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Olaf overtime had gotten tired of walking, so he laid on Sven's back. I walked up next to Kristoff as the night got colder. I tried hard to not show that the pain in my chest was causing me problems. I would shiver every now and then, but would keep it very small so Kristoff wouldn't notice.
"Look, Sven!" Olaf said. "The sky's awake." I remembered saying that to Elsa multiple times in the middle of the night, usually when the northern lights were shining. I was so lost in thought that I wasn't able to suppress my shiver.
"Are you cold?" Kristoff asked. So much for concealing it.
"A little," I admitted, pulling my cloak tighter.
"Come here," Kristoff said, and I followed him. A small gust of hot air burst, warming me up a little bit. "So, uh, about my friends." He began. "Well, I say friends, they're more like family. Anyways, when I was a kid, it was just me and Sven, until they took us in."
"They did?" I asked. That must have been really sweet of them.
"Yeah. I don't mean to scare you. They can be a little inappropriate, and loud. Very loud. They're also stubborn at times, and a little overbearing. And heavy, really, really heavy," he explained, and then began stammering. "But they're fine. You'll get it. They mean well..." I put my hand on his shoulder reassuringly.
"Kristoff, they sound wonderful," I said.
"Okay, then," he said, then turned around and announced, "Meet my family! Hey guys!" I looked, dumbfounded, at the sight.
"They're...rocks," I said. How were rocks love experts, and how could they help someone?
"He's craaaaazy," Olaf whispered. I just stood there, blinking every now and then. "I'll distract him while you run." He walked up to the rocks and said hello to them. But I continued to just stare. None of this made any sense! "Why aren't you running?" Olaf asked. That's when I was able to get out of my frozen state and speak again.
"Uh, okay. I'm just gonna go," I said, pointing in the direction we came.
"No, Anna, wait!" Kristoff said. Just then, the rocks began moving. I looked around. Was I imagining things now? Was I going crazy like Kristoff. Then one came rolling my direction, and then another.
"Kristoff," I said, although it was barely audible. The rocks became creatures, and surrounded Kristoff.
"Kristoff's home!" One announced, and then the others joined in. Kristoff kneeled down to talk to all of them. One of them offered to take off his clothes, but he quickly denied it. Now it made sense why he said they could be inappropriate. But what were they? They looked vaguely familiar...Kristoff continued talking with them, and then a couple of them jumped onto him. That's when I realized what they were.
"Trolls. They're trolls!" I said, a little too loud, getting everyone's attention.
"He's brought a girl!" The one troll that started Kristoff's home welcoming said, and all of the others got excited as well. So excited, they picked me up and threw me into Kristoff's arms.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"I've learned to just roll with it," he answered, setting me down. The announcer troll pulled me down.
"Let me see. Bright eyes, working nose, strong teeth!" She observed. "Yes, she'll do nicely for our Kristoff." I backed up from the troll.
"Wait, un, no," I quickly denied. I was engaged to Hans.
"You've got the wrong idea," Kristoff added. "That's not why I brought her here."
"Right," I agreed, but couldn't find the right way to tell them we weren't together. "I'm not...we're not..." I just gave a little laugh, giving up. But then the announcer troll came up close to me.
"What's the issue, dear?" She asked. "Why are you holding back from such a man? Is it the clumsy way he walks?"
"What?" Kristoff asked.
"Or the grumpy way he talks?" The troll below her asked.
"Oh, no," I said, but they continued asking why I was holding back.
"Or the pear-shaped, square-shaped weirdness of his feet?" Another troll asked, picking up his foot, much to Kristoff's disapproval.
"Hey!" He said, pulling it away. A troll met our height by standing on some others.
"And though we know he washes well, he always ends up sort of smelly," it said, falling backwards from the stinkiness. Two trolls jumped onto Kristoff's shoulders.
"But you'll never meet a guy who's as sensitive and sweet!" They said, making him have a huge grin on his face and an outstretched arm, as if we were just meeting.
"That's nice, but-," I began, but they pulled him away.
"So he's a bit of a fixer upper," all the trolls sang. "He's got a couple flaws. Like his peculiar brain, dear. His thing with the reindeer is a little outside of nature's laws."
"This is not about me!" Kristoff tried protesting, but they ignored him.
"So he's a bit of a fixer upper, but this we're certain of. You can fix this fixer upper up with a little bit of love!" Kristoff was pushed next to me again. I didn't know what to think of this.
"Can we please just stop talking about this?" Kristoff asked, probably feeling as uncomfortable as I was. "We've got a real, actual problem here."
"I'll say," the announcer troll said. "So tell me dear. Is it the way that he runs scared?" She asked, spinning him away.
"Or that he's socially impaired?" Another troll asked, covering Kristoff's ears. Then one troll came flying in, and Kristoff grabbed it quickly.
