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Commentator: Welcome back my non-fairy tale and snow queen wannabe friends to the latest chapter of 'Frozen: What Could Have Happened'! Before we begin let's take a look at some of the reviews you've sent us. PROFESSOR! OPEN THE SHOOT!
(The Professor does so, and out pops an envelope.)
Commentator: Right then! Our review comes from Erinmilne:
I like Hanna. A lot. Once she and Gerda meet up (it's inevitable), they're either going to be best friends right away or worst enemies and then best friends. Good job once more.
P.S. I may be the only person reviewing, but that oughta change.
P.P.S. Could I potentially get you to read my latest Frozen story...?
Well you'll find out in this chapter just how well Hanna and Gerda get along! Hey Prof! Is this really the only reviewer we get?
Professor: Well there is one other, but the reviews are about as constructive as anything from the Dangerous Box.
Commentator: Oh no, is it that troll reviewer from the first chapter who thinks he's the Comic Book Guy?
Professor: The very same.
Sammy: Hey, I like the trolls!
Commentator: Sam, this is a completely different breed of trolls from the ones you're familiar with.
As for your Frozen story, Erinmilne, I noticed that it was a sequel to another story you wrote, so I decided to read that one first. So far I'm on chapter 7, and I have found it to be an enjoyable read. I'll give you my review once I've read the whole thing, as well as for the sequel. Also I liked the little reference you made to a certain deleted song.
Commentator: Hey, Anonymius! We had a deal! You disclaim, and I responded to your reviews!
Sorry Com. But if it came from you it would have made me look cold and distant.
Commentator: This fic is all about people who are cold and distant! So it would have kept to a theme!
Well anyway, I don't recall actually promising that I would never get involved in the review responses.
Commentator: IT WAS A SILENT AGREEMENT! Ahem, so here's the next chapter, 'Bandits'!
In the Snow Queen's palace, Kai was thrown to the floor.
"We have brought the person you required, your majesty,"
Kai got up.
"What is the big idea? Why have you brought me here? I demand you tell me w-hy..."
Kai saw the woman walking down the steps. At least he thought she was a woman. If she was then she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Tall with long flowing hair, her skin seemed to sparkle like ice. No, she couldn't be a woman. She must be an angel!
"Young mortal," The woman asked, her voice seemingly echoing, "Do you know who I am?"
Kai knew straight away who she was.
"Yes Ma'am. You're the Snow Queen."
The Snow Queen walked towards him.
"And does that frighten you? Knowing who I am, what I'm capable of?"
Kai actually thought about this.
"No," Was his reply.
The queen stopped where she was, taken aback by this answer.
"No?"
"No Ma'am. Ahem." Kai tried to make his voice sound deeper, "In fact, I think you're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen."
The Snow Queen stared at him. She gave him a cold smile.
"You are sweet. I'm sure you're wondering why I brought you here."
"The thought did cross my mind."
"You have something. Something that I dearly need."
"Whatever it is, my lady, I will give it."
"It's not that easy. What I need is stuck in your heart."
"My heart? I will gladly give you my heart."
The queen smiled.
"That would make this much easier."
Her icy fingernails on her right hands were growing. Her concentration was broken by the sound of rattling. She saw that Olaf had knocked something over. She sighed.
"Olaf, what are you doing?"
"Looking for a broom. You wouldn't happen to know where there's a broom closet here, do you?"
"A broom? Why do you need a broom?"
"Well Mistress if we're expecting company then it's best that we make the place look presentable and spotless!"
The Snow Queen sighed.
"Olaf, look around. What can you see the palace is made of?"
Olaf did as he was told.
"Ice."
"So would you have thought that if there was any dirt that it would be obvious there was any? And can you see any dirt?"
Olaf looked around again.
"Well...no," He admitted.
"So why would you need a broom if there is clearly nothing dirty here?"
"Well...It's the thought that counts. AH!"
He yelped at the sight of Kai.
