"Where could she be?" Anna asked Kristoff.
They were standing near the door of the ballroom. Music played and people danced around them. It seemed as though everyone but Anna was having a good time.
"How would I know?" He replied. "She's your sister."
"Well, she'll soon be your sister in law." Anna countered.
Kristoff gave a sad face, and put his hand on Anna's shoulder.
"Are you frustrated because of the wedding?" he asked.
Anna looked down at the ground, and nodded her head. Of course she was frustrated. All of those days of planning ruined by random guy she didn't know. But, Anna knew how important this guy was to Elsa. He was living proof that Elsa wasn't the only one with powers. Anna was killing herself, not knowing what those 2 were talking about.
"I'll be alright." Anna told her fiancé. "She'll be here. She wouldn't miss this ball. It's just that... I've waited for our wedding for a long time and-"
"I literally just met you last year." Kristoff interrupted.
"Yes, now don't interrupt me. I've been waiting and-" Kristoff interrupted once more. "I get it." He said. "You wanted this badly. Now's not the time to grief over something like that. Look around Anna. People are enjoying themselves. So should you."
The couple stared at each other's eyes and smiled. Kristoff leaned down for a kiss and Anna puckered up and closed her eyes, but before they could kiss, they were interrupted.
"Anna! Sven- I mean Kristoff!" Olaf yelled from the side.
The little snowman ran next to the two and hugged the two.
"Thank you guys soo much for throwing me this party." Said Olaf.
Kristoff and Anna stared at each other and blinked. They had a mental argument about who should be the bearer of bad news to Olaf. Anna beat Kristoff by giving him puppy dog eyes. Kristoff took a deep breath and told Olaf about the reasons behind the party. Olaf's smile quickly faded.
"Oh... Well... I don't know how I feel about that." Olaf said. "I'm kinda filled with disappointment. See you later guys. I'm going to go process this in my mind. Good day."
The little snowman walked off, and through the door that led to the interior of the castle. Everyone heard the huge scream behind that door.
"Well he took it well." Kristoff pointed out.
"Poor Olaf." Anna said.
"You're sympathizing for a snowman." Kristoff said.
"Snowmen have feelings too."
"Oh believe me, so do reindeer."Anna laughed. "Speaking of reindeer, where's Sven?"
Kristoff pointed towards the food table where Sven was hogging the chocolate fountain by sticking his head in it and drinking what his heart desires. Anna laughed some more, and then looked at Kristoff.
"Kristoff, how do you feel about our cancelled wedding."
Kristoff didn't know. He was disappointed, and relieved. Disappointed that he wouldn't be chained with the love of his life for the rest of his life. Relieved that he wouldn't be chained with the love of his life for the rest of his life.
"Uhhhh..." Kristoff said. He had no words. Anna raised an eyebrow.
"Uh?" She said unamused. "Just say something. Are you hurt? Are you happy? Are you-" Kristoff kissed which shut her up immediately. Anna didn't want to finish her sentence.
"Am I interrupting something?" Said Elsa behind them.
Kristoff and Anna broke their kiss, embarrassed. Elsa started laughing.
"You didn't see anything." Anna demanded.
"Oh, believe me, I saw something." Elsa replied. Elsa scanned the room. "Where's Olaf?" She asked the couple.
A wailing sound came from behind the door.
"Is that-"
"Olaf? Yes." Anna and Kristoff said together.
Anna remembered why Elsa was gone. She was talking to the man with fire.
"What did you two talk about?" Anna asked. Elsa immediately knew who she was talking about. Their conversation flashed through Elsa's head.
"Oh you know," Elsa said. "Stuff."
"What kind of stuff?" Kristoff asked.
Before Elsa could answer, Travis Summers' voice came from behind.
"Milady." He said.
Elsa turned to see Travis standing behind her, leaning, and with his hand over his heart. Elsa bowed her head as a way to acknowledge his presence.
"What is it that you require Captain Summers?" Elsa asked.
"We'll leave you two alone." Anna said, and with that, she and Kristoff walked off to enjoy the party.
"You've taken my offer for me to be your companion for this ball." He answered.
Elsa remembered her promise. She totally forgot about this. Elsa knew she liked Travis. She liked liked him. The way he acted was always so sophisticated and formal. He was her own Prince Charming.
"Oh right." She said. "You want to be my 'date'?"
"That's one way of saying it." Travis smiled.
He offered her his arm, and she hooked hers with his. Together they walked to the dance floor. They danced slowly together. Elsa found the way Travis moved mesmerizing.
"Keep dancing like that, and you'll have to catch me when I swoon." Elsa flirted.
Anna looked over and saw Elsa with Travis.
"That's my girl." Anna whispered.
The other people on the dance floor cleared the way for Elsa and Travis. Eventually, it was only those two dancing while others watched.
"We need to do this more." Travis suggested.
"Agreed." Said Elsa.
Elsa was thinking about a future with Travis. Though they weren't officially 'together', Elsa still pondered to herself as they danced. Elsa knew that sooner or later, according to the ancient kingdom rules of Arendelle, she would have to choose a spouse. Someone who she would share the throne side by side with. Suitors from different countries would to to Arendelle and 'fight' for Elsa's hand in marriage. She could marry whomever she choose. Elsa wondered if her Captain of the Guard was the one she hoped for.
Elsa knew that Travis was nothing like Hans. Coming from a royal family of protectors, Travis would have some power in Arendelle no matter what. He was the perfect one for her. He was handsome, tall, strong, nice, dreamy, and -
"Queen." He said.
Elsa snapped out of her thoughts and focused once more on Travis.
"Would you like to go get dinner sometime?" He asked.
Elsa immediately said "Yes."
Travis smiled, closed his eyes, and leaned towards Elsa for a kiss. She was freaking out. It would be her first kiss. She looked around and saw everyone watching.
