Everything's Changed Chapter Eight Why Did It Have To Be You? Elsa was frozen. 'No... Anna... can't be cursed with something like this! It's a lie! It has to be!' Elsa thought. "Look. I know you're thinking it's impossible that the princess has powers like you. But she does. And I know it," Grace said. Elsa shook her head. "And how would you know this?" Elsa asked. "Because it's clearly evident, you haven't seen her powers in work exactly. But I have. She doesn't quite realize she has them either, but I know she has them. I've seen a short display of them," Grace explained. "Y-You did?" Elsa stuttered. Grace nodded. The brown wolf came over to Grace with a tray on his back. "Thanks Botolf," Grace said and patted the wolf's head, then taking the tray off of his back and placing it on the coffee table. "Tea?" Grace turned and asked Elsa. Elsa nodded. "Yes please," Elsa replied. Grace smiled. "That's good, because by the looks of it, we're gonna be here for a bit," Grace said and Elsa frowned. She looked at Grace in confusion. Grace wasn't aware Elsa was confused, as the brunette was in the process of making tea for two. "Which flavour would you like? I have three here, Jasmine, Peppermint and Earl Grey," The woman told the queen. "I'll have.. Jasmine, please." Grace nodded and looked to Botolf. The wolf bowed his head and went off to the kitchen, the brown wolf returned quickly with a pot on his head. Grace took the pot and opened it up. It had the Jasmine tea leaves. Grace went back to preparing their tea. "But... what do you mean we're going to be here a bit?" Elsa asked. Grace looked up and handed Elsa her tea. "Just that. We're going to be here a bit," Grace smiled and sipped her tea. She sighed in relief. "I just love peppermint," Grace said and licked her lips. "Would you like anything to eat? I imagine you're quite hungry right now, as your body is trying to repair it's self," Grace asked. Elsa's eyes widened. Having completely forgotten that she was injured when they were attacked. Elsa looked down at her gut and found the wound bandaged neatly. The strange thing is that she didn't feel any pain from it, or well she did. But the pain was very minimal. "I gave you some bark from a willow tree. It provides temporary pain relief, which is why I'm asking if you would like something to eat. Because you're going to need some more soon. Gut shots hurt the most out of all injuries," Grace told Elsa. "Ya.. I guess I am hungry," Elsa replied. Grace smiled. Botolf who had been sitting down near Grace stood up. Grace patted his head. "No, no Botolf. You've done enough right now. Let me get her something to eat," Grace said. Botolf closed his eyes and it seemed almost as if he had sighed. The wolf laid back down. Grace placed her tea on the table and went over to the kitchen. Elsa looked at the wolf, and he looked back at her. Elsa shivered. Her body was telling her there was something wrong about this wolf. Elsa shook her head and sipped her tea. The blond then grew aware that Anna was no where to be found and she grew very, very worried. Grace returned with some food. She placed on the table a bowl of stew and a piece of bread that was oddly shaped and another bowl of a golden translucent liquid. The bread was circular, but had several indents like it was cut into slices. Elsa stared at the bowl of the golden liquid and was about to dip her finger in it when Grace spoke. "That's honey you know," Grace said. Elsa looked at Grace in confusion. "What? You've never had honey before?" Grace asked and Elsa shook her head. "I've heard of it, and maybe it might've been used in the meals at the palace. But I've never actually seen honey or tasted it alone," Elsa replied. Grace tutted. "Shame, honey is really good. Here, let me show you what to do," Grace grabbed a piece of bread, which Elsa realized WAS cut into slices. Grace then grabbed the bowl and poured some of the honey onto the bread. "The bread is plain without the honey, but with the honey it's very good. Here, try it. It might not compare to the food at your palace. But hey! Any food is good food right now," Grace smiled and handed the slice to Elsa. Elsa took it and bit into it tentatively. Elsa's eyes widened at the taste and she devoured it greedily. Grace laughed. "I take it you like it?" Grace asked and Elsa nodded. Elsa ate her food for a little bit until she paused. She looked up. "Grace?" "Yes your majesty?" "You can just call me Elsa... and my sister... where is she?" Elsa