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Knocks, they were loud and rapid, as if a person was trying to hammer a nail into a door or wall. But loudly and getting louder as time went by. Groaning Hans slowly got up and rubbing his face, trying to wake up.
The knocks persisted which told Hans that he was not dreaming, looking at the clock he saw it was very late at night, about 2 in the morning,
"Wonder who is up" though Hans as he got up from bed, careful not to disturb Elsa who was still sleeping. Moving quietly Hans opened his wardrobe, got a coat and walked out of the room, down the stairs and toward the front door. Careful Hans grabbed unto the door before looking though the peephole before opening it to discover it was Rohan.
He was panicking and sweating, white as a sheet, he seemed to be relieved to see Hans,
"Hans thank God!" he said as he could not hold back so he reached and hugged Hans,
"Wow, easy now" said Hans as he chocked a bit from how tightly he was held,
"Sorry, I was worried" said Rohan letting go,
"Worried about what?" asked Hans coughing a bit,
"Its Sylvia" said Rohan in a panic "She escaped",
"She escaped?! How!?" asked Hans,
"I don't know, but what I do now is that Sylvia is out here somewhere" said Rohan "There is a search party for her",
"Okay, just give me a sec and I will-",
"No, your not going" said Rohan stopping Hans,
"Why not?!" demanded Hans,
"Sylvia is after you and Elsa, if you go then it will make things easier for her" said Rohan,
"But",
"No buts, your better off here with Elsa than trying to help us, so please stay here and stay safe" said Rohan, Hans stared saying nothing as Rohan back away and said "We will let you know when Sylvia is captured" with that he left.
Eyes slowly peeked open as Elsa looked around the room, still tired, but was awake when she found Hans was not in bed. Soon she heard footsteps, closing her eyes Elsa pretended to be asleep as Hans walked back to the room.
Peeking her eyes open every now and then she saw Hans open the wardrobe and quietly getting dressed, his clothes were gray and black as if to hide in the shadows, then slipping on the boots he pulled the hood over his head before quietly leaving the room.
Opening her eyes Elsa got up, "Where is he going?" she wondered before getting out of bed, sneaking into her room, changing out of her night shirt for proper warm clothes and leaving to follow Hans to wherever he was going.
As soon as Sylvia's escape was heard search parties were gathered quickly to find and bring her back to face justice. As people searched, they whispered, they were all scared, with the bad weather, darkness and the danger of finding Sylvia and possibly getting killed by her as she was compared to another Fateweaver an evil one.
Also they were all whispering, something about an evil fateweaver which they seem to blame for whats going on.
Making sure he was not spotted Hans held up a lantern with a weak light, it was enough for him to see, but not be spotted from afar. What he found troubled him, the forest looked darker, more foreboding than before, something dark was slowly wrapped the trees, tainting them.
"Sylvia why are you doing this?" though Hans as he walked, following his inner compass, but it seemed to lead him in circles as if Sylvia was doing everything in power not to be found.
Then all of a sudden he heard a twig snapping, reacting Hans hid, taking his glove off, once off the whites of his eyes turned black while his irises turned red as he looked around, trying see and find out who or what it was and he did rather quickly.
"Why did she follow me?" Hans growled mentally as he put his gloves back on before walking over to where Elsa was.
"El-" he found the wind knocked out of him as apparently Elsa not being sure if it was him who she heard she hid and attacked by hitting him with a club like branch when he passed.
"I am sorry" said Elsa wincing as Hans lay there gagging and gasping for air before getting up and saying "Elsa why did you follow me?",
"I saw you leaving and figured that if you left at this hour then it was important so I wanted to go and see if I can help you" said Elsa helping him up.
Hans sighted, it really touched him that Elsa wanted to help him. But at the same time he was worried, the situation was dangerous, if she had a bit more experience with her magic or any form of attack, but at this point she did not and it would get her hurt.
