A/N: Well, we're now at chapter 30. No, this fanfic isn't dead yet ladies and gentlemen! Obviously, this feels like a dream that I never even thought was possible. Of course, while writing two fanfics about Frozen is quite the job, I can't help but lokey thank all the AP english classes I took while I was in high school. Seriously, any AP english class sucks, but they are paying off through these stories and how I write them. That's all.
PS: I don't own Disney's Frozen series. If I did, obviously, there would be more screen time for Marshmallow and the little snowgies along with Olaf in the next movie. Like Disney, I know you think Elsa is special and all and needs all the screentime, but give more screen time for the other characters. That's a movie sin. *ding* :)
Chapter 30: Uncovering Secrets
Back in the Peace Keepers fortress…
3rd POV
If there was one thing that slightly made Darius uncomfortable, it was whenever the Superior called him over to speak over 'concerning things.' Mostly, it meant bad news that the Superior would be angered over, and sometimes it included consequences that would result in someone being banished to another dark dimension or even being disintegrated from life itself.
Luckily, Darius knew he would be the lucky one majority of the time, but a small part hated to see a fellow Peace Keeper paying the price for failing something that he should have done. After all, he did his best in training them, and it killed him just to watch a fellow member of the Superior's order pay with their life when they failed in a simple task, like that of killing the spirits of the Enchanted Forest and that brat Alexander Connor, the young man that was protecting Elsa in the modern world dimension.
Darius couldn't help but chuckle at this thought of Alex and Elsa, wondering if the two were likely to fall in love with each other. Based on Alex's history, it was highly unlikely that the young man would do such a thing to protect the spirit from himself, and then there was Elsa herself. Sure, he learned a lot that the spirit had no love interest back in this dimension, or that there was no man who loved her due to fear from her powers, but the longer she spent in the modern dimension, the longer she would likely find herself in appreciating Alex's company more than usual.
In the end, it was a ridiculous thought for the man, as the two of them even staying together was highly unlikely as their dimensions would probably prevent them. The more concerning topic now was why the Superior wanted them alive despite the fact that the whole reason these sort of events happened was because the Superior wanted them dead.
Either the Superior had gone crazy or he needed them for a reason of his own matter.
Darius sighed and proceeded to leave his room, walking through the stone fortress of the Peace Keepers to where the Superior was, passing Garrett and Yerna along the way as they stared at him from a distance. After all, they didn't know why the Superior had called for Darius only, as this was something rare and never happened at all before.
Gathering his courage, Darius pushed open the grand big doors of the Superior's room, the figure ahead of him, who was simply standing out in the balcony while staring out in the distance, didn't even take the time to see who it was. "Darius, my trusted Keeper, come present yourself before me."
Darius slowly approached the Superior and kneeled in respect, bowing his head. "Master, for what purpose have I been summoned?"
The Superior simply held out a hand as a butterfly landed on it, the leader observing it as he continued to speak. "Have you had any new updates on the two?"
Darius knew who his master was speaking of but nervously swallowed. "Well, we had some updates, but it appears that Elsa has one of the pieces of the Enchanted Artifact. The other, however, is yet to be found and we don't even know where it is. Not only that, but it appears that Alex has been able to overcome some of his past guilts with the aid of the spirit, which should be nothing to even worry about in the end, of course."
The Superior glanced towards Darius' way, his cold brownish blueish eyes piercing through his mask towards his associate as he crushed the butterfly in his hand, making Darius even more nervous than before as the Superior ground it in his hand. "Nothing to worry about?"
"Well… perhaps I may have misspoken about him. After all, Alex is a nuisance to our plan and he could slow down our goal…"
"My goal."
Darius corrected himself while sweating nervously. "Yes, my lord! Your goal to shroud the Disney worlds in darkness and eliminate all the sources of light magic from every dimension possible."
The Superior simply stared at the man from behind his mask before turning around, dropping the butterfly's remains on the floor while stepping on it, his voice still sounding as distorted and creepy as ever due to his mask. "Good. Glad to hear that you remember that."
Darius nodded with respect. "May I leave, my lord?"
The Superior turned to glance at the Peace Keeper, waving him off as his form of giving his permission. "Of course. Just remember that the next time that you go for the two of them, I need them alive. There's a certain matter I would like to discuss with the two before I destroy all they ever love and care about, such as their families."
Family. Darius remembered his own family. The good memories he spent time with them. How he loved them. How he cared about them.
How he lost them after the horrible accident many years ago. How the Superior had come to him, promising him revenge against those responsible should he join him.
Darius shook away the painful thought, his expression hardening in anger as he stood up and bowed in respect. "Of course, Master Superior. I shall bring them to you."
As Darius proceeded to leave, he didn't notice the slight frost that had formed on the Superior's hand as he left the room, planning to have Garrett and Yerna help him plan his next attack to capture Alex and Elsa to bring them to his master as he knew they would suffer a lot.
After all, with their dark magic, it should be easier done than said.
Back in the modern dimension…
Alex's POV
"Well, we're here Elsa," I say as I drive the car into the store's parking lot, Elsa looking out the window curiously as Gale and Bruni do the same while I park the car between two other cars. As she cheerfully proceeds to release her seatbelt, I do the same to unbuckle mine as I get out the car, walking by the 5th spirit's side while Bruni and Gale hide in a bag that Elsa makes to look like a purse to carry her companions in.
Upon entering the store, I proceed to grab a store flyer to read the daily discounts as Elsa looks around her environment, silently marveling at everything in this supermarket. After a while, I proceed to tell Elsa to follow me to one of the aisles that should contain the items that we need for the chocolate cake, which she seems excited about. After all, she must be thinking about the cake and the fun that we will have made it.
