The Ice Behind Bars
Chapter XXXIV: The Snow Queen
"Ready?" Anna asked while standing in the doorway, waiting for Elsa and Rapunzel to finish up.
Elsa and Rapunzel quickly ran up and stood in front of her, each of them dressed up and prepared to enjoy their day. Or not quite Enjoy for the two thieves, but it was for Elsa.
They gave Anna a thumb up and she nodded and opened the door, before they all went outside.
When they reached the fields, they saw how each of the guild members were busy either planting, harvesting, watering or fertilizing. The field area was huge. There were two different fields. The one on the right where trees of different fruits were neatly aligned, and the one on the left where they planted the vegetables. Different plants of vegetables were implanted tidily in columns. From potato, tomato, leek and lettuce, to wheat, cabbage, carrots and broccoli. Farmers were helping the guild members in the fields, fearing that those thieves could ruin their hard work. Nevertheless, the formers did enjoy the latter's help and were actually grateful for it.
Today, Elsa had her wavy platinum hair loose while Anna and Rapunzel had their hair wrapped up in a bun to avoid as much as mud and dirt from coming inside it.
The three girls were first greeted with Kristoff and the other two men who were all only wearing sleeveless shirts, a straw hat and the usual working pants, revealing their arm muscles and biceps. "Hey, girls!" Kristoff said as he wiped away sweat from his forehead, while leaning on a hoe.
Anna blushed a bit, seeing his muscles, "H-Hey… Uhhh…" She stammered and lost herself. Kristoff and the other men gave her a confused look.
Rapunzel shook her head in amusement, "What Anna was trying to say is… Good morning, boys!" She said and happily waved, before her eyes landed on Flynn, "Wow… I-I mean… Uh…" She lost herself too.
Elsa on the other hand was watching the two girls' face going red, in curiosity. She poked Anna's cheek, "Tomato!" She said with a cute voice.
Anna quickly snapped out of it and blushed harder before she playfully slapped Elsa's hand away, feeling embarrassed, "Ha ha. Very funny, Elsa."
Elsa turned then to Rapunzel, only to see her red too. She poked Rapunzel's cheek, "Tomato?"
Rapunzel sighed and hid half of her face with one hand, "Yes, yes. A tomato, Elsa." She brushed Elsa's finger away and whispered pleadingly in her ear, "Please don't call us that in front of them!"
Elsa made an 'Oh' with her mouth then a confused face too, "But… They are tomatoes too." She whispered secretly back.
Rapunzel and Anna made a confused and surprised face before they turned to the men to see that all three of them were red and were also gazing happily at their crush.
Kristoff, Flynn and Aiden snapped out of it and started to stammer nervously in unison before they turned to continue their work so they could hide their red face.
"Summer heat is burning, huh boys!?" Rapunzel teasingly joked.
"Y-Yeah yeah of course!" The three men awkwardly said together.
"MY GOD! It's really hot today! I feel like I'm gonna melt!" Anna said while fanning her face with her hand and tried to wipe her sweat. She then turned to Elsa in surprise, "How aren't you even sweating?!... Look at us! We're all wet like pigs!"
Elsa shrugged her shoulders with a pout. She really didn't know why. She never even thought about it. She had sweated before, but it was never from Heat.
Anna touched Elsa's shoulder, "God! You're even cold!"
Rapunzel laughed a bit, "You better run before everyone hugs you so they could escape the heat, Elsa." She deadpanned.
"Luckyyyy!" Anna playfully said to Elsa. If only I could ask her to create some snow for us!
"ELSA!" A little girl called.
Everyone smirked before they turned to see Zoey rushing with a bunch of kids, boys and girls, right towards them, laughing and giggling as they did.
"Hey, Zoey!" Anna called and waved.
The children stood in front of Elsa hopping in excitement and gazing at her in awe as if they never saw someone like her before.
