chapter 14-Finale

"She isn't real jack" Tooth said softly as they stood in the middle of the Dome. The crowd around them whispered with confusion.

"What are you talking about?" Jack mumbled

"Yeah what are you even saying? Of course I am real! I have a life out side of this game you know!" Elsa shouted

"No...I'm so sorry to say that you don't Elsa. You are what we call a Mod NPC. A non playing character that acts and plays like a real player for certain purposes. It develops real emotions and feelings but if progressed too far the system could mistake you for a real person. You couldn't change your element even if you wanted to sweetie." North explained

" I don't..." Elsa mumbled, stepping back.

"The system logs off a player if they've been in the game too long. Its the brain telling the head gear that the user needs to eat, or rest. Normally you, as an NPC, just shuts down for the night and that's enough for the game." Tooth said softly.

"You're developing emotions and feeling and a real personality like any human would. Since you are developing all these things, and you aren't a real person, it will get to the point where even just shutting you down for the night as an NPC wont work cause you are technically still here. The headgear and game itself will try to shut you down, COMPLETELY, thinking that you have to log off for basic things a real human needs. Obviously you can't log off cause you're not real so it will start to glitch and malfunction" North explained.

"Have you been having nightmares? glitching nightmares?" Tooth asked. Elsa paused, refusing to answer that question but everyone knew it was true

"That was it glitching, that was the system telling the game you need to log off but you can't. Elsa, if the system glitches enough and tries to log you off enough times but fails, it will give up on you after realizing that you aren't ever going to log off. So with it thinking that you're a real person, people cant survive like that, so it will shut you down completely and sorry to say but when it does that, you aren't going to come back. When the system goes into that emergency shut down for you, your data will be lost forever and we can't have that because of all the time and money invested into you." North said

"No...I have a family I know I've logged off before" Elsa argued. "Nothing your saying makes any sense I've-"

"Everything that happened before you entered this game was us creating a back story for you within a matter of just minutes even though, to you, it feels like it's been a lifetime. When you think you've logged off, its you as an NPC shutting down for the day. We had to make it that way so you wouldn't remember that you are...who you actually are. When you see all these images, it's you developing emotions and feelings, these are all the things you want to have but can never have. Even Anna is fake, another MOD npc we created long before you. " North said

"Whoa, hold up just a minute. You can't just come in here telling her that her whole life is a lie and that she has to leave Athleus. She has friends and like you said, she has feelings too. What about her? Where's her say in all this." Jack argued

"That's just it Jack." Pitch said cockily " She has no say. Wake up! she fake! You're alone in this game ok?" Pitch approached, slowly walking up to him as Jack glared at Pitch, stepping back as the game maker stepped forward "We don't know why you can't switch elements. We don't know why the game hasn't lagged you to death because the element you control is non existent. As the Game makers we don't know why! Thats why we created Elsa! To test you and the system in an attempt to figure out why you are the way you are but that's just it. It can't be fixed undone and we will never figure out why. What I do know is that Elsa has to come with us." Pitch said before he snatched Elsa by the arm, ignoring her yelp as he pulled her against him. The crowd that gathered in the arena gasped at his action

"Pitch stop.." Tooth demanded

"Wait...I know you." Jack glared "You're that guy that told me about Elsa being the other Ice Master! Wait a minute...was everything you said a lie?"

"You did what?" Bunny mumbled. Pitch smirked and nodded, throwing Elsa to the floor and walking around Jack as Jack followed Pitch with his eyes.

"Bingo. You know Jack, for being a smart kid you sure are Duuuumb" He sung evilly.

"Pitch...How could I not see this coming" North mumbled angrily.

"Cause you aren't so smart either" he laughed. Elsa shook her head.

"I don't...Why? Why though? Why pin us against each other, why do all of this?" Elsa asked.

