Elsa and Jack sat on cushions of snow in the center of the castle. Jack was telling her all about the guardians, about their adventures, and the wonder of each guardian's domain.
"Where's yours?" Elsa interrupted.
"What?" he looked up at her.
"Your domain." She said.
"Oh." He thought for a moment, "Well, I go wherever the winter is. I make snow days for the kids, start snowball fights, and make them see the fun in the world around them. I even did it for you, when you were younger."
"But I never-"
"I know. You didn't believe in me then. You couldn't see me." He looked down at his hands, and at his staff. "Actually, you're one of the only people who can."
"What do you mean? Surely people can see you… Oh. I forgot, you asked me that when we met. I forgot because of everything that had happened…"
"It's okay. It's been about three hundred years since I've held a conversation with a human. Kids don't believe in me. They see what I do, but they don't know it's me." He saw her pity and he stopped her, "I'm fine, really Elsa. I've been meaning to ask you if you wanted… maybe I could teach you about your powers."
A few hours later, the room was filled with intricate ice furniture, and around the castle, there was an ever present flurry. Jack watched as Elsa laughed and made little designs in the snowflakes as they fell. It had been a while since he had seen her laugh. This time was different, this time she knew he was there, and he found himself smiling.
All of a sudden, as if to shatter the scene, there was a roar outside from the snow monster that had been guarding the castle. Jack rushed to the window and looked out, seeing a group of heavily armed men fighting the beast. Two of them managed to avoid it, and entered through the front door. When Jack turned to warn Elsa, he realized she had already begun heading downstairs to see what was going on.
"Elsa!" he yelled after her. Elsa came running back into the room, hands raised defensively.
"No, please!" she cried out. Jack saw the arrow coming a second before she did and threw up an ice wall that caught the arrow just before it hit her. Elsa opened her eyes and then looked at her hands. She knew that wasn't her magic, but it brought her back to focus.
"Stay away!" she pleaded two the two men running after her, throwing up an ice wall on another side. Soon ice was flying in every direction until one man was pinned against the wall, crossbow in hand. The other man was standing in front of the balcony doors, and Elsa pushed a large block of ice toward him, until the wall behind him broke and he was about to be pushed from the balcony.
"Elsa…" Jack tried to warn her as the man got dangerously close to the edge.
"Queen Elsa!" a man yelled, running into the room, flanked by guards, "don't be the monster they fear you are!"
Elsa stopped and turned to look at him, but after a moment, the man ran toward the assailant trapped against the wall. While Jack had been watching Elsa with relief, the assailant had been aiming for Elsa's heart. The crossbow fired upwards and hit the chandelier directly over Elsa's head.
"Elsa, run!" Jack shouted, and she did. The chandelier shattered on the ground behind her and she was thrown forward. When she landed, she didn't move.
"Elsa?" Jack said, "please don't be dead, please."
As the man- who Jack learned was known as Hans from one of the guards- checked on Elsa, the guards ran to free the assailants from Elsa's magic. Jack knelt by Elsa, just close enough to hear her moan.
"You had me worried there for a second." Jack said, leaning back.
"Orders, Prince Hans?" one of the guards asked.
"We'll take the Queen back to Arendelle. But, until Princess Anna's return, we'll have to keep her in the dungeons." As he finished, the guards picked the queen up and carried her downstairs. Jack followed closely behind, brows knit with worry.
While the queen was being taken to the kingdom, Jack flew around the surrounding areas until he caught sight of Anna walking with the same man who had come with her to the ice castle. The snowman walked a few steps ahead with a reindeer.