Sorry it took so long, i had school work and other things to do before christmas break plus i had to make some minor adjustments to this chapter so enjoy.
Chapter Seven: The Painful Revelations
Kristoff couldn't believe Anna would follow the path of destruction the man caused out of curiosity. To make things worse he lost her while taking a different route hoping to meet her on the other side near the town square. There were holes in every house on the way to the town square and a demolished wall with the body of the man he attacked. He couldn't believe the sight he seen out beyond the wall. There were two dead bodies out in the open one had his lower jaw ripped out and the other had a deep bite mark on the side of his neck. He spotted one of the guards and ran up to him with a lot of questions in mind.
"What happened here?" Kristoff asked the patrolling guard.
"Westleton tried to assassinate the Queen by using a little girl as hostage and some of the townspeople and a few of the guards tried to help till a tall mysterious man showed up smashing through the wall and helped stop those men, hell he even saved the Queen from death from that man lying there." He said pointing at the corps with his lower jaw missing.
"H-He did that?! Kristoff asked frightened. The guard nodded in confirmation.
"Is Elsa alright, where is she at?" Kristoff asked him.
"The Queen is fine and she took the stranger and the little girl back to the castle." The guard replied.
"Was Anna with them?" He asked worriedly. The guard nodded to him and walked away to continue his duty. Kristoff became worried for what might happen to Anna if she stayed near the man and what he could do to her. Of course her older sister might have ice powers but from the destruction that guy caused, he could easily overwhelm her at any given opportunity. Without a second thought he dashed toward the castle hoping to catch up to them in time. His hopes were short lived when a wagon pulled out in front of him.
"Dammit." He hissed under his breath and dashed down another path that seemed to be a short cut.
"I gotta get to Anna." He thought as he made an unfortunate left turn and rammed into something that felt like a wall.
"Oww! that's gonna leave a mark." Kristoff said before he heard a growl in front of him. He immediately froze remembering the sounds the man made as he rose out of the water at the docks. He slowly looked up and the world around him went dark as he stared at the man that killed those men. He had blood stains around his mouth and his eyes resembled of that of a predator looking down on their prey.
"S-Shit!" Kristoff said as he slowly scooted away him. He finally noticed the little girl he had in his arms and looked back to the blood around the man's mouth. He finally put the pieces together, realizing he killed her and immediately charged him.
Meanwhile, Mathias had no clue what was going through this idiots mind as he made a feeble attempt to tackle him only to make him move back a bit. He roared at his attacker in annoyance as the man jumped back startled.
"Mathias, what's going on?" Alice asked scared. His attacker stopped and looked at the girl confused until the two women that he was following showed up.
"Kristoff! what are you doing?" The redhaired women demanded. The one called kristoff started to explain.
"I saw him holding the girl with blood on his mouth and i thought he killed her." He said.
"What's going on? The blond woman asked as she walked up behind the younger one. Mathias, for as long as he lived never heard of a human possessing such power.
"Nothing Elsa, just a big misunderstanding between these two." The redhead replied.
"Elsa, thats her name." Mathias thought as he watched them with interest.
"Oh, that reminds me i'm told you proposed to my sister here." Elsa said with a small smile.
"The hell! How are these two related?" Mathias thought to himself as he stared at them in disbelief.
"Well. your maj- i mean Elsa, i was hoping to ask you first but you were preparing for the fall festival and i didn't want to disturb you." Kristoff said while rubbing behind his neck. Elsa sighed and shook her head.
"Fair enough now lets get going, these two need proper clothing." She said as she walked away from them. Mathias watched then turned to his previous attacker and the red headed women.
"Well that's my sister for you, oh where are my manners, i don't think you know our names, I'm Anna and this is Kristoff." She said as she pointed at his previous attacker, or Kristoff for the matter. Mathias grumbled in response toward kristoff while he just shook his head.
"What's your name little one?" Anna asked the girl in Mathias's arms.
"A-Alice, your highness." The girl said.
"And his is?" She said gesturing to Mathias.
"Oh, that's Mathias he doesn't really talk, trust me i've tried." Alice said to Anna. She looked at Mathias in disbelief.
"Then how do you know his name then?" She asked her.
"I gave it to him since he acted like he didn't have a name." Alice replied while she chuckled. Anna just stood there mouth a gape. Kristoff walked over to her and closed her mouth for her.
"We better catch up to your sister before she thinks she lost us." He said as he motioned Mathias to follow him and Anna. Mathias followed them still contemplating on what the hell just happened till they stopped in front of a large building where Elsa stood waiting for them. Mathias quickly recognized it as the building he saw at the muddy bank before he got stuck in it.
