Melted

Chapter 7

At Anna's palace Hans and the men tread cautiously towards the castle.

"We are here to find Princess Anna. Be on guard, but no harm is to come to the princess. Do you understand?" Hans said.

The Duke's thugs exchange a look. Suddenly, a mass of mettle rose from the ground behind Hans. It's Marshmallow, Elsa's snow guard.

"Go away!" Marshmallow said and slammed a fist inches from Hans.

Hans deftly dodged out of the way. All of the guards took up arms against Marshmallow, who quickly knocked them over. Then Marshmallow threw down a guard and his horse, who topple over Hans. Marshmallow raised his foot to stomp on Hans, but Hans barrel-rolls himself to safety. He saw his sword, leaps, and grabbed it. Just then, Anna peeked out the front doors. The Duke's two thugs see her.

"The Princess." Duke said with a thug.

The thugs charged up the stairs.

The guards burst through the mettle doors. Anna fled to the top floor of her palace. The guards pursue. They trapped her on the top floor, raise their crossbows.

"No. Please." Anna said scared and one of the thugs shoots an arrow right at her.

At the last moment she creates an mettle wall. It stopped the arrow, inches from her face. The thugs reposition to take another shot.

"Stay away!" she continued and shot fire at the thugs. They ducked out of the way and continued the attack.

"Get her! Get her!" someone said after a thug.

Anna fought for her life.

Back outside Hans was nearly crushed by Marshmallow. He rolled away and jumps to his feet. And with agile might, he slices Marshmallow's leg off with his sword. Marshmallow stumbled back, off balance. And fell off over the cliff, but not before striking Hans. Hans goes over the edge. Hans clung to the mettle steps. His men help him up and they rush into the ice palace.

In her palace Anna was surrounded. It was do or die. In two swift moves, Anna trapped one thug in a cage of fire that threatened his neck. The other she pushed back with a wall of mettle...up against the balcony doors...which burst and cracked.

On the balcony doors shattered. The thug is pushed to the edge. He was inches away from falling to his death.

Back inside Hans and his men ran in. And saw the destruction and the thugs near death.

"Princess Anna! Don't be the monster they fear you are." Hans said.

She snapped out of her rage and saw the men, frightened, moments from death. She stopped then Anna looked at Hans, overwhelmed, frightened. The wall retreated from the thug on the balcony. The mettle spikes lower from the second thug neck. He took advantage and aimed his crossbow at Anna's back. Seeing it Hans ran and pushed the crossbow up just as the arrow released. The arrow hits the ice chandelier, hanging directly above her.

The chandelier came crashing down. Anna dove out of the way but she fell in the blast. All she saw was mettle smashing like glass, and only heard the sound of it shattering as it rings out.

Anna's face as her eyes flutter open and then sat up. She was surrounded by stone.

A few hours later Anna was in the dungeon then looked to the nearby window and she tried to rush to it. But was pulled taut by giant shackles that fit like iron gloves. She was chained to the wall. Anna strained to looked out a window and Arendelle was outside, melting solid and getting further buried under the acid and fire that was falling.

"No...What have I done?" she said.

Then Hans entered and he hung a torch by the door.

"Why did you bring me here?"