"Cause my little princess" Pitch started off with, Taking Elsa into his arms "I was trying to figure out whhhyyy this little shit got to keep his ice powers and we didn't! Everyone else just brushed it off like it was nothing. Not me. We are the makers of this damn game and even, from us, they were stripped. " He said irritably. Jack glared at Pitch "So I came up with this Idea. Not to figure out why you got to keep your powers. Hahahaha, no I didn't care about that anymore because I knew there was no changing the fact that we couldn't get ours back. Soooo Instead, I faked my excuse as to making up Elsa when bringing the Idea to the table of the game makers." He looked to Elsa and snatched her to her feet again, bringing her against his chest as brushed her hair aside. she attempted to jerk away from his touch. Jack growled and stepped forward. "Ahh, easy now. We haven't even got to the best part." He laughed as the Game Makers, and the rest of Athleus online listened. " I said 'Poor Jack, having to deal with his powers all alone like tha- Wait! why don't we make a Mod NPC. They can have any abilities we design them to have cause they aren't real.' " He mocked. "Everyone, obviously felt bad for you. You needed someone to relate with so they agreed with this. Then I also came up with the excuse that maybe we can use our newly created mod to figure out what it is that makes Jack soooo special. Only come to find out that he isn't. He's just another little brat" Pitch laughed evilly

"Pitch..." Tooth whispered.

"SO LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, HERE WE ARE! You all get to witness my plan unfold and my dream come true. How does it feel to get something taken away from you?! THAT WAS MY ELEMENT, MY IDEA AND EVEN THE CREATOR OF IT HAD IT TAKEN AWAY!" he yelled at Jack as he flung Elsa around in his arms. He laughed psychotically and smiled devilishly. "But no worries, as my reward I get to watch you go through the pain of watching the woman you love taken from you. Come on princess" He snapped, walking away, dragging Elsa behind him. Elsa grunted and squirmed in his grip, swinging her hand in an attempt to launch an Ice spear at him but at the command of it, her eyes widened as nothing happened. Pitch laughed and threw her on the ground. "Foolish girl. I MADE YOU! I can take away your powers at will. you idiot" He laughed.

"As can I" North said, appearing behind Pitch. Pitch turned and glared at the large man. "Pitch black, I now denounce your title as Game Maker, all powers are to be stripped from your being and I shall make sure that you will now be banned from this AND ALL virtual reality games in the future." He said. Pitch laughed evily.

"What power do you have to do that? We all created the game together, you have no more authority than I do" He laughed. Bunny smirked.

"We may have made the game together but the Idea originally came from North" Bunny said.

"He is the founder of the game, we just helped him build it" Tooth smiled. Pitch backed up and growled with irritation before chuckling evilly as guards rushed up and held Pitch in place.

"Well, looks like you won this round but-" he paused and jerked in the Guard's arms in an attempt to get his last word "That doesn't change anything. My plan went accordingly and guess what? Elsa still has to be taken away from you Jack, that or either she stays by your side for a couple more days before she dies and turns to nothing but sheer memory" He laughed evilly before turning to black dust and disappearing from the guards' arms, leaving nothing but an echo'd laugh in the arena and a pile of black sand. Bunny growled and stepped up.

"What are you all doing just standing here?!" He shouted to the guards. "GO find him!" He ordered. The guards rushed off as Elsa stayed on her knees, on the ground, element-less." Tooth walked up to Jack and with a hand on his shoulder she sighed.

"I'm sorry Jack...I didn't know that-"

"It's fine..." He mumbled, leaning on his staff as he looked at Elsa, who stayed on the ground, sobbing lightly with the comfort of her sister. "Don't worry about it." He said.

"Jack...Pitch is right. We have to take Elsa." North said regretfully.

"Do what you need to" He turned from Elsa and the others as the Ice Princess stood to her feet, assisted by Anna. He held his staff on his shoulder as Elsa's eyes filled with tears at the horrible reality that was her life. Bunny placed a hand on her shoulder, motioning her that it was time to head out. She looked back and him and sniffled, wiping her eyes before nodding.

