Frozen Frost: Chapter 9 - Confessions and Danger

Ever since they started living together in their new ice palace, Elsa and Jack had done nothing but sit on their ice thrones that they made for themselves and talk non-stop they had done it the whole morning after they woke up. They had so much to catch up on.

“You know, I was at your coronation. I was there in that church.” Jack told her.

Elsa, sitting on her throne beside him, was stunned. “You were? I didn’t see you at all. Where were you?”

“I was hiding, but I’ll never tell you where.” He teased.

Elsa gave a flirty giggle “Aww…you’re such a kidder like always.” She lightly slapped his arm."I love that about you."

Jack laughed and then he stared at her. It was amazing how it seemed as if she was glistening along with her beautiful dress.

Elsa caught him staring at her in the corner of her eye. She looked down and blushed, fiddling with her fingers. She wanted so much to tell him how she now felt about him. After seeing him again she was no longer in denial about her loving him. But Elsa was too afraid of getting rejected. What if he still thought of her as only a friend? She had to at least know that.

“Jack?”

Jack came out of dazed mode. “Yeah?”

“Um…what if we never met as kids? What if we never became friends and you have only first met me as I am now? Would your feelings be different towards me in any kind of way?”

Jack paused for a minute. He wasn’t sure. Would it be different? After all things had seemed a little different during these last few years. He loved Elsa very much but maybe if they haven’t met a long time ago that love might’ve been different.

“Well, to be honest…I have been feeling things differently towards you these past few years. I just thought that it would be best not to think about it but it’s hard not to, Elsa.” Jack admitted

“…What kind of feelings?”

“Let’s just call it attraction.”

“Oh…well…do you find…me attractive?” Elsa thought even that was hard to say.

Jack blushed. “Well…yeah…kind of…yes…a lot actually.”

Elsa was shocked then blushed even more. “Really? Thank you. I think you’re attractive too.”

“Yeah?” he smiled.

“Yeah.” She smiled back. But she wanted to be brave and get the question over with. “Jack, I have to tell you something. I…”

All of a sudden, they heard a voice coming from their great foyer.

“Elsa? It's me...Anna!”

Elsa became surprised. “Anna?” Elsa and Jack got up from their thrones. “Wait, Jack. I can deal with this.” She assured him. He sat back down.

Elsa came down only to see Anna slip but then steady herself on the icy floor of their ice palace. Elsa stepped out of the shadows onto a balcony of the palace. Elsa looked at Anna longingly.

Anna looked up at her. Anna stared at her. She couldn’t help but be struck by Elsa’s beauty.

Whoa, Elsa, you look different.... It’s a good different.... and this place is amazing.” Anna complemented.

Elsa was cautious about her being in the palace. She left for a reason but she decided to be polite. “Thank you, I never knew what we were capable of.”

“We?” Anna was confused.

Elsa then remembered. “Oh! I mean what I was capable of.”

Anna gave her a look but then thought nothing of it a second later. Anna started to climb the stairs to the balcony.

“...I’m so sorry about what happened. If I’d known—” Anna started.

Elsa backed up, away from Anna, on guard. “No, it’s okay. You don’t have to apologize.... But you should probably go, please.”

“But I just got here.” Anna felt surprised. She wasn’t wanted?

“...You belong in Arendelle.”

“So do you.” Anna took another step up. Elsa backed up more.

“No, I belong here, where I can be who I am without hurting anybody.

“...Actually, about that—”

Anna was then interrupted by a goofy sounding voice.

“58...59...60.”

“Wait. What is that?” Elsa asked looking around. A little snowman came running in the front door. He waved and her.

“Hi, I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs.” He said in a happy tone.

Elsa was shocked looking at the snowman. “Olaf?”

Olaf stopped beside Anna the looked up at Elsa, intimidated. “You built me. You remember that?” he asked bashfully.

Elsa was astonished. “And you're alive?”

“Um...I think so?” he said wondering if he really was.

