Hello, everyone! Sorry I'm late, but here's the next chapter.
jhellou: I don't know yet. She probably won't because I'm trying to stick to canon. Sorry.
Before they unpaused the movie, Yang held up her hand and turned to look at her team. 'Okay, before we continue, I want you all to promise me. No matter what happens, none of you freak out."
Weiss scoffed. "I never freak out."
Blake rolled her eyes in disbelief.
Ruby frowned. 'Okay, okay, I promise! Can we move on already!" She really wanted to see if this ended well. Hopefully Anna and Elsa would sort things out before it got too bad.
...She hoped. But she had a bad feeling about this.
HANS
Your Majesty, if I may ease your-
ELSA
(flustered)
No, you may not. And I-I think you
should go.
"….Burn." Yang commented, gesturing at the screen.
Weiss snorted. "Well, he deserves it! What kind of fool proposes so early! Honestly, if I was Elsa, I would be even harsher!"
Ruby giggled. "Well, no, duh, you would. You're the scariest person I know!"
"EXCUSE ME?!"
Blake looked at Yang, a deadpan look on her face. "Looks like Elsa is giving Hans…the cold shoulder."
Weiss groaned in irritation while Yang high-fived her partner.
"I CORRUPTED YOU!"
"THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING!"
Elsa walks away. As she passes the Royal Handler-
ELSA (CONT'D)
The party is over. Close the gates.
ANNA
What? Elsa, no. No, wait!
Anna grabs Elsa's hand. She pulls off Elsa's glove. Elsa
gasps, spins around and reaches for the glove in panic.
ELSA
Give me my glove!
Anna holds the glove away from Elsa.
The girls flinched. This had to be the worst thing that could happen. Even Blake looked worried.
"Give her the glove, Anna!" demanded Weiss, actually standing up and pointing at the screen. What if Elsa hit Anna with her magic again?!
"Elsa should just tell Anna everything!" countered Ruby. She thought that everything would be resolved if Elsa just came clean with her sister. Sisters were supposed to be able to trust each other.
"It's not that simple!"
"Why not?!"
Yang sighed. "Guys, guys! Sit down. Didn't I tell you to stay calm? I won't play the movie until you do."
Ruby and Weiss reluctantly sat down, Ruby biting her lip nervously and Weiss scowling at the screen.
Blake was thinking. What would happen now? No matter how she looked at it, there was literally no way for this to end well. Not that she'd say anything. Her friends were freaking out enough as it is.
ANNA
(desperate)
Elsa, please. Please. I can't live
like this anymore.
Elsa fights tears.
ELSA
(weak)
...Then leave.
Elsa sees Anna's hurt face. It's too much. She can't hold it
in. She turns and rushes away.
ANNA
(heartbroken)
...What did I ever do to you?!
"Oh. Oh, Dust!" Yang muffled her face with a pillow before she could burst out in colorful swears. She was incredibly frustrated. That was the stupidest move Elsa could have done.
Ruby was in shock. How could sisters say that to each other? She didn't get this at all. And her heart broke for Anna, who was always being shoved aside. Why couldn't they just talk?!
Weiss looked at the floor, resolutely forcing herself not to feel guilty. This stupid movie was being far too affecting. Maybe it would be better to just stop right now. She didn't think she could stop herself from thinking about Winter any longer.
Blake facepalmed. Well, that went the worst way possible. It was like watching a slow train wreck, and she didn't think her team could handle more of this.
The party goes silent as everyone watches the sisters.
ELSA
Enough, Anna.
ANNA
No. Why? Why do you shut me out?!
Why do you shut the world out?!
What are you so afraid of?!
ELSA
I said, enough!
"Don't push her! That will make things worse!" protested Weiss. Elsa was liable to just explode the way things were going.
"Worse? How can it get worse?!" demanded Ruby.
"Trust me, it can always get worse." replied Blake bluntly.
Yang threw a pillow at her partner. "Can we have an "Inappropriate Comment" Fund Mug? Because most of what Blake says just seems to depress us all."
Weiss nodded. "For once, I agree with you."
"I can have half of that one too, right?"
"Whatever you say, Ruby."
Blake rolled her eyes.
Ice shoots from Elsa's hand, spikes across the floor! Guests
cry out in shock, back away.
DUKE
(ducking behind his men)
...Sorcery. I knew there was
something dubious going on here.
ANNA
Elsa...?
Elsa rushes out of the room.
"…..And it got worse." moaned Ruby, facepalming.
"….I told you so."
"Blake. Lien. Mug. Now."
"Can all three of you shut up?! I'm trying to watch this movie!" snapped Weiss, an irritated look on her face.
Yang tried to defuse the tension. "No need to be so cold about it!"
