The Ice Behind Bars

Chapter XXXVII: The Woman In White

"YOU!" Diana shrieked as she stood and pushed away the table, sending Tea everywhere.

Aphrodite quickly stood but before she could react, Diana's fist contacted her jaw and sent her backwards.

The room fell to utter silence and Brandon watched with a jaw slack, still not comprehending what just happened.

Aphrodite's head whipped to the side really hard, yet she stayed on her feet and only staggered one step back.

To both Brandon and Diana's surprise, Aphrodite started to chuckle as she felt the trickle of blood run down from the corner of her mouth. "Well…" She started calmly as she started to pull her sleeves up to her elbows.

Brandon's eyes widened knowing what she was about to do. Uh-oh… oh no you won't…!

"I'm always up for a good fight." Aphrodite said.

"Nonono! Aphrodite, WAIT!" Brandon tried to reach her but it was already too late.

Aphrodite quickly turned and smashed her fist right into Diana's face and the poor woman fell to the ground with a loud thud that Brandon couldn't help but wince and made an Ooo with his mouth, understanding her pain.

Diana fell to the ground, blood coming down her nose. "Hah… Fucking bitch…" She cursed as she laughed and wiped the blood away. "Very well… You're on!"

"Oh how I missed the old days…" Aphrodite said with a smirk as she shook her pained hand from the hard punch she just made.

"A-Aphrodite… Diana… Let us be rational here and let's simply… Talk." Brandon tried to calm them as he stood between them but both women didn't seem to listen as they bore into each other's eyes. Aphrodite with her green ones and Diana with her blue ones.

Diana tried to reach for her weapon, only to find that her dagger and sword were nowhere to be found.

"Come on, sweetheart. Show me what you can do without your weapons." Aphrodite teased.

Diana stood and pulled up her sleeves too. "Robin isn't here to stop us now, huh Your Majesty?" She asked with a smirk.

"Unfortunately for you, no he isn't." Aphrodite returned the smirk back.

Diana quickly grabbed the cup and threw it at Aphrodite to try and startle her.

Aphrodite quickly saw it coming and she dodged it, although when she regained her focus, she was suddenly pushed to the ground by a force that could only be from Diana.

Diana tackled Aphrodite to the ground and tried to punch her, "How does it feel to know that you have left a son fatherless!?" Diana asked as she punched Aphrodite in the face.

Aphrodite shook the dizziness of the impact away and kicked the woman above her, right in the stomach, sending her backwards. "My brother came to save me!" She defended back as she lifted herself on her elbows.

Diana quickly stood and grabbed a chair only to send it right towards Aphrodite, "You were a god damn Queen! Why would you run away from such a great life!?"

Aphrodite gasped and her eyes widened, seeing the chair coming towards her and she quickly rolled to her side. Luckily, the chair missed her but it broke in pieces as it made its way to the floor. Aphrodite groaned in rage and on her way while standing up, she grabbed Diana's foot and pulled it up so that the woman fell and stumbled hard on her back. "You know nothing about my past life!"

Diana grunted as she contacted the floor again but she quickly pushed Aphrodite with her feet and sent her smashing to the book shelves, sending books to the ground as she hit it. "Why would a Queen run away from her own luxury?!"

"Stop it you two!" Brandon tried to stop them and held Aphrodite back as she tried to reach for Diana to pluck the woman's eyes out. But the poor man accidently received a punch to his jaw and he couldn't help but to let go. OH MY GOD! She has a strong arm! He thought as his clutched his jaw.

Aphrodite grabbed a knife from the counter and threw it towards Diana, purposely not hitting her target, "That was a warning, Darlin."

Diana gasped and felt her heart rise up to her throat when she saw the knife coming and she quickly cowered only for her not to feel the knife at all. She opened her eyes to see that the knife was right above her head. "Well… I on the other hand never give warnings." She said sarcastically and quickly removed the knife from the wall and threw it at Aphrodite.

Aphrodite quickly jumped to the side and stumbled to the floor, "You BITCH! You could have killed me!"

"And now you know my intentions!" Diana shouted dramatically with a mocking happy voice.

Aphrodite's view turned red and she roared in rage as she ran towards Diana and tackled her, only for them to land on the table and it came crashing to the ground, sending shards of wood everywhere as the two women punched each other.

Outside Leanna's room, the healers and patients stopped what they were doing to stare at the door and hear the crazy muffled noises of thuds, crashes, yells, curses and shouts.

"Anyone has any ideas what's going on with Leanna?" One healer asked and everyone else exchanged confused and weird looks before they all shrugged and went back to their work.

"This!... Is for trying to kill my daughter!" Aphrodite yelled and smashed her fist to Diana's stomach.

Diana groaned in pain and rage and punched back Aphrodite's face. "And this is for my son whom you left fatherless for your greedy need!"

