I know last chapter was heavy on the feels, I will try to add some happiness in this one to try to calm the nerves. Oh and to answer a question sent in by one of my guest reviewers, We are getting close to the kidnapping, after this chapter I would say there is two more chapters then the big kidnapping that I promised in the summery will happen. I just wanted to have a giant build up to it and get a lot of characterization in before we got there. Anyway let's get back to the story.
Jack reached the Southern Isle palace only to discover a shocking discovery. He was too late. Stoick had already been executed and his head placed on a pike. Jack smelt what he knew was Farquaad burning the rest of Stoick's body. The smell of burning flesh and the sight of Stoick's severed head was enough to make Jack sick.
"I'm sorry Stoick." Jack cried, "I failed you."
Jack couldn't just leave Stoick's head on the pike so he removed it and stuffed it in his bag before riding back to the other knights.
"He's not coming back." Elroy said to the other knights. "Let's get out of here before we get ourselves killed as well."
"Just wait a few more minutes." North said
"I see him." Flynn said looking through his telescope. "But I don't see Stoick with him."
"Jack where's Stoick." Kristoff asked when Jack rode back to them.
Jack lowered his head in sadness and dropped the bag that had Stoick's head in it.
"Oh my god!" Po gasped when the knights saw Stoick's head roll out.
Out of anger and sadness Jack turned to Elroy and punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground.
"This is your fault!" Jack cried. "If you had listened to me when we where at that meeting this wouldn't of happened. Stoick wouldn't be dead right now! But no. You had to be a hot head who rushed into action blindly and drag us all down with it! This death is on you!" Jack was so upset that Robin and Peter had to step in and pull Jack off Elroy so that Elroy could get up.
"Let's just get back to Arendelle." North said in sadness. "We have all had a rough day."
As they rode back to Arendelle Elroy turned to Jack and gave him a death glare.
"If you ever do that to me again I will make sure you are executed, do I make myself clear." Elroy warned. Jack didn't say a word, all he did was look him in the eye and ride ahead of him.
Jefferson was standing outside the Arendelle palace. Elsa and Anna where outside the palace too picking fruit from the apple tree outside the palace.
"Here's a nice big juicy one." Anna said picking it and showing it to Elsa.
"Great put it in the bucket." Elsa said. The two of them suddenly heard hoof prints and saw the knights riding up to to the palace. Elsa and immediately ran over to her father to greet the knights when they rode up.
"North how did the invasion go, where's Stoick?" Jefferson asked noticing Stoick wasn't there. Jack then stepped up and took Stoick's head out of his bag and dropped it to the ground. Stoick's wife Valka walked up hearing the knights return only to scream seeing Stoick's head on the floor. She ran to his head, picked it up and clutched it to her chest as she screamed.
"Oh my God!?" Jefferson said "How did this happen?"
Jack couldn't bring himself to respond, instead he lowered his head and walked off slowly, tears streaming from his eyes.
"Jack what happened?" Elsa asked running up to him.
"We failed." was all that Jack said before walking back to his house. He didn't stick around to here Jefferson ask anymore questions, he was to upset. When he got back to his house he went straight to his shed where he had targets set up for archery practice. Jack needed to let out some steam, he was to upset at Elroy for leading them blindly into a ambush.
"Stupid Elroy!" Jack screamed shooting arrows at the targets. Every time he shot at a target he pictured Elroy's face on it. Jack hit every target right in the bulls-eye until he ran out of arrows.
Jack then went back inside and plopped down on his bed and closed his eyes. It wasn't dark yet but he was so tired he fell asleep within just a few minutes.
Elsa was in her room thinking about Jack. She couldn't help but think about how sad he looked as he walked off after delivering her father the news. She had to see him, she had to make sure he was okay. Without telling anybody she got up and walked over to Jack's place. As she was walking over she walked past Elroy's house where Elroy was working on a new sword.
"Elsa?" Elroy called out, noticing Elsa walk by. Elsa didn't even stop she just kept walking toward the direction of Jack's
"Where is that girl off to?" Elroy asked himself. Wanting answers Elroy followed Elsa at a distance.
As Jack slept he dreamed about the events that unfolded before. He saw himself racing toward the castle trying to reach Stoick in time only to watch as he was beheaded in front of his eyes.
"No!" Jack cried watching Stoick's head roll onto the floor. The dream then took a new turn when Jack heard Elsa's voice call out his name. Jack turned around to see Elsa standing on a Gallo, a noose around her neck.
"ELSA!" Jack cried out running toward her.
"JACK HELP ME!" Elsa cried right before the trapdoor fell and Elsa dropped.
"NO!" Jack cried out. Jack immediately woke up gasping for air and sweating up a storm. It was only a dream but for some reason Jack feared it was something more. Something like a vision, and he couldn't let it come true.
Jack heard a knock on the door and when he got up and answere it he noticed it was Elsa.
"Can I come in." Elsa asked
"Your actually one of the few people I want to see right now." Jack said allowing Elsa to come in.
