6 years later...
6 years passed in a flash. Must've been cause nothing happened everything stayed the same for Elsa. She was still someone people feared. Still someone locked up. Still someone chained up. Still the same room. Still the same caretaker. Still someone hidden. Even worse still cursed with the so called unknown disease.
Children got adopted, taken in, some even got transfered to better care facilities, but Elsa remained in the same place as always. The only changes was her body. She got the body of a nicely formed teenager. Her hair grew past her shoulders all the way to her lower back, now with some curls or waves but still the same platinum blonde hair color.
Being treated like a beast meant she didn't have the best clothes but that changed when a woman outside knew about a cold child. this lady collected all her clothes she owned when she was young and handed them in a basket declaring they were for a cold child. Who knows maybe saying "cold child" simply means the girl you have hidden from the rest.
Who knows but atleast she had decent clothes. Another change was the fact her personality went from being scared to being a sarcastic rebel. Yet she still had no control to her disease.
Chains linked to the wall Elsa simply sat on the floor looking at her hands that were in the tight entire hand cuffs. She hated those things, not just from being painfully tight, but also because they made her mad. Any random night they drove her insane, she'd bang them on the walls for as long as she needed to until she'd fall to the floor in tears.
She was bored to death. Normally she'd take naps or simply day dream but not anymore. Her chains aren't long enough to let her lay on her bed and even if she was capable she'd be in a oddly uncomfortable position. She hasn't had any odd dreams like the one she had back then, mostly because she hardly gets sleep from banging the cuffs on the walls. She no longer had anything to do for time to pass by.
The door opened randomly, like usual in came Ms. Grumpy atleast that's what Elsa decided to name her for the time being until she's either dead or missing.
"Why if it isn't time, I'm starving Grumpy so can you release these things from my hands I've been dying since last night" Elsa said in a annoyed tone as Grumpy came by with a tray.
"Don't try any funny business or else you won't get anymore food for the rest of today" Grumpy said as she inserted the key then twist.
"Well there's nothing to do so why risk it" Elsa said as she rubbed the redness on her pale wrist from the annoying cuffs.
She sat on her small useless bed where her tray was set. Since she could no longer sleep in the bed from her growth her bed became her eating spot.
"So who's idea was it to have oatmeal for breakfast today? You know I hate oatmeal" Elsa said in disgust
"Wha wha too bad now EAT IT you little BRAT" Grumpy said moving the tray closer to Elsa.
Almost like a little kid she stuck her tongue out at Grumpy then forced herself to eat one of her disliked breakfast meals. Of course just like everything she touches the spoon freezes. Who knows how many bowls, plates, even silverware the nurses have to buy, all because a certain someone freezes everything everytime. It wasn't even rare anymore for Grumpy to roll her eyes whenever it happened.
Eating with a frozen spoon helped alittle bit, it made anything hot cool down to a much comfortable temperature to eat. Not to forget her room was below freezing, that too made foods drop temperature alot faster.
When she finished eating to the point she was atleast satisfied she jumped off the bed and back to her usual spot
"Can they not go back on so fast you got no clue what a pain they cause" Elsa begged
"No you know the rules off when food comes back on when done no such thing as breaks" Grumpy claimed grabbing the cuffs from the ground
"OK Ok but can I atleast change? I've worn this since the day I showered which was 3 days ago" Elsa claimed as she held the tips of the dress with her fingers
"Fine but I'm not going out" Grumpy said rolling her eyes as she turned around to provide atleast alittle privacy for Elsa as she walked in victory to her basket with clean clothes.
Trying to stall she took her time choosing what to wear that was until Grumpy got impatient only in result that the cuffs came back on. Elsa in defeat yet in clean clothes stood infront of Grumpy as she put the cuffs in place. She was locking them when her walkie talkie went off.
"WE NEED ALL NURSES NOW EMERGENCY! BOY! BODY TEMP WON'T RISE, I THINK HE WAS CAUGHT ALL NIGHT IN A BLIZZARD HURRY!"
"Whats that all about?" Elsa curiously asked
"none of your business" Grumpy said in a hurry as she grabbed the tray in a hurry then made her way out the door of the chamber locking it behind her.
With Grumpy out of the room Elsa was all alone like usual. There was something going on on the other side of the door and Elsa couldn't beat curiosity she wanted to atleast know something than nothing. Her chains didn't let her reach the door but she could hear pieces of what was going on.
"So what's up with Elsa?" One voice asked
"Like usual, though she was pissed about breakfast then again she's always pissed no matter what" Grumpy said
"Anywho whats this about a boy?" Grumpy asked
"No identification on him, seems to be concious of whats going on, he seems normal but he's got freezing temperature all over his skin. His vitals are pretty low too" the one voice explained
"Ok does he have a name? Where was he found? Any theories?" Grumpy asked
"well the boys name is Jack Frost. He was found this morning 6AM on the mountain asleep or passed out on the snow floor with our akitas that escaped last night. we have a theory his temp is so low because of a possible blizzard or simply from the freezing temp it gets at night especially on high level like the mountain" The one voice claimed
"hmm it makes sense are there any other theories? also this boy has a familiar name I need to look into it" Grumpy said
"No need to, when they told me his name I did some research... this boy went missing 3 years ago I tried to call parents but found out they divorced 2 years ago apparently they don't want anything to do with the child anymore he's practically an orphan. I have my own theory but I first wanna talk to Elsa before I jump to conclusions" the nurse claimed
"Ok thats one heck of a story, i guess we have a new child in this center. I'll go take a look at this kid, make sure you put on the special gloves shes on her cuffs call if you need me" Grumpy said. footsteps disappeared yet the door unlocked. Elsa rushed back to her usual spot so it didn't look like she was over hearing. In came the nurse.
