AN: Well I've finally gone and done it. I've combined two things that I love, which I've been thinking over for a while. This first chapter is all about the setup and serves as the prologue more or less. I didn't really feel too much freedom in deviating from Frozen's prologue in this so I am uploading the second chapter as well simultaneously to show what the rest of the chapters will be like. Things will be different from the movie as all of the Frozen characters are replaced with RWBY ones who retain their personalities. All of the chapters are written and will be uploaded regularly. Please let me know what you think and as always, thank you so much for reading. I own nothing.
"Achoo!" came the fourth sneeze in a row from Ruby as she struggled to stop the fits. Her dangerously looming top bunk was swinging with the force of each sneeze, seeming to grow closer and closer to the death of whoever slept beneath it.
"Ruby Rose, stop that sneezing right now before it kills me!" Weiss shouted indignantly as she watched the swinging bed above her. Each swing seemed to be a tick on the timer of her life.
"I-I'm sorry Weiss," Ruby blew her nose and contributed to her mountain of tissues before continuing "But I can't help i…i…i…ACHOO!" A groan followed the sneeze, highlighting the girl's growing misery.
"Yeah lay off, Weiss. She can't help it if she's sick." Yang's voice rose to Ruby's defense from her own bed across the room. The blonde had put down the magazine she was reading and peered at Weiss, clearly not appreciating her berating of their ailing team leader.
"Thank you." Ruby mumbled through another tissue.
"No problem sis," Yang replied but she cringed as another sneeze exploded from her sister's face "but seriously are you gonna die? It's been two days and you haven't gotten any better."
Ruby sniffed before answering "I'll be fine, Yang. I just need an actual night of sleep instead of the tossing and turning, coughing kind I've been having."
Yang noticed that Ruby did look extremely tired, even considering how sick she was. Weiss, who had exited her bed in concern for her safety, seemed to have noticed too as she looked to Yang with a "do something" look written on her face. Short of pouring some booze down Ruby's throat, Yang wasn't really sure what else she could do to help her sister sleep. But then an idea popped into her head – a story.
"I've got it!" she exclaimed, jumping out of bed and smacking her fist into other hand "I'll tell you a story Rubes, just like back on Patch."
"Oh you can't be serious." Weiss groaned into her hand.
Blake perked up from her book, having finally had her interest piqued by the concept of a story, least of all from Yang.
Ruby seemed to revive immediately at Yang's words and shot up into a sitting position.
"That sounds perfect." The ailing girl stated before falling back down faster than she had gotten up "Oh, god, why did I do that." Her voice became moans of misery once again.
"I know just the story too." Yang declared, liking her idea more and more "But first, popcorn! I'll be right back."
"Annnnnd she's gone." Blake observed as her partner shot out of their dorm room. She had sat up on her bed now and looked to Weiss. "This could actually be fun you know."
"It's a bedtime story Blake; we are not little kids anymore." Weiss shot back, but regretted her words as Ruby's features began to form her trademark puppy dog eyes. Weiss sighed, "But I guess you're never too old for good story…or something."
"I just wonder what the story will be." Blake spoke aloud in an effort to pass the time.
"It will probably be something ridiculous, with explosions and no character development." Weiss ventured, knowing Yang's nature.
"When we were young, Yang would always tell me stories of heroes and monsters." Ruby noted before sneezing once more. "Maybe it will be something like that."
"You're both wrong." Yang declared as she entered the room with two bags of popcorn.
"Then what is it?" Weiss asked, her patience growing thin.
"Why don't you just sit your royal butt down and you'll find out, princess?" Yang questioned back as she situated herself in the center of their room.
Weiss took a seat but said "Don't call me princess."
"Oh?" Yang looked at her amused "How about Queen than?"
"What are you…?" Weiss began
"Just listen." Yang cut her off. She coughed a few time into her hand in preparation for speaking before she started…
A long time ago, on a continent where all of the characters and storylines are owned by Walt Disney Inc. and over which I have absolutely no copyright claim, there was the prosperous kingdom of Arrendelle.
Now, this kingdom was ruled by a fair and just King who was married to a beautiful Queen. The people of Arrendelle loved their rulers, who had brought such peace and prosperity to their beautiful kingdom. There was no fear if they were to be lost though, as the King and Queen had two beautiful daughters named Weiss and Ruby.
"No." Weiss stated simply "I will not be a part of your story Yang."
"Oh, come on Weiss you didn't let me get to the part about how beautiful Princess Weiss is or how smart…" Yang trailed off knowing she would take the bait.
"Well, maybe I'll allow it for a little bit longer." Weiss said "But only until you find a way to make this not okay."
