Chapter 3
Hey quick note, I decided I would try to make chapters a bit longer to make each update better for y'all. Okay that's all. Enjoy the chapter. J
Elsa's POV
He held out his hand to me. My head was telling me no. My heart was saying yes. I stared at his left hand, which looked warm and open however I knew it had to be physically cold, if it was anything like his cheek. My hand seemed to move with a mind of its own and it hovered over his in a quick moment of hesitation. His voice brought me out of my trance. I'm not sure what he said but he looked like he was waiting for an answer.
"What?" I smiled nervously as I looked up at him.
"Uh, I asked what your, err, name, um, was," he removed his hand from the space below mine to run it through his hair.
"Oh," I never thought that no one would know my name. I don't mean to sound haughty, but I am the Queen of Arendelle and before then I was a princess.
There was a time when I was younger that I had snuck out of the palace. I don't remember how old I was but it was before I had struck Anna with my powers. I ran down a street in town and was looking for the pond near the castle, but I couldn't remember where it was. I ran into a couple of children playing and I joined in. Well after looking around and playing for three hours I started to feel hungry so I walked to a bakery. Of course I had no money on me but I knew the baker was wealthy and sometimes threw out a couple of days old bread. So as I nonchalantly walked behind the bakery someone must have spotted me and told the baker. Well as I was shuffling through some of the waste I found a loaf that looked big enough that I could just eat the inside, that way I wouldn't have to eat any part that had touched something dirty. Just as I sat down on a nearby stoop to eat, the baker came running around his shop screaming. He called me filth and asked for my name. When I pushed some hair out of my eyes and told him that I was a princess he dropped to his knees to beg for forgiveness. I told him that it was fine and that I shouldn't have been stealing. He insisted that I wasn't and that I should come inside to eat fresh bread. I tried to argue but he simply patted my back until I found myself in the shop. The baker announced to everyone that they were dinning with royalty. One of the girls I had been playing with was in line collecting bread for her family when she spotted me. She quickly darted outside before I could stop her. By the time I ate, thanked the baker and got back to where the boys and girls told me they played, my true identity was revealed. I remembered seeing their faces change from fun, to fear. Not fear of my powers but fear of hurting the princess on accident, fear of saying something to upset her. I remembered how lonely it felt as I watched each child slowly leave.
"My name…" I hesitated.
"You do have a name, don't you?" he teased.
"El-" I started, "-lise. Elise." I panicked. This could be like a fresh start. He didn't know who I was, even though he was standing in my castle.
"Elise?" He raised one eyebrow.
I fiddled with my hair and tried to avoid his gaze. "Mmhhm. Yea, it's an old family name," I lied.
"Well this just isn't going to work," he said. I froze. He knew I was lying. Why did I lie? He was in my castle and probably already knew. How could I be so stupid? "You're gonna need a nick name," he chuckled.
I let out a nervous laugh, "oh."
"How bout," he tapped his index finger to his lips. "Lisey? No. Liz? No. Elsie?" I smiled and remembered when Anna used to call me that. "Elsie it is then."
"What? What kind of name is that?" I asked
"The kind of name that I will use until you tell me your real name." He replied with a smirk on his face. I felt my eyes widen and I heard him chuckle. "Oh calm down, Elsie. I'm just teasing, unless Elise isn't really your name?" I shook my head and sighed inwardly. "Okay Elsie. Lets get down to business."
Jack POV
I extended my hand to Elise once again. She looked down at it once again as if it was foreign. "Look, I'm not gonna, err, hurt you. Were just gonna have a little fun."
"I'm not worried about you hurting me." She responded.
"Then what are you afraid of?" I asked as I reached my hand closer to hers.
Elise took a deep breath and took my hand ignoring my question. "Well. I guess that wasn't so bad. Now whaa-" Elise did not get a chance to finish for I had already pulled her on to the windowsill. I hovered outside the open window while Elise stood on her tiptoes trying to balance. "Are you trying to kill me!" She screamed with a look of terror on her face, which was replaced with a look of confusion when she noticed I wasn't standing on anything. "H-how are-re you doing that?"
I grinned at her, frankly because she was beautiful but also because she looked very lost. "Jack Frost, remember?" I backed away from her. I threw my hands up in the air, "Mythical legend, creator of blizzards and snow days." I gave an over dramatic bow."
She rolled her eyes at me. "Oh right, how could I forget?" She taunted.
"I'd take a seat if I were you. This will be quite the show." I turned away, but stole a look from over my shoulder of Elise shaking her head and (might I add,) very gracefully sitting on the windowsill.
I formed a snowflake on the tip of my staff and watched the flake fall.
Elsa's POV
I hadn't realized it had gotten dark until now. I waited for Jack to do something amazing that would astound me. A snowflake appeared on my nose and I brushed it off. "You have to have a little more than a snowflake to make me think you're Jack Frost," but I had spoken too soon for a giant flurry of snow was headed in my direction. Before I could react I was hit with the snow and I fell off the windowsill. I tried forming a pillow of snow to catch myself but something else caught me.
It was Jack. He had his left arm around my waist and a big staff like thing in his right.
"Open your eyes," he whispered. I opened one eye to check my surroundings. My eyes shot open as I realized we were about 2 feet from the fjord, flying parallel to it. I let out a yip of excitement as I felt the wind in my face. I looked to my right to see Jack laughing at my excitement. "We're not even to the best part yet!" He yelled as I spread my arms out like I was flying.
He touched the hooked end of his staff to the water creating a trail of ice behind us. I reached out to touch my fingertips to the water leave a trail of ice similar to his. It was incredible. Nothing could compare to this feeling of defying gravity. I was mid laugh when we stopped suddenly. We rotated 90 degrees so we were perpendicular with water.
"Is everything okay?" I asked nervously as he tapped the water below us to freeze a small patch of ice. He set me down and took a step back with wide eyes.
"That," he pointed to the trail of ice that I had made, "I-I didn't do that-t."
"Oh yeah." I brought my hands together. "Uh yeah I wasn't completely honest with you earlier. I'm actual-"
"Queen Elsa," he interrupted. "Oh my gosh, Tooth was right," He mumbled, barley audible.
"So, yeah," I awkwardly stood there as he stood across from me; mouth agape, breathing loudly, " I think I'll go then…" I said as I slowly walked around him, careful not to turn my back to him.
"Wait!" he leapt into action grabbing one of my wrists. We both looked down to see the spot where he must have been expecting water, a little patch of ice just big enough to fit my foot on it.
"I think I'm going to be fine," I shrugged and smiled. He looked at me with a smile slowly appearing on his (still open) mouth.
"This is going to be so much better than 'fine'," he replied.
Okay so that was good right? I'm starting school this week so expect the update to be on Saturday instead.
Fun fact- I just got my braces off and all I could think while finishing this chapter is about how awesome Jack's teeth are.
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