Hello friends!
Here is the final movie-based chapter of the story! After this, there's about one or two (haven't decided yet) more chapters just to tie everything up.
I'll post the mushy thank you note at the end of those chapters :)
Until then, enjoy!
Disclaimer: DISNEY AND DREAMWORKS OWN EVERYTHING EXCEPT EM, MAXINE, AND JASPER
Chapter 32
Elsa squeezed Anna's hand thankfully, and Anna smiled back at her, shifting back to her seat. Kristoff wrapped his arm around her shoulders, realizing what was about to happen.
"Here's where it all happens." Elsa said softly, leaning back against Jack. He kissed her forehead as the movie began the final scenes.
INT. COUNCIL CHAMBER — NIGHT
The Duke looks out the window at the growing snowstorm. He rubs his arms and shivers.
DUKE
It's getting colder by the minute.
If we don't do something soon,
we'll all freeze to death.
Hans comes in, putting on his most distraught face.
SPANISH DIGNITARY
Prince Hans.
HANS
Princess Anna is...dead.
VARIOUS DIGNITARIES
What...? No... Mon dieu.
Hans stumbles, weak with grief. The men help him to a chair.
DUKE
What happened to her?
HANS
She was killed by Queen Elsa.
DUKE
Her own sister.
HANS
(really putting it on)
At least we got to say our marriage
vows...before she died in my arms.
He bows his head in a brilliant display of teary grief.
"That creep!" Pippa exclaimed.
"He's a pretty good actor." Bunny remarked, studying the prince. "It even looks like there's actual tears in his eyes."
"Maybe acting is a class the royalty of the Southern Isles all have to take." Em added with a grin, making Bunny chuckle.
"I'm just surprised at how easy it is for him." Jamie said.
"I'm not." Anna muttered.
DUKE
There can be no doubt now; Queen
Elsa is a monster and we are all in
grave danger.
SPANISH DIGNITARY
Prince Hans, Arendelle looks to
you.
Hans nods; he knows what he's being asked to do, and he'll do it with the perfect amount of authority and gravitas.
HANS
With a heavy heart, I charge Queen
Elsa of Arendelle with treason and
sentence her to death.
INT. ELSA'S DUNGEON — DAY
The cell ices over. Elsa looks out at the storm that is devastating Arendelle, then hears the guards approaching.
GUARD (O.S.)
She's dangerous. Move quickly and
with resolve.
Elsa pulls at her shackles. They crack. Just as the door busts open, the weight of the ice crumbles the walls. The men duck out of the way. Hans pushes his way into the room...sees...
The back wall is blown open. Broken shackles rest on the floor. Elsa is gone.
"You broke the metal?" Monty asked in awe, his eyes wide behind his glasses. Elsa blushed slightly.
"I think I just froze the metal. That made it easy to break them." she replied, and Jack's face shone with pride.
EXT. MOUNTAIN SLOPE — DAY
Kristoff heads into the mountains. Sven lags behind, not wanting to follow. He looks back at the kingdom, then shakes his head. Enough. He runs past Kristoff. Stops and turns to face him. He snorts and grunts.
KRISTOFF
What is it, buddy?
Sven nudges Kristoff with his antlers.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D)
Hey, watch it. What's wrong with
you?
Sven snorts with more conviction, moos, brays.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D)
(avoiding)
...I don't understand you when you
talk like that.
Kristoff tries to walk on ahead, but Sven uses his antlers to lift Kristoff off the ground.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D)
Ah! Stop it! Put me down!
Sven drops him hard then "yells" at him once more.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D)
No, Sven! We're not going back!
Sven shakes his head, angrily.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D)
She's with her true love.
Sven makes an "of-course-she-isn't" face. Kristoff gets it; he's made his point.
"How is it that Sven and Olaf figured everything out before we did?" Anna asked her husband, who shrugged.
"There's something about those two." He said.
"They're just really observant" Em told her uncle and aunt with a laugh.
"Were we that obvious?" Anna asked.
"If I didn't know you guys before watching this, I would assume you were together just by watching this." Jack replied, and Anna blushed as Kristoff laughed.