"Elsa, you have to go back" said Hans sighting,
"Before you continue, I have to let you know that your not changing my mind" said Elsa as she crossed her arms "I can take care of myself",
"I know you can, but you know that Sylvia is dangerous and what's worse with the shadow demons around this situation can get deadly fast" said Hans,
"I will make due" said Elsa "I want to help",
"When did you get so stubborn?" asked Hans crossing his arms,
"When you came into my life" replied Elsa.
Hans opened his mouth to say something else when they heard somebody call out "Hey guys" when they heard that they grew tense.
"You brought Olaf?!" said Hans with a slight panic, Olaf was very innocent and because of that he did not want him having a run in with the shadow demon or a very dangerous Sylvia.
Luckily it seems that Olaf has not had any run ins as he walked over all happy and chipper.
"Hello? I see you two are on a romantic night walk... not really my choice but whatever makes you happy" Olaf said oblivious to the situation,
"No Olaf, were not on a romantic walk" said Elsa,
"Oh, then what are you two doing?" asked Olaf,
"We are... looking for something" said Hans trying to find a good way to tell the snowman while not scarring him,
"What something?" asked Olaf curious,
"Its a surprise" said Elsa quickly,
"Oh...can I help?" asked Olaf, Elsa and Hans were going to say no, but decided not to so Hans said "Okay, but stay close",
"Alright" said Olaf before they continued their way, looking, all the while Hans begged not to find Sylvia as he did not want Olaf and Elsa being hurt because of female fateweaver.
"Rohan, Rohan" called Marius softly as he looked around with a lantern, he and Rohan had been working together but seems they got separated without either of them noticing, now he was left alone and even scared as Sylvia could easily beat him whenever she wanted.
"Rohan, please tell me your around here because I am very scared now" whispered Marius
"Here!" He heard making him jump in fright and look around wildly, the trees were still, too still as there was no wind,
"Rohan" called Marius, praying and begging that he heard right,
"Come here!" Marius heard again, it sounded like Rohan so it was Rohan.
"Hold on!" yelled Marius as he ran following the voice, he would call now and then, Rohan would answer, heading him deeper and deeper into the dark forest. Juming over a tree which had fallen Marius yelled as he tripped and he fell face first into mud, gagging he yelled and got up, there was mud everywhere.
"Rohan if your playing games with me! Its not funny!" muttered Marius as he had ruined his best boots when he felt a shadow looking up his eyes widen.
Holding a lantern Hans, Elsa and Olaf walked through a forest looking for Sylvia.
"Hans... who is Maleficent?" asked Elsa as on the way back she had heard some people say how Sylvia was now like Maleficent, this made Hans stop and say "You do not want to say that name out loud... its bad luck".
Elsa frowned in confusion, "Rules are always made for a reason, she was a that reason" said Hans "She was a fateweaver once, evil, abused her power" placing his hand on his neck subconsciously, where he once wore his necklace where the soulstone was kept "After her defeat measure were taken so no other fateweaver would ever abuse their power again".
"How bad was she?" asked Elsa,
"Yes, surely she is not that bad" said Olaf,
"She is known as the misstress of evil" said Hans, Elsa said nothing more as that answered her question while Olaf said "Oh".
Turning so he was facing Elsa Hans pulled her hood and checked to make sure she was kept dry and assured her "Don't worry, she is dead and will not come back, whatever happens I will keep you safe no matter what" then pressed his lips against her forehead before pulling away and saying "Come on, lets continue our search".
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Marius voice was heard through the entire forest.
"Marius" though Hans as he turned grabbed Elsas arm and began to run, dragging her.
After a while they ran into Rohan, "Did you hear that?" He demanded,
"Yes" said Hans as he looked around then pointed "That way!", running the group arrived to a tree, said tree had picked Marius up, he screamed as the tree branches and vines tightened around him, threatening to break him,
"Marius!" yelled Hans as he acted quick and threw flames at the branches, once broken Marius fell but was caught by Rohan,
"Thanks" said Marius,
"No time" said Rohan helping him get free before they tried to escape but before they could move Hans yelled as another tree came to life and grabbed him.
