𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒'𝚖 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎

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"Do you also perhaps... control ice and snow?" She asked me.

"I mean, that's one way to put it." I shrugged. "I can also do other things than that but yes, I can also control ice and snow."

I paused for a moment realizing that I emphasized the wrong word. "What do you mean by also?" I eyed her carefully.

"Oh, that was rude of me." She said fixing herself. "I am Elsa of Arendelle. And of Northuldra." She paused. "I am Elsa of Arendelle and Northuldra." She said without the pause between Arendelle and Northsomething this time. "I'm sorry, I'm still not used to referring to myself as a Northuldran." She laughed nervously.

"Anyway, that aside, I am the protector of the Enchanted Forest." Elsa held out her hand. "Oh, and I'm also the fifth spirit." She added before holding her hand out once more.

"Nice to meet you." I said smiling a bit as I shook her hand. "Nice to meet you as well, Winter Spirit." She said.

"You seem to forget you aliases a lot." I commented.

"Well, I do need some getting used to. I wasn't always the fifth spirit after all." She said then pausing and looking down.

I followed her gaze and realized I haven't let go of the handshake. "Sorry. I haven't had hand shakes for a long time so I sort of forgot how long it should be." I nervously laughed. "Was my hand too cold? I'm so sorry." I apologized.

"No no, it's fine. The cold never bothered me anyway." She said.

"So... Fifth spirit?" I tried to shift the topic to forget the earlier scenario. "And what does the fifth spirit usually do?"

"Well, the fifth spirit is the bridge between human and nature, the one who unites differences." Elsa explained.

"So you control nature?" I asked.

"Sort of, but not quite." She said. I gave her a confused look. "Sorry, I'm a bit lost." I told her.

"Well, I can only connect with nature." She told me. "I communicate well with the other elemental spirits, which is probably why I can also communicate with you... winter spirit." She motioned to me.

"Oh." That was the only thing I could say while I try to process what she just said.

"So..." I started. "About the ice and snow..."

"That, I can control." She said and with a little swirl of her hand a swirl of snow followed. I stared at her in awe.

"That's amazing." I told her.

"Thank you." She said smiling widely, her cheeks slightly flushed. "That means a lot coming from the Winter Spirit." She added.

I also smiled. I'm glad she's happy over a compliment I gave her. It seems being the Winter Spirit isn't that bad here.

Then I realized something. "How come you're not a winter spirit?" I asked her. "You said you're also a spirit right? And you control ice and snow, so isn't winter spirit also a title of yours here? Am I like, crossing your boundaries?"

She paused. "Well, no. The elders didn't even mention the winter spirit to me before."

I paused. So I guess I was right about no other people seeing me here.

"Which reminds me, I'd love to show you around and maybe meet the other people here. The Northuldrans are incredibly nice people, I'm sure they'll be thrilled to know there are other elemental spirits around." Elsa said enthusiastically.

I shook my head. "I'm not exactly sure they'll see me right away." I told her. "You'll need to be very convincing to make other people believe in me you know."

"Well I believe in you." She said right away, surprising me a bit.

"Um, thank you but... I don't think you understand what I said clearly." I told her. I'm not kidding, I think she's just being nice and a bit misunderstanding the term believe in me like believing in a person's ability or something. I meant believing in my existence.

"Maybe I don't, maybe I do. But whatever it is I believe in you." She said determined.

"Well, I guess you sort of do since you see me after all." I shrugged, my voice a bit low when I said that.

She raised her eyebrow. "Aren't you seen by other people?" She asked.

"Well; other spirits, yes, but people, not quite." I told her. She looked at me confused. "Well, you know, like how other spirits are, I need to be believed in for that person to be able to see me."

"That's how other spirits are?" She asked me with shock on the tone of her voice.

"Is that not how it was for you?" I also asked instead of answering her question.

"Well, no." She said. "I was just-"

"Elsa!" We heard someone call out making Elsa stop talking. The bushes from where she came from started to rustle and a person popped right out of it. "There you are." She said.

"Ryder, hi." Elsa greeted.

"So..." Ryder looked around. "Who were you talking to?" He asked Elsa, looking for another person.

He can't see me.

"Oh, that's Jack Frost." Elsa replied, pointing to me. "He's the winter spirit."

Ryder looked at her completely confused. "I've never heard of Jack Frost." He said.

"Well, neither have I so I'm so glad I saw someone with affiliations in ice and snow as well." Elsa said excitedly before facing me with a huge smile.

I just awkwardly smile back knowing that she looks ridiculous in the eyes of the other person here with us.

Ryder followed her gaze but he was off a lot, like he's basically looking at everything other than what Elsa was looking at, which was acceptable knowing that he can't really see me.

"I don't see anyone." He blurted out.

Elsa looked at him confused. "He's right there." She argued, pointing at me. She kept glancing from me to Ryder back and forth.

"Nope, I don't see anything else but trees and snow." Ryder said.

Elsa looked at me, like she wants me to explain what was happening. I simply shrugged.

The moment she face Ryder I felt myself being swept away by the wind so I gripped on my staff really tight because I might fall off again like the last time.

Although I was considerably far, I could still see Elsa looking around searching for me after realizing I wasn't there anymore.

"Wait, wind. Let me down." I begged. "Please... Gale."

At the corner of my eye I saw Elsa and Ryder already on their way and the wind was taking me at another direction.

Are you kidding me right now?

"Where are you taking me now?" I asked. Honestly, I wasn't really expecting an answer but what I wasn't really expecting was suddenly falling on freshly fallen snow. Again.

Before I could complain to the wind I heard someone talk.

"We're back!" The voice cheerfully said. The moment I looked at the direction of where the voice came from I was struck in awe.

There's a village here. The wind brought me to a village.

"Elsa, Ryder, took you two long enough." A girl ran up to the two.

"Sorry, we got caught up with something." Ryder said.

"Well, at least you're both in time for lunch." The girl said. She looked like she was about to say something but Ryder ran off to a herd of reindeers and started talking to them with different voices. Odd fella that Ryder.

Assuming that no other people but Elsa can see me here, I just looked around, trying not to let Elsa see me so she won't look like a fool in front of them again.

As much as I want to talk to her more, I guess I'll have to refrain until it's just the two of us so she won't seem like she's talking to thin air. Then again they believe in the unseen wind spirit so it's not as weird.

Well, one person is better than none. At least for now I know I'll have company here.