Author's Note: For those who are celebrating Halloween today "Trick or Treat!" Here it is, my main plot twist, I'm sure someone else got this idea first, so cheers to that and hope joy enjoy it. I know it's been long since I updated, but I hope this is worth it! Thanks for all the views and reviews and follows and-well all the support, appreciate it! So with no further adieu, here it is next chapter and the main direction this story will take...


As her eyes passed thru the last line of the book, her heart speeded and her breath became irregular, if it could be true, and if she could put the pieces together correctly, then maybe the book did make sense and every bit of it was true, except they weren't talking about her.

Against all orders she was given she jumped out of bed racing downstairs trying to find the only person that could make sense out of this too and would believe her no matter what; Henry.

"Henry?!" she called a bit accelerated looking for him at the house, she knew he would probably be heading to the Mayor's office to talk to Regina, after all, the Evil Queen was still trying to figure things out between Robin Hood and herself.

"Henry, are you here?" she turned around going to the garden when he appeared behind

"Elsa? Shouldn't you be resting? You really shouldn't be walking yet"

"I know, but this is important" she grabbed his shoulders getting at same eye level "I finished the book and…it all makes sense and doesn't at the same time-" she caught herself talking nonsense and stopped "I think I finally understand it" she breathed "What if I am not the Snow Queen, but the sequel, the-the continuation?"

"What? Like the follow up?"

"Yes" she nodded " see, the name of the two characters were the same as two of our most loyal servants, at first I thought it was a coincidence, but then the back stories started to make sense, they both came from a little hostel and they knew my mother too well, my father always told me Kai and Gerda where there to protect us and after my parents passing that's the only thing they did. I think Gerda knew all along of my powers, she was never afraid of me and she was kept after my incident when the staff was cut. And the little gestures mamma used to do with her hands, maybe she wasn't being regal, maybe she was concealing it too"

"So…your mom was the real Snow Queen?"

"Yes, and I am just the continuation, what if that was the story, if that was true…?"

"Could be" Henry thought it over for a couple of seconds "We have to find the others!" he exclaimed

"I have to see Rumplestinskin first, he said once he had the answers, but that I had the wrong questions, I think this is what he meant"

"Ok then, I will look for Emma and Regina, we'll met up at his shop" he took his scarf

"Henry…thank you, for believing me"

He smiled widely "I'll always believe" he went to the door "I won't take long, be careful, if people sees you alone, they could be dangerous"

"I will, same advice goes to you. Neither mother would forgive me if their child was tangled in a conflict because I allowed him to sneak out"

"No problem, they won't even notice I was gone"

She nodded her head and took her blue sweater and hide her long braid, she couldn't be recognized. She left the house when the street was empty and started to pace at the sidewalk. As she walked her mind raced with so many explanations to the events of her past and if her mother was really the Snow Queen then she was actually never alone but at the same time she had been because it had been yet another lie…she shook her head trying to focus, she couldn't risk being seen and starting a snowstorm around her wasn't going to help her cover.

She crossed in front of the border line between civilization and woods when suddenly everything went black and she felt a hand cover her mouth and a powerful grip around her waist as she was dragged uphill. She tried to fight back or to at least shout for help, but more than likely the only people that would hear her wanted her dead too, so it was useless. She tried to use her power but she was no murdered and Regina was right, one thing was using her power and a completely different one was to control it.

Whomever was holding her was definitely a man, too tall to be a dwarf and too bold to be kidnapping the 'witch'. After a short while, she was thrown to the ground and whatever that was preventing her from seeing was harshly removed from her eyes as she adapted once more to the light. She was shaking out of fear, but she hoped to disguise it as coldness.

"I don't care who you are, you will set me free now or you will deeply regret it" she sat noticing they hadn't tied her hands, a really foolish strategy considering she manipulated snow and ice thru her hands.

"At ease your majesty, is this how you treat your acquaintances?" it couldn't be, the voice was highly recognizable, but she hoped to never hear it again.

"Hans?"

"In bone and flesh, My Queen" he said maliciously kneeling at her level "You should had hanged me for treason when you had the chance" he grabbed her chin lifting her face up to his "But I promise you won't regret it when you see what I came to offer"

"You have nothing to offer I would ever want!" she pushed his hand away with disgust

"Nothing?" he stood up turning around

"How did you follow me here? How did you open a portal to this realm?"

"Details" he waved his hand to dismiss the question "Now is not the time to speak about such thing, I have someone eager to meet you, I think is time for both to met face to face"

"I don't want anything to do with whomever you got involved"

"Not even your own family?"

"Anna?" her throat became a knot and voice lost strength "Is she here? Where do you have her?" she blasted ice his way, but he cut thru them with his sword.

