Chapter 11- Destiny

Elsa found herself in a deep black void. She felt cold and trapped, like she was locked in a cage.

"Where am I?" Elsa wondered. "What is this place?"

"The recesses of your mind, Elsa," a voice cackled.

Elsa looked to her left to see a creature with blue skin and wings walking towards her.

"I remember now, I transformed into some kind of monster," Elsa realised. "You! You're the one who killed Rapunzel!"

"So you do have a good memory," the creature sarcastically commented. "Yes I'm the one who killed that pretty little cousin of yours, and the one who's been making you wake up naked for the past month or so."

"You're the one who was doing that, I've been turning into you every night!" Elsa shouted, shocked.

"Yes, you have, but I've not let you remember that, until now," the creature said.

"Why? Why are you doing this? What did I ever do to you?" Elsa demanded.

"It's not what you did, Elsa. It's what you should have done, to those who hurt you," the monster replied, sternly.

"What do you mean?" Elsa asked.

"Do you remember how you felt when you were younger, about how you parents separated you and Anna, not letting you be together?" the beast inquired.

"Yes, I felt angry and hated, but I did not let those feelings control me. I just wanted to have my powers controlled so I could be with Anna. I let those feelings go to the back of my mind, and eventually they went away," Elsa explained.

"That's right, except those feelings never went away. They merely coalesced in your mind, eventually creating me," the beast stated.

"How? You are thoughts, memories, forgotten memories, things that don't really exist!"

"In normal people yes," the beast said, "but you're not exactly normal, are you? Snow Queen?"

"You mean, my magic did make you?" Elsa wondered.

The beast chuckled. "I wasn't made by your powers, I am your powers, your true potential in physical form."

Elsa felt a deep hole in her heart. "You're the monster everyone always said I was."

"Yes, and I'm taking my revenge on you for that, by destroying the one thing you hold dear," the beast cackled, "your family."

"That's why you killed Rapunzel, and why you tried to kill Anna," Elsa realised.

"And I will kill her soon enough, once she separates us," the beast said.

"What?! Anna would never do that?!" Elsa screamed.

"Oh she will, she'll do it because she loves you," the beast began. "I've sent her an ultimatum, she brings me something and I'll use it to separate us and return you to her."

"What will she bring you?" Elsa asked.

"A mystical sword known as the Dividing Blade," the creature answered. "Legend has it that it can separate anything into its own parts, such as bones from the body, grapes from wine, and in our case, a queen from a monster."

"Only you'll kill Anna with it once she separates us," Elsa surmised.

"Correct, and you'll be without her, broken and alone, with only me for comfort," the creature cooed.

"I'd rather die as well," Elsa spat.

"No, you won't die, yet, not until I'm your queen," the creature replied.

"What?!" Elsa growled. "You want me to marry you!"

"Only so that I'll have control of Arendelle, then I'll kill you," the beast cackled.

"Over my frozen dead body," Elsa spat. "Anna will stop you!"

"I'd like to see her try," the creature responded, disappearing into the thin air and leaving Elsa alone in the void.

xXx

"It's a trap," Merida stated, reading the note that had been sent to the Arendelle castle, "that monster is just using us."

"What choice do we have Merida?" Anna replied, lying in her bed, her face bruised and bandaged.

"One, you'll die, two, your no good to anyone like this and three, Elsa's probably dead anyway," Merida explained.

"No, Elsa is alive inside that monster, she's strong," Anna replied.

"Strong or not, you're gonna die, lassie," Merida said. "She'll just use that sword to stab ye in the back."

"Not if I'm wearing my armour," Anna responded, sliding out of her bed. "Besides, I think I have an idea."

"If it's not do it and save ye own skin, I'd say that's a pretty good idea," Merida cautioned.

"No, but I'm not going to resort to that. Elsa is my wife, I'm going to save her, no matter what."

"Shall I have Kristoff get his sleigh ready?" Merida asked.

"Yes, I'll need you and him as backup for this one," Anna told her.

xXx

A few hours later, the three of them arrived at the troll valley, the place where the dividing blade could be found.

"Anna!" Grand Pabbie called to them, "I came as soon as I could. Are you sure you wish to go through with this?"

"I'm certain, Grand Pabbie. Elsa is inside that monster, and I have to save her," Anna acknowledged.

Grand Pabbie sighed. "You do realise that monster will just kill you after you use the blade on her?"

"Yes, I do, which is why were going to stop her before she does," Anna answered.

"How?" Merida wondered.

Anna turned to Kristoff, "Kristoff, didn't you tell me once that the crystals around here were sharp enough to cut through anything?"

"Yeah, but why?" Kristoff inquired.

"Simple. As soon as I separate Elsa from the monster, Merida is gonna snipe the beast right in the eye with an arrow with one of the sharp crystals attached to it," Anna explained her plan.

"That is highly risky, Anna," Grand Pabbie advised.

"It's the only option we have, Pabbie," Anna replied.

"I agree, my arrows could take out that beastie no problem," Merida said.

"Very well, come with me," Grand Pabbie stated.

The three of them followed Grand Pabbie to a small pond. The old troll held out his hands and began to chant in a language only he would understand.

Anna and her friends watched as a large green blade floated out from under the waters of the pond. It had a large curved blade like a scimitar and the blade was covered in symbols from an ancient civilization, forgotten by the hands of time.

The blade floated towards Grand Pabbie, who passed it over to Anna.

Anna held the blade in her hands. "The writing looks Japanese."

