Dear readers, sorry for the late upload, there was an error number 503 and I couldn't log onto my account. It lasted the whole day yesterday and a few hours today. But on other news, unfortunately, I'll be slowing down my uploads again. This time I can't keep a regular upload schedule, (having trouble balancing between school work and writing the fanfiction), and I can't make an estimate as to when I will upload the next time; I'm not giving up though, be assured with that. Hopefully I will upload soon, and I hope you guys will stay tune for for Part Two of "The Promise By Seasons." ENJOY!
CHAPTER 20-Day Three
Deeper and deeper did Elsa and Anna continue to fall through the water, with Jack no longer visible to them. Below they could see faint lights glowing and recognized it was their Pact ring. Once their feet touch the ring their watery surrounding vanished.
"Elsa?" asked Anna walking over to her sister.
"I'm alright," she replied in a quiet voice, "I'm alright." She had her face turned away from her sister, wiping away the single tail of tear that would've indicated her having cried.
"Elsa, look!" Above them, they could see something sprinting along in a zig-sag formation. When the thing got close enough, the sisters saw it was a bunny, a bunny made out of snow. Soon to follow was a cluster of dolphins, fluttering butterflies, a flock of small birds, and many other creatures. Each of the creatures was beautifully made and they paraded around the sisters.
Elsa and Anna quickly took a liking to the snow creations. Their sadness was gone completely, replaced by a bubbly feeling inside of them. A minute later, all the animals instantly rushed upward in a spiral performance, bursting into snowflakes as they hit their peak, coming back down to cover the ground in freshly fallen snow. The sight of it was simple, yet still as beautiful.
From the side, the sisters could hear the wind blowing, carrying with it a chilling breeze. "Now that's better," Jack said in a gentle voice. The sisters look in the direction of his voice, and found Jack floating high in the air drifting down towards them. Jack's symbol appeared the moment his feet touched the ground. He presented them with a wide grin, and taped his staff on the ground producing a glow from his symbol.
"My name is Jack Frost, and I am the Spirit of Winter as well as the Guardian of Fun. For the obvious I can command the wind, snow, frost and ice, all the wintery things you can imagine. As for my magic of fun..." Jack waved his staff, sending two small snowflakes towards Elsa and Anna. The flakes touched them on their nose and disbursed before their eyes like shining blue sparkles. Almost immediately, they felt a strong sensation of joy along with the urge to laugh.
"Nipping at our noses again Jack Frost?" Elsa asked with a mischievous smile on her face. She waved her hand producing her own snowflake, and sent it to Jack's nose, follow by a small blast of soft snow.
"Hey!" Jack said as he wipes the snow off his face. The girls quickly stifled their laugh; Elsa was surprised by her action as much as Anna was. But she couldn't help herself, for there was another feeling growing fast inside of her, just the feeling of wanting to have fun.
Seeing the understanding on the sisters' faces, Jack releases them from the spell before continuing with his Pact. "That feeling you just had, I believe that's one of the greatest feelings a kid could ever have, and I know it to be true. But with the war coming up soon, there won't be time for such feelings.
"Elsa, Anna, believe me when I say sometimes we need a little fun in our lives, to create new great memories, or to just to get away from all that's bad. So I promise the two of you, all the powers I have over winter: my powers over frost, snow and ice, along with the wind to not only protect the Kingdoms of Arendelle and the Southern Isle. I promise you my devotion, to not only protect the two of you and Lucas, but all the citizens to the best of my capability…And I promise you my magic of fun, the very center of my Guardianship—the very center of who I am. I will use it to lift the spirits of those who are down as many as I can. But most of all, to remind them that a little fun is needed in life, even in the worst of times."
A second after Jack finished his Pact, the others appeared around Elsa and Anna in their original position along with Lukas. "Now," Lukas began in a quiet voice, "Elsa of Arendelle, Anna of Arendelle, the two of you have herd these Beings' stories, and you have seen all of who they are…Do you still wish to form a Pact with them?"
"Yes," the sisters said in a firm unison.
"Do you promise them your loyalty, your strength, as well as your faith in their abilities?" Yes was again their answer.
"I, Anna of Arendelle, also promise you all my selflessness, my fearlessness, and what skills I have with a sword. With my selflessness, I will care for all your needs during your serves to us to the best of my capability. I will stand right and true with you all against what is to come. And as long as there is the tiniest light of hope, I well look towards it, and fight for it! Pact!" With Anna's completion, the symbol below her and Elsa started to glow in a rhythmic tune, as if it was alive, following the beating of a heart.
"And I, Elsa of Arendelle, promise you all my selflessness, the ability of my ice and snow powers, and my fierceness. With my selflessness, I will care for all your needs during your serves to us to the best of my capability. I will use my powers to fight alongside you, to not only defend my kingdom and the Southern Isle, but to protect you all in the battles to come. I shall fight like I never have before, and see this war through to the end as the Queen of Arendelle! Pact!"
At Elsa's completion, their symbol stopped beating, its light busted out in sudden solid brightness, forcing the sisters to shield their eyes. The ground below them started to shake again, even more violently than before. It happened all in an instant. Their black surrounding crack, threatening to shatter into pieces as the papers peeled themselves away, swirling around once more encircling the group in a whirlwind. Lukas's book shot open, causing all the pages to fly even more wildly around, as they rush to re-bind themselves to the book. When the last page re-settled into place, it quickly printed the young Guardians' names onto its surface, in eloquent bold letters, right next to the page with Elsa's and Anna's name on it. The shaking cease, the light vanished, and the symbols disbursed into particles sinking slowly into the soil.
Lukas took a deep breath, breathing in the very moonlight that engulfed his body. The light glow from within his throat, disappearing as it flows in deeper under his collar. He held it for a second, then softly breaths it out onto the names in front of him. The writings grew bright in silver, wrapped in moonlight's shine, and the letters continue to shine even when Lukas gently closes the book.
Elsa was first to recover from the instant ending of the ceremony. She looks over each of the young Guardians, and saw that they were still in a trance from the ceremony, with their eyes closed, and there was some sort of magic still faintly lingering around them. Elsa then turns her gaze towards the opening and saw that there's only an inch of sun left. Soon it was gone, and night replaces it. Day three Elsa counted to herself. 24 hours before the sun rises on the fourth day, and she will have to give her answer to Hans. 24 hours before the war begins…