Just then the wind picks up. Kristoff looks back at the kingdom. Sees a violent winter storm swirling over the castle. Sharp ice claws its way up the castle, encasing it.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D)
Anna.
Without hesitating, he dashes back down the mountain. Sven runs after him, catches up. Kristoff grabs Sven's harness and jumps onto his back.
CUT TO:
INT. LIBRARY — NIGHT
Anna shivers by the door. She looks up to see ice overtaking the ceiling.
The door handle suddenly jiggles. Stops. Jiggles again.
ANNA
(barely a whisper)
Help.
CLICK. The door swings open. We see a carrot in the lock and hear a giggle of victory. Olaf takes the carrot, puts it back on his face. Then he sees Anna lying there.
OLAF
Anna. Oh no.
He runs to the fireplace. Throws in some fresh wood, including one of his own arms, which he quickly rescues, before striking a match and relighting the fire.
ANNA
Olaf? Olaf. Get away from there.
OLAF
Whoa! So this is heat...
(considering)
I love it.
He reaches a twig finger toward the flames. It catches on fire.
OLAF (CONT'D)
Ooh! But don't touch it!
The room filled with laughter once again at Olaf's expense.
"Poor Olaf." Emma said, shaking her head.
"I think that was his first realization that heat isn't always fun." Anna remarked.
"That doesn't seem to affect him at all." Jackson said, chuckling as they watched Olaf.
He shakes the flame out, as he rushes over to help Anna to the fire.
OLAF (CONT'D)
So, where's Hans? What happened to
your kiss?
ANNA
I was wrong about him. It wasn't
true love.
OLAF
(confused innocence)
Huh. But we ran all the way here?
ANNA
Please Olaf, you can't stay here;
you'll melt.
OLAF
I am not leaving here until we find
some other act of true love to save
you.
He sits down behind her, stubbornly. Leans his back against hers and thinks.
OLAF (CONT'D)
...Do you happen to have any ideas?
ANNA
I don't even know what love is.
Kristoff looked down at Anna. She smiled back up at him, her arm wrapped tightly around Maxine, who was teasing her brother playfully.
"I do now." she replied, and Kristoff grinned widely at her, pressing his forehead against hers.
OLAF
(confident)
That's okay, I do...
Olaf hops back up and puts a soothing hand on her shoulder.
OLAF (CONT'D)
Love is...putting someone else's
needs before yours, like, you know,
how Kristoff brought you back here
to Hans and left you forever.
ANNA
...Kristoff loves me?
OLAF
Wow, you really don't know anything
about love, do you?
His face starts to melt.
ANNA
Olaf, you're melting.
OLAF
(sweet and reassuring)
Some people are worth melting for.
Cupcake, Pippa, and Sophie all cooed at Olaf's words. Jackson looked down at Emma, and she looked up at him. He could see the tears in her eyes, and he pulled her into his lap, hugging her close. Emma snuggled into his chest, cherishing her moments with her big brother. She knew that as soon as the movie ended, they would have to go home. She didn't want it to end.
But then...his face REALLY melts. He panics, pushes the snow back in place.
OLAF (CONT'D)
Just maybe not right this second.
Suddenly, the window blows open, cold wind sweeps in.
OLAF (CONT'D)
Don't worry, I've got it!
Olaf flitters to the window. He pulls one panel of it shut but struggles with the second panel.
OLAF (CONT'D)
(determined)
We're going to get through-
(distracted)
Oh, wait. Hang on. I'm getting
something.
He breaks an icicle off the window, uses it as a telescope and sees...
Kristoff and Sven running back down the mountain.
OLAF (CONT'D)
It's Kristoff and Sven! They're
coming back this way.
ANNA
...They-they are?
OLAF
Wow, he's really moving fast.
Huh... I guess I was wrong. I
guess Kristoff doesn't love you
enough to leave you behind.
"Awww, Olaf." Elsa laughed, shaking her head.
"He says something profound, and then doesn't realize what's going on." Kozmotis laughed.
"That's Olaf for you." Anna said.
Anna tries to get to her feet.
ANNA
Help me up, Olaf. Please.
He hurries over, tumbling over the couch, knocking over the chess set and water jugs.
OLAF
No, no, no, no, no. You need to
stay by the fire and keep warm.
