Sound of Surviving

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"There's an army massing in the Southern mountains," Elsa said. "Heading for Arendelle, led by Prince Hans."

Kristoff sighed. "Well, I know every inch of those mountains. Let me sneak up there and see what he's up to."

"I didn't realize the official Arendelle ice master and deliverer got a say in matters," a guard said.

"He doesn't," Elsa replied, walking towards Kristoff and stopped in front of him. "You're not going anywhere. It's too dangerous."

"Oh, there you go warming up to me. You do care," Kristoff told her.

"My sister wants a wedding. It's probably best the groom is alive."

"So I'll be real careful."

"You're staying right here. As you said, I am the queen of Arendelle. So let me be the queen and handle it."

STORYBROOKE - PRESENT

At the Mayor's office, Mary Margaret was getting ready to host her first town meeting as Mayor, and people were slowly arriving. Mary Margaret is still holding baby Neal, and greeting people as they walked in.

"Hi," Mary Margaret greeted as she smiled and handed a woman a small piece of paper.

"Come on inside," David said as he walked out of the meeting room into the foyer where Mary Margaret was standing. "Need a hand?" He reached out to take Neal off her.

Mary Margaret held Neal closer to her. "Oh, no. I got it."

"You're planning to run your first fireside chat holding a newborn?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Mothers are natural multitaskers."

David touched Neal's head. "That may be, but you're juggling a lot right now."

"Well, that's true. I have to say, I'm starting to have more and more respect for our court Jester every day."

"Yeah. Rupert was special." Mary Margaret chuckled. "But you're sure you can..."

"We took back a kingdom, remember? I can handle this."

Mary Margaret and David made their way into the meeting room. Mary Margaret walked to the front of the room, standing at the end and turned to face everyone. David took a seat next to her. Familiar faces such as Robin Hood, Marian, Roland, Leroy, Archie and Granny were present.

"Hi, everyone," Mary Margaret greeted. "And welcome to the very first mayor's fireside chat. For too long, this office was a place to be feared. Well, I want every citizen to feel welcome and included here. So, if you could just refer to the meeting agenda I've printed, there are..."

Archie interrupted and held up his piece of paper. "Uh, what's this about an ice wall?"

Mary Margaret was slightly surprised. "Oh, that's, uh, item four. We'll get to that in a minute."

"I vote we skip items one, two, and three," Leroy said. "Show of hands." The crowd murmured in agreement with his statement and all raised their hands.

Mary Margaret smiled. "Yeah, that's... oh, fine. No, I can..." She sighed. "I can be flexible. The ice wall is nothing to worry about. For the time being, it does surround the entire town..."

A woman interrupted and sounded angry at Mary Margaret's last statement. "What?"

"The entire town?" Archie questioned.

Leroy stood angrily and asked, "Are you serious?"

Mary Margaret became a bit flustered and looked as though she was struggling balancing Neal and handling the crowd as she said, "So, no." She looked down at Neal as he began to cry. "Oh. Everyone calm down. The wall isn't hurting anyone."