AN: Dear reviewer Grim,
I am glad you explained your last review to me and I really hope you will like what's coming in my story. To be honest the Astrid thing got a bit out of hand, because I wanted her problems not to be the main objective of the story, like you yourself said: It is a Hiccup x Merida story :)
I take your comments into consideration and they make me think about the process of the characters, all reviews do! I see what you mean and it got me to a few good ideas later on. Unfortunately I can't say more than that because this is not a pm, sorry :(

Ch. 9 News from home

"Hey Hiccup, alone tonight?" Heather greeted him as cheerful as ever when Hiccup took a seat across her at the counter in her bar.

"Actually, I was hoping to meet Rapunzel here to talk to you."

"Oh, she is already here, but I didn't get the impression she wanted to talk to me." Heather said with a frown and she pointed to the back of the bar where Rapunzel was happily talking to her friend the pianist with a hook for an hand. Hiccup still didn't know his name.
"Why do you two need me? Is something wrong?" Heather wanted to know.

"No, nothing is wrong, don't worry. Rapunzel wants your help and I'm just here as her friend, for support." Hiccup assured Heather and he stood up.
"I'll see if she is ready to come over."

"Wouldn't that be great? It is my new dream!"
Hiccup heard Rapunzel tell her friend with excitement.

The ex-thug nodded encouragingly. "That's good! Never stop dreaming, who says you have to stop just because one came true!"

"I know right? I'm sure you have more dreams as well!"

"Nah, I'm good here, Rapunzel, but I will be rooting for you though." The man gave his girly friend a wink and a grin that did not go well with his face.

"Rapunzel?" Hiccup began politely and he tapped her on her shoulder. The conversation seemed to be at an end and so Hiccup thought it time to go on with their plan to get Rapunzel what she wanted.

"Oh Hiccup, I'd thought you wanted to spend more time with Toothless, so I'd thought I come sooner and talk to Hookhand."

It seemed the man didn't have a proper name. Well, as proper as a name like Hiccup, that is. Hiccup thought,
"Well, I'm here, so are you coming?"

"Yes!" Rapunzel jumped from the low stage with determination shining in her eyes and beaming, she turned to her friend one last time,
"Here I go." She told him breathlessly and the man gave her a thump up with his remaining hand.


When she returned from a night stroll through the woods with Toothless Merida got held up by the landlord. At first she thought the janitor complained about her again, but it was a letter that was addressed to her. Since her arrival at Bariden Merida hadn't sent or received any letters and her heart lit up with the thought of her old home, but soon after, nerves creeped in as well. It made a huge difference who had written the letter. If it was her father, or even a joined letter from her three brothers it would be a friendly letter for the sake of catching up on things, but if it was from her mother it would be filled with business. Princess business with the prospect of a marriage into one of the three clans, despite her promise. Merida didn't want to think about the future. The future entailed a return to the Highlands and be queen to a man she didn't love.
Feeling sick to her stomach already Merida went up to her apartment to look at the letter in private. Shaking she took the pieces of paper from the envelope, but then relaxed when she recognised her father's handwriting.

Dear Merida,

How are ye, lass? I hope Corona is to your liking and you are not feeling homesick. I bet ye don't. Your mother and I are fine and the boys are as spirited as always. We do miss you and hope you think about us so now and then. You should come and visit us when you got the time, then you can tell us all about the things you have been up to.

I look forward to hear from you, darling.

Your father,

Fergus Dun Broch

P.S. Your mother is curious to know about the people you have met.

