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No one in the ballroom moved for a few silent seconds. Anna stared after her sister. Many people's gazes went the same way, but as Eugene finally looked down at Rapunzel, he saw her misty eyes shifting back and forth between the door and Anna.

"What is it?" Eugene asked, barely forcing the words out. His mind was still taking in what he had just seen.

"Elsa...Anna..." Her gaze followed Anna as she and a few others ran around the ice wall and followed Elsa's path.

Eugene placed a hand on her back "They'll work it out. It'll be all right."

She finally met his gaze. "I don't know if they will. At least not now, anyway."

That surprised him. Always the optimist, Rapunzel expected the best out of everything.

"Elsa looked scared," she continued. "She doesn't want to hurt anyone. That's why she kept her powers secret."

"Look how much good that did," he muttered.

Though Rapunzel would have normally reprimanded him, she continued staring at the door as the ballroom erupted in excited gossip. She met his eyes again with a determined look, her tears all gone. "Come on, we have to go try to help!"

Rapunzel grabbed Eugene's hand, but he stayed anchored. She looked back at him in question.

"I know Elsa wouldn't mean to hurt anyone, but...she's dangerous. What if she erupts again near you?" He squeezed her hand. "I just want you to be safe."

"I don't think she's dangerous," Rapunzel countered, her gaze hardening. "And if we can help, we have to try. Now come on."

Eugene had learned never to refuse Rapunzel when she set her mind on something. Wariness set him on edge, putting him into thief mode. He grew even more wary as they passed the ice wall Elsa had made, the shards already beginning to drip as the warm summer night wafted in through the open doors.

As they passed through the ballroom door and through a long hallway to the castle courtyard, Elsa was nowhere to be seen. However, it was obvious she had been there. The ground was covered in a sheet of ice, and shards jutted out around the Duke of Weselton, who was going on in a loud voice about he had almost been killed.

One of the twin fountains in the courtyard was now frozen into an elaborate curved sculpture, its base frosted over as well. The crowd was murmuring, looking toward the castle's bridge and staring dumbfounded at the fountain.

Suddenly, a chill winter wind blew over the courtyard. People shivered and rubbed their hands over their arms as it didn't let up, whistling through the air. The sky grew darker and colder as storm clouds formed above, and snow began falling down in small white flakes, sticking to whatever they touched.

"Snow?" everyone wondered.

"Snow in the middle of summer?" Eugene heard someone ask.

He looked over at Rapunzel, shivering and blowing on her hands. Gathering her into his arms, he pressed her close in a hope to keep her warm. He was about to suggest that they find a place to stay when Anna and Hans came running into the middle of the courtyard. Eugene pulled Rapunzel down into the crowd with him, therefore hearing nothing of what the two said between each other. But then, raising her hand in the air, Anna said, "My horse, please."

"She's going to look for Elsa," Eugene said quietly to Rapunzel.

"Is Hans going with her?" came the muffled reply against his tunic.

He investigated the scene further. It was hard to hear what was said, or to see them, but he saw Anna place a hand on Hans' shoulder and read her lips: "Arendelle needs you."

Eugene gasped silently. "No. She's leaving him in charge of Arendelle."

Confirming his suspicions, Anna mounted her horse and announced: "I leave Prince Hans in charge."

"Is Anna going alone?"

"Yes."

Rapunzel pulled away from him, her cheeks red and her brown hair dotted with specks of white. "I'll go with her."

"You can't." Eugene pulled her back. "Anna and Elsa need to figure this out on their own. And besides, I need you to stay here and help me keep an eye on Hans. He could put the kingdom in serious danger since he's in charge."

Rapunzel watched with pain clear in her eyes as Anna rode away on her horse, the clopping of hooves fading into the distance. Eugene knew that Rapunzel was warring between the rational and emotional sides of her mind, but after a minute she sighed and leaned into him.

"Okay."

Eugene wrapped her in a hug and pressed his lips against the top of her head. "Everything will be all right," he murmured.