"Happy Birthday Anna!"

Anna jumped up and nearly screamed! A minute ago she was dreaming about swimming in a lake of chocolate, and the next she was shook out of bed by a sudden shout!

"Hmm..," she groaned. "Where am i..?"

"In a Winter wonderland..." A voice to her left said. "...in your room."

Anna looked around and sure enough, her room was covered in Ice and Snow, with delicate Snowflake shaped Icicles hanging from the ceiling. She looked to her left and saw Elsa sitting on her bed grinning from ear to ear.

"So? What do you think?" She asked

"I think that if you ever wake me up like that again, i'll throw you of the bed..." Anna said sleepily.

"Oh, Cheer up feisty pants," said another voice from the doorway. "I would have expected that attitude from Elsa..." He stopped the minute he saw the glare that he was receiving from Elsa. "Well, umm, Happy Birthday anyway."

Anna couldn't help but smile as she realized that it was indeed her birthday. She sat up as Kristoff walked towards her to hand the 19 year old Princess her present.

"Here you..."

"Uh No! Sisterly gifts first," Elsa interrupted as she handed Anna a small round package. "Come on. Open it..."

Elsa smiled as Anna struggled to undo the wrapping which seemed to be made of ice. After a few attempts at searching for an opening and preventing the gift from slipping out of her hand, Anna finally managed to get it open. Inside was what appeared to be a Snow globe.

"I am pretty sure i have a few of these..." Anna said, though she had a slightly curious look on her face.

"Are you sure you have one of these..." Elsa asked portraying an even larger smile.

Anna looked closely at the Snowglobe and gasped upon seeing what was inside. Inside the Snowglobe were Anna and Elsa as kids moving around, building what appeared to be a snowman which she identified as Olaf. Anna was lost for words as she looked at Elsa. "I uh...how..." Anna managed while shifting her gaze between the snow-globe and her sister, her face laced with shock and awe.

"You're welcome," Elsa giggled noticing her sister was struggling for words.

Anna grabbed Elsa and pulled her into a hug. "Thank you. This is amazing!," she whispered into Elsa' ear. "You are amazing..." Those three words nearly bought tears to Elsa's eyes, but she fought them back not wanting to make a fool of herself in front of Anna and Kristoff. She pulled away as Anna turned to Kristoff. "So. What did you get me?" she asked with a curious smile on her face.

"Well, it definitely isn't as amazing as Elsa's gift, that's for sure. But it's the thought that counts so here..." Kristoff said as he handed Anna her gift. It was slightly larger than her sisters gift and shaped strangely. Anna began to unwrap it and, just like with Elsa' gift, gasped when she saw it. In her hand she held a small hand crafted Crystal sculpture of what appeared to be her and Kristoff holding hands. On her left was Elsa with her arm round Anna, and next to Kristoff Stood Sven with Olaf riding on his back. Inscribed upon the base of the sculpture was: "FAMILY FOREVER"

Anna could sense she was about to cry, but she quickly fought it back. "It's beautiful," she said, fighting back tears. "I love it." She jumped up and hugged Kristoff who hugged her back. To his Right he could see Elsa smiling.

"Hi Anna! Hi Elsa! Hi Sven..."

"It's Kristoff..."

"That's what i said," said Olaf joyfully as he waddled over to Anna. "Happy birthday Anna."

"Olaf!" Anna cried Gleefully as Olaf climbed the Bed. "I thought you were with Marshmallow?"

"I am...he will be here in a minute..." Olaf happily declared to everyone's shock.

"Wait what?" asked Elsa.

"Oh God no..." Kristoff said in horror.

"Olaf. Why did you invite Marshmallow here? You know he doesn't do well around others. He might wreck Arendelle..."

"No he won't. He promised me that he would act well behaved for Anna's birthday party." interrupted Olaf.

"Oh Jeez. Olaf! Anna wasn't supposed to know about the party." Kristoff replied with a facepalm.

