Elsa's POV*
After mine and Jack's argument, I went back to the castle with Prince Dylan. We sat down in one of the dining hall rooms with a fireplace to talk. He explained to me on how he had gotten his powers; He was born with them, just like me. He told me about how he thought he was a freak and also tried to isolate himself from everyone for fear of getting out of control, but he received help from one of his servants back at the castle who was the only one he had confided to about his powers when he was younger, and taught him how to control them.
Surprisingly, the servant didn't have any powers at all! He taught him everything on them by what he had heard growing up and from books of magic he had kept with him for many years, and lent to Dylan so he could learn to control his powers whenever he wasn't around. Soon, Dylan feared no more of hurting anyone around him, and little by little, he began to help his family and the villagers with the use of his powers.
He also showed me a little bit more of his powers. He could think of any random person or object, and with a swish of his hand, they would appear in front of him in the form of ice, but sometimes he could make them appear in flesh and bone. He said he mostly had them appear in ice form for having them appear in the flesh takes more energy. He could even transmute anything into snow/ice and then transmute it back into it's original form.
"So, how is it that you heard about me?" I asked him.
"About almost two years ago, I heard about you. That you accidentally revealed your powers to the whole kingdom, and ran away from fear."
I looked down at my hands, remembering that time.
" I sometimes wish I hadn't." I said to him.
"Why?" He asked me, leaning forward in his chair to look closer at me. I shrugged my shoulders.
"I didn't want anyone to think of me as a monster.." I said at last.
"I don't think you're a monster Elsa." He said, putting his hand on mine. "I think your powers are beautiful."
I looked up at him and smiled. "Thank you." I said softly.
"You're very welcome." He said, smiling back.
We sat in silence for a while. I gazed at the fireplace, watching the flames engulfing the firewood, listening to the crackling noises it made as it did.
"May I ask you a question, Elsa?" He finally asked after the silence. I slowly turned my attention from the fireplace back to him.
"Yes, you may."
"How did you come to meet your friend, Jack?" He asked me. I closed my eyes and thought back to last year, on the night of the Royal Party to celebrate my first year as Queen, and how we had both accidentally bumped into each other, almost sending me back falling on the stairs, and how he caught me.. and how we both stared into each other's eyes. At that moment, everything clicked, and it was no feeling I had ever felt before overcome my whole body the second I looked into those blue eyes.
I could feel my cheeks growing warmer, and I soon found myself smiling, but my I could feel my smile almost fade away when I remembered what had happened earlier.
"We both met at the royal party that we had here last year." I said. Dylan nodded his head, seemingly satisfied with my answer.
"Tell me, are you in love with Jack?" He suddenly asked.
"What?!" I practically yelled, my cheeks growing even hotter 'till I could practically feel my whole face was hot.
" I asked if you're in love with Jack?" He said, repeating his question at me. This time, his arms were crossed at his chest, leaning back in his chair, and with a really serious expression on his face.
"I-I-I don't know." I stammered. "I-It's just that me and Jack, we- um.." I really didn't know how to answer his question. I really do love him, but I don't know if he does.
"Jack's just always been there for me since that night, and he's taught me so well on how to control my powers." I immediately put my hands in front of me and a small snowflake appeared right between them. As I applied more pressure onto it, the snowflake began to get bigger and brighter. I held it with one hand, as my other hand went around it in a circle like-pattern until it become a bright, glowing orb.
"See?" I said to him, standing up to bring the orb closer to him so he could see. He looked at it, but didn't say anything. He still had that serious look on his face.
I frowned. "What's this guy's problem?" I thought to myself. I sat back down in my chair, the orb still glowing in my hand.
"So, I guess my answer to your question is yes. Yes I do love him." I looked down at the orb and smiled. Jack's face appeared in it, smiling up at me. An embracing warmth overcame me, making me feel safe and warm, and I smiled back at the reflection. I looked back up at Dylan, and he was still sitting in his chair, unmoving. This time, his serious expression was gone and it had changed to a scowl. He noticed I was looking at him, and he quickly changed his expression to a small smile.
"Well, have you told him?" He asked. I shook my head.
"No, I haven't. I just haven't had the courage to tell him, and I do want to wait for the time to be exactly right to tell him."
We sat in silence again for a little while. He then finally stood up from his chair.
" It's getting late Queen Elsa. It's almost midnight." He said, gazing up at the grandfather clock that was up against the wall not too far behind me.
"Oh! I didn't realize how late it was getting." I said, shooting up from my chair as well. He bowed down before me and stood back up straight. I too quickly bowed before him.
" Have a good night, your majesty. I'll see you in the morning." He said, quickly turning around and walking up the grand staircase to his guestroom. I watched him 'till he disappeared from view and waited for the closing of his door. Once it finally came, I began to make my way up to my room. Once I got inside and carefully shut the door behind me, I practically sprinted to my magic snowglobe that was on top of my cabinet next to my bed. I grabbed it and held it up near my face.
"Please show me Jack." I whispered to it, as if I was afraid that maybe someone could hear what I said through the walls.
The snow in the snowglobe swished around 'till Jack came into view. He was sitting on a branch of a tree, looking up at the moon. The view panned so I could get a better look at his face. He had this sad expression on his face that I felt like my heart was hurting along with him.
"I'm so sorry for what I said earlier Jack." I said, feeling a lump in my throat. I could feel tears starting to form in my eyes, but I wiped them away. "Please forgive me Jack, please." I said, stroking the snowglobe. The image then slowly began to vanish and the snow stopped swirling around and just layed at the bottom of the snowglobe. I placed it back on top of my cabinet, and I crawled into bed, pulling the covers over me. I layed in bed for a little while before I looked up out my window, and saw the moon gazing down at me. I smiled, thinking about him, and later on that night, I dreamt of Jack.