She blames me for Robin's death?! Aphrodite was very close to lose her anger to sadness and guilt. "Y-YOU KNOW NOTHING! My life was more miserable than any person alive!" She screamed and shoved Diana up on her feet and pinned her to the wall. "He never told me he had a son!"

Diana grunted in pain and glared down at Aphrodite, "It's because he didn't live to even know that he would have one! I was going to tell him when he would come back from your stupid escape!... BUT HE NEVER DID!"

Aphrodite's heart pumped harder and she was about to break. As if she needed any more guilt? "I-I was only trying to protect my children!"

"OH IS THAT SO!? Well I'm doing the same to mine!" Diana spat in Aphrodite's face.

Aphrodite quickly let go and tried to wipe the saliva off her face.

Taking this as her advantage, Diana kicked Aphrodite in the stomach. "Your husband was a king! He would have done anything for you!"

"I HATE MY HUSBAND!" Aphrodite staggered back and clutched her stomach as she felt a wave of nausea, remembering her husband's horrible acts that he accomplished on her.

Diana really felt enraged now. This woman in front of her was so ungrateful for having a glamorous life of royalty. Who could ever deny such a life?! Why would someone run away from it?! Why did Aphrodite fake her death!? "WHY!? Why are you hiding his children from him here!? Why did you run away and resulted in killing my husband?!... Your brother!"

Aphrodite felt tears trickle down her cheeks and she couldn't take it anymore. She turned at Diana with bloodshot and sorrowful, yet angry eyes and screamed, "It's because he used to take advantage of me! He used to hit my children! He was an awful liar! He used to HATE my daughter just because she's DIFFERENT!... I had no choice but to run away! I couldn't take it anymore! I had to hide my daughters from him! But I failed! I failed! He had captured Elsa after I ran away! And look what happened to her!" She yelled and yelled as tears streamed down her cheeks freely, not bothering to wipe off any.

Diana watched in shock as the woman in front of her unfolded her misery to her. "What are you saying?!"

"I tried to hide them! I tried!" Aphrodite yelled again as she waved her hands in exasperation. "YOUR husband tried to help me! But it's not me who you should hate! It's my husband! YOUR fair king!" She said mockingly, "He was the one who killed him! I was lucky that I was able to run away! But my daughter Elsa was the one who paid for my freedom with… H-Her whole life!"

"Aphrodite…" Brandon tried to stop her from yelling so that she could calm herself. He hated seeing her so sad and it was eating him inside out!

"You're lying!" Diana yelled back, not wanting to believe. "There is no way The Snow Queen is your daughter! T-The king said she died!"

Aphrodite didn't listen to Brandon. She only kept going, "NO!... She didn't die! I thought that she did too and I've been living in guilt ever since Jamie announced that she was dead! BUT OH GUESS WHAT!?" She asked sarcastically as she started to tremble. "Not long ago, my daughter Anna arrived from Arendelle with a… T-Tortured woman that turned out to be my dead DAUGHTER!"

"What?!"

"I have discovered that after all that time, my daughter wasn't dead! No!... Because HE!… Had locked her away!... Not just that," She laughed sarcastically at how pathetic her life was while tears still stained her cheeks, "But he was torturing her and probably WHIPPING HER EVERY NIGHT FOR THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS!"

Diana couldn't hold on much longer. "N-No… T-That's not true!" Diana said, as her anger dissipated and turned to shock. He killed my husband!... And sent me to kill his daughter!?... My own family?! She was brought back from her thoughts when Brandon spoke this time.

"It is." Brandon confirmed sadly.

Aphrodite started to sob but kept her teary eyes boring into Diana's and tried to stay strong, "E-Everyone thinks she is the monster!... B-But the truth is… HE is!" She said with a weak voice and stomped her feet on the ground in irritation, "Diana… I-I know that we never had a friendly past, but you have to believe me!" She pleaded desperately, "D-Do you know what it feel like… To see your daughter… O-On the edge of life?... To see her so scared and in pain!? Did you ever had to see your child's back… F-Full with those… Those…" She trailed off, lost for words, not able to describe the horror she had seen as she remembered Elsa's back condition, "Those g-gruesome scars… and hideous lines?!" She said-more to herself-with a voice that came out like a squeak. It wasn't the strong Queen's voice anymore. It was the voice of a miserable mother.

Diana slowly shook her head in disbelief as the truth sank in. The snow storms… The cold!... The eternal winter!... THE SCREAMS! "Oh god…" Her whisper was her only reply.

Brandon stood next to Aphrodite to give her courage and comfort. He watched as both women had small bruises on their faces. Aphrodite had the corner of her lip split and it was trickling blood and she had a bruise right under her eye, and on the other hand, Diana had her nose bleeding and a big bruise on her cheek.

ANNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

A shiver shot down Diana's spine when she remembered how Elsa screamed, "A-And that woman… The one with… With the red hair…" She laughed a bit to try and joke and convince herself that there was no way that was… "D-Don't tell me that was Anna…?" She asked her face between shock and derision, still trying hard not to believe. She couldn't believe what was happening! The king had said that Princess Anna and Queen Aphrodite were kidnapped. Not only this but six years after, he had said that they all died, including Elsa! Were they all really living a lie?!

"Yes." Brandon replied but Diana still had a skeptical look. "You don't believe us?!" He asked.

That was just too much for Diana. She didn't know if she should have believed them. All these years she had blamed Aphrodite for her husband's death and protected the king, only for her suddenly to discover that it had to be the other way around! Diana felt her cheeks wet with tears. The horrifying truth was shredding her heart to pieces. She had failed Robin.

"You know what…?" Aphrodite said as she wiped her tears, only to have new ones roll down. "C-Come with me. I want to show you something."

Anna sat down next to Elsa on the bed and under the covers, after having Waela check that Elsa was okay. They already had bathed Elsa carefully and removed the blood and replaced the bloody dress with a comfortable nightgown.

And through all that time, Elsa was still unconscious… and Anna was starting to worry.

"Are you sure she's okay?" Anna asked and tried to recheck if Elsa had any unwitnessed injuries.

Waela was packing her kit. She lifted her head for a second and smiled sympathetically at Anna. "She's fine, Anna. I double-checked already. She just needs to rest. What she's been through today wasn't well in any way." She smiled down fondly at Elsa and closed her medical bag. "Besides… I heard the fort has a new hero." She said and winked as she hinted at Elsa by pointing with her eyes before she turned and left the room.

Anna smiled widely at that. She turned her head to look at Elsa and caressed the side of the platinum blonde's face, "Well… At least they see you as a hero now." Anna told her and slumped further under the covers. She was utterly grateful that the villagers no longer saw Elsa as a catastrophic mistake. "Please wake up, Elsa…" She pleaded and looked a bit worriedly at her. Kristoff promised that you're going to be fine... Why aren't you waking up? The thought of Kristoff brought a red color to her cheeks, and in between, her lips drew a big warm smile. She sighed and relaxed as she played with the end of her braids and started daydreaming about what happened today at the fields.

Anna's Memory

"Anna are you sure it's safe to climb that high just for an apple?!" Kristoff asked worriedly as his head was tilted backwards, watching Anna climb the biggest apple tree he had ever seen. Anna had already climbed about four meters high now.

She was struggling to climb on top of a branch with an extremely weird position, "Y-Yup!... They said they wanted-" She tried to push herself up with a groan, "Apples… And well… I'm going… to get them… Apples!" She finally got on top of the branch and sat as she wiped her forehead, dangling her legs from each side of the branch.

"But there are already apples not that far up! Why did you have to climb all the way up? Anna, please come down! It's dangerous!" He pleaded with a worried and nervous voice as he held the basket of apples.

"Because apples far up are more delicious!- Ooo!" She noticed a nice big and red fresh apple a bit far at the tip of the branch she was on. "Look! This one's good!" She said and pointed at the apple, then started-with her tongue stuck at the corner of her mouth- to slowly and carefully crawl on the branch so she could reach the apple.

Kristoff's eyes widened seeing her crawling on the branch from the thick side to the thin and fragile part. "Anna! Between all these apples, you want that!? Wait!... Nononono! Stop!" Kristoff let go of the apple basket as he stood underneath the oblivious redhead that didn't notice the branch creaking and started to bend and break.

"Awww come on, Kristoff! It's just an apple! It won't bite!" Anna reach the end of the branch and stretched her arm forward to try and reach for the apple. "Come onnnn… Just a little… Closer…" She mumbled as her finger tips were inches from the apple. "Annnnddd… GOT IT! –AH!" Anna shouted as she held the apple up victoriously but the branch suddenly snapped and broke and she went falling to her doom.

Kristoff gripped his hair in worry and gasped. "Anna!" He quickly ran to try and catch her, opening his arms wide.

Anna saw the ground underneath her coming closer and she squeezed her eyes shut waiting for the painful-probably deadly- impact.

But it never came.

"OOF!" Kristoff grunted as Anna landed in his arms. He exhaled a breath he never knew he kept. "Phew…"

Anna opened one eye to see her hero… Her knight with the shining armor. But instead she found a blonde man wearing a messed up blouse and muddy pants. "Kristoff!" She shouted and started to laugh, "Thank you!" She patted his chest and he put her down to stand on the ground, "That was one hell of a crazy trust exercise." She said while fixing her clothes.

"Don't do that again! Are you crazy!? You would have hurt yourself!" He said in an extremely worried voice, his heart still pumping from the adrenaline he just felt. "Why did you do that?!" He asked frustrated.

The oblivious Anna held the red apple in front of his face. "For this!" She said happily.

Kristoff stared dumbfounded at the apple. "You could have killed yourself for this!?... What were you thinking?!" He yelled.

