**Hehe, did you guys like the Let It Go reference? :P Also, sorry for a bit of OC-ness on Elsa's part (it'll kind of be like that for the whole story), it was kind of hard to stick to her character... Anyway, in this chapter, there's more explanation of their powers, also a little hint of limey goodness and all that fluff we love (though there are darker secrets being kept...), but don't worry, Pitch will soon make an appearance :D Also, the lake mentioned is not Jack's! Just needed to clarify that. Anyway, njut!
R&R?**
DAY 2 ( did you like the Let It Go reference? powers come out, sorry for OC-ness on Elsa's part, but whole story, lake mentioned not Jack's lake, don't own)
Jack woke up, feeling more refreshed and energetic than he had in a long time.
Last night, it became dark quickly in the mountains, and as soon as Jack accepted Elsa's offer, she rushed downstairs into the second door on the first floor. In a flash of bright light and a gust of cold air, Jack peeked his head in to see Elsa had made a large block if ice protrude from the floor. She also conjured shelves along the walls, but what struck Jack was the window. Elsa had simply thinned the ice until it was thinner than glass, but Jack knew it could stand any blizzard. The colours of the sunset refracted around Jack's new room as Elsa rushed out and back in to lay animal furs over the block of ice.
'It looks uncomfortable, but it won't be too bad for one night.' She said, brushing residual snowflakes off her hands.
'It's a lot better than what I've previously been sleeping on…' Jack said quietly.
'Sorry?' Elsa asked.
'I said, it's great, thank you.' Jack corrected himself. Elsa left for her own room. For the first time in a long time, Jack didn't have nightmares that night.
But he did wake up early. Just as the sunlight was prying through his window, Jack sprung from the bed. Elsa was right, it was pretty comfortable.
All night long, Jack had been wondering whether or not he should tell the Guardians about this strange human. He'd eventually decided against it, feeling he needed more time away from them. And more time with Elsa- alone. His conscience told him.
Shut up.
She's in danger with you around!
I can protect her just fine.
It's her funeral.
He walked to the door he believed led to her room, his bare feet making no sound on the ice. He pushed open the door with his staff and frowned at how plain her room was. She had a few books on the shelves, but not much else. He stalked over to Elsa's bed, surprised to see it vacant. Something twinkling caught the corner of his eye. Jack turned around to see Elsa standing in the doorway, frowning.
'I'm so-' 'What are yo-' They both began. Jack silently headed for the door and Elsa leaned in to shut it behind him. As he passed by, he saw what had caught his eye. A small jewelled tiara was tied to a nail in the door by a length of brown and green striped ribbon. Jack decided to not mention it, and instead focused on Elsa. Her plait was re-done, and she was already in full eskimo garb.
'Going out again, Snow Queen?' He asked. Elsa looked down at her clothes.
'Ah, yes, it's kind of my job.' She said, 'You can come with me if you like…?' She offered. Jack grinned.
'I'd love to.'
When Jack woke, his ribs didn't feel different and after the sudden take off the day before, they certainly weren't getting better. Jack followed Elsa out into the snow (trying to hide his discomfort), its surface glittering from the fall the night before. Jack could now see in the distance a human settlement, and also how high they were.
'So how'd you come by this castle?' Jack asked. He'd been thinking about it the night before, and he'd come to the conclusion that the person who must've taught Elsa her powers (surely a highly-skilled, old magician, wizened by age) must have made it.
'I made it.' She said, trudging through the snow.
'Hold up, you mean to tell me that you made this?!' Jack gestured to the ice castle receding into the distance. Elsa turned around to check that he was pointing to her castle.
'Yup.' She turned again and kept on walking, trying to keep the pride from her voice. Jack Frost complementing what she'd made?
Jack was dumbfounded but kept following her into the forest. They were moving agonisingly slowly, especially for someone who was used to flying everywhere.
'Y'know, I have a little trick that would be perfect for you to try out here,' Jack tempted. Elsa stopped walking.
'Oh?'
Jack touched his staff to the snow in front of him, and it quickly iced over. He stepped onto the new slab and kept walking. Soon, he had an icy path leading from him to Elsa.
'Try it,' He urged.
'Why?' She frowned. She was not ready to risk losing her powers this close to Arendelle- last night had simply been for Jack.
On a first-name basis, now are we?
Shut up.
Jack laughed and took a run-up onto the ice, and slid all the way back to Elsa.
'For speeds' sake is why,' He said, giggling at Elsa's expression. She was definitely impressed, but was determined to keep her own.
