Guest Reviews: Well Year 7 for us is the seventh year of school. So you go to school when you're 5 and continue onwards to Year 13 when you're around 18. I don't know how your school system works but that is pretty much how our one works. Well technically we are all aliens when you think about it. If aliens come to our planet, we are aliens to them and if we go to other planets, we are aliens to whatever is there. But yes, I am an adult. But in New Zealand, you're an adult at 18. But since I am an adult, I can drive, drink, gamble (I like buying lottery tickets) and do a lot of cool stuff. Jealous? Just remembering my ID is another issue. With the essay, well neither had I before I found out about it but you get the book (through the university bookstore/library or from a public library or online etc.). The essay hasn't been easy. Tell you what, you do my work and I'll do all yours! I'm pretty sure that I could get you a few As. My Maths and Science skills will sure to come in handy! Well I did try and drag out the last few chapters to get up to twenty chapters. So there's this chapter and then the epilogue. Did I really write globs? I swear I said globes. I was thinking it. Does that count? I started watching it probably when it started up. It came out in about 1999 and I was old enough to watch it by then. But I'm like you, I've been watching it as long as I can remember. Thanks for the luck. I will need it. My final test of the semester has two essays attached to it. I really, really, really hate essays in tests and exams. At least there is a multi choice section! My speciality! Last week of uni coming up. Bit scared about the test on Thursday and my essay hand in. Well at least after Thursday, I'm free! Well for two weeks then I have to do this all over again as its semester one starting up in March.
EveningWish: Yeah I try and replicate that as its a good way to get rid of Pitch as he can't really be destroyed. Yeah sorry about your idea. I was writing my essay and doing revision at the same time so completely forgot about it until after I had written it and was about to post it.
Guest (Rodina): Ah next story? Well yes I have decided what my next few stories will be. My next story is kind of a rewrite of my completed story Asylum just with some twists and changes. A superhero AU would be cool, I have thought about it but I couldn't figure out a decent non-cliché and original way to do it. As long as I can understand what you're saying, I don't care how bad you're English is. It's pretty good actually. Just some spelling errors but that's it. On your chapter thing, there will be this chapter and the next one then that's it!
Dark of The Moon: Actually I did acknowledge your point chapters ago and I am sorry for this pseudo-debate. I never went on the defensive, all I did was explain my point. Sorry if it came across as attacking. I did NOT mean it like that. I never slammed your opinion. I actually thought it was a valid one which I had explained in earlier chapters of the story but probably not to the point to which it should have gotten across to the reader. Didn't clam up, I tried to incorporate your point. Also I just realised that this also sounds like attacking which I am not trying to do. You did have a valid point which I tried to fix. I have also kind of felt like you had started to attack me though and slammed my point. That's how it came to me. Sorry for this whole mess. I didn't mean for it to end up like this. I've been very stressed recently, so that may be why I've been coming across snappy. But super sorry for that. Not my intention. Just trying to explain my point, maybe didn't do it in the best way. Again, so sorry.
Chapter 21: One Of Us?
Anna relaxed her stance. She unfolded her arms but her fingers still tapped against the wood of the wall that she was sitting next to. She didn't know how much time had passed since Elsa had run off to battle Pitch. The clock in the room didn't help out. The minutes seem to go by extremely slowly one minute and then really fast another. Nobody had spoken since the little conversation between Hans and Anna. It seemed like everything that was needed to be said was said. Nevertheless, Anna's eyes were fixed firmly on Hans. He seemed to have given up any chance of trying to get under Anna's skin. Anna wasn't going to have any of Hans' nonsense. She was sick of him. She just wished that Elsa had thought about icing his mouth shut. That would have been an improvement.
Her eyes then drifted from Hans for the first time in ages and settled on the window outside. From the angle that she was in, she couldn't see much beyond a reflection of the room and some houses in Arendelle but she could see the bridge which was now covered in ice. Jack or Elsa must have done it in their attempts to defeat Pitch. Anna's mind was now firmly on her sister and hopefully her future brother-in-law. She liked Jack a lot and thought that he complemented Elsa so perfectly. Elsa may blush whenever Anna teased her about her relationship with the winter spirit but deep down, Elsa knew that Anna was just being the younger sister she couldn't be while Elsa was alive. There hadn't been any chances for Elsa as no one she liked came forward. Anna herself had a meticulous screening process. Only the best would have been allowed for her sister. Anna had found her Prince Charming and knew that Elsa's was just around the corner.