"Welcome to my castle, Mathias, Kristoff and Kia here will take you your room we've got prepared, while me and Gerda will take the little girl to her room." She instructed. Anna looked at her older sister sheepishly.
"um… Elsa, her name is Alice." Anna corrected.
"Oh, i'm very sorry." Elsa apologized before walking toward Mathias.
"We'll take her so she could get proper clothing and get her leg checked on in case there's any damage done to it." Elsa told him as she reached up to grab the girl. Mathias grumbled in response as he followed both Kia and kristoff to one of the guest rooms. Kia looked Mathias over before scowling.
"God lord you need proper clothing, you're just as bad as kristoff here when he first stayed in the castle." He said as he took lead. Mathias looked at the man in disbelief.
"What! I need more clothes to fit in, damn, you humans are so complicated." Mathias thought as he too scowled at the thought of having more of those things on him.
Meanwhile, Elsa and Gerda were bringing young Alice to her room and Elsa decided to get to know Alice a bit more.
"So Alice are you from here?" Elsa asked her trying to start up a friendly conversation with her.
"Yes, your majesty i'm from here." She answered. The young Queen smiled knowing she's finally getting somewhere.
"Please, Elsa is fine." She assured Alice.
"So… how old are you?" Elsa continued.
"I-i'm twelve years old." Alice answered afraid of what the next question might be.
"Do you have any family?" She finally asked, Alice cringed and it didn't go unnoticed by Elsa.
"Are you Alright, is it something i said?" Elsa asked worriedly. The little girl shook her head slightly.
"Yeah, i'm fine." Alice said in a low voice as she looked down. Silence fell upon the trio as they finally reached their destination. It was your average guest room with a medium size bed on the left side of the room, a window showing the castle garden below. Gerda set Alice on the bed. She had a down look upon her facial features and Elsa was determined to know what's wrong.
"Gerda, can you give us some privacy please?" Elsa asked her maid.
"Yes your majesty." Gerda replied before leaving Alice and her in the room.
Elsa went over and sat next to the girl and gave a heavy sigh.
"You want to talk about it?" She asked her as she rubbed circles along Alice's back.
"There's nothing to talk about!" Alice snapped but recoiled after realizing her mistake. Elsa was taken back a little by how she responded but shook it as she readied her next question.
"Did something happen between you and your parents? Elsa asked. Alice Gave a shaky intake of air and Elsa knew she was scared.
"Well it began a few years ago when i could actually see everything, everything was fine in my life until i got sick from the sudden winter in july that day." She began. Elsa froze when Alice mentioned the sudden winter.
"The great freeze." She thought as she listened to more of Alice's story.
"I was sick for a while and it only got worse till the point i passed out from the fever. My parents thought i wouldn't make it until i recovered a few weeks later and only woke up to see nothing but the darkness. That's how i became blind." Alice said in a sad voice.
Elsa was shocked to believe her eternal winter, her powers took this girls ability to see away.
"I-i'm sorry to hear that. But what happened, how did you end up with Mathias?" Elsa asked. Alice frowned a bit but quickly recovered with a sigh. Well after i became blind everything slowly went downhill. My father gave up on trying to help me and started to call me useless, even hit me when ever he saw me or just felt like it. My mother tried to defend me for a few years until my father started to tell her lies about me letting myself be used by the men around the village." Elsa frowned trying to keep her anger in control.
"Why treat this girl so badly, what has she ever done to deserve that?" Elsa asked her self, but continued to listen.
"My parents told me how useless i was and even called me a whore a lot of times. Then one day my father found two men and offered me to them, practically selling me to them so they could have a normal life." Alice said with the last part with more venom. The entire room went cold and frost creeped along the walls and Elsa's hands.
"How dare they do that to their own daughter like that." Elsa thought then realized what that meant. "Did they…?" She was about to ask but her question was answered when Alice began to cry.
"Is that how Mathias found you?" Elsa asked her.
"M-Mathias arrived after they had their fun and took them both out. I hope he killed them, those animals!" Aliced yelled as she cried again. Elsa moved closer to the girl and slightly hugged her.
"Dose Mathias know about this?" Elsa asked.
"I-don't thinks so, if not then don't tell him or anyone else." Alice pleaded.
Elsa was surprised by the girls plea but quickly shook it off.
"Alright, what was said in this room stays in this room you have my word as Queen." She told her as she hugged her tightly.
"Thank you." Alice said as she tried to wipe her tears away but Elsa helped her.
"Now how about we get that leg checked then see how your friend is doing." Elsa said as she called back Greda and asked her to bring the physician.