Ch 34
Jack
As soon as I brought her back to the castle the rest of the Guardians were waiting in her bedroom. I'd used the snow globe to tell North what happened and then used the portal to get to Arendelle. I had no time to fly back, Elsa was unconscious in my arms and no matter I did she wouldn't open her eyes.
It took all the strength I had not to lose composure. As I lay her on her bed I almost let a few tears escape my eyes but I needed to stay strong for her.
N:"Jack what happened? What is going on?!"
Then Sandy started making signs asking, no, demanding the same thing. Everyone was freaking out and I could.t handle that at the moment.
J:" Shut up!" I screamed and the room went completely silent, we could even hear Elsa's faint breathing. I had never spoken to them that way but there was too much at stake, too much going on for me to really process.
J:" Listen guys I-I'm sorry but I have no idea what happened. We were at a beach just having fun and then… I left her alone by the water… she started screaming and she fell to the ground. She wouldn't stop thrashing around, and then it stopped and she's been like that since." I stated as I pointed towards her body on the bed. Until now I hadn't noticed that Tooth was examining Elsa closely and shaking her head.
N:"Tooth did you find anything? An injury or something… unusual?"
T:" Yes but it's not good news… here I'll show you." And we got closer to where she lay, I pushed on ahead of everyone else. I needed to see what was going on, and what if this-this fit she'd thrown was going on before tonight? Why hadn't she told me anything?
Tooth pulled down Elsa's nightgown so we could see the spot where her heart would be and I don't think anyone was prepared for what we saw.
Her veins were so dark you could see them through her fair skin, every time her heart beat against her chest a black mark showed up. That's when I noticed other little things in her appearance.
There were dark bags under her eyes, the roots of her hair significantly darker, almost black, her fingernails were purple, as if she couldn't breathe. Then Tooth pulled up the skirt of her gown and the veins were protruding even more.
J:"W-what the hell is this Tooth? What's going on with her?!"
T:"Jack please calm down, I have no idea what this is. I've never seen anything like this, if I knew wha-"
And then we both saw Sandy start to make signs over his head and that's when Bunny piped up. He hadn't said anything up until now and we all forgot he was there.
B:"So what you're saying is this is all Pitch's fault Sandy? Like a possession type of thing mate? Well that just complicates everything…."
J:" No, no wait a minute how did Pitch even get to her? I-I've haven't left her alone since I met her and neither has Tooth! Unless…"
A:"It's not the first time it's happened." We heard a voice say from behind. We turned and saw it was Anna and honestly I had no idea how things could get worse until she spoke up. "We went into town a couple of days ago to buy chocolates and right before we went into the store the exact same thing happened to her. She was back to normal after a minute or so but I freaked out and then suddenly something happened and it was like I'd never seen her convulse like that. I wanted to come talk to her because Kristoff proposed and I overheard the conversation and..." she began to cry, just waterfalls pouring out of her eyes.
I couldn't believe what was going on, if what Anna was saying was true then Elsa chose to hide this from everyone, from me. What I couldn't understand was why. We had always been honest with each other, and being with her, I thought it brought us closer.
I felt a heavy hand on my shoulder and saw it was North, he gave me a look of what I assumed was pity.
N:"Jack we are very sorry… I know how you care for her but-"
J:" North don't you DARE tell me we can't fix this. I don't care what I have to do but I will save Elsa. I won't lose her too!"
I headed towards the window and stood there for a moment, I realized it had started to snow quite harshly. A storm was on the way, but I would save her from it. Pitch had no idea what was coming for him.
Elsa
It was dark all around me, but I knew I wasn't alone. I could hear humming far off in the distance and I tried to follow it but wherever I went it always seemed to be right behind me.
I became tired of following the voice and I sat down to rest and as soon as I did the humming stopped. I got up and the humming started once again, after I took a few steps it got louder and louder. Suddenly in the distance I saw a bright light, even from here it felt warm and safe…
I walked towards it and the closer I got the more it called to me, the humming became clearer and the voice… I'd heard it before.
No matter how fast I ran it felt like my legs weren't going fast enough, I couldn't catch the light. After what felt like hours I started to run out of breath and I stopped but the light seemed to fade when I did this, just like the humming before. I started running again and the light got even closer, so close I could almost touch it.
When I finally reached it what I saw took me by surprise, so much that I almost fell to the ground.
I couldn't believe this. This was a mistake. This was another nightmare…
"Hello Elsa…."
E:"M-mother…?"