Street: First off, your welcome. Yeah I was going to do that but somehow I went down another route. Maybe I should do the whole king of Sweden thing (you're not blanking because if I remember correctly I never actually gave him a name). With the powers, this story just mentions them time to time. The storyline doesn't really depend on them all that much.

.tsubasa19: First off thanks =) And in answer to your question, yes (as shown in A Royal Encounter).

Puteri Tina: Yes they do and yes it was mentioned in A Royal Encounter. I don't think its your fault for not remembering. I haven't mentioned that very often. Yes Olaf should be mentioned some time in the future I hope but he was in A Royal Encounter.

Chapter 29: A 'Slight' Problem

Pippa was getting ready for bed. She had a long day at university and she was very tired. She had a number of assignments that needed doing and she had finally finished the last one after many hours of work. She felt relief when she had finally written out the last answer on her last assignment. It felt simply wonderful. She was looking forward to bed. A sleep in felt like the most wonderful thing on the planet at that very moment. She carefully slipped into her bed and felt the warm comfort of the bed. She closed her eyes with a bit of a grin on her face. She slowly drifted off to sleep.

Her good mood and sleep was suddenly interrupted by her phone going off. Pippa's eyes snapped open. Someone better be dying, she thought as she fumbled with things on her bedside table looking for her phone. She finally found it and she looked at the caller ID. It was Jack calling her. About time, she thought. She quickly answered it and spoke in a croaky voice.

"Hello?" she said.

"Pippa sorry, did I wake you?" Jack asked.

"No, I'm often up at one am," Pippa answered sarcastically as she looked at the clock to check the time.

"Sorry," Jack's guilty voice could be heard through the phone.

"What do you want Frosty?" she asked while stifling a yawn.

"Did you know that Dad's here?" Jack said.

Pippa sat up very quickly. That woke her up.

"Dad's in Arendelle?" she said her heart racing and her head reeling.

She knew that her Dad had been looking for Jack but she didn't think that he would go to Arendelle so soon. She had hoped that she would have warned Jack in time but it didn't seem like it. Well she would have if Jack learned to pick up his phone from time to time. She quickly pushed her anger at Jack away and quickly felt anger at her father pumping through her. She calmed herself before she answered.

"Why is he in Arendelle?" she asked. "I know he had been trying to find you."

"What did you mean you knew?"

"Dad turned up here a day ago asking for information relating to your whereabouts. I tried letting you know but somebody wouldn't pick up their phone."

"Sorry I had it turned off. I was on a date with Elsa and didn't want to be disturbed."

"Okay, okay, let's move on," Pippa said. "Why is he there?"

"He wants money."

"No doubt to fuel his gambling addiction."

"No doubt."

"So how much does he need this time? A thousand? Two?"

"Try ten."

"Wow," Pippa said. "Guess Dad really ran the bookies the wrong way around."

"Yeah he did."

"So what are you going to do? Pay?"

"Well I can't. If I do he will just keep coming back but if I don't he's threatening Elsa."

"That heartless bastard," Pippa said in a low voice.

"I know."

Elsa was lying on her bed with Jack next to her. They were both wondering what to do next. Elsa just thought to pay the guy to get out of their lives for good but Jack countered it by saying that once his father got money out of you, he would never leave.

"So what happened between your father and your family?" Elsa asked staring up at the ceiling.

"Well," Jack said leaning on his elbow and looking at her, "my father was never a good Dad. He started out alright according to Mum but things started to change. Dad got really into the races. At first it was a flutter here and there but then he started getting a kick out of the high stakes games. Soon it was him going down to the pub every night to make some bet or another. He would bet on horses, the roulette, card games, the slots, you name it he betted something on it. It didn't take too long for Dad to bet everything we had. Soon we downgraded houses as we could no longer afford payments on our current house, my university tuition went down the drain, Pippa's tuition also went. Soon my Dad starting pawning things. It started off being his own things but then it was my Mum's antique diamond earrings that she got from her mother, her golden watch, anything valuable, he pawned. It didn't take a long time for Dad to make us broke. That wasn't the worse of it though.

