"Right...we've established that Anna can't cook." Agdar said to which Elsa and Idun nodded in response.
"Excuse me! I spent an hour working on this." Anna stated. Anna had volunteered tondo some cooking for their family and when the hunters came back with some goat, Anna tried her best to turn it into an edible dish with style. It came put without style and more poisonous than edible. "It can't be that bad?"
"So how comes you haven't touched yours?" Elsa asked as she pointed to Anna's plate which was still half full.
"I'm not hungry." Anna so at to which everyone just snorted in disbelief. "OkY...maybe its not as good as I envisioned, but I never had the proper tools to make a good dish."
"When you were five, you tried to make pancakes. Those pancaked ended up putting two chefs and a guard in the infirmary for a week." Agdar told her.
"I got the baking soda and flour mixed up...it was a simple accident. That may have had food poisoning for several people. I'm still better than Elsa though." Anna suddenly piped out. "A week before we shipwrecked here, Elsa tried to make a cake and ended up having to use her powers numerous times to stop the kitchen from burning down."
"At least the cake wasn't poisonous." Elsa said.
"Yeah...well..." Anna mumbled as she put the plate down next to her and looked up at the afternoon sky. It was nearing dusk now since the sky was starting to take on a orange hue and the moon could be seen faintly in the sky.
"So what do you want to do now?" Anna asked as she picked up an apple from a basket nearby and decided to eat that instead.
"Maybe we could go for a walk later." Elsa suggested to which Anna nodded in response.
"If you do go for a walk, be careful and don't get lost." Agdar cautioned them. "The woods are a dangerous place."
"Yeah, we know."
"Well, your mother and I are going to go have a nap for a while. Maybe you could meet some of the other villagers."
"We've already done that." Anna said.
"Oh...well...I'm sure you two will find something to do." Agdar said with a smile as he and Idun stood up and walked away.
"So, do you want to go for a walk later?" Anna asked her sister.
"There's nothing else to do." Elsa said as she and her sister stood up and walked back to the ice hut. As soon as they entered the bedroom, Elsa flopped down on the bed and pondered the thought of when they were eve going to be rescued.
"Still thinking about whether or not to abdicate?" Anna asked.
"Actually, I'm almost ninety five percent sure I'm going to abdicate." Elsa said as she thought over it carefully then nodded.
"So, that means that you will no longer be queen anymore. Aren't you going to miss being able to boss people around and be called queen Elsa?" Anna asked.
"Not really. I don't really like commanding others and title means nothing to me. The title of sister means more than the title of queen." Elsa said causing Anna to aww. "So, do you wanna go for a walk now?"
"Alright." Anna said as she climbed of the bed along with her sister and proceeded down the stairs.
"Let's go that way..." Elsa said as she pointed to the left. Anna complied as they both went for a evening stroll through the woods. Within minutes, they found themselves at a small stream where a couple of deer were grazing on the grass. Anna slowly approached one of them with her hand outstretched, and to Elsa's shock, one of the smaller deer approached and licked her hand causing Anna to giggle.
"Aww. You're so cute." Anna squealed as she picked up the baby deer like a child and cuddled it, its mother watching nearby on some grass. "Hey Elsa! Can we keep it?"
"The other day you would have wanted to kill it. Plus, I don't think it's mother would want that." Elsa said pointing to the larger deer. Anna pouted in response as she let the little deer go and instead proceeded to sit on the edge of the stream, Elsa joining her a few seconds later.
The two girls stared mindlessly into the woods and the darkening sky before deciding to take a walk to a small hill nearby.
"I want all teams searching this island from top to bottom!" The Arrimusian captain announced as men began to board the dinghy's and sail to shore. The central vessel was now on the coast of the largest island, the one where, unknowing to either of them, the queen and princess were stranded. "We don't leave till we find the princess and queen. If there are any other survivors, we take them as well."
"SIR!" A panting guard ran up to the captain and several other guards and sailors.
"What is it?" The captain asked.
"We have a serious, serious problem!" The guard stated. "One of our scout ships had reported the presence of a reasonably large, and heavily armed pirate ship on the other side of this island."
"WHAT?" The captain screamed.
"Sir, we neither have the ordinance, nor the manpower to combat this pirate vessel as its capabilities exceed that of our own ship. That isn't just some kind of simple pirate ship that just happened to be cruising the area, this is a pirate flagship of a major pirate clan. We expect maybe Germanic in origin. Sir, we don't have the combat strength to engage such a vessel!"
