I do not own 'Frozen' or anything related.
Commentator: Welcome back my non-fairy tlae and snow queen wannabe friends to the latest instalment of 'Frozen: What Could Have Happened'! Before we begin let's take a look at some of the reviews you've sent us. PROFESSOR! OPEN THE SHOOT!
(The Professor does so, and out pops four envelopes)
Commentator: Right then! Our first review is from Monkeyleaf:
you are very good at making the to stories fit togetter in an intresting way that fits
Thanks, Monkeyleaf!
Commentator: Ah yes, when you think about it, whereas this story is a bit more faithful to the original fairy tale than 'Frozen' was, it is in many ways the plot of 'The Snow Queen' set in the world of 'Frozen'! So while Anonymius has tried to follow the plot of 'The Snow Queen', he's not afraid to change or leave bits that would be detrimental to the story. Which is really the best way to adapt stories, essentially be faithful, and only make changes that are necessary! As opposed to making something that doesn't really follow the original material at all, not even when you had good concepts, and you wouldn't have thought that a story about a girl going on an adventure to save her friend would be sooooo hard to adapt, but apparently there was something unfilmable about the whole thing despite the fact that people have been making films based on 'The Snow Queen' FOR THE PAST FIFTY YEARS-
Professor: Sir?
Commentator: It's okay. It's okay. I'm calm. I'm good. Ahem. Next review.
Professor: Our second review is also from Monkeyleaf:
i love your rendition of the snow queen i can't wait to read the rest. i hope it turns out well for everyone even Elsa
Well you will just have to wait and see if that's true.
Sammy: Our third review is from Erinmilne:
Hmm... I know one of the major plot holes in the movie was How The Heck Did Anna Pay For All That. The idea of Oaken accepting stories as payment is a good one. I never would have thunk - I thought she used the dress she had on, or her necklace. Either way, another hilarious and heartwarming chapter. I look forward to hearing about the sword.
P.S. I've been meaning to respond personally to your reviews to Scorched and The Storm Is Passing Over - expect a PM from me soon.
Commentator: Yyeah, about that. Groan. I knew this would happen if Anonymius ended the chapter with that- Although we left off with Hanna telling her story about the sword, we won't hear it yet until a few chapters later. At least I think it'll be a few chapters, this fic has had a tendency of a chapter looking like it's going to contain a couple of scenes before it turns out it's too long as it is so the later half will be found in the next! As for the idea of the Oakens accepting stories as payment, this was inspired after reading the Long Earth novels which features the colonists forming a barter economy in which rather than currency people pay in other means. One of these was information. Anyhoo, our final review is from Randomness Girl:
:O The story of the Snow Queen! My Language Arts class read this story to practice compare/contrast with Frozen
Oh you mean how they're completely different stories and how they have nothing in common apart from the fact that there's a snow queen and there's snow and ice, and a reindeer, the mentioning of a troll (though completely different trolls!), a frozen heart and that they're both stories about children who were really close until something happens that causes one of them to become cold then later on the other one has to go on an adventure in order to find that person in an ice palace? Oh and both include evil mirrors, although one is actually a guy who just MIRRORS who he's speaking to. Which is like saying a certain character is partly influenced by an important door in the original material because both stand in your way in an entrance, and let you through if you have the right thing. Seriously how hard is it to make a Disney family film based on 'The Snow Queen'? I bet I could make up three Disney Snow Queen-
Professor: Um, I'm sorry Sir-
Commentator: You dare interrupt me while I'm ranting?
Professor: Usually no, but in this case according to my calculations we've used up the quota allotted to us to respond to people's reviews.
Commentator: Ah, damnit, not again! You know, I do miss the clock we used to have to let us know when we reached our limit. Whatever happened to that?
Professor: It got fired because Anonymius decided to have unlimited review responses.
Commentator: Oh yeah, now I remember! I can't help but feel I was somewhat responsible.
Professor: That's probably because after you briefly took over you abolished the limit proving to Anonymius that unlimited reviews didn't put off readers.
Commentator: Oh yeah! Ah, good times. Well anyway, maybe I should send an agent out to track down the Clock.
Sammy: Oo, I'll do it!
Commentator: No Sam, last time I sent you out to fetch a discarded character you sent us on a wild goose against some Dementors!