ANNA
I need to get to Kristoff.
OLAF
(clueless)
Why...?
(realizing)
Oh, oh, oh, I know why.
He hops around in an excited display of hope.
OLAF (CONT'D)
There's your act of true love,
right there, riding across the
fjords like a valiant, pungent
reindeer king! Come on!
"'Pungent reindeer king'? I'm definitely using that." Jack said, his eyes twinkling with mirth.
"Don't you dare." Kristoff said as Jack's words led to more laughter in the room.
The walls crack under the ice pressure.
OLAF (CONT'D)
Look out!
They rush out the room just as the ceiling collapses.
INT. CASTLE HALLWAY — DAY
Anna and Olaf struggle down the hall. Ice spikes grow and block their path.
OLAF
We're trapped.
Anna looks around desperately for a way out.
EXT. FJORD — DAY
Elsa runs, but is nearly blinded by the snow and wind.
EXT. CASTLE — DAY
Anna and Olaf bust open a window. The storm is so strong it sweeps the window panes away.
OLAF
Slide, Anna.
It's a long, snowy way down. But what choice do they have? They slide down the ice-covered building. Anna arrives at the bottom, weak but uninjured. Olaf gathers snow along the way. He arrives at the bottom as a giant snowball.
OLAF (CONT'D)
We made it!
He shakes off the extra snow as Anna struggles to her feet.
"Have you ever done that?" Caleb asked Em and the twins, who shook their heads.
"Mama won't let us. She says it's not safe." Em told him, and Elsa looked down at her with a raised eyebrow.
"It is. No matter how much snow we put at the bottom, there's always a possibility that something could happen." she replied, and Jack nodded.
EXT. FJORD — DAY
Kristoff and Sven bound off the mountain and sprint across the frozen fjord waters and right into the heart of the storm. Its white-out wind pushes them back. But they fight through.
KRISTOFF
Come on, buddy, faster.
CUT TO:
Anna and Olaf reach the shore of the fjords.
ANNA
Kristoff!
The wind lifts Olaf up and pulls him apart. He goes swirling off into the storm.
OLAF
Keep going, Anna!
Anna struggles on.
ANNA
Kristoff!
PAN TO:
Kristoff rides Sven past cracking, frozen ships. Sven struggles over the uneven surface.
KRISTOFF
Come on! Come on!
Suddenly, a mangled ship, risen by ice, capsizes over them. They give it all they've got as debris falls all around them and the mast shatters. They make it past just as the entire ship slams down and cracks the thick ice beneath their feet. The ice opens up. Sven bravely jumps over a gap. But it's too wide. He bucks Kristoff to safety, but lands in the freezing water and disappears below.
Maxine and Jasper both gasped with wide eyes as Sven disappeared beneath the water.
"Is he okay?" Emma asked fearfully.
"He'll be fine. His coat is thick enough, and he's able to swim." Kristoff said.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D)
Sven? Sven!
At first there's nothing but the wind and the tumbling icy water. But suddenly, Sven surfaces and claws his way to a floating ice chunk. He calls out, signaling for Kristoff to go on.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D)
Good boy.
CUT TO:
Anna moves blindly across the fjord. Anna's hands frost over an icy blue. She stumbles on, determined. But she's running out of time.
She clutches her chest. The color in her eyes fades, the inevitable is coming.
CUT TO:
Kristoff, lost in the white-out, doesn't know which way to turn. But then he hears a faint-
ANNA (O.S.)
Kristoff.
KRISTOFF
Anna...? Anna!
WHITE OUT TO:
Elsa struggles through her own storm, but the fear is consuming her. A dark shadow approaches. It's Hans.
Em's hands slowly began to grow cold when she saw Hans approaching her mother.
"Snowflake, it's okay." Elsa said softly, leaning down. Em clenched her fists, but nodded, taking deep breaths.
"I wish I had gotten a hit in." Kristoff grumbled, and Anna sighed.
HANS
Elsa. You can't run from this!
Elsa backs away from him.
ELSA
...Just take care of my sister.
HANS
Your sister? She returned from the
mountain weak and cold. She said
you froze her heart.
ELSA
What? No.