Merida rolled her eyes with a huge sigh. 'Ay knew it, she wants tae know if ay found anyone ay fancy.' She thought and immediately her stomach tied itself into a knot. She let herself drop on her couch. Her eyes travelled around her living room. It had taken her quite a while, but she had finally made it into a decent place to live. It was surprisingly neat, but because she mainly used the place to sleep in, it had become rather dusty. When Merida left, her father made sure to give her the peg with Mor'Du 's severed head to hang on her wall. Technically Merida didn't slay the demon bear, her mother crushed him under a large rune stone while she was still a bear. Still her father wanted Merida to have it with pride.
'Ye did a great and brave thing, lass. Yu should keep it and whenever ye see his beaten state, remember what ye can du!' Her father had said.
Merida looked at the horrible and somewhat squashed face of the demon bear with gloom.

"Even yu couldn't du anything fur me, ye manky ol' bear." She told it bitterly. What could she do? She had to tell her mother something, but knew she could not leave out Hiccup. He was the biggest part of her new life now. Oh how she wished she could write about him, after all she never held anything back from her mother before, because she never listened, but that had changed and it was a problem! Maybe she could write something about him and leave out the fact that he came from Berk. No, then her mother would get too excited and would want to meet him and everything would be ruined. No, she had to speak with her mother about this delicately in person and for now just write a friendly letter. Just a letter of what she had been doing, without Berk or Dragons or Vikings in it. How could she do that? Just lie and only mention Rapunzel, Eugene and Jack? Jack would be a rich thing to write about, her father wouldn't believe her!
"Maybe ay should talk tae Rapunzel about this." Merida decided out loud. Still Hiccup appeared into her head and she shook frantically her head. No, she could talk to anyone, but Hiccup about this. This left Jack out as well. Being Hiccup's roommate he might talk to him about it, or worse, Hiccup might overhear something again. No, Rapunzel was the best choice and she crossed the hall to enter her friend's unlocked apartment with just one knock to announce her arrival. She was surprised to find her favourite hostess not to be home. Instead she found Eugene sharing a laugh with Jack. This was not good and not all what Merida wanted! She couldn't speak her mind freely to those too! They both liked to joke around and might think it funny to stir things up. However, that fact got Merida to an solution. She could speak about this later and for now, she would do some stirring of her own. It might be fun to try. A teasing smile curled her lips and she closed the door behind her. The two men greeted her and she went to sit down on the couch, just like Jack, on the other side to prevent herself from freezing.
"Jack, ayam surprised tae see yu here!" she told him brightly.

"Why is that?" Jack asked her and he turned to her with a raised eyebrow.

"You know why, my friend. I was surprised too you came here to hang." Eugene said, picking up immediately what Merida meant to do. He and Merida shared a look, which Jack noticed and he stared hard at his friend for his betrayal. Then he jumped up from the couch, sending a chill all over Merida and began to pace with annoyance.

"Fine, Elsa needed to catch up on work, because she has been sick." He admitted grumpily and sent some streaks of frost over the walls. Feeling triumph Merida grinned to Eugene.

"Yu really like her, don't yu?" She asked Jack teasingly. She began to see why Rapunzel liked to do this. It was really fun to see Jack like this.
"Yu can't be away from her anymore."

"Yeah.." Jack stopped hopping about the room and a shy grin coloured his face. "Spring and Summer were always boring for me, but not anymore."

'That was quick!' Merida thought and she showed her disappointment to Eugene, but he was still smiling.

"You're the same with Hiccup, Merida." He stated bluntly.

"What?" Merida blurred out. She had not expected to be thrown into the spotlight like that and she snapped her head back to Jack who showed her a mischievous grin.

"Love is certainly in the air around here." Eugene went on with joy. "You heard me Merida, you like Hiccup. You and Jack are the same at this point. Ah, the beginning of love. Such a funny feeling."

Jack flew back to the living room and soar down on the couch again. Merida felt cornered and even though Jack had created quite a low temperature, she still felt her face burning. Merida felt so embarrassed that she got mad, especially at Jack. Why wasn't he embarrassed? Why did he confessed his feelings like it was nothing?

"Relax Merida, Hiccup feels the same way about you, trust me." Jack said, rather matter-of-factly.

