Chapter 55

It was dark and was snowing outside. Over on the field and near a large lake, the group was fighting off against a group of Heartless that attacked them when they arrived.

After Sora defeated the last Heartless in the area, he felt a cold breeze and shivered. "It's cold! Donald, gimme a coat!"

"The magic doesn't work that way.", Donald responded.

"Screw your magic!", said Lucy as she shivered as well.

"Guess he's too used to the beach!", said Goofy.

"Hey, islander, what can I say?", said Sora.

"It's really cold.", said Wendy.

"It's fine to me.", said Gray.

"Where are your clothes?", asked Goofy.

"Open, Gate of the Maiden! Virgo!"

Virgo then appeared next to Lucy and said, "Hello Princess. Do you need some clothes for the snow?"

"Yes, please."

Virgo then disappeared. After a short pause, Virgo then appeared with red winter coats.

"I brought some jackets to those who need it. Namely Princess, the Young Princess, and Sir Sora."

"Did she just call Sora 'Sir'?", question everyone while Virgo handed the coats to Lucy, Wendy, and Sora.

"Thanks, Virgo.", said Lucy with gratitude.

"Is it time for punishment?", Virgo asked.

"No, go home!"

Virgo then disappeared from the area, returning to the Spirit World.

Gray was wondering around the area very curiously.

"What is it?", asked Lily.

"This snow…", said Gray while looking up into the sky. "There something off about it."

"What do you mean?", asked Sora.

"I'm sensing magic energy from it."

"You mean the land wasn't originally covered with snow?", asked Erza.

"Yeah."

Sora then looked at the ocean and saw that it was quickly turning into ice.

"Look!", he said with awe. "Even the sea's turning to...ice…" He then looked confused. "Donald, this isn't your magic, is it?"

Donald nodded no.

"Do ya think it's the Heartless?", wondered Goofy.

"If they are, they're gonna get roasted.", said Natsu.

"Let's go.", said Sora and the others ran towards the shores of the beach.

When they arrived at the shore, they all saw, with amazement, ice quickly covering the sea.

"This is definitely ice magic.", said Gray.

"But who caused it?", wondered Erza.

"Look over there!", said Juvia as she was pointing the frozen sea.

They all looked and saw someone running on the water as it was freezing. It was a girl, wearing a teal-and-black dress with a magenta cape and a gold tiara on her French braided crown twist bun. When her feet touches the water, it immediately freezes.

"I guess we found the culprit.", said Laxus.

"Is she an ice wizard?", wondered Happy.

"I don't know.", said Gray. "But, her power is incredibly strong if she was able to freeze the entire sea."

"That girl… She looked so sad.", said Sora.

They then watched the girl entered a snowy forest.

"I wondered what happened. Maybe the Heartless? We should talk to her."

Everyone nodded and ran towards the forest to go find her.

"Do ya think the Heartless are after her?", asked Goofy.

"Could be.", said Donald.

"What's wrong, Gray-sama?", asked Juvia as she saw Gray with a curious look on his face.

"Nothing.", he answered. "I'm just wondering about her power and why she froze the ocean."

"Maybe it was a Heartless attack.", said Wendy. "And that she was the only one who could defeat them."

"Then she must be strong.", said Gajeel.

"Then why did she froze the sea?", asked Lily.

"Let's not jump to conclusions. We haven't even heard her story yet.", said Charle.

The group traveled throughout the snowy woods looking for the girl while battling snow Heartlesses. They eventually entered mountains and decided to climb it, despite Lucy and Donald protesting about it. They continued to go up the mountain enter they entered a large area were the girl was walking. They all ran after her.

"Hey, hold up!", shouted Sora.

The girl turned and gasped as she saw the group running towards her.

She backed away a little and said, "Why are you here? Where did you come from?"

"Hi, I'm Sora, and I-" Before he could continue speaking, Donald made a small grunting noise. Sora noticed and continued speaking unsurly. "Uh...I'm from...let's just say someplace...a little warmer."

