So I think it is a safe bet that no one saw that coming huh? Anyway, this is the last chapter for this story. School started so when I have a chance I will work on the sequel. The times I work on it are going to probably be off and on since this semester is going to be intense or if I really just need to vent out frustrations that I know I am going to have. Just a few quick house cleaning business before we begin:

1) As I said this is the last chapter

2) There will be a sequel out at some point

3) If any of you were following my previous story called 'Final Masquerade' I am sorry that I took it down. I had no inspiration for it anymore and decided to just put it out of its misery, which leads us into number four…

4) Because I no longer found it enticing on its' own, I plan on using some elements of 'Final Masquerade' in the sequel to this story. How or when that will happen is anyone's guess, but I can assure you when things have settled down and I find time I will work on it.

So I think that is it, if I think of anything it will be at the end of this chapter. Thank you all for your support and following of the story; I also do not own anything other than student debate and my soul (although between work and school that is debatable as well) and that just about covers it…here we go-

Shattered Soul

They were together and yet they were so far away from each other. While Elsa had thought they were making progress, it seemed as if she was proven wrong. The meeting had already been a huge mess before it even began. Elsa did not want to believe what Anna had told her about the unbreakable contract, but none the less her councilmen had known about it and that is what brought Elsa closer to the edge of her already breaking point. In the end, after everything was said and done, Elsa left the meeting without a word to her younger sister or to any of her council.

It had been decided, by the Highest Commander (aka Anna), that Arendelle would discreetly begin preparations, all the while keeping a close eye on Weselton and the Southern Isles. She had given orders to the Naval Admiral and Army Admiral to have the men's' trainings be upped just as a necessary precaution if in the event of a sudden strike. Once that was determined Anna had discussed about also contacting Arendelle's allies (also discretely), and had begun asking about weaponry, size of the military and navy, and discussing possible drafts.

Nearly all this went over Elsa's head as the men and her sister talked, which escalated to possible monetary and moral costs of what would be a potential war. Elsa had hid her feelings and remained silent throughout everything. Trying desperately to block out the reality, including when she heard about where Anna would be if there were to be a war. It was only then that everything came crashing down. She remained in a stony silence as Anna said she would begin contacting Corona and what they could contribute if war did occur. When it had been over, that is when Elsa had left without a word…she did not even stop walking when Anna called her name, "Elsa! Stop please."

Elsa finally stopped at her sister's pleading, but her back was still towards her sister, "What?"

"You were silent throughout the meeting." Anna finally spoke after several seconds passed, she was shocked at her sister's tone of voice, "I was hoping for your input and what not…"

"What did you want me to say? I have no power over any of this after all." Elsa snapped at her finally turning to face her younger sister. She did not know what came over her, but she figured hell if Anna can go off the deep end, she could too.

Anna took a step back. Her body no longer felt like it was on fire, her mind was completely taken off resting up because now she was only focused on one thing: her sister. Elsa had never looked at her this angrily before, like legit angry, "I-I am sorry, but-"

"Sorry? You are sorry?! Ha!" Elsa yelled while throwing her hands up, "When were you going to tell me that you had complete power over the forces, or that you were going off to join the men at the front? When?!"

Anna swallowed a lump in her throat, they had briefly gone over contract and sworn Anna in as the Highest Commander of the Arendelle Forces. Elsa had stood by and watched stonily as they did so, "I was going to tell you-"

"When something like this happened? You were literally just going to drop this on me like you did a few hours earlier?"

"Well did you once think to ask Papa about how the military forces worked and who you would look to for help? Did you once ask your councilmen as to what would happen if a war were to break out?" Anna countered now her own temper rising. In her opinion Elsa should have known about this. Their father should have told her about this or even the councilmen. Hell when Anna had to take over Elsa's job for a little while after the funeral, they had told her what was going on and given her an overview as to what was urgent to look at and what was not.

Elsa shook her head, "You are not going out there. If this war starts, I forbid you from going."