"Really?" Merida should not have showed them the hope she was feeling. It had been a trap and she had stepped into it without thinking. Jack's grin had reached his ears and Eugene smiled smugly. The two of them had broken her barrier and high-fived each other up high, Jack used the crooked end of his staff and it left Eugene's hand snowed, but that didn't bother him one bit. He was having a hoot.

"Ay, ay work with the Dragons, not Hiccup. It is not that ay do it for him!" Merida tried, but her voice had become hysterical and her heart could jump out of her chest any minute.

"We're sorry, we will let it go." Eugene said, but his smile didn't say apology.

"Where is Rapunzel?" Merida asked the two men as nonchalantly as possible, but it came out very snappy.

"At Heather's bar." Eugene replied quickly. The feeling of fun had left the both of them, but Merida could not be happy about it. Instead a shock travelled through Merida's body.

"Oh no." She whispered and left the apartment immediately.


Rapunzel had become rather quiet when they sat together with Heather. It was quiet in the bar that night and there was plenty of room to talk, but still Hiccup felt his friend's nerves failing. He tried to loosen the mood by buying them a drink and giving her a smile, but saw that his tactic was not working. Rapunzel sat quietly on her bar stool and her big green eyes were fixed on the wooden counter. Hiccup could easily guess why she was not her usual cheerful self. She was nervous to proceed with her plan, a plan that would change the good life she had up till now. It is always scary to dare to reach for more and even though, Rapunzel grew up with that magical hair, it would never be the same. If she even could get it back at all. There remained a lot uncertain and Merida's story did not help her to dare the first step. Still she made it clear she wanted to and Hiccup was needed to remind her of that.

"What's the matter, Rapunzel?" Heather asked and Hiccup felt more optimistic. If there was someone who knew about scary choices it was Heather.
Hiccup looked at Rapunzel from the corner of his eye, to see if she was ready to respond, but she was still staring at her ale and she bit her lower lip and so Hiccup decided to break the ice for her.
"Rapunzel needs your help to get her magic back. You know the story about her magical hair, don't you, Heather?"

"Yes, I've heard it." Heather confirmed and she frowned thoughtfully. "But it was cut off, together with your hair, right?"

Rapunzel straightened her back and took a deep breath. "Yes, but still I was able to save Eugene's life with my tears, so I know the magic is not gone. I want to be able to use it again, as it was supposed to be used, to heal the sick and injured." Courage began to shine in her eyes. Hiccup could truthfully say that he had never seen his friend so determined or serious and neither had Heather.

"You also told me that you have a song to summon it, right?" Heather asked on, clearly up to this challenge and really excited to try anything to see it through.

Rapunzel nodded strongly. "I never forgot it and I still sing it sometimes, that's how I discovered I leave traces of it. I can make the whole apartment glow, even Eugene once."

Hiccup tried not to think of a reason for that one, but Heather seemed to have no problem neglecting that detail. She was too busy with her new mystery.
"Hm, sounds to me like your magic is trying to resurface." She muttered.

"So, you really think her golden hair can come back as it was?" Hiccup asked amazed. It seemed so impossible with Rapunzel's hair being dark brown for five years. It had grown quite a length, but never had its deep colour faded into a shade that could come near blonde.

"Yes, it's a reaction. Like you often see in alchemy. If your song still effects traces of magic you leave behind, we can work with that." Heather replied strongly, she was clearly enjoying herself with this. This was what she and Hiccup liked to do after all, solving strange puzzles and recover lost secrets.

"So I can get it back?" Rapunzel asked as well and she barely dared to look at Heather while she waited for her second confirmation.

"Yes, but first I need to do some experiments to confirm my hypothesis. Wait here." Heather went to the back for a short time and came back with a little vile.
"Here, try to get some of the magic in this vile and I will get to work."