"Wait. Did you...? Marshmallow talks?" Anna asked, ignoring Kristoff's comment.

"Well yes...and no. But he understood me. After all i am his little brother." Olaf chuckled.

"Well the party is ruined" Kristoff stated. "Marshmallow will probably make short works of the Guards."

"No it's not." Anna commented. "Marshmallow can probably entertain the guests somehow..."

"Yeah. Like throw them all the way to the Southern Isles..." Kristoff mumbled, but stopped when he saw the look on Elsa' face which he interpreted as meaning Shut Up!

Oblivious to Kristoff' snide comment, Anna said, "Well, um i suppose i should get dressed, then we can go have breakfast..."

"Yeah. That's a good idea. Then we can go skate in the courtyard. Right Elsa?" Olaf asked.

"Uh actually..."

"Really Elsa? That would be awesome." Anna interrupted as she gazed at her elder sister.

"Yeah. I suppose so." Elsa sighed in submission. It was after all Anna's birthday. "Well get dressed then while i go prepare the courtyard"

"Yay!, " Olaf shouted as he followed Elsa out of the room, Kristoff following suite. As he closed the door Anna jumped out of the bed and ran towards her mirror. As with any other morning, her hair resembled that of a bird's nest. Her sister often joked how one day she would wake up with a bunch of baby sparrows chirping inside it. Anna grabbed her brush off the dresser and started to brush it straight, after which she planned to style it into her usual two braided look. As she did her hair, she smiled; confident that there was nothing that could ruin the first proper birthday she would have with her sister in years.

As she ran down the stairs nearly colliding with the suit of Armor again, she thought of where to head first. The Courtyard? But she hadn't had breakfast yet, and what if Elsa was still preparing the courtyard. The one thing she wanted for her birthday was, to be with her sister, but she knew that Elsa didn't like being interrupted while concentrating on an "ice" project, so she decided to have breakfast first before causing, what would soon be, extreme amounts of damage in the courtyard. As she ran to the royal dining room, she was greeted by Kai and Gerda who both wished her a happy birthday. But upon entering the room, she was shocked to see Elsa already sitting there.

"I thought you preparing the skating rink?" Anna asked.

"I already have." Elsa replied. Seeing the look of disbelief on Anna' face she then added, "I created an entire castle of ice in 10 seconds flat. I am more than capable of creating a skating rink instantly."

That answer satisfied Anna, but not before she chuckled, "Well if I've had known i would have asked for an ice castle instead. Much more roomier."

"Don't push it..." Elsa replied with a smile.

As Anna sat down next to her sister, Kristoff walked in dressed in, what appeared to be Princely attire.

"Uuh...Kristoff? Why are you dressed like a Prince" Elsa asked.

"Oh. This isn't mine. I borrowed this from my friend."

"A likely story..."

He just rolled his eyes in response as he sat down next to Anna. The usual 16 seat table had been changed to a smaller 6 seat table, as in this time, what with the death of their parents and lack of guests, there just wasn't such a need for such a large table. Before long, the food started to arrive from the Kitchens. The breakfast had been specially requested to be composed of Anna' favorite foods, which ultimately meant that half of the food was chocolate based.

"I believe that food is supposed to go in the persons mouth. Not around it." Elsa commented as she tried to keep a composed look in front of her sister, though she failed at doing so.

"It's not everyday that i get to eat this much of my favorite foods..."

"Food..." interrupted Kristoff stifling a laugh.

Anna shot a glare before continuing, "I have to make the most of it..."

And with that, Elsa couldn't hold it anymore, as she and Kristoff broke into laughter, much to Anna bemusement.

"Anna. Show me a day that you did not eat chocolate, and i will happily give you our entire Kingdom's chocolate supply. You know you should actually cut down on the chocolate and sugars a bit, before you become fat." Elsa chuckled.

"Excuse Me? I am not Fat!" Anna replied. "Besides, It's not like there's a disease or anything that i'll get from eating chocolate..."

