*Disclaimer: I don't own Frozen or its characters. I only own my characters and the plot.*

Me: Hi guys. Here's chapter 8 part 2 (i.e. chapter 9).

Jonas: Maybe now I can defrost my foot.

Me: I thought I got you and Olaf to go back into your own world after the last part.

Jonas: You did. But I thought it so fun hanging out with you I came back.

Me: Hanging out meaning?

Jonas: Annoying and teasing you as friends do.

(After much thinking)

Me: Fine. You can stay. Just don't steal my lines.

Jonas: Deal.

Me: Wait. You didn't bring Olaf here did you?

Jonas: No. And by the way that was an accident before.

Me: Did you bring anyone else?

Jonas: Not this time.

Me: This time?

Jonas: Everyone is sort of curious about you now since Olaf told them.

Me: Great. (sigh) How about I start the story?

Jonas: Sounds good.

Me: But first little more intro. I'm sorry to say that I have no idea when the next chapter will be up. To be completely honest, this story has changed so much since my original idea. Well mainly the middle. The next chapter was sort of done but what happened in it didn't fit Jonas' or Elsa's characters. So it's been near fully scrapped.

Jonas: What did happen?

Me: Not going to say since that's sort of spoilers.

Jonas: Fair enough. What I think Wiz...Can I call you Wiz?

Me: Sure why not?

Jonas: What Wiz is trying to say is that the next chapter is nowhere near complete.

Me: (imitates Hades.) You are correct sir! (Stops imitation) I'll my best to write it ASAP but it's being a pain to write.

Jonas: You'll get it done.

Me: Thanks. Anyway enough chat. Story time.

Jonas: Yeah!

Chapter 9: First Day - Part 2

After Jonas hadn't come back to the garden for a while, Elsa decided to look for him. Partially fearing he had gotten lost, as Anna had kindly informed her about his antics yesterday. She headed to the library, with it being the closest room with a fireplace, and with a quick look around…

'I thought I would find you here.' Elsa stated as she walked over to the man sitting next to the fire.

'By a fireplace or in the library? Because if it's the second one, I don't know why you would think that.' Jonas jokily replied. He had laid down his right sock and boot on the hearth, allowing them to both to dry off. His trouser leg had also gotten the icy pond treatment but he thought it was best not to take his trousers off outside his guest room. So the best he could do was sitting with said trouser leg closest to the fire.

'By the library's fireplace. It is the closest one to the gardens.' Elsa answered before being shocked at the sight of Jonas with one bare foot, making her give out a quiet chuckle. But it wasn't quiet enough for Jonas not to hear it. He looked at Elsa with a mild unimpressed look.

'Yes it's very funny isn't it? I do blame you for this.' Elsa continued to stifle her laughter but Jonas pressed on. 'I said I would and I am.' Jonas half joked, while he had a comical stern expression on his face.

His plan was to get Elsa to laugh, so far it was working as it was clear she was now on the brink of a full blown giggle fit. He wriggled his toes. His mission was then complete as Elsa burst out in said fit of giggles. Jonas' fake stern expression became a smirk.

'Isn't better to laugh out loud that to stifle it?' Jonas asked finally putting his sock and shoe back on, since his mission was complete. As he did, Elsa tried her best to regain her queenly composure.

'Yes it is.' Elsa replied while she was still giggling slightly. Jonas gave her another fake unimpressed look which caused Elsa to make herself stop laughing. 'I'm sorry. That wasn't very queen-like.' Jonas face changed back to a smirk.

'That was the whole point.' Jonas explained. 'You wanted to act as a friend not as a queen and laughing at one another is what friends do.'

'I guess it is. Thank you for that.' Elsa replied gratefully. A thought then crossed her mind and a smirk went across her face. 'I have a question.' Jonas looked at Elsa. 'Does a friend tease another friend about getting lost?' Elsa could have sworn she saw some of the colour drain out of Jonas' face at that moment.

'I don't know what you mean.' Jonas replied, trying to act nonchalant while hoping Elsa didn't know…

'Anna told me that you had gotten lost on a walk around the castle.' She did. Jonas mentally sighed and thought he'd best defend himself.

'All the corridors look the same!' Jonas exclaimed, trying to make him look less like an incompetent fool. But when he realised what he said, to him it just made it worse.

