A/N: Hello my lovies. Did you miss me? ;P So sorry if there was angst caused by the ending of the last chapter. That was not how I imagined the chapter ending, but it did make this transition WAY easier so it all worked out in the end. Just a fair warning, this chapter does contain some ADULT LANGUAGE, so if you're not comfortable with that I apologize and suggest you not read this chapter.

ALSO! Bbbbiiiigggggg shout out to EthanTheRenegade for the wonderful song addition to this chapter, you'll know it when you read it. :)

I think that's it for now. As always thank you for the love and reviews, they mean so much! Enjoy the chapter :)


Days passed and Anna didn't hear from Elsa. Not that she hadn't tried to contact the older woman. Anna must have sent close to 100 texts checking on the recluse that had stolen her heart, but never received a reply to any of them. Placing a comforting arm on her shoulder, Kristoff hugged his friend close while Red and Raupuzel rubbed her back and arms in support.

"It's not your fault." "She got overwhelmed." "She's been alone for years, she'll come around soon."

Anna could only nod silently as a tear escaped her eye. 'Yeah, but I want her to be here now'


Elsa spent her days in studio, barely leaving to venture across campus back to her dorm to shower and sleep. Leaving her phone on do not disturb mode most of the time, Elsa had come to expect a flood of texts she received during the few times she took the device off secret mode. Each message tugged at her heartstrings with such intensity Elsa was sure her heart would be ripped from her chest at any moment.

'Elsa talk to me!'

'Please! I miss you!'

'Are you okay!? No one's seen you for days.'

'Elsa please!'

'I'm not giving up until you answer me.'

Taking her phone off do not disturb, Elsa prepared herself for the flood of sympathy and love. After the torrent from Anna came through, Elsa was surprised when a text from Belle flashed across the top of the screen.

'E, just a reminder you're supposed to deliver you first Little surprise at the end of the week. Got any ideas? Red is going to love her present.'

Elsa's breath hitched before being released in an annoyed sigh. 'Great. As if I didn't feel bad enough. What could I get the girl who loves everything. And everyone.' Reaching towards her throat, Elsa felt cool metal between her fingers. The necklace seemed to be permanently attached to her neck though it usually lived tucked out of view under her shirt. The charm that hung from the chain always brought Elsa comfort, and was oddly good for thinking of ideas. Tracing the intricate swirls of the charm, Elsa's eyes expanded, and reached for the clasp at the back her neck and stared at the piece of jewelry in her hand.

The tiny pendant was so simple. So delicate. Unique. Elsa couldn't believe it had taken her this long to think of it! Looking frantically around the studio, Elsa began rummaging through the storage cabinets full of materials before pulling the materials quickly out of their respective places and were unceremoniously thrown on the table in no particular order.

Elsa sat down at the workbench, barely able to contain her excitement. Grabbing a bundle of shiny material, Elsa was about to unwind the cool metal in her hand when she heard her phone buzz. Once. Twice. Three times. 'Is someone actually calling me?' No one ever called Elsa. Reaching for her phone, Elsa was shocked to see Kristoff's name displayed across the screen. Elsa's heart skipped a beat. The blonde hated talking on the phone unless it was absolutely essential. Pressing the answer button, Elsa raised the receiver to her ear, only to regret it instantly when a thumping bass and loud cheering bombarded her ears.

"ELSA?!" A voice that was definitely not Kristoff's met Elsa's ear. The thickly accented voice was shouting into the phone, the volume of the music obviously making it difficult for the Scot to hear. "ELSA YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT I NEED YOU TO LISTEN TO ME. YOU NEED TO GET DOWN HERE NOW!"

Sensing a pause in the terrified Scott's rant, Elsa jumped in, heart rate increasing. "Red? Where are you? What's wrong?" A thought flashed through her mind and before she could stop herself, Elsa asked the question she wasn't sure she wanted answered. "Is Anna there?"

"AYE! WE GOT INVITED TO THIS PARTY BY HANS AND HE'S BEEN HANDING HER DRINKS ALL NIGHT. POOR LASS OBVIOUSLY NEVER DRANK SO MUCH IN HER LIFE! I CAN'T GET HER TO LEAVE AND SHE KEEPS ASKING FOR YOU. PLEASE GET HERE SOON ELSA, SHE CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE OF THIS!"

Elsa's heart sank as she grabbed her jacket from the back of her chair. Running down the steps of the architecture building, Elsa asked with a new sense of urgency, "Red where is she?! Where are you?! Is someone you know there?!"

"AYE, THE BIG TEDDY BEAR IS WITH HER TRYING TO CONVINCE THE WEE LASS TO LEAVE, BUT HE'S NOT HAVING MUCH LUCK. I CAN SEE HIM BUT….OH BLOODY HELL WHERE'D SHE GO?!'

