Before reading, please note that I HAVE NOT SEEN RISE OF THE GUARDIANS! I will somewhere tonight, but please don't make any assumptions. I will explain his name next chapter, so watch out.
Chapter 2: Arendelle's Visitor
The Queen slowly woke up to the sun shining directly at her from the window. She sat up straight and stretched her arms over her head. Looking outside the window, she saw a soothing ray of sunlight shining over the tranquil snow and ice. That's when it her. Sunlight? Tranquility? Where was the blizzard and thick fog that ravaged the kingdom for the past couple weeks? She felt her forehead and noticed her fever has gone down a bit. Feeling much stronger, she stood up from her bed.
Moments later, Queen Elsa heard a knock on the door. "Elsa? Do you wanna build a snowman?" Anna asked in a tune.
Elsa giggled and answered. "Come in Anna."
Much to her surprise, the door slammed open, letting an enthusiastic princess rush in the room. "Elsa!? You're awake!" The princess exclaimed as she ran up to give her sister a hug. "And your skin is not cold! Well it is, but not freezing cold! Are you feeling any better?"
The queen smiled. "Yes, I'm feeling a lot better Anna. Thank you."
Anna sighed. "Oh, what a relief. You had me worried sick when you wouldn't wake up."
"Wait, couldn't wake up?"
"Yeah, you've been sleeping for a few days. Some doctors say you were in a coma. But hey! You're all better now!" Anna bore a big smile, causing Elsa to smile worrily. "You must be hungry, sleeping with no lunch or dinner. So here. Eat this." Anna took out a fresh apple from her pocket and handed it to Elsa.
Elsa took the apple and ate it heartily. "Thank you." She smiled. "Why did you knock on my door and asked to build a snowman when you thought I would still be asleep?"
With a hint of nervousness, Anna answered. "I...uhh... kinda wanted to break out into a musical number."
Elsa giggled. "Oh, Anna just as sprightly as ever, I see. So, how was the kingdom doing during my elongated nap?"
"Just fine. As long as Jack was around, there wasn't much need for worry."
"Jack?"
"The stranger. That's his name: Jack. He kept us warm throughout the storm. Hehe. That rhymed."
"That reminds me; I'm gonna have a talk with this man. I would like to thank him for his deeds. Anna, please inform him to meet me in the throne room in an hour. I'm going to get dressed."
"Will do, sis." Anna gave a salute and went on her merry way.
As Anna left, Elsa made way to her bathroom. She took a quick bath to freshen up and later, dressed up in her royal clothes, wearing the royal crown and cape. She entered the castle throne room. While on the way, her staff and pupils bowed and greeted her with, "Good Morning," and "Glad you're feeling well."
The queen took a seat on the throne with the castle guards all lined up. In a moment, the huge doors opened. "Right over here. The queen is waiting for you." Anna said as she came in with her back turned away. She turned to face her sister and said. "Here he is, Elsa." She moved aside to make way for their guest.
Soon after, a heavily coated man came into the throne room and walked toward the queen. He stopped a few feet away from the stairs leading up to the throne. Queen Elsa found his choice of clothing to be quite an exaggeration. His body was covered from head-to-toe where only his eyes were vaguely visible. (think when we see Kristoff in that shop scene, but darker)
Elsa cleared her throat. "Greetings. I am Queen Elsa of Arendelle and I would like to humbly welcome you to our fair kingdom." She said in a formal tone.
The man spoke. "umm...Hello, your majesty. Is there anything you may need of me?" His voice was rather young, hinting him to be around his early 20's.
"Oh no, I summoned you here because I would like to personally thank you. Mister...Jack is it?" Elsa asked.
"Its a stupid name. I know."
"Your name is cool!" Anna intervened. Elsa and Jack both looked to her. "Oh, don't mind me. I'm just uhh..." She whistled a tune as if nothing happened.
Elsa continued. "So I've been hearing from my sister that you have helped the kingdom for the past few days during such a dire situation. Is there any such way for me to compensate?"
