Guys. I am terribly sorry. It has been ages... It is not that much of an excuse but seriously, I haven't been relaxed since October. I have so many projects, homework and tasks to do. Meanwhile, I didn't have any inspiration to write this story because it is not well-written. Nevertheless, I don't abandon my stories (well, except one) so I will continue with this story.
Austrian: I certainly have missed your reviews... Thanks for your support. I apologize for forgetting to write a message back for 'One More Drink'. Hope you'll like this chapter:)
CHAPTER 12: The Awesome and Also Scarily Huge Impacts of Friends
"You know the rules: No biting, no scratching. You can't use any other weapon than your sword, you are allowed to use bare hands if you want to." Tooth reminded the rules even though Jack and Bunny have had this kind of fights for God knows how much.
Jack took out of his hat and coat, tossed them on the floor. He and Bunny pulled put their swords at the same time, they were both frowning in determination.
"You may begin." Tooth declared as the referee.
Jack and Bunny raised their swords simultaneously, the swords collided as the loud noise made the crew gasp in awe.
"The main goal is to take the necklace, which is hidden in the notebook. Since the notebook is in Jack's coat, we need to make him took it off... Bunny and Tooth, you have already known what to do." Merida began to tell her plan.
Jamie took Jack's coat and hat casually, laid them on the wooden railing. While Jack and Bunny were battling, almost as if they were enemies, he hesitantly put his right hand inside of a random pocket to find the notebook.
"Jamie will be the one who steals the necklace... Jack would never expect that move from you. You are an innocent child in his eyes." Merida continued and grinned wickedly.
"I am going to steal the necklace on the deck, while the whole crew is in there?!" Jamie gasped in shock.
Merida nodded. "Exactly. Jack won't think that someone tries to steal his belongings in front of his eyes..."
"Is this all you've got?! The scary captain and our best sword fighter are battling! Put more money on the bet, you penny pincher swine!" Merida yelled loudly while she was collecting more pennies. The crew was cheering and shouting in excitement, everyone was holding their breath while the two men were attacking each other mercilessly.
"...Besides, I will distract the crew by making a bet... Don't tell Jack that I am putting my money on Bunny."
Feeling outrageous, Jamie slipped his hand into another pocket when he couldn't find the notebook. He stood still when Jack's sword fell right in front of him, the boy immediately pulled his hand out whereas Jack has already been grabbing his sword. When the man threw himself on Bunny with an angry yell, Jamie focused on his job again. He continued to search the pockets, unfortunately the damn coat was full of them.
When he finally felt a hard leather notebook under his fingers, the boy stepped back as he took the notebook and hid it behind his back. While he was pretending to watch the fight, he quickly shook the notebook.
Jamie smirked victoriously as he felt the necklace on his palm. He quickly put back the notebook where he has first found it. Then, he began to walk away casually, just like how he came there in the first place. Jamie handed the necklace to Astrid since she has been nearer than Hiccup.
"Pirates... I am really sick of this. Hiccup, honey, can we enjoy the land instead of watching this awful, boring fight?" Astrid complained loudly, wanted at least one person to her to hear. They didn't need a sneak out, it would make everything worse if someone got suspicious.
"We certainly can, love." Hiccup stated with a poker face.
The married couple left the ship while they were laughing up their sleeves. When they made sure that nobody was following or watching them, they headed towards Arendelle castle.
"And of course... Since Hiccup and Astrid have known the castle more than we do, they deliver the necklace to the queen." Merida claimed with a mischievous tone as she finished telling her plan.
"We want to see Queen Elsa... It's emergent." with an emotionless tone, Astrid spoke to the guard, who was protecting the entrance of the castle.
"Queen Elsa doesn't want to be disturbed." the guard responded with the same emotionless tone.
"Inform her that the Chief of Berk wants to talk with her. It is very urgent." Hiccup demanded with an uncharacteristically harshness, Astrid raised an eyebrow, her lips twitched towards up in amusement.
"Queen Elsa made herself very clear that she wanted no one to pay a visit. I apologize, you have to talk with her tomorrow, if she is available." the guard spoke very politely, however, his tone was biting, mordacious.
Astrid knitted her eyebrows, was ready to argue as she walked towards the guard with strong and angry footsteps, just like how a true Viking would do.
"Astrid... Let's go. We will come here tomorrow." Hiccup stopped her and put his hand on his wife's shoulder.
Astrid's expression softened when she saw the look on Hiccup's face. He had a fake, friendly grin on his face, his green eyes were shining in amusement... He had a plan.
