olimacproductions: Oh yeah that was typo. It's his brother not son. I have corrected this.

Chapter 25: On The High Seas

Viktor gave his spy a long look before he excused him from the room. Viktor then took to pacing around the room. It now all made sense now. The reason that Jeparth suddenly decided to wage war against Arendelle. It was clearly some kind of revenge or power scheme. It was obvious now that Mathias was aiding in some kind of quest for power. Maybe he even had King Hakon killed. That was an angle that Viktor was now going to have to consider. Mathias of course would have the most to gain from the murder. He would become the power behind the throne. His wife, Helga, listened to everything that Mathias said and Viktor doubted that Helga would ever think that Mathias would ever lie to her. However the other people of Jeparth may not be as easy to convince as Queen Helga. What would be the best way to avoid suspicion but to throw suspicion onto another? Arendelle just happened to serve Mathias' purpose there and being that Arendelle and Hans had history, it also turned out to be the best kind of revenge.

Viktor paused in his pacing. He placed his hands on his desk, still thinking. Mathias and Hans were trying to take the kingdoms for themselves. Hans would somehow get Arendelle and Mathias would be the power behind the throne in Jeparth. Viktor couldn't see Mathias killing Queen Helga as well. However a horrible thought then occurred to him. What would happen if Queen Helga had a child and then died? There would be a regency and Mathias would be regent. He would be able to control the child until the child became of age and then Mathias would have total control over the throne. It was just a possibility.

"Are you coming to bed dear?" his own wife had popped her head into his study.

Viktor smiled at her before he spoke.

"Soon," he said.

"The bed is awfully lonely without you," she said with a smile.

"I'll be there soon, I promise."

His wife gave him another smile before she headed off to bed. Viktor then clenched his hands against the table. Something had to be done about Mathias and Hans and soon before anything else happened. He knew that Queen Elsa was a powerful person. If they got on the wrong side of her, Viktor just didn't know what Queen Elsa would do.

One thing was clear though. Viktor had to stop this blasted war before it got out of control. Arendelle must know that they are not to blame for the king of Jeparth death and Jeparth must see that as well. Viktor just hoped that Queen Helga would listen to him. He was a ruler of his own country after all as well as being her brother-in-law. But would she listen to him if he was defending Arendelle? Well one way or another, he was going to get Queen Helga to see sense before some innocent life paid the price.

Viktor then sighed. He was tired. Maybe things will make sense in the morning. He then went through the door of his study and into the adjoining room which just happened to be his bedroom. His wife was already tucked up in bed. Viktor took of his dressing gown and hung it in his wardrobe. He then slide into bed and his wife then snuggled into him while Viktor put his arm around her. They then both drifted into sleep.

Queen Helga was worried. She hadn't heard anything from Mathias in a while. He had been sending her letters on his progress and he had indeed made some progress. He had managed to find out that Arendelle was indeed building an army, one of ships and men. They had several ships already at their disposal. Queen Helga hadn't yet seen Arendelle officially declare any attacks on them just yet but she knew why. Arendelle wanted to be sneaky and careful. They wanted to win this war with tricks.

Helga then headed down to breakfast. Her breakfast was already waiting for her in her usual spot at the dining table. She thanked the servant who brought it and he bowed to her. The post then arrived and Helga looked up expectantly.

"I'm sorry your majesty," the postman said. "Nothing from his highness Prince Mathias."

"Oh, okay then," Helga said trying not to show her disappointment. "Carry on."

The postman then bowed to her and he left the room. Helga wondered what had happened to Mathias as she took a bite out of her toast. Surely nothing bad had happened to him. Maybe he was just unable to write at the moment, yes that would be it. Mathias was probably so busy trying to defend their kingdom that he hadn't had a moment to spare to write. She would probably get some big letter explaining everything at some point in the future. This thought cheered Queen Helga up considerably as she continued to eat her breakfast.

Hans was in his own cell in the hold of the ship. Mathias was in the cell next to him. They were both still chained up with not only chains but ice as well. Queen Elsa was certainly not taking any chances. Hans knew that leaving Leif without someone other than themselves was stupid. If they had, had Leif there with them when Queen Elsa tried to rebel then they would have easily resolved the situation. Queen Elsa wouldn't have bare to have seen a knife at Leif's throat. She would have stopped immediately and broken down long enough for guards to take her to back to her cell.

However it had also been important for Leif to get off the ship. Queen Elsa could have done some kind of rescue with her ice powers and then both of them could have gotten off the ship together. Then there of course was her blasted husband who saved the day for them. He would have saved the day for them. Either way it was going to be a lose-lose situation.

"What do we do now?" Hans asked his brother.

"We wait until they take us back to Jeparth," Mathias answered.

"You really think that Queen Helga will believe you over the royal Frosts?"

"Yes," Mathias said with a smile. "She will believe me as she would have no reason to doubt me. She is after all my wife and she loves me."

