The party had gone well as planned. Elsa was conversing, the Duke's were again dancing, and Anna had gone off with Hans, much to the frustration of Nakumoto. It had almost settled down to a slow dance, to which all the Duke's and Duchesses began mingling and dancing with each other, while Trevor noticed Elsa was by herself.
"You should definitely dance with her." Nakumoto suggested as Trevor looked at him rather confused.
"I wouldn't want to make her feel uncomfortable." He answered firmly.
"You're kidding right? Dude, she trusts you. Plus from what I've seen since the start of this mission, you're not one to break moral codes." Naku said with a serious face. "Go dance with her dude. It'll make her feel less awkward. I'll signal you if anything starts to unfold."
With a sigh of regret, Trevor finally gave in and walked over to Elsa, who noticed him coming towards her. As he finally got in front of her, he could already tell Elsa was looking a bit nervous herself. She wasn't exactly used to these things, let alone human interaction.
"So…having fun?" Trevor tried to start the conversation with a light note. If he asked now if she wanted to dance she'd flip.
Elsa took a second to notice his words, before finally taking a deep breath. "It's…refreshing. I've never seen it so lively in the castle before." She looked at him wondering if he agreed with her statement.
"It's very wholesome Elsa. I'm glad the gates are open." He answered, turning to her before finally sighing, who was now giving him a worried look. "Look. You're the only one without a dance partner. Do you…" he couldn't finish because in all honesty, he was scared.
Elsa quickly realized what he said and turned away from him, as she was also getting nervous. Although, this time instead of fear, it was rather embarrassment. She saw that he was trying to make her feel like a part of the party and not some outsider. She felt touched, but the thought of herself freezing his hand might come into play. However, turning back to him, she noticed he was smiling, and that quickly tore through her fear. "S-Sure."
Trevor looked surprised at first before clearing his throat, making Elsa chuckle a bit before they both got onto the dance floor, catching the eyes of all the members present. As the music began to play, Elsa was trying her best to not mess up, while Trevor held her hand and waist lightly so as to not startle her. He certainly didn't want anyone speaking bad about her, let alone a Duke. As the two began to strengthen their pace, Elsa and Trevor interlocked eyes, and her blue eyes and his black eyes both stared into their respective hearts. One was scared and in fear, the other was alone and desolate. It was clear they both had issues of their own, but they shared one common thing. They both had no friends, other than Anna and Nakumoto respectively, although that's barely trimming the bush. They continued dancing, now catching the attention of everyone at the party, including a recently returned Hans and Anna, much to the frustration of Nakumoto. However, it didn't matter. They kept looking into each other's eyes as if they finally found someone they needed; A companion.
As the music continued on, Anna finally broke them off with a rush towards them, with Hans in tow, prompting Nakumoto to head towards them. "You two must be enjoying yourselves!" Elsa and Trevor quickly broke off, red faced and embarrassed. "Aww! Come on, that was amazing! My sister found someone! Her true love!" This caused Nakumoto to spit out the punch he was drinking and for Trevor to practically fall over, with Elsa frantically trying to wake him.
"Are you okay?!" She asked rather panicked. As Trevor sprung up like a door stopper, he viewed his surroundings before getting up, along with Elsa.
"I'm perfectly fine." He said rather bluntly, causing a bit of shock to the 4 onlookers.
Anna cleared her throat before speaking once more. "Anyway, Elsa, you won't believe what just happened! Me and Hans were having a blast and he asked me the craziest question!"
"Not as crazy as your response, princess." Hans said flirtatiously, much to the annoyance of the two guardians in front of them.
"Hans asked me to marry him! And I Said yes! We're getting married!" Anna exclaimed, causing quite a shock to the 3 individuals in front of her.
"Fellas, be warned. This is the absolute point. remember you can stop it to a certain extent, but anything more will break the universe." Reggie said through the CCS as the two began to prepare themselves for what will happen next.
