PLEASE BE WARNED you will want Fluff ready after this chapter, it will get a bit dark and well fluff is needed!

Chapter 9: Hope & Confrontation

Anna paced her cell, she had counted three days passed on the sea when someone yelled land was in sight, for those past three days she had been trying to use her powers willing it to work but to no avail; she was way too stressed.

Each day a guard came three times a day with bread and water, she ate would always check it over before eating it, after all she needed her strength.

"Okay, I have powers I control them but these damn cuffs!" She got so angry she didn't notice the spark that jumped from her palm as she slammed it against the side of the ship wall; but she did feel heat.

She looks at her palm and wonders, "Hmmm just maybe…" She sits down and stares at her palm in concentration but after a few minutes she frowns; nothing was happening at all.

As she keeps looking at her palm, she heard footsteps coming so she jumps up seeing Claude, the nicer if Hans' guards, "Claude…"

"Your Highness" He bows, ""We have reached a port on the far side of the islands, one very few know about."

She nods, waiting for him to continue because she learned Claude was forced into Hans' employment and he kept giving the princess hints.

"We'll be taking you to his manor, where you will be locked in a room on the third floor…" He hears other footsteps and tries to finish, "That's where you will be held, until you ca…" His voice is cut off by gurgling and blood spilling.

Anna gasps and covers her mouth as she sees a long saber blade sticking out of the guard's chest, and then hears sick laughter from behind the now dead guard.

"I see you made a friend" Hans states, withdrawing his sword and letting Claude's body drop, "Can't have that but still doesn't change anything."

He begins to clean his blade, smirking at the look on the princess' face, "What, I'm not here to treat anyone with kit-gloves Princess. Merely to get what I want at any means necessary."

Finally the shock wears off and as tears fall Anna runs at the cell door and almost grabs Hans, but he steps back at the last second "YOU BASTARD!"

She wanted to so badly to roast the man in front of her, 'do I have what it takes to take a life?' she thought.

Hans watched as the princess seemed to be thinking, but the last look she gave him made him step back in further; she had this determination from her eyes and he didn't like that.

"We'll be docked soon, and you will be escorted to your new place of living shortly." He states and ignores the insults thrown at his back as he leaves.

Anna grumbles and leans against a wall, "Elsa…find me quick…"

~Royal Navy Convoy~

Elsa was pacing in her cabin, Kai and Lucy both trying to calm the woman who very quickly got her ships on the way; she wasn't wasting any time now, it had been three days and they were ready.

"Your Majesty…" Kai begins to implore, but gets an exhausted look from the Queen, she told him to call her Elsa when they had arrived on the ship, she didn't feel much like a Queen at the moment. "Elsa, we'll get her back."

"Oh we will" the blonde's voice was stone cold, "I just want answers, and I'm worried what may happen to her while whoever has her…"

She slumps into a cushioned chair and hides her face in her hands as she begins to cry for what seemed the hundredth time in a few days.

Lucy walks over and rubs the young woman's back and looks to Kai with sad eyes about to say something when there is a knock on the cabin door.

Quickly Kai answers the door, seeing it was the commander, "Come on in…"

The man steps through and bows, his own eyes saddening when he sees his queen broken, "Your Majesty, with your 'help' speeding us on, we will be in the isles tomorrow morning."

The Queen looks up and nods, "I want to see the king and queen immediately when we dock, make sure it happens," she states as she takes a deep breath.

"I will, is there anything I can your Majesty to help you anymore?" the commander asks, his usual gruff voice going surprisingly soft.

"Get Prince Edward for me."

He bows once again, "Immediately" he leaves to retrieve their prisoner.

"Lucy, Kai thank you but I need you to leave" Elsa says as she slowly stands, wiping her face of tears "I want to speak to him alone."

"Is that wise?" Lucy asks with worry.

"Yes, please go enjoy the sea breeze or something." The blonde replies as she stands behind her desk.

Quickly both Kai and Lucy leave, as soon as the door is shit Elsa changes her dress to pants and a tank-top style top; with an ice saber connected to her hip and knee high boots that just spoke volumes of imposing on someone's rear-end if they misspoke to her.

Soon the Commander arrives, pushing Edward into the cabin and slamming the door shut behind the prince; leaving him alone with the Queen.

"Your Majesty" the prince states immediately and bows, even in cuffs.

"Please sit" Elsa states as she keeps standing and walks around the desk and leans on the edge of the surface.

