Jack flew as fast as he could manage to get back to Arendelle. Elsa worried for Anna. She had hoped that no harm came to anyone in the kingdom. Elsa was going to do whatever it took to keep her sister safe. She had nearly lost Anna twice and that was too much for one lifetime.
Jack had promised to keep Elsa safe and that meant keeping Anna safe too. They had a strong connection and it showed that if anything happened to Anna, then Elsa's heart would darken and Pitch could try to take her. Jack would keel over before he let that happen again.
The wind whipped past their faces and even though it was freezing, it fazed neither Jack nor Elsa.
With the kingdom in sight, Jack braced himself. A dark cloud was standing over the castle which meant Hans must be there and so must the other guardians.
Jack was sure the speed he was going at would have been harmful for any ordinary human but he could handle and with Elsa hiding behind him, she was safe too.
He landed easily in the town square right beside the castle gates.
"Are you ready?" Elsa asked Jack
"Oh yeah." Jack answered determined. Elsa turned the corner and walked in the gates. There the guardians were fighting with all their might to take down the nightmare shadows.
She saw Anna fighting beside Kristoff and without thinking, ran to her.
"Elsa!" Jack said as Elsa carelessly ran into several shadows. One of them tried to grab her but the second it laid a hand on her, Elsa felt infuriated and froze the whole shadow over. She pushed it over and watched it shatter.
"Elsa!" Anna called out seeing her sister's arrival.
"Anna!" Elsa cried out as she pulled her sister into a hug, "Oh I'm so glad you're okay. You have no idea how good it is to see you."
"Watch out!" Anna cried. Elsa turned around and grabbed the arm of the Shadow warrior and froze him too.
"I am getting sick of all this darkness." Elsa said walking out into a large crowd of them and stomping her foot down hard and sending a powerful burst of ice. She froze the surrounding creatures and used a gust of wind to knock them over and shatter them.
"Wow." Jack said absolutely stunned.
"Jack! Start freezing them! If we work together we can take down this army quickly!" Elsa called out. Jack nodded and flew into the courtyard and started battling alongside the guardians. North easily took down some of the shadows and Sandy was whipping the nightmares back into dream sand. They fell to the ground in a glittery mess.
"Don't let them win!" Hans yelled at the shadows and more of them attacked
The guardians and guards of Arendelle fought relentlessly to stop them.
"There's too many of them! There's no way we can win!" Kristoff called out
"You have to keep going." Anna said as she pulled her sword down hard on a creature.
"Jack!" North called out, "You are most powerful when your heart is strong! You and Elsa have the power to stop all creatures! Get to her and freeze them all!"
Jack looked across the courtyard where Elsa was fighting back to back with Anna. He jumped up high and felt the wind carry him and land him next to Elsa. He grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him.
"Elsa, we can stop them together. It'll be easy."
"There's so many of them though Jack."
"I just know of a way to stop them. North told me." Jack smiled slyly at Elsa and even in the midst of all the fighting, her heart lifted with high spirits.
"How?" she asked
"Just trust me."
"Trust someone I've only just met?" She smirked at Jack
"You can do it Elsa, I know you can. I believe in you." He said
Elsa could have sworn her heart stopped but she soon realized it was only beating as fast as ever. She felt immense happiness as she started to glow.
"I love you, Jack." She said.
Jack wrapped his arm around Elsa's waist, "Me too."
Together they stomped their feet to the ground and large flurry of snow came tumbling down. A gust of wind blew ice across the shadows. They started freezing one by one and falling over. Some tried to run away but were taken down by icicles that flew at them.
"This can't be happening!" Hans called out as he watched his army of shadows fall.
Jack placed his hand on Elsa's cheek and she cupped her hand over his as he pulled her in for a kiss. When their lips touched, it was like a brand new magic. One that felt it would conquer any evil and bring all happiness to anyone. There was no longer such thing as darkness or cold, Just love and warmth. It was the truest love of all.
