CHAPTER 11
SLAM CUT TO: EXT. ICE PALACE — DAY
[The giant snowman holds Anna and Kristoff by the scruff of their necks in one hand and Olaf in the other.]
ANNA: Stop. Put us down!
OLAF (to the giant snowman): You are a lot stronger than I think you realize.
"I think he realizes..." Anna murmured.
[The giant snowman tosses Kristoff and Anna down the steps.]
THE GIANT SNOWMAN (like a bouncer): Go away!
[Anna and Kistoff slide past Sven, who's got his tongue stuck to the ice railing.]
"Oh, that is so cute!" Anna sighed enthusiastically at the reindeer. Sven snorted indignantly.
OLAF: Olaf's head smashes into a snowbank nearby.
ANNA: Olaf!
OLAF: Watch out for my butt!
"That's not something you hear everyday," Kristoff whispered to Sven.
[Anna and Kristoff duck as the rest of Olaf slams into the snowbank. The giant snowman turns to go back into the castle. Incensed, Anna tries to march back up the stairs.]
ANNA: It is not nice to throw people!
[Kristoff grabs her, pulls her back.]
KRISTOFF: All right feisty pants. Calm down. Woaw. Just let the snow man be.
People laughed slightly at Anna's righteous fury.
ANNA: Let me at him. I want to get him. I... Okay. I'm Calm.
[Anna backs down...for a moment. Then she grabs a snowball and throws it at the giant snowman. The tiny little ball hits The Giant Snowman's back, not making even the slightest dent. But it's enough to infuriate him. He ROARS. Spikes shoot out of his joints.]
Kristoff winced. If that snowball hurt half as much as Anna's shoe had then the Giant Snowman's anger was completely justified.
KRISTOFF: Uh-oh. Now you made him mad!
OLAF: ...I'll distract him. You guys go.
[Kristoff pushes Anna along. Sven runs off in the opposite direction. Olaf's belly and butt fall and follow Sven.]
OLAF: No, no, not you guys.
"Don't you control your legs?" A villager asked Olaf curiously. "How can they run off without your permission? Do they have a separate brain to your head? But wait, you don't have a brain..." The villager trailed off, deep in thought.
"It turns out you don't need one!" Olaf exclaimed happily.
[The giant snowman goes charging after Anna and Kristoff as Olaf's head falls and lands face down in snow.]
OLAF (muffled): This just got a whole lot harder.
[Anna and Kristoff leap and slide down a steep slope. They tumble to a stop at the bottom just as the giant snowman lands hard right behind them. They're off again...through a maze of conifers that sag under the weight of the snow, the giant snowman hot on their trail.]
KRISTOFF: This way!
[Anna grabs a branch of a sagging trees and releases all of the snow. The tree snaps upright, knocking the giant snowman back.]
"Yes!" Anna exclaims and high-fived Elsa.
"Nice," Kristoff commented idly. She just impressed him more every minute.
KRISTOFF (impressed): Ho-ho-ho!
ANNA: I got him!
[Anna and Kristoff burst out of the conifer forest and almost run right off a cliff. They stop short, toes on the edge.]
"That was close," Anna sighed in relief. She hoped she'd never fall of a cliff like that.
KRISTOFF: Whoa, stop!
ANNA: It's a hundred foot drop.
KRISTOFF: It's two hundred.
"How could you possibly know that?" Anna protested.
"Experience," Kristoff answered with a triumphant smirk.
[Kristoff ties the rope around Anna and pulls tight.]
ANNA: Ow.
"Sorry," Kristoff mumbled automatically. Anna smiled slightly at him.
[He drops to his knees and starts digging a u-shape in the snow with a pick axe.]
ANNA: What's that for?
KRISTOFF: I'm digging a snow anchor.
ANNA (not trusting): Okay. What if we fall?
KRISTOFF: There's twenty feet of fresh powder down there; it'll be like landing on a pillow... Hopefully.
