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In her study Elsa sat at her desk looking down at the piece of ice in front of her. Eric, one of Aaron's riders brought this to her saying that this ice was found in every village that was hit by these strange blizzards. She also figured that this was the same ice that tried to kill Anna and herself.
She moved her hands over the ice again and closed her eyes. It felt so familiar, but she couldn't put her finger on why. She sighed opening her eyes again. Magical ice… she could send some men out to retrieve the ice that was in their woods but she would already know the answer.
It was the same ice.
The question is, where did it come from? Someone had to have powers like her to create something like this.
Maybe she should just go up there and confront the person. Finish everything in one strike.
A knock on the door snapped her out of her own world. She noticed the door open up and saw Anna walk in. She smiled. "Hey! I just wanted to see if you were busy or not."
"No no, I'm not busy at all." She said looking up at her sister while giving her a soft smile. She didn't need to know that she was under stress or anything. It was her duty as Queen and Anna shouldn't have to carry the same burden.
"Great!" Anna stated. "Well Kristoff and I wanted to head out into the town and we were wondering if you… hey is that ice?" She asked seeing the piece of ice on Elsa's desk.
Elsa nodded. "Yea, but it's nothing."
Ignoring her sister, she grabbed the ice and looked at it. "Wow… I didn't think you would look at your own ice."
"I.. that isn't my ice." Elsa told her. Why would Anna say that this is her ice?
Anna scoffed. "Of course it is! It has the same feeling to it like every other ice you create!" She said with a smile while glancing at the ice. "Though… it feels like there's something else in here… something dark… like… I don't know… rage?" She asked looking at the ice. "I don't know."
Elsa blinked. Anna could feel that from her ice? Does every ice feel after something? "Anna what are you saying?"
Anna sighed as she raised her hands. "I know it's crazy, but your ice… it feels so familiar, and has this certain feel to it. Like this ice here! Except well that it holds like something deep inside of it, something dark, like… ugh I don't know! I'm probably talking nonsense anyway."
"No keep on going!" Elsa urged her on. If Anna felt something from this ice maybe it could help them. Maybe this would give them some clue on who it is that is trying to kill them.
The red headed Princess gave her a strange look but sighed. "Alright, I'll try, um…" She furrowed her brow as she looked at the ice. It felt so familiar, like Elsa's ice but there was something different.
"Well… your ice reacts to your emotions right?" Elsa nodded her head. Anna took a deep breath. "Well, sometimes, like when you're scared. I can feel it in the ice. It's because your magic is attached to your emotions."
"Okay, I get it." Elsa knew that her emotions were the reasons why her magic sometimes went out of control. Anna nodded. "Yea, but you have to concentrate to feel it. This… this ice… you don't have to concentrate at all. It's like there's… hate radiating from it."
"Hate?" Elsa asked and again Anna nodded. "Yea… or rage… maybe jealousy? I don't know, it's some negative emotion that's running through this ice." She explained.
The Queen quickly hugged her sister. "You have no idea how much of a help you are!" She told her.
Anna grinned at her sister. "Ah, it's nothing. But tell me why your ice feels like this? Are you going through something that you're not telling me about?"
Elsa shook her head. "No, I'm fine, don't worry about me. This isn't even my ice Anna."
"What do you mean?"
She sighed. "Well… remember when you and Kristoff had that accident at that lake? With the icicle?"
Anna groaned while holding her head. "Yea… don't remind me…"
"Well, this is the ice from one of the icicles like that." Elsa explained.
The Princess slowly understood what her sister was trying to tell her. "Oh! But wait… this ice feels like it's yours. Elsa, are you saying that your powers are out of control again?"
"No! No, I'm fine, my powers are under control. Don't worry." Elsa reassured her.
Anna sighed in relief. "Thank god! I was worried we were going to have another winter blizzard, but like you said, you have your powers under control and there's nothing to be worried about! Not that there was something to be worried about I was just…" She suddenly stopped when a sharp pain shot through her head. She grunted and held her head in her hands.
