Authors note: Hi, hope your all staying safe out since it seems that the virus will be here to stay for a while. I also apologize for not updating as I have not had time to update it due to work and such.

Any way, enough of me blabbering, hope you all enjoy this new chapter and please leave a review when done as your opinions mean a lot.

"It's okay, I won't leave you" promised Hans as he held her close,

"You won't?" She whispered,

"No, but we both have a lot to talk about" said Hans softly "You tell me your story and I will tell you mine"

Sniffling a little Elsa looked up at him and nodded. They both needed this to move forward and from the looks of it, they were truly meant to be together.

Hans held her close as she had her head buried into his chest, crying as she held unto his shirt. Minutes turned to hours as she continued to cry and sobs, he just held her as he knew she needed it.

Soon Elsa began to quiet down, still sobbing, but softly as the stress and fear of what could have happened as she began to press more against him, her full body weight as exhaustion began to take over.

Moving his hands he felt her grip tightened around him, "Elsa" whispered Hans as he felt her nails dig pass his shirt and into his skin as she whispered softly, almost like a pleading child "Please... don't let me go...",

"I won't" promised Hans as he moved and scooped her up into his arms, bridal style. At first Elsa was tense before relaxing and curling up into his arms, burying her head into his chest, her ear pressed against it as she listened to the sounds of his heart beating.

Carefully Hans carried her up and back to the house, as he walked he heard something soft. Looking down at Elsa he noted how she had fallen asleep, the sound he was hearing was her snores.

Chuckling a bit to that Hans continued walking till they were back at the house. Opening the door with great difficulty Hans entered and closed the door behind him before making his way to the living room.

Carefully sitting down Hans lay down on the ground, shifting Elsa curled up against him, her head still against his chest.

Wrapping his arms around her Hans sighted, he had so many questions to ask Elsa, about the past, about her as the Snow queen of legend.

He was so tempted to shake her awake and ask, but looking at her face, her eyes closed, her lips parted slightly. She looked so peaceful, despite the tears that marked her cheeks slightly.

With a gentle hand Hans wipes the tears from her eyes and gently ran his hand through her hair, tucking in some strands of hair behind her ear before laying his head down and closing his eyes.

"I will ask her tomorrow" Hans told himself as he yawned "Definitely ask her tomorrow" before closing his eyes and going to sleep. Joining Elsa in the land of dreams.

Gasping Hans woke up, his movement was sudden, jumpy, so much so that it woke Elsa up. Startled Elsa got up and looked around, finding that it was just her and Hans in the home.

She breathed a sight of relief as she though there was an intruder in the house when Hans suddenly sat up the way he did. Turning she looked at Hans who was breathing in and out, deep and slow, as if trying to calm himself.

"Hans?" asked Elsa worried, his green eyes looked at her before nodding as if silently saying that he was okay.

Deep inside Hans was not, he had a very strange dream, in it he was inside a coffin, he was dead yet he was aware of everything that was happening. Elsa was crying before him, there was also Annalise who for a second looked horrified as she dropped the sword, then all of a sudden there was a burst of ice which covered the entire area and then nothing.

Rubbing his face with his hands he told himself it was just a dream even if he could still feel the coldness of the ice in his bones. As if what happened in his dream somehow bled into reality.

"Did it?" He wondered before deciding to ignore it and ask Elsa "What time is it?", turning Elsa looked at the old clock and said "It's almost noon",

"Humm, felt short" said Hans as he moved a little "Can you?",

"Sorry" said Elsa blushing a little as she moved and allowed Hans to get up from the ground and helped Elsa up. Together they went to the kitchen and began to make breakfast. A simple fair of pancakes, berries and juice.

"Elsa" said Hans playfully as Elsa had secretly opened a packet of chocolate chips and was trying to sneak it into the batter Hans was mixing.

"Their good" said Elsa innocently as she dumped as much of the chocolate chips as she could into the batter before proceeding to eat out of the bag.

"Elsa, please, was saving that for later" said Hans playfully as he reached to take the bag,

"Mine!" said Elsa as she ran away with the chocolate chip bag. Hans chaser after her, the two had a play chase each other around the kitchen before Hans caught her, Elsa merely poured the remaining chocolate chips into her mouth.