"Mistress, you didn't tell me that the vistor's already arrived! Hi! I'm Olaf, and I like warm hugs!"
Kai could not help but stare at the snowman.
"Er, hi. Nice to meet you. I'm Kai."
"Kai? Well that's a pretty name! Wait. Is that the right thing to say? Aside from the mistress I've never had any real contact with other humans before so I'm not too sure about greetings-"
"Olaf," Said the Snow Queen, "don't you have anything better to do? Like fixing the mirror?"
"Er, yes," Olaf mumbled, motioning towards the broken mirror, "Well, like I was telling your before, putting the mirror back together has been, well, difficult."
"But you have made progress, haven't you, Olaf?"
"-Well..." the snowman rolled his eyes.
"So let me get this straight. You have had four years, 48 months, 209 weeks, 1460 days, 35,040 hours, 2102400 minutes, 126,144000 seconds to put a simple mirror together, and you've been unable to join a single piece?"
"Nnnnnno, Mistress," Olaf admitted, "But look what I had manage to do!"
Bending down to the broken mirror, Olaf started rearranging the pieces.
"See!" He said, pointing at the word he had made, "It spells 'Frozen'! Isn't that clever? Isn't-"
The palace started to glow red.
"Isn't it-?"
The Snow Queen let out a scream that echoed throughout the entire hall, causing the most fragile ice like that of the chandelier to break.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Olaf kept apologizing, backing away.
"DO YOU THINK THIS IS A GAME, OLAF?" The queen asked threateningly, advancing on the snowman, spikes sprouting everywhere, "THIS MIRROR IS MY ONLY CHANCE OF HAPPINESS AND YOU'VE JUST BEEN FOOLING AROUND?"
"Oh please, Mistress, have mercy on me!" Olaf begged as he fell to the floor, shuddering, "I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry, please have pity on little old me!"
Looking down at the sobbing snowman, the queen furious features started to soften, and as her face became calm again, the red glow faded, the spikes disappearing.
"No. It's not your fault Olaf."
Olaf looked up.
"It's not?"
"No, it's not."
The Snow Queen slumped in her throne, rubbing her temple.
"I should have known better than to entrust this task to someone with snow for a brain."
"I have a brain?" Olaf asked.
"I can fix it."
The queen opened her eyes.
"What?"
She looked over at Kai.
"I can fix it. I'm good with puzzles, there hasn't been a jigsaw puzzle I haven't come across that I've been unable to put back together, no matter how many pieces there are!"
"It's a mirror, not a puzzle."
"Same concept. It's just something that needs to be put back together."
Kai was searching through the fragments.
"What are you doing?"
"Looking for any straight edges. Any jigsaw expert knows that you start with the pieces with straight edges because those go on the outside, then you have an idea of what comes next."
Searching through the pieces, Kai was able to find pieces that, although not straight edged, at least were not jagged at the side. Grabbing a random two, the pieces' edges next to each other glowed as they became one piece. The Snow Queen and Olaf stared. That had never happened before. Kai then put the piece near the frame, where it seemed to click. The queen looked impressed.
"Very well, mortal, you may help Olaf fix the mirror. And as a reward once it is done you may return home."
"Really?" Kai asked.
The Snow Queen nodded.
"I am a woman of my word. As for you-" She now turned to the snow men had captured Kai and their horses, "You have done well."
She waved her hand. A small blizzard seemed to appear around them before the snow men and horses fell apart, their snow disappearing. Olaf gasped.
"WHY?" He asked, "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?"
"They served their purpose. In my kingdom everything that exists has a purpose, and when that thing loses its purpose then it loses its reason to exist. Now, start fixing the mirror."
And she left Olaf and Kai to it.
"Yes, Mistress."
Olaf bowed as she walked away.
"So let's start fixing the mirror!" Olaf said cheerfully to Kai, taking his hand and pulling him towards the mirror, "And while we do, you can tell me all about your home!"
