Hey guys! First off, I am planning a New Years Ball chapter that will be posted on New Years Eve. Best part? You're all invited! you can either review or PM me the name you would like to go by and where you would like to come from. Please RSVP by at least, 1:00 PM on Dec. 31st, I will accept sooner requests. I'd like to thank my awesome friend, Elsa the Snow Queen for having Nora be at Alli's wedding. Check out her story 'My Dear Snow Queen' & its sequel, 'The Cold Never Bothered Us Anyway'! Keep Calm and Read/Write Fanfic On!
I continued to watch as the ice harvester gently picked her up from his reindeer and carried her to the gates. Now that I could see them better, I mentally noted he had given her his large hat and her hair was...white? This couldn't be good. Two of the maids took Anna from the mans arms and he looked very sad as the gates closed slowly in his face. She was escorted through the doors and she looked over her shoulder before turning ahead.
I had to get out of here. Now.
Quickly blowing freezing cold air on my chains, they froze and broke off from the weights that held them down, the metal surrounding my hands, completely shattered. Like a criminal that had just gotten out of hand cuffs, I rubbed my sore wrists but soon devised a plan of escape to free Elsa and find Anna. I wasn't sure what was going on with Anna's hair, but it had to be related to the blast of power Elsa and I had produced.
Practically crawling over to the door, I waited until the sound of footsteps couldn't be heard on the other side before aiming a powerful blast of air at the door. It ripped off of its hinges and I could see the figure of a guard on the other side of the door, smacked against the wall like a fly. I was so sure he would have quick healing time and I felt pretty bad about hurting him.
"Sorry..." I mumbled in apology before flying up into the air, trying to stay as close to the ceiling as possible to avoid being seen by anyone. Looking around, I saw a door with ice creeping out in trails from underneath, it was unguarded and was not locked, to my surprise. The door creaked when I opened it and popped my head inside.
"Elsa? Are you in her-"
I stopped short when I saw that a section of the wall in the room was burst open, leading out to the fjord outside. The blizzard was getting worse and I knew that Elsa must have let her nerves get control, allowing her to break out of her chains and destroy the wall.
"She's dangerous. Move quickly and with resolve."
Hearing footsteps and voices, I literally flew out of the room and watched as Hans and several guards took in the sight of the room. More importantly, the lack of a prisoner that they believed could stop the winter that the land had been cast into. Hans spoke up, loud and clear to make sure that everyone understood him clearly.
"She's escaped. Check on Princess Nora's cell. Now!"
Oh dear. Quick as a wink, I made my way down the hallway and made a sharp left turn to face a stairwell that led up towards the light. Running past the stairs and finding the door to the cell that had been next to mine, I took in a deep breath and blew some warm air underneath the door for a few seconds before completely blasting it. The remnants of the door looked like driftwood and Edvard was safely in a corner on the other side of the room, away from the blast.
"That. Was probably one of the most intense thing I've ever been through."
He playfully winked at me and I was just grateful that he hadn't been in my line of fire when I shot out my powers. Then again, there was some melted ice beneath the door to warn him of my arrival. Cold air gathered around his chains and broke them off from his hands. I was about to leave until he grabbed me by the shoulders and made me turn to look at him in the eye.
"Where are you going?"
"To find my sister." I proclaimed, doing my best to make myself look more confident than I really was...
"Alright. I hate to make you have to go alone, but I have guards that I brought that are loyal to me. As soon as I can find them, we will prevent your demise." What did he mean, my demise?
"Edvard? What do you mean?"
His eyes widened and he stared me down, but not in an uncomfortable or awkward way, but in a way of concern. "You haven't heard yet? Prince Hans has declared that both you and Queen Elsa are to be hung for your, "crime" against the kingdom." I gasped in shock and gave him a horrified look to which he responded with a low drop of his head.
Turing to quickly find Anna, he grabbed my hand before I could flee from the room and gave me a small smile behind his eyes that looked full of sadness. "Are you sure you'll be alright?" A serious of negative scenarios flashed through my mind but I shook them all away and gave him a agreeing nod. "Well this may seem forward, but it's now or never."
Before I could ask what he meant by that, he pulled me closer to him...and kissed me. To be honest, no one had ever kissed me before except for my parents when I was little to tuck me into bed. I never really thought that I'd be able to find romance like Anna, but I wasn't as desperate for it and lived with the fact that maybe no one would ever love me.
Was I ever wrong...
It wasn't that long, but I felt as though time had slowed down when I was with him and then it ended. A strange feeling was on my lips as his left mine and I tried to ignore it but that didn't keep the smile off of my face that matched his.
Now, I had to make it out of this thing alive.
