A/N: Hello fellow readers! This is a story that I had… wait… why am I repeating what I had said in chapter 1? Let's jump into the new chapter real quick right now, something is wrong right now. This will be a sad story for Alex to recall from his past. Just a heads up.

Disclaimer: I don't own Disney's Frozen series. They own the franchise, but if I did, well we would see more Anna x Kristoff shipping in the movies than Frozen 2 had displayed. Seriously, Anna yeeted on Kristoff more than twice in the damn film because she was worried about Elsa. :l

Chapter 27: An Ordinary Day…?

Alex's POV

Beep! Beep! Beep!

If there was truly one thing I couldn't stand right now, it was that damn blaring alarm clock that I had that was causing me to stir in my sleep. As I opened my tired eyes, I let out a groan of discomfort and immediately closed my eyes again from the sunlight filtering through my window in an attempt to regain some sleep. Even while covering myself with a pillow, the damn alarm's blaring kept me awake, making me wish that the sun could lower itself so I could fall asleep again. After all, I had seen the time was around 7 in the morning, but it seemed the odds were not in my favor for today.

Alex…

Removing the pillow off my head, I sat up, looking around my room as I could've sworn I heard a young woman's voice calling me, only to see no one in my room. Rubbing my eyes to clear my vision, I made sure that there was truly no one around, which thankfully there wasn't.

With the birds tweeting their morning songs and the warm sun warming up the day in the month of July, it seemed like it could be just another ordinary day that I could sleep in until the afternoon. But, for some unknown reason, I felt a bit tired and weak. I tried to remember what I had done yesterday, but the only thing I could remember was coming home from a soccer game with some friends I had played with, me and my friends having a fun game with my team winning in the end, and simply jumping onto my bed after saying good night to my little brother and my baby sister.

Speaking of which, as I am yawning and stretching my limbs, I see my bedroom door open to reveal a young boy with crutches coming in, smiling at me with his braces as he hobbles his way to my bed. "Good morning, big brother. I hope I'm not disturbing your sleep."

I shake my head, offering a smile to my little brother as he sits on my bed carefully, moving my legs off the bed so I can sit right next to him. "It's alright, Erick. I'm not mad. After all, I do remember it's your birthday today, after all."

Erick lets out a giggle as I ruffle his hair, enjoying the company of my younger brother. After all, it's only by a miracle that he's here in the first place, as when he had been born around a few years back, when I was around 12 years of age and not 19 as I am at this moment, with some medical problems. The doctors were sure that he wouldn't make it past the 1st year of his birth as he was born with fragile bones and multiple disorders that would make him different from every other kid around, but with the grace of God, he's now 7 and still kicking despite being forced to walk with crutches for the rest of his life.

As I tell my little brother to head outside so I can change properly, he does so while grabbing his crutches, hobbling out my room as I rub my head, which is throbbing slightly in pain, and get off my bed, heading to the mirror to examine myself. Asides from my hair looking like it had a bad hair day, and my body in good athletic shape, I notice, as I take off my shirt to get a new one for today, a mark (or scar to better describe) on my shoulder, my fingers going to the scar and running over it as I try to figure out where it came from.

After all, I didn't get hurt in last night's game, and I'm trying to figure out where I got this scar or even how the hell it appeared in the first place…

Who-who are you?

My head is hurting now as those words come in mind, so I decide perhaps a nice cold shower is the best move to help me right now. As I leave my room and head to the bathroom in my parent's house, I can already smell the food that my mother is cooking, my mouth slowly watering as it's the smell of french toast and eggs along with a hint of bacon. However, as much as I would love it, I had already made an oath to eat healthily as possible as I was part of my high school's soccer team.

Heading into the bathroom, I get a quick wash up, the cold water running over my body as I feel the headache I'm feeling slowly fade away, my energy for the day increasing as I finish washing up. I grab a towel and make sure to wrap myself properly because the last thing I want for my family to see is… well… I don't need to explain as it is already making me feel uncomfortable to talk about in the first place.

The walk back to my room is that of hearing Emily babbling as that of a normal 3-year-old girl demanding food, making me chuckle at wondering how my mother is right now. Of course, my father is already gone for the day, and by the time I finish dressing up for the day, so will my mother as they're both in different medical fields that require them to head to work early. After all, it's already close to around 8 in the morning, so my mother will need to finish cooking and head to her job before her first client appointment.