HANS
I tried to save her, but it was too
late. Her skin was ice. Her hair
turned white...
Elsa's face sinks as she realizes what she has done.
HANS (CONT'D)
Your sister is dead... because of
you.
Elsa shut her eyes tightly, remembering what she had felt when Hans had said those words. Her heart had shattered, and she had thought the ice below her would shatter in response. She had felt nothing after she had fallen to her knees. Jack rubbed her shoulder soothingly, leaning in close.
"Anna's here, Elsa. She's sitting with us." he whispered softly, and Elsa listened to his voice, allowing it to calm her.
At their feet, Emma curled up against Jackson, holding back tears. She thought to the pond, and to watching Jackson fall through the ice. It had been because of her. If she had simply listened, and let Jackson check the ice before she had gone onto it, he wouldn't have died. Jackson knew exactly what she was thinking, and his arms tightened around her.
"Don't think like that, Emmy." he told her quietly, kissing her forehead. "I won't blame you for anything." Emma leaned closer to her brother, cherishing their moment.
Elsa drops to her knees, emotionally broken. And with that, the swirling storm suddenly stops. The snow freezes mid-air, hangs suspended, trapped in grief.
Citizens and dignitaries rush to the wall's edge and look out to see...
Anna, barely able to move but now able to see across the fjords to...
ANNA
(a whisper)
Kristoff.
KRISTOFF
Anna.
Anna pushes on towards Kristoff. He runs top speed towards her. There's still a lot of fjord to cross, but Kristoff is giving it all he's got. He's going to make it.
But then, Anna hears the sound of a sword being drawn from its scabbard. She turns and sees Hans, behind Elsa, as he raises his sword over his head.
ANNA
Elsa.
Anna looks back at Kristoff as he runs for her. She gives him a longing look, but then turns away from him and then... Using all of her remaining strength, as Hans brings his sword down, Anna throws herself in front of Elsa.
ANNA (CONT'D)
No!
In that instant, Anna freezes to solid ice. The sword hits her instead of Elsa. The sword shatters completely. The force of it sends Hans flying back and knocks him out.
The room grew silent, much like the scene did.
"What did it feel like?" Jasper asked, looking up at his mother.
"It was like snow had fallen onto me." Anna replied softly, and Kristoff looked down, unable to see his wife in that position.
ELSA
Anna!
Elsa rushes to Anna and touches her sister's frozen face.
ELSA (CONT'D)
Oh, Anna...no...no, please no.
Olaf walks up and sees Anna, frozen.
OLAF
(confused, sad)
Anna?
Elsa hugs Anna and cries.
Kristoff watches in shocked despair. Sven steps up to his side.
Citizens and dignitaries on the castle walls bow their heads. All of Arendelle is joined in somber silence.
"Do snowflakes stop falling when you're sad?" Cupcake asked Elsa, who nodded.
"I noticed that when I was a child. Whenever I was extremely sad, the snow outside my window would stop falling." she replied. She looked down at Em, reaching out a hand to take her daughter's. "It happened when Em was taken. After Jack left to find out what happened, I couldn't move from the garden. The snowflakes wouldn't move at all. Normally they act as if they're still falling, but they were completely frozen." Em pressed her cheek to Elsa's hand, closing her eyes softly.
North and Tooth looked at one another, and Tooth had a glimpse of guilt in her eyes.
But then, Anna warms. She begins to thaw. Olaf looks up and gasps. Kristoff and Sven notice, light up.
Anna bends her arm and embraces Elsa.
ELSA
Wha-? Anna?
Anna opens her eyes. She smiles at Elsa, relieved.
ANNA
Oh, Elsa.
They embrace.
ELSA
...You sacrificed yourself for me?
ANNA
(weak)
...I love you.
Olaf realizes what's happened. He's so excited about it, he lifts his head right off his body and exclaims-
OLAF
An act of true love will thaw a
frozen heart.
ELSA
(processing)
Love...will thaw...
(realizing)
Love... Of course.
Elsa looks at Anna with confidence.
ANNA
Elsa?
ELSA
Love.
"And that's how I learned to control my powers." Elsa said with a smile, and Jack looked at her with a matching smile.
"Really?" he asked, and Elsa nodded.
