Hey Guys! Did anyone else watch the Once Upon a Time finale?
anyways thanks to everyone who reviewed/favourited/followed so far! I love you all!
Guest: I'm glad you liked the first chapters, :D
(If any other guests want me to keep them updated when I post a new chapter, let me know you're email or tumblr and I'll let you know) :D
Ingrid215: ¡Muchas Gracias! Estoy muy feliz de que te gusta la historia hasta ahora (lo siento por mi mal español)
Elaine O'Roake: Some really good questions, you'll get the answer to a few of them in the next few chapters, and I think you understand what I was hinting at, though I've got a good trick up my sleeve(if I do say so myself) which hopefully noone will be expecting. Keep asking questions, I love it and it's interesting (and helpful) to hear other peoples ideas.
and to nataliieegriffiths: thanks Tilly, love you :D
I know I said I'd post this a couple days ago but I've been really busy with revision so I'm really sorry! This is a longer chapter than the others to make up for it though!
Here's chapter 3 anyway guys, hope you enjoy it! let me know how you like it, and any questions or suggestions, you know I lobe hearing from you all :D Happy reading xx
Chapter 3
(150 years earlier)
Later that same evening, Jack flew around the outer walls of the castle, his brown cloak danced behind him in the cool evening wind, he'd scouted out the right window earlier. Just as the sun dipped below the horizon, Jack approached the bedroom window. The latch was on but a precisely calculated blast of air soon fixed that, and Jack was able to carefully pry it open.
Slipping inside, he closed the window behind himself, then settled himself down on the window seat to wait.
It wasn't long before the door swung open and a sudden warm glow of light illuminated the room, Elsa appeared, squealing with glee as she balanced precariously atop of a man's shoulders, her father.
'Come on, into bed.' The man told her swinging her down off his back, deftly, with the practice of many previous trips.
Jack stayed still while her parents tucked her in, her father kissed her forehead.
'Goodnight papa.' She told him and he smiled warmly as he closed the door on his way out, leaving Jack and Elsa the only people left in the room.
Now, Jack told himself.
Gently, he placed his hand against the inside of the window pane and the moment his skin touched the smooth surface ice spread out like a cobwebs from beneath his palm until the window was entirely coated in a thin layer of frost.
Elsa jumped slightly at the sound, she sat bolt upright, she looked confused, glancing down at her own hands, as though she wondered if she was responsible, not unlike the way Jack had done when he'd seen her in the gardens earlier.
Jack watched the little girl as the understanding that the ice wasn't her doing, flashed across her face. He was a little worried she might shout for her parents, most children would have done, but Elsa wasn't most children, she was special and that's what he was counting on.
She slid off her bed and slowly approached the window, stopping about two meters away from where Jack was standing.
'Who's there?' She whispered into the air, with a quiet authority.
Taking a deep breath, Jack raised a finger to the glass,
My name is Jack. He wrote in the icy crystals.
'Jack?' Elsa read aloud, then a sudden realisation lit up her features.
'Jack Frost?' She exclaimed.
'The one and only.' He said.
Elsa gasped taking a small step back, startled, as she saw him for the first time. Then her expression changed.
'How did you make yourself invisible? I can't do that, can you teach me!?' She burst out excitedly. Definitely not a normal child, he thought. Jack laughed 'I'm afraid not.' Then seeing her disappointed expression he added,
'It's not all it's cracked up to be.' he told her honestly. 'Why would you want to hide, anyway?' He asked.
'So I could play tricks on mama and papa and Anna.' she said with a mischievous grin, which Jack couldn't help but mirror, he was starting to like this girl. She had an almost magnetic personality.
'Well,' He said, 'seeming as I am invisible, maybe I could be of some service.' Then as a second thought, he bowed in an exaggerated motion and added, 'Your Majesty.'
Elsa giggled.
'On one condition.' Jack told her, with a serious look.
'Anything.' She vowed, and it took all his effort not to laugh at the little girl's suddenly solemn expression.
'You have to promise not to tell anyone about me.' he said.
'Why?' she asked, tilting her head slightly.
'Because not everyone is as special as you. They can't see me and they wouldn't believe you. I don't want you getting in trouble.'
Elsa pondered this for a few moments before nodding, 'okay' she said.
'Promise?' He prompted.
'Promise' Elsa looked thoughtful. 'Is that why you were hiding before, in the garden?'
Jack stared at her, 'You mean you could see me?'
Elsa nodded. 'Only a little bit though. You were a bit fuzzy.'
'I heard you and your sister playing and thought it sounded like fun, so I came to see.' He told her truthfully.
'You could have played with us.' Elsa told him.
'I would have done, but you looked like you were having a good time already and I didn't want to interrupt.'
Elsa frowned 'you should have just asked.' she told him a little reproachfully.
'yes ma'am' he told her 'in future I'll be sure to do so.'
Her face lit up. 'You're going to come back?'
'Of course.' Jack grinned. 'Winter's only just begun, I've got lots more trouble to cause'
'It's getting late.' he said, glancing out of the partially frosted window at the moon. 'It's way past your bedtime...' He trailed off seeing her disappointed expression.
'I suppose I could stay a little longer.' and her face lit up. 'I know,' Jack said, Elsa looked at him expectantly.
'Do you want to build a snowman?' Jack asked her with a mischievous smile. Elsa beamed in response and almost instantly snow began falling from the ceiling.
Jack laughed catching a snowflake mid-descent. 'That's what I thought.' and with a little help from him, there was a fresh blanket of snow covering the floor of the bedroom.
Elsa quickly formed a snowman about the same height as herself.
'Not bad.' Jack told her looking impressed. 'but can you do better than this'...
They spent nearly two hours perfecting various snow sculptures, until Elsa could barely keep her eyes open.
She crawled under her covers and as her eyes fluttered to stay open, fighting a losing battle, Elsa murmured.
'Jack?'
'Yes Elsa?'
'Promise you'll come back?'
'Of course.' he said, smiling.
'Promise?' she mumbled, barely audible.
'I promise.' He told her, and he meant it. Satisfied, Elsa let her eyelids close and she fell sound asleep.
'Goodnight Elsa.' Jack whispered, And just before he left, he made a small model of a snowflake from ice and placed it on her bedside table, a promise that he'd always come back.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter, please let me know what you thought :D The next is going to be back with Jack and Tooth. I'll try and update as soon as I can!
amber xx