Elsa looked down at her hands. Wow, she really didn’t know what she was capable of, but then she thought back about what Pitch had said to her the night before. He had said he gave her this power. Was it a bad power to have? Seeing Olaf, and how sweet he was being it seemed not so bad.
 
Anna knelt down beside Olaf. “He’s just like the one we built as kids.... We were so close. We can be like that again.”

Elsa smiled and even started to consider it, but then a memory returned to her. She remembered her striking Anna with her powers when they were children. She couldn’t risk something like that happening to her again. Elsa’s face sank in pain.

“No, we can’t.” Elsa protested. Elsa turned and headed up the second story steps. “Goodbye, Anna.”

“Elsa, wait —” Anna called.

Elsa called back. “I’m just trying to protect you.” she continued to flee.

Anna pursued. “You don’t have to protect me. I’m not afraid. Please don’t shut me again.

Anna started to sing.

Anna: "Please don’t slam the door.
You don’t have to keep your distance anymore...

Cause’ for the first time in forever,
I finally understand.
For the first time in forever,
We can fix this hand in hand.
We can head down this mountain together.

You don’t have to live in fear.
Cause’ for the first time in forever
I will be right here."

They arrived on the top floor, Elsa and Jack’s main living space. Jack was in the room watching them unnoticed by Anna. Elsa turned back to Anna, grateful, but determined. She sang as well.

Elsa: “Anna,
please go back home.
Your life awaits.
Go enjoy the sun.
And open up the gates.

Anna: “Yeah, but—“

Anna started but was interrupted. Elsa continued to sing.

Elsa: “I know!
You mean well,
But leave me be.
Yes, I’m alone but I’m alone and free.”

Elsa opened up the balcony doors.

“Just stay away
And you’ll be safe from me.”

Anna bit her lip for a second then continued to sing again.

Anna: “Actually we’re not.”

Elsa turned to her in wonder and started to sing too.

Elsa: “What do you mean you’re not?

Anna: “I get the feeling you don’t know.”

Elsa: “What do I not know?”

Anna: “Arendelle’s in deep deep deep deep…snow.”

Elsa stopped singing. “What?”

“You kind of set off an eternal winter...everywhere.”

“Everywhere?”  Elsa couldn’t believe it. Jack couldn’t believe it either. Elsa caused something that powerful? He saw Elsa’s state and knew what that meant. He prepared for the worst.

“It’s okay, you can just unfreeze it.” Anna said.

“No, I can’t. I don’t know how.” Elsa started to panic.

“Sure you can. I know you can.” Snow started to swirl around the room. Anna continued to talk in song.
“Cause’ for the first time in forever,”

Elsa started to sing over her.

Elsa: “I’m such a fool!
I can’t be free!”

Then started to sing over each other.

Anna: “You don’t have to be afraid”

Elsa: “No escape from the storm inside of me!”

Jack saw snow start to fall and then start to pick up while Anna tried to fight through it. Jack wanted to get Anna out of the palace but knew that it would be no use, she could not see him and so she would just go through him.

As Anna tried to fight through the snowstorm Elsa made, she still was able to sing.

Anna: “We can work this out together.”

Jack tried to yell to Elsa, “Elsa! Calm down!!!” But Elsa couldn’t hear him.

Elsa: “I can’t control the curse!”

Anna: “We’ll reverse the storm you’ve made.”

Elsa: “Anna, please, you’ll only make it worse!”

Elsa found herself seeing her reflection through the ice palace walls.

Anna continued.

Anna: “Don’t panic.”

Elsa: “There’s so much fear!”

Anna: “We’ll make the sun shine bright.”

Elsa: “You’re not safe here!”

Anna: “We can face this thing together…”

But as Anna sang, she lost sight of Elsa in the thickening blizzard that was taking over the room. Even Jack couldn’t fly through it to get to Elsa.

Elsa continued.

Elsa: “Nooooooo!”

Anna: “We can change this winter weather,
and everything will be…”

Anna’s voice disappeared in the storm as Elsa cried out.

