Elsa … survive alone? Probably…

Elsa walked deep within the North Mountains, heading towards her ice castle, where apparently, Ranger was last seen heading, at least that's what had happened according to Anna. Not that Elsa had any reason not to believe her; for once, Anna had made a rather good argumentative speech about Ranger. Apparently he was the cause of all the stress that Elsa had been feeling over the past few days (except or the past 48 hours.) because he had all but vanished. Elsa asked how, but Anna told her that Elsa her self had never told how Ranger had died; only that Elsa had said she her self was the one that had killed him in the first place. Now that was the one that confused Elsa the most. Why would she have killed Ranger if she was in love with him? That's was when she realize that it must have been related to his powers. Fire powers. That had been the most shocking thing; she wasn't sure why she hadn't seen it coming.

Anna had described in great detail what had happened the night of the winter ball. Ranger and her had been dancing when Elias, one of the deceased guards (Elsa honestly didn't care about him; even without her memory, she never liked him whatsoever.) had crashed the party and with everyone watching on, killed two of Rangers closest friends, inciting his rage, which in turn led to his powers being revealed and led to the death of Elias and his insurgents.

But why? Elsa couldn't believe that she would just willingly kill anyone. It just wasn't in her nature. She had attacked the guards who had attacked her, very near killing them, but that had been in self-defense, not out of malice or intent. So what had happened that had ultimately led to Rangers untimely demise?

Unfortunately, Elsa didn't have the answer to that question. She might have before, but it was lost within her mind now.

That's when she made the brilliant decision to go out alone in the wilderness to search for the truth. If Ranger was last seen at the north mountain, then surely his body must be somewhere (since Anna told her that Ranger had not been brought down after the events that occurred.) therefore Ranger must have been left there. The only problem was that if Elsa had buried him (which she couldn't remember if she did or not, of course) she probably wouldn't be able to find him, which of course would be a very major problem. How was she going to get closure if she didn't know where his body was?

Elsa sighed. This was beginning to give her another headache. Not only that she was craving chocolate again, and of course she had brought some with her (among other things) for emergencies (she didn't know how long she would be stuck here in the mountain looking for Rangers body, no matter how long it would take for her to get to her castle). She couldn't afford to just go off and eat all the chocolate otherwise she would just end up going stir crazy!

But that left her with the question of… what was she going to do when she did find Ranger's body? Leave it? Probably, but she wasn't sure if she should take him back and give him a proper burial… honor his life, rather than leave him alone in the wilderness where his body would rot until he was nothing but dust.

His life… Anna had told her everything that she knew about it. The scars… the freaking out about home… what had his life been like before hand…

"Banishment and exile"

She shook her head. It didn't matter… his past was his business, no matter what had happened. If she had accepted him as her lover, then she must have seen more that what his past had made him out to be. She must have seen past what monster he thought he was.

But then… why not just stay with her in Arendelle? Was life so bad for him that he was willing to just through it away without a second thought about what Elsa would have felt if he died? Or was it for another reason?

Elsa looked up at the sky, its clear blue, being covered by the grey clouds that surrounded the mountains. She was still in the forests, but she could clearly see the mountain and her ice castle in the distance. She wasn't to far, but she still had a long way to go.

Not that she was in any rush. Anna, against Elsa's better judgment was determined to do her best to take on Elsa's duties as the Queen of Arendelle. Naturally Elsa was the tiniest bit suspicious about that, Anna really had no experience dealing with the day-to-day matters that Elsa was accustomed to dealing with. Sure Anna was by far not the most graceful thing to ever walk the planet, but surely she wouldn't or even couldn't let the kingdom fall after only a few hours; no one could possibly end up being that bad. She had more faith in Anna than most people did though.

But in the meantime, Elsa had to get to her ice palace. She needed to find out the truth. If anything had happened there, and Ranger was responsible then there must be some amount if evidence, even a trace of him would do.

Elsa wasn't sure what she would be able to find there. At the very least there would be a good amount of battle scars that would exist; that is if she had fought Ranger. She had repaired her castle not long after the events of the thaw; she usually went to the palace with Anna for picnics, or when she needed to think. So if there was any damage, it would be at the palace. It was her only hope at the moment now.

Meanwhile in the distance, storm clouds were making their way to the north mountain.

