Hi everyone!
Here is the next chapter, as I have promised my loves! I'm hoping to pick up on my updating since I only have 10 DAYS OF SENIOR YEAR LEFT!
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ICE HARVESTERS, dressed in traditional Sami clothing, score a frozen lake. They SING.
ICE HARVESTERS
BORN OF COLD AND WINTER AIR
AND MOUNTAIN RAIN COMBINING,
THIS ICY FORCE BOTH FOUL AND FAIR
HAS A FROZEN HEART WORTH MINING.
"That's a song the harvesters like to sing. It passes the time, and singing helps us to keep warm." Kristoff explained. "I never knew who started this specific song, but it became the favorite of the harvesters." Anna smiled warmly at her husband.
The men drag giant ice blocks through channels of water.
ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
CUT THROUGH THE HEART, COLD AND CLEAR.
STRIKE FOR LOVE AND STRIKE FOR FEAR.
SEE THE BEAUTY SHARP AND SHEER.
SPLIT THE ICE APART!
AND BREAK THE FROZEN HEART.
Hup! Ho! Watch your step! Let it go!
A young Sami boy, KRISTOFF, and his reindeer calf, SVEN, share a carrot as they try to keep up with the men.
"Awwww!" Elsa and Anna cooed, making Kristoff blush, and Jack and Jackson began laughing.
"Uncle Kristoff, you're so cute!" Em giggled.
ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
Hup! Ho! Watch your step! Let it go!
Young Kristoff struggles to get a block of ice out of the water. He fails, ends up soaked. Sven licks his wet cheek.
"I can see why my daughter chose you, Kristoff, to be her husband." Iduna said, and Kristoff looked at her questioningly. "You are determined, and it takes a determined person to keep up with Anna." Kristoff chuckled.
"You're absolutely right, your majesty." He replied, and Iduna shook her head.
"We are family, Kristoff. No titles between us." She said firmly, and Kristoff's smile grew.
ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
BEAUTIFUL! POWERFUL! DANGEROUS! COLD!
ICE HAS A MAGIC CAN'T BE CONTROLLED.
A sharp ice floe overtakes the workers, threateningly. They fight it back.
ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
STRONGER THAN ONE, STRONGER THAN TEN
STRONGER THAN A HUNDRED MEN!
Massive fjord horses drag heavy ice plows.
ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
BORN OF COLD AND WINTER AIR
AND MOUNTAIN RAIN COMBINING
The sun sets. Lanterns are lit.
ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
THIS ICY FORCE BOTH FOUL AND FAIR
HAS A FROZEN HEART WORTH MINING.
CUT THROUGH THE HEART, COLD AND CLEAR.
In the dark, Kristoff and Sven finally manage to get a single block of ice out of the water.
"Yay!" Jasper and Maxine cheered for their father, and Emma cheered with them.
"When did you start working with the ice harvesters?" Jack asked his brother-in-law, who thought for a moment.
"My parents passed away when I was about six, so I think a year later, so I would have been seven." Kristoff replied.
"How did you lost your parents?" Jamie asked,
"They both became very sick, and there wasn't a cure." Kristoff replied softly, and Anna leaned into her husband, resting her head on his shoulder and squeezing his hand tightly.
ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
STRIKE FOR LOVE AND STRIKE FOR FEAR.
THERE'S BEAUTY AND THERE'S DANGER HERE.
SPLIT THE ICE APART!
BEWARE THE FROZEN HEART.
The workers pile onto the giant horse-drawn ice sled as it pulls away. Left behind, Kristoff and Sven push their ice block onto a dinky little sled then head off. The Northern Lights fill the sky...then move across the mountains...beneath the snowline...and descend upon...
EXT. THE KINGDOM OF ARENDELLE — NIGHT
A humble castle, built of wood, nestled in a deep fjord.
INT. CASTLE, NURSERY — NIGHT
ELSA sleeps in her bed. Her little sister ANNA pops up beside her.
"Whoa! Em, you look just like Elsa!" Pippa exclaimed in surprise.
"I'm sure the Man in the Moon had something to do with it." Em replied with a shy smile.
"He definitely did. When I first met you, you had brown hair and brown eyes." Bunny supplied, and Em beamed at him.
YOUNG ANNA
Elsa. Psst. Elsa! Psst.
Elsa doesn't stir. Anna sits on Elsa and bounces.
YOUNG ANNA (CONT'D)
Wake up. Wake up. Wake up.
YOUNG ELSA
(grumbling)
Anna, go back to sleep.
Anna rolls onto her back and spreads all her weight on Elsa.
YOUNG ANNA
(drama queen-ish)
I just can't. The sky's awake, so I'm awake, so we have to play.
