Jack's POV

"No, no, no," I beg, my hands placed on either side of Elsa's face. "El, don't go. You can't be dead... She can't be. She's immortal. Immortals... we can't die." My whole body is shaking, and I can't control my breathing. I'm aware of Emily Jane standing behind me. Much to my surprise, she places a hand gently on my shoulder. I look up at her desperately. "She can't be dead."

Emily Jane looks a little pained as she stares down at Elsa's lifeless body. None of this makes sense to me. The point of being immortal is that you get to live forever; you don't die. Yet, Elsa's here in front of me, lifeless. It just doesn't make any sense. Did the Man in the Moon plan this? Did he know Elsa would sacrifice herself to save me?

I stare down at Elsa in horror.

"You're still a new immortal, Jack. There's a lot you will learn," Emily Jane says quietly. "My father always says that mortals are selfish, cruel people. It may be true, but immortals are much more selfish. We use mortals, and bend them to our will. I think the Man in the Moon saw this happening."

So, I was right. I really didn't want to be right.

"Please wake up," I choke out.

She doesn't.

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Bunnymund and Nightlight accompany me down to Arendelle. I'm carrying Elsa's body in my arms. It feels as though someone is stabbing me through the chest, I hurt so much. The snow is falling down stronger than ever before, and I know this time it's my fault. I just can't wrap my head around any of this. Elsa was already killed- how can she die again? It feels like the cruelest thing that can happen to anyone.

I dread seeing Anna. My eyes sting. Was all Elsa ever was was a pawn?

I land down on Elsa's balcony, my heart hammering in my chest. The clouds draw out the light, which to me seems almost fitting, because all I feel is darkness right now.

A hole appears beside me and Bunnymund emerges from the ground. He nods to me and then opens Elsa's door.

All I can think about is memories I have with Elsa here. I walk stiffly to her bed and I lay her down gently. I cross her hands over the hole in her stomach, feeling disgusted. The Man in the Moon wouldn't be this cruel, would he? Surely he wouldn't have just given Elsa life again just so she could sacrifice herself.

Reluctantly, I turn away from Elsa and I go to find Anna.

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The entire town shows up for her funeral. People greet me with sad eyes, and pitiful looks. They don't even know how important she was to me. I stand next to Anna who stares blankly at the dirt filled hole which Elsa is buried under. The priest is saying some words, but I can barely pay attention. All I can think about is Elsa, and how cruel the world is.

The funeral is over before I know it. People come and go, giving their condolences to Anna. She never says a word, only nods her head, looking at them through glassy eyes. She looks broken, as though she'll never be okay again.

I keep expecting Elsa to wake at any moment. I know she won't, though, but I want her to, so, so badly. I want her to look around, and smile when she sees Anna and I.

Suddenly, Anna's eyes grow wide. She turns to me in alarm. "Olaf," she chokes. We turn to Olaf, both of us thinking the same thing. If Elsa's dead, wouldn't Olaf be gone? I shake my head; that's just wishful thinking. Elsa's dead, and she's not coming back. Not this time, and not ever. I say the moment it stops snowing, Olaf will be gone too.

I bite the inside of my lip to prevent myself from crying again.

Kristoff places a hand on my shoulder, grief-stricken. "I'm sorry," he says.

So am I.

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I didn't plan to go to sleep that night. Sandy had other ideas for me, though.

He landed down next to me as I sat on the ledge Elsa and I had sat on, watching the dreams together. Gently, Sandy reaches out and touches my hand comfortingly. The next thing I know, I'm asleep.

"Jack," a voice says. I look around confused. Looking down, I see a small, bald man standing before me. He dresses in all white, which blends him in with the entire room we stand in. The room is so white it hurts my eyes slightly, and I have to squint them to see clearly. "I'm sorry about what happened to Elsa."

I back up, frowning at the man. "Man in the Moon?"

"You can call me Tsar," he replies with a small bow.

I feel rage course through my veins, my blood boiling. I don't even want to be here with him right now. He's the reason Elsa is dead. He created all of us, and that includes Pitch who killed her. I can't even look at him, I'm so angry. I feel repulsed by his presence. He gives me an apologetic look, and then a look of pity. My throat tightens, I want to scream so much at him. I want to punch him in the face.

"I know you're mad at me," he says.

"Mad?" I exclaim loudly. I clench my hands into fists, and then I pick up the nearest object to me, and I throw it against the wall. It smashes into a million pieces. "I'm furious with you! Why did you do that?"

"So you could live."

This makes me more angry, and I throw my hands up, wanting nothing more than to throw him against the wall, and watch him break into a million pieces. He did this so I could live? Why me? Why couldn't he have just let me die? At least then I wouldn't have to be dealing with this pain. Things would probably a little easier.