"What?! When did this happen?" Elsa asked, confused and unaware of her sister even finding a lover in such a short amount of time.
"Well of course we'd have to wait a few days to plan everything out." Anna completely ignored what she said and continued on, much to the dismay of Trevor, who was silently observing, although Naku looked like he was about to burst. "We'll have roast and sandwich kabobs, we can invite everybody here! Maybe even our cousins from Corona! Wait, would we live here?!"
Listen to Passing Hearts — OreGairu [OST]
"I strongly object." Nakumoto finally spoke as he stepped in front of Elsa, with Trevor pulling in beside him. "You should consider the situation we're in right now."
"You idiot what are you doing?!" Trevor said as he looked Naku dead in the eye. If he tried to take control of the situation it would only make things worse. "That's not part of the procedure."
"Why would you object? It's true love!" Anna exclaimed, as Trevor and Elsas both looked at her with eyes of total confusion.
"Okay enough. No one is getting married. No one's cousins are coming over." Elsa said as she finally put her foot down, causing a hurt look from Anna.
"What why?" Anna asked, confused and hurt by her sister's words. "It's true love!"
"What do you know about true love?" Elsa asked rather bluntly, which made Trevor feel a bit bad for Elsa, having to argue with her sister about such issues.
"More than you! All you know how to do is shut everyone out! Even mom and dad!" Anna said, angry and defensive at her sister for even asking such a question.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Elsa said rather hurt yet upset at her sister. By now, people began to take notice at the situation unfolding, with Trevor and Nakumoto both tensing up, since the Duke of Weselton was watching. "Mom and Dad always came to me! I would never shut them out!"
"Then why did you shut me out?! Ever since Mom and Dad died, you've always been neglecting everyone around you!" Anna exclaimed as now everyone was watching them. "You never once tried to talk to me or hang out with me! You just did what mom and dad told you and stayed in your room, closing yourself off from everyone in the castle!" This hit Elsa right in the heart, and as she stepped back a bit, Trevor came to her side, which set off Anna even more. "And what about him?! You finally found someone to talk to in thirteen years! And you seem to get along with him just fine! You found your true love! Are you gonna push him away like everyone else Elsa? Like some sort of object being shelved?!"
Elsa couldn't take it. Her sister had been yelling and gaslighting her this whole time and everyone was staring thorns into her. She stepped back once more and Trevor kept her balanced, but something unexpected happened. She pushed him away, causing him to give her a confused look. However, Elsa looked at him with hurt in her eyes, yet she smiled half heartedly to show him she was only covering it up, making him sigh in relief. With that taken care of, Elsa steps in front of Anna, now completely angry and disgusted with her sister's words. "You wanted my blessing, but clearly you can see the answer is no." She stated this firmly before rapidly turning herself away from her sister. "Close the gates. The party is over."
Now playing: Dad's Gonna Kill Me by Richard Thompson
Anna now looked to her sister with regret and fear. She had set off a ticking time bomb, and now she was desperate. She wanted to let her sister know how she felt, but instead she created more fear, and now she may not get the chance to marry her true love. Anna rushed towards Elsa, grabbing her glove off her hand before firmly gripping her other gloved hand. "Please Elsa don't do this! I don't want to live like this! Don't make me ruin my only chance at love! What about him?!" She points towards Trevor, who was now on high alert.
"It's not like that Anna!" Elsa said, rebutting what her sister was implying. "I'm tired of this selfish act you're putting on! IF YOU WANT FREEDOM THEN LEAVE!" Elsa roared as Anna let go of her hand frantically as her hand felt cold. Elsa now walked towards the door, with the crowd watching the drama unfold.
As the two sisters argued, Nakumoto and Trevor received important communications from Reggie. "Guys it's about to happen, Trevor do something! Use your powers to try and limit the ice exposure! That's the only thing that will cause a good ending!" But while the message was being spoken, Trevor had already made his way towards her. "Trevor, wait!" Suddenly, Nakumoto felt the room get slightly warmer, and turned his attention towards Trevor, who was clearly causing the problem. "Damn it he's gonna try and stop it!"
