Saturday
October 29th, 1842
The storm had finally stopped and the sun was out covered by clouds like nothing had happened. It was a beautiful and new day with perfect breeze and with the sounds of gentle waters.
Anna wakes up slowly as she starts to feel the warmness around her body. She wakes up on top of the cabin door that broke from the ship. The night she was thrown from the ship she was hanging on to dear life and trying to remain on top of the ships cabin door. The last thing she could remember was the storms violent waves tossing her through the night.
As Anna starts to wake up she notices dark land around her. She starts to look around wondering where she is and how she got here. She gets up looking around to see if is anyone is there.
"Elsa?" She calls out. "Kristoff?" She continues. "Anyone?" With no one responding she realized no one was with her. She turns around to look at the great ocean wondering where they could have gone.
"Where am I .." She says to herself as she starts to look around the black sand and rocks.
"Maybe just maybe there in this island as well .." thought Anna. She gets up with her body's still sore by the storm and starts to walk around the island to see if she's able to find someone as she tries to remain as hopeful as she can.
Meanwhile Sven was finally reaching a mountain just next to the ocean where he heard the loud honks. It was difficult to see at all last night because of how dark it was and with the thunderstorm it made it worse. But thanks to those loud honks he was able to reach land.
Sven was very tired from trying to swim the whole night while carrying a very hurt Kristoff. As he finally reaches the land he walks to the mountain and begins to climb the green mountain to try to follow the loud honks he heard. The mountains became foggy the higher he climbed. He was so tired from all the swimming. He decides to stop and take a break. He sets Kristoff down on soft green grass and he lays next to him exhausted as he falls asleep.
The long and dreadful night had exhausted Elsa not just physically, but also emotionally. Her eyes slowly begin to open as she hears birds chirping and the sound of the shores hitting the sand very gently. She awakes to see she was sleeping on a large rock with a mans coat covering her. She looks around and sees that she is inside a dark cave. She sits up and groans. Her body took a bad beating by the ocean. She rubs her eyes and forehead. She had a headache and her eyes were hurting her with all the crying and stress she went through in the night.
She stands up grunting in pain and starts to walk out to where the sandy beach was. She slowly walks through the caves hole, back out to the open to find out where she was. She then sees the beach and the shores. Her eyes try to adjust to the the brightness. The sun was covered with clouds, it was a a cloudy day but there was still brightness around her that annoyed her eyes for a few seconds. She's finally able to open them. She sees the ocean in front of her. She notices the sand was black, pure black. There was nothing but endless black sand and some few big boulders. She sees the seashore come to the land and then back to the ocean. She turns around to see green mountains behind her covered in fog.
"Where am I?" She says to herself as she stares at the mountains.
"Oh your awake." A sudden voice is heard that's scares Elsa as she squeals and jumps turning to her right. It's Hans, he's standing in front of Elsa without his shoes. His pants were rolled up to the bottom of his knees and only had his white, long sleeve undershirt on him with his collar open revealing his neck and chest. Then it clicked in her brain, the coat that she was covered with was his.
"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you." Says Hans. Elsa continues to stare at Hans surprised realizing that the one who came out of the waters and approached her that night was him. Elsa doesn't know what to say, she's speechless realizing that Hans was probably the only one with her stranded on the island.
"Are you feeling better?" Asks Hans. Elsa continues to stare at Hans in confusion. She finally gets herself together.
"Umm yeah .. I'm .. I'm uhh .. I don't know .." Says Elsa.
Hans stares at Elsa concerned. "Me neither." Says Hans. Elsa looks down at the black sand with sadness as she starts to remember her sister.
"Umm .. when we got hit with the wave, the chains on my hands broke. And the storm was throwing me the whole night. I don't know how I survived honestly .." Says Hans.
"When I got to the island I saw you, laying on the ground. You looked in pain like you've had it worse than me. So I carried you and tried to get us to safety because the storm was still strong and rain was pouring on us. You weren't waking up so I tried to get water out of your lungs and moving you to your side. The whole night you coughed up a lot of water .. you almost went in pneumonia." Says Hans. Elsa looks up at Hans and stares at him.
"You're body was also really exhausted so I let you sleep to make sure you feel better." Says Hans.
Elsa stares at him. "How long have I been sleeping Hans?" Says Elsa.
