The FROZEN Era
Chapter 11: Bear Attack
"Julia! Evan!"
"Kaley!"
"Hey Squirt! It's us!"
"Olaf? Are you here?"
The royal parents call for their children as they move forward in the woods the next morning. Sven is sniffing for the children's scent. Unfortunately, the little footprints in the snow are starting to fade away and the trail grows cold.
"I don't see any more tracks," says Roland.
Kristoff looks down at his reindeer, seeing that he has lost their scent. "Sven isn't getting anything."
"Elsa, I think we better rest for a bit," Anna tells her sister.
"I agree. Whoa, boy!" Elsa stops her horse and gets off the saddle.
Anna rubs her hands together to keep them warm. She looks over at her sister, who pulls her cloak close to her, shivering slightly. Anna reaches into her saddle pouch and pulls out a pair of blue leather gloves. She walks over to Elsa. "Here. These will help."
Elsa looks down at the gloves. They're similar to the ones that she wore as a child. She needed them to keep her powers from hurting anyone. Now, she needs them to keep her hands warm. Elsa grabs the gloves and slips them on. Suddenly, a memory enters her mind . . .
"The gloves will help," her father, the former king of Arendelle, slips on a white glove on young Elsa's hand. "See? Conceal it."
"Don't feel it."
"Don't let it show."
"Better?" Anna's voice ends the flashback.
Elsa shakes the memory away. "Yes. Thank you." She looks up to the mountain in front of her. "We'll keep going north."
"So, what exactly happened to you and Julia?" Anna asks.
"I'm not sure exactly," Elsa tries to recall the previous night, "I know we got into an argument and then Julia's hands start to turn into ice. I tried to stop her, but she was too strong. All of a sudden, there was this blast. That's the last thing I remember."
"Do you think . . . Never mind."
"What?"
"Nothing. Really, it is."
"Anna, please tell me," Elsa demands her sister.
Anna rubs her arm nervously. "I was going to say that maybe Julia . . . took your powers."
Elsa's eyes widen at the idea. "Took them?"
"Think about it. Your hair changes, you're freezing cold, and you can't make a single snowflake! Julia couldn't have just run off because of one argument. If so, she would have done a long time ago."
Elsa puts the pieces together. Julia is rebellious, not rebellious enough to run away after an argument, but this argument was more intense than normal. Afterwards, they found Julia's room frozen. Elsa remembers how she would freeze her own bedroom when she was young, but it was out of fear. Fear! That's it!
"She was scared," says Elsa quietly, "She tried to tell me that, but I wouldn't listen."
Anna rubs Elsa's back. "We will find them and you'll get your powers back."
"How do you know I'll get them back?"
"Because she's your daughter. And my niece."
Elsa chuckles a bit. Julia is pretty much half-in-half of the two sisters.
Kristoff and Roland look around to see if there are any clues of the children. Kristoff sees something move in the bushes. "Kaley?" He digs through the leaves. "Squirt?"
ROAR!
"WHOA!"
"Kristoff!"
Kristoff falls back in the snow when the same black bear from earlier comes out of the bushes. It lets out another roar. Roland pulls out crossbow from his horse's saddle and runs over to help. Kristoff quickly gets up as the bear charges. Sven quickly knocks down the bear with his strong antlers. The reindeer and the bear have a one-on-one until the bear hits Sven in the face.
"Sven!" Kristoff runs over to his reindeer.
The bear raises its paw to strike again, but an arrow scratches the bear's arm. It roars in pain. Anna and Elsa help Kristoff and Sven on their feet. Roland reaches behind him for another arrow, but the bear pounces on him. The captain tries to block himself with his crossbow, but the bear takes the crossbow and snaps it in half with its' sharp teeth. Elsa waves her hands to make a snowball, but remembers that she can't.
Anna quickly grabs a handful of snow. "Hey, bear!" Anna throws a snowball at the bear, hitting its' back. The bear turns around and growls angrily, beginning to move slowly towards her.
Roland jumps on the bear, riding on it as if it's a wild bull. "Somebody! Do! Something!"
"Hang on, Roland!" Kristoff hurries over to help his brother-in-law, "I got you!" Suddenly, the bear throws Roland of its' back, causing Roland to land on Kristoff.
"We're getting too old for this," Roland groans. The bear recovers its strength. "If you girls have an idea, now would be the best time."
Out of nowhere, there comes a loud wailing sound.
"What is that?" asks Elsa.
The bear listens to the wailing and leaves her prey, following the sound to a cave. The group turns to see that the wailing was coming from a bear cub! The bear that attacked them walks over the cub's cheek.
"She's a mama bear," says Anna.
"She was only trying to protect her cub," Elsa adds.
"Hey! Over here!" Roland calls for the others. He holds up the bag of cookies from Evan's sled. "I don't know about you, but I'm guessing this is Evan's goodie bag."
"That where all the cookies went!" exclaims Kristoff.
"That's not all. Look," Roland points to the trail of footprints, "They're bigger than the ones we've been following and they're heading east."
"You think someone took them?" Anna asks worried.
"It's a good chance."
"Then there's no time to waste," Elsa climbs up on her horse. "We need to follow the tracks."
Anna gets on her horse. "But what about Julia?"
"She'll be fine. If anything comes her way, she can face it on her own."
"How do you know that?" asked Kristoff.
Elsa smirks. "Because she's my daughter. And your niece. Now, come on!" Elsa rides on down the forest path where the footprints lead. Kristoff makes an I-kinda-know-that-already look, but goes along with it. Anna, Kristoff, Sven and Roland follow the queen down the snowy path.
Hey guys, it's me Creepy.
So, here's the deal. I have a hand full of projects I have to deal with this semester and that's a reason why I haven't been updating recently. I will try my best to get chapters up frequently, maybe I'll post a chapter every other week (on Thursdays or Fridays). That way I can focus on school stuff. There is a good chance I'll post a chapter earlier than that, so keep an eye out.
One of these projects I will say is Frozen related, but you'll have to wait until May to see it because it's a surprise!
While you are waiting, you can go check out my devaintART account for Frozen fanart, including a comic where Stitch meets Elsa. And I have a Youtube channel as well. All links will be in my profile.
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Again, I apologize for the long waits and I want to say thank you for all the comments and love for this story. See you in the chapter.
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