Title: A Journey Through Ice and Fire
Sum: [Digimon!Frozen AU] The mind is a fragile thing... how much can a girl go through... before she simply... breaks...
Disclaimer: I don't own Frozen, Tangled, or its associated characters; I'm just borrowing them for a bit of fun.
Rating: T/PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Sven, Hans, Rapunzel, Eugene
Warnings/Triggers: I think 'high school' is a good enough warning right there…
Links: -links-
Notes: OKAY! Here's chapter six! Enjoy! =D
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:Chapter Six:
-Fall Down-
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The next seven days passed in an elongated blur for Anna. The redhead wanted to spend the days sitting by her sister's bedside, talking to her and reading to her, sleeping next to her. The younger sister wanted to make sure that her parents wouldn't do the unthinkable behind her back. So far, they had decided against the doctor's recommendations, but she didn't know how much longer her parents would continue to say 'no' to unplugging the comatose older sister's life support. These thoughts are what seemed to slow the passage of time today. She hadn't been allowed to go to the hospital the day before, and she hadn't been able to visit her sister before school had started that morning—which left her with a feeling of worry for her sister, as well as a sort of 'withdrawal'.
"Anna!" Stopping instantly, she turns on her feet and faces the direction of the voice that called her name. Looking behind her, she notices that Kristoff is standing at the doorway to a classroom with a questioning expression and his arms in the air in an equally questioning gesture. "Class?" He gestured to the classroom and the redhead nodded, moving back down the few yards she'd traveled past the door and walked in before the blonde teenager. "Anna… is everything okay?" The redhead seemed to ignore him as she moved to her seat to the left of the classroom next to the windows. Sven and Kristoff usually sat in front of her while Rapunzel sat in the seat next to her and Flynn (Eugene) in the seat behind her. The same happened today.
However, she didn't notice there had been a seat change until the loud voice of the self-designated popular rich kid sat down in the seat next to Flynn. "Why, hello there Anna." He spoke with what she assumed was meant to be a suave welcome. But it really only caused Anna to want to punch him again.
"What do you want, Hans?" She didn't even bother turning around, knowing that the urge to cause him bodily harm might increase if she laid eyes on him.
"Well, I heard about… your sister. And I wanted to apologize for any… animosity that I've caused between us." The redhead tensed at hearing him mention her sister. Turning around sharply, she growled out:
"What have you heard about my sister?" His expression looked entirely apologetic as he continued.
"Well, my father is a physician at the hospital she was brought to after… So I know that she suffered some kind of fit and was put back on life support." He paused. "I wanted to… make sure that you're doing okay… having a family member torn from you is… a horrible experience." Anna felt her eyes tear up. "I know were haven't gotten along in the past few years… but if you ever want to talk to someone… I'd be willing to listen." The redhead looked him in the eyes. He seemed genuine in his offer, so Anna gave him the benefit of the doubt and nodded before turning back around to face the front of the classroom as the teacher called the class to attention.
"Alright, class. Today we're going outside to identify and collect various flora." The woman at the front of the classroom spoke, she wore her usual slacks and blouse, professional but not overly so; she walked away from the desk and handed out the worksheet she held in her hands to each student. "So, you can choose to leave you book-bags here or take them with you, I will be locking this room once we leave so nobody will steal anything." The entire class seemed to stand at once, Anna grabbed her bag from the floor—it didn't really have much in it, just her notebook and her lunch for the day—and followed Sven and Kristoff outside.
"Oh, this is going to be fun! I haven't had an outside class since elementary school!" Rapunzel squealed behind them, and she heard Flynn chuckle.
"We had gym this morning… we ran stadiums and then played kickball."
"That doesn't count. Gym is supposed to be outside… " The brunette shot back.
"You just said that you haven't had an outside class since elementary school… that statement is now disproven… you've had gym outside since the start of middle school at least." Sven spoke up, grinning as he added his two cents.
"Sven's got it right, Punz, you can't argue with that logic." Kristoff added.
"I can argue with it. Because it's not what I meant." Rapunzel responded, crossing her arms in irritation. "I meant, that we haven't had a class that's regularly inside, outside."
"Well then, you should have just said that in the first place." Spoke the brunette delinquent, his stride relaxed next to the group of freshmen with his hands clasped behind his head. "Now, are we actually going to do this bullshit assignment? Or gaff it… because this sounds boring…" The shorter girl turned on him quickly with her brow furrowed and her hands on her hips, ready to give with a lecture on the importance of school work and excelling in academics.