Professor: Speaking of which, do you think we'll resume our rescue of the 'Fullmetal Alchemist Manga' from Bios' fortress any time soon?
Commentator: -Resume? Prof, WE'RE STILL HEADING TO BIOS' FORTRESS!
Professor: -What?
(Looks out to see that their flying fortress is heading to a creepy looking castle on a hill)
Professor: Are you seriously trying to tell me that we've been heading to Bios' headquarters all this time? But, that was like four years ago!
Commentator: I know, apparently we passed this black hole that slowed down time so we're only now reaching the place.
Professor: (Really? That's what we're going with?)
Commentator: (I know, right?)
Alright, alright! I'll finally update 'FMA Abridged With Commentary Season 3' next time I may have too many reviews for you to respond to.
Commentator: Glad to hear it! And poor old Alphonse will definitely be glad to here it! And without further ado, here's 'Winter Games'!
"I'm bored," Kai admitted, "It feels as though we've been working on this mirror for days!"
"Well the sooner we finish the mirror, the sooner we won't have to deal with it anymore," Olaf reasoned.
"Hey, do you know the reason why the queen wants this mirror fixed in the first place?"
"Nope!" Was Olaf's answer.
"Nope? Have you even asked?"
"Nope! Never saw the need!"
"-So you've just been putting together this random mirror for the last four years, without any idea what it's for? Or what it does?"
"Oh I know what it does!"
"Really? What?"
"Well, apparently the mirror only reflects the worst of what is shown! And if you get a piece in your eye, then all you'll see is misery around you!"
"-And why does the queen want such a mirror to be put back together?"
"She didn't say. All she told me was the mirror was the key to her finally getting happiness. So I'll be glad once it's all put back together so her dream can come true!"
"But, how can a mirror that only reflects the worst do that?"
"No idea."
"Huh. Still there's no harm in taking a break!"
"Break?" Olaf asked.
"Yeah! A break from work! A time when we don't have to work on it."
"Oh no, the queen would be mad if we stopped working on it!"
"It will just be for a little while, just so we can recharge and work better on the mirror later."
"Work BETTER?"
Olaf considered this.
"A break sounds great then! Okay let's do it!"
Olaf sat down. He twiddled his fingers.
"Soooooo," He asked a while after doing that, "What do people do on breaks?"
"Well, have fun mostly."
"Ffun? Well, there's not really anything to do that's fun here."
"What do you mean? You're in the middle of winter! Winter is like the most fun time of the year!"
"It is? Well I guess winter is nice to look at, but-"
"It's more than just nice to look at! You can have the most fun with snow and ice!"
"You can? Like how?"
Kai looked around. In the large hall, he saw particularly in the corners that large heaps of snow had accumulated over the years. Kai went over to one of them.
"What are you doing?" Olaf asked.
"Showing you how to have fun with snow!"
Grabbing some of the snow, Kai shaped it into a ball. He showed it to Olaf.
"Wow, that's amazing. What is it?"
"It's a snowball," Kai explained.
"Wow, a snowball! But what do you do with it?"
Kai was tossing the ball up and down.
"Mostly this."
He threw it at Olaf's head.
"OW!"
Olaf reacting as if he had been punched.
"Are you alright?" Kai asked straight away, "I'm sorry! I didn't think how much a snowball would hurt someone who was made of snow!"
Olaf shook his head. He gave Kai a look of betrayal.
"Why would you do that?"
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you, honestly!"
Wait. Sorry? Kai couldn't remember the last time he ever said sorry to anyone. Why was he sorry? After all, it wasn't his own head that he hit! He looked at Olaf.
"So, that's what you do with snowballs? You throw them at other people?"
"Well yeah! But snow is soft, so it doesn't actually hurt, as long as it doesn't have any ice in it."
"And hitting each other with snowballs is - fun?"
"Well yeah! Some of the best fun, throwing snowballs at your friends!"
Olaf looked confused.
"Humans consider throwing things at friends fun?"
"Only if it doesn't hurt you!"
Olaf stared at him.
"You know what, forget it."
Kai went back to where the mirror was lying. Something cold hit Kai in the back of the neck. He looked around. Olaf had made a snowball and threw it at him. The snowman was giggling. Kai smiled.