Before running out the door, he gave me a small wave of his hand which I returned happily, then ran out of the room.
Reaching the stairwell, I said a short prayer that I would be able to make it to the top, running, as my air powers most likely wouldn't work in such a small confined space. Honestly, it took me a few minutes to reach the top, but I managed quite easily despite still wearing my dress and ice heels that Elsa had made for me.
As soon as I was back in the palace, I flew and ran as fast as I could to make it to the main hall. The castle seemed, deserted, almost with no sign of people anywhere. Stopping at every door as I made my way down the hall, I was listening for any sign that may tell me where Anna was.
Then, I heard it. It was just above a whisper and sounded very hoarse.
"Help."
I tried to open the door, but it was locked by a key that I did not posses and did not know the whereabouts of. Pounding against the door and throwing blasts of wind at it didn't help and I knew that all my effort was in vain. Letting myself fall to my knees in defeat, I was giving up until someone behind me cleared their throat to get my attention.
"Olaf? Olaf! Oh thank goodness! I think Anna's in this room and the door is locked!"
"I've got this Nora." He pulled out his carrot nose and to my surprise, shoved it into the keyhole and began moving it around, trying to pick the lock. After a few moments, the door swung open and he returned his nose to his face and gave a triumphant giggle.
We see Anna lying down, looking extremely tired and in need of warmth as she was shivering and chattering when she spoke. But I think what the real slap in the face to me, was that all of her hair had turned completely white.
"Anna. Oh no." Olaf runs over to her side as I follow as quickly as I can.
I direct my attention to the fireplace that has yet to be lit, and start putting in some firewood and Olaf eagerly assists. He even throws in his own arms, which he swiftly rescues as he lights a match and a fire is soon blazing.
"Olaf? Olaf. Get away from there." Anna gave Olaf a warning, but he simply stared at the newly lit fire. Completely entranced. "Whoa! So this is heat..." He looked it over for a moment as if pondering it. "I love it." He reaches a twig finger towards the growing flame...which instantly proceeds to catch on fire.
Sending a blast of air his way, I extinguish the flame and he looks at me, grateful, before turning to Anna and giving her a sheepish smile. "Ooh! But don't touch it!" Looking up, I see a cupboard and curiously fly up to search through the contents within. Although most are empty, I find a woolen blanket in one and fly back down to Anna and Olaf, wrapping the blanket around Anna to try and warm her up.
My hand accidentally touches her hand and I recoil as her skin feels exactly like ice, not that I'm not used to the cold, but I hadn't expected it from someone as warm as Anna (both figuratively, and literally...). She gives me a nod of thanks and Olaf continues to gaze at the fire before turning to her.
"So, where's Hans? What happened to your kiss?" He asked innocently.
"I was wrong about him. It wasn't true love."
She turned to me with tears in her eyes and a regretful look on her face, telling me that she was sorry without even saying words. Olaf piped up, once again confused. "Huh? But we ran all the way here." Anna looked at the fire and then back at the small snowman before giving his a barely visible frown. "Please Olaf, you can't stay here; you'll melt."
He straightened up and looked at her in a very serious manner, he definitely was a very determined snowman. "I am not leaving here until we find some other act of true love to save you." Sitting down by her, he gives off a stubborn vibe as he crosses his stick arms and doesn't move away from the ever-growing flames.
"...Do you happen to have any ideas?"
Anna looked down, taking a small glance at her white hair before pulling her blanket tighter around herself. "I don't even know what love is."
Olaf smiled, giving her a look of pure confidence and reassurance. "That's okay, I do..." Hopping back up to stand in front of her, he puts a hand on her shoulder and gives her a smile. "Love is...putting someone else's needs before yours, like, you know, how Kristoff brought you back here to Hans and left you forever."
I understood the point Olaf was trying to get across, but the last part was a bit of a downer. So Kristoff was the name of the ice harvester that had been with Anna? Okay...
"...Kristoff, loves me?" Anna looked at Olaf with some hope in her eyes and he returns the look. "Wow, you really don't know anything about love, do you?" I gave a light gasp of shock when I noticed his face beginning to melt and Anna noticed it immediately too. "Olaf, you're melting!" He just smiles through his melting face and says in a gentle voice.
"Some people are worth melting for."
Then his face REALLY begins to melt, he panics and struggles to keep his face up in its normal position. "Just maybe not right this second." His voice is muffled a bit and I move the cold air around him to try and make his face stay in its place...hope I never have to say that again...
The window opens and a draft comes in, Olaf and Anna both turn to me and I put up my hands in a surrendering way. "Okay. That was so not me this time! I'll go close them." I get up from where I was sitting next to Anna and manage to close one window before Olaf bounces up next to me and breaks an icicle off of the window and uses it as a telescope.