Anna sat at the bench, alone, wishing that she hadn't let Elsa go alone, but Elsa had insisted, saying that this was a journey that she needed to take alone. Anna knew that Elsa could easily take care of her self no questions asked. She did have ice powers after all. That didn't stop her from worrying though. if Elsa found what she was looking for; specifically Rangers body or any sort of trace of him, whose to say that it wouldn't hurt Elsa more?

"Are you sure Elsa?" She asked, concern growing in her voice. Elsa was going off on her own in the probably futile hope of finding a man who was for all intents and purposes most likely dead. He hadn't been seen and Elsa had straight up told her that she had killed him? So what was she hoping to find? Ann didn't know but this seemed like an extremely dumb thing to do, especially if it was Elsa that was doing it. it was a wild goose chase; nothing good would be able to come from this!

Elsa shook her head "yes Anna, I am responsible for what happened to Ranger, if I can find him… or what's left of him." her eyes clouded, frightful of the sight that may come to her" then I owe it to him that he will be remembered not as a monster, but as a friend." She said, giving her sister a small smile.

Anna nodded. She knew what Elsa was saying was true. Ranger was their friend and she had thought about it her self! Ranger deserved more than to just be forgotten and disappear in the mountains the way he had. It was just that Anna was certain that after a few days, his body was either buried under snow or lost t whatever scavengers would have picked away at his bones. "Just… be careful…" Anna asked.

Elsa smiled "I'm not going anywhere yet Anna" she said with a giggle "I still need to get packed; I don't know for how long I will end up being gone for."

Now that was where Anna looked at her with shock written all over her face. Her eyes widened and she stared at Elsa like she was crazy "El.. No!" she said shaking her head madly "Elsa! You cannot be gone for days. I lost you before to those bandits. I don't want…" Elsa placed a hand on her sisters shoulder "Anna.. I need to find him…" she said. "I owe him that"

Not long after that, she had left with enough supplies with her to last maybe a day or two, which was when he had promised to return fairly soon. Any longer and Anna would have to go out and chase her like crazy (not that she hadn't before). As a matter of fact, Anna was ready to go out and find Elsa right now, just to make sure she was safe. But Elsa had specifically asked her to stay behind. Sure Anna probably wouldn't listen, but it was better if she stayed at least for Elsa's own security about the matter.

But as she looked at the storm in the distance… she couldn't help but wonder if Elsa was safe. That storm was looking particularly deadly this time around and if Elsa was caught up in it, or worse attacked in it.. Anna shook her head. She couldn't think like that. She needed to be more positive about this. Elsa was tough. So Anna needed to be tough for Elsa's sake.

a loud thunderclap sounded in the distance, almost startling Elsa. God she hated thunderstorms, almost as much as Anna did, namely because of the fact that her parents had died during one. Granted they were on a ship at the time and Elsa was not in fear of drowning, because why in the world would she drown on solid ground, lest she fell in quicksand or something like that! Still that did not mean she was going to enjoy the prospect of getting rained on.

Judging by the sound, it was coming closer and wouldn't take long to get to the north mountain hopefully she would be able to get to the north mountain long before that happened. She would not like to get soaking wet. Just because she was the queen of snow and didn't feel cold didn't mean she liked the feeling of being wet.

Her thoughts returned to Ranger… or at least what Anna had told her about him. about her height, a few inches taller to be exact, but a year or two younger. His appearance, leaner than Kristoff, but still well muscled, brilliant green eyes that sparkled like a gem in the light (though apparently they turned red after he used his powers, and Anna likened them to a raging inferno) brown chocolate hair that turned as dark as the night. Fair skin that turned fairly tan. The descriptions helped, but unfortunately, even with all that, Elsa still couldn't remember Rangers face. it was a blind spot, and she felt awful about it. The trolls had certainly done their work rather well. For once, Elsa hated that she knew the trolls. Sure they had clearly saved her life, but now… she wanted to remember something that she just couldn't. it was a nightmare and Elsa was on the hunt for the truth.

