Authors note: The last trial is here. What will happen? Even if won will it be that easy?
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Looking up Hans was surprised to find Arne, the headmaster smile as Hans said "Arne, how? How did you know I was here?",
"I work here" he chuckled then gestured behind him, looking Hans saw a large building, it was a work of art in all honesty, the best Victorian arquitechtures could offer. In fact it looked more like a grand castle than a school.
"It's beautiful" commented Hans as the kid left.
"Yes our queen is most generous" said Arne with a smile then added "Want a tour?",
"Yes, if you do not mind" answered Hans,
"Not at all, schools over so I have time" said Arne as he gesture towards the entrance "Follow me".
Following the headmaster into the building Hans looked around in awe at the place, it was not only grand outside, but inside as well complete with many luxuries such as an indoor heated pool (these have existed for many years), bathrooms with places to shower, change and such, a fully staff medical wing, stables with horses and all manner of farm animals, a huge green house, large library with all sorts of books from all over the world and that was just some of many.
It was clear that large fortunes were spent on this school.
"Along with all of this we provide trade classes for adults, kids all require to wear a uniform which the school provides along with regular health check ups, a place to clean themselves before going to class, the works" said Arne proudly,
"Wow that's a lot" said Hans impressed,
"Our queen is most generous, she donates a large fortune every year to make sure everybody gets education and care" said Arne proudly,
"The queen?" asked Hans as he was unsure, he knew Elsa had done a lot of good, but as of late he was wondering if it was all for show or something due to the way she treated her father even when he was the most vurnable and harmless.
"Why yes! Things have been better than ever since she took over, yes there was a war a couple of years back, but it was quickly resolved and things have been nothing but pure heaven" gushed Arne "She United all of Scandinavia under one rule, our kingdom (all of Scandinavia) is the most beautiful of all kingdoms, we all have jobs, homes, food, there are programs to help turn people's lives around, truly we are the envy of all the kingdoms in europe",
Hans stared, even more amazed, she did all of that? Of course he knew she could. Then sighted sadly as the though entered his mind.
"I guess she truly did not need me" he through glumly, yes he always knew that, but it hurt to know just how true it was as deep inside him he always wanted to be needed in some way, not be reminded how useless he was in other peoples lives.
"No! That is selfish! How could you think that?!" though Hans scolding himself as he smiled and said "She is a good queen",
"She is the best!" affirmed Arne in his conviction,
"I know I am, thank you for saying that" they heard somebody say as a joke.
Turning they saw a woman walking over, she was nicely dressed in a long gown of blue, her hair was done up in the latest fashion, despite her age her body and face resembled that of the most beautiful classic statues of Ancient Greece.
"Ah, Ines, nice to see you" said Arne,
"Likewise" said Ines as she curtsey and presented her hand, which he bowed before taking her hand and kissed it.
"And who is this?" asked Ines curious as she looked at Hans,
"This is John Winters, I am showing him around" Arne presented Hans, she curtsey and he bow, doing the same that Arne did and hoping he did it right.
"Thank you and oh! From the paper" said Ines,
"Paper?" asked Hans curious,
"Yes, the paper has been covering your success, for that I congratulate you, for nobody has gone that far on the trials..." she paused then though before adding "On second though I do not recall anybody taking the trials" then looked at Arne "Do you?",
"Not that I recall, but surely there must have been somebody" said Arne as he though,
"Any way, I have to go, I have a lesson plan to prepare for next week" said Ines with that she left.
When gone Arne said "She is a teacher here, showing people the dangers of breaking chastity",
"You mean?",
"Yes and she does a good job at it, we have not had a case of Syphilis in years" said Arne "Also she has saved single fathers from giving their daughters... the talk... along with educating about changes and such... basically just being safe",
"That's good" said Hans,
"Now, I got to ask, what brought you here to Arendelle?" asked Arne as they walked away.
"Pardon?" asked Hans curious,
"Just wondering, you seem a bit out of place here" explained Arne "Like you are here, but your here for a reason".
"Well he is not wrong about that" though Hans before answering "It's a long story",
"I bet it's some story" laughed Arne "No offence to you but you stand out like a sore thumb, never had I seen somebody with hair and eyes like yours",
Hans just smiled uncomfortably at that, catching this Arne quickly said "I am sorry, I did not mean to insult you",
"No, it's okay" said Hans,
"Well... if you need anything stop by here and we will give you a hand" offered Arne,
"Thank you" said Hans as he turned and left, as he did he paused then looked back at the school, slightly relieved.