Donald smiled and nodded. "I'm Donald."

"And I'm Goofy."

"I'm Natsu!"

"I'm Happy!"

"My name is Lucy."

"I'm Gray."

"I am Erza."

"Juvia."

"My name is Wendy."

"Charle."

"Gajeel."

"Pantherlily. But you may call me Lily."

"Laxus."
"Are you visiting Arendelle? For the coronation?", the girl asked.

Sora looked confused but everyone else answered her question with a simple nod.

"You got us!", said Sora. "So, what's your name?"

"Elsa…", she said unsurly. She then stood up straight and hold both of her hands together to appear formal. "Queen Elsa of Arendelle."

Everyone then gasped with shock.

"What? The queen?!", said Sora.

"Please excuse!", said Lucy as everyone stood up straight.

"You shouldn't be out here.", said Else as she looked sad. "Please go back to the village." She then started to walk away.

"Why?", asked Sora. "Your Majesty, you look like you could use a friend."

"It's not fun to be alone.", said Natsu.

"Yeah. Don't you want to talk?"

"It could help.", said Lucy.

She then stop. "Please leave. I need to be alone. I don't want to hurt anyone."

"What does that mean?", asked Gray.

"I can cause pain to people."

There was a pause. Then Sora said, "Oh… Is it that bad? You must've been through a lot."

"We know what that's like, don't we?", said Donald.

"Sure, adventuring's fun. But it definitely has its ups and downs. When the going gets tough, us friends have to stick together!", said Goofy.

"He's right.", said Natsu.

While they were talking, Elsa still looked sad.

"Although, Donald, you do lose your temper a lot, so… I can relate to wanting some alone time."

"What?" yelled an angry Donald. "I don't do that!"

"Yeah you do.", said both Natsu and Gray.

After hearing them talk for a long time, she finally shouted angrily, "Enough!"

She then waved her hand and sharp ice sprang up from the ground and pointed at the group, making them jump back a little. Elsa gasped while the others stood there with shock and awe.

"Elsa…", said Sora. "Did you…"

Before anyone could speak, Wintercorn Heartlesses and a Rock Troll Heartless appeared behind Elsa, shocking her.

"The Heartless!", said a serious Goofy.

"Don't worry.", said Sora. "We got 'em. Take cover!"

Listening to Sora, Elsa then ran off into a different direction and left the area completely.

"I'll watch over her!", said Gray.

"Juvia will come, too!", said a nervous Juvia.

Erza immediately summon two blades and slashed some Wintercorn Heartless while Sora sliced the Rock Troll's arm with his Keyblade. Gajeel destroyed some Shadows with his Iron Dragon Sword and Laxus finished off some Neoshadows with his bare hands. Wendy fired some wind spells in the air while Natsu used the air to spread his flames and defeated all of the Wintercorns. While this is happening, Gray and Juvia were watching over Else, who is unaware of what is happening.

"Erza!", shouted Goofy.

She and Goofy came together in front of the Rock Troll and they both threw their weapons at the Heartless, destroying it. With the monsters gone ,Elsa then came up to the group along with Gray and Juvia.

"Elsa, are you okay?", asked Sora.

"I...I'm sorry I was so upset.", she said. "Thank you for your help."

Without anyone noticing, a Wintercorn appeared behind the group and jumped towards Sora.

Seeing it, Elsa shouted, "Look out!" She then fired small icicles at the Wintercorn, destroying it in the process.

"Awesome!", said Natsu.

"That's amazing.", said Sora. "You can control ice."

"Control it?", she said, sounding a little ashamed. "No, all I ever do...is hurt people."

"It's okay.", said Goofy. "Those were just the Heartless."

"And you just save Sora.", said Lucy. "I don't see that as hurting people."

"I guess.", she said. "You said that word before. What are they?"