He turns Anna's way and joyfully announces, "It's Kristoff and Sven! They're coming back this way!"
"They-they are?"
She sounds surprised and Olaf is thrilled while I...still am not quite clear what exactly is going on here, though I have a pretty good idea. A few words are exchanged between them that I am not privy to and before I know it, Anna asks Olaf and I to help her up, leaving the blanket behind. I give her my hand which she takes and we rush out of the room once the ceiling falls down from the built up pressure.
Heading out into the dark corridor, I notice ice growing from the walls, much like it had back at the ice palace. "We're trapped." Olaf has concern obvious in his voice and Anna just has a look of worry plastered on her face. Kicking open a window, they both look at me with their mouths hanging open. Usually, I was more on the elegant side like Elsa, but when desperate times called for desperate measures, I didn't care if I had to break a few windows in the process.
"Come on guys!"
We slid down the side of the icy roof and Anna and I tried to stick together while Olaf was gathering snow onto his own little body as we went along. By the time we got to the bottom, Anna was weak but uninjured as was I, Olaf...wasn't as lucky. The snow he had accumulated as he slid down the roofs had turned him into a giant snowball.
"We made it!" He smiles, victorious as he shakes the extra snow from his body, returning him to his small snowman form. We soon reach the fjord and Olaf's body is swept away by the wind. "Keep going, Anna!" While she struggles against the wind, I the wind seems to go around me, clearing a path wherever I stepped. "Anna! Follow my footsteps exactly!"
Following behind me, the wind went around her as well as we made our way across the frozen fjord, moving through the wind and trying to find this...Kristoff, guy. We make pretty good progress until I turedn to look over my shoulder where she had stopped and was staring at her hands.
I cover my mouth and my eyes widen in shock. Her hands were turning blue and icy.
Turning around, I try to make my way back to her, but the wind doesn't seem to listen to me anymore and I too, have to fight it. "It's okay Nora! I can make it from here!" What? I was so not going to leave her on the fjord, being held back from the element that I controlled. "No! I'm going to see this through to the end!" I shouted over the sound of the howling wind that was now drowning out all of the noise.
It was only a second after I had said this, that the wind literally picked me up and began dragging me away from Anna. "Anna! Don't worry! You're almost there!" Those were the last words I was able to shout to her before the wind picked me off of my feet and threw me into the air.
Instead of being thrown violently down onto the ground, I was placed gently onto my back, like a baby being put into a crib. Checking my new surroundings, I could see Elsa a few feet away, struggling against the wind. Tightly closing my eyes and raising a hand towards her, I tried to slow the winds down, which to my delight, worked. The wind had calmed down around her, but since I could no longer see Anna in sight, I wouldn't be able to help her.
"Elsa!"
She doesn't hear me, but I run towards her just to see a dark figure appear behind her which was none other than Hans. I appear by her side and put up my hands in a defensive manner. "Elsa. You can't run from this!"
Elsa backs away from him, obviously in fear of hurting him and not worried at all if he would hurt her, what with the sword he happened to be carrying. "Just take care of Anna." He looked at her with his head hung low and he looked at me, into my all-knowing eyes before speaking.
"I'm afraid that you and Princess Nora's powers have killed her. You see, she is freezing to solid ice as we speak. You have killed her. Both of you."
While Elsa falls to her knees, holds her head and cries, the storm relinquishes a bit and you can finally fully see across the fjord. I however, do not have the same reaction as Elsa and create a sort of...air-blade, which I immediately proceed to attack Hans with. He pulls out his sword and blocks my hit towards him, moving around in a circle around Elsa as we fight.
"Hans you liar! Anna is going to live! Kristoff will give her the act of true love that she requires! Unlike what you did to her!"
I slashed at him and he just jumped out of the way, sadly, I was never cut out for offense and I'm not sure when it happened or how it happened, but I was cut in the arm. Clutching my wound, my air-blade vanished, I watched as the blood dripped from my arm and dripped onto the ice, turning it into a sickening velvet color. Falling to my knees, I had to try and keep strong but that was much harder than it seemed.
He turned away from me and raised his sword over Elsa's head, she didn't notice him as she continued to cry.
"Goodbye Anna. Elsa. I'm sorry if I wasn't there when one of you needed me more."
Whispering my small apology, I mustered up all of my strength and leaped from my knees, throwing myself in front of Elsa.
What will happen to Nora now? Will Anna get her act of true love? WILL OLAF EVER SEE SUMMER?! Find out in the next chapter! Until then...go and eat some cake! Preferably pineapple upside-down...
§~Amethyst~§