Hello! As I said, I could be able to post until today. I want to say thank you very much for your patience and support. There's a person who wrote a parody of 'Let it Go' based on 'You Belong with Me', thanks a lot FrozenParody! when I read it I laughed a lot, it's really funny and felt so honored that you took the time to create such hilarious song based in what I'm writing; I wasn't expecting that. I have an idea about what to do with it (more information at the end of the chapter) please, write me back if you agree.
vanishingsoulsx; I hope you enjoy this chapter! Pitch, Linus and (now) the Guardians aren't done interfering with true love.
a friend; I don't have HBO so I've never seen an episode of Game of Thrones, so I don't know who is Sansa and Joffery. Any similarity if mere coincidence. A friend of my sister explained me a bit about them and I saw the resemblance in Linus and Joffery but I didn't do it with Sansa and Elsa, still I found very interesting your comparation.
Miki Fubuki; your wait is over... keep reading and you'll find out.
Sailor Fayth 09; 'Stand in the rain' is so great! is one of my favorites songs too! so good you saw that there was a time when Linus was a good boy.
Katarina Aguilar; Linus sad sure is great material but we won't see a sad Linus, it'll be something worse (at least for Elsa). About Jack and Linus meeting... it'd be huge! a whole drama that no one is waiting for to happen the way I've planned it.
Guest; if someone flirts with Elsa in front of Linus is dead man, if someone insults Elsa in front of Linus is also dead man or woman. Elsa is untouchable, that's all. Linus is the only one who can have her or admire her.
hateme101; good that you liked. Elsa's biggest fear in 'Frozen' was to hurt her love ones so I thought if she can't bear the thought of hurting someone, she'd try to do something if she ever witnessed someone getting hurt; and that's what I wanted to do.
Animal Lover; I watched the video, I liked the tune of the song. It's a good idea but for the moment I'll keep Linus ignorant of Elsa's feelings for Jack.
Strongyu and; Sorry to tell you this but I won't make your life peaceable, at least not here in the fanfic. still, I hope you enjoy today's chapter.
Other Guest; Please don't kill me, who's going to finish the story then? don't worry there are a lot of things I want to write.
YouNameIt; That's a huge idea! thank you for the tip. For the moment Pitch would find Elsa can still be used for his benefit.
PaoItzel; you and a lot of readers hate him! that's what I was looking for.
Before start reading the chapter I want to say thank you to MoonlightElephant for the PM she sent me about the easter, it helped me to write a scene of this chapter.
English is not my first language. Thank you very much to my friend Pamela for checking the chapter.
Disclaimer: 'Frozen' & 'Rise of the Guardians' are not from my property.
This fic was inspired on the Disney song "Hellfire".
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YOU BELONG WITH ME
I know I'm alive but I feel like I've died
And all that's left is to accept is over
My dreams ran like sand through the fist that I made
After I've cried my last, there'll be beauty from pain
Elsa was auto confined in her chambers. She refused to go out and rejected any invitation to eat that Linus did to her. This had been happening for two days.
After the little stroll they had in the garden, Linus had been over Elsa all the time, touching her hands, shoulders, face, trying to always hug her and worst… Kiss her! That's why she decided to hide herself in the room, she was sick of Linus' presence.
She was really tired of him trying to control every move she made.
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Linus sat at the table. A servant came into the dinning hall and announced breakfast would be served immediately. He asked about Elsa but the servant looked to the floor afraid of the King´s reaction when he told him that the Queen refused to join him… again.
Linus infuriated and ordered, no food or drink shall be delivered to Elsa until she accepted to share a meal with him.
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"Please, Milady." Dora pleaded to Elsa. "You need to eat." She said worried.
Watching the gray sky Elsa sat by the window; there wasn't any bird to watch at all. She seemed thinner and her gown was lousy on her waist.
"You're losing weight, that's unhealthy." Dora was preoccupied for Elsa's well being. "Maybe I can smuggle a piece of bread or fruit to your room." Dora whispered.
"Thank you." Elsa smiled her. "But I don't want you to get in trouble because of me." she was fully aware of Linus' orders to not feed her until she agreed to eat with him.