"I saw two visions when you met Elsa, Jack," he explains, even though I didn't ask for an explanation. I just want to be gone from here. "The first was of if Elsa remained dead. You would search for Pitch with Nightlight, and you would have found him too. However, you would have lost against him. The spear would have struck you instead, and the whole world would have been back in the Dark Ages again. You can understand I didn't want that to happen. The world has known too much fear and cruelty.

The second vision saw Elsa alive again, and you, Nightlight and her journeyed up to the mountain. You defeated him, only because she sacrificed herself to save you. I made her live again, and I know what I did was cruel, but it was to save the world from evil. The world will know goodness, Jack, because of you."

"Then how come so little people believe in me?" I ask.

"You're not ready for the world to believe in you, Jack. You must know sacrifice and cruelty. You must be willing to let people go," he replies. "I know it's not easy, to have no one believe in you, but your time will come. Trust me."

I look down at him, feeling torn inside. How can I trust the man who took Elsa away from me? He knew she would die in the end, yet he did nothing to prevent our friendship.

"You knew what would happen to her," I mumble.

He nods his head. "You're loyal, Jack. The world needs you more than you know. You must be willing to make sacrifices for the world, Jack."

"You said my time will come, right?" I say. He nods his head again. "I'll be ready this time."

"I know you will," he replies with a gentle smile. "I really am sorry."

This time I nod my head, because I know he is.

"When will I be ready?" I ask him. "For the world to believe in me?"

"In time," he just answers. "The world will need you one day, Jack."

"Jack! Jack!" A voice calls me. I wheel around and stare down at the road below me. Snow falls lightly to the ground, and I'm grinning ear to ear. I land down and wait for the boy and girl to catch up with me.

Jamie Bennett comes running towards me, panting. Much to my dismay, Jamie is almost as tall as I am now. Well, I suppose he is eighteen now. He was bound to grow up sometime. I smile, remembering when I used to have to bend down just to be the same height as him. Time sure does fly when you're having fun. Sophie Bennett follows him, her golden hair flying behind her. Both of them look at me in confusion.

"Are you leaving already?" Jamie asks. "You just got here yesterday."

I rest against my staff, smiling at the two of them. "I've got a date," I tell them.

"No way have you got a date, man," Jamie says. "So, who is she? Is it Tooth?"

I blush. "No," I tell them. "It's with an old friend of mine."

"Oh, what's her name?" Sophie asks excitedly.

I stare softly at them. "I'll tell you about her when I get back. I'll only be gone for a few hours," I promise them.

"Don't take too long," Jamie warns. "We have a massive snowball fight planned."

I grin, bow a little, and then I take off, flying away from Burgess and away from all the friends I've made in recent years. Tsar was right all those years ago- the world would need me someday, and it did need me. Now that I'm an official Guardian, it's my duty to bring fun to the world. And all these years I thought the Guardians were no fun. Boy was I wrong.

I fly as fast as I can, over the Atlantic Ocean, on and on into the harsh cold weather in Europe. I pick up a winter flower, and I coat it in frost so that it will last that little bit longer.

It doesn't take me much longer to get to where I'm going.

I land down on a cliff overlooking the ocean. Erosion has cut into the cliff so much that I'm scared one day I'll come back and it won't be here, but for now it's there where it always was. I place down the flower in front of the stone and I sit on the ground.

The writing carved into stone is barely readable anymore, but it doesn't matter to me because I know what it says:

Here lies Elsa Jacobsen, beloved daughter, sister and Queen of Arendelle.

"Hey, El. It's been awhile.."

So... A lot of you are like 'she's immortal what?'

hahaha

i wish I could explain better

but seriously, she was just a pawn. I know, I suck.

I always make stories with happy endings... I like to call this my 'plot twist of plot twists'. i feel like George R.R. Martin, killing off people you love :3 Sorry not sorry.

i love you all and omg writing this was a ton of fun, but now i need to focus on studying for my Leaving Certificate. :( Only 7 more days of school forever :D Can't wait for it to be done with :) Then college :D Animation come at me, bro :3 Ohhh.. Also, a guy who works with Dreamworks (he's my friends uncle) said he'd be my mentor while Im in college! :D I'm gonna hint i reeeaalllyyyyy wanna work with dreamworks someday to him :P haha

okay, there's too many people to do shoutouts to D:

But I reeaallllyyy want to say thank you to my friend 'VeryBerry96' because she's been reading my lame stories since i started and she's awesome, and one of my closest friends on here and i love her because she's amazing! and you should all check out her story 'Annabelle the Garden Fairy' because it's awesome (it's a RotG story) :)

there's so many of you i reeeeaaalllyyy want to thank so much but omg id feel so bad if i mentioned a few and didn't mention others D:

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