The bandits were trekking through the snow, trying to track down Hanna and her reindeer.
"Once I find that treacherous girl," The leader was muttering, "I will make her pay!"
"Erm, Mam-"
"WHAT?"
The self proclaimed Robber Queen snarled at her right hand man.
"Um, me and the other guys were thinking, we know Hanna's betrayal was shocking and everything, but we still have most of the goods we acquired today so why don't we just let it go for now and-"
"Let it go? LET IT GO?"
The Robber Queen advanced on her cowering band.
"Let me make something very clear to you all. I do not tolerate treachery from anyone! Is that clear?"
The group nodded. Suddenly they heard talking.
"Huh? What's that?"
The bandits looked over a couple of hedges. Gerda was walking through the woods, talking to the jar in her hands.
"It's a girl!"
"Well spotted, genius."
"You know-"
The Robber Queen had a malicious grin on her face.
"Since we no longer have Hanna, we could use a new damsel in distress."
"But Mam, isn't she a little too young?"
"All the better. A helpless little girl would ensnare more fish."
The other bandits grinned.
"I like your style, Mam."
"You know," Gerda was saying to the snow bee,"I've never been this far out in the world before! I've never left my village in my whole life, but I've always dreamed of leaving and going on adventures in the outside world, and now that I'm out here-"
"Lost, little girl?"
The bandits surrounded Gerda. For a moment, she was startled, before realizing what they were.
"Er, no, I think I know my way-"
She tried to walk away, only to be blocked by the bandits.
"What's a little girl doing all on her own in the icy woods?"
Gerda's instincts told her not to tell these people about her mission. So she replied with the best reply she could think of.
"I'm afraid I'm not supposed to talk to strangers."
"Oh, but we're not strange," Replied the Robber Queen, "And we're afraid that we can't leave a little girl all by her own."
"Er, no, that's quite all right-" Gerda replied, trying to escape again, with the bandits making a wall.
"Oh but we insist!"
The queen gave her a large, broken smile.
"You're best to come with old Granny here."
Gerda felt bold.
"I already have a grandmother. And she's much nicer than you!"
The queen's smile only widened.
"Well then, it's a good thing that everyone has two. COME ERE, YOU!"
Gerda screamed, dropping her jar as the Robber Queen grabbed her.
Hanna and Bae were journeying across the wilderness.
"So where do you think we should head, Bud? Down south, where it's warmer? Then again, banditry's probably harder there. Still, I think we should get back home one last time to say goodbye to the guys-"
They both heard screaming.
"Huh? What's that?"
Hanna and Bae moved towards where the commotion was. Over a bunch of bushes, they saw Gerda struggling against the bandits holding her.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
"It looks like my old band have kidnapped a little girl! Eh. Not my problem."
Hanna tried to turn away, but Bae would not budge.
"Come on, Bae, let's go!"
But Bae's eyes remained fixed on what was happening.
"There's nothing we can do for that girl, let's go, HEY!"
Bae knocked Hanna off of his back so she landed on the snow.
"Bae, what do you think you're doing-?"
Bae flared his nostrils at Hanna.
"Oh you are not expecting me to dive in and save that girl, are you? We just got away from that bunch and now you want me to face them? Come on, I've done my good deed for the year, you can't expect me to use up all my goodness, do you? I won't have any heart left at this rate to help anyone else in the future-"
Bae flared his nostrils even fiercer. Hanna looked over to see the kidnapped girl.
"Oh heck with it!"
Hanna swung back on Bae.
"Just so you know, this means I don't have to save anyone for a whole year!"
Gerda managed to kick the Robber Queen in the face causing her captors to lose their grip on her, causing her to fall to the ground. The Robber Queen looked at Gerda, enraged.
"YOU LITTLE BRAT!"
She took out her dagger.
"I'll teach you some manners!"
She held it up at Gerda threateningly. A piece of ice hit the queen in the ear.
"What the?"
