Chapter 10: The Engagement Party

Anna continued to stare at the necklace. It looked very similar to the one that Elsa had. It even had the snowflake and the letter 'E'. Now Anna was in no way saying that E and Elsa were one in the same person. Anna didn't think in her wildest dream that Elsa could ever do the same things that E was capable of. Elsa was a shy, quiet person who would prefer a good book to doing anything else. Anna was also sure that Elsa would faint at the sight of blood kind of like Anna did. She had felt a little queasy back there when E was causing blood to run all over the ground.

But Anna still hadn't solved the mystery of the similar necklace. Well both people had an E in their name which would explain the E necklace. But there was something about the necklace that Anna couldn't place. E looked like he or she had noticed Anna staring at the necklace around his or her neck. E quickly tucked it away inside her jacket. They all quickly realised that they had to get out of there as soon as possible. More guards could come and Anna didn't want to be in that situation again – ever. They all ran out of the still open gate and didn't stop running until they were as far away from the house. They stopped panting and bending over, clutching their knees as they did.

"I think we made it," Anna said trying to catch her breath.

"Me too," Kristoff said also equally out breath and panting loud.

Anna stood up straight, clutching her side.

"Where's E?" Anna asked. She had just realised that E was no longer with them.

E had vanished.

Elsa with Anna and Kristoff, were running away from Hans' house. Elsa did a quick check to see if anyone was coming after them but thankfully it didn't appear to be so. Elsa glanced over to Anna and Kristoff. They didn't seem to be looking in her direction but rather in looking ahead. Elsa slowed her pace down and raced down a side street. She had to beat Anna and Kristoff home, they may put two and two together and figure out that the person who helped them out tonight was Elsa. Anna had already seen her necklace when it accidently dropped out when she had been fighting. Luckily Anna hadn't mentioned anything when she had saw it but for all Elsa knew, she could be connecting the dots. Hopefully, Anna wasn't and that she thought that the mysterious E just shopped as similar shops as Elsa. Was that a bit too much to hope for?

Elsa raced down the side street she had seen and allowed Anna and Kristoff to keep running. Elsa started to climb up until she reached the roof of the building. She raced across the roof watching Anna and Kristoff run. They came to a sudden stop when they turned a corner. Elsa perched on the roof watching them.

"I think we made it," Anna sounded quite out of breath and was panting quite loudly. Anna wasn't as fit as Elsa. Elsa was used to running about, being chased by guards and having to make a speedy exit at the drop of a hat. Anna, on the other hand, wasn't which probably was a good thing.

"Me too," Kristoff was also equally out breath and panting loud.

Elsa watched Anna stand up straight, clutching her side. She looked like she had a painful stich.

"Where's E?" Anna asked. It looked as if Elsa's sudden departure had been noticed. Anna and Kristoff looked around looking for her. Elsa sank into the shadows of the night. She didn't want to be seen.

"She's gone!" Anna exclaimed. "But how? E was right behind us!"

"Maybe E is a master of disappearance," Kristoff suggested.

"Maybe," Anna said. "But maybe should get back home before someone notices us out of our beds."

"That could be a problem," Kristoff said, "and raise a lot of questions we don't particular want to answer."

Anna and Kristoff quickly ran off. Elsa followed but taking the rooftop route. Elsa was a lot faster so she made it back to the house before Anna and Kristoff. Elsa jumped into her room via the large tree that was between the house and the wall. Elsa landed firmly in her room and closed the window behind her. Elsa quickly got changed out of her Assassin's outfit and into her bed clothes. At that very moment, Elsa heard the front door opening. That must be Anna and Kristoff returning. Elsa quietly walked out of her room into the hallway. Below, she could see Anna looking quite bright red in the face and looking around nervously to see if anyone was around. Elsa shrunk back into her room. She figured it would be best to leave them too it.

