Ch. 02
The birds were chirping. It was a beautiful, calm morning in Arendelle.
But Elsa wasn't calm. She couldn't stop thinking about the strange beast that attacked her yesterday. What was that thing?
She went to the library and looked up everything about mystical beast, but she couldn't find any information on the strange thing.
And she was sure that she didn't create that thing...and her son's powers were too weak.
Elsa groaned while she threw one of the many books aside. Why was that thing attacking her? Was there a witch with ice powers like her? And was that witch trying to kill her?
She buried her head between her arms. The one who made that beast...he or she brought the whole kingdom in danger...and Hendrik! He also had his ice powers from her, what if that beast would've attacked him when no one was looking? She needed to protect everyone...
"Elsa?"
She looked up to see Jack walking towards her. He grabbed a chair and sat down next to her.
"Elsa, you have been here all morning. The children have been asking for you..." He glanced at the book. "You have been researching a lot...but...you haven't found anything about the beast, have you?"
Elsa shook her head. "No...so, it has to be from someone with ice powers...a witch."
"I know. I have already asked a few guards to ask around in the town of the witches..." Jack grabbed her hands. They felt ice cold. "Hopefully we can find the culprit...and then..."
"You won't find them, I think...but if you do, then I would like to talk to them." Elsa pulled her hands back. "They must have a reason..."
She went quiet and bit on her lip. Jack observed her quietly.
He knew by her worried look that she wanted to protect everyone. Jack sighed. "Elsa, we will fix this. I promise."
Elsa nodded. "I know, but...it's my fault for bringing everyone into danger-"
"No, it isn't!" Jack jumped up. He looked down at her with a frown. "We always get ourselves and the kingdom into trouble...it's just something that can happen. The culprit could have been after me."
Elsa raised her eyebrows. "And why would the culprit be after you?"
"Well, maybe it's a female who is so desperately in love with me..."
Elsa stood up and giggled behind her hand. "That...I can not imagine."
"Hey, why not?"
"Because..." Elsa took a step closer. She put her hands against his chest. "You're taken. And if they know that you have a relationship with the ice queen, then they won't dare to even glance at you."
Jack chuckled. "Right...they wouldn't..." He put his hand under her chin and leaned closer to kiss her.
Just as they were about to kiss the door slammed open and Hendrik and Nanna ran into the room.
Elsa and Jack both took a step back. Nanna ran up to her mother and grabbed her leg. "Mommy, mommy...Hendrik almost froze Jamie's teddybear!"
Elsa giggled and pulled her up into her arms. "Oh really?"
"Yeah! But I stopped him just in time!"
Hendrik stomped with his feet and a little bit of ice appeared on the floor. "She did not! And I didn't froze Jamie's teddybear, Nanna is lying!"
Jack ruffled with his hand through his son's hair. "It's not your fault, Hendrik. Your powers are still growing."
"Then...I'm not in trouble?" Hendrik looked up at his father with big eyes and Jack laughed.
"We'll think about it, boy."
Later Elsa and Anna walked around town. The town was lively, people were shopping, children were running around...
"Such a pretty day!" Anna smiled at Elsa. "What should we do today?"
"I don't know...maybe we can get some ice cream? It is a sunny day, after all."
"Great idea!" Anna grabbed her hand and pulled her along.
Elsa smiled a little. After all these years Anna was still the same gleeful girl. But how could she be so optimistic at times like these? When the kingdom was possible in danger again because someone was targeting her again.
They stepped in front of the ice stand, but were stopped by a few guards.
"Queen Elsa, princess Anna..." A guard made a small bow in front of them. "We searched the witch's town, but we did not find the culprit."
Elsa frowned. Where could the other ice-witch be? If he wasn't in the village of the witches, then...
"Guards!"
The guards and Anna too all perked up.
"Y-yes, your majesty?!" A guard asked a little frightened.
Elsa glared at him with her stale-blue eyes. "I want you two to look around the village today for anyone suspicious, understand?!"
"Yes, queen Elsa!"
Elsa turned back to Anna while the two guards ran off. Her frown turned into a smile again. "Anna...what kind of flavor would you like?"
"Uhm, strawberry..."
Anna watched as Elsa got them two ice cream cones. Elsa then turned around and handed one to Anna.
"Here."
"Thanks, but Elsa...are you alright?"
Elsa took a lick from her ice cream and looked at Anna with a surprised face. "Yes, why?"