Anna furrowed her eyebrows and felt angry at the way he was talking to her, "I am okay now! You don't need to yell!" She yelled back, crossed her arms and turned her back at him with a scoff.

"I told you not to do it! There were so many other apples for god's sake!" Kristoff yelled again and turned his back on her.

Anna whipped her body towards him with a furious face, "Why do you care so much!?"

"BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU!" He yelled in her face, as his eyes flared with worry and rage.

Anna's face fell from angry to surprise. She mouthed an 'Oh' as her shoulders relaxed.

Kristoff buried his head in his hands and sighed, not wanting to look at her face of rejection.

He cares about me!? Anna felt guilty and her face turned remorseful. She took a step towards him as she tried to touch his shoulder, "Kristoff, I-"

"No, don't… Just forget it." He shrugged her hand away and turned his back to her, walked to the basket, picked it up and walked away.

Anna stood there in shock, watching him go with a sad and regretful face. But she wasn't about to give up now, "Kristoff, wait!" She called as she ran behind him and tried to catch up.

She grabbed his shoulder and gently stopped him. "Kristoff, please… Did… Did you really mean what you said?!" She asked with a smile, feeling her heart was about to burst out in joy. He cares! He cares!

Kristoff sighed and kept his head low. "Y-Yes." He said and blushed, then looked up and stared right into her face, "Anna… I..." He coughed nervously a bit then, "I-I wanna tell you something."

Anna's heart was beating faster than the wings of a hummingbird. "Yes…?" She beckoned him to continue as she felt excited.

Kristoff took a deep breath then, "Anna, I'm so sorry I yelled at you. I was just so worried and when you fell… I-I felt my world turn upside down and I was so afraid to lose you! I understand that you're just stressed out because of what had happened to Elsa. All of us are too!" Kristoff smiled sympathetically at her, "I… I…" He just didn't know how to tell her that he really had feelings for her! Don't tell her! Who said she will ever love a simple Ice Harvester like you! He suddenly shook his head, "I-I'm sure Elsa's gonna be fine, Anna." He assured with a gentle tone and tried to change subject.

Anna's face broke into a confused one and her heart shattered when she didn't hear what she wanted to hear. You're just dreaming, Anna… He doesn't like you. Damn! I am so pathetic! She sighed in disappointment, "I really hope so Kristoff… Just by knowing that we have to leave her here alone so we could head out to our task is really worrying." She said worriedly, then shook her head, "I can't stop thinking about it! I-I was just really worried for her…"

"You said that she'll be with Bulda, right?" He asked as he walked by her side.

Anna nodded.

Kristoff noticed her sudden sad behavior and he felt confused. It broke his heart in two to see her so sad. But why? He suddenly smiled and decided to cheer her, "Well… Why are you so worried then?!" He asked cheerfully, trying to let her show that smile he loved so dearly from her, "Bulda really loves Elsa and we all know that she'll take good care of her." He thought for a moment then, "A-And if you want… I can keep an eye on her and keep her safe." He suggested nervously.

Anna lifted her head, "You-… You would really do that?!" She asked happily.

Kristoff chuckled a bit at her excited face, "Well of course!" He suddenly shied a bit and blushed, "Remember what you guys said?" He asked shyly, playing with the apple in his hands.

Anna gave him a confused smile, so he continued.

"Well, you said that… We're all… F-Family here, right? S-So I think it's my job to be sure that Elsa is safe and well while you're gone… She is my family too." He said and nervously played with his hat, hoping that he wouldn't be rejected to be a part of their special 'Family' bond.

Anna's eyes widened in amazement and she felt her heart flutter. This man in front of her was a miracle! An angel from heaven! He was so kind, sweet and warm-hearted and it was only then did she realize how much he'd been living with them, how much he had helped them, and most importantly, he had never showed any sign that he was scared of Elsa. He actually was the reason that Elsa arrived to the fort alive. If it weren't for his help, Elsa would have definitely died on the way to the fort after they had escaped the dungeons.

Kristoff bit his lip and tried to presume what Anna's reaction would be. He watched every expression of her face. Her silence made him hold his breath and he started to regret the words he just said. Rejection? He had faced that before and feared it since he had lived like an unwanted, stray orphan boy.

"Oh my god, Kristoff… I just realized something…" Anna suddenly said with an unreadable face.

Kristoff's heart beat faster and he gulped nervously. "A-Alright… What is it?" This is it! She's going to kick you out! You were just so… So pathetic!

Anna then took his hands into her own and looked right into his deep brown eyes. "Kristoff… It has been about two weeks since I met you… Since we saved Elsa." She smiled warmly at him, "And ever since that day, all what you did was helping us in every problem we faced. You have put your trust into thieves and you didn't judge us just like that. You accepted to help when we ask for it, even though you knew that it would have cost you your head!" She deadpanned and giggled a bit.

