Austrian: I just couldn't resist the idea of giving Jack and Sandy their powers... Who knows, maybe others will have their powers too, but I am still not sure about that part. Ich werde immer weiter machen, hoffentlich wirst du immer lesen :) Bis bald!

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Chapter 4: Fun vs Fear

They floated peacefully whereas the wind was whistling not too forcefully. Elsa felt rather a bit uncomfortable by the fact that a guy she has met two days ago was wrapping his arms around her and carrying her.

She wasn't disturbed by Jack's touch, on the contrary, she was disturbed that his touch wasn't bothering her, not at all.

She never let her guard down and trust people that easily, she even spent a little bit of time to completely trust the people of Northuldra. Of course, she believed that the people of Northuldra were good-hearted, but she didn't count on them about being accepted by them... Elsa always had doubts on that issue. Whenever she met someone, she was scared that they wouldn't like her because of her powers.

Jack was an exception. Maybe it was because of his powers, or the way his warm smile reached his eyes... Nevertheless, she felt utterly safe around him.

Before she could realize, they have already been landed. Elsa blinked severely when she felt the soil underneath her boots. She slowly removed her eyes away from the ground as Jack flashed her an apologetic smile.

"My people... They don't know about my powers. I shouldn't even have used them in Einstök, I am pretty sure someone saw me. We are close to the center now, it would be better to go to the castle on foot." he explained, now his smile turned into a bitter one.

Elsa knitted her eyebrows in bewilderment as they began to walking. She thought everybody knew his powers. "Who does know about your powers?" she asked curiously.

"Apart from you, Honeymaren, Pabbie and Sandy, my family, my best friends and a couple of servants know it." he replied bluntly.

Her scowl deepened at the words. "What about Sandy's powers?" she questioned him, knowing well that she was being persistent.

Jack pursed his lips and shook his head. "I thought I was the only one who had powers, I didn't know Sandy had them." he answered, shrugging nonchalantly. "We are hiding, I guess?"

"Why?" she popped out, a little bit timidly.

His blue eyes darkened at those words. "Years ago, an evil might with dark magic attacked my kingdom. I was born during the war so I don't remember anything about it. Many citizens were killed, buildings were destroyed... The citizens are still afraid of magic. I don't want to disturb them."

An evil might? Now, she was even more curious but the prince seemed like he didn't want to talk about it further. Therefore, Elsa didn't say anything afterward, simply let the silence intervene in their conversation. Still, she didn't omit to take a glimpse at the young prince.

He was handsome, she had to admit that. Even in their first meeting, she was intrigued by his good-looking features. She wasn't the type of person who immediately got caught by people's looks. All in all, she never observed people because of their beauty.

Nonetheless, Jack... He was a little bit taller than her, had a slim figure. He had an adorable messy snow-white silvery hair, a pale skin just like hers. He had the most beautiful blue eyes. They were so deep and had such an amazing shade of blue, they were full of life. And his smile... His smile was a cure, he could make literally everyone, even the most grumpy person grin with that powerful smile.

Elsa tumbled, found herself sitting on the ground. Her eyes grew bigger in surprise, then she rested her gaze on the young man who was laughing at her. Jack was holding a snowball on his hand, he was repeatedly tossing it to the air and then catching it.

"Honestly, my queen, it is improper to secretly peek at someone." he mocked her with a teasing smirk on his face.

Elsa felt herself burning in shame. "And it is highly inappropriate of a prince to make fun of a lady." she managed to dismiss her embarrassment and taunt him back.

"Oh please, at least I am not a pervert." he replied playfully as soon as those words left her mouth.

Not letting herself to be humiliated by those words, Elsa narrowed her eyes and shaped a snowball, then threw at him as fast as she could. Nonetheless, Jack easily blocked her shot with his staff, then began to bombard series of snowballs.

Elsa blocked those snowballs by making a shield as she stood up, then she ran away from his merciless attacks. He was obviously experienced at snowball fights... She and Anna usually preferred to make snowmen or sledding.

"You are on, Jack!" she shouted at him, attempted to sound angry but knew that her voice sounded lively and amused. She hurled another snowball at him. He slipped away before it could hit him on the chest, however, it slammed on the left side of his wait.

"I never lost a snowball fight before, my queen!" he yelled cheerfully and continued to fire on her with his huge amount of snowballs.

"I am not a queen!" she growled, was slightly annoyed by that stupid nickname so she fired him dozens of snowballs at once.