He quickly sits, and rests his hands in his lap waiting; noticing that the Queen had been crying but keeping silent.

"Prince Edward, we will be arriving tomorrow a bit ahead of schedule and you will be joining my guard and myself when we see the king and queen."

She grabs a set of keys and leans over unlocking his cuffs since he wasn't making a fuss, "I've had some time to think, and I believe you when you say you had no hand in Anna's kidnapping."

He rubs his wrists, "Thank you"

"No thanks yet, I require your assistance so you will stay with me, or wherever I send you, until your assistance is no longer needed, understood?"

"Yes, your Majesty"

"Good, you know the ins and outs of the isles pretty well yes?" When she receives a nod she continues, "I need you after the meeting to take a few of my most trusted men and search all the islands, I mean all of them"

"That's a lot of islands, perhaps a couple groups be sent out?" he hesitantly offers in question.

"Yes, indeed it is, I can spare two or three small groups. I do not want anyone knowing what you do, find out what you can and report directly back to me." Her eyes soften, "I know you are not under my command but you are the best bet I have right now."

He gives a small smile, "I will gladly serve Arendelle and its queen in this matter."

For the first time in three days, Elsa gives a small smile "Thank you, I have a list here of men you choose which groups they go in" She states grabbing a small list, "Then after out meeting you will get your weapons together and get money. No supplies the money should cover whatever in the towns you go to."

Taking the list he looks over it, "Do they know?"

Nodding the blond moves to the door, "Those men know you are in charge and will obey you whatever orders you give them within reason."

Following to the door he nods, "Everyone else won't wonder why I am walking about the ship?"

"No, they will not if you get anyone giving you problems let me know."

"I will, thank you again your Majesty" He bows then exits the room.

She slouches over and sighs being poised was taking a lot more energy than usual with her emotions running amuck all the time.

~Hans Estate~

"Get your hands off me!" Anna yells as she is shoved into a rather large and luxurious rooms, she didn't care if it was her own bedroom she was not staying, "You are going to regret this Hans, more than you know!"

Hans simply scoffs and walks off, having the door barred and locked as he leaves.

The redhead huffs and looks around the room, then back at her hands wondering "Alright I made sparks in the ship…"

She looks around again and spots two windows barred from the outside, a fireplace on the far side of the room with a seating area and a bed where she was.

Closing her eyes, she tries to remember what she was doing when her hand sparks…

Meanwhile in the main living Area, Hans was dealing with a nervous servant, "She is not to leave that room, she stays there." He states as the woman nods.

"Sir, why is the princess here?" She had no idea they were going to have a visitor, let alone the Princess of Arendelle who was to get married in a few short months, "and why was she bound?"

"That is none of your concern, you feed her, clean what needs to be cleaned and make sure she doesn't leave that room, understand me Olivia?" He growls at her, handing her a key to the room.

"Yes milord I understand." Olivia states taking the keys and walks up the steps, she knew something was wrong but was not her place to go against her master.

She quickly makes her way to the door and knocks.

Inside Anna jumps, she had finally gotten a small fireball going after connecting that her mind was able to still control the fire, "WHO IS IT!?"

"Your Highness, my name is Olivia I am to make sure your needs are met." Came the voice through the door, "May I come in?"

The redhead snorts, when did a prisoner get rights? "Yes!"

Olivia turns the key in the lock and steps through shutting the door behind her, looking up she is shocked, the woman standing in front of her did not look like the princess instead she looked like a woman ready to kill if needed.

She raises her hands to show she means the redhead no harm, "I am no threat your Highness…" she watches as the woman relaxes but not completely.

"What do you want?" Anna asks as she looks back to her hand, smiling knowing she still had her powers but needed to wait for the right time to use them.

"Master Ha…"

"Do not speak his name in my presence"

Olivia steps back, she wasn't prepared the malice in the young woman's voice, "My master wishes me to take care of you while you are visiting..."

"Visiting? That's a laugh!" Anna states with creepy laughter, "I am his prisoner!"

"But master said…"

"Fuck what your master told you, I was kidnapped and brought here and I will get out!" Anna states, a fireball erupting from her hand, she moves quickly and backs the servant against the door; holding the fireball (albeit small but still extremely hot) next to the woman's face.

Olivia grunts when her back hits the door and holds her breath out of plain fear as the fire gets closer to her face.

"I am not here for his amusement, yours or anyone else, I am not a guest, I am here unwillingly and if you try to stop when the time comes, you better pray to whatever deity you don't die getting in my way."

