Elsa was woken by someone pounding on the door to her room.
"ELSA!" came Anna's voice. "Wake up!"
The young queen opened her heavy eyes and looked out the window; the sun was not even over the horizon yet.
Groaning as she got out of bed, Elsa rubbed her face to wake up.
"What?" Elsa growled as she opened the door to see an distraught Anna.
"Someone has arrived in Arendelle!"
"And, tell me, why could this not wait until morning?" Elsa said, glaring at her sister.
"Because it's Von Schwicke!"
Elsa stared at her sister in shock for a moment before slamming the door shut. She flew to the closet, where she located her armor that Brynn had fashioned.
"Elsa?!" Anna yelled through the door.
"I'm coming!" Elsa yelled back, almost tearing out of her nightgown. "Just give me a minute!" She quickly put on her armored dress, and grabbed the associated sword Indi had made, which sat by her nightstand.
Yanking the door open, Elsa saw that Anna had been joined by Brynn and Kristoff.
"Let's go," Brynn said angrily, her teeth already starting to sharpen from the rage inside her.
Brynn took the lead, fuming as she walked. For the first time in her life, she had found a place where there was no suffering, and could live her life as who she was in peace. Now Von Schwicke had to come along and screw everything up!
Brynn burst through the doors to the courtyard, where Owen and Barry were standing with their raptors. She whistled, and Rexanne came over to stand by her human companion dutifully.
Owen came walking over, Blue following him. "Elsa, Von Schwicke is down by the harbor. He wants to speak with you, or at least that is what a messenger said." Elsa nodded and turned out the gates to the harbor.
"Elsa, no!" Anna said. "Don't go to that awful man."
"I'm going to see what he wants," Elsa said as she kept walking. Anna followed behind her.
Rounding the corner at the docks, Elsa saw Von Schwicke standing by a large ship, a pleasant look on his face. It was despicable.
"Ah, Queen Elsa, Princess Anna, we meet once again."
Elsa nodded, but nothing more.
"I'll cut to the chase, Your Highness," Von Schwicke said. "I take control of Arendelle, all the citizens in it, and my creations. In return, you get to be the mother of the next batch."
"Elsa would never do that," Anna screamed. "You son-of-a-" Elsa held up her hand to silenced her sister before she went to far.
"And to make sure that you consider this carefully..." Von Schwicke signalled to his men on the ship. They pulled some ropes, and a large door opened in the side of the ship. Inside a giant cage was a large, black dinosaur with large teeth like daggers. It's arms were long, and tipped in fierce claws.
It was the monster from Elsa's dream.
"It is no part human. Bred to kill at random. You have twenty-four hours to decide," Von Schwicke said. "I'll be here when you're ready."
Elsa nodded and turned on her heel back to the castle.
Elsa sat calmly in the meeting room while all her advisors argued.
It was half an hour later, and when someone shouted "We should strike at the heart of this threat!"
Elsa had had enough. "Stop!" The temperature in the room dropped suddenly, and everyone silenced themselves. "I will let Von Schwicke have me." The crowd was stunned. "I feel it is the best way to keep the people of Arendelle safe. If I should refuse, he will unleash his creation on the city."
"We can take the creation out!" Brynn hollered, throwing her hands in the air. "It would be dangerous, but we can kill this thing."
"I wouldn't be so sure, Brynn," Owen said, holding up a hand in an attempt to calm the young female. "If Von Schwicke could combine different dinosaurs to get an Indominus rex, what is to prevent him from doing the same thing again, just with different dinosaurs in different amounts?"
Everyone finally understood. The black dinosaur wasn't a purebred, but a mutant, like Indi and Lapsus.
"Owen," Elsa said. "Could you sneak onto the ship and see if there are some files about this new mutant?"
"I don't know," Owen said, unsure. "Lots of the people on that ship know who I am. I think we would need someone small. Someone who could sneak in without being seen."
Anna sat, rubbing her chin for a moment. "Olaf!"
Elsa stared at her sister for a moment. Anna was right. Olaf could do it. Nodding, the queen spoke. "Where is he?"
"I heard my name!" the little snowman said as he bounded into the room joyfully, oblivious to the eminent doom.
"Olaf," Elsa said. "I have an extremely important job for you."
Olaf looked up at his "mother", listening intently to her instructions.
"Can you do that, Olaf?"
"You bet!" The living snow sculpture said, giving a hearty salute with his stick-arm before turning out the door.
Indi raised his head to the wind, enjoying the feeling its cool breath on his pale, scaly skin. He had been watching the town of Arendelle for some time now, using his superior sense of vision to focus on certain areas. Lapsus rubbed her head against her alpha's side, who turned his head. Lapsus stared out into the vast valley before her. She could tell that Indi enjoyed the company of the leader of the humans immensely. Why he left, Lapsus did not know. She could only lend her silent support to her alpha until his heart felt better.