Zoey ran to Anna first and hugged her, next came Rapunzel and the other men, even Kristoff.
"Hey, ya little rascal." Aiden said and messed Zoey's hair.
"Eedoooo!" Zoey whined and pushed his hand away from her head.
Aiden suddenly smirked and lifted her up bridal style and moved to a water tub, "Who's Eedoo now, huh!?" He playfully intimidated before he held her above the water tub and she was squealing and laughing in delight, trying to escape his grip.
"A-Aiden! Please don't! I don't wanna get wet!" She said through her laughs.
Everyone watched in amusement, a smile on their faces, except for Elsa who was watching in more of a curiosity.
Anna smirked and leaned to Lori, one of the girls who had brunette hair and honey eyes. She whispered something in her ear and the little girl's face turned evil.
Lori turned to her friends and rounded them up so she could tell them her plan. After they were done, the kids turned to Aiden and Zoey.
"He's attacking our chief! GET HIM!" Lori suddenly shouted and pointed an accusing finger at Aiden.
"RAAAHH!" All of the kids ran at him.
Aiden turned his head in confusion, but before he could process what was about to happen, he was pushed by all of the kids and ended up landing inside the water tub with a loud splash, and Zoey landed perfectly safe out on the grass.
"That's what happens when you mess with The Snow Team!" Zoey said in victory.
"YEAHHH!" The other kids said while high-fiving.
Anna and the others were laughing hard at the look of surprise on Eedoo's face, including Elsa. The princess felt a bit of pride AND disappointment, knowing that the children chose a title that involved the word Snow. She hated the snow, but she also loved it. She hated it because it brought her pain, agony and misery, and also made her kill her sister and mother, and because it was a dangerous and murderous element. She loved it instinctively but she didn't know that she did. It was a love buried WAY deep inside her heart to a point that this love became insensible.
Aiden was feeling a bit annoyed, but when he saw Elsa laughing, his annoyance turned into joy and was utterly grateful for the kids. At least he made her laugh and didn't scare her.
"Hey, you!" A rough old woman's voice called out and everyone stopped their laughs.
They turned in surprise at the voice to see an old cranky, fat woman, holding a basket full with vegetables.
"You better all stop messing around and get your butts to work! Anna and Kristoff, to the tree field!... Rapunzel, Flynn and… That wet oaf, to the vegetable field! Now move it! Move it!" She said angrily and went back to her work.
Anna and the other thieves winced at her harsh tone.
"Well," Zoey started and stood up, dusting her dress, "Come on, Elsa! Let's go have fun!"
All of the kids followed Zoey and they all stood in front of Elsa.
Anna and the other adults sighed.
"Okay, Elsa…" Anna started while looking at those cyan eyes, "We're going to go now. Don't worry, Zoey and the other kids will keep you company. You'll have fun with them while we work at the field!" She said with a happy voice.
When it was time to go, Elsa felt worried again. Could those kids protect her from men? They did win over Aiden, but still. They were just kids.
Anna noticed Elsa's anxiety. She placed a hand underneath Elsa's chin and lifted her head, "Elsa, no one will hurt you. Really! Stop worrying!" She said with a playful glare.
Elsa slowly nodded.
"There you go!" Anna said and turned her so she could face the kids. "Go on." She encouraged.
Elsa felt a bit shy and didn't move.
Zoey smiled and ran to her, "Come on, Elsa!" She said and grabbed the princess's dress- since she knew that Hands were a big NO- and pulled her closer to the kids, "I want you first to meet my friends!"
The thieves watched Elsa's shy and worried face sympathetically, "Don't worry, Elsa! Be careful and just have fun!" Anna called and waved.
"We will!" Zoey replied back with a shout while pulling Elsa behind her.
Elsa could only hope.
When Elsa and the kids were far away, Anna turned to her friends, "Well… We should head to work now."
