Chapter 6:
Unreedemable Monster
The whole world seemed to have stopped spinning for a moment. This was the last thing she expected from her bizarre and unusual life. Being face to face once again with her enemy. And not just her enemy, but Anna's and all of Arendelle's.
"What are you doing here." She demanded as she stepped forward. Her fists still clenched in anger as she glared at his arrogant smug expression.
He was a lot taller from what she remembered. His face seemed older too but that probably had a lot to do with his facial hair and his auburn slicked-back hair that went down to the middle of his neck.
His shoulders seemed broader and she could see that he was more defined by the way his muscles were so visibly shown in the dark and unique tunic he wore. Espeically with the hole on his shoulder she had cut through with her spear. He looked as if he was a man that had been on the run for a very long time yet surprisingly he didn't smell like it.
"I should ask you the same thing." He retaliated as he stood his ground, not moving a muscle.
"I asked first." She demanded again. Her glare was as cold and as serious ever. She had no patience whatsoever in dealing with his crap today, or any day for that matter. She wanted answers and she wanted them now.
Finally he gave in, as he lifted his shoulders in boredom and lifted his eyebrow. "What does it look like I'm doing here?"
"Planning to overthrow the throne again?" She replied coldly.
He snickered. "Yes, that's exactly why I'm hiding in an abandoned cave, 1,481 miles away from Arendelle."
Her eyes widened at hearing his sarcastic reply that rang through her ears. "So you're aware your a day away from Arendelle??"
He scoffed. "Of course, it doesn't take a genius to figure that out." He tossed the spear she had forged and thrown at him to the side and turned his back to her as he began to walk up to where the waterfall was.
Elsa inhaled deeply, her nostrils curled in anger as she began to follow him up to the waterfall. "Don't turn away from me, answer my question, why are you here."
It was a demand, even Hans could hear the desperation in her voice. He stopped dead in his tracks when several large icicles rose from the ground in front of him that prevented him from walking any further. He rolled his eyes and sighed as he turned to face her again. "As hard as it is for someone like you to believe me, Your Majesty, I'm actually not planning to overthrow you from your throne."
She frowned at him, her eyebrows questioning whether he was telling the truth or not. He rolled his eyes again, as if he was already bored in their conversation. "You don't believe me."
She glared at him again. "Pardon me, but I have a hard time believing traitors." She deadpanned sarcastically and darkly.
He breathed out a laugh from his nose. "And you're not wrong."
"Then why are you here? Why aren't you in the Southern Isles??"
She could tell immediately that the mention of his kingdom cut open a familiar wound in his ego because for a split second she could see his expression filling with sorrow.
But he quickly covered his expression with a mask, a common thing for him as he looked up at her again with his glare fixed on her. "The Southern Isles isn't my home anymore."
Her eyes widened, her eyebrows furrowed at his response as she quickly shook her head in annoyance. "What are you talking about, Prince Hans—"
"It's Hans."
Her expression filled with even more confusion and annoyance as he suddenly cut her off. "What?"
"If you're going to refer to me than refer to me by my correct name. I'm not a prince anymore, nor a Westergaard." He replied as Elsa continued to stare at him.
Realizing she had been staring at him for too long, she quickly blinked her astonishment away and closed her parted mouth which she then followed up with a clear in her throat. "Don't be ridiculous, Prince Hans—"
"Hans." He cut her off again more sternly.
She ignored him, rolled her eyes and reached for his royal pendant that was hanging from her neck to show him. "Then how do you explain this?? Why keep it if you claim you aren't a royal anymore."
Now this time he rolled his eyes. "Does it matter why I kept it, I'm here aren't I?"
"Yes, I can see that..." She deadpanned lowering the pendant back down her chest. "And yet the question remains as to why."
"I already told you. The Southern Isles isn't my home anymore and I am no longer a prince, you think I'm lying to you??"
"I don't know, are you?" She replied with sass as she crossed her arms together.
"Why don't you ask them yourself, Your Majesty. They already think I'm dead anyways." He replied as he started to walk around the giant icicles Elsa had risen from the ground and comtinued to make his way up to the roaring waterfall.
His response had made Elsa's eyes widen again and her expression fill with shock as she quickly picked up her feet to follow him. "What did you just say??"
"What, you didn't know??" He replied as he entered another small but this time wet cave that led right into the roaring waterfall. "How odd, surely they would have reported to you the good news."
"I was never informed this when I was Queen!" She exclaimed as she tried to keep up with him, even jumping from boulder to boulder like he was doing despite wearing traveling boots.
Her response made him stop dead in his tracks causing Elsa to accidenlty bump into his stiffened and muscular back. "Uff!" She grunted as she fell back, prepared to meet the hard surface.
But when she realized she was floating in mid air she opened her eyes and looked up to see the auburn haired man bent over and holding her slim waist so she wouldn't fall. He had prevented her from falling and his green eyes were locked with her blue ones.
"Let go of me!" She squealed as she stood up and slapped his hands away.
"What do you mean when you were queen!?" He demanded, as he looked at her directly in the face.
Elsa glared at him back and cleared her throat as she backed away from him and stood up straight again. "I stepped down as Queen of Arendelle."
Hans raised his eyebrow slightly at her with a frown filling his face. And then he snorted. "You're hilarious, Your Majesty." He said sarcastically as he started to turn away from her again. "And here I thought you were running away from your duties again."
Her nose curled in anger at his response as she started to follow him again. "I wasn't making a joke, Prince Hans." She spat at him, purposely using his former title to grab his attention. "Anna is now ruling monarch of Arendelle."
The mention of her sister caused him to stop dead in his tracks again as he turned around to face her, his expression had filled with disgust as if he'd just smelled a dying corpse. "Anna... is Queen of Arendelle..." he remarked.
"That is what I said." She replied with her head held high in her usual regal posture.
"Why!?" He demanded with his arms extended in disbelief. The look on his face was as if he had just seen a ghost.
"Why should it be of concern to you?" She spat back. "Arendelle should be of no business to you anyways. You are a traitor and a criminal."
His expressions darkened at hearing her response that it even caused Elsa's spine to run down with goosebumps. But she still stood her ground despite it all.
Finally, he smirked as if he had thought of the perfect response. "Well, guess running away from your duties is a destiny calling for you, isn't it?" He turned to walk away, satisfied by Elsa's offended gasp that escaped her lips.
"How dare you—"
"Oh please, you know it's true." He replied as he we t back to jumping from one boulder to another.
"For your information, I stepped down as Queen of Arendelle because I took up my true calling as fifth spirit!" She said following his example again, jumping to catch up to him.