"But we are all worried about you." Said the young maid.
And it was somehow true but not because they were really concerned for the Queen´s health; the staff noticed that the King is in a better mood with the Queen of Arendelle around him and when she isn't cooperating he becomes such an ogre, and the ones who have to pay for it, it's them.
So the servants in the Palace and even the members of the Council were concerned for Elsa for their own sake rather than her. Dora found real sympathy for the lady—she was nice with her—but she wanted her healthy and sound to avoid Linus' fury in case something could happen to Elsa under her watch.
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Kristoff arrived to the palace and greeted the guards at the entrance but they didn't return the greeting with the usual enthusiasm of before; there were still some sadness lingering in their eyes. They still felt they have failed to their Queen.
The Ice Harvester walked to the garden followed by Sven. He stopped when he saw an igloo in the furthest part of the garden. The igloo didn't surprise him; he saw when Elsa built it with her power for Olaf to live in it. But He was surprised for the cloud over it, there were snowflakes falling from it over the igloo, and Kristoff knew very well that the person who could conjure that flurry was none other than Elsa.
Maybe Elsa came back!
He wiped the sweat on his forehead with his arm; today was really hot.
"Come on, bud. I'm sure inside must be nice and fresh." He said to Sven, the reindeer nodded.
He walked faster to the igloo and was glad that the air around it felt cooler, Sven stuck out his tongue to catch some snowflakes. Kristoff crawled inside the igloo and Sven imitated him.
When he passed through the short tunnel, Anna was already inside as he expected. Olaf and she were sitting on a small circle table made of ice, like all the furniture inside the igloo. There was a cute ice tea set on the table and different kind of pastries, also an ice bowl with carrots—surely for him and Sven.
Anna waved her hand when she spotted him.
"Hello Kristoff! Hello Sven!" Olaf waved his arm with a lot of enthusiasm.
Kristoff smiled and shooed the snow of his clothes.
"I thought Elsa would be here too." He said quite disappointed when he noticed the blonde woman was absent.
"Of course not, Duh! That's why we're here, to bring her back." Said Anna.
"But what about the cloud?" Kristoff pointed up.
"It just appeared." Explained Olaf in a childish voice.
Kristoff looked at Anna confused.
"It just appeared." Anna said and Kristoff seemed frustrated for the lack of information. "It's Elsa's magic." Added Anna but her boyfriend didn't seem pleased with the short explanation.
Anna mediated for a moment, how to explain it to Kristoff when she really wasn't sure how it could be possible? Elsa was so far away, so for Anna 'magic' was enough explanation for her.
"It's like Olaf's own personal flurry!" said Anna happily that she found a way to make him comprehend.
"Yeah!" seconded Olaf waving his twigs.
"The cloud appears and disappears without the help of Elsa. If the air is cool and cold enough for Olaf to not melt, the flurry disappears. But in days like these that are very hot it just appears, like now!" concluded Anna.
"So… It´s Elsa's magic." Said Kristoff. He remembered that the flurry over Olaf's head tended to disappear when the snowman accompanied him to the mountain.
He sat besides Anna and Sven trotted and sat besides Olaf. He sank his mouth into the bowl and started to devour the carrots.
"Uh, uh, uh." Say Kristoff and Sven looked at him. "Remember, what we always do?"
"We share." Kristoff spoke for his reindeer and Sven pulled the bowl gently to his friend.
"Thank you, bud." He grabbed a carrot and took a bite. "Sou, Whut's yu plan?" he asked to Anna while chewing the carrot.
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Someone was knocking to the door and Dora opened it. A pair of servants entered carrying a wooden table and they put it in front of the bed. Elsa was brushing her hair in the vanity mirror and through it she saw what the pair did, she turned around and saw more servants entering to her room. One was carrying a linen tablecloth that was used to cover the table. Other servant placed a silver candle on the center and lightened up. The rest put Ceramic plates, crystals cups and silver spoons, forks and knives on the table stylishly. When the table was ready, they brought two matching chairs with attached blue velvet cushions on the back and seat.
