A/N: Well, this week has been quite a commotion for me, mostly from me dealing with this fanfic, online classes, and life. Anyways, thanks for continuing to support this fanfic and shoutout to the people who took their time to review this story, and I hope everyone is doing well during these new normal times. (Also to that one guest that wants Alex and Elsa to be together in the end… I can't confirm nor deny it will happen…) Without further ado, here is the new chapter.

PS: I don't own Disney's Frozen series. If I did, there would be a collab short between Frozen and Tangled that would be amazing to watch. :) I knew that I would have one in mind yes!

Chapter 21: Concealed Feelings

Unknown Peace Keepers Fortress in the Frozen Dimension…

3rd POV

"So did you hear about the Superior is planning on coming here in person?" Peace Keeper Horatio spoke to his fellow Peace Keeper Angelo, the other dark-robed person nodding while reading a book on the matter of dark magic spells.

"Oh yes. Master Darius announced it barely yesterday to us, as well as hinting that the plan to awaken the "Great Beast" is now to be set in motion again. From what I heard from Associate Garrett and Yerna, apparently it's bigger than Atohallan itself. Course, no one knows what the creature, except the Superior himself, looks like. I'm thinking that it probably looks like the Kraken itself from my imagination."

"Hmm," Horatio thought to himself, raising an eyebrow, "Sounds pretty cool to think about. I can't wait for the day when we wipe away every form of light magic from this world and all the other worlds as well. Soon, there will be no good magic to brighten the heart of children and everyone will only know fear and pain from us." He then paused for a moment. "Say, you know how the Superior looks like?"

Angelo looked up from his book, shaking his head. "Nah. Only Darius and Associates Yerna and Garrett know the Superior personally. They were the 1st disciples of the Superior, who broke away from the Organization to surpass Xehanort himself. The only thing I know is that the Superior is highly skilled in all forms of dark magic and is even more evil than Xehanort himself."

While the 2 Peace Keepers were continuing to talk about the topic and other rumors as well, they failed to notice that the room past them, someone had snuck in and quickly exited with a set of Beacons in their hand. As soon as the person left without their attention, Horatio turned to look at the room behind them, looking at it strangely before turning to Angelo. "Did you hear something weird? Something like someone entering the Beacon room where the Beacon crystals are stored in?"

Angelo seemed confused, looking around and at the room behind Horatio. "I didn't hear anything. Must be your imagination."

Horatio stared at the door for a moment before shaking his head, sighing to himself. "Guess you're right. Probably the echoes of this fortress were the noise I heard."

As the Peace Keeper began to simply drink his cup of tea that he had by his side, he didn't notice that around the corner, Hans was holding his breath while hiding behind the door out of sight. Once hearing the Peace Keeper attention going away from the door, he slipped away silently, sighing in relief from the near close experience of being caught. Being a bit quieter, he walked away silently and carefully until he reached the room given to him, closing the door behind him.

Once he made sure that the coast was clear, he reached into his robes, pulling out the set of Beacon crystals he took from the room where the Beacon crystals were placed in, as well as a map and a paper that had the spell to enchant the crystals with while not using the power of Atohallan to power it up. Sure, it was a dark magic spell, but he would need it for where he was going.

And the map that he stole from Yerna without her knowledge would help a lot to find the person he would need to help him in this situation.

Looking at the map that he took, he began to unscroll it and look it over, seeing what appeared to be a red dot hovering over a spot in what appeared to be called the state of Oregon in the United States. Now, his knowledge of the country of the United States was little, but of course, he wasn't going to let that stop him from finding the 5th spirit and bring her home with the intent of possible redemption for himself.

Or did he have another purpose in mind?

In the end, he grabbed the mystical enchanted crystals and spoke some words from memory, the Beacons he had in his hand began to glow, and the next thing that happened in the room given to him was that a bright light engulfed the room before dying down, Hans no longer in the room as he had been teleported to another dimension.

However, what he had failed to notice was that from behind his curtains, a person began to materialize from out of nowhere due to an invisibility spell, Yerna giving a wicked smile at the spot where Hans once was before, pulling out an orb from her red robes that was purple and sitting down on the floor with her legs crossed while waving her fingers over the orb, chuckling to herself in a creepy but evil manner.

