Austrian: Honestly, Katherine is my favorite one so far. She is just so cool and wise... I am glad that you like how the story goes, there are so many characters so I can't give them enough attention, I hope I will accomplish that in the future. Jack und Elsa sind jetzt ein unzerbrechliches Team.

Chapter 10: Before Everything Falls Apart

"I am going to kill you!" Elsa and Jack heard a familiar female voice, basically roaring as loud as possible. The duo rushed to the meeting room rapidly.

The scene was quiet expected. Whereas Anna was throwing kicks into the air endlessly, Kristoff clasped her arms from her behind, preventing her to beat the hell out of the man with ridiculous sideburns. "Queen Anna of Arendelle, I anticipated more of a formality from you." Hans asserted with a calm tone as if he was disappointed with her.

No way. There was no way he could mock her precious sister. "Be careful, Hans. You wouldn't want to be frozen, would you?" Elsa found herself snarling at him, not that she minded.

"No, I wouldn't want you to freeze me like the way you froze Anna." Hans hummed with a fake innocent smirk on his face.

"Look at me, you ugly face." Kristoff ordered with a tough growl, his eyes were narrowed. Anna halted moving crazily as he finally let her go. Then, Kristoff took a step closer to Hans, his scowling gaze was directed at his green eyes dangerously. "If you mess with one of us, you'll deal with three of us. Being a gentleman, I won't hurt you for now but don't you dare to push your limits." he hissed in a threatening way.

Hans moved away from him a little as he brought his hand to his nose and pinched it. "Ever heard of tooth brush? Your breath stinks." before Kristoff could punch him, Hans managed to sneak away at the very last moment. "I may have attempted to murder Elsa and Anna, but I am not the only one here, am I wrong, dear Elsa?"

"Don't be the monster they fear you are."

Elsa stood still, her blue eyes were dull, she wasn't revealing any kind of emotion. "Talk to her like that again, I'll harm you in a way that you cannot even dare to imagine." Jack roared furiously when he realized how much those words hurt her. Elsa knew, she was attempting to avoid her sadness by being emotionless, like she always did. Jack also knew her habit, that's why he stuck up for her once again.

"Threaten me all you want." Hans shrugged in an uninterested way to indicate that he wasn't giving two hoots about Jack. "But she knows I am right. She would be a murderer if I didn't stop her."

He was right. If Hans wasn't at the ice castle, she... she could have killed those guards.

"Enough!" Aster suddenly rosed up from his seat and shrieked with his all might, he slammed his hands so strongly on the heavy table that it had clattered. He walked up to Hans with calm but thrilling steps. "Listen here, you little piece of shit-"

"Language." North warned his son, his lips curled up in amusement, his blue eyes were flickering.

"You are here because your family was merciful enough to give you a second chance and now, we are kind enough to help you out, only if you stay away from the sisters and the blond guy. Don't make me break every bone of yours because I swear, I'll torture you before everyone else can." Aster hissed angrily, he was succeeding if he wanted to frighten Hans to his death.

Elsa was surprised... no, she was utterly shocked. She truly did not anticipate Aster to behave like that. The oldest prince acted as the coldest person to her in this kingdom. They never had an actual conversation, they argued on their next strategy all the time, therefore, she thought they didn't see eye to eye.

It was always nice to have someone her back. She had this situation a lot since she had come here, especially from Jack. It didn't feel like she was weak or she needed their protection, no, it was quite the opposite. She felt strong when her friends stood up for because they... cared.

"King North!" they heard a shout behind the door, soon, it was wide open and Jamie appeared.

"Jamie!" Tooth cried out his name with a chiding tone. "I told you to calm down first!"

Behind them, Elsa could see Honeymaren, Ryder, Emma and Katherine... Katherine's gray eyes were entirely lifeless. The lock of her hair, which was placed over her right eye, was twirling around madly.

"What happened?" Jack interrogated them before Elsa could.

"My village... It's gone." Jamie replied, his brown eyes were full of distress and... fear. He was throbbing and panting... He was scared.

"Sólsetur? It is not even in north, not like Einstök. It lays on the east side of the island." North began to speak, he was stroking his long white bear, too deep in thought. "It is not feasible."

"It is!" Jamie yelled at his king in disagreement.

"Jamie!" Tooth admonished him once again. She was totally going to give him a lecture later.

"King North, I was heading home after my shift had ended. On my way, I've come across my twelve years old sister, Sophie. There were a few blood stains on her clothes and face, her hands were fully covered in blood. I was going to head to my village and investigate but Sophie insisted on not going there. She says that the villagers... It's like what happened in Einstök." Jamie clarified promptly, his brown eyes were glinting in worry.

"Jamie, I think you should rest a little." Emma spoke with a soothing voice, Jamie followed her suggestion without any hesitation. He settled down on a seat, Emma's left hand was on his shoulder, caressing it lovingly. It wasn't the right time for Elsa to think, still, their innocent love was heart-melting.

"We gotta go there." Anna stated firmly.