asked. "She's in another room resting. Because you see she over used her power so she's exhausted both physically and mentally. It'd be best if we left her to rest, any more exhaustion and it won't be good for her," Grace said. "You seem to know a lot about these powers, how? Why?" Elsa questioned. Grace sighed. "Guess there's no hiding it, huh? Well.. I'll be honest. I have powers like yours too. But I have control over earth, rocks and #life to a certain extent," Grace explained. "#life?" "Yes, I can talk to animals and make them talk if I wanted to so others could use them. I can also grow plants almost instantly, however it can only be plants native to the region I'm in. So here, I can grow a.. say a pine tree. But I cannot grow a palm tree because it's not native. Same with invasive plants. I can't grow those either," She said. Elsa nodded understanding. "Is that why I heard... that wolf speak earlier? At least... I think he spoke," Elsa asked. Grace nodded. "Yes, this is-" Grace was cut off as the wolf came over and spoke. "I'm Botolf but if you had been paying attention at all when Grace greets me you would know that by now," Botolf snorted. Though he spoke, his mouth had not moved at all. "Oh you. Mind him, he's a bit of a grouch near anyone who isn't me," Grace chuckled. Botolf glared at Grace briefly, then went back to what ever he was doing. "H-how did he speak? He didn't move his mouth at all!" Elsa gaped. Grace chuckled again. "Mental projection," Grace responded. "Mental... projection?" The queen frowned in confusion. Mental projection was one of the few things she didn't know about. "Hmm... how to explain it... You know when you project an image... like say an illusion... I don't even know if you know what projection is... but it's like... hmmm... it's really hard to explain," Grace frowned and sat down. "It's okay, you don't need to explain it," Elsa smiled faintly. "Well okay then," Grace shrugged. Elsa finished her food in silence and Grace had grabbed a book from the corner of the room and was reading it quietly. After Elsa was finished, Grace took her dishes and then returned with a cup of tea. "Here, it's tea with Willow bark in it. I'm sure that by now you're realizing the pain is coming back," Grace replied, and sure enough the brunette was right. The pain had started to return. Elsa took the tea and sipped at it. Slowly the pain faded away to the point it was at before. "Now... we need to talk about Anna," Grace said, placing a book mark in her book and sitting back down. Elsa looked at Grace. "Talk about what?" Elsa asked. "Her powers...," Grace replied with a sigh. Grace continued after seeing the confused face of Elsa. "You see... there is supposed to be eight people in total that have elemental powers like us. So far I know four. You, My brother, the princess, and I. You obviously being ice, Grendelle is wind, Anna is fire and I'm earth. However, out of the eight elements. There are also four elements of destruction. Or well the elements are most commonly used FOR destruction. Can you guess what those four elements are?" Grace explained. Elsa paled, suddenly realizing it. "F-Fire... fire is one of them. Isn't it?" Elsa asked and Grace nodded. "Yes. Anna has a destructive element. And the problem with those elements... is they can consume you," Grace said. The two fell deathly silent. Elsa opened her mouth to ask what Grace meant, when they heard foot steps coming from the hall. Anna stepped into the room and looked at Elsa. Anna gasped and grinned. She rushed over to Elsa and hugged her tightly. "C-careful!" Elsa exclaimed. Anna let go of the blond. "Oh right, you're injured! Sorry! Completely forgot you were injured! My bad," Anna grinned sheepishly. Elsa looked up at Anna's hair and snickered. Anna looked at Elsa in confusion. "What? What's going on?" Anna asked. "You're hair is ridiculous," Elsa pointed to Anna's hair. "I agree with the frost one," Botolf said from his sitting spot. Anna gasped and looked at the wolf with fright. "Did... that... did that wolf just... talk!?" Anna exclaimed and pointed at the wolf. Grace nodded. "Hey wait a moment! Who are you!?" Anna questioned. Grace laughed. "I love this girl, she's amazing!" Grace said. Anna frowned in confusion. "I'm Grace, the one that you were coming to find," Grace stood up and stuck her hand out for a hand shake. Anna took it and Grace gasped. Grace took her hand back immediately. "Sheesh! Heat much?" Grace said and looked at her