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Guest: Hate to disappoint you but no. But it may or may not happen soon.

Dreamdandimaginations: Lol what's not to love about Marius and Rohan? Marius is like a lovable yet annoying little brother and Rohan is just a huge teddy bear.

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Arendelle, how Elsa missed it, sure she loved her time in the Underground kingdom, but she loves her home even more. Turning Elsa put on a dress, moving it gently, it was baggy on her making her look a bit bigger, but it was what she wanted as she had to keep her cards close to her now more than ever as she was starting to suspect that the council was scheming.

It was not a matter of if, but when and Elsa wanted to use the element of surprise should they try anything.

With that Elsa left as she was hoping to talk to Anna and see how things went while she was away from Arendelle, "Hopefully I will not find she turned Arendelle upside down while I was gone" Elsa though with a light giggle as she made her way to her office only to bump into Hans.

"We got to stop doing this" said Elsa,

"Took the words out of my mouth" said Hans greeting her with a kiss on the forehead before asking "How was your day?",

"Its been pleasant, so far you have been right about trusting Anna with ruling Arendelle while I was gone since I have not found it in shambles" said Elsa,

"Awww don't be too mean to her" said Hans then added "Surely she is-", Hans stopped when he noticed Anna walking over and she did not look okay.

She was pale, thin, her eyes sunken in because of the lack of sleep, her eyes lost their shine, it made Hans worry as he knew she would be a bit tired, but this, its as if she aged over night and it seems that Elsa noticed as she gave this look as she watched her sister.

"I need to talk to my sister" said Anna stopping before them then glared at Hans making him raise an eyebrow in confusion "Alone",

"Of course" said Hans nodding before turning and leaving.

Elsa was even more confused over Anna actions, but before she could say anything Anna ran over, hugged her close and sobbed "You have to get away from Hans".

Eavesdropping was something Hans had not done since he was a child trying to listen in to what the other Fateweavers said when he was not allowed to go into their meeting, not that he was successful at it as Agathe always caught him and scolded him about it.

"You have to get away from Hans!" he heard making him stop dead in his tracks, turning around he walked closer to the door which he closed after leaving Anna and Elsa along and listened in, hoping he had heard wrong.

"Anna, I don't understand" said Elsa, her voice laced with shock and confusion and she was not the only one, Hans was shocked, Anna had been the very last person he would have ever though of hearing this as she had always been a good friend and encouraged the relationship between him and Elsa. So why was she doing this now?!

"Elsa, he is no good" said Anna in a panicked voice "What if he hurts you!? Or if he is using you?! He lied once! What's stopping him from lying again?!",

"Anna, I don't understand where this is coming from, you always wanted to see me and him together" said Elsa,

"It was a mistake!" said Anna pleading,

"Why? What made you change your mind all of a sudden?" asked Elsa confused,

"I...I..." began Anna, hesitating, she stammered more words before "You just have to trust me Elsa...don't marry him, break the engagement",

"Anna, I... I will think about it" said Elsa hesitating, hearing foot steps Hans quickly hid behind a tapestry, the door opened and Elsa walked out upset, soon Anna followed just as upset, but at the moment Hans did not care as he was hurt by Anna's betrayal.

As Anna walked Hans acted quick, he got out of the tapestry, grabbed her arm and dragged her back into the room as he wanted to have a word with her.

"Get in there!" hissed Hans as he dragged Anna into a room. Closing and locking the door behind him Hans turned to face Anna, his hands trembled as he tried to hold in the hurt and betrayal he felt from her doing this. He trusted her! He kept his promise and yet she dared to stab him in the back?!

"What is going on with you suddenly?",

"I should be the one asking you!" Anna snapped at him "Your the one who has been lying since the begining!",

"Haven't I proven my loyalty to Arendelle and your sister enough?" yelled Hans at her "I though you approved of my relationship with Elsa?!",

"Things change!" snapped Anna as she removed the soulstone necklace from her neck and handed it to Hans "Just take this and go! Go home where you belong and never bother us again!". Hans' eyes narrowed.