"I agree with her." Aster said, soon, everyone was nodding in agreement.

"I am also coming." Jamie attempted to get up from his seat but Tooth stopped him.

"Jamie, you shouldn't push yourself too hard." she exhorted, disproved his claim.

"Let him be, Tooth. He is strong and stubborn." Katherine said with a commanding tone, although she sounded extremely weary, her eyelids had been shutting down without her being in charge.

"Katherine? Are you okay?" Honeymaren inquired, being the one standing next to her, she reached out for her to check her condition but before she could, the auburn-haired woman was collapsing on the floor.

Ryder caught her before her body could hit the floor hard, his muscular arms were wrapped around her waist. The young man's jaw opened part away in shock while he was gaping at the slightly unconscious woman. He raised his head to glance at the others. "Did she faint?"

"We should carry her to her room." Jack spoke, together, the two young men carried the woman. Elsa decided to follow them, someone also needed to open the door. Soon, Katherine was placed on her bed, she was mumbling a couple of things under her breath that Elsa couldn't figure out.

"Does this happen a lot?" Ryder inquired curiously.

Jack bit his bottom lip and bobbed his head. "Only when she is too anxious or afraid."


Blood. And destruction.

The cottages were razed into their last pieces, there were bloodstains on the ruins, the ground, basically everywhere. Corpses were tossed to the corners, there was no sign of a living creature. Sólsetur, once the happiest village in the country turned into a ghost town, it was rotten, nauseating and no one would believe that once, people actually lived there.

"The slaughter is new. The corpses don't stink." Kristoff informed them bluntly, he did look uneasy though.

"Only ten people survived." Emma reminded them, she went pale while she gazing at the corpses. They all went there to see the situation in Sólsetur, even Jamie, Tooth and Hans, the jerkface.

"Fucking hell." Aster muttered under his breath, this time, North did not make a sarcastic comment.

"My parents, my friends... Everyone." Elsa heard a weak voice, she closed her eyelids and inhaled to ready herself. She whirled around, glanced at the eighteen years old boy, whose knees were buried on the bloody ground, his brown eyes were hollow. When she stared at his face, she could see his despair.

"There are fewer corpses than Einstök." Honeymaren spoke with a rigorous voice, she averted Jamie's heartbroken condition as best as she could.

"Sólsetur is a bigger village than Einstök, which means..." Tooth's weak, trembling voice trailed off. She wrapped her arm around herself as her quivering increased. When she let out a loud, broken hiccup, she placed her palm on her mouth. Aster came closer to her silently, their shoulders were touching each other and somehow, that was enough to slightly calm her down.

"Pitch captured most of the population." surprisingly, Sandy spoke out, caused everyone to startle. He wasn't talkative at all, he only opened his mouth if he was saying something extremely crucial.

"He is going to turn them to Fearlings." Elsa found herself continuing. Nonetheless, she wasn't in control, her voice sounded like it belonged to a stranger.

"He is creating an army." Jack proclaimed simply, she didn't peek at him, nevertheless, she knew he was feeling nervous, even though his voice sounded composed. She had an urge to hold his hand or hug him like the way the had embraced just a couple of hours ago...

"We should look around." Anna proposed plainly.

Jamie let out a dry, humorless laugh, he was still sitting on the ground, his hands were clutching the red grass. "And find what? More dead people? I wonder what village be the next. Or will it be us?" he said, his tone wasn't mocking, sarcastic and biting. It just sounded... beaten, overwhelmed.

North crouched down in front of the angry boy and directed his big blue eyes at him, then patted his head gently. Only a few words were spilled from his lips until they had left the town fully. "It's time, we have a war against Pitch Black."


The morning sun crept up on the room while the snow-white silvery haired man was snoring lightly, still asleep, too much occupied on his sweet dream. Nonetheless, a brief period of time later, he was slowly coming back to his consciousness. He frowned a little due to the light of the morning sun, nevertheless, it was still not powerful enough to fully wake him up.

The young prince snuggled closer to his big, fluffy pillow, a delighted smile settled down on his lips. He let out a happy sigh and nuzzled the cuddly pillow even further. "Elsa..." he whispered the most beautiful name in the universe, if you asked him.

Her soft platinum blonde hair, her innocent laugh, pure blue eyes, her fascinating voice, her incredible personality... He couldn't help but truly-

"What the fuck in the name of fucking fuck?!"

Jack groaned, disturbed by his stupid brother's yell that could be heard from a hundred-mile away. He was fully awake now, thanks to his aggressive brother who had anger issues. He got up from his bed reluctantly, rubbed the back of his neck while he was blinking sleepily. He let out a low yawn as he stretched out his arm and began to get ready for the day-

"Jack! Emergency!" Jamie burst into his room without even knocking it. Luckily, he has his pyjamas on him, normally, he preferred to sleep only in his boxer... Jack quickly brushed off the memory, the one time when Jamie had seen him naked. That was absolutely the most embarrassing moment of his life.

