Chapter 26

~ The Elimination Round ~

"The Princess has been retrieved from the cellars by Queen Elsa, what are we supposed to do?"

The leader of the men stepped forward. "The Queen is to marry a Prince, their wedding is when we shall make our move. We just need to get Anna, I know Elsa will never let her sister die. Not for a title, she will give up Arendelle in a heartbeat."

"Our forces are outnumbered, there aren't many of us left." a dark haired man spoke.

The council leader frowned. "We will take Arendelle and once we do, I will execute them both and this new Prince! Now go, there is much to prepare for if we are to eliminate the Royal sisters.

"Of course, your majesty." The dark haired man nodded and the members of the small council left the dark room.

The royal council sat around the table. The Queen, Princess Anna, the Captain of the guard, the Queens Advisors and Prince Erynn.

"As you may know, Arendelle is not free from crisis. The southern isles has sent us resources on the condition I am married to Prince Erynn. But our kingdom faces a great threat." Elsa sighed

"Whoever attacked me, whoever took my sister and killed those people in the village are still out there and they have acted again." Elsa looked down at the table.

"Before I went down to the docks this morning I was informed six people we murdered."

Anna could tell Elsa's voice was shaking, she knew her sister was afraid of what was happening and that she felt she had no control over it.

"Something isn't working! Something has to be done to fix this! I will not let anybody else die!"

Erynn stood by her. "My Queen, I have many men coming to assist you whatever you need they are at your command."

Elsa nodded. "I am thankful for your presence in Arendelle Prince Erynn."she looked up at him and breathed out slowly. "But I am fearful still."

"Elsa." Anna stood up and faced her sister the Queen had a terrified look on her face she was shaking slightly. "Are you alright?"

"Hmm?" Elsa questioned as if she hadn't been paying attention. "Oh fine Anna, just fine."

"Queen Elsa." Erynn interrupted the sisters conversation. "I currently have all my men looking for the people who have attacked you and your sister. They've been searching the village and the forest, around the north mountain as well."

Elsa exhaled loudly slightly relived a little weight lifted of her shoulders. "I am truly grateful for your assistance Prince Erynn, But right now I need some space to breathe, all of this is a lot to take in. I just need some time alone." The Queen left the room and proceeded down the hallway. Concealing herself away in the study.

The leader of the council looked around at his men training and getting ready. "We killed six of the Queens people today. She is slowly breaking, once we force her to hand over the kingdom and kill Princess Anna Elsa will be broken and vulnerable and we can watch her, decent into misery." he laughed loudly.

"When the time comes do whatever is takes but remember the Princess is mine, I'm the one who gets to Eliminate her, right before her sisters eyes."

A few smirks grew on the faces of the other men. "We are stronger than my Brother and once we reach those gates on the date of his marriage to the Queen, he will be so stunned he won't know what to do."

Hans looked over his men. "Soon it will be us who will rule over Arendelle, we can finally come out, we can finally stop hiding and we will Eliminate anyone who gets in our way."

There was cheering from the men for a while before Hans left them and everyone went back to work. He looked down at his advisor. Both were standing at a distance overlooking The Kingdom of Arendelle. "Soon, everything shall be mine, and nobody will be able to overpower me."

"Elsa?" Came the Princess' small voice just as it had many times before. Elsa was in her usual spot looking out the window.

To her surprise Elsa turned back and greeted her. "Anna, I was hoping you would come find me." The Queen spoke smiling softly as Anna approached her.

"Are you scared Elsa?" She questioned. Looking up at her elder sister. "Because I'm terrified for you, if anything happened to you... I don't know... I just don't know what I would do."

Elsa smiled down at the worried Princess. "I'm going to be just fine Anna, everything is happening so fast now, the attacks have gone dormant for a long time and now, six people are killed. It's just got me on edge."

"We're safe though aren't we? They can't get to us here." Anna asked a worried tone filled her voice causing her question to come out all shaky.

"No." Elsa smiled sounding quite confident. "You are safe here and I won't let anything bad happen to you. I only ask that for now you don't leave the castle no matter what." The Queen paused. "And I do mean no matter what, even if my life depends on it Anna."

The Princess looked appalled. "But Elsa..." she protested.

"You know what happened last time." the Queen stated in a quite serious tone. "I mean it Anna, do you promise. You won't leave Arendelle Castle no matter what."

"I promise Elsa." Anna sighed with a look of disappointment etched on her face.

"Good, I have so many things to worry about at least I will know you are safe." Elsa smiled wrapping her arms tightly around her sister. She smiled. "I've been wanting to do that for so long, I've missed you Anna I'm sorry we haven't been able to spend much time together."

"It's okay Elsa." Anna replies quietly. "You've been through so much."