Why had ranger done the things he did… why did he not let her help him? If he had would he still be alive? Would they have still been together? Or…

Elsa was no stranger to politics. The politics would have been a nightmare. But that must not have mattered to her before. So why worry about it now? For crying out loud she was on the hunt for a body, this surely could not be the most pressing issue to think about when clearly there were bigger things to worry about! Speaking of things that Elsa should have been worrying about… a sharp pain course through her stomach, both fatiguing her and causing her unbearable pain. She collapsed to her knees, holding her stomach what was going on? She suddenly felt so tired… but this pain… oh my god what was with this pain. She wasn't hungry… no this felt more terrible than a simple hunger cramp. She crawled on her hands and knees desperate to get to the ice castle more than ever. But this pain was making it more difficult that it needed to be.

She managed to crawl to a tree sliding against it and leaning her back against the bark of the trunk. She ran a hand over her stomach, trying to calm the pain that was rumbling in it. She gave it a glare, before creating an ice chunk in her hand and lifted up her shirt just enough to show her stomach. Thank god she changed into a shirt and a skirt before she had left; a dress would not have helped her at all in this situation. She ran the ice over her skin. The ice soothed her pain slightly, but not enough to get off of the ground. Elsa leaned her head back groaning "what… what's going on?" she whispered. She looked at her bag, which contained her emergency supplies. As she reached for it, she heard a ferocious growl. She looked up and saw several wolves; with there teeth bared and crouched low, ready to attack.

Elsa gulped. She looked around. She was in a wolf's den. Or at least had wandered into their territory. Was the entire world out to get her right now? She tried to stand, but the pain was holding her back. Her breath quickened as she felt stress and fear wash over her. She needed to find a way out of here… she held her hands up trying to stand. For get the pain she needed to worry more about her life than the condition of her stomach. With a shaky breath she called out to the wolves. "I'm sorry… I just needed a place to sit."

The wolves of course being wolves didn't listen or care. They certainly weren't being friendly for they were still growling and ever so carefully inching closer to the prey. Elsa herself.

Left with no choice, Elsa did the only thing she could think of to do.

She shot ice at the first wolf that moved.

Big mistake.

Elsa collapsed on the ground, every wolf dead, most of them impaled on spikes that she had created. The sight of that alone was making her sick. Her stomach was churning the pain more intense than when the wolves had first arrived. Not only that she was hurt, bad. Her clothes were ripped, her hair disheveled and free of its bun and her breathing extremely shallow and labored.

She clutched the side of her stomach, where a wolf had managed to get in quite the deep cut. She pulled her hand off of the wound, inspecting her hand. Fresh blood was pooled in her hand. She let her hand fall to the ground, trying to gather the strength she had left. She needed to move on. She needed to get back to Arendelle. It was her only hope now… she stumbled over to her bag, picking it up and with difficulty, put it on her shoulder. She grunted with pain, limping back in the direction of Arendelle. She began to see spots, her headache returning, making her feel light headed and nauseous.

She couldn't fail; she just needed to hang on until she found her way back to Arendelle. But it was in vain. Her legs were turning into jelly and the headache grew stronger. "No… I need… need to get… to…" she never finished her sentence, for a moment later she collapsed on the ground falling face first into the snow, her strength leaving her. She felt herself begin to drift off. Alone… there was no one here to help her. She was going to die.

She saw her life flash before her eyes once more. The faces of her parents… Anna… everyone.

'Anna… I'm so sorry.'

The rain began to fall, drenching Elsa in its cold wet grip. The blood and sweat began to wash off of her, replaced by rain, but she felt none of it. For the first time in her life, she felt the cold grip of death looming over her. She felt scared. She didn't want to die.

Her eyes began to close. Despite her best efforts, Elsa just couldn't fight it anymore. Her energy was spent on trying to fend off the wolves. Even the cramps that she was having her gone. She felt so tired. She needed to sleep.

The last thing she saw before she passed out was a cloaked figure walking towards her.

Anna felt her breathe hitch she stared off into the mountains. The rain had since begun to fall and even from here she could hear the sound of the thunder in the distance. Elsa. She was out there all-alone in a thunder storm. It was just like the situation that their parents had once been in. but Elsa just couldn't die. She was all Anna had left. If anything happened to her, Anna couldn't live without her.

"Elsa… you'd better be alright. You can't die too." she said, a tear running down her cheek.

Sorry… I had too! that chapter was getting long and I need to keep you all in suspense...

However on the bright side, I am thinking of starting a new story, due to the lack of reception on my non-Frozen story (a moment in the sunset). It will be about Anna and Elsa, a series of sister one shots. I don't know when it will be up or if, but its something I'm considering.

Till next time!