He turned around again to face her with his eyebrow raised at her as if she were crazy herself. "Fifth what??"
Her eyes slightly widened, realizing she had just mentioned to him something he had never even probably heard or possibly imagined of. What was she thinking? "N-nothing." She said quickly trying to change the subject. "I stepped down as Queen of Arendelle to fulfill an important calling that was presented to me. It's not that I wanted to step down as Queen but I was needed somewhere... else."
Hans still has his eyebrow raised at her, unsatisfied by the answer she had given him. "So instead you leave Anna in charge??"
Elsa scoffed, offended by how he had nerve to mention his sister. "She was the crown princess of Arendelle, she was next in line, did you forget about that already??"
"Oh I didn't forget, just surprised that someone like you would leave your own sister in charge after the whole catastrophe from three years ago."
"Excuse me!?" She retaliated as she glared at him fiercely. "Anna is doing just fine as Queen, much better than what you would have done!"
"Pah, I happened to take care of Arendelle while your own sister left her duties of crown princess and went to chase after you. What is it with you Arendellian royals, do you just love running away?"
She glared at him more fiercly. "What is it with you Southern Isles royals, are they all traitors like you."
Hans fixes her eyes on hers, his glare was calm yet fierce as he slowly took a step forward, causing her to take one step back with nervousness as she clenched her fist instinctively. "You have no idea." He replied darkly and with seriousness before he turned away and walked further ahead, leaving her speechless. "Now, if you don't mind I would appreciate it if you and I don't clash in another duel again so that way you can head back to that godforsaken kingdom you call home."
"This is my home now." She replied glaring at him as he walked further away.
He snorted. "You expect me to believe that the former Queen of Arendelle just abdicated the throne, left her home kingdom of Arendelle and went to live with some indigenous people in the forest??
"Those indigenous people happen to be the Northuldra." She retaliated angrily. "And you happened to hurt two of them this morning."
"The Norwha?" He asked as he pulled out a water skin hanging from his side, a sort of canteen holder that would hold water.
Her eyebrows furrowed as she crossed her arms over her chest. "You don't know where you are, do you?"
This time his eyebrows furrowed as if he was offended she would even question his naval experience when it came to navigation. "Of course I do, I told you I'm 1,481 miles north of Arendelle, technically I'm not even in your boundaries so you have no dominion over me."
His smart attitude made Elsa think of an idea. She peeked her head over to her left where she saw Gale floating a couple of feet who had been secretly following the two and observing the whole conversation.
Gale whistled silently to her and Elsa knew exactly what she said as a small smirk filled her lips.
"Actually, I do."
"Huh? Whoa!" Gale dived down to where Hans has been filling up his water skin and began to lift him up into the air, even purposely thrusting him into the giant waterfall and lifting him several feet off the ground where he and Elsa stood not long ago.
Gale began to even toss Hans several feet in the air, even purposely letting him fall to what would be his inevitable death but ultimately rescuing him last second and once again carrying him up to high mountain. She was toying with him.
And Elsa couldn't help but watch with amusement as a another smirk filled the corner of her lips.
"Ahhhhh! Uff!" He exclaimed as Gale finally brought him down right in front of Elsa's feet. His hair and clothes were all damped from the waterfall Gale had sent him through. There was something satisfying about seeing Hans breathing heavily with his eyes shot wide open in fear.
"What... the hell... was that!?" He exclaimed as he looked up at Elsa who only continued to stare at him in amusement. There was no point in hiding her smirk at this point.
She cleared her throat to hide her laugh the best she could as she stood up straight "This is Gale." She said gesturing to the wind spirit as it began to flow around Elsa's body gently. Even waving her beautiful hair in awe.
Hans raised his eyebrow up at her as if she was insane for gesturing at nothing. Was she hallucinating? "What are you gesturing at??"
"Gale." She deadpanned.
"Okay... and where is she?" He replied.
Elsa sighed. "Gale, introduce yourself." Gale dove to Hans body except this time she began to twirl around in circles delicately, much in the same way she did to Elsa and Anna. She even began to play with Hans facial hair and his long unkept hair.
"Stop that." He barked as he tried slapping the gale and her leaves away from his face. "How are you doing that??"
"Doing what?" Replied Elsa.
"That." He said standing up to his feet in annoyance. "Don't tell me you can control wind too."
Elsa rolled her eyes. "You proved my point. You have no idea where you are."
"I already told you I'm—"
1,481 miles north of Arendelle, yes I know." Said Elsa cutting him off as Gale joined her side again. "But what you don't realize is that you are in Northuldra, Hans."
"Northuldra??" He repeated with his eyebrows furrowed.
"The Enchanted Forest to be more exact." She said more directly. Hans stared at her as deep silence filled the air. The atmosphere became intense and quiet under the shining moon.
"What did you just say..." he said slowly stepping forward.
"Everything you see around you, all of this." She said gesturing to the large and dark landscape. "Is watched over by all five spirits."
"And by five spirits you are referring to..."
"Air, water, earth and fire." She explained as Gale began to hover in circles again.
"Wait, hold on. So you're telling me that this whole time I've been living in some magical enchanted forest that is looked over by five magical spirits??"
"Yes." Sighed Elsa.
"Oh, don't tell me... you're the fifth spirit..."
Elsa glared at him in annoyance. "Yes, I am. My mother was Northuldran who happened to save my fathers life when they were children. The spirits gifted me the power of ice and snow in return so one day I may bring peace again to this forest, and I have. That's why I'm here today, to fulfill my calling and protect the forest and Arendelle from the likes of people like you."
Hans groaned outwardly as he rubbed the bridge of his nose stressfully. "Of course, just when I try to finally get away from everyone this happens. You Arendellians just love keeping secrets don't you?"
Her mouth parted in offense. "I beg your pardon!?"
"First you don't let any foreigner or even any ally into your kingdom for thirteen years. Rumors of the crown princess and princess of Arendelle kept locked in the castle, not even their own people able to see their royal monarchs."
Elsa's eyes widened.
"Then a Queen is finally coronated only to posses some magical power that manipulates ice and snow. And now you're telling me that there has been a secret enchanted forest this whole time?? And an indegious people no other country in Scandinavia has ever even heard about??"
He scoffed and threw his hands up in the air as if he had given up. "Give me a break."
She was angry now. Angrier then she had ever been at him. "No one asked you to come back, Prince Hans. You should be grateful I don't freeze you on the spot."
"Oh yes, cause that worked out perfectly for you yesterday." He retaliated sarcastically.
