AutumnEve: Plot twists, you ask? I have some in mind. I hope you enjoy them as I unveil them.

BlackIris: Actually so far, I haven't planned anymore Pitch/Elsa bits as this is not that kind of story as it will focus more on Jack and Elsa's relationship.

Whisper: I was going to but I have something else in mind now.

Nico Di Angelo101: Managed to get a nice sleep in this morning, it was lush =) but studying took that all from me =( I hate studying. Stupid exams.

WickedMagic: Hope this is more of what you wanted! Glad you have enjoyed what I have put in so far.

olimacproductions: I know what you mean.

Chapter 11: Something Is Afoot In Arendelle

Elsa was in the library. She was currently on a break from her work and she had decided to spend it in the best way she knew how. Nothing, in her mind beat a decent book. She loved imagining new worlds and new people. She turned to the last page in her book and read the last few paragraphs. She closed the book softly. That was it? She thought. She felt a little cheated with the way it ended. It didn't answer any of her questions or any of the missing plot holes. Elsa wondered if maybe there was a sequel out. She placed it gently back where she had found it earlier that day and then thumbed along the rest of the spines looking for the next one. Elsa bit her lip as she continued along the row. It didn't look as if it was here. Maybe it was just one of those books where the reader wants you to come up with your own answers. Well if that was the case then the reader was just kidding themselves.

"What are you looking for so intensively?" came a voice from beside her.

Elsa jumped a little in fright. Clutching her heart, she saw that it was Jack who had spoken. Jack had one hand leaning against the bookcase and he was giving Elsa a very flirtatious look.

"I am looking for the next book in a series," Elsa explained, "but somehow I don't think there is."

"So what's the book about?"

"A woman is forced into marriage by her heartless Father and she ends up having affairs with countless men and in the end she gets pregnant and we don't know who the Father is."

"Sounds very Jane Austin."

"It is nothing like Jane Austin!" Elsa flared up. "She actually gives a good read and when do you know about her?"

"My Mum likes to read her," Jack mumbled.

"I think I will give Pride and Prejudice another read," Elsa said curtly taking the book off the shelf. "Since we're talking about Jane Austin."

Jack gave a groan. "I can't stand all those Bennetts and Darcys and Bingleys."

Elsa shot him a look but she didn't say anything. She took a step backwards from the bookcase but she didn't notice the chair that was right behind her.

"Look out!" Jack shouted.

Jack's warning came too late. Elsa tripped over the chair and almost landed in a heap on the floor if Jack's hand didn't shoot out and grab hers.

"Nice catch," Elsa said.

"Indeed," Jack pulled her up in one flourish and Elsa was suddenly in his arms.

Jack leaned in and brushed his lips against Elsa's. Elsa wrapped her arms around his neck while Jack wrapped his around her waist. Jack kissed her jawline and her neck while Elsa let out a moan of pleasure. Suddenly they heard footsteps and Jack and Elsa quickly broke apart. Jack just had enough time to sit at the table and pick up a random book while Elsa resumed her looking at the bookcase. Only a few seconds later did Kristoff come into the room. He stopped when he saw the scene. Elsa then noticed that Jack was reading a book that he wouldn't normally be reading. Elsa hoped that Kristoff wouldn't put two and two together and come up with the fact that Elsa and Jack had been fooling around.

"Kristoff, hello," Elsa said in a cherry voice to her brother-in-law. "What can I do for you?"

"Oh, hello Elsa," he said. "Anna is looking for you."

"Did she say why?"

"She wants to see you about something," Kristoff explained. "I don't know. She didn't exactly tell me."

"Ok, okay," Elsa then swept out of the room.

Elsa found Anna in the nursery bouncing baby Heidi up and down. Anna was giving Heidi a cuddle when Elsa walked in.

"Hey," Elsa said.

"Hey big sis," Anna said picking up her daughter and walking over to Elsa.

"Kristoff said you wanted to see me about something."

"Yeah, listen," Anna took a seat in the rocking chair that was in the room. Heidi curled up on Anna's chest and went to straight to sleep. "Are you okay? I feel as if you've been a little distracted these last few weeks."

"Yeah, everything is fine," Elsa said. This was actually the truth. Everything that had been bothering Elsa was no longer there. However Anna may have a point about her being distracted. She kind of has with Jack recently.

"Okay," Anna said brightly stroking Heidi's head. "But if something is preying on your mind-"

"Nothing is Anna," Elsa said. "You don't need to worry about me. All you need to worry about is those three terrors you have unleashed onto the world."

"That is true," Anna said grinning.

Kristoff watched as Elsa left the room. He turned his attention back to Jack who was reading a book at the nearby table. Kristoff had a feeling that Jack wasn't really reading the book at all, that he was only pretending he was to make it look like he was doing something and not something he shouldn't.

"Um, Sir Jackson?" Kristoff said.

"Yeah?" Jack looked up.

"Pride and Prejudice? Really?"