"There is! It's called Chubbiness." Kristoff laughed.

"Ooh. You're going to get it later on the ice rink!" Anna snarled as she dove back in to her breakfast; all states of grace abandoned, while thinking of a strategy for what would soon be an epic snowball fight once they got outside.

"ANNA!"

"RAPUNZEL!"

Anna ran toward Princess Rapunzel as she walked in through the main entrance with her husband Prince Eugene. It was now 8 pm and they were one of the many guests to be invited to Anna's Birthday Party.

There were dignitaries from all over Europe, some from as far as the Strangely named Kingdom of Far Far Away, of which their Queen was seen carrying a frog, though most guests thought nothing of it, due to weirder stuff they have seen, such as the queens coronation, which was still frozen into the minds of some people.

"Happy Birthday Anna," Rapunzel greeted with a small hug. "Ten months since we were last here i believe?"

"Yep." Anna happily replied.

"The last time we were here, we were sitting in the castle wondering how the heck a snowstorm had formed in the middle of summer." Eugene recalled with a slight shiver. "Man, those were cold times..."

"Yes they were." Elsa said as she approached the royal couple. "But things have taken a turn for the better."

"I believe they have..." Eugene said. Despite knowing that the coronation incident was caused by lack of control and that the queen had absolutely no intention of hurting anyone, he just couldn't get out of his head the fearful looks of everyone in Arendelle, especially when Prince Hans announced that Princess Anna had not returned from her journey.

Of course that all changed when he learnt of the dukes assassination attempt on the Queen, and when the he even tried to get his wife to leak details of her magical hair, and it's healing powers, so he could accuse her of witchcraft. This almost resulted in Eugene trying to drown the duke in the fjord should he have gotten anywhere near him. Luckily for the duke, he was imprisoned before Eugene had a chance to get to him. He also remembered how Hans had attempted to kill Queen Elsa, and how he managed to fool everyone for so long. So it was only right that Elsa stood on guard next to her sister, even though she knew a majority of the guests here.

But even after all this, he still couldn't remove his slight fear of Elsa's icy capabilities. While his wife's magic was a peaceful form of sorcery, Queen Elsa's was a form of destructive sorcery, or so he was informed. But he knew the Queen would feel insulted and uncomfortable should he show his fear. Plus Rapunzel trusted them, so if she did, so would he. "...a lot better" added Eugene.

"Hey Elsa. Since I'm 19 and all, i was thinking..." Anna started.

"Oh no." Elsa thought. "This is going to go wrong fast..."

"...maybe I could try..."

"...brace for it..."

"...a little..."

"...Conceal. Don't...wait, what am i saying. Screw that..."

"...wine. You know. Because I'm of age. Please?"

"...oh thank god" Elsa sighed, maybe a little too loudly, judging by Anna's frown. "Well...as long as it's only a little drop."

"Thank you..." Anna said, the frown still present. "What were you thinking i was going to say?"

"Nothing!" Elsa said in an effort to compose herself, but ultimately only ended up making the situation weirder. In an effort to clear things up, she quickly added "Well, umm...Kristoff you know where the wine cellar is right? Could you please go get a bottle from there. I will leave the decision up to you. I am confident you will choose something of Anna's liking, not sure what that is..."

"Strong, Fruity and Rich..." Anna blurted out.

Elsa frowned before adding "Just make sure that it's not something that will make Anna, well you know..."

Anna flashed a glare at her sister.

"Of course your majesty. I solemnly swear on my name that i will pick a suitable wine from a reputable source that will not make Anna drunk as if i was going to that anyway" Kristoff sarcastically said, earning him a giggle from Anna and Rapunzel, followed by a glare from the Queen.

"I'll go with..." Eugene suggested to Rapunzel's surprise. "I've always wanted to see the Arendellian Catacombs."

"Yeah. You two can get to know each other better. Like me and Rapunzel..." suggested Anna.

