Chapter12-Anemic
Elsa slowly opened her eyes, her vision fuzzy and her head aching dully. "Ugh, my head. Where am I?" She slowly sat up, hearing chains rattle. "Wha?" She moved the blanket and saw that her hands were cuffed and chained to the floor. "What the hell?!" She glared at the cuffs and walked as far as she could to see out the window. There was at least 5 feet of water diluted blood on the ground. "Oh, look at that," she smirked.
The cell door opened and Hans walked in, setting lantern down on the small bench by the door. "Elsa," he crossed his arms and walked to her. "Is this space familiar to you? It should be. You spent your childhood here."
Elsa didn't dignify his presence by looking at him. "It's quite nice to be in this peaceful, relaxing room again. Though for the life of me I can't figure out why you brought me here."
"To stop the flood of blood. If you could do that and give back the land-"
"Shut up. I don't want to nor do I care to. And what makes you think that even captured, I would listen to a word that comes out of your deceitful, disgraceful mouth? I have better things to do than cater to the needs of someone trying not only to overthrow me but also kill me." She turned her dark red eyes to him. "And I won't make you look like the hero you're trying to portray yourself as. You can have fun trying to explain to everyone why I didn't bother listening to you." She sat down on the thin mattress of the cell bed. "You may leave my presence now, Hans."
"Queen Elsa, where is Princess Anna?"
Elsa scoffed, rolling her eyes and laying down on her stomach. "Like I care. If she froze to death in the cold or died from the impact of her spine hitting the wall of my palace, I wouldn't care either way. I'm better off without her."
Hans sighed and left the room. He walked to the meeting room of Arendelles castle, where the ambassadors of France, Weselton, Germany and Russia were waiting. He informed the others that Elsa refused to reverse her curse and that she didn't know or care where Princess Anna was. "I'm going back out to look for her."
"You can't go out there again," French ambassador Duvé protested.
"If anything happens to her-" Hans started.
"If anything should happen to you, you are all Arendelle has left," Weselton Duke Filié shook his head.
Just then, Anna was carried in by servants, pale and half conscious. "Hans, you, you have to kiss me," she stuttered as she was laid on the couch. The other ambassadors raised their eyebrows, following Filié as he left the room. The servants left as well to give them privacy.
"You're so pale and thin. What happened?"
"Elsa struck me with her powers."
Hans paused a moment, concealing his inner joy. "But you said she'd never hurt you."
Anna shook her head and wrapped her cloak around herself. "I was wrong. She cursed my blood and only an act of true love can save me."
"A true loves kiss," Hans muttered. He blinked, seeing Anna make a kissy face. He took her chin in his hand, went to kiss her but started laughing.
Anna blinked, confused. "Why are you laughing?"
"Oh Anna, if only there were someone out there who loved you," he walked away from her and to the side table by the couch in the room.
"What? But you said you did…"
Hans stood by the window, looking to the kingdom that was flooding slowly, closing the curtains as he walked from the window. "As 13th in line in my own kingdom, I knew I'd have to marry into the throne somewhere. As heir to the throne, Elsa was preferable. But no one was getting anywhere with her." He walked to the fireplace, picking up the pitcher of water on the little table nearby.
Anna, taking after her sister, rolled her eyes. "Don't blame Elsa for your weak ass game, assdouche" she returned the stab he gave her.
Hans scowled at Anna. "A game, need I remind you, that you fell for. You were so desperate for love you were willing to marry me just like that." He put out the flames in the fireplace. "At first when we got married I thought I'd have to stage a little accident for Elsa. But then she doomed herself and you were dumb enough to go after her." Anna tried to stand to hit him but only succeeded in falling on the floor. "All that's left now is to kill Elsa and save the land."
Anna propped herself up on her elbows. "You're no match for Elsa."
He took her face in his hand and looked at her with cruel emerald green eyes. "No, you're no match for Elsa. I however, am the hero who's going to save Arendelle from destruction."
"You won't…get away with this…" Anna replied weakly.
"Oh, I already have," Hans smirked as he closed the door behind him and locked it.
"No…Help…" Anna crawled to the door and tried desperately to open it. "Help..Someone…Please…"
Hans walked out to meet the ambassadors in the other room, looking forlorn and heartbroken. "Princess Anna…is dead…" 'Time to milk this play for all it's worth.'
"What?!" Filié exclaimed. "what happened?" He ushered Hans over to a chair and sat him down.
"She was killed…by Queen Elsa…" He hunched over with a hand on his knee, looking to the floor with a blank and grieving expression. "At least we got to say our marriage vows," he close chis eyes, "before she died in my arms."