"Excuse me?" Elsa spoke politely to one servant. "But…what is the meaning of all this?"
"King's orders, Milady."
And speaking of the Devil, he entered to the room and sat in one of the chairs casually.
"What are you doing?" she asked him abruptly standing up.
"Well," Linus said with a cynical smile on his lips. "Since you refused to go out from your room to have dinner, I brought the whole dinner to you."
"Please, pick everything up and take it where it belongs." Elsa said to the servants in a kind tone.
"Do not dare to move a single thing." Linus said in a low dangerous voice for the servants, his eyes were cold enough to threatening them.
The servants didn't even dare to look at him, they feared to break his mood and be severely punished.
"I want you to leave." Elsa ordered him.
"I will." He smirked. "After you have dinner with me." Elsa clutched her fists. "If you want me to go so badly I recommend you to sit and eat or else, I may stay here all night long."
Elsa sat again in the vanity mirror and started to twist the sides of her hair and tied them together. She styled her hair in a fancy half ponytail. Then she reluctantly sat in front of Linus.
"You shall now start serving." Linus said with a chuckle.
The servants served them mushroom cream and when the smell from it reached Elsa's nose, she realized how hungry she was. She wanted to devour the content in her plate all over but she hold herself, after all, she is a Queen and queens always show good manners.
She began to eat slowly and Linus smirked.
"You know, I have big plans for Arendelle and us." Linus reached Elsa's hand and she moved it away before he could touch her.
Linus sighed without erasing his strange smile.
They finished the cream and the main plate was served.
"All this time I've been accumulating riches and training to become a great warrior." Linus started to talk but Elsa didn't look at him; she was concentrated in cutting her meat. "I can defend our kingdoms of any threat; Arendelle would be safe with me by your side."
'Arendelle is only safe if I do as you say.' Elsa thought while still cutting the first piece of meat.
"Also," Linus started to feel insecure seeing that Elsa didn't have any reaction to his words. "As my Queen I'll give you anything you want." In his experience, gifts always make woman happier and complacent; Why Elsa would be different from them? "I can buy you anything that your heart desires."
'You can't buy my love.' Elsa took a bite of the meat; it was surprisingly delicious.
"The finest clothes, the most expensive jewelry, just say it and I'll get it for you."
'My freedom, but I'm sure you won't give me that.' Elsa took another piece to chew but decided to let it go.
"I'm not interested and I don't want something you got from the suffering of others." Elsa said looking at him directly at the eyes. "I'm satisfied." She put the napkin back on the table, the dinner was really good but it was impossible to fully enjoy it with such a jerk besides her. "If you're done, please retire; I want to rest."
Elsa stood up and walked to the windows. Linus followed her and took her chin softly to pull her face closer to his.
"Good Night." He tried to kiss her in the lips but Elsa quickly moved her face before his lips touched hers. The kiss was received on her cheek.
He couldn´t help but feel disappointed. He was looking to impress Elsa and spend some time with her, but nothing went according to the plan.
"Sleep well" he told her.
Then he exited the room walking slowly; he was trying to content his fury, because even having his perfect angel in the same room as him, he kept being rejected.
Linus felt down, He really wanted to win Elsa's heart that night, show her how much he needed her. It's just that he didn't know how to do it, at least without scaring her. He hit the wall near him, there was so much frustration inside him but he won't give up.
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The next day.
The Guardians were formulating a plan to defeat Pitch. The last time they defeated him it was because Jack taught Jaime and his friends to overpower fear with fun. They concluded that if they wanted to get the victory again, they needed to merge his influence over the villagers.
"And how are we going to do that?" asked Bunny.
"Just how we did it in our world." Said North joyfully.
"Are you implying to introduce our holidays in this world? It'll take ages to spread hope, dreams, wonder and fun here! And what are we going to do when Pitch is defeated and we have to go back to our world?" interjected Bunny.
North stayed in silent and the rest of the Guardians stared at him waiting for his answer. He opened his mouth but nothing came out of it.
"I knew it! You have no idea!" the Guardian of Hope said frustrated.
