One year later

Jacks' POV*

"Jack! Come on out! You've been hiding for about two hours and I give up! You win!" called out Elsa's voice from down below. I snickered. Me and Elsa had been playing hide and seek today in the forest near the castle and decided to hide where I didn't think she'd ever look; at the highest branch on a tree.

"Well since you don't want to come out, I'm just going to go on ahead and walk back to the castle!" she shouted as she stomped away, her green cape waving behind her. I stretched my arms out and quietly floated back down to the ground in front of the tree I was in. Careful not to make any noise that will alarm her to my presence, I tip toed behind her. I got more and more closer to her I decided to scare her. I was about five feet away from her with my arms raised above my head and getting my scare face on, she stopped in her tracks.

"Jack," she said, "I know you're behind me."

Huh? How did she know I was right behind her? Before I could open my mouth to speak, she quickly jumped back around to face me and blasted me with her ice. I managed to react in time to quickly duck down and land on my stomach on the ground. I glanced behind me and saw spikes made out of ice protruding from a tree just ten feet behind me. Whoa! I glanced back at Elsa who held a snowy orb in both hands and proceeded to blast them at me. I jumped up into the air with my staff in my hand, floating just above Elsa. She then began to make another orb in her hand and aimed it right at me. When she threw it at me, I took my staff and hit it, making it bounce back towards her. I heard her scream and watched as she quickly made a frozen ice wall, the orb shattering against it.

The ice wall then melted back down and Elsa stepped forward.

"Alright Jack! Where are you now?" she shouted. I was actually hiding behind the tree that was just behind her. Quietly, I stepped out from behind it, one arm holding my staff while the other was just behind my back, holding a snowball. I then threw it at the back of her head.

"Right behind ya!" I yelled as she turned to look at me with a shocked expression on her face, her hands holding the back of her head where I had hit her. I made another snowball in just a second and threw it at her again, this time hitting her on the shoulder.

"Ow!" she cried out, grabbing her shoulder.

"Snowball fight!" I yelled and proceeded to make as many snowballs as I could, throwing them at her as she tried to duck or cover herself from being hit. Once I was done, she stood there, still covering her face and shaking.

"Oh man! Did I hurt her?" I thought to myself as I stepped closer to her. "Elsa? Are you alright?" I reached out for her, but stopped once I heard her giggle. She then waved her hands around in front of her and raised them above her, holding a huge snowball that was bigger than me! Before I had time to react and turn around, she threw it at me with such force that I flew back along with it for many many feet.

I laid down on the grass for what seemed like forever, panting and trying to get my breathing under control and trying to also process what just happened. I then heard footsteps approaching looked up to see Elsa looking down at me with a smile on her face and her hand reaching down towards me. I smirked at her and took her hand, helping me stand up.

"I didn't hurt you too bad did I?" Elsa asked me once I was up on my two feet, still slightly shaking. I shook my head at her.

"Nope. Not too much, haha." I responded.

"So, how did I do?" She asked, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

"You did great. You're getting better and better, although I hate to tell you this, you'll never be as great as me." I smirked at her and gave her a big grin, only to be greeted with snowball hit to the face that about knocked me back down to the ground.

"What was that again?" She asked, her hands on her hips and giving me a smirk.

"Okay okay, maybe a bit better than me." I admitted. She laughed and hugged me.

It has been exactly one year since we both met. One wonderful year for her, but one worrisome year for me. Ever since Pitch came back, I didn't do nothing but worry about her day and night for fear that he could turn up at any minute and harm her. Every day we would go out some place, I would be by her side every step of the way because that is how much I worried about her. We spent most of our time together at Arendelle or in Bunny or Tooth's realm. I couldn't take her to mine, North, and Sandy's realm because I was afraid that Pitch would be able to sense her presence there since he is in the same realm as the three of us. But if I did, it was only for a little while then after that, we'd go back to Arendelle.

So far, we haven't heard or seen anything that could indicate Pitch was getting ready to attack. There was that day that children from all over the world were having uncontrollable Nightmares and that was the exact same day that Elsa was going to throw Anna her birthday party. I told Elsa I was so sorry but I had to leave because it was important I'd see the guardians. She understood and before I left, I told her to save some cake for me. As soon as I got back to my hometown, the Nightmares seemed to vanish as soon as the guardians and I arrived. We knew that meant that it was a warning from Pitch and that he was going to strike soon.

I then went back to Arendelle as fast as I could and I found everyone safe and sound. Elsa actually got a cold during Anna's birthday party and with each sneeze, she made hundreds of cute little snowmen that took it upon themselves to call me "Daddy." Whenever they'd call me that, Elsa would blush embarrassingly and turn away.

During the times I spent with her, I would help her with controlling her powers and using them to defend herself. She's gotten a whole lot better as you can tell. She's gotten stronger as the months have passed. And, I've fallen even more in love with her. And I had decides that today was the day I was going to finally let her know how I feel about her.