"The blade was forged in the east, but I must warn you, if Elsa is affected by this blade, she will lose her powers entirely."

"I understand," Anna replied, knowing exactly what to do.

xXx

A few hours later, Kristoff's sleigh arrived at the arranged meeting point, Elsa's ice palace. Anna and Kristoff got out of of the sleigh, leaving Merida behind.

"Stay here, Meri. Wait for our signal," Anna told her.

Merida nodded and Anna and Kristoff headed into the ice palace.

"Help!" a voice called out to them.

Anna looked around and saw where the voice was coming from, "Olaf?"

"Over here!" the snowman cried. Olaf was hanging from the ceiling on a chain made of ice.

"Are you okay?" Anna asked.

"I've been better. That crazy monster lady that looks like Elsa tied me up like this!" Olaf exclaimed.

"I'll get him down, you get to the monster lady," Kristoff stated.

Anna nodded and made her way upstairs. She soon arrived on the second floor, gazing upon the monster, who was standing by the balcony.

"Princess Anna," the creature greeted her in her evil sultry voice, "you came."

Anna showed the Dividing Blade to the creature. "Here, I brought you the weapon, now you uphold your end of the bargain."

"Certainly, just come over here," the beast smirked.

Anna moved over to the creature, walking cautiously towards her.

"I assume that old troll told you the enchantment ritual?" the creature inquired.

"He did," Anna said. "I'll perform it now so we can get this over with."

Anna held out the blade to the creature, taking a deep breath and saying the mystic words, "Eien de hajimete' gen'in, ongaku ga arudeshou, hikari ga sonzai shimasu eien de hajimete, watashi wa yodōshi odoru koto ni narimasu"

The blade glowed a green hue, a soft humming sound emanating from it.

"Now you know what to do," the creature stated.

Anna nodded and held the blade over her head. She slashed the blade straight through the creature, a green wave of energy flashing before her eyes.

The creature's shape split in two, one remaining as the monster and the other taking the shape of Elsa.

"Anna?" Elsa said as she looked up. "Oh no."

Elsa tried to fire an ice blast at the creature, but no magic came out.

The creature held up its hand, an icy blue energy emanating from it. "Oh, I've so looked forward to this."

Anna looked at the monster, knowing that now was the moment, "Merida now!"

Down below at Kristoff's sleigh, Merida pulled her bow back and fired an arrow at the ice palace balcony. The arrow ricocheted from the ceiling of the second floor, slashing the monster in the face.

"Ahhhh!" the monster cried out, its vision impaired.

"Come on, Elsa!" Anna instructed her wife as she rushed over to her, picking her in her arms and racing downstairs with her.

The creature screamed and leaped after them in pursuit, it's plans foiled.

xXx

"Guys!" Anna called over to Kristoff, who had just freed Olaf from his prison.

"Anna! Elsa!" Kristoff said in relief. "Where's the monster?"

"Trying to kill us with a vengeance," Anna explained, "just get Elsa to safety."

"No..." Elsa weakly refused, "I can't leave you.."

"Elsa you're as weak as a kitten, you're no good to anyone, now just sit tight okay?" Anna told her sister.

Elsa sighed. "Fine, but be safe."

Anna gave Elsa to Kristoff and watched as her friends left the ice palace.

Suddenly, the ceiling above her crashed open and the beast, now with a very bloody face, landed behind Anna.

"I'm going to enjoy eviscerating you, Anna," the beast snarled.

"In your dreams, blue bitch," Anna replied, drawing the dividing blade in front of her.

The beast created an ice blade in her hands and rushed towards Anna, their blades connecting in a sharp clash.

Anna pushed the beast back and began to duel with her, their swords parrying and slashing.

The beast smirked and kicked Anna into a wall.

Anna grunted as she hit the wall, feeling grateful that she had her armour on this time.

"Admit it, Anna," the beast gloated, "you didn't have a fucking chance."

Anna stumbled to her feet. "Maybe I don't, but neither do you!"

Anna threw a punch at the creature, smacking her in the face.

Anna kept pummeling the creature, eventually tackling it out of the doors of the ice palace.

Anna and the beast tumbled out of the doors, rolling along the steps, rolling to the side of a nearby cliff.

"Anna!" Elsa cried out, seeing her sister in peril.

"No," Kristoff said, looking on at the scene before him.

The creature got up and held it's ice sword above Anna's head, ready to finish the job. "I've waited a long time for this."

Merida looked at her friend, realizing she had no chance. The young Scottish girl took a deep breath, praying for forgiveness for what she was about to do.

Merida rushed forward, screaming like a harpy. "This is for Punzie, you bitch!"

The beast did not have time to react as Merida tackled her from behind, grabbing her wings down and throwing them both of the cliff, the two of them plummeting to their deaths.

"Merida!" Anna cried.

"Oh gods," Elsa exclaimed.

Anna got to her feet and looked down, seeing nothing but a wintry fog below her. Nothing could have survived a fall from that height, not even the monster.

Anna turned around and walked towards the sleigh.

Elsa rushed towards Anna and hugged her tight.

"It's okay, Elsa, I'm here," Anna comforted her.

"She was a brave warrior, as are you," Elsa said.

"Let's never forget her sacrifice," Anna agreed.

Elsa held out her hand, still no ice magic coming from it. "Well, this is something I'll have to get used to."

"You'll manage Elsa, come on, let's go home."

Elsa nodded in agreement. "Yes, there's no place like home."

Author's note: There is an epilogue after this, but other than that this story is over. I hope you enjoyed reading it.