Elsa: “I CAN’T!!!!!!!!!!”

Jack knew that it was coming. He knew she was panicking too much. “Elsa, no!” he yelled trying to get her to calm down once again. But it was too late.

Elsa’s fear, so strong, sucked the blizzard back into her and then it burst out, unwittingly, like a sharp snowflake. Jack flew up and avoided the powers but it struck Anna right in the heart. Anna grasped her chest in pain and stumbled back. She then fell to her knees.

Elsa heard Anna groan of pain. She turned around and gasped when she saw Anna on the floor. Just then, Olaf and a mountain man rushed to Anna’s side. Jack saw Olaf and was freaked out a bit. How was that snowman moving? But then Jack realized that that was the least of their problems, Anna was hurt for god sake.

“Anna. Are you okay?” asked the mountain man.

“I’m okay.... I’m fine.” Anna got to her feet, determined to hide the pain.

Elsa got scared when she saw the mountain man. Elsa was wondering if he would hurt her. “Who’s this? Wait, it doesn’t matter, just, you have to go.”

Anna got stubborn. “No, I know we can figure this out together.”

Elsa got desperate. “How? What power do you have to stop this winter? To stop me?

Anna didn’t have the answer. The mountain man saw the spiky ice shadows creeping down the walls. He puts a protective arm around Anna.

“Anna, I think we should go.” He told her.

Anna was now close to tears. “No. I’m not leaving without you, Elsa.”

Elsa was heartbroken but decisive. She now had to do whatever it took to get Anna and the others out of the palace, even if it meant actually trying to tap into Pitch’s spell.

“Yes, you are.” Elsa waved her arms and built a giant, menacing snowman. The giant snowman’s eyes glowed as Elsa gave it life.

“What the…” Jack said in shock looking up at the giant snowman. Now Jack was amazed even more.

“Please, take them away.” Elsa ordered the monster. He grabbed Anna and the mountain man by the scruff of their necks in one hand and Olaf in the other, walked to the front doors and threw them out.

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“Elsa…how did you do that? I can’t even do that. Could you do that before? You never showed me.”

“I..I couldn’t do it before.” Elsa said, a little uneasy. “I shouldn’t have done that to them. They aren’t really my natural powers…someone gave them to me…somebody not good.”

“What do you mean? Who?” he asked alarmed.

Elsa was going to tell him but then she was too scared that if Jack knew about Pitch it would put him in danger.

“I can’t tell you.”

“What? Why not?” he asked walking up to her.

“ I just can’t. He might hurt you if you knew.”

Jack put his hands on her shoulders. “Who? If who knew?”

“No, Jack.”

“Elsa you don’t always have to protect people! Especially me. You know I can take care of myself. I want to protect you because I care about you, Elsa. Is it really so bad for me to know? We promised each others that we would be together on things like this." The corner of his mouth twitched before forming a smiled. He moved his face closer to hers.

Elsa closed her eyes.

Suddenly they heard a voice echo across the room. “What a beautiful scene…” They look up to see Pitch, standing high above them with a satisfied smile. “Too bad I’m going to change that.”

Elsa gasped. “You! You have 30 seconds to leave this place!”

“Or what? You’ll call your snow monster on me? Don’t think I didn’t see you create it.” Pitch chucked.

Jack stepped in front of Elsa. “You. I’ve heard of you. You’re Pitch aren’t you? Sandy told me about you. Why are you here?”

“I am here to take what’s mine. I’ve waited 14 years to have it.”

“Whatever it is, you’re not getting anything thing from us, beat it!” Jack pointed his staff at Pitch. “Or else.”

“Go ahead, Frost. I’d like to see you try.” Pitch said with a smile.

“Fine you asked for it.” Jack blasted a wave of frost across the room, but Pitch easily dodged it, reappearing behind Elsa. Before Elsa could look behind her and get away Pitch grabbed Elsa’s arms and pulled her away from Jack.

Jack turned to them. “Let her go!”

