Chapter 2: Lost In Time
Nobody can save you now
The king is crowned
It's do or die
Nobody can save me now
The only sound
Is the BATTLE cry
Is the BATTLE cry
Is the battle cry
Nobody can save me now
It's do or die...
~ Battle Cry- Imagine Dragons~
The Forest near Arendelle, Norway
The entire forest was covered in deep snow which Elsa brought to the kingdom. Anna was riding her horse through this snow in her search for Elsa. Her horse was having a difficult time walking due the snow, but it wasn't going to stop helping its rider.
"Elsa!" she called out."Elsa! Elsa, it's me, Anna. Your sister who didn't mean to make you freeze the summer. I'm sorry. It's...it's all my f-f-fault. Of course, none of it would have happened if she'd just told me her secret." Finding some amusement in that, she began to chuckle. "She's a stinker."
All of sudden a giant pile snow feel from the pine tree causing the horse to be taken completely by surprise by the snow, so it became frightened. Rearing up on its back legs, the horse threw Anna off of it and galloped back to the kingdom.
Anna sat up from where she had been thrown off and watched helplessly as her fastest way to get to Elsa ran off back to Arendelle. "Oh, no. No, no, no. Come back! No, no, no, no! Oookay." Looking for a way to get BACK UP, she saw that she was under a tree that was bent over at an angle due to the weight of the snow that was on it. Reaching out, she grabbed a branch to use to pull herself up, but the tree branch snaps, shooting the tree straight up. The snow that used to be on it was dumped all over Anna, who wasn't too pleased about that. "Ugghhhhh," she groaned. That was when she heard unusual voices close by.
" I keep telling you, WE ARE FUCKING LOST!' yelled the voice, this voice sounded a bit demonic. Anna then heard another voice this one more calmer
"Well yelling at me won't certainly help it." said the other voice, this one sounding like a man.
She looked over to where the voices we're coming from and saw a terrifying Big Black Wolf with giant bat wings standing upright looking at another man dressed in a Black cloak, she couldn't see his face due to the cloak covering his face.
Kain shivered as the cold air blew around him once he and Christopher got lost in snow-covered wasteland."I don't why I follow you assholes. I'm surprised we didn't find a Single. Fucking. Person!" shouted Kain as he was rubbing his hands against his arms in an attempt to try to get at least some part of him warm.
Christopher, who was standing next to Kain's side didn't have to look long before he spotted a red haired female. He then nudge Kain's shoulder "I found someone made she can help us." he said.
"About fucking time!" Kain yelled, as he walk towards Anna.
Anna watched with wide-eyed horror as the scary-looking creature who just appeared before her eyes only moments ago began walking, well one was walking while the other seemed to be rubbing his forehead in frustration. Scared out of her mind, Anna just wanted to run away from them as fast as she could, but she couldn't just leave Elsa behind wherever she was beyond these things. Determined to reach Elsa, she came up with a different plan she hoped would work.
"Hi there," Christopher said in a very friendly voice with a matching smile. He wanted to present himself as friendly because he knew Kain probably wouldn't , so one of them had to. Anna looked scared so he needed to show her they meant no harm and meant it. "We were just wondering if we could..."
Before he could finish, Anna let out this ferocious yell as she leaped off the ground, the freezing snow that was once around and on her pushed to the back of her mind. Like a football player running with the ball to make a touchdown, Anna charged at the two, planning on smashing through them if they didn't move. Which she hoped they did.
"What the hell?!" Kain shouted, taken by surprise. He and Christopher quickly got out of her way as she ran straight past them. Springing out of the snow he dived into to get out of her way, Christopher started running after her. "We need to stop her," he said to Kain.
"And why the hell do we need her?" Kain asked as he ran after Christopher. "Can't we just go find the others on our own?"
"Because I don't know if she saw any of our friends!" Christopher shouted. "So unless you want to spend who-knows-how-long stumbling around a snow-covered wasteland trying to find the right way in this forest, you better help me!"
Sighing in annoyance, Kain increased his speed and soon sped past his friend. He hated when Christopher or anyone else was right and he was wrong. In a few seconds, Kain caught up to Anna and quickly darted in front of her, blocking the way. She tried darting out of his way, but he would just dart in her way each time. "Hang on, we just want to talk."
"Well, I don't want to talk, Mr. Big Bad Wolf" Anna replied. Kain sighed as he told Anna
"We aren't going to hurt you."