"Yeah. Not that much. We're Men!" Eugene replied, stifling a laugh.

"Yep. See you...wait...what's that supposed to mean?" Rapunzel asked with a frown.

"Noooothing..." Kristoff and Eugene said at the same time, to which all three girls stared at them, eyebrow raised.

They quickly hurried of knowing that a Birthday party would not be the best time to start a gender war. Eventually, they ran into Kai who handed them the key to the wine cellar.

"First Door on the left. And be careful...there are some secrets in the Arendellian catacombs that should never be uncovered..." Kai said with a serious look on his face. Kristoff and Eugene looked at each other with fearful looks on their faces. "Kidding! Just Kidding. Boy you should have seen the looks on your face!" Kai cried with laughter! Eugene and Kristoff let out a sigh of relief. "But seriously...don't enter the catacombs! No one knows what's down there and quite frankly i don't think i want to know!" Kai said, this time with a more fearful expression, before he turned and walked away leaving the two men staring after him in disbelief and fear.

"I assure you he was just joking" Kristoff said as the two men walked towards the entrance of the wine cellar. "He's a joker..."

"He seemed pretty damn serious!" interrupted Eugene.

"...He's a serious joker?" said Kristoff with uncertainty. "Oh come on. What are we even talking about. Secrets? Catacombs? Pffft. I call trash on those!."

"Well wasn't Queen Elsa' ice powers kept a secret for more than 2 decades?"

"Yes. But that's besides the point...Ahh. Here it is" Kristoff said stopping at a big wooden door. It looked to be around the same age as the castle and appeared not to have been upgraded since. Kristoff inserted the key into the hole and turned it counter-clockwise, but it wouldn't budge.

"Humph! It...won't...budge..." Kristoff said as he tried to force the lock open.

"Try turning it clockwise." Eugene suggested.

"What kind of door would..."

"Just try it..."

"Kay"

click.

"See?" Eugene said with a smirk. "Told you."

"Yeah, yeah. Keep it to yourself prince."

They both grabbed a torch, which Kristoff was about to light in the hallway, but stopped short when he saw Eugene pull a small metallic object out of his pocket.

"What's that?" Kristoff asked.

"A lighter! Really? You didn't know that?" Eugene asked, a little dumbfounded.

"Well. Arendelle isn't exactly a scientific nation."

"Well neither is Corona. This was from that Kingdom, Far Far Away. They have quite a lot of advanced stuff and magic!" Eugene said as they walked down the stairs. The torches cast an eerie glow below them which only made the place creepier. They soon entered a small room surrounded by racks and shelves, filled with wine bottles.

"Wow, looks like the Vikings were the last one here" Eugene joked as he pointed to what appeared to be a Viking battle-axe and shield with a dragon crest on top of a table. Kristoff lit some other torches, and soon enough they were busy searching away for a wine that would suit the queen and the birthday girl.

"I would have thought that they had servants for this type of job. Why would they send us?" Eugene asked. "Unless they wanted to scare us..." he said as he looked around frantically in case the girls were hiding down here ready to jump out and scare them.

"IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK!" Eugene shouted at the top of his voice, causing Kristoff to jump and knock a few bottles to the floor. Luckily they were empty!

"What the Hell? Do that again and i'll shove a bottle up your..." Kristoff said, but he was cut off by a slight noise coming from the left. The left...where there was nothing but darkness. Slowly, he grabbed the torch and battle-axe for defense, before moving towards the source of the noise, Eugene following suite with the shield.

"Hello?" Kristoff whispered. "Anna? Elsa?"

tap, tap, tap, crunch.

"Girls. If that's you this isn't funny." Eugene said, the fear showing in his eyes in the low flickering light emanating from the torches.

Crunch, crunch, tap

"You know, maybe we should just get a random bottle and get the heck out of here...and if..." Eugene started.

"Shhh..." Kristoff whispered, as he approached what appeared to be an old wooden door, which had to have been at least 500 years old judging by the mold and the construction.

