Frozen: Fire and Ice Combine

Chapter 3

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Adeline looked at the bridge and sighed to calm herself before climbing it. The last thing she wanted was to melt it before the others could cross it. But she wanted to talk to Elias first. She made her way up to the thick doors. Then she knocked on them.

Elias was enjoying the calmness until he heard the knock.

"That's impossible. No one should have been able to follow me up here," Elias said as he walked down the stairs to the door.

"King Elias," Adeline asked as she heard footsteps inside, "It's me, Adeline. May I please come in?"

"Why are you here? Go away," Elias said to her, "I came here to be alone."

"I know and I know why you did," Adeline said to him.

"How could you possibly know?" Elias asked as he crossed his arms.

"Because I'm just like you," Adeline said to him. Then she put her ear to the door and saw him open the door a bit.

"It's true," Adeline said to him, "I would never lie to someone like you."

"Someone like me?" Elias asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"Someone special," Adeline warmly smiled at him, "So...will you let me in so we can talk? Seriously, it's cold out here."

Elias looked down a moment before opening the door for her.

"Come in," Elias said to her and held out his hand.

"Thank you." Adeline said to him and rubbed her arms.

"Now what did you mean when you said that you were just like me," Elias asked her curiously.

Adeline closed her eyes and then created fire in her hand. Elias gasped in wonder and looked at it in fascination.

"You can create fire? Were you born with this or cursed?" Elias asked her.

"I was born with it," Adeline explained, "And just like you, I had a hard time controlling it."

"The things I've seen. The pain I went through," Adeline said as she put out the fire. "It was awful. I could still see my parents' faces before they died."

"Then how did you learn to control it?" Elias asked her.

"By remembering I wasn't alone. I still had friends to help me through that pain," Adeline said to him and held his hands, "Just like you do."

"I can't have friends around. If I do, they'll just get hurt. It will happen all over again," Elias turned away from her and clinched his hands as the memory of that night echoed in his head.

"Catch me," Young Aaron cried out.

"Aaron," Young Elias cried out and then hit him in the head with his powers.

Elias gasped and shook his head as he tried to forget it again. Adeline looked at him oddly and got in front of him.

"Something happened with your powers, didn't it," She asked him. "What happened?"

"I didn't mean to," Elias said as he looked down, "It wasn't supposed to happen."

"What? What happened?" Adeline insisted.

"I almost killed my little brother," Elias admitted to her. Then he sat down on the stairs with his head in his hands.

Adeline sat down beside him and put her hand on his shoulder. He flinched from her touch and moved away from her. She sighed as getting him to open up to that was going to be a challenge. So they sat there silently for they didn't know how long. It could have been two minutes, it could have been fifteen before Elias lifted his head.