Hey guys, I still can't believe how devoted y'all are to this story; I mean I don't know if I ever told you guys this, but I never expected to have this many views on one of my stories, especially since this is my first time. Over 3,000 views in a less than a month, that is just awesome; I really appreciate the time you guys are sacrificing to just read my story, it means so much to me.
Now I want to take a few minutes to answer some questions that you guys are probably thinking about Odin and Elsa. First question is probably the one you guys had on your mind the most is that are Odin and Elsa the antagonists in this story? Yes and No, they both are following their own decisions that aren't really good ones, but that's not them making their decisions. Their real selves are chained up deep inside their conscience and are having a real difficult time trying to get free. Second is about the characterization, I heard from earlier that I totally took away the main characters personalities, like Anna and Hans. That's what I was aiming for, something completely different from the other Frozen fan fics; Anna was perky and childish, but after all that has happened she grows up and becomes mature and serious. Hans was charming and deceivingly evil, but, again, after all that has happened he decides that this kingdom is in need of some serious help; so he becomes caring, selfless, and sacrificial.
So anyway, here's the seventh chapter of the Fire King. (Disclaimer: I only own Odin, the rest belongs to Disney! Also there are a few ANs in this chapter.)
Odin: Months passed by ever since the victory in Arendelle; in that time, our empire expanded. Hadendelle, Oslo, Trondheim, Skien, and Sarpsborg fell to our might without even single casualty (AN: Those cities, besides Hadendelle, are actual cities of Norway that were founded from 997-1016 AD, the story takes place about 300 to 400 years after they were founded; so shout out to Norway land of my ancestors). It didn't take long for the name of the Fire King and the Snow Queen to spread, people learned to fear us and show us respect for who we are. I almost seemed too good to true, almost. I would have never thought that the day would come when people like me and Elsa would be respected for who we are. It also wasn't long until hundreds of other people with powers like us; some could control water, earth, air, metal, blood, or even other people. I was awed at the fact that there were more of us than I could possibly imagine.
But even with all this fame and glory, the nightmares still came. Every night there were new faces of people that I killed, faces that would scream at me, jeer, grind their teeth, and sometimes almost attack me. I could never get a good night's rest anymore; every time I close my eyes to rest they come and every time I wake up in a cold sweat.
Elsa was getting worried for me; anytime I would accidently wake her with one of my screams of terror, she would try to calm me down. Every day when she wakes up, she would either find hunched over the side of the bed or standing outside on the balcony. She tries everything she can to help with nightmares, but it's not enough.
One night was one of the worst ones; I found myself running in complete darkness, nowhere to go, nothing to see, nothing but the sound of voices shouting, screaming, and jeering at me. I never thought that I would ever escape from the voices. Until a light begins to show and I see a figure standing the center of the light, it was Elsa. I gave a sigh of relief, finally someone who won't insult me for who I am. I began running towards her expecting to hear her soft voice to reassure me that I don't have to be afraid anymore. When I got close to her, she seemed afraid of me; why was she afraid especially of me, doesn't she know that I won't hurt her. I ask her what's troubling her, "Elsa what's wrong, why do you look so afraid?"
She began backing away from me as I got closer, "Just don't come near me," she said, her voice was beginning to rise.
"Elsa calm down, it's me okay. I won't hurt you."
She didn't seem to believe me, "Please stay away just STAY AWAY!"
Suddenly a giant spike ice came forming quickly out of the ground stabs me straight in the chest. I wake up in another cold sweat and trying to catch my breath, I couldn't believe what I just saw. Are my actions driving everyone away from me, including Elsa? I wouldn't believe it, I couldn't believe it. I looked over to see her still asleep; I shouldn't wake her and tell her what happened. I got out of bed, put on my robe, and walked down to the library. We decided to live in the Arendelle castle since Elsa felt like that was the only place she could call home at the moment. So we had the place fixed up in our image; there were art works of fire and ice all over the halls and it was beautiful. But the memories of what I just saw keep my mind off the beauty of the halls; that image is the only thing that is on my mind.
I walk into the library and head over the giant fireplace that was in there. I throw one of my eternal balls of fire into the pit and just sat on the couch, staring into the roaring fire. I then begin to think about what I saw, what am I doing? Am I dreaming all of my results for my actions, I thought. Will I end up being destroyed by my own desires? And what about Elsa, will she come to not trust me anymore, or does she already distrust?
A few more moments of silence passed before I heard the door open behind me. I didn't turn around to see who it was; I just wanted to stare into the fire. Then a voice spoke up, it was Elsa's voice "Is everything okay," she asked.
I knew I couldn't lie to her or else she will just pry the truth from me, "No," I said, "I don't think so."
