Authors note: I want to thank you all for reviewing and reading the last chapter. Hearing your opinions means a lot and they also help if I need to edit or make something better.
Guest: Actually they did took...precautions... to prevent that because with Sylvia still on the loose they did not want to bring a child into the world knowing that the child would be in danger.
Darkphoenix: Cool name by the way. You have no idea how significant it is. Well in truth Lars is not really insane, there is more to his actions and what's driving them than you think. But I cannot say as it would be a huge spoiler.
guest: Your right, that is no good, especially with hos desperate Lars was to get his brother back.
Dreamsandimaginations: Actually its the Fateweavers not the kingdom you should be worried about. lol
Any way I hope you all enjoy this chapter so please sit back, relax, enjoy a good read and please leave a review when done, opinions are most welcomed.
Letting out a scream Hans hands went to his back as he fell to the side and began to convulse.
And it was not just him but Elsa too screamed as she felt the pain herself. It was awful! Never had she felt anything like that before in her life as she collapsed to the ground.
Then after a while the pain began to fade as a strange numbing sensation took over. It was that kind of sensation you get after you do a lot of work with no rest.
As her sight began to fail she heard Lars say "I am sorry it had to be this way..." then there was nothing.
"Hans!" screamed Elsa as she came back too, sitting up she looked all around panicking, it was at that moment she realized she was in her room, but that though brought no comfort when she saw Hans was not anywhere to be seen.
"Elsa, calm down, breath" said Anna as she went to her sisters side and took her hand, she had been watching her sister for a while, hoping for her to wake up.
"Hans! He was...where is he?!" said Elsa as she tried to stand up, but was stopped by Anna,
"Calm down Elsa, Hans is-",
"Fine" said an extra voice, turning the two looked to find Agathe, quietly she walked over,
"How can Hans be fine?! I saw him be kidnapped by his brother! After the two fought and tried to tear one another apart!" said Elsa baffled at her answer,
"You do not need to worry, we will handle it" said Agathe soothingly, Elsa looked, she knew she was not as strong as them, but regardless she could help,
"Let me help" said Elsa,
"No, we will handle it" insisted Agathe.
Something, Elsa was not sure if it was the tone of Agathe said or her body language told her this woman was hiding something, Elsa was sure as Hans taught her how to read body language effectively, never had it failed her.
"Why not?" demanded Elsa,
"Because it is non of your concern" said Agathe,
"It is" said Elsa getting angry as Agathes response further convinced her that was indeed hiding something Reacting to her anger snow flakes appearing around Elsa and began dancing about dangerously, seeing this Elsa took a breath and decided to go about it a different way and added "He and I made the vow, Hans has been kidnapped so it is MY BUISNESS".
Upon saying those words Agathes demeanor changed, for a moment her face hardened in anger and displeasure before saying "It means nothing" with that she got up and left. As soon as she did Anna asked "What do you mean by vow?", Elsa shook her head before saying "It does not matter...", with that she got up and added "Agathe is hiding something, they all are",
"Hiding? What would they be hiding?" asked Anna confused,
"Yes...and I am going to find out what" said Elsa before turning and looking seriously "Anna I am leaving you in charge till I get back",
"But Elsa",
"Please Anna, I have to do this" Begged Elsa, looking down Anna though, she wanted to refuse but found herself unable to so she said "Okay". Then tensed when Elsa ran over and hugged Anna "Thank you, I owe you for this" before turning around and began to move about the room, gathering things, for something told her this was going to be a long journey.
Minutes? Hours? Days? How much time had it passed? Those were the thoughts running through Hans mind as he slowly came too, at first he though he was in Arendelle with Elsa, then that he was back in his home, but quickly realized it was neither.
The room was not his bedchambers or Elsa's, the walls were stone, the roof was wood giving it an old look, the bed was comfy but was not his. Quickly getting up Hans placed his hand on his forehead as the room seemed to spin for a moment, his muscles protested with pain but he forced himself to move as his first instinct was to get out of there.
Opening the door he stuck his head out and looked around, the hallway was large, portraits decorating the hall, but no people, which was what Hans wanted.
Leaving the room Hans quietly moved through the area, going through halls and downstairs trying to find a way out, hopefully without attracting attention.
"Where is the exit?" he muttered before finally found the a door which lead to the outside of the building.
"Ha" he though as he reached for the door nob only to yell when he touched it, the nob was cold, so cold it burned, pulling his hand and holding it close he hissed in pain, but had little time to do more as shadow began to appear all around. Growing tense Hans looked around, never had he seen so many shadow demons in one place, there were so many that they blocked out the sunlight coming from the windows making the place look darker than it was.
Summoning a flame to defend himself Hans immediately realized there was something wrong, he could barely summon a proper flame and what he managed to was weak and made his body ache as if he was over exhorting himself.