"...the girls get drunk..."

"...I said shhh..."

"...then we can blame it..."

"...please shut up..."

"...on the queen or ghosts or something..."

BANG!

This was followed by a loud girlish scream.

"WHAT THE?" Kristoff screamed as he jumped. "EUGENE? You did not just scream like a girl?"

"...N...N...N...O...OO" Eugene guiltily denied. "Wha...what...was...that?"

"The door you princely coward! Probably the wind" Kristoff said with uncertainty, though he knew perfectly well that they were inside a castle, and the nearest source of wind was 200ft away outside. "or maybe the girls..." he said with a frown.

Hahahaha

The princesses and the queen were laughing at a joke the Prime Minister of Arendelle had just told, when all of a sudden...

Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!

"What in the blazes?"

Though the sound was muffled and far away, it could still be heard by a majority of the guests despite the music. Some of the guests stifled laughter, while others glanced at each other, fearful that there may be more secrets that Arendelle has hidden from its people. The two sisters looked around wondering where the scream came from, but princess Rapunzel knew immediately who that scream belonged to, and with a facepalm muttered "Oh Eugene..."

"Look! Can we just get a bottle, i don't care what, and get the heck out of here!" Eugene shouted at Kristoff.

"FINE!" Kristoff annoyed at just how cowardly the Prince of Corona really was. His attention was then caught by a lone bottle on a shelf by the old wooden door. "Hmm..." Kristoff thought as he approached the bottle. It was shaped different from the other bottles in the cellar, but otherwise looked quite appealing. The bottle had a golden crown and neck; The Cork looked like an expensive type that could only be bought in the Germanic Kingdoms. The bottle was also shaped uniquely. It was in the shape of an Eagle and engraved on the glass was what appeared to be two heads each with a crown and two swords drawn in an X configuration between the two heads. "Must be a royal wine" Kristoff thought remembering what the Arendellian Bartender had said about wines, and their types. Kristoff grabbed the bottle. It seemed a bit colder than the surrounding room temperature, which was weird...but then standing round Elsa kind of felt like the same thing. For some reason he was drawn to this bottle as if it was calling him, tempting him. Ignoring the weird tempting feeling he bought the bottle to Eugene.

"Found one. Looks like it's made for royalty."

"I don't care! Can we please...just get out of this creepy cellar"

"Gee. Alright."

As they went up the stairs they noticed something extremely peculiar. The cellar door was wide open just as they had left it.

"Wait. I thought the slam came from the cellar door?" asked Kristoff. "Why is it wide open?"

"I honestly couldn't care less! That's just another reason to get out of this cellar and never come back down here" Eugene said, running up the stairs towards the light.

Kristoff just rolled his eyes and closed the door when he got out. He took another look at the bottle of wine he had just gotten. On it was some writing in a language he hadn't seen before.

Vinen av svitsje Kongen

Denne vinen vil slå dine fiender sinn
å se dem lide under hver annen makt
og da vil du overgi etter døden sørgelig forfatning
fjorten dager etter ørner fly

Kuren er i hverandres kjærlighet
men bare etter at du fange jern due
funnet etter gåten er løst
i ruinene av Reimarch 'Cove

Antall besvergelser: 60

"Hey Eugene." asked Kristoff showing the bottle to the prince who had now calmed down. "What do you think this means?"

"Hmm. Well i believe that the bottom line Oun-tall bes-ber-fer-gelsoar sixty? Yeah. I think that's the proof content. So it's 60 proof. And the rest is the makers identity...!" Eugene said trying to mask his cluelessness. Sadly, that did not satisfy Kristoff who turned around and said with a raised eyebrow,

"You have no idea what this means. Do you?"

"Nope!" Eugene responded in a goofy accent that reminded Kristoff of when Olaf said the same thing a couple of months back.

Sigh!

When they arrived back at the ballroom they were both shocked to find the girls standing at the entrance, queen and princess giggling, while Rapunzel was standing still looking at Eugene with a raised eyebrow.

