Elsa stood alone in her room. She was practicing for the coronation.
She removed her gloves and reached for the candlestick and ornament.
Think warm thoughts. Think about Jack, that always works. When I think of him I'm safe... Elsa concentrated.
She took the objects in her hands and held them for five minutes, counting in her head.
Finally she stopped, putting them down and putting her gloves back on. The objects were cold, but no ice could be seen.
"I did it!" Elsa shouted. "Jack!"
Jack ran in. "You did what?!"
"It doesn't matter." Elsa said. "Thank you. You're the only reason it's possible for me to be their Queen."
"Anything to get your outta your room!" Jack smiled.
"I mean it Jack." Elsa took his hands. "Thank you."
The two met eyes. It was quiet. They were close, and getting closer, and then—
"It's time to open the gates!" Kai, the lead servant, came in and interrupted them.
The two leapt apart, embarrassed, and followed Kai to the gate.
"Tell the guards to open up...the gate!" Elsa cried.
Anna rushed over and hugged Elsa. "Finally we can all be together! Finally the nightmares are over!"
Elsa looked at her sister in concern. Jack had told her about the nightmares, but was it still going on? Anna looked like she hadn't slept in ages—
Her thoughts were interrupted as the gate was opened to the bustling Arendelle street.
Prince Hans, who had just arrived, elbowed through the crowd and fell on one knee, kissing Elsa's hand. "Princess Elsa, it is a great honor. I am Hans of the Southern Isles."
"Oooh he's handsome..." Anna gushed in whisper to her sister.
"Ah...right." Elsa flushed, not used to attention, and not loving how anxious she was getting. She wrenched her hand out of the prince's grasp. Elsa hissed in Jack's ear. "Jack who is this guy?"
Jack, annoyed at the prince's obvious maneuver to woo the unmarried crown princess, replied sharply. "This is Prince Hans, the thirteenth son of the royal family of the Southern Isles. Probably looking to...move up in the world."
Jack looked at Hans snidely.
"Takes one to know one, eh, Guardian?" Hans snapped, standing at his feet. "You are, after all, a noble in name only."
Elsa, for her part, couldn't stand how the tension was working on her nerves, and felt that her powers would burst out at any moment.
"That's enough!" Elsa shouted.
There was a silence between the four, which was thankfully interrupted by the coronation bells ringing.
"Oh good!" Elsa said, forgetting herself, then amended. "I-I mean, thank you for your visit, Prince Hans. I will see you at the coronation. Come on Anna, Come on Jack."
Jack could barely keep himself from either making a face or punching the pompous prince on their way out.
Anna didn't bother holding back. She made a face at Prince Hans AND blew a raspberry.