Some blue jeans, along with a dark black shirt and some white socks to go with my brand new white Nike shoes, are what I choose for today to be my outfit. Not only that, but I also make sure to grab my phone and check for some new emails that I got overnight, some being not important of course, but the one I'm interested in is one from the state of Oregon, one college offering me to pay for all my classes and everything else based on a cyber competition I participated in around a while back that I won a scholarship for. Despite it being far from here in Florida, it doesn't sound so bad to head on over there. Like, imagine all the new experiences I could have, and who knows what cool adventure I could experience in Oregon.

This isn't a kingdom. This is a country...

These random thoughts are now coming in mind, and I'm not even sure where they are coming from. After all, why the hell am I thinking about a kingdom or country? Perhaps, someone asked me if this country, the United States, was a kingdom and I told them that this was a country. Of course, you would have to be from somewhere back in the past to ask me that, which sounds ridiculous to me. As if someone from the past would end up in today's modern time.

I sigh at this thought, tucking away my phone in my pocket and grabbing a dark black jacket that is hanging in my closet, heading on out after I fix my bed to the kitchen, where I see that my mother is leaving with Emily holding her hand, telling Erick to behave and make sure to have a good day. She glances at me and makes sure that I'm fine and everything before telling me to take care of Erick for the day, as I'm planning on taking my little brother to the theaters today. After all, it's the least I can do to celebrate his birthday for today.

"Alright, Mom, I'll make sure to care of Erick," I tell my mother as she proceeds to leave with Emily, who will be going to the daycare like usual. As soon as they leave with some more goodbyes, I make sure to tell Erick to head on to the living room while I grabbed my wallet and other stuff that I would need for today, as I planned on making my little brother's birthday special for today. Since I was his older brother, I felt the need to show Erick that I cared for him as an older sibling would do for their younger sibling, which meant a day of fun activities.

"Alright, big brother, I can wait," Erick begins to make his way to the living room with his crutches as I watch him, wanting to help but Erick is a bit stubborn sometimes, not wanting for people to pity him even though he may never walk properly in his whole life. Besides, he wanted to prove that he was able to do some things on his own, like washing himself or getting out of bed, but the times he couldn't do something is when my mother would step in, but those times were rare as she and my dad weren't around the house often, the two devoted to their work most of the time.

As I head into the kitchen to find something to eat, I eventually settle on making an omelet for myself that is healthy to eat, as it contains vegetables along with eggs, and grab some french toast that my mother made, chewing on the sweet delicacy and letting the flavor fill my mouth as I cook the breakfast that I taught myself to cook in the time that was unoccupied for me. Which was rarely…

Wait, you can cook?...

My head hurts again, and so is my shoulder as I have some flashbacks run through my mind. But the flashbacks are fast and short, so I can't really tell what they are. But I could have sworn that I heard a young woman asking me if I could cook. This is weird, regarding I don't know any young women that I lived with, as I lived with my family and I can't really by myself in an apartment yet and other stuff…

Oh right! I forgot about getting my wallet!

I run really quickly to my room, getting a dark brown wallet that has around more than 500 dollars in it (I saved money for these occasions from days of housework and other job-related things I did), and tucked it into my pocket. I also made sure to fix my hair by combing it as well as apply some deodorant in case I spot some cute girls around my age at the movie theater where I'll be going to with Erick.

What can I say? I'm just an ordinary guy who likes girls that are beautiful.

As I slap myself for that thought for some unknown reason, I proceed to head on over back to the kitchen, where the omelet that I prepared is now ready for me to eat. I make sure to wolf it down along with some orange juice, the flavors and food satisfying me for the morning, before using a napkin to clean myself off as I toss the paper napkin into the trash bin. Satisfied with my breakfast, I head on over to the living room, where I see Erick is excited because I know what he's excited about.

After all, since Spiderman Homecoming was out in the theaters as it was the year 2017, Erick was a big fan of the Marvel movies, and this new Spiderman movie starring the actor Tom Holland seemed promising enough to watch. Not only that, but Erick was also excited about more hints about the next Avengers movie to be released next year that was currently titled Infinity War, which I was kinda excited over as well. After all, this was a Marvel movie, but as they were owned by Disney, who knows what could happen?