"Did you get another dream?"
"Yes," I looked down at my hands when I said it.
"Bad?"
I got up from the couch and walked towards the fire, "Terrible."
"What was it about this time?"
Again I can't lie; I gave a deep sigh and looked away from the fire and towards her, "In my dream, you became extremely afraid…of me."
She had a confused look on her face; I expected to see that from her. "What do you mean I was afraid of you, how come?"
"I don't know why but whenever I came close to you, you would just back away. Eventually you became so afraid that you formed an ice spike from the ground that pierced my chest and killed me. That's when I woke up and that image has been in my head ever since."
She seemed shocked when she heard this; I saw tears begin to swell up in her eyes, "Odin, I would never do anything like that to you."
"I know, neither would I to you," I walked over and I put my arms around her. We just stood in the library for a couple of minutes in each other's arms.
Even after her statement, the image still haunted me for days on in. I even started to fear that sometime in the near future she will become afraid of me once again and try to get rid of me. Will she though, can I trust her word that she will never kill me? I don't know, but right now I have to trust her, she is all that I have.
Anna: They past few months have been rough for my people. It feels like that almost every day we have to move to a new city for protection because every time we reach a new city, Odin's army would show up about two weeks later and kick us out. But thankfully there hasn't been much activity from the fire demons and now we can relax. We have decided to take shelter in Bergen, a smaller trading port than what Arendelle was but still pretty prosperous (AN: Bergen is also a real life city in Norway, but I am not sure if it is or was a trading port. I am just making up but I could be right). I've always enjoyed seeing Bergen when I was young girl; they are surrounded by a mountain range just like Arendelle but smaller. Most of their cottages are very colorful; most of them have the colors of autumn and it is just beautiful (AN: shout out to the Norwegians for being a beautiful country). I also have some friends in Bergen, well one friend; his name is Ethan, he is a pretty quiet guy, not very sociable around strangers. We first met when I was 13 and he was 15; I was on a business trip with my father and I was having the time of my life by soaking in all the beauty of the city.
When I was able to take the day off from constantly having to go to boring business meetings, I decided to head down Kløverhuset to do some shopping (AN: Kløverhuset is a pretty big shopping area in Bergen). About an hour and a half way through my shopping spree, I stopped for some lunch at a small inn. When I walked in I was immediately met by a pouring of water; I was completely soaked. I looked over to see who spilled on me and it was a boy about a few years older than me; he had shaggy, dirty blond hair, wore what looked to be normal attire but had a unique design to it and he also had a scar on his face that looked like he burned pretty bad. He apologized for the spill, introduced himself, and said that his name was Ethan. I told him who I was and from that moment on we became really good friends.
When we arrived at Bergen the place looked the same as it did five years ago. We were met personally by Ethan who was now king of Bergen and was now even more handsome than when we first met. "Anna," he shouted, his voice was booming but gentle, however this time he had some worry in his voice. He came up to me with a huge look of concern on his face, "I heard about what happened in Arendelle and I began to worry like crazy."
"I'm okay and so are most of Arendelle's citizens, but we lost several brave men trying to protect us," I said.
"Who on this entire planet would want to invade Arendelle?"
"Elsa, that's who."
He gave me a quizzical look that said 'are you serious,' "Anna this is not the time for joking around."
"I am being serious, Elsa and Prince Odin of Hadendelle attacked us and drove us out."
His face turned from a quizzical look to a shocked look, he couldn't believe that the queen of Arendelle would attack her own city, "Are you certain of this?"
"I saw her, Odin and a few of their men come barging into the castle; she even tried to kill me, her own sister!"
"Good Lord, come let's get you and your people inside immediately."
He directed us inside the castle which was a lot bigger than the one in Arendelle so that meant more room for us. But even with that extra room, most of the refugees had to stay in the lower parts of the city. I tried to convince Ethan to let me stay down there with them but he refused to let do so.
After just about everyone settled in, Ethan directed me to my room. It was a rather small room but it was still pretty cozy in there. When I laid down all of my stuff I sat down on the bed trying to think of how I am going to convince Elsa that what she is doing is wrong and that she needs to come back.
Ethan stayed in the room for a little bit longer but I didn't even notice that he was there until he spoke up, "So what are we going to do about the situation?"
His words got me out of my thinking and back to reality, "Huh?"
"What are going to do about Elsa and Odin?"
"I don't know what to do at the moment."
"Well we need to think of something and soon because we have been tracking the cities they attack and they appear to be heading up the country; which means that we are next. Now all we're doing is waiting for Bob Parker to call us up to accept our fate." (Yes I know that Bob Parker wasn't around at this time but hey, it's still funny.)