"Instead of going off and ditching us in the dungeons, you waited all night for us until you were sure that we were okay. Then you helped us bring Elsa here… A-And without your help, I-I know that Elsa wouldn't have made it in time. When you discovered the truth about a fort full of thieves, you didn't betray us and scurried off to inform everyone… You didn't betray me." She said in the gentlest voice as she cupped his cheek and smiled fondly at him, his heart beating even faster and faster.

"Then you helped Elsa laugh…" She giggled a bit when she remembered Elsa's face when she got excited for seeing Sven. "And you let her have fun with Sven and the other horses. You allowed her to feel loved! Heck you two even love carrots!" She said happily, yet still gently. "You were there for us when we needed you most and you helped without even a second thought. I see how you look at Elsa and all I see is honesty, truth and love. You don't see her as a monster the way the others do, even though you've seen what she can do. You love us all equally and you appreciate everything we try to give you." She cupped both his cheeks now and stared right into his eyes, "You have saved my life just minutes ago and you have a big heart full of warmth and love."

Kristoff was nearly at the edge of tears. No one had ever told him such nice and kind stuff.

"So tell me, Kristoff Bjorgman. How could I ever refuse someone like you to our family?" She said with a wide smile while slightly shaking her head.

Kristoff couldn't feel any happier. Could it really be happening? Did he really just find a family? A home? This woman in front of him was an angel from heaven! He stuttered for words trying to say something… Anything at all as he felt her warm hands on his cheeks. "R-… Really?!" He asked in disbelief. He never was invited to be a part of a family. Heck he was always chased away or yelled at in the streets.

Anna gazed into those sparkling brown eyes… Those chocolate brown eyes with tones of amber in them that seemed to dance in the sunlight and send tickles down her spine. She wondered if they were even real as she found herself lost in them. Wait… Since when Brown was her favorite?!

He didn't realize he was staring at her eyes too. Those bright blue-grey eyes that glittered in the light and were framed by long, thick lashes and delicate thin eyebrows. They were so full of honesty. So full of faith. So full of affection. So full of… Love.

Before Anna could stop herself, she gave him a wide smile before she leaned up and kissed his cheek, "Thank you, Kristoff... For everything." She said warmly. Her eyes widened in realization about what she just did and she quickly let go of his cheeks and took a few awkward steps back. Her face turned extremely red and she tried to avoid eye contact, "I-I uh… That was uh… A-A gift for helping us?" Anna mentally gasped at her stupid statement as she stared at the awestruck and totally surprised Kristoff. His cheeks were bright red and his jaw was slightly down. "I-I think we should go back to work." She said and laughed a bit, "And I promise you that I won't climb like a monkey anymore." She said and winked. She then walked, picked the basket and grabbed his hand. "Come on…" She said to him, motioning with her head for him to follow her.

Kristoff still looked in shock and the more he stayed silent, the more her blush grew. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear shyly and started gently pulling the poor speechless Kristoff with her.

If only one of them would have revealed their feelings instead of keeping it locked up in their hearts.

"ANNA!" A voice suddenly startled them.

Anna and Kristoff snapped out from their trance and they turned to the voice to see an extremely worried Little Lori running towards them.

Anna quickly ran to her, "What is it, Lori!? What's wrong?!" Anna asked as she knelt to the little girl's eye level.

Lori panted a bit then, "It's Zoey and Elsa!... They're out from the fort!"

"What?!" Both Anna and Kristoff shouted.

"They used the secret spot from behind the barn that you had showed us!" Lori said, her eyes wide with concern.

Anna quickly shot to her feet and turned to Kristoff, "Kristoff, what are we going to do?! We have to find them! What if they got themselves into trouble! What if-"

"Hey, hey, hey… Calm down, Anna." He said and gently held her shoulders, "We will find her, Anna… I promise you that we will find her. We can do and solve anything together. Right? We're family." He said and smiled warmly at her.

Anna still worried, smiled at his kind and soothing words and nodded with a smile.

"Come on… Let's call for the others." Kristoff gently said and held her hand, allowing her to feel the warmth from his hand.

"O-Okay…" Anna said as her face turned into… A tomato.

Anna snapped out from her day dream and found herself smiling widely like an idiot. She sighed in the silent room and turned on her side to look at Elsa. "Do you think he likes me, Elsa?" She asked to the unconscious princess. She smiled fondly at Elsa and brushed a stray platinum hair out of Elsa's face. Anna felt her heart flutter in joy when she noticed that Elsa's bruises were no longer present and flawing her face.

She winced a bit as she brushed her thumb on Elsa's left eyebrow, touching the scar that kept a tiny hairless and pale pink spot in the middle of the eyebrow, accompanied with a diagonal, a bit bleached line that ran through it. Whatever did this scar wasn't so gentle at all. She was even grateful that it didn't hurt Elsa's eye. She sighed and leaned forward, giving Elsa a kiss on her brow. "I'm sorry…" She whispered and stroked the platinum hair. "God, I'm so sorry, Elsa… I shouldn't have left you alone. Will… Will you forgive me?"