"Yeah, come on Flynn… Oafy?" Rapunzel said and looked over Aiden to see him relaxing in the tub. She shook her head in amusement, "I know it's hot, Oafy, but we have work to do." And with that she helped him up from the tub with a hand from Flynn. She smirked and turned to Anna and Kristoff, "Have fun, you too!" She sing-songed teasingly.
Anna and Kristoff blushed hard but glared at her.
Rapunzel shrugged her shoulders and rolled her eyes. You two definitely belong together.
"Let's go, Kristoff." Anna said and kept her glare at Rapunzel.
And they all parted ways and went their own way.
"Okay, Elsa!" Zoey said excitedly, "This is Lori and Matthew!" She pointed at the familiar girl who had led the other kids to push Aiden into the tub, and a black haired boy.
"Hello!" Lori and Matthew replied in unison.
Elsa shyly waved, feeling stupid and awkward. Yup. This was harder than she thought.
"This is Tammy, Merida, Jimmy and Andrew!" Zoey continued while pointing at each of her friends who were in different sizes and ages. "And guys, this is Elsa!" Zoey introduced, "She's The Princess of Arendelle!"
"Really?!" The children asked in unison, gazing at her in awe.
"Uhm…" Was all what Elsa could replied.
"She's pretty." Lori said lovingly.
"She has ice powers!" Matthew said, "It's so cool! I wish I had powers like you!"
Elsa shook her head in denial. Of course no one should have wished for such powers and it killed her to even imagine what would have happened to those kids if they were in her place.
A tug at her dress snapped Elsa to attention. She looked down to see a tiny girl with fiery red, curly hair and big blue eyes, shyly looking at her. That was the youngest amongst the kids, Merida.
The shy girl played with a strand of her hair nervously and avoided eye contact, "You… You have beautiful eyes." She said with her tiny baby voice that had a Scottish accent.
Elsa wasn't sure if she should have felt complimented, since her father always told her that her eyes were the Devil's. But this cutey little girl sounded so honest that Elsa couldn't help but smile fondly.
"Thank you… Merida. You have beautiful eyes too!" Elsa finally spoke as she knelt to Merida's eye level and gave her a wide smile.
"How come is your hair like that?" Andrew asked curiously and tilted his head in wonder.
"It comes with her powers, Genius!" Lori said mockingly at him.
He frowned, "My grandma has the same hair color and she doesn't have ice powers!" He replied childishly and Lori stuck her tongue at him.
He did the same and they both turned with a huff from each other.
"Do you dream of snow when you sleep?" Tammy asked.
"Can you create real snowmen and angels!?" Jimmy asked excitedly, all of them looking at her in amazement now.
"Or or or snow horses!" Matthew said and the children joined him with shouts of agreement.
Elsa couldn't help but giggle at the kids' excited behavior, and couldn't just break their hopes and enthusiasm since all of their answers were going to be a 'No'. All what she knew about her powers, that they were able to cause Destruction and Death. Nothing more.
"Okay! So… What do you guys wanna play?!" Zoey asked and placed her hands on her hips.
"Ouh! Ouh! Ouh! I know! I know!" Merida said while hopping in place and raising a hand.
"Merida!" Zoey allowed and pointed a finger at the tiny girl.
"Tag!" Merida said with a pounce.
"Yeah!" The children agreed in unison.
Zoey turned to Elsa and explained the game to her, and right when she finished, she tapped Elsa's nose, "Tag! You're it!" And all of the children quickly scurried away in different direction while laughing.
Elsa stood surprised for a moment before it finally dawn on her that she had to tap or touch one of the kids. And to do that, she had to run! Elsa quickly followed them and ran behind them.
She first chose the easiest target, Merida. She ran towards her, "I'm coming to get you!" She called playfully and Merida's eyes widened and she tried to run as fast as she could but Elsa was much faster and she reached the little girl and tapped her shoulder. "Gotcha!" Elsa said.