"Because everything is...I know how hard you had it when Adrian took over all those years ago and now when you are being targeted again...everything seems to repeat itself a little, doesn't it?"
"No." Elsa shook her head. "This time..." She looked up at the sky and sighed. "It feels different."
A few days later everything was calm and normal again.
Jack and Elsa were both attending a meeting. Nanna and Jamie were being looked after by Anna and Kristoff. Jennifer and David, Elsa's friends, were doing their jobs...
Only Hendrik didn't have much to do, so he decided to wander off.
It was his favorite thing to do. When Adrian was in charge he wasn't allowed to just walk around, but these last five years...he could go wherever he wanted. He was able to go on any adventure he wanted.
Hendrik stopped in front of a window in the hallway. He leaned forward and looked out of the window.
He saw the guards training outside. They were swinging their swords and looked really cool.
"Wow..." Hendrik pushed with his nose against the glass. He breathed some warm air onto the glass and looked with his eyes at the guards. But the guards suddenly turned around and saw the young prince. They all started to laugh and Hendrik shrieked.
He quickly jumped back down onto the floor. They saw him!
Hendrik turned his head. He suddenly saw a strange man walking down the hallway. The stranger had blond hair and was wearing a cape over his head. He couldn't see who it was, but he got an eerie feeling when the man walked right past him.
"Hendrik!"
The boy turned around again and saw Jennifer, the maid, running up to him. Her brown hair was up in a ponytail and she smiled at him.
"Jenny!" Hendrik smiled back at her. He immediately forgot about the strange man he just saw.
Jenny stopped in front of him. She leaned on her knees and laughed.
"What a coincidence, I was just looking for you, little man!"
"Why?"
Jenny put her finger against her lips. "I'll show you...come with me, Hendrik!"
"Okay."
Hendrik took her hand and walked off with her.
Jennifer was always so nice to him. She was sort of the cool aunt he never got. Anna was nice and stuff, but she was always busy with Jamie. And sometimes Anna was trying a bit too hard. Jennifer never tried and that made her so great.
She took him outside of the castle into the garden. There she showed him a medium ice sculpture of a horse. Kristoff was proudly standing next to it.
"Wow!" Hendrik let go of Jennifer's hand and ran to the ice sculpture. He jumped around it like the happy kid he was. He looked up at Kristoff. "Kristoff, you made this all by yourself?"
"Yep!" Kristoff laughed. "But there is still one small thing missing!"
"Hm?"
Jennifer giggled behind her hand. "There is a horse...but we need to put a horn on it! Then it will be a unicorn!"
Hendrik nodded. He put his hands forward. A small ice beam came out of his hands and a horn formed onto it's head. It was sharp, pointy, but also very beautiful. He put his hands back down with a smile.
Kristoff gave him a thumbs-up. "Good job, kid."
"Thanks..." Hendrik looked down at the ground. "I hope to be as good as mom, but I don't think so..."
Jennifer ruffled with her hand through his hair. Hendrik looked up at her in surprise.
"It doesn't matter...it's your own amazing power..." She winked at him. "Now, how about a snowball fight?"
Hendrik raised his eyebrows. "But, it's not snowing..."
"R-right..." Jennifer scratched her head. "Then...maybe you can make more ice sculptures? Sorry, but I'm a bit bored now."
"Hey!" Kristoff folded his arms. "You have a good ice man right here!"
"Ice man?" Jennifer and Hendrik asked in unison.
Kristoff chuckled. "Yes! So, since you are the little ice prince and I am the official ice master...how about we have a little building competition?"
"Competition?" Hendrik asked.
"Yes! Me versus you! The one who wins...gets to treat the other to some ice cream!"
"Okay!"
Jennifer shook her head. "That sounds so wrong...I have a better idea; if Hendrik wins, then he gets your sled for the day. If you win, I dunno...then you get one of his toys and can give it to Jamie. Doesn't that sound way better?"
"Yes!" Hendrik put his hand up. "But if I also win, I also want his reindeer."
"Understood."
Kristoff gasped. "What?"
Jennifer threw her arms up. "Then let us begin!"
Hendrik put his arms forward and made some ice while Kristoff started to change the sculpture of the horse.
Meanwhile Elsa and Jack were done with the meetings.
The two were in the hallway, leaning against the wall. They were both very tired.
Elsa let out a trembling sigh.
"Now I know why I almost never accompany you to those meetings..." She turned her head and looked at Jack. "The council is harsh, damn it all..."