"You are still there Elsa... somewhere... don't worry, I will reach you... somehow..." Hans promised himself before leaving and making his way back to the cabin, he had to tell Aisha what was said and most of all that he knew where she could go and practice.
Sitting in a throne overlooking the courtyard which had been prepared for the match. As Ulrik stretched and prepares people walked in and made their way to the top of the gates and towers to overlook the match.
As he stretched Ulrik was ready to face whoever was sent as a challenger. He was strongest and most coerced, he climbed his way to the top with practice, talent and strenght.
Finishing he turned just in time to see Hans (John) walk in, next to him was... a woman?
With a raised eyebrow he looked at her then at Hans (John) before asking "Who is she?", To this she glared at him and said "I can talk for myself thank you very much, my name is Aisha and I will be your challanger".
As if sensing something Hans (John) tried to talk but it was too late as Ulrik said "You have to be joking? You expect me to fight a weak woman".
To this both Aisha and Hans (John) stared, wide eye for a second before their expressions changed, John looked panicked while Aishas face turned to pure rage.
"Pardon me? What did you say?" she growled,
"Nothing!" Interrupted Hans (John) as he ran over and grabbed Ulrik before whispering "If I were you I would apologize",
"Why would I apologize? It's you who insulted me by bringing this... woman" he spatted at her direction. All the while Aisha got angrier and angrier, her eyes promising pain to Ulrik for his insult as he continued talking "As a challanger, do you really think a weak woman can beat me?",
"I am serious! She will destroy you!" hissed Hans (John), he hates people like Ulrik but not enough to wish the guy death... which will most likely happen...
"Please, with how weak she is she won't last a minute with me" said Ulrik cockily as he turned to face Aisha.
"She will kill you!" Hans (John) warned again to no avail as the two faced off, ready to fight... though in Aishas case it was more to kill Ulrik judging by how steamed she was.
"I am getting a doctor!" Yelled Hans (John) as he turned and ran away as he knew this would not end pretty for Ulrik.
As the two faced off, ready to fight hand in hand Ulrik smirked "I am taking you back to the kitchen where you belong".
"Oh that is it!" at that moment Aisha snapped and pure rage took over. Much to Ulriks shock before he could even react Aisha hit him with a round house kick to his side, so hard she kicked him she knocked him to the side and slammed him to the ground before she jumped on him and proceeded to punch his head, aiming for his eyes, nose and throat.
Blindly Ulrik reaches and pulled on something causing her to hit her side and screamed in anger as he had ripped off the cloth from her head, which was an even bigger sign on disrespect.
Jumping up he threw a punch which she caught and used his weight against him to throw him to the ground, face first before kicking him as hard as she could on his stomach making him projectile vomit all over the floor before she proceeded to punch him over and over.
People gasped and turned away at the scene of violence as it was clear that Aisha was so enraged she was there not to fight but to kill the man before her for his insolence.
"Who belongs in the kitchen now?" She repeats over and over as she punched without stopping,
"Stop please! Stop" he was beraly able to cry out. But she was not stopping.
"Aisha! Stop!" She heard but ignored,
"I said stop!" She heard before she was forcefully pulled away by Hans from behind. She screamed in rage and kicked, trying to get free "Let me go Winters! That man insulted me for the last time! He will pay for disrespecting me!",
"Stop Aisha! You beat him! He is down! Your honor remains intact" repeated Hans over and over as Arne ran over with some medics to attend a severely beaten up Ulrik who lay on the ground, groaning and completely bloody.
As he repeated that Aisha calmed down, even more when he presented her with a spare. Taking it she wrapped it around her head and sighted "Thank you".
"No, thank you, that was amazing" said Hans, she laughed a bit before turning to look at Ulrik who was carried off, all bloody.
She muttered curses towards Ulrik before they turned to where Elsa was supposed to be... only to find... she was gone.
"Where is she?!" they could not help but think and panic as they ran up and pass the guards who were too scared to face Aisha as they burst through the doors of the castle.
Looking around they much to their horror saw that not only Elsa was gone, but so was Agnaar.
"No... no" whispered Hans in terror as he feared the worst, grabbing him by the arm Aisha pulled him "Come on! We have to tell the others" before turning around and running out of the castle, pass the crowd who wanted to congratulate them and to the cabin where they were greeted with a most awful sight.