'I know they are.' Elsa agreed, before she added, 'I can also sometimes get lost in castle as well.'

'Even though you live here?' Jonas asked while half-laughing at Elsa's comment. But when he looked around to Elsa, his happy tone quickly diminished. Elsa had changed. She wasn't the strong, regal queen Jonas had met yesterday or the kind-hearted, fun friend who had begun teaching him how to control his ice powers.

No.

This Elsa was the one that appeared several times during his telling of 'The Tale of the Frozen Arendelle'. Her smile was replaced by a face of suffering and she had turned her body away from Jonas like she was trying to hide something.

This was the Elsa that was tormented by the past.

Jonas searched his mind to find comforting words to say. Something that would help Elsa. Anything. But he couldn't. No matter how much he tried. So Jonas said the only thing that came to his mind. 'I'm sorry.' Elsa turned her head to him, with a face of sadness mixed with confusion.

'For what? You've done nothing wrong.' Elsa replied to his unexpected apology.

'I reminded you of a painful memory. That qualifies for an apology in my book.' He quickly remembered where his was. 'Pun not intended.' Elsa gave a very small chuckle but it quickly faded away.

'It's not your fault. You didn't know.' Elsa sighed with depression. 'The truth is…' She hesitated. She had only just met him. Was she really going to tell him her life before 'The Tale of the Frozen Arendelle'? How she hurt Anna in the accident? How she was locked away from everyone else for thirteen years? She had started the sentence now so she needed to say something. Maybe…maybe just the gist, without too many details, would be alright. Surely? '…I pretty much spent my entire life hiding in my room.'

'Why?' Jonas asked before immediately mentally chastising himself afterwards for asking such a stupid question, giving himself a mental slap round the face. 'Why am I such an idiot?' Oblivious to his mental mocking, Elsa answered Jonas' question.

'Because I feared my powers. I feared I would hurt someone. So I stayed in isolation, from everyone except my parents.' Jonas went to speak but Elsa felt she knew what he was going to ask. 'Even Anna.' Elsa replied to unspoken question with her voice trembling with sorrow. She turned even further away from Jonas.

At that moment, Jonas felt like he had been hit by a mental rock slide. He had no idea that Elsa had such a painful life. He knew that Elsa kept her powers hidden from Anna, that bit was in the story, but he never thought...He gave out depressed sigh. There was only one thing he thought he could do at a time like this.

'Do you need a hug?' Jonas asked kindly. Elsa turned back to Jonas and gave him a small smile.

'You sound like Olaf.' She joked. Olaf did indeed think the whole world could be fixed with hugs and asked that question whenever he saw anyone slightly depressed. Jonas got up out of his chair and smiled at Elsa.

'Hi, I'm Jonas. And I like comforting people.' Jonas mimicked Olaf, even copying the same goofy expression and outstretched arms, making Elsa chuckle. Jonas had definitely made her feel better so…maybe…No. A hug would be too much. And way too awkward.

'No, thank you. But I appreciate the offer.' Elsa politely rejected. Jonas dropped his arms to his sides.

'Are you sure?' Jonas asked cautiously to which Elsa nodded in response, as she walked a couple of steps towards him.

'Yes. Besides you've already made me feel better. Thank you.' Elsa answered, while giving another small smile. Jonas couldn't help but smile back.

'It's just one of the things I do.' He replied before, to interrupt the nice moment, his stomach rumbled, making Jonas blush with embarrassment and Elsa giggle. 'Sorry. I forgot I hadn't had any breakfast today.' Elsa looked at the clock.

'Well, it is nearly noon,' She looked back at Jonas, 'and I'm a little hungry as well.' She added, with her right hand on her stomach. 'Maybe some lunch wouldn't be out of the question.'

'Lunch sounds like a great idea.' Jonas said happily, wanting to satisfy his hunger as soon as possible. 'Lead the way.' Jonas heard Elsa chuckle a bit as she promptly walked towards the library exit with Jonas quickly walking behind, to catch up with her. They left the library, and headed towards the dining hall, walking side by side.

Lunch was slightly awkward for both Jonas and Elsa. They sat on opposites sides of the table, with the food laid out in between them. Most of lunch was Jonas and Elsa exchanging awkward glances at each other while they ate their sandwiches and various fruits that were laid out, with the occasional smile thrown in the mix. They did chat a bit about having ice powers, the festival and a couple of other subjects, but neither of them weren't exactly the best conversation starters, with both of them having their own reasons.