Filié frowned, his eyebrows dropping into an angry position. "There can be no doubt now. Queen Elsa is a monster and must be stopped."
Ambassador Duvé nodded. "Prince Hans, Arendelle looks to you.
He sighed heavily, keeping up his wounded charade. "It is with a heavy heart that I charge Queen Elsa of Arendelle with treason and sentence her to death."
Back in Elsas cell, She was staring through the window on the door at one of the guards. She was concentrating on moving his body without using her hands. So far, she had made him take a few steps. With an exhale, she finally broke through and gained full control of his body. She forced him to unlock the door, come in and unlock her hands. She took the hooded cape from his back and ran off, locking him inside in her place. She ran through the back way of the castle, breaking out a window and escaping into the late afternoon horizon. 'No one is going to keep me locked away like a common criminal.' Elsa ran off back toward her palace, amazed that her powers kept her on the surface of the cursed water.
Hans ran to the cel but he was too late. Elsa had already escaped. He opened the door to the cell and discovered a guard, weak and pale, crawling toward him on the floor. Hans kicked the man and swiveled around. "Search the castle! she couldn't have gone too far!"
Back with Anna, she was huddled on the floor, using her strength to kick the door. A servant heard the kicks and opened the door, seeing Anna laying on the floor. She picked up the princess and got her to the fire. "Princess, are you okay? Wait, stupid question." She rushed to light a fire in the fireplace to warm the princess. "But Hans said you were dead…" She muttered. The servant recalled hearing Anna talk about an act of true love saving her. "What happened to the act of true love?"
"Hans…doesn't love me…" Anna weakly replied.
"Are there any other acts of true love you can think of?"
"I don't even know what love is."
"Well I do. Love is...putting someone else's needs before yours. Like how that blonde young man brought you here, even though he looked like he didn't want to let you go even though he had to leave you behind and not look back." She stood and went to open the curtains on the window. "Oh? Looks like that young man who brought you here is rushing back, really fast."
Anna blinked. "Kristoff, loves me? Help me up."
"No Princess you have to stay here where it's safe and warm."
"Help me get to him, that's an order." Anna insisted. The servant stared for a minute before she understood and carried Anna out. They reached the imposed shoreline and the servant went to look for a small boat to carry them. She returned, rowing up to Anna a few minutes later. The sun was setting and soon the servant found she couldn't row anymore, as the cursed water was suddenly solidifying. "Can't you get any farther?"
"I'm afraid not Princess. The water has turned solid and I can't get any further. You will have to continue on foot."
"Fine," Anna clambered out and began walking on foot.
Elsa walked briskly along the surface of the cursed water, never ceasing to be amazed by her powers. She was scowling, wishing there was something to make her return to solitude. She blinked and stopped, recalling the times she made it rain blood. "I can do it again by will." She held her hands above her head as she walked, focusing on manifesting blood in the air and making it rain down. Within a few minutes, there was blood rain falling upon the kingdom. Satisfied, Elsa continued her way to her kingdom. Off to the east, about 20 feet off, she spied Prince Hans searching for her. With an eye roll she kept on her way.
"Queen Elsa! you can't run from this!"
"Just watch me, you insignificant prick!" She called back. "You have no say on what I can and can't do."
"Don't you want to know what became of your sister?"
"No but I suppose you won't leave me alone until you tell me such useless things." Elsa stopped and crossed her arms.
"She returned to the castle thin and pale, her eyes glossed over. She said you cursed her blood. Your sister is dead because of you."
Elsa stared with a blank and uncaring expression, obviously unfazed by his so called news. "Ok."
"Don't you care at all?" He walked towards her.
"You're so naive. I never cared."
"How can you be so heartless?"
Elsa laughed coldly. "It's like looking into a mirror isn't it Hans?"
"You really are a vile queen." He shot an arrow into her leg, making her fall to one knee in pain.
Elsa tried to pull it out but it only snapped in half. "Call it what you may, but I never wanted a sister to begin with." Anna was a few feet away, their backs to her. She saw Kristoff in the distance and called his name weakly. Elsa just stared at Hans, unafraid and uncaring. "So what do you do now, oh prince?" She grinned, trying to stand. But the arrow had lodged in just under kneecap and made it impossible. "Shit!"
Anna heard her sister swear and turned to see Elsa bent over in pain and Hans lurking over her with a sword being drawn. Annas eyes widened. She turned to Kristoff, 30 feet away and then looked back to her sister. 'What do I do?'
Talk about a cliffhanger! :3 Did I mention I'm terrific with those? What will Anna do? Let Elsa be killed to save herself or will she put aside the way her sister treated her to help her? Find out in chapter 13-What The Fuck Just Happened (which will be both humorous and dramatic)