"You can't do that!"

"Try me." Elsa growled out.

Anna's eyes flashed dark blue, "I am the Highest Commander. I have power over the forces and that includes what I can and cannot do."

"Pulling rank now? Fine we can play that game. I am the Queen." Elsa stated taking a step towards her sister, "As far as I am concerned I outrank you in that retrospect."

Anna met Elsa and once again they were nose to nose, "Sorry sister, but according to the contract that still does not apply. I am my own ruler, so in that retrospect you being Queen, means next to nothing to me. Nothing and I mean nothing is going to stop me from protecting the greater good, which is Arendelle. Including you, and if I have to put you in the dungeon until I leave and it becomes too late to stop me, because I see you as a threat; I will."

Elsa saw how serious Anna was and upon realizing what was happening she backed off. Anna, then also realized what was just said, immediately gasped, "Elsa I-" Elsa started to back away quickly. Then, turning on heel she started to swiftly walk down the hall without another word; and Anna just watched her leave, lowering her head solemnly and was cursing herself as she stormed off to her study.

Hours passed since Elsa entered her room and just stared up at the ceiling, allowing her thoughts to drift darkly as to what occurred. It was just like what occurred in the dining room, only this time no one was running into any cursed/dark forests. However this was so much worse because they were still under the same roof. How could this have happened again? Why did this happen again?

Gerda and Kai had heard about what happened and felt sorry for the sisters. Neither of them could catch a break, however once they had seen Anna eating dinner alone in the dining room. They had asked Anna about what happened to Elsa, however Anna did not offer much information, but to say that most likely Elsa was in her room. So the first time Kai went to the door as he had done so in the past, but Elsa refused.

Her thoughts still replaying the conversations and the argument. It was slowly coming together…at least in her mind. Anna had chosen to the sign the contract apparently, which only meant that Anna would have used it as a way out of the castle once the opportunity had presented itself. This left a real bitter taste in her mouth. Anna was willing to lose her life, if that meant she was free. Free from the prison that was her home…and it was all Elsa's fault.

Gerda had come to Elsa's door a little while later and knocked to let her know about dinner and as to whether or not Elsa would like it brought to her room. But Elsa refused again, how could she eat? Why did her father not tell her about this? In fact, as Elsa thought back on it, her father never really discussed the military policies with her…at least not in depth. Of course she knew about their military history and some tactics, even the branches and the battleships; but her father never really went over what to do. She had tried to think about to the few weeks before the fateful trip that took their parents lives and she realized with a sick feeling that she had indeed had a brief glimpse of the contract. It was a quick thing, however she did recall seeing Anna's signature. She did ask her father about it, but he told her it was nothing to worry about. Just something he was working with Anna.

Elsa frowned, so he lied to her…well maybe it was sort of justified considering how they lied to Anna. What was one lie to her compared with the lies Anna endured for thirteen years? She did not know how long she was in the room until the clock chimed ten and the sun had completely set, did she hear someone else approach her door. By the sound of the footsteps she knew it was Anna. She heard Anna stop and she closed her eyes as she got ready for the knock that she was sure to come and the words that she had spoken so many times in the past to flow out of her mouth. She heard the floor creak and shuffling behind her door, please just get it over with. Elsa thought beseechingly. However surprisingly, she heard her sister's footsteps retreat away from the door. Elsa sighed sadly and stood up from her bed to change into her nightgown. Once that was accomplished she got back into bed and continued to stare up at the ceiling until an uneasy sleep over came her.

The next moment when Elsa opened her eyes, she immediately threw herself to the ground as multiple men were running at her and gunshots along with cannons firing at her. Her breathing quickened as she risked looking up. Her jaw dropped as multiple people were running passed her like she was not even there, multiple gunshots and bodies, men and horse alike, dropping all around her. Elsa stood up and looked around, again no one taking any notice of her. What the hell is going on?! She thought frantically as she recognizes the soldiers from Arendelle, Southern Isles, and Weselton. How did I get here and where is here?

