Grand Pabbie sighed deeply into his hands, "Really?"
"REALLY!" The Enchantress giggled.
The trolls around him chanted, "Chug, chug, chug, chug!"
"FINE!" He swallowed the brew quickly, the entire crowd silent as the brew slid down his throat. He finished with a loud sigh and stuck his tongue out, "Ew!"
The other magical beings hooted and hollered. The Enchantress laughed, "Well, that was part one!" She laughed. Pabbie rolled his eyes.
"Love? TRUE LOVE?! Hans and Elsa? REALLY?!"
"Really," She smiled walking him to the greased pigs.
"He tried to kill her!" He shouted, eyes rolling, "I mean, come on!"
"True love!" The Enchantress smirked.
Grand Pabbie just shook his head, "How?"
His companion stopped, smiling down good-naturedly, "Evil is just a twisted version of good. Hans was, and in many ways, still is, twisted. I just... untwisted him," Seeing his look of disbelief, she explained, "Every wicked man can learn from his mistakes. But the only one who will change from his ways will do so when given a compelling reason."
"But Hans had no reason to change," Argued Pabbie, "Sure, he was a dog, but it's not like he ever gave an outward indication that he regretted his actions."
"No," She agreed, "But here's a question for you; how was Hans so good at manipulating people? Answer; because he wasn't lying. Not completely. He needed to be shown what it was like to be powerless, and that to love the ice queen, he had to put her needs first."
They had reached the pig-sty, "Still can't believe you won the bet!"
She shrugged, "I'm awesome like that. And you're stalling."
He harrumphed sarcastically and hopped the fence, "Now what?"
"Hopefully they live happily ever after," Said the Enchantress, "Hans and Elsa both need someone, so they have each other."
Grand Pabbie slipped into overall and strapped a banjo to his left arm, shaking his head at how stupid it was to agree to this bet. Okay, yeah, that whole thing with Belle was humiliating, since the loser would have to streak naked across the Enchanted Forest. But still, this was unbelievable!
"I was right about Anna and Kristoff," He insisted. His companion snickered.
"Um, yeah, you tried to marry them sooooo... isn't that cheating?"
"And helping Hans wasn't?"
"Touche."
"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to give five pigs a colonoscopy," He bowed and left his giggling friend. The Enchantress sat on the fence watching.
"True love," She sighed. Maybe someday she would find it. It was the most powerful force in the universe, after all. Looking up she made a wish on a star, "Please, please, please..." She whispered, "Don't let them lose each other."
Sadly, her wish would not work.