"That doesn't sound like a real thing," Erik commented skeptically.
[They hear an angry ROAR coming closer.]
KRISTOFF: Okay, Anna. On three.
[Anna preps for the jump like a boxer getting ready to fight.]
ANNA: Okay. You tell me when...
KRISTOFF: One...
ANNA: ...I'm ready to go...
KRISTOFF: Two...
ANNA (pumped up): ...I was BORN ready! Yes!
Elsa smirked at Anna fondly as people laughed again.
KRISTOFF: Calm down.
Elsa grinned in amusement at Kristoff's absentminded reply. He was already used to her sisters antics. She then caught herself and frowned. How could she be smiling? She was going to hurt Anna in the future.
[A huge tree flies through the air toward them.]
ANNA: Three!
[Anna jumps and pulls Kristoff over the edge with her. They hang upside down over the cliff by the rope. The rope catches their fall.]
KRISTOFF: Whoa! That happened.
There was more laughter.
[Back up top, Olaf emerges from the woods. He's a complete mess, all his body parts are in the wrong places. He huffs and puffs, struggling to run.]
OLAF: Ah. Ah. Man, am I out of shape.
[He stops. Puts his body back together in the right order.]
"Oh I get it!" Someone exclaims.
OLAF: There we go. Hey, Anna! Sven! Where'd ya guys go? We totally lost Marshmallow back there!
[The giant snowman steps up behind Olaf. Olaf turns to face him.]
OLAF (happily): Hey. We were just talking about you. All good things, all good things.
[The giant snowman roars and approaches Kristoff's snow anchor.]
OLAF: No!
[Olaf jumps onto the giant snowman's leg trying to stop him, but not making much of a difference.]
"That is one brave snowman," Erik said with a nod.
OLAF: This is not making much of a difference!
[The giant snowman flicks Olaf off his leg and right over the cliff.]
OLAF: AAHH!
[Olaf passes Anna and Kristoff.]
ANNA: Olaf!
OLAF: Hang in there, guys!
"Olaf! No!" Anna yelled at the screen.
"I'm right here," Olaf said with a confused expression. "Can you not see me?" He then turned to Elsa. "Can she not see me?"
[The giant snowman starts yanking Kristoff and Anna's rope up.]
ANNA: Wait, what?
[Kristoff's head hits the cliff.]
KRISTOFF: Aargghh!
[Kristoff passes out and hangs like a rag doll.]
Sven gave Kristoff a sarcastic look that said 'Very heroic'. Kristoff scowled at his reindeer.
ANNA: Kristoff! WHOA!
THE GIANT SNOWMAN: Don't come back!
ANNA (grossed out by his snow breath): Ugh. We won't.
[Anna whips out a knife and cuts the rope. Kristoff comes to just as they fall. They both SCREAM! SLAM! Anna opens her eyes to find herself buried up to her shoulders in the soft thick snow. She laughs.]
ANNA: Hey, you were right. Just like a pillow.
"I can't believe that's a real thing," Erik murmured with a frown.
[She looks up to see Olaf's upper half hanging onto Kristoff's boots, which are sticking out of the snow.]
OLAF (shaking the boots): I can't feel my legs! I can't feel my legs!
[Suddenly, Kristoff's head pops up. He spits out snow.]
KRISTOFF: Those are my legs.
"Classic gag," a villager said with a chuckle.
[Olaf's bottom goes running by.]
OLAF (to Kristoff): Ooh. Hey, do me a favor, grab my butt.
A little boy sniggered and his mother shot him a look.
[Kristoff grabs Olaf's head and puts it on his body.]
OLAF: Oh, that feels better.
[Sven walks up and sniffs Olaf's nose.]
OLAF: Hey, Sven!
"How did Sven get down there?" Erik asked and Kristoff shrugged.
[Olaf turns to Anna and Kristoff just as Sven goes to bite off his nose - and misses.]