"Yeah right! If you aren't going to hurt me, then why do you need to stop me, huh?" Anna said before ceasing her attempts to get past Kain.
"Because we want to ask you something." Christopher said as he came up from behind her. Kain distracting her like that allowed him the time to catch up to them.
Taken by surprise, Anna whipped her body around and punched Christopher in the chest as hard as she could. "Owwww!" she shouted, flapping her hand in the air to cancel out the pain that was now circulating throughout her appendage. She wasn't expecting him to be wearing armor, that or his chest is rock-solid. "Oh no..." Anna said as she started to back up a little. What she did must have made him mad now.
Christopher surprised her by laughing. "It's fine. I barely felt it; I'm not mad."
Anna just stared at him.
"We aren't going to hurt you, we promise," Christopher said to her reassuringly. At that time, Kain stood over to his left side.
"Okay, but how do I know that either of you won't hurt my sister?" Anna asked, looking at both with a glare.
"Why would we hurt your sister...?" Kain asked, confused.
"Because she has ice and snow powers," Anna replied.
Kain just stared at her. "So? That doesn't sound weird to me."
"She caused all...this..to happen, but it was an accident," Anna said as she motioned to all the snow around them, "Some people might get the idea that killing her might end the winter."
Christopher then said "We are not here to hurt you or her. I can promise you that. I'm Christopher. This degenerate here is Kain." He motion his hand to Kain, ignoring that he was looking at him with daggers in his eyes.
Anna quickly remembered their names " Do you know Victor, Eric, and Matthew?" ask Anna hoping these are the friends that Victor to her about.
Christoper and Kain looked at each other then back at Anna "You've seen them? Where?" asked Christopher wanting to know how his friends are.
"They're back in Arendelle with Prince Hans."
Before Kain and Christopher could say anything they heard familiar voices. Anna also heard them.
Arendelle's Forest
"Are you sure she went this way?" ask Eric while trying to find their way in this snow wasteland.
Victor could only sigh in defeat, twice they got lost while trying to find Anna. Matthew could only groan as he let himself fall into the snow. "Admit It Victor we're lost." said Matthew.
All 3 could only just sat on in the snow.
"We might as well set camp here-"
The 3 all of sudden heard a branch snap.
In a quick flash all 3 stood up with weapons and powers ready to attack whatever came from behind them.
Princess Anna look to see Eric, Victor, and Matthew. The trio then quickly bowed "Princess Anna." all 3 said it at the same time.
They remain kneel until they heard Kain's and Christopher"s voices.
"I think I found 2 of your missing friends." said Anna in a cheerful tone.
Then 3 became 5, Anna saw as all 5 we're happy to know that nothing happen to them.
"Hey Victor is William with you guys?" asked Kain.
Victor shook his head "He wasn't with us."
Christopher then said "Any idea on where we are?"
10 Minutes later Victor explained to the two that the portal transported them to an unknown world. "So there's no way back home?" asked Kain.
"I'm afraid not. It seems all of us are trap here." said Victor
Kain could only groan in frustration, "I can't believe we're stuck here."
Matthew looked at Kain, "Can't you just teleport us out of here?"
Kain looked at the others, "Hey I might create portals but this is out of my league."
Eric sighed in defeat, "Then we are all stuck in this world."
Victor looked at his teammates, "Let's not lose hope guys." trying to give his friends some hope.
"Victor is right, let's first go look for William and then together we'll figure out on how to get back to our world." said Christopher.
All 5 agreed. They then turned to Anna who was patiently waiting for them.
"Thank you for find them My Lady." Victor bowed.
Anna giggled "Your very welcome." She then quickly remembered to find Elsa "I have to go find Elsa, she still needs to fix this winter." Just as Anna was about to leave she heard Christopher's voice
"Let us come with you."
Anna stared at the five men " Why do you want to come with me?' she ask not knowing if she can trust these 5 men, especially the Big Black Wolf.
Victor noticed Anna nervously staring at Kain, then nudged Kain "Your still in your demon form Kain."
Kain then look to notice he was still in his demon form "Oh shit. I totally forgot about that."
In a split of a second Anna saw as the big wolf transformed into a man, wearing a blue trench coat with his pistols at his sides and a big sword behind his back.
With that out the way Christopher continued "We think our friend, William, might be where your sister is. As you can see he's neither in the here or in Arendelle."
