Frozen Beyond [gxg]

Dawn

She winced when she got too close to the boat and the music flowed over the edges of the ship. When she got close enough to reach the rope ladder that dangled over the edge of the ship, she grabbed it and looked to Nokk. "Search the water and save anyone you find." She whispered, creating a small canoe of ice for Nokk just in case.

She really hoped none went over as she did. She almost drowned. If it hadn't been for Nokk, she didn't think she'd have made it.

Nokk materialized into the water and Elsa climbed the rope ladder deliberately, trying to be sure it didn't make any noise as she made her way up the side of the ship.

The music halted. Why were they quiet?

"WHY ARE ALL OF YOU NAKED?" Olaf's voice screeched over the deck.

Oh, that would do it.

A few sirens began to sing and Elsa immediately covered her ears, trying to hum a tune to block out the sound.

Olaf didn't respond to either. As she peeled her head over the railing, all the tranced crew stood erect and unmoving, still under the spell. One of the sirens knelt down and poked at Olaf, who gasped and said something that Elsa couldn't quite make out.

In the center, Keahi, Jarrah, and Saphire stood surrounded by a few sirens and a Fossegrim. She tried to resist the urge to run on deck and be reckless.

Keahi had a habit of making her want to do that.

She double-checked to be sure Anna wasn't among them. Glancing back down to Nokk, he pulled two bodies from the ocean and settled them in the ice canoe.

One of the sirens put a webbed finger under Keahi's chin before giving a slimy smile and walking backwards towards the railing.

Elsa bit her lip and nearly leapt over the railing when Pips came out onto the deck, running over to the siren that had ahold of Keahi and started hitting the siren with her blue teddy bear. When that didn't work, she grabbed ahold of Keahi's satin sash on her hip and tugged.

The sirens and Fossegrim didn't seem to even pay attention to Pips, and she let out a sigh of relief. But the siren progressed forward, hellbent on taking Keahi into the depths.

She wouldn't allow that.

She created a shelf of ice that jutted out halfway between the deck and the ocean to catch them once they went over.

As soon as the siren tipped over the edge, Elsa shot out a blast of ice that encompassed the siren all the way to her mouth so she could no longer sing. The heavy cube of ice splashed into the water below where the frozen siren bobbed like a fishing lure in the water.

With her free hand, she shot out a folly of snow that surrounded Keahi and eased her into the awning of ice.

When Keahi's feet touched the ice, she rushed over and put her hands to her cheeks. Tapping there gently to get the fog to lift from Keahi's eyes.

The trance flickered and the fog in her eyes dissipated as Keahi groaned, "Mmm siren."

Elsa sighed and tried to reel in the very annoyed look she knew she was giving. She knew it wasn't Keahi's fault. She sent a shiver of ice blasted at Keahi to cool her thoughts.

Keahi quivered and shook her head violently, scrubbing a hand down her face as the fog finally lifted. She gave Elsa a sheepish grin. "You will always be the best siren though." She concluded.

Elsa rolled her eyes and looked up just in time to see Pips peering over the edge of the railing. Without hesitation, Pip's clumsily climbed and leapt over the edge.

Elsa gasped and held out her arms to catch the girl and nearly stumbled over the ice shelf.

Keahi grabbed Elsa by the waist and reeled her back. "Ah! Look at the brave little Pipsqueak!" Keahi whispered as Elsa set her down with a huff.

She crouched down and put a hand gently on Pips' shoulder. "You can't do that, you'll get hurt." She chided.

"Ah, she's a scrapper." Keahi peered up towards the railing edge. "So, what's the plan?"

Elsa stood and followed Keahi's gaze. "We need to keep them from singing long enough for me to freeze the deck and," all three turned to look at the bobbing, angry siren ice cube. "...make them all look like that."

"Done!" Keahi motioned for Pips to come over to her, the girl grinned and obliged as Keahi picked her up and put her on her shoulders. Keahi started up the side of the ship to head back on deck.

Elsa panicked and reached out to grab the hem of Keahi's tunic, blinking wildly up at her. "What are you doing?" She seethed.

"Don't worry, I have a plan. Trust me?"

Elsa paused before letting go of Keahi and nodding her head weakly. She trusted her.

Completely.

Keahi leapt onto the railing and held onto a rope that was strung from the mast overhead. Her other hand clasped over Pips legs as she sat on her shoulders, though Pips had a solid hold on Keahi. "Hey, you filthy wannabe mermaids!" Keahi shouted.

Elsa groaned and slapped her forehead.

The singing stopped in confused shock. Keahi took the moment to snap at Olaf. "Sing us a sea tune, snowman!"

Olaf gasped loudly and weaseled out from behind a tranced Jarrah and Saphire. "Yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for meeee!" He belted out, excitedly.

"Really? You're going with that?" Keanu sighed, taking Pips from her shoulder and motioning for something on the deck.

Elsa pulled herself up to peek over the edge of the railing. Pips was rattling some chains and Keahi was lighting the canon. The canon sparked before jutting backward as a loud boom overtook any singing that was left on deck. It was enough to cloud the singing for the few sirens that continued.

Elsa pulled herself up, with a break in the song and with so much noise going on, she sloshed out a spray of ice which froze the entire deck, icing everyone's feet in place so no more went overboard.

The creatures hissed, too many sounds going on for their song to be effective. People came from their trance and Elsa went to spray the creatures just as the sun glinted through the shadow of the clouds overhead. The Siren and Fossegrim looked above and once more let out a hiss before erupted into water and splashing across the deck.

The water ran over the edges of the ship and back into the ocean. Elsa and Keahi glanced at each other and let out a sigh of relief, both collapsing to the ground and being joined by a concerned Pips and a still singing Olaf.

Anna came on deck and paused when she looked over everything before her eyes rested on Elsa and Keahi. "Uh, what happened?"

Elsa just rested her head on Keahi's shoulder and let out a tired sigh, closing her eyes. "Too much." She responded sleepily.

Thank gods for dawn.