Chapter Three: Secrets

Years passed and Eugene and Elsa grew up together and became adults. Both of them knew the 20th century and loved it and learned about so many things such as clothing, transportation, and technology. They both loved it and every opportunity they had to go there, they would take it.

Pitch Black was still after them, but he didn't know how strong their powers grew, he still thought of them as fifteen-year-olds and still thought they were unwise and silly and that they were just spoiled brats, boy he was wrong.

Like their parents they both loved seeing the young beautiful couple grow and become independent of their own, they were already planning their future without even telling them, as wrong as it was, but they had no choice. Today was the day that the young couple would see each other once more.

Elsa's POV

Today was the day that I get to see Eugene again. I still remember those times when we were children playing games from sunrise to sundown, talking to no end, and never worrying about the terrifying part of life called our future. As we've been getting older, our parents beginning to get more impatient, it's been so long and yet we haven't gotten married, nor are we engaged. Everyone's frustrated at Eugene and how he hasn't proposed to me yet, I understand everyone is upset but we do not want to rush into things we want to take it slow. Not just that but we also fear that our engagement could also lead to Pitch Black coming after us and our family, even if we haven't heard from him we know that he's watching us and will attack when we least expect it.

As we arrived at Corona we were greeted by the captain of the guards who helped us get in our carriages safely, my parents in one and Anna and I in another. The ride didn't take so long since Corona is sort of a small kingdom, we could even walk to the castle which is something that I've been wanting to do, but my father insists for my safety that it's best we take a carriage.

"Are you alright, Elsa?" Anna interrupted my thoughts looking at me concerned "You've been quite distracted lately, is something bothering you?"

"I've just been thinking a lot lately that's all," I responded, Anna looked at me in disbelief knowing that there was more

"What has been on your mind?" She asked, "Is it about you and Eugene?"

I looked at her surprised "How'd you know?"

"It's all that mom and dad talk about," My sister sighed, then she whispered "As always," thinking that I wouldn't be able to hear her but I did

I huffed in frustration leaning back against my seat "I just don't understand why they want us to tie the knot already,"

"It's just tradition," Anna responded "Mom and dad were my age when they got married remember? I think they just expect a lot from you since your going to be queen and not just that you and Eugene have been together for a few years now"

"I just want them to get off my back," I told her "But I know they won't because of—" I stopped knowing that I was about to reveal my secret to her

Unfortunately, Anna noticed my sudden pause "Because of what?"

"It's nothing," I lied, noticing how Anna was beginning to get frustrated knowing that I was hiding something from her.

"Elsa—"

Before she could even speak the carriage had stopped signaling that we have already made it to Corona's castle. They opened the gates and went inside as they opened the door for us, there he was, the love of my life. I ran up to him and gave him a big hug as a welcome home present.

"You don't know how much I missed you", Eugene said

"Let's all go inside now", chuckled Queen Arianna in awe "I'm sure you must be tired from your long trip"

We decided to go to the dining hall, everyone was busy chattering trying to keep up for the little lost time that we've spent apart. As I grabbed my cup for a drink of water to clench my thirst, I something strange in the doorway leading to the main hallway, it was like some magical light that looked like if it were calling me and sang a tune that made me want to follow it.

"Do you hear that?" I whispered to her

"Hear what?" Anna answered

"Oh," I sighed "Nevermind,"

Thinking it was just me I try to go back in the conversation until Eugene whispers in my ear "Do you hear it too?"

"The call? Of course, I hear it" I said

"I don't feel any negative energy coming from it," Eugene told me making me a bit relieved "I think it wants us to follow it,"

"If it's not a bad, and it's asking us to follow it then we should" I answered "But be ready, we're not sure if this is just a trick of the Dark one,"

We both asked to be dismissed and in a hurry rushed outside and saw the light waiting for us outside. It has suddenly disappeared and then split into multiple lights leading somewhere, we followed the mysterious light path, which soon led us into the castle's library.

"Great the light wants us to read," Eugene said unamused

"I don't understand, why would the light bring us here?" I questioned the light too

Suddenly a book fell off from one of the highest shelves in the library, Eugene and I both looked at the light, then at each other in confusion. We walked over to the book and glanced at it for a few seconds until Eugene picked it up and looked through it.

He flipped them around realizing something wasn't right "These pages are blank," As he was flipping I noticed that one of the pages had something written on it

"Wait," I told him and went back to the page that was written on and realized that this probably wasn't an ordinary book "It has our names on it, and information about our powers and what they are capable of, but then why are some of them blank?"

"Remember when Granpabby talked about us finding new guardians like us? What if every time we find a new guardian this book fills up with pages about them and the more people we find the more it will have,"

"You know that's a pretty good guess," I said as I closed the book, "But we need to hide this, our parents don't know anything about the mission, and if they ever found out god knows what they'll do,"

"I'll hide it," Eugene grabbed it, "You know I'm good at that,"

I laughed at what he said "I wonder why,"

Okay, so I have a secret to tell Eugene, is quite the troublemaker, he likes to steal, pulls pranks, and commit other sorts of crimes. You may be asking, why have you not spoken up about any of this? Well it might sound stupid but I don't want Eugene to get into any trouble, I mean just imagine the scandal it would cause, Prince Eugene of Corona stealing from his kingdom and family. Not just that but I would get into trouble too for not speaking up and allowing this to happen, even for helping him go get away with it at times, in the public eye I would be known as his accomplice which would then bring suspicion if anything was stolen from Arendelle. I don't even want to imagine the upset look on my family's face, especially Anna's she would be disappointed in me if I ever told her.