"Well...as long as the don't notice our presence, everything should be alright." A guard said.
"That's the other problem. Their ship is moving slowly to this side as we speak. From what our scout ship reported, they seem to be searching for something on the island, and there is a possibility that they may have picked up the presence of those survivors and are now trying to hunt them down." The guard said.
"Whoa...whoa. Slow down." Another guard said. "We have no evidence that there are any survivors at all."
"So, you're telling me that a pirate ship has mobilized half of their men to search an empty island? What are they looking for? Deer?"
"Well, they could be burying treasure." The other guard said causing some to laugh.
"Guys, we all know about those myths but pirates aren't so stupid as to bury their treasure and make these bloody maps where x marks the spot. They pillage, loot, and bring the stuff back to their headquarters before murdering anyone they encounter."
"How long do you estimate before that pirate ship reaches this side of the island?" The captain asked.
"About 24 hours at the current rate they're moving." The guard replied.
"Surely we can just move our ship to compensate." A nearby guard suggested.
"Uhuh. And how do we update the search teams on the island about our location?" The guard asked.
"I don't know...there must be some way Levi." The guard said before his attention was drawn by one of the nearby sailors. "I've got to join them in the search efforts. You know, with all the stuff that we are doing here, this queen and princess better be grateful for what we are doing!"
"We help others in need. That is the actual motto of out naval force." Captain Regata said. "Right, so what you're telling me is that we have 24 hours to find the queen and princess and get them off the island before the pirate ship finds us and blasts us off the face of the earth?"
"Pretty much sir." Levi replied.
"That's assuming the queen and princess are even, bloody, alive!" The guard screamed.
"Look, I have absolute guarantee that they are! The queen is an ice sorcerer. She has the powers of ice and snow. She could have easily crafted some sort of plank or anything to stay afloat and of course she would go after her sister. If there's one thing that history has taught is, its that sorcerers are extremely hard to kill. Not only that, but the vevery same scout ship had informed us that it also detected a faint trail of smoke rising somewhere over there..." The captain shouted. "Now stop being so pessimistic and get your ass on that dinghy before I shove it up yours!"
The guard grumbled in reps on we as he climbed down the edge to the boat and into the dinghy below.
"We don't have the supplies to combat that vessel sir. We have at most, 24 hours, before we have no choice but to leave. Otherwise, death will be certain. I hope you know what you're doing sir." The guard said.
"I know what I'm doing." Regata replied. "I'll be joining one of the search crews on their missions as well. Get me my rifle and armor."
"Yes sir."
"I can only pray that we reach any survivors before the pirates do."
An hour later...
"Where are we going again?" Elsa asked as they climbed the rock ground of the hill.
"Just up this hill. It'll give us a great view of the island and we can also see if that pirate ship is following us still." Anna told her sister as she finally reached the tip of the hill and pulled out her spyglass. She looked in the direction of the mountains and observed the faint orange reflection at the very top before staring out to sea and...
"Elsa...you...are going to...want to see this." Anna said as she nearly dropped the spyglass in shock, her eyes as wide as they could physically be as she passed the spyglass to her curious sister. Elsa took the spyglass and looked through it and what she saw caused her to gape in shock...and relief. There, on the side of the island that they had originally came from, was a vessel which Elsa could immediately identify as an Arrimusian vessel front he unique sails, colors and the flag.
"Oh...my...god..." Elsa mouthed as she handed the spyglass back to her sister. "We...we're saved. WERE SAVED! ANNA! WE'RE GOING HOME!"
"Calm down Elsa." Anna said with a sudden stern expression as she stared at the coast of the other side of the island. "We're not out of the fire yet. The pirate ship is still there!"
"WHAT?" Elsa shrieked.
"I can see the ship is still there and there is a small camp on the coastline as well."
"So, one side has the allies, and the other side has the enemy. Just great." Elsa sighed a she looked between the coasts.
"Well Elsa, I told you that rescue will come. And its reasons like this that I am optimistic." Anna said with a smile as she pocketed the spyglass.
"I can't believe you were right. At least we can go home now though." Elsa said as tears began to form in her eyes at the thought of seeing home again after all these days. "Wait! What are we doing! We have to alert them!"
"NO! Anna screamed to Elsa as shock. "Anything noticeable to alert them, would be enough to alert the pirates as well. We have to tell mama and papa and get to that shoreline as soon as possible! Even if we have to travel all night!"
"Well want are we waiting for?" Elsa squealed. "We have to go now!"
