INT. OAKEN'S STABLES - NIGHT
Kristoff, now unfrozen, relaxes on a bed of hay, playing his
lute and singing to (and for) Sven.
North sighs.
KRISTOFF REINDEERS ARE BETTER THAN PEOPLE. SVEN, DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S TRUE?
KRISTOFF (AS SVEN) (CONT'D) (throwing his voice)
YEAH, PEOPLE WILL BEAT YOU & CURSE YOU & CHEAT YOU. EVERY ONE OF EM'S BAD, EXCEPT YOU. (speaking)
Oh, thanks, Buddy.
(singing, as Kristoff)
BUT PEOPLE SMELL BETTER THAN REINDEERS. SVEN, DON'T YOU THINK I'M RIGHT?
(As Sven)
THAT'S ONCE AGAIN TRUE, FOR ALL EXCEPT YOU. (As Kristoff)
YOU GOT ME. LET'S CALL IT A NIGHT. (As Sven)
GOOD NIGHT. (As Kristoff)
DON'T LET THE FROSTBITE BITE.
The door opens. Anna enters.
ANNA Nice duet.
Kristoff sits up with a start...sees who it is.
Kristoff scolds as many others laugh.
KRISTOFF Oh, it's just you. What do you
want?
Now it's Anna's time to scowl, playfully.
Jack and Elsa chuckle.
ANNA I want you to take me up the North
Mountain.
KRISTOFF I don't take people places.
He lays back down, closes his eyes.
ANNA Let me rephrase that...
A sack of supplies lands in Kristoff's lap.
KRISTOFF Umph.
Jack and Bunny snicker.
He sits up. Looks in the bag.
ANNA Take me up the North Mountain...
Please.
Elsa giggles, "at least she said please."
He eyes her. He clearly doesn't take orders.
ANNA (CONT'D) Look, I know how to stop this
winter.
He considers, lies back down, pulls his hat over his eyes.
KRISTOFF We leave at dawn... And you forgot
the carrots for Sven.
A bag of carrots hits Kristoff in the face.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D) Ugh!
ANNA Oops. Sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry. I
didn't-
(catching herself)
We leave now. Right now.
Elsa smiles and shakes her head, curiously out of the corner of her eye she catches Kristoff doing the same.
She steps back outside and waits, anxiously. Annoyed,
Kristoff offers Sven a carrot. Sven has a bite. Then Kristoff
has a bite, contemplating.
Anna and Elsa shudder.
SLAM CUT TO:
EXT. MOUNTAIN HIGH - NIGHT
Sven races, top speed, up a narrow cliff, pulling the sled,
which skids precariously. Kristoff mans the reins. Anna sits
beside him.
KRISTOFF (trying to scare Anna)
Hang on! We like to go fast!
ANNA (fearless)
I like fast!
Anna leans back and puts her feet up on the dashboard.
KRISTOFF Whoa, whoa! Get your feet down.
He pushes her feet down.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D) This is fresh lacquer. Seriously,
were you raised in a barn?
Kristoff spits on the dash to clean it. The spit flies back
and hits Anna in the face.
ANNA (grossed out)
Ew. No, I was raised in a castle.
She wipes off her face.
Kristoff looks sheepish when Anna turns to glare at him.
KRISTOFF So tell me, what made the Queen go
all ice-crazy?
Elsa looks down a bit. Jack takes her hand, shifting his staff to the other hand.
ANNA ...Oh well, it was all my fault.
Elsa whispers, "oh no, Anna. It was mine."
I got engaged but then she freaked
out because I'd only just met him,
you know, that day. And she said
she wouldn't bless the marriage-
KRISTOFF Wait. You got engaged to someone
you just met?
ANNA Yeah. Anyway, I got mad and so she
got mad and then she tried to walk
away, and I grabbed her glove-
KRISTOFF Hang on. You mean to tell me you
got engaged to someone you just
met?!
"See? It's not just me," Elsa chuckles.
Jack rolls his eyes, he was the first to guess after all.
ANNA Yes. Pay attention. But the thing
is she wore the gloves all the
time, so I just thought, maybe she
has a thing about dirt.
Elsa looks to Anna, "dirt?... You thought I had a thing about dirt?"
"Hey, you always wore those gloves, what was I suppose to think?"
KRISTOFF Didn't your parents ever warn you
about strangers?
Anna eyes Kristoff up and down, then slides away from him.
ANNA Yes, they did...
Elsa sighs in playful aspiration.
But Hans is not a
stranger.
KRISTOFF Oh yeah? What's his last name?
ANNA ...Of-the-Southern-Isles?
Hiccup chuckles and rolls his eyes.
KRISTOFF What's his favorite food?
ANNA ...Sandwiches.
KRISTOFF Best friend's name?
ANNA Probably John.
KRISTOFF Eye color.
ANNA Dreamy.
"That's not an eye color," Hiccup and Jack say sarcastically, at the same time of course.
KRISTOFF Foot size...?
ANNA Foot size doesn't matter.
KRISTOFF Have you had a meal with him yet?
What if you hate the way he eats?
What if you hate the way he picks
his nose?
ANNA Picks his nose?
KRISTOFF And eats it.
ANNA Excuse me, sir. He's a prince.
KRISTOFF All men do it.
All the guys in the room nod.
ANNA Ew. Look it doesn't matter; it's
true love.
KRISTOFF Doesn't sound like true love.
ANNA Are you some sort of love expert?
