Chapter 5: The Train.
Jack's POV
The train whistled as it mixed away from Capital City.
North was sitting down on one side of the room, working our travel papers. Elsa's puppy laid next to him. Elsa sat across from her puppy. I put my suitcase on the top rack and went to sit down next to North.
I heard a snarl. I looked to see the black and white puppy.
"Oh, the mutt gets the window seat." I said as I looked down at the dog.
I sat down next to Elsa who was fiddling with her light blue necklace.
"Stop fiddling with that and sit up straight. Remember you're supposed to be a princess." She frowned at me.
"How is it that you know how what a princess does or doesn't do?" she asked.
"I make it my business to know. I wouldn't be this far if I didn't."
She nodded and looked out the window.
"Look, Elsa, I'm only trying to help." I said.
She then turned to me. "Jack, do you really think I'm a princess?"
"Of course I do."
"Then stop bossing me around." She said. I just sat there speechless.
"She certainly has a mind of her own." North commented.
"I hate that in a women." I said as I looked at her. North grabbed a paper and marks it off.
"North, can we talk?" I said as I stood up.
North nodded and followed me out the door. We went down to the end of the boxcar.
I turned to him. "North, she might have powers."
He nodded. "Like yours?"
"Yes. I felt something when we shook hands. All we need to do is to make sure they're in check. We don't want to be scaring off the Empress."
He nodded. I walked back to the car. Elsa was reading a pamphlet on Paris.
"Look. I think we got off on the wrong foot." I said.
"I think we did too. I appreciate the apology." She said.
"Wait, I never said anything about an apology. I just said we got off on the wrong foot." I said.
"Just please stop talking. It's only going to upset me." She asked.
"Fine. I'll be quiet if you'd be quiet." I said.
"Fine I'll be quiet." she replied.
"Fine."
"Fine."
"Fine."
"Fine."
I turned away from her to enjoy the silence.
"Are you going to miss it?" she asked
"What? Your talking?"
"No! Arendelle?"
I shook my head. "No."
"But it was your home." She said.
"It was a place I once lived, end of story." I replied.
It was silent for a moment.
"Are you going to make Paris your home?" Elsa asked.
"Why do you care? And what is it with you and homes?"
"Well sorry. Just trying to have a friendly conversation. And it's the one thing everyone wants. And for another thing, it's a thing where you…" she tried to get out of the room but my legs blocked her.
"What?" I asked.
"Jut forget it." She growled as she walked across the seat.
North came in with the dog.
"Oh thank goodness its you. Please remove him from my sight." Elsa said to North.
"What did you do, Jack?!" North asked.
"Me? Its her!"
Elsa groaned and stormed out.
"Oh, no. An unspoken attraction?" North said.
"Attraction! Are you insane? For her?" I got up and left.
"I was only asking a simple question."
I got out to the hall.
"Attraction. Ridiculous."
...
That night I was looking over the handwork of North's work with the travel papers.
North came in looking a little nervous.
"That's what I hate about Arendelle. Everything's in blue." He said as he showed me the red font of the travel papers.
"Blue?" I stood up.
"I suggest we move to the baggage car. And quickly. The guards are coming."
"Well I say, let's get off this train." I said as I started handing North suitcases.
I grabbed my bags. Then turned to Elsa, who was asleep. I started shaking her. Just then her hand shot up, hitting me in the nose.
Elsa started to wake up. "Oh sorry. I thought you were someone el…" she got up and saw me. "Oh it's you. Well then that's ok."
I grabbed my bags. "Come on. We've got to go."
"Where are we going?" she asked.
"I think you broke my nose." I said as I walked up the cars.
"Men are such babies." I heard her whisper.
We came into the baggage car. The room was chilly.
"Yes, yes this will do nicely." I said as I walked over to North.
"She'll freeze in here." North said as he rubbed his arms.
"I don't think the cold bothers her."
"The baggage car?" Elsa asked. We turned to her and shrugged. "There wouldn't be anything with our papers now, would there, Jack."