Merida hurried down the stairs, panic rising in her head. What was Hiccup thinking? She was sure he was with Rapunzel right now, introducing her to a certain way to break hell lose. Nothing good came from trusting a witch, she thought she made that clear to both of them. Rapunzel was naïve, just like she was back then. Merida had to protect her. She fled out of the building, ignoring a few calls not to run and emerged into the darkening street. From the apartment complex it was a straight way to the square where Merida knew to find a certain bar she heard a lot about. She sped on, not slowing down until she stood right in front of Heather's bar.
Outside the main entrance stood an enormous Viking, but he didn't bother her. He let her straight through and Merida forgot about him instantly. As she opened the door she looked right at the counter in the back. The two brunettes she was looking for sat at that counter and they spoke with the bar's owner. A black haired young woman named Heather, the one Hiccup had said to be able to 'help' Rapunzel to get her magic back. As Merida neared them, Heather gave something to Rapunzel and a cold shiver went down her spine. 'Oh no!'
"No, don't take it Rapunzel!" She called, but Rapunzel was not at all alarmed. She turned around in her seat and eyed Merida kindly. Hiccup too turned around, but he did look alarmed and Merida shot him a blaming look.

"Don't worry, Merida. She didn't give me any potion. Look, it's empty." Rapunzel assured her and she showed Merida the vile, which was indeed empty.

"Potion? What is going on?" The woman named Heather asked, but Merida ignored her, after all, anyone could deny being a witch. She turned to Hiccup and he flinched at her sudden move.

"Why?" Was the only thing she could ask him. Desperate for answers and reassurance, she looked Hiccup into his eyes. He knew what had happened to her, he knew nothing had changed for the better and still he wanted to make her mistake again! Why did he cause her to worry?
Hiccup had recovered from his shock at her arrival and looked at her calmly. Merida blamed him, she was angry, but still her whole being seemed to relax, just by looked into his eyes.

"Merida, we understand you want to protect Rapunzel, but you have to believe us that Heather is not a witch. She is an alchemist and through scientific methods she will try to find a way to give Rapunzel advise. That's all." Hiccup told her. His voice was calm, but caring and with his soft eyes sought Merida's forgiveness and understanding. Merida couldn't speak, in her heart she felt a turmoil of feelings. She wanted to remain angry at Hiccup for ignoring her, but his eyes were so truthful and his smile sincere. He wasn't trying to defy her or cause a fight and Merida felt all her anger flutter away.

"I wouldn't put Rapunzel in danger, Merida, you can trust me." Hiccup concluded, still smiling.

Damn it, why did he have to say that? Merida felt really foolish. Of course she trusted him and he should know that!
"Fine." She mumbled and she tore her eyes away from Hiccup to stop the fluttering feeling in her stomach.
"Ayam sorry ay insulted yu." She added when she turned to Heather and gave her a polite nod.

"Don't worry. I don't know magic, but I believe you that it is frightening and I promise you I won't give Rapunzel any potion. You can with her if you want." Heather told her with a kind smile.


It was noon when two friendly knocks on Elsa's door interrupted her with her work and it surprised her completely. Seldom someone knocked on her door, usually she only had Jack for company and he used the window.

"Elsa?" It was Anna, Elsa's younger sister who had suddenly decided to pay her a visit. When Elsa left for Bariden, she had thought to be far more happy with this visit then she now found herself to be. Even a slight panic came into her head. Frantically, she looked at her clock and realised what time it was. Quickly Elsa ran to the window to look into Jack's room. His window was open, as always, but everything else spoke of an empty room. With relieve Elsa walked on to the door, trying to come back to her normal calm self before opening the door.

"Anna, I didn't know you were coming." She said while she greeted her sister with a tight hug.

"I thought I'd drop by and surprise you. Besides, it has become so hard to plan these things, so I took the time when I had it." Anna reasoned with a beaming smile.

"You look great, Anna, really. Things must be going well." Elsa said delighted. She had missed her sister and now that she was standing in front of her, she realised how much. Throughout her whole life she and Anna had been a pair, sharing laughs and fears, but now Anna remained close to their parents and a distance between them had grown.