All the Guardians except Sandy started to speak out loud. Then Jack got an idea and tried to catch their attention but they were so engrossed in their discussion that no one paid attention to him.
"Hey! I got an idea!" He screamed. "I know what to do!" Jack tried to catch their attention again.
But only Sandy was looking at him and thinking how to get the Guardians to hear Jack's idea. Then a bulb formed over his head.
Tooth was rambling about how excited she was to pick some teeth at night, Bunny was saying it was a horrible idea and North was being too optimistic. Suddenly a rope of gold sand grabbed them by the chest and shook them. They looked to Sandy, who was standing beside Jack.
"Thank you, Sandy." Said Jack.
Sandy formed a hat over his head and took it off as a signal of gratitude.
"Listen up," Jack said. "This is what we are going to do."
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Elsa was walking around the palace; since the forced dinner with Linus she felt she didn't need to stay hidden in her room if he could come in whenever he wanted. She was walking without paying much attention where she was. Until she smelled different kinds of food, so she guessed she was near the kitchen. She heard some voices and decided to go; she thought eavesdropping was bad mannered but then she heard her name.
"I don't know." A male voice said. "Aren't we in this situation because of her?"
"It's not her fault, she didn't ask for this." Elsa recognized Dora's voice. "She seems very unhappy with her engagement."
"Lady Cecile blames her for her´s and Tallak's desgrace." a female voice spoke.
"Lady Cecile is bitter because the King dissolved their engagement." Said the male voice for earlier. "Pass me the tomatoes."
"That's true! Nobody in the court talks to her since that and they have mocked her for a while." The female voice said mockingly.
"She deserved it; she was always so mean to me." Dora said. "To everybody!"
"Stop it!" another female voice interrupted; that voice belonged to an elder woman. "Lady Cecile has been through a lot of pain and much of it was caused by the Queen of Arendelle."
There was a pause.
"Remember that King Linus used to be a good person. He protected Tallak and was kind with its people; he was our hero. His father was proud of him but when they returned from that trip to Arendelle Linus started to change." No one interrupted her waiting for her to continue. "He became too obsessed with impressing King Maurice in order to gain his daughter's hand; that was when he slowly started to change." The elder woman stayed in silence for seconds before speaking again.
"Agnes—" Dora said lowly but was interrupted.
"Because of his passion for her, we all are suffering. Lady Cecile is right; Queen Elsa changed King Linus in what he is now." Agnes finished in a harsh voice.
They reminded in silent. The only sound was the food being cooked.
"All I say." The man broke the silence. "Is that: yes, it's her fault the King became a tyrant but maybe it won't be so bad to have her as our Queen. After all, she saved that Lord's life in the ball."
"You can think whatever you want." Agnes began to say. "I'm sure in what I state and Queen Elsa is the responsible for the Kingdom's misery."
"But Queen Elsa is very kind." Dora tried to defend her.
They ignored that their conversation was being heard by Elsa. She was recharged against the cold wall, her hand over her chest trying to invoice her sobs; the tears were accumulating in her eyes. She ran quietly before somebody spotted her.
She reached the stair that conducted to her chambers. She already cleaned the tears but her eyes were red, giving away she cried. She looked up and saw a blonde woman on the top of the stairs; she was staring at Elsa.
Elsa didn't know who this woman was; the woman never took her eyes off of Elsa. The Queen was a few steps below her, when the stranger curtsied.
"Queen Elsa." Said the blonde woman dressed in a conservative dress that looked alike the ones that Elsa used to wear in her years of solitude. A line of buttons started below her neck to the beginning of her breast.
Elsa did a small curtsied.
"I'm sorry but it seems I'm in disadvantage." Elsa said. "I don't know your name." she said kindly.
"But I'm very aware of who you are, your Majesty." Said the blonde. "In fact, everyone in this palace knew who you were before your arrival." Said neutrally.
Elsa just stared at her; there was something telling her she needed to be on guard around this person.
"There's something I'd like to show you." The blonde told her. "If you were so kind to follow me, your grace." She signalized to the hall.