The cabin was completely trashed, windows were smashed, the door was splintered, it was clear that a fight had happened as they entered the place to find a spike of ice in the center of the room along with a letter.
Taking it Hans read over it, "What does it say?" asked Aisha as she could not really read well the language.
Gripping the letter Hans said ominously "Elsa took them..."
Ice covered and grew all over the north mountain where the ice castle, Elsas masterpiece stood. Sitting in her throne Elsa waited in anger, gripping the arms of the chair as she stared at Agnaar, Heidi and Varian. Agnaar was loose as he could not go anywhere in his condition while Heidi and Varian were pinned to the walls using ice spikes that grew from the ground, their mouths covered with ice preventing them from talking.
As he felt the ground he "looked"'around before pleading "Elsa please! Stop this! This is wrong!",
"You? You dare to tell me what's right and what's wrong after what you did? It's laughable" growled Elsa as she stood up, as she did her dress changed. The skirt vanished to reveal trousers underneath, a form fitting blouse with a corset and long sleeves which were fitted against her arms. It looked very much like a more elaborate military uniform used by the arendelle an soldiers (I know it is not historically accurate as women are not allowed to wear pants and such, but in this case I am going for practical as she will be fighting and a dress would not be a good idea)
Holding out her hand she made a sword out of ice before testing it's sharpness.
"I know I did wrong, I hurt you, your sister, our people, my... wife" he finished towards the end in a painful voice as he was reminded of the death of his beloved wife.
"Do you think that I will believe you? After everything you did!?" yelled Elsa outraged.
Agnaar winced at that, she was not the only one who said that more or less.
"I will not help you" said Paddie in a stern voice as he turned his back to Agnaar. This of course enraged him, first everybody took that bastards side! and now this! If he could he would strike the elder troll, but of course not having hands prevented that along with the fact that he needed the old trolls help.
"You must! You owe me! You filthy boulder!" growled Agnaar to him, this he soon found to be a mistake as Paddie turned to face him, rage in his eyes before he somehow calmly stated "I owe you nothing your highness... I have given you the best of my advice yet you chose to ignore it or use it in whatever way suits your needs and wants" walking closer and starring at the man down he added "Helping you has been my biggest mistake and for that I will forever carry guilt in my heart" shaking his head "No, I will not help you, not now, not ever... from this moment foreward I will not give advice, I will never see into the future, I will not give any aid of sorts" before he finished with finality "You are on your own... if your daughters require aid I will grant it within reason, but that is all"
With that he and the rest of the trolls left, leaving Agnaar to fend for himself and suffer for his actions.
But of course Agnaar was not one to give up as there was another who could help him. Three sisters, if only he could find them as it has been years since he last saw them.
With that in mind he set off to find them, not knowing it would take years and a lot of suffering in order to do so.
Years passed, how much Agnaar did not know or care, he was nothing but a shell of the man he once had been. The first few days his pride kept him going, refusing to accept charity from the very few strangers who offered it to him by leaving him scraps (they were not scraps, it was just some food Agnaar though he was too good for as the people who offered him those were poor or ex criminals trying to make a ir by) from their food or offering him water.
Over time weakness came and the cruelty of which he experienced broke him down, he finally broke when he was forced to eat from the floor or drink from water like an animal would while people looked at him in disgust, hollered and chased him away or laughed and taunted at him.
It was humiliating, but as he did he began to reflect on his actions. One day he could not help but wonder "Did Hans had to go through this?". He was not sure, the red head never spoke about it and to be fair Agnaar did not care and often said that whatever suffering the red head went through would never be enough.
But this experience, he tried to ignore it, soon it became too much for him to ignore and he began to feel remorse and guilt for what he did... especially as one day he stumbled upon a scene in a park.
A man had caught his daughter with a man who apparently was not the one he had chosen for her. He stood and stared as the man screamed at her, all the while he was reminded of the past.
It was as if a mirror was shoved into his face, forcing him to see his actions, but with one mayor difference.
The daughter stood up to her father and left with the man, the two looked very happy, the man screamed and yelled before stopping. Judging from the look on his face it was clear that he regretted what he said and how he acted. So much so that he went after the two.
How that ended Agnaar did not know as he did not follow, but hoped the man was able to reconcile with his daughter as he turned and continued his journey.
The memory played over and over before Agnaar finally gave up. He fell to the ground, stumps pressed together as he wept. How could he have done this? How could he have allowed himself to become such a monster? The monster he swore to protect his daughters from...