Without a second to lose, the girls ran down the hill as fast as they could and ran straight back towards the village in the hopes that if everything went well, they could be on their way back to Arendelle as early as tomorrow morning. As a family again.
But if there was on thing that was true from the event so the last thirteen years for the sisters, its that nothing is ever that easy.
"Well well...we've struck jackpot boys!" The pirate captain announced.
"I don't see those two girls though!" A pirates said. "I don't think they are here captain."
"You leave them alone!" Idun screamed as she struggled to remove the bindings on her wrist. Within fifteen minutes of the girls leaving, the pirates had stumbled across the village and had overrun it almost instantly. The village and twelve survivors with a couple of weapons. There were more than two dozen pirates all armed with rifles and crossbows. The battle was laughably one sided as whoever didn't immediately surrender, was easily outnumbered by the pirates.
"Where are the two girls!" The pirate captain asked.
"We don't know who you're taking about!" Agdar spat.
"Stupid boy! If you didn't know about them, then why did she tell us to stay away from them?" The Captain asked as Idun gasped upon realizing her mistake. "Were not stupid!"
"What do you want?" Agdar asked.
"Revenge! That's All. Good all fashioned revenge, for the murder of my son by that witch!" The captain sneered. Agdar and Idun gasped. Elsa had actually killed someone? They never told them that. "By the looks on your faces I can tell that they never told you that."
"Please! We're sorry about your son. Just please let us go!" Idun begged.
"Sure, in exchange for those two girls."
"Never!" Agdar yelled.
"Oh we'll see about that," the captain sneered as he grabbed some nearby wood and started to engrave something on it. "Let's let them decide, shall we? Whether they value their lives more than the lives of everyone else here!"
"NO!" Agdar screamed as he attempted to kick the captain BT instead ended up kicking a nearby pirate in the shin.
"You bastard!" The pirate yelled as he kicked Agdar in the side.
"Done..." The captain muttered as he put the block of wood in plain sight. "And just to make sure that they get the message and don't think we're playing with them..."
BANG!
"NO!" Several of the villagers screamed as the captain shot the village doctor in the head. He dragged he doctors body towards a flat surface and grabbed his sword. With one fail swoop, he lopped the doctors head off, causing many of the villagers and several pirates to scream in horror, before the captain grabbed the head and placed it right next to the plank with the message.
"Well, I think they will get the message now."
"Captain..."
"What is it Maurice?" The captain asked.
"I've just been looking at this girl here..." Maurice said as he stared carefully at Idun, Agdar watching them wearily with rage in his eyes. If they touched his wife we would not hesitate to murder them all with his bare hands. "This one bares some striking resemblance to that witch. But its definitely not her since she had white hair and was younger. Are you two related?"
"No!" Idun quickly answered.
"Are you sure? Because you bare some striking resemblance to her!" Maurice growled as he slowly approached her. Idun shook her head. There was no way she was ever going to reveal that they were her daughters. "Okay then..."
Maurice turned his back and prepared to walk away, but in a move so quick that even the captain was shocked, Maurice whisked around and lunged at Idun, Agdar screaming bloody murder, as the pirate picked up Idun. And slammed her as hard as he could against a wall.
"I'll fucking kill you!" Agdar yelled as he tried desperately to break the binds holding him.
"WHO ARE THEY?" Maurice yelled as he slammed Idun to the ground and kicked her. He grabbed her again and slammed her head against the wall of a hut as hard as he could, instantly knocking Idun into unconsciousness. He picked her limp form up and grabbed the knife from his pocket and held it to her throat. "One of you better speak right now, who the fuck are those two, otherwise I'm going to slit her throat right here!"
"NO!" Agdar screamed. "LEAVE HER ALONE!"
"Then tell me who those two girls are!" Maurice shouted as several of the pirates backed away. He pushed the knife against Idun's throat even harder causing Agdar to well in horror when small beads of blood started to appear.
"Please...leave her alone..." Agdar begged, tears in his eyes at seeing us wife so defenseless.
"I will...just tell me who those two are..." Maurice said. Agdar couldn't reveal that they were his daughters. It was his and Idun's ultimate mission to protect their daughters at any cost, even if it meant dying in the process. Idun, his wife, would die right here if he didn't reveal who they were, but they were his own daughters, and he couldn't do that to them. Idun nor him would ever do that. Elsa and Anna's life was above their own. Agdar made his choice as he just shook his head, tears streaming down his face.
