Chapter 8

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After a week and a half the port at Corona waited for the Arendelle ship but their wait was for naught. Both Arendelle and Corona had sent out their navies to find the lost ship after it never arrived at Corona. A Corona ship sailed slowly across the foggy waters as it kept a look out for the lost ship.

"Keep your eyes open!" The captain yelled as he observed the water for any sign of wreckage. He hoped that the ship simply got lost and was on its way back to Corona but deep down he knew that was not the case.

"Captain I see something off the starboard side!" The man in the crow's nest yelled. The captain ran to the starboard side and saw floating planks of wood and barrels. He frowned, this could be any shipwreck. He needed proof is was from Arendelle. The ship continued to move through the field of debris until it came across a very disgusting powerful smell.

"Oh dear Lord!" One of the mates yelled holding his nostrils. "What is that?"

"Bodies." The captain said as he looked and saw dozens of floating rotting corpses. An occasional seabird picking at the corpse. A body floated past and the captain looked to see the unmistakable flag of Arendelle.

"This is it, the lost ship." The captain said bowing his head in respect for the fallen sailors.

"Captain we have a live on!" A sailor yelled as two men attempted to haul in a tall bloodied man. The captain ran over to the man who was cold and soaked with water and blood. He struggled to breathe as he coughed up seawater.

"Bring this man some water and bandages!" The captain yelled as a sailor ran to fetch some water. The captain brought it to the man's lips which were cracked and dried up from dehydration. He quickly grabbed the water and chugged it down viciously. The man than poured the rest over his face rehydrating his dried skin.

"What is your name?" The captain asked.

"Pirates." The man said weakly. "Damned Black Sun pirates." The man said again before fainting.

"How many people were aboard that ship?" Agdar asked the admiral of the navy Admiral Johanssen. The admiral looked at him with a grim expression.

"Thirty sailors plus twenty apprentices." Johanssen said grimly. "Soren's son was on that ship."

"What?" Agdar cried. Mikkel was dead? Impossible! How was Analise going to take this? First her husband, now her only child.

"We did find one survivor." Davis said. "The one who informed us of the attack."

"Can you bring him here?" Agdar asked.

"He is very weak, he survived by a canteen of fresh water and no food for ten days." Johassen said. "It would be best if you went to see him."

"Very well, take me to him." Agdar said as the admiral escorted him to the medical ward. Agdar walked into to see dozens of people sick with flu or broken limbs. Agdar truly did feel sorry for the poor people and wished he could do something. They walked to the end of the room where a wooden door was located.

"He is in here your highness." Johanssen said holding the door open.

"Thank you." Agdar said entering the room. He saw three nurses attending to the man who was sitting upright in a bed sipping a cup of hot tea. The man shivered and stared off into the distance.

"Aksel?" Agdar said recognizing the man. Aksel looked up at him with a haunting stare.

"They took him your highness." Aksel said sadly. "They killed everyone, including Mikkel."

"Who did this Aksel?" Agdar asked.

"Those damned pirates. Black Sun pirates. Came at us from nowhere." Aksel said throwing his tea in anger. "I should have done more!"

"It's okay Aksel you fought well." Agdar said trying to calm the man down.

"Really?" Aksel asked. "Why is it I? A forty year old man is here while a young teenage boy lies dead in the middle of the sea?"

Agdar did not have an answer to that.

"NNNNOOOOOOO!" Analise screamed. She felt as if her soul and heart were literally burning. To lose your spouse is painful enough but to lose your only child, there truly was no pain like that. She felt her world become clouded in a dark fog and anything that once brought warmth was now frozen over. All she could picture was six year old Mikkel being brutally murdered by some sick bastard and him crying out for her to come save him. No matter how old he got, he would always be her baby boy. She never should have let him leave!

"I'm sorry." Agdar said putting his head down.

"You did this you fucking bastard!" Analise yelled slamming her fists against Agdar's chest. Normally she would have been reprimanded for striking the King but he knew she was not in a right state of mind. He remembered the fear and pain of almost losing Anna, he couldn't imagine what she was feeling. "You piece of fucking shit! If you had just let him stay in the castle this never would have happened! Damn you to hell!"