Anna's voice was eerily calm, but the tone spoke volumes; all Olivia could do was nod.

"Good!" Anna states a bit more cheerily and extinguishes the ball of fire, she sits in a chair and looks at Olivia.

"Uhm…did you need anything?" the woman didn't want to get near the fiery redhead at this moment.

"Some food maybe?" Anna asks in her more care free voice, surprising the other woman yet again.

Nodding Olivia moves to the door, "I will be back shortly, your Highness." She bows and leaves locking the door behind her.

Anna watches the door for a moment, then dashes to the window opening the glass and examining the bars, "Iron…but I should be able to weaken them…"

Now yes she has her powers back, but it takes a whole lot more concentration then when she would channel it through hand movements, but at least she could control it.

She rests her hand on one of the bars as if she is merely looking out the window but her hand begins to heat up, "Let's hope I don't burn myself" she mutters as she keep hiking up the temperature on the iron.

~The Next Morning~

Elsa's navy barricaded her father's fleet in so they couldn't move, now she was walking with her men to the throne room, being escorted by a few of her father's guards.

Everyone in the throne gasps when they see the lost daughter to their king and queen; and especially what she wore.

She didn't wear the clothes of a queen, instead she wore dark blue pants (almost black) with a light blue shirt underneath and what looked like a mercenary's long trench coat that hid her sword and dagger of ice.

As soon as they enter the throne room, the king stands "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?"

To Elsa's credit she simply walks up and stands with her men and calmly states, "I am here to find my fiancé, after getting this letter." She hold sup the letter bearing the king's seal.

Her mother, who was extremely angry stood, walking over she holds out her hand ignoring her husband's protest, "May I?"

The blond hands the letter over, after scanning it, the queen understood why her daughter did what she did and handed it to the King to read, "Queen Elsa, how long since you received this letter?" the brunette asks.

"Three and a half days ago"

The King who now was sitting on his throne wondering who could have done this, he needed to convince his own daughter he didn't do this; which would be difficult.

"I made plans, and came here I want Anna back, if I don't get her then the isles will have a problem with my Navy blockading you in." Elsa states, shocking both parents at how far their own daughter was willing to go.

"We did not take her" her father states as he hands the letter to a servant to give back to her, "We would not ever do that to our daughter"

"Then why is it with your seal, and your style hand writing?" Elsa counters taking a step closer, "I know you do not like Anna much…Father…but she is everything to me and you never liked that!"

She had taken a few more steps, making sure to control her anger she didn't need ice forming suddenly.

The king motioned for everyone to leave except a few guards just in case; though he knew if she wanted to overtake him she could easily.

"I never saw that letter in my life, let alone write it," He stands and begins to pace, "How can I prove to you we didn't do this?"

"Let me search your islands, let me make sure she isn't here"

"And while you search, will your Navy be here?" He asks, he needed his ships moving on his trade routes or they would be in dire need of supplies.

"No not all of it, I will send some back but many will stay and you can go about your day to day lives, just I'll be here till' I find her." Elsa states as she runs a hand through her hair.

Her mother rises, "Then we'll prepare rooms for you and your men for your stay…"

"No, I'll be staying on my ship, I am not staying here." The blonde states, hoping her mother would understand, "I will be out there with my men searching so no point in getting rooms for us."

"Alright, we will help in your search Queen Elsa, we will find the princess." Her father states solemnly, for the first time showing her he is starting to accept them as a couple.

"Thank you, but if I do find her here be warned I am not as forgiving as I seem." Elsa gives a curt nod and walks out of the throne room with her men following.

As soon as they were in the castle courtyard she lets out the breath she had been holding, "Edward?"

The prince jogs up to her side, "Yes your Majesty?"

"Take your men and start searching, you are the quiet searchers while I will gather men and make a very public search," she states.

He bows and motions for a large group of men to follow him to the ships to get ready.

Elsa and the rest head to her flagship, after getting everyone's attention she speaks "We will be going house to house after the king and queen announce we will be searching everywhere."

One man speaks up, "What if she isn't here?"

"Then we figure out where she may be, we can only go on what we know so far." Elsa replies moving the coat out of her way to step up to the railing of the ship, "We will do whatever is required to find her, get ready everyone, we begin our search tomorrow."

She quickly moves down a few steps and into the royal cabin while hearing muttering responses as she shut the door, "Now we will see what the hell is going on."