“This isn't your fight, Jack.” Pitch looked at Elsa in his grasp. “It’s Elsa’s. But we can make this easy on all of us. Elsa, you can work with me. We’d be so powerful together. As for you Jack, all you have to do is leave.”

Jack's eyes narrowed. He held out his staff, ready to strike. “That doesn’t sound like my kind of plan. How about we make a few changes.” Jack aimed for Pitch’s head and whipped icy wind to charge at him, forcing him to let go of  Elsa and fall to the ground.

Pitch got up. “Fine I guess we’re going to do this the hard way.” Pitch dispersed a stream of Nightmaresand, turning it into a gigantic sickle and swung it back at Jack. Jack ducked, avoiding injury.

Jack quickly grabbed Pitch with another gust of icy wind and yanked him off his feet, slamming him repeatedly against the icy floor of the ice palace until finally he let go of Pitch. Pitch bounced off the floor as he crashed into an icy wall, making a crack in it. As Jack dusted his hands and calmly stepped to Elsa, Elsa looked on, astonished.  

Pitch shook off the crash, trying to get back up as Jack and Elsa walked up towards him. Pitch cowered on the ground in fear as they approached.

Pitch looked up at Elsa pleading, “Okay, easy! You can't blame me for trying, Elsa. You don't know what it's like to be weak and hated.”

Elsa started to get angry. “Don’t I?”

“It was stupid of me to mess with your dreams. So I'll tell you what-” Elsa continued forward, grim faced...but suddenly Pitch stopped cowering and stood up. His tone changed. “You can have them back.”

Before Jack and Elsa could react, a Nightmare shot up through a storm drain as several other Nightmares gather in through the balcony window.

Jack and Elsa looked around as hundreds of Nightmares descended from the balcony doors to encircle them. It didn’t look good. Jack, worried, looked to Elsa and muttered...

“Elsa, you have to get out of here.”

Elsa went wide-eyed. “What? No I can’t leave without you!”

Meanwhile, Pitch rose up from off the floor as his army of Nightmares began to charge Jack.

“GO NOW!!!” He yelled at her.

Pitch looked to Elsa "What’s wrong, my precious jewel? Too afraid to fight back?" He snickered.

“I’ll never use my powers for violence even if it is you. I’ve worked too hard on using it for good. Now stop this!” Elsa stood her ground.

“You are not leaving here! Fight me!!!” Pitch sent a strong wave of darkness to hit Elsa trying to provoke her.

“No, please, I don’t want to!”

Still battling Nightmares, Jack propelled Elsa and himself into the air with another gust of wind and launched Elsa away from the Nightmares. Jack quickly knocked down an oncoming Nightmare with his staff.

Pitch gave a signal and leaped into the air, leading another wave of Nightmares after Elsa. Jack knocked them away from her. Jack flew up across from him and did his best to contain the mass of Nightmares that were swirling around him.

Pitch rose from behind a group of Nightmares. He stretched his arms as an arrow of Nightmaresand formed behind him. Pitch took aim and released the arrow. It flew through the air and into Jack's chest, exploding on impact.

Elsa looked on, horrified. “NOOOO!!!!!! JACK!!!!”  Elsa couldn’t control her powers and started a storm in the room once again based by her sad and horrified emotions.

Jack felt shock and looked straight at Pitch. A patch of blackness started slowly spreading across his body. Pitch laughed as he and Jack locked eyes.

Pitch smiled at his victory then laughed Hahahahaha!...Don't fight the fear, Frost.”

Jack, his eyes filled with terror, fell to his knees as the patch of blackness on him continued to spread. Elsa ran to him and bent down to him.

“Jack! No! Please, don’t go! I love you!” she hugged his body tightly. Jack couldn't hug her back because was unable to move from the darkness.

“I love you too, Elsa. Don’t worry, I will come back to you I promise.” He slowly assured her.

With tears still falling from her eyes she kissed him softly as he was consumed by the writhing blackness of the Nightmaresand.