"Punz, don't bother, he's not going to listen anyway." Anna spoke out suddenly. The group stopped walking and all turned to her then, giving her looks of bewilderment. "What?" She asked, confused by their reactions.
"You haven't contributed to conversation in days, feisty pants." The only blonde in the group contributed, chuckling as he looked to Sven who nodded in agreement. "We're kind of shocked to hear you saying anything… that's all."
"Yep. We were worried… but…"
"I'm fine guys." Anna spoke with a laugh. "Just been… a little stressed that's all." Smiling, she turned around and lifted her arm to point forward. "Onward! To the… plants!" With a laugh, the group continued moving once more, out of the school doors and into the courtyard where the teacher had stopped the class to further explain the rules and outline the assignment given.
"Alright. Here's how this works. You are allowed anywhere on the school campus. You must find and collect one of each of the flora listed on your worksheet. If you are in a group, the collected flora counts for pairs. So if there are three of you, you have to collect two samples. We clear?" There was a not-so-enthusiastic agreement noise that erupted from the group and the teacher accepted this. "Alright, you have until the end of class to complete the assignment. I'll expect everything handed in before the bell rings." She then made a 'shoo-ing' gesture and the students scattered.
"Well… looks like we're gonna have to pick up an extra set of samples… we're an odd number." The quiet brunette spoke, looking at the group around them.
"No problem. It's not like this'll be difficult." Anna quipped. "Especially with Rapunzel here." The redhead pointed to the short brunette with a smile.
"Hey, it's not my fault that I like flowers…" The brunette pouted.
"C'mon, guys." Flynn piped up, putting his arm around Rapunzel's shoulder and leading the group in the general direction of 'away from the courtyard' in search of flora for the assignment.
"Hey wait up!" Just as they reached the field open field that served as the 'practice' field, they heard someone call them. Turning around, or at least turning their heads, collectively, they spotted the rich kid without his posse.
"Anna… I can get him to go away… if you want." Kristoff offered.
"No, it's fine Kristoff." The boy finally made it to their group and as he caught his breath, Anna spoke: "What do you want Hans?"
Taking breaths as he spoke, the auburn haired boy answered: "I figured, since I don't have a partner, and you guys have an odd number… I could join you…"
"You just don't want to do the work yourself, lazy ass." Kristoff added. Anna gave him a small glare, to which the blonde boy responded to with a shrug.
"Fine, you can join our group… I guess. You can be responsible for carrying the third sample…" Anna responded and the boy nodded with a smile.
"Okay, thanks Anna." The redhead seemed to soften at the tone he used, he seemed genuinely thankful; and so Anna smiled in response. They continued on their trek further into the field and Anna listened to the conversation her friends continued to have around her. Flynn kept picking on Rapunzel while Kristoff would put in his two cents and Sven would start it back up after it calmed down. Hans stayed quiet for the duration.
Feeling the sun on her back, Anna smiled and turned stretching and letting the sun shine on her face as her lips stretched into a smile. "Mmm… sun…" She mumbled out.
"I take it you like summer?" The auburn haired boy spoke up as he moved from walking behind her to walked beside her.
"No, I much prefer the winter. I used to play in the snow whenever it fell… it made me happy." With her eyes closed, she continued to soak up the sun. Standing there. Until, within seconds, the sunlight was gone. "Wha…?" Opening her eyes to find out what had changed, she felt water hit her face, and saw that clouds had covered the sky. Thick black clouds, that were alight with lightning—thunder soon followed. "What… it's not supposed to rain today…" And just as the rain began to fall, the temperature turned freezing and soon it wasn't water, but sleet. "Guys!" Turning around, she tried to catching sight of the group, but it seemed that they had all disappeared.
Clouds of cold fog rose from the ground and blocked her view. She looked around and caught sight Hans, he looked frightened as the fog swirled up around him. Anna watched then as he disappeared, his whole body just went straight down—he was gone. "Hans!" She screamed out. She heard her own voice echo back to her, but no other yells. No screams. Nothing. "What's going on?! What's happening?" She yelled out. "Bring him back! Bring them all back! STOP IT!" The fog began to move up around her, it began to thicken. "PLEASE JUST BRING THEM BACK!" She screamed out.
Then she felt the ground drop out beneath her, and she fell.
She fell into nothing…
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Author's Note: OKAY! We are now in the Digital World! Next chapter, we will be meeting Digimon Partners, and begin the journey.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Chezi Out