New Chapter! Sorry this one isn't updated as early on a Monday as usual...life got busy and I spaced. Anyway, it's still on time.

And people still don't review...Thank you so much to Lilianne Lei for your awesome review! Finally, someone mentioned Elsa's extra little mantra that I added. She was the only one to understand where I got it from.

As for the last chapter, if some of you didn't understand the whole Four Seasons thing, look up Disney Four Seasons Princesses and look at the images. I really liked it, and in my mind, having each of the seasons represented in one family would make them very powerful once united. If you still don't like it or don't understand it, there isn't much I can do to help. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but mine is that the Four Seasons thing works for my story.

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Chapter 6: Into Ice

Four months after the Great Freeze of Elsa's coronation, as it came to be known, the queen's life was almost completely different. Her sister had gotten married to Kristoff in September, on the autumn equinox. Their cousins all came, as did many of the dignitaries who were at Elsa's coronation. Everyone was thrilled for the happy couple, and the memory always made Elsa smile.

Anna had decided that the Four Seasons were going to be well represented in the wedding. Despite Merida's lighthearted teasing of her younger cousin getting married, she was happy for her and agreed to be the maid of honor. Rapunzel took on the role of matron of honor, and Elsa acted as a stand-in for their parents and walked her younger sister down the aisle. Jack was filling in as best man since Sven was carrying the rings, and Olaf walked down the isle ahead of everyone throwing flowers. Merida's dress was a deep teal color with gold trim and an intricate knot pattern that had falling leaves woven into it, representing autumn, Rapunzel wore a pink summer dress with sun patterns on it to represent summer, and Elsa wore an icy dress similar to the one she always wore, only this one had no cape or sleeves, and she wore the locket Jack and Emma had given her, which she wears every day now. Anna's dress was a long white gown with a full skirt like her dress for Elsa's coronation had been, with the symbols of Arendelle embroidered on her bodice and bottom half of her skirt in light blue, turquoise and pink, and a light blue lace trim on the bottom edge of the skirt, and a small, white shawl covering her shoulders. She wore her tiara, which was similar to how Elsa's used to be but had a light purple stone in the center. Before the ceremony started, Elsa used her magic to add snowflake details to her dress and create a veil made of ice, since her soon-to-be husband's life revolved around ice and Anna. Anna couldn't have been happier, and in that moment, she was the most beautiful being Arendelle had ever seen. Kristoff cried during the ceremony, and Anna made a point in her vows about never judging Kristoff for crying over ice, or anything else. The two were now expecting a child, and preparations were being made all throughout the castle to prepare for the new addition.

Even with all the changes, Elsa still made sure she had time to go skating and practice using her powers with Jack and Emma. Usually the two siblings came to the palace and Elsa practiced in the courtyard, but whenever Elsa could get away, she went down to their home. Anna came occasionally, especially if Kristoff was off harvesting ice, but now she was occupied with decorating the baby's room and making it perfect, so Elsa came alone. She was planning a surprise party for Jack, since his nineteenth birthday was coming up, and wanted to spend some time with him and his sister before inviting them to the party. She had already sent out invitations to their cousins and friends from neighboring kingdoms that knew Jack and his sister, and had gotten back responses from almost everyone. They all wanted to come celebrate, and everyone was coming. Elsa was excited, and just needed to finish the last little details, so she could take the day off. Besides, she still had two days until his birthday on the 21st.

She got to the house to find the siblings running around the yard, playing in the fallen leaves that seemed to set the world on fire. Everywhere she looked, there were varying shades of red, gold, orange, and brown. Jack's sister fit in perfectly, with her shoulder-length brown hair, signature brown dress that went to her ankles that had a red stripe around the bottom of the skirt, a wide red belt and white trim around her collar, and warm energy surrounding her. She didn't fit in quite as well as Merida did in the fall, but Emma fit in perfectly to the period of time when the seasons are ready to change again, when it isn't quite fall anymore but it's not yet time for winter.