"I seriously hate this uniform... I think the guards get a training for adopting to wear these uniforms, not guarding the castle from strangers." Hiccup whined at first, but then made a snarky comment with a mischievous smirk on his handsome face.
Astrid laughed whole-heartedly and stared at her husband with love. Then, she shook herself off and focused on the corridor that they were walking on. "I thought we wouldn't break into this castle again... We should use the front door sometimes." she joked, but also was being truthful. Hiccup nodded in agreement. They didn't say anything afterward.
The married couple stopped simultaneously when they arrived at the queen's chamber. "Are you ready?" Hiccup asked with a husky tone.
Astrid exhaled dramatically. "Let's do this." she replied and knocked on the door with determination.
Nobody answered. They have kinda expected that, so Astrid put a good face on and knocked on the door again.
"I will wait here while you enter the room." Hiccup suggested an idea when there was no sound on the other side.
Astrid nodded and opened the door, it wasn't locked. "You can look, Hic. Nobody is in here." with a crestfallen tone Astrid told her husband, whose hands were blocking his eyes.
"Dammit." Hiccup cursed under his breath and put his index finger on his chin, was obviously deep in thought.
"Are you searching for Elsa?" a friendly voice suddenly asked, the couple startled nervously.
They were about to respond while they were turning their head towards where the voice has come... But giving a clever reply failed when Hiccup and Astrid saw the... thing in front of them.
"A-a talking snowman!" Astrid cried while she was pointing at the funny looking snowman with her index finger.
"Dear Odin, have I lost my mind?!" Hiccup shouted while he was running a hand through his hair in bewilderment.
"Hello! My name is Olaf and I like warm hugs! It is nice to meet you!" the snowman, Olaf introduced himself cheerfully while he was raising his arms in joy.
"H-How are you alive?!" Astrid stuttered out with wide eyes, was still shocked.
"Elsa created me and gave me life! Now come on, I will take you to her!" Olaf answered gaily, he was smiling brightly whereas he was pulling Hiccup from his trousers.
"Oh boy." Hiccup murmured but let the snowman show the way.
Olaf walked for a couple of minutes, eventually halted. "We've arrived!" he announced and pointed to the enormous wooden door with wooden hand.
Astrid and Hiccup stared at each other, they simultaneously nodded with a confident expression on their faces while Olaf was opening the door.
They didn't keep their posture when they saw Elsa, Rapunzel, Eugene, a blonde guy and a strawberry blonde-haired woman who looked alike to Elsa frowning in confusion.
"Hiccup? Astrid? What are you doing here? And why are you wearing the guard uniforms... again?" Elsa interrogated them, narrowed her eyes, was obviously skeptical.
Hiccup raised his index finger. "First of all, with all respect, you should change these uniforms, they are tight, hard to move with and really uncomfortable. Secondly, seriously, your guards suck! This is the second time for God's sake and it really isn't hard to sneak in!" Hiccup complained with a boyish tone.
Naturally, the frown on their faces didn't disappear. Astrid sighed and decided to take control. "What he means is that we've sneaked into your castle once again, Elsa, because we needed to contact you immediately." she explained with worried eyes and took a few steps towards Elsa.
Elsa was still frowning. "Astrid... Is something wrong? What's going on?" she asked, her voice became softer but also tenser.
Astrid didn't say anything as she closed her eyes. She let out a shaky breath as she stretched out her fist towards Elsa, then opened her palm silently.
The golden snowflake-shaped necklace was laying on her palm.
Elsa didn't scream, yelp. Her eyes grew bigger in shock while she was grabbing the necklace hesitantly. "W-what? How? W-Where?" she stammered and observed the necklace, couldn't believe her eyes.
"The boy you have met on your eighth birthday, Jackson Overland... He is Jack Frost. He kept the necklace, Elsa. He waited fifteen years to meet you." Astrid alleged, her beautiful blue eyes saddened as she let out a crook smile.
"Jackson Overland is Jack Frost? No, no... Jackson was brown-haired, he had brown eyes... He was the friendliest and softest person that I've ever met. Jack is nothing like him!" Elsa contended, then she stumbled.
"Elsa!" the strawberry blonde yelled and caught the woman, then with the blonde-haired guy's assist, they helped her to sit on the chair.
"Thanks Kristoff... Elsa, are you okay?" the young woman questioned the queen in apprehension.