"Hans!" yelled Rohan as he quickly took out an ax and chopped the branch freeing Hans and soon all around the trees began to come to life to attack them.
Reacting Elsa shot ice to a tree freezing it.
"This is not good" said Hans "we need to- Rohan!"
He yelled the last one when Rohan began to try and force himself through.
"Rohan stop! Thats what it wants!" yelled Hans as he try to restrain the man.
"No! I have to talk to her! I can reason with her!" yelled Rohan trying to free himself,
"Are you crazy!? That woman is beyond reasoning now!" said Marius trying to help, but that did nothing as Rohan tried to free himself to continue his search.
Giving up Hans sighted before saying "I am sorry" before taking out a needle of sorts before injecting it on Rohan, who yelped before passing out.
Turning Hans said "Elsa can you make something big? Something to help us get out of here?", Elsa though before throwing ice to the floor which soon grew huge.
Trees of the forest flew aside as a massive figure of snow and ice lumbered out.
"Thank you Marshmallow" said Elsa to her creation, it was huge and scary but deep inside he was sweet.
"Yes" said Hans as Marshmallow put Rohan down who regained consciousness and was not happy.
"Rohan-" began Hans but yelled when Rohan threw a punch hitting his nose,
"Rohan!" yelled Marius shocked as he and Elsa helped Hans back up.
"That was not nice!" scolded Olaf, but Rohan could care less in his anger,
"How could you?! I though you were my friend?!" Rohan yelled angry that Hans stopped him from finding Sylvia,
"I had to!" yelled Hans getting up and holding his injured nose "That was what Sylvia wanted, she wanted you to continue your search so she can trap you!",
"What were we supposed to do!? Stay and do nothing?!" yelled Rohan,
"No! But we have to be smart! She has the advantage now! She knows that and wanted to use that against us! We will find her! But not now and not like this!" yelled Hans.
There was silence then Rohan sighted and said "Sorry I...",
"Its fine... don't worry... we will help you find her... but we have to be smart" said Hans, nodding Rohan turned and left.
"Hans..." said Elsa as she walked over and placed a handkerchief to clean the bleeding.
Nodding Hans touched his nose and forced it in place before healing it before they began to walk away, time to call off the search as this situation had gotten far too dangerous for anybody...
The next morning, Sylvia was yet to be found, per safety the forest were quarantined, nobody goes in or out. But that was not enough, so extra precautions were by the Fateweavers, especially on Elsa and Hans, whom Sylvia was targeting. One of the precautions was only for Elsa.
Training, it rang through Elsas mind over and over as she followed Agathe down some stairs and into a room, this one was unusual, it was small, a bit in beige in color, the floor was a smooth stone, but other than that there was nothing else.