"How are you feeling?" Elsa asked concerned
"Like hell." Jack replied sitting on a chair at his kitchen table. "When I became a knight I was prepared for the worst. I knew the risk going in and I was prepared to die for the king. What I wasn't prepared for was watching one of my own die and knowing I was too late to save him. Now I am having nightmares, visions actually of that event. It's haunting me. I was too late Elsa, I couldn't save him."
"I'm sure you did the best you could." Elsa said
"That's not good enough though. What if next time it is you that is in danger and I can't get to you in time. I had a vision Elsa of you dieing, and I couldn't get to you. Elsa I can't lose you."
"You won't" Elsa said putting her hand own his cheek. "Nothing is going to happen to me. It was only a bad dream."
"I've only been a knight for a couple days and already I have seen things that will traumatize me for life." Jack said putting his face in his hands. Elsa could tell he was a wreck. She felt so sad for him, being the newest knight he had witnessed things that would traumatize a veteran.
"Jack look at me." Elsa said in a calm voice putting her hand on his shoulder. Jack looked Elsa in the eyes as Elsa brought her face inches from his.
"It will be okay. Every knight has to go through tough times. That is part of the job. You will get through this it will get better for you." Elsa said
"How?" Jack asked
"We can start with this." Elsa said before leaning in for a kiss. Elsa kissed Jack on the lips hard and wrapped her arms around his shoulders.
"That does help a little." Jack said before kissing her back.
"Then let's continue with the healing process." Elsa said returning Jack's kiss. As they were kissing, Elsa proceeded to unbutton Jacks shirt and rip it off. Jack responded to removing the straps to Elsa's dress allowing Elsa's dress to fall to the floor. Elsa unbuckled Jack's pants and soon they fell to the floor making out completely naked. Jack suddenly lifted Elsa up and carried her bridal style to his bed where he plopped her down and leaped on top of her. There on the bed Jack and Elsa made love. For the time being Jack had forgotten about the war and the events that just happened. Hearing Elsa moan out his name calmed his nerves and made him feel better. For the time being Jack was calm and at peace.
"So do you think you might need to start heading back before your dad get's suspicious?" Jack asked Elsa thirty minutes later when they where finished making love. Now Jack was lying in his bed with Elsa lying on top of him resting her head on his chest.
"I'm not heading back tonight." Elsa said "I am no longer going to hide my love for you."
"How are you going to explain this to him?" Jack responded
"I am going to just come out and be honest with him." Elsa said "I'm going to tell him to call off the wedding with Elroy, that I don't love him, I love you."
"Yeah your father's probably not going to be happy about that." Elsa said "Considering the tradition of The king arranging their daughters marriage."
"Sometime traditions are meant to be broken." Elsa said twirling her index finger through Jacks hair. "Don't worry Jack I'll find a way to work it out with my father. After all if he truly loves me he will do anything to keep me happy."
Jack snickered and Elsa bent down and kissed him again before placing her head on Jacks chest and falling asleep in his arms.
What neither of them knew however was that Elroy was sitting outside Jack's house whittling on a tree limb while listening in on the conversation.
"So Jack." Elroy said in a calm but very intimidating voice. "You think you can still my girl huh? Well we will just see what the king thinks about this." Then Elroy dropped the tree limb on the ground, put his knife back in his holster and walked to the direction of the palace to report Jack to the king.
A couple hours later while Elsa was still sleeping with Jack when the door got kicked in waking them both up screaming. Several of the King's guards barged in and threw Elsa off Jack and grabbed Jack and put him in chains.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING? GET OFF HIM!" Elsa screamed trying to pull the guards off Jack, but the guards just ignored her.
"WHAT THE FLYING FUCK!?" Jack yelled as he was dragged off the bed and thrown into the floor and put in chains "I didn't do anything man!"
"By order of the king you are under arrest for raping the princess"
"RAPE!?" Elsa screamed in shock "He didn't rape me it was consensual I was willing to have sex! Release him now that is an order!" The guards however ignored her.
"As princess I order you to release Jack." Elsa said pulling at the guards.
"And by order of the king Jack is under arrest." The guard responded
"What!?" Elsa gasped.
The guards lifted Jack off the floor after chaining him up and started leading him outside.
"JACK NO!" Elsa cried as they started leading Jack away. Jack just looked Elsa in the eyes with a look saying it will be okay as the guards led Jack away in chains.
Watching from a distance with a big smile on his face was Elroy. He reported to the king that Jack had raped Elsa, even though he knew that it was consensual. He didn't care that he lied about what really happened. He just saw Jack as competition and wanted him out of the way so he could have Elsa to himself.
"Told you I would get you Jack." Elroy grinned before walking off.
And that's it for this chapter. I know another cliffhanger. Get use to them cause nearly all the chapters until the finale will be ending in some sort of cliffhanger. Till next time leave a review and I'll see you back here next chapter.