She received nothing but silence.

Anna sighed, "Look at me talking to myself." She said sarcastically in frustration. "Just know one thing, Elsa… I will never allow someone to hurt you again. Mum is already dealing with this woman… Diana." She said the name in a mocking tone, "We'll try and find out where they are hiding and how they're progressing. Strangely… My mum knows her! Can you believe it?" She rolled on her back and stared at the ceiling. "You know… I've been feeling weird lately." She said and rested her hands on her stomach. "It's like… She's hiding something… I don't know." She suddenly remembered what her mother told her. "Elsa… Can you keep a secret?" She asked and of course received nothing but silence. I'll take that as a 'Yes'. She thought and sighed.

She took a deep breath then, "I have a sister, Elsa… I had a sister I never knew of." Anna confessed as she stared at the ceiling and a sudden rush of pain was felt in her head. She winced and cursed under her breath as she placed her hand on her head. Stupid headaches… She shook it off and continued, "I know nothing about her at all. Not her name, not her looks… Not even what she was like. All I know that… That she's gone now." Anna finished sadly.

"You're not the only one who has a bad father, you know… Mama said that my father took my sister from us." She scoffed, "I don't even know my father but judging from what mum said… He doesn't seem like a good man at all. He had hurt my mother, Elsa… My mum can't even talk about him without crying." The thought of her mother crying broke her heart.

"I-I don't wanna even imagine how he took my sister away from me." She furrowed her eyebrows when she felt this strange feeling in her heart. She placed a hand on her heart. "You know… Sometimes I feel like my sister isn't really gone… I feel like she's still somewhere out there, Elsa. I can feel her right in my heart!" She poked her heart.

"Even your sister, Elsa… I don't know where she might be but I hope you find her someday." She turned her head and looked at Elsa, "Your father said that she died, but I don't believe him at all 'cause he also said that you did too. Something is suspicious… Maybe they ran away? Your mama and sister? I don't know!" She covered her eyes with her arm, feeling lost and confused. "Do you think they are far away, Elsa?... Do you think that someday we might find them?... Our sisters?" Yet she still received no answer. She slid down the covers and turned to Elsa on her side.

Anna sighed. "I really hope so, Elsa… I really hope so. Someday… You'll find your sister… And I'll find mine."

"Where are you taking us?" Diana asked, feeling irritated.

Aphrodite walked in front of both Diana and Brandon, keeping her arms wrapped around her middle since she was really feeling uneasy. She sighed, "You said you wanted proof?... Well that's what I'm going to do."

"And how is that?" Diana asked as she wiped the blood from her nose with a piece of cloth that Brandon had gave her.

"You better believe after this." Aphrodite said with an intimidating voice when they reached a door.

Diana watched the door in front of them and wondered what's on the other side.

Aphrodite turned to Diana and the woman was surprised to see Aphrodite's sorrowful face. "Because I'm going to do the hardest thing I have ever done in my entire life for you to do so. " Aphrodite said and made Diana confused even more.

Brandon lowered his head a bit sadly, feeling Aphrodite's sorrowful heart and knowing what Aphrodite meant.

Aphrodite turned again, put on her hood and placed her trembling hand on the doorknob, "I'm going to show you the results of my biggest mistake."

Aphrodite opened the door to reveal Anna and Elsa lying in bed.

Anna lifted herself, "Mum?" She called, a bit surprised.

Diana was still confused. Did she really mean that her daughters were her biggest mistake?! She thought angrily as she glared at Aphrodite.

They all entered and Aphrodite made sure that Anna couldn't see the results of the fight she just had with Diana. "Anna… I want you to tell me something."

Diana watched Anna and Elsa together. She already knew the appearance of the nieces of her husband, Robin. The strawberry-blonde young one and the pale blonde older sister. Robin always had talked beauties about his nieces. She would never forget how much he loved them and always wanted to meet them, but unfortunately, certain circumstances didn't allow him to do so.

Anna felt confused and eyed Diana carefully, nearly even glaring at her. She nodded at her mother anyway and scooted over Elsa protectively.

Aphrodite took a deep breath then, "Who is Elsa?" She flatly asked.

Anna was really confused now. "Uhm… She's the Princess of Arendelle?"

Aphrodite nodded a thank you for replying and turned to Diana and gave her an extremely sad 'See?!'

Diana gave Aphrodite a confused look before it dawned on her and her eyes widened in realization about what was Aphrodite trying to show her. She doesn't know?!

Aphrodite turned at Anna again. "And who are you?"

Anna raised an eyebrow at the three in front of her, thinking that they might had all lost their heads. "Mum… Is everything alri-"

"Just!" Aphrodite cut her off and Anna was taken aback by her mother's tone.

Aphrodite sighed, "Just answer me."

Anna watched her mother worriedly now. "I-I'm Anna… A member of the guild here?"