Elsa wasn't sure who the question was directed towards, Elsa or Kristoff who must have grabbed the phone from the terrified Scott and addressed the blonde who had begun pacing impatiently, rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet, ready to take off in whatever direction she needed.

"ELSA!? KRISTOFF. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN ON BAD TERMS THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, BUT WE REALLY NEED YOU TO GET DOWN HERE! I'VE NEVER SEEN ANNA ACT LIKE THIS, IT'S LIKE SHE'S BEGGING FOR ATTENTION."

Elsa's stomach dropped so low she was almost sure she'd have to scrape it off the sidewalk. 'This is your fault! If you had answered her texts this probably wouldn't be happening.' Summoning all her courage, Elsa asked the question she wasn't sure she wanted the answer to. "Kristoff I'm on my way. Tell me where you are." Before Kristoff could speak, Elsa heard something that made her heart sink where her stomach was supposed to be.

'Noooooo Onneeeee…

Drinks like Gaston

No one thinks like Gaston

Makes all the girls swoon with one wink like Gaston…'

"Oh no. No, no, no, no, no, NO! Tell me she's not…Oh God! I'm on my way. Kristoff. You find her, and get her safe. I'll be there as soon as I can." Slamming the phone into her pants pocket, Elsa took off running faster than she thought was humanly possible.

'You idiot. You fucking idiot! This is all your fault! If you weren't so selfish and answered her texts this wouldn't be happening!' Elsa berated herself as she sprinted towards a building no one in their right mind dared approach. Seeing the battered roof appear in the distance, Elsa had one final thought before the adrenaline kicked in and her legs propelled her ahead even faster. 'The second I know she's safe, I'm going to kill that son of a bitch Hans for taking her there.'


Looking around the room frantically, Kristoff looked for any sign of his friend among the sea of bodies and faces. 'At least she didn't come alone.' Kristoff had been less than thrilled to be woken up at the middle of the night by a call from his girlfriend, but as soon as he heard the frantic tone in her usually cheerful voice, he dropped everything and ran to the girls' side. Feeling a tug of his sleeve, Kristoff turned to find Red staring up at him, her sea foam green eyes filled with concern and a sure sense of panic. Her usually unruly mane was even more uncontrollable in the heat of the party, as if the red mane mirrored the concern and dread the pair felt building in her cores.

"DID YOU FIND HER?!" The brogue cut through the noise of the party. Shaking his head, Kristoff kept looking around the sweaty mass of bodies that filled the cramped room like Tetris pieces.

Red, looking in the opposite direction let out a relieved sigh and poked the burly man beside her and pointed towards the door. Kristoff let out his own relieved sigh that quickly changed to fear. Elsa stood in the door of the house, panting from her long trek across the large campus. Her usually controlled and composed demeanor was clearly gone and replaced by something Kristoff could only describe as primal fury. Blonde hair, usually neatly tucked back in a tidy braid felt in pieces in ice blue eyes so clouded in anger they would have scared the angriest bear. Scanning the room, Elsa spotted the pair and made her way through the crowd. Approaching the pair, the furious look seemed to soften slightly and almost as if she couldn't control herself, Elsa felt herself winding back and feeling her hand make contact with something, as it turned out it was Kristoff's cheek. The furious blonde bellowed, "HOW THE FUCK COULD YOU LOSE HER?! AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHY WOULD YOU LET HER COME HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?!"

Head spinning from the unexpected contact, Kristoff covered the now very sensitive area on his face. Sweeping his free hand around him, Kristoff retorted hotly, "HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PLACE?! I COULD BARELY KEEP TRACK OF THIS ONE WHILE SHE CALLED YOU!" Kristoff put a protective arm around the scared girl next to him who clung to him as if he were a life raft in a storm.

Ignoring the questions from the hurt man, Elsa scanned the room and suddenly came upon a sight that relieved and disturbed her. Anna was safe, or at least she seemed to be. She was sitting at a makeshift bar, a red solo cup clutched in her hand, obviously empty judging by the way she swung it around. She was obviously drunk, her movements more uncoordinated than usual. Too intoxicated to notice much around her, Elsa's attention shifted towards the group sitting and standing around the redhead.

The predatory instincts intensified as Elsa identified the drunk girl's companions. Hans was no where to be seen, probably off flirting with some other unsuspecting girl. But at the moment, Hans was the least of Elsa's worries as she stared in disbelief. A tall man with rippling muscles and dark hair tied in a pony tail leaned against the bar, one foot up on a stool. Even with his back was towards Elsa, she knew exactly who it was.

Gaston.