Elsa wasn't sure if she should but, against her best judgment, she followed the blonde woman. She was curious. The mysterious woman stopped in front of a door that Elsa knew it was the entry to the King's Chambers.
"It's in here." The woman said before opening the door.
"You haven't told me your name." Elsa reminded her before she entered to Linus' rooms.
"Oh, true. Fool of me!" she giggled and Elsa noticed it was fake. "I'm Lady Cecile."
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Matt, Grace and Theo entered to the glade where they met Bunny and Jack, the last one asked them to bring some of their friends with them the next time. And there they were, accompanied by some more children.
On the middle of the glade Jack was standing there recharged on his staff.
"Jack!" Matt said and ran towards him followed by Grace and Theo.
They tackled him to the ground.
"Whoa! Watch out, buddies." Jack giggled.
The children laughed; the rest of his friends were watching expectantly. Theo introduced Jack to them. He told them Jack was a very funny person who could bring snow with his staff.
"Where's Bunny?" asked him Grace.
"Oh, he's hiding." Jack told her. "But, first…" he began to say before Grace jumped into the bushes to find Aster. "I want you to meet some of my friends."
And that was the cue. The rest of the Guardians stepped into the glade. The children looked them in amazed.
"They are Santa Claus, Sandman, Fairy tooth and this little one is Babytooth." Jack pointed while saying their names. The Guardians smiled to the children. "You already know the giant kangaroo here." He pointed to Bunny.
"Hey!" Bunny glared him upset.
The children giggled.
"Listen, we prepared a especial game for you." Jack said to the children, who were excited to the chance to play. "Bunny hid some eggs on the glade and inside them Santa put a surprise for you. Do you want to know what is inside of it?" he took out a painted egg from the pocket of his hoodie.
The children nodded excitedly.
"Well…" Jack broke his egg and an ice bird was released; it flew around the children. They raised their arms trying to catch it.
"Now, it's your turn to find yours." The winter spirit said and immediately the children ran to find the colorful eggs.
Jack's idea was simple. To combine their talents and holidays to show the children of Tallak that not every magical being are hideous creatures like Pitch Black.
The children had a great time looking for the eggs; when they found them, they opened them and inside they found… toys!
Tiny ships, dolls, stuffed animals and other kind of toys that Santa built with the help of his friends.
"There are more surprises!" announced Jack.
Sandy created different kind of images with his gold sand; the children squealed.
Tooth also made an exhibition of his abilities to fly and gave to the children some advices to keep their teeth white.
"And of course, the best is for the end." He waved his staff and slammed to the ground.
Frost covered the grass and leaves of the trees, snowflakes started to fall from the sky. North put his hand over Jack's shoulder
"Good job." He said proudly.
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'Lady Cecile, that's the woman who blames me for all this.' Elsa stared at her deciding if it was or not a good idea to be alone with someone who she recently found has a grudge against her.
"Please, your Majesty." Cecile opened the door and invited Elsa to come in.
Elsa came in insecurely; the main room was illuminated by the sunlight entering through the windows. She heard the door being closed behind Cecile. Linus' former fiancé walked through the room and stopped in front of the wall between the windows.
Elsa followed her with her gaze and then Cecile turned to look at her.
"It's here." She pointed to the wall.
Elsa walked beside Cecile and saw what she pointed. It was a portrait but just not any portrait; it was her. Elsa recognized the painting; she was fifteen when she posed for it. She remembered the time she spent sewing the needlework on the bodice. Although, the portrait wasn't complete—it only showed her from the head to the waist—she couldn't stop wondering, How Linus got it?
"Markkus, his right hand, made it forged for Linus." Cecile explained her, like if she could read Elsa's thoughts.
Elsa lowed her gaze and noticed the wooden table beneath the portrait. There was a vase with blue lilacs between a blue glove and a golden medal. Her eyes widened when she recognized the last articles.
That was the glove she wore on her coronation! How did it end up in Linus' chambers? She took the medal and she saw it had the Arendelle crest impressed; it was her father's.
"That's Linus personal collection." She heard Cecile say with such a venom tone in every word. "As you can see, it's all about you."