Pressing his stumps he pleaded "Please, please let me make this right. It's all I ask... I will do anything! Anything!" tears fell from his eyes as he meant every word, but feared it would not be possible to fix what he broke.
"Anything?" He heard, looking up his eyes widen as he found himself face to face with who he had been looking for..
The sisters...
They were not attractive at all, their skin looked like that of a corpse, hair was ashen gray, they had no eyes as the single eye they share floated around for them to share, their ages were different, one was a maiden, the other a matron and the last a crone.
Not wasting any time Agnaar lep to then, pinning their skirts between his stumps as he begged "Please help... help" as he bend down and kissed the hem of their skirts followed by their feet.
The matron and the maiden seemed pleased as the maiden said "Seems he learned his lesson",
"I am not convinced!" Snapped the crone as she crossed her bony arms and looked away from Agnaar as if he was the scum of the earth,
"Come now, lets be fair" said the maiden,
"No I will not be! In fact I have been more than just as I have been itching to cut him" growled the crone,
"Enough!" Said the matron, silencing the two before looking at Agnaar before saying "We will help, but it will cost you" to this the other two seemed pleased, the maiden because they will help and the crone because this will prove if Agnaar truly was remorseful, while Agnaar looked worried.
"We will give you aid in pointing you in the right direction and telling you what you need to know... in exchange" she stopped and looked before saying "Your eyes",
"My eyes?" asked Agnaar horrified, it was already difficult living with no hands, without his eyes how will he survive?
"You don't need them, your already blind as you are now" said the matron,
"See! I told you he was not sorry! If he was then he would truly do anything to make things right!" Said the crone pleases to know that this proved she was right.
"I though" said the maiden disappointed, as they turned to leave.
"No! Wait wait! Okay! I will do it!" said Agnaar stopping them.
It was painful, but after taking their prize Agnaar was told what he needed. Hans was alive, how? He did not know or care but the though of him being alive brought hope.
If he somehow could get him back to Arendelle, back with his daughter then everything will be okay..
Once everything was explained he was sent in the right direction with instructions on how to find him.
The road was cruel and hard but Agnaar pushed through, hope giving him the strength to continue and just as the sisters said... he found him or rather Hans found him.
Which led to what happened now.
Looking down on the ground Agnaar had hoped that Hans would approach Elsa and tell her, but seeing as that did not happen he decided to try.
"Elsa you are hurting, but you don't need to, Hans is okay, he is here with us" began Agnaar, this he soon found was not wise as Elsa growled "He is gone! It's all because of you!",
"Elsa!" Agnaar tried again,
"Shut up! You have taken everything and now you dare to mock my pain! I will not allow you to take the little I have left!" Yelled Elsa with that she sent ice towards Agnaar, trapping him in a done.
Pressing his stumps against the icy walls he called out but nothing was heard as the dome muted his voice.
With a final glare Elsa turned and walked over to the throne. Sitting on it she held the sword, waiting. For a moment she did felt a hint of remorse, but that was quickly squashed as she remembered her mother, Hans, Anna and Krisoff and the injustice and pain they suffered at the hands of Agnaar.
Yes this had to be done! She could not allow Agnaar to get away with what he did and if it meant going against that John winters who insisted on protecting the monster... so be it.
Wind blew violently, ice covered the land around and on the north mountain making it impossible to climb.
Arriving Hans and Aisha looked worried as they went around, trying to find a way up, but there was non.
"How do we get up there?" asked Aisha worried, Hans though then remembered "The wolves".
With that he turned to face the direction of the forest before calling out, wolf howl, but not the best.
Aisha looked at him oddly to which Hans said "Give it a moment". Just as he said it took a couple of minutes or so before the wolves show up. At first Aisha grew tense as she stared at their size but calm down when she remembered Hans mentioning them to her a couple of days back.
"Need help?" asked the wolf with the eclipse on the forehead,
"Yes, I thank you so much for all help, but can you do this one favor" asked Hans as he pointed to the mountain,
"You want to get up there? It's a big ask, but we will try" said the wolf as he and his pups turned to face the mountain.
The eclipse went first, charging he ran and jumped, slamming his full weight on the ice, creating indentations this making a pathway. Sadly the wolf only made it one third of the way before he slid down. Tired.
Taking a break he allowed his two pups to try. The moon wolf pup backed away, then ran. Following his fathers path he did the same, also leaving indentations behind. Sadly he only made it two thirds of the way before sliding down.