Walking over Agathe set up a cushion, blanket and pillow on the ground before getting up and said "You will be staying here for the time being",
"What's here?" asked Elsa curious,
"This room is special, as long as your inside this room no time will pass outside" explained Agathe,
"So I can stay here for a week and when I leave this room no time has passed?" asked Elsa, Agathe response was nodding then added "Usually we would not, but because of the circumstances me and the other Fateweavers decided to train you in our ways, to make you strong so that if by chance you run into Sylvia you will be able to fight back and protect yourself",
"Your going to train me?" asked Elsa,
"All of us Elsa, not just me, you will need all the help you can get" said Agathe then paused before adding "There is only one thing we ask of you",
"What is it?" asked Elsa,
"Don't make us regret showing you all of our ways and secrets" said Agathe,
"You won't" promised Elsa,
"Good...be prepared... the coming weeks will be brutal" said Agathe with that she got up and left. As she did the door opened again and in walked Rohan, he looked and smiled with a greeting "Hello Queen Elsa",
"Elsa please" said Elsa then added "How are you?",
"Okay, within reason" said Rohan softly as he walked over to her reaching to his pockets before taking out a box and opening it, taking the contents which were chocolate he popped one into his mouth, chewing and swallowing before saying "Want some?" as he offered the box,
"Thank you" said Elsa as she reached and took one, eating it she savored the flavor, it was chocolate, had nuts and was very smoothed, melted in her mouth,
"Your welcome" said Rohan taking another chocolate and eating it, after a while Elsa said "I am sorry...about what happened...",
"Its okay, its not your fault" said Rohan then sighted "Sylvia was always a bit too controlling for her own good, I always though she loved her job as Fateweaver more than me",
"I am sure she loves you" said Elsa,
"No...not when I compare it to you and Hans" said Rohan as he though before saying "He loves you and I can see that you love him too... when he pushed you out of the way then you tried to save him even if you knew you were no match... it made me wonder if she would do the same for me...".
Elsa walked over and gave Rohan a hug, she was not used to or comfortable doing these things, but was willing to do it because the poor guy looked like he needed a hug.
Wrapping his arms around Elsa, gently as Hans had told him about how she liked her personal space Rohan said "Thank you",
"No problem" said Elsa then added "Since your a friend of Hans and you will be one of my trainers, maybe we can get to know each other better and be friends?",
"It would be an honor to have you as a friend my lady" said Rohan,
"I hope your not flirting with my lady" they heard, looking they saw it was Hans leaning against the door,
"Awww are you jealous of Rohan?" teased Elsa as she walked over hugging him gently before playfully pressing her finger on the tip of his nose gently,
"Me? No no, not the jealous type" said Hans with a small chuckle at that,
"Don't worry, I would never dream of doing anything like that" said Rohan with a smile, this worked as a much needed distraction,
"Its okay, don't worry about it" said Hans before he and Elsa parted "I just wanted to tell Elsa that I would visit as much as possible",
"Thank you" said Elsa,
"Yes, I fear you will grow spoiled here" chuckled Rohan,
"Well somebody here owes me a little spoiling" said Elsa as she playfully pointed at Hans,
"Oh that hurts" said Hans as a joke, holding his hands on his chest making them laugh. Maybe it was necessary, having a good laugh was definitely a good distraction.
Arms ached, legs hurt, but Elsa forced herself to push through the regimen she had been given. It pushed her limits emotionally, physically, mentally and magically. To them magic was connected to those as well, if one was affected then all of them were.
Non of the Fateweavers let loose, non took it easy on her, but she was grateful for it, she would have never been made aware of what she could do, what she was capable off, it was amazing, not just the feeling of magic, but physically, she felt stronger, it was as if she could conquer anything. But of course she was smarter than to think that she was invincible.
"Queen Elsa" she heard, turning Elsa saw it was Marius,
"Its Elsa Marius" said Elsa as she reached to hug him, she found that her interactions have become more open, she was not so hesitant when it came to hugging or showing affections as she was before, which she is sure that Anna will love when she got back home.
"Was wondering if me and Marius could hang out before Hans hogs you to himself" said Marius,
"Of course" said Elsa with a small smile,
"Great! Come on!" said Marius as he linked his arm with hers and they left,
"You should come to Arendelle at some time, Anna would love having you around" said Elsa,
"Great! The more friends the merrier!" said Marius as they left and meet up with Rohan, together the three left to have a wonderful time.
Quiet, that was all that Hans heard as he and Agathe sat down in the indoor garden, specifically in his favorite place in the garden, it was a Babylon weeping willow, a huge tree, it's branches thick and numerous, reaching down to the ground making a curtain, he loves to be there, to lay on the ground next to it's trunk and stare up, admire the sunlight through the branches as it created a dazzling light show whenever the wind blew by.
