Rise of the Winter

Chapter 10

Elsa walked away from the guardians. She heard thumping behind her but she didn't slow down for the Easter Bunny. She had to find Jack. She had to find him now.

"Where are you going?" Bunny asked.

Elsa stopped even though she didn't turn around to face him. They couldn't see the tears starting to form in her eyes.

"He's the spirit of winter. Won't he... Won't he..." Elsa couldn't bring herself to finish the sentence.

She didn't need to, though. The guardians knew what she meant.

"Don't know. He would probably be sick but if he gets hot enough, it might be a possibility," Bunny said, neither confirming or denying it.

Elsa's head fell to her chest, her eyes shut, willing the tears not to come. Suddenly, Tooth gasped. Elsa spun around. Dark Jack was there. He had an evil glint in his eye. Faster than the eye could follow, he was standing in front of Elsa. Bunny was on the ground, stunned. Dark Jack grabbed Elsa's wrist and together, they vanished.

Jack couldn't stop sweating. He was next to the fire. Far enough that he wasn't getting burnt and inhaling smoke but close enough to be extremely hot. He was still gagged and he couldn't breathe through his nose properly. Pitch had left minutes ago, leaving Jack alone by the fire. After a couple of minutes, the fire died down and he stopped sweating heavily. Pitch came back into the cave. This time, he wasn't alone. Dark Jack was with him. He was dragging someone. Then it clicked. He was dragging Elsa. Jack looked at her. She was unconscious. Jack glared at Pitch. He noticed after a couple of seconds and he laughed. Elsa was left in front of Jack but he couldn't get to her because the chain attaching the cuffs to the wall of the cave was too small. He gave up when he fell down. He was breathing heavily through his nose. Pitch looked at Dark Jack and he nodded. He picked Jack up and shoved him against the wall and walked away.

"Wake up, Jack!" Pitch said.

The strange thing though, it wasn't his voice.

Jack woke up panting. Since when did he fall asleep? It took him a couple of seconds to get his bearings. He was in his room at North's workshop. He was confused. He never used the room. He was about to swing his legs off the bed when he felt an arm over his stomach. He looked to his left and Elsa was there. Elsa was in bed next to him. Jack Frost and Elsa. They had slept together. What happened? Jack carefully lifted Elsa's arm and laid it down next to her. He got off and pulled his hoodie over his body. When had he taken that off? Jack was so confused. He could remember the dream turned nightmare that he had. Why did it seem like a memory? It was so vivid that he could tell every detail as if it really was real. Jack grabbed his staff and was about to walk out of the room when he heard a groan coming from his bed. He turned around, a smile forming on his face.

"Jack, where are you going?" she asked groggily.

"Burgess. It's time for a snow day!" Jack lied.

"M'kay" Elsa said as she plonked back down on the bed, asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

Jack turned away. He opened the door and shut it as quietly as he could, hoping that he wouldn't wake Elsa up. He jumped and flew to the globe. As he had hoped, North was there. He sped down and landed behind the jolly man.

"North, why was I in my room? Why was Elsa next to me?" Jack questioned.

"You don't remember? We defeated Pitch and Elsa didn't have to marry him. You were out for most of it, mate!" Bunny answered after he climbed out of his hole.

The Tooth Fairy flew over and got right in Jack's face.

"Jack, you really don't remember?" Tooth asked.

Suddenly, her voice changed and she said, "of course you don't. It never happened!"

Elsa was worried. Something was wrong with Jack. He head been out of it since Pitch said "wake up" in a different voice. She had to admit though, it was a very good imitation of the Tooth Fairy's voice. So good, in fact, that it had given her the creeps. Pitch had laughed uncontrollably afterwards, as if he were a maniac. Pitch looked at Elsa and the crazed smile didn't waver. Elsa didn't trust herself to speak.

"He'll be confused now; he won't know what is real and what is dreams!" Pitch explained.

"Why would you want that?" Elsa whispered.

"Form of psychological torture. He'll be scared now and fear makes me stronger," he answered as he disappeared into the shadows.

Elsa shuffled over to Jack. Well, as far as she could go. She couldn't reach him unless he moved towards her. She sat back on her haunches and she jumped, scared, when Dark Jack put a hand on her shoulder. He turned her around and pushed her to the ground so that she was laying on her back. He leaned closer to her, unaware of how fast Elsa's chest was rising and falling. He slammed his lips against hers and kissed her passionately. Ice spread from where Elsa's fingertips were touching the floor. She tried directing it towards Dark Jack, to try to get him off her. Instead, Jack woke up. He looked shocked at the sight of Elsa with his look-a-like on top of her. Jack was able to kick DJ off of her. Elsa sat up and moved closer to Jack. DJ put a hand on his face, where Jack kicked him, and wiped off the blood. DJ grabbed his staff and separated Jack and Elsa. He walked towards Elsa as Pitch reappeared.