Last but not least it was the sun wolf pup turn to try. Backing away he took a sprint start before making his way up, as he got close to the top he almost gave up as it was hard, but fought against the fatigue before he reached the top.
Once he did he made his way down and said "Made it",
"Good, I am proud" said the eclipse wolf and smiled at both of his pups "Of both of you" then gestured to Aisha and Hans "Take them to the top, I will follow when I gain my strength".
"Thank you lord wolf" said Hans with a bow before he and Aisha got on the sun and moon pups who took them to the top of the mountain where the castle was. Once there they got off of the wolf pups.
"Stay here..." said Hans as he got off of the wolf.
"What? No! I am going" said Aisha as she got off of the wolf,
"Please Aisha, this is something between me and Elsa" said Hans,
"Not going to happen, if she has to be faced then I am going to" said Aisha as she went ahead, giving up Hans followed as he did the wolf pups called "Good luck".
Entering the castle they looked around, Hans by experience knew the place had many rooms, so it would make finding Elsa and Agnaar close to impossible.
Slowly entering Aisha took a step only for the ground to crash and trap her in a deep hole. From it Hans heard her cursing and yelling along with Aisha screaming "You cowardly woman! Stop hiding behind your magic and face me!"
As Hans reached in he jumped back when the hole repaired itself not letting him try to get Aisha out.
"So Havi... you did make your way here... not sure whether to applaud you for your efforts or call you a fool" he heard.
Looking up he found Elsa, she stood at the top of the stairs, looking down on him. For a moment Hans was taken back, his first date with her had been there, exactly like now.
But remembering his friends Hans asked "Where is father? Where are my friends? What did you do with them?",
"They are okay and..." she paused and stared, for a moment something flash in her eyes, recognition maybe? Hans was not sure but she continued "I will let your friends go, but not Agnaar".
"I will not leave then, it's all them or nothing" said Hans only to jump back when she made an ice spike rise form the ground, almost impaling him.
Running, Hans dodger and jumped out of the way as she made spikes appear, trying to impale or trap him. Jumping he was barely able to dodge a roof part which threatened to crush him.
Jumping back he fell to his bottom when she shot an ice spike, narrowly missing him.
"Queen Elsa! Stop! This is wrong!" yelled Hans as he dodged,
"No! What is wrong is you defending that monster! That monster who hurt me! Who hurt my family and my kingdom!" snapped Elsa in anger,
"And that gives you the right to hurt him back?! How could you be so cruel as to think that!?" Hans cried out,
"He hurt me!" yelled Elsa with as tears of hurt and anger streamed from her.
"But hurting him back won't make you feel better" Hans tried to reason only to cry out as an ice shard grazed his arm, making it bleed.
"Shut up! I want him to suffer! I want him to feel a slice of the pain he dished out!" Yelled Elsa, her mood sparking a blizzard, almost knocking Hans off of his feet as the wind battered against them.
"You became just like him!" yelled Hans, he knew this would hurt her, but it was the truth. She had become her father.
"I am not!" Screamed Elsa as the snow turned to ice shard, cutting Hans as he tried to make his way pass the blizzard, towards her.
"You are! Like him you play this mean game and you do not play fair! Why? To hurt people back because you hurt! You became a shell of a person you once were!" Hans yelled despite the pain he was in.
"No I am not!" screamed Elsa as she held up her sword, ready to strike, to take off his head with a single swoop if he came too close.
"He did something horrible! But it does not mean you should too! This is not you!" Called Hans,
"You do not know me!" Cried Elsa,
"I know you! You are not this person! I know you know this is wrong!" yelled Hans as he was close.
"Leave! Take your friends and go!" yelled Elsa, she knew he knew she had a sword ready to strike if he got to close,
"I am not going anywhere!" Yelled Hans as he reached for her.
Elsa screamed and swung the sword, Hans flinched and closed his eyes, waiting for the blow, but there was non.
Slowly peeking his eyes open he saw the blizzard was gone, while the blade Elsa held was thrown to the ground a couple of feet away.
Elsa was on the ground, huddled against her knee.
"Elsa?" asked Hans, she just pointed, as she did the ice melted freeing Varian, Agnaar and Heidi. Together the three made their way down towards where the exit and Hans was. As they did Aisha was raised from the hole she was in.
Relieved to see them Hans hugged them.
"Are you okay?" asked Agnaar worried,
"Yes" said Hans as he turned and saw Elsa walk away. He frowned and said "I need you all to get back to the cottage",
"But-" began Varian,
"Please, I need to talk to her... alone" said Hans.