"I am okay, Anna." Elsa mumbled whereas she was massaging her forehead. She was still holding the necklace as if her life was depended on it.
Once Astrid was sure that Elsa was okay, she continued talking: "Look, I don't know how the hell his hair and eye color had changed. I don't know why he isn't the boy you had met when you are eight... Time is capable of changing everything and everyone, Elsa. The point is, he kept the necklace till the very end. It... It means that he kept his promise, right?" she reasoned and tried to convince her.
Elsa stopped massaging her forehead and locked her icy blue eyes on the woman. "It doesn't matter, does it? He wants me to be gone... A necklace can't change that." she hissed with a cold tone.
Hiccup's features tightened at that reply. He suddenly seemed very angry. "So what? You are giving up... Just like that?!"
"What do you expect me to do?"
Hiccup knitted his eyebrows, his eyes were deadly serious. "Whatever it takes! You... You care about him and he cares about you! I know there is a lot of hard challenges to overcome since your relationship is forbidden... However, it is not impossible, Elsa. If I had a chance, a single, tiny possibility to be with Toothless... You have no idea how many sacrifices I would do. You can't give up, you... You just can't!" Hiccup exploded as he slammed his protests foot on the floor, tears appeared on his beautiful green eyes.
"Hiccup..." Astrid's voice trailed off when she held her husband's hand, squeezed it gently.
"It is impossible, Hic. A pirate and a queen?" Elsa stood up and looked at him sadly while she was shaking her head in disagreement. "There is no chance for us."
"I don't believe that." Rapunzel claimed as soon as Elsa was finished, spoke for the first time since Hiccup and Astrid have arrived.
"Look at us, Elsa. I was the most famous, the most handsome, the most amazing-"
"Eugene, get to the point." Rapunzel interrupted her husband with an amused and a fond smile on her face.
"-thief in Corona. I even stole Rapunzel's crown from her castle! And yet, here I am, a thief, married to the most beautiful princess in the world." Eugene exclaimed and looked to his wife with so much love.
"They are right. It is not impossible... I am an ice harvester who is an orphan. My only and my best friend is a reindeer, my family is trolls..."
"I know they were real!" Hiccup interrupted Kristoff, then let out a sheepish grin while he was rubbing the back of his neck.
Anna let out a tiny smile and stared at her boyfriend fondly. "And yet, he is stuck with me." she finished his line and gave a peck to his cheek.
Elsa's thoughtful gaze fell on the necklace once again.
"What?" the captain snarled, his features were becoming harder as he pushed people to approach her.
"Captain Jack Frost." Elsa greeted him with a poker face, she was totally emotionless in every way.
"What the hell are you doing in my ship?" Jack questioned her as he stared at her threateningly. If someone else was in Elsa's position, they would surely piss on their pants. But the young queen didn't even feel scared.
"But of course, you seriously didn't think the Queen of Arendelle wasn't going to participate in this battle? I don't abandon my soldiers in the hands of a pirate, Captain Jack Frost." Elsa taunted him with a confident smirk on her face.
Jack's eyes grew bigger, but immediately changed back to his stoic, stern face. "Get the hell out of my ship." he demanded, leaned to her face with a deep frown on his handsome face.
Elsa narrowed her eyes. "Captain, you still can't digest the fact that I am Elsa, the Queen of Arendelle. I don't get orders from a pirate. I am a free woman, who wants to stay at this ship till the battle ends." she replied with the same cold and determined expression as Jack's.
"This is my property. Get. Out." Jack growled and made a command once again, leaned to her closer.
His eyes were frightened, Elsa could easily see that. Jack's whole body was as cold as an ice. But his blue eyes, oh his beautiful blue eyes were looking at her eyes warmly, they were begging her to go away... Elsa wanted nothing, but to pull him into a hug, then kiss him senseless, without stopping.
"No." Elsa hissed, however, her eyes were also begging too. She was begging him to let her help him.
Jack shifted back and sighed. "Queen Elsa of Arendelle, you are not welcomed at this ship... I hope we will see each other never again after the battle."
Elsa kept her egotistical posture even though those meaningless words hurt. "The feelings are mutual, Captain Jack Frost."
At that moment, Merida, Hiccup, Astrid, Bunny, Tooth and Jamie... They all grinned, their eyes shined with amusement.
I love all these characters so, so much. Both Disney and Dreamworks made an excellent job of designing these characters... Damn, I really love them. So far, this chapter is definitely my favorite. I hope you enjoyed it too, please write a review, I love you all!