"At first I had been thinking of Anna, and Mother and Father, but after the first few days, I thought of you." she replied, and Jack's smile widened. "And after you found Emma, it was both of you." Em beamed up at her mother happily as Agnarr and Iduna looked at their oldest daughter with pride in their eyes, as did Anna.
Elsa lifts her arms, and the ground shakes and cracks. The ice and snow breaks away and rises high into the air. Beneath their feet the bow of a ship thaws. The entire fjord melts and other boats right themselves. The villagers come out to see the warmth returning. In one final wave, Elsa draws all of the snow into a giant snowflake in the sky, then waves it away, leaving only a warm summer day.
ANNA
I knew you could do it.
OLAF
(melting, good-naturedly)
Hands down, this is the best day of
my life...and quite possibly the
last.
ELSA
Oh, Olaf. Hang on, little guy.
Elsa waves her hand and surrounds Olaf with a swirl of cold air. He refreezes. Above his head she leaves a little, perpetually-snowing storm cloud. Olaf loves it.
OLAF
Hey, my own personal flurry.
Kristoff sees Hans trying to get to his feet. He marches toward him, prepared for a fight. But Anna puts up a hand and stops him.
"I still wish that you had let me punch him. Or you should have at least let Sven headbutt him." Kristoff said, pouting slightly. Anna laughed.
"I know, but I wanted to have the delight of feeling my fist hit his face." she replied. "Besides, you got to pull him out of the fjord and hand him over to the guards." Kristoff nodded, a wistful smile on his face.
"That was a great feeling." he said, making his family laugh at the look on his face.
ANNA
Uh. Uh. Uh.
She'll handle this. She goes over to Hans.
HANS
(confused)
Anna? But she froze your heart.
ANNA
The only frozen heart around here
is yours.
She turns away from him, proud of her words. But not yet satisfied, she turns back and punches him right in the face.
HANS
Ah! Whoa, whoa, whoa!
He falls overboard.
The kids all cheered at Hans' ending, but Agnarr looked at his youngest daughter.
"Where did you learn to punch like that?" he asked. Anna blushed, tucking a strand of hair behind him.
"I asked Kai for defense lessons one day when I was bored. He got one of the guards to help me out." she replied, and Agnarr chuckled as Kristoff looked at his wife incredulously.
Elsa comes over to Anna and hugs her. Over her shoulder, Kristoff meets Anna's eyes. She smiles brighter, happy.
EXT. ARENDELLE — DAY
It's a beautiful summer day. The mighty ships have been repaired and are sailing away.
On one of the ships, HANS is thrown into a brig.
FRENCH DIGNITARY
(to Kai)
I will return this scoundrel to his
country. We shall see what his
twelve big brothers think of his
behavior.
KAI
Arendelle thanks you, my Lord.
Down on the dock, Arendelle guards lead the Duke and his two thugs to their ship.
DUKE
This is unacceptable. I am
innocent. I'm a victim of fear.
I've been traumatized.
(bad acting)
Ow! My neck hurts. Is there a
doctor I could...No? And I demand
to see the Queen!
"Thank goodness we'll never have to see him again." Elsa said in relief.
"We could always pay them a visit." Jack said with a mischievious grin. Em looked at her mother with a matching grin, and Elsa stared at both of them.
"Not at all! We are not antagonizing Weselton!" she exclaimed.
"I'm not opposed to it." Kristoff added, and Elsa groaned, burying her face in her hands, which also hid her small, amused smile.
Kai steps down from the gangplank to the dock.
KAI
I have a message from the Queen.
(reading a scroll)
Arendelle will henceforth and
forever no longer do business of
any sort with Weaseltown.
DUKE
Weselton. It's Weselton!
The guards usher him and his thugs onto their ship.
EXT. VILLAGE SQUARE — DAY
Anna runs through the crowd, pulling a blindfolded Kristoff along behind her. She's so excited she can't stand it.
ANNA
Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on!
She runs him right into a pole.
KRISTOFF
Pole.
ANNA
Oops. Sorry.
"I was lucky I didn't break my nose." Kristoff said, glaring at Anna playfully. She looked at him innocently, and he laughed slightly.
