The Child of Erebus

Inner Cold

Spring time that year was colder than usual. Still, Regina was caught by surprise that Monday morning when she noticed it was snowing outside the manor. It didn't take long before she realized what was going on and connected the event to that girl who had made a sport out of annoying her whenever she got the chance, Elsa.

Elsa, Emma's girlfriend; Regina was certain that the girl meant nothing but problems. Jealous, childish, moody and completely out of control: that was Elsa. Still, Emma chose her.

This time, though, Regina knew this wasn't a mere silly prank played by the queen of Arendelle. She was absolutely certain that Emma was behind it, since, two days before, she and Henry went on a trip to New Your under a condition established by the mayor that the boy would be back in town for school that Monday.

It was obvious that Emma and Elsa had planned that to extend the trip for a day or two with what they probably believed was a really fun prank. Childish, both of them.

Infuriated, Regina took her phone, in an attempt to reach either Elsa or Emma and talk some sense into them.

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The last couple of days were busy and, in a way, pretty stressful for Elsa.

Emma and her had spent quite some time planning some way to keep Henry in New York with Emma for more than just the weekend. In Elsa's opinion buying more time to mother and son was fair, since Emma had been planning a trip with her son for months now, but was constantly being kept from it by her own job or Henry's school schedule.

Having finally gotten Regina's permission for a weekend off, they wanted to extend the trip for a day, at least, and decided to force a blackout on Henry's school. Unfortunately, Emma still didn't have as much control over her magic as they first believed, and the spell they tried to cast to cause the blackout backfired.

Emma ended up spending the next few hours unconscious while a quite desperate Elsa tried to reverse the effects of the spell without calling too much attention for what they had done. Finally, feeling somehow like a fool for not thinking about it before, the queen gave her girlfriend the true love's kiss, the second since they began dating, and the other woman woke up, completely baffled.

Fearing that they had just blown up the cover on the blackout, Emma decided to change their approach and cause a snowstorm on Monday, which was easy for Elsa to do.

Elsa got pretty content with herself due to the snowstorm she caused Sunday night. That, in addition to the blackout that not only had actually worked, but also remained undetected, would probably be enough to keep Henry with Emma in New York for at least another twenty-four hours.

Elsa left early in the morning that day to check the situation around town before going to work at the Any Given Sundae. Halfway through she received a message from a pissed off Regina, ordering her to solve the problem and threatening to cut any contact between her and Henry if she didn't. Though reluctant, Elsa stopped the blizzard around town with the exception of the town hall area – a small vengeance.

Once again, Regina sent a message telling Elsa she was trapped inside the building with Mary Margaret, both unable to get out since, according to the mayor, she hurt her ankle and the pain was preventing her from using magic – something Elsa knew was just an excuse. Although Elsa meant to keep the mayor locked in there for the majority of the day, she didn't mean to irritate Emma's mother, so she went to the town hall to dismiss the spell.

"We'll talk to you and Emma as soon as she comes back, Elsa." Promised Mary Margaret, appearing to be much more worried than actually irritated. "You can't keep freezing the city around as if it's some joke. It's dangerous!"