To answer Crimson Gamma question about my update frequency I am trying to update every week or two. Usually I will spend one week thinking about the chapter, then in a couple days to a week of writing it up. I will try my best to stick to this level of frequency, but some chapters will take me different amount of times. You guys will likely get a chapter or two sooner or later then it usually is.

By the way this was originally meant to be one chapter but I felt that the two parts needed to be divided because it was getting really long. Also I could introduce my ocs in greater detail, which I spent a lot of time (and I mean a lot) thinking up. So you guys will get two chapters instead. The other chapter will be up in a few days.

Chapter 3

Preparations

Third person pov

Elsa was in her room writing on her desk. It has been days since she initially sent out the invitations, but every day there was more to write. Replies to the invitations seem to come every day and she also had to message other guilds. They needed food from the farmer's guild, fabrics from the tailor's guild and other things.

What she knew they needed most of all were more guards. Many of the people that were coming were people of high rankings of their kingdoms which meant more people potentially being targeted by their enemies. This meant that she needed to tighten her security. Otherwise if there was a death, the allied kingdom may blame Arendelle for the loss. If they found our level of security lacking because of the loss it could lead to trouble. She had just finished the letter for the security guild (a group that assisted the guards in security of the villages) for a request for men.

There. This should get enough volunteers to make up for everything. Elsa thought

"Elsa"

Elsa turned to see Anna standing in the doorway with a smile on her face "What are doing?" Elsa sighed in frustration "Finishing up some requests for some guilds and replying to some of our allies." Anna spoke with concern "You need to take a break all this ball stuff is starting to wear you down."

Elsa replied "I can't we need to strength the bonds with our allies. Even though I unfroze Arendelle last year; people are still afraid that I would do the same to their homes. This ball isn't about having fun for me, it's about securing our safety and keeping our friends close by."

Anna said "Yeah, but you shouldn't do all that at the cost of your health." Anna looked over to the chest near the window. "Come on we haven't looked at the chest for a few days." Elsa nodded happy to get away from the paper work. Anna opened the chest and withdrew the boxes that contained the rattle and horn; she then laid them on the dresser. They each open their respective boxes and placed the objects side by side.

Elsa sighed "I still can't believe that there could be someone else that could make these things. I tried to find out anything since Jacob told us what he could remember, but there's nothing. Not a word, not whisper of his existence. It's like he's a ghost."

"Yeah Kristoff was talking to some of the guys around town and found nothing either. Wait a minute. There was a third box in the chest. We never opened the present Elsa."

Anna moved over to the chest and she withdrew the decorative box. Upon closer inspection of the box, it too appeared to be made of ice. There were frostlike patterns that made it look like a present you would find under a Christmas tree. The box had a simple design with a lid resting on it rather than a box wrapped in ice. Anna placed the box on the dresser on the dresser with the other items.

"I talked to Jacob about the chest the next day. He said that the chest to came from the guy as well."

Elsa's face brightened "Wait, it's not made from ice. Do you think there could be a manufacturing name on the chest? Something this unique would be made specifically. If there's a name…"

Anna continued "Then we could track it down to the salesperson and that someone would know who they sold the chest to and we could find this guy, great idea."

They then moved over to the chest and began to inspect it. To their disappointment the two girls checked the chest again to see if there was a name on the box only to find nothing. Anna sighed "I guess this guy made the chest himself, just like everything else"

"Your majesties"

Gerda walked into the room "There have been more responses for the ball."

Elsa states "Thank you Gerda. Just put them on the dresser, I'll look at them later."

Gerda placed the letters on the dresser. She then picked up the present and remarked "Well, well haven't seen that in a long time." Elsa was shocked that was yet another person who knew about this chest. Anna asked "Wait you recognize that? Did you know about the chest?" Anna gestures towards the open chest.

Gerda responds "No your majesties. I knew nothing about that chest. Well that's not exactly true. I knew of the chest, but I was not directly involved with it."

Elsa then sat on the bed and asked "What do you mean you knew of the chest?"

Gerda says "There was a rumor among the servants years back. That there was a special chest that the king and queen had kept secret. What the chest contained only the King, Queen and Jacob knew of."

Elsa questioned "If you didn't know anything about the chest, then how do you recognize the present?"

Gerda said "Well, that's a bit of a story your majesty." Elsa motioned for her to continue.

Gerda says "It was when I was doing my duties. I had just bought your parents their tea when they were in the study. When I left them I saw Jacob running down the halls towards me. Man looked like he discovered the secrets of the universe. It was when he got near me that I saw that he was caring that present in hand. He had rushed past me and burst into the study that their majesties were in. Thinking nothing of it I continued to walk down the hall. It was when I was halfway down the hall that I heard shouts coming from the study" A look of shame overcame Gerda. "When I heard the shouting I had decided to….eavesdrop on them."