"Due to being in a lot of trouble with his bookies, Dad would drink, a lot. He would often go drinking with mates and come home smelling very strongly of alcohol. Whenever Dad drank, his mood turned south. He took out his bad mood on Mum. I tried to step in and I ended up paying for it. I got a broken arm, shoulder and fingers trying to defend Mum and myself from him. In the end, with help from a support group and her friends, she decided that enough was enough. She kicked him out of the house and moved in with my grandparents who ended up taking care of us until we got back on our feet. My grandparents help pay for anything that had to do with Pippa and myself. They had saved up quite a bit for their retirement and they spend most of it on us which we were all very grateful for.

"Eventually, my Mum managed to save up enough money to afford a down payment on a place that she really liked. She had to work two jobs and I worked as well but we managed to get a little money in the bank. The place we moved into was small, I'm not going to lie but it was a nice place. We lived in harmony for about a year and it was the best time we had for a while. It had been a long few years. I just had my sixteenth birthday and I was happy but then it all turned on us. Turns out my Dad had managed to track my mother down. He had cornered her a few times at work hoping for a reconciliation but she refused to give it. He beat her up a few times until the manger came to her rescue. He banned my father from the store but that didn't stop him. Mum eventually had the guts to stand up to him and told him to get out of our lives.

"After a while, Dad got the message that his family didn't want to see him anymore. He decided to leave and never come back which of course we were all very grateful for. I hadn't seen the guy in eight years until he came back."

Elsa didn't know what to say when Jack finished his story. She knew that the details would be grim and horrible but to grow up in that kind of household would be quite painful. She pulled Jack in close for a comforting hug and Jack held onto her and Elsa knew that he was trying not to cry.

"Well hopefully it's going to end soon," she said.

"I hope so too," Jack whispered.

Vincent was in his room at the Icy Arms. When he had left the castle earlier, he had come down to get a room. He was lucky. He had gotten one of the last ones. The room was small but it suited his needs. The room contained a bed, a small table, a small bathroom and a closet. Nothing more. Vincent didn't mind. He often stayed at places much smaller than this when he was on the road between cities. He was currently lying on the bed reading his favourite Stephen King novel when he heard a knock on the door. He grinned to himself. That was probably Jack with a big check for him. He heaved himself off the bed and headed over to the door but when he opened it, he got a surprise.

Elsa was pacing around her bedroom. Jack was in what he called the den. The den was a room that had a massive TV set up and had a number of game consoles attached to it. Currently he was battling against Kristoff and Anna in a not so friendly game of Crash Team Racing. Elsa hadn't decided to join them. Normally she would and give them a serious run for their money but she was busy deciding something. She needed to get Vincent out of Jack's life. She didn't like seeing Jack this angry. She felt helpless that she couldn't do anything. Jack would probably get really mad at her for doing what she's about to do but she had no choice. It seemed the easiest solution to their problem.

Elsa headed to her closet and pulled out a large coat. She zipped it up and pulled the hood low over her face. She then ran from the room.

Jack was busy at the moment winning the race he was currently in on Crash Team Racing against Anna and Kristoff. His character, Doctor N. Gin, was currently winning against Kristoff's character, Dingodile, and Anna's character, Pura. Anna was lagging behind Kristoff as Kristoff wasn't letting her pass him. Jack was soaring ahead. The finish line was just ahead and he managed to cross it in first place. Jack watched as Anna was desperately trying to get pass Kristoff but every time she did, Kristoff would blast her character with a weapon of some kind. Kristoff ended up coming second with Anna right behind him.

"Wipe that grin off your face Frost," Anna said as Jack was grinning like an idiot. "If Elsa was here, she would have schooled you."

"Where is Elsa anyway?" Jack asked. "I would have thought she would have taken two seconds out her day to kick your butt."

Anna went a little red before answering.

"She said she needed to do something," Anna answered.

"Like what?"

"I dunno, I didn't ask," Anna said choosing the next level. "I figured it would be something very dull and boring."

"I'm gonna go find her," Jack said.

Jack placed the controller on his seat and headed out of the room. He wandered up to their bedroom but he couldn't find her in there or in her study. A dark thought crossed his mind. If he thought was he was thinking was true then Elsa went to pay off his Dad for him. Jack gulped and raced down the stairs. He found her about to head out of the castle.