"You've been Umm .. sleeping the whole day. It's almost night time." Says Hans. Elsa looks over to the ocean. It hit her that if her sister was still in the ocean she would be dead by now. She drops to the floor as tears begin to fall down her cheeks and she begins to cry. Hans begins to feel bad and walks to her and kneels down next to Elsa.
"Is there anything I can do for you?" Asks Hans.
"No." Responds Elsa boldly.
"We should probably try to find food and get back to the cave before night comes aga—"
"Can you just leave me alone!" Yells Elsa with frustration to Hans as she stares at him with tears on her eyes. She then looks away frustrated and begins to cry. Hans stares at Elsa concerned but he decides to listen to her. He stands up and walks away frustrated. Elsa turns around as she watches Hans leave and sees him disappear around the corner.
Elsa was very emotional. Her parents died in a storm and she just saw her own sister be taken from the storm. She sits there on the black sand by the shore as she mourns for her sister.
Anna had been walking all day trying to see if she can find someone but was having no luck.
"I'm just going in circles now .." Says Anna to herself. Her stomach begins to grumble. She was hungry and needed to rest so she can try again tomorrow.
But for some reason the island didn't have much of anything around her. She decides to walk to a little green field just beside the beach. She was able to find rutabaga that were buried underground and were ready to pluck out. Rutabaga was a type of root vegetable.
"Okay, you can do this Anna." She says to herself as she tries to pull the roots from the ground. She was unsuccessful and wasn't even close. She tried and tried for several minutes only to be thrown to her back.
"If only I wasn't so weak!" She says to herself frustrated. Just then in the corner of her eye she finds a sharp piece of rock next to her. She uses it to shovel her way to the ground and pluck the vegetables right out.
"Yes! I did it!" She begins to eat. She was very hungry and although she would prefer chocolate she was just happy to be eating again. She lays on the grass and continues to eat as she looks up at the sky. There were many stars out. She's never seen so many stars before. She closes her eyes and starts to think of her sister Elsa and her beloved Kristoff. She missed them very much.
Olaf ended up falling asleep on the boat. His little arm wasn't as helpful as he thought it would be. Since the storm stopped the waters were finally calm so Olaf was safe. The boat finally arrives at the island. Olaf wakes up and sees all the black rocks and sand around him. He gasps almost excited. He jumps from the boat and begins to touch the black sand. It's like nothing he's ever seen before and so he enjoyed every second of it. He then realized that he had know idea where he was. He was lost. Just then he starts to realize how dark it was getting.
"I gotta find Elsa! Tomorrow is the last day before my cloud runs out! But first .. I'll just .. take a little ... nap." He yawns and goes back to sleep.
Elsa was still sitting on the beach. She had stopped crying. She was sitting looking at the waters. Night time had already come and her stomach begin to growl. She looks down at her stomach knowing she needs to eat soon. She slowly stands up and begins to walk back to the cave.
She starts to realize that her gown and boots were making her uncomfortable and had no use for it here in sand. She takes of her boots so she can be barefoot and her dress so the only thing she had on was her light blue tights underneath. As she walks to the cave she realized how dark it got. She starts to create light with her powers and lights the cave. As she walks further into the cave she finds the coat she was sleeping on and next to the coat she finds fruits and vegetables on top of the rock. She stares at the food confused. She then realizes that Hans probably came in and left her the food he was able to find and then quickly left.
She runs back out to see if Hans is there but she can't find him. She looks down starting to feel bad for yelling at him and taking out her frustration at him. She decides to go look for him. The moon was out and the sky was full of stars. She sees his footprints on the dark sand and begins to follow the footprints around the corner that he had walked away.
Hans had walked about ten minutes away from where the cave was. The footprints stop in front of a boulder, he had climbed on top of the giants boulder. She takes a deep breath starts to climb the boulder as careful as she can. She reaches the top to find Hans sitting on top of a rock looking out at the ocean. By his facial expression Elsa could tell he was pondering. As Elsa stares at him she walks foward, takes a deep breath and begins to talk.
"Hi." She says. Hans was surprised to find Elsa standing behind him. He stares at Elsa and Elsa stares back at him.
"Did you eat?" Asks Hans very quietly to Elsa.
"No not yet. Actually that's why I'm here." Says Elsa to Hans. She makes her way to Hans and sits next to him.
