Chapter 11
Hey! I am glad that you liked the last chapter :D Thanks to all those reviews, I actially reached 112 (last time I checked) which is AMAZING my 25 chapter fic only had 107, and this is on chapter 10…. You all are beautiful people, and I can't say thank you enough!
On a different note, for those who don't know the significance of the pomegranate, it is part of a very famous myth…. I will try to explain it to you in 100 words or less.
Myth of Persephone
Persephone was a springtime goddess, who had a controlling mother. One day, the god Hades (god of the underworld) fell in love with her and kidnapped her into the underworld. Mother was very mad, and unfortunately, she had a lot of power, as she was Demeter, the goddess of plants and harvest. She made snow and ice fall all over the people's crops, killing them, and people began to starve (winter!). Soon Zeus saw that his followers were dying out and willed for Demeter's daughter back, but only if she didn't eat any food. Hades couldn't bear for his true love to leave, so he gives Persephone 6 pomegranate seeds. After she ate the food, she no longer could leave. Since the Gods hit desperate limits, they let Persephone out for 6 months per year, and she went to live with Hades for the rest of the year, explaining summer and winter.
(YAY!)
Definitions
Ichor – as defined before, the blood of the Gods
Aura – as defined before, it is like a mortal's cloud of immortality, capable of healing wounds, magic, and transportation. The stronger your aura, the stronger your power. It looks like if your skin is glowing, like a dim light is emitted from your skin
Thanks for all your support peeps! This fanfic is slowly drawing to a close, and I cannot express how grateful of the support you have given me (PS expect like a few more chappies, not ready to give up yet :D)
Jack strolled out of Asphodel and saw Hans standing near the gates with a smug grin on his face. Jack scowled, and walked ahead, willing Hans to follow him. Sure enough, Hans jogged to keep up.
"Hey what's up man?" Hans asked a twinge of annoyance
Jack scowled again "Elsa – I mean Lady Arendale, she's by the gates of the Underworld, fighting another Huntress"
"I thought we already met a Huntress, how many of them died anyways?"
"That was someone that gave us information; the big fish still needs frying"
Hans smirked "I guess she does, any who, the less Huntresses, the better for us you know"
Jack was ready to slice and dice Hans's ugly face into pieces "you know Hans – boy, maybe you'd want to treat them with more respect, since you had a baby with one"
Jack looked at Hans's shocked expression and smirked.
-OOO-
Elsa has been clinging swords with Zoella, her former best friend for… hours? Minutes? Days? Underworld time was very difficult to tell. Slowly, the serum that Zoella gave to her wore off, making her face the true horror of the underworld.
Elsa struggled to breathe, and to keep air in her lungs. With each step, it felt like needles piercing her skin. When she moved, she felt like a tin man with rusty limbs. The worst part of it was the air also made her hallucinate, and every few moments, a soul would float up to her and scream in her late loved one's voices. First it was Anna, then her childhood friend Punzel, and the tortured voices of her parents.
Zoella might've felt them too, as whenever the souls came to visit, she would strike ten times harder, wearing a maniacal expression that made Elsa cringe every time she saw it.
"Elssie, darling, ready to give up?" Crackled Zoella "I'll make your death tolerable if you just surrender,
Elsa looked at her with remorseful eyes "never" she spat, eyeing her former friend with hatred and sadness in her eyes. She could feel her legs shake, and her arms wobble. She was ready to strike, ready to give it her all, but in her heart, Elsa knew she was fighting a losing battle.
Zoella was already dead, and she was in her comfort zone. She could magically reheal herself, no matter how deep the wound was. She did that many times, so many that Elsa's own Huntress Aura stopped working. The underworld was affecting her too much, only one outcome was clear to her; Elsa Arendale was going to die
Then, she flashed in anger. She was not going to die in the hands of Zoella. She had to get it together. She loved and was loved, and one critic was not going to break her. She felt a tug in herself, something that she tried to hide for ages, but now she welcomed with open arms.
'if I am going to die, at least let me die in a flurry' she thinks with a hint of a smile.
As if her powers heard her voice, a snowflake branched out from her feet, surrounding Megara and herself in a big icy bowl. She felt like a huge burden was lifted off her chest.
'If I'm going to die, then this is how I want to die' Elsa thinks with a twinge of pride in herself. Megara, on the other hand, didn't look happy at all, and she looks around and screeches "You FREAK" (Harry Potter anyone?)
Funny thing was, Elsa didn't care anymore, she grabbed her sword and pounced, powered by the little bit of adrenaline from her powers. Elsa struck Megara's sword at a force that the former Head of Hunt didn't expect, and it caused the blade to tilt to the flat side.
When Zoella countered back, Elsa just stood there, smirking at Zoella's expression as the blade hit Elsa's side with the flat side, causing no damage. Elsa, then went old school, kicked the sword out of Zoella's hands and took out a small dagger. She brought it up to Zoella's neck, causing her to squirm a bit.
Elsa was ready to go away from the Underworld. All she wanted for Zoella to do was tell her the nearest exit. But then suddenly a breaking sound came from the ice, and suddenly, Zoella's eyes rolled back into her sockets, and blood dripped from her neck.
Elsa looked surprised and took this chance to crane her neck to the back of Zoella's neck amazed to find an arrow, shot messily into the small of Zoella's neck by Hans. Confused, Elsa quickly got up, and pushed Zoella's soul/body/spirit or whatever it was off her body, and wobbled to one of the walls of ice bowl.
Then her eyes widened, the ice that she created almost second ago was melting away in a perfect circle. The ice slowly gave away to let her see the smirking face of Jack Frost, the Head of Hunt for the Hunters.
"Nice Swordplay, Snowflake, care to duel me sometime?" Jack asks in a quirky tone
Elsa shakily nodded, and Jack's eyes immediately lit up. Elsa looks at his pure blue eyes and then, something in her snaps. Years and years of distaste towards men deteriorated as she wrapped her arms around him giving him a hug.
Jack was in heaven. As a hunter, human interaction was foreign to him, and when Elsa's skinny arms wrapped around his muscular and toned body, he melted into a pure state of bliss. Elsa felt it too, and the couple stayed in together for a while, until Elsa suddenly pulled away, after felling something sticky on Jack's back.
She drew her arm away and saw blood and ichor dripping down her fingers. She jumped back and saw that Jack was no longer responsive, and when she stepped back, Jack slumped onto the floor, unconscious. Overhead, Hans held the sword that was previously held in Zoella's hand, dripping in Ichor, Jack's Ichor.
Elsa looked up, absolute hatred in her eyes. This was the end of her rope, first she battles her best friend for days on end, no food, no water, with emotional and physical pain nipping at her heels, and now, Hans, that same guy that tried to assault her, killed the one joyous moment she had. Hans better have worn a full fat suit and amour, because Elsa definitely was not kidding around this time.
OK Hans, prepare to have your butt kicked, I have a pretty epic chapter (if I do say so myself) prepared! Elsa is going to cream Hans, lol so excited :D I'm sorry if this is getting slightly repetitive, but Hans's fight is going to be very short and we get to hear his side of the story (its not going to be a touchin story because he is a pathetic excuse for a man)
So Jack now knows about Elsa's strange power, but Elsa is still not enlightened about if Jack has his. Let's hope all works out nicely in the end right?
So stay tuned everyone!
Love, PomPom