EXT. ARENDELLE DOCKS — DAY
Anna skips to the perfect spot and stops.
ANNA
(stopping)
Okay. Okay. Here we are.
She takes off the blindfold. Kristoff opens his eyes. Before him sits the most beautiful, suped-up sled. Sven poses in front of it - Vanna White-style.
ANNA (CONT'D)
I owe you a sled.
KRISTOFF
(blown away)
Are you serious?
ANNA
Yes. And it's the latest model.
KRISTOFF
No. I can't accept this...
ANNA
You have to. No returns. No
exchanges. Queen's orders. She's
named you the official Arendelle
Ice Master and Deliverer.
"Anna had told me everything, so of course I had to thank him." Elsa said, and Kristoff looked at her thankfully.
"Sven was very excited when I put the medal on him." Anna giggled.
Sven shows off the Ice-Master-and-Deliverer medal like he's king of the bucks.
KRISTOFF
What? That's not a thing.
But he can't help but admire her enthusiasm.
ANNA
Sure it is. And it even has a cup
holder... Do you like it?
KRISTOFF
Like it?
He sweeps her up high overhead and spins her around.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D)
I love it... I could kiss you!
He drops her, suddenly embarrassed.
KRISTOFF (CONT'D)
...I could. I mean I'd like to.
I'd... may I? We me...I mean, may
we? Wait, what?
She gives him a quick kiss on the cheek.
ANNA
We may.
He smiles and goes for it. It's a true love's kiss, alright.
"Ewwww!" Maxine and Jasper cried, seeing their parents kissing.
"You see them kiss all the time!" Em said.
"Yeah, but this is a gross kiss!" Jasper said in a no-nonsense voice, making his cousin laugh. Anna and Kristoff laughed with Em at their children, and looked at one another with love in their eyes. They shared a similar kiss to the one on screen, and once again, Maxine and Jasper protested, much to their amusement.
We move past them to find Olaf enjoying the summer. With his snow cloud safely overhead, he's free to smell the flowers, which he does. Then sneezes his carrot nose off. Sven catches it between his teeth. Olaf gasps as Sven sucks the whole carrot into his mouth. It's gone.
Olaf's face sinks in sadness. But not to fear, Sven spits the carrot back out and jams it into Olaf's face where it belongs. It's completely covered in reindeer spit, but Olaf doesn't seem to mind. He hugs Sven happily.
CUT TO:
EXT. CASTLE COURTYARD — DAY
The gates to the castle are wide open. In the courtyard, stands Elsa.
ELSA
Are you ready?
Villagers cheer. Elsa stops and creates an ice rink. The people, skates at the ready, hope onto it and twirl about. Elsa then freezes the fountain in a beautiful design and adds some snow flurries for atmosphere.
Anna comes slipping in. Elsa catches her.
ANNA
I like the open gates.
ELSA
We are never closing them again.
Elsa then waves her hand and magical ice skates (literally made of ice) form on Anna's boots.
ANNA
What? Oh, Elsa, they're beautiful,
but you know I don't ska-
Elsa grabs Anna's hands and pulls her along on the ice. Anna slips and slides, but laughs in delight.
Sven goes slipping past. Kristoff runs after him.
KRISTOFF
Look out. Reindeer coming through!
Olaf skates and helps Elsa coach Anna.
OLAF
That's it. Glide and pivot and
glide and pivot.
We pull away slowly, into the sky. We arrive at a bird's-eye view to see that where the castle had crumbled has been repaired with ice.
All is right in Arendelle.
"That was so cool!" Claude exclaimed, and his friends all voiced their agreement with him.
"Is that how the castle looks now?" Iduna asked, and her daughters both nodded.
"It shows the personality of Arendelle's queen." Anna said, beaming at her sister, who smiled brightly back. Iduna and Agnarr watched their daughters with pride, the atmosphere of the room calm and happy. Until reality set in.
"What now?" Emma whispered.
AHHHHH IT'S ALMOST OVER
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL!
Also, two chapters in one day? WHO AM I?
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and please review!
Don't worry; to those of you hoping for a North and Tooth redemption, it's coming in the next chapter.
I will see you soon, Guardians, kings, and queens!
Love,
Enchantress