"Don't. Make. Me. Freeze. You." She threatened as her fists clenched angrily. Her icy blue eyes were glaring fiercly at his emerald as if she could cut through him just with her stare.
"Oh I would love to see someone as cold as you try." He said taunting her as he pulled out the same dagger she has cut her with yesterday morning.
Elsa's eyes widened when her eyes met the sharp blade. Her left thigh instinctively tensing up. But instead she returned her glare back to him and raised her arms again, ready to blast him into thin air, but then she felt a thrust of wind blow over her face, even Hans could feel it too.
Gale had stepped in the middle of the two of them as her leaves began to hover in the air, even creating a small tornado in the middle of the two. She then pushed the pair back away from each other hard enough that it caused them stumble on their back.
She had stopped them.
"What the hell is this, quit doing that!" Exclaimed Hans as he stood up on his feet.
"It isn't me." Said Elsa as she stood up to her feet as well. Gale had returned back to her normal state with no tornado or hard wind as she floated gracefully in the middle of the two. Elsa confused by Gale's actions walked forward to her.
"Gale, what was that all about?" She asked as the wind spirit began to whistle back to Elsa. Hans watched with his eyebrows furrowed. He was watching the former Queen of Arendelle engage in a conversation with air.
Everything Gale explained made Elsa only question her. She couldn't understand why someone like Gale would want to save someone so monstruos like Hans, but Elsa put her personal feelings away and listened to her.
"Fine." Sighed Elsa as she crossed her arms in annoyance. "Gale insists I don't hurt you again."
"Wait, you can actually understand that thing??" Questioned Hans as he pointed to the wind spirit.
"Her name is Gale." Said Elsa correcting him as the wind spirit whistled. And yes, I can:"
"What else did she say?" Asked Hans curiously.
"She says that she's been watching you for a while now and knows that you've been hiding here for the past year."
"Yeah that's not weird at all." Said Hans sarcastically as he turned around and picked up his water skin that had fallen to the ground as he returned to filling it with the waterfall.
None of them spoke a word to each other for about three minutes straight. Elsa only watched the auburn haired man kneel down and use the running waterfall to wash his face, his neck and even his hands. It was late in the evening and Elsa could tell that Hans was on his way to retire for the night before she had arrived.
Elsa, with her arms crossed continued to stare as he began to drink several sips of water and even wet his hair and beard from time to time. He turned his attention to Elsa who was still glaring at him. "How's the leg?" He asked suddenly, breaking the awkward but intense silence.
The nerve of him...
"I have a permanent scar thanks you." She replied bitterly.
"Welcome to the club." He said strapping the waterskin back to the his side and walking back inside the small narrow opening that lead back to his cave.
But Elsa wasn't finished with him yet, instead she immediately picked up her feet and began to follow him. He turned around to find the platinum blonde following him, he had expected that but he still rolled his eyes. "Are you planning to leave me alone??"
"Not until you tell me why your here."
"I don't need to tell you anything." He spat back.
"Yes you do." She retaliated. "You are only a day away from Arendelle and you are also in the Northuldra and spirits boundaries and I happen to be one of those spirits."
"So?" He replied.
"Sooo, as protector of the forest and Arendelle I have the right to know your business here." She protested.
"How about your mind your own business, okay your royal highness." He replied as he started to walk inside his cave. "Besides, it's getting late and I need to get some beauty sleep."
Her eyes widened. "Come out of there!" She exclaimed as she saw him disappear into the dark cave.
"No thanks." He replied as his voice echoed in the cave.
"I'm warning you, I'll-I'll go in and find you, believe me I'll do it!"
"By all means, come." He replied with his voice echoing again.
Her nose curled in anger as she let out a loud and annoyed groan. She sat on the dirt floor with her legs crossed as well as her arms, pouting as if she was a child again. "Fine." She said. "Then I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to wait all night long if I have to."
"Suit yourself!" He exclaimed with another echo ringing through the cave.
And she did.
She waited anxiously with her gaze fixed on the dark cave. She was determined to wait for him all night long if she had to. An hour passed by, then another hour, and soon enough her eyes started getting heavy and the next thing she knew she was curled up and laying on the ground.
And she had fallen asleep.
She slept through the whole night, not even waking up once. Her eyes slowly opened as she was met with a beautiful morning ray of morning that had filled all around her as the sun began to rise slowly.
She slowly sat up from the ground, stretching her arms and her back as she adjusted her long platinum blonde hair in the back of her ears.
She could see the cave more perfectly now with moring sunrise and the small piles of chopped wood and a little garden nearby. "Hans?" She called out as she looked around, trying spot the former Southern Isles prince.
"Hans??" She called out again but he didn't reply. She stood up on her feet and walked over to the cave where he had disappeared into last night. She peeked her head where to her surprise she found a large pile of soft leaves and sheep hair laid over as if it was used as a bed. She could now see the inside more clearly thanks to the morning light but she still wasn't able to find him.
She inhaled deeply in annoyance as the wind spirit made her way inside to explore and her whistle echoing as if it were a joyful song.
"He's not there, Gale." Sighed Elsa as the wind spirit made her way back to Elsa. She crossed her arms and leaned on the side of the cave as she stared out to the giant landscape before her.
The night sky didn't let her see the beautiful greenery that filled on top of the four peaks. But now with the sun shining down she could even see the beautiful form of the mountains pattern.
Her ear suddenly quirked up as she started to hear the sound of the giant waterfall again. Of course, he went back up to the waterfall. Without hesitation she quickly started making her way into the familiar small opening that has led her and Hans to the waterfall last. She retraced every single step that she could remember she and Hans took last night.
When she had finally arrived, she was met with the glorious waterfall and a outstanding view that she wasn't able to see last night cause of the darkness. It was beautiful, nothing like she'd ever seen before. The landscape from her viewpoint so high and the morning sunrise made the whole place look as if it was a paradise.
And there in front of it was Hans.
She could tell that it was him by his auburn hair shining like fire under the morning sun, but what she didn't expect was that he would be shirtless.
Her eyes widened at seeing his well defined back to her as he was kneeled down while splashing his body and his face with the running waterfall.
Elsa didn't know what to do, nor how to feel if she were being honest to herself. She had never seen a man shirtless before, especially one so close at the moment. She should walk away, she shouldn't even be standing and staring at him. But for some reason she couldn't gaze her eyes off him.
As she continued to stare at him and his defined back, she started to notice several scar patterns on his back. She could even see some in the front as well as if he had been in a wrestling match with a lion.