Maurice seemed to contemplate something for a second as he glanced between Agdar and the woman he was holding. He then tried to remember what those two girls liked like, since he had gotten a quick glance of them several days ago, glancing between Agdar and Idun again, his eyes widening as the truth suddenly struck him.
"Bloody hell...they're your daughters!" Maurice said as the captain gasped.
"NO!" Agdar screamed. "No they're not!"
"Yes they are. I can see then bloody resemblance. This one looks like the witch and the other one resembles a cross between you and her." Maurice said.
"They're sisters and you're their parents..." The captain mumbled before he began to growl. "These two...are not to leave my sight at all. At least we know they will definitely come for you now."
"They will never!" Agdar yelled. "We would rather die than have you hurt them!"
"That can be arranged." Maurice said. "They're are your daughters. I was not expecting that."
"No they are not!" Agdar yelled.
"What? Why are you still lying? We already know the truth! Why the fuck are you still lying? Do you want her to die?" Maurice yelled as he pressed the knife against Idun's throat, more beads of blood appearing on the knife edge.
"YOU'RE HURTING HER! PLEASE...STOP!" Agdar cried.
"Then admit it! They are your daughters!" Maurice screamed.
"NO!"
"What is wrong with you?! You really are willing to..."
"That's enough Maurice!" The captain finally shouted. "We need every survivor alive, especially these two of you say they are who they are. Those two girls won't come back if these two, who you say are supposed to be their parents, are dead...will they?"
Maurice scowled as he threw the unconscious Idun to the ground. Agdar immediately pushed himself towards his wife's unconscious form and cuddled her, which was hard when his hands were bonded together.
"Right. The message is left, get this lot out of here. There is a cave a couple of miles in that direction. That is where we will stay!" The captain announced.
"But what if they don't come?" Maurice asked.
"Well...if they don't come...then that is when I'll allow you to do whatever you want to these two here. And we'll kill the rest. Simple. Their blood I exchange for the blood of everyone here and give versa." The captain said. "Now come on. Let's get the fuck out of here..."
30 minutes later...
"Mama! Papa! We found a...ship..." Anna stopped short when she saw the abandoned village on front of her. A few seconds later, Elsa arrived right next to her an looked around.
"Where is everyone?" Elsa asked as she walked to a bit and peered inside. "Hello?"
"ELSA!" Anna screamed as loud as she could. Elsa ran as fast as she could over to where Anna was standing with her hands over her mouth, staring in shock at something by the campfire. When Elsa got close enough to see it, she nearly screamed herself and felt sick. There, on the ground, was the body and head of then doctor of the village, the head lying several feet away from the body by a plank of wood that Anna kneeled down to read. She watched as Anna's eyes widened with every passing second before she suddenly broke down in tears. Elsa looked at the plank of wood and on it was an engraved message.
To the Ice witch...
We have all your friends...
Come to the cave 15 miles north west of this village, and surrender yourself by dawn, or we will kill every single one of the villagers and send their heads back in a bag.
The lives of you two in exchange for the lives of eleven villagers...
The choice is yours...
Their lives...are in your hands...
Elsa nearly collapsed to the ground upon reading that message. The pirates had finally caught up with them and now they had their parents and the other villagers. Of they didn't comply, their blood would be on their hands. Elsa just broke down in tease as her sister lay on the ground crying next to her.
"Mama...papa..." Anna whimpered. "I'm so sorry..."
Elsa shook her head in disbelief. This couldn't be happening...not now. Whay had she ever down to deserve such bad luck as this.
She couldn't hold it back anymore as the frost began to spread around her.
"MAMA! PAPA!" Elsa screamed to the sky.
Right. So Anna and Elsa have two options here. Either they go to the pirates location and save their parents and the other nine villagers...
...or...
...they could instead, save themselves, head towards the Arrimusian rescue ship and leave their parents and villagers behind to be killed by the pirates.
I wonder what it is going to be?
Also, I have decided to continue the newly created series of one shots that revolve around Agdar, Idun, Anna and Elsa. The fanfic is now called, The Royal Family, and I've just posted a second one shot earlier on. I would be really grateful if you could check it out and tell me what you think...please...
Also, we are in the final quarter of this story meaning, that it will soon be finished. I will officially close the poll tomorrow night, EST. Which I think is around 9 am here on Monday.
I would like to thank everyone who read, reviewed, followed and favorited this story. It means a lot to me.
I also do not own frozen or any content and characters affiliated with it...no matter how much I wish I did.
-TacticX