The FROZEN Era
Chapter 9: The Search Begins
"Kaley?" Kristoff gently knocks on Kaley's bedroom's door. He isn't sure if she's asleep or not. "Hey, squirt, you in there?" There's no reply. Kristoff decides to open the door. "Sorry to bother you, squirt, but-Kaley?" He looks around the bedroom; Kaley isn't anywhere in sight. "Okay. I see what you're doing? You wanna play hide and seek, don't you?" Kristoff looks under the bed and behind the window curtains. "All right, I give up, Kaley! You can come out now! Please."
"Kristoff?" a voice startles the mountain man. Kristoff is afraid it's Anna, but it turns out to be Roland and Sven. "Have you seen Evan anywhere?"
"Evan's missing too?" Kristoff asks.
"The last time I saw him was at the party, but he's not in his room." Sven begins to groan sadly. "I'm guessing he's missing Stella."
"Hey! Leave the reindeer talking to me," Kristoff looks over at his trusted pal and starts to talk with him. "All right, what's wrong, Sven? I can't find my precious Stella anywhere! Hmm. That's strange because we can't find our children either."
"Where do you think they've gone off to?"
"How in the heck am I supposed to know? You got me there."
Then the three fathers look at each other with worry. They're thinking the same thing.
Pacing back and forth in the Great Hall, Queen Elsa is thinking about her daughter's whereabouts. Where could Julia have possibly gone off to? Was it her fault that Julia ran off? Is Julia even safe? All these questions ran through her mind.
Anna, in normal clothes, enters and sees her sister pacing. It is getting late and she wanted to check on Elsa. "Elsa?" Before she says a word, Anna notices the dress Elsa is wearing. The dress is a long sleeve, raspberry top with an orchid vest and long mahogany skirt hanging down. Elsa's new brown hair has a new look too. It's half up, half down.
The queen shoots her head up. "What? What is it?"
"Is that . . . Mom's dress?" Anna asks.
Elsa looks down at her dress. "Y-yes, it is. I thought it goes well with my new hair color."
"I like it," Anna comments, "You look just like her."
Elsa smiles slightly. "Thank you," She continues her pacing.
"Elsa, we're going to find her. We have guards searching every inch of Arendelle."
"But what if they don't find her? What then?" Elsa stiffens herself. "I'm sorry about that. I'm . . . frustrated at myself. I'm the reason she ran off. Now look at me! I'm powerless, a brunette, and cold!" Elsa grabs a blanket from her throne and wraps it around her body, staying warm. "I swear things can't get worse." Just then, Kristoff and Roland enter. "Roland!" Elsa walks over her husband, "Any word from your men?"
"No," Roland answers, "But we have a bigger problem. Evan's gone."
"What?"
"And Kaley too," says Kristoff.
"WHAT?" Anna grabs Kristoff's shirt, "What do you mean Kaley's gone? I thought she was in her room!"
"Anna, you need to remain calm."
"HOW CAN I REMAIN CALM WHEN MY DAUGHTER IS MISSING?!" Anna takes in deep breathes as Kristoff holds her.
"They probably went off looking for Julia," says Roland.
"Reminds me of someone I know," Kristoff looks down at his wife with a grin.
Anna looks over to Elsa. She remembers how she went after her sister when the whole kingdom was trapped in an eternal winter. Kaley obviously has her mother's caring heart. Then, a thought comes to mind. "Wait. Has anyone seen Olaf lately?"
"He must have gone with them. You know how he is with the kids."
Elsa is about to go insane. First her daughter runs off, she loses her powers and now her son is gone as well. She couldn't just sit there; her children and niece are somewhere in the wintery wilderness. She has made up her mind. "I'm going after them. Roland, you're coming with me."
"You can't just leave!" Anna steps in front of her sister, "Not without me that is."
"Anna, no," Elsa gently pushes Anna aside, "You need to stay here."
"But my daughter is out there! And without your powers, you need all the help you can get. No offence, Roland."
"None taken," says Roland.
Elsa groans. "Listen, if the both of us leave, who is going to watch over Arendelle."
"I'll gladly volunteer, your majesty!" the voice belonged to the king of Buettingham, Bridgette's father. The group turns to the door where the king is standing. "I understand, as a parent, how much your children mean to you. They can be mischief at times, but you wouldn't trade it for the world. Also, I figured this would repay for my daughter's behavior tonight."
Anna gives Elsa a well-there's-a-man-to-watch-the-kingdom-so-that-means-I-can-go look. Elsa sighs. "Fine. Thank you, sir." The king simply nods. She turns to a servant. "Have our horses ready."
"Elsa, we don't even know where they went off to," says Roland.
Elsa stops. "You're right. I don't."