"Lemme say goodbye first?" She whispered. He nodded in approval and she turned to the Guild Masters she made sure to give each one a hug and took all the gathered meat, from the leveling fields, and fed it to toothless before turning to his master.

"Looks like all good things do have to come to an end huh?" Hiccup asked, his right hand around toothless' neck. She chuckled and nodded, looking at her feet before looking to him.

"You taught me many things Hiccup...I will never forget that" She stepped up, cupped his face and pressed her lips against his cheek before he hugged her tightly. She took in a deep breath and turned to the Game Makers then looking at Jack who had already managed to slip through the crowd. Over all the people that were gathered in the dome, she couldn't see where he had gone to. Her heart raced as she jumped up in an attempt to look for him. She walked up to the players, moving through them as her, as an avatar, began to lightly glitch with each passing, rapid, heart beat. She ran through the players and crowd of people until she had given up. With the camera on her, the players, all throughout Athleus, watched the big screen as her eyes watered. They watched as north approached from behind her, the players had crated a path way back to the middle of the dome. He placed a hand on her shoulder and she jumped, slightly started, and looked back at him before turning and looking at the exit of the dome. No luck, he had slipped out of there un-noticed and without a goodbye. She turned her back to the door, giving up on finding him and leading the way back to the middle of the arena, where she would be taken away.

"You ready...?" Tooth asked, taking Elsa's hand. Elsa turned to look and her and then nodded slowly, looking back at the floor before lifting her head bravely.

"Jack..." She said aloud, remembering the intensifying of her voice inside the arena. Her voice could be heard wherever there was a holographic monitor so despite where he would be, she was sure that her voice would reach him. "Jack I love you. I didn't mean to not tell you, I was afraid to, I was afraid cause I wasn't sure of who you were but now I know" She looked down

Jack sat on top of the tallest building in Xaeii Kingdom, looking at one of the 20 monitors floating around in the sky for other players to see. His hood covering his snow white hair and his staff in his lap. He had a knee against his chest as his other leg dangled down off the ledge weightlessly. His eyes watched the camera follow every move Elsa made and recording every word she said. He watched her head drop before it lifted, showing her bright, glossy blue eyes that glistened and sparkled from the tears that build up over them.

"Don't feel sorry for me. Just promise you wont forget okay?" He smirked at her words and hung his head before picking it back up.

"Never..."he smiled and looked back up and the screen, He stood to his feet quickly as he watched her turn her back to the camera, nodding to North who had thrown a snow globe at the ground, created a magic portal. "I have to go there" He closed his eyes and shouted the command before being teleported."Lyrev Arena!" He ordered. His body flashed a blue color and it reappeared in the middle of the dome where Elsa and the gang were already making their way inside the portal. He dropped his staff and ran to the disappearing dimension. "ELSA!" he called out after her, slowing down as she turned to smile at him and he realized he wasn't gonna make it. Her smile was enough before he could even get half way to it, it was gone. He returned the smile as his hood fell off his head and back around his neck. "Don't forget..." He ordered under his breath.

4 MONTHS LATER

"I can't believe we actually got that rare item. I'm so glad the Game Makers are making higher levels" Rapunzel clapped as she walked out of the cave with the rest of her party.

"Yeah finally something challenging. I kept dying it was so hard" Hiccup said

"No, that was just you sucking" peter laughed as he flew threw the exit.

"What did you think Jack?" Anna laughed, looking at the male that had his head hung. She nudged him in the arm and he laughed nervously.

"Oh, yeah. Coulda been a bit harder but it did take us forever to get through it" he commented.

"Hey! I heard they opened a new level! are you guys going to go?" Flinn asked. Everyone stopped with a head tilt.

"new level?" Kristoff asked.

"Yeah...You know, you all need to start reading the daily Athleus Newsletters" He smirked, walking on ahead.

"WELL TELL US!" Merida shouted, throwing a rock at him. he snapped around after it hit his head.

"OWWW!" he snapped his teeth and crossed his arms.

"Come on Flinn, there hasn't been a new level update since the whole game was redone 3 months ago" Anna begged.