"Uhh... let's see...hmm...nope." He said plainly.
"Nothing at all?" Elsa asked, a bit surprised. "Are you sure?"
"It's a reward in itself to know that I've been of good use." He smiled under the cloth covering his mouth.
"If that is what you wish, then so be it. Anyway, Jack, please tell us about yourself. Why have you come to Arendelle?"
"I am but a humble wanderer, your majesty. I just so happen to find a frozen lake, so I thought, "Hey! I wonder where this could take me!" And then I stumbled upon this very kingdom."
"Hmm... interesting. And what of your clothes?"
"My clothes?"
"Yes. Why do you cover yourself in such exaggerated attire?"
"Well, you see, I am very... umm... cold..." He said in uncertainty.
"Cold, huh?" Elsa seemed skeptical. "Anna, do you find it to be cold in here?" She asked her sister.
Anna jumped. "Well, I wouldn't say cold. More like a mildly chill temperature. But seeing as it is snowing outside... No, I'm pretty warm."
Elsa looked to Jack for a response. "I am very insecure." He said.
"Mmm. Fair enough." Elsa was curious about this man. He seemed too suspicious to be just a traveller. "May I have the guards and the princess to please exit the room?" She requested.
All the guards made their way out in a fashionable order. "Woah! Elsa, what's this?" Anna asked from this sudden order. She was then dragged out by one of the guards.
"Now tell me." Elsa stood up from her throne and walked up to Jack. "Exactly, how did you manage to create a bonfire outside in the courtyard during the snowstorm even while our survival experts couldn't light a single torch?"
"I'm sorry my queen, but I couldn't possibly tell anybody my secrets. But if you promise to keep it hidden, I shall reveal to you my knowledge. The way I did it was like magic!"
"Magic!?" Elsa was intrigued. "Very well then, I shall keep this information confidential. Proceed."
"Well, its quite simple, your majesty. You simply take two sticks, and then you start rubbing them against each other. You have to do it fast, like there's no tomorrow or else it wouldn't work."
Elsa raised her voice. "Do you think me a fool? Such a minor task can be done by a child."
Jack held his hands in front of him. "Hey, that's how I did it! Don't make any false assumptions now."
"Alright, then. My sister also told me that you brought in food for everyone to eat. Not only that, but it was also cooked. Please, enlighten me."
"Okay, yes. I did bring food, and I was able to cook it because..." He thought for a second. "I brought a furnace?"
"My patience is growing thin. What are you hiding?" Elsa suddenly turned the conversation into some form of interrogation.
"Hiding? Who's hiding? I'm not hiding anything." Jack said nervously.
"Oh, please. You're making it painfully obvious." Elsa stretched her hand out to Jack's arm.
"Don't touch me." He stepped back to avoid physical contact.
"Why do you wear such heavy clothing?" She asked again. "Reveal yourself to me."
He was taken aback by this sudden command. "Woah! Your majesty, I'm flattered, but have some respect for privacy."
Queen Elsa smirked, "Guards!" She yelled out.
"Wait! What!?"
The doors burst open as two castle guards barged in. "Your highness! What is it?" One of them asked.
Elsa pointed to Jack. "Arrest this man."
Jack was at a loss for words. "cqwiufnhmxfwqihip... WHAT!?"
"Yes, my queen." The guards complied as they rushed toward Jack.
"Hold on, I didn't-" Seeing as they wouldn't listen. Jack ran the other direction. As he met a dead end with a glass wall blocking his path, he decided to ram it. Little did he know, the throne room was on the second floor.
The glass shattered as he fell to the floor. Luckily, he landed safely when he rolled on the ground. He raised two fists in the air and yelled. "Yes! Safe!"
Though, it was too early for celebration. "There he is! Get him!" Jack turned around and saw a whole unit of guards rushing toward him.
"Oh, come on! What the hell did I even do!?" He ran from his pursuers, swiftly dodging any obstruction in his path.
