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It was dark; like the kind that suffocated and choked its victims. And there was pain all over her body. She was gasping by this point but even that wasn't enough to support her in this stuffy environment. In panic she released her ice from the tips of her fingers.

Pins and needles dug into her hands tearing them apart.

It was too dark here to see much of anything, but their was just a little window that brought in the moons light. That was just enough to see the chains and the gauntlets that wrapped around her hands. The magic that she had expelled must not have been able to get past the material; instead, it condensed into jagged ice on the edges of the barrier. Her hands felt raw and shredded.

Elsa stilled as a bout of nausea rolled across her stomach. After all she had been through in the past twenty-four hours, she was drained of all her energy. Which would explain why she didn't hear the sound of Hans' approach.

""You will stop this winter." Said a voice, that scary voice from the entrance to the dungeon. Her eyes stung when a fiery torch entered the room; she shielded her head between her knees.

"I can't." Elsa whimpered.

"I know; you said the same thing back at your little ice-palace, but now I'm not giving you an option anymore."

"I can't, I don't know how. Please!"

"Maybe you just need a little persuasion." The prince motioned for someone behind him. A man came in with a box inside and plopped in on the floor. He bent down and opened it up to reveal wicked tools mostly used for interrogation. Elsa knew what they were for and gulped.

Ice crept up the sides of the walls and the temperature plummeted.

"Stay away from me, I don't want to hurt you!"

Her pleas went unheard. And after a couple of minutes, they changed to screams.

Her hair fluttered in the air behind her as azure skies were belted by giant frost-wings. To the peasants and farmers below it looked as if their princess was soaring across the sky. Her mount was completely crystalline to the point of being see-through. Anna giggled as a couple of startled cows mooed disdainfully and fled away.

"Good, you see that castle up there? You're going to have to land nearby but not close enough so the people freak out completely. I mean, you're a dragon and all, which is awesome by the way, but there's all these stories about dragons pillaging the villages and demanding princesses from castles, and… Oh god, I'm rambling again aren't I?"

The dragon only gave a snort of acknowledgement as it spat out a snowball; which just so happened to coincidentally peg a little farmer's boy in the head.

"Not cool."

The creature rolled its head and began its decent to the edge of the castle grounds. Which was right before the outskirts of the city started. Anna slid off his back and skidded down a snow pile before turning around.

"Thank you! You should probably stay here and don't come startle anyone. You'd freak the people out and I don't even know what'll happen from there; so stay hidden, okay?"

"Ana fyn Momma?"

"Yes."

"Me whaitt 'ere?"

"Yes?" Anna asked a little more unsure.

"Kay, go fyn Momma. Me whaitt 'ere." As if to prove her point, it laid down on the ground and crossed its lithe arms.

Anna started to walk away while narrowing her eyes at the dragon," You go and do that. I'll be back and I expect you to be right here when I return, alright?" She couldn't wait any longer and turned around to make her way to the castle.

After the Princess was out of eyesight the dragon stood up to her full height and cackled, "Finally, that dumb bimbo is gone. I can't believe she expects me to wait here and do nothing while that vile man befouls dearest-mother with his presence; however, I do believe there's a village I have to go pillage. After all, I am a dragon."

The dragon disappeared down the other edge of the hill and slid all the way down right into the middle of the city-square. A most delightful chorus of screams greeted her arrival. But she kept her wits about her. The dragon limited herself to just half an hour of playtime before she followed after Elsa's little sister.

Olaf's first decree as acting ruler was to order a dozen carrots to be presented before him; his had become a little rotten over time. He giggled like a kid as he sorted through all of them trying to find himself the 'perfect nose.' Little did he know that an usurper was torturing the Queen down below. And little did the usurper that Elsa had ordained a backup ruler for while she was out of commission.

It had taken a while for him to be accepted as acting head but his persistence paid off. Stabbing him and cutting him did little to nothing, he would just reform, so eventually they just gave up. Who besides Elsa could create snow and ice? The answer was obvious and until the council had her back, they could do little about the state of things.

The little snowman seemed harmless for now...

Elsa shied away from Hans, but he forced her head up to look at him. He glanced away for just a second as the man was putting the bloodied tools away.

"You can go but don't get too comfortable. I may need you back soon."

"I'll be waiting," came the reply as the man left the room being careful not to trip over the thick ice that lined the floor.

"Elsa," he said and saw her visibly shudder, "you will stop this winter, sooner would be better, whether you like it or not. I'm not one to play games like this with you here and I always win in the end."

"I don't know-I don't know- I don't kn-"

Hans cut her off with a sharp jerk to her head again. A hand wound her braid up and yanked, "Yes, you've made that clear." He hissed and spat on her, "As soon as you've figured out 'how' I'll end your miserable existence; but trust me, you'll be begging for it!"

She merely continued her mantra and the Prince finally pulled away disgusted.

"I suggest you use this time trying to stop the eternal winter you've placed over Arendelle. My friend and I will be back in a couple of hours."

He finally left her at peace. Elsa rested against the far back corner of the room, her body was taxed, and fell into a restless slumber.

In the darkness of the cell, a pair of amber eyes settled on her sleeping form.