Ch 5- The Imbalance
A very nervous looking Kai entered the grand dining area.
"Deepest apologies for interrupting your majesty, but there is a man here who demands your presence immediately!" Kai stuttered, looking as if he'd seen a ghost.
Elsa looked up from her soup with a questioning expression. "What is so urgent that it can't wait until tomorrow?" Elsa said, an irritated tone to her voice.
"Trust me your highness, you wa—" Kai was interrupted by a large, tough-looking man suddenly barging into the now crowded dining room.
He had sharp features, with a scar on his left cheek that ran from his lower jaw up to his eye.
It was enough to make Hannah's spine shiver.
His black eyes were racked with unknown intentions, and his heavy sheath held a sword that gleamed like a diamond. The man looked at Hannah and his eyes narrowed, as if he was trying to psycho analyze her. He then broke eye contact and glared back at Elsa.
"Queen Elsa, I am Garth of the kingdom of Cattarri, and I must speak with you immediately- in private."
Elsa looked almost insulted.
"Cattarri? I never authorized for a Cattarri ship to dock in the harbor. What is this urgent news you bear so bluntly?" Elsa asked in retaliation, not appreciating being ordered around in her own castle.
"I apologize for barging in this way, I know Cattarri and Arendelle haven't always had the friendliest of relations, but there is something I have to inform you about immediately that affects both our kingdoms." Garth insisted.
Elsa stood up and walked towards the man regally. "Very well then."
It seemed she didn't have a choice.
Elsa led her visitor to the royal council room, shutting the door behind them.
Garth started right away. "Now your majesty, the situation at hand is as follows: We may be on the brink of our universe collapsing right before our eyes."
Elsa was baffled. This was what this man had demanded to tell her urgently?
A smirk pulled at her mouth as she listened to Garth continue.
"Queen Elsa this is no laughing matter. Cattarri has its own share of magic wielders, including myself, and we have sources that tell us that there has been an imbalance in our world. I have reason to believe that the error is focused right here in Arendelle."
Elsa's brow furrowed. "An imbalance? In Arendelle?" The Queen asked more seriously, caught off guard by another wielder of magic standing before her. "What does that mean?"
"Just hours ago at 3am, the moon aligned with the wishing star, and moments later I detected a strong source of unprecedented power localized in this area of the globe. I used a teleportation incantation to come here and eliminate it. If not removed before the next alignment, it will cause our universe unhinge, and our reality will disintegrate before us."
Elsa opened her mouth to say something, but then closed it.
She found herself unable to speak, and her lips had gone dry as she was lost in deep thought. She had a responsibility to protect the citizens of Arendelle, and she didn't know what she'd do if Anna was put into danger again.
Garth went on.
"When I was a boy, my great great grandfather told me tales of his quest to destroy a very similar imbalance years ago. It was caused by a man from another dimension who unknowingly harnessed the wishing star during the alignment. He was transported to our reality, causing the laws of nature to be broken."
Elsa spoke up at last. "So your implying that the imbalance is being caused by someone's presence here from another universe?!" The news felt like a slap in the face.
"Indeed your majesty. And this person is somewhere within this kingdom." Garth informed the regal.
Elsa felt sick when the realization hit her.
"So, we must kill the person who is causing the rift, to save our world?" Elsa couldn't bear the thought of murdering an innocent, despite the circumstances.
"I'm afraid so Queen Elsa. We must do so before the next alignment." He shivered suddenly. "I can feel the universe growing weaker as we speak." He spat out.
"How long do we have, exactly?" Elsa questioned.
"Three weeks until the wishing star realigns with the moon once again." Garth informed coldly.
Elsa inhaled sharply and closed her crystal blue eyes.
"Then let the search begin."