We reach the aisle of the cake mix by walking and find a brand that we both agree on, getting a couple of boxes of the cake mix, and placing it in a cart that I get from the front of the store. After all, depending on the number of times we would probably have to start over, we were certainly going to need more than one box of cake mix for the messes ahead.
Seeing the 5th spirit's mood is cheerful, I decided to see what's on her mind. "So, you're excited about the chocolate cake, I suppose."
"Oh yes!" Elsa responds with a smile, "I've been wanting to see if the chocolate of this time is the same as the one that Arendelle and my timeline have! Chocolate is something that I and Anna love a lot since it is sweet and delicious!"
I smile in return. "Well, good news. Chocolate has improved a lot over time and is a bit more different in creations than back in your timeline dimension."
"Really?"
"Yep!"
This makes Elsa even happier as we continue our stroll through the market, getting the chocolate chips and chocolate flavoring along with the butter for making the chocolate cake. Bruni peeks out from Elsa's bag and gives some happy chirps at the things in the store, which makes me both happy and a bit concerned over the fact he could be seen, but Elsa reassures me that it will be fine.
While we walk around the store to look for some other things, she sees some items that have cover photos of herself and Anna, turning to me and pointing at them with a smile. "Look Alex! It's me and Anna on there!"
I glance at the items, giving a slight nod with a smile even though it still feels weird to see it when Elsa is by my side. "Yeah. You and Anna are quite the popular Disney princesses around in this timeline to tons of children and even adults in this world."
Elsa glances at the items and heads in the direction of them, picking one of them up and observing it with a smile, a tear forming in her eye. Seeing the tear, I head by her side, feeling concerned if she's okay. "Hey Elsa, are you alright?"
The 5th spirit glances back at me, giving a nod as I see that she's simply crying out of happiness. "It's just… this helps me, at least, to remember my family back in my world. So I won't forget them while I'm stuck here in the meanwhile." Elsa sighs sadly, holding it close to her while more tears form in her eyes. "I miss Anna and everyone back home."
She starts to cry while holding the item with the photo of herself and Anna, making me pull her in for a hug as I console her softly, the 5th spirit sobbing in my jacket. Some people glance at us like it's something strange and weird to cry in a store, but I ignore them, telling Elsa that everything will get better and that I would try harder to get her and the rest of the spirits back to their home dimension as I had promised months ago.
After a while, Elsa calms down and pulls away from the hug, observing it more before an idea comes to my mind. "Tell you what Elsa. How about I'll buy this poster for you so you can keep it?"
Elsa's eyes light up. "Really?"
I nod. "It's what friends do for each other. Right? They support and help each other emotionally."
Elsa gives a small smile and wipes her tears, now more composed of herself as she calms down.
"Right."
Upon reaching the apartment after we bought the things we needed, Elsa seems excited about the preparation of the cake as we enter, Bruni and Gale leaving her purse as she helps me carry the groceries I paid for, setting them on the table while I set the groceries as well, helping her take out what we need along with the other items as well.
I notice that she starts hummings a cheerful song to herself, making me smile upon seeing that she's happy. With this, I proceed to help her start to prepare the cake as the two of us follow the directions from the video that Elsa puts up on my laptop. Of course, we make sure to use an apron for the baking process, but it should go well as long as nothing goes wrong.
But, of course, some mistakes do happen as we prepare the chocolate cake, from spilling a bit of batter to even getting some egg yolk on ourselves. We laugh it off however, as it's funny and we do get in a bit of a small food fight, but in the end, the cake is finally prepared to cook and set in the oven to bake as we clean ourselves off with a towel.
While waiting for the cake to finish, Elsa decides to place a cheerful dance song to dance to, and tries to get me to join her in the dance while I'm a bit ashamed at first, but because she's persistent and joyful, I decide to join in. It's even funnier because I stumble a bit throughout the small dance as I'm not much of a dancer at all, but Elsa helps me in some moves that she says Anna taught her as well.
After a while of our dance, the oven lets us know that the cake is ready with a ring of its bell, and I use some gloves to grab the cake to pull out, the warm chocolate aroma smelling delicious as my mouth waters in anticipation of the flavor. Setting on the table, I hand Elsa some cake decorations, which she uses to put frosting on the cake along with the help of Bruni and Gale.
Finally, Elsa finishes decorating the cake and uses a cake knife to carefully split the cake into small equal pieces while I hand her some paper plates to set them on. But I'm surprised that she offers me a piece first instead of herself. "Here Alex."
I raise an eyebrow. "For me?"
Elsa nods. "Well of course! You helped me bake it, so it's only fair you try it first and tell me how we did it."
With a thank you, I accept the cake from her and proceed to use a fork to bite a piece of it off, the warm feeling and chocolate flavors entering my mouth as I can feel the delicious flavor that is absolutely in perfection. "It's delicious!"
Elsa seems joyful to hear this and cuts off a piece of cake herself, her eyes lightening up as she eats her own slice of cake while she nods in agreement. "It really is! We actually did make a delicious chocolate cake!"
"Glad to see that you enjoy it, Elsa," I tell her.
While she then proceeds to hand over some pieces of cake to Gale and Bruni, the spirits also begin to eat and enjoy the cake, I can't help but feel happy about today. Despite all that happened in the last months or so, one thing was clear.
This was certainly a good day.
A/N: Done! Also, a new format to be implemented! To be honest, my brain and hands hurt from writing two different frozen fanfics, but it's a price I'm willing to pay.
*laughs before breaking down in tears*
Anyways, make sure to leave a review on your thoughts for this chapter and be sure to check out my new Frozen fanfic Until We Meet Again! Unlike this one, which will be updated once a week now sadly, Until We Meet Again will likely be updated daily depending on my life schedule. Yeah, it's strange, but oh well. Once again, thanks for stopping by and leave a review as usual! It helps a lot for motivation! :)