"Anna?" Elsa asked a little panicked. She went to her and was about to help her, but Anna raised her hand. "I-I'm fine… I… just a headache."
Elsa still didn't look pleased. "Let me help, maybe I can cool your head or…"
"NO!"
Elsa reared back at her sisters outburst, shocked she would yell at her. Anna held her head and shook it slightly. Looking up at her older sister she felt guilt rise in her. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I… my head just hurts." She muttered closing her eyes.
"Here, let me…" Elsa started and put a hand against her sister's forehead. Anna took in a deep breath as she felt the coldness run through her head and numb the pain. She smiled when Elsa removed her hand. "Thanks Elsa… I'm really sorry about…"
"You don't have to apologize Anna." Elsa reassured her while grabbing her hands. "No harm done." She smiled.
"You sure?" Anna asked. "I really didn't mean it. I was just…" She stopped when she felt Elsa grab her head. "Anna, everything is fine. Don't worry." She smiled at her.
Anna looked deep into Elsa's eyes. "I don't want you to hate me." She said in a low whisper. She really didn't mean to snap like that. Her head was just hurting and she had no idea what she was saying.
Elsa kissed her forehead. "No matter what you say will make me hate you. I will always love you Anna. Sisters stick together, no matter what."
Anna chuckled as she looked up at her sister. "Yea, you're definitely stuck with me." Both sisters started to chuckle and Anna sighed slightly. "I guess I'll leave you to your work then." She said motioning to her desk.
"I promise I will spend some time with you when everything is done here. I promise." Elsa told her with so much determination.
The red head smiled and nodded her head. "I know you will keep your promise Elsa, you don't have to worry."
"You have no idea how worried I am that you think I'm ignoring you again because of all this work I have. I really wish I could spend more time with you." The platinum blonde told her.
Anna snorted. "Don't worry about that. I know the kingdom can't run by itself. We'll spend some time when you're done! It's no problem at all!" She smiled as she jumped. "And anyway! I think Kristoff is here so I think I'll spend some more time with him. So you know, we can get married at some point."
Elsa rolled her eyes but still smirked at her. "Alright, I'll try and finish up as quickly as I can."
"Don't rush!" Anna shouted as she ran through the door to head back down the hall. Elsa chuckled and shook her head. Sometimes her sister was just unbelievable.
Sighing she looked down at the ice in her hands. Anna had helped her a lot at the moment. This ice felt familiar to hers but with more negative emotions. There was still a chance that it was her doing since this ice was familiars to hers, but she is confident that she was not the reason that they almost died from falling down that cliff.
Elsa sighed rubbing her forehead. Sooner or later she probably has to go up the mountain to confront whoever is responsible for this.
"Come on Kristoff! Let's head to the town square!" She shouted while pulling Kristoff by his arms. The man chuckled as he was pulled. "Calm down Anna! We have all day!"
"No we don't so that's why we have to make haste!" She stated still pulling him. "Also I want to get Elsa a gift since she seems to be really stressed at the moment."
"You really don't slow down do you?" He asked with a smile on his face. Anna grinned as they headed into town. Kristoff smiled at the Princess. She really cared for her sister. Even after almost freezing to death the red head was already up on her feet.
The day in town went splendidly for the two. They arrived at the town square where kids started pulling Anna away wanting to play with her. Kristoff was also pulled into it and they kept on playing for at least an hour.
After that the two headed for a café where Anna had ordered a hot chocolate. They were both having fun, but Anna still felt that Elsa was way too stressed. She sighed as she sat at the café stirring the spoon in her hot chocolate.
Kristoff noticed the distressed look on his girlfriend and got worried. "You alright Anna?"
"Yea… I'm just worried about Elsa." She said leaning her head against her hand.
The mountain man rolled his eyes. "Anna… she's the Queen. She has a lot of work to do so it's natural that she's under some stress."
The Princess shook her head. "No, it's not that. I actually went to her study to see if she wanted to come with us so she'll relax a little bit since… you know the accident and when I walked in there she was looking at a piece of ice."
"So?" He asked shrugging his shoulder.