Something was very odd here. He knew Anna, if she truly saw him as a bad omen to Elsa, she could have destroyed the soulstone without hesitation. So why was Anna simply giving it back? The prince took off his glove before accepting the stone from Anna and his eyes glazed over as if he was in some kind of trance. The stone harnessed emotions from the wearer - and as he went throughout the various colors, the prince could feel utter fear radiating from it.

"Hans?" asked Anna when the prince's eyes kept their glassy look for quite a long time.

"Hans?",

Hans snapped out of the trance and glanced to the princess "Tell me the truth",

"The truth?",

"Anna, I can feel your emotions emitting from this stone. You are afraid for Kristoff. Why? What has happened? Tell me what's really going on" said Hans, his voice taking on a begging tone to it,

Looking away Anna said "Hans, you are imagining things really. Everything is fine with Kristoff!",

"I can see you are lying. Anna please. Kristoff is my friend as well, I need to know." pleaded Hans as he took her hand and held it, Anna's face began to crack before she burst into tears. "The council has kristoff!" blurted Anna, Hans eyes widened as he said "What?!",

"The council... they told me that if I did not convince Elsa to stop your marriage they would kill him. Hans, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to" sobbed the princess as she sagged to the ground. "I didn't want to-",

"I know, Anna. I know. Where is the council?" said Hans as he helped her up to her feet,

"Hu?" brought Anna out through her sobs.

"Where is the council?" demanded Hans with fury in his eyes.

"I... I don't-" began Anna, but Hans already rushed out of the room.

"Hans!" called Anna as she ran after him. "Hans, wait!"

Hans let his internal compass guide him to where he needed to go and moved with quick steps. He needed to be sure that Kristoff was okay first before facing the council.

Soon it lead him to the dungeons built inderneath the Arendelle castle. Currently one cell seemed to be occupied by two guards. Before they could react however Hans tirned to smoke and suffocated the two just enough to knock them out. They were innocent as they were only following orders yet were unaware of the reasons behind them.

If word spread that Kristoff escaped under their watch, they would get the blame and Hans didn't this upon them. Turning back to solid form Hans bend down and got the keys, opening the cell , who ran towards the cell when Hans had given the all-clear, cried at what she 's body was painted in dark colored bruises.

The cuts on his arms were covered with dried blood, one of his eyes was swollen and, noticed the prince in horror, one of his arms was twisted very unnaturally. As Hans hurried to his side, he could hear the man's irregular and shallow breathing - not a good sign. "Anna help me" ordered Hans as he removed his gloves to heal kristoff, but not too much as he wanted to put the bones in the right place first.

"Kristoff? Can you hear me?",

"Uh... wha" groaned Kristoff as he slowly gained consciousness.

"You are going to be alright" said Hans as he put his gloves back on again "We are going to get you out of here" as he pulled Kristoff up in bridal style.

Once out they walked through the halls however being stopped by the entire council blocking their way to Anna's chambers with swords in their duke smirked and walked over, looking ever so proud of himself.

"So, she did not do as we said, what a disappointment..." shook the duke his head.

"Why? Your beef is with me, not Anna" snarled Hans.

"She is the only one who's trusted enough by both you and the queen. Sadly you left us with no choice as your meddling has wear off our last nerve",

Narrowing his eyes Hans said "Anna, I need you to take Kristoff and get out of here",

"But Hans-",

"Do as I say" snapped Hans at her before reigning himself in to continue on a softer note "This will not look pretty"

Anna swallowed but took Kristoff over from him and slowly shuffled away with Kristoff on her arm, leaving Hans behind to face the Duke and his goons.

Once Hans was sure they were out of harm's way he turned his attention to the council."What are you going to do to us? You are but one man." said one of them as he pointed to the defenseless prince."One man I may be, sure. But I'm more than that. You see, the firebird is too often associated with life, ressurection and hope..." said Hans while letting his gloves turn to ash, "but they often overlook the part that it also stands as destruction and death for those irredeemable. And you all have crossed that line."

When the last bits of his gloves had burned off, the prince felt his self made chains fall off and let his power course freely through his council shifted uncomfortably as they felt the room grow hotter - many began to sweat and tug at their cravats as the temperature rose.

"I had enough of this!" yelled the duke red-faced from the heat. "Just kill him!"

