Chapter 60

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

Natsu landed a hard attack on the monster, making him fly into the trees.

"Way to show him who's boss, Natsu!", shouted Happy.

"Everyone, use fire magic on him!", said Erza as she requiped into her Flame Empress armor.

The monster then got up and roared with anger. He then grew ice spikes from his body and began rampaging in the area.

"Now he's mad!", said a scared Lucy.

"I'm scared.", said Wendy.

"Fire!"

Both Sora and Donald blasted their fire magic at the monster, but it still unfazed him.

"This ends now!", shouted Erza as she charged towards the monster. "Laxus! Gajeel!"

"On it!", said both Laxus and Gajeel.

Laxus blasted some lightning at the monster, making him move back a little.

"Iron Dragon's Club!"

Gajeel transformed his hand into a club and hit the monster with it, causing the club to go through the monster's body. Seeing Gajeel, the monster blasted some icicles from his hand a Gajeel, causing him to move away from him.

Erza came up to the monster and slashed it's left arm off. The monster yelled in pain.

"Natsu!", shouted Erza.

"Eat this!", said Natsu.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!"

Natsu fired his attack at the monster. The monster hold back the attack until he finally fell over.

"Alright!", said Sora, Donald, Goofy, Lucy, and Happy.

"You should him that if you mess with the Salamander, you're gonna get toasted!", said Happy.

"In your face!", said Natsu.

Unfortunately, after the dust cleared, the monster got up and started swinging his arm around.

"Oh come on!", Sora groan.

The monster walked closer to them, while the others backed away from him, making them closer to the edge.

"Guys, we got a problem.", said a worried Lucy.

Seeing them on the edge, the monster gave them a weird smile, making them confused. He then lifted his hand and hit it hard on the ground. The ground started to shake, making everyone lose their balance a little.

"Wh...what?", said a surprised Sora.

The ground suddenly shattered, making everyone fall off the mountain while the scream.

"Why does this keep happening?!", shouted Lucy.

Back at the castle, Elsa was anxiously passing back and forth upon finding out the fate of Arendelle.

"Get it together.", she said. "Control it." She's becoming more anxious and more scared by the second. "Don't feel. Don't feel. Don't feel. Don't feel!" The walls in the room started to grow sharp icicles, as if they were responding to her feelings.

Gray and Juvia then entered the room.

"I am truly an awful person."

"That is not true.", answered Gray.

"How would you know that!", she snapped. "I hurt Anna, I frozen Arendelle, and then I had Marshmallow kicked my sister out! That's what awful people do!"

Juvia came up to her and said, "Yes. That's what they do. But unlike them, you are suffering. Juvia and Gray-sama were like that once."

"What do you mean?"

"I wanted to learn magic from Ur just so I can get revenge on a monster that destroyed my home.", said Gray. "But when she gave her life to save me when I decided to go after that monster, I started to realize that my revenge will help no one. Later on in my life, I tried to kill my best friend because I found out about his origins. But one of my friends reminded me of our bonds, so I never tried killing him."

Elsa looked surprised.

"You knew parts of Juvia's story.", said Juvia. "Back when no one like Juvia, Juvia joined a group that caused pain to others. Juvia joined them because they welcome Juvia with open arms."

"What we're trying to say is that people make mistakes.", said Gray. "It's part of life. And they can be fixed or forgiving with the help of others."

"But, Arendelle…", said a disappointed Elsa.

"Juvia is sure that you can find a way to reverse it. We're still here to help you."

Elsa then looked at the balcony. After a pause she then face Gray and Juvia. She ran up to them and hugged them.

She then started to cry. "Thank you."
"Everything will be alright."

"Looks like Marshmallow came back.", said Elsa as she looked outside. "And he lost an arm. I'll go fix it."

Later outside of the Ice Palace, a group of men, dressed in royal guard uniforms on horses, came towards the palace steps. Near the steps, was a large lump of snow. The man that was leading the group had auburn brown hair, sideburns, and green eyes. He was wearing a gray winter outfit with white gloves and boots.

"We are here to find Princess Anna.", said the man. "Be on guard, but no harm is to come to the queen." The man then got off of his horse. "Do you understand?"

"Yes, your grace.", the other men answered.

"Who are you?"

