"It's Coronation day!" Anna's screams were heard from the inside of Elsa's room that got Jack awake. Anna was singing yet again for this magical day and Jack was in no mood to go on with it.
Speaking of his mood, who knew what Elsa's mood was when she woke up.
Jack looked down at the soon-to-be Queen and smiled at the way the strands of her hair was all over the place and the way she hid herself in Jack's arm with her head in his chest. Jack tried his best to turn her over that way he could get ready first before waking her up.
He just hoped Anna's singing wouldn't get Elsa to wake up first.
Jack jumped into the other room across the hall that had belonged to her parents. He opened the closet and grabbed a few colors. Jack hoped Elsa wouldn't mind him borrowing a few of her dad's clothes just for this one day – he couldn't just show up in his normal Guardian clothes.
Looking in the mirror with his arms stretched out Jack was proud on what he decided. It wasn't anything fancy – just black pants and a light blue jacket. It was completely weird having to wear shoes for this event for it's been years since he last did, but if he wanted to be completely fancy in this occasion, then shoes it had to be.
Even wearing gloves felt like his powers were forced shut out. Was this how it felt like for Elsa? Having them feel as if they were completely shut out gave her the weird feeling that resulted her in loosing control?
Jack shook his head to get out of his thoughts. He had to wake Elsa up if he wanted to help her get ready in time. He jumped back to Elsa's room to see she was already woken up and in her outfit for the ceremony. She just finished brushing her hair and in the bun before she had turned around and gasped at Jack's sight when he walked back in the room.
"Jack..." Elsa whispered walking up to him and pressing her hands against his cheeks. "You...?"
"I had to borrow your dad's clothes...if that's okay?" Jack asked, looking down at Elsa's tears. "I hope it is."
"It's more than okay," Elsa kissed his cheek. "It's wonderful. I can't believe you did this."
"For you," Jack added with a shy smile and Elsa gave him a hug.
But then her mood changed when she heard people outside her window. Elsa walked over with her hands folded in front of her as Jack walked over to clip her long cape. When seeing the people walk up to the gates it got Elsa tensed and scared. The people were excited to come through the gates again, and she knew Anna was even more now that she would be able to see what Arendelle looked like, but she didn't know if she wanted to go through this anymore.
Elsa took a deep breath in with her eyes clothes and opened them again.
"Don't let them in," Elsa started singing as her parents would whenever they say she needed some relaxing. Jack walked to her side and held her hand. "Don't let them see," Elsa looked up at Jack before walking to the painting she had in her room of her father when he was first crowned. "Be the good girl you always have to be."
Elsa removed her gloves. She wanted to try and see if she could control her powers even through the nervousness she was already feeling. She and Jack had gone through this since the day she came of age and it was fine, but as soon as she thought about the millions of eyes that were going to be staring at her as she held the two items, she would forget about the concentration she needed to keep her powers behind.
"Conceal...don't feel..." Elsa lifted the bowl and candle with her bare hands and turned around to stand tall as her father in the painting, but the eyes shot her again. "Put on a show." When she had the vision of all the eyes looking at her it only took a few seconds for the items to be covered in ice, "One wrong move and everyone will know." Elsa quickly turned around to drop the items and look down at her shaking hands.
Jack ran over and held onto her hands to try and calm her down that way the room wouldn't get completely frozen.
"But it's only for today," Jack sang along, kissing the top of her hands.
"But it's only for today," Elsa nodded her head and repeated. "It's agony to wait," she placed her gloves back on and looked at Jack one last time before walking over to the doors and taking another deep breath in. She grabbed onto the knobs of the doors and threw them open. "Tell the guards to open up the gates!" She yelled at the six servants.
Jack walked to her side and grabbed a hold of her hand to walked down with her. It's been years since she last walked these hallways and it was weird that she remembered what every room was.
"Don't let them in don't let them see," Elsa kept repeating to herself as she and Jack walked down the hallway. She walked to the french doors and opened those to walk to the balcony to watch the people enter the castle and await for her to come downstairs. "Be the good girl you always have to be."
Jack jumped up to the railing and squatted down, seeing the people running inside as if they were about to pee in their pants from not seeing the inside of the castle after so many years. It gave him a chuckle at how crazy people acted. When he turned around to see Elsa she kept closing her eyes.
"Conceal...conceal, don't feel, don't let them know," She kept whispering to herself. Jack jumped down the railings and placed his hands to the side of her face, having her give him a smile.
"It'll be okay," Jack whispered. "For it all ends tomorrow – this is only for today," he sang and Elsa slowly nodded her head, complete fear still in her face. "For the first time in forever...you have me right here." he placed a hand on his chest and Elsa let a deep breath out.
"I'm ready," she said and Jack nodded his head.
Together they walked hand in hand to the room where it was all going to happen. People were already seated in the audience and Anna was standing in her rightful place right next to her. The look on Anna's face when she saw her sister was something that broke Elsa's heart for she hated the fact that she got to miss out on being there when her younger sister grew up, but she knew it was for the best.
Jack stood on the opposite side with his hands tied behind his back, watching Elsa with both his eyes to make sure nothing would go wrong. The choir started singing and Jack could see Elsa was getting scared already, but he couldn't interrupt the ceremony for people were watching her and he didn't want them thinking Elsa was crazy for talking to herself.
Elsa bowed forward and the crown was placed on her head. Elsa tried to grab the two items with her gloves on, thinking maybe no one would notice, but it didn't work. She heard the clearing of his throat and when she looked up the man said, "Your majesty...the gloves."
Elsa gulped and Jack knew this wasn't going to end good. He noticed Elsa's shaking hands when she went to remove both her gloves, taking as much time as she could, but as she tried to calm down she just felt scared all over again. When she placed her gloves down on the pillow and held up the items to turn and face the crowd, Jack tried his best to calm her powers down, but they even fought over his.
When everyone got up Elsa noticed Jack was pointing both his hands to her and her eyes trailed down to her hands. Elsa's eyes shot right back up and she held her breath, knowing Jack was trying to slow her powers down just for enough time as the priest said his words.
Elsa count down and as soon as she heard, "Queen Elsa of Arendelle," she turned right around to drop the items back on the pillow and retrieve her gloves.
Jack dropped his hands and blew some air out. That was one of the toughest things he ever done in a while, but to see the relief on Elsa's face made it all better. Especially when she smiled when everyone repeated, "Queen Elsa of Arendelle!"
Everyone clapped, including Jack, and he couldn't have felt more happier himself. Now they just had to get through the reception.