"I just hope that you're right.

"Trust me, I know that I am."

"So why are we going to the Southern Isles?" Jack asked Elsa.

Elsa, Jack, Leif and the other Guardians were currently on their way to the Southern Isles. Elsa wanted to get there as quick they could and so she had ordered for them to set sail the instance she had decided to go.

"We need help," Elsa said. "Queen Helga wouldn't listen to me. Not in a million years. She might just listen to her brother-in-law though."

"I thought that Arendelle doesn't have a good relationship with the Southern Isles?"

"We don't really," Elsa shrugged. "King Viktor is trying his best to amend that though. For ages, I didn't want anything to do with the Southern Isles because of Hans-"

"You know that guy?" Jack interrupted.

"Yeah, remember I told you about him. He was that guy who tried to marry Anna to claim the kingdom?"

"Oh that guy," Jack said with a look of realisation coming over his face.

"Yeah, that guy," Elsa said in a small voice. "I think I'm going to go write to Anna. She would like to know that we're all okay."

"I could fly back for you."

"That would be great."

Jack watched Elsa sign her name on a piece of parchment that had a part of her letter to Anna on it. Elsa had written on quite a few pieces as she didn't want to leave anything out. Elsa then sealed it with wax and then handed it to Jack with a small kiss. Jack then flew off into the night sky. It had started to rain, not heavy though, just enough to make Jack very wet. He drew his hood over his head and tucked Elsa's letter into his hoodie. He flew for a while until he saw Arendelle come into view. The son then peaked out from underneath a cloud filling the air with warmth. Jack breathed in the cool air before he dived into Arendelle.

Anna was sitting at the breakfast table with Kristoff. It was awfully lonely without her family to eat breakfast without her. She had received letters from Rapunzel and Eugene about their children. They were apparently doing fine over there but they missed their parents a lot. Kristoff was considering going back but Anna couldn't leave. She had to know that Elsa was okay before she went running off somewhere. She soon heard Kai and Gerda speaking to someone in the entrance hall and then to her surprise, Jack came in looking quite wet but very happy about something.

Anna got to her feet. The last time she had seen him was when he had ran off to find Leif. Jack didn't have Leif with him though. Could he have not succeeded? Then what was with that smile?

"Anna," Jack said coming towards her.

He handed her what looked like a letter. Anna took it. She immediately recognised the neat and cursive handwriting.

"It's from Elsa," she squealed to Kristoff who suddenly looked intrigued.

"Yes," Jack said. "We managed to find both her and Leif. They're now both safe."

Anna eagerly opened the letter. It explained everything that was going on. However her eyes got narrowed when Elsa mentioned who was behind it all. Typical, she thought. Of course it was Hans. Who else would it be? Anna got a bit shocked at the fact that Hans' own brother helped him out though. Clearly that family breeds evil criminals, well not all of them are evil. Some of the brothers are decent. Anna got excited though at the fact that her sister and nephew were both safe and with the other Guardians and the fact that Mathias and Hans were locked up.

Anna continued to read and she came to the part when they were off to the Southern Isles to get King Viktor's help. Anna did think that would be a safe course to do. King Viktor was a good man. He would help them out and deal with his sister-in-law, Queen Helga. Anna then quickly raced up to her bedroom. She had to write a reply to Elsa as quickly as she could. After a while, and double checking that she had included everything, Anna raced back down to where Jack was waiting and handed him the letter to give to Elsa. Jack gave a smile to Anna before he flew off into the sky.

Anna then headed back to the breakfast table where her breakfast was now cold but she didn't care. She was in a very good mood. Kristoff had finished his breakfast and was now looking as happy as she was.

"Well," he said. "What a pleasant turn of events."

"I couldn't agree more," Anna said with a smile.

Jack flew as fast as he could back to the ship. The rain had stopped which certainly made it a lot easier. It took him a while to locate the ship but he managed to find it after a while. He found Elsa on deck with Leif and the captain. The captain was showing Leif how to use things like a sextant and a telescope. At the moment, Leif was looking at the sky with a telescope pressed against his eye.

"Papa at twelve o'clock," he heard Leif shout and he could see him pointing directly at him.

Elsa looked up and grinned when she saw Jack flying towards them. Jack matched her grin as he landed on the ship.

"Looking good Leif," he said ruffling his hair while Leif smiled.

"How's Anna?" Elsa asked.

"She's good," Jack said. "She wanted me to give you this."

Jack handed her the letter that Anna wrote. Elsa took it and read it. She smiled as she did and then she folded it back up.

"Just Anna saying what has been happening back at Arendelle," Elsa explained. "Thankfully nothing bad."

"That's a relief," Jack nodded.

"Land ahoy," Leif said. Leif had been looking through the telescope again and he was now pointing at what indeed looked like land on the horizon.

"The Southern Isles," Elsa whispered.

A/N: I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Please review =)