Author's Note, "Due to some issues at work I am forced to split this chapter in two parts, but I assure you I WILL finish the second part and the sub plot will be revealed in the next chapter.
So without further delays this is the first part, which I warn you it will be Dark. Is Anna secretly in love with Hans, what is the creature in the cave is he friend or foe and who is the new agent Kristoff is using? Stay tuned to find out more, up next will they ever be able to find the tower and get out of the cave or will they wonder around in circles?
Chapter 25 Secrets And Truths.
Anna looked at outside towards the balcony the night sky was beautiful while thinking of Kristoff hoping he was alright, what if he was being tortured or worse the thoughts began to invade her mind which nearly overwhelm her but she put it out of her mind knowing he would be fine looking around the room it was beautiful the splendor of the high born elves nearly rivaled Elsa's creativity but it was not even close, the wall was made of iron while painted pure gold while the ceiling was surprising made of the night sky but upon taking a closer look she found it was the night sky itself. "WHOA! How is this possible?" She saw the stars, the planets, the sun and even the moving comets also the asteroid belt mesmerised she couldn't take her eyes off them everything was so crystal clear if only Kristoff and the others can see this now.
Finally able to pull herself away she instantly thought of Hans he has to see this as she got up from her seat and rushed to his room this is something he needed to see, Hans stood there thinking what was his future going to be serving Elsa was so far best thing that has happened to him however he was starting to feel himself being attracted to Anna this time it was different, was this geniue or just a feeling which will only last a day he needed to know no sooner as he of thought of it he heard Anna's voice while banging on the door.
"Hans! Are you there?" asked Anna impatiently "Come in!" as the door opened Anna came rushing in grabbing his arm "Where are we going Anna?" he asked looking at her surprised, "You need to see this Hans let's go!" as they both made their way to Anna's room she finally let go of his arm as they both entered her room "alright Anna what is this about?" She looked at him intentively "I have seen the stars and the night sky they are so beautiful!" Hans looked at her he knew that look she was starstruck was she going to tell him she loved him, "Alright I am going to go check on something~~" Anna walked towards him putting her fingers on his and slowly pulling them up to face the night sky on the ceiling. "This is indeed…fascinating!" said Hans his eyes couldn't believe what he was seeing was this even possible when he was young he used to gazed at the stars are night dreaming of a better life this was different he feasted his eyes on everything from the stars to the planets, comets, the sun and the asteroid belt he turned his gaze to Saturn's rings it was made of entirely small rocks, was this all a dream if it was he never wanted to wake up but stay in this dreamworld forever with Anna.
"Are you in position yet?" asked Kristoff gazing into the crystal ball all the pieces was coming together all he needed was someone to lead them right to him, "Indeed I am what are your orders?" asked the mysterious figure. "I need you to lead them to me let's give them a warm welcome!" he nodded with a smile standing outside the mouth of the cave as the hologram shut off abruptly. He closed his eyes and instantly vanished. "Soon Anna soon we will be together again!" suddenly he heard a fiery figure appeared behind him as he turned to looked as it slowly formed a tall figure of a man with a serpent staff Kristoff recognised him as Jafar as he turned his gaze to looked upon Kristoff, "You better make sure they arrive as planned I want them alive!" he yelled with a commanding voice his patience was beginning to wear thin. "Patience Jafar they will come I already send my agent to lead them here." he retorted the only reason why he was putting up with this nuisance was upon the request of the cabal otherwise he would have not agreed to him being here, "Don't you dare talk back to me boy you don't know the power I wield remember they place me in charge of you!" yelled Jafar to him Kristoff was a tool he was ready to dispose of once he serve his purpose.
