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CHAPTER 10: HANS' ROLE MODEL/ CONFRONTATION

Hans walked through the crowded streets of Corona, hiding his face in his cloak. With Rapunzel's coronation coming up the streets were much more crowded than a few days ago. People wandered the streets stopping at colorful stands. A small band was playing and a large circle was gathered. People danced in the middle. Has was brought back to memories of his former home. Attending balls and parties with his father, mother, and his twelve older brothers by his side. The days when he was a prince not a wanted criminal. He remembered the day his mother died. He made a promise to her; he promised he'd always make her proud. What would she say now?

16 years ago in the Southern Isles...

Hans was in his room reading a book. The title was The Snow Queen. It was a tale that he loved but didn't believe in. He thought it stupid and that there could never be such a being as The Snow Queen herself. Suddenly, there was a knock on his door.

"Hey little bro you in there?" Someone asked.

It was Jacob. Hans' older brother and role model.

"Yeah I'm here." Has responded from the other side of the door.

Jacob came in and closed the door behind him then took a seat next to Hans.

"Whatchya reading?" He asked.

Hans handed him the book.

"Ah. The Snow Queen. I loved this when I was your age. Funny thing actually your name in the same as the author," Jacob pointed out.

"Yeah. I picked up on that a long time ago," Hans said, boasting of his intelligence.

"Well aren't you a smart one," Jacob said messing up Hans' hair with his hand.

"Hey I just combed it!" Hans complained.

Jacob laughed then her expression saddened.

"Hans..." he started. "You know that mother isn't well."

"Yeah," Hans responded.

"She's worse now. A whole lot worse than she was before. She wants to see you."

The two brothers exited the room and walked down a series of hallways. They finally entered a large room with a cold and pale woman lying down.

"Hans..."

The woman motioned for him to come closer. Hans turned and looked at Jacob who nodded his head. Hans slowly walked to the woman's side and got on one knee.

"I need to tell you something that will see you through life's hardest trials. You're the kindest, most sincere person I know Hans. You're my pride and joy. I need you to stay that way. I'm so proud of you and I know that you'll continue to make me proud. Have courage, and be kind, and I know that you'll be a great ruler someday."

The woman's eyes closed after she spoke and guards rushed Hans out of the room. He struggled against them and watched as Jacob broke down in tears.

That was the last time Hans saw his mother. He had done everything the opposite of what she had wished him to do which he was secretly ashamed. He walked onto a hill that looked out at the fabulous sunset as the sun touched the horizon line. The sky was shades of pink, red, and purple. A perfect night.

"It's beautiful isn't it?" a voice asked.

"What do you want Chrono?" Hans asked back.

"I'm surprised you remembered my voice, but that doesn't matter now. Gaia needs something. That something is here in Corona, but there's one problem. Corona borders the Southern Isles and since your failure they have been overly protective of their kingdom now a days. What you must do is go to the border and... fly,"

"Fly?"

"Yes. Fly upward into the sky. Once you get above the clouds there will be a fiery kingdom. That kingdom is home to the guardian of the Fire Shard. Defeat the guardian and bring back the shard. Idunn has already retrieved the Shard of Ice and brought it to us. And Kodiak has contacted Gothel and she is now obtaining the Shard of Earth,"

"How many do you need?" Hans asked.

"The five main elements of Fire, Air, Ice, Earth, and Spirit, plus two more special Shards which we will talk to all three of you at once about,"

Hans was suddenly teleported to the borders of Corona and the Southern Isles. He stood confused as he looked up to the sky.

"How the heck am I supposed to get up there?" He wondered.

He thought for a minute about how to "fly" and he got an closed his eyes and concentrated. Darkness built up around his feet and he jumped up into the air. The darkness propelled him upward and he was soon above the clouds. In the distance he could see a great kingdom engulfed in flames with an enormous castle that stood out. He flew closer and closer toward the kingdom but then realized that he didn't know how to land. He flew face first into the ground and his face was covered in ash. He stood up and wiped the cinder and embers off his clothes.