None the less she tried to protect a group of Arendelle soldiers by creating an ice wall from an incoming assault. As she tries to use her powers however they are not working, "What the-?"

She looks at her hands, but out of the corner of her eye, she becomes alert. It was Anna, she was running on foot and occasionally kneeling down looking at the back of the hand of every Southern Isles solider. She then ran right passed Elsa and over to the Southern Isles solider that was five feet away. Elsa followed Anna, "Anna! What are you doing?!" Elsa yelled, "We got to leave!" But Anna either did not hear her or was ignoring her, "Anna!" Elsa tried to grab her sister's shoulder, but her hand went right through her, "What?" Elsa questioned again looking at her hands.

"Commander!" An Arendelle solider yelled pointing right behind them.

Elsa turned around at the same time Anna did. It was the blackest horse Elsa had ever laid eyes on with demonic glowing red eyes. Its rider had auburn red hair, wearing a uniform that represented the Southern Isles, holding a flaming sword, and was wearing an iron mask, "You…" Elsa heard Anna growl out next to her as the horse jumps over the low rock wall.

Then turning in slow motion, Anna, still on bend and knee, fired her revolver. Elsa watched as the rider was shot in the shoulder and fell off the horse. The rider laid on the ground for a few seconds, but suddenly sat up as if nothing happened. Elsa took a step away from the two, but she was worried as she watches Anna toss her revolver away and picks up a rifle that was lying on the ground, just as the rider wielded his sword and approached her. She was getting ready to take aim and fire, when the rider slams the sword down on the rifle. Elsa was horrified, "Anna! Run!" She tries to use her powers again, but still finds that they are still not working and no one can hear her. It is like she is ghost to them.

She then notices that something is exchanged between them as they stare each other down for a few seconds longer, before they suddenly stand up and the horseman slashes Anna across the chest, "NO!" Elsa cries out now. Tears are streaming down her face and she desperately tries to go to her sister, but finds that she is unable to move.

However as Anna falls to her knees, she picks up a sword and slashes at the horseman's head, causing him to be decapitated. The body falls to his knees and Anna shares one last look of horror, before they both fall to the ground next to one another, their blood seeping out of the bodies mixing together on the ground, "NO! ANNA NO!" Elsa yells in agony as the scene goes dark.

Faintly she hears frantic whispering and more yelling until the scene came into view. Elsa saw herself, Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf were in the Valley of the Living Rock with Anna's body surrounded by the trolls, "Are you sure you want to do this?" Grand Pabbie spoke gravely.

"Please…save her." She hears herself plead, "What must I do?"

Grand Pabbie takes them in and Elsa approaches closer to watch as he hands her a yellow flower, "This is the last healing flower. There was one other, but it was destroyed four years ago in Corona. Your sister is not truly dead yet, so this can and will heal her, but you must understand that in doing so, you will-"

"I do not care. Please let me heal her." Elsa heard her desperate voice.

Pabbie nodded and told the words that she repeated in a haunting song that she was singing, "Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine. Make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine. Heal what has been hurt, change the fate's design. Save what has been lost, bring back what once was mine…What once was mine…"

Throughout the melody Elsa saw Anna's body glowing brightly. Once the song suddenly ended Anna sat up quickly. Looking around Elsa noticed how frantic her sister looked and immediately turned on her and gasped out horrified, "Elsa what have you done?!"

The scene rapidly changed and now Elsa found herself on a new battlefield…inside the castle. Looking around she saw the servants and multiple other people trying to escape the castle. Outside a window she saw the town erupting in a fiery inferno crawling with demonic looking soldiers, and placing a hand to her mouth in horror, she heard her sister's voice, "Come on! You guys need to leave! Now!"

Elsa turned and saw herself and Kristoff being dragged by Anna through the corridors, "We are not leaving without you!" She heard Kristoff say.

"You do not have a choice." Anna yelled back as they came to the library. Anna then pulled down on one of the torch holders and the wall sprung open, "Quickly go!"