"Hans, Hans" he heard,
"Yes Agathe?" asked Hans getting up to a sitting position only for Agathe to stuff something into his mouth with a "Taste this".
He winced a bit as a sour taste invaded his mouth.
"Too sour" said Hans as he felt his whole face pucker up at how sour it was.
"I know" said Agathe with a playful grin "I like sour myself" as she ate another lemon tart, she sat on a blanket with a nice spread of deserts which were mostly French confections, bread, jam and such.
Swallowing Hans shivered as he did not have a fondness for sour or dry things, he did like a bit of spice, sweetness, bitter and salty flavors.
"Don't look at me like that, you know I always do things for your own good" said Agathe when Hans gave her a displeased look,
"Yes but I would like a warning every now and then" said Hans as he grabbed a sandwich off of a plate and ate it to take the sour taste out of his mouth. Snickering Agathe took a saucer cup full of tea and took a sip from it before placing the cup down and asking "So when are you and Elsa making the vow?" making Hans choke a bit on his sandwhich then stare at her shocked,
"What?" asked Agathe,
"I don't know... you just seemed not to want us together and now you do" said Hans confused,
"Hans, you are not my son, but I see you as one and..." she paused before taking a breath and saying "All I want for you is for you to be safe and happy, we all want that and if being with Elsa makes you happy, I will not oppose to it",
"Really?",
"Yes, I admit that me and the others have been rather unfair, overprotective and maybe even a bit controlling" said Agathe,
"A bit?" asked Hans crossing his arms,
"Okay, very controlling" said Agathe "It just that we have not realized your not the same 5 year old who had no idea what to do or who to trust... but you have grown and you have shown that you are more than capable of making good decisions on your own and for that I trust your judgement and if you say Elsa is good, then I will trust you...".
Hans listened and smiled a little, he was more than happy to hear this, reaching he hugged Agathe and said "Thank you", Agathe smiled but it was muted as she could not help but feel guilt as they did.
The day was very enjoyable, Marius and Rohan took Elsa to a museum of art, the oldest library in the kingdom, it was built almost like a palace and was beautiful with the old arquitectural designs and stain glass windows and designs filling inside with colors, towards the end of the day they sat down on a restaurant to eat.
It was a beautiful patio restaurant, it was a brick building with ivy and wisterias draped around the building, taking a seat they ordered before Marius asked "SO...when are you and Hans planning to do the vow?", hearing that made Rohan choke on his drink,
"What?" asked Elsa confused,
"Hans did not tell you?" asked Marius then added "Its how we get married here",
"No, he did not tell me...I mean...we...we just kissed" said Elsa turning a bit red when he said that,
"Well then lucky you I will tell you" said Marius chipper "Like I said, its how we get married, its the equivalent of what you do outside, but stronger, it literally binds you to the person forever as you two literally give a part of one another to each other",
"How does that work?" asked Elsa confused,
"Its easy, you two say a vow, a promise to one another, then once done you seal it in bed" said Marius,
"By bed...you mean..." said Elsa turning,
"You two-" Rohan stuffed a bread in Marius mouth making him choke on it, but there was no need as Elsa knew what Marius was going to say,
"I apologize for that my lady, Marius does not know when to keep quiet" said Rohan as Marius managed to swallow the bread then glared at Rohan for that,
"Its okay" said Elsa still flustered and red, but was worried as Rohan seemed sad about it,
"Any way, lets just enjoy lunch" said Rohan to change subject, Elsa nodded, the rest of the time was quiet. She was sad for Rohan as she was sure that what happened with Sylvia was affecting him.
After lunch finished they left and brought her back to Hans home, saying good bye they each went their way as Elsa had to pack as she had to go back to Arendelle tomorrow.
To be continued...
Authors note: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and that you stay tuned for the next chapter as we will go back to Arendelle and see what the council and Lars conspired to do. But for now I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and please leave a review to tell me what you think.