Enjoy it while it lasts Elsa thought to herself. She closed her eyes to accept the kiss. Just before their lips touched, a loud noise stopped them.
The door in the ballroom leading to the outside banged open. All of the party goers looked in that direction.
A group of about 20 to 30 similarly dressed men marched in. They spread across the room, and destroyed the party. Some ripped the banners that hung from the wall. Some ruined the food table. Some started stealing from the nobles. The guards spread out to fight the men, but the men proved that they were more superior. Though they had no weapons, they beat the guards in the room with nothing but their fists. The people gasped as they saw the men do this.
Elsa noticed her sister's presence next to her, and they held each other's hands.
"Wait here."Travis told the girls.
"Where's Kristoff?" Elsa whispered to Anna.
"He's out." Anna answered.
The girls heard a small creaking sound . They looked at the door that led into the castle, and saw Olaf peeking his head through the door. Olaf saw what was going on, and silently signaled the girls move to his position.
The girls looked around them to see if anyone was watching. The way was clear. The girls inched closer to the door, while the guests watched in horror as the mysterious men destroy the party.
Travis walked towards a group of the men.
"What do you want?" He demanded. "Stop this havoc right now!"
A voice from the group said "One at a time blondie."
The man who said it walked out of the group. Travis assumed that he was the leader since his clothes differed from the rest.
"We're the Bandits." Said the man.
"We don't give hospitality to thugs."
The Bandit leader laughed, and so did the other Bandits.
"We're just people trying to survive." The man said. He pulled out a knife and pointed it to Summers' throat.
"What do you want?" Travis asked.
The man lowered his knife.
"It's a simple request." He said. "Give us what we want, then we'll leave you all alone."
Travis knew it was a lie. He knew their kind.
"We want your precious ice princess." The man continued. "Where is Queen Elsa?!"
The room went silent. No one answered.
"I know she's here! Now where is she!?"
Travis looked to see where he left Elsa and Anna. They were gone from the spot. The bandit noticed what Travis was staring at.
"You know blondie?" The man once again threatened Travis with his knife.
Then, the entire room heard it. It echoed through the room. The sound came from a closing door that led into the castle.
The bandit leader rushed to the door to see what made the sound. He opened the door and saw Anna, Elsa, and Olaf running through the hall it led to. The man smiled.
"After her!" He demanded, and with that order, the bandits stopped what they were doing, and rushed through the door.
It wasn't hard for Kai to escape his cell.
When his cell guard had his back turned on the bars, Kai pick pocketed the key of of him. It was too easy for Kai. It was a skill he picked up from the Bandits. They taught Kai things that came in handy once or twice.
After he opened his cell door, he knocked out the guard. He picked up his dagger that was hanging from the wall. He quietly and carefully sneaked his way out of the jail. He didn't encounter many guards on his way out.
These guys aren't even trying, he thought to himself.
While out, he saw a group of guards standing outside rushing toward the castle.
"Oh crud." Kai whispered, and he then sprinted toward the castle.
Thankfully, no one noticed Kai's face when he was running out in the open.
"Seriously!" He said to himself. "No one remembers the guy with fire?"
His conscious smacked him. Kai had to focus on the task at hand. He was too late to warn Elsa. He had to protect her.
Kai stood at the stone bride, and looked up at the castle. He saw people running through the window, on the upper floor of the castle. He immediately knew that Elsa was being chased because of the blasts of white and blue shot through the window. Kai ran across the bridge and started scaling the castle walls, until he reached a flat enough area to run on, that was on the outside of the window he looked through.
Kai then kept running to catch up with Elsa.
Elsa tried to create walls of ice to stop her pursuers. That didn't stop all of them.
They chased she and Anna throughout the castle. Elsa did whatever she could to stop her pursuers. They were too evasive.
Elsa shot blasts of ice behind her, but the Bandits dodged them all. She turned the floor into ice behind her, but she didn't know they were champions of ice skating. Whenever she created a wall behind her, they used an explosive to blast through.
"Are the guards taking a sick day." Anna joked.
"Not now Anna." Elsa said.
"Why not?"
"We're being chased!"
"Maybe they just want to talk."
"Have you ever seen someone throw explosives at you who just wanted to talk?"
"This could be the first time."
"I don't think you're taking this seriously."
"Noooo." Anna said sarcastically.
"Elsa."
"WHAT!" Elsa said stressfully.
As she said that, Elsa jumped, spun, kicked he left leg out, and kicked a bandit in the face who was catching up.
"Remember when you said that-" Anna looked behind and saw one of the explosive-throwing bandits throw an explosive projectile at them.
"Look out!" Anna screamed.
Elsa looked at the explosive object and her eyes widened. Anna pushed Elsa ahead and stopped running to make sure the explosive hit neither of them.
It blew up on the ceiling, forcing it to collapse creating a barrier between the sisters. Though they were unharmed, they were separated.
"Anna!" Elsa screamed. "Are you okay?!"
Elsa didn't hear anything from the other side. She looked at the end of the corridor and found another group of bandits sprinting at her. They planned to cut her off.
Elsa entered a battle stance, figuring the only way out was to fight.
As they neared Elsa, Kai jumped through the window from the outside. He took out his dagger and prepared to fight. The bandits raised their weapons in response.
He moved like lightning. He used his dagger to counter attacks while he knocked them out with his fist. He used his fire to knock some Bandits down. Elsa saw someone try to strike Kai from behind, but she froze him using her powers. The bandits had no chance. At the end of it, Kai and Elsa stood over about 10 unconscious Bandits.
Kai turned toward Elsa.
"Miss me?" He smirked.
Author's Note: Whew. This was the longest chapter yet. Glad that's over with.