She stared with her mouth speechless, she continued to watch as he carefully washed his injured and somewhat bloody left shoulder, the one that Elsa had driven her spear into. As much as she despised the man, she did feel bad at the moment as she watched him wash it out. She was surprised by was how immune he was to pain.
He ran water on his wet slick back hair. He turned his head to Elsa's direction where he found the platinum blonde staring at him. Her cheeks were turning a shade of pink.
"Well good morning, Your Royal Majesty." He said sarcastically as he dabbed a small towel on his wet face. "You get a good nights sleep.
"Ahem, Uhh. H-hello..." she greeted quickly as she shot her eyes forward to his emeralds, trying to avoid eye contact with his defined V shaped body and abdomen. "I noticed you weren't in your cave so I assumed you were here again."
"Well, you assumed correctly." He said as he rose to his feet. Elsa quickly shot her gaze to the heavens. Was that a dark thin hair she noticed on his belly button that led down to his— "Still won't leave me alone, huh?"
She quickly shook her head and came back to reality. "I Uhh, no." She replied sharply. "Not until you explain yourself."
"There is nothing to explain." He said as he stepped forward and passed next to her as he went to his long sleeved tunic that had been drying off on boulder he had laid it on.
Elsa watched as he began to pull the tunic over his defined body and adjust it into his torso. She could see clearly now the scars and burns that were scattered all over his body. Even on his chest and ribs, they almost made her feel as if her own torso was feeling his pain.
"There are scars along your back." The words slipped out of her mouth so quickly and naturally that they even surprised her.
"Ignore them." He replied with his back still to her as he began to button the top collar of his tunic.
Elsa bit her lip. "Did someone hurt you—
"It doesn't matter. They're old. They're healed. They're of no concern to you." He cut her off.
Elsa grimaced as she glared at him, offended by how rudely he responded. "I was only asking out of concern—"
"Please. Don't." He replied meeting her eyes with seriousness.
Elsa pressed her lips together in annoyance. "Fine, I won't ask." She said as she raised her hands up defensively. "But you're still going to tell me the truth."
He snickered. "The truth??"
"Yes. The truth." She said stepping forward. "Look, I don't Why Gale didn't want me to attack you, nor do I know how you were able to pass through the mist—"
"The mist?" Questioned Hans.
"Of course you don't know what that is..." sighed Elsa as she held the bride of her nose in frustration.
"Why are you so interested in my whereabouts all of a sudden?? I was minding my own business here in this very mountain. I never asked you to come see me." He proclaimed bitterly.
"Trust me you are the last person on earth I'd rather be talking to, I'd much rather be talking to a cow right now." She sassed back.
"I can arrange that." Scoffed Hans as he crossed his arms and gestured to the field beside them where there just so happen to be a herd of cows passing by.
Moooo!
Elsa sighed in frustration again as she smacked her forehead. "God help me that if you don't explain why you are here in the next ten seconds I will beat it out of you if I have to." She spat as she stared at him fiercly.
Hans stared at her, his expression was filled with thousands of thoughts as he remained quite. Contemplating what he should tell her. Finally he opened his mouth and spoke. "Bring me my weapons."
Elsa's eyebrows furrowed. "Excuse me?"
"You heard me, my weapons."
Elsa scoffed. "You mean the ones you tried to kill Honeymaren and Ryder with!?"
"Oh, they have a name do they?" He said crossing his arms again.
"I am not going to return your dangerous weapons back to you. I don't trust them in your hands after the stunt you pulled yesterday." She said.
"Well then I guess you won't know the truth now will you?" He shrugged with that arrogant smirk of his.
Elsa glared at him as she pressed her lips together. He was asking for his pistol, his rifle, his sharp blades. Dangerous weapons that almost cost the lives of her beloved friends.
But he was making a deal with her, in exchange for the truth as to why he was here, why he of all people was back in her life. She finally let out a exasperated exhale. "How do I know this isn't one of your tricks."
He lifted his chin to gesture at Elsa's chest. "Because of that."
It took a second for Elsa to understand why he had been gesturing at her chest. Was she exposing too much? But when she looked down herself and realized what exactly he has been referring to. There she found the golden padent she had snatched from him yesterday.
"Your family crest?" She asked looking back up at him.
"I don't go anywhere without it. It's in your possession right now, and I'm not stupid enough to try to snatch it back from you without any of my weapons." He explained.
Elsa stared at him with his necklace still being held in her hands. She looked down one final time to the golden pendant where the roaring lion shined beautifully with the morning sun before looking up at him again.
She thought long and hard. He had a point, in no way would he be stupid enough to try to trick her being weaponless
"If I bring you your weapons then you'll tell me the whole truth?" She asked with seriousness.
He smirked at her, his devious lips and eyebrows so arrogantly quirked up as he placed his hand over his right chest and bowed arrogantly and with with royalty before her. "You have my word."
She wanted to gag by his despicable behavior. "Fine." She sighed instead. "But I swear if you cross me—"
"I won't." He cut her off. "Come on, don't you trust me?" He added with another devious smirk.
She rolled her eyes at him and left as she started making her way back to the camp.
Back at the camp the only ones who were awake were of course Honeymaren, Ryder and surprisingly Rhanda. The rest of the Northuldran were sound asleep even though the sun had just risen.
Ryder had begun an early morning fire with the help of the little fire spirit lizard. Rhanda was sitting close to the fireplace as she ate a handful of berries with Bridgette sleeping sleeping on her lap, all while Honeymaren continued to pace back and forth, her hands playing together anxiously.
"Will you cut that out?? You're back and forth pacing is driving me nuts." Complained Ryder who was kneeled down in front of the fireplace as he placed reindeer meet to cook.
Honeymaren stopped in place as she turned to face her brother, her fists clenched in worry. "I can't." She bit out. "It's morning sunrise and she still hasn't returned."
"Look, I'm sure she's doing just fine. She's probably still having a conversation with him." Said Ryder standing up to his feet. "Whoever he might be..."
"I just don't understand, why would she want to go back up and talk to the man when he nearky killed us." Said Honeymaren shaking her head as she cross her arms over her chest. "It just doesn't make any sense."
"A lot of elsa doesn't make sense, but a better question to ask ourselves is who exactly is this man, and why is Elsa so desperate to talk to him??" Added Ryder. "Is he some sort of hunter?"
"Maybe he's an ex lover." Chimed in Rhanda suddenly with her usual sweet and joking tone.
The twins turned around and met the young seventeen year olds devious smirk with a questionable expression filling both their faces.
Bridgette meowed.
"Are you joking?" Asked Ryder.