"Do we at least know what they are up to yet?"
"We have eyes in Arendelle right now, but not too many; security there is really tight and we have only been able to get two or three guys in there. One of them is an Arendellian himself; in fact he's supposed to be coming back right about..." suddenly the doors to my room flung open and in walked a big guy with unmanly blonde hair, a huge muscular build, and he wore mountain man type clothing that was covered in snow, "now," finished Ethan.
The walk up to us kneeling on one knee, "Queen Anna, I didn't expect you be here," he said.
"There's no need to be alarmed, what is your name," I asked.
"Kristoff Bjorgman, your majesty."
"Anyway," interrupted Ethan, "what news is there from Arendelle Kristoff?"
Kristoff got up off the ground and look straight into Ethan's eyes, "Nothing much sir, but there I keep hearing rumors that the Queen has gone missing."
This started to get me worried, why would Elsa suddenly have gone missing? "What do you mean she's gone missing," I asked.
"She's just gone; no one has seen her for days. I know because I follow her daily routine and one day I couldn't find her at all."
"Well," Ethan cutting in, "we know that one threat has vanished, now all that's left to do is to get rid of Odin and this war can come to an end."
"Don't ever say that again," I scolded Ethan, I couldn't believe that he say that. Elsa might be a threat but she is still my sister and I don't want anyone to give her negative titles.
Ethan put his hands up in defense, "Anna calm down, I was just saying."
"Just go, both of you." Both Ethan and Kristoff left the room with worried looks on their face.
I laid back on my bed thinking about where Elsa may be at this time. If what Kristoff was saying is true, than she could be anywhere at this time. I was resting on the bed with my eyes closed but I couldn't go to sleep, not with the fact that my sister is missing or possibly dead.
I laid there for about fifteen minutes until I heard a soft tapping on my window. At first I thought it was just a tree until the tapping started to become a pattern. I started to wonder what the heck was really causing that taping; after a few minutes, I started to get really annoyed at it that I got up and turned to see who was making all the noise.
What I saw shocked me more than when Elsa revealed her powers; it was Elsa herself at the window. I rushed over to the window to see if it was really her and it was; her face was tear stained but why? I opened the window to let her and asked her, "Elsa, what are you doing here, how did you get here?" My room was on the ground level so I didn't need to know how she got to the window.
She gave me a hug and started to slowly cry on my shoulder, "Anna, I am sorry, so, so sorry," she said through her tears. Elsa was back, I knew she was this wasn't any trick of hers; these tears are real and I know my sister is terrible at faking sadness.
"Elsa I forgive you for everything; now tell me what happen." I guided her over to my bed and she began to pour out why she was here.
"Ever since the end of the Battle of Arendelle, Odin hasn't been himself," she began, "He's been so obsessed in trying to control Norway that it seems like 'our' ambition turned into 'his' ambition. He's also been getting these nightmares that are always scaring half to death; one night, his nightmares got even worse that his unconscious body started to come after me and start to strangle me," she lifted up her head to show bruise on her neck that appear to be from Odin choking her, "Eventually I couldn't take it anymore, I realized that the man I loved is gone. So I ran away and left him."
Her story shocked me; I knew that Odin and Elsa were close, I mean really close, but to hear that he has changed and almost tried to kill Elsa shocked me the most. I leaned in to give her a hug as she started to cry again, "Hey its okay, everything is going to be okay. I'm just glad that you're back Elsa, but does Odin know that you're gone."
She pulled back and looked me in the face, "I don't know yet. I left a note for him in our room but I don't know how long it will take him to realize that I left him."
"Well, when he does find out we need to keep you protected. But I think that right now we need to heal your relationship with the people."
Her face turned pale when I said that, "Anna, if they even see me face they will tear me to pieces. I can't go out there."
I know that the Arendellians hated her and I also knew that she needs to heal her relations. If we don't than I'll be stuck as queen and, frankly, I don't like it; I can't be who I am, too many people expect you to be sophisticated and hard work and deadlines. But I am snowballs and fun times, (AN: Rise of the Guardians reference, I do not own.) I am not meant to be a queen. "Elsa you need to heal your relations, I can't handle being the queen it's too much work and I don't have the proper training; you do though, you were a better queen than I ever will be."
She gave out a small chuckle, "Anna I was only queen for a few hours until I went into exile."
That's true, she wasn't queen for long, "But I can't handle a half-hour being queen, the business meeting are really boring."
This time she gave out more of a laugh, "Okay, I guess I will go along with whatever plan you have for me and the people, but can we wait a few days before we do I just got here and trying to sneak into a town that's on high alert is exhausting."
I agreed to let her rest for three days, when they are up then we will announce her return. I am really happy that she's back; she has defeated the snow queen.