"Well now, Hans," Yerna spoke to herself as she began to see the orb clear away the purple fog inside, "Time to see what you are up to. What you're really up to."

xxx

Back at the apartment…

3rd POV

"I wonder what's taking him so long," Elsa thought to herself while sitting on the sofa in her friend's apartment. Currently, she was currently cuddled in a warm blanket in her spirit outfit while eating an icicle pop that she got from Alex's fridge. Not only that, but she was also sharing some of the raspberry ice pop with Bruni, the little fire lizard enjoying the ice pop as well which was making her happy and glad for her little companion presence.

She didn't really feel lonely while being with Bruni and Gale around while Nokk was currently horsing around to who knows where, but was nearby in case she needed help.

With a sad sigh, she sat up and placed the ice pop on a plate she made out of ice, Bruni moving from the spot where he was snuggled on the sofa, moving onto the blankets and sitting in front of Elsa on her lap with a smile on its face. Seeing her spirit smiling, she returned one as well to the lizard, Bruni letting out a happy chirp and instantly began a mental communication with her.

"You know, Elsa, I never really seen you this way before."

She was a bit confused by what the lizard meant. "What do you mean, Bruni?"

The lizard simply licked its eye in response. "Well, I mean, like happier. Of course, you seem happy around Anna and the rest of your family when we were back home, but now that we're stuck here with Alex while he's helping us find our way back home, you act differently than before."

Elsa was still confused, but decided to ask more about what Bruni was meaning. "How am I acting differently than before?"

Bruni sat down and tilted its head at her. "Well, you seem happy every time he comes back safe and sound from his college thingy place. Course, we are too, but when you leave with Alex to go to places to have fun at, you always come back like you had a fun time and even look very dreamily happy about the fun experience you had with him."

The 5th spirit slightly blushed at this, thinking about the times Alex took her out as a friend to places that she didn't know would exist later on in the future, such as parks, malls, or even sometimes when they stayed home for the day, on some days when the weather was rainy, and just decided to do fun activities. That meant having cooking lessons, doing charades based on her requests, watching some Disney movies (she even watched her own movies and enjoyed the fun memories of her life while watching it on the magic box known as the television), or doing karaoke along with her protector.

"Well," Elsa replied to Bruni mentally, "we're just friends. Friends do fun things to pass time and have a fun experience. Besides, I don't really think Alexander is into me because if he was, he would have told me himself that he liked me. After all, he's supposed to be my protector while he helps us return back home to our timeline dimension. I'm not sure he would be interested in the idea of asking me to be his girlfriend."

Bruni snorted in an annoyed manner, making Elsa giggle a bit. "Please, Elsa, tell me that you can't see that the guy is into you clearly. Like have you not noticed how he acts a bit like Kristoff acts around Anna? For example, he acts nervous when he asks you if you would like to hang out somewhere to pass the time with him, or even you decide to mess around with him while Alex is doing his work from that college place he goes to."

Elsa continued to blush, twirling a strand of her hair with her finger. "Well, sometimes it's boring to just relax on the sofa while he completes his online work on that computer thing that he calls a laptop, so I like to see what he's up to, even though I guess it annoys him at some points. But it's pretty funny to see when I drop a snowball on him when he least expects it."

With a sigh, the fire lizard shook its head and placed its paw on its face. "And they call me the prankster back home in the Enchanted Forest."

The 5th spirit then takes a deep breath, her thoughts going to that of Alex, which makes her blush even more. "Fine! I'll admit it! I guess I like him more than a friend, but I don't even know how or when it happened. Perhaps it was over the months being his roommate while you guys were here, but I don't know how to react to these feelings for him. I don't even know if he truly feels the same way for me in the 1st place."

Giving a sigh that told Bruni she was feeling sad, the 5th spirit then ran her hand through her hair, grabbing a pillow and yelling into it. After a small fit of emotions, she then tossed it aside, standing up and walking to the kitchen, the fire lizard following behind as she continued to rant about her emotions towards Alex.

"Is it even possible to love some guy you just met and is from another dimension timeline? I mean, I told Anna herself you can't fall for a guy you meet, but here I am falling for one that I met months ago and is literally doing everything he can to get me home. Well technically, I haven't met him and it's just probably very weird now. Not only that, does he even really like me back? God, it's so frustrating for me!"

Arriving at the table in the kitchen, she sat down on a chair and placed her arms on the table, lying her head down to try to calm down. Bruni, along with Gale that was coming in from the window nearby, came to the support of the 5th spirit by her side, being on the table while Bruni tried to reason with her.

"It's alright Elsa if you have feelings for him. You don't need to hide it from him and you can just tell him how you feel. I'm sure Alex will be delighted to know you love him."

Elsa looked up at the fire lizard, her eyes seeming hopeful. "You really think so?"

