A Heart Worth Fighting For
Storybrooke's Visitor Part 1
*1984 OUR WORLD*
Ingrid had Anna cornered, she was still holding the poor girl's heart.
"What do you want from me?" Anna asked
"I want you, to do as I say and if you ever think of fighting back, all it takes is one tight squeeze" Ingrid tightened her grip on the heart and Anna fell on the ground, on her knees, in immense pain. Anna stares at her with an expression filled with fear and pain.
"You will be gone." Ingrid finished she finally stopped squeezing Anna's heart and the girl gasped.
"Oh and one more thing, I will make sure that you will turn into my cold, heartless and mindless puppet. You will finally learn what it's like to be seen as a monster" Ingrid added.
"Now, let's get some proper appearances for this world, we don't want to be the center of attention yet do we?"
*FLASHBACK ARENDELLE 2 YEARS AFTER THE GREAT THAW*
Elsa and Anna hold hands as they had visited their parent's grave, each paying their respects to their late mother and father. They put yellow flowers tied in a ribbon in front of the gravestone.
"Anna, they would be so proud of you," Elsa told her little sister.
"Both of us, Elsa." Anna corrected. They both were smiling as Elsa led Anna away from their parent's grave.
"Now, come on. I have a surprise for you." Elsa exclaimed.
"Really? Because surprises tend to be hit or miss in this family" Anna joked
"This one you'll like. I promise. It's for your wedding" Elsa replied happily.
30 YEARS LATER StoryBrooke
Inside the barn is where Elsa walked toward the doors, leaving an icy trail on every step she took. She then stopped to find herself in an unfamiliar surrounding. Elsa walked in the middle of the street to see a sign that said Storybrooke.
"Storybrooke" Elsa spoke. The sign begun to be covered in ice.
Meanwhile, Walter and Leroy were driving home from a party. Inside the car, mid-tempo music was playing as Walter was driving the vehicle.
"Well that party went south fast" Leroy grumpily commented. There was a thud from the driving.
"Easy Walter. Easy. She needs to be treated gently." He reminded Walter.
"You made me designated driver. I am gonna drive how I like." Walter countered.
"No beer is worth this," Leroy replied as there was a static coming from the radio.
"Really? Radio station shuts down after dark now?" He questioned, as there is another thud along with tire squeal. He turned to see Walter sleeping.
"Sleepy!" Leroy exclaimed as he tried to grab the wheel from the passenger seat.
Nearby, Elsa was still walking in the middle of the road. She could hear tires screeching in the distance. Lights were shining at her and horns honking.
"Aaah!" Leroy became unconscious.
Elsa opened her eyes panting at what just happened. She looked at the car with fear in her eyes, feeling uncertain in a world she didn't know. The next day, Elsa came to the town, leaving a trail of ice. She walked until she stopped as a motorcyclist drove across the street.
That motorcyclist was a girl, a woman, she had black shoulder-length hair and she had black eyes. She was wearing a nice blue shirt, a black leather jacket and black jeans, she was also wearing a pair of black boots.
"Cass! There you are! Do you think you can babysit Neal for tonight?" a woman called, Elsa couldn't see her appearance, she was inside a car.
"What time should I be there?"
"Around 8 p.m. sounds good?"
"Yeah, see you then!" The woman 'Cass' said the car left. However Elsa was surprised when the woman turned her gaze at her to the point where she started to lose control again. She closed her hands into fists to stop the magic as she breathed heavily. The woman smiled before leaving with her motorcycle.
Elsa still shocked turned her gaze elsewhere and saw a wedding dress inside a shop. Elsa walked towards it.
*30 Years ago Arendelle*
"You have to tell me! No, don't tell me… Um a horse and carriage! No, a horse couldn't get upstairs." Anna tried to guess
"It's a snow palace, an indoor ice rink." She gasped.
"The whole wedding will be on ice. It's an" she opened the door
"Attic."
"It is indeed" Elsa replied.
"So we're here because?" she asked as Elsa walked to the wardrobe.
"Take a look." Elsa opened the door, revealing a beautiful wedding dress.
"Is that…" Anna began.
"Mother's yes." Elsa finished
"You found it," Anna exclaimed.
"Go on." Elsa replied as she stepped away. Anna walked towards the dress to touch a rose.
"I don't want to rip it" She replied.
"Then you'll have to put it on carefully," Elsa told her
"You want me to wear it? Of course you want me to wear it. Why else would we be here?" Anna answered her own question as Elsa gave her their mother's dress.
"It's missing something… Hmm" Elsa showed Anna the snowflake necklace.
"There." She put the necklace around Anna's neck.
"Something new to go with something borrowed."
"It's gorgeous! – I mean enchanting." Anna replied.
"I mean I love you!" she laughed.