She doesn't remember who she is?! She doesn't know it's her sister!? Diana thought. Now things were really getting weird and shocking for her.

"Anna… Do you know anything about the Queen of Arendelle?... About Elsa's mother?"

Anna shook her head slowly as her eyebrows creased a line of bewilderment, feeling as if she was being interrogated.

Diana was staring at Anna and Aphrodite in real shock, her eyes were a bit wide. She doesn't remember anything!

"Anna… I want you to leave us for a moment. Can you do that, Sunshine?" She asked gently this time with a sad and tired smile.

Anna brought Elsa closer to her protectively and glared at Diana's battered face.

"Don't worry. We'll keep Elsa safe. Promise." Brandon assured with a smile.

"Please, Anna." Aphrodite pleaded with the most suppliant voice.

Anna finally nodded slowly after hearing her mother's desperate voice. "A-Alright… I'll go see where Rapunzel is." She said and moved out of bed, only to approach Diana very closely to a point where their faces were inches away and she glared at her, "You deserve so much more than a beating for what you did to Elsa." Anna snarled with a voice so full of hatred and rage. She poked the woman's chest, "You better stay away from her… If she's harmed, you're dead to me." She intimidated.

Diana leaned a bit backwards as she felt Anna's rage spilling on her.

Anna then scoffed at the woman's silence and went out from the room and closed the door behind her.

"Well… She really is your daughter. She got her mother's fiery temper." Diana said mockingly and Aphrodite rolled her eyes.

"There's still more." Aphrodite said regretfully while looking at Elsa and wrapping her arms around her middle. She let down her hood, "Come…" She motioned for her to follow as she went to sit next to Elsa.

Diana followed her and Brandon leaned on the nightstand.

Aphrodite sat next to Elsa, while she allowed her tears to stream freely. She leaned forward and caressed Elsa's head, "This… Is the results of my b-biggest mistake." Aphrodite said as she stared sorrowfully at Elsa's face. Her hand trembled as she hovered it above Elsa back. "You said that you d-didn't believe me… Then it's the only way to show you the truth." Her trembling hand slowly slid down the covers from Elsa's back and revealed the horror of Elsa's past life.

Diana's eyes shot extremely wide and she quickly slapped her mouth to stop a huge gasp from escaping as she took a step back from the horrifying and nauseating scene.

"S-See this?" Aphrodite asked as her weak voice and breath trembled. "S-See what he did to my daughter after I left her?! See how she was l-living all those years?! See how my baby was suffering while I hid here like a coward!? See what I did to her!? Look at her! See with your own eyes! YOU WANTED YOUR STUPID PROOF! LOOK!" Aphrodite screamed and couldn't handle it anymore. She threw herself on Elsa and held her in her arms.

Diana was shaking her head in disbelief as her eyes became teary, her hand still shutting her mouth. She slowly backed away and felt light-headed from the sight and the disturbing truth. She slowly sat down on a chair, trying to comprehend all those lies she'd been living in her home. He killed him! He killed him! He was the one who killed him! HE KILLED MY HUSBAND! He tortured my family! He left my son fatherless!

Brandon quickly ran to Aphrodite and sat at the bedside next to her to try and calm her as she wailed over her daughter.

"I lost everything to him! I lost my brother! I lost my daughter! I lost my pride! I lost my life! I lost EVERYTHING because of him!" Aphrodite wailed again, more to herself. I want my daughter! I want my brother back! She cried in her mind like a little hopeless broken little girl who missed her big brother so much. Her hand came to her neck to try to remember the necklace he had gave her on his own birthday when they were little. The only thing that reminded her of him was lost long ago back at the ambush.

Diana felt her tears trickle down her face as she remembered her beloved husband and never realized all that time until now that there was someone else suffering with the loss of their own family. Robin was Aphrodite's brother anyway. Diana was so full of hatred towards Aphrodite that it blinded her from so much other more important things. The lies! The truth! The screams… THE SCREAMS!

Later that night…

He was shocked to see himself standing in the middle of a frozen courtyard where an ice storm raged on. Everything around him was frozen. Snow and ice covered the entire kingdom. He looked behind him to see the frozen royal castle. He knew it! That was Arendelle's castle courtyard. How did he get here?! He tried to shield his eyes from the snow storm and tried to look around to get a better look.

There was no one around. It was as if everyone had evacuated the kingdom! He was able to see two fountains that were frozen in a disturbing and flawed way. But his eyes went wide when he noticed a figure standing in between them and behind him was a long wooden post. "Hello?!" He called to try to come closer.

When he came closer, he realized that the figure was… a woman! She had white really long hair that reached her legs and she had white skin. She wore a white wrinkled and shredded robe. Her hair was flying in every direction from the storm. Her back was turned to him and he couldn't see her face.

