Hans pushed through the crowd towards Elsa.
"Oops! Pardon. Sorry. Can I just get around you there? Thank you. Oh, there she is. Queen Elsa!"
Elsa turned to Hans. Hans bowed awkwardly.
"I mean…Queen…. Me again." Hans said, bowing.
Elsa gave a polite but reserved curtsy.
"Oh! It's Hans!" Anna said excitedly. "Oh Elsa I think it would be great if you and Hans—"
"Got married." Hans fell to one knee.
Jack stiffened, aghast. He wasn't the only unhappy one. Elsa was furious.
"Marriage…?" Elsa asked.
"Yes!" Anna said. "He's such a great guy. The trade alone would be great for Arendelle."
"I'm sorry, I'm confused." Elsa said.
"There are a lot of details. We'll need a few days to plan the ceremony. Of course we'll have soup, roast, and ice cream and then-Wait. Would you and Elsa live here?" Anna asked.
"Here?" Elsa repeated, still in shock.
"Absolutely!" Hans said, an annoyingly victorious smirk on his face..
"Anna-" Elsa began
"Oh, we can invite all twelve of your brothers to stay with us-" Anna said.
"What? No, no, no, no, no." Jack stepped in to rescue poor Elsa.
"Of course we have the room. I don't know. Some of them must-" Anna said.
"Wait. Slow down. No one's brother are staying here. No one is getting married." Jack said firmly.
"Wait, what?" Anna said.
"May I talk to you, please. Alone." Elsa said.
"You should say it in front of Hans too." Anna said. "You haven't given him an answer."
"Anna you aren't being fair, putting her on the spot!" Jack defended.
"Fine. I'm not going to marry a man I just met." Elsa said.
"You can if it's true love." Anna said. "It could be! Just give Hans a chance!"
"Anna, what do you know about true love?" Jack asked exasperatedly, exchanging a look with Elsa
"More than you. All you know is how to shut people out." Anna said. "Except Jack. Is that was this is about? Do you want to marry him?"
"What?! I...um...what?!" Elsa was flustered and the temperature dropped several degrees. She was losing control. She looked around for an exit.
"Elsa and I are not getting married." Jack said firmly. "It's not like that! I'm her Guardian and—"
"And what, Jack?" Elsa said, a dangerous, cold tone in her voice. "WHAT?"
Much to her horror, her hand flew out towards him, glove flying off, and ice magic lunged and struck him in the heart, and Jack crumpled to the floor.
Ice shot from Elsa's hand, spiked across the floor! Guests cried out in shock, backed away.
"…Sorcery. I knew there was something dubious going on here." Whispered Hans to one of his warriors.
"Elsa…?" Anna said in shock.
Elsa rushed out of the room.
Elsa burst out of the castle door. The citizens cheered!
"There she is. Your Majesty! Long live the Queen! Queen Loki…. Come drink with us."
Elsa ducked through the crowd, holding her bare hand.
"Queen Elsa."
"Your Majesty? Are you all right?"
Elsa backs away from the Arendellans. She knocked into the fountain, grabbed its edge. The waters froze at her touch.
Gasps of shock and fear swept over the crowd.
Hans and thugs come out the door.
"There she is! Stop her!" Hans said.
"Please, just stay away from me." Elsa said. "Stay away!"
Magic accidentally shot from her hand and turned the staircase into ice. The thugs and Hans fell.
"Monster…. Monster!" Hans said.
The crowd panicked.
A snowstorm began. Elsa ran.
Anna ran out of the palace doors, carrying the glove.
"Elsa!" Anna shouted. "Elsa come back!"
Elsa ran out of the gates and down to the water's edge. The shoreline froze under her feet.
Anna called to her from the gates.
"Elsa! Wait, please!" Anna said.
Elsa glanced back at Anna, but turned away. She tentatively stepped out onto the fjord. It froze instantly. She broke into a run, as the water froze over with each step.
"Elsa, stop!" Anna said.
Anna rushed out onto the fjord ice, slipped, fell.
"Elsa!" Anna said.
Hans rushed to Anna's side.
Elsa reached the far shore. She didn't look back. She just scrambled into the mountains.
"No." Anna said.
"Look…. The fjord." Hans said, shocked.
The ice spread out until the entire fjord was frozen, locking the ships in place.
Snow fell. Hans and Anna moved through the panicking crowd.
"Snow? It's…snow…in July." Anna said.
Meanwhile, in the palace, on the floor, Jack opened his eyes, hair white. His memories returned in a flash. He was Jack Frost, Guardian of Fun. And he had a job to do!