Elsa didn't know what to say; her thoughts were spinning, the objects connected to her, the conversation she accidently heard, the woman that for the moment showed no threat against her, and Linus' actions to get her… everything! It was too much for her to understand.
"I tried to get rid of it." Cecile caught her attention. Elsa saw she pointed again her portrait. "The day he broke our engagement." Cecile smiled cynically to Elsa. "In case you didn't know, I was betrothed to Linus. I always loved him and dreamed of the day I'd became his wife." She saw Elsa with rancor and wrath. "And then you stole him from me."
Elsa stepped back realizing now that this woman held a real grudge against her; ice formed beneath her feet.
"But as I was saying before, I tried to destroy that damned portrait of yours." Cecile started to unbutton her dress. "He treasures it more than anything else—maybe now that you're here, he won't pay it much attention. I hated that you were the first and last face he saw instead of mine." She finished undoing the buttons. "When I tried to burned it, he made me pay the price."
Cecile opened the collar of the dress discovering her shoulders. Elsa covered her mouth with both hands. On Cecile's left shoulder was a scar; it was a long line that ran from below her neck to the end of her shoulder. A nasty scar marked her skin.
"He burned me." Explained Cecile.
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Bunny wasn't very happy with all that snow around him; it wasn't a secret he wasn't fond of the cold. He moved some snow with his foot discovering the ground and tapped over it; a pink flower bloomed from the ground.
"Wow! That's a pretty flower." Said a little girl. "Can you make more?"
"Of course!"
Bunny repeated the process and more flowers bloomed. A group of children came to see what Bunny was doing. They asked for more and more flowers. They seemed really excited at the sight of the tiny flowers.
"There aren't flowers anymore on the fields." Said a girl touching the petals of a flower. "They don't bloom anymore."
Bunny's eyes saddened at the declaration. He brought more flowers.
"From now on, there'll always be flowers on this glade." Bunny promised and the children smiled.
He approached where North and Jack were.
"I can't believe Pitch took away their hope." Said angry at the Boogeyman.
"You said once that Sprint was hope, but I don't get it. How a bunch of flowers brings hope?" Jack said confused. "And also, what does it have to do the egg hunt with the Sprint?"
"It's what they represent." Answered Bunny; he showed Jack a painted egg. "The egg represents the rebirth of the earth." He handed the egg to Jack. "From an egg a life can be born, that's what Sprint means: the opportunity of new life. And about the flowers; and even in the coldest winter the tiniest plant can get through the snow, it represents the hope that doesn't matter how hard times get, there'll be the hope of better times are coming."
Jack looked to the egg in silent meditating Bunny's words. He smiled and saw Bunny with a newfound respect.
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The images of that fatidic night came to Cecile's mind.
"You have no idea how much I hate you," she said bitterly to the girl on the portrait, getting ready to throw it in carelessly, not thinking about the consequences it would bring upon her by Linus and how close she was to be caught in the act.
He stormed into the room and saw Cecile in front of the fire; she was holding his dear portrait of Elsa over her head, ready to throw it to the fire.
"What are you doing?!" He shouted with anger flaring up inside of him.
Cecile gasped and saw Linus running towards her. He snatched the portrait from Cecile's hands and placed it on the floor carefully. Then, he turned abruptly around and grabbed Cecile by the arms, shaking her furiously.
"What were you trying to do?!" he asked furiously.
"It's her fault! I hate her!" She replied. "I just wanted to get rid of it, so you'll stop thinking about her!"
Linus released her and took a step back. Cecile was trying to calm down her rage when Linus slapped her with the back of his hand. The force of the slap made her fall on the floor.
Cecile put a hand over her sore cheek trying to sooth the pain; she looked Linus in shock. She never thought Linus could hit her, much less for something so trivial like a portrait. Unfortunately for her, Linus wasn't done with her.
He ran his hand through his hair trying to calm down his fury, and then the sight of the fire poker dropped in the fire caught his attention. He took it by the handle—it was red-hot—and sat over Cecile, who was still in shock on the floor.