Merida smirked and quickly turned to tap Elsa again, but Elsa was really hard to catch since Merida's tiny legs couldn't keep up with Elsa's long and slender ones.
Merida then changed her target and ran at Zoey.
Zoey squealed in delight and turned to her friends, "RUN!" And they all did the same while laughing their guts out.
After a moment, Merida couldn't breathe anymore and she wanted a break so bad since she still couldn't catch anyone. She stopped in her tracks and panted, still having that brave innocent and cute smile on her face.
"Come on, Merida! Catch us if ya caaaannn! Didn't you say that you were The Brave Warrior!?" Andrew teased with a sing-song.
Merida's face pouted a bit and she felt hopeless and on the edge of tears.
Elsa saw that and she felt heartbroken for the girl. She had an idea to relief the poor girl from her misery. "Merida!" She called.
Merida turned to Elsa with a confused face.
Elsa smirked, "Catch me!" She sang.
Merida had it from all the teasing and she quickly ran at Elsa with an evil smile.
Elsa's eyes widened and she turned to run, but this time she purposely had a slow pace so that the little girl could really catch her. She laughed and laughed delightfully seeing the serious look on Merida's face.
After a moment, Merida finally tapped Elsa's leg. "I caught you!?" She shouted happily in disbelief.
"Oh no!" Elsa acted as if she was sad, "The brave little warrior caught me!" She said dramatically and placed a hand on her heart and laughed.
Merida laughed aloud and no longer felt sad, "You think I'm a brave warrior!?" She asked excitedly.
Elsa smirked at her and knelt at her eye level, "The bravest." She said with a gentle voice.
Merida clapped her hands happily and pounced at Elsa with a hug.
Elsa gratefully hugged back with a warm smile. She suddenly smirked again, "That makes the tag on you again." She informed jokingly.
Merida gasped and let go before she quickly tapped Elsa's nose, "Nope!" She said and turned to run.
Elsa shook her head in amusement and ran towards the kids while laughing with a carefree heart.
Everyone around from the villagers watched The Ice Princess laugh, run and play with the kids, in surprise and awe. They smiled fondly at her and some even stopped what they were doing just to enjoy the scene.
After a while, the kids were tired and couldn't run anymore, and it turns out, Elsa won the game.
"That is so unfair! You were much faster than any of us!" Zoey said, not sadly.
Elsa shrugged her shoulders and smirked.
"Well!" Zoey said with an evil smile, "Let's see how good you are in Hide and Seek!"
Elsa's face turned confused. What was hide and seek? It sounded familiar. She might had used to play with it with her sister, Anna.
"You start first!" Zoey said, pointing at Elsa. "Count from one to fifty!"
Elsa's eyes widened and she gulped nervously. She didn't even know the numbers, how the hell could she then count?!
"What?" Zoey asked confused, feeling Elsa's distress.
"I uh…" Elsa felt utterly embarrassed. How could she tell the kids that she couldn't count?!
"I'll start!" Lori said and raised a hand.
"Okay!" Everyone agreed and Elsa felt completely relieved.
"We'll hide and you seek!" Zoey said and made Lori turn so the girl could face a tree. "Now count from one to fifty!... No peeking!" Zoey informed.
Lori nodded and closed her eyes with her hands. "One…" She started counting.
Everyone gasped and quickly ran to hide.
Zoey grabbed Elsa dress, "Follow me! I know the perfect place!" She said and Elsa nodded excitedly.
"Come on, come on! This way!" She said and took Elsa behind the stables. "In here!" She said and pointed at the huge pile of hay.
Elsa and Zoey quickly ran to the hay and hide inside it.
After a while, "Fifty!" Lori's shout was heard, "Ready or not, here I come!" She sing-songed and started searching.
"Zoey! Elsa!... Come out, come out wherever you aaaaree!" Lori called and started approaching the stables.