Smirking as smug as a cat who swallowed a giant canary she dropped the now empty chocolate chip bag unto the ground before saying with stuffed cheeks "Try and get them back"

Hans smirked back at her and kissed her, the two kissed and held one another before pulling it away and just holding her in his arms as he asked playfully "Where have you been all my life?",

"Around" giggles Elsa "No offense but you have terrible taste in women before me",

"How so?",

"Danny was a piece of work, it took everything I had not to strike her down when we met, got worse when she spoke about you and how in her words men like you were easy to mold and change to what you want" she paused then gently stroked his sideburns as whispered "I missed you Johannes".

As soon as those words were spoken a bit of doubt filled the pit of Hans stomach, maybe it was how she worded it that bothered him, but regardless that question hit him like a ton of bricks. Johannes, is that who she sees when she sees him? What if he had not been Johannes?

That question made Hans fear and question Elsa love even if her feelings about him were true. Upon sensing his change Elsa looked confused and asked "Johannes... what's wrong?".

Pulling away Hans looked at Elsa as he backed away and began "Elsa, I have to ask... I need to know",

"Know what?" asked Elsa wondering what brought this change.

"What if I was not Johannes?" asked Hans feeling a weight on him, it was like his feet had turned to lead,

"Not? Don't be silly Johannes, you are Johannes" answered Elsa laughing it off, this made Hans angry, why can't she take this seriously?!

Breathing in Hans decided to ask again, but change the wording of the question, "Elsa please, if I was not Johannes, would you love me?".

Elsa stared confused and said "Johannes, why are you asking this?",

"I am asking because I need to know" said Hans serious before asking again "Now answer me this, if I was not Johannes, if I was merely Hans and only Hans, would you love me?".

Hans stood there and waited, arms crossed as he waited for Elsa to answer. There was non as Elsa looked at him shocked, her mouth opened and closed, not able to answer the question presented before her.

Rage filled Hans as he turned and said "I though so" with that he left.

"Johannes" Elsa cries out as she went after him, turning Hans yelled "It's HANS! HANS WESTERGAAR! Not that Johannes person! He is dead and has been for ages!"

Elsa flinched as he screamed at her, she trembled and burst into tears as he turned stormed out into the front entrance, opened and slammed the door close behind him.

Making his way to the bike, Hans took his helmet which was on the bike, slammed it on his head before getting on his bike and driving out of the home as fast as he could.

As Hans sped down the road he felt tears prick his eyes as he though "Elsa loves Johannes... not me..." as he sped up, wanting to get as much distance between him and Elsa.

Cries filled the home, loud and heart broken Elsa sat on the living room. Things had started out good only to end so badly.

She never expected Hans to ask that question, but thinking she understood why and she wanted to kick herself for not answering.

Of course she knew Hans is Johannes, she knew for sure and there was no denying that.

But of course Hans would not see it that way, after everything he went through she could not blame him for fearing that she only loved him because of somebody he was in the past.

It was not true! Elsa loves Hans, she loves both who he was and who he is now. This whole experience granted her a chance to not only be with him again, but to fall in love all over again.

She fell in love with the battle worn man, the one who was heart broken yet still gave love another try, the one who is goofy at times to make her smile, who banters with her playfully, the one who works with her and she with him, how they are a team.

Elsa is in love with the person, not some past that she can never go back to.

Calming down Elsa dried her tears and cleared her throat as she composed herself. Crying was not and would never solve anything, Hans needed to know the truth. When he had enough time to cool down she would find him or he would return to her, whichever came first, then they will talk. She will let him know that she loves him, not the past, the person, then they will go from there.

Hopefully they can start again, if not... Which she hoped not... then she will let him go... he deserved that... but... maybe they can remain friends... she just could not think about loosing him again after waiting so long.

It was selfish of her Elsa knew that, but she could not help it. Sighting Elsa picked herself up and walked to the parlor window and looked outside. Soon Hans would be back, she told herself over and over, comforting herself as she waited.

Waiting was something Elsa was good at. She had all the time and practice in the world. For over 100 years she waited, a couple more seconds, minutes, hours even days was nothing to her any more.

Hours passed, how much Hans was not sure. He just kept on driving and driving his bike till he reached a secluded cliff overlooking the fjord. What made him stop was noticing the bench that there, a place he can sit down.

