Chapter 14

He's coming. He's coming. Elsa didn't bother trying to get back to sleep, she couldn't…. She only dreamed of him and his nearing armies. How many innocent people in Arendelle would die because of Hans?

Hans is coming! You need to be ready! Oh Gods she couldn't get him from her mind. Hans Westerguard, he was sickening. Elsa closed her eyes trying to block him from invading her disturbing and bloody thoughts. He'd invade Arendelle; he'd siege the castle… He'd capture her, again! No, she opened her eyes abruptly.

He was coming and so was war. She stared out of her chamber window and saw the stars bright within the midnight skies. "So help me gods!" She was afraid, she was afraid for her daughter, for her people, for Anna! Oh Gods, Anna.

Another tear slipped down Elsa's cheeks as she thought of her sister. Hans even admitted that he'd murder her! And what did he want from all of this war and bloodshed? All he wanted was the crown of Arendelle, which she had refused him.

Oh, if she'd have just agreed to give Hans what he had wished for, she could have saved her country from needless and inevitable slaughter. She could have saved her daughter! Icicle, oh the pain was to great, and her hate for Hans was to strong.

"The Southern Isles!" A sudden distant scream came from darkness of the outside and Elsa's heart pounded at the name. No! He couldn't be invading yet, oh dear gods! Were her armies ready? Was she ready?

Suddenly, the sounds of desperate cries could be heard through the fortress walls and through Elsa's window. Hans was here and ready with his men…. "Anna! Anna!"

"Elsa!" Anna ran into the chamber and flung her arms around her sister in her intense fear. The Southern Isles were all coming! They were coming to take Arendelle as their own and Hans was coming for her and for her crown.

Needless murder, needless death. Elsa felt Anna's warmth and she never wanted to let her go. "Y-You've got to go, Anna, you've got to leave before Hans comes to take the palace! He'll murder you! Please, go to the North Mountain with Kristoff and Olaf! Just run and don't ever look back."

Anna shook her head and refused to let go of Elsa. "I'm not leaving you! Y-You're my sister, you're coming with us… H-Hans, he can't take you again! Please, Elsa! Come with me and run away!" Both of their hearts were breaking like shattering glass….. "Arendelle needs me!" Anna shook her head in desperation, staring up at her older sister with terror. "I-I need you, Elsa!"

Elsa held her close, attempting to block out the screams of their people as they faced their bloody and brutal deaths, Hans didn't care for the people, he only cared about the power. "I love you ok? Whatever happens, I need you to be safe. Do you understand me? Don't come back if Hans wins! Don't ever come back, Anna! I love you so much!" She didn't want to let her go! "I love you too!"

The sister's broke apart and at that exact moment, both of their hearts cracked like ice. "Go!" Anna didn't wipe away her falling tears, she turned her back slowly. Don't look back to me, Anna! Don't make this worse! She was gone….

"They're coming for the castle, Your Majesty! They're killing all who stands in the way of them! Please, leave, My Queen." Elsa shook her head at Kai sorrowfully. "I have a duty to my people! I can't leave in the time of our great need… Thank you f-for everything! Now, run will you."

One by one, the warm faces and people she knew since her childhood left in their fear… Until, she was the only one but armed guards and soldiers. This was Elsa's duty wasn't it? "Conceal, don't feel!" She muttered fearfully.

Her heart was beating as loud as a marching drum, with the blood rushing to her ears. For minutes, she sat unable now to stare out of the window in fear of witnessing all of the death of the murderous night. Didn't the gods have any mercy?

Questions swirled in her mind like the snowy storm inside of her. Would Anna be safe? Would Hans get her? Was Icicle alright? Oh her poor baby! More tears fell, more innocent cries she heard. But, despite however much her people screamed and begged for aid, she could not help them…. Her ice was useless! She was useless to them! "Just for a crown, all this blood for just a crown!"

Elsa felt so many emotions….. Rage, upset, fear, disgust and powerlessness. Her list went on as the bloodshed continued.

She wanted to scream! "Conceal, don't feel!" She cried again, she was losing all of her strength and her courage, her face was turning paler by the second and for the first time in forever, the cold bother her… The coldness of war and unjustifiable murder!The coldness of Hans and his sickening and satanic actions and ideas.

But, then she realized… This was life and life had a cruel way of being unfair.

Screams and hollers, louder and louder! The smashing of glass! The stench of death and blood hung thick in the air of the palace…

This was this the end wasn't it? When Hans found her… He'd take her prisoner again!

"Hello Elsa…" His voice dripped with venom. No, it wasn't the end….. It was only the beginning! "H-Hans! Let me go! Get off me!" He pulled her tight to his chest and she was forced to inhale the stench of death and murder, it clung to him like a sweet perfume.

Elsa fought against him, kicked him, hit him, but it was useless. She was his once more…. Locked within his grasp, a prisoner, she was nothing but a helpless prisoner.

"Arendelle is mine… You are mine." Her heart was cracked ice... Another of her tears fell. "You and Arendelle belong to me, now! Give up!" She'd never give up!

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