Austrian: Yeah, I definitely agree. I guess I was upset because I thought she wouldn't listen to my blabbering about jelsa anymore, she is my only friend who supports me without teasing. She was the first person who learned that I was writing fanfiction and shipping Jelsa. She even turned my fanfic 'Life Is' into a book form... Okay, yeah, she is awesome so my worry was nonsense. And as you said, different opinions make us unique.
Anyway, I want to focus on Frozen and Rotg on characters because as you said, I feel like some of them are not appreciated enough. I am glad that you noticed Elsa's heroic decision. I think many people don't realize her heroic actions.

Enjoy this new chapter, everyone!

CHAPTER 3: Into The Unknown

The ship left Arendelle as quickly as possible as the immense sea was hitting the ship with its waves. Arendelle, its harbor, castle was resting on the horizon, slowly fading away.

"You okay?" Jack directed a question to Honeymaren when he approached next Elsa and her. The brunette was hugging herself, Elsa's hand was on her shoulder, she was caressing it softly.

The two women stopped watching the view of Arendelle and turned around to face Jack, almost simultaneously. Honeymaren seemed clearly distressed, her face was sulky and she was biting her upper lip.

"I've never left Northuldra before, let alone going to another country... It feels weird to leave my home and even weirder to be apart from my brother." she confessed with a low sigh whereas Elsa was rubbing her back to appease her.

Jack offered her a smile that was full of empathy. "Leaving your home is always hard because you are afraid of the unkown. However, that's how you can experience adventures... I believe everyone needs to take risks in order to have some fun." he attempted to soothe her as best as he could.

"We should accept the risks that leading us into the unknown." Elsa agreed with him whereas she was nodding. The platinum blonde locked her blue eyes on him and sent him a warm, delicate smile, Jack beamed at her too.

Honeymaren swallowed and shut down her eyelids, the reopened them. "Thanks. I'll go and rest now." she murmured under her breath, let out a weak smile before she left with shaky steps. She seemed almost sick.

"Is she okay?" Jack asked Elsa in worry when Honeymaren was completely gone.

"She needs some alone time. It was hard for her to leave Northuldra, she basically spent all of her life there." the young beautiful woman responded to him and pursed her lips in sympathy.

"She must value you so much." he commented gently. Honeymaren was obviously there in order to keep Elsa safe.

"Yeah, she does." Elsa responds curtly and directs her head once again to the sea. Now, the view of Arendelle completely vanished.

Jack was standing next to her, he struggled with himself if he should leave or not. He didn't want to bother her. Eventually, he decided to trust his instincts, so he stayed. They've just watched the view of the cold sea for minutes, until Elsa broke the silence.

"So, prince huh?"

The snow-white silvery haired young man let out a low chuckle. "Yep." he said while emphasizing the 'p'. "May I ask you a question?"

"About why I am not the Queen?" Elsa instantly guessed what he wanted to ask. When she met silence, she continued. "I was the Queen of Arendelle until a few months ago."

"And now you are living in Northuldra. Why are you not leaving in Arendelle with your sister?" Jack questioned her, after a few seconds he realized he was being rude so he opened his mouth to apologize. "Sorry, if I sounded oppressive and crossed the line."

Elsa shook her head and chortled. "Don't worry, you didn't. I live in Northuldra because there is an Enchanted Forest there and I am the Guardian of the Enchanted Forest."

"Guardian?"

"Yes. Fire, air, water and earth. You have seen one of them, the water horse, Nokk. These four elements rule the forest. I am the fifth spirit, the bridge between the four spirits and humans. In the other side of the bridge, there is Anna. Our mother was from Northuldra, our father was from Arendelle. Anna and I keep the balance." she retorted, tried to explain to make his foggy mind clear.

Jack's eyes grow bigger as he listened to her... She was so awesome. He kinda envied her. She was free, a guardian who protected people and magical creatures while he was just a boring, unimportant prince.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Elsa asked and tugged a piece of hair behind her ear whereas her cheeks were flushing, turning into a deep color of red.

"You are so cool!" Jack blurted out enthusiastically. The platinum blonde laughed at that, then thanked him.