"Hi Elsa, how are you?" She kindly greeted
"So what do you want? who are you?" Elsa asked sitting back down on the ground
"My name is Ginnie, I just have a few questions" Ginnie said calmly
"ok and you expect me to have answers. I guess we'll figure out" Elsa said rolling her eyes
"So when you were submitted to the center you were told you were sick do you remember your symptoms?" Ginnie asked
"Alittle why you ask? Shouldn't you have information on me in your files?" Elsa asked
"yes we have information on you but they're set apart from the other files, Sorta hidden from all the other nurses including me. the only ones who know where they are hidden are the nurses who primarily worked with you" Ginnie claimed as she sat on the bed
"Ok so what do you need the information for?" Elsa asked alittle concerned
"I just want to connect symptoms with this new boy that came in I have a theory he could be like you in a way" Ginnie claimed
"Yea yea I get what you mean" Elsa said rolling her eyes
"So then tell me some primary symptoms" Ginnie said motioning Elsa to start talking
"It starts with cold skin yet mine cant be touched without being frozen, then you have pale skin, If he's like me he won't feel freezing temperatures like this room or a frozen lakes water, If he's young look out for frost flying off his fingertips, here and there random vital signs can appear when checked they won't stay the same, frosty ice appears around you at night, freezing stuff is something you deal with the whole time you touch anything, oh and when you talk in freezing temps someone like me wont have that puff of vapor or smoke appear, that's all I can say from the top of my head" Elsa exclaimed as she shrugged her shoulders at the end
"Weird. From what I gathered, this boy is somewhat different. What if I can somehow get special permission for you to meet Jack?" Ginnie suggested
"Trust me even if you ask for special permission it won't do much see how I'm treated? theres no way they'd easily let someone risk someone else meet a girl like me it's like they say i'm "Dangerous"" Elsa said as she moved her cuffed hands around trying to make it look like the apostrophy sign with the cuffs
"It's worth a shot, anywho thank you for your time Elsa it was nice to finally meet you" Ginnie said as she bowed then made her way out
"Well it's not like I have anything better to do" Elsa said sarcastically as she watched Ginnie disappear out the door
The door shut then the lock made its lock noise. Back to boredom. Before she set her head back on the wall she saw on the bed something odd. She got as close as possible to the bed and thats when she saw what they were. A pair of the special gloves all nurses have to wear when they come into her room.
Was Ginnie not wearing them this whole time?! Elsa freaked alittle, was this woman asking for a death wish or did she forget to put them on?! Now Elsa was confused yet shocked with the kind of person Ginnie was. She sat back on the ground but never took her eyes off the gloves.
Lunch time came by. same thing as always cuffs off, eat the terrible cooking, deal with Grumpy being nothing else other than rude, cuffs on, and repeat the boredom cycle. Before Grumpy walked out Elsa asked about Ginnie if she was gonna see her again or if she atleast talked to her about the special permission. All Grumpy said was that she was never going to let a danger out of her room unless there was a urgent problem and she had to be out. She wasn't cruel enough to let a girl die Elsa was still a girl even if she was considered a danger to the world.
When Grumpy saw the gloves on the bed she simply felt annoyed she knew Ginnie would do what she did but she couldn't stop her from doing some things. Even if she warned her about the risks she's exposing herself to wouldn't be enough to stop her. Ginnie in a way was like an older Elsa. Her tray was taken and Grumpy was out of the room leaving Elsa on her usual spot. Chained and back on the ground
In the end she fell asleep to a dream none other than a nightmare.
She walked around the Arendel castle with her family playing hide and seek. She's a little 5 year old girl she skips around the halls in search of her 4 year old sister she doesn't find her but instead a snow hare hops across the hall. She follows it only to find out it leads her to another place, the mountains. The same snow hare appears and she continues to follow it.
As she follows it the hare leads her to a cave, in that cave there's small rolls or tubes of stuff. She attempts to open one but some kind of darkness takes over her. A grey hand is all she see's when she opens her eyes she's in a swinging cage, she isn't 5 anymore but to her real age 13. Her hands are cuffed and all around are more cages with ice statues. the same ones from her past dream. Mom. Dad. Sis. and little Jack.
She tries to get out of the cage but its no use when her hands are cuffed. She screams and a powerful cold gust flies all around freezing the cages until they break. The cuffs freeze and they as well break. She falls but never hits the dark floor, someone catches her. Before she can see who she ends up waking up with a panting heart. All she saw was a long curved stick.
"Someone woke up from a nightmare" she heard a voice
Elsa looked around she sat up from the ground and saw Grumpy was standing over her with a tray of dinner.
She sets the food down but before she takes the cuffs off she hesitates from what she saw
"Elsa what did you do? How did you do this?" Grumpy asked
Elsa was confused she looks down at her cuffs and when she sees it she gasps
"I-I don't know" Elsa said alittle scared to see what she did
somehow Elsa got a Snowflake to form on both cuffs.
She unlocked the cuffs then grabbed Elsa's hands and pulled up her sleeves to see her skin. Nothing was different.
"I-I think you'll just have to go to bed without dinner tonight I-I'm sorry but you're just not well" Grumpy said hesitantly as she rushed the cuffs back on not loosing sight of the snowflake figure on them. She grabbed the tray and left the room locking it shut.
Elsa was confused... Did Grumpy just apologize? She never apologizes, when she does it's always in a sarcastic way. Also was she scared?
Elsa hasn't felt scared in for so long. She glanced at the snowflake as she thought about her dream. The scream? but it was a dream could I have screamed in my sleep or something? Is it possible my dreams are signs? Elsa couldn't take much more she ended up attempting to sleep but that night was one of those nights she didn't sleep at all. It was one of those nights she hasn't had since she was 7 years old, and it happened on her birthday night... again...