"Anna-"

"That is an order." Anna told Kristoff firmly, "Protect each other. The curse is almost here, go to the Valley. It is protected by enchantments. I know it is. Go run!" She then kisses him.

Elsa's heart is breaking as she watches the scene, "Anna, please I am not leaving without you." She hears herself say as Anna breaks away from Kristoff.

"It is my job to protect you. Besides by bringing me back, you also brought Hans back. Our bloodlines are tied. Whatever happens to him, is going to happen to me. Now there really is not much time." Just then there is a sound of hooves approaching, however it sounds like thunder to Elsa's ears, "Quickly go. Run away and do not look back. The trolls will help you lift the curse and no matter what happens," Anna looks her in the eye, "I will always love you. Remember that."

"Anna-" Elsa hears herself plead once again, but the door is soon broken down by a flaming sword.

Anna then pushes them into the passageway and destroys the mechanism so they cannot get back into the library, but Anna cannot escape, "It's all up to you guys. I believe in you." Anna mutters. The door is finally broken in and Elsa watches as Anna draws her blade, "Nice to see you again Hans."

Hans slides off his horse as they enter the room, "Now that I have a head I can say the same."

"Lets' finish this." Anna states getting into position.

He smirks, and looks behind her and motions to the window. Elsa sees a dark cloud approaching like a tidal wave, "It already has finished. You will now be under control and have forcibly joined us."

Anna lowers her sword and looks out the window as well, "My soul belongs to one person only and that is to myself. I may be joining unwillingly, but I will continue to fight. And," she faces him again, "I said it one time before you are no match for Elsa and neither is your master."

"Our master. Just as I was chosen to be the horseman of War, you are going to be the horseman of Death."

"It does not matter what I become. Elsa and Kristoff got away. I told them what has happened and they will stop you and your master. I have hope." Anna states firmly and defiantly.

Just then Elsa sees the ceiling breaking apart and a twister starts to form in the room. The wind roars around them as Elsa strains to hear their conversation, she also notices how calm Anna is as she sheathed her sword at her hip, "So where are we going?" Anna asks.

Hans smiled evilly as he looks around the room, "We are going to the place where our master resides. A place that we will begin preparations for her coming." The windows shatter now and the dark smoke fills the room, Hans raises his hands as the flaming sword and he laughs while saying, "Arendelle has fallen and now the world will be brought to its' knees!" The dark smoke engulfs them fully as lightning and thunder crack.

"NO! ANNA!" Elsa yells with all her might.

"Elsa…" Anna mutters and quickly jumps out of bed as she hears her sister's petrified screams, however as soon as she does she ends up slipping. Quickly she grabs on to her baseboard and suddenly she sees the reason for her almost wipe out. Her floor was littered with ice, frost, and snow and now as she sees this, she starts shivering and her feet are freezing. Grabbing her night robe and grabbing her boots, she throws them on and races out the door.

As she wraps her robe closer to her and storms over to her sister's door. It is covered in ice, "Elsa!" Anna yells as she hears a swirling wind inside her sister's room, "Elsa please I am right here!"

"NO!" Elsa yells again.

Anna's heart is racing and she sees the guards running over to the door, took them long enough, Anna thinks to herself. Snatching an ax out of one of the guard's hands, she then starts to hack away the ice. Her body is stiff as the experience of what occurred in the day takes hold, but the adrenaline coursing through her veins, silences the pain. The other guards that are around her join in, and finally the door is broken down, but the swirling storm inside is still raging on as Elsa is tossing and turning violently in bed, "Anna!"

Anna tosses the ax aside and starts to run in, "Wait you highness!" One of the guards grabs her shoulder, "Its' too-"

Before he could finish, Anna grabs his wrist, twists it, and judo flips him without saying a word. Once that was done, she goes inside and covers her face, "Elsa! Please can you hear me?! I am ok and so are you! Wake up!"