"You know for having so many men, you really don't have good security, your Majesty." A voice states from the shadows.

Elsa immediately draws her sword and dagger, "Why have security when I can defend myself just fine, who are you and why won't you come out into the light?"

"That will be revealed in time, I am here to tell you what I know about this kidnapping that has happened." A hood figure steps forward but doesn't reveal the face.

"You wear the garbs of an assassin" Elsa states, still in a defense stance just in case, "Why is an assassin wanting to talk to me."

"Because if there is war between you and your father, things for us will not go well." The figure states, she could finally pick out it was a woman's voice.

"Start talking then, I do not have time for this!"

"Very well, you may want to sit down" the woman states as she leans against a shadowed wall.

Hesitantly Elsa moves to her desk and sits down, setting her weapons on the desk.

"We know who has done this to you but let us explain a few things first…" the woman began and Elsa leans forward listening intently.

~Hans Estate~

Anna had successfully been able to make two bars unhinge through the night but able to put them back together so they look unbroken "Just one more and I can jump down…three stories…"

She looks down and sees no trellis to help her, but there was a tree about five feet from the window she could jump too, "Well if I break something, that is a small price to pay to get out of here."

She hears the door beginning to open so situates everything quickly and just looks like she is hopelessly looking out the window.

Olivia enters with her breakfast, "I have some eggs, sausage and biscuits for you, your Highness."

Anna looks at her grateful for the food and moves to the table to eat, "Why do you work for him?"

"Because it's a job that pays well." Olivia replies as she pours some milk into a glass for the redhead, "In another year I can leave and have my own business."

"Business?" Anna asks between bites.

"Yes, a bookstore well type of one." Olivia smiles and looks at the window, "Done with the bars yet or did you give up?"

Anna looks at her with surprise, "How did you know what I was doing?"

"Since I work here, I also live here in the room directly under this one" the woman states "I heard you last night grunting and I saw the iron was red looking."

The princess sets down her fork, "Why haven't you told your master then?"

"Because he has no right kidnapping someone, I will not move against him but who says you can't give me the slip?" Olivia replies with a sly grin, "No one should ever be held captive like this unless they deserve it and then it's in a rotting cold cell."

Anna smiles, "Thank you, by tomorrow I should have the last bar done and I can go but the jump is rather high."

"Well you say tomorrow morning you can get out?" Olivia states quietly, "There will be something there for you, your Highness."

She rises leaving the tray, "I have to go, and I do hope today is not too trying for you."

The redhead watches the woman retreat wondering what she meant, but she figures she would find out soon enough and finishes her meal.

In the dining room of the house Hans was finishing up his breakfast, seeing Olivia come down he waves her over "How is our guest doing?"

"She is doing alright, scared and angry but alright" Olivia lies feeding her master a line.

He smiles and rises, "Good, I will go and 'speak' to her then" he walks out of the dining room heading upstairs.

Olivia prayed that Anna was tougher than she looked, because the way he said 'speak' was not comforting at all.

Anna was at the window surveying the area when the door slams open making her jump seeing Hans standing in the doorway 'I guess I'm in for something physical' she thinks as she slowly moves from the window.

"Princess Anna, you and I need to talk" He states, slamming the door shut behind him and locking it' tucking the key back in his pocket.

She notices he has a small pouch with him, but she also knew if she did anything it may jeopardize her chances of escaping; she utters a prayer to whoever was above to help get through whatever he has planned.

"Your relationship with your sister…" He starts before getting slapped across his face, making him rub his cheek at the stinging there.

"She is not my sister you idiot!" Anna growls out in defiance.

He raises his hand and before the redhead could move his backhands her, making her fall onto the floor; smirking when she spits blood onto the floor.

Anna wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of her whimpering or screaming from a little pain, she stands back up wiping the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand.

"You were raised together, makes you sisters you bitch!" Hans snarls, this time catching the redhead's wrist and twisting it making her kneel.

The princess grit her teeth and bit back the grunt from him twisting her wrist to almost breaking point, placing her free hand on the floor to keep her balance even if he had forced her on her knees; she wouldn't actually kneel.

Hans yanks her back up sneering, "We can do this the easy way or the hard way princess."

This time Anna grunts a bit in annoyance, and in response spits the blood that was pooling in her mouth over his face and top, marring the pristine white fabric.

He growls and tosses her on the floor, moving to the table and open his satchel when the light hit the contents Anna's eyes widened seeing metallic edges.