Nonetheless, he did not taunt Jamie about his unexpected appearance, simply followed him.

The young man stumbled when he caught the glimpse of something... gray, but the figure vanished before he could wholly take a glance at him. Jack shoved Jamie to his behind, cursed himself for not taking his staff with him.

"Show yourself!" Jack shouted with a stoic tone, he narrowed his eyes in determination.

"Um, Jack-"

"Jamie, call the guards- Whoa!" Jack screamed when he felt something furry grabbed him from the collar of his pyjama. Jack threw kicks into the air with all of his might. "Let me go!" he demanded while he was trying to get away from the paw that was clenching his clothe.

The creature that was clutching him yelped in pain. Jack was dropped on the ground with a loud thud, honestly, his butt hurt because of the contact. "Jack? Are you okay?!" he heard Elsa's voice, the platinum-haired woman has already been in his arms. She quickly pulled him up and tried to push him her behind so that she could protect him, but he stood there next to her stubbornly.

Jack finally had a chance to look at the creature in front of him. It was really tall, probably six to seven feet, had grayish-blue fur, long ears and massive feet. His emerald gray eyes were darted at Jack, Jamie and Elsa. He raised his paw, which was coated in ice. "Elsa, did you really have to attack me? Jeez, and you guys call me aggressive."

That voice... "Aster?!" all three of them cried out in shock, their jaws were wide open.

"Good morning." the oldest prince greeted them sarcastically.

"Y-You look l-like a..." Jamie stuttered out, Elsa continued for him, "A bunny."

Jack smirked mischievously and crossed his arms. "Nah, he definitely looks like a kangaroo." as soon as those left his mouth, 'Bunny' scowled and sent him a death glare that gave him shivers down his spine.

They heard a high-pitched scream from a room which was near, their attention was directed at the familiar voice. Aster's ear flinched, he began to run before anyone could. When he arrived at the door, where the scream had come from, he attempted to open it but failed, it was locked. "Tooth! I am coming!" he yelled and broke into the room by damaging the door.

There was a colorful creature on the floor, it was blocking its face with the human hands... But apart from that, the creature's whole body was covered in small iridescent contour feathers. It had massive wings, it looked like a humming-bird.

The bird(?) stood up weakly, then, turned around... She was a woman. Her arms were wrapped around herself, she had huge pink eyes and a normal human face, but there was no hair, only feathers.

"Tooth?" Aster called out her name, he was the one who had recognized her first. The others blinked severely. Aster was right, this birdish woman in front of them was Toothiana.

"Aster... What happened to us?" Tooth questioned him, surprisingly with a calm but weary voice. The bunny-shaped man wrapped his arms around the bird-shaped woman. Neither of them was saying anything.

"Katherine..." Elsa spoke, she was too deep in thought. "She said that the man in the moon awarded special people with magical powers. You two are just like Jack and Sandy."

Tooth and Bunny simultaneously whirled their head around to look at each other, both of them had a baffled expression on their faces.

Jack dismissed the silence, didn't let it last for long. "We all have to practice our powers and abilities... before everything falls apart."


"Good morning, Mother Goose."

The auburn-haired woman's eyes were opened part way, she shut them, but a second later, they were completely open. Her gray eyes seemed alarmed at first, but soon, they accustomed to the familiar environment, Katherine's room. The woman lifted, she was no longer laying, she was sitting on her bed calmly. She rubbed her forehead for a minute, then finally replied him back. "Good morning, Jackass. How long have I been sleeping?"

"Not much, twenty-four hours to be exact." Jack retorted jokingly. He settled his staff against the wall and sat down on the edge of her king-sized bed. "Were you having a good dream?"

Katherine's lips twitched, then curled up in delight, her gray eyes were glimmering in pleasure and happiness. "The best."

Jack nodded as he sent her a light, carefree grin. "Awesome. Wanna talk about it?" he asked casually, whereas he was running a hand through his hair.

"I prefer to keep it to myself." she replied playfully and got up, rubbed her face and then headed towards the window, removed the curtains so that the room brightened.

"You missed a lot of things."

"Pitch attacked Sólsetur, North declared war, Aster and Tooth turned into magical creatures." she said nonchalantly as if this information wasn't something new to her. She sat next to him, they were silently watching the wall in front of them. "Also, you totally dreamed of Elsa and harassed a pillow."

He smacked at her shoulder softly, his cheeks were burning, getting redder and redder. "Shut up, Mother Goose."

"Jackass." she replied instantly. Then she chuckled to herself. "Snowflake..." she murmured, her voice was barely audible.

"What?"

"Cling on that nickname tightly and never let it go... Don't you ever give up on that nickname, Jack." she advised, her features were solid, serious.

He flashed her a small, amused smile, eyes were flickering with determination and confidence. "I wasn't planning to."

"Not even when everything falls apart?"

"No, not even when everything falls apart."

I am looking forward to writing when everything falls apart... Which will come soon ;) Please leave a review, thank you all for your support.