The council members ran over, one went to restrain Hans and the other thrusted a dagger deep inside of his gasped when he felt the blade penetrate inside his body and he sunk to the ground as his trembling fingers tried to grasp them. Thinking that they had won, the men cheered only to stiffen when the temperature in the room rose to extreme heights.

The man who held Hans screamed when he felt the prince's skin burn his own hands and let go to find water to cool his burns. The council member who had stabbed the prince, backed away when he saw the prince's eyes lit up like hellfire."I.. you can't... I... we..." stammered the man as Hans stood up as if nothing had happened and advanced on ! the man was thrown with inhuman strength against the wall - the shock was so great his head began to bleed and the man passed out from the pain.

Hans' firey eyes turned their attention to the ashen looking council members. Hans reached for the dagger in his chest and tugged at it several times to get it free. At long last, he managed to get the dagger out, which immediately melted into a metal liquid that dripped from his hand upon the floor."You... you... your a demon!" yelled The duke in terror as Hans dropped the now useless weapon. "Stay back"The duke's orders fell on deaf ears as Hans kept advancing on them, and the survival instinct of the council members kicked in - while some began to flee, others were simply frozen or began to put on a fight.

As if he were merely taking a stroll, the prince caught the swinging blade of the first council man with his bare hand, which immediately melted under his grip. With his other free hand, the prince took hold of the man's collar and threw him upon his incoming collegues. However not all of them were hit and a very brave, or rather, very foolish man stormed towards the prince whom simply twisted his raised arm into an unnatural angle. The man screamed when the bone popped out of its original state however was silenced when Hans gave him a harsh blow on the head.

Glancing arround, the prince's eyes settled on a group councilmembers who neither fled nor fought him. For a moment, the prince's black-red eyes smoldered - he could see that they were innocent: They didn't approve of the duke's methods, yet lacked the courage to stand up to him. "Get. Out." breathed Hans with the greatest difficulty as he pointed to the burning inferno that was once their way out. At his command, the fire lowered just enough to grant safe passage and the men quickly did as they were told. Hans's body trembled - not from fear, but from such an untamed raw anger that he kept at bay for just a few more seconds.

He felt his control slip more and more by each second thanks to the tainted souls he could feel. With his gloves on, he could block this sight away, but he had been so impulsive to burn them instead of putting them away. Now, he saw just how sick they truly were.. "Sir, behind you!" cried one of the spared council members out when he saw one of his collegues try to stab Hans from behind.

"Oh god!" The man covered his mouth when he saw the sword make its bloody path the prince's stared down at the sword, feeling the pain and his blood dripping down his clothing.

"Who did this?" Slowly the prince turned around to see the council member staring dumbfounded to his not so mortally wounded opponent.

"Ah." The prince recognized the man immediately. "You."

"Why would she say that?" Elsa asked herself over and over trying to figure out her sisters sudden change of heart. The more she though the less it made sense as Anna had no reason for her actions, at least none that Elsa knows.

"Unless Hans is lying to me again and did something behind my back" though Elsa, as much as she did not want to believe that in the end she would always trust her sister over a man no matter what.

"Elsa! Elsa!" recognizing it as her sisters voice Elsa turned and her eyes widen at her sister who was covered in blood, grabbing Elsa Anna said "You have to stop him! Your the only one who can get through to him!",

"Wait, whats going on?!" said Elsa wondering what is going on and even if her sister was okay mentally,

"Its Hans! I am so sorry! The council forced me to lie! They wanted me to separate you and Hans or else they would have hurt Kristoff!" Anna blurted out "I know your mad! But you can be mad later! Because right now Hans is-" Annas voice trailed off as she smelled smoke, Elsa smelled it too.

Looking around the two grew pale as they noticed some coming up from one of the rooms in the castle.

"Call the guards!" ordered Elsa as she ran to the castle, praying nothing bad had happened.

Eyes became as dark as coal as Hans looked at the councilman's very soul, that girl, he had mutilated her! Hans bared his teeth and fire erupted from his hands, so quick and so hot that the man barely could scream before turning to ashes.