The jerk who almost cost Elsa her closest, and only friend at University freshman year. Belle and Gaston had been an item for the better part of the girls first year and being roommates, Elsa saw more than her fair share of the pompous man. While his obnoxious behavior was almost enough to send Elsa over the end, what set the deep seated fire in her stomach was his blatant disregard for anyone else's feelings. Cheating on Belle more times than Elsa cared to count, Belle had blindly stayed devoted to the jerk, driving a wedge between the roommates. It wasn't until Belle had come home sobbing, claiming to have caught Gaston with another woman, did the brunette see how blind she had been to Gaston's true nature. Ironically the girl had looked a lot like Belle as Elsa had later discovered, except her hair was a slightly lighter brown, and instead of having a love for poetry, this girl apparently had a fascination with monkeys. 'How ironic, she landed the biggest neanderthal on campus.' Belle had begged for Elsa's forgiveness for days after discovering Gaston's infidelity. Elsa eventually obliged, but things were never the same after that.

But none of that mattered now. All that mattered to Elsa was getting Anna out of the miserable, broken down old house before anything could happen to her. Pushing her way through the crowd towards the bar, Elsa didn't have time to think of a plan before arriving next to the bar. Almost as soon as the blonde approached the bar, Anna's teal eyes, glazed over from the copious amount of alcohol she had imbibed lit up when she saw Elsa standing there. Kristoff and Red pushed their way through the crowd to back Elsa up.

"Hey, l-look who it *hiccup* is everybody," Anna slurred, barely able to form the half sentence that escaped her lips. The group turn to face the new comer and seeing who it was some gawked in surprise, others looked truly shocked. It wasn't until a hand grabbed hers that Elsa even noticed anyone else was there, having been looking Anna over for any sign of trouble or struggle. Looking down, Elsa saw the bejeweled hand of none other than Arendelle U's very own witch doctor, Maddock Facilier. Nicknamed "The Shadow Man", Facilier looked into Elsa's guarded eyes and flashed a smile that sent chills up her spine. "Well well well, what do we have here? A woman clearly out of her element. You know, I had a visit from my friends earlier. They told me I'd be seeing an old friend tonight. I never thought it would be you dearie."

Jerking her hand away from the shady figure, Elsa lost her balance and felt herself hit a mass of muscle that could only be one person. Springing forward, Elsa spun around and came face to face with Gaston, who flashed an alarmingly charming smile her way. "Elsa. Well well, to what do we owe the pleasure? It's not often we here at Iota Chi Omega get such a lovely surprise."

"I can only guess it's because to the face you jerks try to ruin everything you touch!" Elsa snapped, her already weak patience growing weaker by the second. The IXO guys were bad news, and their girl were no better. As the only co-ed frat on campus, IXO members, guys and girls lived in the same off campus house, causing all kinds of rumors to fly about what happened when no one was around. Seeing a sleek hand slink around Gaston's muscular shoulders, a slender girl appeared beside Gaston.

"Elsa."

"Malificent."

The girl clicked her tongue in distaste. "Tsk, tsk Elsa. Is that any way to treat your hosts?" The girls raven hair fell in her face, the deep purple and green feathers in her hair giving it just the right amount of shine. Dressed in a tight black dress, the dark fabric only accentuated her unusually pale skin, giving the girl an almost deathly glow.

"It is when the hosts are spineless snakes who take advantage of innocent girls," Elsa hissed fiercely. Moving towards Anna, Elsa reached out her hand to steady the redhead who was wobbling on the stool, finally losing all control of her movements. Slinging an arm around Anna's waist, Elsa struggled under the younger girls weight, instantly glad Kristoff stepped forward to take the girl in his arms.

As the trio began to move towards the exit, a large shape blocked their path. Looking up, Elsa recognized the hulking figure in front of them. Hades. Or at least that's what everyone called him. Between the obnoxiously blue mow-hawk and his freakishly pale, almost gray skin, the man resembled the Greek god of death and the underworld almost perfectly. "Where ya goin', hot stuff?"

"Out of this hellhole and as far away from you arseholes as possible." This time it was Red's turn to be brave, and approaching the titan in front of her gave him a forceful shove. The clearly drunk man stumbled back a few feet before clumsily regaining his balance. Feeling rough, sharp nails dig into her shoulder, Red turned into the yellow, yes yellow eyes staring intently into her own. A distinguishing scar ran down the side of the young man's devilishly handsome tanned face.

"Oh come now love, there's no need for violence."

Shoving the hand off the younger girls shoulder, Elsa stepped protectively in front of the girl, going nose to nose with the newest arrival. "Back off Scar. You touch her again I'll give you a new scar to even out your freakishly uneven face."

Scar roared with laughed, which made Elsa cringe. His laugh so dark, so cruel. Seeing Kristoff almost to the door, Elsa took Red by the shoulder and without looking back, guided the younger girl through the crowd.

"That's right Snowie. Run. Run away and never return."

Hearing laughter and taunting behind her, Elsa refuesd to look back, and breaking through the crowd, she and Red ran as fast as possible towards the door, not stopping until they had caught up to Kristoff who was waiting apprehensively outside, Anna asleep in his arms like a baby.

Elsa looked at the girl, every possible emotion ran through her mind.

'I'm so sorry Anna, I'll never ignore you again.'