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I'm sorry it took a while, but I'm finally back with another chapter of this story. I hope you'll enjoy it.
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Chapter 12: The Sword of Blue Flames.
Anna stared into the bedroom wall for a few seconds before she got it together and spoke up again.
"(F/N)? You're alive? But how is that possible."
"I don't know. But hey, can we meet up now, as soon as possible?" You asked.
"Yes... I mean… Yes of course!" Anna squealed as she slowly but surely got over the shock.
"We are on our way right now! Where are you?"
You smiled as you gave her the address to the pawnshop.
Anna hung up as she looked at Kristoff, Hans and Vanessa.
"We need to go now. Like… right now."
They all looked majorly confused.
"Anna, what's going on?" Kristoff asked.
None of them were prepared for her answer.
"It's (F/N)… He's… alive."
They stood there as their jaws almost simultaneously hit the floor.
"Wait…. (F/N) is what?!" Kristoff almost yelled but Anna quickly rushed over and covered his mouth with her hand.
"Not so loud! Look, I know it's hard to believe, but I know my brother's voice when I hear it, and I'm telling you, that was him. On the phone. Right now. (F/N) has no clue how he is alive either, but he gave me his location and asked us to meet him. So, let's go."
"But how are we gonna get out of the house?" Hans asked.
"The front door?" Anna said, raising an eyebrow at how he could ask such a stupid question.
"But what if they ask questions? There's no way they'll let us go. Not with all the chaos in the city right now." Hans countered.
Anna thought for a bit. He was right. The four of them had to sneak out of the house. But how? Then she suddenly remembered something.
"(F/N) has a fire escape ladder under his bed. Let's use that." Anna said and they quickly pulled it out.
Vanessa was the first one to climb down the ladder, followed by Hans and then Kristoff. As they reached the ground beneath the window they looked up at Anna.
"Come on, let's go!" Kristoff said.
"Wait." She said before she hurried out of sight.
"What is she doing…?" Hans asked.
Kristoff just shook his head.
"No idea man…"
A few seconds later Anna reappeared in the window, and she quickly climbed down the ladder.
When she reached the ground, the others could see that she had brought her backpack.
"What do you need your backpack for?" Kristoff asked.
Anna just grabbed his hand.
"No time for explanation. Let's go."
When they arrived at the pawnshop Hans looked up at the sign above the door.
"Pabbi's Pawnshop." he read out loud.
"This must be the pawnshop where (F/N) got the lamp." Vanessa stated and Anna hurried inside.
You were sitting in Pabbi's living room as you both heard Anna burst through the entrance door to the pawnshop.
You smiled to yourself and quickly got up to go and meet her.
"(F/N)?!" Anna called out and soon she heard the back door of the pawnshop open.
"I'm here Anna." You said and as she saw you, she gasped and clutched her hand over her mouth.
"Yes, it is me." You said smiling and you could see happy tears forming in her eyes.
"I can't believe it…" She whispered but you soon held your arms open and she immediately ran into them, giving you the biggest hug you'd ever received.
"You're alive…" She said, trying her best not to cry, and you held her tight as she let a few happy tears fall.
Hans, Kristoff and Vanessa also came running up to you and both Kristoff and Hans were quick to use your arms as punching bags as soon as you had let go of Anna.
"Outch, what was that for?" You asked as you rubbed your arms, but they grinned.
"That's for emotionally scarring us." Hans said.
"We thought you were dead."
You smiled slightly.
"Me too… I'm sorry…."
They smiled as they pulled you into a hug.
"It's all right. You're back, and that's all that matters." Kristoff ruffled your hair a bit.
"You're right. It is all that matters" A voice said and you all turned around.
Pabbi was standing there, giving you his characteristically small smile.
"Who are you?" Anna asked but you gently patted her shoulder.
"Everyone, I want you all to meet Pabbi, the owner of this pawnshop and the one who gave me the lamp." You said, introducing him to everyone.
"Pabbi, this is my sister Anna, her boyfriend Kristoff, my friend Hans and his girlfriend Vanessa."
"It's nice to meet you all." Pabbi said and they all nodded.
"It's nice to meet you too, sir." Anna said before she looked at you.
"But how is this even possible?" She asked and you smiled a bit.
"Honestly, I'm not even sure myself. I mean, I was trapped in Ifer's realm, but just as I was about to die…. I saw something. Someone." You explained.
"Someone?" Anna asked and you nodded.
"Yeah, I don't know what it was, but it spoke to me. Told me to reach for its hand, and I did before I passed out. Next thing I knew I woke up here merely a couple of hours ago."
They all just looked at you. They really didn't know what to do or say. They watched you die in that gym, but here you were. Alive and well. It was a lot to take in to say the least.
"But that doesn't matter now." You said.
"What matters now is to get Elsa back."
"Agreed." Anna said and Hans, Kristoff and Vanessa also nodded.
"But the question is… How?" Vanessa said and you thought for a few seconds.
"Good question…. Right now I don't have any ideas…." You admitted and the room fell silent for a little while, while everyone tried to come up with a plan.
Suddenly, Pabbi's old tv made cracking noises as it came to life. The screen turned itself on, but all you could see and hear was static noise and a grey tv screen.
You all looked at each other before you could hear a familiar voice.
"PEOPLE OF EARTH! I AM IFER, RULER OF THE DARK REALM, AND I HAVE COME TO CLAIM EARTH AND MAKE IT A PART OF MY NEW DARK KINGDOM! I AM YOUR SUPREME RULER NOW, AND I WILL DESTROY EVERYONE WHO TRIES TO STOP ME! BUT FEAR NOT, FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THOSE PATHETIC HUMANS WHO WISH TO SERVE ME. I WILL GIVE YOU ONE CHANCE! COME TO MY CASTLE WITHIN 48 HOURS AND PLEGDE YOU LOYTALTY TO ME FOR ALL ETERNITY AND YOUr LIFE WILL BE SPARED! WHEN 48 HOURS HAVE PASSED, I WILL DESTROY THE REST OF HUMANITY! I WILL BE WAITING…"
The screen went blank before it suddenly started making the static noise again, only louder.
