James was running through during the middle of the night. The full moon was enough to light his path as he neared the cliffs that towered over the icy ocean below. He stopped at the edge causing the snow in the area around him to melt before sizzling away into steam.

"James stop! It's not your fault, you're still learning to control it!"

James' father emerged from the trees shortly after. He was heavily winded but forced his posture.

"Just come back, we can get through this."

James looked back at the King.

"I can't, I'm too dangerous and we all know it. It's better this way."

Before anything else could be argued, James leaned back and dropped off the cliff.

Elsa was up at her usual early hour, her platinum blonde hair was tied up in a bun and she was wearing a teal dress with black sleeves and a violet cape. She hated wearing this outfit but it was proper for the royal court session she had to attend later in the morning. Her first order of business was checking on James. The guards at his door came to attention at the sight of the queen as she approached the door and knocked. When there was no answer, she assumed James was still sleeping and quietly entered. She spotted him out on the balcony instead, his bed was neatly made and looked almost untouched.

"Did you even sleep last night?" Elsa asked as she entered the balcony.

"As well as I could." James turned to face the queen and leaned back on the railing. "Why do you ask?"

"Just curiosity, your bed looks unused."

"I made it myself, I never was too fond of other people doing things for me that I could easily do myself, even if it is their job."

James pressed his hand over the center of his chest and reminded Elsa why she came to check on him.

"I had some business to attend to this morning but I first wanted to check the ice on your heart."

James lowered his hand and felt the cold pressure of the queen's hand shortly after. Elsa was surprised, there was only a sliver of ice left on his heart and she could feel the beating waves of fire beneath the ice. She counted down but James was still caught off guard as he felt sharp icicles impaling the center of his chest. The pain was quickly numbed by the cold.

"Is that all?" He asked.

"Not yet, I have royal court this morning and will be quite busy. It will not be until the afternoon that we will be able to visit the trolls again. Until then, you are free to roam almost anywhere in the palace and the village but, as requested by the captain of the guard, you will have an escort."

"I'm sure I can entertain myself until then."

"Don't be too eager to leave just yet, I assume you are hungry so I arranged for frokost to be delivered here since you didn't eat last night."

"Thank you, Elsa." James gave a small smile which, to him, seemed to be the first time in forever.

Elsa returned the smile and headed toward the door but was stopped short by James.

"Do you have a library?" He asked.

"Yes, third floor and at the end of the hall you should see a large double door, that is the library. Is there anything else I can help you with?"

"No, thank you, again."

James had hoped the afternoon would come quickly because he was very eager to know what else the elder troll had to tell about his power, maybe he could find a way to control it.

His thoughts were interrupted when someone knocked on the door, it was a servant with a food cart, his breakfast. James thanked her and was immediately hit with hunger pains from the smell of the food, he realized he had not eaten in days. On the cart was smoked salmon next to lefse - potato bread - and a soft boiled egg. There was also a fruit jelly intended for the lefse and coffee to drink with sugar and cream on the side.

It did not take long for James to finish eating and he decided to try and find the library. He did not get too far down the hallway before he noticed he was being flanked by two guards.

"I assume you are my escorts?" James asked.

"By order of the captain of the guard." One of them replied.

James was slightly annoyed, he did not want to draw attention even though the halls were empty save for him. He knew he was stuck with them so he did his best to ignore them as he ascended to the third floor. The doors to the library were easily found and, to his preference, the guards stayed outside while he searched the shelves until he found the book he was looking for, a fairytale he grew up with and never quite grew out of, a tale of swashbuckling, heroics and true love. James lay down on the sofa in front of the fire and began to read, shortly after he heard someone enter the library. He peeked out and saw a red haired girl scanning the shelves. James remained quiet, hoping she would leave and not notice him but he had to sneeze. It was not one that could easily be stifled and startled the girl enough that she screamed causing the guards to burst in with their swords drawn.

Author's Note: I cut it off here because the chapter was taking longer to sort out to get to an ending point without being too long. Also, cliffhanger!