A Second Tyranny

Elsa's Contemplation

Author's Note:

There won't be any dialogue in this chapter, I'm afraid. It will just be on Elsa debating on what she should do next as she was put in a difficult situation. More exciting events will happen in the chapters to come! 

ELSA

Elsa stayed in a room at the very top of one of the government buildings that ringed the City square, the same one where she had disputed with Whit and Wisty in the office at the ground floor. Three days had passed since her arrival, but the blizzard she brought upon still lingered in the City.

Word about Elsa, the sudden snowstorm, and her intentions on opening the Portal to save her sister had spread rapidly to every corner of this City. She didn't have TVs back in her kingdom and never knew that anything like them could possibly exist, but she learnt how to use the one in her room and had gotten pretty familiar with it. Elsa saw her face plastered on almost every channel, and there was nothing good to be said about her. People of the City called her the Ice Queen and claimed that she had cursed their land with her wicked ice magic by conjuring up a dreadful winter. Workers were still repairing the damage the City suffered from previous bombings and battles, and they couldn't resume under the snowstorm. The sky remained a dark, gloomy grey and the snow never stopped falling. The famous witch and wizard, along with everybody else, were demanding that she restore summer and peace to this land and then leave the City at once. She had promised that she won't open the Portal, but Whit and Wisty didn't seem to believe her. They still appeared to be suspicious. Of course they are, Elsa thought, I didn't restore summer or leave this City. I lingered here instead, and they must be wondering why. The leaders kept reminding people on the news that they must prevent Elsa from bringing destruction upon this place at all costs. She hadn't tried yet, but everyone seemed to believe that her ice magic was powerful enough to open the Portal.

I will not open the Portal, she had promised Whit and Wisty.

Elsa hadn't once stepped foot outside after she settled in this building. The people here disliked her. That fire witch Wisty hated her. If she went out, she was afraid that she'll be treated as a monster like the Duke of Weselton had once treated her, that she'll be mocked. The witches and wizards might pick a fight with her or harm her with their magic if they saw Elsa out in town, and there were witches and wizards everywhere in this City. It would be best to live in solitary confinement, something she had been used to all her life. Therefore Elsa had locked herself in this room and froze the door. In that way, no one will be able to come in and she won't be able to get out unless she wanted to. But nearly everyone knew that she stayed in a room at the top floor of this building.

The room she chose wasn't too bad. It was entirely different in appearance compared to the rooms in her castle, but there was food to eat, water to drink, couches where she could relax, a TV that she regularly watched, books and magazines on shelves that she could read, a bathroom she could use, a big mirror where she often gazed at her own reflection, and a comfortable bed that she could sleep in. She was satisfied with all of that. There was also a wardrobe full of clothes that she could wear, but they looked too outlandish and eccentric for her taste. She much preferred the gowns she often wore back in her castle. She didn't think that she would ever get used to living in a "city", as they called it. She belonged in Arendelle, in the kingdom that had been her home for all her life. Hans told her after he cast Anna away that life was very different in this City, and he was damn right.

Elsa was standing in front of a window and gazing at the square around ninety yards down below her, which was covered in snow and as empty as usual. She wondered how life in Arendelle was like under Hans's reign. Hans had announced to her people that he would spare them and allow them to continue to live their joyful lives if they pledged their allegiance to him, and that he would put any who chose to defy him to death. Elsa wondered what choice each of them made. Her people loved their queen and had always been loyal to her. Elsa was a friend to every one of them. They would never betray her and bend their knees before Hans, the self-styled king who was so cruel, ruthless, and evil. But this meant that they chose defiance and were put to death. How many people loved Elsa enough and died for her? How many betrayed her in order to save their own skin? Elsa was unsure of the outcome.