"Without me you won't be able to find them yourself which means you are incompetent!" retaliated Kristoff he knew Jafar was prone to being impatient but he was more prone to his pride being crushed. Jafar snapped how dare a nobody like him insult him the great sorcerer humanity has ever seen. "WHY YOU!" as his body lit up as fire emerged followed by bolts of lightning zapping him with near misses deliberately to make it clear that his insolence will not be tolerated, Kristoff ran across the room dodging the lightning strikes reaching for the crystal ball as the cabal began to appeared as his lightning struck the crystal ball piercing through the magical barrier hitting right below the mysterious figure sitting at the head of the table. Jafar realised too late what he had done began to kneel down in fear as the figure took off her mask revealing her face which was pure purplish energy she was a force to be reckoned with and Jafar knew it. "JAFAR YOU WILL CONTROL YOURSELF OR I WILL HAVE YOU THROWN INTO A BLACK HOLE IS THAT CLEAR?!" She yelled her voice the sound of thunder as the whole room began to shake violently the floor began showing cracks while the wall tremble, "Yes… I mean… yes your greatness!" as he dared not lift his head to looked at her.
"GOOD! I WILL BE WATCHING YOU FROM NOW WATCH YOURSELF JAFAR!" as the vision began to vanish wasting no time he instantly disappear to make the final preparations disguising himself as insane old man with a stick outside the elven town he waited for them to pass by. "You will never see it coming!" he thought to himself while he begged for people to give him money as a hobby.
Hans and Anna was still gazing at the night sky when suddenly it changed to a prison cell where Kristoff was being held captive, his hands chained on each side to the wall while his legs were cuffed with a iron ball with his beaten face blood can seen on his face at the both sides of his cheeks he looked up to see Anna and Hans, "Help…me!"
"Kristoff! Where… where are you?" asked Anna "The…dark…tower…go..through..the…cave…not far from…the…elven…town…" he replied weakly while coughing out blood Anna saw he wasn't going to last much longer they had to leave now if they had any chance of saving him. "I am coming for you just hang on a little longer.." There was no answer as the vision suddenly faded retuning it to the original night sky. "We need to leave now if we are to save Kristoff!" as Hans nodded as they both left the room to tell Elsa about it.
Anakin and Elsa looked out into the night sky seeing the stars in all their beauty and saw two shooting stars flashed across the sky standing beside each other as Elsa stretch out her hand to hold his hand as her fingers reached into his fingers as her fingers slowly slit through the gaps of his palm while holding his hand firmly he felt her emotions passing through her hand as he turned to look at her, Elsa felt his heartbeat racing with each beat was a clear message he love her as she turned towards him moving forward as they both closed their eyes to kiss each other their lips were barely inches away when Anna suddenly came bursting in.
"We have found Kristoff he is being held captive in the dark tower and won't last much longer we must save him!" yelled Anna anxiously, Elsa looked at Anna pulling her hand from her fiancee as they both walked towards her. "Who told you this?" Anna seeing her sister's calm eyes replied "We were looking at the night sky when we saw a vision of Kristoff being held captive he gave us the location of the dark we need to go through the cave to reached him that's all." said Anna. "We leave tonight come Anna lets go!" as they left the room the corridor was relatively quiet slowly making their way to the throneroom looking around they saw a big glowing blue crystal in the middle of the throne walking to touch it when they heard a familiar voice. "Where are you going?" it was Kalindra the elven queen as she walked gracefully through them.
"We are going to save Kristoff he is being held captive in the dark tower." responded Anna keeping her composure. "Then you may leave allow me to activate this crystal." as she touched the crystal as a blue portal began to appear beside them "All is not what it seems be wary may Adonai guide your path champions." as they stepped through the portal as Elsa was about to step through the portal she bowed her head low and thank her for her hospitality in response "You have a challenging road ahead of you Empress Elsa but you will come out stronger when you come out of the furnace." said Kalindra smiling bowing her head and walk away. Elsa stepping through the portal to regroup with the others they were outside the elven town when they saw a strange old man, he had a white beard with gray hair he wore a grey cloak and a torned grayish pants along with a small gnarled walking stick, he saw them getting up to his feet he spoke, "Out late at this time eh?" Anakin saw he had almost no teeth while sensing his thoughts something was wrong with this old man, but couldn't make out what it was relaying his thoughts to Elsa through the mental link they had, "Something seems off about this man we need to be wary of him." Elsa sensed his distrust in his thoughts "We don't have a choice for now we need him to lead us to the cave."
