"J-Jack?" I asked, pushing myself to a sitting position. Jack looked up at the rafters but didn't give me time to look as he began to sprint, pulling me along with him. He weaved us through the panicky crowd of partygoers, something was emerging from the walls, black, and oozing. I tried to pull and stop, to try and help my people, to try and find Anna and gasping as I saw a citizen get tackled by one of those things. I tried planting my feet in the ground to get us to stop, but he kept dragging me along. I felt like he was going to rip my arm with how fast we were going. He zoomed us out of the castle and towards the woods.

"Jack! Jack stop!" I screamed, my arm on fire and tears streaming down my face, "my people, they need me!"

Jack turned to look back at me and his eyes hard, but as they landed on me they softened. I'd realized he was floating and dragging me along, hence why we moved so fast and why it hurt so much. He slowed, bringing himself to the ground and coming to a stop. I collapsed into a pile of sweat and gasping for air, my lungs on fire with every breath I took in. Jack leaned down next to me, holding his hands out, like he was going to place them on me, but didn't know where.

"I'm sorry," he said uncomfortably, deciding to place his hands on his sides. I looked at him with uncertainty.

"Take me back," I stated. He continued to look at me uncomfortably and shook his head.

"I-I can't," he retorted. I felt tears in my eyes. Anna. I quickly turned around and ran back towards the castle, I heard Jack mutter something foul and begin to gain on me, but I kept running. I felt Jack reach for my shoulder and I countered that by creating an ice wall as I ran, jumping over it before it became too tall, I knew he'd be able to scale it since he could fly, but I didn't care. I needed to get to Anna. I was so close to the edge of the forest when I felt his arms wrap around me, pulling me back in. I screamed out, clawing at something nearby to latch onto, and scrambling to get out of his grasp.

"E-Elsa!" He exclaimed, setting me down and turning me to face him, his hands on my shoulders. He looked just as devastated as I did. I sniffled and stared at him, deep into those beautiful eyes.

"There's nothing we can do now, I'm sorry, but we need to get you away from here as fast as possible," He shook me with every word. I shook my head profusely and craned my neck to look back at the castle, watching as my people scrambled out of the ballroom and towards town unknown entities following them.

"B-but, Anna! My people! I'm their queen! I need to protect them!" I screamed, trying to shake off his grip, but it only caused him to tighten his grip on my shoulders. I winced, but he didn't give in.

"I-I'm sorry Elsa," He looked sadly at me. I didn't have time to react to what he did next. He pressed his thumb into the center of my forehead and the world went dark as I collapsed to the ground.

I woke what seemed like an eternity. I groaned and placed my palm on the center of my forehead, the middle of it stung. I sat up and rubbed my eyes, looking around.

A dream? I thought as nothing looked too out of the ordinary. I got up and shivered as my feet came in contact with the floor, in fact, the entire room felt a little chilly. I heard a snore from behind me, I jumped and turned around. In the corner of the room was Jack sleeping up against the wall in a chair. Nope, not a dream… I looked around and saw I wasn't in my room, but a room that looked like it had been carved delicately into a mountain.

I wandered around the room a little before I came anywhere close to Jack. After I got a good feel for my surroundings, I approached Jack. He was still absolutely gorgeous. Same wintry hair and skin. He looked so at peace, his chest slowly rising and collapsing with every breath he took and as I leaned in, I saw that his eyelashes were long and glistening in the sunlight. I leaned into him, my mouth hovering inches above his, remembering the promise he made to me. I closed my eyes when a name popped into my head: Anna.

"Jack~!" Came a singsong voice from the door to the room as it burst open, revealing a beautiful bird-like woman, who also happened to be floating… more like fluttering about… but still.

I'd jumped when the door flung open, causing me to fall forward onto Jack who woke with a startle when I landed on him, pulling him out of his chair and dragging us both to the floor. Jack looked up at me bewildered and I just sat there straddling him with a very red face and wishing I could disappear.

"Am I interrupting something?" The bird lady asked looking confused. I made an 'eep!' noise and shot off Jack, quickly straightening myself up.