"As good as it can be, Kristoff has to find his ice further north now, so he goes away for days, but on the other hand, business has been good for him."

"And Lisbeth?" Elsa invited Anna to the living room, which was the majority of the apartment, it was also where Elsa worked and where the large window met Jack's bed room window. She was still worried he might pop up and stationed herself in the chair facing the window to keep an eye on it. Maybe it was better if they stayed in the kitchen, or even her bed room? Elsa wasn't really sure why she wanted to keep Jack a secret, because she was also excited to talk about him. Rapunzel and the others were very nice, but if it wasn't for Jack, she wouldn't be this happy and as Anna was the only one in the family she felt an attachment to, she really wanted her to like him, however not yet!

"Lisbeth is doing great, she misses her father of course, so I intent to spoil her so now and then." Anna tried to keep a cheerful conversation, but a frown appeared on her forehead.
"Elsa? Is something bothering you? Or more importantly is someone bothering you, because you keep looking at the window."

Before Elsa could contradict her, Anna had come to her feet and looked out of the window. Elsa's stomach turned and she bit her lip nervously. 'Please don't be home yet!' she prayed.

"Hah, you don't have much view, that's a shame." Anna observed while she was looking at, what Elsa assumed still to be an empty room.

"It's not so bad, I don't have time to look out of a window anyway." Elsa said and she stood up as well. She wanted Anna to come away from the window. It was nerve wrecking.

"Are you sure you are alright Elsa? You look tense. Are you sure you don't want to tell me something?"

Elsa didn't know anymore. She thought it terrible to have secrets for her sister, but she also didn't dare to speak of it. 'Not yet.' She kept thinking to herself.
"Let's continue with our talk, shall we? But I feel better if we talk somewhere else. This is also where I work and it is healthier to step away from your working place." She said and she felt a bit better. What she said was true and that way she didn't feel like she was lying to Anna. Anna understood and Elsa showed her to the kitchen where Anna sat herself down at the kitchen table.
"Do you want some tea?" Elsa asked, feeling she could finally enjoy her sister's visit.

"Sure, do you want me to help?'

"No, you are my guest, Anna." Elsa gave her sister a warm smile and turned to look for the teapot and tealeaves.
"I am sorry I couldn't come and see Lisbeth on her birthday." She went on as she searched for her filled the kettle with water.

"That reminds me, mam and dad asked me to invite you to your birthday party in the palace."

With a start Elsa released some of her magic and it froze the water. 'Come on, love.' She told herself to relax, but the water remained solid ice.

"It's alright, you can see Lisbeth and Kristoff then." Anna continued and the tone of her voice had changed. She had tried to keep a cheerful note, but couldn't keep it up and a silence fell. Elsa felt cold, a freezing cold that froze the handle of the teapot she was holding and spiked ice formed around her.
Every year Elsa's parents threw a big party for her birthday and every time Elsa was entitled to come, not only because it was her birthday, but also because the whole of Arendelle knew of it. In Arendelle there was a folk's tale about the royal family, about a curse that returned only a few generations. It was said every child of the royal family could be born with a heart made of ice. A child like Elsa. Her parents had believed it to be true and locked Elsa up. Keeping her as their perfect princess to the rest of Arendelle until the fear became too much for her and she showed the kingdom what she was. In Arendelle a frozen heart was feared and they all saw her as a curse for the kingdom.
Elsa had come so far, finally she had arrived where no one feared her and still she had to return every year and relive her childhood.
"This year I will decline Anna." Elsa whispered. She tried to dismiss the fear on her heart to thaw the ice, this time on the teapot, but couldn't succeed.