Elsa took out the documents that she had and properly looked over them. Anton would want to see these as soon as possible. Elsa then snuck out of her room and down to the library. The only sound that she could hear were her own feet landing on the hardwood floors. The library soon came into view. Elsa headed down into the Assassin's Headquarters and discovered Anton was still up. Elsa was actually surprised to see him there. She had figured that he had gone back home to his wife and family (who knew about the Order) rather than staying here and doing work. Anton was working by dwindling candle light. His face showed exhaustion on all counts. He was surprised to see Elsa coming towards him.

"Elsa," he said with his surprise showing in his tone. "I didn't expect to see you here."

"Neither did I," Elsa said. She had figured that she would have left the documents on his desk with a note. They certainty weren't safe in her own room where a servant or Anna could find it. If Anna had found it, she would recognise it and put two and two together and realise that it was Elsa who had been with them that night.

"So since you're here," Anton said, "what can I do for you?"

For an answer, Elsa threw the documents down onto the desk. Anton picked them up and examined them. His eyes got narrower and narrower as he read. When he had finished, he gave Elsa a look.

"So," he said, "I gather you have been quite busy tonight. What prompted you to get these?"

"Anna snuck out," Elsa said.

"So, naturally as the older sister, you followed?"

"Indeed," Elsa smiled. "She had overheard some things which made her turn detective. We headed out to Hans Westergaard's house. There I discovered a safe and inside were these documents."

"Did anything go unplanned?"

"Well I had to save Anna and Kristoff when some guards attacked," Elsa explained. "We got into a spot of trouble but I think that they didn't suspect anything."

"That is good," Anton said. "We need to keep it that way."

"I agree," Elsa nodded.

Jack jumped down onto the beach just outside the way into The Guardians secret entranceway. North had sent a message to him saying that he needed to see him as soon as possible. Jack had come as quickly as possible. It sounded quite important and he was also curious as to what had come up that was so urgent. Jack opened the circular grate that was the entrance way into the hideout. He managed to find North at his desk.

"Jack m'boy," North grinned at him.

"Hey North," Jack grinned back at him. "I hear you have something for me."

"We have found a connection for you to investigate," North said, "which I am sure that Elsa would want us to check out."

"What's the lead?" Jack asked.

"Bunnymund was at the same warehouse that you had been investigating," North said. "He said he noticed a man running away from the scene. This man has been identified as Hans Westergaard."

"Hans Westergaard?" Jack was sure that he had heard that name before. "Isn't he that Southern Isles guy who owns all these shipping companies?"

"Indeed," North said. "His family, the Westergaards, are quite well known and they practically own the entirely of The Southern Isles."

"So what is some rich kid doing at a warehouse that has a suspicious shipment? Well at least according to Elsa and let's face it, she knows what she's talking about."

"Bunnymund looked into that too," North said. "Apparently the warehouse which you guys blew up is owned by Hans Westergaard."

"Really?" Jack was quite surprised to hear this. But that still didn't answer his question; why was Hans getting involved in something like this? Did Elsa just not like him or something? Seemed a lot more than that though. Maybe Elsa has a vendetta against Hans or maybe she had to blow up the shipment. It did seem quite dangerous to him. It was filled with guns enough to start a war.

"Indeed," North said. "It is quite strange that our mission will lead us to Hans Westergaard but we must go where the leads take us."
"So what do you want me to do boss?" Jack asked.

"Hans Westergaard is hosting an Engagement Party tomorrow night," North said. "He is currently engaged to Anna Winters – the youngest daughter of the Winters family."

"Oh," Jack said. He knew who the Winters were alright. They were the big shots around Arendelle. They had enough money to burn it in case the night gets a teeny chilly. They practically owned every business in Arendelle in other parts of Norway and their empire even extended to Scandinavia and its neighbouring countries. They were certainly very powerful alright. Jack almost thought that Hans and Anna would have more of an alliance marriage than one born out of love. Two people from two incredibly powerful countries, they sound almost destined for each other. Although, Jack did know that Anna was the kind of person who would fall for someone instantly. That could have happened in her relationship with Hans and then Hans went along with it as it was a suitable match.