Maxine giggled.
"Don't laugh, Max. You do the same at night." Em said, poking her cousin, who pouted, and stuck her tongue out at Em.
YOUNG ELSA
...Go play by yourself.
Elsa shoves Anna off the bed. Anna lands butt to floor, sighs, defeated. But then she gets an idea. She hops back on the bed and lifts one of Elsa's eyelids.
YOUNG ANNA
(mischievously)
Do you want to build a snowman?
Elsa's eyes both pop open. She smiles.
"I don't remember any of this." Anna remarked with confusion. Elsa, Iduna, and Agnarr looked at one another. "Why can't I remember?"
"You'll see." Iduna asked gently.
INT. CASTLE STAIRCASE — NIGHT
Anna, now wearing snow boots, pulls Elsa by the hand.
YOUNG ANNA
Come on, come on, come on, come on.
Elsa tries to shush her, but Anna's too excited.
INT. BALLROOM — NIGHT
The girls sneak into the ballroom. Elsa shuts the door.
YOUNG ANNA
Do the magic! Do the magic!
Elsa laughs and waves her hands together. Snowflakes suddenly burst forth and dance between her palms, forming a snowball. Elsa throws the snowball high into the air. Snow bursts out and flurries around the room. Anna dances about, catching flakes in her palms and mouth.
YOUNG ANNA (CONT'D)
This is amazing!
YOUNG ELSA
Watch this!
Elsa stomps her little slippered foot and a layer of ice suddenly coats the floor, forming a giant ice rink. Anna slides off, laughing.
Jack smiled at the innocence on the screen. Else normally was only laidback when she was around her husband and daughter, alone. The wariness from her powers being exposed still existed in the young queen. Em grinned widely as she watched her mother giggle and laugh with her sister.
Anna and Elsa roll giant snowballs and build a snowman together. Elsa moves his stick arms around.
YOUNG ELSA (CONT'D)
(goofy voice)
Hi, I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs.
Anna jumps up and hugs him.
YOUNG ANNA
I love you, Olaf.
"Olaf?" Em, Maxine, and Jasper asked in unison, looking at their respective mothers. Elsa smiled at her daughter.
"We always named our snowmen that. A sort of tradition." Elsa explained, and Em laughed slightly, leaning against Jack happily.
-Anna and Olaf appear to be dancing. REVEAL: Elsa is actually propelling them across the ice floor with her magic. The girls slide down snowbanks together! Anna fearlessly jumps off a snow peak into mid air.
YOUNG ANNA (CONT'D)
Catch me!
Elsa makes another peak to catch Anna.
YOUNG ELSA
Gotcha!
Anna keeps jumping. Elsa keeps casting magic.
YOUNG ANNA
(jumping faster)
Again! Again!
YOUNG ELSA
(struggling to keep up)
Slow down!
Elsa suddenly slips. Her magic accidentally STRIKES Anna in the head. Anna tumbles down a snowbank and lands, unconscious.
Pippa gasped, and Em grabbed onto her mother's hand. Elsa shut her eyes tightly, holding back tears. Anna stared in shock at the scene.
YOUNG ELSA (CONT'D)
ANNA!
Elsa runs to Anna and takes her in her arms. A streak of Anna's hair, where struck, turns white.
YOUNG ELSA (CONT'D)
MAMA! PAPA!
The room around them fills with frightening ice spikes. The parents burst through the frozen door. GASP at the sight of the room.
KING
Elsa, what have you done? This is getting out of hand!
QUEEN
(seeing Anna)
Anna!
The King and Queen rush to Anna and take her in their arms.
ELSA
It was an accident. I'm sorry, Anna.
Elsa drew in on herself, pressing against Jack, who held her close. Iduna took her eldest daughter's hand, squeezing it tightly. Elsa looked at her, and the brown-haired woman smiled sadly.
"We saved her, Elsa. Remember that." Iduna said firmly, and Elsa nodded slightly. Jack pressed a kiss on his wife's forehead, and Em leaned over, taking her mother's free hand.
QUEEN
(about Anna)
She's ice cold.
KING
...I know where we have to go.
SLAM CUT TO:
INT. DARK ROOM — NIGHT
The King sifts through a shelf to find an ancient book inscribed with Old Norse runes. He opens the book, scrambles to a page with an ancient map.
EXT. ARENDELLE — NIGHT
Carrying the girls, the King and Queen ride their horses out of the kingdom. Snow streams from Elsa's hands, leaving a trail of ice behind them.
EXT. FJORD MOUNTAIN FOREST — NIGHT
A sleepy Kristoff and Sven travel alone through the dark woods. All of a sudden, the King and Queen race by with the girls, leaving the wake of ice.