"Yeah...speaking of which, tomorrow there is a ball...and it will be Nanna's first ball."
Elsa smiled. "Yeah, I remember my first one."
Jack gave her a small poke with his elbow. "I will protect you..."
"Like a dragon, yeah, yeah, got it." Elsa touched the wall with her hand. She felt a little bit of ice appear under her fingertips. "I'm sure that she will be fine."
Jack nodded. He grabbed her hand and gave it a small squeeze.
Elsa blushed a little. The slightest touch of her husband always made her blush and her heart flutter. She would never love someone as much as Jack and her own family...
No one.
The ball started the next evening.
The whole ballroom was decorated, people were dancing around and eating...it was a pretty normal ball.
Elsa was leaning against the wall. Nanna was next to her looking at the people dancing. The small princess wore a purple dress and Elsa herself wore a blue dress. Her hair was up in a ponytail. She also looked at the guests and her family.
Jack was talking to a few guests, Hendrik was playing with a few other kids and Olaf, Anna was dancing with Kristoff, Jennifer was talking with her boyfriend Hendrik and best friend David, Gerda was dancing with Kai, North was telling Thiana, Aster and Sandy scary stories...everyone was having a good time.
"Honey?" Elsa looked down at her daughter. "Do you like this ball?"
Nanna nodded and looked up at her mother with a big smile. Her blue eyes were shining brightly. "Uh-hum!"
"Good...then why don't you go and play with some other kids?"
Nanna bit on her lip. "No. They are scary."
Elsa sighed. Nanna was always only playing with her brother. The girl was way too shy...which was a real shame.
"But honey, those kids just want to know you and..."
"Queen Elsa?"
A strange man with blond hair was in front of them. He was a bit taller than her and seemed pretty strong. He wore a blouse with a simple blue vest. He also had a belt on with a small sword on it.
Elsa got a strange feeling when she looked into the man his eyes. He had also bright blue eyes like hers...strange.
But she shook it off and smiled gently at him. "Yes? May I help you?"
The man grinned. "Nah...I just...wanted to see you...and talk to you..."
"Oh." Elsa narrowed her eyes. The man laughed upon seeing her look. Elsa got even more confused. "What?"
"Nothing..." The man chuckled. "You just look a lot like her..."
"Who?"
"You look like..."
"Queen Elsa!" A woman with a pink dress ran towards her. It was Rapunzel, the queen of Corona and a friend. She pushed the stranger aside and wrapped her arms around Elsa. "It's been too long, how are you?"
Elsa forgot the stranger, who was still standing there, and giggled. Rapunzel took a step back and held her by her shoulders.
"Great, Rapunzel...I just been busy with my normal duties..."
"Oh, but your arms!" Rapunzel noticed a few wounds on her upper arms. "Jack told me what happened..."
Elsa's smile faded. "Yes...I don't know who summoned that beast to attack me, but Jack told me that the one who made that thing wasn't trying to kill me."
"Pfft, yeah, of course! They definitely tried to murder you! But you are an ice queen, so they won't be able to. And you have defeated a demon, so you aren't afraid of small little wolves."
"Thanks, but..."
"And who is this little cutie-pie?" Rapunzel looked down at Nanna who quickly hid behind her mother's dress. "She looks adorable!"
"This is Nanna, my daughter."
"Your daughter?" Rapunzel glanced at Elsa. "Oh...so she is also the daughter of that man..."
Elsa sighed again. "Unfortunately...but for now Jack is her father. We will tell her once she is older."
"I see." Rapunzel smiled down at Nanna. "Such a shame...but, she really has your eyes and face...how old are you again, honey?"
Nanna hid even further behind Elsa. The small girl whimpered a little out of fright. Rapunzel seemed disappointed and straightened her back again. She let out a sigh and looked back at Elsa.
"Is she always this shy?"
Elsa nodded. "But it is her first ball...maybe she will become more outgoing when she has more dances and when she gets older."
"Hm..." Rapunzel frowned. "I hope so..well, I think she will be as beautiful as her mother, Els."
Elsa giggled again and blushed. Rapunzel gave her a friendly slap on her shoulder and then left.
"Mommy?" Nanna now stepped forward and looked up at her mother. "Who was that?"
"That was Rapunzel, an old friend of mine and your father..."
"Oh...but who was that stranger?"
"Stranger?" Elsa looked around, but the strange man was gone. Which was very weird. Who was that man and why did she get so nervous around him?