"Ice Kristoff. She was looking at ice." Anna said in such a dramatic way. "She never looked at her ice like that and when I touched it… I felt so many negative emotions in the ice it made me worried."
Kristoff blinked. "Wait… you can feel that in her ice?" Anna nodded. "Yes! Pay attention! Now I'm scared that she's hiding something from me. I don't want her to isolate herself again or think that she needs to go through this alone."
Anna felt a hand on hers. Looking up she saw Kristoff giving her one of his sweet smiles." Anna, calm down. You don't have to worry about anything. If anything was wrong with her, Elsa would tell you. She knows better now and that she doesn't have to go through things on her own. She'll be fine Anna."
She smiled and nodded. "Yea, you're right. Elsa knows she can get our help any time." Looking around she thought about getting at least something small for her sister. To let her know that she isn't mad or disappointed in her. She knew exactly what her sister was thinking and she has to do something about it.
All of a sudden she groaned. Kristoff gave her a confused look and saw that Anna was grabbing her head. "Anna?" He asked.
She waved one of her hands while the other one rested against her head. "I-I'm fine. Just a headache."
"Are you sure? We can go back."
"No I'm fine."
"Or I could see if they have ice."
"Kristoff I'm…"
"Or do you want another hot chocolate? I can get another and…"
"I SAID I WAS FINE!" Anna shouted. Kristoff looked shocked at Anna. She had never yelled at him like that. It had actually frightened him. "A-Anna?" He asked.
The red head held her head and closed her eyes. It was painful and it wouldn't pass. But then…
It stopped.
Blinking Anna raised her head. The pain was gone and she was perfectly fine again. She was confused. What had just happened?
"Anna?" Kristoff asked again.
Realization hit Anna and she remembered what she said to Kristoff. "I-I'm so sorry Kristoff! I didn't mean to yell at you. I…" She stopped when Kristoff grabbed her hands. He smiled at her. "It's alright Anna."
"Thanks." She said with a soft smile.
Wanting to pass this awkward moment he changed the subject. "So, you wanted to talk about Elsa? You said you wanted to get her a present before we headed out."
Anna grinned and suddenly stood up. "I got it! Let's go and buy chocolate!" She stated.
Kristoff raised an eyebrow at her. "Uh… Anna?"
"There's this one shop in town that sells the best chocolate in Arendelle and they sell Elsa's favorites! I want to get her some, now come on!" She said suddenly pulling the Ice Harvester out of his chair. He yelped but was quickly able to catch up to the Princess.
Elsa closed her eyes as she concentrated. Her hands were hovering above the piece of ice in front of her. She tried to change it, get the feel for it. If she could change her ice and if this ice was similar to hers then she had to control it.
The ice started transforming. Snowflakes started appearing and the ice started vanishing. She kept on concentrating, but it was proving to be a little difficult. Sweat was falling from her forehead and her hands started to shake.
The ice was almost gone but in a slip second Elsa lost her concentration. The ice immediately reacted and formed into a jagged icicle that was headed for her head. Luckily for her it stopped right by her neck, the ice too short.
Elsa swallowed hard as she moved her head away from the ice. Taking a deep breath she sat up straighter. "Okay… not trying that again." She said while wiping the sweat away from her forehead with shaky hands.
She glanced at the ice and shook her head. "This isn't my ice… it can't be…" she said while touching the tip of the icicle that had almost killed her. Her ice… never done this before. It's like… it was trying to kill her.
Groaning she rubbed her face. She couldn't figure anything out at the moment and it was frustrating her. A knock on the door was heard which snapped her out of her thoughts. Looking up she saw Frederik walking in. "Your Majesty." He said bowing slightly.
"Frederik, is there news you came to tell me?" She asked.
The man nodded but his face seemed grim. He walked over to Elsa and stopped right in front of her. He took a deep breath before he grabbed a piece of paper from his pocket. "I received another message from a raven."
Elsa blinked. "Well? What is it?" Frederik looked a little unsure. He looked down at the piece of paper and took a deep breath before handing it over to Elsa. "There… has been an accident."