The fire raced further on the floor and the tapestry and soon the whole room was aflame."I am getting out of here" yelled the Duke in terror for the fate of his fellow ' head snapped towards the sound and his eyes narrowed upon seeing the fleeing man.

The duke screamed in fear when his passageway was suddenly blocked by a huge wall of fire. Desperate, the man sought for another way out as Hans advanced towards him - there was the window, but that was a huge drop down without anything soft to land on. "No, no wait! Don't kill me!" begged the duke when Hans hoisted him up without any effort.

Hans' face stayed emotionless under his pleas, his eyes as dark as before. However, the fire arround him stopped flickering. "Why?" breathed the prince duke recoiled from Hans' face as it was too warm to look directly at.

"I'll do as you ask! I will leave you and the firebird alone! We can work together! Yes yes!" rambled the duke on in the hopes of appealing to Hans.

"If we work together we can rule Arendelle, no no, not just Arendelle! Spain! England! Everywhere! We will succeed in where Alexander the great failed!",

"The phoenix, The Firebird and me are one and the same, blind man." said Hans calmly. "And blind you shall truly be." his burning free hand touched upon the duke's eyeballs and soon the sizzling smell of burned flesh and agonizing screams filled the whole room.

Hans let the duke harshly go - the pain of his burned eyes however was so great the duke barely noticed any other pains from hitting the ' eyes turned to the last councilman who was in the corner and cowarding in fear. He hadn't been with his fellow collegues who had been spared - unlike them he froze and was unable flee in order to safe his life. "No sire, please, Spare me! I was forced, they made me do it!" begged the last remaining councilman.

But Hans had become deaf for his pleas, so overcome by his anger.

"HANS! STOP!" A voice pierced, but Hans didn't listen - already there was a fireball in his hand, ready to throw it.

"I said STOP!"

The prince's fireball, as well as his aflame body, vanished when the whole room coated itself in frost. Hans' eyes snapped to the horrified Snow Queen Elsa in the doorway.

"Stay out of my way, Snow Queen. Don't come between the phoenix and the condemned." warned Hans as the frost melted away from him as if it were nothing.

"No! You have to stop! You cannot do this!",

"I can and I will. I don't need your approval.",

"No! Please stop! This is not you!" shouted Elsa desperately trying to get Hans to come to his senses.

"Oh... But this is me, Snow Queen. Now you see all what I am. These... little people have been kept unchecked for far too long and I realized, I've been far too merciful for all those years." said Hans as he darkly glared to the cowering man in front of him. "They will answer to ME."

The prince turned his black eyes towards the queen. "If you can't live with that, go away. Or stay, and face the same consequences as him.",

"Alright then." spoke Elsa as she marched towards him, placing his hand on her chest. "Do it".

""What... Snow Queen" Something flickered behind Hans' eyes.

"I'm one of the little people too, am I not?" asked Elsa indifferently.

"No. You're... you're not. You are my queen." Hans' hand began to cup her cheek.

"And those are my people." went Elsa on. "Hans..." breathed the queen as she cupped his cheek as well. "Hans, please..."

Slowly, Hans' eyes regained their original, green color. "Elsa." shuddered Hans, feeling weak from the removal of adrenaline and anger.

"I'm here. I'm here." hushed the queen as she kept hugging him. "I'm not letting you go."

Hans however, now saw what he had ravished: the whole room was in ashes - and on one of the walls, a humanoid ashen figure was still visible. As the prince watched on he saw the duke whimpering and covering his face in agony, while the other two council members wept for the burns he had ... he had completely lost himself in his rage. Hans swayed, feeling utterly sick at himself. He had lost control. He.. he had nearly killed an innocent.

"Hans its okay... everything is going to be alright" said Elsa softly as she reached to take his hand. But Hans pulled his hand away before she could take it.

"No. Everything is not alright... I.. I could have killed him. Killed you.",

"Hans..." began Elsa but could not say anymore as Hans immediately took off.

"Hans wait! Stop!" yelled Elsa as she ran after him.

To be continued...

Authors note: I would love to thank Dreamsandimaginations for the scene with the council, her help was most invaluable and I am eternally greatful for it. Oh No... that's not good...hopefully this will end well...but for now I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, please review to tell me what you think and stay tuned for the next chapter.