Chapter 10

Anna awoke slowly. She was in Elsa's ice palace, with Kristoff. Due to temporary arrangements, she and Kristoff were in the same room, but in separate beds. Anna's side of the room was on fire, the flames flickering gently and the floor made of lava, the likes of which was quickly cooling into obsidian, making an obsidian floor. The obsidian slowly transformed into rock when it began reaching Kristoff's side of the room. His side of the room was made up of vines and rock, but like Anna's flame, Kristoff's vines were on the walls.

Anna slowly got out of bed. She put her boots on, put on her gloves, put out the flame on the walls (leaving obsidian), and walked out of the room, in search of Elsa.

The Snow Queen was meditating in the main room, in front of the ice fountain. She was still wearing the same thing as yesterday, her feet bare and sitting on the ice floor, lotus style, one leg over the other. To Kristoff and Anil, she would have looked like she was on guard and fell asleep. But Anna knew better. She was mediating, in a half-asleep half-awake stupor, and the only things she could do when mediating this way was use defensive magic, think, hear, and respond to talking. Other then that, she had gotten a proper night's sleep.

"Hey, Elsa?" Anna said.

"Hm?" Else responded, not moving.

"It's morning. You've been here long enough and because you're our leader and all, you gotta decide our next move."

"Give me a moment," Elsa murmured, and she wiggled her fingers and her toes. She slowly flexed her hands and her feet and the numb feeling in her hands went away. She stood up, looking at the pyrokinectic.

Anna smiled, "Were you awake the whole night?"

Elsa nodded, raking a long-nailed hand through her disheveled hair. She turned towards her little sister, "It's ok, Anna, in that mediative state I can sleep and be awake at the same time."

Anna blinked and nodded. Rolling her eyes, she looked at her sister with a smile on her face, walking away, "Yes, well, we need a plan."

That was the one thing Elsa had forgotten to do. The cyrokinetic sighed, "I have not come up with one yet. Give me some time... possibly after breakfast. Anil and Sven are getting it now."

After breakfast (which Anna had cooked) they all looked at each other. Anna glanced at Elsa, her long hair swinging, "So, any plans?"

"No...unfortunately we might have to leave soon and find a new place to be safe. We should learn self defense," Elsa said. Everyone nodded.

"So let's do it," Anna said, stacking her hand above the fire. Kristoff yanked his head up as he felt a big boom about 2 miles away.

"Did you guys feel that?" He asked. The other three scions frowned and shook their heads.

"Feel what?" Anil popped the question. The step came again, harder this time. The entire floor jumped and rippled; there was enough momentum for the remaining three to be tossed into the air and they tumbled in the air, landing on their feet using their magic with difficultly. Elsa was the only one who kept her footing; ice crept up her boots.

"Elsa, what's happening?" Olaf said in alarm.

"I don't know," the queen said in alarm, "guys, hold on."

This time, the thud was much closer. Right in front of them. The thing broke the front half of Elsa's ice castle apart, revealing itself.

It was a giant. Everyone's eyes widened. "Kill scions!" It rumbled, turning a huge hand towards them, ready to catch them and crush them.

"Holy shit!" Anil yelled, and he, Anna, and Kristoff leapt away, landing on its other side.

Elsa unfroze her feet and moved her feet inward and her hands forward and up, creating an ice wall. Anna and Kristoff looked at the beast in shock.

"We don't have much time, start running!" Elsa said. They nodded and turned tail, and started running. Elsa added two extra layers to the ice wall and a snow support, and ran after them, gathering speed as she once again froze the floor.

Anna turned to look at her sister while running, her braids whipping and her fire red eyes focused on her sister's ice blue ones. She reached out a hand and grasped Elsa's, at the same time that she grasped Kristoff's, and Kristoff grasped Anil's. Anil reached around and grasped Elsa's hand.

Kristoff concentrated, teleporting themselves, Sven, and Olaf to someplace else.

They had barely gotten out alive.

Anna opened her eyes. She was lying in a grassy field- no, more of a valley, looking up at the blue sky. It was partly cloudy. There were 3 steep, grassy hills on three sides of them, sweeping high above them and touching the sky. The air felt thin to her.

The princess gingerly looked around her. Her hands were tangled with Elsa's and Kristoff's, and she sat up, breaking their hand hold. Anna turned forward to gather the damage they might have sustained.

Elsa's hair was a bit unkempt, the braid loose and her hair as spikey as the rest of her braid. Then again, the queen's hair was usually lucky, so this came as no surprise. She checked on her friend next.

Anil was completely fine. He hair and clothing was a bit rumpled like Elsa's though, but other then that he was good. Anna pressed a quick kiss to his cheek before she looked over at Sven and Olaf. They were both fine, the latter in many pieces. Anna shook her head and looked over at Kristoff.

Kristoff was far from fine. Obviously he had been the one to determine where they were going, having said the spell. But he had sustained the most damage.

For one his hair and clothing was rumpled, not too damaged. That's good, Anna thought.

For another his arm was broken, in a dangerous unnatural position, and it looked like his ankle was sprained as well.

That's not good. Think, Anna, think… what can I do?

But as she watched, his arm flopped to the ground, completely boneless. His ankle did the same thing, and slowly his bones began to regrow themselves. Anna blinked to make sure she wasn't imagining anything, then rubbed her eyes and looked again.

Nope.

Kristoff healing powers.

With that comforting thought, she looked back to where Kristoff was. He was starting to stir.

The earth scion slowly opened his eyes and saw a blur, mostly red… a… a girl? As his vision slowly cleared he coud indeed see that it- she was a girl.

Anna.

She was ok.

He boosted himself on one arm, kissing her. She smiled into the kiss and pressed forward, kissing him back until the need for air became important. they broke away from the kiss, panting and gasping for breath.

Anna smiled that smile he loved so much, and he leaned in to kiss her again.