Welcome to chapter 3 of The Fire King, if you've read the previous chapter you know what just happened, but if you didn't allow me to catch you up.
Elsa has just been crowned queen of Arendelle. During the coronation party, her and Odin start to become a bit closer, but just as things start looking up, Anna comes to Elsa asking for her blessing of hers and Hans marriage. This causes Elsa to get frustrated and, eventually, lose control of her powers. Scared, Elsa runs for life, now we leave off with Odin shocked at what just happened.
Odin: Oh no, nonononono. How did this happen, she was fine when I left her was it just an act? Maybe something set her off, like what happened to me when I got banished. Had too many questions and not enough answers; I have to get her back, we need to fix this. I took a few steps back from the icy spike barrier and made a running jump over it (the jump looked better than it sounded). I ran down the hall of which she ran down, following the patches ice on the wall that she left when she touched with her bare hand. I looked for several minutes until I heard applauses and cheer coming down a near by hall, the hall of the main gate. Just as ran into the courtyard the cheers soon turn into screams of terror and anger, Elsa froze a fountain that she grabbed with her bare hand. The base became completely frosted over and the water turn into icy spikes shooting up but frozen in place. "Elsa!" I cried.
"There she is, stop her!" cried the duke who must of been following me.
Elsa just started walking back holding her hands in front of her, "Please stay way, just stay away!" Then she accidently shot an icy blast that was heading for the duke. I ran right in front of it and it hit my left shoulder. I screamed in pain and then I saw a big chunk of ice piercing out of my shoulder; I looked over and saw Elsa start to tear up at the sight of my injury, probably thinking it was her fault when it was really my stupidity. She turned ran through the crowd and went inside the entrance to the bottom of the bridge that connected island to the main land. I followed her despite the stabbing pain in my shoulder, I pulled the ice chunk out which made the pain less painful, but it still hurt like crap.
When I got to the bottom the bridge, I saw her at the bank and also saw that she had froze a little bit of the water in front of her. "Elsa," I cried, she looked at me and saw my bloodied shoulder, "Don't do it, don't run, we can fix this."
"No," she said, "You saw them back there, they don't want me here."
"We can explain things, they'll understand."
She looked at me and turned away, "Good bye Odin," and she ran across the water by creating pallets of ice under her feet.
Anna and Hans came from behind me, Anna crying her sister's name. When she couldn't Elsa anymore, she fell to the ground in tears; we all went back into the courtyard trying to explain thing to everyone especially the duke. "Where is she, did you catch or, better, did you kill her?" he said.
"Mind your tongue, the queen has fled to heaven knows where," I replied. Then at that very moment, snow started falling... snow, in the middle of summer; it seems that her powers have grown incredibly strong.
"Look it's snowing, snowing in summer; the queen has put a curse over the land, she must be stopped!" cried the duke.
"She doesn't need to be stopped, she needs to be convinced to stop this; I will go and find her." I volunteered.
"What," said Anna, "You can't, I appreciate you volunteering but not in the condition you're in. I will go in your place."
"No Anna, it's too dangerous!" said Hans.
"He's right; she might be your sister, but your city just lost their queen they'll be looking up to you since you're the next heir." She seemed to dislike what I said but she also knew that I was right; she agreed to let me go, "Great, I am going to get patched up and leave at the first light of dawn."
I went inside to heal my wound by cartelization, Hans was willing enough to offer me his sword. I took it inside and heated up in the dens fire place until it was glowing red. I knew that this was going to hurt like crap, but it had to be done; I took the hot end of the sword and stuck it the wound. I think that pain of healing it was more worse than when I got the wound because the scream I let out could be heard from all over the world; I know that I am fire, but it doesn't mean that I can't hurt myself with heat. At least ,after the burning pain was over, the wound was cauterized and hurt a lot less now; after that, I was really exhausted that I just passed out on the couch of the den wondering how I'm going to convince Elsa to come back. But what I couldn't really get off my mind was what caused Elsa to go off like that? I never seen her so angry in my life, if I only was by her side then none of this would've happened; now I have to clean up the mess I started.