A few of them crashed him, but not enough to shut his damn mouth up. "Really? You look like a Queen. Elegant, clever, ambitious... Did I mention extremely feisty and serious?" he mocked her and suddenly began to fly, blasted her small but strong snowballs without showing pity.

"You are cheating!"

"I am using my powers!"

The nerves he had! She would have never guessed he could be so childish! Realizing that she was getting impatient and more irritated, Elsa decided to have an end with this snowball fight. She didn't like losing, she was surely going to have the victory.

So, she was drawn into a conclusion... She was going to manipulate him. "Okay! You win!" she admitted her 'defeat' in fake frustration and pouted to be convincing.

Jack ceased flying and approached her with a smug smirk on his face. Elsa rapidly created a massive snowball and tossed it on him, the snowball smashed him without he could even register, judging by the dumbfounded look on his face. Jack staggered and collapsed on the ground, was stuck in the snow pile.

"Hey! Not fair!" he argued, annoyance was drawn into his handsome features.

"I was merely using my powers." she teased, a fake smirk spread over to her face while she was walking toward him to save him from the huge snow pile.

Just when she was about to offer her hand, she felt something pulling her. Jack was still holding his staff, so he used it to grab her waist and dragged her into the mess. The platinum blonde also fell, found herself laying next to him.

"Now we are even." he noted and stood up, then offered his hand to help her. They shook off the snow on their outfits and continued to walk.

"That was the most childish behavior that I've ever seen from an adult. You even managed to pass Anna." the young woman couldn't help but comment cheekily.

Those words destroyed his happy mood completely. Elsa's breath hitched when she felt the aura around them became colder. "Jack, are you okay?" she asked his condition in worry and reached to his arm, but he declined her touch by backing off a little.

"You're right, I guess I am childish." he tried to brush it off by laughing, but his laugh was forced and weak.

"I didn't mean to disrespect you with that word." she attempted to explain.

"I know." he said quietly, then locked his exquisite blue eyes on hers. "I am sorry. A lot of people call me childish as an insult. Bratty, irresponsible, problematic, annoying... This is how I am defined. S-Sorry for bothering you with my nonsense." he rambled hastily.

"People called me a monster." she spoke silently, avoided his gaze.

"You?" Jack exclaimed in shock, his outlines became confused, his jaw dropped to the ground. "A monster? How could people say that to you? You are the opposite of a monster!" he claimed with a burst in denial.

Elsa couldn't help but beam a litte. "I used to believe in them. But now I don't because I understood they don't have the right to judge me like that. I didn't mean to judge you with that word. I find you, being childish as a good trait. You are full of life, optimistic and good-hearted... I am sorry once again." she soothed him dearly.

That seemed to calm him down, his stressed posture relaxed, a bright grin appeared on his captivating face. "You are really cool, Elsa. I wish we could have met earlier." he whispered softly.

Her lips curled up in delight. She had thought the same thing back in the ship. "Well, we do know each other now. That's what matters."

When he flashed her his cute, adorable smile, from the bottom of her heart, she truly hoped she would be able to get to know him better.


"Jack! Jack!" enthusiastic and joyful voices yelled simultaneously, caused Elsa to flinch in surprise. They had left the forest not so long ago and now the center of Northern Island and the castle was nearer to them.

A bunch of children surrendered them as soon as they approached a settlement, they were twirling around them merrily, each of them was trying to get the young prince's attention.

"Hey kids!" Jack greeted them with a great amount of cheerfulness as he ruffled a ginger headed boy's hair.

"Jack, who is this?" a ginger headed girl, whose hair was braided, directed her index finger at Elsa innocently.

The snow-white silvery haired glared directly into her eyes, there was a genuine smile on his attractive face. "That's Elsa. She is from Arendelle, she came here to help us." he introduced her briefly to the children as if he had been a close friend of her for such a long time.

A brunette girl shyly eyed at Elsa. "You are so pretty." she claimed timidly, she was avoiding the young woman's gaze.

"I know, right?" the prince agreed with the brunette infant. He flashed her a dazzling smile, gave her goosebumps.

The platinum blonde couldn't help but grin at those words, even though she did her best attempt to hold it. She didn't anticipate Jack to say something like that so bluntly, he wasn't ashamed at all. Meanwhile, Elsa was one hundred percent sure that she was as red as a tomato. Her cheeks were burning and hopefully, she wasn't flushing further.

"T-Thank you much." Elsa managed to stutter out to the girl.