KRISTOFF No. But I have friends who are.
ANNA You have friends who are love
experts... I'm not buying it.
Sven suddenly stops, ears perked in alarm.
KRISTOFF (to Anna)
Stop talking.
ANNA No, no, no. I'd like to meet these-
Kristoff clamps his hand over Anna's mouth.
Elsa snorts, "like that'll help."
Kristoff raises his eyebrows and lets out a breath in agreement.
KRISTOFF I mean it. SHHH.
Kristoff stands, looks into the dark woods surrounding them.
Sensing something behind them, he holds up his lantern. Its
light reflects off...EYES. Several.
KRISTOFF(CONT'D) Sven, go. Go!
Sven takes off.
ANNA What are they?
KRISTOFF Wolves.
Flashes of white dart through the woods. Kristoff hops into
the back of the sled, grabs a torch. Lights it.
ANNA Wolves. What do we do?
KRISTOFF I've got this. You just...don't
fall off and don't get eaten.
"Ya, that's helpful," Hiccup snorts.
ANNA But I wanna help.
KRISTOFF No.
ANNA Why not?
KRISTOFF Because I don't trust your
judgement.
ANNA Excuse me?!
A wolf jumps at them, but Kristoff kicks it off.
KRISTOFF Who marries a man she just met?
Sage rolls her eyes, "is now really the time to be having this argument?"
Anna grabs the lute, swings it right at Kristoff's head.
ANNA It's true love!
He screams, as she...BAM!...swings past Kristoff and knocks a
wolf away.
KRISTOFF (shocked)
Whoa.
Just then Kristoff is yanked off the sled by another wolf.
The torch goes flying. Anna catches it, shocked.
ANNA Christopher!
Kristoff grabs onto a loose rope hanging from the back of the
sled and holds on for dear life as he's dragged behind.
KRISTOFF It's Kristoff!
Several laughs echo.
A wolf jumps on Kristoff's back.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D) AH!
Anna thinks fast, uses the torch to light a blanket on fire.
"That was my blanket!" Kristoff protests.
"I'll buy you another one," Anna waves off.
ANNA Duck!
Anna throws the flaming blanket right at him. He ducks. The
blanket hits the wolves. They tumble off Kristoff.
KRISTOFF You almost set me on fire!
Anna reaches out a hand, pulls Kristoff back onto the sled.
ANNA But I didn't.
Jack chuckles.
Sven cries out. There is a massive gorge ahead.
ANNA (CONT'D) Get ready to jump, Sven!
KRISTOFF You don't tell him what to do!
Kristoff shoves a satchel into her arms then scoops her up.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D) I do!
Kristoff tosses Anna onto Sven, then unhooks Sven's harness
from the sled.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D) Jump, Sven!
Sven jumps the gorge with Anna on his back.
Kristoff goes flying off behind them, still on the sled.
Anna and Sven land safely on the other side of the gorge.
Kristoff's sled loses momentum. It's not going to make it. He
leaps off. He flaps his arms, claws at the air.
He slams into the snowy edge of the cliff. Hanging by his
hands, he looks down to see his sled hit the ground far below
and burst into flames.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D) (shocked sadness)
...But I just paid it off.
Laughter fill the air and Kristoff's ears turn red.
Suddenly, he starts to slip. He claws at the loose snow, but
it's clearly hopeless. He's going down.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D) Uh-oh. No, no, no.
To make matters worse, an AXE comes flying right at his face.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D) AH! NO, NO, NO!
The axe slams into the snow, inches from his nose.
"Whew," whispers Jack, very happy he hadn't placed his life in that girl's hands.
ANNA (O.S.) Grab on!
Kristoff grabs on.
ANNA (CONT'D) Pull, Sven! Pull!
REVEAL: The axe is tied to a rope, then wrapped around Sven.
Anna helps Sven pull Kristoff to safety.
Kristoff rolls onto his back, exhausted. Anna peeks down at
the burning sled.
ANNA (CONT'D) Whoa... I'll replace your sled and
everything in it.
Kristoff groans.
ANNA (CONT'D) And I understand if you don't want
to help me anymore.
Anna walks off, sadly. Sven comes over and nuzzles Kristoff.
KRISTOFF Of course I don't want to help her
anymore. In fact, this whole thing
has ruined me for helping anyone
ever again.
"Hey!" Anna exclaims.
Kristoff smiles guiltily.
KRISTOFF (AS SVEN) (CONT'D) But she'll die on her own.
KRISTOFF (AS SELF) (CONT'D) I can live with that.
Anna, and now Jack, Elsa, and Hiccup glare at Kristoff who turns even more red.
Through their conversation, they watch Anna go the wrong
way...turn, go the other wrong way, turn, trip...
Vikings chuckle.
KRISTOFF (AS SVEN) (CONT'D) But you won't get your new sled if
she's dead.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D) (knowing he's got a point)
...You know sometimes I really
don't like you.
Anna pouts, "now I regret giving it to you."
Kristoff kisses her cheek, trying to make it up to her. She sighs and rolls her eyes, looking at a giggling Tooth in aspiration.
Sven licks Kristoff happily.
KRISTOFF (AS SELF) (CONT'D) (to Anna)
Hold up. We're coming?!
ANNA (excited)
You are?!
(catching herself)
I mean, sure. I'll let you tag
along.
Several people chuckle.
Sorry if the characters are well out of character, it's been a while.
