Hello, everyone! I'm back with another chapter for this wonderful story you all were patiently waiting on. Feel free to enjoy the wonderful chapter. WARNING: A death occurs.

Elsa plodded through the snow, her horse, Snowbank as she had named him, was following behind her, his protective instincts making him listen closely to the areas around him. He knew that being in the forest was a bad idea during the night, but as skittish as he was, he refused to leave his master behind. The woods around them was quiet for the most part, normal nighttime sounds popping up the further they went.

Elsa nervously glanced around them, hoping she would spot any danger before it actually found them. She tried not to let on to Snowbank how afraid she was, lest the large horse become even more skittish than he already was. The pair moved cautiously through the woods, keeping their eyes and ears honed for any sound that was unusual.

Overhead, a group of bats fluttered across the sky, startling Elsa. The blonde moved backward and hugged her horse's leg, burying her head against his flank for comfort. When the threat had passed, Elsa peeked out and Snowbank lowered his head, nudging against her comfortingly. Elsa smiled and pet his head, turning to continue their trek.

Elsa didn't know how long they were walking for or where they could be at this point. All around her, she was surrounded by trees and it was hard distinguishing their distance from Arendelle since she could no longer see the kingdom. It felt like they had been walking for days and Elsa knew she should top, but the memory of Anna's hair turning white flashed across her mind and she continued on, wanting to get as far away as possible.

For Anna. she thought with determination. The further away I get, the safer Anna will be. I won't be able to hurt her ever again.

With this resolve in her mind, Elsa kept going. Snowbank watched her cautiously, his blanket keeping him warm as the temperature dropped another degree. It baffled the large horse's mind how such a small creature could withstand the cold without a thicker fur coat, but the weather seemed not to be disturbing the young creature very much, so he shrugged it off in favor of monitoring his surroundings.

After a while, Elsa found her feet getting tired and she slowly climbed up onto Snowbank, letting him carry her onward. There was a definite slight slope where they were and Elsa knew that they had definitely reached the mountains. She had heard stories of people disappearing in the mountains and was sure to keep a watchful eye for danger while Snowbank walked.

Some snow fell from a tree not too far away, startling both of the travelers that had been on high alert. Snowbank immediately began whinnying and reared up, thinking a threat was nearby. Elsa, noticing that it hadn't been anything harmful that surprised them, instantly went to work calming her horse.

"It's okay, Snowbank." Elsa cooed to the horse, hopping down and beginning to lead the horse further, cooing soft words to it the entire way. They continued through the mountains, the crunching of snow beneath Snowbank's feet the only sound to be heard for several minutes. Elsa was thankful that she was insusceptible to the cold, otherwise she would have been moving much more slowly than now.

Just as she was turning to ask Snowbank if he needed a rest, the horse whinnied unhappily and thrashed his head from side to side. "Snowbank, what's wrong, boy?" Elsa tried to calm him, but instead, Snowbank took off, Elsa still holding onto his neck. Climbing onto him, she glanced around and noticed the yellow eyes of the wolves that were hot on their trail.

Thankful that the cart was small and easily maneuverable, Elsa urged Snowbank faster, trying to lose the predators coming after them. However, they arrived at a clearing and were instantly surrounded, the wolves beginning to close in on them.

Snowbank reared back and threw Elsa onto the cart as he began stamping his hooves to try warding off the hungry attackers. Several wolves leaped at once and Elsa screamed as one of them tore into Snowbank's flank as the others were crushed under his hooves. Bucking like his life depended on it, Snowbank threw the wolf that was biting him into a tree and caused it to retreat.

The other wolves snarled and turned their eyes to Elsa. The young princess gasped as they began closing in around her. Without realizing it, she drew winds around her in order to keep them back, snow beginning to fall and swirl, batting against the wolves as the winds grew harsher. The predators were unused to such weather happening without a warning and began to retreat, tails between their legs.

Slowly calming herself down, Elsa climbed down from the cart and rushed over to her fallen horse. Snowbank huffed and neighed in pain as she gently stroked his head. "Snowbank." Elsa cried, watching the blood seep from her horse's side.

The horse whinnied and gazed up at her with sad eyes. Elsa felt her heart seize at the obvious pain he was in. A risky idea came to her mind and she took a deep breath. "Come on, boy. Stand up for me."

Snowbank did as his mistress instructed, cocking his head at her in confusion. "I'm going to put some snow into the wound, okay? I need you to make the most heroic pose you can."

Snowbank huffed in understanding and Elsa brought her hand to his wound, filling it with snow. Snowbank gave a cry, but attempted to stay still. "Okay, boy. Do the pose." Snowbank did as told, tossing his head to the side and raising his hoof, stopping that way.

Elsa took another deep breath and thrust her hands toward him, hitting him with her magic. Tears filled the large blue eyes as she watched the ice quickly cover the large horse, freezing him solid in the position he had chosen. Sinking to her knees in front of the new ice statue, Elsa curled into a ball and began sobbing, realizing that she was stuck here until she could find another horse. Lying beside the statue of her beloved horse, the saddened eight-year-old cried herself to sleep.

And there you have it. It's not as long as I would have liked, but I hope you guys enjoyed it nonetheless.

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