"Oh that's it!"
And so Kai and Olaf made snowballs to hit each other with, also making snow forts in order to defend against any impact. Kai wondered if it was such a good idea teaching violence, even if it was mock violence, to an innocent snowman.
"Wow, that WAS fun!" Olaf said in the end as they sat on the floor, "So, what other fun things can you do with snow?"
Kai thought about this.
"Hmmmm."
He laid down. Olaf looked at him moving his legs and arms up and down.
"What are you doing?"
"Making a snow angel."
"A snow angel? Gasp! You can make people out of snow like the queen can?"
"Well, not exactly. See?"
Kai got up, pointing to what he made.
"Kinda looks like an angel, doesn't it?"
Olaf studied the image, unsure at first. Then he saw it.
"Oh yeah! haha! It does look like an angel! Haha! Let me try!"
Olaf fell backwards into the snow, and started to make his own snow angel. When he was done, Kai noticed that it had pretty good wings despite of the legs.
"Nicely done."
Later they started to make snowmen.
"So humans can make snowmen too?"
"All the time! Although we can't make them talk!"
Once they were done they had made a family of snowmen. Olaf stared in amazement.
"Whoa. They look just like me. Hi there!" He said to one of the snowmen, "I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs!"
"Hi there, Olaf!" Kai spoke in a high pitched voice before he could stop himself, waving one of the twig arms (He still wasn't completely sure where the twigs and stones had come from!), "My name's Harry and I like to make people laugh!"
"Gasp!" Olaf backed away, "He spoke!"
"Well, not exactly," Said Kai.
"Hi there, Harry! Making people laugh is a great thing to do. Let's be best friends. GASP!"
He now noticed a female snowman.
"Who's that?"
"Oh, that's Olga."
"Olga? That sounds like Olaf!"
"Well, do you like her?"
"Mmaybe."
"Well go speak to her!"
"But I don't know what to say!"
"Just be yourself! I heard that's the best way to go."
Olaf gulped.
"Okay, here I go. Hi there, Olga! I'm Olaf, and I like warm hugs!"
The snow lady just stared at her.
"I think she likes me."
"That's great! But first, I think you need permission from her father to speak with her!"
Kai pointed to one of the bigger snowmen with a couple of stones as a moustache.
"GASP!"
Olaf hid behind Kai.
"Speaking to the parents? I can't do that!"
"Come on! Don't you want to win her heart?"
Olaf considered this.
"I DO want to win her heart! Wait, do snowmen even have hearts?"
"It's just an expression!" Kai told him, pushing him to the dad snowman.
"Er, hi there, Sir. Um, may I have permission to speak with your daughter?"
The snowman said nothing.
"I think you should take that as a yes."
"I should? HOORAY!"
And so Olaf spoke to Olga. And so he chatted away to her, talking about his likes and dislikes, even about summer.
"Wow, you know, you're a good listener!" He told the snow lady.
Kai looked up at one of the snow hills.
"What is it, Kai?"
"I was just thinking that could be a good place to sled. If only I had my snow sled."
Olaf had an idea.
"Are you sure this is okay?" Kai asked.
Olaf had offered for Kai to sit on top of his body and use him as some sort of snowboard.
"It's fine!" Olaf assured him, "I'm actually tougher than I look!"
"You know, I'm still not sure about this-"
"Too late!"
Olaf caused both of them to slide down the hill. They went off the snow ledge screaming as they flew into the other hill. Emerging, they started laughing.
Kai took a couple of skates out of a bag he had.
"It's a good thing I brought these with me."
Olaf watched with confusion as Kai skated around the floor.
"You know, this floor is great to skate on!"
"Sskate?" Olaf asked.
"Come on, let me show you!"
He grabbed him by the arms, allowing him to skate around with him. Although wary at first, Olaf soon enjoyed this, starting to giggle as he and Kai skated around the floor on the spot. Kai saw himself holding the hands of his sister Gerda, four years younger giggling. Startled, he accidentally popped off Olaf's arms, who went spinning out of control.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
And crashed into one of the snow hills.
"Olaf are you okay?"
Kai skated towards him. Olaf had fallen head first in, only his lower half visible, his legs flailing.
"I am so sorry! Again!"
He helped him out of the heap.
