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I know, I know, I'm really late. I should've posted it last week, but I didn't have a lot of time to write and I wanted everything to be perfect. Hopefully the Jelsa moment in the end will make you all forgive me! Also, I finally confirm Medusa's identity! Yay! (Well, I'll leave the excitement factor up to you.)

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Chapter 19: Perfect Storm

Elsa rushed towards the sound of her younger sister's screams, listening to the quiet sound of dragon wings behind her. The North Wind was carrying her faster than it ever had before, and she still urged it faster.

Faster, Wind, she thought urgently, faster. I have to help them. At her command, the wind sped faster, reaching record speeds. She was moving faster than she ever thought possible, and faster than Jack had ever dreamed of flying. She heard Toothless struggle to keep up, and Hiccup's urgent voice telling him to fly faster. For a brief moment, she was reminded of the jockeys she's seen racing their horses all across the globe. She quickly shook that thought away, reminding herself that she didn't have time to waste.

Minutes later, the Wind slowed to a stop at the castle ruins where the screams came from. The dark palace was built upon two cliffs, where the widest part was at the very top, and there was a bridge connecting the entrance to the main castle. The sky around the palace was dark and almost purple, with clouds swirling around the highest towers, and green lights shining from the many broken windows. As Elsa rematerialized from a simple flurry of snowflakes, and her short, ankle length cape brushed against her bare arms, she adjusted her braid and wondered why her family would have even entered the palace. Not long after, Toothless landed next to her, and Hiccup and Merida climbed off his back to stand behind her. Her heart warmed slightly when Hiccup grabbed his wife's hand, and even though she couldn't see it, she felt stronger knowing there was a little bit more love in her family of Guardians.

"So, they're in there?" Hiccup asked, holding Merida's hand a little tighter. Her free hand twitched towards her bow and quiver of enchanted arrows, and Hiccup's free hand slowly rested on his Dragon Blade, Inferno.

"Yep. The Wind took us to them. It's never wrong," Elsa said simply, scanning the area to find the entrance to the room they would possibly be in. She faintly heard Jack's voice coming from one of the upper windows, and she summoned the Wind once more. It began to blow around them, whipping Merida and Hiccup's already windswept hair into a frenzy, yet Elsa remained untouched. In quiet voice, she whispered to the Wind, "Find them."

The North Wind instantly did as she asked. The swift breeze around them settled, and moments later a window silently blew open. The sound was just enough for Elsa to catch, and she nudged Merida's arm and pointed to it. The brave couple behind her nodded and went to Toothless. Elsa held up one hand to signal for them to wait until the right moment, and then called the Wind back. She allowed it to whip around her, tugging on her shortened skirt, cape, and braid, and with a flick of her wrists, she was a flurry of snowflakes once more. The Wind carried her up and through the window into the small room, and she hovered around the ceiling as she looked down at her family.

Anna, Kristoff, Eugene, and Pabbie were wrapped in large, snow white snakes with their fangs bared, and Jack was currently cornered by two large snakes and a snakelike woman with white snakes cascading from her head in the form of hair. Even from Elsa's position, hidden as snowflakes in the high ceilings, she could see the fear, pain, anger, and betrayal in her true love's eyes. She began to feel her anger boil inside her, and realized that she has never hated anyone more than she hates Medusa right now. Her anger made the temperature in the room drop rapidly, and the Wind began to blow through the castle at speed. Elsa used the force to lower herself down to the ground and materialized behind Medusa, with her icy blue eyes burning and blue magic sparking from her fingertips.

Jack's eyes widened considerably when he saw her, as did the rest of her family's, and Medusa spun around to face her. Her wide blue eyes filled with shock when they met Elsa's angry stare, but that shock quickly turned to contempt.

"Elsa," the snake-woman hissed with a smirk.

"Let my family go," the Snow Queen commanded, with a tone so icy everyone in the room, including Jack Frost, the Spirit of Winter himself, felt a chill shoot down their spine. The serpent in front of the Queen, however, attempted to hide her fear.

"And why would I do that?" she asked, her voice full of contempt to disguise her fear.

"Because you're afraid," a new voice called, and the snake spun on her heels to meet the newcomer. Her smug face contorted in fear when she saw the dark man in the doorway.

"Pitch?" she screeched. The Guardian in question smirked and gave a deep bow in reply.

"Medusa," he said smugly, and walked towards Elsa and the rest of their family.

"How did you get in here?" she screamed, and Pitch gave a subtle nod towards Elsa.

"I believe that little windstorm a few minutes ago blew your doors down," he said innocently, and Medusa moved to lunge at Elsa. However, two pillars of ice from two different winter souls stopped her.

"Don't you dare," Jack told her in a low, threatening voice, while Elsa smiled softly.