"Maybe. Maybe I'm not." Replied Rhanda as she continued to pet her Norwegian forest cat who was slowly waking up.
"Why would he be an ex lover!?" Said Honeymaren with her arms extended.
"Okay look, just hear me out." Said Rhanda sitting forward from the tree trunk. "Elsa has been going insane ever since yesterday morning. Yes, the man attacked her and you two as well, but she literally drops everything she's doing, doesn't even write her own sister back, refuses to tel us who he is but is so desperate to go up to the mountains and talk to the man who just tried to kill her??"
Ryder's eyes widened while Honeymarens only seemed annoyed and somewhat confused.
"Sounds like love to me." Said Rhanda leaning back again with a proud expression on her face. "Elsa never postpones her letters to the Queen, we all know that."
The twins said nothing, each of them taking the information in their own different way. "Whoa... I never thought about it that way..." Said Ryder astonished.
"And you shouldn't!" Said Honeymaren slapping her brothers arm. "Come on, Ryder. Get real. This is Elsa we're talking about, the girl doesn't even look twice to check out a mans behind."
"Wait, women do that??" Said Ryder with an eyebrow raised.
"Yup." Said Rhanda and Honeymaren together.
Ryder closed his astonished jaw. "I really don't know anything about women."
"No, you don't." Said Honeymaren teasingly. Suddenly from the corner of her eye she saw a figure that seemed to be heading towards them. The figure grew larger until she could visibly see it was Nokk riding fast back to the camp with Elsa commanding on top.
"She's here!" Said Honeymaren to the two others behind her. They immediately picked up their feet and followed Honeymaren where she was getting ready to greet the snow queen.
"Elsa! There you are. We were starting to grow worry and were about to come find you—"
"Where are his weapons." Said Elsa suddenly as she jumped off the nokk and started pacing around the camp like a crazy person.
"What?" Questioned Honeymaren as her and her brother shared a surprised look.
"Good morning, Elsa!" Greeted Rhanda as usual.
"His weapons, where are they." Said Elsa ignoring everything at the moment. Her main objective was retrieving his weapons he so eagerly asked for.
"Uh, they're over there next to my hut beside the tree log, why?" Asked HoneyMaren with a confused expression.
"I need to give them back to him." Said Elsa as she made past the three of them and headed to Honeymarens hut. Both twins looked at each other, surprised by what they had just heard.
Rhanda on the other hand gave the twins an I told you so expression with her arms crossed proudly over her chest.
"Wait. What!?" Exclaimed HoneyMaren as she started chasing after Elsa with Ryder and Rhanda following behind. "What do you mean you have to give them back to him!?"
"Uh, yeah. What she said." Said Ryder as he and Rhanda made their way next to Honeymaren.
Elsa sighed as she turned around to face the three. "Guys, there's something I have to tell you." She said taking one deep breath. "The man you saw up in the mountains isn't just any other man... he's—he's someone from my past..."
"I KNEW IT!" Exclaimed Rhanda with glee causing the rest of the three to stare at her. "I knew he was a former lover of yours!"
Elsa's eyes widened. Her expression filling with disgust and embarrassment at the same time. "What?? No!" Exclaimed Elsa.
"He's not? Are you sure??" Questioned Rhanda as she titled her head to the side.
"Yes, yes I'm very sure! Heavens no I have no intimate relationship with that man whatsoever!" Exclaimed Elsa again.
"Huh, guess you were wrong kiddo." Said Ryder to Rhanda as he teasingly rubbed her head until Bridgette hissed at him, scaring his hand away from her.
"Okay, then tell us, who is he?" Demanded Honeymaren as she crossed her arms.
Elsa took a deep breath. "It's Hans Westergaard." Ryder and Honeymaren's eyes widened in complete shock. Not even she could believe her own words that had come out of her mouth.
"Hans?? You mean the same prince you told us about that tried to kill you and Anna three years ago in Arendelle??" Said Honeymaren.
"Y-Yes—"
"What the hell is he doing here!?" Honeymaren exclaimed with a hint of fear and overprotection in her voice. "Wait... he's here to kill you again, isn't he??"
"No, he's not here to kill me, okay?" Said Elsa trying to calm her friend.
"Whoa... a real life prince, in our forest!?" Said Rhanda happily as she hopped up and down eagerly. "What does he look like! Is he handsome?? Tall?? Charming??
"Who cares!" Exclaimed Ryder this time. "The guy is a maniac, look what he did to my nose!" Said Ryder pointing at his bruised nose from the powerful knee he took from Hans.
"It'll heal in a couple days, don't get your panties in a bunch." Scoffed Rhanda as she turned her attention to Elsa again. "Wait, so this charming prince tried to kill you? For what reason??"
"It's a long story." Sighed Elsa as she sat on top of the nearby tree trunk as Bruni jumped on top of her palms to which she petted his back gently as usual. "You see, he originally came to Arendelle to try to court me—"
"What does court mean?" Interrupted Ryder.
"It means to be involved with romantically, typically with the intention of marrying someone. Royals especially do this all the time." Explained Elsa.
"Awwww. So he came to ask your hand in marriage!" Squealed rhanda in delight as she clasped her hands together. "How romantic!"
"He tried but failed. And believe me it wasn't romantic because he just wanted to marry a crowned royal for the throne and because he couldn't get through to me, he went for Anna instead. The next in line for the throne."
Rhanda gasped.
Elsa sighed. "Look, long story short he manipulated Anna and left her to freeze to death and then he lied to me, saying that I killed my sister. He went to slice my head off with his sword so he could be king of Arendelle but his plan backfired and he ended up being exposed for what he truly was." Said Elsa as she stood up on her feet as Bruni jumped back to the ground. "Believe me, I am not thrilled that he's come back to my life, especially in all of yours. But that's why I need to give him his weapons back."
"So he can attack us again?" Protested Ryder.
"No, so he can tell me the truth!"
"Truth about what?" Asked Honeymaren. "What can that man possibly be truthful about??
"The truth about why he's here and why he's been here for so long even when the mist had been covering the forest and no one was allowed in. "All three of the Northuldrans expression slowy turned into a frown. "Think about it, how exactly was he able to get through the mist if no one before me was able to do so." She added.
She was right, no one was allowed in or out, not even then. "What exactly does he want from us then." Said Ryder.
"I don't know, but believe me I will beat it out of him if he doesn't tell me." Said Elsa.
"How can you even trust the guy?" Said Honeymaren. "He almost killed us, you and Anna."
"Because of this." Said Elsa reaching for the golden pendant hanging from her chest as she held it up for them to see.