"Please take this." Idun said giving Analise a bag of gold coins. There had to be thousands of dollars worth in there. Analise slapped the bag ferociously out of Idun's hands.

"I don't want your money!" Analise screamed before choking up. "My son is dead, nothing can make up for that. Leave me." She said curling up into a ball and letting out painful and sorrowful whimpers. Idun reached her hand out to comfort her but Agdar stopped her.

"She needs time to mourn, we will only make it worse." Agdar said. Idun nodded as two left the broken mother. Agdar's heart stung violently, she was right, thisis was his fault. Idun noticed the look on her husband's face.

"She didn't mean it." Idun said holding her husband's hand. "This wasn't your fault."

"I never should have separated Elsa and Mikkel." Agdar said. "How am I going to tell Elsa and Anna?"

"You already had to tell his mother. I will tell the girls." Idun said kissing her husband on the cheek. Aksel sat down holding back tears.

"I'm sorry Soren." Aksel said sadly. "I couldn't save him. Atleast you are with him now." Aksel had regained some of his strength but he was still very sore and weak from ten days of malnutrition. He had lost considerable muscle mass but was still retained his large frame. He couldn't imagine how much Analise was hurting right now. He hoped she didn't do anything bad to herself. He had heard of people killing themselves after losing their child. Upon this realization he suddenly shot up out of his bed. He cringed as his tight aching muscles screamed in protest but his adrenaline began to overpower his pain. He stumbled out of his room and made his way down the hall.

"What are you doing? You need rest!" A nurse called out.

"Not now!" Aksel screamed as he picked up the pace. At the rate he was going it would be hours before he reached Analise. He started to head towards the stables where a large selection of horses were kept. He limped over to the nearest one and mounted it. He found he was took weak to pull himself over so he grabbed an overhanging bar and pulled his lower body onto the horse.

"HYAH!" He yelled kicking the horse. The horse let out a whinny as it ran forward and out the door. The clip clop sound sound of the horses's hooves echoed across the streets. The wind swept past his long hair as he raced forward. The horse continued its sprint across the city until it came to a field littered with cottages. Aksel directed the mammal to the cottage to the left. Once the horse arrived Aksel quickly dismounted and ran to the door.

"Analise? It's me Aksel!" Aksel cried as his body screamed in pain. "Please answer the door!"

No response.

Aksel groaned as he grabbed the door knob and snapped it down with all his strength he went in through the door and scanned the room for Analise. He saw nothing but hear a distinct whimpering. He followed the source of the sound and found a woman curled up into a ball weeping into a small pair of shoes.

"My boy, my precious boy." Analise sobbed.

"Analise?" Aksel asked. "Its Aksel."

"YOU!" Analise yelled looking up into Aksel's face with a death glare. "You were the one who suggested that damn journey! Why are you here and my son isn't?" Aksel was stung heavily by these words but knew Analise didn't mean them. He bent down and put his hand on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry I couldn't bring him home. Believe me when I say I wish I could trade places with him." Aksel said, a single tear rolling down his cheek. "I failed you and Soren." Aksel got up to leave. Analise realized what she said and regretted it.

"Wait." She said weakly.

"Yes?" Aksel asked turning around.

"I'm sorry, could you stay with me for a while?" She asked weakly. Aksel nodded and went over to her and put his arm around her. Analise then threw her head into his chest and released her tears. Aksel was caught off guard at first but he then wrapped his other arm around her head and ran his hand through her hair. Analise just wanted to die, she had nothing left. Her beloved husband and now her precious son had been taken from her.

"It will be okay." Aksel whispered not knowing how to relieve the bereaved mother.

Idun walked slowly to Anna's room. She decided it was best to tell the girls apart from each other as she knew Elsa would release a massive storm of ice upon hearing this news. Agdar had convinced her that they should each tell one of their daughters much to Idun's protest since Agdar already had to tell Analise but Agdar said they were in this together Idun sighed as she knocked on Anna's door.

"Coming!" Anna said as she danced over to the door humming a tune to herself. She opened the door to see her mother standing there with a sad look on her face. "Mama is something wrong?"

"Can I come in Anna, I need to tell you something." Idun said as Anna guided her into the room. The two sat on a sofa together as Idun figured out how to say what needed to be said. "Anna something terrible has happened."