"Jack?" a boy, who seemed younger than everyone due to his height, called out his name and pulled the sleeve of his trousers at both ends to catch his attention.

"Yes, Bram?" the young man crouched down and carefully held the boy, almost in a protective manner. Elsa's heart literally melted at that sight.

"I am scared. Mommy and daddy are too." the toddler said, his eyes were full of fear.

Jack embraced the little boy instantly. "Hey, Bram, There is nothing to be worried about!" he intended for soothing the boy with a carefree tone. "I promise, no harm will come to you, your family and friends." he pledged seriously.

Elsa commenced biting her bottom lip due to her nervousness, she could feel the tension, the fear between the children. She wanted to appease them, tell them everything was going to be alright... However, that was a lie. She doubted if things could go back to normal soon.

"Who wants to play a game? Sheesh, honestly, I am a bit bored!" Jack dismissed the heavy mood. Although the others were scared and anxious, he had an enormous grin on his face. "How about we play and seek?"

The youngsters nodded hesitantly. Elsa decided to help Jack. "I'll count then!" she exclaimed, made an effort to sound as cheerful as possible.

The following event escalated quickly, they played hide and seek, then played another round, another, another... They should have been at the castle by now, Honeymaren, Pabbie and Jack's family were probably worried.

Nonetheless, here they were: two adults, playing hide and seek with children. Presumably there would be an upcoming war, many deaths, sorrows, and pains... Still, they were laughing, giggling, simply having fun.

The children were calling the prince just Jack, he wasn't a prince in their eyes. Unmistakably, he was like a big brother to them. So, as time went, children also began to call her just Elsa. She felt incredibly pleased, heart-to-heart with them because of their warm gazes and sincere laughter. Especially Jack... Even though it hasn't been long since their first meeting, he didn't feel like a stranger. He felt more intimate.

"1...2...3...Em?" Jack suddenly halted counting. He was sneaky, he must have peeked at outside instead of shutting his eyelids fully. The children stopped searching for a place to hide, they all stared Jack with annoyance.

Elsa wasn't irritated though, she was curious. She was interested in who was this girl, standing right in front of Jack. The girl looked like she was around eighteen years old, she was auburn-haired and had beautiful brown eyes... Her appearance was really similar to Jack's.

"Brother! I suspected you were here!" the girl shrieked exuberantly and literally threw herself into his arms.

"Emma! You came back!" he chirped happily and returned to his sister's hug back. Elsa let out a loving smile, felt extremely overwhelmed by them. Their relationship reminded her she and Anna.

Emma broke the embrace slowly, raised an eyebrow at Jack with a hint of scolding expression. "You should have been in the meeting, not with children." she chided her older brother.

The prince rubbed the back of his neck and grinned sheepishly. "We were just having some fun!" he defended himself.

"Whatever." Emma rolled her eyes, but meanwhile, her lips were curling toward up. "It is time to say goodbye to them!"

Jack nodded almost reluctantly and returned his attention to the kids. Whereas the children were jumping with excitement and twirling around Jack once again, Emma came closer to Elsa. "My name is Elsa, it is a pleasure to meet you, Your Highness." the platinum blonde politely introduced herself.

Emma simply snorted and offered her a friendly handshake, which she gladly accepted it. "Emma is fine... I hope my brother didn't cause trouble?" she asked kindly.

Elsa shook her head. "No, not at all!" she said and offered Emma a small smile to reassure her. Then, both of them rested their gaze on Jack, who was playing with the kids once again.

"He always does this. Whenever someone is feeling nervous, he always plays games to have some fun and relax." the auburn-haired mumbled so that the children and Jack couldn't hear her.

A baffled frown spread over Elsa's features as she discovered the reason why they had a snowball fight earlier. She was really tense and apprehensive so Jack challenged her to make her loosen up a little.

He tried to make people happy and spared his time for them, although his kingdom and many lives were in danger. Nevertheless, that didn't mean he was irresponsible because Elsa could feel her in veins that Jack was distressed too.

His behavior was a sign that he cared about her and the children.

The platinum blonde blinked severely and bit her bottom lip, put her best effort not to stare at the snow-white silvery haired man. She felt flattered, there was a warm feeling inside of her heart.

That was the exact moment when she had vowed herself that she would never leave their side and help the kingdom, even if it meant that there was a considerable chance of losing her life.

"Yeah, I know... That's what makes him special." she finally responded to Emma thoughtfully.

Definitely not proud of this chapter, but it was necessary to be written. The next one will be more entertaining. Don't forget to review, please!