Walking to her right while the others followed behind. Anna was about to say something until Victor cut her off. "And before you ask, no he wouldn't hurt your sister. William's a nice person,"
"You sure?" Anna asked.
"Yes," Kain said with an annoyed grunt. "He can be very serious at the time but has a soft spot for women." Kain continued, eager to find William and get out of this world.
Anna was silent for a few moments before realizing something. "I almost forgot to introduce myself to you 2." pointing at Kain and Christopher, "I'm Princess Anna of Arendelle," she said, doing a brief curtsy.
Christopher all of sudden dropped to his knees "My Lady." he said.
Kain only shrugged "Nice to meet you lady. Now if you don't mind I really like to find my friend so we can get out of here." he said it in a rather rude tone, causing Victor to whack him.
"Show some respect." Glaring at Kain for his inappropriate behavior.
Kain mumbled something under his breath before realizing something a few seconds later. "Hey. Back where you came from do they have any food?" He had a hungry look in his eyes as he asked.
"We just had a big party, so most of it was already eaten." With a laugh, Anna continued. "That party was for Elsa, my sister, who..." all of sudden they all heard a growl that came from Kain's stomach.
"Hehe. Sorry."
Anna smiled and then told Kain "Once all this snow is gone, I'm sure there's gonna be another party or something that'll involve food, so there's gonna be more sweets."
"I hope so a demon's apatite is not like a human's apatite." said Kain
Anna's eyes widened once she heard that. "He-he-he's a demon?" she asked, pointing a shaky hand at Kain.
Eric turned to her "He's a nice demon, well technically he's a half-demon, half-angel." trying to calm her down.
"Half-Angel?" Anna said turning her head in confusion.
"It's a long story." Kain shrugged.
Anna looked at Kain, somehow finding the confidence to talk to him, despite having found out he was a demon only mere seconds ago. "I know your hungry, but you If you help me find my sister, I promise that when things are back to normal, you'll get as many sweets and goodies as you want."
Kain looked her "You promise?"
"Cross my heart and hope to die," Anna replied, placing one hand over her heart.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's find your sister and William so we can find our way back home." said Matthew with enthusiasm.
The others grunted in agreement.
Anna then started walking with the 5 following her. "So where are you five from exactly?"
"It's a long story..." Victor said.
With that all 6 people walked hoping to find both, Elsa and William.
North Mountain
Elsa walked around her ice castle, rather pleased with herself. Since she wasn't technically the queen anymore she didn't have any work or duties to do, and since she was far away from everyone in Arendelle, she didn't have to worry about harming the people she cared about most with her magic. Ever since she stopped talking to the strange pilgrim, she begun playing around with her snow magic. In the two hours after talking to him, she filled many of the castle's rooms with furniture made of pure ice. While she walked, her mind returned to the end of the conversation she and the stranger had. Curious to see if he was still outside, Elsa walked out on to the balcony, and to her surprise he was.
William was still in the spot, he'd been sitting at since she last saw him, but there were footprints all around that suggested he walked around a little. Also nearby she saw smoke, hinting that somehow he managed to start a fire earlier despite being close to a mountain's peak and there were no footprints leading back to the staircase down. She wasn't concerned about how he accomplished that, but about how he was doing.
William stood there, shotgun in his hands, still guarding the castle from any enemies. He took the liberty and went to get some branches and wood to have a campfire lit up to keep him warm. William would often take a few rounds and then get a quick nap. William didn't notice that his face was turning a light shade of blue despite having a fire lit up.
Elsa notice William's face "Oh my god!" Elsa said as she covered her mouth with her hand in shock, taking a few steps back. She was horrified that the stranger doesn't even notice how he was. "That stupid idiot," she muttered out of scared frustration. She ran her hands over her face and into her hair as she freaked out even more, causing her magic to create splintering ice cracks and spikes in the room. She just wanted him to go away, but instead he stayed and was probably about to die.
Although she was still concerned about her magic hurting him, she still couldn't just leave him out in the cold to die. She'd just have to be careful around him. Rushing back over to the balcony's railing, she shouted at him. "Are you cold?!" Her fear influenced her ice powers by having her grip on the rail cause jagged ice cracks to form where her skin touched it.
Looking Up as where the woman called to him, William gave a weak smile "I'm doing quite fine Miss. Surprisingly." he manage to say that without shivering. The cold didn't really bother him.