"Soooo?" questioned Anna. "Which of you two is guilty?"

"Guilty?" The two men asked in unison

"Eugene! Was that Girlish scream from you?" asked Rapunzel with a serious (and slightly embarrassed) look on her face.

Kristoff looked at Eugene with a smirk on his face, of which the prince responded with a daggered glare!

"No. That must have been someone else. Why would i ever scream like that!" Eugene commented in the most composed and courageous voice he could think of. Kristoff barely managed to hide his laughter.

"So. Anna. Elsa. Do you wanna drink some wine?" Kristoff sang in an attempt to end the awkwardness of the situation.

"Seriously?" Elsa said.

"Come on Elsa. Loosen up. Alright! Let's get to drinking!" Anna said a little too excitedly which did not go unnoticed by Elsa.

"Anna. You get one drop and one drop only! Understood?"

"What?"

"Anna?"

"But i..."

"Anna..."

"That's not..."

"ANNA!"

"FINE! Jeez." Anna snapped loudly.

Kristoff opened the Bottle. The smell that wafted from the bottle smelled a bit like mahogany and cherry. A little too fruity to Kristoff' liking. He pulled 3 glasses...

"Actually I don't drink" Rapunzel stated before looking at Eugene "And Eugene already drank half a bar on the way here."

"Okay. Well this seems too...fruity for me. So I'll just let you two..." Kristoff said, gesturing to Anna and Elsa, "have a sisterly drink"

The two sisters both agreed. Kristoff handed them each a small glass filled half way with wine. They both took their Eugene pulled out a small flask.

"70 year aged whiskey. Direct from the empire of Valheim." Eugene said. "Rapunzel dear. You want some."

"I'm fine. I already said i don't drink. And neither should you after what happened on the ship"

"You don't know what you're missing, but okay." Eugene replied with a roll of his eyes.

Kristoff pulled out a small flask himself and poured a bit into one of the glasses.

"We Ice harvesters call this Fire and ice," Kristoff commented pointing to the reddish liquid in the glass.

"Looks like Blood." said Anna slightly disgusted.

"Yeah. It does, but it'll give you a feeling like no other. After it burns your throat it'll make you feel like you've been thrown into the fjord in the middle of winter. Not that Elsa can't already make you feel that last part" Kristoff said with a smirk to Elsa who returned the gesture with a look that said don't push it!

"Well then" interrupted Eugene, "Everyone has their drinks. So...as a finale to this night...Happy Birthday Princess Anna! Cheers!"

"CHEERS"

"Bottoms Up!" shouted Kristoff. And with that all 4 of them downed their drinks simultaneously.

"Ugh" spat Anna. "This wine taste like something died in it!"

"I agree. Who chose this?" Elsa asked slightly disgusted.

Both Eugene and Kristoff looked at each other, and simultaneously said "HE DID!"

"Yeah well at least we drank something," Anna said. "Though i wouldn't recommend Kristoff or Eugene as your Wine Picker"

"As if you could do better" scoffed Kristoff

"I could do...a...lot" Anna said, suddenly feeling dizzy and nauseous. "...better..." And with that she collapsed to the floor unconscious.

"Ann..a" Elsa managed to say, before her legs gave way and she too, fell to the ground. The last thing Elsa saw was Eugene screaming for help and the guards heading their way.

Then the World went Black!

[Spelling/Grammar Check: 15/03]

If you try translating the Norwegian text above into English using Google translate you will get a really garbled up translation. So for simplicity's sake i will include the translation of it here:

The wine of the switching King

This wine will switch your enemies mind

to watch them suffer under each other might

and then they will suffer under death's plight

a fortnight after the eagles flight

The cure is in each other's love

but only after you catch the iron dove

found after the puzzle is solved

in the ruins of Reimarch' Cove

Number of incantations: 60

I would like to give some credit to tumblr user teddison whose post inspired me to make this.

-TacticX