"I'm gonna need to work on that," he told himself.

He stood at the start of a long path with lava and fire below him. Threatening to drown him in lames the minute he fell off the side. The heat made him sweat uncontrollably and made Hans wipe his forehead every couple seconds. He walked cautiously and stopped in front of two large double doors that had flaming edges. The doors themselves were a dark crimson red and the castle walls were the same color. There were pillars of fire surrounding the castle that went down for a couple seconds then shot back up. The whole place was like one big volcano. Hans tried to pushed ope the doors and a large hallway was revealed to him. The hall was held up by pillars of fire that seemed like they were crystalized The floor was stone with lava running through the cracks. The hallway led to another pair of doors. These were smaller than the ones he had just gone through but still big and tall as any castle door should be. He pushed them open and walked into a grand throne room where at the other end was a person sitting on a fiery throne. The person wore armor that had the colors of flames.. The person also held a large staff in his right hand that had one long stick that was a dark grey and at the top had jagged edges that could easily cut through steel.

"Why have you come here?" The person asked with a deep, low voice.

The person's face was covered by a helmet that made the eyes of the man or woman (what ever he or she was) look yellow. Hans scanned the room with his eyes. When he looked at the staff he saw a red shard that must have given the staff its power.

"That shard you've got there. I'll be taking it from you now. Hand it over," Hans said giving out his hand.

"So you're the one. I had been warned earlier that someone would try to steal my power,"

The person jumped high into the air and landed with the force of a supernova. As soon as he hit the ground fire erupted beneath him. He spun the staff with elegance and grace and finally pointed it at Hans.

"Prepare to meet your end young man,"

Rapunzel was out on her balcony thinking about the coming days. Her coronation was soon. Only three days left. She remembered Elsa's coronation. How beautiful she looked on that day. How regal and poised she was. She knew that she could never be like that. Not in her whole life. At least... not without her parents. They were her guardians, and now they were gone. Forever. She would never see them again. The only real memory she had of them was the music box her mother left behind. Then she remembered the woman who had saved them when the dark dragon attacked the kingdom. She could have sworn she heard her humming the exact same tune. There were either two explanations in Rapunzel's mind. Either this woman knew her mother, or she was the one who killed her. With that thought in mind Rapunzel knew what she had to do. She had to seek out this woman and find out who she really was. With determination in her eyes. She sprinted out the castle, through the town and into the woods.

Idunn materialized near a lake in the woods. She walked to get a better look at it but realized someone else was there. It was Anna. The moment she laid eyes on her Idunn felt a strange sensation inside her. She didn't know exactly what it felt like but it was strong nonetheless. Her eyes saw something different. A radiant white aura formed around her and eventually turned into flames. She gasped, not realizing she had forgotten to breathe and collapsed to the ground grasping her chest. Anna heard noise and turned her head and saw her. She ran over and put a hand on Idunn's back.

"Are you ok?" She asked.

Idunn's breathing calmed and she was able to speak.

"Yes. Thank you Princess," Idunn responded.

Anna recognized the tone of the woman's voice.

"Hey. It's you. You're the one who saved Elsa when that dragon attacked us,"

Idunn couldn't let Anna know more about who she was. It would be dangerous for both her and Anna. While thinking this she didn't realize that that she dropped the shard. It's radiant blue light caught Anna's attention. She picked it up and examined it in her hand.

"What is this? It's cold," She said.

Idunn snagged the shard from Anna.

"It's nothing. Thank you for helping me,"

Idunn seemed like she was in a rush. She stood up immediately and started to walk away.

"Hey! Wait! Stop!" Someone shouted.

Both Anna and Idunn were surprised to see Rapunzel running toward them. Idunn felt the same sensation again. As Rapunzel came closer the feeling intensified. A violet purple aura started to form around Rapunzel. Idunn started to lose her breath again, but she didn't know why. All she knew was she would have to face her biggest fear. Confronting the daughter of the parents she killed.

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