Chapter 24
Jack would visit Elsa everyday. They would play with their powers, have contests to see who could make it snow the most or make the room the coldest. Occasionally they would just sit down and talk about their lives. Asking each other about their likes and dislikes. Jack found that this Elsa was no different than the one he loved. He felt himself falling for this one even more as he spent more time with her. Elsa found Jack interesting to say the least. She admired his child like spirit. She loved how his eyes sparkled with both mischief and innocence. He became a greater friend than anyone she ever knew. Some cases, she saw him as closer than even Perri was to her.
Elsa would wait for Jack everyday. She would sit by the window and look out into the distance until he came in sight. And when he did, her heart would skip a beat and feel a bit warmer. She felt excited, happy. She didn't know how to describe the feeling she felt when she was with Jack. It was like a warmth. A warmth that her parents couldn't give. One which she had never felt before. She felt complete. It was like she had finally found the thing which her heart had searched for. She talked to Anna about it, Anna would squeal and begin to ship Elsa and Jack. Little did Elsa know that Anna had already known what the feeling was and why Elsa only felt it with Jack.
Jack began to invade Elsa's thoughts. During school, she would often think about him. Daydreaming and staring off into the distance during class. Everything she saw seemed to remind her of him and she didn't mind. Her friends noticed Elsa's change in behavior, but when asked. Elsa would just brush it aside saying she's just been having a good life. Her parents also had their suspicions to her change in mood, but decided not to delve into it and let their daughter tell them when she was ready.
Days turned to weeks, weeks turned to months, and months turned to years. Elsa and Jack continued to see each other, slowly falling in love. Jack began taking Elsa out of the country after the first couple of months of their friendship. They would have little adventures and see the beauty all around the world. After the first year of their friendship, Elsa had finally figured out her feelings. Impossible, she thought. I am mortal, he is immortal. It can never work.
Jack too, thought the same thing. It was becoming harder and harder for him to resist confessing to her. Resist wanting to just hold her tight and never let her go. She could never love me. He thought. Elsa was turning 18 soon. 2 years since the incident, since he had found her once again. 2 years since they had become friends. Jack decided to take her out of the country, to Japan. He took her to an area with beautiful cherry blossoms and a river which reflected millions of colors. It seemed so magical, and Elsa thought it really was magic. The two stood on a bridge which over looked the whole scene. Elsa's eyes filled with admiration and excitement, while Jack's never left hers.
"Jack?" Elsa asked as she felt him staring. To her, this was like a dream come true. Like a fairytale where she was the princess and Jack was her prince. She had dreamed of the day where Jack would confess some sort of feelings towards her. But she knew it was just a dream. A beautiful, impossible, dream. Lost in her thoughts she had missed what Jack had said. Only seeing his mouth move and a blush come to his face.
"I-I'm sorry, what did you say?" she asked. Jack's face downcasted, seeing this as a sign of rejection. But still her replied, wanting to say it one more time. "I love you," he said. Elsa's heart stopped. Did- did he just say what I think her said? She thought. "Jack," she gasped out. Trying to contain her excitement, but finding it hard to make words. Jack turned back to the scenery, trying to avoid eye contact with her, looking every direction but hers. "Jack," she said once more with more confidence in her voice. Taking her hand and placing it on his cheek so he would look at her. "I love you too," she finally said with all the courage she had. Jack's eyes brightened and he smiled a smile wider than any smile of his that Elsa had ever seen.
"Really?" he asked like a surprised child. Elsa laughed and nodded. Jack then engulfed Elsa in a hug and Elsa instantly returned it. He picked her up and spun her around, making her laugh in excitement and pure joy. Setting her down, he brought his lips to hers and she returned the kiss. The colors from the river seemed to shine brighter than before and the blossoms seemed to glow as well. Sparks flew through the air as a bright white light began to surround the two lovers.
It swirled around them and ended at Elsa's back growing into two large and beautiful wings. They broke apart only looking at each other, feeling more alive and powerful than ever before. Suddenly, memories began to flow through Elsa's mind. Her memories of Jack, of her past life, of Anna, her actual sister, everything. "Jack!" Elsa said excitedly kissing him with more passion than ever before. "Elsa! You- you're back," Jack said. They both smiled with joy as the cherry blossoms flew around them.
"H-how is this possible?" Jack asked. "Manny, he gave me a choice, a choice to either stay with Anna in the afterlife or come back as a human to gain immortality once you and I found each other," Elsa explained. "You chose me over your sister?" Jack asked. "I love you Jack. I want to spend an eternity with you. Anna will always be in my heart, but I was given a chance to be with you forever and I took it. " she said. Jack once again engulfed her in a hug. "Thank goodness you chose to be human," he said. She laughed.
"I have to tell my parents," she said. "How do you think they'll take it?" Jack asked. "I don't know. They love me so much and I was their only child so I really don't know. I hope it doesn't break their hearts," Elsa said.