He didn't put his weight over her but his knees were in each side of her waist. With his free hand he ripped a side of the collar of Cecile's dress. She didn't reacted of what Linus was doing to her until she felt the pain.
He pressed the hot fire poker on her skin.
Cecile gave a piercing scream. She started to push Linus off of her but he just pressed the iron bar harder to her. Linus was smiling darkling to her and his eyes were glowing; his expression showed how much he enjoyed hurting Cecile.
Cecile kept screaming in pain until her throat sored. It was then when Linus finally retired the fire poker from her skin. Cecile was laid on the floor with her eyes wide open and her mouth trying to catch some air; she was trying to process what just happened to her, in the hands of the love of her life.
She felt the heat of the iron near her cheek and Linus gripped her face. She focused her eyes on his; they seemed the eyes of a mad man.
"You're lucky it wasn't your face." He told her and got up from her.
He took Elsa's portrait carefully and placed it under his arm. He looked to Cecile one last time, still fire poker in his hand.
"Do not dare to try something like this ever again." Linus said to her.
Cecile was curled up on the floor, sobbing. She couldn't believe what Linus did to her. He walked to the door pleased with himself; he rescued his treasure in time and gave Cecile a lesion she'd never forget. Before entirely getting out the room, he dropped the fire poker.
Cecile didn't dare to move from the floor, afraid that any action would anger Linus and make him come back to keep torturing her.
Agnes entered the room and when she saw Cecile on the floor, she ran towards her. She held her in her arms.
"Lady Cecile, are you okay?" asked Agnes with concern.
"H-he's not Linus; T-that monster is not my Linus," she said between sobs. "She changed him. I hate her! I hate that unfitting queen!" She held tight to Agnes.
That night Cecile's life changed. The once beautiful, superficial, proud, brave and respected Society Lady died; she became in a woman full of hate, fear, bitterness and—in her opinion—deformed.
"You are the cause of this." Cecile told Elsa with her eyes full of hate. "It's because of you that I'm a monster!" she shouted her.
Elsa shook her head, she denied to believe what she was seeing; she couldn't believe someone was capable to wound another person so badly on purpose.
"Yes, Queen Elsa!" Cecile continued shouting. "You did this to me!"
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"He did a great job." Admitted Bunny to North.
"I know." The Father of Christmas was watching him play in the snow with the children, Tooth, Sandy and Babytooth.
"Come on!" Tooth took Bunny by the hand and leaded him to join to the fun. "You too, Nick" she invited North.
The time passed; it was time for the children to go home. They said goodbye to their new friends. The Guardians accomplished their mission; the children didn't fear them and now, they knew that people who were different or possessed unique magical abilities weren't necessarily bad.
"I think things would get better now." Matt confessed to Jack.
"Oh, really? Why you say that?" Jack was curious.
"Because of the Queen!" a redheaded girl exclaimed.
"Yes! The Queen!" said other children.
"She's so pretty." Added Grace.
"Mommy says, that perhaps when the Queen of Arendelle marries King Linus, he won't be so bad." Explained Theo.
"Wait, did you say: the Queen of Arendelle?" Jack said surprised, not in the good way of surprised.
"Yes, Queen Elsa of Arendelle." Replied Matt. "With you and your friends here and she married to the King, I think things will change for good."
The children started to say the things their parents said about the foreign queen, some were good some were bad. But Jack wasn't listening to them anymore; he was deep in his thoughts.
'Elsa is going to get married?'
He couldn't, he didn't want to believe those words were true; they couldn't be true.
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Elsa couldn't take it anymore; she needed to get out of the room, to get away from Cecile. She ran to the door leaving a trail of ice behind her. She locked herself up in her chambers.
She was in distress and the temperature dropped dramatically and ice covered the floor and part of the walls. She headed to the bed but saw a carton box with a bow. She opened it with her hands shaking; it was a pashmina.
It was beautiful, with vibrant colors and soft to the touch—probably made of expensive silk. There was a note but she only saw that King Linus signed it. It was another gift, another expensive gift from Linus to try to gain her heart.
