Rise of the Winter

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

"Crikey! That wolf must be leading the rest here then!" Bunny shouted.

He bounded away to alert the other guardians. Elsa hiked up her skirts and ran after him.

Can't turn back now, I'm haunted. I know. I know. I just know. You're not gone, you can't be gone, NO! The thought popped into her head and she realised that whatever happened, had happened because of her. If she hadn't bumped into Jack when they were skating, she never would have come to the North Pole, never would have been kidnapped by Pitch, Jack would never had been kidnapped and she would never have been forced into marrying Pitch. You would never have talked to Jack. You would never have meet the guardians. Sometimes, Elsa hated herslef for being negative because she always punished herself with bad thoughts. She realised that she had stopped and she continued after the Easter Bunny. When she caught up to him, he was already explaining things to the guardians.

"Elsa, is this true?" North asked

"Yes!" Elsa answered breathlessly.

North stamped his foot and Elsa screamed in pain. It lasted for at least half a minute. The last thing Elsa saw was black. As Elsa collapsed, Bunny caught her and laid her gently on the floor. The guardians looked at each other as North yelled "PHIL!"

Pitch was happy. His plan had worked. The winter spirits were connected. All he had to do now was wait. Elsa would come to him and he would get her to marry him. Then he could take out Jack and those other pesky guardians.

Jack opened his eyes. He got up on one elbow so he could look around. He was still in the cell and his staff that Pitch broke into more than two pieces was nowhere to be seen. Jack remembered Jamie was here in Pitch's lair, in another cell. Jack got up and limped to the door of his cell. He had somehow landed on one of his legs wrong when he collapsed.

Elsa woke up on a table covered with sheets so that it was as comfy as a bed. Elsa swung her legs over the edge and saw Phil, the yeti. He helped her get up and Elsa looked down. Her left leg was slightly twisted, as if she had landed on it wrong but that couldn't have been the case because Bunny caught her and laid her gently on the ground. She walked with the help of Phil but she still limped. She stopped, halfway to the door and realised the someone had changed her dress. She shrugged and continued to the doorway. Elsa stepped out of the room and heard snarling. There were also growls and yelling. Mixed into all of this, was sounds of whining and the language of the yetis which North only understood. She forgot about her twisted leg and ran to the sounds. As she ran, the dress she had been wearing faded away and changed to a hoodie like Jack's except a lighter blue and full length jeans. She also got sneakers that were the same colour as her hoodie. He hair remained in a plait but it was redone because her hair was starting to fall out. She reached the commotion just as her hair had finished doing itself. The sand wolves had come and they were attacking the guardians. The guardians saw Elsa and told her to run but it was drowned out by the noises the wolves were making. The wolves turned around and saw her and rushed to get to her, forgetting about the guardians and the yetis. Soon she was surrounded by the wolves but they weren't attacking her. They were trying to get a hold of her and try to drag her somewhere. She hoped that the guardians and yetis were all in cover after she had yelled "take cover!"

She let loose her anger and the ice hit every single wolf and they all disintegrated. The guardians looked at her when they came out from their cover.

"Elsa, what did you do?" North asked.

"This is why I... This is why my parents isolated me from everyone when I was growing up. If i ever felt scared or nervous, my powers flared up. I couldn't be angry either. The only thing that can reverse it is love. The trolls that looked after my dead sister's husband when they were still alive taught me that love will thaw a frozen heart but I forgot about it. Then my powers went out of control and froze Arendelle in the middle of summer, I accidentally froze Anna's heart. She turned to solid ice saving me from a prince that wanted to take over Arendelle. I thought that she had already died, so when I saw her there, I started crying and hugged her and she just... thawed. So, I learnt to control my powers with love. If needed, I would think about something that makes me angry or scared and the stronger the emotion, the more my powers go out of control. You know how people get scared and others terrified, like that. My powers are literally controlled by my emotions!" Elsa explained.

"So, you can do that but you can't protect yourself?" Bunny criticised.

"Bunny!" Tooth gasped.

"No, the kangaroo's right. I guess I was just to afraid and didn't understand the situation and how serious it was," Elsa responded.

"Another one that calls me a kangaroo!" Bunny growled.

"It's because of your accent, you Australian!" Elsa teased.

"So I'm the Australian Easter Kangaroo now, am I?" Bunny asked.

"Have a little fun!" Elsa said.

The guardians all lost their smiles. After a few moments of awkward silence, Elsa realised what she had said.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way!" Elsa apologised.

"It's alright. He just brings fun with him and since he became a guardian he got a lot more fun. It's hard to remember a time without Jack being there and we just miss him and his fun!" Tooth said.

"Why would Pitch do this though? I must admit, it is not unlike him to do this," North reasoned.

All everyone could do was shrug. Suddenly, Elsa winced as if something had happened to her.

"Elsa, are you okay?" Bunny asked.

"Augh! No, I think, no, I know something is happening, just not to me!" Elsa gasped.

What's happening to me?

What's happening to me? The thought flashed through Jack's mind as he heard the guardians voices as if he were with them.

"Oh, Jack. Still slow on the uptake. You should know that you and Elsa are going to have hard times ahead of you. You should prepare yourself," Pitch taunted.

"Pitch, what did you do?" Jack asked.

"It doesn't matter. You'll find out eventually," Pitch answered.

Black sand hit Jack and sent him flying into the wall which knocked him out on impact. Somewhere far away, back in the North Pole, Elsa collapsed, unconscious. Only Pitch knew the connections and how to severe the bond between the winter spirits.