Anna assured "Don't worry about it Gerda. What you heard might be important. From what Jacob told us what was in the chest seems to be important. Can you tell us what you heard?"

Gerda nodded "Though I didn't open the doors, their voices were loud enough for me to know who was talking. Unfortunately I missed the beginning of what they were shouting about"

*Flashback

"Jacob, promise me. Promise that you will never speak of this. After what happened to Elsa, she became unstable; she could not control her powers. Merely hearing the name sends her off into a storm. Look what happened to the ballroom. She heard one of the servants talking about her imaginary friend she went and made a mess of it. She doesn't even believe in him anymore, but somewhere in her mind it stirs up emotions and sends her off in a fury." The king said.

The Queen continued "What… happened….it brought only pain and misery for Elsa. It would be best if Elsa never knew of him. Anyway we are forgetting about him it would be best not to remember him."

Jacob responded "Your majesty she only became unstable because she was upset over what happened. We could have had them work through this. Remember he has had a big impact on her life. He helped her embrace her gift, taught her the beginnings of how to control it."

The Queen countered "It is not a gift it is a curse Jacob! The world will not accept her because of it."

"He believed that you both were wrong. He believed that she would be accepted, that she would be loved for her just being herself. He could guide her; make sure that she knows that she doesn't have to be afraid. What happened with Anna is proof that she needs him by her side." Jacob claimed

The King asserted "But he will not be by her side will he Jacob! As far as she is concerned he was her imaginary friend that she out grew. That he doesn't exist."

The Queen said "Besides what does he know about people? We were the first people to ever notice him. He knows nothing about people. With his ignorance it would be better if he did not interact with people and go back to his oblivion."

Jacob snapped "Do you even realize how much pain that has cost him. That nonexistence of his, all those years of isolation and loneliness. That is the path that you two push her down. It will only lead her to feel that she needs to be alone cut off from the world, from everyone. You even separate her from her sister! What good can this possibly cause?"

"Anna will be safe. Elsa will be safe." The Queen assured

Jacob snapped "Safe? You call being afraid of who she is safe. Afraid that she will hurt anyone she comes near her, even her own family. He taught her to not be afraid, to love her gift. Even the trolls agree with his reasoning."

He countered "No they didn't. They maybe experts of love but they are experts on control. We can teach her to control it, to hide it."

Jacob countered "Hide it! Hide it from her friends, her family, from her future husband and even her own future children!"

The Queen pleaded "Jacob, please while we can still remember….promise us that you will never to speak with Elsa or anyone about him."

Jacob whimpered "but…"

The King coaxed "You know what happened, what he did. Please Jacob for Elsa."

Jacob conceded "Fine I swear…reluctantly to never let her know.

Queen said "Thank you Jacob."

Jacob asserted "Know this your majesties nothing good will come of this. This secret or this separation."

King said "Fine. Then we are agreed that he will never be spoken of in these halls again. So long as we are all alive. Not that we will remember any of this tomorrow. I can already feel my memories of him fading."

The Queen agreed "Mine too. What about you Jacob?"

Jacob admitted "…I can remember bits and pieces but nothing consistent."

King pointed out "Well we never would have remembered him if not for that box. When the girls finished with their things we put them in that chest. Add that box to it Jacob. I don't want to see it again."

Jacob conceded "Very well you majesty."

*Flashback end

When Gerda had finished her story silence had descended upon them. It occurred to the two sisters that what Gerda overheard that day, was the very day that their parents made Jacob promised not to speak of. Gerda spoke up "What I had heard that day did not make sense to me at the time, but now that I know about your powers your majesty it seems to make more sense."

Anna said "They mentioned an imaginary friend of Elsa's, do you know of it?"

Gerda chattered "Well when the king and queen had you Princess Anna. They had paid more attention to you. This is natural because you were a newborn and needed more attention. From what I can guess Queen Elsa had made up an imaginary friend to deal with their lack of attention and her loneliness. Though this imaginary friend of yours Queen Elsa was rather strange to me, usually an imaginary friend would always be there. Your imaginary friend on the other hand seemed to be only around during the winter months."

Elsa said "What do you mean? Jacob said he was always around."

Gerda corrected "Always around during the winter months. He seemed to leave when it got warm"

Anna questioned "How come we have never heard anyone talk about this imaginary friend?"

Gerda stated "Well after I…overheard that conversation that day the queen made the palace servants promise not to discuss your friend. She said that it upset you so we gladly obliged."

Elsa asked "Gerda you been with us for a long time, almost as long as Jacob. Was there ever anyone that ever visited in the winter months specifically?"