Zoey gasped a bit, "She's on to us!" She said urgently. "Come on! This way!" She said and pulled Elsa with her and out from the hay. She then pushed aside another pile of hay at the corner, to reveal a spot that led outside the fort and into the woods, "Anna showed me this when we were playing hide and seek with Rapunzel! She said she used to use it when they were little." Zoey explained with a whisper and went through the hole then turned to Elsa from the other side and motioned for her to come. "Come on, Elsa!" She called quietly.
Elsa bit her lip, not sure that they should get out from the fort.
"Elsaaaa!" Lori's voice was much closer this time and Elsa had her decision. She quickly crawled her way inside and got out from the other side to join Zoey.
They then laughed with each other then turned to be faced with trees of the woods all over the place. It was so wonderful for Elsa to breath in the fresh air from the woods. The smell of the trees and fresh grass was calming and relaxing. The sounds of the leaves brushed by the wind was even more soothing. The sight was magnificent.
"Looks like summer is ending and fall is coming." Zoey said and saw how very few of the leaves were brown and yellow. "We are in august now! Only a month left and all of this will be orange and brown! And we'll be playing in piles and piles of leaves! It's so much fun! You'll see!" Zoey said while pointing at the trees. She then saw Elsa's look of awe and excitement and how she was enjoying just the look of the woods. Zoey smiled, "Come on! Let's go!" She said and pulled Elsa's dress again.
Elsa allowed Zoey to drag her into the woods and laughed a bit at the girl's excitement, "Where are we going?" She asked through her laugh.
"We're just gonna play here between the trees! It's a much better Hide and Seek in here!" Zoey replied. "I used to play with Anna here all the time!" After a while, of playing and running in the woods, Zoey ran to a tree and turned to Elsa, "Your turn to seek!" She said.
Elsa's eyes widened in worry, "Zoey… I-I can't." She confessed, winced a bit and wrapped her arms around her middle, feeling humiliated and readying herself for Zoey's reaction.
"What do you mean you can't?" Zoey asked and approached her, "Anyone can count an-"
"No, Zoey!... I really can't!" Elsa said sadly louder but Zoey was still confused.
Seeing the surprised look on Zoey's face, Elsa sighed, "I don't know how." She clarified and lowered her head. She knew that Zoey's reaction was about to be Laughter, but she was surprised when Zoey spoke.
Zoey made an 'Oh' and felt remorseful for the princess. "But… Aren't princesses supposed to know everything?" She asked innocently.
Elsa sighed, "I'm not a princess, Zoey." She said sadly.
Zoey was surprised, "Y-You're not?... But Anna said-"
"I know... What Anna said." Elsa cut her off, "But… I'm just not a princess, Zoey." She paused and looked away, "I can never be."
"What? But isn't your daddy The King of Arendelle?" Zoey asked confused.
Elsa winced at the reminder of her father, "Y-Yes… He is."
Zoey's face brightened, "Then that makes you a princess!" She said happily.
Elsa stayed silent. She wouldn't tell a little girl that she was a murderer and that she was never even a princess. How could she tell her that she was only The Monster of Arendelle? For that, she didn't utter a word and kept her head down.
Zoey watched her in confusion and scratched her head. Her face suddenly lit up and she gasped happily as an idea poked her head, "How about I teach you to count!" She suggested.
Elsa lifted her head and turned to look at the girl in surprise, "You-… You would do that for me?!" She asked in disbelief.
"Of course!" Zoey confirmed happily, "Then we can play Hide and Seek together! Here, let us start from one to ten." She sat cross-legged in front of Elsa and tapped the ground in front of her, motioning for Elsa to sit.
Elsa knelt then sat cross-legged too, in front of the girl.
"Okay… So let's start easy." She said and fidgeted in her seat, "Repeat after me."
Elsa nodded.
Zoey held one hand up, keeping four fingers hidden and her thumb up, "This is One!"
"One." Elsa repeated, watching Zoey's fingers carefully.
"This is Two…" Zoey said and allowed her index to show.