"You are putting us at risk with this old man we don't know where he will lead us!" said Anakin growing more wary with his fiancee's choice, which was questionable at this point.
"You have a better idea my Dear? I am opened to all options if you have any of them if not just follow my lead!" Elsa responded while approaching the old man asking him, "Where is the dark tower and can you lead us there?"
"Yee Miss been there many times before, if yee wants to go the cave yee shall take you there." his language was strange but she understood him well enough, "Take us there through the shortest way you know." The old man turned from her looking ahead walked forward "Yee stay close to me, many bad things happen here at night much more terrible things yee don't want to see. " as they walked forward pacing closed behind him while Elsa sensed something strange about him a familiar presence but it was hidden from her deciding not to think about it she looked at Anakin with concern this was not like him to question her to which she wanted to know why was he acting this way.
After walking for two long hours they finally reached the bridge leading to the cave as the old man lifted his right hand signalling them to halt, across the brick bridge lay a fog so thick they weren't able to see anything the old man raised his hand as the fog suddenly disappeared there across the bridge was a huge black hole as they looked up the mountain black droplets like raindrops began to fall from the mouth of the cave to the ground. "Come yee must cross the bridge the cave nearby it be!" as they walked across the bridge Anakin suspiciously began to suspect something was going to happened still unable to penetrate the old man's thoughts he held his sword steady poised to strike like a lion waiting for his prey.
Elsa felt the shift in his thoughts and emotions she looked at him monitoring his moves discreetly, feeling uneasy she silently walked closer to him as she did so she felt a wave of fear washing over him she concentrated her powers pinpointing where the fear was coming from at last she found it the old man was the cause of this but still not enough evidence to support he was acting suspiciously she waited a little longer waiting to see what will happened next. Anna and Hans looked around them wary of their surroundings there was nothing but fog and a icy wind blowing at them her first thought was Elsa. "Elsa stop blowing the wind at us it's getting chilly here!" Elsa turned to looked at Anna in surprised she couldn't feel any wind and it was not her. "Anna it's not me." Anna surprised looked at Hans he was faring no better leaving her no choice she ignited her powers warming herself and placed her right arm on his right shoulder warming him while he placed his left hand on her shoulder, "We will make it through this Anna!" suddenly she heard a growl seeing a pair of red eyes staring right at her then disappeared were her eyes playing tricks on her. "Old man what was that? " but he didn't reply adding to her fears they were not alone she looked at Hans once more her subconscious mind began to whisper to her "Hans..traitor..KIILLLLL…" She shrugged it off calming herself unaware her fear was manifesting itself like a python wrapping itself slowing around her mind.
"Almost there yee will be!" he shouted as he picked up the pace moving forward after thirty long minutes they finally reached outside the mouth of the cave. It looked much bigger than before inside was nothing but pitch darkness Elsa sensed something lurking within the deep recesses of the cave an ancient creature whether it good or evil she will need to find out for herself. "Yee be here and now yee be wanting a fee for thee services." said the old man. "Hang on you didn't mention any fee when you agreed to lead us here!" Anna replied him shooting him a glaring look raising her hands and blasted him with her might as the fire scorched his skin burning his face, clothes including his skin the flames eating away his flesh and bone as Anna raised the intensity of the heat as he groaned in pain "AAAAGGGRRHHH NNAAAHHHHH AAARRRGGHHHHHHHH!" struggling to put to out the fire rolling left and right but to avail.