Elsa, on the one hand, didn't really know what to say. She wanted to learn about Jonas' travels but thought that it would be a sore subject, along with talking about his home town. She of all people knew how the past can hold painful memories and that the smallest word can trigger such a memory.

Jonas, on the other hand, although he hated the awkward silence, wanted to keep the talking to a minimum, especially about him. He could tell that Elsa was curious about him, but Jonas didn't want to speak about himself. One thing Jonas hated was lying. Even though he was could be good at it. Really good. Nonetheless, he hated it. And to lie to someone like Elsa…he would if he had to. But he definitely didn't want to.

Both luckily and unluckily for Jonas, Anna came in to join the two for lunch. It was lucky for him because it gave someone else for Elsa to talk to, removing his obligations of generating conversation. Unluckily, Anna would also want to talk to him. He had also gotten lucky yesterday since she just wanted to talk about magic. But Anna had pretty much exhausted that topic. She chatted away with her sister for a while, mostly about the festival event that Elsa was missing. Apparently it was a snowball fight that consisted of first making a snow fort and then the actual snowball fight.

Anna seemed to almost completely ignore Jonas, much to his relief. Before Anna even had a chance to speak to him, Elsa had decided that it was time to return to training.

Elsa moved Jonas' training to the main courtyard. The courtyard in front of the castle. She had made this decision because she felt that that the extra room was needed for the next stage of Jonas' training.

'Are you sure it's a good idea to train out here?' Jonas asked, with a clear hint of worry in his voice. Elsa could gather the source of his anxiety.

'If you're worried about hurting anyone, almost everyone is at the snowball fight.' Elsa replied to assure Jonas. 'It's surprising popular with everyone.'

'That's good then.' Jonas said as he sighed with relief. 'Well then, how about we get on with my training?'

'Good idea. Remember, just copy my actions.' Elsa repeated, to which Jonas nodded in acknowledgement. Elsa was about to stomp on the ground when she noticed how close she and Jonas were. 'You might want to step back. There's a reason I chose a place with more room.'

'Okay then.' Jonas replied and began to walk backwards. Further and further he got from Elsa until…

'Stop! That's enough.' Elsa shouted. They were now roughly ten metres apart, enough of a distance for Elsa's next demonstration. She slammed her foot down on the ground, sending ice in all directions, covering only part of the ground, on this occasion. She didn't want to create an ice rink. At least not today. 'Your turn.' Elsa encouraged when Jonas didn't copy her immediately.

'I…I don't do well…I can't stand on ice.' Jonas stammered. Elsa smiled at him. 'Ironic. I know.'

'Well the only way you're going to get better is to practice.' Elsa stated. Jonas rolled his eyes at the paraphrasing of 'practice makes perfect'. This didn't go unnoticed by Elsa, nor did the fact Jonas still didn't copy her actions. 'Do it now or I'll do it for you and I'll make sure you slip over.' She half-joked, half-ordered Jonas. Elsa thought that it sounded like she was threatening Jonas. She didn't mean to. She was just trying to act like a teacher.

Jonas sensed that it was fake anger in her voice but he did what he was told anyway. The last thing he wanted was to feel the wrath of the Snow Queen. Jonas slammed his foot on the ground. His ice wasn't as smooth and precise as Elsa's but it covered the same amount of area.

Elsa could see on Jonas' face that he wasn't comfortable on the ice and was busy concentrating on not slipping. However, Elsa attention was caught by someone walking behind Jonas. Gerda was about to walk over the newly created ice. Elsa began to rush over to help her but it was too late though. Gerda slipped. While rushing to help, Elsa didn't notice that Jonas had somehow managed to face the other way and stopped Gerda from falling. Elsa, now amazed, slowed down to a walk as she approached the pair.

'Thank you kindly, sir.' Gerda said to Jonas as he helped her back up on to her feet.

'Gerda, are you alright?' The queen asked worriedly.

'I'm perfectly fine your majesty.' Gerda replied as she regained her footing. 'Thanks to this young man here.' She continued, gesturing to Jonas at the same time. Gerda turned her attention to Jonas. 'Thank you.'

