A/N- Well I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Also I wanted to thank a person named: Darth Elsa, for pointing out the year difference. I didn't even realize that some of the things I mentioned didn't really work with the time period, so I changed it to the year 1840. The actual year the movie was said to take place. Anyway, you guys rock, and thanks for constructive feedback.
Stay Frosty :)
Chapter 13
Anna's world crumbled as Elsa was thrown to the ground. All she remembers doing is screaming and fighting against her metal bindings, which only caused her wrists and ankles become raw. She watched as the male that had Elsa, quickly tied her hands and feet together and blindfolded her. He was about to carry her out of the room, but the man that hit Elsa stopped him.
"Gag her." He pointed a finger in Anna's direction and all she could do was cower away from the man. She slowly strode over to Anna and cupped the bottom of her face with a gloved hand, forcing her to open her mouth. He quickly stuffed a piece of cloth into it and backed away.
"Pack'em up. Let's go!" Three guards quickly rushed over and picked them up. They were then led to a large wagon and were thrown into the back. Anna winced when the side of her head came in contact with a small boys shoe. She looked around in muted horror at all of the faces staring at her.
Where the fuck do they want with us? Beth was soon thrown into the back as well, whimpering as she made contact with the hard wood. Anna stared at the people in the wagon. Some looked like they were of a higher class, while other looked to be peasents.
The wagon suddenly lurched forward, causing Anna and Beth to roll forward. Anna was now on her back gazing up into the night sky. Pain, guilt, and panic shot through her when she realized Elsa wasn't on the wagon with them.
I did this. I practically forced Elsa to leave, to go on this stupid fucking suicide mission! I'm the reason she is going to die. I'M THE REASON WE'RE GOING TO DIE!
The wagon lurched back and forth, signaling that they have the cobblestone road of Arendell and were now on a dirt path outside of the city. She looked back up at the sky, but her vision was obscured by the large trees of the forest. She sighed through her nose, and tapped the boys shoe she landed on to try and get his attention.
"Mmmnph." She nudged him again and he looked at her, surprised.
She quickly bobbed her head up and down, trying to motion for him to take the gag out of her mouth. She rolled over on her side trying to show the boy with her hands behind her back, but to no avail. She sighed through her nose and was surprised when a man reached down and yanked the gag from her mouth.
She muttered a thanks. The man nodded and threw the gag, before returning to his position. She looked around the back of the wagon and noticed everyone was chained together, except her and Beth. She took a deep breath, letting it out through her nose.
"Does anybody know where were going?" She croaked. Her voice was hoarse from screaming. Most of them shrugged, others were to embarassed to even look at her. She sighed accepting defeat.
She rolled back onto her back and sighed, staring at the sky. She was so lost in thought she almost didn't hear the arrow, thunk into the side of the wagon.
Almost.
She was jolted from her stupor by the sounds of metal against metal and panicked shouts to one another. She looked around the wagon and noticed the people were staring over the side in disbelief.
"What's happening?" The little boy turned to her.
"Men came to save us!" He shouted, bouncing in his seat, his chains bouncing on the wood.
"What?" Anna was in shock. She looked over at Beth who looked back just as confused. When shouts started to erupt from the wagon she recoiled in surprise, but was soon relieved to find that the wagon door was being opened. She gasped in shock as she recognized the man that opened the door.
"K-Kristoff?" He looked around and made eye contact with Anna and his mout dropped open.
"Anna?" He said in uter disbelief. They could only stare at each other, before a man got onto the cabin. His short black hair was clung to him with sweat.
"Listen up people. My name's Dakota and we're going to take you to one of our camps and help you out, but you need to be patient." He was calm and collected. People in the wagon started to thank him as he was unlocking their chains.
When he got to Anna's he sighed. "Of course we need a different key." He muttered under his breath. Kristoff got onto the wagon.
"I found this on one of the guards following the wagon." He handed Dakota a small key.
"How in the hell did you find that?" Kristoff shrugged. "Luck I guess."
He eyed Anna suspiciously before helping people get off of the wagon. After he helped Beth off of the wagon, Anna walked up and embraced him in a hug. He stiffened and soon returned the gesture.
"I'm glad you're safe Kristoff." Anna pulled back and hopped off of the wagon. Kristoff followed.
"Anna, where is Elsa?" He asked with concern. Anna's eyes widened.
"Oh shit! They took her! They fucking took her Kristoff." He looked away and muttered something under his breath. "Uh okay look, we're going to get her back, but you have to give us some time to think." He put a hand on her shoulder for reassurance.
"It will all be okay." He said staring at Anna. Anna looked up at Kristoff. "How soon?"
He shrugged. "I don't know. Three days at max." Anna's eyes widened. She opened her mouth to say something but he was called over to help lead the people back to their nearest camp. He looked at her and apologized before walking away.
She sighed and started to follow the group into the woods. She walked beside Beth, nudging her with her arm. Beth looked over at Anna.
"How are you holding up Beth?" Anna asked, draping her arm across Beth's shoulders. She just sighed and shook her head. They walked for a while in scilence before Beth turned to Anna.
"What about you? How are you holding up?" Anna looked back at Beth.
"Very shitty. I can't help but feel that all of this is my fault. Which is why I'm going to do everything in my power to correct it." Beth nodded and looked ahead, when Dakota called to them.
"Alright everyone this is it." A makeshift gate was thrown open and they entered. There was an assortment of tents, surrounding a fire. People moved in and out of them, while some came to greet the group.
Anna looked on shocked at what this represent. This was a rebellion against the British, and they needed people to help fight. She glanced over at Kristoff who was now walking toward her.