Soon, the comfortable silence between them began once again. The sun was setting on the horizon, the horizon was colored in yellow, orange, red and pink, presenting them a breathtaking view.

"I always thought I was alone." she whispered with a voice that he could barely hear. He observed her eyes for a second. They reflected her sadness.

He bit his bottom lip a little and raised his head. "Me too. I thought I was alone in the world. That no one could ever understand me... Until I met you." he also replied with a whisper.

Without saying anything, at the same time, they lifted their palms and formed a snowflake. His snowflake looked more basic than hers, hers was much more detailed.

"It is beautiful." she gasped at his snowflake while the sunlight was illuminating her beautiful features.

"Yours is too." he mumbled silently, his gaze was still locked on her snowflake.


"We will be in Einstök soon." Sandy informed them while the barouche was moving in a hurry.

North invited their guests to the castle and rest a little, but Pabbie and Elsa declined his offer kindly, told him that they wanted to go to Einstök as soon as possible. Since North was the king and he had a huge amount of duties, only Sandy and Jack escorted Pabbie, Elsa and Honeymaren to the village. They didn't visit Einstök after the catastrophe, so they were also curious.

Jack eyed at Elsa for a brief moment. When their ship travel was finally finished, she changed her white dress. Now, she was wearing a blue coat, cape, pants, snowflake adorned ice boots and a shorter white dress. Her long hair was shaped in a French braid, she had snowflake clasps attached to her platinum blonde hair.

When the barouche finally halted, all of them exchanged eye contact for a brief moment. Sand opened the door and left the barouche, the others followed him one by one. Only Jack remained there.

He pulled out his wooden staff, which was hidden under the seat they've been sitting on. Just in case, if something bad happens, he should be capable of protecting himself and the others.

Blood.

Blood was the first they saw. The corpses were buried but their blood still remained.

Honeymaren gasped in terror, Elsa brought her hands to her mouth, a deep frown came across Pabbie's face, Sandy gulped, somehow was loud enough to make him hear them.

Jack, however, he just stood there, his body was refusing to move a single muscle. While desperately trying to digest the terrifying view, he took a step forward. His legs fumbled, but he did not attempt to intervene. He simply let his knees drop on the ground. He grasped the grass and made a fist, let go of his staff, was completely aware of his tremble.

He took his staff and stood up eventually, eyebrows were tightly knitted together, his face looked impassive and stern more than ever. "We came here to find out what's going on. Let's not waste our time." he declared dryly and began to walk.

Earlier today, a team, full of men were chosen to be in charge of cleaning the mess and the blood. Nevertheless, their job wasn't easy. Nearly all the buildings were destroyed, only a small wooden hut and few houses were left.

Pabbie stooped and touched the black sand which was laying on the ground. When he brushed his fingers to each other, the sand on his rock fingers vanished slowly. The others gathered around him curiously, crouched down to take a closer look at the sand.

"Sandy..." Pabbie's thick, baritone voice trailed off.

Sandy shuddered, his light brown eyes were glancing at the black sand in... surprise. Jack has never seen Sandy surprised before. He was always sure of himself.

"The black sand. It leads to somewhere!" Honeymaren exclaimed, burst in excitement. She began to follow the track with fast steps.

Elsa stood up, then Jack, then they were all going after her, the atmosphere was getting tenser and their heartbeats were becoming quicker.

The trail finished soon after, it guided them to the small wooden hut. Instinctively, Jack gripped his staff tighter and directed it toward the door, Elsa has already been beginning to form a weapon to attack.

Honeymaren exhaled and inhaled deeply, narrowed her eyes and then turn on the knock of the door without hesitation.

Elsa sent an ice blast as soon as Jack saw something black. However, her shot obviously missed the target because nothing happened to the blackness. A horse which was made from black sand was literally running in the air, he was fuming and his yellow eyes were gleaming.

The prince tried to shoot the magical horse with his staff, but the horse managed to run away from it.

"He is getting away!" Elsa shrieked when the horse began to fly to the sky.