"Elsa, Nanna!" Hiccup, a friend of Jack and the king of the Darkened Forest, ran towards them. Nanna smiled brightly at the king. She quickly jumped against his legs and put her arms around it.
"Uncle Hiccup!"
Hiccup kneeled down and ruffled through Nanna's hair. "Hey, little one! How are you doing?"
"Good! This is my first ball!"
Elsa laughed. Whenever Nanna saw someone she liked she jumped right out of her shell. And Hiccup visited more frequently than Rapunzel or other royalty, so she was way more easier around him.
"And are you enjoying it, kid?"
Nana nodded proudly. "Yes! But there are so many new people and I'm nervous..."
"Don't be." Hiccup stood up with a grin. He looked at Elsa. "You have to be strong like your mother always has been...and go and talk to some people! They won't hurt you!"
Nanna shook her head. Hiccup sighed.
"Too bad..."
"Hiccup." Elsa smiled at him. "Where is Astrid?"
"She is talking to your husband..." Hiccup looked over his shoulder. He didn't see his wife next to Jack anymore. "Or she is eating..."
"Uncle Hiccup, teach me how to dance!" Nanna wrapped her arms around his leg again and looked up at him with pleading eyes.
Hiccup looked at Elsa with a questioning look. "She can't dance?"
"Well, her tutor is teaching her, but she thinks classical dancing is boring."
"Does she now?" Hiccup grinned. "Then I will teach you both how to dance like a true professional!"
Elsa put his hands up. "Hiccup, there is no need..."
"I insist. Now put your hands on your hip!"
Elsa and Nanna both put their hands on their hips. Hiccup gave them a thumbs-up.
"Good job! Now, moved around in circles with your hip and sing a song!"
Elsa and Nanna moved their hips and started to sing; "Greensleeues was all my joy, Greensleeues was my delight; Greensleeues was my heart of gold and who but Ladie Greensleeues..."
But Elsa realized when everyone stared at them while chuckling a little that Hiccup was teasing her. She moved forward and grabbed Hiccup by his arm.
"You tricked us! You just wanted to embarrass us!" The queen yelled with a flushed face and tears in her eyes.
Hiccup laughed. "Ha! And you two fell for it!"
Nanna stomped with her little feet. "You big meanie!"
Elsa released Hiccup with a pout. "You are indeed one big meanie, Hiccup! Now everyone thinks that I am insane..."
Hiccup laughed. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." He put one hand on Elsa's hip and with the other he grabs her hand gently. "Then to make it up to you, I will learn you how to dance."
"I don't trust you anymore, Hiccup."
Hiccup grinned at her. "All of because of that little joke? It was funny, wasn't it?"
"I guess..."
Hiccup spun her around and caught her again. "And people already know you as the insane ice-queen, don't they? So, Elsa, you won't have to worry about that...besides, you are friends with me. You can always depend on my strength!"
He gave her a wink and Elsa smiled with a blush.
"Thank you, Hiccup, I-"
"Ahem."
Jack and Astrid were both standing next to them. Nanna was standing behind them with Hendrik holding her hand.
"Oh, Jack! Astrid!" Hiccup smiled innocently at them. He still held Elsa as if nothing was wrong. "How is it going?"
Jack sighed. "Hiccup, please release my wife and don't flirt with her."
"I wasn't flirting!" Hiccup quickly let go of Elsa and Jack immediately pulled her close to his chest. "We were just joking as friends, geez!"
Astrid laughed. She shook her head. "You two...if I didn't knew Elsa I would have thought at least badly of her, but I know that you flirted with her, since the poor girl still doesn't know how to flirt with men."
Elsa sighed. "I'm already a woman, you know..."
"And Hiccup! We need to have a little talk!" Astrid grabbed her husband by his ear and pulled him with her.
Elsa and Jack both stared as the two walked away. The king and queen were quiet at first before they started to laugh a little. Jack released Elsa. He grabbed Nanna and pulled her up in his arms.
"Now..." Jack poked with his finger against his daughter's head. "I don't think that you have danced yet, did you, Nanna?"
Nanna giggled and shook her head. "No, daddy!"
"Then, let's dance together, okay?"
"Uh-hum..." Nanna nodded. Jack grinned and took her to the dance floor. There he danced around with the girl in his arms. Elsa looked on from the side together with Hendrik. She really loved her family...
And nothing would ever change that.
The next day went on as usual.
