Authors note: I want to thank you all for reviewing and reading the last chapter. Hearing your opinions means a lot and they also help if I need to edit or make something better.
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Sitting down on the desk H.C looked at a book as he was busy reading and trying to figure out what Hans was.
"I give up" said Hans sighting as he closed the book he was reading "I looked back and forth and there is nothing that is remotely similar to me".
H.C frowned as he too closed his book, they had looked upon thousands upon thousands of books, but none of them showed anything that looked like Hans. They even showed Hans to certain science people, but they were left baffled as they did not know what he was. Their best explanation was that he was a cross between an eagle and a bird of paradise, but did not know where the bright fire red and gold feathers came from.
Sighting H.C and said "I am sure that there is some info around there",
"But not here" said Hans sighting, getting up H.C decided to turn in.
H.C slept in a bed while Hans slept in a scarf next to the bed, but today Hans left wide awake, his stomach was rumbeling.
Getting up Hans flew to around the room, trying to find something to eat. Sadly there was nothing to eat, not even crumbs.
Looking at H.C he noticed H.C was rather skinny, his clothes were ragged and patched up, the room was cold.
Frowning Hans felt sorry for it, he had been very kind to him.
Moving Hans left the room through the window and made a journey to his home.
Arriving Hans grimace a bit before going down the chimeney and getting a beak full of soot...again...
Falling to the ground he coughed and sputtered before shaking the shoot off and taking off quietly.
As he flew through the halls he avoided the people when he heard talking.
At first he though it was some of the guards till he got closer, when he did he recognized his families voices.
"How very nice, this is how dinner should always be" said his mother Valhalla.
Confused Hans got closer and peeked through the door, hurt gathered in his heart as he noticed how they were laughing and talking among each other as they had dinner.
"They didn't notice that I am gone" though Hans sadly as he turned and left.
"Hey, where is your brother? Whats his name?" he heard Strephen say, as soon as he did Hans emediatly went back to hear.
For a moment he felt hopeful, if he asked then maybe he does care that he had been missig for who knows how long.
"Don't know, don't care" said Caleb as he took a bite out if his meat,
"Don't look at us, were not the useless ones keepers" said Rudi,
"Ya, were not going to waste out time babysitting him" added Runo,
"You are very much right" said Valhalla sighting "Why did he have to be born?",
"I know, I wanted a girl and sadly we got an ugly useless child" said Stephen then huffed "No matter he is probably gone out to who knows where and it is out of our hair",
"Good ridance, right Lars?" said Caleb.
For a moment Hans felt hopeful, surely Lars would defend him. They were brothers and he always was nice to him.
But just as high his hopes went, the fast and hard they came crashing down with what the words that came out of Lars mouth.
"Right" said Lars taking a drink of whine "I mean I almost feel sorry for him... if only there was somebody who could love him?",
"Nobody! He is unwanted and unloved" said Rudi,
"Exactly" said Lars as he downed his glass as the rest laughed not knowing the pain that the person whol they were talking about was nearby.
As the words which were spoke ran through Hans mind his eyes widen and began to tear up.
Not wanting to hear more he turned and ran away, somehow making his way to his parents room.
It was there that he began to cry.
How could they? How could they be so cruel?! What did he ever do to them?! And Lars?! He expected cruelty from his other family members but not Lars, never in his worst nightmares would he had ever though that he would hear Lars say such horrible cruel words!
How could he?! He though Lars cared about him! That his brother loved him!
"Aparently he does not... no nobody in my family does" though Hans as now rage enter his mind.
They though that he was useless? Unloved!? He will show them! Once he found a way to change back he will prove to them that he is not useless and is worthy! One way or another he will find a way to make then regret the day they ever said those words! And Lars...
He just lost a good brother...
And so far he has! He escaped the witch without any help! He helped a family in need and made a friend! That was more than any of them had ever done!
"Good ridance! I do not need them!" Snapped Hans and With new determination Hans decided to focus on his present task. He had to help his friend.
Going to his mothers and fathers room he opened the jewelery box, looking over he picked a gold bracelet with a huge sapphire on it in the shape of the crescent moon.