"Elsa!" Cried Anna, who was marching toward the queen. "What did you do? Why is our guest running around the courtyard and getting chased by the castle guards?"
Elsa looked out the broken glass wall for a full view of what's happening. "Anna, you see that it is slightly snowing right?"
Anna answered, "Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?"
Elsa grinned, "Look to the area around Jack. Tell me what is happening to the snow."
Anna glanced at what Elsa was talking about, her eyes opened wide in surprise, "The snow is melting." She declared.
"That's right. A person as covered up as that must be hiding something important." Elsa began walking to the door. "Lets go."
"Where are you going?" Anna asked.
"To the courtyard. The fun is about to start." Elsa said before exiting. Anna shortly caught up after her.
Jack was quickly losing energy from all the running. Exhausted, he came to a halt and breathed excessively. He looked around to see guards coming from all sides. They formed a perimeter around him, holding sharp spears in his direction.
Jack raised his hands up in defeat. One of the guards walked up to him. "Don't get too close!" He commanded, taking a few steps back.
"Just calm down, sonny." The guard said, holding out a pair handcuffs in front of him.
"What are you gonna do with that?" Jack asked, backing away.
"It's gonna be fine, boy. Just let me-" The guard forcefully grabbed Jack's arm.
"Don't touch me!" Jack yelled as he pushed his other arm to the guard, sending him flying before hitting the ground. However, he didn't physically touch him. Resonating from Jack's hand, was a stream of smoke. His glove that he was wearing looked to be burned off and the guard's armour had an ash-print in the shape of a hand along with another stream of smoke.
"What was that!?" One of the guards in the crowd asked, baffled.
"He shot a ball of fire from his hand!" Another one declared.
"Welp." Jack said. "I guess the cat's out of the bag." With that, he raised his hands in the air and slammed the ground. Suddenly, a large pillar of fire enveloped him.
The crowd of guards cautiously backed away. "Fire? There are other people like the queen!?"
A dark figure jumped out from the fire pillar and landed on a castle parapet(those block things you see on the walls). The figure happened to be Jack, but with a completely different set of clothing. The colours of his clothes consisted mainly of black and red. He was wearing a long, black trench coat reaching to his foreleg. It was buttoned up accordingly with red buttons. His collar was popped out, covering his neck area. He also wore long black pants and boots. The trimmings of his coat were red, as well as the trimming of his pants and boots. Even the gloves on his hands were black, and red on the palm side. His hair was tied up in the back, but had a bang nearly covering his left eye.
With a change of tone in his voice to something darker, Jack spoke. "Y'know, I didn't want to resort to any violence, but you guys did pull the trigger. So I guess you could say your whole plan backfired." A spark formed In his hand which eventually grew into a ball of flame. He raised it up and chuckled. "Hehehe, get it?"
Jack threw his hand out in front of him, sending the ball of fire hurling toward the guards. The guards braced for impact, shielding themselves from the heat. During mid-flight however, the ball froze conspicuously out of nowhere.
"Ice?" Jack stated in confusion.
The guards were able to dodge it now that it couldn't spread across the area.
"What the hell!?" Jack exclaimed, baffled by the sudden turnout. "What just happened!?
"It's the Queen!" A guard yelled out.
The crowd separated down the middle, making a path for Elsa to walk through with Anna following shortly behind. Jack's eyes widened as he gazed upon her. With each step she took, the ground beneath her froze in a coat of ice. Queen Elsa stopped and looked up at Jack. She grinned slyly and asked, "So you're not hiding anything, huh?"
Jack stood in disbelief. Quietly, he whispered to himself, "So there's... another one..."
I'll say it again. This is not Jack Frost from Rise of the Guardians. I'll tell you about his name next chapter. I was supposed to originally call him Bartholomew, but it sounds stupid. Anyway, thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed. Please continue to support my story and if it's not too much trouble, please review and tell me what you think. Also, for anybody who plays League of Legends, I'm writing another story along with this. It's a romance/comedy/action/whatever about Ahri and another OC. So, please read that if you have the time. Peace!