"ANNA WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" stepping between her sister and the old man raising her hands to block the incoming flames which was getting stronger by the minute, Elsa yelled raising her right hand while using her powers to create a wall around him shielding him from the fire. "Get out of my way sister this guy is a rip off! I am going to RIP HIS FACE RIGHT OFF!" Elsa seeing she had no choice took a deep breath her eyes opened glowing with white flames absorbing her sister's powers. "Elsa you are defending this rip off well then, SO BE IT!" Hans and Anakin seeing this felt Anna had gone too far as Hans tried coming from behind trying to knock her out Anna turned to looked at him, "You dare!" as her eyes blazed shooting bright beams at him sending him straight into a huge rock knocking unconscious while Anakin tired mentally cutting off her powers, he saw her overwhelm by fear she felt him in her mind. "Get out of my mind!" She demanded as her began to burn ready to shoot him the same way she did with Hans.
"Anna you need to stop remember who you are, don't let this fear consume you!" said Anakin pleading with her. "SHUT UP!" as a huge shockwave knocked him out her mind the impact knocking him unconscious as he lay there blood coming out from his nose. Elsa looked with horror as she felt the shockwave Anakin was in grave condition his left side of the brain had ruptured, "ANAKIN!" Looking at him she turned back to her sister containment no longer an option she dashed right at her sister punching her stomach lifting her into the air, vanished and reappeared punching her face with her right fist sending her falling into the ground rendering her unconscious. Elsa walked towards her touching her face and stomach closing her eyes to heal any possible damage doing the same with Anakin healing his left side of the brain.
"Muhahahahaha! Whoa Whoahahahaha!" Elsa heard the sharp sinister laugher coming from the old man as he rosed up standing tall transforming his face healing as his clothes began resembling into a robe with pointed shoulders while his walking stick became a snake staff Elsa instantly recongisned who he was Jafar her old teacher and advisor. "Finally free from that insignificant form! Now you will pay for what you did to me Elsa!" He glare at her years of pain have finally led to this moment.
"You could have stayed as my royal advisor but instead you went behind my back and plotted to overthrow me, but I offer you another chance Jafar stop this madness and tell me who is behind all this." Jafar considered her proposal but turned it down all he wanted now was revenge for the years of pain he endured.
"Revenge is mine and you will die by my hand today!" as he blasted her with lightning bolts but she swiftly dodged them all surprising him he attempted again using multiple swords throwing them at her, but she waved them aside like they were nothing he raised his staff taking aim at her blasting her with dark magic it hit but no effect. "What! How is this possible I am more stronger than you!" yelled Jafar. "Surrender Jafar! You can't win! This is your last warning!" Jafar snapped using all his powers he blasted her with more dark magic attempting to overpower her Elsa seeing she had no choice blasted him with the full might of her powers.
"ON THE CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MANIPULATION AND SORCERY I CHARGE YOU JAFAR WITH DEATH!" as she raised her hands countering his magic with the intensity of her cosmic fire as her powers easily overpowered his dark magic the blast impacted him shattering all his defences piercing through his clothes and his skin it now punched a hole through his ribcage setting his heart on fire the burning white flame spread throughout his veins, blood cells burning mercilessly anything and everything in its path until it reached his organs consuming them whole the flames grew stronger eventually burning even his bones. "AAAARRRGGHHHHHHHH AAAHHHHHHHHH!" as he felt his hands exploding as his eyes began to burn white fire as it burned away his eyes while his mouth opened wide as the fire burned his whole mouth his tongue and teeth all ablaze his face began to melt as the flames burn his entire body. "ARRRRRGGGGGHHHH NAAAAARRRRRAAAGGHHHHHH!" as he exploded into thin air the blast send all the rocks and snow burning while Elsa was left unharmed as she looked at what remains of Jafar his snake staff was still there, Elsa glared at it "NEVER AGAIN!" as she blasted it completely destroying it to ensure he never returned and no one will use his powers for their own selfish gain.