Elsa: The three went by extremely fast for me, but I can imagine that they were slow for Anna. While we waited for time to run out, she had me stay in her room under her bed. That was really uncomfortable; I wonder if this is how Odin felt whenever he had to hide under my bed when we were little.
When the day finally came, Anna requested that all the Arendellians to meet in the Bergen Forum. When it seemed like all the Arendellians arrived, Anna stepped out onto the castle balcony that looked over Forum. She went up with confidence but also look like she was about to pop from excitement. I wait inside until Anna announces for me to come out.
I could hear her speech from inside perfectly, "People of Arendelle," she says, "What I am about to announce is going to anger you greatly but I want you to roll with me here for I am going to tell you anyway," 'roll with me,' I really need to teach Anna how to make formal announcements, "As you know I have been your queen for several months now and while appreciate that you allowed me to rule, I am not yet ready to take on the responsibility for life. So I am going to resign from the throne and give it back to its rightful heir," that's my queue.
When I walk into doorway, she steps aside to reveal me to the people. When I walk out, I hear gasps of fear, screams of terror, and shouts of hatred. "We don't her as our queen," someone shouted. "Who in the world would a witch as their ruler," shouted another.
I let out a deep sigh and say, "People of Arendelle, I understand how angry you must be at me but I have been incredibly foolish in following Odin and attacking my own city. I want you to know that there is no apology deep enough for what I have done; but I beg of you, please give me a second chance and I swear I will turn from ways."
Moments of silence passed by; I should've known that they would never accept me again, not after what I did. But then all of a sudden I hear a voice shout from directly below, "Your majesty," I look down to see a man dressed in military clothes, "My name Captain Evans, you killed my brother in battle of Arendelle, but a strong society is built on trust and forgiveness; so I forgive you for what you have done and I, myself, am willing to give a second chance." I was shocked to hear to hear just one person give me a second chance; but he wasn't the only one, one by one people started agreeing to do the same. Eventually everyone in the Forum had agreed to trust me once again.
I thanked them for trusting me and promised them that I will never break that trust. Just as I was about to leave someone shouted, "Long live Queen Elsa!" Then the people started cheering for that cry; I started to get pretty choked up at the sight of it.
When Anna and I walked back into the castle I gave her a hug thanking her for all of her help. Now my relationship with the people is complete and I finally have my family back, my real family
Odin: She has been gone for several days now; I am starting to worry on where she might have run off to. All I knew up until this day was that she was going to the lower town for a walk; we have been getting reports of people from the outside making small attacks on the city, but never any kidnappings. I guess that they have finally decided to go ahead and capture her; no, I always have troops on the walls, there is no way they could've made it in without being seen.
I decided to look through our bedroom one last time to see if I could find anything that she might of left. When I walk in, I instantly start searching for something that could help me. After about fifteen minutes of searching I was about to give up, until I look under the bed and see a piece of paper that had some writing on it.
I picked up the piece of paper and see that the writing is in Elsa's hand. I begin to read it:
Dear Odin;
I am sorry but it seems that you have turned our ambition into your obsession; you don't seem to care about being accepted but more about being feared. Plus your nightmares have gotten way out of hand that it is making me fear for my safety. So I have decided to leave and join my sister where ever she might be. Again I am sorry but you need to start thinking about what you are doing.
Love, Elsa
I notice that the paper has drops dried tears, she must have been crying when she wrote this note. I grip the paper in my fist causing the paper to crumple; I start to feel a fire of anger grow in me, how could she just abandon me like that? I thought that we would do this forever, how could I…wait a minute. This isn't my fault, it's hers; she betrayed me, she lied to me, she said that she would never go behind my back. Well now she is going to pay for what she has done.
Just before I was about to walk out, one of my elemental scouts walk in and tells me that Elsa is in Bergen and has reunited with her people. Well, now it is time to deliver the full might of my army now. I order for the troops to get ready, we are to march towards Bergen and bring an end to this traitor.
Okay guys I have a big announcement to make; Odin is going to appear in another story. I'm not planning on making a sequel any time soon, but Odin will be appearing in Two Brothers by ImBRIAN; me and him have been talking about creating a story together for some time and we have decided to combine our characters into his story. If you don't know anything about his story, I urge to go and read it otherwise you will be totally lost. Now we don't plan on releasing the Chapters anytime soon because he wants me to be done with my story so that way he doesn't spoil anything.
So I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, leave review tell me what you think, fav/follow it, and tell me how excited you will be to see Odin in another story. You will probably be seeing another chapter real soon because I finished the plan for this and the plan for chapter 8 in one night; so again, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter we are nearing the end, so see you next time and dream on!