Chapter 6

Elsa woke up with a crick in her neck due to having to sleep in the bathtub. Not that she got much sleep to begin with. She was still traumatized by what she saw last night. She didn't want to leave the bathroom, but at the same time she was quite hungry. Maybe if the sun was still up she could sneak into the kitchen and get something. But there were no widows in her bathroom so how could she tell?

Her thinking was interrupted by a knock at her bedroom door. It was Jack

"Elsa?"

She quickly pulled her cross out and readied her hands to freeze him should he come through the door.

"I'm coming in." Jack stated.

As soon as Jack entered he noticed two things: 1. She wasn't there. 2. Her bathroom door was frozen.

While he could just walk through it, it would frighten her even more than she already was. So instead he approached the door and placed his hand upon it.

"Elsa… I know you saw what happened last night, and I'm sorry for that. But if you'll let me explain I'm sure it will set your mind at ease."

Elsa slowly approached the door, willing to hear him out. When all of a sudden his hand phased through the wall, holding a ratty piece of cloth. She hesitantly took it and examined it. It was from a black and white striped shirt and had a bunch of numbers on it.

"That man you saw me feeding off of was a convicted murderer and a thief."

Elsa's eyes went wide.

"We live in a rough part of the world. A few miles east of here is a large prison which can only hold so many prisoners. So we made a deal with the warden. They supply us with food and we don't feed off of innocent people."

Elsa looked down at the cloth as he spoke.

"I'm sorry I scared you and I promise we'll keep it quiet from now on. We can feed somewhere else, it's not an inconvenience at all."

Elsa came closer to the door and placed her hand on the ice.

"... Linguini has breakfast ready. Why don't you come out?"

She didn't answer or even move for awhile. Just when Jack was about to leave she unfroze the door and peeked her head out.

"You promise?" She asked.

Jack nodded and made an x over his unbeating heart.

"Then… give me a minute to change?"

Jack bowed his head and exited her room.

Elsa took off her nightgown and went to her wardrobe for something similar to what Jack was wearing. Something comfy and casual. He wore a blue hoodie with a frost design on it along with brown pants. He didn't even wear shoes.

While Elsa wasn't going barefoot she decided to go for a baby blue sweater and some black pants, with some slippers of course. The last thing she slipped on was her cross, which she tucked under her top so she didn't anger anyone.

Across the hall from her room was Jack leaning against the wall waiting for her.

"You ready?" Jack said as he held out his arm.

She nervously slipped her arm through his and walked with him down to the dining room. Yet something didn't add up.

"I thought vampires only drank blood?" Elsa asked.

"We can eat regular food, it just doesn't nourish us. It turns to ash on the way down."

"Then why eat it?" She continued.

"Because drinking only blood would get very old after awhile." He answered.

The two entered the dining room and sitting at a round table were five other vampires waiting for the food.

Jack brought Elsa to the table and sat her down to the seat next to him.

"Everyone, this is Elsa." Jack said.

Everyone gave a smile and a nod.

Next to Elsa was the redhead from last night.

"This is Merida." Jack introduced as she gave a small wave.

Next to her was an empty seat and next to that was a young man with brown hair.

"This is Hiccup and next to him is his wife Astrid."

They gave a small hello as Jack continued to a man with a thick short beard, long hair in a bandana, tattoos, and twirling a butter knife between his fingers. "This is Aster."

"G'day." He said.

The last person that sat on the other side of Jack was the large man from the sleigh.

"And this is North."

"Dobryy vecher." He said.

"Nice to meet you all." Elsa said. "I thought there were six of…"

Before she could finish, Linguine came through the kitchen entrance with a large trolly full of food.

Aster gave a quick applause. "Whoo! Feedin' time."

The head chef started handing everyone a plate.

"And this is Linguine." Jack finished.

He didn't respond, instead he kept focus on what he was doing.

"For breakfast today, I've prepared a lightly poached salmon accompanied by mint salad. I can also offer each of you either toast, scone or a blueberry muffin. What do each of you want?"

Hiccup and Merida ordered the muffin. Aster ordered both the toast and scone. North and Jack ordered the scone while Elsa and Astrid ordered the toast.

Linguini set his trolly aside, grabbing a scone and sat down in the empty seat.

"Before we begin," Jack said. "...does anyone want to say grace?"

The room filled with laughter as everyone began eating.

Jack looked at Elsa. "That was a joke. If you want to you can. Just keep it quiet."

Elsa shook her head. "I abandoned God a long time ago."

Aster spoke next, "In our case we have no choice. It burns us."

The room filled with murmurs of agreement.

"So…" Elsa started with Merida, "You're from Scotland." Then Linguini, "You're from France." Then North, "And I assume Russia?"

"Da." He answered.

She then looked to Aster, Astrid and Hiccup. "Where are you three from?"

Aster went first. "A'm from Australia."

Astrid pointed to herself and Hiccup. "We're from the Isle of Berk. It's way north."

Jack finished with, "I was born and raised here. This was actually my castle when I was human."

"Wow. You've done a great job of keeping it up." Elsa said.

"Don't look at me." Jack said, pointing to the others. "They help."

The group continued the conversation, telling jokes, giving a little bit about where their from, and just being all around delightful.

I might like it here. Elsa thought.