But for Elsa was just a reminder that she was in Tallak as a prize; an object that Linus wanted to posses and conquer. Wherever she set her eyes on—the engagement ring over her vanity table, the sapphire necklace she wore, the closet full of gowns and every gift she received from him, was like a chain attaching her to Linus' clutches—keeping her away from freedom.
She dropped on her knees and snow started fall inside the room.
'I'm such a fool, I can never be free.'
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The kids went home. They promised to return tomorrow and bring more friends with them. Once the children were out of sight, the Guardians saw Jack with concern.
He pretended to be fine but when the children left, he buried himself in his thoughts.
"I'm sorry Elsa, I have to go." He put her down.
"It's okay." She said, a little disappointed for not spending more time with Jack. "Promise me you'll be safe," she said, concerned for his safety.
Jack cupped her face with his hands.
"Promise me you'll wait for me," he said in reply. He was very close to her lips; she nodded and they kissed.
"Jack…?" Tooth approach him.
"She promised it." He murmured. "What the kid said can't be true." Jack looked to Tooth. "Right?"
"I'm sorry, Jack." She said sadly. "But that's what monarchy do." He looked her confused. "They don't marry for love; they marry to gain riches, allies or solve disputes. They marry for convenience."
"What?!" Jack jumped away from her. "No! Elsa isn't like that! She wouldn't do that… to me." he whispered the two last words.
"Jack, what Tooth said it's true." North approached the boy. "And I don't think the children were lying."
"It's just that I thought…" Jack lowed his gaze. North placed a soothing hand on his shoulder. "I thought she loved me." he said to North.
"It'll be okay." He reassured him.
Sandy flew to comfort Jack and handed him a sand handkerchief.
"Thank you, Sandy, but I want to be alone."
"Are you sure?" asked Bunny concerned.
"Yes, I'll be fine." He tried to smile to not worry his friends.
They respected his decision and left him alone. Sandy turned to see Jack before leaving; the Guardian of Dreams wasn't sure if North's plan to stop the growing love of the Guardian of Fun for the Snow Queen was the best course of actions. He left to give privacy to his friend.
"Promise me you'll wait for me," he said.
She nodded.
They kissed.
Tears started to build up in his eyes.
'You lied to me.' When Jack heard the Guardians were far from him... 'You betrayed me.' He let them run free over his.
His heart ached for Elsa's betrayal.
My head's like a bomb, still waiting
Take my hear and take my soul
I don't need them anymore
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Well, now that Jack finally knows about Elsa and Linus wedding... Did you imagine Jack would have that reaction? Be sincere.
And Cecile! Can you see now why she hates poor Elsa so much? Did you figured out that Linus burned her back on chapter 3.
We would see more of Anna and Kristoff in the next chapter.
Again, Thank you MoonlightElephant for the information you sent me. it made Jack and Bunny relation a lot deeper now,it doesn't look like in this chapter but there is change in the dynamics of them.
And also thank you again to FrozenParody for the lyrics you composed. Now, I'm not planning for Elsa to sing it in the story but I will introduce your amazing lyrics in a special feature chapter, What do you think? Do you like the idea?
Please, keep sending your ideas and suggestions. I might not be able to perform all of them because there are things that I have already planned in my head and doesn't fit or go alone with the things you want me to write but I consider all of them and see if there's a way to adapt them into the story. It might doesn't look like that I do it but believe me I tried to do it.
I won't lie you, I don't do it with all the suggestions and ideas you send me because of the line of events I already planned it doesn't allow it but I appreciate all that you do for the fic.
Thank you.
With love, Erika.
PREVIEW CHAPTER 12:
'If that is Pitch Black and he's here, that means… Jack is also here!' Elsa smiled.
"But we need her! Arendelle needs its Queen, I need her." She pleaded. "I want my sister back, is that so wrong?"
They seemed thankful that their new ruler would be someone kind and understandable who could influence King Linus positively.
"You have powers like Jack!" said without thinking. Elsa froze.
*The lyrics from the beginning and end are taken from the songs "Beauty from Pain" Superchick and "The one I love" The Rasmus.