A Second Tyranny

Opposites Assault

WISTY

The entrance doors of the government building swung wide open and crashed against the walls behind it with a thundering bang as I stormed out towards the centre of the plaza. The weather seemed to have calmed a lot, and I was glad of that. I was aware that it was around two thirty in the morning and that I should have been asleep long ago, but the sound of shattering glass outside and the slight quaking of the ground had jerked me awake. I hastily dressed before I rushed out.

Elsa was doing this. I knew it had to be her.

Whit and I each chose a building that ringed the City square to stay in for a while in order to keep a watchful eye on the Ice Queen. She didn't leave the City like we instructed her to, which was enough to arouse our suspicions. We spied on her for three days, but truth be told, there really wasn't much for us to spy on. Elsa appeared to be living in solitary confinement and she never came out of that building...until tonight, it seemed.

She had made a promise to me and Whit that she would not open the Portal, but I should've known better than to trust that she would keep it. I should've known that she wasn't a very good listener and removed her from the City earlier. Elsa had brought nothing but dread and terror upon us and our land ever since she arrived: first the snowstorm, then the argument and the threat she made against the people, and now her attempt to open the Portal which could bring back the Lost Ones from the Shadowland, where they could destroy the entire world. I already had a bad feeling that this would have to happen at some point, since Elsa chose to linger around instead of returning home, so I wasn't totally astounded by the news. However, the anger that was building up inside me turned into fury and then rage. What part of "You must not open the Portal and jeopardize everyone in the City" did Elsa not understand? I had endured enough of her sorcery and her wickedness. This craziness must end now. She would pay for her defiance and face my wrath tonight. That bitch does not get to bring doom upon our City, walk away, and live, I resolved.

I dashed forward. The Ice Queen was too focused on disintegrating the porcelain sun on the ground to notice me. I stopped when I got close enough and sent a long wave of fire towards the ice beam she was creating from my hands. It melted the ice with a satisfactory hiss and instantly intercepted the beam. Before Elsa was able to spot the source of the sudden interruption, I gave both my hands a sharp wave in her direction, and she was thrown to her right, pushed aside by my magic. I watched as she landed with a hard crash on the ground, tumbling against the hard stone.

She propped herself up on her elbows and stared at me. I advanced on her, my eyes blazing with hostility, and asserted, "I can't let you do this, Elsa. I won't! You shouldn't have broken your promise. You should've listened to us and left this City."

Elsa glared hatred at me. She sat up and, quick as lightning, created a wall of jagged ice in front of my feet with magic. It increased in size and moved towards me, the sharp crystals growing longer and longer as it tried to impale me. It came after me as I backed away from it.

Elsa had gotten back on her feet. The ice wall nearly reached the height of my shoulders, but I could still see her. She began to walk toward me, following the ice wall as it advanced on me. "I reconsidered what you said," she called, "I thought about it long and I thought about it hard, and I decided that leaving was not the right thing to do. I reminded myself of why I'm really here. I have a sister to rescue, people who need me, and a kingdom to take back! I will not let you stand in my way!"

Using her powers, Elsa sent a gust of frost and snow that hurtled at me. I ducked and it missed me by the head, just barely. I felt the sharp ice wall against my skin and I had to leap away in order to escape it. With a wave of her hands, Elsa caused the ice to move towards me with incredible speed. I wheeled round and ran as fast as my legs could carry me. The chase persisted for another few minutes before my courage re-emerged. I came to a halt and turned to face the razors of ice reaching out for me. I concentrated, feeling the ever-familiar heat rise throughout me. Twenty feet tongues of flame leapt from my whole being. My red hair danced around me wildly as flames erupted from it. Sparks were shooting out from me as I stalked toward the ice wall with my arms spread out wide. The ice rushed up to meet my fire. It immediately began to melt away under the fierce heat. The edges of the rough, sharp points protruding from the wall turned blunter and shorter. They almost seemed to cower before me. My flames had now reached thirty feet, and a moment later, forty. I could imagine what I looked like to Elsa, a human inferno, terrible to behold. A puddle was forming beneath my feet, getting larger and larger by the second. I smirked at Elsa after I melted the last remnants of the wall. I stepped over the large puddle in a single stride and charged toward her. She conjured another wall, but before it could grow taller than my knees, I leapt over it.