"Look, I'm sorry with the way I reacted towards you. I'm just .. very upset that I don't have Anna with me and .. I'm scared she might be dead." Says Elsa to Hans.
It's my fault." Says Hans as he continues to look out to the ocean. Elsa presses her eyebrows together confused by his comment.
"What do you mean?" Asks Elsa.
"Kristoff was right, you should have just thrown me overboard when you had the chance." Says Hans.
"What are you taking about? We were going to take you to Corona. That was the plan." Says Elsa.
"No it wasn't. That was never the plan. You and Anna were supposed to return back to Arandelle. And I— I should have just let them kill me when I was still in the Southern Isles." Says Hans as he gets up and starts to walk away back down to the beach. Elsa was shocked to what she just heard. She quickly stands up and starts to run for him.
"Wait! Where are you going!?" Says Elsa
"Away from you. Everytime people are around me all I do is cause pain and tragedy. Says Hans as he start to walk fast trying to get away from Elsa.
"Wait you think all this was your fault?" Says Elsa as she tries to catch up to him.
"Isn't always?" Says Hans as he continues to walk away.
"The Captain ignored my concern and yours as well! You were right the whole time! We should have stopped and waited till the storm passed. So why are you blaming yourself?" Says Elsa to Hans.
"I should have never gotten on your ship. I caused all this." Says Hans as he continues to walk away.
"Why are you so angry with yourself?! You can't control the weather Hans!" She continues to try to catch up to him "
"Hans dont walk away!" She runs to him to grab his arm
"Hans why are you mad with yours—"
Hans stops walking and turns around to Elsa and yells.
"Because I'm a monster that's why!"Elsa was shocked to hear what Hans just yelled to her and stares at him with very surprised.
"Just leave me alone." Says Hans as he begins to walk away. Suddenly a big ice boulder appears in front of him. He turns around surprised to see its Elsa stopping him from walking away.
"No!" Yells Elsa with her hand up ready to stop him with her ice powers. Hans snarks and begins to walk around the ice only to be stopped by another ice boulder created by Elsa. He turns around with a annoyed face and tries to run away only to be blocked off by Elsa again and again.
"UGHHHH would you cut it out!" Yells Hans at Elsa.
"No! Tell me what's wrong, why are you calling yourself a monster! Yells Elsa to Hans.
"Why do you care!" Yells Hans to Elsa. Those words and the way he said it almost sounded very familiar to Elsa.
"Because you and I are the only ones here. We're stranded and alone. Now tell me why are you calling yourself a monster!" Hans stares at Elsa and walks up to her very annoyed.
"Funny, the ice queen wants to know why I'm a monster when she was mourning the death of her sister just minutes ago. Guess letting it go really is a lifestyle huh?" Says a very snarky Hans to Elsa. Elsa's eyes get big and angry at Hans.
"You better be careful with what your next choice of words are." Threatens Elsa.
"Or what? You're going to freeze my heart? Or freeze this whole island? Too bad your sister isn't here to hug you so you don't go rogue again—"
"Stop." Says Elsa.
"You always have to be the one in charge don't you Elsa? The one who's emotions either ruin a persons day or completely ignore you by shutting the door at your face for more than a decade—"
"Hans STOP." Says Elsa with more seriousness.
"Face it Elsa, you are praised as a hero and as a saint because you brought back summer. But the real hero is Anna. If it weren't for her Arandelle would be extinct. Even after you struck her heart with ice you still shut the door at her face." Says Hans tempting Elsa.
"Hans I'm warning you! Stop right now!" Yell Elsa.
"You couldn't save your parents, you couldn't save yourself, without Anna you wouldn't have saved Arandelle and now you couldn't even save her!" Says Hans with boldness to Elsa.
Elsa looks at Hans in the eyes with anger and tears on her face and strikes Hans with a big snowball the size of a wheel. It hit Hans hard on the face and it throws him back several feet away. Hans sits up with snow covered in his face grunting because the impact hurt him. He looks up to see Elsa standing before him with anger and tears rolling down her face. She starts to walk away as fast as she can to get away from him. As Hans watches her go he immediately regrets what he had said to her and feels horrible. He stands up and starts to run to Elsa.
"Hey Elsa .. I'm sorry I don't know what came over me." Says Hans trying to catch up to her.