"Of course not, your highness. It's just that I hate to see you forced to mingle with all those commoners."
The puppy started barking at the door on the opposite side of the car. Just then the door we were standing next to exploded. Elsa and I fell over. North walked over to the door.
"What was that?" I asked.
"I don't know. But there goes the dining car."
Elsa started trying to move. "Get off of me!"
"I'm trying." I said as I tried to move.
I finally got up. North look out the glass of the other door.
"Uh, Jack?" North said.
"What?"
"I think someone has flambçed our engine."
I walked over and opened the door. Sparks were flying off the engine.
I opened the door and handed my jacket to North. "Something's not right. Wait here, I'll check it out."
I climbed up on the coal car. I made my way to the engine. I jumped down into the engine.
The whole engineers box was scolding The coal furnace was spitting fire.
"Is anyone here?"
I looked down at the steam gage. It was off the charts. It broke and I was hit with a blast of steam.
I climbed back towards the baggage car.
"We're going way too fast." Elsa shouted.
I jumped down from the coal car.
"No one is driving this train. We're going to have to jump." I said as I ran over to the side door of the car.
"Did you say jump?!" Elsa asked as I opened the side door.
Elsa and I looked over the side.
"After you!" She said, motioning me to jump.
"Fine, then we'll uncouple the car."
I ran over to the connectors. It looked like it was infused together. I jumped down onto it.
"North, give me a hammer!"
North opened a toolbox and handed me a hammer. I started banging on it, until it broke.
"North, give me a wrench!"
Elsa then handed me a stick of dynamite.
"Oh. It's not a wrench."
I stuck into the connector and jumped back into the car.
"Go!" I shouted as we took cover.
The front of the car exploded. North started to turn the brakes.
"The brakes are out!" North yelled.
"Turn harder!"
North grabbed the wheel and turned. It came off.
"Hey good news is, we've got plenty of track. We'll coast to a stop."
Just then the ground shook. We all fell over. When we got back up, there was a huge gap in the bridge we were supposed to go over.
"The bad news is we're now running out of track."
I knew the only way to save us was to do something I never wanted to do again. Use my powers.
"North give me a hand." I said as I tied a rope around me.
I was going to freeze two of the wheels so that the car would slow down in just enough so we could jump.
I looked down from the doorway.
"Ready, North?"
"Ready." I heard Elsa say.
I turned around to see Elsa holding the rope.
"Not you."
"North is busy at the moment."
I rolled my eyes. I began to lower myself down. I then had a clear shot at the two front tires.
I took a deep breath. I raised my hands and set my ice beams at them. They quickly froze up and broke.
One of the pieces came flying back. It was about to hit me, but I flew up just in time.
"Didn't want to hurt that ugly face." Elsa said.
"If we live through this remind me to thank you."
The car suddenly lurched forward. I slid open the side door and grabbed my stuff.
"Well, this is our stop." Elsa said. North nodded.
We all jumped into the snow.
I watched as the train and baggage car went over.
"I hate trains." I said to North. "Remind me to never get on the train again."
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Onyx's POV
Pitch and watched the whole thing with Elisia unfold. When she walked away, Pitch was furious.
"No!" He said as he threw his tantrum, throwing things across the room, smashing things. He finally slammed his fists against the table.
"Sir, you should take it easy there. My cousin, Coal, just died right after he finished some porridge. Stress is a killer, and he's a brownie. Works all day." I said nicely.
"How could she escape?" he said as he slammed a clay bowl onto the table, shattering it."
"Uh, beats me. It seem that your amulet is broken. You should just toss it."
Pitch glared at me. "What did you say?"
"You know, get rid of it."
"YOU IMBECILE! I SOLD MY SOUL FOR THIS!"
"Ok, I get it. You break it you buy it." I took a couple steps back.
He bent down and pointed at me. "Don't forgot it!"
"Yes sir. In fact, I'll do something for you. I'll take out Elisia for you. I, I, I can kick her."
Pitch smiled. "Oh never fear my little friend. I have something in mind. Something where she'll never escape me."
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