When Anna saw Jack, she could tell instantly that he was a decent guy. Sure, he was Elsa's polar opposite. He liked fun and games and hated rules whereas Elsa was a rigid rule follower and sometimes it seemed, never had any fun. Well maybe Jack was here to correct that. Anna could tell that even though Elsa had only met Jack a little while ago, Elsa cared a lot about Jack and Jack cared a lot about her. Elsa would probably not get into anything too serious with Jack until she was sure about everything and that she had known him for a while. Anna remembered the famous line Elsa said to her when Anna announced that she Hans were engaged after knowing each other for only a day "you can't marry a man you just met", that kind of stuck with Anna when her children were old enough to start getting married. Of course, Heidi was a different story. Heidi had just announced that she and the baker's son were running off. Anna, at the time, had no idea that they were involved and thought it was just a relationship potentially born of rebel (some advisors had wanted Heidi to marry a Prince from The Southern Isles to help that relationship and Heidi had flatly refused) but later found out that they had been together for years before and discussed it thoroughly. Anna had never known Elsa to show any feelings of love towards anyone in a romantic way. Sure, there had been some Princes, Dukes and Lords that Elsa thought looked nice but apart from that, nothing further. Anna always thought that this was because Elsa hadn't met anyone special yet but now she had and it took the form of Jack Frost. Anna wanted all the details but Elsa wasn't giving her any which annoyed her. Maybe after this whole mess was over, she would finally get some.
Anna sighed as she continued to look out of the window. She just hoped that Elsa was okay. Sure, Hans' blade hadn't been able to hurt or even touch her but Pitch's powers were something different. Anna knew first-hand what they could do. Her time in his lair proved this. But Elsa had her own powers. Anna didn't know why but her ice powers seem different. Maybe because Elsa wasn't too overly keen to use them while she was alive out of fear of hurting someone. But now, she would use them whenever she could. Maybe Elsa finally managed to properly let it go like she always wanted. But were these powers enough to stop Pitch in his tracks? Anna couldn't lose Elsa again not when she had gotten her back so soon. Anna didn't want all this to go to waste. Anna had been so desperate to see Elsa again and she had gotten her wish but if that was to be taken away again, Anna would dissolve into more misery. It would have been so cruel for Anna and Elsa who didn't spend a lot of time together even when Elsa was alive. Anna just begged for Elsa to be alright and not to be another victim of Pitch Black. She had to be okay, she just had to be.
Suddenly Anna realised something while looking through the window. She hurried over to it and looked through it.
"You okay honey?" Kristoff asked.
Anna turned around at him and grinned.
"The darkness and black smoke are gone," she said with a grin. "Pitch is gone."
Kristoff's face split into a wide grin.
"That's great," he raced at Anna and twirled her around. Kristoff leaned in and gave Anna a small kiss.
Hans had looked up at Anna's announcement. He looked lost and angry.
"How could Pitch have lost?" he stammered. "He was supposed to win."
"Evil never triumphs over good Hans," Anna said gleefully. "Surely you would have learned that with your experience."
"No, no, no," Hans said stubbornly. "He was supposed to defeat those blasted and meddling Guardians, get Elsa on his side, come for me and terrorise the planet."
"What do you mean 'get Elsa on his side'?" Anna's eyes were narrowing. This had been the first she had heard about this. "Why would Pitch want Elsa?"
"Because she was going to be his evil Queen," Hans said. He seemed to lost his mind so much that he was revealing all. This was probably due to the shock of discovering that Hans' plan was coming unravelled. "He wanted to rule the world with someone who was compatible with him. Since cold and dark works well together, he thought that would be good so he went after Jack and when he rejected Pitch's offer, he went after Elsa."
"Typical," Anna muttered. "Pitch wanting what he can't have." Anna then grabbed Kristoff's hand. "Let's go see what the others are up to," she said to him. She turned to her son. "Stay here," she told him, "and look after Hans."
"But-" Josef looked as if he was about to protest this but it didn't matter. Anna had sped off with Kristoff and out of the room.
Elsa watched as the darkness that had covered the castle and parts of Arendelle was cleared. Elsa let a smile adorn her entire face and features. She couldn't stop smiling and neither could Jack. The feeling that Pitch was finally gone was slowly dawning on them all. It was all over. Elsa and the other Guardians had managed to save Arendelle and everyone who lived in it. They had gotten rid of Hans and now Pitch was following in the same footsteps. Jack gave Elsa a hi-five which she returned just as eagerly.
"Great job," Jack said to her.
"You too," Elsa smiled at him.
The other Guardians came up around them and whacked them both on the back in a congratulatory manner. Suddenly Elsa felt some hands around her and watched as her younger sister, who had come out of nowhere, pulled her into a ginormous hug while squealing something incomprehensible but Elsa had a pretty good idea what she was saying. She was probably yelling things along the lines of 'you did it' and 'I knew you could'. Anna bear hugged Elsa so hard that Elsa was sure that her ribs would break. Elsa just let Anna jump up and down squealing as hard as she could.