Slowing down he drove in before stopping and parking his bike, taking his helmet off Hans walked over to the bench overlooking the fjord before sitting down on it and placing his cold sweaty face unto his hands.

Was torn between crying and anger. Crying because how it hurt that Elsa did not love him, probably never did, she only loved Johannes and if he had been some other person Elsa would not care for him.

The anger was because Hans was angry at himself, how could he have been so blind!? He always knew that Elsa was too good to be true, he though maybe she loved him because she saw something of worth on him that others did not see. She always said how she loved him, how she wanted him in her life.

Wanted him in her life. Those words rang in his head over and over, those fateful words after that night where they made love for the first time.

Hans knew from the very beginning that Elsa did not need him in her life, she did not need anybody. She was very much like a goddess, those queens of old that stood proud and rule on their own without the need for anybody in their lives.

He always felt privilege that she allowed him to be with her despite the fact that she could do better with another or alone. Always he wanted to be better for her, to prove he was worthy of her time, efforts and love.

But, did she wanted him in her life? Or was it Johannes who she always wanted?

Hans was not sure anymore...

Sighting sadly Hans reached into his pocket and took out a small ring box. It was velvet blue with an icy blue bow with a small crocus flower tied to that ribbon.

Removing the bow and flower carefully Hans opened the box to reveal a ring inside.

"To think this was supposed to be her engagement ring" though Hans sadly as he looked at it and remembered what happened earlier that day.

A loud buzzing sound was heard when Hans presses a button in front of a private jewelry shop in the town. Originally Hans had wanted to get a ring from Oslo or somewhere else, but Elsa really liked old fashion items so he did his research and tracked down this jeweler who specialized in antique jewelry from the early 18th century to late 19th century.

"Just a moment" he heard before somebody spoke again, this time louder as the person was on the other side of the door "Do you have an appointment?",

"Yes, Hans Westergaar, I was given an appointment for noon" answered Hans, there was silence and "Oh yes your booked" said the voice before the door opened revealing a young woman on the other side.

Hans blinked and did a second take as he looked at the woman before him, she had long strawberry blond hair, greenish blue eyes, freckles on her face. What made Hans stare was that she kinda looked a lot like Elsa... a little bit too much... so much they could be sisters.

"What are you here for?" she asked in a friendly tone,

"She even sounds kinda like Elsa" though Hans in awe before shaking his head and saying "I was hoping to find an engagement ring",

"Engagement ring? Congratulations!" said Anna exited as she clapped her hands happily before ushuring him inside.

Closing the door behind him Hans looked around and saw a lot of displays full of jewelry, mostly diamonds, "My husband Kristoff loves diamonds, he calls them the jewels of ice and he loves ice" explained Anna happily as she led him to a desk with two chairs on the opposite ends and gestured him to sit down.

Sitting down Hans waited before a burly man with shaggy blond hair walked in. Hans could not help but raise an eyebrow as this guy did not look like the type to work jewelry, but decided to keep his mouth shut about that.

Sitting down Kristoff said "Hi, Hans is it?",

"Yes we talked on the phone a couple of weeks ago Chris... I mean Kristoff" Hans quickly corrected himself, nodding Kristoff looked over the papers and asked "Yes, you were looking for a ring from the 19th century, right?", Hans nodded.

Bending down Kristoff reached into his safe hidden under the desk and took out a display with some rings "We don't have many to choose from, but they are all unique" promised Kristoff as he let Hans browse through them.

They were all nice, but he frowned as neither looked to be something that Elsa would like.

"Do you have anything else?" asked Hans a bit worried as he doubted any of this rings would be good enough for Elsa to wear.

Kristoff sat back and though before saying "There is one more, but I doubt you would be interested" as he got up and left. A couple of minutes passed before he came back with a box.

"I found this many years ago while I was doing some ice fishing, not sure what it was doing there but it pretty unique" explained Kristoff as he sat down and opened the box containing the ring.

Hans eyes widen as he stared, this ring was definitely the one! He felt it! It was a beautiful silver one or at least it looked silver, it was cut and designed to have a snow flake design with small clear sparkling diamonds and sapphire adorning the snowflake while at the very center there was a beautiful icy blue color clear stone.

