"Why Anthrax? What did we do to anger you so to do something so cruel?" Elsa said on her knees in tears. Anthrax laughed.
"Aw….can't do it? If that's the case I'll-"Anthrax was cut off by Elsa.
"No no….please…I'll do as you commanded." Elsa said under her breath. Anthrax grabbed her.
"Don't show any remorse or any regret. The fact that this is a task is to be kept between the two of us….and Nigel will go with you to make sure it is done properly." Anthrax reminded. Elsa nodded and walked to her sister and niece to wake them up. Elsa cracked and she fell on the floor sobbing.
"Why Anthrax? Why?" She wailed, praying that this was just a horrible nightmare. She needed to get herself in control fast or she could not get the job done. She needed to get this over with. She caught her breath and relaxed.
"Wake up, both of you. We need to go and complete the sixth task." Elsa said coldly. Rosetta and Anna got dressed and followed Elsa.
"Before we complete the task we have an errand to run." Elsa commanded.
"Are you okay?" Anna asked. Elsa wanted to throw herself into her sister's arms and cry her icy blue eyes out but she would not dare stop her poker face knowing Nigel was watching her every move.
"I'm fine" Elsa said without emotion.
"Mama, what's wrong?" Rosetta chirped. Elsa steeled her nerves.
"Why are you calling me that? You are to address me as your majesty, do you understand Rosetta?" Elsa demanded with anger lacing her voice.
"Um..yes ma- your majesty" Rosetta replied sadly. Elsa would have sliced one of her limbs off just to apologize for what she just said to her little girl. They entered a carriage. The coachmen had a uniform with a badged that was embedded with the words "enter the big bad wolf" he nodded and took off. They reached the place that Elsa was looking for. Elsa stepped out of the carriage.
"Rosetta, come" Elsa commanded. Rosetta was taken aback by her mother's sudden lack of warmth and it began to scare her.
"Mama?" she was reprimanded by a glare from Elsa. "I mean your majesty" Elsa cut her off again.
"You forgot to curtsy" Elsa snarled. Rosetta curtsied politely.
"Ma- err your majesty…what's wrong… and why are we here." Rosetta asked. Elsa crossed her arms and glared daggers at Rosetta.
"You have failed me as a daughter" Elsa growled. Rosetta was not expecting her mother to say something so hurtful and she lowered her head in despair.
"I'm sorry your-"She was cut off by Elsa.
"Sorry? After your disaster all you could say is sorry? After all of the trouble you have caused, you are broken beyond repair." Elsa scolded. Rosetta fought back the tears. Not because her mother was being mean but because after all that Elsa has done for her, Rosetta somehow failed her mother.
"What can I do?" Rosetta whimpered. Hoping she could redeem herself.
"You cannot do anything. You are a worthless defect. You will spend your days here, at the orphanage, where worthless and unwanted children like you belong.
"Unwanted?" Rosetta said, silent tears were falling down her face.
"I don't want you, Rosetta; I do not love you anymore. I am not your mother, and you are not my daughter." Elsa said heartlessly. The Queen turned and walked to the carriage. Rosetta broke and she ran to Elsa and hugged her.
"Ma- your majesty, Queen Elsa! please don't leave me! I'll be good I promise. Please don't leave me here! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be bad. Please give me another chance!" Rosetta wailed, sobbing. Elsa tried to walk away but Rosetta clung to her. Elsa sent the little girl a look of anger and disgust when inside, her daughter's sadness and despair was tearing her heart into thousands of pieces.
"You're a disgrace…now go…Leave my presence at once!" Elsa snapped. She shoved Rosetta off of her and walked into the carriage. The Queen closed the door before Rosetta could slip inside. She ordered the coachman to go. He looked on the little sobbing girl with pity.
"Your majesty you cannot do this! Come to your senses! Surely you didn't mean what you said. Go and get your daughter please!" The coachman begged trying to reason with the Queen. The Queen shook her head and sighed. No doubt he knew that Elsa was acting. But that did not matter.
"Mr. Wolf, I gave you an order." Elsa growled. He cracked and shook his head. He dropped the ropes.
"Do to me as you see fit. I refuse to-" He was cut off by Elsa.
"I said go! You have no right to defy" Elsa was cut off by the coachman
"Screw the rules…I'm doing what's right! Punish me as you see fit but I ain't gonna take part in this cruelty!" He bellowed confidently. Elsa was taken aback by his bravado. She secretly wished there were more people with his courage.
"Are you defying your Queen?" Elsa accused. The Coachman shook his head to Elsa's surprise and the Queen assumed he decided to cooperate. He instead put his hands on her shoulders and held her in place, forcing her to look him in the eye.
"ELSA!" he snapped, having the nerve to address the Queen in such an informal manner "If you are capable of doing something so heartless to your own child then I am not defying my Queen because you are not worthy of being my Queen! I am not driving the carriage until Rosetta is in it" He declared. Several guards saw him speaking in this manner and laying his hands on the Queen's person and they moved in to arrest him they grabbed him and the captain drew his sword to execute him. They waited for the Queen's permission to finish him.
"…..Let him go" Elsa demanded. The guards blinked and gave Elsa a confused look.
"I have practiced for years and I am confident that I do not stutter, I said to release him, now!" Elsa calmly ordered. "Mr. Wolf…..send Mr. Herder my regards." Elsa requested politely. The coachman simply walked towards Rosetta. Meanwhile, not caring what the onlookers thought. She climbed to the coachman's seat and took the reins in her hands. Nigel landed on her shoulder.
"Excellent performance your majesty!" Nigel cheered. Elsa fought the urge to turn him into a popsicle.
"I'll take you in sweetie. I won't abandon you." He soothed the still crying girl. Rosetta ignored him and took off after the slowly accelerating carriage as fast as she could run.
"YOUR MAJESTY! PLEASE COME BACK QUEEN ELSA, DON'T GO AWAY!... MAMA!" Rosetta desperately screamed to Elsa, praying that this was all just a bad dream. As the carriage vanished out of sight, Rosetta cried into the coachman's shoulder to the point that she began to hiccup.
"Maybe…If I gave her more hugs…maybe…if I had not eaten those cookies before bedtime….maybe…..if I had been a good girl… she wouldn't have gone away." Rosetta whimpered in retrospect.
Elsa couldn't take any more emotional abuse. Anthrax forced her to abandon Rosetta in the cruelest way imaginable. She knew what she had to do. That was the final straw. She assigned herself the final task as she made an ice blade in her hand.