"Calm down Anna," Elsa said.
"Sorry," Anna said taking in deep breaths. Behind her, Kristoff was giving Elsa the thumbs up. "Just so excited that you guys won. I shudder to think what would have happened if you guys hadn't."
"Well Hans would be ruling Arendelle and probably The Southern Isles," Elsa said, "Pitch would be spreading his fear far and wide, The Guardians would have been destroyed and I would either be gone alongside them or unwilling member of his party."
"Sounds horrible," Tooth shuddered.
"So what now?" Anna asked. "Now that Pitch is gone?"
"Oh he isn't gone," North sighed. "He's gone for now at least. He's built from fear but one cannot destroy fear."
"At least he's be defeated though," Kristoff said.
"And that he knows he can't trifle with The Guardians," Jack finished.
"Speaking of which," North looked at Elsa hard. "You mentioned something about your decision to join us or not."
"Indeed I did," Elsa said. She had thought a lot on the subject. At first she had gone back and forwards with the idea. It was good to have some friends with her, although she did know that even if she didn't join they would still be friends, and that she wouldn't be alone (but now that she had her memories back she doubted that could ever happen). At first, she had been a little nervous about all the children she had to take care of. It seemed like a massive responsibility but if Jack could do it, why couldn't her? After Anna had been taken by Pitch, her mind had been made up. She knew what she needed and wanted to do. It hadn't been a hard decision after that.
"Well?" North prompted.
"I would like to join," Elsa said with a rather large smile.
North's face along with every other Guardian, especially Jack, lit up like a Christmas tree.
"Excellent," North clapped his hands together. "This is splendid news. We will always welcome new members."
"Wait," Anna said. "Hold on."
"We're holding," Jack said.
"I thought Elsa was already a member," she said looking a little lost.
"Not all immortals are Guardians," North said, "but all Guardians are immortal. When someone becomes immortal they have the choice if they want to join us or not. Elsa here was given the opportunity to join. We all, especially Jack who had grown attached to her as they both shared common powers, would have loved to have Elsa join our team and now that she has, she will really be a great addition to the group."
"So what will Elsa have to do?" Anna said. "I've heard that you, North, take care of Christmas, Bunnymund takes care of Easter, Sandy is the Sandman, Jack brings winter and Tooth takes care of the children's teeth."
"Well," North said smiling over at Jack, "he's not always the most stay on task person I've met."
"Hey!" Jack said looking slightly offended.
"So Elsa will have bring winter?" Anna asked. "She and Jack will work alongside each other?"
"Yes," North nodded.
Anna smirked over at Elsa who blushed slightly. It had been true that she had been hoping that she and Jack could work together. She felt like that would give them the time they she wanted for them to spend together and it didn't seem to hard.
"Someone will be happy," Anna continued to smirk.
"Shut up," Elsa told her.
Everyone else was grinning at the two sisters.
"So," Tooth said, her face matching Anna's smirk. "Is there something you want to tell us you two?"
"No," Elsa shook her head.
"Not even your undying love for a certain Guardian of Fun?" Tooth continued. She looked as gleeful as Anna had. Elsa wondered if they had been talking behind their backs but then she remembered, how could they have been? They haven't been in the same room longer than a few minutes. Elsa was just being paranoid now.
"Do you know something?" Bunnymund asked. He looked a little lost. His gaze swapped from Tooth to North who was also grinning.
"We might," Tooth said.
"So what is Elsa the Guardian of?" Jack asked. "If I'm Guardian of Fun, is she going to be the Guardian of Seriousness?"
"That would be Elsa," Anna laughed.
"No way," Elsa said. "That is not going to be me. I was only serious because you refused to. Besides I am a Queen, they have to be all regal and serious."
"I think I inherited your crown sister," Anna said. "Sorry to ruin it."
"But I'm the Snow Queen," Elsa retorted.
"Okay you win," Anna said.
"So where did we land on this?" Tooth said. "What should we make Elsa the Guardian of? There are just so many different possibilities."
"How about love or freedom?" Anna suggested. "Or even creativity?"
"Why those?" North enquired.
"Well," Anna said, "Elsa's powers are amazing and she can make anything out of them like the ice castle for instance-"
"Wait, what?" Jack said interrupting. He turned to Elsa. "You built that? Amazing!" he seemed to be in awe of Elsa's powers at that moment.