"You're very welcome. Now shall we see it with the dress?" Anna suggested.
"Mm!" Anna replied. Elsa led Anna to change behind the draped curtains.
"Woop. It's so beautiful and soft. You know I'm gonna spill something on it. Maybe only clear beverages at the wedding." Anna suggested as she changed.
"So, about the wedding tell me I don't have to walk down the aisle with Sven?" Elsa asked.
"He's not the best man but he is invited," Anna replied.
"And now is where you tell me you're joking." Elsa wondered if it was a joke.
"He's going to be properly attired… For a reindeer" Anna assured her.
"I am sure he will be. I am actually a little bit more concerned with the groom." Elsa admitted
"Elsa, he knows what to wear. It's not like he grew up in a barn." She paused.
"Fine. Yes. H-he lived in one for a while, but he grew up with trolls. Wait until you see him. He even cut his hair. He's going to look wonderful." She insisted.
"That would be a most welcome surprise." Elsa replied as she walked to a desk. She opened a draw to notice a diary. She opened it just as Anna stepped out wearing the beautiful gown. However, she noticed flurries, falling around her sister.
"Elsa, what's wrong? What is that? A diary?" she walked to Elsa to take notice of it.
"Mother's" Elsa answered. She tearfully left the attic with flurries following.
"Elsa. Elsa!" Anna called out to her as she began to follow.
MODERN WORLD StoryBrooke
"I don't know. Maybe we should have gone with Baelfire." Davud wondered as Emma's cellphone beeped.
"She hasn't answered any of your calls?" Henry asked his mom.
"Uh, sorry kid. Looks like Regina does not want to be disturbed. But that doesn't mean that she's doing anything- Emma began.
"Evil?" Henry finished.
"I know. I just… let me try calling her. Maybe you know, it's you she doesn't want to hear from." Henry replied as he grabbed his cellphone.
"You might have a point, kid" Emma pointed out.
"I hope for his sake she doesn't give in to what she…" Mary Margaret sighed.
"Sometimes gives in to."
"Seems to be handling it well." Emma replied.
"I mean, between losing and regaining his memories, seeing both of his moms with new men." Mary Margaret listed.
"Uh speaking of that-"Emma was hesitant to say.
"He doesn't know about you and Hook?" Her mother asked.
"There is no me and Hook." Emma denies.
"Mm." her mother teased.
"Okay, well, I don't know what there is, but I certainly can't talk to Henry if I don't know what I'm talking about. Emma explained her complex situation.
"Oh by the way I forgot, I told Cassandra to babysit Neal for tonight, me and David decided to have a dinner out after a long time."
"You decided to leave Neal? How come?"
"It's only for a night…"
"Swan." Hook called out to Emma.
"Speak of the devil." Emma told her mother.
"Mausoleum's all clear. Regina's not hiding there." Hook informed her.
"Thanks." Emma replied trying to get away from Hook.
"Swan, are you avoiding me?" Hook asked.
"Will you give us a minute?" Emma asked her mother. Her mother joined Henry and David as Emma and Hook walked somewhere else to talk.
"I am not avoiding you. I am just dealing with… stuff. We have a crisis right now." Emma replied.
"There is always a crisis. Perhaps you should consider living your life during them. Otherwise, you might miss it." Hook advised.
"We're under attack! We're under attack!" Leroy exclaimed as he and Walter ran to Emma.
"Okay, Leroy, what is it?" Emma asked.
"We were just driving home, and something blasted me with magic. The whole van's iced over. We woke up in a meat locker. Who's got that kind of magic?" Leroy questioned.
"Maybe the person who made that," Emma answered as she looked at the ice trail.
30 YEARS AGO ARENDELLE
Elsa, who was still upset, was sitting on a log as flurries were falling around her. Anna, who was running in a wedding dress, was able to catch up to her.
"Elsa." She panted.
"Elsa." She runs to her sister.
"Please I want to be alone," Elsa told her
"You have a sister. You're never gonna be alone… Other than when I'm not around. But even then, I'll be there in spirit. But that doesn't matter because I am here now and you're not alone. And you know what I mean? And it's a nice thing." Anna went on.
She sat in front of her sister.
"What was in the diary? You can tell me anything." She insisted. The flurries stopped and Elsa seemed to relax a bit.
"Turns out our parents didn't go off on some diplomatic mission like everyone thought. That was just a cover." Elsa explained.
"For what?" Anna asked.
"Read it." Elsa gave the diary to her sister.
"I wish I didn't have to hide the truth from our children, but the truth would be too painful." She read. "What we've seen from Elsa is terrifying, and it has to be stopped." She finished.
"They were scared of me. That's why they left because they thought I was a monster." Elsa thought of that possibility,
"No, no. I-I-I won't believe it. I refuse to believe it." Anna argued at the very thought of it.
