Fear will be your enemy [Jelsa]

Chapter 9: When the Heart of Winter thaws

For Jack and Elsa in this chapter, something begins to blossom as well... The stories will finally come together in one! Oh, and...be prepared for a shock twist at the end.

Pitch screamed as Autumn slipped through his fingers. He had been so close at getting her! The boogeyman's face stood mad from rage as he felt his night mares dissappear by the prince's command. So damn close to grasp her and he- The Nightmare King suddenly smirked when he thought of the prince. But he was already close...he just needed the right moment to strike...the man smiled content of his new plan and petted one of his creatures on the head to calm it down. Patience, my dears...fate is good for those who are patient... The boogeyman returned his attention on the Southern Isles. Since they were so lackful in letting the prince escape...let's give them a present for his diminished labour...

Luckily, Rapunzel's outburst were only temporary due to her 'awakening', as Eugene called it. The young princess hadn't burned the ship down with her heat. Eugene shivered when he glanced to his wife. To wield such power...She was still the same in spirit, but he couldn't help and feel...well, helpless. He had gone with her to protect her, but how could he protect her when everyone else on this boat could control the ELEMENTS, for crying out loud?!

And judging what he had heard from the Ice queen, this boogeyman wasn't quite the foe to underestimate... The worried man walked to Elsa. "uhm, My Lady.." mumbled Eugene as he bowed akwardly. He still wasn't accustomed to this etiquette his tutors tried to teach him. "I was wondering...Do you have any clue who, or where the other Seasons are? If Pitch is indeed so dangerous, perhaps we should make more haste?"

Elsa swallowed heavily as she thought of the question that had also been on her mind. "I'm sorry, prince Eugene, but even I have no answer to your question. Let's hope my sister found already something in the archives." She had asked to her sister to go to the library while she was retrieving Rapunzel. Knowledge was power, and right now, they needed any knowledge they could.

"Please, call me Eugene" smiled the former Thief to the queen. "I believe we're going to be close this following days..."

Elsa smiled. "Alright...Eugene." Just like with Jack, the queen had still difficulty to talk so...informal to others. It felt nice though, to call someone by their name. She felt much more at ease when she did this, like she created a bond with the person... Was that maybe why Anna was so talkative to the servants? Because she knew their names and made them...friends? Friends...another word that was so strange to think about...The queen glanced to Jack, who sat on top of the crow's nest, and her heart fluttered a little when he smiled back. The younq queen felt her cheeks redden even more. What was this?! Why was she so shy when Jack looked to her like that? She was a queen, a woman, not a hormonic teenager!

"Was there something you wanted to speak about, Elsa?"

Damnit! The young queen calmed her nerves and faced the guardian of Fun. "Yes and no, actually. I needed some...company."

"Of me?" grinned the guardian.

"If you feel alright with it of course" added Elsa quickly in, afraid to force him to be with her unwillingly. Again the queen felt different then she normally was. She felt nervous. Not as in 'nervous to talk about trades of diplomacy' but more like 'what will he think of me?!'

"No, not at all, I like talking with you" smiled the guardian to the queen.

"I'm worried when we return to Arendelle...that we won't find the other seasons. What if Pitch found already Autumn and Spring?" spoke Elsa her worries out to him.

"If he had found them, he would have used them as bait immediately" said Jack to re-assure the queen.

Elsa bit her lip. "Perhaps..." She took a deep breath. "I have yet to thank you for calming my nerves, for 2 days prior, and now..."