All three of their eyes widened. "His necklace..." whispered Rhanda as she stepped forward.
"What about it?" Questioned Honeymaren who also stepped closer to see the details of the golden pendant again.
"It seems to be the only connection he has left with his family and home, he doesn't go anywhere without it. Besides, I already warned him that I will freeze him in the spot if he dares cross me again." Said Elsa.
"Where exactly is home for him?" Asked Rhanda looking up at Elsa.
"The Southern Isles." She replied.
Honeymaren sighed as she rubbed her forehead in frustration. "I-I don't know. This all still feels really weird to me."
Elsa bit her lip, she knew there was no convincing Honeymaren. She cared for the safety of her people too much to put them at any risk. But then she got an idea. "Come with me then."
Ryder and Honeymaren looked up at her. "What?" They said in union as Bridgette meowed again.
"All of you come with me. That way you can see him for yourselves, so he can know who you are what he'll expect if he tries to hurt anyone again." Explained Elsa as the soft noise of footsteps started to rise, the rest of the tribe were starting to wake up to start their day as usual.
"You guys go." Said Rhanda. "I'll stay behind and tell them you guys are getting some herding done or something."
"But don't you wanna come??" Said Ryder.
"Oh, more than anything! But someone needs to distract the rest of our people in case they start to get suspicious. Just go for now and tell me how everythig went later." Said Rhanda smiling at the three.
"Thank you, Rhanda." Smiled Elsa at the young seventeen year old as she placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. Rhanda smiled back. Elsa then turned her attention to the weapons lying on the floor and started to pick all of them up, one by one as they stacked them on top of the two reindeers back.
Before Honeymaren could head over to help, Rhanda had reached for her arm to stop her. "Psst, Maren!" She whispered.
"What?" Whispered Honeymaren back as she leaned her ear close to Rhanda's lips.
"Describe how handsome he is when you get back." She whispered with giddiness.
Honeymaren raised her eyebrow at her.
"Pllleeeeaaaaasssseeeee." She pleased with her hands clasped together as if she was praying.
"Fine..." Sighed Honeymaren as she followed that up with a laugh.
"Yes!" Exclaimed Rhanda with glee that it caught Elsa and Ryder's attention as they turned around to glance at her. "Oh, uhh. Have a safe ride guys!"
Elsa smiled at her and soon enough all three of them were on top of their steeds, ready to follow Elsa up again to the four peaks. "Ready, Gale?" Said Elsa to the wind spirit to which she whistles happily back. "Ready you two?" She asked turning to the twins.
"No, but when do I get whatever I want..." muttered Ryder, still bruised in the face from yesterday's beating. Honeymaren elbowed his side. "Ow!"
"Hiyah!" Exclaimed Elsa as the Nokk took off in full speed with the reindeers trailing behind.
Hans had returned to his cave the second Elsa had left where he had begun to start a fire with two rocks in his hands. He had gathered some of the wood he had neatly cut up in the pile and with a few grass and roots and with his rocks hitting together repeatedly he was able to summon sparks.
Little smoke started to come up from the wood as he began to gently blow on it. Shortly after there was fire spreading all over the roots and the wood.
He walked over to his cave where fetched up three freshly picked out potatoes that he had plucked out of the garden he had been taking care of and threw them on top of the large rock in the middle of the fire along with leftover lamb meat from when he had gone hunting two days ago.
As he waited patiently for his morning breakfast to cook, he turned over to the beautiful and grand view in front of him as he hugged his knee. A morning routine of his where he could see the whole forest in front of him. He had grown to love the place. He was finally away from his past life and had found a sheltered place where he could avoid all contact possible.
He had always known he was close to Arendelle, he also knew of the indigenous people, but they never bothered him and he never bothered them. But Elsa? He was not expecting that.
He sighed in frustration. She was the last person he would have suspected to return to his life, and he knew she must have felt the same way when she realized who he truly was. He stared into the fire as old memories began to overcome his thoughts.
His childhood, his brothers, his mother, Arendelle...
But his thoughts all went away when he started hearing footsteps coming from the small and narrow path that lead up to where he and his cave were. He could only guess who it was, she was the only human being besides him who has ever been this far up the mountains, so instead he continued to ignore the approaching Snow Queen as he got back to cooking his breakfast.
Elsa was the first one to appear of the group. Ryder and Honeymaren were slowly trailing behind with their spears extended and their reindeers close to them. Elsa had left Nokk behund again. Although the twins were still seriously injured, neither of them were going to lower their guard down at whoever they were going to be meeting for the first time.
Elsa stopped just a couple of feet away from where Hans was kneeed down and cooking his breakfast in front of the fire. "That was quick." He said with his back still facing Elsa and the twins. His voice made Honeymaren and Ryder tense up.
Elsa didn't respond and neither did the twins who still held their spears pointed outwards towards Hans. "Well I suppose you can tell you're friends behind you to lower their spears."
Ryder and Honeymaren quickly glanced at each other, surprised by how he could sense their presence without even turning to look at them.
Elsa only continued to glare at him, her fists clenched in anger. She turned around to the reindeer that had been carrying his weapons and one by one she retrieved them and threw them to the grassy field in front of her. "Here." She spat out throwing his final weapon, the pistol to be more exact. "I've fulfilled my end of the deal, now you fulfill yours."
"Tell them to lower the spears." He demanded.
Elsa grew more annoyed. "No."
"Then I guess I'll just finish cooking my breakfast then." He replied arrogantly.
This time it was Honeymaren getting angry and annoyed. "We aren't lowering our spears for you, you maniac. Especially not after we saw you snooping around our camp yesterday morning."
Hans eyebrows furrowed and his expression filled with surprise. "They speak Norwegian??" His shook his head in disbelief. "Huh, who would've thought... Did you teach them your majesty?"
"I'm done playing games, Hans." Said Elsa ignoring his question. Her tone was serious and direct. She was running out of patience. "Tell us why you're here."
"I've already told you, I'm not here to take the throne."
"And do you really expect us to believe that? After what you did to them yesterday??" Said Elsa as she gestured at Honeymaren and Ryder
Hans didn't answer.
That was the final straw. Elsa reached for his necklace hanging from her neck and raised it up for him to see, even though he was refusing to face her. "If you don't tell me why you're here I am going to throw you're necklace off of this cliff and believe me, I will not have Gale come help you." She said in her threatening voice.
That seemed to grab his attention because he stopped flipping the potatoes that were being cooked in the fire and his whole body had tensed up.
