She was in the ice palace. Each of her footsteps echoed across the empty halls. She didn't know where she walking. She didn't know how she had gotten here. She didn't care that she was alone. A strange sort of peace drifted over her. This was how it should be. This was easier.

"Elsa!" Anna said. Elsa, clothed in her ice dress, turned around to her sister, looking like she did when she was little, hair in two small braids, no streak of white in them. Anna ran forward. Tugging on Elsa's hands, Anna began to jump up and down. "Elsa, Elsa, do you want to play?"

Elsa knelt down and scooped up her little sister in a hug. "Of course we can play, Anna," she said. Anna giggled. "What do you want to play?"

Anna bit her lip in thought, before smiling broadly. "Tag!" Anna said, tapping her on her shoulder, before running down the hallway. "You're it!"

Elsa laughed. "Oh, get back here you little..." She said, chasing after her sister. Turning into the corridor near her, she found herself alone. There was no sign of her sister. "Anna?"

Walking forward, she felt the panic rise in her. Where was she? She had been right there!

"Anna?" She yelled. Silence answered her. "Anna, where are you?" No answer. Where was she?! Walking quickly, she found herself in the large, front room of the castle, near the door. The became darker with every moment that past.

"Anna, get back here, this isn't funny!"

"Elsa, come here," It was Anna... Grownup Anna's voice.

Elsa turned around. Anna stood in the doorway, arms linked with... Hans?

"Elsa, we're getting married." Anna said, smiling.

"No, Anna, you can't marry him."

"Why can't I? I love him."

"He tried to kill you. He broke your heart and left you to die."

"That's a lie."

"You were there! I saw you! You were frozen!"

"Elsa!" A voice said. She spun around. Her father and mother stared at her. "Elsa, why is there ice everywhere? I told you, don't let anyone know!"

"Nothing happened though," she said. "It was okay in the end!"

"You froze the kingdom. People could've been hurt."

"They weren't though!"

"Are you certain? Can you be certain!"

Water began to rise around them, starting at their feet and wrapping around them in a sphere.

She took a step back, as water floated around them suddenly, their eyes dead. "No," she whispered.

"Can't you say anything, Elsa?" She turned back around to see Anna lying on the floor, a sword through her chest. Hans was no where to be seen. "Can't you help me?"

"Anna!" She screamed, struggling forward. She couldn't move. Looking down at her hands, she saw black tendrils of smoke wrapping around them, and around her waist, and her neck, creeping up her face. "Anna!"

Looking around for help, she saw Jack standing by the door. "Jack!" She yelled over the torrent of water. "Jack, you have to help my sister!"

Jack looked at her and blinked. "Do I know you?" he said.

"Jack, please... It's me. It's Elsa! Help Anna, please, help my sister!"

"I don't know who you are."

Elsa felt the tears rise. She couldn't save Anna, and neither could he. "Jack..."

He took a step forward. "Who are you?"

"I'm Elsa!"

He stepped forward again, squinting at her, before he gasped in pain. He looked down at his chest. A sploch of red appeared. Followed by a steel sword. He fell forward, clutching at the wound, revealing a faceless, shadowy monster.

"Jack!" She screamed. She turned back to Anna, her body was frozen over, her parents were gone, vanished along with the water, and Jack lay in a pool of his own blood, staring at her with sightless eyes. She felt the cold build up inside her, waiting to explode. If it did, everything in the kingdom would die. Everything would freeze again. "No! Please!"

"Elsa!" She blinked her eyes open, the haze slowly leaving them. Jack. Jack had her. He had her and he knew who she was and she was safe.

"Jack..." She felt his cool body holding hers. "Jack! Promise you won't forget me again! Promise me you won't leave me!"

Jack clutched her tighter and murmured quietly. "What do you mean, again? I could never forget a face like yours."

She felt the fear of seeing Anna dead wash over her again. "We have to protect my sister, Jack! Please, help me protect my sister!"

"Hey. I promise."

It was so important that he remember her this time. "Please, don't forget. Please, please, please, don't forget," she said.

"I'm not going to forget. I told you, I promise."

Jack, the thought. She just didn't have the strength to say it. She kept her head on his chest, feeling his heart beating. She focused on it, trying to make her own match his. It finally did, but she still couldn't sleep, until the early hours of the morning. And even then, she was afraid of something, a deeply buried fear.

Elsa woke up in Jack's arms. She felt safe. For a moment, she didn't understand. What was she doing here? That's when she remembered the nightmare. Taking a deep breath, she looked up at his face. His eyes were shut and he appeared to be asleep. Doesn't need to sleep my foot. She thought.

Untangling herself from his arms, she sat up. They still had a long way to go, and she didn't want to get caught after nightfall again, especially without a horse. As she thought that, she Eponae had gotten home okay. She loved that horse.