"An accident?" She asked first looking up at Frederik before down at the piece of paper. She read through the words on the paper. Her heart sunk slightly as she read those few lines. After a minute she lowered her hand with the piece of paper before pinching the bridge of her nose with the other. "I thought you said…"
"I know what I said, your Majesty, but there was always a risk." Frederik told her while folding his hands together. "There are always casualties and your men knew it as…"
"I know the risks Frederik!" Elsa snapped at him. Frederik immediately closed his mouth and stayed quiet. Elsa took a deep breath as she took in deep breaths. "Half of your men were killed by an unknown enemy. They were stabbed with ice just like Jorgen's men!" She shouted.
Shaking her head Elsa stood up and walked to one of her dressers. "That's it. We're calling them back. This is too dangerous, I will not have more men die of this."
"But your Majesty! We can't just ignore this situation! Your men are there to risk their lives for you, they're there to find out what's threatening you and your family." Frederik spoke up trying to reason with the Queen.
The white haired woman glared at him as she turned around. "Are you saying that my men are just fodder?"
He was flabbergasted. "N-No! But your Majesty, we can't ignore this. We have to find out who is after you and your sister. This is something we have to figure out. Your men are willingly to pay their lives for your and your sister's protection."
"Yes but they do not have to die for such a silly cause! We know it's dangerous out there and we know that they will get killed. And sending men after men is not the answer! I am not sending a hoard of my soldiers out there just to get one little piece of information!" She yelled at Frederik. She was furious that he would still insist to send in more men, knowing that they would get killed.
Gritting his teeth Frederik shook his head. He might get killed after this but he had to get into her head. "Then what are you suggesting? If you won't send in your men and you don't want to ignore this, what is your next move?"
"My next move?" Elsa asked raising an eyebrow. "I thought it was obvious to you Frederik. I'm going up there myself."
"You must be insane!" Frederik shouted. "You cannot go up there by yourself! Like you said, it's dangerous!"
Elsa narrowed her eyes. "I have ice powers. I can protect myself up there."
Frederik walked up to her and grabbed her arm. She hissed in pain slightly. He raised her arm showing her still bandaged arm. "Your Majesty, the last time you were up there you were attacked by wolves! And look how that ended!"
She pulled her arm out of his grasp. "I will be fine. Those wolves have been dealt with. Kristoff took care of them. I don't think they will attack again."
"And then what?" Frederik asked. "You go up there and face whoever is responsible for this, but haven't you realized that every man and woman has been killed by this person? And still no one can find out who this person is! You're just going to get yourself killed up there!"
"Why are you worrying so much?" Elsa asked with narrowed eyes.
Frederik gritted his teeth. "You are the Queen! You are the most important person in this entire kingdom. If something would happen to you we would be lost! There would be no one to rule in your stead!"
"Yes you have! Anna can be the next ruler. She can do the job as perfectly as I can!" She growled.
Frederik pinched the bridge of his nose. "No she can't! She is just a little naïve girl that doesn't know anything about how to rule a kingdom! At your coronation she left the kingdom in the hands of a madman who was powerhungry for your throne! She is irresponsible!"
"Do NOT talk about my sister like that!" Elsa yelled at him a heated glare plastered on her face.
A loud crash was heard and both turned their heads. The icicle that was lying on Elsa's desk was now grown and hit the ceiling. Frederik looked at it shocked as well as Elsa. She could have sworn that it was not her ice, so why would it react to her emotions?
Frederik's mouth was wide open and then it slowly dawned to him what he had said. He had literally told the Queen that her sister was a spare that could do nothing… "Y-Your Majesty."
Elsa turned to him and her eyes narrowed back down. "Out…"
He looked shocked. "Your Majesty, I didn't…"
"OUT!"
He flinched but quickly scrambled out of the room. When the door closed Elsa took a deep breath. She turned around and looked back at the ice that had grown. She couldn't explain. She just couldn't explain it.
Why was this ice reacting to her now?
What was going on?
It looks like Elsa doesn't understand anything that's happening at the moment! Well I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and please tell me what you thought about it!
Until next time!