"Yeah, somehow I don't think trying to hurt me again is going to go over well, Periwinkle," Elsa warned, and the snakes falling from Medusa/Periwinkle's head bristled at her, baring their teeth and hissing.

"Like I'm going to just let you all go," Jack's ex-girlfriend snarled at the group, and Elsa graced her with the most saccharine sweet smile anyone has ever seen.

"Oh, I know you're not," she said sweetly, and the Wind began to pick up around them at the subtle wave of her fingers. "That's why we're ready to fight."

"Very well," Medusa snarled, and screeched at the top of her lungs. The sound resonated through the palace and almost drowned out the sound of the Wind that was whipping everyone's hair in all directions. Suddenly, a door in the back of the room burst open, and a man walked in that no one ever expected to see again.

"You!" Anna screamed when she saw the man, and everyone glared daggers at him. He was tall, with red hair, green eyes, and horrible sideburns.

"Yes, it's me," Hans replied smugly, and walked towards Medusa confidently. The wind whipped at his sideburns, and Elsa had half a mind to tell the Wind to tear them off of him.

"I see you all have met already, so that makes my life easier," Medusa commented as Hans wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her closer.

"You're dating?" Anna and Jack exclaimed at the same time, the shock evident in their voices. Medusa just smiled deviously.

"Is it really such a surprise? Wherever he went, heartbreak, jealousy, and pain were sure to follow. We were made for each other," the snake-witch sneered, intentionally trying to hurt Anna. Elsa felt a remnant of the painful magic Medusa embedded in those words as they rushed past her towards the Tooth Fairy, but to everyone's surprise, the girl wasn't affected.

"If you're trying to hurt me, you're going to have to try something else. I don't worry about what Hans failed to do centuries before. I have my family who loves me, and the belief of millions of children, something you will never be able to say," Anna told her strongly, and Elsa felt pride wash over her. Kristoff looked at his wife lovingly, and suddenly the snakes let them go, acting as if they had been burned. Anna grabbed Kristoff's large hand quickly, and the snakes kept their distance. Something tugged at the corner of Elsa's consciousness, but she couldn't reach it.

"How did you do that?" Medusa screamed at them, and Anna looked at her confusedly.

"Do what? They just let us go. We didn't do anything," she said honestly, and Hans stepped forward, drawing his sword.

No one had time to say anything before he lashed out at the nearest person, which happened to be Elsa. Luckily, she had seen him draw his sword and was prepared, and retaliated by shooting an icy blast at his hand, forcing him to drop his weapon. Within seconds, the Wind was roaring throughout the palace, masking almost any sounds. She could faintly see Pitch's dark shadows and Pabbie's bright light through the blizzard that was forming, but she couldn't see the others. Suddenly a cold hand found hers and latched on protectively, and she smiled when she felt a warmth spread through her arm and into her heart.

"It's time for a little revenge," Jack said from behind her. Elsa immediately nodded, and the two moved so they could fight back-to-back. Jack held his staff out in front of him, ready to strike, and the air around Elsa's outstretched palms glowed with a soft blue light.

"I knew you would come," Medusa's voice echoed through the Wind, and the air around Elsa's hands glowed brighter.

"Of course we would come. We're capable of anything, and you definitely shouldn't have become our enemy," Jack replied shortly but confidently, and Elsa smiled to herself.

"You're playing with powerful magic, Medusa. Love is the strongest magic there is, and possibly the most dangerous. Love can save a life or destroy entire towns, depending on who uses it and why," Elsa warned, knowing full well what happens when people play with love.

"And you think I don't know this?" Medusa sneered at them, still seemingly invisible. "I thrive off of broken hearts. There's a reason some people never recover, and it's me. Because once I've targeted you, once I've made you mine, there's no going back."

Before the icy couple could respond, a herd of dark horses made of nightmare sand rushed past them, targeting Hans. Pitch himself was riding on one of those nightmare horses, coming towards the pair from the right just as the Wind cleared for a moment, revealing Medusa coming towards them on their left. Elsa and Jack simultaneously shot a blast of magic at her, but she dodged it easily, keeping her eyes focused on the Spirit of Winter.

"Elsa, what do we do?" Jack whispered, and in response, Elsa threw a blast of ice towards the open window she used to enter the palace. Within seconds, a loud roar could be heard, and an explosion took out the wall. No one was injured, and when the smoke cleared, a large, black dragon could be seen with two figures on his back. One wearing full-body armor, and the other with frizzy red curls and a bow and quiver of arrows.

"We call for backup," she smiled, and the dragon flew in as Merida jumped off his back, landing gracefully on the floor and quickly taking out the nearest snakes with her arrows. Hiccup and Toothless flew around the room, shooting fireballs at any snake in sight, human or otherwise.