The men looked up and saw Gray and Juvia standing at the front entrance.

The leader stepped forward and said, "My name is Hans Westergaard, Prince of the Southern Isles. I have come here to search for Princess Anna and Queen Elsa."

"Anna-san had already left.", said Juvia.

"Where did she go?"

"Juvia doesn't know."

"May I speak to the queen?"

"Uhh…", said an unsure Gray.

Just when Hans started to walk towards the steps, the snow monster from before emerge from the pile of snow. Hans backed away and grab his sword.

"Hey Marshmallow, calm down!", said Gray.

Suddenly, Heartless appeared behind the group of men and started attacking them.

"What the hell are these things?!", asked one of the men in fear as he shot an arrow at the Heartless.

"We got this!", said Juvia as she and Gray jumped towards the Heartlesses and attack them with their magic.

"They use magic too?!", said one of the men.

"They're monsters!", said another.

"Get away from this palace!", shouted Gray.

Meanwhile, the men started launching lances and arrows at Marshmallow. When they hit him, Marshmallow immediately turned furious and ruthlessly attack them. Two men, dressed in red uniforms, looked at the entrance to the palace and saw Elsa closing the doors.

"The queen.", said one of them as they got up, grab their weapons, and ran towards the entrance.

Marshmallow did not see the two men running passed him as he was more focus on Hans.

"Go, go! Come on!"

But Gray saw the two men. "Juvia, two men are going after Elsa. Go protect her!", he said as he slayed a Heartless with his Ice Sword.

"But Gray-sama…", said an unsure Juvia.

"I'll be fine here, just go!"

"Right!"

Juvia then ran after the two men.

Inside, Elsa saw the two men coming and started to run up the stairs.

"There!", said one of the men as they came through the door.

The two men explore the surrounding area with their weapons armed. One of the men, who looked younger, look up and saw Elsa running up the stairs.

"Up there!", he said.

"Come on!", said the other as the two ran after Elsa up the stairs.

"Wait, stop!", shouted Juvia as she ran after them.

Elsa finally reach the top floor, but the two men caught up to her and entered the room.

"We got her."

"No. Please.", said Elsa in a worried tone.

The man with the beard pointed in weapon and fired an arrow at Elsa.

"Elsa!", shouted a worried Juvia.

Elsa crossed her arms and closed her eyes as small tower of ice emerged in front of Elsa and caught the arrow, almost striking her face. She open her eyes, saw the arrow, and became shock.

"Go around. Toss it.", said the man as the younger man caught another weapon the older man had. The two of them went on both sides of the room.

"Stop this!", shouted Juvia as she blasted

"Stay away!", said Elsa as she too blasted some ice on the floor at the men.

"Look out!", the young man said as they both dodged their attacks.

Elsa was terrified. "Juvia...I can't do this. I don't want to fight!"

"It will be fine.", she answered. "Juvia will protect you."

"Fire! Fire!", said the older man as the young one tried to launch another arrow but had to dodge when Elsa fired some more ice at him.

"Get her!"

Elsa then fired some more ice magic at the older man.

"Ice Make: Shield!"

Elsa created a large shield that protected Juvia and herself from the arrows.

"Water Slicer!"

Juvia attacked the old man with her magic. But the old man dodge the attack and fired an arrow at Juvia.

"Juvia!", shouted a worried Elsa.

Juvia just stood there as the arrow came straight at her. But inside of hurting her, the arrow just went through her body. The men looked at her body and her abdomen transform into water.

"Her body turned into water?!", said the old man with shock.

"She's a monster!", said the young one with fear.

"Ice-Make: Lance!"

Elsa fired ice lances at the young man but he too dodged the attacks.

"Why are you attacking Elsa?", Juvia asked demandingly.

"We were given orders by our lord to kill the queen to put an end to this winter.", the old man answered.

Juvia looked shocked while Elsa was distraught by this.

"Juvia will not let that happen!"

Suddenly, a dark aura appeared behind the men. It had the appearance of a wolf but it was completely covered in darkness. The two men turned and saw the aura, becoming terrified when they saw.

"What is that thing?!"

"Elsa, stay behind me."

"Okay.", she answered with fear.

The aura doved into the room and one of the men fired an arrow at it, causing it to yelp in pain and started to fade away. But, just before it disappeared, the monster struck Juvia with its claws. She then crashed into the wall and was knocked.