Kristoff held onto Anna and Sven came running to cover them both. Anna looked at her sister. She could see Jack clearly now. She can't explain it but Elsa's magic was so much stronger and knew that there had to be a reason. She smiled seeing her sister so happy.
Olaf tried to run but was blown away, "I'll be right back guys!" He called out trying to hold onto his body.
The guardians stood tall and watched the snow fall.
Elsa wrapped her other arm around Jack's neck and continued to kiss him with all she had. The storm became stronger as Hans's hands were trapped to his sides. A thick coat of blue ice held him together making it impossible for him to move.
Jack and Elsa stood away from each other and watched as the dark cloud above them disappeared. The sky was clear and all that was left was a snowy white blanket across the courtyard. All the shadows had fallen and all that was left was Hans who was struggling to break free from his ice prison.
"We did it!" Anna called out as Kristoff picked her up and spun her around.
"Wait, where is Pitch?" Jack called still on his guard.
"Yes!" Toothiana shot up in the sky with her fairies doing multiple flips and Bunnymund jumped around off walls and off of the Arendelle guards.
Sandy walked up to Hans and placed his hands on either side of Hans's ears. He started filling Han's head with dream sand and black fog came spurred from his mouth. They built up next to Hans and formed a shape of Pitch Black. Hans passed out after all the shadows left his body.
Pitch Black formed next to Hans. He was weak from all the shadows he dispensed that were now nothing but ice.
"What do we do with him?" Elsa asked
"We might have a permanent solution for him." Bunnymund said holding out a small vile.
"You could have had everything Elsa. I could have given you so much. I could have had it all! But you threw it away for the prince of snowmen?!" Pitch said weakly and poorly propping himself up on his knees.
Elsa bent down close to his face and narrowed her eyes, "I hope you look forward to an eternity in solitary confinement."
When Elsa backed away from Pitch, Sandy blew dust from his hand that turned pitch into a dark cloud and it was sucked into the vile that Bunnymund was holding.
"What do we do with Hans?" Elsa asked pointing to a passed out Hans on the ground
"I have an idea." Jack said
"The moon is really pretty tonight, don't you think?" Jack asked as Elsa lay against his shoulder
"Yeah, the guy up there really knows how to live it up." Elsa laughed to herself. They both lay in silence for a bit and just stare at the moon.
"Elsa, there's something you should know about me." Jack struggled to get the words out. He needed to tell Elsa, regardless of how he felt.
"What is that?" She looked Jack in the eyes
"Because I am a guardian, I don't age. I am immortal." It came out all at once. He wanted to get it over with more than he thought.
Elsa looked up at the moon, "Cruel man he can be can't he?" She smiled at Jack
"What do you mean?" he asked bewildered
"I have a feeling that the man in the moon pushed us together. He makes me mortal and he makes you immortal. It was nice and then cruel." Elsa said furrowing her brow and looking down over the railing at the people of Arendelle. Few lights in houses were lit and even fewer couples walked the streets, enjoying the beautiful snow fall.
"He pushed us together you think?" Jack grabbed Elsa's hand in his and kissed her knuckles.
"It's hard to explain but it's like I know. He wanted us to meet each other. It's more than us falling in love. It's that feeling of being alone and finally meeting someone who's just like you. He may not have planned on us loving each other but it happened. We'll take it one day at a time." Elsa said placing her hand over Jack's and smiling up at him.
"We'll find a way Elsa. I promise." Jack said looking up to the moon, "Not even he can keep up apart."
Jack wrapped his arms around Elsa's waist and pulled her close. He smoothed her hair and looked into her eyes. He knew from the first moment he saw her that she was special. She was strikingly beautiful and now she was his. He knew they would find a way to be together forever. His gut was never wrong.
He placed his hand on her cheek and pulled her in for a kiss. Elsa wrapped her arms around Jack's neck as the moon shined down on them. She couldn't help but feel the man in the moon was smiling upon them. May be he was a sucker for a good love story.