"I want you to sneak into house while everyone is distracted by the party," North said, "and find the evidence we need. Elsa would want to check the evidence out herself so bring it back here."

"Got it boss," Jack said doing a salute.

"Good," North said. "Remember, don't be seen. We don't want too many unanswered questions."

"Indeed," Jack said.

Anna returned home in what she thought was a sneaky manner. She didn't see anyone about not even Elsa who could always tell whenever someone was doing something suspicious but luckily for her, no one came to investigate. She bade goodnight to Kristoff who snuck off towards his own bed while Anna headed up to her bed. She made sure that when she walked by Elsa's room, that she was extra tip toeing. She could hear Elsa snoring softly in her room. Anna breathed a sigh of relief. Anna soon managed to find her own room and quickly got ready for bed but she didn't go to sleep.

How could she though? She had just had a very weird and insane night. Sneaking into Hans' house had been her idea. The conversation that she had overheard had been fixed quite permanently imbedded into her brain. It had been so crazy what she had experienced. Hans had been involved in some kind of crazy shipment that she didn't think made sense for Hans to be shipping. Also that unknown man that Hans knew made Anna think that there was a lot more to this than meets the eye. Anna had thought that a simple investigation into it would yield results but it yielded more questions than answers. Like who was this mysterious E? He or she (although Anna was lending towards E being a female rather than a male, there was just something quite feminine about E like the necklace and E's manner in movement and speech but you can never be sure) had skills that Anna had never seen before. E got rid of those terrifying guards in a matter of moments. Anna had to admit it; without E, she and Kristoff could have been killed.

So E was the name of the mysterious intruder that Anna had encountered. Anna had a feeling that E was dangerous, very dangerous indeed. However that didn't really make a lot of sense when applied to what had happened tonight. E had only attacked the guards when the guards attacked them plus E had aided them in escaping which E didn't have to do. E could have left them alone in the house and to the mercy of the guards. But Anna still didn't know what to think of E. There was something quite different about E that Anna couldn't place. Anna sighed into her pillow. Maybe the mystery of E would never be solved.

The whole night had been a total bust as well. E had taken the documents which Anna was sure were the ones that she had been looking at but Anna would never know. For all that Anna knew, Hans could have destroyed the documents that Anna wanted and E could have taken something completely different. Anna wished she could ask E some more questions but E had vanished into thin air. They had been running one minute and the next, Anna was looking around for E. Anna figured that E had gone off to wherever he or she came from. Anna had no idea where that was and she didn't think that she wanted to know. E had been quite scary with her blade that came out of her glove and her hood.

Well, at least Anna had an experience. That could count as something.

The Next Day

Elsa was currently standing at the edge of a ballroom near a buffet table in none other than Hans Westergaard's house. She loathed having to be around him now that she knew that he was a Templar. Although the upside was that he didn't know she was an Assassin so Elsa had to put on a fake smile and act her socks off to convince Hans that she was happy to be there and that there wasn't anything else going on. She would hate it if Hans learned the truth about her. Hans started to approach her. Time to smile and engage in small talk, Elsa thought. Elsa put on a fake smile as Hans stopped in front of her.

"Enjoying the party?" he asked her.

"Why yes," Elsa said, "I am."

"Excellent," Hans grinned wildly. "I trust that you are looking forward to the wedding."

"Oh I am most definitely," Elsa said, not, she finished in her head but she still kept the smile on her face. Hans then brought her into further conversation. Elsa tried to keep the conversation steady while trying to think of an escape route. She needed Hans distracted enough so that she can continue to poke around. She may have found some documents about the shipment but she needed evidence on who The Architect was. Elsa already knew that Hans knew the Architect and so maybe there might be some clue to The Architect's identity. But as long as Elsa was stuck at the party, she couldn't accomplish her mission just standing around. What could Elsa do to pass Hans off to someone else? She searched for her sister and found her talking to Kristoff.