Jack was helping everyone clean up in the ballroom. After that he went back to his office and looked through some papers. One of the maids later came in and offered him some tea. Elsa and the kids also came in to check on him, but they left to play outside and forced him to promise that he would join them later.
But despite of such a normal day...Jack felt like there was something wrong. He didn't knew what, but lately it seemed like something was infiltrating his heart.
He looked down at a letter from another kingdom who requested some trading of weapons. Jack couldn't concentrate on the words at all.
Destroy...
Jack sighed. It was like a voice was telling him to do things he didn't want to...was he going crazy? Was his once bright world slowly going to turn dark?
The door suddenly opened up. Jack looked up and saw Elsa walking into the room.
"Are you still in here?"
"Sorry, sorry..." Jack stood up and smiled at her. "I'm just busy today..."
"It's fine, Jack..." Elsa walked up to him. She put her hands on his upper arms and rubbed them gently. "Sometimes I ask too much of you...I can see that. Now, how about taking a day off?"
"No, I still have some things to do..." Jack his voice trailed off. He suddenly felt a presence behind him. He quickly turned around quickly, but there was no one there.
"Jack?" Elsa asked with worry.
Jack let out a trembling breath. Was there really just someone behind him? Or was it just his imagination? Anyway, he shouldn't let Elsa worry too much. He turned back towards her and smiled at her. "It's nothing, I guess my tiredness is getting to me, sweetheart...you're right, I should take a small break."
Elsa nodded slowly. "Right...how about you take a small rest?"
"Elsa, I..." Jack frowned. "I can't...sorry, but there is a lot I have to take care of."
Elsa glanced at his letter on the desk. The ball was already over, so he shouldn't have that much work...She looked back at Jack. He seemed very tired and worried about something. Something he wasn't telling her about.
"I see..." Elsa sighed. She looked down at the floor. "Then...at least try to take it easy. I don't want you to overwork yourself..."
Jack put his finger under her chin and lifted her head up. "Snowflake. I'm sorry, but this is something...it's-"
"Ja-hack!"
Anna suddenly barged into the room together with Olaf, the snowman.
Jack and Elsa both turned their heads towards the pair. Anna was breathing heavily and Olaf was leaning against the doorpost.
"W-we...we have a situation!" Anna slumped towards Elsa and grabbed her shoulders. "Elsa...there is ice in the hallways!"
"There is what?!"
Elsa pushed Anna away and ran into the hallways.
Her eyes widened upon the sight...There was ice everywhere! On the walls, on the ground, on the windows...
Elsa gulped. What was this? She didn't understand it. Did Hendrik do this?
"Elsa, wai..." Jack ran after her, but stopped in his tracks when he saw the sight as well. The king gasped a little. "This...is this...but how...you were with me?"
Elsa bit on her lip. She didn't know...
"Maybe Hendrik did it?" Anna asked trying to make the situation a bit better. Elsa and Jack both turned their heads towards the woman and she became a bit flustered at their intense gazes. "I-I m-mean...you know...he has powers, right? Maybe he got really good at it..."
"At such a young age?" Elsa walked further down the hall. She gently touch some ice that was stuck against the wall. "It can't...he is too young..."
"How about Nanna?"
Elsa looked back at Anna with a glare. Anna shivered and took a step back.
"Or not." Anna waved nervously with her hands. "It's probably someone else."
Elsa turned her head. She continued to touch the ice. Jack sighed and put his hand on Anna's shoulder.
"It's not her either." Jack said. "But it is someone with ice powers."
"Ice powers..." Anna looked up at Jack. "Then, who?"
"I don't know. But we are not going to let them get away!" Jack called a few guards over and ordered them to look in the entire kingdom for someone with ice powers. Someone who looked strange to them.
The guards nodded and both ran off to carry out his order. Jack walked to Elsa and wanted to grab her hand, but the queen pulled her hand back and held it close to her chest.
Jack frowned. "Elsa, this must be made by the same person who made that beast that attacked you..."
"I know..." Elsa could feel her heart beating fast. "They are trying to reach out..." She smiled a little. She slowly reached out to touch the ice with her hand again, but Jack suddenly grasped her wrist.
Elsa looked up at him in surprise. He had a dark look in his eyes. One she did not recognize. And he kept staring at her for what seemed like minutes. Elsa parted her lips slowly to call out for him.
But instead Hendrik appeared with Nanna and yelled his name.
"Papa!" The little boy screamed. He ran with Nanna towards his father and mother.
