Chapter 5
Jack led Elsa into his dimly lit castle with her trunk and suitcase in his hands. The foyer was enormous. It had a couch and seating area by the wall with a fireplace and bookshelves. From the door there was a large red carpet that lead straight to the stone staircase that parted in the middle, leading to the second floor of the east and west wings.
"It's kinda dark in here." Elsa stated.
"My apologies," Jack said. "Vampires can see in the dark."
Jack set the suitcase down and snapped his fingers twice, summoning a redheaded woman in a celtic dress from the ceiling.
"Will you light up the castle a bit more for our new tenant?" Jack asked her.
She looked at Elsa before nodding and bowing to Jack, "Aye, master." Then with immense speed she left from sight and the room became much brighter for Elsa.
"Thanks. Who was that?" Elsa asked.
"One of my servants, Merida. I met her a long time ago while exploring Scotland." Jack answered while picking her suitcase again, "Come, I'll show you to your room."
"'Room?'" Elsa said confused, "You mean you're not gonna lock me in a tower or a dungeon?"
"Why would I do that?" Jack asked, "You're not my prisoner, Elsa. You're my guest. Now come, we don't have long."
A guest? My own room?
Jack lead her upstairs, trying to make her feel as at ease as he could. She was in a castle full of vampires after all. "This castle is your home now, so you may go anywhere you like. Except the downstairs dungeon."
"What's down there?" Elsa asked.
"It's where we sleep. Speaking of, you should start sleeping during the day and be awake at night. Otherwise you'll be all alone."
Makes sense. Vampires can't go out in sunlight. All it means to them is smoldering pain and a slow death. And since Elsa was going to be treated as an equal now, she would prefer to have company.
Jack brought Elsa to a hallway with copious amounts of beautiful landscape art along the walls. Snowy mountains, green forests, calm lakes, almost anything you could think of.
"Who painted these?" Elsa asked.
"Someone named Ross. His signature is in the corner of each painting, that's all I know about him. I may not know art but I know what I like." Jack said as he stopped at a door. "Here we are." Elsa opened the door and stepped in to her room.
It was beautiful. It had a large bed and a wardrobe in the corner. There was a large window with a table up against it. It even had its own bathroom with a large clawfoot tub. And the desk in another corner had a large makeup mirror. It was just… perfect. "Wow." Was all Elsa could say.
"Technically this is the Master Bedroom, but we prefer not to have windows where we sleep."
Elsa turned to look at Jack as a young man in white came up behind him with a tray in his hands. "Master?"
Jack turned and took the tray from him, "Perfect timing. Thank you."
"Of course." He said before leaving.
Jack set the tray on the table, "I wasn't sure if you might be hungry."
He was an undead creature of the night and yet he was being the most polite person Elsa had ever met. She walked up to the table to see an Apple Risotto cooked to perfection.
"It smells amazing. Who was he?"
"My head chef, Linguini. He's from Paris." Jack answered.
Elsa sat down and began to eat. "How many servants do you have?"
"Six." Jack answered as he sat across from her.
"So… did you just… turn him into a vampire to serve you?" She asked in between bites.
"Hmm… sort of. I found him and the others when they were close to dying."
Elsa gave him a confused look, so he elaborated.
"They all lived very hard lives. They were either abused, mistreated, or abandoned. They still keep a lot to themselves. But when I found them they were all starved, bleeding, or beaten. So I brought them here, turned them, protected them, and gave them a second chance to be happy."
"..."
"See, I'm not a total monster. I just have a reputation to keep up." Jack said, leaning back into his chair.
He had to have been the most polite and selfless person Elsa had ever met. Only question was…
What is his fatal flaw?
Elsa made a small yawn, causing Jack to look out the window, at the moon. "Sun will be up soon. We should get some sleep."
He stood and closed the curtain, "I'll have someone get the tray later."
Jack made his way to the door, "If there's anything you need, my servants will attend to you. They've been instructed not to hurt you in any way."
Elsa nodded, "Thank you. Good… day?"
Jack chuckled, "Good day."
Jack closed the door behind him, leaving Elsa to her room. She began to unpack and put on her night dress. It was weird getting ready for bed as the sun was about to come up. She took of the cross from around her neck and took a good look at it.
Maybe he's not so bad
Elsa put the cross down on the desk and crawled into bed. It was soft and fluffy. Much comfier than the bed she had back home. She closed her eyes and began to fall asleep.
...
"HELP ME!"
Elsa jolted up and ran out of her room to the sound of the screams in the foyer. She stopped at the stairs where she could see the room clearly. In the center was Jack drinking the blood of a middle aged man as he screamed and struggled to get away. But soon he just… went limp.
Elsa brought her hands to her mouth and watched in horror as Jack stood up straight and dropped the man's body to the floor. Then he brought his hand up and wiped the blood off his chin and licked his finger clean with his fangs glowing bright.
As soon as he looked toward Elsa's way, she darted for her room and shut the door, locking it behind her. She then grabbed the cross from her desk and put it back on before locking herself in the bathroom and freezing the door to keep him out.
She forgot Jack had to blood to survive! He was an unholy beast by moonlight with six other creatures like him!
And she was the only human in the entire castle…
For all you "Nope" girls out there. Relax. Like Jack said, he's not a total monster. But he's still a vampire.
In case you're wondering, I did see the Frozen 2 trailer and it looks awesome. And even though I am a huge Jelsa fan, I kind of want Disney to #GiveElsaagirlfriend.
The only problem is that if they do, some Jelsa fans might not be as level headed about it as I am. And to that I say, Let It Go.
If they do make Elsa a lesbian, don't let that stop you from making your Jelsa fanart and fanfiction. The Jelsa fans have been around longer than the Give Elsa a girlfriend movement. I say you can have your cake and eat it too.
Plus it might stop all the Elsa and Anna incest art I see everytime I look up Jelsa pics.
And I do plan on explaining all six of the servants backstories on who they were when they were alive. The same will be done with Jack later. As well as seeing all the different powers each vampire has. So far, Jack has ice powers (That's obvious) and North can make things fly. No, Merida's power is not super speed. Each power will relate something they did in their movie. Jack kind of runs his own Xavier Institute.
I'll have more soon. But if I could ask a favor. Please review. I really like criticism. Some people don't but I say anything helps.
Now if you'll excuse me, the pillow calls. So goodnight unto you all.