"Two…" Elsa said with a smile as her face started to brighten and she mimicked Zoey's fingers with her own, holding two fingers in front of herself.
"Three… Four…" Zoey continued, adding a finger with each number and Elsa did the same as she repeated after her, keeping herself pretty concentrated.
"And Five!" Zoey finished her first hand and held her small hand in front of Elsa's face to show her.
Elsa looked at Zoey's hand then at hers. Why did Zoey's number five have an additional finger?
Zoey correctly held five fingers in front of Elsa's face but Elsa mistakenly had four fingers.
Elsa frowned and Zoey laughed. "Try again, Elsa!" Zoey encouraged as she laughed.
Elsa closed her hand again and started all over, "One…Two…" She lifted two fingers, "Three… F-… Four?" She asked adding another two fingers and Zoey nodded excitedly.
Elsa looked at her hand and opened her five fingers wide, "Five!" She finished excitedly and held her five fingers correctly in front of Zoey's face while smiling radiantly as if she just accomplished her best challenge.
Zoey clapped her hands happily and cheered, "Yeaaaay! See?! It wasn't so bad!"
"What's next!?" Elsa asked enthusiastically, wanting to know more.
"Okay… Now with the other five fingers. From six to ten." Zoey kept her five fingers up and held a single finger with her other hand, "Now this is Six!" She informed.
Elsa did the same with both of her hands and stared carefully at them, with a tongue stuck at the corner of her mouth, "Six." She repeated.
"Yup!" Zoey nodded, "Then comes Seven… And Eight." She said and added two fingers.
Elsa did the same and she frowned since things are turning harder. "Six… Seven… Eight." She said, giving a single nod at each number.
"Nine… And finally Ten!" Zoey finished and held her hands, open wide, in front of Elsa. "Okay… Now your turn!"
Elsa stared at her hands for a moment, registering what Zoey just taught her before she started all over again, "One, two, three… f-four, five." She said and held a hand up, then looked over at Zoey for confirmation.
Zoey nodded and motioned for her to continue.
Elsa then took a deep breath before she continued nervously, scared that she might get the numbers wrong, "Six… Sven-"
"Seven." Zoey corrected.
"Seven…" Elsa repeated and now had seven fingers held up, "Eight, n-nine?... A-And ten?" She finished and held her hands up.
Zoey pounced happily on the ground, "That's right! You got it!" She cheered and started laughing.
Elsa's face turned into pure joy and she shouted happily, "I got it!"
"Okay, okay…" Zoey said again seriously and looked Elsa right in the eyes, "If you want to count to fifty for the Hide and Seek, all what you need to do, is to repeat those ten fingers, five time!... Do you know how much is five?" She quizzed teasingly and raised one eyebrow.
With a wide smile, Elsa quickly and confidently held one wide hand up.
"That's right!" Zoey squealed and jumped on her feet. "Okay! Now we can play! Are you ready!?"
Elsa stood and nodded.
"On that tree!" Zoey said and pointed at a large Oak Tree.
Elsa ran to the tree and turned to hide her eyes, "Should I start!?" She called out.
"Yes!" Zoey called back.
"One…!" Elsa started and Zoey quickly scurried out to the woods to hide.
After a moment, Elsa finally reached number Ten the fifth time. "Ten!" She shouted and turned to try and find Zoey but saw no one. She smirked and started searching between the trees and bushes. "Zoeyyy!" She called with a sing-song as she looked behind a tree but frowned when she saw no one.
She turned her head to the other side and stayed silent so she could listen. After a minute of hearing the whispers of the wind, Elsa heard a giggle. She smirked and followed the sound, knowing that Zoey couldn't hide from her anymore. "I can hear youuu!" She sing-songed and heard a light gasp.
She turned to the sound of the gasp and saw Zoey's tip of her shoes inside the bushes.
