A/N, Hopefully this is the final part to the Secrets Come Out chapters. Plot details are going to be revealed in this one so a small spoiler alert.
Chapter 10: Secrets Come Out, Part 3
It has been a week since the attack on Elsa and no-one but Ticf and Gordon were close to figuring out how the attackers entered the castle (palace to Ticf). Everyday, Elsa would get a visit from Ticf, Gordon, Kai, Gerda, Kristoff and his daughter, Susan and several servants. A pond Ticf's visits, Elsa would ask him how he knew the attackers but Ticf was quick to say "the more you, the less likely I will tell you," she always got angry with this response from the one who saved her life. A pond Gordon's visits, Elsa would ask if her guards were up to date with their duties and it'd they caught at least one of the attackers, Gordon would always say "your majesty, everything is fine with the guards and unfortunately we haven't even caught one of the attackers," Elsa was sad when this was being said, she remembered that the note she received warned her of the attack and that one of the attackers was present at Anna's death. A pond Kristoff and the young princess's visits, they only talked about things like you would with family. With Kai and Gerda's visits, they will tell Elsa what the kingdom is doing while she is healing and have her sign forms, treaties and the one thing she didn't want at the time, a ball hostess request. Susan's visits only to see if the queen was okay, no reports or anything in that matter. The other servants visited to give Elsa her meals and to give her medicine and to see if she had things to her liking.
On the seventh day of her healing, Ticf visited like usual but this time he ready to tell Elsa some of the truth. He knocked his usual knock (a rat-a-tat-tat 4 second pause tat-tat like knock). Elsa looked up from the book she was reading, Hans Chritian Anderson's "The Snow Queen." (Reference to what Frozen is based of there). She knew it was Ticf via the knocking's pattern. "Come in, Ticf" she cued.
Ticf walked into Elsa's room and closed the door behind him. He then immediately walked to the chair stationed next to the queen's bed. He took his sit and gently spoke, "hello Elsa, how are you coping with your injuries?"
Elsa looked down at her leg, knowing oh to well that she will have to see if it was healed enough for her to try to walk again. She looked back at the darker man and laughed her answer, "good for now, I guess."
Ticf knew that under that joyful answer was a serious response. He then noticed the book that Elsa was reading, "your majesty, may I ask, isn't it a bit ironic that you are reading The Snow Queen."
Elsa only then just remembered that her book was still in sight of visitor's eyes. She quickly hide the book under her pillow due to the fact that she didn't want to be seen reading an ironic book for a real life snow queen. She then realised how stupid she looked doing so in front of the one who pointed it out. She sighed as she return to look at Ticf, "I guess it is ironic but please don't tell anyone. They will think it strange that I, the real life snow queen, be reading the book 'The Snow Queen.'"
Ticf gave bit of a childish laugh at Elsa, she was thinking negatively over the ironicness of her choice of literture. He jokingly replied, "I won't tell anyone about the ironic reading choice by you."
Elsa sighed heavily. She was expecting some form of teasing. She looked Ticf again but she could of swarn that she saw a pale blue-green figure floating behind Ticf for a second. "So why are you visiting me today, Prince Ticf" Elsa joyfully asked.
Ticf sat straighter in the chair as he prepared for his answer. He took a deep breath and released. "I have visited you today because I feel like you should finally know how I know the three attackers" he calmly spoke.
Elsa was relieved that he was finally going to tell her how he knew the three attackers. "How do you know them and what are their full names?" she asked politely.
Ticf made a grimmer face. He knew that if he didn't tell her, she would nag at him till he told her and if he did tell her, she would freeze him on the spot if she took it the wrong way. He sighed deeply, "they are, Greed, he was the hooded one, Lust, he was the small one punching you and Pride the big one holding you. They are unfortunately *deep breath* my brothers."
Elsa couldn't believe it, the attackers were the brothers to the one who protected her. She was about to raise her hand to freeze Ticf where he sat but stopped herself from doing so because she remembered that it was he who protected her, it was he who attacked them, if he was going to help them, he would of killed her just then but instead he saved her. She was about to start crying and Ticf knew this was the case because snow was starting to fall down in the room and ice was making its way up the walls. There was a prolong silence, Elsa was to break the silence, "why didn't you, fucking tell me this after the attack?"
Ticf knew he had to answer this question or risk Anna's resurrection. He sighed deeply again and calmly spoke, "I didn't tell you because it would be to much for you at the time and they aren't the worst of my brothers."
Elsa just couldn't believe it. If he admitted to having a bunch of pschopathic brothers, maybe he will tell her the exact reason for the treaties only if his brothers were going to just kill her. She teared up as she asked, "then why the treaties in the first place?"
Ticf was quick to answer this one. "The treaties were my only mission, my brother Wrath must want to jeperdise our alliance by killing you. He was never big on alliances" he grimmly stated.
Elsa looked down at her lap, she now didn't want anything to do with Ticf's kingdom anymore because of the attack. She once again faced Ticf, "please get out of my room, now."