They looked concerned before nodding, turning they left. Helping Agnaar along the way as Hans turned to face the direction Elsa went before following her.
Going up the stairs Elsa turned to the right towards the room with the balcony facing outside Elsa walked over and leaned against the rail, breathing, tears streaming down her face like a waterfall as what John (Hans) said hit her hard.
Was it true? Had she really become what she hates the most?
But how can that be? People clamor and adore her, declaring that no other ruler had been as benevolent and kind as her. There was prosperity in her rule, peace, everybody even the poorest of her subject had a home, clothes, good food and ways to progress through life.
Yet she could not ignore that John was right. Yes Agnaar did wrong but who could be so cruel as to hurt the man when he was already down and out?
"Queen Elsa?" She heard, for a moment she held back her breath, it sounded... was it?
With surprising control Elsa turned to face who spoke, it was hard, but somehow she was able to hold back her disappointment as she saw it was not Hans, but John.
He gave her a worried frown and asked "Are you okay?", Elsa looked away and sighted.
"This is okay, I understand why you are angry and no matter what you think, what matters is that you did not do it" he continued trying to comfort her to no avail, Elsa still felt rotten.
"Queen Elsa?" asked John,
"Why are you not mad at me Havi?" Elsa finally said,
"Pardon?" asked John confused, growling she turned and snapped "Why are you not mad at me!? I almost killed you!",
"But you did not" John simply said "And that's what matters".
Elsa looked then much to Johns shock she began to laugh, laugh as more tears began to spill.
"Your highness I am sorry, I did not mean to" began John not sure how to say or explain but surprisingly she said "Your something else, you know that?" as she calm down she breathed then sighted sadly "I wish".
"I wish?" He asked confused, she shook her head and said "I wish I had done like you... you know...",
"Why?" asked John confused.
Rubbing her hands over her face she said "I had somebody in my life... I loved him... still do..." she breathed and continued "He did something in the past, but he proved himself over and over, we fell in love".
John (Hans) eyes widen as he realized she was talking about him.
"The relationship ended badly, but it was not his fault, he was truly innocent in all of that, to be honest I don't know why he stuck around, because the truth is... not even I myself would have stuck around, I would have hated that person, been so mad I would have left... but not him... he" her voice trembled a bit "He was pushed pass the point of no return, he did everything, passed all the test, no matter how cruel or how much I held him back... he did because he loved me..."
More tears spilled "The last thing I did was yell at him, treat him as if he never changed..." then paused before continuing "If your going to say to go and apologize it's too late... even if I could he would not forgive me".
"Why?" asked John (Hans) sadly as the truth was that he did not blame her.
"How could he forgive me when whenever I think about it? Whenever I put myself in his shoes I see myself hating the person who inflected the pain? If I cannot see myself forgiving myself what makes you think that he would forgive me?" yelled Elsa then turned away, calm down before adding "Regardless... it's too late... nothing I can say or do will ever change anything".
Her heart was heavy like lead, she looked down at her hands as she wished many things.
She wished that she had found out the truth of her father soon or better yet she wished she had stood up against her father.
But it was too late, no amount of wishes can change what happened.
"It's never too late you know" said John soothingly as he walked over and asked "I am here, your sister and brother in law is here too, let us help you, please" as he reached for her.
Elsa hesitates, John extended his hand, offering it to her. After a bit she took it and they left the castle, hand in hand.
To be continued...
Fun fact: The school was inspired by the schools Catherine the Great made, Elsa took the concept the old Tsarina made and improved upon it, also yes Elsa is very modern/ahead of her time in her ways and it shows with the school and such. Also despite her coldness she shows she cares in her own way and as seen she is beloved by her people and they show that in their own way.
As for the scene in a way through this adventure Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Hans walked a mile in each others shoes without realizing it. Especially Hans, what he said in the final confrontation between him and Elsa was what he wished somebody had told him when he did what he did in the past during the first movie events, he wished somebody had stopped him and told him that. Though it was too late for him he knew it was not too late for Elsa.
Aisha is a rani (Queen) in her own right, her design and character was slightly inspired by a famous mongolian princess who was known as a champion wrestler. As seen she won over Elsas guard due to her being trained and her experience she has gained since she was a child.
Authors note: The final trial was passed. It was impactful. What will happen now? Will Hans tell the truth?
We shall see in the next chapter, please keep an eye out for the next chapter and remember to review when done.