Taking it he opened the door
Making his way back Hans placed it on the bedside before leaving. He left the gem next to H.C before leaving through an open window.
Flying with great difficulty he managed to get to the authors home.
Going through the window Hans dropped the bracelet on the bed before collapsing unto the floor from exhaustion.
Flying was hard work...who knew?
"Hans! Hans! Wake up!" he heard, groaning at first Hans was desoriented before he felt something wet on his head.
Water?
Waiking up he saw it was H.C, the wet stuff he felt was a small rag which had a bit of water on it.
"Thank God yor okay! I was so worried" said H.C happy to see his bird friend was alive "When I found you on the ground I feared that you were badly hurt",
"You worried about me?" asked Hans softly, almost not believing it as the words Lars said were still in his mind,
"Of course, even though we do not know one another well I consider you my dear friend" said H.C softly "My heart would break if anything bad were to happen to you".
Saying nothing Hans almost wanted to cry at that. Not of sadness but of joy. It felt good that somebody cared about his well being and genuinly.
"Thank you" he whispered as H.C got up from the ground and set him aside on the table.
"H.C" said Hans,
"Yes?" saidH.C as he was ready to make some gruel, though sadly it was going to be rather thin.
Flying over Hans grabbed the bracelet he dropped and showed it "I...I mean here... maybe we can sell it?".
Saying nothing H.C took the bracelet with a trembeling hand then all of a sudden he hugged the firebird saying "Thank you! Thank you! This is perfect, with this we can get out of here!",
"Out of here?" asked the firebird confused,
"You see... after I wrote that review the tyrant of the southern isles took all my money away so I would be trapped here... but with this we can finally go back to my beloved Coppehange" said H.C
"Back? Coppenhange?" asked Hans,
"I mean if you want to go with me that is..." said H.C hopeful as he did not want to leave his little bird friend.
Hans said nothing as he though, he hesitated as he was afraid to venture out into a strange new place. But in the end... he could not stay... not anymore...
"Of course I will come! Anywhere is better than here" said Hans,
"Thats great! You will not be sorry my friend!" said H.C as he quickly went and grabbed his only coat which was tattered and an old satchel, putting on his shoes he opened the bag allowing Hans to jump in and with bracelet in hand they left.
After selling it in a pawn shop H.C went to port and got a ticket for a boat ride to Copenhange Denmark.
The ticket seller looked rathe odd at Hans as he stuck his head out of the satchel mometerallg but regardless sold then the ticket.
Getting on the boat they waited for a bit before he boat sailed off.
"Things will be different now" said H.C as the islands slowly faded away from the horizon.
"Yes they will" whispered Hans as he remembered what he went through and at that moment decided he did not want to be part of his family... or even be like his family at all.
So yes... his curse was starting to look like a blessing to him now.
Waking up Firebird looked around and frowned when he noticed Elsa was in her bed, her hair was in braids, Anna's handiwork.
He smiled gently before he got off of the nest he slept in and made his way out of the room as quiet as possible for he did not want to disturb Elsa and at the same time he wanted to do something.
He had two mysteries to solve, one was why Elsa was so scared of her magic and second was where were the bodies of Iduna and Agnaar.
It was late at night and still Hans found himself Pouring over all the books and journals he could find about the royal arendellian family.
Sitting on a desk with a single candle with a flickering flame to light the area he ran his hand through his hair as he frowned, it made no sense!
Why would her parents keep her and her sister so secluded and away from the world? Who was the idiot who gave them that idea and told them it was a good idea? Or was their own idea?
"Either they got dropped on their heads the day they were born or they followed some really bad advice from an outside source" though Hans as he moved the pages of the book.
It was sad, true they meant well but their actions did more harm than good, not just to Elsa but to Anna as well.
Nothing good comes from isolation, a good example of it's consequences is what happened to Queen Marie Antoinette and her husband king Loui as their isolation from their kingdom and people caused them to loose their thrones and lives.
Hans rested his head against his hand as he moved the pages if the journal, he wants to help Elsa embrace her magic, but he cannot do that unless he figures out why did their parents did what they did.
As he did the door slowly opened, looking in Anna held back a giggle as she tip toed over to Hans.