"That was fun!" Olaf exclaimed "Let's do it again!"
"What is going on here?"
A number of snowmen led by Marshmellow entered the hall. Olaf yelped, but Kai showed no fear.
"We were only playing."
The Snowmen looked confused.
"P-play-ying?"
"Yeah! Having fun!"
The snowmen still looked confused.
"What's fun?"
"Enjoying yourselves?"
The snowmen looked at each other. Marshmellow walked forward and looked down at Kai.
"Can we play, too?"
Soon the snowmen were gathered in the hall. Kai finished teaching them about a game he used to play at home called Bandy. Taking their spears which they reshaped the ends to look like clubs, as well as a piece of ice shaped into a ball, the snowmen prepared to play. The snow bees were hovering above, watching the preparations below with great anticipation.
"How do we decide who plays?" One of the snowmen asked.
"That's easy!" Kai told him, "The captain will get to choose. I'll be one captain, and someone else can be the other captain!"
"Oo oo!" Olaf started jumping up and down with his arm in the air, "I'll be captain, I'll be captain!"
The snowmen did not looked please to have Olaf as the other captain.
"Really? That's a shame," Said Kai, "I was hoping you would be on my team."
"Gasp! You were? You were going to - pick me? No one's ever picked me for anything before! Okay, I step down as captain!"
"Anyone else?"
The snowmen looked at one of their own emerging.
"Er, Hi. Marshmellow, is it?"
Marshmellow growled.
"Okay, fine! So me and Marshmellow will be captains, and we get to choose the other players."
"But there's too many of us," One of the snowmen pointed out.
"That's okay. The rest of you can be substitutes!"
"Substitutes?"
"Yeah. It means if something was to happen to one of the players to stop them from playing, then a substitute will take his place!"
Kai and Marshmellow stood in front of the other snowmen.
"Let's see," Said Kai, "I'll take..."
"Oo oo! Pick me, pick me!" Olaf said excitedly, jumping up and down in the crowd of snowmen with his hand up.
"Olaf."
"Yaaaaaaaaaay!" Olaf cried happily, "I was picked first, I was picked first!"
He ran over to Kai's side.
"Let's see," Thought Marshmellow, "I'll pick...Icy."
The snowman named Icy came forward, Joining Marshmellow's side.
"Let's see," Said Kai, "I'll pick ... you!"
He pointed randomly at one of the snowmen.
"Yes you! Um...ummmm-"
"Frosty!" Olaf whispered.
"Yes, that's right! Frosty!"
It was a good thing Kai had picked Olaf to be on his team, as he knew the names of every one of the snowmen despite the fact that they looked all the same (Apparently Olaf had named them too!). Soon, once all the snowmen were divided into teams, Kai placed his ice stick that the snowmen had made for him at the side of the ice ball, facing off his opponent. A snow bee that had offered to be referee hovered above them.
"Bzzzz bzzz, bzzzz!" She buzzed, "Bz bzzz bz bzzz, bzzzz bzzzz!"
Kai didn't need to understand snow bee to get what was being said. Putting one of her front feet in her mouth, the snow bee blew hard, causing her to buzz loudly. Kai took that to mean the game had started.
He swung his club at the ball, but his opponent, being bigger and stronger, was able to take it with ease, knocking Kai over. Kai looked up. The snowman was chuckling, not watching where he was going as another snowman literally knocked his head off. First casualty of the game.
Another snow bee was hovering through the crowds of her sisters.
"Bzzzbzzzzz!" It was crying, hold a tiny tray of little bits of snow, "Bzz bzzz bzzzbzzzzz bzz bzzzz bz bzz bzz bzbzzzzzz bzzzzz bzz bzzz!"
"Bzz bzzz bzz!" One of the bees cried.
"Bz bzz!" Said another.
Soon the bee was handing out the snow bits to everyone, who continued watching the game as they nibbled at the snow. A couple of bees were constantly buzzing while the game was being played, as if they were commenting on it. The Snowmen were playing the game quite viciously, usually knocking a couple of the players into the walls, although none of them seemed to mind, but that didn't stop the bees from covering their eyes when one of the snowmen players lost some of his teeth. It was barely half time before the entire team was replaced with substitutes. Several times. Among the few players who had survived the repeated slaughters was Kai, who was carefully dodging the blows of the snowmen, weaving through their legs. He and his fellow survivor Olaf (being able to separate his body certainly helped dodging the blows of the other snowmen!) approached the goal post.