I kept my promise to Anna that I would leave at the first light of dawn, so I asked one of the servants, earlier, to stay up and wake me when he began to see a little light over the horizon. He did so and when he woke me, I gathered any essentials I needed and began my trek to find her; I should start with the North Mountain, she must want to be alone and there is no better place to be alone. When they opened to castle gates I saw that the entire city was covered in a thick blanket of snow; well, this is going to be a little bit harder than I thought. Anna offered her horse to make my journey easier, but I am good hiker, so I rejected her offer and started on my way to the mountain. Walking through the snow was both a fun and terrible experience, I always loved walking through in winter...in winter, this is summer and I didn't really appreciate the thought of snow in summer. Then I started to think, why couldn't she have tropical powers that created beautiful days, white sandy beaches, and palm trees that grew all kinds of fruit? Great, I'm starting to complain like the Duke of Weasel Town; need to keep my mind on the future, soon this will all be over and warm, sunny, summer days will return. But keeping my mind on the future only distracted me from my real mission; eventually I lost track on where I was going. So in order to see where I was, I began climbing the tallest tree I could find; only that the tree was very old and weak, about half way up I grabbed a branch that broke and then another branch broke from under me trying support my weight. I started falling and I was screaming for my life like I never did before, I really thought that I would probably die. But I never hit the ground, I looked below and saw I was about ten inches from it and I also saw that I was hovering over it. I looked at my legs and from the waist down, they were glowing, red flames that waved down my legs. I put some power into the flames and I began to fly; I couldn't believe that I could do this, I became giddy with excitement and flew around like crazy trying out my new power. I could really cover some real ground with this; now on to the North Mountain.
The trip was quick and short, I was near the mountain within minutes; I didn't know what to look for in order to find her... wait, what is that? Suddenly, I saw a towering castle that was completely made out of ice. The art of it was extremely breathtaking, I had no idea she could do anything like this. I went a up the icy staircase that didn't melt at my heat, I went to the door that had a giant snowflake design on it. I just barged in without even knocking, rude yes, but I just wanted Elsa back at Arendelle. Inside, the walls were almost transparent, you see staircases that lead to many of the rooms of the palace, a dual staircase lead up to the main door of the room, and a snowy fountain in the center of it. This place was beautiful, she is way more powerful than I thought; I wonder if she's home, "Elsa!" I cried.
Elsa: I heard my name be cried from within my castle, I thought I was imaging the sound but than I heard it again, "Elsa!" I ran to the court room to see who it was. When I was in the court room, I saw who it was; it was Odin, what was he doing here, what did he want? But I was extremely happy to see someone who wouldn't hurt me, "Odin, is that really you?" I asked.
"Elsa," he said, "Wow, you look... different, a good different."
"It's so good to see your warm face again," I ran down the stairs to meet him, he ran up and we hugged at mid-point. "What are you doing here, how did you get here so fast, how's your shoulder?"
"Elsa, calm down. My shoulder is fine, I flew up here to get you to come back."
"Wait did you just you flew up here?" Then to prove his point, he made wavy flames from his waist down that caused him to hover. I was astonished at what he could do. "I didn't know you could that."
"I didn't know that you could all of this! This place is amazing!" he said
"I know, I never knew what I was capable of; so what are you doing here?"
"I came to take you back to Arendelle, we need to fix your relations with the people."
I was shocked when he said that, "why would I want to go back to being called a monster, you saw what they tried to do to me."
"You just gave them more than they could swallow, we will go back and fix this step by step."
"No I am not going back to that place, they'll just do the same to you when they find out about you. Stay here and we'll start a new life together."
He didn't seem to want that, he was persistent on getting me back to Arendelle, "They won't find out, come back, you not only need to heal your relations with your people, but you also need to put an end to the kingdom's curse you set on them."
"What do you mean 'curse?'" I didn't know what he was talking about, when I left, the town was fine.
"Arendelle is deep snow, you set an everlasting winter everywhere."
"What? Everywhere?"
"Yes I need you to come back and fix this."
"I can't, I don't know how to," I only knew how to create snow and ice, not stop it.
"It's okay, we'll figure out a way to stop this winter, just come back."
"I won't, I won't go back to that city of fear and hate."
"Well, if you won't come back," he said, "than I guess this good-bye." He started to walk back to door, I pulled at his arm trying to make not leave, but all he did was turn back at me, ripped his arm from my gripped, and said was "good-bye." He then walked out door and closed it softly, I fell to my knees crying; he was my only friend, my only real family, the one I loved the most and now he's gone. My crying caused a snow storm to brew in inside my castle, I would never see him again.
Hans: Even with Elsa gone and a wounded prince looking for her, Anna has never been so calm; I guess she trusted that Adolf would return with her sister and that this winter will end. We were handing out cloaks to everyone who needed one, but one person, the duke, didn't approve of this; "Prince Hans and Princess Anna, why are handing out all of Arendelle's tradable goods; when the fjord is thawed, what are you going to trade with?"
Anna just ignored him, but I got real annoyed with him, "look until the queen is returned, we have to do everything to keep hope in the people and I will not hesitate to keep this city from falling into treason!" That shut him up; not too long after that argument, the watchmen announced, "Prince Adolf has returned, open the gates!" The gates opened and in came an exhausted Adolf but he didn't have Elsa with him. "Prince Adolf!" Anna cried, "did you find Elsa, will she come back and stop this winter?"
"I did find her," he answered, "but she won't come back and stop this winter because she claims she doesn't know how to. I'm sorry Anna, I tried everything to get her to come back but nothing worked." I saw the guilt in his eyes, he probably wished that he could do better.