"Where are you going sweetie?" he asked in his nicest possible voice while trying to sound as casual as possible.

Elsa turned and looked at him and smiled.

"Just out," she said.

"Mind if I join you?" Jack asked walking towards her.

"Uh," Elsa said.

"Relax," Jack said. "I know you're off to pay of my Dad."

"Please don't get mad," Elsa begged.

"I'm not mad," Jack said. "I'm just a little disappointed that we didn't discuss this together."

"I just wanted him out of our lives Jack. I thought by paying him off it would solve that problem."

"Unfortunately it probably won't," Jack heaved a sigh.

"I don't care what it takes," Elsa said. "That man ruined your family's life. I want him gone as much as you do. So I'm going to try anything."

"You can try with my Dad but it probably won't amount to much. However paying him off will get him off our backs for the time being. It should allow us time to think."

"I agree," Elsa said,

Jack grabbed his coat and they both headed out the door and into Arendelle.

Vincent was quite surprised to see both Jack and Elsa at his door. Guess Jacky boy did the right thing and decided to pay him.

"Jacky boy," he said walking back to allow them in. "I see you've brought a friend."

"Cut that now Vincent," Elsa said. "How much will it take for you to leave…permanently?"

"As in?"

"Leave and never bother us again," Jack said.

"Oh I don't know if I can do that Jacky boy," Vincent said waggling his finger. "If I remember correctly you have a wedding. Now what's a wedding without the groom's father?"

"You're not coming to the wedding," Elsa said rather fiercely.

"Now you can't say that," Vincent turned to Jack. "Jacky boy, tell your woman that she's bang out of line."

"Actually she's not," Jack said. "You're not coming and nor are you welcome back in Arendelle after today."

"You can't do that," Vincent sputtered.

"Actually I can," Elsa said. "I am the Queen and therefore I can issues bans Mr Frost which I'm glad to say you qualify for."

"You can't do this," Vincent roared.

"I can and I will," Elsa said before turning to Jack. "Let's go."

"Wait," Vincent grabbed Elsa's arm thus holding her back. "What about my payment?"

"Let go," Elsa snarled at him.

"What about my payment?" Vincent demanded.

"Didn't you hear the lady?" Jack said. "Or do I need to clean out your ears? I believe she told you to let go."

"What about my money?" Vincent said in a harsh voice while letting Elsa go.

"No money for you Mr Frost," Elsa said. "I decided not to pay you. If you had just accepted the payment and had gone away for good then you would have a check in your hand but since you didn't, you're leaving empty handed."

"You can't do this," Vincent said towering over Elsa but Elsa stood her ground.

"Mr Frost, may I care to remind you that there about a dozen Arendelle guards downstairs? Do you really want to start a fight with their Queen while they can hear everything that we are saying?" Elsa spat at him.

Vincent paused to think. He realised that starting a fight with the Queen may not be the best decision in the world.

"Fine, just give me my payment and I'm off," he said.

"No," Jack said.

Ice started to make its way around the room. The windows soon frosted over and the temperature dropped.

"Jacky boy," Vincent said in a warning voice.

"I've had enough of you, now leave!" Jack roared at him.

Jack then grabbed Elsa and they left the room together. Vincent tried to follow them but the door had frozen shut. He wasn't in a very good mood.

Elsa and Jack left the room in high spirits.

"I'm so proud of you standing up to your Dad like that," Elsa said.

"Thanks," Jack said smiling at her. "Been wanting to do that for years."

They came to the pub area of the hotel. Elsa walked over to where some guards were who immediately stopped drinking and bowed when she approached.

"Oh when you guys are finished here there is a man in room eleven who needs a one way ticket out of Arendelle, if you don't mind," Elsa asked them.

"Of course your majesty," one of the guards said.

"Good," Elsa smiled.

She then hurried back to Jack and they left the Icy Arms with grins plastered over their faces.

A/N: Just basing this small note on a few reviews. It appears as some people forgot that Elsa and Jack have snow powers. They do, I just haven't mentioned them a lot. I'm really only mentioning them when they need to be. So anyway, I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter. Please review =)