"I know what you may be thinking Love," Eugene spoke as we left the room "I promise you I haven't stolen anything, I been controlling myself from stealing anything this week,"

I decided to admit how I felt "I love you Eugene, and I support everything you do and what you stand for, I don't want you to get into trouble, if anyone ever finds out it could jeopardize our relationship and the union of our kingdoms."

"I understand, I don't want my stupid hobby to affect us, which is why I'm trying to stop, for you,"

"Eugene I..." I tried to speak but I was soon interrupted by his mother, Queen Arianna

As she tried to approach us Eugene tossed the book inside his satchel "Eugene, Elsa, there you two are," Queen Arianna said as she grabbed our hands "Your formal wear for tomorrow is ready,"

As we were getting our last fittings done I saw how Eugene has been dazing off most of our time in here.

Eugene's POV

Elsa is right, my addiction could get us in real trouble. I just can't help it, if I see something and I like it, I'll steal it. I have stolen thousands worth of goods and never have I once felt bad about it, the only thing I feel guilty about is Elsa, I've always wanted the best for her and here I am risking it all. Not just that but I feel bad for her because she sometimes helps me steal and I never asked her how she truly felt about it.

"You guys have no idea how excited I am for tomorrow's festival, it is Corona's biggest event yet" my mother spoke as snapped out of my thoughts "Not just that but I convinced your Aunt Wilhelmina to come over and stay with us for a while, which means Eugene I want you to stay out of trouble, no pranks, adventures, or any dangerous activities. I want you to stay in the castle and have some family time with us, we are not sure when an opportunity like this will happen again so I want you to make the most of it."

"Of course I will mother, but why are you saying this as if I'm leaving,"

She then sighed sadly "There's something I have to tell you, there have been more executions of witches lately and the people are starting to get even more violent towards them each day. We fear that if they ever find out about your powers, they will do anything to harm you, and it is something we will never forgive ourselves for."

The witches. They are common in both of our lands, they're known for doing spells and spiritual magic but to society, it is some sort of way to connect to the devil this leads to them being executed by the people themselves and we find out days even months later after this happens.

"Are you saying we have to leave?" Elsa asked in disbelief with great fear in her eyes

"Unfortunately yes, only until the murders stop, once everything has calmed down you both can come back home safe and sound" My mother assured her but we all know that this won't end very soon "We were hoping for you to be able to move in into the future. It is the only place where we feel like you'll be the safest, but if you don't want to and you want to move somewhere else then we'll find a nice place for you, away from civilization. I'll leave you two to discuss."

I saw my mother leave upset, and as she closed the door shut I turned to look at Elsa frightened with tears. She began to tremble as the room began to feel cold too cold that I began to feel weak as I'm not supposed to be in cold weather like this.

"Elsa, look at me, everything is going to be alright," I assured her, as the cold began to take over my body, weakening me by the second "Please stay calm,"

"Elsa!"

Elsa's POV

At that moment I don't know what took over me, I felt an immense amount of negative emotions rush over my body as I felt myself being pushed out of reality into a black hole of darkness the only thing bringing me back was Eugene's voice calling out for me.

I finally snapped back into reality and looked at how Eugene was clinging onto me in pain "Eugene, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to—"

"Hey don't worry, I'm okay," He assured but I knew he wasn't alright he stood up weakly and sat down in the chair that was next to me

"What are we going to do?" I asked him in fear

"Well..." he began "We have two options, we can move away to the future a place where we are familiarized with and it would take a little while to adjust to since we're going to be living there, or we can stay here and be isolated somewhere else away from here. I understand if you want to stay here, there are some really good places here, for example, we can stay in Old Corona, it might have its years but I assure you that—"

"No," I interrupted him "I want to move away, to the future," Eugene's eyes opened wide at my sudden statement "Were only putting ourselves at risk by staying there not just by the people but by him too, I understand we can't hide forever but I want us to live somewhere safe." I took a deep breath and smiled at him "Plus I know you've been dreaming of living there ever since the first time we went to visit,"

Eugene giggled lightly "Yeah I know

No One's POV

The decision was made and there was no going back from it. Eugene knew that this was going to consume Elsa's mind for the next few days so he had an idea that would benefit both of them them.

"Look, how about we go out to dinner tonight with the boys,"

Elsa brushed her hair back with both of her hand, leaving a bit of snow in it "I think that sounds like a good plan,"

Author's Note

I'm sorry for not uploading any chapters for like months. This book is gonna be a slow burn since I'm working on mapping everything out in this universe and I want everything to be as clear as possible to you all.