"Elsa, you can't decline. It's not possible for us." Anna told her in a soft voice.
"Elsa.." she tried again, but Elsa gestured her not to come any closer. She needed to calm down, but still the ice she was forming was spiked and bit in everything it could reach.
Elsa closed her eyes, but that didn't help. She could see her father, looking at her with harsh eyes. He sealed away his feelings towards her as a daughter long ago, to him she was a danger that had to be controlled. Her mother had nothing to say to the matter and given up to try to compromise. Elsa wasn't even certain she ever tried. Her older brother Hans had always blamed Elsa for showing the people what she was and Elsa knew he wanted nothing more than to control her as well. To him she was a threat or a weapon, never his sister.
"I won't go back Anna. Not to a place where I have only you to love and appreciate me."
It was true, Anna was the only person in that entire kingdom who saw her as a person like anybody else, a person who deserved to be loved.
Feeling the desperate need to look at her sister Elsa gave up on the teapot and the other places she had frozen and turned around to give Anna a tried smile.
"I'm sorry Anna, but now that you have come, I see no use in going back. I will come and visit you some other time to see Kristoff and Lisbeth, but I will stay here for my birthday. Arendelle never was a home for me, but this is. I feel happy here." Elsa knew she hurt her sister with this, to be apart from her wasn't a choice she wanted to make, but for too long Anna had been torn between two sides and it was time Elsa released her of that burden.

"No, I am sorry Elsa, I know how you feel about home and still I brought it up. I scared you and opened wounds." Anna apologised and walked up to her sister to give her a heart-warming hug.
"Here, why don't I make the tea?"

"Thank you." Elsa let Anna take the teapot and surrendered to her kindness. She finally got the water running again and sat herself down. Just to be sure she had coated her hands with new gloves and was just beginning to calm down when she heard an iconic whoosh of icy wind.
'Oh no!' Elsa gasped and Anna spun around, to see what had happened.

"Elsa?" Jack called from the living room. "Are you here?"

"Who is that? How did he get in here?" Anna asked with a start. that was soon replaced by feistiness and she was already walking towards the living room. Panicked Elsa shot up from her kitchen chair and followed her, but Anna was too quick and called out to Jack before she even saw him.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Jack, who are you?" He returned to her confused and he quickly put his hands in the pocket of his hoody.

"No, wait Anna, don't do anything to him!" Elsa yelled and she jumped in front of Jack with her arms spread to shield him. Anna was very protective over Elsa, she always had been and it was not easy to calm her down whenever she thought someone was doing her sister wrong. If Anna thought Jack a stalker, she might punch him and that would leave her more harm than it would leave him.

Anna shivered violently. "Elsa, I can still feel your magic, Is it because of him. If he upsets you..!" Anna readied her fist threateningly.

"No Anna, it is not me. You have to calm down and step away from him, please." Elsa tried and she smiled nervously while she lowered her arms a bit. She could feel Jack's eyes upon her. He had no idea what just had happened and neither did Anna. This did not go well and Elsa felt busted. In the end it had been better if she had told her sister about Jack beforehand. Why she hadn't done that was still a mystery. She repositioned herself from Jack's front to his side and gave him a sheepish smile, then she returned her attention to her sister
"Anna, this is Jack Frost. He is a friend of Rapunzel's and his apartment is across mine. From time to time he hops over to keep me company. I'm sorry I would have told him if I knew you were coming."
That went better than she had imagined and her nervous smile was replaced by a happy one.

As expected Anna was speechless. As she took a few steps back, she eyed Jack with disbelieve.
"Wait, you're the Jack Frost, so you have ice magic too?" she asked him.

"Yes I do."

"But how can I see you, you are supposed to be a spirit Guardian for children, right?"

"It is a long story, but I am the only Guardian who became human again. I asked the Man in the Moon for that. However I am still the spirit of Winter and I can't touch anyone, that's why you feel this intense cold around me and did Elsa ask you to step away."