"No!" I shouted and quickly collected myself, "no, I just… tripped." Which was true, but she looked like she didn't believe me and made a 'riggghhhttt' face. Her face suddenly lit up as she gasped.

"You're Elsa! Aren't you?!" She exclaimed zooming over to me, grabbing my face in her hands as she began to examine me, then she did something I would've never expected anyone to do; she grabbed at my mouth and opened it, moving my lips and so, examining my teeth. I stood there in complete shock.

"You're right, Jack! She's gorgeous!" She marveled at me, finally letting me go. Jack kind of squeaked.

"Alright, Tooth! Time for you to go!" He exclaimed, beginning to shove 'Tooth' out of the room, his white skin didn't do him any justice when it came to him blushing. I'd realized what she said too, but brushed it off, I was more concerned where I was and what the hell was happening. Jack almost shoved Tooth out of the room, but she stuck herself in between the door and it's frame.

"Wait!" She stated before Jack could close her out completely, "they requested to see her."

Jack stopped trying to shove her out and they both turned to look at me.

"Wait," I started, "who is expecting me? Where am I? Who are you? Where is my sister? What is happening?" I was breaking down. All I know is that my kingdom was doomed, my sister probably dead, some weird bird-woman just molested my teeth and I almost kissed Jack! Okay, maybe that last part didn't need to be reiterated, but I couldn't take it anymore. Jack's face softened as he approached me, extending an arm out and placing it on my shoulder.

"I know nothing makes sense right now, but you have to trust me when I tell you everything will be alright." He said, looking me in the eyes. I breathed in deeply and let it out.

"O-okay…" I decided not to fight him, after all, I trusted him, mostly. He smiled at me, not sadly, but a natural smile. I felt my heart begin to race and I began to feel better. They led me out of the room, which I found out was Jack's, and took me to a room with a giant globe in the center, millions of little lights illuminating it. I found myself staring at it in awe.

"Beautiful, is it not?" I heard Jack asked, walking up next to me. I nodded and turned to look at him.

"It is," I said, staring at him. I saw him turn to look at me, I shot my head back at the globe, my face burning. Jack was about to say something when I was tackled.

"Elsa!" I heard a familiar voice and a familiar warmth wrap around me. It was Anna, crying into my chest. I quickly wrapped my arms around her and told myself not to cry.

"Anna? What, where, how did you get here?" I exclaimed, placing my hands on her cheeks, stroking the tears out of her eyes and pulling her close again, making sure she was real.

"That would be me!" I heard a booming, Russian voice. I saw the man that bumped into me at the party enter the room. His forearms decked out in tattoos, his right reading 'Naughty' and the left reading 'Nice'. What? Was he Santa or something? He dropped down on one knee and took one of my hands and kissed it. I felt more awkward than respected.

"Your majesty! I am Santa Claus, but many call me North". I wanted to start laughing hysterically, but as I pinched myself with the hand that wasn't clasped in "North's" grip I became disappointed. Nope. Still awake. Or I'm having lucid dreams. I threw on an unconvincing smile and did a little curtsy.

"Elsa, Elsa Árnadalr, queen of Arendelle," I said kind of dazed. North smiled warmly at me and got back to his feet, turning to Tooth and Jack.

"As I presume, you already met Jack Frost," he stated, pointing at Jack, who waved awkwardly back at me, "and there is Fairy Tooth-" Tooth cut off North.

"Tooth!" She exclaimed, "it's just Tooth!" She stated. North chuckled and looked expectantly at Anna, but she gave him a stern look and shook her head, so he directed his gaze to the floor, as did everyone else. We stared until a moderately sized hole appeared and out came a kangaroo? No, it had long ears…

"Easter!" Exclaimed North, wrapping his arms around the 6-foot rabbit. The rabbit looked fairly uncomfortable, he patted North back and pushed him away.

"Is she here yet?" The rabbit asked. North moved aside to reveal me. The rabbit nodded gruffly at me and I just stared.

