The tension radiating from the people seated around the table was immense.
Hannah held her breath as she waited to see what would happen next.
"You're an idiot for telling them." This thought pounded in her mind like a migraine.
Elsa stood from her seat quite abruptly.
"Sir Garth, you are welcome to stay and enjoy your meal, but I'm afraid my sister and I must see to it that these young ladies are on their way safely. They are departing before the next hour."
She waited for Anna to stand up and follow her, then looked back to make sure Hannah and Jess understood as well.
Hannah didn't really know what was happening, but she wasn't one to deny the queen's will. She pushed back her chair, causing an ear splitting screeching sound from her chair leg on the ground.
She stood up, quite embarrassed, walking hurriedly behind Jess who was already heading out the door behind Anna and Kristoff.
Garth had been watching this entire interaction play out, and had developed a suspicious dislike for the two "visitors".
Why had they been so quick to leave? And why did the all-powerful and dominant ice queen, look so afraid?
The group walked quickly but silently to the front doors of the castle, while Jess and Hannah trailed behind uncomfortably.
Suddenly, Elsa stopped short in front of the doors, putting her hands on the knobs.
She then turned around to face her followers. She met eyes with Anna who nodded supportively. Everyone listened intently to what she was about to say.
Elsa exhaled gently, clearly finalizing an internal debate she was having with herself. "Of course we'll help you." She said.
Hannah released a breath she didn't know she was holding, and smiled vaguely.
"You will?" Asked Jess.
Elsa turned back toward the doors and this time followed through with opening them.
"Look we don't have much time, follow me, I'll explain everything on the way." Elsa stated, looking gravely at the sky.
They retrieved Kristoff's sled and were immediately on their way.
Anna looked behind her nervously as the sled sped up. "I hope Garth doesn't realize that we're gone."
"We shouldn't be gone too long hopefully." Elsa replied.
"What is it that you need to explain to us?" Jess asked, the curiosity getting the best of her. "Is it what you needed to 'discuss' last night with Sir Garth?"
"Yes. So essentially the crisis is this..." Elsa began to explain slowly.
"Our universe is on the verge of collapse. There is an imbalance in the workings of nature present in Arendelle. If it's not eliminated in three weeks, our reality will disintegrate."
"Why do we only have three weeks?" Jess asked.
Elsa inhaled lightly as she continued, "There is a force of magic that all realms share, called the wishing star. The star's power is harnessed when it aligns with the moon at 3am, causing someone from another universe to pass over into this dimension. Although, we don't know why this happens."
Elsa went on, "The next wishing star alignment is in three weeks, Jess. That's why we only have that long to deal with the imbalance."
Hannah sat listening to Elsa finish her explanation. She felt like she was going to be sick.
She met Jess's eyes, who lowered her head knowingly.
Elsa had been excluding a particular detail of the explanation, but she could tell they already knew. They weren't idiots.
"Our world is going to be destroyed in three weeks if we don't fix it. We will lose everything we know and love, as if they never existed at all." Elsa proceeded slowly. She met eyes with Anna again, who looked off in the distance sadly.
Kristoff, who had been steering the sled, figured enough was enough.
"Look, we're all thinking it, so someone should just say it. Jess and Hannah are the imbalance. They live in another world and just miraculously ended up in Arendelle one day magically with no explanation. They harnessed the star, passed over, and caused the rift, and now we are helping the rift. There I said it." Kristoff stated bluntly, being the up front man that he was.
"KRISTOFF!" Anna yelled scoldingly, eyes wide.
Kristoff flinched slightly, and turned back to his steering. "You know you were thinking it too..." He muttered under his breath.
Hannah just sat silence. She didn't know what to say. Of course she knew it was her and Jess. In fact, she couldn't think of any scenario where it wouldn't be her and Jess.
This is what she got for loving Frozen. This is what she got for wishing for something with every ounce of her being.
The universe was punishing her, LITERALLY.