Soon the shadow demons seem to move aside as a dark figure walked over, Hans glared, it was Lars,
"So you are up, was worried there for a second" said Lars sounding genuine in his concern, the key word being sounding,
"What do you want?" snapped Hans, he had no reason to be nice to Lars, he was a bit taken back at Hans remark but not surprised, so calmly Lars said "I was going to get you so we could have dinner and talk like adults",
"I have nothing to say to you" snapped Hans as he turned to try and force the door open but was unable to, what was wrong with him!? He is usually stronger than this!
"I am sorry, but that is not an answer I can accept" said Lars "Just come with me, we can talk things out",
"I answer remains the same" growled Hans as he continued to try to force the door open,
"I am afraid you have no choice Hans, all the doors and windows leading outside are enchanted, they will not let anybody in or out unless I give the command" said Lars,
"We will see about that" muttered Hans as he placed both hands on the door nob and began to try to use his magic to melt it, but sadly the more he used the weaker he got, he fought against the pain in his muscles and the weakness he felt before collapsing to the ground, gasping as if he had flown half way around the world with no stopping.
"Hans...I know it may seem bad now, but I am doing this for your own good" Lars tried to calmly,
"Sure and I am a dodo bird" snapped Hans as he forced himself up,
"Listen, just come with me and I will explain everything" said Lars,
"Not in a thousand million years, not even for all the tea in China, nor the gold of 20 empires, not if the sky was swarming with pigs" snapped Hans,
"But pigs don't fly",
"Excatly my point!" snarled Hans before going back upstairs,
"Where are you going?" demanded Lars angry,
"To that room I was left in, I rather be there and starve than to stomach a minute more of your company" said Hans before storming upstairs, about a minute or so passed before they heard a door slam.
"Told you he was not going to take it well" Lars heard, sighting he turned to face Clara who had seen the whole thing,
"Must you rub it in my face?" said Lars sighting,
"No, but its very clear that while your book smart when it comes to people your not exactly an expert" said Clara as she walked over and placed an hand on his arm "Just let him cool down for a bit, give him his space then maybe he will be more open to talk and listen",
"But he is being so difficult!" said Lars angry as he grabbed and rubbed his arm, it was scared from Hans attack, still hurting as if it was still on fire, he thank his most mysterious helper Sylvia for letting him borrow whatever that crystal as it worked to subdue Hans,
"Can you blame him? He was taken away from his friends and a place he sees as home" said Clara,
"I am doing it for his own good" said Lars,
"Hans does not see it that way" said Clara as she turned to leave but stopped and said "If his highness wants I can try to talk to your brother later on, maybe help defuse things",
"Thank you" said Lars,
"No problem" said Clara then added playfully "Where would you be without me?", sighting a bit annoyed Lars said "Alone in an alleyway, drunk as a grape",
"Precisely" chirped Clara before leaving, Lars shook his head at her and chuckled before leaving as he had some meetings to attend to among other things.
Looking at the lake Elsa glared as she pulled the cloak over her head to make sure as it would not fall off before she whispered the same words Hans would whisper to get the access to the Fateweavers secret lair.
When she finished she was worried she had not done it right but in a minute or so the lake opened up to reveal the stairs, moving quick Elsa entered the lair not knowing she was being followed.
Steps were heard as Elsas heal hit the ground, she slowed down, trying to be as quiet as possible as she was not sure what the fateweavers could be anywhere. Looking at the throne room she sighted in relief when she saw they were not there so she moved on.
She knew the Fateweavers knew more than what they were letting on so she was going to find out what was it they were hiding.
"Should we not look for Hans?" she heard Marius say, crouching a bit Elsa moved to a room and listened in.
"We do not have to, its very clear that Hans at some point will be able to escape on his own" said Merlin,
"Are you sure?" asked Agathe worried,
"Of course, those power burst have proven that he has gone beyond our level somehow...in fact I dare say he is just as powerful as Bak was when he was alive" said Merlin making the others gasp,
"Are you sure? I know he is strong, but he is not supposed to be that strong" said Flora,
"Apparently he is" said Merlin.
Shaking Elsa decided to move on as she needed to find the library or anywhere she can get information about whatever Lars was. As she left she heard a creaking and slamming sound. Usually Elsa would not follow the noise, but she did as she had to put a stop to it before it attracts the attention of the fateweavers.
Following it Elsa stopped, behind her, she heard an extra step behind her. So with a swift move she summoned ice to encase whatever the threat was.
"Hey!" there was a yell.
Moving carefully Elsa turned to face the person to find it was Albert,
"Albert, what are you doing here? I though you were back in England?" whispered Elsa as she looked around, hoping nobody heard,
"Hans is my brother, I cannot just sit still and do nothing when I can help" said Albert as Elsa thawed away the ice, freeing him,
"I know you want to help, but this could be dangerous" said Elsa,
"That's why you need help, I can help you" said Albert, Elsa was going to refuse but at this point she had no choice so she said "Alright, but we need to be quiet", nodding together they continued to follow that noise to find that it was coming from the gate of the mausoleum of the Phoenixes, it opened and closed, creaking.
"That's odd" though Elsa as she entered and looked around, something was telling her that there was something in the room, something hidden.