Elsa sighed in relief. With her fear subsiding, the jagged cracks stopped while the cracks and spikes inside withdrew into nothingness. "Come inside," she said reluctantly. "I don't know if I have anything to warm you up with, but at least it'll be better than just sitting out here in the cold." She hoped it wouldn't take long for him to warm up so he could leave.
William heard her offer and thought about it 'It's better inside then out here.' he said in his mind. With that William put his shotgun in his back holster, grabbed his bag and began walking to the Ice Palace, while ignoring the cold air
Elsa just reached the bottom of the stairs that led up to the second floor, which she called the 'heart' of her castle, and the balcony when William walked inside. She was amazed by the sheer size of him, she was only 5'7, but this person must be like 6'5, not to mention he was very muscular, she notice that he was wearing heavy black clothing and saw what appeared to be a white skull painted on the chest part of his black armor.
"Thank you Ma'am."he said with a light bow.
"Your welcome I may not have anything warm here but feel free to ask me anything." Elsa said with a smile.
William gave a small smile "As a matter of fact I do. Could you please tell me where the beds are." he asked in a gentlemen's tone.
"I don't have any beds but I could make one for you." she said.
"I'll appreciate that Miss."
With that Elsa left to make a room for the stranger. As she was walking up the stairs to the second floor she heard the man's voice.
"Miss."
Elsa then turned to him "I forgot to introduce myself. My name is William Castle. To whom do I have the pleasure to speak to?" he said with a bow.
Elsa smiled "My name is Elsa. It's nice to meet you William." with that being said Elsa left to prepare a room for William.
Elsa was on the third floor. She enter one of the rooms and with her magic she formed a bed and a medium sized table. "That should do it." she said with pride.
She walked back to William only to have words haunt her mind. "Monster. Monster!" she remembered how the Duke of Weselton called her a monster when her ice magic was accidentally revealed.
Looking down at the frozen floor, Elsa felt tears formed in her eyes. She all of sudden heard footsteps as she looked up she saw William with a worried look on his face
"Elsa are you okay?" William didn't know trigger him to be so worried and concerned for Elsa, was it because she looked like his mother? Possibly.
"I'm fine William, Thank you for asking." Elsa then motion with her hands the the left "Your room is ready."
William nodded "Thanks Elsa." He then grabbed his bag and walk to the left room and saw his bed. "It's Perfect, Elsa." William walked to his room and place the bag on the ground.
Elsa then approached him. "Um...do..do you need any help? With anything else?" asked Elsa.
William just shook his head "This is all for now. Thank you Elsa."
After that Elsa left to see what else she can do with her powers.
Inside his room William opened his bag "Better make a count on ammunition. I need to make sure how much I have." William then started count the type of ammo he had. "Let's see, 60 shotgun shells, 6 magazines for my M4, 4 clips each for my MP5K..."
He continued to count his ammunition to make sure he was ready for whatever reason.
15 minutes later he counted the last of his ammo. He gave a small yawn "I might as well sleep for a while." he then let himself drop onto the bed quickly falling asleep.
Arendelle's forest.
Elsewhere, Anna, and the others were making their way through the snowy forests. For the past hour or so, they talked about one-another. The group revealed that they were from another dimension were super powered humans were quite common. Once the group explained to her the concept of different dimensions, Anna thought that was pretty neat. After that each member of the group told her about themselves, Anna told them all about her. After she was done telling her life story, which took about half an hour, the group traveled on in , it wasn't as silent as Anna thought it would be because almost every five minutes Kain would complain about the cold.
"Are we there yet?" Kain asked for what seemed like the millionth time.
Victor's right eye twitched a little in frustration and annoyance when he turned around. "No! We are not there yet, so stop asking every goddamn five minutes!"
Before Kain could say anything else, Eric then spoke "We know you're cold. I'm doing fine. So is Matthew, Victor, Christopher. Plus your a demon the cold shouldn't really bother you."
Matthew then said "Anna's in a dress and she's doing fine...I think..." He looked at her for confirmation.
"Eh," Anna replied, waving her hand in an 'I'm in the middle' motion. "I'm holding out. Could use some winter clothing though." She then felt something on top of her. She turned to see Victor giving his coat
Anna looked at Victor, he was very fit, and muscular.
"Here you need it more then I do."
Anna blushed a bit but try not to show it "Thank You, Victor."
Eric then came up with an idea. "Hey, I got an idea that'll help us stay warm. How about we talk about warm things to take our minds off of this cold?"