KRISTOFF
Ice?
EXT. BLACK MOUNTAINS — NIGHT
Kristoff rides Sven as they follow the trail of ice.
Kristoff's eyes widened as he sat up straight.
"I remember this night." He exclaimed, before looking at his in-laws. "That's when I first met the trolls!" Anna huffed, annoyed.
"Why does everyone remember this night but me?" she said, and Kristoff rubbed her arm gently.
YOUNG KRISTOFF
Faster, Sven!
EXT. THE VALLEY OF THE LIVING ROCK — NIGHT
Kristoff hops off Sven at the edge of a deep valley. They hide behind a rock and peek out. Down below, the King holds a frightened Elsa. The Queen holds the still unconscious Anna.
KING
Please, help. My daughter!
Suddenly, a bunch of rocks tumble down the valley toward them. It looks as though they'll be crushed. but the rocks stop at their feet. The rocks then unfold, revealing bright faces.
YOUNG KRISTOFF
Trolls...?
The rock in front of Kristoff "wakes up."
BULDA
Shush. I'm trying to listen.
She grabs Kristoff and Sven by hand and hoof and hugs them close. Sven licks her face and she eyes them both.
BULDA (CONT'D)
Cuties. I'm gonna keep you.
Despite the slightly tense atmosphere, Kristoff smiled widely, and his children beamed at the sight of their "grandmother".
Back below, the crowd parts for a troll as old as the Earth. They call him GRAND PABBIE. He approaches arthritically, but determined. He nods respectfully to the king.
GRAND PABBIE
Your Majesty.
(referring to Elsa)
Born with the powers or cursed?
KING
Born. And they're getting stronger.
Grand Pabbie motions for the Queen to bring Anna to him. She does. He examines her.
GRAND PABBIE
(about Anna)
You are lucky it wasn't her heart. The heart is not so easily changed, but the head can be persuaded.
Anna looked up at Kristoff.
"That's like what he said when we went there after talking to Elsa." She said, and Kristoff nodded. "Does this have something to do with me not remembering?" Agnarr nodded, and Anna refocused on the movie.
KING
Do what you must.
GRAND PABBIE
I recommend we remove all magic, even memories of magic to be safe... But don't worry, I'll leave the fun.
Grand Pabbie pulls out a glowing blue energy from Anna's head. We see her memories floating right above her. Grand Pabbie changes all of her magical memories to ordinary memories - snowy play indoors with the girls in their nightgowns changes to outdoors on the winter fjords with the girls in winter gear. He puts the ordinary memories back in her head.
GRAND PABBIE (CONT'D)
She will be okay.
YOUNG ELSA
But she won't remember I have powers?
"They took my memories." Anna whispered. "To protect Elsa?" Elsa shifted against Jack, and looked at her sister.
"To protect you. If you remembered my powers, especially after what just happened, I would be terrified to hurt you again. I would never forgive myself if I hurt you a second time." The young queen said, and Anna stared at her sister.
KING
It's for the best.
PABBIE
Listen to me, Elsa, your power will only grow.
As he speaks, he conducts the Northern Lights to show a silhouette of an adult Elsa creating magical snowflakes.
PABBIE (CONT'D)
There is beauty in your magic... But also great danger.
The snowflakes turn to sharp spikes.
PABBIE (O.S.) (CONT'D)
You must learn to control it.
In the Northern Lights display, the sharp spikes cause human figures to panic and attack Elsa.
PABBIE (CONT'D)
Fear will be your enemy.
Elsa gasps and buries her face in the King's chest. The King wraps his arms around Elsa, protectively.
KING
No. We'll protect her. She can learn to control it. I'm sure.
The Arendelle castle gates shutting.
KING (O.S.) (CONT'D)
Until then, we'll lock the gates. We'll reduce the staff. We will limit her contact with people and
keep her powers hidden from everyone... including Anna.
The castle shutters close. Anna sits on her bed as Elsa's furniture disappears. Anna rushes to the hall to see Elsa shut the door to her new room. Anna watches, confused and sad.
Anna crossed her arms.
"I would have understood. You didn't have to lock Elsa away. We only ever saw each other at meals." She said, and Elsa sighed heavily.
"Don't blame them, Anna. I made the decision too. I was a child, and my emotions were all over the place. You remember when you came to visit me. I thought I had control, but I didn't. Not as well as I should have. I didn't want to hurt you again." Elsa said firmly, and Anna huffed. Iduna kissed Elsa's cheek gently, smoothing her blonde hair back.
"We're proud of you for controlling it, Elsa. You're a queen unlike Arendelle has ever seen." She said, and Elsa smiled back at her.