"Elsa," Anna said, trying to stop her sister. "Stop. There has got to be another way to go about this!"
"How, Anna?" Elsa asked, her set pace not faltering. "There is no feasible way for me to not go through with this while keeping our people safe. If Indi were here, then we might have a chance, but he is not coming. We are on our own."
Elsa walked to her room, and gathered a few gowns. If she was going to be tortured, she was going to do it properly.
After putting the outfits into a small suitcase, she went to the courtyard. Owen was waiting for her there.
"You sure you want to do this?" he asked.
"No," Elsa replied, shaking her head. "But I must. For my people. Their safety is my top priority and responsibility as queen."
Owen nodded solemnly. "Thank you."
"For what?" Elsa asked, mildly confused.
"For allowing the refugees from Nublar to come here," Owen said, placing a hand on the queen's shoulder. "You gave them a safe place to live. That is the best thing you could have given them."
Elsa smiled. She knew she had done a good thing, but looking back, it was the greatest act of kindness those people had ever received. Especially to the children.
"I should be going," Elsa said, looking towards the gates. Owen nodded, and let the queen leave.
Indi looked around, sniffing the air, letting all the scents around him fill his nares. He could tell something was wrong, but he did not know exactly what. He looked down at the city, as saw a large group of men building a new structure around the town square. It looked like a large fence. They also seemed to be reinforcing the wall that was constructed in response to the "attacks".
Something was very wrong.
"Ah, Queen Elsa," Von Schwicke said when he saw the young royal approaching. Alone. "I trust you have considered my proposition."
"I have," Elsa said. "I accept."
"Good," Von Schwicke said. "Just come with me, and we'll get you settled in your cabin."
Elsa nodded and followed the man up the gangplank. He showed her to her room. It was small, and the only window was a barred hole in the door. The bed was smaller than what she was used to, but it would do. An unburnt candle sat on the small nightstand by the bed.
"I apologize for the quality," the man said "but it should do."
"This will be fine," Elsa said, entering. Suddenly, the door slammed shut and she heard the lock on the outside click heavily. Elsa sighed, sitting down on the bed. She would be enduring this treatment for her people, their safety, Anna's safety.
Anna.
She was heartbroken to hear what Elsa had agreed to do. She had run to her room when Elsa began her walk to the ship, and locked herself in.
It took all of Elsa's might to not run back to her sister and suicidally call off the whole agreement.
Still, she had managed to not do just that, and was now in the hands of a very evil and sadistic man.
Later that night, Owen, Barry, Anna, and Kristoff gathered in the courtyard, the raptors were lined up at the ready.
"Owen," Barry said. "Von Schwicke has set his giant mutant in the center of the town square. I've seen it. It's twenty-five percent bigger than an Indominus. He's putting it on display to assert his authority."
"That lowly, good-for-nothing, son-of-a.." Anna muttered when Kristoff interrupted her angry rant by setting a calming hand on her shoulder.
"So," Kristoff said. "How are we going to fight it?" Owen gestured to his raptors. "Ah, I see."
Owen removed his rifle from his back, and loaded five cartridges into the clip. Slamming the ammunition into the stock, He walked out, whistling to his raptors to follow. Kristoff grabbed a crossbow and several bolts from a weapons closet before rejoining the group.
"Let's go," Anna said, Echo at her side.
"GEORGE VON SCHWICKE!" Anna yelled. She saw him over at the edge of the large pen. "I hereby place you under arrest for threatening and taking captive a member of the royal family."
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Von Schwicke said.
"Why not?" Kristoff said, stepping forward.
"Because my newest pet won't agree." The large animal strode over, growling. "Meet Carcharodontosaurus Maximus: the greatest predator ever conceived by man. The Indominus rex would have been the original weapon of superiority, but they have become rather tame. Especially Indi. No longer! I have come to rid myself of my mistakes. Where is the abomination called 'Indi'?"
"He's not here," Anna spat.
"Hasn't been here for quite some time now," Barry growled.
"Oh, he'll show up," Von Schwicke said, nodding slowly. "Especially when he sees the ones he love being fed upon."
Indi walked up to Grand Pabbie and kneeled. The elder troll had summoned him. For what, Indi did not know.
"Indi," the elder troll said. "This is going to be a very troubling time for you." Indi nodded. "You need to be strong. The kingdom of Arendelle is counting on you."
Indi furrowed his brow. "Counting on me for what?"
Grand Pabbie's answer was short, yet it hit Indi in the face like a cannon.
"To save them."