Christopher smiled "That sounds like a great idea. I'll go first. The Caribbean Islands in summer. It's always warm there, even with the breeze that sways the palm trees. The sand is great to lay in due to the incredible warmth."
"Arendelle around this time during a snow-free summer," Anna said, smiling happily at the thought. "The waters around here get so warm because of the sun. It's not too warm, not too cold...but just right." She looked at Kain. "What about you?"She didn't notice Eric and Victor mouthing 'nooo' while making motions with their hands across their throats.
"Hell's a pretty warm place. Much warmer than what you've said. The lava pits are always scalding hot, but that never bothered me. Haha, it was always fun to throw people into those and watch them burn."
Anna had a disturbed look on her face after hearing that while the other 4 just face-palmed. "I think we should just say our warm thoughts to ourselves from now on..." Anna said.
With that being said, the group continued on in silence, thinking warm thoughts. The silence was quickly interrupted by Kain. "Well it was..."
North Mountain
While the others continued on their way to find Elsa, William finally woke up and decided to talk to Elsa, wanting to know more about her. Elsa and William talked about themselves. Elsa told him about how her life was affected by her powers and how she was forced to push everyone away. With someone she could finally talk to about her life, she felt relieved to push all of those undesired feelings and emotions off her chest. She even cried some as she let it all out. William tried to comfort her, but he control himself from being looked like a weirdo.
"What about you William? Hows your life?" Elsa asked.
William never talked about his past to anyone but he feels like he can trust Elsa. "My whole family died in the mob hit. I should've died too - I took enough bullets. ...but I lived. I could only see as my mother was being raped. They then murdered her along side my little brother and my baby sister. I finally figure why I lived. The ones who killed my family - the rapists and all the other scum - they've given me a reason to live. I came back, and now it was their turn to die."
Elsa could only stare in shock as William told her about what happen to his family. "William. I'm so sorry for what happen to your family."
William gave a weak smile "Thanks Elsa."
Elsa, determined to know more then ask "And the rapists and other 'scum"? What do you do to them?"
William gave a dark look and says with a little anger "I kill them. Every single of them. From petty thieves to murderers. I spare no one."
That cause Elsa to look at him with in disbelief "Not everyone deserves to die. Sometimes you must show mercy at times."
William got up, walked a bit and stopped. Elsa was scared, did she hit a nerve?
William turned to to face Elsa, "What's the point of me showing mercy? They'll just redo the crime. When my family was murder in front of me I made myself into a weapon of vengeance, I needed revenge and I toke it."
William clenched his fists harder, he was then haunted with visions of that day he lost his family.
"But look at me now, I kill every criminal that I encounter, I'm nothing but a soulless killing machine." William finished.
Elsa got up and walked to William, she stop facing him, she then grabbed his hands, William looked at her. Brown eyes meets blue eyes.
Elsa then pulled him into a hug, she felt that William needed to be loved.
William was shock from Elsa's action, he then return the hug.
Elsa realized that she and William had a lot in common, like they were both good people who were misunderstood at times and that their parents were deceased.
Elsa and William broke the hug "I'm sorry William. I don't know what came to me."
"It's okay Elsa. Sometimes we need someone to listen." said William
Elsa then asked William about his strange gear. "So about your strange weapons. Can you tell me about them?"
William nodded "Sure." He went to his room to grab his bag. He then returned and opened his bag and got each weapon out of his bag and gently place it on the table that Elsa magically made.
Elsa saw each object with confusion. "They're call Firearms but have other names to it. Guns, weapons, firepower." William then show Elsa each weapon.
He first show her the FN Minimi "In the military they call it 'the hog' the barrel has a habit of melting down, so mine are custom made to change a barrel in the field, I bring oven mitts." He then show Elsa a pair of oven mitts with puppies. Elsa gave a small giggle.
William then continue to show Elsa each firearm. William has never felt so happy in his life.
Arendelle Forest
Day soon turned into night for Anna, and the group as they continued through the seemingly never-ending woods. Unfortunately for them, the night made everything colder. Anna was shivering a little, as was everyone. Since all of them had been moving, their blood circulation was keeping them a bit warmer. Kain, however, was shivering badly. Since he was only wearing a trench coat and that made him only colder. He truly hated the cold more than anything. "P-p-please tell me we're almost there..." Kain said.
"No," Eric replied, rubbing his hands together in an attempt to warm up his body. "Besides, if we were there I highly doubt we'll get any warmer."
