More Than True Love's Kiss
Chapter Eleven
Meanwhile…
Madam Mim watched Hans' confrontation with Elsa at the harbor hours from Arendelle from her window into the outside world she created from the brew in her cauldron and when the Queen walked away from the Prince, the wizard used her magic to bring him back. Upon doing so, Hans began to gloat about how much he enjoyed seeing the look of despair within Elsa's eyes.
"So, you enjoyed your little outing then?" she asked coolly in order to cut the Prince off of his ranting. "Excited that our plan to destroy the ice witch, her perky little sister, and that hunky mountain man went so differently than planned are you?"
"I didn't think I would, but as it has, yeah, I am," Hans answered cockily, not caring that the old woman seemed upset. "I enjoyed seeing her hate for me expand as I extended to her my ultimatum, then become crushed once I helped her realize that to turn me down would eventually cause the only person who loves her to finally turn against her. I'm as good as King!"
Mim smiled and all of a sudden thrust the Prince to his knees with a burst of power, then replied loudly, "Just because you made her momentarily lose control of her own powers and once again feel all alone, it doesn't make you King, you foolish, spoiled rich boy!"
Hans tried to rise again as he retorted, "I am a Prince, not some…"
"Silence!" Mim shouted as she pushed him back to the ground again. "You are nothing to me, except a means to an end. However, none of what we want will happen if we fail to stop your enemies. The Queen and Princess are on a journey sudden journey somewhere with the wounded groom. Did you happen to learn what their plans were, or were you too busy basking in your small moment of glory?"
"I'm afraid that didn't exactly come up," Prince Hans responded sheepishly. "I didn't think it was relevant."
Madam Mim finally released her hold over the Prince and stated, "Useless fool. I'm willing to bet that somehow they learned of someone who might be able to help them. I just don't know anyone besides Merlin who can. We need to…"
Hans quickly asked, "Is this Merlin the wizard who made you this way; the one who stole your youth or beauty and the one who made it so that you had to leave your homeland in, God knows where?"
"If you really must know, then yes," Mim answered coldly. "He destroyed everything that made me, well me."
"Why do you think that Anna and Elsa aren't going to see him then?" Hans asked in confusion.
The wizard glared at him and replied, "Because that worn out old fool is dead! I didn't kill him, but I certainly wish I had. It was so far the only thing I've ever failed to accomplish, except for losing to him in that wizard's duel, only because he cheated. I may have started it, but he… it doesn't matter. The point is, Merlin's dead. They can't be going to him for help. We need to figure out who."
Hans crossed his arms, then spoke up again asking impatiently, "And how do we do that? Are you going to send me back to the harbor where they booked their passage and have me ask around for information? I still have informants. They'll be able to help me."
"Actually, I have a better idea," Mim responded menacingly as she began to laugh and jump around. "A delectable and delicious idea! Do you care to see exactly what kind of power I still have? I think you'll like what you're about to see. I'm going to be needing my dagger back though."
"You're going to wreak havoc using Anna's ice man against her and her sister," Prince Hans stated gleefully.
Madam Mim answered, "I did tell you that havoc and chaos are my favorite ways of showing off my power, didn't I? Do you actually know this ice man's name? You have yet to use it."
Hans shrugged as he replied, "I don't really care to know his name. Get on with your spell. I'm ready."
The wizard raised the enchanted dagger still sodden with Kristoff's blood high above her head as she stood before her cauldron once again, then began to chant words that the Prince could not even begin to understand. As the chant continued, the wind around them began to pick up while Mim only grew louder.
Mim used her powers to reopen the window once again without breaking her concentration, revealing Anna and Elsa sitting around Kristoff aboard the deck of a small ship, which was clearly still docked, while several of the crew were running around loading and unloading multiple crates and goods. Nothing seemed unusual until suddenly, Anna's husband appeared to double over in pain, then began to writhe, clearly frightening the Queen, Princess, and the shipmen around him.
"Watch and learn, little Prince," the wizard finally called out after she finished chanting the spell she was casting over Arendelle's Ice Master. "I may not be as powerful as I once was, but I still know my craft and can carry out vengeance better than anyone you'll ever know. When I'm done, you won't underestimate me ever again."
"Prove it," Hans stated cruelly. "Make him suffer."
