A/N: Today's chapter was kind of hard to make since I like to move further into the story but don't want to rush things at the same time. I am very pleased with this chapter though and I hope you guys agree. Have fun!

Disclaimer: I don't own Frozen or Rise of the Guardians. If I did, I wouldn't have to come up with disclaimers every chapter.

Chapter 4: Caught

North was slowly smoking his pipe as Jack told his story. It was obvious Jack was having a hard time doing so. Over the last 200 years or so, some of the memories had become foggy. The fact that Jack had suppressed them for so long certainly didn't help. He had a hard time distinguishing fact from fantasy. Elsa had become sort of a ghost to him, a distant memory. A romanticized version of her former self. Jack had taken all the good memories he had of her, en put them all into a single personification. And still all he could remember was a shell of her former beauty. The events themselves had become even more vague. Starting from the start helped putting the pieces back together, but it was a slow process.

When Jack didn't continue after a while North tried to help him along. "A mortal with magical powers you say? I've never heard of such a thing." And he was pretty sure the other guardians hadn't either. He didn't want to call Jack out on it though. Calling him a liar at this point would make sure he never got to hear the complete story.

"... Yeah me neither, not until then. And I've never seen anything like it since. Her magic was amazing. Much more powerful than even mine North. The things she could make were... astounding."

"Hoho, I'm sure she would make a nice addition to the team then." North said trying to lighten the mood. But failing.

"...She's, gone North." Jack said as his mood fell even further into depression. North cursed silently at himself. What a stupid thing to say.

"So what happened next?" Perhaps if Jack continued telling his story the happy memories would lift his spirits again.

After she closed to door again Elsa continued cleaning the castle. After Hans had attacked her and placed her in the dungeons, the rest of his gang had apparently tried to destroy the place. Luckily there wasn't much to be destroyed inside, and the walls were too tough for them to break down. But everything they managed to pry of the walls was shattered on the floor. Which was mainly decoration.

The other times she had come here she hadn't bothered to clean, and put things back in order. More often than not she was too frustrated, only added to the damage herself. There were several holes in the inner walls, and random bit of ice scattered all around from her outbursts.

But it was time to get things back in order. She wasn't feeling as frustrated as when she arrived. That little distraction at the front door had done enough to snap her out of that state of mind. She figured she could leave off most of the decoration, and mainly focus on structural repairs since she most likely had to do them again after a future outburst.

The result was much to her liking however. It gave the place a more natural feel. Less was more she supposed. She did still miss a few things though. Like furniture. She figured that would go in the upper room, so she could use the floor below for practice... or stress relief rather without damaging her things.

She created a king sized bed, table and chairs, a couch and replaced the chandelier along with adding a few more things here and there. It made the place feel more like a home. If she was planning on spending more time here she might as well cheer the place up.

When she was finished decoration the upper floor she heard a voice at the balcony door. Disturbed again. She was going to give this fellow a piece of her mind. Did this guy have any idea what time it was she thought to herself as she noticed the sun had set while she was working. Trying to sneak up on a lady, how dare he! As she walked towards the door she felt herself becoming angry again. When she opened the door however she noticed her guard had the culprit in a tight grip and was about to punch his face in. She held up her hand signaling the guard to hold off on the execution.

When he opened his eyes and looked at her however, she was stunned. Bright blue eyes. Like hers. White hair and a silly look on his face. A pretty handsome guy she had to admit. Shame he was trying to break into her castle. The sight was quite amusing. This guy looked to be in his teens, and had managed to climb all the way unto the balcony only to be caught by her guard at the last second. And the way he looked at her, he seemed more surprised by her than scared of the giant iceman that was about to behead him. She couldn't help but smile at him. Her mood improved and she decided to tease him a little.

"Uhm... Hello there, why are you trying to sneak into my bedchambers?" Let's see him talk his way out of that one.

"... Err, I uh... No I wasn't trying to...!" He managed to mutter. He didn't even bother to correct himself, he just continued to stare at her. She was about to ask him why, when he eventually continued. "Wait!... I wasn't trying to spy on you I swear!... But, hold on... You can see me?"

He wasn't trying to spy on her? Sure, then what was he doing sneaking into her room at night. The last part of his sentence confused her though. He was surprised she could see him?

The first person that was ever able to see him, and he tried to sneak into her bedroom. Maybe he should have thought this through a little more. What if she was mad at him? Well, to what extend was a better question. What if she never wanted to speak to him again after this? He didn't want to go back to the way things were before this. He finally had someone to talk to, he wasn't going to ruin this!