At least she was not alone.
Her friend Jess had the same wish outstandingly, and they both ended up stuck here, being hunted by armies and magic wielders alike.
This sounded like an amazing Frozen short she would have loved to watch, not LIVE.
Hannah couldn't bring herself to look at anyone. "So wh- what do we do now?" she said at almost a whisper, on the verge of tears.
Anna scooted over next to her and draped an arm around her delicately.
"Don't worry, we're going to fix this. Kristoff's family in the rock troll valley knows a lot about magic. They might know a way to send you and Jess back to the other dimension."
Hannah nodded and sniffled, prompting Anna to rub her shoulder in consolation.
Elsa took one of Hannah's hands and one of Jess's.
"We won't let anything to you."
After what seemed like hours, the sled moved shakily onto the ground of the troll valley.
Hannah looked around taking it all in.
The span of the terrain looked bigger than it did in the movie. It was freezing cold due to the valley being located in a sort of canyon, the prime place for a frigid breeze to pass through.
It was a wide open space with many circular rocks scattered here and there, although she knew that these boulders were the trolls.
Hannah stepped out from the sled onto the rocky ground, following Anna and Kristoff as they began to walk towards the center of the wide opening.
Fear pulsed through her veins.
These magical beings could see memories. What would Elsa and Anna think of her if they saw her endless afternoons of frozen fangirling?
The stones began to roll and pop to life right before their eyes.
"KRISTOFF'S HOME AGAIN!" The trolls yelled in unison.
Although, they all settled down upon seeing the presence of Queen Elsa.
"Quiet, quiet, the queen is trying to say something." A smaller troll said to his friend.
Grand Pabbie pushed to the front of the others to greet her majesty.
"Queen Elsa, I am aware of the situation at hand."
The wise troll turned behind him to alert someone to reveal them self.
From behind a mammoth boulder, a man with slightly graying hair, and a kind face stepped out.
"Benji?!" Hannah exclaimed, bewildered.
Jess looked confusedly at the man and then at her friend. "What? Who the heck is Benji?"
Elsa turned around to look at Hannah. "You know this man?"
Benji stepped forward towards the group.
"We met yesterday morning, when I gave her a ride into Arendelle. I sensed an incredible power radiating off of her, and I knew that her presence here is causing the rift between worlds. I came straight to the troll valley to see what could be done." He explained.
"You mean, the whole ride, you knew I was from another universe!?" Hannah wondered aloud.
"Yeah, how did you know that?" Anna piped in.
Benji looked at his hands meaningfully, then met Anna's expression. "I am a wielder of magic, I have abilities that are hard to explain."
A look of fear splashed across Jess and Hannah's faces.
Sensing the uncertainty, he went on. "You don't have to be afraid of me. I want to help you, I swear it. I think I know a way we can get you home." He said triumphantly.
Hannah for the first time was faced with the thought that she might go home. She had just accepted the fact that she would be here forever, or at least until she was killed off by Garth's army. A new feeling surfaced that she didn't quite understand.
She wanted to be here with Elsa and Anna. She didn't want to go home. She wanted to stay.
She shook off this desire, though, for it wasn't logical. Of course she wanted to go home, right?
"You know a way for us to get home before the next alignment!?" Jess burst out excitedly. "How? Cause everyone else seems to think that death is the best option."
"Not quite, but yes I may have a way that just might work. I'll explain everything—" Benji was stopped short of his speech by the pounding of hooves on the ground.
In the clearing of the valley, about five hundred or more men appeared, some wearing Arendelle uniforms and some in Cattarri.
At the front of the line up, sat Sir Garth on his steed, looking extremely infuriated.
Hannah turned around and gasped suddenly, while Jess fell backwards on the ground out of shock.
Elsa was about to address Garth and his army of magical hunters, but Benji stepped in front of her, looking Garth dead in the eyes.
Benji put his hand on the sheath of his sword.
"Hello, brother."