Ch. 14

Jack

When I got to Arendelle everything was crazy! I mean literally, people were screaming and yelling, and it was snowing. That was the weirdest part honestly, summer had just begun in the small kingdom and now it was snowing? I knew only the people in the castle knew of Elsa's powers and besides me and the other guardians, no one else had that knowledge as far as we were concerned. If she was behind this drastic weather change I needed to find her and ask what had happened. I arrived at the castle and flew to her room but she wasn't there, I flew all over and around, not finding a single trace of her. Where was she? I was flying through the front courtyard and saw one of the fountains was frozen, the ends making deadly and sharp icicles. I overheard some guy talking, he had sideburns and reddish hair, and some guards were talking to him.

G:"Prince Hans what do we do with all the citizens of the kingdom? It's getting colder by the minute!"

H:"Princess Anna ordered us to care for them, have everyone stay inside the castle and distribute as many blankets as you can. Gather wood as well, if it gets colder we'll need to build fires to keep everyone warm. The princess appointed me to be in charge and I won't fail her, as her fiancée…"

Whoa I'd heard enough. Anna had a fiancée? She'd never talked to guys outside of the castle, this Prince Hans had probably just come to the coronation and that's where they met. But why had she appointed this fool to be in charge? Another Guard came to him and stroke up another conversation.

G:" Your majesty we saw the Princess go towards the North Mountain what shall we do?"

H:"We'' do nothing yet, that's probably where the Queen ran off to. We'' discuss this is a more private setting, we still need to plan a way to stage her little 'accident'…"

No I couldn't let them hurt Elsa, why was this guy so desperate in getting rid of them? Well at the moment I needed to find Elsa first, I knew where the North Mountain was so I headed in that direction. I was glad to hear Anna had gone after her, but if I saw her I'd tell her everything I heard and how Hans would try to kill Elsa at any moment's notice. I began to fly something by the fountain caught my eye. I flew towards it and realized it was black sand, handfuls and handfuls of hidden under the thin layer of snow on the ground. It had been years since we'd seen any sign of Pitch, no doubt he'd found the perfect time to strike. Everyone in town was terrified of what happened with Elsa, her little storm didn't necessarily scream "safety and love" either. I flew to the edge of the forest and decided to contact the rest of the Guardians. I shook my snow globe but a sharp wind knocked out of my hands. Were Elsa's winds getting stronger? I was about to pick it up when a black crow knocked it out of my reach once more. What the hell was going on?

It's too late to save her Jack… you're already too late….

Pitch!

I flew for the snow globe and was finally able to get it. I called the Guardians and North answered.

N:"Jack! What a pleasant surprise! How are you?"

J:"Never mind me! Pitch is on the move! Elsa had an accident during the coronation, I'm on my way to find her she ran away. I was about to call you guys when one of Pitch's crows knocked the globe out of my hand. I heard his voice telling me it was too late to save her…" as I said those last words, a lump grew in my throat. I'd promised Elsa I'd always be there for her, that I'd keep her safe and I failed her…

N:"Jack you need to find her, if she's alone she'll be more exposed to Pitch attacking her. I'll call the others and we'll see you in a week to discuss this issue."

I nodded and put the globe back in my shawl, afterwards I was on my way towards the North Mountain, and I'd never actually been there so I had to go back to the castle to find a map. There was still chaos in town but at least most of the people were at the castle being taken care of. A lot of them were inside the castle and some were setting up camps and lighting fires in the courtyard to keep warm, those were mostly the guards though, as far as I could tell. I flew into Elsa's study and saw Hans was walking out. Seeing him made me furious, I couldn't stand him! He wanted to kill Elsa for no reason, probably to be king if anything. I would do anything to give him a good beating but right now I had to stay focused on getting to Elsa. I walked in the study and was happy to see a huge map on the wall of the kingdom, it made it easier to find the North Mountain. After about an hour of studying the map I realized that it was well past midnight and I needed to get going soon. The flight to the mountain would take me the rest of the night and I wanted to bring Elsa some food, how was she planning on eating in the middle of nowhere? I went to the kitchen with those thoughts and looked around for something to bring to Elsa, the cooks were now resting probably, and the whole castle was silent except for the howling of the wind outside. The storm seemed to be getting stronger by the minute. I decided to grab some bread and some fish soup, although it would get cold by morning, we could probably build a fire to heat it up or something. I also grabbed some fruit and filled up some containers with water. I needed to get going soon before the storm got stronger. I flew out one of the windows and was on my way, I would keep my promise to Elsa, and I wouldn't fail her. We could fix this together, and I realized it was time for me to tell her how I felt, I'd stalled those feelings long enough.