"That must be hard, but not with Elsa, right? She is immune to the cold!" Anna said with a bright smile to both of them. She was actually trying to cheer Jack up. Luckily Anna's feistiness was short-lived and Elsa was happy her sister saw her misjudgement. However, unknowingly Anna had discovered the unique connection only Elsa and Jack had with each other. Elsa was the only person Jack could touch and it was the source of both her happiness and uncertainty. It became clear to her now why she didn't want Anna to know how close she was to the famous Winter Guardian. Elsa's happiness came from that connection. To be needed by Jack. To be his bridge to the world and most importantly, to be the reason for his smile. His happiness meant more to her than her own and she couldn't explain why. Still, Elsa didn't know for certain if she really was the reason for the smile he gave her every day and it made her unwilling to show her feelings and why she didn't want Jack to give people ideas that would give herself too much hope. Her eyes travelled to his and their eyes met for a moment. Jack seemed to understand and his eyes showed her the joy he was feeling, just by standing next to her. He just gave Anna a smile to confirm her theory and left it at that. It warmed Elsa's heart and made her feel guilty for being such a coward.

"So, do you sometimes built snowman together?" Anna asked on, very happy. She was obviously trying to get where Elsa didn't want her to go and she threw her a sharp look, but Jack laughed it away.

"Nah, she makes enough of those when she is sick! Snowball fights are more fun and normally I start them, but your sister is really fun once she gets her freedom. Which reminds me.." Jack added and her looked at Elsa's hands.

"Why do you wear your gloves again? You have not worn them since I dared you to use your magic for fun the first night you came here."

Elsa stared at her feet and clasped her hands together to stop them from shaking.
"My powers are different from yours Jack. Fear makes me lose control over it."

"Fear?" Worry was clear in Jack's voice now and he bent forwards in search for her eyes. Again images of her old home and rooms filled with icy spikes began to haunt Elsa's mind. With a gasp she looked into Jack's eyes. There she found comfort just like the very first time she saw him.

"I was never allowed to reveal it. All my childhood, I have been afraid to hurt anybody. It made my powers explode many times and that's why my father made me wear these gloves." Elsa confessed. Jack's eyes widened, first with disbelieve, then with anger.

"That's insane!" he exclaimed and shot backwards to pace around the room, as he always did when he was upset.
"Snow brings light. It softens the bare world of Winter. It coats the world with beauty and lightens your heart with dreams. The frost makes everything sparkle and creates a tickling feeling that makes you smile and have fun. These powers are what makes me the Guardian of Fun, not fear!" Jack declared in fury.
"Why are you bothered by this now, I thought I showed you it's different? That your parents are wrong!" He added, lowering his voice a bit and he halted in front of Elsa again.

"Because I have to go to them for my birthday. I have to attend to it as the Princess of Arendelle."

"Why don't I go with you?" Jack suggested. Elsa looked at him and saw that he was completely serious and he waited for her answer in silence. Elsa could see that he wanted to settle this misunderstanding that had ruined her childhood and she was grateful for him for even wanting to try, but it would most likely make things worse.

"Jack, you can't change my parents' minds." She told him softly, also to herself and she tried to dismiss the hope he was given her.

"I think it is a good idea." Anna said unexpectedly and Elsa had almost forgotten she was there.
"It is your birthday, Elsa. You are allowed to bring a guest of your own." Anna went on to justify her excitement about it. "With Rapunzel, Eugene, Kristoff, me and Lisbeth there you have enough people around you to have a good time and excuse yourself from mum and dad. You can finally have a happy birthday."
Elsa was still sceptical about it, but her sister ignored that for her own good.
"That's settled then," she added brightly to Jack, "You are hereby invited."

AN; I had the idea of bringing Jack to a formal party in Arendelle from the beginning and I'm happy I can make it happen so soon! It will not happen for a few chapters though, because it isn't Elsa's birthday yet, but it is coming! Yeah! :)
I hoped you enjoyed the rest of the chapter too, please review! :D