"Um, yeah," Elsa said blushing slightly again. She realised that she had been doing that a lot lately. Jack had that effect on her. She also realised that she never told Jack that she built it after she got her memories back. "I kind of built it to help me let go of all fears to do with my powers. It was right after I ran away from my coronation night when my powers were revealed to everyone."
"Let's hear that story later," Jack said.
"As I was saying," Anna said not looking too happy that she had been interrupted, "that would be why with creativity but freedom has always been something that Elsa craved. Freedom from fear, freedom from her powers – when she was growing up but now she knows that they are a part of her and she wouldn't change that one bit – pretty much everything to do with being free and letting go."
"What about love?" Jack asked.
"Well Elsa has always shut me away while we were younger because she was afraid that she would hurt me with her powers. Like Olaf said, 'love is putting someone else's needs before yours'. That was what Elsa was doing. She was putting the needs of everyone else before her own. Besides, love is also the key to her powers. When she's angry, frightened or upset, her powers go berserk kind of like how they did when they froze Arendelle."
"Wait," Bunnymund said. "She froze Arendelle?"
"Same night as my coronation," Elsa said. "It was an accident. I didn't mean to."
"Sounds like some fun coronation," Jack said. "I've got to hear this story later."
"But you fixed it in the end," Anna said, "because you realised that love thaws and you were able to do what you didn't think you could have done before."
"Also when she was happy," Anna said, "she could create the most beautiful snow and ice. Everyone marvelled in its beauty. I actually miss that now," she added.
"So it sounds like love is the winner," North said.
"I was kind of banking on it being freedom," Bunnymund said.
"But love is perfect," Tooth said. "Every child in the world needs love. Otherwise it's just sad."
"I agree," North said. "Elsa, I hereby proclaim you as The Guardian of Love."
Elsa beamed. Jack, Anna and Kristoff all pulled her into all kinds of hugs. Elsa couldn't believe this. She was now a fulltime Guardian. She would be working alongside Jack Frost, her teacher, friend and maybe a lot more than that. It was starting out to be the beginning of her next life. She soon realised that Anna was looking not only happy but sad at the same time.
"What's wrong?" Elsa asked her.
"Oh nothing," Anna said wiping a few tears from her eyes. "I'm just overjoyed. That's all."
"Anna," Elsa said, "it's me. You can tell me anything. What's wrong?"
"It's just that," Anna said, "that you will be now leaving and not being here in Arendelle with us."
"Maybe not all the time," Elsa said. "I'll come back and visit. You know I will. Nothing will keep me away from Arendelle, I can promise you that."
"Really?" Anna looked a little happier at this.
"Sure," Elsa said. "I mean, my Guardian duties may keep me away for a while but I will always come home. You know I will."
"Thanks," Anna pulled Elsa into a hug. "You will always be welcome here for as long as you live which is a long time since you're immortal."
"Indeed," Elsa giggled. "I'll even bring the troublemaker over here." She thumbed in Jack's direction.
"Hey!" Jack said again.
"Well," North said. "We should be get going. There are things to do. Christmas isn't that far away and I know that your two grandsons won't want to wake up with nothing under the tree, will they?"
"No they won't," Anna laughed.
"I guess this is it," Elsa said. "For now at least."
"So feel free to pop by anytime," Anna said.
"I will," Elsa said. She brought Anna back into a hug with her. She didn't know when she would see Anna again. She hoped that it wouldn't be an age before she saw her. But she still savoured that moment.
Elsa and Anna broke apart, grinning at each other.
"Elsa?" Jack said holding out his hand so that Elsa could take it. "There's a blizzard expected in Australia that has our names on it."
"No there isn't!" Bunnymund shouted.
Elsa took Jack's hand. She turned back to her sister and brother-in-law. She was caught in that moment just how grown up they were. It was quite something. In a few short weeks everything for her had changed. Forty years had passed her in a flash but for Anna, it didn't look like that. Elsa just paused and allowed the mental image of Anna and Kristoff to be permanently ingrained in her memory. Elsa raised her hand as if to wave goodbye and Anna did the same thing.
"Goodbye," Elsa said. "I'll see you again soon – I hope."
"Goodbye Elsa," Anna said. "It was amazing to see you again."
Elsa grinned as Jack hoisted her up and took her up to the skies.
A/N: This was supposed to be up yesterday but FanFiction was playing up. Sorry, about that. So I was originally going to make Elsa's centre freedom but then I remembered that Elsa's powers were based around love so it's love. I can't remember who suggested freedom and creativity, both were really good ideas and were mentioned. Thanks to that person. Anyway, hopefully everyone enjoyed this chapter. Only the epilogue to go after this. Please review =)