Two months passed. Arendelle didn't get any better, but much worse than before. Some of the citizens cried out Elsa name, wishing that she will hear and reverse the curse. But then, it was really useless for them. Elsa was far, far away from Arendelle, unless she wished to be transformed into the shadows and appeared out of nowhere in Arendelle.
One by one truths folded to Anna. She almost learnt every secret of her sister, from then until now. She once met the red eyed Olaf, but ran after seeing that he was about to attack her.
Meanwhile, back in the castle, Gerda was about to call Anna for lunch. "Princess Anna?" Gerda asked. But there was no single reply from inside. Things went on for about a few minutes.
"Your highness?" Gerda tried to open the door, and strangely it wasn't locked. She sneaked into the bedroom, and saw no one. "Anna?" She looked in the bathroom, but no one was there. Then, a small note glued on the side of a mirror attracted Gerda's eyes.
Anna took a deep breath before sneaking into the holes. It was some sort of a secret passage of the castle that leads to the town square. Anna had been using it to get out of the castle secretly at night and bought some chocolates or sometimes played with some of the kids. It was located in the underground dungeons.
She let out a heavy sigh and bit her lips. "For Arendelle," She closed her eyes for a while, praying for her safety. And then she got into the holes. It has been years since she got in there, and strangely, she's still fit into it.
"Prince Hans!" Gerda ran to get Hans, while holding the note that she found in Anna's bedroom tightly.
"Huh?" Hans, who was walking towards the library, stopped as he heard Gerda. "What's the matter? Do you see Anna? I'm finding her, but still hasn't found yet." Hans asked Gerda that was already standing in front of him.
"This may answer your question, your highness." Gerda handed him the note.
Hans read it carefully, and gasped.
This is me, Anna. I hereby tell you that I'm going to find my sister, but I have no idea where she is right now. I wanted to save my kingdom, my sister. I'll bring Elsa back, and everything will be alright, hopefully.
Oh, and one thing. During my absence, I leave Prince Hans under the charge. He'll be the one that takes care of Arendelle, and everything will be considered by him until I came back.
But again, don't worry about me.
Truly,
Anna of Arendelle.
Both of Hans and Gerda looked each other and worries grew on their faces. They worried much for Anna went out alone, through the darkness. Gerda then sighed, and walked away, leaving Hans alone in the middle of his way.
"I... Arendelle..." Hans murmured, and folded the note nicely, and put it into his pocket. He grinned and continued walking.
There was something he hid, something that no one ever knows.
The darkness, and the narrow size of the passage didn't make Anna to give up easily. After a few moments struggling to crawl along the passage, she found a gleaming light at the corner.
"Yes!" Anna squealed, not too loud, and quickly made her way to the lights.
As she got to face the lights, she saw a hole again, which led to a big old room of the castle. That was where she could sneak into the town square. To get down, a flight of stairs was done, and Anna knew better.
She carefully put herself to get down, and she did it well. "Phew, that was still fit." She stretched her body and used her lamp to illuminate her way as the place seemed dark.
But when she was about to make her first step, she saw a creepy skeleton lying at the side of the room.
"Ew." Anna gulped, and start walking. But the more she walked, the more she saw skeletons, all lying at the side of the room. And most of them had black bones on the chest area.
"Oh god. What the heck has happened here? I didn't know that there were these..." She started to walk quicker, and finally found the end path. She slowly got there, and climbed up the provided stairs. After that, she could feel the outside air, but didn't see any sunlight.
Anna carefully got herself to get to the town square. And that's when she saw Arendelle in a true apocalypse. She couldn't see the exact view from the castle, and now everything was in her sight. Every house and shop were shut closely, fearing that the shadows would destroy them.
Enough seeing the town, Anna decided to run into the woods or then the shadows will see her. Carefully made her way, she succeeded to get into the woods. No sign of shadows chasing after her, neither snowmen.
"That was close- AH!" Anna stood proudly, but someone attacked her from the back.
"Got you!" The person exclaimed, trying to stop Anna from struggling.
"HEY! GET OFF ME!" Anna yelled.
"Whoa Sven?" The person gasped. Then, he stopped. He stood and watched Anna on the ground. He then looked at the bushes, and saw his reindeer, which was called Sven was there. "Oh god..." He covered his face with his hands.
Anna faced the ground, and maybe her face was awfully dirty. "I'm not Sven!" She flipped her position, and faced the person.
"Look what you've done, my lamp broke and my dress, eww, it's dirty. Wait, where's my cap?" Anna instantly stood, and pouted. Her eyes looked around to find her cap, and found it a few inches behind her. "Oh, here it is." She took it, and started walking.
"Madam whoever-you-are," The person called Anna. "I'm sorry." He said with an apologetic voice.
Anna held her breath and looked back at the person. "Next time look your 'Sven' carefully before jumping over someone." She furiously said. "Excuse me, I gotta go." She made a single step, and again, the person called her.
"At least would you want a ride? It's dark, and you have no lamp."
Anna scowled. "Then it was all your fault." Anna claimed. "Thank you, but I can go by myself." She looked at the person and gave him a 'you got me' look. Then, Anna quickly walked, and the same thing happened again.
"Okay then... If only you wanted to see monsters, or thieves, or robbers, or the Queen."
Anna stopped as she heard the mention of Elsa, the Queen. "You said, the Queen?" She asked for sure.
"Yeah. She often roamed around the deeper side of the woods, and then went back inside her castle." The person replied. It made Anna returned her steps to get back to the person.
"Do you know where she is?" Anna asked.
"I don't know." The person answered. "Want a ride with me?" He offered, pointing to his sleigh with a reindeer eating a carrot back in the bushes.
He doesn't know, and so am I.. "Umm..." Anna bit her lips. "Okay?" She smiled awkwardly, accepting the person's offer.
"Okay." The person smiled back.
"So what's your name?" Anna lend a hand to him.
"Kristoff. Nice to meet you, who are you?" Kristoff replied, with a permanent smile on his face.
"I'm Anna, and I'm about to find my sister." Anna answered. They both did a handshake, and started riding on Kristoff's sleigh.
So that's Kristoff. I don't know why, but he seemed like a happy person. I thought about making him a grumpy one, but nah, it turned out fine...
Oh, and Hans. Let me tell you, he's the Admiral Westergard, which will be mentioned later and later.
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