She took a deep breath, ready to scare him when Hans said "Don't even think about it",
"Aww your no fun" said Anna as she walked over and sat on the desk then asked "What have you been up to?",
"Looking through the past" said Hans then added "I wonder something",
"What?" asked Anna curious,
"I noticed that for a long time the gates were closed...why?" asked Hans curious,
Anna frowned sighted and said "Its complicated",
"I have all the time in the world" said Hans,
Anna stared and sighted, guess its was okay for her to tell him "Many years ago Elsa and I were very close, then one day my parents closed the gates and afterwards my sister she just shut me out" pausing to take a breath she continued "Years passed, I always asked why but nobody told me anything, not even my parents... at times..." she shook her head "Its silly but at times I felt like I was the unwanted spare".
There was silence as she bent her head, remembering those dark times always made Anna feel like she wanted to cry.
Frowning Hans reached and took her hand unto his gloved one and said "I know how you feel, but don't be sad, for I am sure neither your parents or your sister ever wanted to make you feel that way",
"Thats what I though at that time, especially when Elsa did not come to the funeral" said Anna softly "I got so mad, she shut me out again when I needed her the most, so I barged to her room, I hit the door so hard that it broke and I confronted her... I so upset... so angry... that I just pushed her and she revealed her magic to me... by accidentally throwing ice shards at me..."
Taking a breath Anna continued her story "I ran away into the forest, got lost, the wolves, they smelled and hunted me down, in my panic I crossed paths with Kristoff, we both almost died that night, till my sister came to the rescue...",
"I am sorry you had to go through all that" said Hans,
"Its okay... as things got better after that... but I fear that between what my parents did and the council Elsa will never truly be free or happy",
"You do not need to worry about that, for I promise you that I will help Elsa and that is what I intend to do no matter what" said Hans then paused and asked "but do you not think its strange? Why would you parents resort to such drastic measures?",
"I do not know, but that is not strange, strange was the dream I had once" said Anna then added with a light laugh "I dreamt that a troll kissed me".
As soon as she said that there was an eerie silence, Hans stared shocked and asked "what did you say?",
"I dreamed that a troll kissed me..." repeated Anna.
Hans looked then said in a grave voice "That was no dream Anna...".
Getting up from bed Elsa rubbed her eyes as she was tired. Looking around tired Elsa moved to get up only to find a brekfast tray on a table with a flower and letter.
Taking it she admired, it was a beautiful envelope, decorated woth many fine details drawn on the borders such as crocus and delicate red and gold feathers.
Turning it she admired the wax seal that was a bird with outstretched wings. Opening it she pulled out the letter and read it.
The penmanship was without a doubt the most beautiful she had ever seen.
"My dearest Elsa:
I am sorry for leaving so abrutly but I have some important matters to attend to with Kristoff.
Will be back as soon as possible.
Ps: Watch out for the Duke... he is planning something...
Firebird"
Closing the envelope Elsa put it aside and ate her breakfast. As she did she wondered what Firebird was doing, but her guess he would be fine with Kristoff and when he got back she would know where they went. With that in mind she got ready for the day and left as she was to help Anna plan her wedding which would come as soon as the Firebird finished the trials.
There was silence as Kristoff and Firebird made their way to rock valley.
Why the firebird wanted to see the trolls Kristoff had no idea, but resolved to take him there at his insistence.
Arriving the firebird glared at the rocks, before Kristoff could say anything the firebird did something most unexpected.
A column of flames surrounded the bird, consumming his form. When it was gone it revealed a man in the birds place.
Kristoff stared in shocked, innall honesty Anna had confided with him what she knew about the firebird, as he listened he had thought that maybe Anna had imagened the whole thing. Even if he grew up around trolls and such the whole magical bird that can turn human but is a prince was pretty far fetched to him.
Yet here he had witnessed the truth, Anna had not been imagening as he though and made him feel terrible about it.
"Your silent" said the hooded figure not facing him.
"I... suspected" was all Kristoff could say,
"Anna told you?" asked the figure turning to face Kristoff, he could not see well as the hood obscured a large portion of his face, he could see his mouth and chin, but not anything above that.