Anna and Kristoff could be seen fighting side-by-side. Kristoff had his swords blazing, and Anna was throwing punches at anything that came within her reach. Her arms were a blur of color, just like her wings, and Elsa couldn't help but smile. Meanwhile, Pabbie had his dream sand whips and was using them to throw around anything he could catch as if they were nothing more than ragdolls. Hans was fighting off Aster and Pitch's Nightmares, and it was unclear who would win as more snakes moved to help him.

"Elsa, more snakes are appearing faster than we can stop them," Jack murmured, and Elsa reached behind her to squeeze his arm gently. However, she was quickly running out of ideas as Pitch reached them.

"Elsa!" he called to get her attention, and when she looked at him, she saw his fist outstretched with a soft glow, similar to moonlight, emanating from the gaps between his long, gray fingers.

She wordlessly held her hand out, and he dropped a small snowflake into her palm. It was her snowflake from before they left for Medusa's party, and she felt the magic in it add to her own. She looked up at him in confusion.

"I figured you may need it. Combine your powers!" he said with the same tone he used whenever he mentioned Jelsa, and suddenly, everything clicked into place. How Anna and Kristoff were able to finally escape the snakes, why Medusa's tricks with Hans didn't work on Anna, why Medusa so desperately wanted Elsa gone, and how to stop her. With a smile, she nodded to Pitch—who turned and quickly left to rejoin the battle—then turned to face Jack and tapped him on the shoulder so he would face her.

"What?" he asked her in confusion, and Elsa smiled before pressing the snowflake into his palm and putting her hand over the locket she wore around her neck, the locket HE gave her.

"Are you ready?" she asked cryptically, deliberately building up the tension even though she knew they didn't have much time. It wasn't so much for dramatic effect as it was an attempt to calm her nerves, and for what it was, it kind of worked.

"For what…?" he questioned in reply, more confused now than ever.

"The perfect storm," she said, making sure to emphasize the word perfect as she intertwined their fingers. She called up a slight wave of her magic and allowed it to flow from her hands and into Jack, and he smiled as he realized what she meant.

Without another word, he leaned down and kissed her lightly on the lips. Elsa simply closed her eyes with a smile and kissed him back. In her time as an immortal guardian of love, she has seen a lot of kisses, and fully understands that sometimes a perfect kiss is more meaningful than all of the sex, gushy words, and chocolate in the world. None of those kisses, however, could even come close to her very first kiss with the Guardian she loved.

The second their lips touched, an icy fire shot through their veins, and the Wind died for a second as all eyes turned towards the two lovers, and time seemed to stand still; but just as quickly as the world faded away, it was back, and the Wind began to tear through the room faster than ever before. Toothless managed to gather up the other Guardians and was able to protect them from the storm, but there was no refuge for Medusa and Hans. The wind tore at them from all sides, filled with snow and ice and love as the two winter souls combined their powers. They were charged with a light and magic that no one had ever seen before. The entire room glowed as brightly as the moon, and the temperature dropped dramatically. They were standing in the eye of their perfect storm, completely untouched by the Wind, snow, and ice swirling around them as they savored their first kiss and allowed their love to destroy the spirit of heartbreak.

Eventually, the light in the room and the speed of the storm reached an all time high, but just as suddenly as their storm began, it died down, and the light dimmed. There was still a faint, moonlit glow coming from the happy couple in the center of the room, but Medusa was nowhere to be seen. Hans had managed to duck underneath some rocks near the Guardians, and as he climbed out to look for his sword, Anna went over and punched him in the face. Kristoff came over, about to make full use of the chance to beat him up, but once the storm fully died down and Medusa was officially gone, destroyed by the love she tried to end, Hans turned to dust and vanished.

Everyone stared around the frozen palace in shock, not fully believing what had just happened. Who would have realized that all they needed was a kiss? The small family of Guardians smiled as the kiss finally ended and Jack pulled Elsa into a loving hug while she rested her head over his frozen heart. The pair had survived through hell and back, had overcome every obstacle, and defeated every enemy. It was surprising to everyone, since no one realized just how strong and how perfect their love truly was. But one look at the couple that created the storm told everyone what they needed to know: Elsa was right when she said love was the strongest magic to ever exist. Love can conquer all, and true love is worth fighting for.

Sooooo, that's it. The story's over.

OK, I'm totally just kidding! I'm not done with them yet and I'm planning a sequel for sure!

Anyway, tell me what you thought in your review. Also, bonus to anyone who can figure out where the title comes from! (Hint: there are more clues in the beginning of the fight in the banter between Elsa, Jack, and Medusa.)

Thanks for reading! Snowflakes of love and fun to you all!