A/N: Hello all, and welcome to the final chapter of "Where the Snowflakes Fall". Yes, it is a sad day. It is the end of this story, and the end of my summer! I go back to school tomorrow! :'-( But hey, all good things mush come to an end! Now, for those of you who follow me, I'm not exactly sure what projects lie in the future for me on this site. I think I'm pretty much out of Frozen ideas, but one way or another, you're definitely not going to see me posting anything else until long after marching band season's over! But for now, we still have to wrap up this story, so let's start here. I'd like to thank you all for your support through this story, and my other stories as well. I wish everyone luck in the upcoming school year, and thank you for reading "Where the Snowflakes Fall".

Disclaimer: I do not own Frozen! Not even in my dreams!

"I failed him!" Noah cried, as he looked down onto his brother's body.

"No, you didn't," Julie said, trying to comfort him. "You did anything but! You tried your hardest to save him, but in the end, he made his choice."

Noah didn't say anything right away. He couldn't stop his sobbing long enough to get a word in. Julie held him close, as Elsa, Johan, Anna, and Kristoff watched the scene in silence.

"Before he ran out here," Noah explained through his tears, "he came to my window to talk to me. The last thing he said was that he was going to finish this. Now I see that he wanted to eliminate what he saw as the two main threats: our father and himself."

"Noah, it's still not your fault," Julie protested. "He lived a twisted life! He was suffering-"

"I should have saved him from all that when I had the chance!"

"Even if you could have, it happened the way it did, and now he would be suffering with the guilt of his own mistakes!"

Noah started to calm down a little bit to the point where he wasn't yelling anymore. "He did suffer..."

"But at least now his suffering is over," Julie said.

He nodded, and quietly continued to cry as Julie reached out and closed Daniel's eyes. Several guards then rounded the corner and fell silent when they saw Noah mourning. Amount them was Captain Gunnarson, who kneeled down next to Noah with a somber look on his face.

"If you don't mind my asking," he said, "what would you like to be done with your brother's body?"

Noah sniffed and tried to pull himself together somewhat. "I want you to bury him next to our mother," he concluded. "He deserves nothing less."

The captain nodded. "May we?" he said, motioning to Daniel's body.

Noah nodded. The captain gave a signal to two other guards, who picked up the body and carried him away. He put a hand on Noah's shoulder and gave him a reassuring look.

"And, one more thing," the captain said. "What would you like us to do with your father's body?"

"I don't care what you do with him!"

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The next morning, Noah was knighted by King Magnus in front of the entire kingdom for his courage, sacrifice, and services to the royal family. Everyone was there to cheer him on, and he tried to enjoy the moment the best he could.

Twenty-four hours later, Elsa stood alone in her room, packing her bag. Elsa had come to love Landvik, and all the friends she had met there. But she and her family had ended up staying there almost two weeks longer than planned, and she knew that it was high time they go home.

After she had packed the last of her things, she sat on the end of the bed and sighed, thinking of Johan. He had stayed with her last night, but he wasn't there when she woke up. He had left a note saying that he would see her before she left. She didn't want to leave him, though. Not again. She remembered how lonely she had felt after he left Arendelle all those years ago. Of course, at least now she had Anna for company, and she knew this time that it wouldn't be the last time she saw him.

A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts.

"Come in."

Anna opened the door and smiled sadly at her sister. "Hey," she said. "You ready?"

"Yeah," Elsa replied, standing up. In the hallway, she handed her bag over to a servant and walked with Anna toward the courtyard. "Where's Kristoff?" she asked.

"He's already down there," Anna replied. "You know he gets ready much faster than us."

Elsa chuckled, but soon fell silent again, not able to take her mind off of Johan.

Anna could sense what she was thinking. "You okay?" she asked.

Elsa nodded. "I'll be fine."

They finally entered the courtyard, where Julie, Noah, Leah, Isak, and King Magnus were all waiting to say their goodbyes. Kristoff was already there, making polite conversation with Isak.

They all turned and smiled when they saw the girls there. But for a moment, Elsa felt her heart sink.

"Where's Johan?" she asked.

"He's going to meet you at the docks," Leah replied, eying the others mischievously. "He has a surprise for you."

Elsa and Anna glanced at each other and then looked to Kristoff, who just shrugged. Clearly, there was something going on here that they didn't know about, but they chose to shrug it off for the moment as they said their goodbyes.

Elsa walked up to the king and bowed. "Thank you for accommodating us for so long, Your Majesty," she said.

"Thank you for staying," he replied. "And I would hope that at this point we have come past such formalities, so please, call me Magnus."

Elsa smiled as she hugged the man who reminded her so much of her father.