'You're welcome.' Jonas replied with a smile. Gerda bowed at the two of them before she left to carry on with her work, making sure to avoid the ice this time. Jonas then noticed Elsa's look of shock. 'What?'

'How did you see Gerda?' Elsa asked amazed. 'She was walking behind you.' Jonas sighed slightly before answering.

'When you're always looking over your back, you learn to sense when people are behind you.' Jonas explained, giving Elsa a glimpse into his past. Clearly she wasn't the only one with a past that's best forgotten so decided to repeat what Jonas had done early.

'Oh. I'm…sorry if I…' Elsa stumbled over her words but Jonas stopped her.

'No. It's fine.' Jonas replied. 'But can we carry on?'

'Yes. Right.' Elsa gestured for Jonas to follow her. She led him over to the fountains by the gates. 'Now this next bit is going to be a little tricky.' Elsa stated before she waved her hands at one of the fountains, making its water turn into an ice sculpture, amazing Jonas in the process.

'I'm not going to be able to do that.' Jonas said, gesturing to the newly frozen fountain.

'Just try. Or I…' Elsa began but Jonas interrupted her.

'Something bad happens to me?' He asked her rhetorically. 'Which most likely involves ice and me slipping on it, being encased it, etcetera etcetera?' Elsa smiled, amused by Jonas' boldness.

'Very perceptive. Now try it.' Elsa said as she gestured to the other fountain. Jonas took a deep breath before freezing the other fountain. Again, Jonas' ice was rough and his fountain just froze upwards and across, with the vertical and horizontal jets of water respectively. No way near as fancy as Elsa's.

'Ta da.' Jonas joked. He didn't exactly feel happy about his fountain, which Elsa caught.

'It's not bad for a first go.' She encouraged. 'How about now you try thawing it.' Jonas gave her with a 'that-went-so-well-last-time' look. 'Come on. You might do it this time.' Jonas shrugged his shoulders and took a deep breath once again before gesturing at the fountain. A small part of it thawed, which was an achievement, but it seemed to Elsa that Jonas couldn't do any more than that.

'I think it might be best if you thawed the rest of the ice.' Jonas suggested.

'Of course.' Elsa agreed hesitantly since she would have preferred Jonas continued but it was clear he couldn't. She started going about thawing what remained of the ice, both on the floor and on the fountains. After she had finished, Jonas saw it left Elsa quite exhausted so he rushed over to steady the queen so she wouldn't fall over from exhaustion. Elsa regained her composure and looked sweetly at Jonas, clearly appreciating the help. 'Jonas, if you don't mind, maybe it would be a good idea to stop training for today.' She suggested.

'You're the teacher.' Jonas replied cheerily. The fact was he thinking exactly the same thing after how much thawing his ice took it out of her. 'Besides surely you have other duties as queen that you have to attend to.' Jonas continued, giving Elsa another reason to stop training for the day.

'I do.' Elsa replied, nodding at the same time. 'Thank you for being understanding.'

'That's something else I'm good at.' Jonas replied. Elsa sent a smile at him as began to walk towards the castle entrance so she could carry out her normal queenly duties. Jonas, however, remained in the courtyard. Left alone to think. But he only had one thought in his head.

'Elsa. She's such an amazing person.' Jonas thought to himself. His mood then turned to one of guilt. 'I'm such a horrible one.' Jonas then headed out of the gates, to go on a walk to clear his head. Maybe during it, he would figure a way out of his current situation.

*Me: See your foot isn't frozen anymore.

Jonas: I'm still the bad guy though. Why am I the bad guy anyway?

Me: Spoilers.

Jonas: :( You can't hide behind spoilers forever.

Me: I know. And I won't. Soon things will be revealed. And by soon…possibly a couple of chapters. But don't hold me to that.

Jonas: Then I won't be the bad guy?

Me: 'You may never be good but that's not bad.'

Jonas: Huh?

Me: Nothing. It's spoilers anyway. Like I said, the next chapter doesn't have an ETA as it's mainly just a skeleton now. Will try to update ASAP but for now see you next time.

Jonas: Whenever that may be.

**P.S: I want to know what you opinions are on the whole me interacting with the characters thing. So leave a review saying your opinion. If enough people say they like it, I might expand to more characters, possibly expanding to ones outside of the story. Would really like reviews in general to get a take on how the story is being received.**