"Ohhh What happened!" as she began to slowly regain consciousness surveying her surroundings as Elsa stood down to help her up, Anna stood to her feet while looking at Elsa with a question written on her face. Elsa knew that look although it pained her to tell her sister she never like keeping secrets with a deep breathe she spoke, "Anna you attacked the old man with your powers severely injuring him~~" Anna looked at her sister in shock as her eyes widen, "I did what?!" then suddenly she remembered but Elsa interrupted her "Relax Anna he was not what you think he was, it was all facade to lead us here and kill us but I took care of him he is gone and we will never ever see him again!" Anna looked at her sister the tone in her voice had changed this was not like her maybe he must have down something horrible but it's over. "Phew glad that's over." said Anna as she looked at Hans she saw his eyes were moving rushing over to him as he regained consciousness, "Hans, Hans are you alright?" as he slowly opened his eyes to looked at Anna, "oooohhhh that was one hard suckerpunch you gave me." he smiled as she helped him stand to his feet. Anna looked at him in surprise like as if her punch didn't injure him unaware Elsa had healed him while he was unconscious.
Elsa walked towards Anakin still unconscious after the shockwave he took from Anna, "uuuuuhhhhh what~~" as he began to get up while opening his eyes to see Elsa looking at him with concern, "Elsa? What happened?" he asked "You hit a rock and slip unconscious for awhile but it was nothing serious, can you walk?" he looked at her while struggling to stand up, "Steady Darling one step at the time." as she took his right arm placing it on her shoulder while putting her left hand on his hip infusing him with power and strength. He felt it slowly regaining his strength he felt pumped up as her comic energy coursed through his body "Ahhh that's better! What would I ever do without you?" smiling at her. Elsa looked into his dreamy blue eyes widening her smile, "I know that look Darling and~~~" Elsa didn't wait for him to finish his sentence as she hugged him she was just glad he was alright. "There it is you are getting very predictable Darling that's why I love you Elsa!" She squeeze him tighter in agreement while he lovingly returned the hug placing his hands at her back holding her close to him, Elsa could feel his heart beating rapidly. Suddenly his heartbeat changed into words focusing his power he changed his heartbeat into one word with each heartbeat 'Elsa! Elsa! Elsa!' she looked him in his eyes while he did the same as they both kissed each other tenderly.
"They are both so in love aren't they Hans?" Hans looked at them while turning to Anna, "They are both perfect for each other like birds of a feather." Anna looked at Hans with a anticipated look on her face "Do you think they might get married one day?" Hans took a moment to grasp the question he was no love expert but he had his fair share of learning from his brothers about marriage and relationships. "Too early to tell they just got engaged it's going to be a rough road ahead of them, they are going to plenty of time to sort out their differences." said Hans with his fingers on his chin. "But they have come this far.." Hans turned away from Anna, "That doesn't mean they have tied the knot yet anything can happen possibly for the worst let's hope they stay committed to each other." Anna nodded in agreement she understood only time will tell if they were really meant for each other or not but she hoped for the best for the both of them.
As they were talking to each other suddenly they heard a deafening roar from the entrance of a cave "ROOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" as they raised their hands to cover their eardrums as they turned to look at the cave seeing a pair of reptile eyes gazing at them it's head nearly a few inches away from the gigantic cave entrance. As it turned its back retreating back into the darkness it's giant footsteps thundering in the cave as rocks fell from the ceiling it walk deeper till they saw it no more. "What was that?" asked Anna looking at Hans thinking he knew the answer but alas he had no idea whatever the creature was turning to Anna dumbfounded as Elsa and Anakin walked towards them Elsa saw the hestiation in her sister's eyes the monster had succeeded in terrifying her standing from of them she spoke, "The only way to save Kristoff is through that cave whatever lies in there we need to face it if we are to conquer our fears, I will lead you come let's go!" as Elsa walked straight into the cave followed by Anakin along with Hans and Anna. She closed her as a staff materialise out of thin air along with a small crystal placed on top of it giving off radiant white light while Anna conjured six fiery orbs three on the right and three on the left making it much easier to see in the dark.