The weather was about cold enough to start freezing the lake, and Jack obviously couldn't wait. Winter had been his favorite season as long as Elsa had known him, and whether that had anything to do with her magic or he had just always loved winter she would never be brave enough to ask, and she wasn't sure she wanted to know. Jack noticed the wintery queen coming before she was close enough to see the features she knew by heart—probably since she stood out more than usual with her pale skin and almost white hair in the earthy colors—and ran to meet her. He had red leaves caught in his messy hair, and Elsa suppressed a giggle. Clearly he had been trying to have a snowball fight with the leaves, and his sister was winning.

"Hey Elsa!" he said as he scooped her up and spun her around. Elsa shrieked and started laughing, and Emma ran over to meet them, giggling.

"Hi Elsa!" she called, and Elsa couldn't help but laugh more.

"Jack! Put me down!" the Snow Queen ordered, but the effect was lost in the laughing and her barefooted best friend all but ignored her. He spun her around once more and carried her towards the rock they always sit on. She smirked and waved her magic around, making the snowflakes disturb the fallen leaves and blow them around, then shot a single snowflake at the top of the rock with enough force to imprint the pattern onto the stone surface. Jack smirked and then finally set her down on the rock. She smiled at him.

"Thank you," she said, using her best queen voice to tease him. She didn't actually mind him holding her, but he caught her off guard. Since their dance four months ago, he's slowly been gaining confidence around her. He started off by holding her hand at the wedding, and every other event he's been to, then dancing with her more at parties, and now picking her up and spinning her around. Elsa, in the meantime, has been looking through the different laws to see if she could actually be with Jack since she was queen. It was easier for Anna to marry someone not of royal blood since she would come to power after Elsa. Apparently people a long time ago decided that a ruler should only marry someone else of royal blood, but Elsa thought that rule was stupid. She felt that if a royal married a commoner from the kingdom in question, it would be easier to rule because there would be someone who understood what life was like for the people ruling with someone who understood how royal politics worked. She just needed to focus her argument enough to propose it to her council of advisors.

"Of course, my queen," he replied, teasing her back. They came to a conclusion just after her coronation that they would only actually act like she was a queen when they were together if they were teasing each other. Even at formal events, Elsa refuses to let him act like she's queen because she likes how they've always treated each other and doesn't want that to change just because she's now ruling a country. She's still the same person and she doesn't want any barriers or walls put up between them. Elsa was pulled out of her thoughts when she realized that Emma was still watching them and giggling, and curiosity got the better of the young Snow Queen.

"Hey Em? What's so funny?" she asked the girl, who blushed faintly and ran off. Elsa, thoroughly confused, turned to Jack with a questioning look.

"I don't actually know what her deal is. She's been weird since Anna's wedding. Not different or changing or anything, just weird. I'd say happier, which might be part of it, but whenever she laughs it's like she knows something that she refuses to tell me. I've asked her before and she won't say, so I gave up," he explained. Elsa looked in the direction the girl had run off to, then shrugged and started playing with her locket. She noticed Jack smiling at her and looked back at him.

"What?" she asked, smiling. She had caught him staring at her and smiling before, which never bothered her, but every time she caught him she started smiling too, and had come to the conclusion that his smile was contagious.

"Nothing. You're wearing your locket," he observed, and Elsa shot him her, thanks, Captain Obvious, look.

"Yes. I always wear my locket now. I'm really glad I wasn't wearing it during my coronation so it was safe, but now I don't have to worry about anything happening to it so I wear it all the time," she informed him, and he smiled happily.

"I'm really glad you like it. I was so worried that you wouldn't when we bought it, but we couldn't find anything that was more you so we bought it, and I love seeing it on you," he told her shyly. Elsa smiled and took his hand, and the two stared out at the small lake behind the house. They chatted for hours, and before she left, Elsa commented that the temperature was supposed to drop tonight. She mentioned that she thought it might be enough to freeze the lake but she wasn't sure. His eyes lit up at the concept of the lake freezing, and once again Elsa wasn't sure why he loved winter so much, but she was glad he did.