"Ready, Erick?" I ask my younger brother, Erick nodding as he gets his crutches and begins to hobble his way to the front door, with me following him behind as I grab my own set of keys to lock the door behind me. With Erick watching me with his eyes that are shielded from the sun's rays due to the hat that he's wearing, which had the spiderman logo on it, I proceed to walk by Erick's side as we begin to walk to the theater that is only a 30-minute walk from my parent's house, which gives us time to talk about some cool things.

While walking down the sidewalk with some people jogging past us or walking as well, Erick and I talk about some fun topics, like our theories on the movie we're going to watch, games coming out for Xbox and Playstation, and anime shows to watch whenever Mom and Dad aren't around. Even though Erick is young to watch older themed anime, we can still watch anime shows like DragonBall, Pokemon, YuGiOh, or other anime shows appropriate for children, even though I'm not really a Pokemon fan anymore.

During our brotherly bonding walk, Erick asks me if we can head to the shop that is in front of us, as it has some cool items for sale. As it's his birthday, I agree with the idea so we decide to head into the shop, looking around for something cool to buy as it's like that of a comic game shop. There are toys, video games, comic books, and probably tons of other stuff for sale, but Erick proceeds to look for something he wants while I look around as well, though I'm not really interested in buying anything at the moment.

Of course, we head into the children's aisle of the store, where's there stuff for kids like toys and Disney stuff. Erick goes through the stuff but doesn't find what he wants, while I'm still looking around until my eyes fall upon a doll that resembles Elsa from Frozen Fever. Of course, I'm familiar with the Disney character, as I saw the trailer for the first Frozen movie when it had come out in 2013, but I wasn't into the character at the moment. After all, though Elsa was cute, I didn't fall for her good looks.

However, for some reason, something came to my mind as I inspected the doll, which was Elsa wearing her Frozen Fever dress instead of her ice blue dress. Which seemed adorable as it was a new dress that she was sporting instead…

Show yourself…

My head begins to hurt again as I place the doll back on the shelf, making me shake my head to rid of the pain I'm feeling. My shoulder aches as well, and for some reason, my heart begins to hurt like I was poisoned by something. I'm not feeling well, and I'm trying to stay conscious, but luckily my little brother is there to help me snap back into reality. "Alex, are you okay big brother?"

I nod, giving a smile to hide the pain I'm feeling. "Yeah, just a little cold that's all. You got what you want?"

Erick nods and holds up what appears to be an ancient spearhead, the head containing 5 symbols around the head in the shape of a snowflake. For some reason, it entices me, as it looked like something that would be enchanted and powerful. "I would like to have this if you don't mind big brother."

I shake my head and proceed to grab the ancient spearhead, the artifact in my hand making me feel cold when I touch it and take it to the counter with Erick hobbling behind me as I proceed to buy it. "How much?" I ask the cashier.

The man looks over it and proceeds to think about the price in his head as it doesn't have a tag on it. "100 dollars!" He exclaims in a cheerful mood.

The price is outrageous, and I'm planning on leaving because it's a steal, but Erick wants it and for some goddamn reason I feel like I need it so I fork out one hundred dollars in cash, handing it over to the man and he gives me a receipt with the words "no refunds" printed on it. I take the spearhead artifact from the man and give it to Erick, who looks happy as I also buy some strings as well to make a necklace to hold the head on, hanging it over Erick's neck as he stares at the handmade necklace I made for him in awe and beauty. "Thank you, big bro! For everything!"

Thank you, Alex. For everything…

The words sound familiar to me as if I heard them before, but I ignore the siren-like sound in my head and focus on my younger brother instead. "You're welcome, Erick. It's what I do."

As we begin to walk again to the theater as Erick appreciates his new gift, the sky is growing dark and looks like it's going to rain, but we're able to make it to the movie theater, buying an adult and child ticket for the 10 am show of the new spiderman movie. When we do get our tickets, we proceed to enter the theater as I open the door for Erick to enter, my younger brother hobbling with his crutches to follow behind.

After we get popcorn and drinks to enjoy while watching the movie, I can't really think about how this day will go down, as it will certainly be a great day to have for me and Erick. I mean, after this movie is finished and with more fun things to be planned for today…

What's the worst that could happen?

xxx

"Where am I?"

My eyes flash open as I groan in pain, my head hurting so much as I come to my senses. There's rain pouring on me, and I don't even remember how I got here. All I know is that there's a bunch of unconscious people around me, who have the appearance of thugs and criminals that are wearing the same gang sign as a tattoo on their arms. I'm trying to figure out what's going on and where Erick is at the moment…

Erick!