"Xiao Long, do not test me right now."
"….Does that mean I still have to pay the mug?"
"YES."
Elsa bursts out of the castle door. The CITIZENS CHEER!
CROWD
There she is. Your Majesty! Long
live the Queen! Queen Elsa... Come
drink with us.
Elsa ducks through the crowd, holding her bare hand.
BOWING TOWNSMAN
Queen Elsa.
TOWNSWOMAN WITH BABY
Your Majesty? Are you all right?
"Well, this is just perfect!" groaned Weiss, glaring at the screen. Elsa needed to be alone right now and they were just getting in her way.
"Well, look on the bright side…" began Yang, a small smile beginning to form on her face.
"There's a bright side?" asked Ruby skeptically.
"Yup! Those townspeople think that Elsa is…cool!"
Weiss, Ruby and Blake looked at each other.
"Pillow assault?" asked Ruby.
"Indeed." replied Weiss.
Blake nodded her agreement.
The three of them promptly bombarded the blonde brawler with every pillow they owned.
"Still worth it!"
"Stay down, Xiao Long!"
Elsa backs away from the baby. She knocks into the fountain,
grabs its edge. The waters freeze at her touch.
GASPS of shock and fear sweep over the crowd.
The Duke and thugs come out the door.
DUKE
There she is! Stop her!
ELSA
(to the Duke)
Please, just stay away from me.
Stay away!
Magic accidentally shoots from her hand and turns the
staircase into ice. The thugs and the Duke fall.
DUKE
Monster... Monster!
Their cheerful mood promptly evaporated at that. Weiss had stood up and was shouting indignant insults at the old Duke. "Excuse me?! Who's the monster, you ignorant little troll!"
Ruby had crossed her arms and was glaring at the screen. "You're a mean jerk and I hate you!"
Blake stood up and walked out the door, slamming it shut.
"W-what? Blake?" asked Ruby worriedly.
Yang grabbed her sister's shoulder and shook her head. "Let her cool off. You know what she's thinking."
Blake glared at the wall outside of their room, trying to calm herself down. Monster. How many times had she and Adam had been called that? And why? Because they were different? That didn't make them worth any less than those, ignorant bigoted humans!
Blake grit her teeth. This kind of thing was why the White Fang existed. But they had gone too far, become the monsters everyone accused them of being. No matter what happened, Blake wasn't going to become a monster. She'll prove it to the world. The Faunus were just as much deserving of rights as the humans.
Shaking her head one last time, Blake returned to the room. Ignoring her friend's worried stares, she sat back down.
Yang leaned over. "We'll talk later."
Blake nodded and unpaused the movie.
The crowd panics.
A snowstorm begins. Elsa flees.
Anna runs out of the palace doors, carrying the glove.
ANNA
Elsa!
Hans follows closely behind her.
GATES TO THE KINGDOM: Elsa runs out of the gates and down to
the water's edge. The shoreline freezes under her feet.
Anna calls to her from the gates.
ANNA (CONT'D)
Elsa! Wait, please!
"Yeah, Elsa! Come back! Come on, Anna isn't scared of you!" Ruby said, fully hoping that Elsa would go back to her sister before anything else happened.
Weiss shook her head sadly. "But Elsa is scared of herself." The heiress whispered.
Yang sighed. "Well, this entire day turned out so well for them, didn't it." Even Yang was having doubts about this movie. If things got even worse, she had half a mind to stop it before Ruby got depressed.
Blake frowned, still deep in her own thoughts…
Elsa glances back at Anna, but turns away. She tentatively
steps out onto the fjord. It freezes instantly. She breaks
into a run, as the water freezes over with each step.
ANNA (CONT'D)
Elsa, stop!
Anna rushes out onto the fjord ice, slips, falls.
HANS
Anna!
Hans rushes to Anna's side.
Elsa reaches the far shore. She doesn't look back. She just
scrambles into the mountains.
ANNA
No.
HANS
(shocked)
Look... The fjord.
The ice spreads out until the entire fjord is frozen, locking
the ships in place.
INT. CASTLE COURTYARD — NIGHT
Snow falls. Hans and Anna move through the panicking crowd.
CROWD WALLAH
Snow? It's...snow...in July.
"Great. What's happening NOW?" grunted Weiss, incredibly frustrated.
Blake had somewhat recovered and was now back to analyzing everything about the movie. After all, brooding didn't help her right now. "I think Elsa's powers set off some sort of side-effect that affected the kingdom."
"…What now?" asked Ruby.
"….She just made Arendelle her personal winter wonderland."
Yang snorted. "You make it sound so happy, Miss Belladona."
HANS
...Are you all right?
ANNA
(in shock)
No.
HANS
Did you know?