Anna smiled at Julie. She looked between her and Noah, thinking of how much each of them had been through recently. "Are you two sure you'll be okay?" she asked.

"Of course, we will!" Julie reassured her, taking Noah's hand. "As long as we have each other."

Anna smiled again, and hugged Julie tightly. She knew that she had found a lifelong friend in her.

Elsa hugged Isak, and then Leah. "I'm really gonna miss you guys," she said.

"Aw, don't worry," Leah said. "We'll all be at Anna and Kristoff's wedding, so we'll see you there."

Elsa smiled. "Good," she said. "That does make me feel a little better."

She heard someone cough behind her, and turned to see a young Arendellian guard.

"Excuse me, Your Majesty," he said. "We must be going. The captain says the ship is ready."

Elsa sighed. "Thank you. We'll be over at the carriage in a moment," she said. She turned to look at Anna and Kristoff, who saw in her expression that it was time to go. She turned back to Leah again, and the older girl put a hand on her shoulder.

"We'll see you soon," she said. Elsa hugged her again before walking to the open door of the carriage, with Anna and Kristoff in tow.

"Bye, guys!" Julie called, waving.

Elsa chuckled as she and the others waved back. It reminded her of when she saw Anna waving to Johan when he left Arendelle. They sat down, the door to the carriage was shut, and they were off to their ship. None of them said anything through the short ride, and far too soon, they were at the dock.

As Elsa exited the carriage, she looked around, but there was no sign of Johan.

"Where is he?" she whispered to herself, but Anna heard her.

"I'm sure he's either here or on his way," she replied.

"Your Majesty," a voice said. Elsa turned to see the young captain of her ship standing there. "We are ready to cast off."

"But," Elsa stammered, "we can't. He's not here yet. Johan said he would be here to say goodbye."

"Your Majesty, we can't really wait much longer with the way the tides are," the captain explained. "Please, if you would board the ship now, I will make certain that if anyone sees Prince Johan you will be notified."

Elsa sighed. "Very well," she said as she started up the gangplank. "Thank you, Captain."

The captain bowed as he went to make sure everything was in order. Elsa stood on the deck of the ship, waiting to see any sign of Johan, and beginning to panic when she didn't. Anna stood next to her and put her hand on her shoulder.

"What if he's not coming?" Elsa said, worried.

"I'm sure he will," Anna replied.

"You didn't really think I'd let you leave without saying goodbye, did you?" a voice behind them said.

Elsa turned around in shock to see him standing there on the deck, smiling at her.

"Johan!" she cried, running into his arms. He hugged her tightly as she began to cry. "For a minute, I thought you weren't coming!"

"I wouldn't do that to you," he replied. "Nothing in the world would have kept me from it."

She smiled and kissed him fiercely, withdrawing after a moment since they were in public. She stood there in his embrace for what seemed like forever, but all too soon she heard someone yell, "All aboard!"

She sighed and looked up at him. "You better get going," she said sadly. To her surprise, he just smiled.

"Go?" he said, sarcastically. "But then I'll miss the ship!"

Elsa's eyes went wide, and she backed away for a moment in shock. "What?"

"I'm coming with you, Elsa," he said. "I've spent far too long away from you, and I can't do it anymore."

Elsa looked back at Anna, who looked surprised but happy. Then she turned back to Johan, almost speechless. "What are you saying?" she said.

"I want to be with you, Elsa," he said. "I want to spend my life with you."

"But what about your crown?" she said. "You can't give it up yet; it's too soon! What if this doesn't work out for some reason? Or what if, God forbid, something were to happen to me? What would become of you? Or what if-"

"Elsa!" Johan cut her off. She took deep breaths and looked into his honest brown eyes. "First of all, nothing will ever happen to you. I won't let it." That made her smile. "Second, we don't have to worry about that right now. I haven't made any official decisions or signed any papers yet. For now, I just want to be with you, every day, and have nothing matter but our love."

He wiped a tear off her face with his thumb. She smiled as she took it all in.

"Oh, Johan," she said, "I love you so much!"

Johan leaned down and kissed her again. Anna walked away to give them some privacy.

Soon, the ship started to move, and they could see the dock moving away. They stood there in each other's arms for what felt like hours, watching the kingdom get smaller and smaller on the horizon.

Johan smiled as Elsa buried her head into his chest. He stared back at his kingdom, knowing that it would never truly be his. True, he had not yet officially abdicated, but in his heart he had already made his decision. All that mattered to him then was the girl in his arms, and he knew that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. And now, he couldn't wait to get to her kingdom, Arendelle, the place where the snowflakes fall.

Read on, write on, dream on. -bandgeek63