The two flew back to Elsa's house. When they got there, Elsa's parents were sitting in the family room reading their books. "Mom, dad," Elsa said to get their attention. Both looked up. "I-I have something to tell you," she said. "We know dear," her father said. "Wait, what?" Elsa asked perplexed. Suddenly her mom and dad stood up and a white light engulfed them. From the white light emerged Elsa's real parents, the King and Queen of Arendelle. "M-mom? D-dad?" Elsa asked with tears in her eyes at she looked at her long lost parents. "It's us Elsa," her dad said. "I don't understand, how is this possible?" she asked. "Your father and I watched your whole life. We watched as you became immortal and how you died. Manny had come to both us and Anna telling of your death and the deal he will make with you. Your father and I asked if he would allow us to be your human parents. We wanted another chance with you. A chance to really be your parents, to show you the love which you had been neglected of, to admire your powers rather than suppress them," Elsa's mother explained. "We've watched you grow up into such a beautiful young lady Elsa, your mother and I couldn't be more proud," Elsa's father said.
Tears filled Elsa's eyes as she ran up and gave both her parents a hug. "I missed you so much," she said as she sobbed. "We missed you too. Now it's time for us to go, all of us," they said as Anna appeared beside them. The family shared one last giant hug together as a final goodbye. "We loved you Elsa. We love you now, and we will always love you," her mother said. "I know," Elsa replied. "I will always love you guys too," Her parents smiled and gave her a kiss on her head. They walked away to let the two sisters say their goodbyes. "Oh Anna," Elsa said as her and Anna shared a hug filled with sobs. "Go Elsa, live your life with him." Anna said. Elsa nodded. "I love you," they each said. The released and Anna walked over to her parents. "You guys will always be in my heart," Elsa said. "And you will be in ours," her mother replied.
The light shone again and her parents and Anna faded away along with everything that had belonged to her and her parents in the house. Elsa's tears slowly died down as Jack put his arms around her. "Are you ok?" he asked. She nodded. "I'm with you, and that's all I need," she said. Jack smiled.
"We should tell the Guardians" Jack began. "And get you to take the oath." he said as they took off. "The oath?" Elsa asked. "Yeah, after all, you're immortal now, plus you were chosen to be a guardian," he said. "Mmm" Elsa said. The couple got to the workshop to see it as chaotic as ever. Everyone gathered and noticed as Elsa had her wings back. "How is this possible?" they all asked in both shock and happiness. Elsa explained to them about the whole story from her death to the deal to the past 2 years with Jack. The Guardians listened attentively to the whole thing. Once she finished, North called for the book. "Will you, Elsa, vow to watch over the children of the world? To guard them with your life, their hopes, their wishes, and their they are that we have, all that we are, and all that we will ever be." North asked.
Jack grabbed Elsa's hand and gave her an encouraging smile and a nod. "I do," Elsa said. "Then you are now and forevermore, a Guardian. Welcome Elsa, Guardian of Love," North said. Everyone clapped and celebrated both her return and guardianship. At the end of the day, Jack and Elsa returned to her ice castle. "Olaf!" Elsa yelled as she went to the pile of snow that had been encased by Jack. She twirled her hands around and created the snowman once more. "Elsa!" He said ecstatically as he gave her a warm hug. Jack smiled at this and went and melted Elsa's old coffin.
"Hey Jack," he heard Elsa call out. He looked up to see her leaning on the door frame playing with her braid. "What's up?" he asked. "Can I ask you something?" she asked. "You kind of already did," Jack replied with a smirk. She giggled at this. "Go ahead," he said as he came next to her. "How did you know that the human me, was me?" she asked. Jack blushed. "You were wearing the necklace I had given you for Christmas," Jack replied. Elsa went to her neck and pulled out the pendant. "So that's why this was important" she muttered. Jack looked at her confused. "Anna, when she was my guardian angel, she gave me this necklace when I first met her. Well it was more like she left it behind for me, but still, I thought it was a gift from her. I wore it every day thinking that it would keep me safe, and I guess it did." Elsa said. Jack smiled.
Suddenly Elsa's lips found Jacks. At first, Jack was surprised but he soon gave into the kiss. Elsa pulled away. "Thank you Jack," she said. "For what?" he asked perplexed. "For being my friend, saving me, being my reason to live," she said. He smiled and kissed her once more. "I would do anything for you Elsa," Jack said. "I love you, Jack," Elsa said. Jack's ears loved hearing that. He hoped he would be able to hear that forever. "I love you too, Elsa. I will always love you and protect you. I will always be your Guardian," he said. She smiled.
At last, their yearn for love had diminished as they had found love in each other. The two Guardians continued to love each other for eternity, never forgetting about the people who had helped bring them together. They had been through pain, sadness, joy, anger, everything together. It wasn't easy, but then again, love never is.
Once again, sorry it ended abruptly, but I was running out of ideas to end it and didn't want it to drag on so...yeah. Thank you for reading my story and thank you for those who had supported me throughout the whole thing. I hope you enjoyed my story, I had a lot of fun writing it. And it is like the second story I've ever finished so yay! This is so much better than my other stories in my opinions. My other stories are kind of bleh. Anyways, thank you so much to all of you. As a gift, I made this final chapter a bit longer, though some parts may be unnecessary. I kind of just typed whatever came to my mind. It was like as the scene played in my head, I typed it out. But yeah, once again, thank you and hope you enjoyed my story.
~Lyella