Gale chirped in support of his fellow companion. "Sure. I never heard of a rule that prevents love happening between 2 people from different timelines and dimensions. Sure, he is from this timeline that is strange to us as we think it's the future, but I surely think Alex loves you as well, though he may not want to admit it because he's literally past mirroring you."

Elsa was now confused. "What are you talking about Gale?" She asked the wind spirit mentally, the wind spirit replying to her with chirps that only she would understand via the mental link between the Enchanted Forest spirits.

"Well, he seems to conceal his feelings for you and you told us how his mother told you that he tends to isolate himself from people. Also, even though he may look happy, I'm sure that it's just a mask to hide what Alex is really feeling. Not only that, I can sense Alexander has a deep pain in his heart that he's hiding from us, but perhaps if you ask him, he may open up to you."

Elsa sat back on the chair, pondering about what the wind spirit told her about her new friend. "I never really noticed Alex being that way. He seems so happy most of the time around me and makes sure that I'm alright and safe that I never really thought about how he was feeling before I came to this world and in his life. Perhaps he was setting aside the emotions he was dealing with so I wouldn't get worried about him." She then snaps her fingers with a smile. "That does it! When Alex comes home, I'm going to confront him once and for all about his feelings!"

"And you're going to tell him you like him as well, right?" Bruni chirped in, Elsa blushing at the fire spirit comment before shaking her head, sighing in disbelief.

"Probably not yet. Or I don't know, perhaps when he gets back." She placed a hand on her head, banging it slightly with a fist before setting her hand down with an annoyed look. "I'm just so confused right now over these emotions right now. I wonder how Anna would react in this situation over me being in love. She would probably tell me to go for love because it'll probably be my soulmate that I need in my life."

Knock Knock Knock

Elsa turned to see that someone was knocking on the front door, a smile appearing on her lips as she stood up with her eyes beaming with happiness. "I guess Alex returned home sooner than expected. I wonder what he got from the market." She then felt surprisement and shook her head, placing a hand on her chest to calm her pacing heart. "Elsa get a hold of yourself. It's Alex, who's not your boyfriend yet."

"Keep telling yourself that Elsa," Bruni teased Elsa, making the 5th spirit glare at the grinning lizard. "I think I smell love in the air."

"Yep!" Gale chirped as well, making Elsa sigh in disappointment as she walked away to the front door, covering her face with her hands in embarrassment. "It's a once in the lifetime moment Elsa!"

"Why are they so annoying?" Elsa muttered to herself, making the 2 spirits following behind giggle at her reaction. "Seriously, I wish I was back home right now at this time."

As Elsa reached the door, she paused for a moment, thinking of what to say to Alex once she opened the door. She felt like perhaps it was the moment to fulfill her promise she made to Alexander's mother, and that she needed to confront him about his emotions. Maybe, if it went well, he would confess his love for her and she could confess her love for him. After all, these months of being together as roommates while he was doing everything he could do in his power to get her home proved he really cared about her.

And she couldn't deny that she really cared about him. After all, he did look handsome with his sleet black hair, his caramel brown eyes, and even his smile that made her blush when he checked up on her mental health to see if she was doing alright. But the thoughts made her feel distracted, so she told herself to get a grip, and with a deep breath, opened the door with a smile to welcome her friend, only for her smile to drop into shock at the person who was standing outside the door.

Because only God knew she didn't expect this to happen at all today.

"... Hans?"

A/N: *proceeds to faint*. But on a serious note, nani?! Elsa literally didn't expect Hans to be in this present timeline dimension that she is stuck in while waiting for Alex to come home. I do know that last chapter I said that Alex would confront Garrett in this one, but I decided to focus on what Elsa was doing around the time while Alex was driving around and I tried to make it very fluffy and romance appropriate.

Hopefully I did well, so leave a review on what you thought of this chapter and perhaps I might ask one of the lucky reviewers to help me beta my next chapter and proofread it over to recommend what they would like added. Course, next chapter will reveal during the fight of Alex and Garrett on why Garrett hates Elsa and her family and how Hans will try to convince Elsa to come back home while Yerna spies on the two of them with malicious intent for the both of them.

Anyways, leave a like and review (I said that already did I?) on what you thought for this new chapter. I think next chapter may come out next week since I'm already behind on some online assignments. Hope you guys won't get mad XD. Until then fellow shippers! :)

PS: I'm making Bruni and Gale romance teasers in this fanfic. It was pretty funny to imagine the wind and fire spirits teasing Elsa over liking Alex more than a friend. That's all folks...