Hans sighed in frustration. She couldn't see his his face but she could tell that he had rolled his eyes. He slowly stood up on his feet and Honeymaren and Ryder were surprised by how tall he was in person as they grasped their spears tighter.
He slowly turned around to face them and his expression was filled with annoyance and bitterness. Honeymaren and Ryder's mouth parted with no words. They weren't expecting a man so young as him to be the one behind the mask.
He was handsome, even Honeymaren had to admit it as her tense shoulders slowly lowered. Even Ryder was surprised by how attractive the man was. What he didn't expect however was that his own sister would be staring at him like that. Hans didn't say a word to them, instead he continued to glare at Elsa who was only Glaring back at him.
"Ask away." He said finally, causing Honeymaren to snap out of her stare as she quickly drew her spear up again.
"First of all let's start with the obvious, why are you here." Said Elsa.
Hans took a deep breath before answering. "It's not as if I had a choice."
"You're a prince, you have more benefits than a commoner." Retaliated Elsa.
"Not when they are excommunicated." He retaliated. "After I was sent back to the Southern Isles by order of her royal majesty, the king was embarrassed and angered by the actions of one of his kingdoms prince's."
"The king, you mean your father." Said Elsa bluntly.
"Precisely. And so realizing he couldn't just let me walk a free man, he had each of my siblings each deal with my probation alone."
"What kind of of probation?"
Elsa could see Hans expression turn dark for a just a brief second. "Does it matter? I was given different types of probation and after all that was over the king couldn't stand to continue hearing his own delegates and people make fun of the Westergaard household and their failed excuse of a son. So he did what any king would do."
Elsa rolled her eyes. "You mean to tell me that your own father stripped your title away from you??"
"That's exactly it." Replied Hans unfazed. "Nothing but a commoner. And because I was a commoner I would be forced out of the royal grounds and away from the presence of the king. Only to be put into the dungeons and serve the rest of my life there according to the commoner law. After my final probation sentence of course."
"And so that's why you're here?? To hope you can just walk up and live Arendelle??" Elsa scoffed. "If you think that for a second I would even consider—"
"That's not why I'm here." Said Hans cutting her off. "I never finished my story, your majesty."
Elsa glared at him.
"You see there was still one final probation sentence left to give by more sibling. One final sentence before I would be forced out of the castle. So I waited until I was given my sentence. And when the time came I was fully expecting to do whatever task or punishment waiting for me. But things took a drastic turn, because instead of punishing me—"
Elsa's eyes widened. "You escaped..."
Hans stared at her as if his eyes were confirming her answer. "I was helped to fake my own death before they could kick me out and throw me into the dungeons. And so I've been on the run ever since."
Not even Ryder or Honeymaren could believe the story Hans was telling them. All this time the man from the shadows was a prince, and not just any prince, but Hans. It all made sense.
"How long have you been living up here exactly??" Asked HoneyMaren who's spear was lowered again.
"Not long." Replied Hans. "About a year and a half perhaps. Before that I had been traveling all over Europe and Asia. I never intended to arrive here, a tragic storm sent me and my ship here."
That explains the unique and dark tunic... thought Elsa to herself.
"So you've been away from your home all this time??" Said HoneyMaren, Hans nodded.
"Why didn't you ever reveal yourself to us then??" Asked Ryder suddenly.
"I didn't feel there was a need to. None of you really seemed aware I was living up here, and I had no reason to envade or harm your people since none of you seemed to want to hurt me. So I just stayed up here."
"Well you've overstayed your welcome." Said Elsa coldly. "You are to leave Northuldra, tonight." She turned around to leave.
"Oh, I don't think so." Came the dark reply.
Elsa turned around with her eyes glaring at him. "What did you just say??"
"I'm not envading boundaries, your majesty."
"No but you are invading the spirits."
"Then why have they let me stay here this whole time? If they really wanted me gone and if there is an impassable mist like you said there was, shouldn't have I been driven out a long time ago??" Said Hans.
"He's right Elsa." Said HoneyMaren suddenly.
"What?" Questioned Elsa turning her glare to her.
"The spirits were the ones who welcomed him in. No one was ever allowed in, the spirits never let anyone pass the mist until you came." Explained HoneyMaren.
Elsa couldn't respond to that. He was right, none of the spirits seemed bothered by him living there. Not even Gale who went out of her way to defend him.
Hans smirked at Elsa annoyingly. "You might wanna listen to her, your majesty. She's telling the truth."
"Don't push it." Spat Honeymaren as she shot a glare at Hans. "But that doesn't mean you are welcome either. In fact if you even dare cross my people—"
"I don't care for your people. I have no problem leaving you alone, it's her you need to be worried about." Said Hans pointing to Elsa.
"Oh, I apologize for looking out for my kingdom and being worried that the same man who tried to kill me and my sister is back in my life and a day away from Arendelle." Snapped Elsa.
"You can complain All you want, your majesty. But this isn't your call anymore. Said Hans slowly approaching Elsa as the twins grasped their spears even tighter. "You have no dominion over me whatsoever."
Elsa glared at him, hating how right he was. "Back away from me." Replied Elsa softly yet coldly with warning in her tone, her fists clenched and ready to punch him right in his perfectly square-jawed face much like her sister did three years ago.
Hans snickered, his expression filled with his usual arrogance and unimpressed smirk as he turned around to walk back to the fire where he had just been standing seconds ago. "Now, if you don't mind I'd like to return to my private life that doesn't involve you."
She stared at him with so much anger riling in her chest. "All these years I had hoped I would never have to see your face. That I'd never have to be reminded every single day what you did to Anna, and just when things seem to finally be going back to normal you decide to come back into my life."
"How ironic, I feel the exact same way." He replied.
Her blue eyes were fixed fiercly with his green. "Just stay out of my way." She said turning to leave.
"As long as you stay out of mine." He replied now with his back to her as Honeymaren and Ryder slowly turned to follow Elsa.
"Oh, and your majesty." He said suddenly calling out for her. She turned around, her serious glare returning back to his face. "Don't be the monster they fear you are."
Elsa's eyes widened, annoyed that he used that sentence against her. Honeymaren and Ryder had no idea what this all meant and why he would say that to her but it definitely seemed to punch a familiar nerve inside Elsa.
Of course it did. Elsa had never forgotten about that day, how could she? It's haunted her for the pay three years and he knew it.
"Don't worry." She replied with her eyes still fixed in his. "I'm not an unreedemable monster like you." Then she turned around and left his presence, not caring with whatever else he had to say.