"Juvia!", shouted a worried Elsa.

"Fire!"

An arrow came straight at Elsa, but she summoned her Ice Shield to block the attack.

Outside, Hans was laying down on the ground when Marshmallow came up and attempted to stomp him. Luckily, Hans quickly rolled out of the way before Marshmallow could crush him. Hans then grab his sword, got up and slashed Marshmallow's left leg.

Marshmallow then started to lose balance and started to make his way towards the edge of the cliff.

"Come on!", shouted Hans as he started to run towards the stairs while the other men followed him.

Seeing this, Marshmallow attempted to grab the railing to the stairs, which Hans was on. But when he grabbed the railing, it shattered and Hans fell off of the stairs, but still manage to grab on to it. Marshmallow then fell off the cliff and began to fall into a dark area.

"Grab his arm.", said one of the men as they all grab Hans and pulled him up on the stairs.

Meanwhile, Gray final finished off the Heartless in the area and saw Hans and the other men on the stairs.

"Hey, hold up!", shouted Gray as he ran after them.

But just when he got close to Hans, there was a dark aura surrounding and a large shadow, in the form of a wolf, emerge from him. None of the men could see it, but only Gray saw.

"What the hell?", he said with shock.

But before he could do anything, the shadow lifted it's claw and struck Gray's head. Gray yelled out in pain as he was thrown into the air with that attack and landed on the ground. His vision became blurry as he saw the men entering the castle before he passed out.

Inside, Elsa watch to two men circling around to see who will make the next move.

"Aim…", said the old man.

The young man aimed his weapon at her, but Elsa immediately summon ice spikes from the grounded and they all caught him and lifted him from the ground. The spikes pinned him to the wall while another spike was aimed at his throat. The young man stared at the spike with fear and caution.

Elsa then turned her attention to the old man. She blasted her magic at the old man's weapon, making him drop it. The man tried heading to the exit, but she blocked his path by summoning an ice wall. He tried going back the other way, but she summoned another ice wall at him.

She then created and ice pillar as tall as the old man and pushed it in front of him, causing him to back up against the doors to the balcony. With his back against the doors, the pillar came close to him and tried to crush him. He then tried to push it back but it was too strong. He grunted in pain as he pushed the pillar. The doors then started to crack and then they shattered, causing the pillar to push the man close to the edge of the balcony.

"This way, this way!", said the men as they made their way to the top floor. Just when they entered the room, they saw Elsa fighting the two men. Hans stopped the men from moving forward.

"Queen Elsa!", shouted Hans. "Don't be the monster they fear you are."

Elsa turned and gave Hans a fierce look. But then her expression turned to horror. The young, who was still pinned to the wall, saw Elsa distracted and aim him weapon at her. Hans saw the man ran towards him. Just when he was about to fire, Hans grabbed the man's arm and aimed the weapon at the ceiling. The man fired the weapon and the arrow hit the giant chandelier, causing it to fall from the ceiling.

Elsa saw it falling and gasped. She then started to run away just as the chandelier fell to the ground. But the crash caused her to trip and she fell to the ground, she was immediately knocked out by this.

"Is it over?", asked one of the men.

"I believe so.", answered Hans. "Get this man down and help the other man that's on the balcony." He then came over to Elsa and put her on his shoulder while the other men helped the two injured men. "We're bringing Queen Elsa back to Arendelle so she can put an end to the winter."

"Sir, what about the two people that were with her during the raid?", asked one of the men.

"Bring them along. They have powers like the queen. They could be dangerous or they could help us. Now let's move!"

Night has passed and it was now morning on the mountain.

After their fight with Marshmallow, Sora and the group were now lying in the snow.

"Are you guys alright?", asked Natsu.

"Yes.", said everyone with annoyance.

"This is turning into a gag!", shouted Lucy. "No more falling. This is way worse than Mt. Hakobe!"

"Good thing snow's so soft.", said an annoyed Sora. "We could do this a hundred times."

"No! Let's not.", Donald protested as he got up.

Goofy giggled and asked, "Ya sure you don't wanna go again?"

"No way in hell!", said Gajeel.

"I rather not.", said Charle.

Sora got up and shouted, "Nooo thank youuu!"