"Or that he only likes to tinkle in the woods?" The little troll asked.
"I did not need to know that," I said as Kristoff dropped the young troll. Another troll jumped up onto Kristoff.
"Are you holding back your fondness due to his unmanly blondness?" He asked, taking off Kristoff's hat. The question and Kristoff's expression made me laugh, but I was able to stop myself as they pulled Kristoff away and onto the ground. "Or the way he covers up that he's the honest goods?" All the trolls sang, before throwing him a little ways away. "He's a just a bit of a fixer upper. He's got a couple of bugs," they all sang.
"No, I don't!" Kristoff said, despite the fact that he was just scratching his head.
"His isolation is confirmation of his desperation for healing hugs!" They sang, having stacked themselves to human size and hugged him. I smiled at the sight.
"So he's a bit of a fixer upper, but we know what to do!" They sang together, wrapping us in vine ropes. "The way to fix this fixer upper is to fix him up with you!" Right then, we were spun in different directions. Before I knew it, I was standing in front of all the girl trolls. They examined me from head to toe, and some of the trolls played around with my braids, then walked away. The announcer troll walked up to me.
"We're not saying you can change him, because people don't really change. We're only saying that love's a force that's powerful and strange! People make bad choices if they're mad or scared or stressed, but throw a little love their way!" She sang, throwing flowers into the air. The other girl trolls joined in and put something on me while the announcer troll continued singing, "You'll bring out the best! True love brings out the best!" I looked at what they had put on me: a cloak of moss with pink jewels on it. It was beautiful!
"Everyone's a bit of a fixer upper!" All the trolls sang, and I looked up to see Kristoff wearing a moss cloak like me, and some kind of hat as well. I laughed at him, and he just shrugged. "That's what it's all about!" The trolls continued.
"Father!" One troll said.
"Sister!" Another one said, jumping on top of the first one.
"Brother!" A third one said, jumping on top of both of them. "We need each other to raise us up and round us out!" They said, rolling until they bumped into another troll. "Everyone's a bit of a fixer upper, but when push comes to shove!" The trolls pushed us close together, then Olaf popped up between us, originally divided by trolls, but then the trolls moved as he sang, "The only fixer upper fixer that can fix a fixer upper is-."
Then all the trolls began saying 'true' over and over again, while making a pit and throwing me and Kristoff into the pit. Then one troll came up with a book in his hands.
"Do you, Anna, take Kristoff to be your trollfully wedded-?" The troll began, but I stopped him. Wedding? With Kristoff?
"Wait, what?" I asked.
"You're getting married," the troll answered. Right then, all the trolls shouted the last word: love! Then the pain in my heart became extremely painful, and I collapsed. Kristoff caught me just in time.
"She's cold as ice!" He announced. Then one troll that I hadn't seen earlier rolled up to us.
"There's strange magic here," he said.
"Grandpabbie!" Kristoff exclaimed.
"Come, come. Bring her here," the troll said, and Kristoff did so. The troll grabbed my gloved hands, then said, "Anna, your life is in danger. There is ice in your heart put there by your sister." By this time, I had leaned up against Kristoff again for support from being too weak, while 'Grandpabbie' continued, "If not removed, to solid ice will you freeze, forever."
"What?" I asked, shocked. I could die just because of an accidental hit from my sister? "No."
"But you can remove it, right?" Kristoff asked.
"I cannot," The wise troll replied. I felt Kristoff sag a little bit, and I looked down, saddened by this. "If it was her head, that would be easy," he continued. "But, only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart."
"An act of true love?" I repeated.
"A true love's kiss, perhaps?" The announcer troll suggested, before kissing her troll husband, and most of the other trolls did the same. I shivered again, becoming a great deal weaker.
"Anna, we've got to get you back to Hans," Kristoff said.
"Hans," I agreed weakly.
"Pull us out, Sven!" Kristoff ordered. He grabbed onto one of Sven's antlers and we were both pulled out. Just before we got on the reindeer, Kristoff called for Olaf. Then, he set us in a comfortable condition as the little snowman ran up to us.
"Let's go kiss Hans!" He exclaimed, then asked, "Who is this Hans?" I probably would have laughed if I wasn't so weak. When we were a ways away from where the trolls lived, Kristoff explained to Olaf who he was. There was one question that bothered me that I wasn't sure anyone could answer: how much time did I have before I was completely frozen?
A/N: All right! Here's the next chapter! I think this is the hardest one I've had to write. :P I don't know why - just couldn't find the motivation until this morning to finish it. :P Anyways, here it is! I hope you all enjoyed it! Please don't forget to subscribe and review, and also, if you have any suggestions on things I could work on, I would love to hear it! :D I'm always looking for ways to better my writing. :)