Kain just groaned, remembering that they still needed to find Elsa, and William. Before he could complain about the cold, Anna interrupted him. "Hey, look!" she shouted with excitement, pointing at some smoke that was billowing up into the sky from somewhere nearby.
The group realized what it was instantly "Fire." All 6 of them said at once. Forgetting how cold it they were, all 6 of them, especially Kain, charged down the hill to find where the fire was coming from with Kain in the lead. Eric, Christopher, and Victor tumbled into Matthew and Anna, sending them rolling into Kain whom they crashed into as well. All 6 of them tumbled down the hill until the landed in a small stream of water that was at the bottom. Anna took a deep breath and cringed as the cold water touched her skin.
Matthew, Victor, and Eric grunted and shivered.
Christopher's right eye twitched as he got colder then before.
Kain just swore. "FUCKING HELL!" Kain screamed. As fast as they could, they darted out of the water, shook off what water they could, and continued on.
When they reached the source of the smoke, Anna's dress was frozen solid, Eric was freezing his ass off, Christopher was violently shaking, Victor and Matthew we're not to happy about being cold, and almost the entire lower half of Kain's body was covered in frost. They saw that the smoke was coming out of small wooden cabin's chimney.
Anna looked at her new friends. "Stay here." She slowly made her way to the stairs, her dress making her have to waddle like a penguin. As she climbed the steps leading up to the porch, her frozen dress made it almost impossible for her to lift up her legs. After a few moments of watching her try to get up to the second step, Victor walked over and lifted her up on the porch. "Thanks," she said to him with a smile. Seeing a sign covered in snow hanging down from the roof, Anna knocked off the snow to see what this place exactly was. "Wondering Oaken's Trading Post," she read out loud so the others could know too. When she saw what the small sign underneath the one she just read, she was excited. "Ooh! And sauna!"
"Sauna?" Kain asked with an eager, happy look in his eyes. He turned to Eric, Matthew, Christopher and Victor. "We have to go in!"
"You 5 can't go in unless you want to scare everyone that's inside away," Anna said.
"So? Who cares if we scare people?" Kain asked in annoyance.
"If someone sees you, they might to kill you," Anna explained
Kain just looked at her like she was absurd. "In case you didn't know Anna. I'm a Half-Demon, Half-Angel, Eric can shoot electricity out of his hands, Victor has 2 demonic snakes and dark powers, Christopher here is a master assassin and Matthew can transform his arms into claws. So I highly doubt that anyone would try to kill us, for fuck sake's we have taken out legions of enemies, super-powered baddies, survived countless near-death experiences, and we even toke down big monsters." Kain tried to explain as he walk to the front door of the cabin. He didn't even get far because Victor and Eric grabbed him and pulled him
"Hey, Smartass we are not going to enter and scared the livin shit of people who don't know that we're from another dimension." said Eric in a angry tone.
Anna felt bad for them and said "Alright you guys can come in with me, just try not to show your powers." The five nodded in agreement and went inside with Anna.
Upon entering, all 6 of them saw what appeared to be a little store. "Where's the sauna at?" Kain muttered while looking around. Before Anna or anyone else could tell him to be quiet, someone called out to them.
"Hoo-hoo," said a voice. The three turned to a counter where an obese, but muscular-looking, man with sideburns that connected to his mustache sat. His fingers were touching each other in a way that looked like his hands were making a bottomless triangle. "Big summer blowout. Half off swimming suits, clogs, and a sun balm of my own invention, yah?"
"Oh, great. For now, uh...how about boots? Winter boots and dresses?" Anna asked as the others walked around the store.
"That would be in our winter department," Oaken said, pointing Anna to an almost empty area of the store. Only one outfit and a pair of boots were there, along with a rope and ax which hung on the wall above them. He noticed the others, who we're just browsing the store. Mistaking them for foreigners, he said "Are you all finding Arendelle good to your likely."
Eric was the first to talk "It's...Cold to say the least."
Before Oaken could question the other 4, Anna spoke to him as she went to get the outfit and boots. "Oh. Um...I was just wondering, has another young woman, the Queen perhaps, I don't know, passed through here?" Anna brought her items up to the counter.
"Only ones crazy enough to be out in this storm are you and your friends, dear." Oaken answered.
The door then opened and a man covered in ice and snow came in. Victor and the other 4 turned to look at him.