"And that's why you have a mountain man as a brother-in-law," Anna points to Kristoff.
"I can get Sven to track them down," says Kristoff, "Right, boy?" Sven nods.
Outside of the castle gates, Sven starts sniffing the ground like a bloodhound, trying to get a trail of the children. Kristoff is riding on his back while everyone else is on horseback. They have on their winter clothes on as the wind starts to pick up.
"A blizzard's picking up!" says Elsa.
"Find anything?" Anna yells out to her husband.
At last, Sven gets a scent and points forward. "He's got something!" yells Kristoff.
"Then, let's go!"
Anna, Elsa, and Roland ride off, following the mountain man and reindeer. Thus beginning their search.
"Woohoo! Just like old times!" Anna hoots.
Up in the mountains, Kaley and Evan continue to ride through the blizzard, following Julia's footprints. Stella pulls the sled through the blizzard. Olaf is sitting in front of Evan, having a hard time keeping his nose in place.
"This blizzard is getting stronger!" Kaley yells.
"What was that?" asks Evan.
"I said this blizzard is getting stronger!"
"WHAT?"
"She said something about a lizard!" says Olaf.
"WHAT ABOUT A LIZARD?"
Kaley gives up. "Never mind! How are you doing, Stella?" Stella starts to lose energy to pull the sled. The baby reindeer finally collapses in the snow in exhaustion. "STELLA!" The children and the snowman jump out of the sled to aid the reindeer. "She's too tired! We need somewhere to stay for the night!"
"But we can't!" says Evan, "We need to find Julia!"
"Evan, her footprints are fading away! We can't go any further!"
"Hey, guys! Look!" Olaf points to a cave not too far from them. "Come on!"
They grab the sled and the reindeer, heading for the cave. Once they're inside, Kaley feeds Stella a cookie, regaining her strength. "We should be safe here until the storm is over."
"Do you think Julia is making this storm?" asks Evan sadly.
"No, of course not," Kaley answers with a lack of confidence. "Why would she?"
"Oh, don't worry," says Olaf, "We'll find Julia in no time! Right now, we need to just . . . relax." Olaf lies back on what appears to be a big rock. He feels the rock. "Wow! This is a nice pillow!"
The children look at the stone and realize it's not rock; it's fur! "Olaf? I don't think that's a pillow."
"Huh?"
Suddenly, the 'pillow' starts to move. Olaf backs up as it starts to get bigger and bigger. All eyes look up to see that the pillow is actually a black bear, waking up from hibernation. And he is not happy.
ROAR!
"RUN!"
They grab their gear and run out of the cave. The blizzard has died down a bit so it's easier to see where they're running off to. As soon as they know they're safe, they sound to catch their breath.
"Well, someone's grumpy," says Olaf.
"You think?" says Evan, "What now?"
"I . . ." Kaley starts to speak, but she has nothing to say. She isn't sure what to do next. "I don't know."
"Hiya!"
Suddenly, a man comes out from the brushes with a knife in his hand. Another one jumps down from the trees with two swords. More men come jumping out, surrounding the kids. They were furry coats, gloves, boots and masks. They look a little dirty to be guards; they seem to be a group of robbers. "Search the sled!" One of the men, the leader it seems, orders. They search through the little sled, finding nothing worth anything.
"Hey, that's my sled!"
"Evan, don't!" Swords and spears are pointed at the children's face.
One spear pokes Olaf in the stomach. He giggles. "That tickles!"
"It's a talking snowman!" one robber exclaims.
"Yeah! I'm Olaf and I like warm-"
"SILENTS!" the leader shouts. He examines the children closely and he removes his mask. "Are you the children of the royal family?"
Kaley shakes her head. "Uh, nope. No, we're not."
"Ah, of course you are!" says Olaf, "She's the daughter of Princess Anna! And he's the son of Queen Elsa!" Kaley and Evan quickly cover Olaf's mouth.
"Really?" The leader rubs his chin. "And what brings a couple of royal brats in our woods?"
Evan gulps. "W-w-we're looking f-f-for my sister."
Kaley grabs her friends and slowly backs away. "And we are just about to leave. Sorry to be a bother. We didn't mean to intrude. AHH!" The robbers point their weapons at them.
"Not so fast, little missy. You're coming with us."
TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Hey guys. Sorry about the long wait. I just returned to school so it was hard getting this chapter up.
Also, I just want to say that I saw FROZEN for the third time! I think I have a case of FROZEN FROST BITE!
Anyway, I'm also working on Frozen fanart, including some drawings of my characters all on my deviantart account. If you want to check that out, the link is in my profile.
Hope you guys are having a good 2014 so far. See you in the next chapter.
Bye!