"But wait, where is-" North was cut off by a 'pop' and there was a 3-foot gold, grainy man. He noticed me a smiled, images appearing above his head. A smiley face, a sun, a heart and a snowflake. I felt someone place their arm around my shoulders, resting on me.

"That's Sandman, "Sandy," Jack nodded at Sandy who pleasantly nodded back. "He can't speak, so he uses images, he said it was nice to meet you and," Sandy repeated the heart and snowflake.

"That's what I said!" Tooth giggled, Jack when bright red and muttered: "never mind".

I heard Anna clear her throat, I almost forgot she was here too.

"Don't you think we should-" she started but was cut off by North.

"I assume we all know why we have assembled here?" He asked. Anna and Jack grimaced to each other as they looked at me. I object as North finished the question.

"No, I do not, I don't even know what is happening!" I exclaimed. North looked aghast as Jack.

"Jack! Have you told her nothing? After all those years?" North boomed. Jack looked very taken back.

"Hey now!" Jack exclaimed, "you told me I couldn't. I volunteered to, but you gave it to-" he looked at Anna, who quickly stepped on his foot.

"Ow! What's wrong with you?" He rubbed his foot, Anna looked like she didn't know what happened.

"What is happening here?" I exploded. Everyone turned and looked at me. North whispered something to Easter, he shrugged and I saw Sandy form a couple images of two figures hold hands. Jack's mouth dropped, even Tooth nodded eagerly.

"Then it is settled," North clapped his hands together, "Jack, you are now her majesty's guardian!" He laughed happily. Before either of us could object, tiny versions of Tooth appeared and quickly wrapped red string around one of my wrists and connecting it to the opposite wrist of Jack. I guess I looked like I was going to kill someone cause Jack intervened.

"Guys," he looked worriedly over at me, "I-is this really necessary?"

"What? You wanted guardian job, you got guardian job," North roared with laughter, as did Easter and Tooth.

"It really isn't all that bad," Tooth stated, wiping tears from her eyes. "I mean you always-" Jack cut her off by launching a snowball at her, hitting her square in the face, she shrieked and set her little bird creatures after Jack, eventually Sandy and Easter joined in.

I was still too appalled by everything going on to say or do anything. I lifted my wrist and tugged at the string, it gave no slack, it wasn't tight around my wrist, but I couldn't slip it off, and it was only a couple feet long, so I tried tugging it, but it grew longer as I pulled on it, but as I let it go, it seemed to shorten again.

"Strings of fate," North stated over the argument between Tooth and Jack. "It binds guardian to the main point of protection, only you and other guardians can see it. It will only break when Jack fulfills his mission or finds a new target of interest."

I was torn. Flattered that I was Jack's main interest, not so happy that I wasn't told anything I wanted to know, what about my kingdom, what was going on, WHAT. WAS. HAPPENING?!

"WILL YOU JUST SHUT UP?!" I shouted over the fighting. Everyone went quiet and turned to me, I breathed in trying to calm myself, my whole body shaking with anger. "What is going on here? Why am I here? Why are you here?" I asked, shooting a look at Anna, "What happened to my kingdom, what is this?" I gestured to the string, "What is going on?" I was practically begging for answers. Everyone exchanged uncomfortable looks.

"Do you see these lights, beautifully covering this globe?" North asked softly. I nodded.

"These. These are children. The ones that believe in us, the ones that allow us to be here, existing in physical form." North explained. He explained to me about the children, that they needed to keep believing, but something plagued the children.

"Fear," he stated, "fear fills the hearts with children, even adults, and it comes from, dare I call him a guardian, the Boogeyman. You know of the Boogeyman, everyone does…" he paused, "he's gotten stronger and we're losing children to him, the number of children lost is slow, but if we don't do something soon, we'll be through…" I still didn't understand.

"I still don't understand why I'm here…" I asked. North looked up at me, then pointed to a small dark area up north… in Norway…

"His power seems to manifest from here in-"

"Arendelle," I finished for him.

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Woot, long chapter, character development, technically kidnapped and sexual tension! Stay tuned next time on Dragon Ball Z-er-I mean JACK!

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