Sora explained. "Monsters that are after people's hearts. Wherever they go, there's trouble."

"They're after people's hearts?"
"Yes, they're dangerous! You should head home before it gets any worse."

"This is my home now. I can't go back."

"Why?", asked Gray.

"I don't want to hurt anyone."

"What?", asked Sora.

"Arendelle is safer with me staying up here." She then started to walk away again.

"Not safer for you!", said Sora as he, Gray, and Juvia walked after her.

But before they could reach her, the ground became icy and a large pillar of ice rises from the ground separating the group from her.

On the other side of the wall, Elsa started to run away while saying, "Please, go away!"

Without anytime to think, Gray jumped onto the top of the wall and jumped down on the other side. "Wait up!", he shouted as he ran after her.

"Gray-sama!", shouted Juvia as she too jumped to the other side and ran after him.

"Gray! Juvia!", shouted Erza.

Sora put his hands on the wall while sadly saying, "Elsa…"

"Aw, don't worry, she'll be okay.", said Goofy. "Seems like she's pretty strong."

"And Gray and Juvia are going to be with her.", said Happy.

"You gotta let her go.", said Donald. "She wants to be alone."

Sora put his arms done and said, "Yeah, I hear you…but I just wanted to know why she was so sad."

"Maybe Gray and Juvia will figure it out.", said Lucy.

They then heard a girl voice saying, "And how is it any of your business? Read the room, kiddos."

They turned around and saw a blond girl wearing a black coat.

"Who are you?", asked Sora. "That's…the Organization coat. You new?"

She then sighed and said with an attitude, "Excuse me? Oh yeah, you forgot. The name's Larxene. This time, remember."

"Man, is she annoying.", said Natsu.

"Aye…", said Happy.

"That was rude!", said an annoyed Larxene. "And we'll take care of Elsa, so don't you worry."

Sora then turned around and faced the others. He then asked with confusion, "Do you-"

He was then cut off when Donald answered, "Nope."

"Well, she seems to think she knows us, so maybe we should play along.", said Goofy.

"Not unless her name's 'Terra'.", said a bored Sora.

"Can she be fooled?", asked Lucy.

"Excuse me!", Larxene said with annoyance. "I'm right here?"

"Who cares!", said Gajeel, making Larxene more irritated.

"Ok, that is wrong.", said Sora. "What's important is why are you after Elsa?"

Larxene took a deep breath and calmed down. She then said, "No one's gonna hurt her. But we're not about to put up with your meddling. Stay here and behave yourselves."

Electric sparks then came from her hand and she moved it towards the group. She then fired a powerful blast of lightning at the group, but Laxus came in front blast hit straight in the chest. Laxus was not even pushed back from the blast, instead he stood still and absorbed the blast.

"No way! He took it head on?!", said an astonished Larxene.

"This actually feels nice.", said Laxus. "You must be powerful, despite being such a bitch."

"How dare you!", she said furiously. "Why don't you all deal with this!"

She then lifted her arm into the air but higher and fired another lightning blast at the ice wall. When the blast hit the ice, it started to crack where it was hit. The cracks started to spread and eventually the entire wall exploded and crumbled onto the ground. She then lifted her arm into the sky and the large chunks of ice started to float in the air while being surrounded by electric energy. The chunks then started to swarm in a circle, created an ice like tornado. The ice then stopped and started to fall onto the ground again, but this time surrounding the group.

"Wait. The ice!", said Sora.

"It's going to wall us in!", said Goofy.

"Ice is so not my style.", said Larxene with a smile while the ice pile on top.

"Larxene!", shouted Sora as he and Natsu ran after her but the large chunks of ice quickly piled in front of the boys, preventing them from reaching her and trapping the group.

"That takes care of that.", said Larxene with satisfaction. "While inside, they are gonna witness a cold hell they'll never forget." As she was leaving, she then said, "Oh yeah, weren't there two other idiots with them? They must've gone ahead. We'll see about that."