"So what do we do now?", asked Happy.

"Do you think everybody else made it?", wondered Sora.

"I don't think the snow monster got 'em.", answered Goofy.

"They probably went back to the palace.", said Donald.

"Make sense. For us, too. We still need to talk to Elsa.", said Sora.

"Gray and Juvia are still up there.", said Erza.

"Second time's the charm!", said Goofy.

"Yeah, back to the Ice Palace.", said Sora.

"Are we going to encounter that snowman again?", asked Lucy with a sigh.

"Probably.", said Laxus.

"Since he protects Elsa, he's probably going to attack us again if we go there.". Said Lily.

Lucy then groaned.

"I like Olaf better.", said Donald.

"If he attacks, then I beat him. It's simple.", said Natsu.

The group then started to head to the only direction in front of them. As they walk, they discuss their plan of action once they get back at the Ice Palace. After walking for a while, they entered a large open area. They then saw a group of men traveling there. And with them was Elsa on a man's shoulder. Gray and Juvia were also carried by the men on their shoulders. All three of them were unconscious.

"Hey...that's Elsa.", said Sora.

"Gray and Juvia are with them.", said Happy.

"But who are they?"

"They could be people from Arendelle who came up here to help her.", said Goofy.

Sora got a closer look and said, "Don't think so. That doesn't look like help to me."

"Do you think they're helping her?", asked Lucy to Erza.

"No.", Erza answered. "Look closer."

Everyone got a closer look at the man carrying Elsa. When Donald looked at the man, he looked surprised. The others became shock. They saw the man had a dark aura around him.

"Oh no!", said Donald.

"Darkness?", question Goofy.

"No doubt about it.", said Laxus.

"Elsa-san…", said a worried Wendy.

"Those bastards took our friends!", said Natsu furiously. "They're gonna pay!"

"Let's move!"

"Hold on.", said Erza.

As they ran, a large rumble can be heard nearby and the group stop.

"What is that?", asked a worried Lucy.

"Its coming from over there.", said Wendy as she pointed at a pile of trees stack together on rocks and snow.

The rumbling got louder and louder, sounding like footsteps. The trees piled there were suddenly blasted away from that area. When the dust cleared, they saw Marshmallow emerged from that area. Not noticing the group, Marshmallow just walked past them.

"Him again?!", said an annoyed Sora.

"Why now?", Lucy complained.

"After him!", said Erza. They then ran after Marshmallow.

When they ran in front of him, Sora said, "Hey! You'd better not have hurt our friends!"

"Or you're gonna get toasted again!", said Natsu.

Instead of listening, Marshmallow just walk past them.

"Huh?"

"Elsaaa!", shouted Marshmallow in a worried tone.

"It's going after Elsa-san.", said Wendy.

"Hey, wait up!", said Sora as the group ran after him. "Are you...looking for Elsa, too?"

As Marshmallow continued walking, he turned his head and saw the group. He immediately stopped and was about to attack.

"Whoa! Eeeasy!", said Sora as he tried to calm him down. "Do you wanna save her from the bad guy?"

"Cause that bastard took our friends!", said Natsu.

"We're on the same side."

After listening to them, Marshmallow calmed down and lowered his guard. "Elsa…", he said with a sad tone.

"I guess all he ever wanted to do was keep Elsa safe.", said Goofy.

"Now that's true loyalty.", said Gajeel.

"Agreed.", said Lily.

"Hey. We should team up, big guy.", said Sora.

"Team up?!", said both Donald and Lucy shockingly.

"C'mon. We wanna help her, too. Why not?"

"I like it!", said an excited Natsu. "I like the way you think, Sora. Big monster team up!"

"That's a quick way to helping a friend!", said a surprised Donald and Goofy.

Marshmallow looked surprised.

Sora faced him and said, "So, whaddaya say?"

Marshmallow smiled and nodded.

"Sora!", said Donald with worry.

Goofy came up to him and whispered, "One great thing about Sora-he can always make friends with anybody."

"That goes for Natsu, too.", sighed Lucy. "But if this is the only chance to save Elsa, Gray, and Juvia, let's just roll with it."

"Yippee…", sighed Donald.

"Guys! C'mon.", Sora called.

"Gray and Juvia are waiting.", said Laxus.

"We're ready!"