Hanna rode towards them. Bae knocked some bandits away with his antlers, while kicking others away with his hind legs. Hanna swung off her steed, drawing her dagger and knocking away more of the bandits. The remaining ones attacked her, but Hanna managed to parry their attacks, diving under their blows as she punched and jabbed them away.
"Come with me if you want to live!" She said to Gerda, stretching out her hand. With no hesitation Gerda grabbed it, and was hauled onto Bae. Hanna jumped on later.
"HANNA!" screamed, "I WON'T LET YOU GET AWAY WITH STEALING FROM ME TWICE!"
Hanna rode away.
"STOP HER!" She ordered her men. They brought up crossbows and fired. Most of them missed. Looking back, Hanna managed to get Bae to dodge the others. Some grazed her clothing. One almost hit her head, but Hanna managed to block it with her dagger.
"Phew. That was close."
After making some distance, Hanna and Bae stopped.
"I thank you for saving me, kind lady," Gerda thanked, getting off.
"Kid, what the heck do you think you were doing?" Hanna asked, exasperated, "What's a little girl doing in the middle of the -"
"Hey, a reindeer!"
Now that they were far away from the bandits, Gerda now had time to take in the steed. Bae instantly took a liking to her, opening up his mouth, tongue sticking out and bending his knees.
"Yeah, he's a reindeer," Hanna replied, "Although sometimes I swear he's part hound-"
Gerda giggled as she held Bae by the antlers, who happily lifted her off the ground and swung her in the air before letting her drop down, licking her face. Hanna had never seen Bae this playful before, or this friendly towards other people. Then again other people tended to be the other bandits and would be victims.
"Thank you also for saving me, noble steed," Gerda replied, ""Aw shucks, it was nothing! I did what anyone would have done-""
"Er, what are you doing?" Hanna asked, finding the girl suddenly putting on a goofy voice peculiar. Gerda looked at Hanna as if it was obvious.
"Giving the reindeer a voice. Why, didn't it look like that's what he was thinking?"
Bae looked at Hanna.
"Well anyway," Hanna shook her head, "What's a little girl doing in the middle of the north?"
Gerda suddenly became solemn.
"I have my reasons," She told her.
"Where are your parents?"
"Back home."
"Well forget whatever reasons you have being out here and go back home!"
"Sorry. Can't do that."
Gerda started to walk away.
"Kid, don't you realize where you are?"
Hanna stood in front of her.
"This is the frozen north! Full of ice, and snow, and bandits, and wolves, and things far worse. Where there is no summer or warmth here and everything is frozen all year long! This is no place for a young girl, so go home!"
"I told you, I can't do that."
"Why? What possible reason could you have for being out here?"
"I'm looking for my brother."
"Your brother?"
"Yes. He was taken by the Snow Queen."
If Hanna thought this girl was crazy before, she realized she was completely out of her mind.
"THE SNOW QUEEN? Are you insane? Your brother was captured by the most terrible person in the world, and you think you can save her?"
"Well I told my village that he was captured by the Snow Queen's servants, but they didn't believe me. They think the Snow Queen's just a fairy tale."
"Trust me, she's no fairy tale. Which is precisely why you shouldn't be going to her palace. I hate to break it to you, kid, but if your brother was taken by the Snow Queen, then he's already dead. You'd better just accept that."
"Yeah, everyone keeps telling me that. But I don't care. I won't abandon my brother."
She walked past Hanna.
"Are you even listening? YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!"
"Then at least I would have tried rather than regretting doing nothing for the rest of my life."
"Well fine! Go ahead! Go throw your own life away! Bet it won't do your brother any good!"
Hanna started to walk away.
"Crazy girl going to the home of the ice sorceress! Why did I go rescue her in the first place-"
Bae stood in front of her, flaring his nostrils.
"What?"
Bae gestured behind her. Hanna looked around to see Gerda.
"What?"
It took Hanna a moment to realize what her reindeer was hinting at.