Getting up off the floor once again, Anna moves closer to the fire place she might have to escape sooner rather than later and defend herself because Hans was completely nuts.

"Now princess, serrated or smooth edge?" The man asks, looking up when he doesn't get an answer to see Anna at the other end of the room.

"Neither, can't do it the old fashioned way, have to use tools since you're weak without them?" Anna sneers back, hoping he would take the bait.

Narrowing his eyes, he pushes the knives away and runs at her, "They would have been better!"

~Main Island~

Elsa used what she knew to send a man to find Edward to let him know, too bad the assassin couldn't tell her or wouldn't tell her where Hans was exactly; but she had the information she needed.

She had learnt that Hans was behind it all and she was prepared to kill him if she had too, and with that she began her searching.

Elsa found many of the people were openly welcoming her men and herself into their homes to search, she was rather thankful of that; however the house they were at not so much.

"You can't just come into my house!" an older man yells as Elsa stands there a bit annoyed.

"Did you get the king's proclamation?" a guard asks stepping forward.

"Yes, and I don't care this is my home, that brat isn't here!" the man remarks, causing the Queen to step forward.

"Excuse me." Elsa states coming into view of the man, who immediately bows.

"You bow to me in respect yet you cannot respect my fiancé who we are searching for?" She asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Apologies your Majesty, but I am old fashioned and I swear she is not here" he says with sincerity hoping the queen would understand since he hated strangers.

"Gentleman go to the next house, I believe Anna is not here." Elsa states, the men all heading out to their next target while Elsa stays behind for a moment "I am sorry for getting you worked up, I just really want to find her."

The man looks up, and Elsa steps back not realizing the man was blind and in no way could have done anything, "It's alright, I just don't like being bothered."

"Well I won't bother you any further sir, have a better day." She puts her smile into her voice, receiving a smile in return before she turns and leaves.

She was getting impatient, it was the third island in the first day and they were almost done searching it and no sign of anything; she hoped Edward was faring better.

~On the Island Closest to where Hans is~

"Group one take the west side, two east, three south…my group will take the north side and we meet in the middle, go!" the prince orders, as everyone moves swiftly and quietly along alley way so they are not seen.

"Prince Edward, look there" a man points by his head in the direction and he squints seeing someone who kept looking behind them as if they hoped they were not followed.

"Let's go" they as quietly as possible follow the person who turned out to be a woman with dark hair and she was moving quickly.

She had ducked into an alley so they follow, until Edward met the pointy end of a dagger and stops, "Who are you and why are you following me?"

"He steps back and rubs his neck, "We are searching for Princess Anna and you looked a bit suspicious."

She lowers her dagger, "is Queen Elsa here?"

"Yes, she is searching for her too" He states seeing the woman knows something.

"I know where she is, please follow me…" She states as she begins her journey again, with the group following her.

~Back with Hans & Anna~

Anna grunts trying to see out of her left eye that was beginning to swell, she was actually fairing very well with the prince, he was more beat up than her but still she was in pain and getting tired.

Hans kept screaming that she needed to break off the engagement with her sister, which fueled her anger and her willing to fight but she was trying not to use her fire; she feared she would kill him.

"SHE'S NOT MY FUCKING SISTERS YOU TWISTED FUCK!" She screams as she tries to dodge his foot, but instead it connects to her left side where her fiancé's father got her with a blade not long ago, making her collapse and hold that side.

She wasn't sure how long she could keep control, even if he deserved it she didn't want to kill him unless there was no other way; but then she got an idea.

He was catching his breath so she had a few minutes and began to concentrate, slowly standing she smirks "Oh Hans…"

He turns looking at her, eyes going wide at the fireball in her hand "You are not supposed to be able to do that!" He yells sprinting towards her.

She releases the ball at him at the very last second, biting her cheek as he tackles her but quickly gets up because his clothes were on fire.

Not just that, his cuts on his face from her fists were searing closed giving him more pain; screaming he tries to get his coat off.

As she watches, she sees the key fall from his pocket, she lunges for it and grabs it, quickly moving to the door and unlocking it; she locks the door behind her and throws the key down the hall ignoring the cursing and threats from the other side.

She runs out of the house, unknown to her as she runs off holding her side a group was coming up the back led by Olivia to come rescue her.

TBC

So I hope this meets expectations…and that I will be alive to write the next chapter. I do so love reviews and love seeing what people have to say as well as your ideas. Have a good one!