"Elsa? Can I come in?" It's my Father on the other side of the door, and I yell back a yes as I scramble out of bed, tearing my fingers through my hair. Father came up earlier to see me and bring me food, so I wasn't expecting him to come back again. If he knew the reason I was sleeping all day, he would be furious.
And frightened.
He opens the door and makes his way inside, and much to my surprise he isn't alone this time. My Mother walks in with him, holding his hand tightly, trying to hide her obvious discomfort. Still, it is she who speaks once the door closes behind them. "Elsa darling, we just came to tell you something. Your Father and I have been invited to a wedding about a day's travel from here."
"We're going to be leaving in two days, and we'll be gone for three. In that time we expect you to remain in your room. You cannot leave, not for any reason." My eyes flash from my Mother to my Father as fear sets in. They do nothing to help me with my powers, they just try to hide them, but something about them leaving terrifies me. They are the only ones who know. They are all I have, and I don't want them gone. Not even for only three days.
I take a few steps back, shaking my head, saying a word of praise to myself for having remembered to pull on my gloves. "What? D-do you have to?" I question, stopping my retreat only when I bump into my dresser.
"I'm afraid so." My Mother says quietly, offering up a small smile. "But we are confident you will be able to handle yourself for a few days, Elsa. You won't even notice we are gone." No. I probably wouldn't notice. But I want them here. They fix things when they go wrong.
Still, it isn't fair for me to expect them to abandon normality because they got stuck with some freak show of a daughter. "O-Okay." I mutter, and my Mother smiles at my. Father nods. We exchange a few words of small talk before they leave, closing the door tightly behind them. I am afraid of what could happen while they are gone, but I suppose they won't be around forever anyway. I take a deep breath to calm myself, and crawl back into bed.
That night I throw open my window to see snow already falling outside. Despite everything that I am going to have to face within the next few days, I smile. I crawl over the edge of the window, using my footholds from the other night to climb down to the powdery snow, falling into it with a small laugh.
I run to the place where we met, frowning when I don't see him waiting there. "Jack?" My voice echoes in the dark night, but there is no response. I frown as I look around, my stomach sinking- I should have known better. I should have known.
"Incoming!" I perk-up at the sound of his voice, twisting to see him coming barreling towards me, and I dive out of the way as he comes to a halt a few feet away. "Had a few Guardian things to attend to. Blah blah blah. How was your day?"
"My day?" I ask, my eyebrows rising as I regather my foot and pull my braid back over my shoulder. "Um, it was fine, I guess. My parents are leaving for a few days, though."
"Ah, planning to throw a big ol' castle party?" He laughs and I blush, shaking my head no. He shrugs, then nods for me to follow him as he turns and runs towards the lake. Confused I look around before running after him, nearly tripping over the mounds of snow. When I finally catch up to him, he is standing on the lake, which he has frozen over. "Since you have had enough to worry about today, how about instead of working, we skate?" He smiles, and I open my mouth to protest.
"I don't think I would be any good at that. I've never done it before." I mumble, shrugging and starring at the ground. I watch as he touches his staff to either foot, creating skates made of solid ice. He smirks as he skates over to me, sliding to a graceful halt where I stand on the edge of the icy lake.
"Elsa, you were born with the power to control ice. I think you'll be able to handle this." He smiles and I shrug. Still, having fun is inticing. I look to my feet, lifting each one and touching my bare hand to it, smiling as my pale green slippers turn to ice skates.
Unbalance and unsure I step gingerly onto the ice, chuckling a bit as I try to move forward. Almost immdiately I loose my balance and start to fall, though Jack catches me before I can crash into the ice. "I told you I would be bad at this." I say, trying to hide the fact that I am blushing as he helps me up, still holding onto my hand as I find my balance.
He just laughs and skates forward, and I gasp as I am tugged along with him. "Fun, isn't it?" He smiles, and I nod. He lets go of my hand then, and I scream a bit as I stagger forward. Eventually I come to a halt a few feet away, laughing.
"Yes! It is!" I smile, then gasp as the ice underneath me cracks. I hear a panicked shout from Jack as the ice breaks away, and I fall under.
I yelp as I crash into the water, immdiately beginning to pump my arms to reach the surface. My hands find the ice that broke underneath me and grip it tight, pulling my head out of the water. I choke and sputter as I inhale, trying and failing to lift myself. Within the few seconds that all of this took place, Jack is at my side, hauling me out of the water. "Elsa! Are you okay?" He asks, pulling his hoodie off over his head and wrapping it around my soaked shoulders.
I nod, surprised when he hugs me. Surprised that someone /can/ hug me, and that I /can/ hug them back. "I'm fine." He seems really shaken up as he helps me back to land and I fall onto my bum, pulling his hoodie on even though I am not cold, only wet. "Why are you so shaken up, Jack? I'm fine." I say after he continuously asks me if I am okay or if I need to get back to the castle.
He falls into a sitting position next to me. "The way I became a Guardian... When I was young, my sister and I went out to skate. The ice wasn't strong enough to hold her. I convinced her that it would be okay and used my staff to throw her to safety, but in doing so... I fell through. And the next thing I knew, I was Jack Frost."
"Oh, Jack... I'm so sorry." I mutter, placing my hand lightly on top of his.
He smiles softly and shrugs. "Don't worry about it. It all worked out in the end. For awhile, I couldn't even remember that it happened."
"How did you?"
"I got ahold of my memories again."
"How? Do you think I could do that? To see how I got... These?" I ponder, opening my palm and watching as a burst of snow explodes from it.
He smirks. "I'm not sure if it will work, but it is definitely worth trying."
Author's Note- Sooooo... This part is a bit longer, which I don't know if you will like more or less, so please just let me know. Also, I only just watched Rise of the Guardians today, so before that I basically knew nothing about the movie other than that Jack Frost seemed pretty wicked awesome and he and Elsa would make a sick power couple. But anyway. After watching that I have thought of a better sort of plot line, and a sub plot line and I am very excited about that! Please review/follow/favorite, it literally makes my day!