I frantically look around for him as I try to stand up on the cold pavement of the ground in the back alley where I'm now at, rubbing my head that's leaking blood trying to find my younger brother that I was just in at the movie theater when I see it. It's not hard to recognize the metal piece of stick that's classified as a crutch, the small body lying beside the set of crutches only a few feet away from me.

No.

No.

No.

Please, God, don't do this to me.

My legs begin to shake, wanting to give out on me as I limp over to the small body on the ground, turning it to find a barely hanging on Erick, who has multiple small holes pierced through his shirt and his chest that I could see were bullet wounds. And all I can do is merely shake him and tell him to hang on and that help is coming, crying for help out loud in the rain that's falling around us, my own tears mixing with the rain.

I can't lose him. I made an oath on the day he was born, I would protect Erick from all sorts of evil from this world, no matter the cost. And now he's dying, and I have failed him. I failed Erick from the reaper of death itself, his body growing cold as I'm still calling for help, trying to reach into my pocket to yank out my phone to dial 911 when a small hand touches mine, making me turn to face my younger dying brother, who's handing the necklace with the artifact I made for him to me, giving me a sad smile as he slowly passes away from this world not before his last words.

"Promise you won't ever give up. Promise me, that you'll never give up…"

His hand grows limp, his eyes lifeless as his soul leaves this world and me forever. And what's the only thing that I can do?

I can only cry and curse and scream in anger and loss.

xxx

"Alex! Wake up! Please!"

My eyes flutter open to the voice calling out to me, but they open quickly as I cry out for Erick, only to find myself somewhere else than the place where my younger brother died. As I try to catch my breath with my heart racing, I turn to find a young woman in a white dress sitting right next to me on the sofa, her eyes filled with worry at first but change to happiness upon me awakening as some tears trail down from her ocean blue eyes down her pearl white skin. "You're awake! It worked, thank God!"

I'm still trying to figure out what's happening when I now remember everything that happened. It's not 2017 anymore, as Erick died 3 years ago. I left my home to Oregon for college, I disconnected from my family, Elsa appeared in my home a year after the events of Frozen 2, I saved her from death, she's now my roommate as I'm trying to help her get home at the moment, the other spirits of the Enchanted Forest are also in my home except the Earth Giants, I fell in love with the 5th spirit, and I was poisoned after a fight with the Peace Keeper Garrett.

I guess the idea of someone from a fictional now real past visiting the modern timeline by accident didn't sound so ridiculous anymore, since I was now actually living it at the moment.

Before I can think more, Elsa leans in and hugs me tightly as she sobs in happiness, and I want to hug her back and assure that I'm safe now. But, to be honest, I can't do it, and as she pulls away to wipe her tears away as she composes herself, it's me who breaks down in front of her as I release the emotions held inside of me after so long of concealing them. Elsa tries to ask me what's wrong, but she notices I'm not in pain and I guess she realizes I experienced something horrific while I was unconscious.

So she hugs me again as I simply let my pain out in tears, telling me that I'm alright now and that it was okay to let go of the pain inside and that I'm not the only one who had to go through this experience. For some reason, it helps me a lot, and I know the next move I must do. Elsa is right.

I can't keep hiding from my past.

As I compose myself while Elsa moves away from our hug, giving me a worried look as she sits by my side, I take a deep breath, wiping my own tears away as I sigh with sadness, looking at Elsa with a more serious yet saddened expression, ready to tell her what was the darkest saddest pain of my life.

"Elsa, there's something I need to tell you..."

A/N: Another chapter completed way faster than I had expected it to be completed. This chapter was a strong emotional coaster to write for what happened to Alex in the past before Elsa arrived in his life in the form of what the curse did to him, although the next chapter will explain better how Alex lost his brother when Alex tells his story to Elsa. It's gonna be sad, but at least Elsa will be there to comfort Alex as he gets over his guilt of not saving his younger brother.

Anyways, leave a review on what you thought of this chapter! Every sort of review counts and helps to inspire me to continue updating this fantastic story (seriously at least around 3-5 reviews help a lot). Sadly, the next chapter may take a while to post, as at this moment will now have to climb up a new season for Duel Links to get KOG again. Also, online college work will come in my way, thus leaving me little time to write the next chapter, which should probably be up by next week for certain. Also, tell me if you get the notifications for the new chapters because, for some reason, I'm thinking fanfiction has a problem with their notification system.

Without further ado, until next time folks!