Following her instinct Elsa looked around and found herself standing before the shrine with the doll, taking it Elsa looked over it as she muttered "Just what are you hiding?",
"What's wrong?" asked Albert as he walked over only to jump back when Elsa tore the dolls clothes off, before he could say anything she found what she was looking for, a key was hiding in the doll.
Putting the clothes back on the doll Elsa stared at the key, "Elsa?" asked Albert again as she moved back to the shrine and looked around before finding a key hole, placing the key in the hole she turned it and back away the shrine sunk to the ground to reveal a dark opening.
Shaking her head Elsa snapped out of the trance she was in,
"How did you know that was there?" asked Albert in shock,
"I don't know... I just did" said Elsa unsure before the two walked into the opening.
There was no way out, Hans though over and over as he lay on bed, starring up to the ceiling, trying to figure out a way to escape. But so far there was non, he tried to escape through the windows, but they refused to break or open, the doors were not possible as all were enchanted so he would not be able to escape.
"There has to be a way" though Hans before he heard a knock on the door, angry he got up, stormed over, opened the door and yelled blindly "I told you to leave me alone!" before slamming the door closed. About a minute or so when Hans cooled down his eyes widen as he realized the person he yelled outside was not his brother.
Opening the door Hans quickly said "I am sorry, I though you were-",
"Your brother?" said the woman "Its fine, don't blame you for being angry at him" she was not upset at him yelling at her before adding "Mind if you let me in?",
"Of course" said Hans moving aside and letting her in,
"Thank you, my name is Clara, I am the head palace keeper here" said Clara,
"Your young" Hans pointed out,
"I am not that young, I am quite older than I appear" said Clara with a light laugh as she entered then added "I was wondering if you wanted me to get you something, since your not going to be dinning with your brother",
"Not now or ever" said Hans stubbornly in anger,
"You know, your brother just wants to be your brother again" said Clara,
"I don't care, I was thinking of talking to him, but that went out the window the moment he kidnapped me and forced me away from my friends and family" snapped Hans,
"I know and I don't blame you" said Clara then added "I won't force you either, I know what Lars did was not right",
"Thank you" said Hans glad that Clara would not push him to interact with Lars,
"Your welcome" said Clara as she turned to leave, as she did she called "Will be back with your dinner, feel free to talk to me whenever you want somebody to talk to",
"Thank you" said Hans as he closed the door behind her, he was glad he actually had somebody to talk. As he closed the door he never realized Lars had heard everything.
This place, this mausoleum, it was huge contrast to the Phoenix mausoleum.
It was dark, dusty, full of cobwebs, the coffins were broken and cracked from years of neglect, there was no care, no decorations, its as if whoever made this place had no care about who these people were.
"I don't like this...Who would do this?...Who were these people?" asked Albert as he walked pass black marble coffins which were cracked and seemed that they would fall apart if touched,
"Not sure" whispered Elsa as she noticed then walked over to the shrine, on it there was a doll, it was like the phoenix doll but different, the clothes were black with silver motifs and strange enough the doll had tiny glasses and if Elsas memory served her correctly this dolls outfit matched what Lars was wearing the day they met.
Next to the doll was an empty spot, as if something was meant to be next to it.
Looking down at the phoenix doll she picked up Elsa though "I wonder" as she held out the phoenix doll then next to the other one, when she did she felt her heart race, it was as if something which was missing was found and restored to its rightful place.
Backing away Elsa looked around trying to make sense of all this, why hide this place? why was it attached to the phoenix mausoleum? and what is the connection of this person to the phoenix? is it a fateweaver as well? It seems the more she found the more questions she was left.
"Queen Elsa... you better see this" she stopped when she heard Albert say that, his voice was laced with fear. Turning she walked over to Albert then her eyes widen as she saw what he saw. White marble statues, they did not notice them as they were set on a place so that they would not be spotted easily, but regardless one could tell that they did not belong here.
As she stared Elsa felt a shiver of fear running up and down her spine, there were three in total, one of a child around the ages of 7 to 9 years old, the next was a teenager around maybe 16 years old and the last one was a grown adult, but regardless she knew who these people were.
"Hans?" Elsa said voicing her thoughts, Albert nodded before saying "This makes no sense, Hans told me that the statues were made after the phoenix..." his voice trailed off, his eyes widen.
There was no need for him to finish as Elsa figured out what he was going to say, these statues meant one of two things, the first is that the Fateweavers though Hans was going to die at some point, the second was a horrible though, that they were planning to kill Hans off.
It was terrible, but with all the secrets and such it was a possibility to Elsa as she stared before Albert said "We better leave, we don't know if-"
"WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE?!" they heard, turning Elsa felt rage as she stared at Agathe who stood there,
"Tell me" growled Elsa then commanded with all the authority of a queen she had "NOW!".
To be continued...
Authors note: Oh no...that's not good...Elsa is not happy and I cannot blame her for it, but what will happen next? Well you will have to wait and see...so please leave a review to tell me what you think and stay tuned for the next chapter as we may have an epic battle on our hands.
Fun fact: Drunk as grapes is a saying for being super drunk or intoxicated with alcohol.