"Yes" said Kristoff,
"Frankly does not surprise me as I did not tell her to not tell you" said the Firebird then added "Just make sure you do not tell anybody, especially Elsa as I am going to tell her soon", Kristoff said nothing as he knew why, Anna had told him.
Turning back towards the rocks he summoned small embers and threw them at the rocks.
Yelling the trolls got up and started fanning and rubbing their injured spots.
"So...you all like to mess around with peoples lives" said Firebird glaring at all of them as he crossed his arms.
At first the trolls were angry till they saw the firebird, much to Kristoffs surprise their faces turned to pure fear as they coward under the Firebirds presence of the firebird before they fell to their knees bending their heads like lower classes would to mighty rulers.
The elder troll paddie carefully walked over terrified, hastily he bow down and spoke in a strange language Kristoff did not recognized.
"My lord Phoenix, may your fire burn bright as the sun" said Paddie in the magical language as he too fell on his knees and bow down.
Kristoff looked surprised, Paddie never did that, non of the trolls did, not even when the rulers visited. Why were they acting so formal, so fearful to the Firebird? For the moment Kristoff decided that it was best be silent as the two spoke.
Nodding the Firebird spoke in the same language "Elder Paddie of the rock valley trolls, I wish you a long life and health".
"What brings us the honor of your visit?" asked Paddie,
"I am sorry to say but I was made aware of what you did to Queen Elsa and Princess Anna" said Firebird.
Paddie looked confused before his eyes widen and said "We only did what was right",
"And your right almost doomed both royals and their kingdom" said Firebird "You know the rules Elder paddie, the only magical creatures who are allowed to use future sight and to advice in such matters are the fateweavers or myself",
"We had to-",
"No excuse!" Growled Firebird making them coward "If I ever catch you breaking the rules again a punishment will be done! This is a warning!" with a wave of his hand he threw a flame to a tree, once it hit the tree it was creamted on the spot, not even ashes were left.
Terrified the trolls nodded, Kristoff stared between them as he was not sure what was spoken as he did not understand the language they spoke, but whatever it was, it was not good with the way they acted.
Turning the firebird left, looking back at his family Kristoff wanted to ask what had just been spoken about but knew they would not tell him so he went after the Firebird.
"Hey hey!" Said Kristoff as he caught up to the firebird.
Turning the firebird looked at Kristoff,
"What was that?" Asked/demanded Kristoff "what did you say?! What did they say?!".
Firebird sighted and said "long story short they broke a magical rule, their lucky I am able to intervene or else their and everybody else's lives here in Arendelle would have been in danger",
"what are you talking about? What rules?" asked kristoff,
"Everything in life there are rules we must obey, that includes those who have magic...the more powerful the magic the more restrictions and rules you have" said Firebird,
"Restrictions...Rules...like?" asked Kristoff,
"Depends on your power...for example myself... I have the power to bring people back to life, but that does not mean that I will" said Firebird,
"Why not?" asked Kristoff surprised, did he really have such power?
"Doing such a thing will upset the balance of nature, to bring a life a life must be taken, if the balance is disturbed then so will the order of things and chaos will rein till the balance is restored once more" explained the firebird then added "They broke a rule...it was not their place to advice or see into the future, that is a job exclusive for the Fateweavers or myself",
"Fateweavers?" asked Kristoff,
"Their what you would call fairy godparents, were tasked with ensuring that worthy ones achieve their destiny through advice or use of magic" said The firebird.
Kristoff looked engrossed them asked "Is that way your helping us? Because you have to?",
"No" said the firebird then smiled "Because I want to, your my friends",
Kristoff stares before bursting out laughing,
"What's so funny?" asked Firebird,
"Its funny because I am wondering if I am in some sort of fairy tale" said Kristoff "Because this is too good to be true",
"Sometimes even fairytales have a bit of truth to them" said Firebird as he changed back to his bird form and said "Care to take me back to town? I happen to know a good jewel shop that will be the place to find the perfect ring for Anna",
"Thank you" said Kristoff as they made their way back to the sled before they made their way back to Arendelle, both eager to finish their task so they can get back to their loves.
To be continued...
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