Jack quickly released Elsa's wrist. He blinked with his eyes and the darkness in his eyes disappeared. Elsa stared at him for a few seconds in confusion.
Hendrik ran up to Elsa and wrapped his arms around her leg. Nanna ran towards Anna who picked her up immediately.
"Mom, mom!" Hendrik hugged tightly. "Did you and dad have a fight again?"
Elsa shook her head. "No...I just...I...uhm...I wanted to test my powers a little bit!"
"Eh?" Hendrik cocked his head. Elsa giggled and ruffled through his hair.
"I wanted to test them out, but they got a little out of hand..."
"I thought that you were a true ice master." Hendrik raised his eyebrows. Jack chuckled at him and looked down at him.
"Well, little man, even true ice masters don't have full control."
Elsa glared at him. "Is that so...?"
Jack grinned at her. He still didn't felt too great, but somehow, being with his family, arguing with his wife like usual...it made him feel much better.
"Yes, you have no idea how many times your mother has shot ice at my feet. Even when you were little she would somehow manage to take care of you and also make sure that my day was..."
Elsa grabbed him by his cheek and pulled a little at it. "That your day was what?!"
"Thaffmyfaywaff...awefom..." Jack mumbled through his teeth.
Elsa released his cheek. "Good answer, your majesty."
Jack rubbed his cheek and frowned. Hendrik released Elsa's leg and took a step back with a grin.
"Dad, are you going to play with us?" Hendrik asked.
Jack nodded. "Yeah...but I'm a bit tired today. So, how about we play something that doesn't involve running around..."
"Hide and seek!" Nanna suddenly yelled.
Anna put her quickly down since her arms were getting tired and she already had a son that was yelling in her ear every 24 hours. Nanna ran up to Hendrik and grabbed his hand. "Hide and seek!"
"Hide and seek?" Elsa giggled a bit more darkly. "Then...how about this time the adults hide while the kids try to find them?"
Jack and Anna both looked at her as if she was insane and yelled; "Wait, what?!"
Elsa leaned down and smiled at the two kids. "We three hide on this floor of the building. You two try and find us...that is, if you can."
"Yes, we can!" The two kids yelled.
Elsa grinned. "Great!" She turned towards Anna and Jack. "Let's hide!"
Anna and Jack both sighed as Elsa ran away laughing.
Meanwhile the guards were looking around in the kingdom.
They asked townspeople if they saw anyone suspicious, they checked every newcomer...but they had no succes.
One of the guards went to the little bakery. There he asked Toothiana, Aster and Sandy if they saw suspicious. But Tooth told him that she didn't saw anyone.
"Well..." Before the guard left Aster suddenly spoke up. He held her finger to her chin and seemed to be thinking. "There was a man who I never have seen before...I guess a few days ago."
The guard looked at the man. "Oh! Can you give me a description of the man?"
"I think he was blond, mate. And he didn't order a thing. He seemed a bit strange to me."
"Blond..." The guard sighed. "Anything else?"
"Well...I don't know! He just seemed weird. And he was just asking about the royal family and where they lived. Eventually the boss send him away. She was fed up with him not ordering a thing."
"I was not!" Toothiana yelled from the back. "And get back to work, I don't pay you to talk to guards!"
"Sorry...I need to get back to work." Aster grabbed his broom and went back to sweeping the floor. The guard said him 'goodbye' and left the shop.
Now they needed to look for a blond aggressive man.
Which would be one-fourth of the whole town.
Anna, Jack and Elsa were trying to hide from the kids who were now looking for them.
Anna was hiding under some couch, while Elsa hid in the closet in the dressing room. It was small, but she somehow fit in there. The queen held her breath as she heard someone come into the room.
Someone opened the door and Elsa shrieked, expecting it to be one of her kids or a maid.
But it was Jack.
He quickly went into the closet and closed the door behind him. Elsa grunted and moved a little. Jack was now very close to her. They could barely stand next to each other in the small space.
Elsa groaned. "Couldn't you find another place?"
"Sorry, I panicked..." Jack stared into his eyes. He saw small little sparkles in her blue eyes. Her lips were parted slightly and her chest was rising and falling along the rhythm of her breathing.
"Why are you staring so much...it's..." Elsa swallowed nervously. "Weird..."
"You are looking at me as well..."
Elsa looked away from him with a flushed face. "Sorry..."
Jack smiled. He moved closer to her and stopped inches from her face.
"Elsa...it's nice of you to play so much with the kids...and you always worry so much about me..."
