Elsa's POV:

My eyes were opened to darkness. I sighed as I realized I was still in Pitch's lair. I sat in the corner of my cell, still and afraid to move. "ELSA!" I heard a familiar voice echo through the lair. Wait, was it…no…no it couldn't be. I covered my face and continued to stay still in the endless scary darkness. "Elsa?" I heard the voice say again, only this time it was near my cell. I furrowed my brow and looked up. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was Jack! "Jack!" I called out and ran to him. He stood still and didn't say a word. "Oh, Jack! I missed you so much! Pitch was torturing me and told me so many terrible things about you, but I didn't believe him!" I exclaimed. Jack sighed and looked down. "Oh, Elsa. You think I'm here to save you, don't you?" he asked with a straight face. I narrowed my eyes and backed away from him. "Well, that's why you're here…isn't it?" I asked a little shakily. Jack laughed and smirked…but not in a good way. "Oh Elsa…little naive Elsa…you think I really came here to save you? I guess I could but I need to tell you something, as you know, and I haven't quite been able to tell you," he explained. This wasn't at all the way Jack acted, but maybe he was pranking me the way he does sometimes. "Oh yes, what is it?" I asked. Jack let out a sigh. "Well, you see Els, I don't love you…" he admitted. The words hit me like a brick. "You…what?" I asked with shock. "I don't love you. I actually am very annoyed with you even thinking I would ever love someone like you. Someone with uncontrollable powers that could hurt someone. Elsa, who could ever love or put up with someone like you? Certainly not me..." Jack revealed. I backed up even more. I didn't know what he was saying. He never talked to me like this. "I just…Jack I love you…" I admitted with my eyes wet. Jack snickered at my comment. "Sorry Elsa, looks like you're in bad luck. Whoever I choose to love will be much prettier, much more normal, and someone I actually love," he snapped. The tears started spilling out of my eyes without my control as I threw myself on the cell bars near Jack. "Jack, what's wrong with you? You never act this way! What has Pitch done to you?!" I exclaimed with my voice escalating with every word. Jack suddenly slapped me across my face where Pitch had already scratched me. "SHUT UP, ELSA!" he yelled. I held my cheek that then began to bleed again. The blood ran down my face and stained my hand. Suddenly I couldn't handle it anymore and I fell to the floor and wept. My tears fell onto the cold ground and froze. Jack rolled his eyes and walked away, leaving me alone in the cold darkness. I cried a heart breaking cry that rung through the walls and froze every corner of my cell.

I screamed and rose up.

The whole thing was a dream.

"Nightmare?" a dark voice ask with a cold breeze that followed.

I cringed at the mere voice he had.

"I mean, it's normal to have a nightmare in a place like this…" he added. I wiped my face from sweat. It had seemed so real. "Was it about your precious Jack?" he asked in a fake, mocking voice. I saw his bright yellow eyes glow near my bars that surrounded my dark cell. Chills ran up my spine even looking at him. I ignored his comment and tried to think of happy thoughts. That's what Jack had told me to do a few years ago when my powers were out of control. Think of the last happiest thing that happened to you and think of all the happy things that are to come. Visions of the dance from last night popped into my head which made me somewhat happier.

"Someday, when I'm awfully low," I whispered to myself, recollecting the moments from the previous night, hoping the words would soothe my constant shaking of fear.

"When the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you…"

Pitch snapped a glare at me and tilted his head.

"…and the way you look, tonight."

"What are you doing? You think you can bring joy to yourself…here?!" he hissed. I shut my eyes shut to try not to look at his earie presence. "You just keep thinking to yourself that he'll come, but you're wrong," Pitch reminded again. I kept my mouth shut from saying anything that would result in me arguing with the nightmare king again. Oh Jack, where are you?

Authors Note:

Okay, I am super sorry this hasn't come out sooner! No, like, really sorry! I've had so much to do that I wrote out half of this chapter and now finished it! Please know that I will finish this fanfic and won't leave you guys hanging! Message me if you want to give me ideas or anything! I'm always open for cool, new ideas and anything else you guys think would be cool for me to write! Again, I apologize for not posting recently but here you have the next chapter of Always!