You soon realized what was about to happen, and quickly grabbed Vanesa who was standing closest to the tv.
"Watch out!" You yelled, yanking Vanessa away from the tv before the tv screen exploded, sending shards of glass all over the floor.
"Oh, that's just great. Thanks a lot, Ifer…" You mumbled as you rubbed your neck before you looked at Pabbi.
"I'm sorry about your tv, Pabbi. We'll help you clean up the mess."
"Why thank you, young man, but it isn't necessary." He said with a small smile.
"It's okay. It'll be done quickly. Where can I find a dustpan?" You asked and he led you over to a small cupboard where you found a dustpan and you soon got to work.
Over the next few minutes, as you and the others were cleaning up the glass, a plan was beginning to form in your head.
When you were done, they all looked at you.
"Got any ideas, (F/N)?" Anna asked and you nodded.
"Yeah, I have an idea now. We all go to pledge our loyalty to Ifer at his castle…" You began, but Anna almost shouted as she interrupted you.
"WHAT?! Are you crazy, (F/N)?!"
You held up a hand.
"Anna, let me finish."
She calmed down and you took a deep breath before you started over again.
"As I said, we'll go to the castle to pledge our loyalty to Ifer, but I will slip away and try to find the lamp and become Elsa's master again. I know it's risky, but it's the only chance we got to come near his Castle."
"(F/N)'s right. We have to try and this could be our only chance." Anna said and soon everyone agreed to help.
Pabbi looked at you.
"If you are going to do this, you are going to need something." He said before he went into a small room next to the cupboard.
He soon came back with something wrapped in what looked like a brown cloth.
He placed it on the dining room table before he looked at you.
"This is for you, young man." He said.
"Please use it if you need it."
You slowly approached it and, with Pabbi's encouragement, began to unwrap it.
Soon, everyone's eyes widened at the sight of what you had unwrapped. It was a sword.
You picked it up, and carefully drew the blade from its sheath. The handle was beautifully crafted. It was made out of a type of wood you didn't quite recognize, but the pattern carved into it was beautifully intricate and the metalwork done better than anything you'd ever seen before. The metalwork on the blade was so well done you could even see your own reflection in the blade and you could see that it was razor sharp.
Suddenly, as you had pulled half of the blade from its sheath, blue flames flared up and engulfed the blade of the sword.
"What the…?!" You exclaimed as you dropped the sword to the floor in surprise.
Pabbi looked at you calmly.
"Relax young man. The flames won't hurt you."
You looked back at him.
"What kind of sword is this?" You asked, and he gave you a small smile.
"This sword was forged centuries ago. The wood used to make the handle comes from an ancient and very special tree and the blade itself is forged in the scared blue fires. Fires that is created from the highest and purest form of magic. The sword won't hurt you, but it is the only weapon capable of hurting Ifer."
You thought for a few seconds before you picked it up again. The sword felt good in your hands as you tried holding it before you put it back into its sheath and fastened it to your belt as you looked at Pabbi with a serious look on your face. You had a lot of questions.
"You were in the possession of a lamp containing a genie, I ended up here after I was killed by Ifer and you have the only weapon capable of harming him…." You said as you looked him dead in the eyes.
"Tell me…WHO are you?"
Pabbi's small smile never faded.
"I told you there are questions I cannot answer. Besides, you don't have much time young friend."
You sighed but nodded as you looked at Anna, Kristoff, Hans and Vanessa.
"This will be dangerous. Are you sure you're still with me? I can get into Ifer's Castle by myself." You said but they just shook their heads.
"(F/N), Elsa is our friend too. We want to help you save her. We're together in this every step of the way." Anna said and you smiled as you all looked at Pabbi.
He smiled as he looked at all of you.
"I asked for a pure heart to trust Elsa to, but now I see six pure hearts standing before me."
His statement confused almost all of you and you looked at them as they looked at you. Mentally you counted all of you, just to make sure, and just as you thought, you were five, not six.
"What do you mean?" You asked.
"There are only five if us here…." You stopped yourself from talking as you saw Pabbi smirk. He was looking at Anna who got a bit of a smug grin on her face herself.
"Actually…. (F/N)." Anna said and you looked at her.
"There is someone here who really wants to meet you." She opened her bag and suddenly a small white ball of fur came jumping out of the bag and into your arms.
Your smile widened as you saw who it was.
"Olaf!" You hugged him tight and he clung to you like his life depended on it.
"(F/n)! It's so good to see you!" Olaf squealed.
"What are you doing here buddy?" You asked and he looked at you with his small red eyes.
"I want to help with rescuing Elsa. Don't forget, Elsa is my friend too." He said.
You were about to tell him you weren't sure how he could help when you suddenly came to think of something.
You turned to Pabbi.
"Hey, Pabbi… Can I ask you something?"
Pabbi nodded.
"Of course, go ahead."
"Just let me get this confirmed…Whoever gets the lamp will become Elsa's master, right?"
Pabbi nodded again.
"That's right."
A small smirk found its way to the corner of your mouth.
"Does it have to be…A human?" You asked.
This time Pabbi didn't answer but you could see his mysterious smile.
That was enough conformation for you and you looked at Anna, Kristoff, Hans and Vanessa again.
"All right everyone. I've got a new plan now. Let's go and bring back Elsa."
All right, that's it.
Things are really heating up now.
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