hand, thankful that it wasn't burned. Anna looked at Elsa in a questioning manner. "What do you mean?" Anna asked. Grace smiled and motioned for the girl to sit down in another chair nearby the two. Anna sat down. "Anna. What I'm about to tell you is the complete and honest truth," Grace said. Anna bit her lip and looked at Elsa worriedly. She looked backed to Grace. "Anna... you know how your sister has ice powers, correct?" Anna nodded. "You too have powers... you have fire powers. That is why you have been going through those painful heat flashes, why your body temperature is beyond what it should be and why you have been getting angrier of little things," Grace explained. Anna's eyes widened. 'What!? That's impossible! That's... stupid!' Anna thought angerly. "You're lying! I don't have any powers!" Anna yelled, standing up. Grace groaned. "See, this is why I'd much rather you have had an element like water, or light. Those are easy to talk to cause they won't get mad," Grace said and held her head in her hands. Anna paused then sat back down. "Are you done your little temper tantrum?" Grace asked. Anna nodded. "Now listen, you do have powers. And what I'm about to say, well... you can take it either way. But in my opinion it's kinda bad news. And same goes for your sister here. This is bad for both of you," Grace said. Elsa tilted her head and looked at Grace in confusion. "You both have destructive elements. Which means you both have certain negative emotions that if you give into them eventually your powers will consume you. How? I don't know how, but they will and yo will become a monster. By a monster I litterly mean a monster. You will go insane and as time wears on, slowly your power will morph you body into a monstrous creature and all of your humantity will be lost," Grace told them. "Negative emotions? What do you mean?" Elsa asked. "Negative emotions as in each element has an emotion they're based off of. And that emotion has an opposiate. The opposite will eventually corrupt you," She replied. Anna gasped. "Does that mean-?" "yes, essentalliy you will die," Botolf said walking over to the group. Anna looked at the wolf. 'You know what, not even going to question that right now. We have more things to worry about' Anna thought. "So what are our negative emotions?" Elsa asked, afraid of the answer. "For you Anna. Your element was built off of love. Heh.. isn't that funny? Fire typically destroys yet your element is built off of something that creates and builds!" Grace exclaimed then coughed. "Anyways, the opposite to that is anger. Which is why you need to control your anger, or else it will consume you," Grace said. Anna nodded and looked down at her lap. She was finding this very hard to believe. "And you Elsa. I think you went to the trolls one time, and they told you something about fear?" Grace asked and Elsa nodded, not even questioning how she knew that. "Well your negative emotion is fear. And not the fear others feel for you, but the fear you feel for you self. You element was built off of confidence and things like confidence. But each time you fear your self, the more your power consumes you," Grace said. "Understand?" Grace asked and Elsa nodded. "Wait... Grace... what's your emotion?" Elsa asked. "Emotion? You mean you have powers too!?" Anna asked and Grace nodded. "My powers were built of off the emotion calm. Agitation and similar emotions are my negative emotions," Grace replied. "You can have more than one?" The ginger asked. "There are different types of anger, correct? Like... there is irritation for mild anger, then for moderate anger there is upset and mad. But for high levels of anger, there is Furious, seething, outraged and the like. Though those are all the same emotion, they also not the same emotion. It's really hard to explain. It's kinda like this, though they all are anger, they are all different kind of angers," Grace explained. The princess nodded understand it slightly. Suddenly though, the ginger remembered something very important. She shot out of her chair with a gasp. "Kristoff!" She exclaimed. Grace stared at her in confusion and curiosity. Elsa's eyes widened and she too remembered that the blond had come with them. -FRFRFRFRFRFRFR- Kristoff groaned and his eyes fluttered open. He tried to move his hands, only to find they were tied up. Kristoff's eyes widened and he frantically looked around. "So ya are awake now?" Kristoff looked to his left and saw Yan walking towards him.