Elsa bit her lip and slightly tip-toed her way to Zoey. She made playful claws with her hands and quickly pushed the bushes for a surprised reveal, "GOTCHA!" She shouted and found Zoey knelt under the bushes.
Zoey squealed in delight and tried to run but Elsa caught her. "I won!" She said and Zoey laughed aloud the more and more.
"That's not fair! How were you able to hear me?!" Zoey asked while she laughed.
Seeing Zoey so happy, Elsa couldn't help but to laugh herself.
But then! Elsa heard something. She quickly stopped her laughs and her face turned serious as she tried to listen. "Wait." She told Zoey.
Zoey slowly stopped her laughs but kept giggling.
"SHH!" Elsa shushed again urgently, still looking around in the empty woods and realized that they went far away from the fort.
Seeing Elsa's serious face, Zoey stopped her laughter and tried to look around too. "What is it?" Zoey asked a bit worriedly.
"Do you hear that?" Elsa asked as she looked around.
The two stayed silent, trying to listen. Then they both heard it. Singing. Multiple voices singing, joined with sword clangs and laughter, but the sounds were faint and a bit far.
"Over there!" Zoey pointed at a small hill with a boulder on top.
Before Elsa could catch her, Zoey ran. "Zoey, wait!" Elsa called with an urgent whisper but Zoey turned at her excitedly, "Come on, Elsa! Let's see what it is!"
Elsa quickly followed her and both were now trying to follow the noises.
The more they approached the boulder the more the voices and the noises became much clearer.
Elsa felt her heart race in worry but also excitement and eagerness to know who was making those noises.
The two girls slowly approached the boulder, then knelt and hid behind it before they slightly poked their heads from above it so they could see.
They gasped a bit as they saw the scene in front of them.
A big camping site was placed from the other side of the hill. Tents were placed, horses were hitched, fires were lit and Men and woman were singing and laughing. They were all wearing armors and weapons. Some sat around the fire and laughed and drank wine. Some were training with the swords, and some were training with bows and arrow. But the most important thing that caught both girl's attention was the singing. Everyone was singing the same song as they did what they were doing while some were playing instruments like the lute and the flute.
Two men were fighting with swords and started the song.
Born of cold and winter air
And mountain rain combining
The crowd that sat around the fire joined.
Her icy force both foul and rare
She has a frozen heart worth mining
Elsa furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, not understanding the song yet. But Zoey, she had the most excited face a child could master.
A man with the bow aimed at a straw human figure and shot the arrow right in the chest.
Cut through her heart
Stop the cold
Elsa winced and cowered a bit as the arrow hit its straw target.
Everyone started singing in unison, men and women.
Strike for your land
And strike for her death
See her beauty drained from flaws
Split her ice apart
Destroy her frozen heart!
Some started to dance with each other while the others watched.
"Beautiful!" A man called and raised his cup.
"Powerful!" A woman joined.
"Dangerous!" A man slashed the hay figure with his sword.
"And COLD!" Everyone shouted in unison.
Ice has a magic that She control!
A man stood and raised his sword, "Stronger than one!"
Another man stood next to him and did the same, "Stronger than ten!"
A woman came in between them and rested her elbows on each man's shoulder, "Stronger than a hundred men!"
"HYA!" Everyone shouted again and continued singing.
Elsa and Zoey were now watching in awe and excitement as women and men sang and danced happily with each other, ignoring the weapons and the pitch forks and the torches laying around. Zoey even tried to sing with them.
Born of cold and winter air
And mountain rain combining
Her icy force both foul and rare
She has a frozen heart worth mining
Cut through her heart
Stop her curse
Strike for your land and strike for her death
We'll see her sharp eyes full with fear
Everyone stood around the huge fire pit and raised either their sword, spear, pitchfork, bow, dagger, torch or club. And the next words of the song made Elsa's face turn from pure happiness, to pure horror as they were finally understood.
Thaw all of Arendelle
Beware The Snow Queen's heart!