"Yeah, yeah. Now where was I?"
"The beauty part you idiot."
"Right!"
The princesses were both renowned for their beauty, even at their young age it was evident that they would develop into two incredible individuals. But one of the sisters, the elder Weiss, had something even more unique about her than beauty or brains and Ruby couldn't get enough of it…
Weiss was lying in her bed, trying to sleep when she heard the door creak open. Ruby thought she was being sneaky but the *pit pat* of her bare feet on the floor had given her way before even entering the room. Weiss did her best not to smile as she pretended to sleep and Ruby made her way onto the bed. She needed to grab hold of the sheets and pull herself up to actually get on top but in the end her little sister managed.
"Weiss." Ruby spoke in a mock whisper "Wake up."
"It's late Ruby." Weiss told her "Go back to sleep."
"I can't Weiss." Ruby plopped down and was now lying directly on top of Weiss "The skies awake, so I'm awake. So we have to playyyyyy."
Weiss didn't really follow the little girl's logic but knew how futile it was to try and convince Ruby to sleep when she was in a mood like this. Right when she was about to get up however, Ruby shattered any possible doubt to her decision.
"Do you wanna build a snoooowwwwman?" she asked and Weiss could fight no longer. The two quickly got out of the bed and made their way to one of the many large halls in their royal home.
As soon as they entered the room, Ruby took hold of Weiss' arm and began to jump and plea "Do the magic! Do the magic!"
Ruby's excitement was contagious and Weiss couldn't help but smile back as she began to weave her hands around each other. As she did so, white particles began to form from nowhere and coalesce into a small cloud. Weiss stopped the motion and threw her hands towards the open room where the cloud shot towards the ceiling and began to expand. The two stared at the cloud in wonder as flake by flake, it began to snow in their home.
Ruby promptly took off screaming "This is amazing!" Her excitement was now fully audible as she began to play in the rapidly accumulating snow. Returning to Weiss, she took hold of her and dragged her in to the snow. Caught up in Ruby's excitement, Weiss began to create more and more snow piles, even freezing the floor over so that they could ice skate.
They played like this for nearly an hour, with Weiss creating whatever whim Ruby had and waiting for the girl's energy to eventually run dry. They chased each other around the snow filled ballroom, making snow forts and even the snowman that Ruby had proposed. It was a magical time for the both of them, in more ways than one. That is, until Ruby's energy and excitement surpassed Weiss' control.
"More! More!" Ruby screamed in delight as she jumped from snow pile to snow pile that Weiss created mere moments before she landed. She was going too fast though, Weiss realized as she struggled to keep up with the girl's pace.
"Ruby, slow down!" she pleaded while creating more snow. Ruby was too caught up in her own excitement and didn't hear Weiss' cries as she continued to jump higher and higher. "Wait!" Weiss tried again but slipped on the icy floor while turning to give Ruby more purchase. As she fell to the ground, Weiss could see Ruby leap off of the latest snow mound and begin to plummet towards the hard floor. In her panic to save Ruby, she shot out an icy blast in an attempt to make a pile for her to land on. In her rush though, Weiss had miss-aimed, instead hitting Ruby directly above the brow.
After they had both landed on the ice, Weiss rushed over to the unconscious girl and attempted to wake her. "Ruby, please! Please be okay!" Tears began to fall down her cheeks as leaned over Ruby. Not knowing anything else to do, Weiss screamed for their parents. "Mommaaaaaa! Papaaaa!" she pleaded at the top of her lungs, barley managing to have the oxygen between her panicked breaths and sobs.
"Weiss!" her father runs in with his Wife right behind "What have you done?" The two made their way over to the unconscious Ruby and pick her up.
"It was accident!" Weiss cried as her parents look over Ruby
"She's ice cold." The King observes aloud "I know what we have to do." And with that said, he quickly made his way out of the frozen ballroom with Ruby in his arms.
After a brief sojourn to the library where the King grabbed an old map from a book, the family rushed to the stables and procured horses. With a sense of purpose and time running out, they left the castle and headed towards the mountains, leaving an icy trail in their wake.
"Is Ruby going to be alright?"
"How about you listen nicely, princess and you'll find out."
"But you stopped all of a sudden."
"I'm just collecting my thoughts, yeesh."
"But Yang, am I going to be alright?"
"Alright, alright, let's see…"
Nearly two hours of travel later, the royal family found themselves in a den of sorts, concentric circles of stones seeming to decorate the area. The area stood in stark contrast to the mountain passes and forests that they had passed through. No, this place seemed to be…designed in a way.