Elsa and Anakin sensed three massive creatures lurking somewhere in the dark but couldn't pinpoint where they were exactly as Kristoff and his master had magically enchant the cave with dark magic and the dark side of the force rendering their powers ineffective at long range while making it even harder for them to detect any potential attacks coming their way until it was too late. All they could sense what was five meters ahead of them and couldn't go any further thus they had to rely on their senses and their eyesight to see where they were going, "This cave could go on forever whoever made this cave didn't want potential intruders coming in or going out." Elsa contemplated on Anakin words she knew this could possibly be a death trap or worse here underground in the darkness with no way out, what if they died here, what if this was all setup, or was that creature waiting for them in ambushed all these thoughts flooded her mind but she was having none of it and cast them from her mind focusing on reaching the tower rescuing Kristoff and head home by any given means.
"We will make it through this I am sure Darling, I won't let anything happen to us count on that!" She vowed as she stopped after walking for two and half hours covering some ground but no where close to the tower, she closed her eyes aiming her hands at ceiling as white beams formed a cosmic forcefield from the top to bottom covering them in a box like formation, nothing can go in and nothing can come out she stomp her boots to the floor making the rocks beneath three times as hard as the rocks on the surface making sure no one can emerge from below. Also conjuring firewood while Anna used her powers to burn the firewood giving them warmth and light, Elsa clapped her hands together making three steaks, four turkeys, spaghetti and mashed potatoes along with fountains of endless water, they ate to their hearts content Elsa placing her palms together as four glowing orbs appeared blowing them passing Anna, Hans and Anakin as four sleeping bags appeared with the same material used on the beds at the mansion. To top it all up she snapped her fingers making the outside of the pure black while the inside was abundantly lit thanks to fire. "We should get some rest tomorrow we will rescue Kristoff and find a way out of this cave." said Elsa as she slipped into her sleeping bag watching the others do the same as they wished each other goodnights closing their eyes dreaming of tomorrow.
"This remains me of the last cave we visited." said Anakin mentally communicating with Elsa. "But only much bigger Darling that cave pales in comparison to this one, we have a long way to go." as they saw each other sitting on a wooden bench gazing at the stars in the blue night sky they were so beautiful beyond number as time began to stopped looking at each other, "Watch this!" as Anakin got up raising his two hands reforming the stars into his palms while rearranging them into a shape of a rose as the two leafs appeared beneath the rose slowly forming the stalk, slowly using his two fingers he gave it to Elsa as her eyes widen with amazement and awe. "Anakin…this…is…so…so…beautiful..." as her words trailed off into the distance as she held the rose within her hands. Anakin suddenly had an idea "Allow me Darling." as he slowly picked up the rose and placed it into her blond hair it fit perfectly closing his eyes he put his two hands above her head as two more roses appeared on the left and right beside the middle rose Anakin snapped his fingers as a small mirror appeared in front of her, Elsa's mouth opened she liked it even more feeling a sudden rush of joy and adrenaline as she tossed the mirror away looking at him intentively, "This is so beautiful Darling! You are so creative!" Anakin opened his eyes placing his hands on her shoulders sitting closer towards her "You are truly the best thing that's happen to me! I LOVE YOU!" Elsa gazed into his blue dreamy eyes as she placed her arms on his cheeks responding to him "I LOVE YOU TOO AND I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO!" As they both kissed each other throughout the night nobody to interrupt or disturb them this time.
Outside the forcefield something was stirring in the dark as the creature move towards the forcefield attempting to breach it, lifting his razor sharp diamond claws and bringing them down to slash a hole in it but instead felt his claws burning as a powerful jolt of electricity forced him back, "ARRRAAGHH" as he fell back recoiling in pain his claw were now blunt as acid began eating whatever skin was left, forcing his damaged claw off as new ones emerged sharper than the last as the acid consumed what was left of his old claw. "So you are powerful as they say I will be waiting." as he retreated back into the darkness waiting for the next opportunity to strike.