her. But if she could feel the cold, that meant that it must be extremely cold - cold enough to freeze any normal person's hand off. She grabbed the ice crystal and smiled at it. This may very well just be the thing she needed. She ran back to the cliff in a flash, the obstacles all deactivated now. She made an ice pillar that raised her up to where John and Anna were waiting.
"Did you get it?" the princess asked.
"I got it!" Elsa answered, holding it up for them to see. Anna cheered, while John just smiled. "Let's get back to Arendelle."
A/N: Okay. Wow, was that hard! I hope you guys at least somewhat liked it. I think I'm going to do a time skip for the next chapter, that way this story can go a little bit faster and I can get into some more of the action. :D See you all then! (I'm hoping it won't be nearly as long of a break as this chapter was!) As always, don't forget to follow, favorite, and/or review! Bye for now!