"Oh no. No no, noeiey no NO! I am NOT taking this stranger all the way to the Snow Queen's palace just to save her doomed brother! If you want to go after her, that's fine, but I am done helping her! I shouldn't have let you talk me into helping her in the first place! In fact I am done helping anyone! I am done. Done. Donity done, done. DONE!"
Bae looked at her with big, watery eyes, as he always does when trying to get what he wants and being threatening doesn't work. He titled his head as if to say "But she could really use your help!"
"Like I said, if you want to help her, then that's fine, but count me out!" replied Hanna, crossing her arms.
Bae continued to move his head and mouth as if to say "But it won't be the same without you!"
Hanna sighed.
"You're going to make me feel guilty about this all day, aren't you?"
The reindeer nodded. Hanna groaned, placing her hand over her eyes as she shook her head.
"You know sometimes I really hate you, Bae."
Bae smiled, knowing that he had gotten his way.
"Hey, kid! Wait up!"
Hanna and Bae went after her, Hanna swinging onto Bae.
"Do you even know where you're going?"
"Of course I do! The northern mountain is his way right?"
Gerda pointed in the direction of where she believed her destination was.
"Actually, it's more like-"
Hanna grabbed her hand, and moved it into the right direction.
"Over there."
Gerda saw that she had been completely going the wrong way.
"What? No, it can't be! I was told - oh no! I must have dropped it! We have to go back!"
"Back? Back where?"
Gerda got on top of Bae.
"Bae! I need you to go this way!"
She move his head to show which way to go.
"Hey, you don't get to tell Bae what to do!"
Hanna got on top as well.
"I do! Now where are we going?"
"There's something I dropped when I was captured by those bandits! We need to go get it!"
"Oh fine! Bae, do as she says."
And so they rode off.
Eventually they came back to the spot where Gerda dropped her jar.
"Phew! It's still here!"
She got off to pick it up.
"We traveled all the way here just to pick up a jar containing a snowflake -WHOA!"
Hanna backed away, her dagger drawn, terrified at the thing inside as if it was about to burst open and eat her.
"Th-th-that's a snowbee! Where in the world did you get something like that?"
"My brother captured it, thinking it was a snowflake. And you told me-" she now said to the snow bee, her magnifying glass up, "-that north was this way!"
Gerda pointed in the direction she was gestured towards.
"Whereas this lady's telling me it's that way!"
Gerda pointed in the actual direction.
"Care to explain yourself?"
The snow bee had a guilty look on its face. She didn't need to answer.
"You LIED to me? You deliberately tried to get me going in the wrong direction? But I promised to let you out if you took me to the Snow Queen!"
"You really shouldn't have expected that bee to be honest with you. The Snow Queen's minions are loyal to her to the very end, no matter what you promised."
"But she crossed her heart!"
"Bees don't have hearts," Hanna told her, "They have a circulatory system involving of a couple of contracting vessels that pump blood around their system. Anyway, I doubt a snow bee has even that considering that they don't have blood."
Gerda gasped.
"Is this true?" She demanded of the bee, "Did you know about that?"
The Snow Bee shrugged, having no idea of its own anatomy.
The writer of this fanfic would like to point out that bees do in fact have hearts. In fact most living creatures have hearts, Hanna is speaking out of ignorance for assuming that an insect does not have an equivalent organ like a human's (Even though she seems to have some idea of biology, but the circulatory system she is thinking of belongs to a worm rather than a bee).
Gerda was clearly angry.
"Well you can stay in that jar, young lady!"
And she stuffed the protesting bee in her bag.
"Well if you're serious about going to the Snow Queen's palace, then I guess me and Bae can take you there. But once we're there, that's it. You're on your own afterwards."
"Okay."
"But first, it's getting dark, so we need to find a place to stay. I know a place."
Hanna and Gerda got on Bae, and they rode off.
""Yay! let's go save her brother!""
"Okay, you are off the reindeer if you continue talking like that."