"You six and this fellow." Oaken turned to the new arrival. "Hoo-hoo. Big summer blow out."
The man approached the counter, standing in front of Anna, who was whistling due to being uncomfortable with how close this stranger was to her. "Carrots," he said, but it was muffled up due to the scarf covering his mouth.
"Huh?" Anna asked, which made the man lean closer to her.
"Behind you," he said much clearer.
"Oh, right. Excuse me," Anna said before moving out of his way.
Oaken looked at the man as he tossed some carrots on to the counter. "Woah, a real howler in July, yes?" The man didn't reply as he made his way to the 'winter department' and grabbed the rope and ax. "Where could it be coming from?"
"The North Mountain," the man answered.
Anna quietly repeated what she heard as the man came back and placed the gear on the counter beside the carrots.
"That'll be forty," Oaken said.
"Forty? No, ten," the man replied.
"Oh dear, that's not good. See this," Oaken motioned to the rope and ax, "is from our winter stock, where supply and demand have a big problem."
"You wanna talk about a supply and demand problem? I sell ice for a living."
Anna happened to look out the window as he said that and saw what was probably his sled parked; blocks of ice stacked on the back. "Ooh, that's a rough business to be in right now. I mean, that is really..." The cold glare she got from him made Anna shut up quickly. "Ahem...that's unfortunate."
"Still forty," Oaken said. "But I will throw in a visit to Oaken's sauna," He looked over to the sauna door and waved to the family currently inside it. "Hoo-hoo! Hi, family."
The family looked out the door's circle window and waved back. "Hoo-hoo!"
Kain looked over and whisper to himself "So that's were the fucking thing was."
"Ten's all I got. Help me out." the man begged.
"Okay," Oaken said as he returned his attention to his customer while Anna and the group sighed in relief. Oaken moved the carrots forward and pulled the ax and rope away. "Ten will get you this and no more."
With the crisis averted, Anna looked at the snow-covered man. "Okay, just tell me one thing. What was happening on the North Mountain? Did it seem magical?"
Upon turning to face her, the man pulled his scarf down, revealing his identity to be none other than Kristoff. "Yes! Now, back up while I deal with this crook here."
Seconds after he said that, Oaken stood up, his shadow falling on both Kristoff and Anna. Aside from being obese and muscular, Oaken was a very tall man; about almost as William's height. "Damn. He's a big fellow.' said Eric as the other 5 look in amazement.
"What did you call me?" Oaken said, looking at Kristoff with a somewhat hurt look.
Before Kristoff could even realize what was going on, he was carried out the door by Oaken, who was only using one arm. "Okay, okay, I..." before he could explain anything or apologize, Oaken tossed him into the snow.
"Bye bye!" the obese, but muscular man said before going back inside, slamming the door shut.
As Kristoff pushed himself off the snow and brushed himself off, his friend Sven came over. "No, Sven, I didn't get your carrots," Kristoff answered, Sven huffed in disappointment. "But I did find us a place to sleep." He and Sven looked at a nearby dilapidated barn which was behind them. "And it's free."
Back inside, Anna watched in shock as Oaken lumbered back inside and returned to his seat behind the counter. "I'm sorry about this violence. I will add a quart of lutefisk, so we'll have good feelings. Just the outfit and boots, yah?"
Anna looked down at the supplies Kristoff was trying to buy, then looked out the window, thinking. "Uh..."
Now in the barn, Kristoff and Sven were relaxing on beds of hay. Kristoff's clothes were no longer covered in snow. Strumming his lute, he was getting ready to sing Sven their good night song.
Kristoff: Reindeers are better than people
Sven, don't you think that's true?
In a very goofy-sounding voice, Kristoff continue singing his song, pretending to be singing his pal, Sven's opinion.
Kristoff (As Sven): Yeah, people will beat you
and curse you and cheat you
Every one of them's bad except you
In his normal voice he continued.
Kristoff: Oh, thanks buddy
But people smell better than reindeers
Sven, don't you think I'm right?
Once again, he started singing in his 'Sven' voice.
Kristoff (As Sven): That's once again true,
for all except you
Kristoff: You got me, let's call it a night
Kristoff (As Sven): Good night
Kristoff: Don't let the frostbite bite
Suddenly the barn doors opened. This startled Kristoff and Sven and caused them to quickly sit up in alarm, only to find out it was only Anna and those 5 other people in the store. As they came inside, Anna complemented him. "Nice duet."