"Jack," she said, gently touching his shoulder. He physically jumped, his eyes snapped open. He looked down at her hand, as his eyes flicked back up to her face.

"Was I asleep?" He asked, looking slightly confused.

"Yes."

"It's been forever since I've slept. It's weird. I didn't think I could," he said. He looked at her and gave her a small smile. His eyes were distant, like he was trying to figure something out about her.

Quickly, she turned away from his gaze. She hated it when people looked at her like that. The rare times the servants saw her, before the coronation incident, they always had that same expression plastered onto their face.

"We need to get back to Arendelle," she stood up taking a deep breath, and turning around, walking forward onto the path.

"So you've said," he said.

"I don't want to get stuck in the forest again."

"I think that we need to talk first."

She looked at him curiously. "What?"

"Well..." Jack said. "Something happened last night..."

"Yes, I had a nightmare. You woke me up. It's fine."

"That wasn't just a nightmare."

"It was a monster, and it attacked you."

Elsa stopped and turned back questionly. "But you were keeping watch, weren't you?"

He paused. "I heard something in the woods. I went to check it out, and when I came back, it was just there, causing you to dream."

She shut her eyes. "Oh. It wasn't just me then. Good."

"No. But Elsa, there's something else too."

"What is it?"

He look her dead in the eye. "You can create ice. Can't you?"

No... No, he couldn't know. What if he remembered why he had left in the first place?

What if he left her again, this time for good?

Not trusting herself to speak, she spun back around, walking quickly away from him, and all the while know that she just condemned herself to her guilt.

Because now he definitely knew.

He definitely knew about her.

Jack watch Elsa walk away from him. She was holding herself regally. But he had seen her face. He was right. Walking after her, he grabbed her arm. She tried to pull away from him still looking at the ground.

"Elsa!" he said, spinning her around. "Look at me!"

"Leave me alone!"

"Elsa, stop. Please, look at me." She stopped fight, and looked up at his face. "I can make ice too. See?" He gently raised his hand, and a small cloud of snow unfurled from it.

She stared at him, anger and fear still lingering in her eyes. "It doesn't matter, Jack. You weren't supposed to know. It doesn't matter if you can control ice or snow, because you weren't supposed to know that I could."

"Why not?"

"Because then you might figure it out!" She said, her voice rising. He noticed her fingertips turning blue.

"Figure what out?!" He said, his voice also rising. "What are you hiding?!"

"I can't tell you! Just leave it alone! Leave me alone!" She yelled, pulling out of his grasp.

"I'm trying to help you, Elsa! You saved my life! I owe you! Let me help you!"

"No! No, Jack, please just let it go! Please!" She said.

"Why are you so afraid?"

"Because what if you remember?! What if you remember why, and leave me again?!" She said, turning around, arms wrapped around herself.

"Remember what?" He yelled back desperately. "What are you talking about? I've never left you! Tell me what you are talking about!"

"Leave me alone!" She screamed, spinning around. A sharp set of icicles spang up from the ground. Jack jumped back, as one neared his chest. He hovered in the air few moments, feet brushing the ground. Elsa's eyes widened, and she too stepped back. Looking at him desperately, she frantically searched his face. "I... I haven't lost control like that for months. Jack... I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to try and hurt you! I'm so sorry!"

He paused, raising his hand. The spikes dissipated into clouds of spiraling snow. "I know. And I'm sorry too. I won't press anymore, I swear. This was my fault. I shouldn't have made you angry."

She nodded quietly, and turned away again. Jack watched as the weariness crash down on her shoulders again. Walking quickly to catch up with her, he stood by her side.

"Let's get home," he whispered. She looked at him, and nodded.

After they had walked for a few minutes, her hand crept into his. Jack glanced down in surprise. She was staring straight ahead, as if he wasn't even there. And yet her hand clung to his like she was afraid that he might disappear. Not saying anything, he squeezed her hand gently, looking down at her. She glanced up at him, her eyes meeting his.

"It'll be okay," he whispered. Blinking, she turned back to the path. Jack watched her for a moment, studying the mysterious girl who could manipulate the cold. He had promised that he wouldn't press anymore about what she said. He almost regretted it. Curiosity burned in him. What had she meant? While the words were on the verge of leaving his lips, his bit them back. No, he had promised. He couldn't break a promise to her. So, he kept walking, hand in hand with a girl who he had already unwittingly made and broken numerous promises to.

A/N: Oooh, this is late... I'm really sorry, but there was a fiasco on my Wattpad account that involved deleted stories and it took me about a day and a half to sort out. Anyways, a little bit longer chapter this week (I'm trying to get them longer, I promise). Thanks for you all for reading anyways, and see you all next time. :)