ANNA
No.
Nearby, the Duke flutters about in fright.
DUKE
Look! It's snowing! It's snowing!
The Queen has cursed this land! She
must be stopped!
(to his thugs)
You have to go after her.
"Oh, you shut the heck up!" burst out Ruby, angry at this stupid old man. As far as she was concerned, this was his fault for calling Elsa a monster and scaring her.
Weiss nodded her agreement to her partner's words. This man was a complete and utter imbecile!
Blake resisted the urge to punch someone who was fictional. But was the Duke really fictional? There were people like him everywhere in Remnant, like Cardin Winchester. She resolved to ask Yang to beat up said boy in their next Combat Class.
Yang was happily imagining herself beating the Duke up with her gauntlets. Ah, the beauty of imagination.
Anna rushes up to the Duke.
ANNA
Wait, no!
The Duke hides behind his thugs and points out at Anna.
DUKE
You! Is there sorcery in you, too?
Are you a monster, too?
ANNA
No. No. I'm completely ordinary.
HANS
That's right she is...
(realizing how that
sounds)
...in the best way.
Blake glared at the screen. So, Anna was a monster for being related to Elsa, huh? Oh, how she wished that Duke was real. She had a few choice words for him.
Yang was snorting with laughter. "Smooth, Hans. Call your girlfriend plain."
Weiss shook her head. What did she ever see in that idiot? At least he wasn't like the Duke. He may be stupid, but she didn't think he was a bad person.
ANNA
...And my sister's not a monster.
DUKE
She nearly killed me.
HANS
You slipped on ice.
DUKE
Her ice!
Yang was now outright laughing. "Can you believe this guy? Her ice? What a complete and utter ignoramus!"
Weiss grinned savagely. "What a pathetic little man."
"Apparently, Weaseltown people aren't known for their brains." agreed Blake, a scowl still on her face.
ANNA
It was an accident. She was scared.
She didn't mean it. She didn't mean
any of this... Tonight was my
fault. I pushed her. So I'm the one
that needs to go after her.
DUKE
Yes. Fine. Do.
HANS
What?
ANNA
(to the Royal Handler)
Bring me my horse, please.
HANS
Anna, no. It's too dangerous.
ANNA
Elsa's not dangerous. I'll bring
her back, and I'll make this right.
Blake facepalmed. "Oh, for-! Is Anna suicidal? Her, going out alone in a blizzard like that? She's a sheltered princess! She won't survive a few hours in that, let alone find Elsa!"
Yang shook her head. "But she's the best chance they have. Elsa is her sister."
"….Assuming Elsa listens." Ruby sighed sadly.
Weiss fought down another twinge of guilt.
The Royal Handler brings Anna her horse and a cloak.
HANS
I'm coming with you.
ANNA
No, I need you here to take care of
Arendelle.
He sees the desperation in her eyes.
HANS
...On my honor.
She throws on the cloak and hops right onto the horse,
coronation dress and all.
ANNA
(to the crowd)
I leave Prince Hans in charge!
Blake blinked. "Are you sure that's a good idea? You just met the guy, you don't know his competence level."
Ruby shook her head. "Hans is a good guy. He'll keep the citizens safe, I know he will."
Weiss nodded. "He may be an idiot, but he's still a prince. I think he knows what he's doing."
Yang smiled. "You could say he's a Hans On kind of leader!"
The other three groaned. Weiss wordlessly handed her the Terrible Joke Fund.
HANS
(before letting her go)
Are you sure you can trust her? I
don't want you getting hurt.
ANNA
She's my sister; she would never
hurt me.
"Yang nodded. No sister would willingly hurt their own flesh and blood. And she knew Elsa loved Anna more than anything.
Weiss was less convinced. She knew Elsa loved Anna, but accidents do tend to happen when the two of them were together.
She snaps the reins and rides out. Hans watches after her.
The snow picks up and overtakes our view. We push through a
blizzard...lose our way...then finds ourselves...
EXT. HIGH UP IN THE MOUNTAINS — NIGHT
Well above the snow-line, a small figure climbs the highest
peak. It's Elsa. Finally, she stops, looks around. Catches
her breath and sings...
But before the song could properly start, the room's door was smashed open, with a male voice crying out into the night.
"DO I HEAR "LET IT GO"?!"
Ruby jumped in surprise. Blake hissed, already on top of her bunk bed. Weiss did an undignified scream and faceplanted on the floor. Yang stood up, ready for a fight.
And then the team saw who had barged in into their room. Ruby let loose a sigh of relief, and Weiss found her face twitching.
"Oh, not him." The heiress grumbled.
"VOMIT BOY?!"
"Jaune?!"
Cliffhanger, I guess. Anyway, see you next time.