"I thought you would never want something from me" he said devilishly

"You better have not even touch one of her hairs, or I swear-"

"Or you swear what?!" he barked annoyed then smiled again and took a couple steps backwards "and no, I haven't done a single thing to the Princes of Arendelle, I have someone far more important for you to met"

"Whatever you are talking about"

"You will have to see it by yourself, Your Highness" he moved aside and a figure walked a couple of steps closer to her getting out of the shadows. Elsa's eyes opened with astonishment as she felt lightheaded, her legs were about to collapse beneath her and the hot tears were scrolling down her ice-cold skin.

"Mamma?" she whispered as the woman with blond hair approached her as a ghost from her past. She was wearing a dress that resembled more to her own ice one than to the outfit the Queen usually worn but beneath that pale skin and light hair it was visible for her to see, that was her mother, there was no doubt.

Elsa felt like fainting every step the woman took closer to her, it was until she met and held her in arms she felt safe from collapsing. She was in awe and denial, but as her mother caressed her cheek and tucked her lose braid behind her ear she began to recover her senses.

"My sweet little girl" she hummed lifting her chin "you have grown up to be a strong woman now, haven't you" she coped her cheeks in her cold yet comforting hands "and where was I to see you?" she smiled half way "Your father did a terrible mistake when he decided to doom us in that ship, he thought it best if he kept you apart from me, if we hid from you the true nature of your powers" she hold her against her body "you weren't cursed, you were born, but no one is born with powers without magic in their family to inherit them" she said lovingly "But we don't have to worry any more about all of that, about them" she gazed at the village "they shouldn't had tried to hurt you, now they will pay for their boldness" she said harshly making Elsa shift out of her initial reaction

"Wh-where is Anna?"

"Oh, you shouldn't worry about her right now" she turned around gazing down the hill "Let us go and freeze them to bits, they deserved that much" she said taking her daughter's hand to take her out of there when she felt Elsa's wrist pull.

"Wait, you can't hurt them…they, they are innocent, there is good people in there"

"And there is evil ones too" she took her forearm looking at the bandage "they tried to kill you"

"They were afraid"

"Why are you defending them?" she asked surprised and at the edge of ire.

"Because they did the same for me" she said in pleading voice "please, mother"

"Oh, my naïve girl, they don't care about you, they just want to use you; they fear you"

"You are mistaken, they put my need first, that is love…"

"That is weakness"

Suddenly the pleasing image of her mother started to fade away "Why are you with the Prince of the Sothern Isles?"

"I needed someone capable of handling trouble along the way"

"He tried to kill me and left Anna to die"

The Queen looked over her shoulder at him "I know"

To Elsa's disbelief Hans just smiled as well "He has an ambition and know what he wants, that's a fine trait for a gentlemen"

Then the painful idea cross her mind, maybe the book wasn't so wrong and her mother was truly that cold. On the outside she looked like the woman that raised her, care for her and most important, loved her. But in the inside something had changed; now when she thought about it she didn't even felt her pulse when she first hugged her.

"I am not leaving this people" she said determined obtaining a glare from her mother as she walked towards her. Once more this disappointed and somewhat sorrowful expression in her face "they don't love you, they don't care and they never will"

"You are wrong and I can prove it to you, please, just spare them"

The Queen's eyes sparkled as a dangerous idea settled in her mind. She approached again like the windy brisk of winter and placed a hand on her cheek locking gazes with her.

"Tell you what, dear Elsa" she whispered while at her right hand a long stake of ice was being formed for her to see "If they love you as much as you claim they do, then prove it" she stabbed her in the chest with the spike forcing Elsa to hold tight to her arms for her not to fall feeling like she was going to die that second, but there was no bleeding, the ice had went thru her skin and deep into her heart.

She gasped for air looking up to her eyes in disbelief and in grief clutching her hand to where the pain resided. "If the ice in you heart melts, because one of them cares for you, then you are free to stay and they are free to live" she placed her lips next to her ear whispering "but if the ice in you heart spreads thru you, you will come back for me to melt it away" she kissed her forehead caressing her hair "you have a couple of days, my child, but you can't tell anyone or the people you senselessly care for so much , will pay the price of your insolence" she let go of her making her fall to the snow on her knees hugging herself tight grasping her hands to her heart that started to beat with less strength. Finally she caught one deep breath and looked around, but no one was there. She gained will power and stood up dizzily feeling like she had been stab to death and now she was living again.

She pushed herself against a tree trying to stabilize while her eyes resented the encounter. Her mother was the Snow Queen and worst, she was exactly as heatless as the book claimed, but it hadn't always been like that, something must had happened to her during the years she was missing. Her hair wasn't even brown as it used to be, but she remembered hearing from her dad once that if she hadn't had the ice powers, she would probably have brown hair as well.

Before she could draw more conclusions she heard Henry's voice calling for her, he sounded desperate and worry sick.

She breathed unevenly "Here" she said in trembling voice coughing as her chest hurt. Henry followed her voice and went to her side helping her stand still.

"What happened?" he asked concerned

Elsa gazed around knowing she was probably being observed. "No-nothing, Henry, I just stumbled" Henry held her firmly noticing how bad she was shaking.