"Anna." He called out. Increasing his pace toward her.
"What is it Kristoff." She said with a hint of concern.
"It's about Elsa. We know where she is being taken and we're thinking of attacking them. The only drawback is that we have to leave this camp and that it will take a couple of days to prepare..." He trailed off.
Anna's mouth fell open. "Where is she being taken? Oh and I'm coming with you."
He put both hands on her shoulders. "They are taking her to a small prison, off of the coast of Arendelle. Its called the Boiler Room because of all the hot springs surrounding it. It gets up to like 130 degrees in there."
Anna shook her head. "It dosen't matter. All that matters is that I'm going with you to rescue my lo- sister." She corrcted.
Kristoff raised an eyebrow and shook his head. "Is there anyway I can convince you otherwise?" Anna shook her head.
"Nope. You'll just have to live with it." She said with a smirk. Kristoff laughed and drug her over to one of the fires. They both sat down and Anna started to poke the fire with a stick.
"Kristoff?" He yawned and answerd back sleepily.
"What is it?" He looked at her tiredly. Anna resisted not to laugh. "Could you refresh me on some training please?" He laughed.
"Tomorrow Anna, tomorrow." He sighed and layed down o the ground and fell asleep within minutes. Anna nodded to herself and muttered, 'tomorrow."
Please Elsa, hold on until we can get to you. I know you can just please be okay. She layed down and put an arm under her head as a makeshift pillow before being slowly pulled into darkness.
She was constantly pulled out of sleep, by horrific nightmares. She would sit up and glare into the darkness of the forest like something was going to jump out. She slowed her breathing and calmed down. She looked up and could see the faintest of sunlight representing dawn. She sighed and slowly got up, wincing at how much her body ached from yesterday's events.
She streched and was startled by a noise coming from behind her. She quickly turned and saw an man leave his tent and look over to the fire that was dying down. She recognized the man, as Dakota. He slowly made his way over to her, nodding as he sat down and started to relight the fire.
After a moment of silence he spoke up. "You must be Anna, correct?" She nodded and sat down beside him.
"Your Dakota right?" He laughed a little before answering "Yeah thats me. Leader and faithful soldier to the rebellion." He made a mock serious face as he said that causing Anna to laugh.
"Are being serious?" He laughed and nodded. "Yeah I'm sort of the leader, well I was the one who started it at least." Anna nodded.
"Where are you from?" She asked cautiously.
"Well I'm originally from Britian. But when I was a small child my parents and I moved to Corona. I was practically raised there." Anna nodded.
"What made you start the rebellion?" He frowned. "Isn't it ovbious?"
Anna cringed, "Sorry, what did you do in Corona?"
He laughed. "Tell you what, I'll tell you my backstory, then you tell me yours. Sound good?" He held out his hand for her to shake. "Sounds good." She replies and shook his hand.
"Well here goes. After moving to Corona, my parents became ill and my father died when I was 10. My mother seemed to never recover and I was left to mostly fend for myself. I was able to finish school before my mother died. I was 17 and had nowhere to go, so I was put into a local orphanage."
He took a deep breath before continuing.
"I was there until I was adopted by a blacksmith named Andrew. He knew my parents and when he heard about my mothers death he sailed down here and adopted me. Since I had nowhere else to go, I became his apprentice, learning the art of swordsmanship, and and all that."
He leaned back. "When I was 20 I met my wife at a gathering for the return of some princess. We fell in love and got married a year later. She was a royal servant and I was a blacksmith. Nobody saw that coming. Anyway life was good until the attack happened."
He winced as is someone punched him. Anna leaned closer putting a hand on his back. He sighed and continued.
"Since my wife worked in the castle, they slit her throat in the town square, along with all of the other servants. They then sent most of us to do manual labor. It was me who came up with a plan to escape. It was me who saveed those innocent people."
He snorted, trying to hold back tears. "But there was one thing that I couldn't do and that was save the one true person I loved."
Anna started rubbing soothing circles on his back. After a while he calmed down.
"What was her name?" Anna whispered into his ear. He turned and looked at her.
"Her name was Summer." He smirked. "Yeah I know it's a weird name, but I loved it." He turned his head away, and looked up. When he came back down he looked at her expectantly.
"Well what's your story?" Anna silently laughed and looked at him. She began recounting her story of how Elsa shut her out for years and the coronation. She then told him abput Olaf and how Kristoff helped her save her sister.
He beamed at the mention of Olaf and Marshmallow. "Wait, were they both up at the North Mountain?" She nodded and told him about the ice palace she built. He stood up.
"That was her? She built thoes?" Anna nodded with a grin on her face. He burst out laughing telling her that we found a small snowman up at the North Moutain and they led him to Kristoff, which in turn led them to the palace. She laughed and soon enough, she told him how she sacrificed herself for Elsa.
"So then we were attacked and, well, I ended up here and she ended up at the prison place." He nodded sympathetically. She looked around and noticed sunlight was illuminating the forest. They had been talking for over an hour. Dakota stood up and streched.
"By the way, we head out tomorrow for the prison. You better be prepared if you still want to go." She nodded and watched as he walked off back to his tent. Kristoff was soon waking up beside Anna and she prodded him with a stick.
He groaned. "Would you please stop that." He said sitting up. She smirked.
"It's about time you woke up. You just missed Dakota who is a pretty nice guy." He laughed at her before nodding. "Yeah, I guess he is."
He yawned and stood up. "Well let's go get some breakfast and then we can start on your training. He held out his hand to her and she grabbed it and pulled herself up. She had almost forgotten about Elsa.
Almost.