"How long it was in the water I am not sure, was able to trace it back to the 19th century, maybe early to mid, I think the reason it was in such a good shape despite the fact that it was under water for so long it was because the metal is platinum, which is the hardest rates metal, this is also strange as this metal was often discarded as fools silver or silver, not exactly the number one choice for rings back then, the center stone is a blue diamond, clear and nicely cut, but not to every bodies taste" explained Kristoff then joked "Maybe whoever threw it into the water was angry she did not get the dream ring",

"I would have loved a ring like that" Anna chimed in then added as she kissed Kristoff "I love any ring you give me" Kristoff smiled at the red head. It was clear the two were in love.

But Hans was blind to that as he focused on the ring before saying "I will take this one",

"Really?" asked Kristoff surprised,

"Yes! Its perfect!" Answered Hans surely as he took and held the ring. He could not wait to see it on Elsas finger, if she said yes of course.

Taking it Kristoff gave it a polish the looking at Hans he narrowed his eyes and asked "Do I know you from somewhere?",

"No? I don't think so" answered Hans confused as he looked at Kristoff and though. No he never met Krisoff before, he would have remembered seeing somebody like him.

"Hu... that's odd, I was sure that we have met before" said Kristoff before shaking his head "Must be wrong" when done he held it up and Anna quickly snatched it.

"Hey!",

"Come on! We cannot just give him the ring like this!" Said Anna as she turned and smiled at Hans "I will pack it up nicely for you" before taking the ring to the counter and putting it in a nice velvet box and tied the box with the bow and flower.

"There, perfect! Presentation helps" said Anna as she gave Hans a playful wink causing the red head to laugh.

Closing the ring box again Hans held it as he pondered his next move. He was torn, on one hand he wanted to leave as fast as possible, but on the other hand he still loves Elsa, yes she kept the whole snow queen a secret and who knows if she loved him for him or if she loved Johannes.

He though and pondered, looking out into the fjord, his heart and mind battling one another. His mind wanted to leave, his heart wanted to go back to Elsa.

Weighing in the pros and cons Hans realized one thing, Elsa could have kept quiet, never would he had found out had Elsa not told him, she told him, was honest.

"At least she is not Danny" he though before sighting he felt like a jerk for yelling at her like that. He knows how is like to loose somebody important.

After what seemed like forever Hans made his choice, getting up he got into his bike, putting on his helmet before turning it on.

He rev the bike before speeding off and heading back.

Loud motor sounds alerted Elsa, getting up from the kitchen table she looked out of the window and sighted in relief when she saw Hans bike going down the road, back towards the house.

Her heart raced as she saw him, "He's coming back" though Elsa in both happiness and relief.

Driving down the road Hans took a turn before he felt something collide to the back of his bike. He was thrown off the bike and hit the ground hard, luckily Hans had not been driving fast enough so was not seriously injured, just some road rash at worse.

Getting up Hans looked to see what had happened and barely had any chance to react.

The van that hit him parked and the back opened up, Caleb and his brothers got out of the van and descended into Hans, Caleb threw the first punch.

Reacting Hans blocked and punched back, the other two threw punches. Despite the numbers Hans had the upper hand. He was a combat veteran with many tours under his belt, well trained in fighting and even after leaving the service he kept up training and in shape through exercise and hard manual labor. While Caleb and his brothers were not trained and all those years of comfy office living did not do any favors for them.

It was clear they though that he had not grown pass that child who they used to pick on when they were younger, the child that they could beat and bully just because he was smaller than they were.

Not anymore, Hans refused to be bullied or beat by them.

Raising his left leg he waited before throwing it with all his strenght and weight at Anton who ran to punch him, the kick was perfectly alined to his torso, effectively knocking the wind off of him and maybe breaking a few bones. Turning again he gave a round house kick to another brother, hitting him square in the jaw, possibly breaking it.

Throwing effective punches and kicks Hans fought them off effectively, as he did he let the anger out he had, "This was for humiliating me! This is for the time you left me behind in another town! This was for stealing my prom date!" Was one of many things Hans though as he fought, then all of a sudden he felt a stab on his arm.

Panicked Hans looked and was horrified to find a needle sticking out of his arm. Whatever was inside was injected and he began to feel the effects.

Due to his heart racing and adrenaline the drug effects took over faster as he stumbled and punched, his punches were weaker as his steps faltered before he fell to the ground.