"Are you sure you are ok?"

"Yes, just let us get out of here" she took him under her arm walking out of the woods, always gazing back to be sure they were safe.

But up the hill the two figures observed them walking away.

"Are you sure this will work, My Queen?" asked Hans

"Yes" she said without moving her eyes from her daughter's figure as Elsa got out of sight "she cares for them, her love for this people will doom her" she turned around "you did a marvelous job casting that fire spell, well done"

"But still she doesn't seem to mind the burn; she was willing to forgive the people"

"That's exactly right, her heart is pure, I just need one little piece to corrupt and she will be just like me"

"What if she does melt the ice?"

"Dear Hans that will never happen, I can assure it to you" she walked away getting the weather agitated and the snow falling harder.


Henry and Elsa were fast greeted by Emma, Regina and the few others that believed Elsa was not evil. They were obviously nervous about

their whereabouts. As soon as they were in sight they approached them.

"Henry, what have we told you about sneaking out?" Regina scolded.

"It was for a good reason, I promise, but we need to see Gold"

"What happened to you?" asked Emma watching the afraid young girl.

"I-I just fell downhill, I am alright" she bitted her lower lip and Emma noticed she was lying.

"Alright, let's go for Gold then" announced David "If he really has the answers is worth the shot"

They started to walk to the shop but every once in a while Elsa would look back trying to spot the Snow Queen; her mother.

Emma couldn't ignore this any longer so she went by her side startling her a bit "Could we talk?" they walked away from the rest keeping enough distance for no one else to overhear them "You know, my superpower is to know when someone is lying, tell me what really happened"

"Nothing" insisted Elsa with weak voice backing away from the lie-detector Sherriff.

"Hey" she stood in front of her blocking her way "If you don't tell me what's going on, I will have nothing else to do but to investigate and get to the bottom of this myself"

"No, please, you can't!" she pleaded taking her arms with her shaky hands, the was terror printed on her eyes and her skin even paler than usual. Something didn't add up for Emma "Why are you so shaken up, kid?" she put her palm against her forehead "You are freezing"

Elsa let go of her arms retrieving a step clutching her hands "I'm the Snow Queen, it shouldn't surprise you" she tried to remain in posture while saying this, but it was evident she wasn't alright. Elsa walked past Emma, but the savior got in her way once more "No, no, you are not going to get out of this so easily" she confronted her "I will ask again, what happened?"

Elsa knew if she said the truth her mother would freeze everything for good and yet not saying something would get Emma to investigate or worst, to involve her whole family in her own problems.

"I-I…I encountered Hans, I have no idea how he got here, he just briefly kidnap me and threatened me" she swallowed "he, he didn't hurt me, but I know he means trouble, I don't know if he could have brought Anna along the way or…worst" she prevented her chin from quivering and avoided all eye contact with Emma, but apparently it had been convincing enough.

"Hey, is alright" she grabbed her shoulder giving it a gentle squeeze "we won't let him hurt you or your sister, I will send an alert to prevent everyone and to inform if they have seen him, he can't harm you, I promise"

Elsa knew she couldn't keep that promise, because she was already harm and she felt how the ice slowly spread in her inside, it was a feeling she had never faced before; coldness.

"You hear me?" repeated Emma "Nothing bad will happen"

"Yes…thank you" she crossed her arms shrugging her shoulders she couldn't shake off this foreign feeling.

"Ok, let's catch up with the rest, I'll let them know what happen, everything will be fine"

Elsa just nodded and went to the front entrance of the shop where everyone else was.

"Here we are" said Regina "You want us to come in with you?"

"I will be fine, there is nothing the Dark One can do to me anymore" she was sincere; she was slowly dying and turning into ice.

"You sure?" asked Henry

"I think is something I have to do on my own"

"That doesn't mean you have to be alone"

Elsa smiled tenderly at him nodding "If you wish to accompany I would be glad"

He grinned widely stepping in with her as the door closed behind.

As the bell rang Rumple appeared behind the counter "What a lovely surprise, what can I do for you both? Maybe treat the burn?"

"I finished reading the book" she cut in determined

"So are we here for a book club chatting then?"

"You told me once you had all the answers, but that I had the wrong questions"

"I did indeed, you found any questions?"

"Just one" she deeply inhaled "For how long you knew my mother was the Snow Queen?"

Suddenly Rumple's expression drop all the sarcasm and a somewhat sorrowful look was placed in his features "Shall we come in for a cup of tea? This will be a long and unpleasant conversation, Elsa, if you truly want to hear what I have to say" he moved aside offering her to come in with a gesture.

Elsa sighted pressing her fists firmly taking the first step in…


Author's Note: Hope you like it, I saw the serie and it did make sense that the S.Q. was the aunt, but I like this angle better, tell me what you thought and I hope to update more soon, but so far I wanted to update today because is the end of the month, so I wanted to end it with a SPLASH!