Ticf stood up and left without a word. Ticf walked down the hallway and stumbled a pond Gordon. They were both heading to the stables. "Hello, Ticf" Gordon proclaimed.
"Gordon, I was wondering if you could come on a bit of a hunting trip with me," Ticf asked quickly without thinking.
Gordon raised his eyebrow in a questioning manner. He nodded and walked with Ticf to the stables to where their horses were being looked after. They arrived and Gordon told the stable master what is happening, "me and Prince Ticf here are going on a hunting trip in the forest for the rest of the day, so will you kindly let us collect our horses."
The stable master ran into the stables to collect Wither (Ticf's horse remember) and Gordon's horse. As the stable master returned, he had Kristoff with him, leading Wither, a black and white Norwegian Fjord and Sven. Kristoff led Wither and the Fjord to their owners. "So what exactly are you hunting today, there is barely anything close to Arendelle worth hunting?" Kristoff asked curiously.
Ticf quickly replied, "I guess we will find out, it could be a rabbit, a wolf or some birds, we just don't know yet."
"Well, I hope you don't mine some company for at least an hour, y'know, until I have to collect ice" Kristoff asked.
"Come if you want but be quiet when we enter the forest agree" Gordon answered in his usual gruff calm voice.
Kristoff nodded in response. They all mounted their animals and collected what they needed for their trip. To keep people from rethinking that Gordon and Ticf weren't going hunting, Gordon picked a crossbow and a bow for their hunting weapons and picked two quivers full of arrows and bolts. They all rode of into the forest. Before Kristoff left the duo, they had already shot a rabbit, 15 squirrels and one Elk, much to Kristoff's and Sven's dismay. Soon after Kristoff left the two, Gordon led Ticf up a mountain face. "Where the fuck are you taking me, Gordon" Ticf near screamed.
Gordon looked back and smiled, "we are heading to the North Mountain, I need to talk to you and that is the most isolated place I know."
Anna's spirit knew exactly where Gordon was leading them. Soon Ticf saw the giant ice castle, gleaming in the sun. Gordon jumped of his horse and made his way up a damaged ice staircase. Ticf followed with the ghost all the way up to the doorway. Gordon opened the door and Ticf saw a highly damaged entrance hall made of pure ice. The duo walked in followed by the spirit. As soon as they entered and shut the door, a all far to familiar laugh came from the other end of the hall. They both knew exactly who this laugh belonged to, Greed. Ticf looked at his brother in a solem expression, "why is Greed here Gordon."
"Well to tell you the truth Ticf, I have always known the truth about why you are truly here. For I can see you Anna, I can also hear you, I know that you are here to be resurrected by this demon. I know that in three weeks will be Anna's resurrection and it will happen on the anniversary of your death, dear princess. I did lose my sight in my right eye but at least I can see the spirits and the true forms of everyone," Gordon replied.
"Wait, wait, wait, are you saying you knew I was here all this time and yet you didn't say anything about it except at the meeting with Elsa when Ticf first got here" Anna blurted out a little to quickly.
"Yep" Gordon replied.
"Bacl to the original question, why is Greed here" Ticf asked again.
"I think I can tell you that myself, dear brother," Greed answered smoothly, "I am here because, Wrath has released Death Storm and they have taken over Hell, and their next target is Earth but they won't be strong enough to attack until a month directly after Anna's resurrection. So in other words I am here to warn you of Death Storm."
"What happened to Lucifer" Ticf asked shockingly calmly.
"Lucifer, he is alive but only just, Death Storm is going to kill him when he is back at full strength" Greed answered.
"Who the fuck is Death Storm" Anna asked covering her mouth after she realised what she said.
"Death Storm is a psychpathic demon with powers over storms, he is the last living disaster demons, demons with powers over disasters. He will kill anything that gets in his way of total domination" Greed answered.
"So in other words, we are totally fucked" Gordon added.
Greed nodded, "and if we are fortunate enough to be prepared before then, we should survive and we should be able to kill Death Storm, should remember."
Everyone nodded, now there was one question, how are they going to do the resurrection without getting killed/caught.
Nobe of them asked this question for in fear that no-one else knew. They chatted about different things until they needed to head back to Arendelle. It was night fall when Ticf, Gordon and Anna returned from the ice castle. They were too late to catch Kristoff but they did have a lot of meat to share from their hunting. Elsa greeted the two men at the grand hall and told them about the ball. Now Gordon had to guard the queen during the ball and Ticf was invited to come as long as his brothers down show up. They had a week to get ready and fortunately what they caught was not a waste, it would be the meat for the ball. Ticf had to tell Elsa about Anna but he knew he shouldn't. The question was now no longer how Ticf and Gordon are going to resurrect Anna but now, will there be an attack during the ball.
A/N, hope you enjoyed the three parts but I actually had to leave out the full conversation at the ice castle due to the fact that the amount of swearing would make need to change the rating of the story. I hope that the next one will be out in schedule but then again school is back on and I need to refit homework into my day again.