"Olaf, take it!"
"What, me? No, I can't do it!"
"Yes you can!" Kai assured him, knocking the ball over to him, "Go!"
Olaf looked frightened. Guarding the goal was Marshmellow, who was particularly looking fierce. Pulling his arms back Olaf swung to hit the ball, somehow missing it, causing his middle body to spin out of control.
"WHOAWHOAWHOAWHOAWHOAWHOAWHOAWHOA!"
Marshmellow looked confused. Finally getting a hold of himself, Olaf hit the ball.
"Bzbzz bzzz!" Buzzed one of the commentating snow bees, "Bz bzzzzz!"
The ball managed to roll passed Marshmellow, who looked down.
"BZ BZZZZZ!"
The ball was soon followed by a helpless Olaf, who slid into the back of Marshmellow's head.
All of the bees were buzzing with excitement. The winning team was cheering. Olaf was peeled off from Marshmellow's head.
"You did it, Olaf, you did!" Kai was telling him, "You scored a goal!"
"I did? I mean, I DID!"
The bees kept chanting something.
"BZBZZ, BZBZZ, BZBZZ, BZBZZ!"
Kai didn't need a translation, as the snowmen were chanting the same thing.
"OLAF, OLAF, OLAF, OLAF!"
Olaf was held on the shoulders of the winning team. Kai was sure he had never been so popular until today. Even the losing team seemed rather good sports about it, rather just glad that they had fun.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ALL THIS?"
Everyone went deathly silent. The Snow Queen had entered the hall. She looked furious. Most of the snow bees at once flew out. The queen scanned the faces of the terrified snowmen.
"It was my fault, your majesty," Kai confessed, "I was just teaching the snowmen about play."
The queen blinked.
"Play?" She said, as if this was an alien concept.
"That's right! Playing! Haven't you ever played before?"
The Queen thought of what Kai had asked. Images appeared in her mind, of two little girls building a snowman, skating across the ice covered floor, sliding down a hill, and falling in the snow. She shook her head.
"Such pointless activities are not welcomed in my kingdom. Every action has a purpose, has an orderly function, there is no room for anything chaotic like 'play'."
She turned to walk away. Someone threw a snowball at the back of her neck. She reacted as if she had been struck hard with something. She turned to look around. The snowmen gasped. The queen glared at Kai, who had thrown the ball. Elsa then smiled. Making a circular motion with her arms, snow flakes and snow appeared out of nowhere within the circle, and made a pushing gesture, sending a huge snowball flying. Kai managed to dodge it, Olaf getting hit instead.
"AH!"
The snow ball hit the wall.
"Olaf, are you okay?" Kai asked, running to his friend.
Olaf's head popped out of the ball.
"Did anyone get the number of that cart?"
This random question caused Kai to start laughing. Soon, everyone started laughing, unlike the cruel laughter from earlier when Marshmallow and Icy were tormenting Olaf. Even Elsa burst into laughter. She clasped her hand over her mouth as if she had let out some disgusting language. Everyone looked at her. They couldn't remember their queen ever laughing before. Lowering her hand, the Snow Queen's facial expression remained neutral.
"ALL OF YOU, GET BACK TO YOUR POSTS, NOW!"
She sent blast of ice across the hall, destroying the goal posts, the ice ball, returning the spears to their original shape, destroying the snowman family, sending all the snow away.
"NOW!"
The Snowmen and bees all fled. Soon the only ones left were Kai and Olaf.
"Well," She smiled, "You've had your fun, but now it's time to return to fixing the mirror, and I don't want you to stop until it's done."
The queen turned around to leave. She stopped at the exit.
"Olaf, what have I told you about that nose?"
She turned around. Olaf no longer had the carrot nose.
"Nose?" He asked innocently, "What nose?"
"Oh never mind!" She snapped, storming out.
Olaf gave a mischievous look to Kai. Putting his two fingers in his mouth, he blew hard, causing the carrot nose to pop out of his face. Olaf giggled. Kai still wondered if it was a good idea teaching deceit to the innocent snowman.