The storm starts to die down some, as Anna slowly makes her approach, "Anna? Where are you?!"

"Here with you. In your room in Arendelle." Anna called back, but she was then able to lower her voice as the wind stopped and the snow became suspended in mid-air. Anna stopped her approach, just what the hell was Elsa dreaming about?

Finally without warning Elsa started to cry again and Anna took the chance and ran over to the bed, "Elsa wake up. It's ok, I am here…" Anna started to tap on Elsa's cheek.

After a couple of times, Elsa sat up quickly, causing Anna to move out of the way a little before their heads collided. Elsa's eyes roamed the room until they landed on Anna's face. With a small cry of relief, Elsa wrapped her arms around Anna's stomach as she pressed her face into her chest and gathered in sharp, breathless gasps. Anna was shocked at first, but then allowed herself to wrap her arm around the older girl's shoulder and cradled her head, running her hand through her long hair, "It's ok Elsa…it's ok…you're ok…I got you…"

The guards left the area once they saw that the Queen and Princess were safe, all the while the Queen was muttering, "Don't leave me. Please don't leave me. I am sorry, I'll do anything just do not leave."

"I am here Elsa…I am here…I won't leave…" Anna muttered and then proceeded to hum Elsa's lullaby. The Queen's sobs quieted down and soon Elsa was asleep once more. Anna watched and the snow, ice, and frost melted into nothing as she tucked her sister back into bed.

True to her word Anna stayed with her sister until the morning, keeping vigil in case she had to chase away anymore nightmares, but thankfully throughout the night there were no more nightmares to be had. Despite this whole ordeal, Anna came to a realization that her soul was not the only one that had been shattered; Elsa's had been as well. Looking out the window she saw the sun starting to rise and she knew that with the coming of the new day, there was also a new beginning. A new chance to right a wrong, but in doing so might come at a price that neither of them are willing to pay.

Epilogue

Two men stand in the middle of a forest surrounded by four white trees. Ahead of them lay a dark run-downed castle surrounded by a worn out rock wall. One man is tall and has auburn red hair, and the other is shorter with a taupe, "Are you sure this is the place?" the shorter man asks.

"This is what the book says." The other responds looking at the book and read the passage out loud to his ally. Suddenly there is a small gust of wind, and the men look at each other and a voice beckons to them. The wall starts to crumble before them and the wind pushes them towards to.

Looking at each other once more, they begin to enter the grounds of what used to be a courtyard. They climb over the beaten down door and enter the ruins of what used to be a mighty castle. Everything inside is destroyed, covered in vines and roots. However it also has a chilling and evil aurora surrounding the place, "There is no one here." The shorter man says nervously, "Let's leave."

"No!" The other replies, "We have come this far. We did not just escape from our prisons to give up! We are behind enemy lines already! Just imagine the glory we will bring once we already have a weapon to take Arendelle down before the war even starts!" Looking back at the book he says, "Now then, it should be just in this room."

Opening a door, the men enter the room. It is tarnished and everything just like the rest of the castle is destroyed…except for a mirror that stands in pristine condition dead center of the room. The men walk over to it, "Alright then Hans how do we get it to work?"

"Easy Duke," Hans replies as he flips through the book, "right then…here we go." Looking at the mirror Hans chants the words from the book and immediately the mirror cracks and a distorted creature appears.

The Duke stands back in shock as his face pales as the creature waves it's claw like hands, "Come and See…" it says in a demonic voice.

"Oh my god…" The Duke shutters out as he swallows.

"Come. Our time of reckoning is now…" Hans says closing the book with a snap.

"I am starting to have-"

"No! Now we are in this together. It is too late to turn back," Hans states firmly, "don't you want revenge?"

The Duke coughs and takes a deep breath as he nods, "Yes."

"Good. Lets' go." Hans faces the mirror as the creature is still beckoning to them. He places his hand on the glass, but his hand goes right through it. Taking a deep breath he steps into it with the Duke following after him.