"He's lying, don't listen to a word he says," a voiced cried from a far. We looked around to see who said that, it was King Thorin of Hadendelle, what did he want with Adolf? "Do you two people have any idea who this person is?" he asked.
"Yes," answered Anna, "this Prince Adolf of Corona, my cousin."
"You are wrong," Thorin said, "his real name is Odin of Hadendelle, my son, the young, banished prince."
I couldn't believe it, how could he lie to me like that; he's not a royal, how did he even get invited to the coronation anyway?
Odin seemed really angered by what Thorin, "I told you to never tell anyone who I am, soon you will regret it."
"Why soon," Thorin shot back, "why not here and now."
"I would do it now, but I have a reputation to keep."
"Of what, that you're a monster, a cursed being."
"I am not a monster, I am a human being, unlike you."
"Yes, unlike me, more like your mother."
"What are you talking about?" Odin was confused, what did he mean more like his mother?
"Have you ever wondered where you really got your powers?"
"You said a witch cursed her when she pregnant with me, I assumed that's how I got them."
"You're wrong, the witch was your mother, she had the same powers as you do. She didn't tell me until after you were born, I didn't want a witch as my queen, so I did what I had to do, I purged her."
Anger began to boil up in Odin, he couldn't believe that his father killed his mother, "You killed her, why?"
"She was a witch, they can't be trusted just like you. You may say you're a human, but on the inside you're nothing but an ugly, blood lusting, hot headed beast... a MONSTER!"
That drove Odin to his breaking point, he grabbed Thorin by the neck and threw him the center of the court yard. Thorin began to experience fear for the first time, as Odin got closer to him he crawled further from him. Then Odin shouted at the top of lungs, "I AM NOT A MONSTER!" Then a large stream of flames shot from his hands burning the king to death, large screams of pain and terror filled the entire court yard. When Odin was done, all that remain of Thorin were charcoaled skin, bones, and burned muscle that was still a little red. After realizing what he did, Odin became extremely scared, everyone started to shout at him, "MONSTER! WITCHCRAFT! HE'S JUST LIKE THE QUEEN!" Three soldiers ran to kill him, one tried to impale Odin with a spear, but Odin grabbed the spear, flipped it around, and used it against the soldier who tried to use it. He then threw the spear at one of the two soldiers, that were sprinting towards him, and instantly killed himi; the other one he burned to crisp and after the killing was over, he literally took off into the sky. Now we have two monsters to deal with now, one who can freeze us, the other can burn us alive.
Odin: How can I be so stupid, what was I thinking? I am such an idiot, Elsa was right about what they will do, I should have seen it coming but I didn't. If they're going to call me a monster than let them call me one, I will show them who I really am. I'm going to need a new look to prove it, so I turned my hair into an ashy black like burned coals and I burned my clothes from mid-thigh up so they looked charcoaled, but from my center to the top of my shoulders it glowed orange like a burning coal. I should go back to Elsa, beg for her forgiveness and hope that she would take me back. I flew back to the North Mountain, to Elsa's castle; when I reached the stairs that lead to the entrance of the castle, I saw Elsa standing on the front balcony almost like she was waiting for me.
When she saw me, she turned and ran down to the main door. The doors flew open and there she was standing in her snow dress and ran to me, I ran to her and we met at mid-point. "Elsa, I'm sorry, I am really sorry; I should've listened to you, you were right. They found out and they tried to kill me." I held her tight to me and then I began to cry, tears of guilt and regret.
"It's okay," she said, "I forgive you, they will never accept us; but we don't need them, we have each other."
"I need you, Elsa, I can't live without you."
"Nor I without you," then our lips met each other for the first time, that moment was the happiest moment of my life; I won't let anything harm her, I will lay down my life for her. "We are no longer Elsa and Odin," she continued, "We are the Snow Queen and the Fire King."
The Fire King, I could get used to that title, "they will pay for wronging us," I said, "they will fear us, they will wish they had showed us respect for our gifts."
"When will we show them who we really are?"
"Soon, but for right now, revenge is a dish best served cold. We need to build up an army, make our attack be memorable. Plus, we better find a way to stop this winter, don't want to make things too easy."
"Glad you said that, I've been working on how to stop this winter, bring back summer and I think I have it." We walked over an edge of the mountain that looked over the kingdom. Suddenly she shot blue magic from her hands that caused all the snow and cold to suddenly hover into the sky and form a big snowflake in the sky. The snowflake burst, all the snow and cold was gone and summer had returned. "Impressed?" she asked.
"Perfect, now it's time to be prepared for the storm to come." Soon people will fear us and respect us, we will no longer have to hide in fear, no longer be afraid of what the world will think. It's time for the era to begin, the era of the Snow Queen and the Fire King.
Whoa, this is some turn of events; will Arendelle be ready for the attack, will Elsa and Odin conquer the land, find out in the next chapter.
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