Elsa smiled as she saw the grin on Kristoff's face as he talked to Anna. Elsa had known for years that Kristoff did have a little thing for her sister but now Elsa was sure that had now grown into genuine love. Elsa didn't want to interrupt that. Kristoff was a much better person for Anna than Hans could ever be. Anna seemed to break that conversation when she saw Elsa looking over at her. Anna quickly left Kristoff alone which allowed hurt to come over his face. Elsa silently wished that she hadn't looked over. Anna hurried over and grinned at her sister and her fiancé.

"What are we discussing?" she asked them looking quite eager.

"The wedding," Hans said placing his arm around her shoulders.

"Ah excellent," Anna looked quite pleased. "So did Hans tell you where we are having the wedding?"

"Um, yes," Elsa said. "The Arendelle Cathedral, I believe."

"Mum and Dad got married got married there too!" Anna squealed.

"I know," Elsa said.

Anna quickly took Hans' attention with more discussions about their wedding. This was the distraction that Elsa needed. Feigning that thereHans was someone that she needed to talk to, Elsa slipped away from the bride and groom. Elsa hurried up the stairs in the direction of Hans' study. She didn't get a decent look in there the previous night as she didn't want to alert Anna or Kristoff to her true intentions. But now, if all goes right, she should have all the time in the world to go through Hans' things. The party should be plenty distractive for him which will be perfect for her.

Elsa soon found herself on the second floor landing of the building. She started to creep along it. There should be no one about. The servants should be down either in the kitchens or helping the party. The guards should be keeping watch on the party which should mean that there would be no guests wandering about randomly. The only people she should see should be the occasional guard checking to make sure that everything was alright and that nothing was happening that shouldn't be happening.

Elsa snuck around the floor. Hans' study should be around here somewhere, she thought as she walked along the corridor. When she turned the corner, she bumped head first into someone so hard that they both fell down. Elsa initially panicked as she thought it might be a guard. There would be some quite awkward questions. However, Elsa's panic died when she saw who she had really bumped into. Elsa rubbed her head as it was quite sore from being hit quite hard.

"You okay?" the speaker was male and spoke in a familiar voice. A hand was extended to help Elsa to her feet. Elsa accepted the hand and was pulled to her feet.

"Yeah," Elsa said.

Elsa then looked up to see who she had bumped into. She thought it may be another guest exploring the home but it wasn't. Elsa got quite a surprise when she saw who it really was who she had bumped into.

"Elsa?" the guy said.

"Jack?" Elsa replied with a look of pure shock on her face.

A/N: Well so far the first week of uni has run me ragged which is why explains why there is a lack of updates. Anyway, I hope that everyone enjoyed this update. Please review =)

Reviews:

Guest Reviews: How can you hate badgers? That means you hate Hufflepuff! How can you hate a house that shows no discrimination, loves everyone, are loyal, hard workers and is the house of J.K. Rowling herself. It's funny how you have exams when I'm just starting my work. Anyway, good luck with those. I remember school exams and they weren't fun. Almost as fun as uni exams. Fun Question: yeah it would have to be Hermione or maybe Luna or McGonagall but most likely Hermione. GIRL POWER! Question; Hans isn't going to die in the next few chapters. I have quite the plan for him. Anna may find out but not soon. Ask questions away, I don't mind. Good analogy though. A good way to revise is to do past papers. Have fun studying! Try and have as almost amount of fun I will be having on my stupid assignments (its the first week, seriously lecturers?). PS: Yeah, I knew you would sooner or later.

Jelsa4Life: Well hopefully this chapter will quench the suspense. Anna discovering Elsa's secret will come later. I have a special plan for her. I am also too waiting for Jack to make a move. Just need the right moment. First OTP would probably have to be Loliver (Lilly and Oliver from Hannah Montana - although I don't like that show much anymore). Fav ship at this moment? Definitely Jelsa.

ElsaTheSnowQueen2: Oh she might be getting a little more suspicious onwards! This is just the start of it.