'I think I can take it a step further…' She said suggestively. Jack's eyebrows went up in question. Elsa kicked off her snow boots, then leaned down and held her hand over her foot for a second. Jack was about to ask what she was doing when she straightened up and carefully placed her foot on the ice. Jack stared at the beautiful ice skate that now covered Elsa's foot. She laughed at his expression and made a matching second. She stood up on the ice uneasily. She hadn't skated with anyone for a long time. She hadn't skated at all, in fact, since…
'You ready?' Jack called. Elsa looked up at the Winter Spirit who was already pulling her after him down the path. They steadily picked up speed, and with Jack making the path and Elsa shouting directions at him, they got over the mountain ridge in a few minutes. By the time Elsa called to him to pull over, they were both hysterically laughing, and didn't mind when they simply fell off the end of the path. It just so happened that Elsa fell on top of Jack. They laughed for a bit more, then looked each other in the eye for a moment. Elsa rolled off of Jack, who didn't mind the hurt in his ribs back, and they both got to their feet. They had landed on a small pond which was iced over, surrounded by spruce trees.
'Jack, that was pretty incredible.' She said. Jack blushed as much as the Winter Guardian could.
'Too bad I can't make proper ice,' Jack mulled. Elsa frowned.
'So what exactly is your power?' Elsa asked.
'Well, I can freeze anything over with this guy,' He touched his staff to the ice, and silvery fern patterns frosted over the surface, 'and I can control snow through wind, and also wind through the snow.' A gust swirled around them with the flick of Jack's staff, 'Or something like that…'
The breeze picked up Elsa's hair, and her eyes followed its path.
'I can bewitch the spirit of Fun in anyone,' Elsa's eyebrows rose, 'and I can fly…' That got Elsa's attention.
'I'm sorry, what?' She asked, bewildered. Jack laughed.
'It's an aspect of controlling the Wind.' He chuckled, and summoning as much energy as he could, he soared up to a nearby spruce bough. Elsa was too distracted watching him that she fell over on the ice, and Jack floated back down to help her up.
'Jack, you can't believe how amazing that is!' She said, getting to her feet.
'Well, I think you could do it if you tried,' Jack said. Elsa thought about it. If she could simply move ice, why couldn't she move some ice with someone standing on it? She focused her powers on the skates on her feet, and moved them up. Elsa rose into the air, but she instantly lost her balance and fell toward Jack. He caught her and they both laughed.
'Don't worry, that happened to me, too!' Jack laughed. When they were done, Elsa dissolved her skates.
'So where did you get your powers?' She asked.
'I'm Jack Frost! I was… Y'know, born with them.' Jack chose his words carefully.
'And that might have something to do with the "Spirit Of Fun" you spoke of, too?' She asked, but Jack internally panicked. He didn't want Elsa to know about his second life as a Guardian, if he told her that he's immortal and constantly fighting the forces of darkness (and also he's pretty much a zombie), that might put a bit of a dimmer on future conversations.
'Hold up now, that's enough questions on your behalf, I think it's my turn,' Jack said cheekily, and Elsa's giggle made the Winter Spirit warm inside.
'What could you possibly want to know about a girl who lives on a mountain?' She said.
'I said it's my turn for questions,' Jack said sneakily, and Elsa bit her lip- insinuating he should go on.
'Speaking of living on a mountain, what's with that?' He asked, 'The town's pretty close, I'm sure they'd accept you, if not make you their Queen!' He said flamboyantly. Elsa giggled nervously.
'I'm not so sure about that…' She said, her expression darkening. Jack could tell he'd struck a chord.
Good going, snowflake. What are you gonna do now?
After an awkward moment, Jack gently grasped her hands and lay them on his shoulders. Elsa frowned as if to say: What do you think you're doing there? Jack tentatively wrapped his arms around Elsa's waist, and they began to sway to invisible music. Elsa relaxed and let Jack lead.
'Well, Mr. Frost, I am simply a mountain girl who still needs food, so I can't live too far away from Arendelle.' The name tasted bitter in her mouth. Elsa didn't want Jack to know about the life she used to lead in Arendelle, nor why she had to leave it. She didn't want the Lord of Winter itself to know she had such little control over her powers- it would kind of put a weird air over future meetings. In fact, she'd even lied about her going to Arendelle; she got her supplies from Wandering Oaken's Trading Post (And Sauna!)- she hadn't seen any Arendellians since the accident.
'Well, Snow Queen, maybe we can go down there sometime, you and me? Show me around, soak up some frosty goodness?' Jack taunted. Elsa faked a laugh.
'Maybe!'
As they stopped talking, Elsa became more in tune with how they were dancing. She had never been so close to someone else for such a long period of time, and before she realised what she was doing, she felt her body pressing against Jack's. She was mortified until she felt him press back, then she bit her lip to hide a cheeky grin.
**So what did you guys think? Review please?
Things will definitelybe heating up in the next one, with an appearance from Pitch, and after that... Well, we'll just have to see :D
I only got one review (though very enthusiastic, thanks to Feyfa14Frost c; ) so I'm not raising the blackmail amount, but if you want the next chapter in... 60 minutes from when I publish this one, I'm gonna need two reviews, Mmm-kay, starting... Now!
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