Gerda stated "Your majesty I can gladly state that there was never anyone like that in my time here, besides your imaginary friend of course."

Elsa asks "How do you know he was imaginary? From what we heard from Jacob he seemed to be rather real."

Gerda disclosed "He must be mistaken then because I know he did not exist. One day I came across you playing in the hall. When I asked what you were doing you said 'I'm playing hide and seek with my friend' and I asked 'what friend?' you then pointed to the wall. You said 'That friend, he's counting at the moment so I better go and hide'. I looked over to where you pointed and saw no one there. That is how I can safely say that this friend of yours does not exist." This had confused the two sisters because one person said that this man existed but another stated the opposite.

Gerda conceded "Well I better get back to work. Lots of things to prepare for the ball your majesties" When Gerda had left the two sisters were left pondering what Gerda had told them. Anna asked "Do you think this guy actually existed?"

Elsa admitted "I don't know Anna, but if he did he can apparently make himself invisible."

Anna chided "Guess Olaf was right this guy is magical."

Elsa said "It might be not be so. It's very possible Jacob was mistaken and mixed up this imaginary friend with a very real person."

Anna countered "Oh come on Jacob wouldn't do something like that. He can remember things like that. Even if he can't remember who this guy was, it doesn't mean that he was someone else. It just doesn't seem like something he would do."

Anna continued "Well we'll figure it out later. Let's open present. I want to see what is inside."

Elsa smiled "You open it. You always liked fancy decorative boxes more than me. Someone probably made that with you in mind" Anna went and picked up the box and returned to the bed with Elsa. Anna stated "I don't think so; the tag says 'For Elsa'. It has to be for you." Anna then placed the present on Elsa lap. It was then that Elsa noticed the tag on the box and that it did indeed say that it was for her. Losing no time she lifted the lid off the box and gasped at what she saw.

What the box held was necklace. The necklace had crystal segments along it with a heart shaped crystal at the center of it. The necklace like all the other items was made of ice. This necklace was very much different from the other items. If they had to guess the necklace was crafted with much greater care than the other items. As if the craftsmen spent days making sure every last detail of it was perfect for the wearer. But across the center of the heart was a noticeable crack.

Anna whined "Aww. That's a shame. If it wasn't broken you could wear it for the ball." Elsa nodded in agreement "Wait a minute, it's made of ice. You could fix it Elsa!"

Elsa gestured to the necklace "I don't know Anna. I couldn't make the rattle, what if I can't fix this?"

Anna retorted "Yeah but you're not making something from scratch. You'll just fix the crack and maybe make the rest of it a little bit shinier to make it look good." Elsa looked towards the necklace dubious over her logic and waved her hand over the necklace. The magic that had emanated from her hand had then rolled over the necklace. Before their eyes the crack disappeared from it and the necklace then took on a new shine to it.

Anna cheered "See I knew you could do it. It looks as good as new. Now you can wear it to the ba…..." It was then that the sisters heard a loud *CRACK*. The smaller segments of the necklace had immediately cracked across their surfaces. The crack on heart segment also reappeared and grew larger causing the heart to break in half. The girls sat there in stunned silence. Elsa muttered in horror "I made it worse."

Anna comforted Elsa "Don't worry about it Elsa. That thing doesn't want to be fixed." Elsa then placed the top back on the box and returned it to the chest. Elsa said "I don't understand. Why would it do that? Judging by the way it was crafted whoever made wanted it to be perfect."

Anna reasoned "Well maybe the different forms of magical ice react differently."

Elsa retorted "Still on that this guy is magical Elsa. Honestly you're starting to sound like Olaf."

Anna explained "Well he has to be. It's the only way everything makes sense. Jacob did say he gave you lessons on your powers. Speaking of Jacob he wanted our opinions on some of the decorations. We better get going." Elsa said "You go ahead Anna; I'll be there in a bit."

When Anna left the room Elsa moved over to the chest and placed the boxes that had the horn and rattle back in the chest. Leaving the room Elsa wondered about the items of the chest. For everything she made with her ice she could feel the emotions that made it. When she made the ice castle and Olaf she could feel the sense of happiness and freedom emanating from them. When she used her magic to make a skating rink or thawing the ice she could feel the love flowing from it.

The items of the chest were different from her ice though. When she felt the rattle she could feel joy overwhelming her, which chased away whatever else she felt. The horn had a feeling of understanding and gave her hope. Hope that everything was going to be alright. The necklace was completely different though. She could feel love and apprehension from the necklace. She also could feel something else, something that had corrupted the necklace. What she felt from the necklace was….

Misery

Tuh da

End of chapter

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