As his vision swarmed he heard Caleb yell something before he felt hands grab him, he struggled to get free but was too weak to do anything as they tied him up and threw him at the back of the van before they drove off.

The last thing Hans remembered was a song.

"Hans!" screamed Elsa as she saw everything that happened from the kitchen window. Turning she ran as fast as she could to him, but he was too far away, by the time she got there Caleb and the brothers loaded Hans up into the van and sped off.

Crying out Elsa watched as they sped off to who knows where. Determined to save him, Elsa held out her hand and called.

Ha ha ha ha

Ha ha ha ha

Her haunting call for aid echoed through the woods, through the town and castle.

It was answered...

The van drove as fast as it could, Liam on the driver seat as he sped and turned, following the directions in his mind. As he did he looked back as he saw Hans on the ground, tied up completely, the drug had taken complete effect and knocked him out, near him the remaining brothers were nursing their wounds.

"I think he broke something" gasped Anton as he had a heard time breathing as he held his chest, his breaths were labored and every so often he gasped in pain,

"We will get you a doctor when we get to-" Liam stopped as he listened, the roaring engine of the van did not hide the sound.

Ha ha ha ha

Ha ha ha ha

"The call" he whispered as he stepped on it "We have to get out of here!",

"Why? Its not like a knight in shinning armor on a white horse is going to save this piece of garbage" said Caleb nursing his injuries when all of a sudden there was a loud thud, causing the van to swerve and almost hit a tree.

"What tha?" The brothers though before looking out of the vans back window, as soon as they did they grew pale.

"WHAT IS THAT!?" yelled Caleb loudly.

Following close behind them was a woman, she was on a white snow horse, her tied icy blue hair fluttered, her clothes glinted and shimmered under the sunlight as the horse gained speed to catch up to them.

"The snow queen" yelled Liam as he sped up even more leaving the snow queen behind. Suddenly there was a loud thud as something landed on top of the van,

"What was that?" whimpered One of the brothers in fear before he screamed, something dig into the metal of the van and tore through it with ease like hot knife of butter. It left deep scratch marks along the wall of the van.

Liam cursed as he began to sway the van side by side trying to shake the creature off when from the sides wolf like men and woman appeared to try and jump them.

"What are those things?! What are those things?!" yelled/demanded Caleb as he began to fear they had crossed the wrong person,

"Not now!" Yelled Liam as he concentrated on dodging and loosing the creatures then it was as if the forest came to life. Its roots and trees began to reach into the road, trying to grab and stop them. But Liam was determined, he sped up and dodged, the van drove erratically, swaying side to side, but dodging.

"Almost there" though Liam as he saw a bridge up ahead, when all of a sudden the ground began to shake, looking through the rear view mirror he paled as he saw giant rock creatures getting up followed by them throwing huge boulders at the van.

Dodging those he ignored the brothers freaking out as he sped up, "Almost there" being the mantra Liam used to keep going.

When all of a sudden a giant boulder collided with the old stone bridge, it was such an impact that the bridge began to collapse.

Did that stop Liam? No, he stepped on the gas, flooring it and drove through the falling bridge.

Piece by piece it fell as they crossed, behind them it completely crumbled and for a moment it looked like they were going to fall to their dooms.

Thanks to the speed and maneuvering Liam reached the other side and they continued their way. Not stopping.

"What was that?!" yelled Caleb as he looked back to find that the snow queen had been left on the other side, unable to follow them.

"The snow queen" Liam simply said as they sped off.

Stopping Elsa watched in horror as the bridge crumbled and the van got away. Her eyes watered as sorrow gripped her heart, she had been too late to save him.

Around her creatures of the woods began to emerge, fairies of the woods, werewolves, giants and trolls, all of them appeared and looked at Elsa their snow queen, waiting for her orders.

Turning to them Elsa felt her sorrow leave as anger began to boil under her skin, turning she had the nokk take her back to Arendelle.

Quietly the group followed as Elsa, this was far from over, this was not going to stop Elsa, she will go back and save Hans and nothing was going to stop her.

To be continued...

Authors note: Yes! GO AND SAVE YOUR MAN! LOL! Any way I bid you all adeu, please review and stay tuned for the next chapter.