Anna had switched out of her coronation dress and was now wearing a dark blue skirt with a black bodice as well as a light blue blouse underneath. She also wore dark blue gloves, black heeled boots, and a magenta cape. Her hair was now braided into two pigtails with a magenta cap on top.
"Oh, it's just you six. What do you want?" Kristoff asked rather rudely.
"I want you to take us up the North Mountain."
Kristoff laid back down on his hay pile, placing his hat over his eyes so he could try to sleep. "I don't take people places."
With that, Kain just shouted "That fucking does it!" Kain yelled, Kain then got closer to the mountain man and his pet, "Look man I don't who you are and frankly I could give a flying fuck about you, but me and my friends just want to find our lost friend so we don't have to spend another fucking piece of shit second in this goddamn hellhole, either you help us find The North Mountain or I will personally fuck you up!" Kain finished, ignoring the fact he was slowly going into his demon form.
Anna backed away a bit from Kain.
The other 4 just looked at him, they know Kain gets impatient very easily.
Sven saw the man slowly turned into a demon and yelped in fear, backing up.
When he heard Sven, Kristoff immediately sat up, causing his hat to fall on the barn floor, falling off his hay as he saw Kain. "WOAH!" he shouted, backing up into Sven. Kristoff saw Kain's true appearance as his demonic form was starting set free, causing him to shout again. "What are those things?!"
"We have names douchebag." Kain said as he growled in annoyance
Anna smiled at Kristoff reassuringly. "They won't hurt you. They've traveled with me almost all day. This is Victor, Matthew, Eric, Christopher and this is Kain, four of them happen to have...well...powers"
"I don't care if their names were Grimace and Samuel, I'm most certainly not taking any of you anywhere. Now just get out!" Kristoff yelled while Sven slowly moved in front of his friend defensively.
"Let me rephrase that..." Anna said before tossing a brown satchel at Kristoff's feet. "Take us to the North Mountain. Please."
As he slowly reached for the satchel, Kristoff never took his eyes off at the five men.
"Oh for the love god, we aren't going to hurt you! Matthew said angrily. That outburst caused Sven to defensively lower his antlers at the man but he backed away once Kain took a couple aggressive steps to Matthew's side.
Upon opening it, Kristoff pulled out the rope and ax he was trying to buy earlier. She paid for his things.
"Look, I know how to stop this winter," Anna said.
Not believing her, Kristoff just rolled his eyes. "And your 5 jerks aren't enough help?"
"Jerks?!" All 5 men said at the same time
"Do you want all of us to rip you apart asshole, cause if you didn't know we are stronger then you and we will fuck you up!" Kain aggressively shouted at him.
"Bring It On!"
Christopher had his Hidden Blades ready, Matthew's arms changed into Hammer Fists, Victor cracked his knuckles, Eric toke out his amp ready to bash Kristoff's head open, and Kain let out a small snarl.
As they began heading toward each other for a fight, Anna stopped both of them by shouting very loudly. "ENOUGH! I'm tired of this! All of this!" She looked at Kain "All you've done this WHOLE time is complain and argue. You wanna fight?" she looked at the other 4 men who had weapons drawn and then looked at Kristoff. "You all wanna fight? Then come tussle with me because I'm FEISTY enough to take you all on! GOT ME?!"
Kain then switch back into human form, Matthew switch his arms back to normal, Christpher sheathed his hidden blades, Eric put his Amp away, and Victor put his fists down. Deciding that they didn't want to piss off Anna more than she already was.
"We leave at dawn," Kristoff said. "And you forgot the carrots for Sven," he said before laying down on another pile of hay. Suddenly another satchel landed hit him, this time on his face.
Anna may have been peeved before, but now that she got out all of her pent-up anger-filled emotions she was back to her warm, kind self. "Oops. Sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't..." Realizing what she was doing, Anna cleared her throat and put her hands on her hips to look more demanding. "We leave now. Right now." As she took her leave out the barn door, Victor, Eric, Kain, Christopher, Matthew follwed her. Once outside, they all waited to see what Kristoff would do.
After he watched them go outside, Kristoff reached inside the second satchel and pulled out a carrot, offering it to Sven. The reindeer took a bite out of it, as did Kristoff after Sven. As he contemplated his decision, he could have sworn he heard Kain say "shit, it's cold out here!"
AN: Not as long as the first chapter but hey it's better then nothing.