Jack checked the cover of the book he was reading. A small look of horror, so brief that Kristoff barely caught it in time, crossed his face.

"Yes," Jack said firmly. "I like the strong female characters."

"Okay," Kristoff said, not believing a word that Jack was saying. "I'll leave you to it then."

Kristoff walked off back to his room. He sat down on the large double bed which he shared with his wife. He ran his fingers through his hair, thinking. He had definitely walked in on something but the thing is what did he walk in on? There was something suspicious in the way that Jack was eyeing Elsa, also Kristoff thought there had been something very odd in the way that Jack was covering up. He was clearly not reading the book. That book was something that Elsa liked to read, it wasn't something that Sir Jackson Frost would read or at least something that Kristoff thought that he wouldn't want to read. There was something not right about the whole thing which he couldn't place his finger on. Something had happened right before he came in, was it an argument perhaps? No, Kristoff shook his head. If there had been an argument, Kristoff saw no trace of it. Neither one of them looked upset or angry. Some kind of secret conversation then? But what would be so secret that Elsa would hide from her sister and her brother-in-law? Surely Elsa wouldn't hide anything from them or would she? Would she really hide something important? Kristoff was sure that since the whole eternal winter incident, Elsa shared everything with Anna. Maybe Kristoff didn't know as Elsa had sworn Anna to privacy but Kristoff and Anna shared everything. Surely Elsa didn't want Anna to be keeping things from her own husband, a man who Anna trusted beyond everyone else. Elsa did know that she could trust Kristoff with anything. That took Kristoff right back to his original problem; what could be so secretive that Elsa would hide it from her own sister? Did have to do with Arendelle and Elsa didn't want Anna to worry? Kristoff didn't think so. There was some kind of look that Elsa and Sir Jackson had shared. Something that didn't say national security, something that had been along the lines of some little secret that they alone shared. Kristoff was pretty intrigued with it all. What could be so secretive? He kept wondering. He didn't know.

Kristoff had been so intrigued in his own thoughts that he didn't realise that Anna had come into the room. He didn't realise until he felt her warm soft hands wrap themselves around his chest and felt her lips against his cheek. Kristoff gave a small start and smiled when he turned around to face Anna. He gave her a small kiss on the lips and took Anna's hand in his own.

"So Heidi is down for her nap," Anna said.

"Oh good," Kristoff gave Anna's hand a small kiss.

"You seem awfully quiet," Anna observed.

"Just thinking."

"About?"

Carefully, Kristoff explained what he had witness earlier. Anna bit her lip as she thought.

"Could be anything," Anna said. "I've talked to Elsa, to see if everything is fine and she said it is so I think it could just be nothing. I mean I've had similar suspicions about Elsa hiding something but she has reassured me that nothing is wrong and I have no reason to doubt her word."

"Hmm okay," Kristoff said.

Anna gave Kristoff one final kiss on the cheek before she raced off. Kristoff couldn't help but think that Elsa was holding something back from her sister which concerned Kristoff quite deeply. He thought that there was nothing between them, he guessed he had just been proven wrong.

Bunnymund was walking through the castle looking for Queen Elsa. He was on her personal security today. Elsa liked a modest personal security as she hated that feeling of being watched all the time and she felt like the soldiers had better things to do than to watch her sign document after document but the advisors had insisted that someone keep an eye on her at all times. They kept pushing that something was going to happen to her majesty and despite Elsa saying that she can take care of herself (which Bunnymund actually agreed on as Elsa had her own icy powers that could freeze any intruder) the advisors had kept pushing. They always used the line 'Not everyone wishes her majesty safe like we do'. She had finally agreed on a small private security that would just keep their distance and one eye on her just to satisfy the advisors. Although nothing had ever happened, Bunnymund could tell that Elsa liked the company. Sometimes Bunnymund would talk to Elsa about what was going on the kingdom. Bunnymund got the feeling that Elsa felt quite alone despite having a warm family by her side. He always looked forward to their conversations, although today, something different happened.

Bunnymund eventually found Queen Elsa in her study doing important Queen documents. He had been looking for her for several minutes. Kai had told him that she was in her room which obviously had been untrue. He had looked in the nursery to see if she was with her niece, looked to see if she was in council before finally finding her in the study where she was working. She looked up when Bunnymund entered the room and the guard who had previous been on duty left the room after giving Elsa a bow and Bunnymund a small salute. Bunnymund walked over to Elsa and took off his hat that went with his uniform.
"So you're stuck with me today are you?" she asked Bunnymund in almost a joking manner.

"I wouldn't call it 'being stuck' milady," replied Bunnymund. He rather enjoyed Queen Elsa's company. She could be quite fun and adventurous when she wanted to. Besides, he loved learning about the kingdom and what was going on with her.

"Well whatever you call it, you are," Elsa said shuffling her documents together and checking if they were in the right order.

"So what are you working on today, your majesty?"

"The visit from Sweden," Elsa was checking through the documents now making sure everything was there. "They have accepted and will be here in a month."

"A month is not a very long time for preparation."