"Get away from me." Says a angry and teary Elsa looking down at the ground trying to ignore him.
"Elsa I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that. Elsa please will you just stop for one sec—" Hans grabs Elsa's arm to try to stop her from walking when suddenly Elsa explodes.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" She yells as she turns around and takes her arm off from his hand. Hans steps back with hands up in fear.
"You think your the only monster Hans! You think your the only one who had a father who was never pleased with their own child! Every single day I wake up full of regret for what I did to my family. For what I did to Anna! There is not one second that goes by where I wish I hadn't gotten up from bed and run down the stairs to play with Anna when I know I shouldn't have! Because of that night where I chose to be disobedient just for once, I ended up hurting my own sister and having my own parents see me as a threat to Arandelle. Do you know how much is hurt me to constantly shut the door at Anna's face and ignore her!? And then have my father be so disappointed at me everyday because I couldn't control my powers and how worried he was for me to become Queen one day?? I cried every single day for thirteen years with no one to talk to."
Elsa then walks up to Hans and looks up at him in the eyes.
"That's why I set you free .. because I know what it feels like to have people look at you like your some kind of monster."
Elsa stares at Hans then turns around and begins to walk away with tears still in her eyes. Hans stands there speechless as to what he just heard, he had no idea that Elsa too felt like she was a monster.
"You're right." Says Hans to Elsa as she was walking away. Elsa turns around surprised and stares at Hans.
"You're right .. I thought I was the only one. But I was wrong. I'm sorry."
He turns around and walks next to the seashore and sits on the sand looking at the ocean with sadness. Elsa continues to stare at Hans surprised. She sees his face and the sadness he had. She slowly starts to walk to Hans. She sits next him and looks at the ocean with him. She then very shyly looks at Hans as he continues to look at the ocean.
"Remember what I said to you the night I came for you in the mountains before you killed the guards of Duke Weaselton? What did I say to you." Says Hans as his eyes continue to focus on the ocean.
"Don't be the monster they fear you are." Says Elsa as she starts to remember that night.
"Well what if you really are one." Says Hans. Elsa looks up and stares at him caught off guard with what he just said.
"My whole life I've been called a monster and treated like one by my own family. And I guess as time goes on you actually start to believe it." Says Hans.
Elsa continues to look at him. She starts to feel his pain, his sadness as he remembers everything he went through as a little boy. She begins to feel a connection. Something she's felt before.
"You know no one is born evil. But sometimes when you go through hell, the only way out is to walk deeper into the fire." Says Hans.
Elsa continues to stare at Hans as she listens to him.
"But who knows, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe you can be born evil." Say Hans as he looks down with sadness.
"You weren't born evil. You're life made you that way." Says Elsa to Hans.
Hans eyebrows press together and he turns and stares at Elsa. Never in his whole life did he have someone say that to him or judge him for the things he's done. They both continue to look at each other. Elsa then looks away so she can stop staring at Hans. Hans then looks down realizing he got stuck staring at her eyes. After a few moments Elsa stands up and goes into the cave. Hans turns around as she sees her walk back to the cave as she left her footprints in the sandy beach.
She goes to the rock where the food and Hans coat was. She put the food on top of Hans coat and carries it all together and makes her way back to where Hans was. She sits down next to him and puts the food in front of both of them.
"We should probably eat before we die of hunger." Says Elsa to Hans. Hans shakes his head agreeing with her.
"Good idea." He gives a half smile to Elsa and Elsa gives a half smile back at him. They begin to eat the food sharing with each other the fruits and vegetables.
Although there was an awkward silence between them they ended up talking about each other's childhood upbringing as a royal. Even they both knew they could at least relate to each other in some way. Hans told stories of how it was to grow up 13th in line while Elsa told the story of how it was to grow up isolated. And so the conversation followed for about an hour. Until they look up at the sky.
The northern lights begin to appear in the sky right below them. They look up at the sky admiring the beauty of the colors. They begin to point out what their favorite color was and what the lights reminded them of.
"It's awake." Says Elsa. Hans eyes grow big. Those words gave him a sense of dejavú but he couldn't remember where he's heard that before. Instead he ignores it.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" Says Elsa as she looks up at the sky.
Hans turns his stare from the sky to Elsa as she sees her looking up admiring the sky. He stares at Elsa admiring her and says.
"It is."