"Yeah, well, you are always in your damn office..and I...I..."
Jack chuckled. He slowly grazed with his lips against hers. "You?"
Elsa closed her eyes. She opened her lips more and allowed him to kiss her. Jack groaned and placed his hand onto her hips while he kissed her.
He moved his other hand up to touch her breast. Elsa her eyes widened. She quickly grabbed his hand to stop it from touching her. Jack moved back and looked at her with confusion.
"Elsa, what..."
"I love you."
"Huh?"
Elsa put her hand against his chest. "No matter what happens...I will always love you."
"I love you too, but...you don't want this?"
"Yes..." Elsa kissed him deeply. She pushed him back against the other side of the closet. "Jack.."
"Elsa..."
The door suddenly opened up. Hendrik and Nanna appeared and both gasped at the sight. Their parents were in the closet, with Elsa on top of Jack. They both looked with embarrassment at the children.
"H-Hendrik, Nanna!" Elsa yelled. "Get out!"
"What are you doing?" Nanna asked innocently.
"Cuddling. Now, go and find Anna!"
Hendrik grinned at his mother. "Alright...come on, Nanna, let's go and leave our parents to kiss each other."
"Hendrik!" Elsa yelled as her son ran away laughing with his sister.
Jack chuckled. "That killed the mood."
Elsa pushed onto his chest. "I'm going to get out." She pushed him away and fell out of the closet onto the hard floor.
"Elsa!" Jack stepped out of the closet. He grabbed her hand and helped her up. "Are you alright?"
"Ouch..yeah, I'm okay..." Elsa grabbed his hand. "But the next time we are doing it somewhere more comfortable and out of sight from the children."
Jack laughed. "Yes...we should...but, snow princess, we haven't done it in such a long time!"
Elsa slapped his hand away. She put her hands on her hips. "That was why you decided to come into the same closet as me?"
Jack show her a mischievous grin. Elsa gasped loudly.
"Ja-hack! That is so gross! You only wanted to...to..." Elsa made a big snowball in her hands. "You pervert!"
"E-E-E-Elsa...please, calm down! I was joking, I...aaah!"
As Elsa threw the snowball towards Jack Frederick peaked around the corner of the door.
"Jack, are you..."
The snowball smashed into Jack and flew towards Frederick, smashing them both into the wall in the hallway.
Elsa let out a cold breath and looked on as the men climbed out of the pile of snow.
"Are you alright?" Jack helped his friend up. Frederick rubbed his head.
"Yeah...I just wanted to tell you that we cleaned the hall...but you seem to have other things on your mind."
Jack slowly turned his head. He saw how his wife slowly marched towards them with an evil grin and a snowball in her hands.
"Yes. Frederick, do you want to live?"
Frederick glanced at Elsa and immediately understood him. He grabbed Jack's arm. "We should run, shouldn't we?"
"Y-yes, we should!"
The two ran off with Elsa following close behind ran through the entire castle until Elsa finally defeated them.
A week went by without anything really happening.
The guards kept looking for the blond strange man. But there were a lot of blond people in Arendelle, so it wasn't easy...and they didn't even knew if the man was in Arendelle.
Elsa decided to look for the man herself. She went into town with Hendrik, who insisted that he accompanied her, to find the stranger.
She asked around in a few shops, in the bakery...but she couldn't find the man.
"Mom..." Hendrik walked next to her with his hands in his pockets. The young prince pouted. "Can we play or something? This is so boring!"
"Don't complain. You wanted to accompany me." Elsa looked around. "I don't see any stranger, do you?"
"Nope. He probably already left town."
Elsa sighed. She stopped in her tracks and looked up at the sky. They weren't going to find that person who tried to hurt them...it really frustrated her. She felt so powerless and angry about it.
All of a sudden a snowball flew against her face.
Elsa shrieked in surprise. She wiped the snow from her cheek and looked at Hendrik who was holding a snowball in his hands with a small grin on his face.
"You little..."
Elsa turned on her heels and ran after the boy. Hendrik ran away laughing loudly as if he were a villain.
Meanwhile Jack was at the castle, training with the other guards.
He wasn't bad at sword-fighting, it was just that he had to take his mind of things. And it calmed him down.
He swung his sword up and down. The guards looked at him in awe. The king had a lot more experience and was a professional. Every movement was done with extreme precision.
"King Jack!" Frederick ran towards him and Jack stopped swinging his sword.