The next day, Elsa visited late in the evening to tell Jack and Emma that they needed to be at the castle the day after, which was Jack's birthday. All day, something had felt wrong to Elsa, like something horrible had happened but she didn't know what, and the feeling only intensified as she neared the cottage her friends lived in. She began to run, trying to escape the horrible feeling in her chest, and burst into the clearing to find it strangely empty. Jack and Emma weren't outside playing, and she noticed that the lake had frozen in the night, which made it even stranger that they weren't out skating. She drew closer slowly, her nerves building as she walked to the rock she would always sit on with Jack, and saw a huge hole in the center of the lake. She all but collapsed against the stone as she felt her legs grow weak, and heard a small, choked up voice behind her.

"Elsa, I'm sorry," Emma told her quietly from the door of the cottage, and Elsa's heart almost stopped.

"Sorry for what?" she asked the young girl hesitantly, not wanting to see Emma's face, knowing deep inside her what the girl was sorry for, and also knowing she didn't want to know, that she didn't want to hear it, but she had asked and now she couldn't take it back.

"Jack, he, he fell through the ice. We went skating earlier and the ice started to crack under my skates, and I got scared and couldn't move. Jack grabbed a twisted branch and pulled me away from the ice, but in doing so he had to throw himself to where I had been standing so he could have enough force to succeed. He saved my life, Elsa," the sad little girl trailed off, on the verge of tears, and ran back inside her house.

Elsa felt a searing pain as her frozen heart shattered into a thousand pieces, and let out a broken scream as her body snapped back so her chest was facing the sky. A blast of ice shot from the shards of her heart, completely destroying her body, but Elsa only felt the pain in the center of her chest where her heart once was. Her locket fell onto the rock under her, undamaged, and Elsa realized she was only a spirit. Her magic, now stronger than ever with the fear and pain of losing the only person she had ever truly loved, created a new body for her without her consent. This new body had blue skin, with sharp, cruel-looking features where she once had porcelain skin and delicate but strong features, and her long, gently curling, white-blonde hair was replaced by strands of dead, straight snow. She wore a dress made of white snow and frost, and long white gloves that ended just above her elbows. She looked around to take in her surroundings, and noticed it was snowing, but she didn't care. Warmth is a burden, the ice queen thought. It only brings a hidden pain. At least with the cold, you acknowledge your pain and fears, and there are no surprises. With freezing cold temperatures, you can never be surprised with rain. There is only snow or hail or sleet, never rain or warmth or winds that grew into tornadoes. There is only the cold. As she was thinking this, she looked once more to the lake to see it completely frozen over, and saw the grey skinned man from her childhood. He came over to her with a sinister smile, and the ice queen felt a darkness fill the emptiness in her chest.

"Hello Elsa," the man greeted her, and she watched as his golden eyes took in her new form. "I see you've upgraded. My name is Pitch Black. I watched you grow up, although you already knew that, and I helped you the last time you set off an eternal winter, but your meddlesome sister and friends stopped us. I'm a very persistent creature, Elsa, so I had to find a way to win. I thawed the ice today, never expecting the boy to fall in saving his sister, but it worked out even better than I could have hoped. We rule the world now, and no one will be strong enough to stop us. Now come, as we have much to do."

Elsa followed the man, and the two went to a place far away from the kingdom of Arendelle where Elsa created a new ice palace to rule from. This one was protected by sharp icicles, and spiraled sharply towards the sky, ending in a point at the top. Inside she created new, more ruthless versions of Marshmallow, and discovered just how strong her powers truly were. She gained control over the North Wind, which she used to spread her icy magic throughout the world, and this became the life of the broken Snow Queen.

Soooo, recap. Jack is dead, and Elsa died but Pitch used his magic to manipulate hers into creating an Ice Queen body for her. I told you I could kill them off if I wanted to. You all pushed me to it.

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