"What?" Anna asked now getting nervous. "Do you mean not so terrible or absolutely horrible terrible?

"Anna.." Idun said closing her eyes tightly knowing she was about to crush her daughter. "Mikkel is dead." Anna just sat there and stared at her mother with open eyes.

"WHAT?" Anna yelled. "What do you mean he is dead?"

"His ship was attacked by pirates, he did not survive." Idun said taking her daughters hand in her own. "I'm sorry Anna." Anna fell back and collapsed to the ground. She clutched her chest and let out long pained wail of unbearable pain. Her best friend and former crush was dead. Idun wanted to cover her ears as hearing her daughter cry shattered her heart. Idun gave her daughter a deep hug and held her tight hoping she could alleviate some of her daughters pain. Idun knew as bad as this was, Elsa's reaction would be much worse since Elsa and Mikkel had been very close. Idun slowly got up and kissed Anna on the forehead. Agdar could hear Anna's wails from outside her room and closed his eyes and sighed. He knocked on Elsa's doors lightly.

"Elsa I need to talk to you." He said already dreading this. He heard the door unlock and he walked in. He saw his beautiful young daughter staring out the window, the sun reflecting off of her pale face. She turned her blue eyes to her father who looked at her with dread.

"Yes papa?" She asked.

"Elsa, you're an adult now, so I won't try to sugarcoat these things." Agdar said walking over and taking her hand. "Mikkel was on a ship on his way to Corona and they were attacked by pirates."

"IS HE OKAY?" Elsa cried fearing the worst as the temperature in the room dropped significantly.

"Elsa please calm down." Agdar said running his thumb across her hand. "Mikkel did not survive."

"W-ww-hat? B-b-but he can't be!" Elsa said as her eyes watered up. "No YOU'RE LYING!"

"I wish I was Elsa." Agdar said. Elsa let out a loud pained scream as she shot snow and ice across the room covering Agdar in a layer of frost.

"ELSA!" Agdar said as Elsa unleashed her pain through her powers. Agdar ran up and grabbed his daughters hand. "Elsa calm down please!" Upon hearing her fathers voice her ice storm settled. She fell to her knees utterly broken. Agdar moved forward to comfort her but she backed away.

"No, I'll hurt you!" Elsa cried as she curled up into a ball. Agdar slowly walked over to her and hugged her tightly despite how freezing cold she was. She bawled into her father's chest as Agdar did what any father would do for their grieving daughter.

"It's okay Elsa." Agdar said.

"No its not!" She cried. "I l-loved him."

"Oh Elsa." Agdar said not knowing what to say. He knew she was close with Mikkel but he never knew her feelings were that strong for him. Oh how he regretted separating them! "Time heals all wounds."

"No, nothing will ever heal this one!" Elsa cried praying she would just disappear. All she could picture was that goofy smile on Mikkel's face and how now his face was bloodied and dead. Elsa cursed her powers, first she had hurt her sister and now she had hurt Mikkel! She never got a chance to say sorry! She remembered how he would always hold her hand when she got a cut, how he never left her side when she was sick. How he would run and get her a chocolate or a flower when she was sad. He took care of her as a husband would his wife and how did she repay him? By blasting him with her ice.

"Daddy." Elsa said choking up. "I can't do this anymore."

"Don't say that Elsa. Good things come to those who wait." Agdar said. He looked down at his precious daughter and held her tight. He would never let any harm come to his child. He would no sooner die than He held his daughter the entire night as she unleashed her broken heart.

"Is he alive?"

"Of course he is ya bloody idiot! Why do ya think we hauled him aboard."

"Shut up! He's coming to!"

Mikkel slowly opened his eyes as pain shot up his body. He moaned as he felt a sharp pain shoot up his back. He looked to see his hands covered in bruises. his memories came rushing back.

"SHIT! AKSEL!" Mikkel yelled as he struggled to stand up but fell back down. "What the hell is going on here!"

"Easy lad, ye had quite a battle back there!" A man with a salty hoarse voice said. Mikkel froze as he slowly raised his head to see...

"PIRATES!" He screamed!

Poor Analise,Anna, and Elsa. I tried to show Elsa's father as a more loving figure as many fics depict him as an abusive jag off.

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