OLAF: He found us. (to Sven, funny voice) Who's my cute little reindeer?
KRISTOFF: Don't talk to him like that.
[Kristoff goes over to help Anna, who is stuck in the snow.]
KRISTOFF: Here.
[He lifts her out easily.]
ANNA (impressed): Whoa!
Kristoff smirked, glad that he had impressed her for once. Anna couldn't help but marvel slightly at Kristoff's strength.
KRISTOFF: You okay?
ANNA: Thank you.
[They meet eyes.]
Elsa couldn't help but think that her sister and the reindeer man go together quite well.
ANNA: ...Um... How's your head?
[She touches the spot where he banged his head.]
KRISTOFF (in pain): Ah! Ooh!
"Sorry," Anna said automatically like Kristoff had done earlier.
[He catches himself. Waves off the pain with a giggle.]
KRISTOFF: I mean, It's fine. Ah...I'm good. Ha. I've got a thick skull.
OLAF: I don't have a skull... Or bones.
"I have wooden arms," he commented in a typical Olaf fashion.
KRISTOFF ...So...
[The awkwardness is killing him.]
KRISTOFF (shy): Now what?
Sven gave Kristoff another knowing look. Those looks were starting to seriously annoy him. What did Sven think he knew that Kristoff apparently didn't?
ANNA (shy): Now what? (then...panicking) Now what?! Oh! What am I gonna do? She threw me out. I can't go back to Arendelle with the weather like this. And then there's your ice business-
KRISTOFF: Hey, hey, don't worry about my ice business...(noticing something) Worry about your hair?!
[She thinks he means it looks bad. She smooths it down.]
ANNA: What? I just fell off a cliff. You should see your hair.
KRISTOFF: No, yours is turning white.
[She grabs her braid as a tendril turns white.]
Elsa's hands flew to her mouth. Oh, what had she done?
ANNA: White? It's what?
KRISTOFF: It's because she struck you; isn't it?
ANNA: Does it look bad?
"That's what you're worrying about right now?" Kristoff asked incredulously.
KRISTOFF (thinking):...No.
[Olaf's head pops up. He's holding his head up off his body to join the conversation.]
OLAF: You hesitated.
Kristoff scowled at the snowman.
KRISTOFF: No, I didn't. Anna, you need help. Now, come on.
[He heads towards the sunset. Sven and Olaf follow.]
OLAF: Okay! Where are we going?
KRISTOFF: To see my friends.
Kristoff's eyes widened. He was taking her to his family. He had never taken anyone to his family before.
ANNA (catching up): The love experts?
OLAF: Love experts?!
KRISTOFF: Yes. And don't worry; they'll be able to fix this.
ANNA: How do you know?
[He looks her over, remembering the moment he saw the trolls heal her as a child.]
KRISTOFF:...Because I've seen them do it before.
Now everyone else was realizing that Kristoff meant the trolls.
[As they round the bend, the sun sets and Olaf turns to Sven.]
OLAF: I like to consider myself a love expert.
Some people laughed weakly at Olaf's comment but people were finding it hard to be cheerful while their beloved princess was in such danger.
INT. ELSA'S PALACE — DAY
[Elsa paces, distraught. She talks to herself.]
ELSA (mantra-style): Get it together. Control it. Don't feel. Don't feel. Don't FEEL!
[She hears ice cracking. Stops. Looks around. She's left a sharp wake of ice spikes behind her on the floor. They grow up the wall, taking over the castle.]
Elsa was starting to feel the panic growing in her just like her future self. She almost flinched when a hand suddenly grabbed hers. She looked to her side and saw Erik watching her worriedly. It had been so long since she had human contact and she felt she should pull away but she just...she liked holding hands with Erik. It was comforting. She gave him a slight smile and he squeezed her hand. Maybe she wasn't such a monster if Erik would still touch her after he saw what she would do in the future. He was right before; she should wait till the end of the movie before she made judgements about herself.
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