"Fine. Its called, White Willow Forest" he said. "The monsters that you have to beat are under water. I heard its suppose to be pretty awesome."

"Oh hell yes!" Kristoff shouted. Anna nudged Jack.

"What do you say Jack? Down for another level?" Anna asked. Everyone looked to Jack. '

"I don't know guys...I'm not-" he paused as a message notification came up.

"Something wrong?" Rapunzel asked.

"N-No. You know what. Yeah lets go, you guys go ahead ill catch up" He said. The players cheered and they all disappeared through teleportation, leaving Jack alone at the exit of the last dungeon. He opened the message and upon reading it, his eyes widened and he closed it before quickly teleporting. " White willow forest" He demanded.

Jack,

You must forgive me for taking Elsa from you. You must hate me for also deleting that island you would take her to. I could understand why you'd be mad.

Upon arriving, Jack's eyes widened. It was Weeping Willow Forest but small blankets of snow, covering the tops of the trees and parts of each island. The leafs that hung down were glistening with fallen snow particles and dew. The sparkled and glistened, along with the falling snow, as the sun beat down on the Valley. Sending its rays of warmth throughout the land and leaving the water around the islands, melted and the snow that fell, kept the water cool.

You will be happy to know that it was only temporary. I hope you didn't mind me taking it for a while. I made some modifications I hope you will like.

Sincerely, North.

p.s: I closed the level off, to the rest of the player, until tomorrow so you have time to fully take it in.

Upon jumping onto another island, he ran around the tree and seen his group, still and gathered around the biggest island and under the larges weeping willow tree throughout the whole valley. There was stones floating from his island, to the main one, and the same trail on all the surrounding islands. He walked across the stones and to the main island where the group noticed his arrival. They parted and as he got closer he heard Anna's sobs. Upon approaching the trunk of the tree, his eyes widened as Anna had her arms thrown around Elsa. Who was standing there confused.

"Jack..." Hiccup whispered. Jack didn't bother responding as he approached Elsa, dropping his staff along the way. Anna noticed his arrival and stepped back, wiping her eyes. She looked just as beautiful as the day she left. She had her long, bleach blonde hair down and wavy as it was decorated with shining snowflakes in various of places. She wore a thin, white gown that was silky and was spaghetti strapped that was as long as her and elegantly touched the ground. He looked at her and swallowed his fear before approaching her.

"You're going to need this item in order to breath under water. Please come and get one every time you come here." He blinked as she spoke, a bing sound was heard by all of them as a notification appeared on their screens 'New Item in Inventory. Equip?" There was a yes and no button and everyone clicked yes but not Jack.

"Shes the NPC of this level..."kristoff mumbled after hitting yes for his item.

"The item immidetly disappears when you teleport out of this level" Elsa smiled. Everyone nodded and went silent.

"We are gonna take a head start. You can join us whenever" Hiccup said. The group nodded and jumped in the water, leaving the two alone.

"Do you remember who I am?" Jack asked. Elsa tilted her head and shook it.

"No. Forgive me. I was just programmed today so I am not sure" she smiled nervously. He nodded with understanding and turned to walk away. "But I am always happy to make new friends" She called out to him. He turned and looked back at her and smiled, picking up his staff before he approached her.

"Jack Frost" He introduced, shaking her offered hand.

"You're an ice user! Like me" She smiled happily.

"Seems so" He smirked,

And that was it. That was the story and Elsa and I. It was far from over though. Two months after that day I figured out that her memories had to be erased again. It was to be this way every two months in order to prevent her from disappearing, in order to stop her from falling to hard. I also learned that she couldn't leave that level. She was chained to it but she did have, and could develop, a personality of her own. North closed off the level every night at midnight to give Elsa and I privacy. This was the most that North could give me as an "I'm Sorry" but it was ok. I spent almost every other day there and after the two months was up, I went back and made her fall in love with me all over again.

And

I got to fall in love with her all over again as well.