The giant squeezed him a little. Realizing he still hadn't answered her question yet he thought of what to say. Hey I'm a spirit that has lived for a lifetime already even though I look like a teenager. And nobody before you has been able to see me. He figured that would just freak her out. But he didn't want to lie either, that could ruin his chances even more. His chances at what exactly he wondered for a moment.

"Well… I suppose I'm just not used to people seeing me." It wasn't a lie, he was just avoiding the question. "Are you mad at me for trying to sneak into your castle? It's really amazing and I wanted to see what it looked like inside… until this fellow here stopped me." He tried to move the conversation away from her question.

"… Really? Well thank you I guess. You could have knocked you know?"

"Err, I tried that but this guy stopped me then as well." He lied, this wasn't going well. The first time he spoke to someone in... well ever. And he was lying through his teeth. He had to get on her good side somehow.

"I see, well my guard can be a bit overprotective I suppose. But that's why I created him in the first place."

"You created him? What do you mean, he's made up of ice and is alive." Surely mortal people couldn't do such a thing.

"Well... Yeah. You see I have the power to control ice and snow. I made him when people tried to attack me a while ago. I made this castle as well."

"What? Wow, no way... You did all this by yourself?"

Jack was amazed. Not only had he finally found someone that could see him. But she had control over ice and snow like him. And by the looks of things was better at it too. Not only had she made an entire castle by herself. And one of incredible detail at that. But she could also create living creatures. Was she another spirit like him? Was that the reason why the moon never gave him any answers? Was the moon disappointed in him somehow for neglecting his duties and created her instead. Was she his replacement?

No that was impossible. She mentioned people had attacked her. This meant they could see her and thus she wasn't a spirit. But that didn't explain her powers and the fact she could see him.

This was getting out of hand Elsa thought to herself. First someone tried to sneak into her castle, and after her guard caught him she told the same person about her powers. Why had she been so careless? She was supposed to keep these powers hidden right? Though after the little stunt she pulled a few days ago, she feared she couldn't keep her secret safe much longer anyway. But she didn't even know this guy. What if he was a spy from another country? Even if she couldn't keep her secret under wraps for much longer, didn't mean she had to shout it from the rooftops, or tell it to every random guy that crossed her path. Or tried to sneak into her castle, as the case may be.

There was something about him though. He was surprised she could see him. What did that even mean? Was she not supposed to see him? What did she look like... blind? If he was a spy, he wasn't very good at it. And Elsa could swear he looked like the figure that she had seen flying behind the tree when she first heard noise outside her front door. A plan to find out if that was actually him came to mind.

"Why do you think the fact than I can create things of ice is weird, when you're the one that's flying around?" She saw him flinch when she asked that. 'Gotcha!'

"Wha...What are you talking about?"

Shit… she saw that?' This was getting out of hand quickly. "Fl...Flying? What are you talking about?"

"Don't take me for a fool mister, there is now way someone could simply climb onto this balcony without Marshmallow here catching them before they climbed the first few feet. And besides I saw you fly behind the trees when you simply tried to knock on my door as you say."

"… Marshmallow?" A grin came to his face. She actually called this monstrously large ice guard Marshmallow?

"… Yeah, that's what Olaf calls him. It kind of stuck." She said with a smile on her face, he really liked it when she smiled. The fact that the name was funny did not appear to be lost on her.

"… Who is this Olaf? Is he your boyfriend?" He asked in an attempt to change the conversation again. Boyfriend? Where did that come from? Jack realized he had asked it before thinking. He was really starting to lose control now. If he didn't compose himself he might offend her.

"Don't change the subject young man." Her voice was stern, like the ways a mothers would be when she was disappointed by her children. 'Crap...That didn't sound good.'

"I'm the queen I'll have you know, and I don't do boyfriends."

"...Queen?" So she really was the ice queen. But more than that, she made it sound like she was the actual queen of this country. Wasn't she a little young for that?

"Yes, I am Queen of Arendelle. Queen Elsa of Arendelle." She said standing up a little straighter. She couldn't keep a straight face for long though. "And who might you be, person who just tried to break into my castle?" She asked with a smile on her lips. There was that smile again.

A/N: Hope you guys liked it. It was a bit shorter than the last one. But It was all I could do for today and I like to aim for a chapter each day.

Grizzly out...