"Frederick!" Jack yelled in surprise. He put his sword back in his holster. The other guards were all disappointed when he stopped, but Jack didn't pay them any attention.
"You are outside for once..." Frederick stopped in front of him and smiled. "I just have some good news!"
"Oh? And what might that be?"
"I know where we can find the culprit who attacked Elsa!"
Jack smiled now as well. Finally, something that would solve that problem! "And where?"
"I think in the street next to the whorehouse! He must be living that street!"
"The street next to the whorehouse...Then we can take him down! Where is Elsa?"
"She went into town with her son."
Jack frowned. "Then we better go right now. What if the culprit finds her and decides to hurt her?!"
Frederick held his hands up. "Stay calm, Jack. Elsa is a capable woman, remember? And it's in town. If there are witnesses, then they wouldn't just attack her."
"You're right. But still, let's head into town for sure."
Meanwhile Elsa finally cornered Hendrik in a small street. Hendrik looked around for a way to escape, but there was no way out.
"Got you!" Elsa yelled. She slowly walked up to Hendrik with a grin.
Hendrik put his hand forward. "If you get any closer then I'm going to freeze!"
"Do you know who you're talking to? I'm stronger than you."
Hendrik opened his mouth to speak against his mother but all of a sudden they both heard a chilling, cold laugh.
"Hahaha, is this so?!"
A vine made out of snow shot towards Elsa and wrapped itself around her body. The queen gasped and struggled to get free, but force of the cold was too strong. Hendrik took a step forward.
"Mom, get out of there!"
Elsa groaned. "I can't!"
"No, indeed you can't..."
A man with blond hair walked out of the shadows. He had blue cold eyes and Elsa immediately recognized him as the man who she met at the ball.
The stranger was holding his righthand up. A small light was set in his hand where the vines originated from. He smiled at Elsa and Hendrik who was frozen in fear.
The man nodded at Hendrik. "I'm sorry to interrupt you two, but I need to have a small talk with Elsa."
"Let me go!" Elsa yelled.
Hendrik gritted his teeth. "I'm going to...I'm going to tell dad that you took mom!"
"Oh..." The man chuckled. "You are a strong boy...anyhow, that is fine. Tell him that I will be waiting for him at the mountain. Not at the top, but at the bottom, so he should be there quickly!"
The man made a movement with his hand. A strong whirlwind of snow appeared in the street. Hendrik put his arms in front of him and covered his eyes from the snow.
When it stopped Hendrik saw that the stranger and Elsa were nowhere to be seen.
The young prince swallowed nervously. He had to find his father and fast!
He ran out of the small street into the bigger streets. There he quickly ran into his father and Frederick.
"D-dad, he took mom!" Hendrik immediately yelled as he grabbed his father's arm.
Jack looked confused at his son. "Who took Elsa?!"
"The...man...a strange man with blond hair!"
The stranger took Elsa to a small cabin at the bottom of the mountain. There he put her down on a chair, free of her restraints.
Elsa rubbed her arms and glared up at the man. The stranger smiled kindly at her, which irritated her a little.
They both looked at each other in silence until the man finally spoke up.
"Elsa, aren't you going to ask me a few things?"
Elsa narrowed her eyes at him and folded her arms. "What is there to ask? You kidnapped me and let me guess; you are going to kill me."
"Well..."
"I have but one question." Elsa folded her legs too. "Why do you have a grudge against me?"
The man stared at her with a surprised expression before he suddenly started to laugh. Elsa stayed confident and didn't show him any weakness. The man continued to laugh about a few minutes before he stopped and took a deep breath.
"My, you truly are the ice-queen...but I have no grudge against you."
Elsa her expression changed. Her eyes widened in surprise and she felt a certain uneasiness in her heart. "What?"
"I'm not someone you should fear, Elsa...I am someone who knows you very well."
Suddenly a strange woman walked into the cabin. She had white hair and wore a dark-blue dress under a cape. Her eyes were light-blue. She looked about the same age as the strange man.
"Oh, you brought her." The woman grabbed a chair and sat down. She smiled at Elsa who looked a bit nervously at the woman.
"W-who are you?" Elsa asked.
The woman giggled. "You really don't feel it?"
"Hm?"
"Elsa." The man suddenly kneeled in front of her and grabbed her cold hands. Elsa felt a cold spark between her fingers. "We are your family."
Elsa froze. "Wait...what?"
"I am your father and that is your mother. We are your parents, sweetie."
TO BE CONTINUED