But she was wrong, he wasn't struggling to escape. The horse suddenly turned and moved toward them with a great amount of speed. The duo sent him their ice repeatedly, but they couldn't get a response from their attack. Although somehow one of them managed to hit his leg, the horse didn't seem affected.

Jack's eyes grew wider in horror when the horse aimed at Elsa. He began to fly towards her, was aware that he was seen by the citizens who were in duty. He never showed his powers in public but the hell with it, an innocent life mattered more. He managed to snatch Elsa and pull her away before the horse could whack at her.

However, the horse did not slow down, was not even taken aback by the sudden disappearance of his enemy. He rapidly moved to his next target.

Elsa cried out Honeymaren's name whereas Jack has already been flying to save her as hastily as possible. Nonetheless, the horse has already approached the woman, who was trying to defend herself with a sword.

Jack screamed in panic when the horse attacked her with his all might. Honeymaren blocked her face with her arms...

The horse didn't touch her though.

Jack landed on the ground and Honeymaren removed her arms. The horse was floating on the air without being able to move because Sandy... He was holding the horse thanks to his... golden-yellow sand.

Sandy has just formed magical sand with his bare hands to clutch and incarcerate the horse.

"I can't hold him tighter!" the yellow-haired little man shouted as an announcement.

"Sandy! Release him, if he runs away, he can lead us to his owner!" Elsa yelled as she has been running toward them.

"None of us are fast enough to catch up with him!" Honeymaren pointed out an argument.

The platinum-haired woman directed her gaze to the prince. "No. Jack is. Jack, you will follow him as soon as he flies away... And take me with you." she ordered him with a determined tone.

Jack was certain that she was a great queen before she abdicated the throne. He nodded immediately and lifted Elsa, was now carrying her in a bridal style. "Sandy! We are ready!" Elsa declared.

Sandy's golden sand vanished, he released the horse. Elsa's assumption was right, the horse began to fly away from them.

"Hold on tight." he commanded as his grip on her tightened. The platinum blonde obeyed his demand and wrapped her arms from his neck.

"Thank you for saving me back there." she mumbled quietly.

"It's the least I could do." he replied shortly, then began to float and speed up to go after the black nightmare.

"I've sensed your ability to manipulate ice and snow but it has never come across to my mind that you could fly." the stunning woman in his arms remarked.

They've been floating in the air for half an hour. Jack managed to stabilize the distance between them and the black horse. The flying horse didn't notice he was being followed whereas they weren't losing his trail.

"What can I say? I am full of surprises." he hummed cockily, caused the platinum blonde to chuckle in amusement.

The duo's good mood dismissed when they saw the view in front of them though. They were flying toward North Mountains, as the name suggested, the mountains were laying on the north side of Northern Island.

Jack used to visit North Mountains from time to time when he was younger. Back then, he would go there alone to gather his thoughts whenever he felt down... Although there wasn't a castle at the time. A huge, black castle which was extremely scary looking, was resting on the mountain as if it has always been there. The view gave Jack goosebumps.

He landed on a small hill when they got close enough to the castle. They were still miles away from the castle, so they waited for a couple of minutes until the black horse arrived at the castle. He entered there from some kind of a black hole and finally disappeared completely.

"We should tell here to the others." Jack declared his thoughts and once again grabbed Elsa softly, lifted off and began to fly to his home.

"We need a plan." Elsa asserted with a thoughtful expression on her face.

Jack ceased for a brief moment, then took off again. He was aware that he was narrowing his eyes due to his bewilderment and tension. "Elsa... Are you sure about staying? About fighting agaist the enemy? This isn't your fight. You can go home and stay there in safety.

He didn't want Elsa, Honeymaren and Pabbie to be involved in this mess. They were innocent people who were doing nothing but to help them without even demanding something from them, without selfish profits. He didn't want them to get hurt.

A sincere, lovely smile occurred on Elsa's fascinating face, her mesmerizing blue eyes were staring at him sympathetically. "Into the unknown, remember?"

I hope I will be able to write the next chapter quickly. The school began two days ago... Anyway, please, please review! Love you all!