"Please, help." The king called out to the empty space "It's my daughter…" Weiss wrapped herself around her mother's legs as the rocks around them all began to shake at once. Soon after this started, the rocks all rolled towards the family as they stood in the center of the clearing. Once they were in front of them, the rocks unfolded to their true nature – gnomes.
"Your majesty, born with the power or cursed with it?" a clearly ancient troll asked as he walked closer to Weiss but reached his hand to the unconscious Ruby.
"Born with them." Her father informed the elder "But they're growing stronger."
The troll nodded as if the statement confirmed whatever he had been thinking before he went back to examining Ruby. "I'll….make this brief." He began, looking at the king
"You're really going to make Ozpin a troll?"
"It's my story Blake."
"No it isn't."
"…shut up." Hem hem hem
"You are lucky it was not the heart. The heart is not easily changed." The troll adopted a more calming voice to relax the worried family "But the head can be persuaded."
"Do what you must." The king ordered, desperation lacing his voice.
The trolls face saddened as he informed the three of his plan. "I recommend we remove all magic," he placed his hand on Ruby before pulling it away and forming pictures of her past in the air "Even memories of magic." The pictures changed suddenly, replacing the ballroom escapades with more natural locations. "But don't worry, I leave the fun." The elder troll wrapped the picture into his hand and placed it back onto Ruby's forehead. "She will be okay." He stated firmly.
"But she won't remember I have powers?" Weiss asked him, slightly confused about what was going on.
"Listen to me Weiss," the troll directed his gaze to the young girl "your powers will only grow stronger. There is beauty in it, but also great danger." Weiss stepped back scared at what she may be capable of. "You must learn to control it. Fear will be your enemy."
"We'll protect her." The king stated, pulling his family into an embrace "We can teach her to control it. Until then we will lock the gates and ensure that no one knows about her powers…not even Ruby."
He turned after this, walking his family back to the horses. This would not be easy on anyone, he thought, but it had to be done.
And so the years passed by and the troll's words proved true- Weiss grew more powerful. Controlling these powers however proved more difficult than anticipated. The truth was that Weiss was scared to death of her abilities.
"Now this is stupid, Ozpin said not to be afraid. I would have listened to him."
"Well maybe little girl Weiss isn't as talented at controlling her feelings."
"Yeah Weiss, I mean she is just a child. And one with the ability to kill everyone by complete accident."
"I guess Ruby has a point…"
And her fear made control very difficult. It had reached the point where she felt the need to seclude herself from Ruby to make sure that no harm would ever befall her again. This was hard on both of them, as they had been so close until that point. Ruby would constantly try and play with Weiss but could never convince the girl to leave her room. Even after their parents died…
They were to attend the wedding of a recently rediscovered princess and her future prince in a nearby kingdom. Though both daughters were sad to see them go for the two weeks, Weiss took it especially hard. With the King and Queen gone, she would have to contend with her powers on her own and was scared to death that something might happen.
"It will be fine Weiss," the King assured her as he took her hands into his own and held them up to highlight her gloves "remember…"
"Conceal, don't feel." The two spoke in unison, repeating what had become their mantra since the night of the accident. With these words, the king departed for the docks.
One week later the news arrived that a terrible storm had hit the ship en route and that no one had survived. Weiss had never felt so alone.
"Break time!" Yang announced as she stood up and stretched.
"What?" Ruby and Weiss said together, the two blushed slightly and Weiss finished their sentiment "You can't end it there."
"I have to admit," Blake chimed in "that would be a little cruel."
"I'm not stopping guys. I just have to go to the bathroom. Relax." Yang gave them all a smile, as if she hadn't purposely chosen that point to stop.
"Good, because we were just about to be in the story too." a high pitched voice chimed and Team RWBY collectively turned to the door and saw Nora standing.
"You were?" Yang asked, confused "and wait, were you eavesdropping on the story? And what do you mean by "we", Nora?"
"Of course we were!" Nora piped up "Right guys?" she turned to the entrance and one by one the heads of the other three members of Team JNPR popped out from the side
"Hello!" Pyrhha greeted, slightly embarrassed about being caught "I'm afraid we smelled the popcorn and decided to investigate. Then we kind of…got caught up in the story!"
"It was rather enthralling." Ren observed, departing from his usual style of not speaking at all.
Jaune moved in front of his team, rubbing the back of his head "So, you said you're going to finish right?"
Yang sighed, the room was getting a little too crowded but there wasn't really anything she could do about that now. "Yeah, let me go to the bathroom and I'll tell the rest. You guys get comfy." Yang turned to depart as Team JNPR found spots for themselves. As she made her way to the bathroom though, Yang was racking her brain. Who the hell can I make them?