"It's all right there." Elsa countered.
"Is it? Because it doesn't say where they were going or what they were doing. It could be a misunderstanding." Her little sister pointed out.
"Anna, because of me, they left. Because of me, they can't walk you down the aisle tomorrow. I'm so sorry." Elsa apologized.
"You don't have to be. It's not your fault. You're not a monster. I don't think so, this whole kingdom doesn't think so, and for sure, our parents didn't think so." Anna backed up her claim.
"And I will prove it. This diary is only part of the story." Anna continued.
"How do you know that?" Elsa asked, begun unsure.
"Because… Instinct? Okay right. That's not enough. But there are more answers out there about what happened to them I know it." Anna exclaimed. She gasped.
"And I know who can help us find them."
"Who?" The Queen questioned.
"My future in-laws." Anna smiled.
MODERN WORLD StoryBrooke
Emma whipped out her gun as she and Hook followed the ice trail. They saw a door shut and started to run towards it. Elsa saw the two chasing after her and ran to hide behind a wall. Emma opened the door, getting close to where Elsa was. Elsa letting her magic out of her control again created another Marshmallow.
"Alright, that's a new one." Hook commented.
30 YEARS AGO VALLEY OF LIVING ROCK.
"We shouldn't be here." Elsa fret.
"Oh, they're practically family." Anna replied as she was trying to walk in her wedding dress.
"It's tomorrow. If there's still planning to do, I've horribly miscalculated." She admitted.
"You need to rest. It's a special day. You should enjoy it." Elsa countered.
"I can't if my sister's upset. Grand Pabbie? I know you're here. Why aren't you showing yourself? Grand Pabbie?" Anna called out to Grand Pabbie.
"Oh, it's bad luck to see the bride before the wedding." Grand Pabbie told her as he showed himself.
"And when have we ever been traditional?" Anna asked.
"What's wrong? Something happened? You have second thoughts? He won't smell like that forever." Grand Pabbie exclaimed.
"No. No. This isn't about Kristoff. It's about our parents. What were they really doing on that voyage?" she questioned as she gave him the diary.
"I am sorry. I don't know." Grand Pabbie admitted.
"Thank you." Elsa replied as Grand Pabbie gave her the diary.
"Come on. Let's go." She told Anna.
"Wait." Grand Pabbie suddenly spoke. The sisters stopped in their track.
"I may not know what they were doing, but I know where they were going. Days before their journey, your parents stopped by to say they were not going to the Northern Isles. And they had a few questions about a land called Misthaven." He informed them.
"What did they want there?" Elsa asked.
"They never said. They, like many of us, had their secrets." Grand Pabbie answered.
"Oh, I need my beauty sleep." He yawned, turning back into a rock.
"We have an answer," Anna exclaimed.
"No, we have more questions." Elsa countered.
"We have one answer and more questions. That's a start. We have to go to Misthaven." Anna declared.
"No, I can't just… Leave. I'm still Queen. I can't abandon the kingdom." The Queen told her sister.
"You're just making excuses," Anna replied.
"Have you forgotten your last dalliance Hans? He and his 12 angry brothers are out there waiting to pounce at the first moment of weakness." Elsa rationalized.
"Okay, good excuses, but still let me go alone. Give me two weeks. Misthaven is a short journey. Two weeks, and I'll be right back." Anna assured her.
"That's just what mother and father said. Elsa recalled.
The two left the Valley and went back to the palace.
MODERN WORLD StoryBrooke
Marshmallow roared, causing Emma to drop her gun and land on top of Hook. The gun made a loud sound, causing the snowman to get angrier as Emma and Hook started to run. It started to chase them as Leroy saw it.
"Evil snowman! Run! Leroy yelled as everyone ran screaming. A newspaper landed at Elsa's feet. She picked it up only to see Anna's necklace said to be in 's Pawnshop.
"I think the noise is scaring it. It's headed for the forest." Emma told David and Hook. The snowman walked past Regina's vault.
Meanwhile, Cassandra parked her motorcycle out of a shop, an ice cream shop. When she entered in it. A woman with long platinum hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a light blue T-shirt and a white apron. She was giving a chocolate ice cream to a little girl. The woman noticed her presence.
Once the little girl left the shop, the woman changed the sign from open to close and smiled at Cassandra.
"She is here." Cassandra informed her.
"Perfect." The woman replied with a smile on her face.
Meanwhile in the town where everyone is running in panic, nobody noticed as Elsa slipped into a narrow ally.
"There's a monster on the loose! A monster!" Leroy shouted.
Elsa, feeling unsafe in this strange world, took a peek at 's pawnshop as she slowly hid back in the ally again.
Boom the first part of this chapter is done. I hope you like the story so far. More coming soon! Stay tuned!