And once again he was left alone with only his thoughts to accompany him. He turned around to his now burnt up potatoes and lamb that had caught on fire. He inhaled deeply. "Well she's not wrong." he said.
The whole way back Elsa had explained in full detail the conversation she had with Hans earlier that day and how she had fallen asleep right outside his cave. She also started to mention his scars along his back and how there was a great and beautiful waterfall hidden just behind the four peaks.
"I never knew there was a waterfall there! Huh, that explains where all this water comes from I suppose." Said Ryder gesturing the lake next to them.
"Are those scars part of the punishment he received or something??" Asked Honeymaren as they arrived at camp with the Northuldran children encircling Elsa happily.
"I don't know, but let's just hope that's the only surprise he brings, the last thing I want is for him to come and attack us or Arendelle again." Said Elsa greeting the children one by one as she created majestic icicle slides for them. Something the children always loved when Elsa did that.
"Well, he'd be stupid to try." Said Honeymaren as she and Ryder jumped off their reindeers. Elsa, of course, respectively the same as she departed from the Nokk and sent him back into the waters.
"There you guys are!" Came the exclaim from the giddy seventeen year old as she came running to meet the three with Bridgette on her shoulders as always. "Tell me everything! Where you guys able to find him!"
"Oh, we found him all right." Said Ryder as he and Elsa walked past her.
Rhanda grabbed Honeymarens arm, almost causing her to fall backwards. "Maren, was he handsome??" She whispered.
"Rhanda!" Hissed Honeymaren. "Not so loud! But... yes. He is very handsome." She added with a shy clear in her throat. "And charming... and tall..."
Rhanda giggled. "I can tell, your blushing."
Honeymaren blushed even harder.
"Pfft, he's not that handsome." Said Ryder with jealousy in his tone as Elsa chuckled.
"Ah, just in time for breakfast." Came the voice from Yelena as she approached the small group. "Rhanda told me you all went reindeer herding, but I assume that may be translation for going up to the four peaks again..."
Elsa smiled at Yelena. "Maybe..." she said as she played with her fingers.
"Mhm, I see." Said Yelena with a teasing eyebrow raised.
"Don't worry, Yelena." Said Ryder as he put his arm around her. "I'll tell you everything that went down."
Honeymaren and Elsa were left alone as they watched Ryder began to expand on the story and everything that had happened with Rhanda attentively listening as if it were a bedtime story.
"The man has a big mouth." Sighed Honeymaren.
Elsa chuckled. "Yeah, he does..."
"Are you going to be all right?" Asked HoneyMaren turning to her.
"I don't know..." sighed Elsa. "I may be here, but my mind isn't. This is the last thing I expected to happen. God knows how Anna will react when I tell her this..."
"Well, maybe you'll feel a lot better after breakfast, I heard Helgá is making some pourage." Said Honeymaren.
"In a minute, I'll meet you there." Said Elsa as HoneyMaren nodded and left to join Rhanda and Ryder who were being questioned by Yelena.
As Elsa walked inside her hut, she found a brand new letter shaped like a bird laying on her pillow. "Anna." She smiled as she kicked off her boots and laid down on her bed while hugged her pillow as began to open the letter to read her what her sister just wrote.
Hey Elsa!
Haven't heard from you in thirteen hours, is everything okay?? Ugh, I wish you were here! You are so much better at planning events than I am. I think I'm actually turning into an actual bride monster!
Anyways, things seem to be going as good as they can be. Kristoff has been under a lot of stress and studying extra hard before his final exam. I keep reminding him that it doesn't matter if he fails, he's still going to marry me regardless. It's not as if becoming a prince will happen overnight. But you know how he is, he's even been studying while ice harvesting! I think I chose the right man to marry.
Politically wise Arendelle is doing just fine. The council approved of the idea of strengthening our trades with Reyhjavík, but now they're telling me that come winter we may need to open a brand new trading partnership with a new kingdom for food that'll last us through the season.
Ugh! It never ends!
Luckily for me I have the best advisor who happens to be my wonderful, beautiful, incredible, majestic, talented, perfect— I ran out of words to describe you...
Anyways, I hope things are going great for you back in the forest. How's Yelena? How's Honeymaren?? wants an update on Ryder's challenge. Boys and their reindeers...
I love you, Elsa. I'm so happy for you and for what you are doing back in the forest. I know how much you love it, but I must admit that there are days where I just miss snoring next you... I'm sorry if I write to you so much. I just know you are the only one who understands perfectly how I feel. I promise next time you come visit I'll make plans for us to enjoy the whole day together.
No royal duties, no spirit business, no annoying council or boys. Just you and me. Sister and sister.
Love you, Elsa.
P.S.
Please don't ask me how Olaf is doing, I can't stand his constant did you know facts...
P.P.S.
Did you find out who the mysterious man was!? I was thinking about it for the past day, I'm dying for you to tell me who it was.
Elsa laughed as she finished reading her sisters letter. She sat up and with her bare feet crossed as she began to reread the letter three more times. Each moment filling a smile in her face as if it were for a brief moment Elsa wasn't worried about the problems here in the forest.
But then she turned to look down at her neck where she could see his beautiful pendant necklace laying on her chest. She had forgotten to give it to him.
She picked up the pendant carefully as she put her sisters letter down on the floor and began to stare at the roaring lions crest again, rubbing the gold with her thumb delicately. She had the sudden urge to turn the pendant around and what she saw surprised her even more.
There in the back of the pendant was a writing engraved in it. A poem.
She stared at the back pendant again and again, reading the small engravings on it.
Endnu en gang i krisen
I den sidste gode kamp
Jeg vil nogensinde vide
Lev og dø på denne dag
Lev og dø på denne dag
"Danish..." she said to herself. It was written in Danish, his language. Luckily for her she was fluent in the language and although she didn't know what the poem meant or what exactly it was talking about, she only ended up rereading it again and again.
Finally she dropped the pendant gently down to her chest again and retrieved her notebook and pen where she began to write back to her sister again.
"Dear Anna,
It's been a crazy start of the week..."
Hello everyone! Thanks once again for taking the time out of your busy day to come read this little fic of mine created by my imagination. It's always a privilege to write about Hans and Elsa. I love these characters so much.
Just a fair warning, my partner and I recently found out that we will be expecting our second child. It came as a bit of a surprise but that's life for you, always surprising.
I will try to update WHEN I CAN. I can't make any promises it'll be consistent especially as we are trying to prepare for this new adventure we call life. But I will try as hard I can.
I hope everyone is staying safe and being careful with this pandemic we have going on in the world. Please take care of one another and remember to leave your reviews. Till next time!