As he made his way closer towards her, Elsa was already almost towards the door, with Anna behind her, but she noticed he was almost near, and gave him a shake of her head to tell him to get away, but he shook his head no, indicating he wasn't backing down.
"Elsa please don't…" Anna pleaded, slowly closing the distance between them, but finally the spark had been ignited, and with Elsa turning around to face her sister, Trevor saw her hand move towards them, running and jumping to grab her hand.
"ENOUGH!" She yelled as she whisked her hand and her powers exposed itself, but only a few shards appeared, much to her shock and to the others in the room, who were now backing away, afraid of the queen. However, she turned towards her right side to see Trevor holding her hand firmly, yet he was a bit shaky, as she looked down to see his hand, she saw his chest had been hit with a shard. The wound slowly healed itself though, including the frost that thawed thanks to his fire, although the wound healing shocked him more than anything.
Elsa was now afraid. Was he trying to capture her? Did he lie about everything? "L-Let go! Are you hurt?! Please, don't do this…" She felt scared. He might lock her up. But to her surprise, Trevor put himself in front of Elsa while Nakumoto looked at him for confirmation.
"Stick to the plan. We rendezvous at the ice palace. Watch over Anna." Nakumoto nodded as he then turned to Elsa. "We have to go." He then pulled her arm and Elsa was now running with him outside the hall and now across the hall.
"What are you doing?! Why would you protect me? I hurt you! The whole kingdom might come after us! I'm so-" Elsa was hushed by Trevor, who stopped midway to silence her and to look for a better way outside the castle to avoid the crowd standing in the front gate.
"We're past that point. If anything they'll see me as a witch or something after I stopped your spell." Trevor pulled out a digital map from his bracelet, to which Elsa calmed down a bit now that they were alone, and looked at the futuristic device.
"What is that? Is this a…map?!" Elsa asked, super amazed by the picture-like map of the castle. "H-How did you get this?"
"Long story." Trevor said bluntly before finally finding a passageway that led to the docks. "Okay this hall leads us to the staircase that leads to the docks. Come on!" He grabbed her hand once more before she stumbled along and continued running.
"Please dont pull so tight Trevor!" She pleaded since if he pulled anymore it would be like a tug of war. "Wait, here!" They finally got down the stairs and she opened the door, leading them to the river. However, there was another person tailing behind them.
"ELSA WAIT!" Anna exclaimed as Hans and Naku were right behind her, scaring Elsa even more.
"NAKU! YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO! WE MEET AT THE RENDEZVOUS POINT AND STAY ON PLAN!" Trevor shouted as he looked at Elsa once more. "You ready?"
"Trevor please, stay with them. I've done nothing but drag you into this, and now you could be persecuted for associating yourself with-" As Elsa tried to reason with him, Trevor got in front of her and grabbed both of her hands and intertwined his fingers with hers. The frost was forming, but the steam was thawing it.
"Elsa. If I go with them, They'll probably try to jail me and worse, kill me. I'm in this with you. We're both exiles. We can do this together. I'm not leaving you." He said this rather boldly, causing quite a shock from Elsa, who was amazed at his loyalty.
"Alright then, hold onto my hand, and don't use your powers." She said as she now tried dragging him across the river, which was freezing at the touch of her feet dragging across the now freezing river.
Anna tried to follow her sister, but Nakumoto restrained her, as it was his mission to keep her safe from any danger, including Hans, even if she didn't know that.
"Anna, look." Hans said in shock and horror as they saw the river freeze everything in its tracks, including the castle and village itself. It was like winter had engulfed Arendelle.
As Trevor and Elsa made it away from the castle and into the forest, he stopped her to look at the castle and the mountains. "Now the true mission begins." Trevor sighs as he puts on his hoodie and follows Elsa up the hill.
END OF ACT 1. ACT 2 BEGINS