"No it isn't," sighed Elsa.

"The boy, Prince Nathanial, are people hoping you will marry him to forge an alliance between Arendelle and Sweden?"

"Not that it's any of your business but the answer is indeed yes."

Bunnymund hesitated on his next question. "May I ask her majesty a personal question?"

"You may but whether or not I answer is an entirely different matter."

"Are you in love with someone else? Is that why you constantly turn down suitors?"

Elsa opened her mouth to speak, probably to dismiss Bunnymund right then and there for asking such a question but the door opened and Kai came into the room. He bowed to his Queen. Bunnymund felt quite relieved at the interruption.

"Ah Kai," Elsa said suddenly recovering from the shock that was Bunnymund's question. She then held out some of the documents she had been working on. "Take these to Anton please."

"Very good milady," Kai took the documents before exiting the room.

There was a small awkward of silence that engulfed the room since Kai's leaving. Bunnymund stared at the floor while Elsa pretended to read her next document. Bunnymund decided to break the silence.

"I'm sorry your majesty, it is not right for me to ask such a-"

"Yes," Elsa said interrupting Bunnymund.

Bunnymund quickly changed his shocked expression to something a bit more presentable. Did Queen Elsa just admit that she was in love with someone? Did she really just do that? Bunnymund quickly recovered.

"May I ask why you are not together?" Bunnymund asked treading carefully around her.

"He is not royal or nobility."

"So?" Bunnymund said very simply.

"I will not further discuss things that are not your concern Sir Bunnymund," Elsa snapped quite suddenly.

"Yes, of course, I'm sorry your majesty," Bunnymund apologised. "It's just hard for me to accept when to people who are obviously in love not to be together."

Elsa didn't say anything to this. She looked down at her work and continued working. She didn't say anything further to Bunnymund and for the next several moments there was an unbearable silence that filled the air. Bunnymund knew he had overstepped and crossed some line. He decided it would be best to leave Elsa alone; she was clearly absorbed in her thoughts.

"I'll leave you to it then," Bunnymund said finally breaking the silence.

Elsa gave him a small smile. She seemed grateful for Bunnymund for not pressing the subject as it was clearly a sensitive subject to her.

"I do have a lot of work to do."

Bunnymund gave her a kiss on the hand and as he did he smelled a familiar smell. There was something about the perfume on Queen Elsa's hand, something very familiar indeed but Bunnymund couldn't quite put his finger on it. Why was Queen Elsa's perfume familiar too him? Bunnymund didn't know.

"My Queen," Bunnymund said before he departed the room.

He knew he shouldn't be leaving Queen Elsa as it was his job to stay with her but he had crossed some line. Queen Elsa had just admitted to him that she was in love with someone and that Bunnymund knew that pushing it caused her some distress. However there was the other matter. That perfume, he still couldn't place it. Bunnymund figured that he would be thinking about it for a while now. Maybe he was just overthinking things, maybe he was smelling the same perfume she was always wearing but Bunnymund had a sneaking suspicion that he hadn't smelled it on Elsa. Did he smell it on someone else? Is that what he was trying to remember?

A memory was slowly coming back to him but Bunnymund had a pretty useless memory at times and this was one of those times. Bunnymund let out an exasperated groan. This was going to annoy him for ages now.

Pitch was in his cabin. He was going over some final plans of his proposal. If all goes well, he will have the army he needed. Pitch looked out his cabin window. He had never been to this place. He didn't know anyone who had. It was a place that wasn't really talked about anymore. Nobody really even went there either. Well not since the glorious victory of King Klaus VI who just happened to be Queen Elsa's grandfather. Pitch didn't have the details of what went on but apparently King Klaus VI did quite a bit of damage, damage enough to send the King of the time, King Diederik XI, real in horror and was forced to remain in his crumbling empire which King Klaus VI had been responsible for.

Pitch just hoped they were in a position to give him what he wanted. He could see the sun starting to set. Pitch could see darkness starting to take over the daytime. Pitch decided he would put his proposal to rest for now. He would continue with it in the morning. Pitch rolled up all his documents and he put them in his trunk before getting ready for bed.

Bunnymund crawled into bed that night. He had been quite tired. Jack had put them through their paces that day. He had put them through several drills that had been quite long and painful. He welcomed his bed when he saw it. He slowly got changed and then he climbed into bed. He had weird dreams of some random things that kept popping in and out. He was sure that there was something to do with Jack and perfume but Bunnymund didn't know what his brain was trying to tell him. His brain was telling him random, unconnected things. Bunnymund was getting confused by what was going on in his head. He decided to let it all go and just go with it.

That was when Bunnymund sat straight up in bed. He didn't care if he was so exhausted, he couldn't move. He didn't care if it was the middle of the night. He had just realised what his brain had been trying to tell him. He had figured out why the perfume he had smelled on Elsa smelled familiar. He had finally remembered where he had smelled it before. He had finally realised who he had smelled it on.

It had been Jack.

A/N: I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter. Please review =)