Author's Note: Ice Busters does not take place in Frozen, that much is obvious, what with Demon God Hans and the Giant Olaf. And Proton Packs. Still, the question was asked "Where will you go from here?" So the answer is, back to the beginning. Where did things change? I'll bounce between the various parts of the story as things unfold, but you'll all get the whole thing in the end. For now, though, enjoy!

PS: I needed to give the King and Queen names, so now they have them.

Arendelle, 13 Years Ago

King Magnus and Queen Aurora, rulers of Arendelle, felt terrible. They'd known about their daughter Elsa's powers and had loved them as a part of her, though they were strange. That they were now forced to hide Elsa from the world lest she have another accident, a more lethal one, made them feel like they were the worst parents to walk the Earth.

"Dear, it's been two months since the accident and both Elsa and Anna are miserable. Elsa won't leave her room and Anna just wanders through the halls with her dolls. Surely there must be something else we can do," asked Aurora as she rolled over in their bed to face her husband.

Magnus just sighed and stared at the ceiling. "What can we do? Unless Elsa can learn to contain her powers, she'll always be at risk. All it would take is one accident like the one with Anna and she'd be burned at the stake. The Troll King said as much. She has to learn to conceal them before we can allow either of them to go out."

Queen Aurora rolled onto her back and sighed. They were forcing Elsa into hiding and it was killing them all. Elsa was miserable because she felt as if she couldn't touch anyone without hurting them, Anna was miserable because she'd lost her sister and Magnus and she were miserable because their daughters hurt and they could do nothing about it.

She felt as if the world had forced them into this, that it was making them dance to its' tune like puppets. She almost fell back into sleep when a whispered song floated down the hall.

Do you want to build a snowman?

Come on let's go and play.

I never see you anymore,

Come out the door,

It's like you've gone away.

It was Anna, trying to reach out to her sister. After a while Anna stopped singing and Aurora began to cry.

In that instant, Aurora felt as though she could see what was going to happen. Elsa would grow more distant and Anna would grow lonely. When they met again and, eventually, when they both faced the world again, something would snap. Elsa would lose control of her powers and everything would be destroyed. That would be the end of it. Perhaps Elsa would survive, growing more distant all the while until she became The Snow Queen of a frozen land and nothing would live here ever again, but than again, perhaps she would die of heartbreak, with no one but the eternal trolls to hear her.

That's when an idea stuck her.

"Magnus? What if we sent Elsa to the trolls? The Troll King knew so much about her magic, maybe he could help teach her to use it?"

Magnus sat up. "Aurora, the trolls are dangerous! I went to them because we had no other options. If we sent Elsa to them ..."

"We have no options now!" snapped Aurora. "Or do you wish to see your daughters grow up mourning the loss of a still living sister?"

Magnus opened and closed his mouth a couple of times, then nodded. "You're right, of course. I'll go and speak with the Troll King and see if he's willing to take her under his wing."

"I'm sure he will, if not out of goodwill than out of sheer opportunistic nature. It's not every day a human asks a troll to take his child, much less one King to another," said Aurora with a sad smile.

"Then it's settled. I'll ride out in the morning," began Magnus, then stopped and frowned. "No, they only come out at night. I'll ride out now. Sleep well, Aurora, and know that tomorrow morning we get to break the news to Elsa."

"Be safe, husband mine," said Aurora as she settled back into the bed and watched Magnus pull out a traveling outfit and head out to change fate.