Then, his eyes went incredibly wide when the woman turned to face him. Oh my god… He thought as the most horrifying scene was unraveled in front of him: There were two spears impaling her belly in opposite directions. One from her back and the other from her stomach letting out blood in huge amounts on the floor and staining her entire robe.

"Ma'am! Y-You need help quickly!" He shouted and ran to her but the woman just stood there, her eyes closed and she was utterly calm.

"I see you're hiding something." The woman calmly said, her voice unnaturally and completely clear, despite the blizzard raging around them, and it was echoing as if they were in a huge empty hall.

He stopped dead in his tracks and he turned pale when the woman opened her eyes to reveal pitch black eyes that had no irises at all.

The woman lifted her pale hand, "I see a hidden truth in your heart." She said and touched his chest.

He quickly backed away from her, his eyes wide with fear. "W-Who are you?! WHAT are you!? W-Where is everyone!? What have you done to them!?" He asked.

"I see one shall bring you apart." The woman continued anyway as she slowly lowered her hand.

"W-What…? Who are you talking about?!"

"Unnatural beauty, Unnatural fate." The woman pointed at her pitch black eyes, then at somewhere behind him. He turned and realized that she was pointing at the iced ground in the middle of the courtyard where a single blue blooming rose oddly grew out from the ice.

He shook his head, not understanding a thing. He turned to run away from this demon but he was stopped as his heart stopped on the next words.

"The one born of ice, born of cold!" The woman shouted for him, trying to make him understand.

He quickly turned to face her, "What did you say!?" He asked in disbelief.

"Lived in fear, she was mauled." The woman only kept continuing.

He watched her as she continued.

"Hurt by madness, feelings in a twister." The woman chanted. "Healed by mother, saved by sister."

He was completely shocked, "How did you-"

"She's not the one, in time you'll see." The woman cut him off, "Your true love is not yet free . . . But listen to me, patience is key."

What? He thought, completely confused at the woman's words. "You mean… E-Elsa?"

"Evil…" She pointed at the spear that impaled her from her stomach, "And Good…" She pointed at the right spear that impaled her from her back, "Shall collide in opposite direction . . . And only then will she find peace and affection."

He was horrified when her voice started to change into a demonic one, accompanied by other multiple unnatural voices that escaped those crimson red lips of hers.

"Magic she has. Magic she hates . . . Her past lies beyond those gates." The woman said as she pointed around her at the blizzard then pointed at the castle doors. The woman continued to chant, each part in a completely different voice.

Friend, Enemy, Family embrace.
Hurt, Pain, Betrayal, Disgrace.

The woman's expression started to turn from blank to shocked and fearful as if she was seeing something only she could.

Beware the selfish greedy snake,
For it shall whisper secrets to the fox.

"I-I don't understand! Please! Explain to me!" He shouted and pleaded.

The malicious fox laughs in victory
The mother wolf howls in misery

The woman's expression started to turn sad as she started to cry.

The one she cares about the most, will be in danger
She had enough! She'll become a stranger!

The woman's eyes started to glow white and black tears started pouring down from them as her voice turned from the once soothing and womanly one to complete mixes of horror all roaring louder and louder at the same time. The storm getting worse and worse.

She drank the liquid of a wretched sea!
Under her feet someone will plea!

Blood started coming down her face. He started to back away from this monstrosity and quickly turned to run, only to be shocked to see her right in front of him again. He started to back away as she started to advance on him while he felt an earthquake.

Blood on her face, blood on her hands!
A malicious smile with invisible fangs!

The woman's skin started to shed out from her body and turned to ashes, her face melting. His back hit something and he looked up to see that it was the bloody wooden pole.

"What in God's name is happening?!" He shouted to himself, terrorized by her hideous appearance as she started to glow and turn to ashes.

Only then your truth shall come out!
But her heart will be already burnt out!

She pointed an accusing finger at him. The voices started to scream in an unholy way. Half of the woman's face had already melted. She let out a scream of pain and collapsed to the ground and the blizzard suddenly died down and he quickly ran to her side for some reason despite his extreme fear.

When he touched her shoulder she shot her half face up with those holes in her eyes and screamed in multiple voices.

"OH MY GOD!" He screamed and fell backwards, crawling away from her again as he trembled in terror and tried to close his ears since her voice was extremely loud.

Back behind bars, her sanity will fade!

"WHAT!?"

MONSTERS AREN'T BORN! THEY ARE MAAAAAADE!

Aiden shot up in his bed with a loud gasp, feeling unable to breath, sweat running down his entire body and he was panting as if he just ran miles. He brought a trembling hand through his hair and tried to calm himself down as he looked around at his familiar dim bedroom. "W-W-What… The hell…" He asked himself, still feeling horrified. He didn't wanted to believe what he just heard from this woman. The woman was clearly talking about one person. Elsa?... He thought and quickly shook his head not wanting to believe a thing. Just a dream… Yes. He convinced himself and laid back in his bed and brought back his covers above him. Just a dream…