A/N: Hello, so it's been a while since I actually put anything on the site, but I'm back again. I hope you guys like my OC of Captain Anaea Hypatia Forest, let me know in the comments what you think.

Arendelle, typically a neutral country had become the centre of conversation in royal courts throughout the world. Some countries saw the now open state as an opportunity for trade, others saw it as a driving force for modernisation of politics, societal thought, and technology. However, others saw it as either a threat or a new source to gain a tactical advantage due to Her Majesty, Queen Elsa's apparent powers.

Elsa, being well aware of Arandelle's status as a neutral power and wishing to keep it that way was faced with the very real threat of invasion by foreign powers who wished to somehow harness her power or use her to fight their wars via coercion.

For several months Elsa had undergone negotiations with Arendelle's largest ally, Albionium, to help with such threats against her and her country. Arendelle's military over the centuries had become more than just lacking and if these threats were to be staved off Elsa knew that Arendelle would once again have to become a military power to be reckoned with.

Albionium had finally come to the agreement that a contingent of their Army as well as some of her finest Naval officers would be placed in Arendelle until further notice in the hopes that they would help to train Arendelle's growing military in order to make her a more serious contester if the need arose.

Elsa sighed heavily as she looked out of her office window at the Albionium ship as it docked into the harbour. She never wanted this to happen, she was a firm believer in negotiation and peace. However, as her advisors liked to point out, this was not a luxury she would always be able to afford. There had been talk in the more aggressive kingdoms of how to use Elsa to their advantage. She had received almost daily letters from other states suggesting a new prince that would make a 'perfect' match for her to marry. Elsa was no fool, she was well aware that these states had no interest in her happiness with their princes, they wanted her to fight for them, and eventually, produce an heir to inherit her powers.

Albionium, a small country for sure, but a large world power, arguably the largest power, had been Arendelle's ally for centuries and had been the only kingdom to offer her their assistance once word had spread to them of her situation.

It had taken months for the negotiations to finally end, Elsa herself did not trust King Albert of Albionium and thought that he had ulterior motives, Albert was an impatient man and grew easily frustrated at the Queen's reluctance to enter a treaty with him. Finally, the terms were agreed, and all parties seemed satisfied with the outcome.

Despite the obvious benefits this deal was producing and despite the fact that over the many months of negotiation Elsa had come to trust King Albert, she could not help but feel uneasy at the prospect of having foreign troops in her land. Elsa however, had no choice.

She watched the ship for hours as it docked, as the troops were unloaded and put into formation, she watched as their officers issued orders to them all and watched as they were escorted by her royal guard to their barracks and new posts. The nervous feeling in her gut never ceased.

After hours of watching and as the sun crept down into the horizon a knock startled her out of musings.

"Come in," Elsa cringed at the sound of her voice, she sounded scratchy and as if she hadn't spoken in days.

Anna slowly crept into her sister's study and gently shut the door behind her. Elsa was obviously nervous, there was no ice in the room but it was significantly colder than the rest of the castle and Anna had to supress a shiver at the sudden drop.

"Elsa? You okay?"

Elsa turned around to face her sister and nodded slowly, a small smile gracing her features. "I'm sorry Anna, I've just been preoccupied with the arrival of the Albionium troops."

Anna nodded thoughtfully before she broke out in a large smile, "have you seen them? Don't tell Kristoff but there's some real dreamy guys there… not that I would you know… I only have eyes for Kristoff of course… I mean obviously I can appreciate a good looking guy… I mean not that I'd do anything more than that…"

Elsa couldn't help the giggle that escaped at her sister's antics, "Anna don't worry I understand what you mean."

Anna looked bashfully down at her shoes, a small smile on her face, "well I was just you know noticing for you, maybe your true love is down there."

Elsa tensed slightly at this, Anna had no idea, Elsa hadn't told her. Her court tried to parade man after man at her in the hopes she would find one acceptable, marry, and start producing heirs, however, despite their best efforts the Queen never seemed interested in any of them. Elsa knew why, she didn't want to marry a man, never did even as a small girl when her mother would gush about how beautiful a bride she would make, she just didn't know how to tell everyone else that.

Anna didn't seem to notice Elsa's discomfort at the topic and carried on her speech about Albionium men and how tall and handsome they were as Elsa's stomach churned at the prospect of having to marry one of them.

"Anyway, I only came up here because dinner is in like ten minutes and I had a feeling you'd forget all about it again and there's that stupid rule that I can't start eating until you do and I'm starving so you know."

Elsa looked startled that she had somehow managed to waste away most of the day by staring at the arrival of the Albionium soldiers.

"You're right I would have forgotten, it's a good job you're so intuitive."

Anna grinned and took hold of Elsa's arm, dragging her down to the dinner hall with her, Elsa laughing the entire way down.

Captain Anaea Hypatia Forest stepped off the HMS Vanguard and onto Arendelle's gleaming dock. Her troops filed off and got into size order ready to be put into formation. Her good friend, Sergeant Miles Miller took control of the troops and formed them into the ranks ready for Major Luke Byrnes to take over. Anaea made her way over to her third in command, Lieutenant Jimmy O'Neil, another old friend of hers, and discussed the plans for the foreseeable future. The officers and high-ranking NCO's would all be in charge of training Arendelle's new recruits alongside the Captain of Her Majesty's guard Captain Nilsen, and his Lieutenant, Lieutenant Berg.

As they discussed the plans Captain Nilsen marched over and saluted, "Captain Forest, it is an honour to have someone of your reputation come to help train our new recruits."

Anaea saluted back and smiled at the man, "Captain Nilsen, thank you for welcoming us into your city, we await your instructions on where we shall be staying and training."

Anaea and Captain Nilsen marched to the front of the contingent and after brief formalities, Nilsen debriefed her men on where they shall be staying and what was expected of them. The majority of her men would remain as they were, they were to be used as the 'example' so that Arendelle's new recruits could learn from watching how they operated, the officers bar Major Byrnes would go with Anaea and the majority of her high-ranking NCOs to help the current Arendellian military train their massive wave of new recruits.

After hours Anaea's troops were finally settled into their accommodation and had all gathered in the mess for their evening meal. Spirits were high among the troops and the Arendellians appeared to mix well with their Albionium counterparts.

Captain Nilsen sat next to her at the officer's table, smiling slightly at her, "Captain, it is my pleasure to inform you that Her Majesty, Queen Elsa has requested that she be present tomorrow at afternoon inspection. I hope that your men will be at their best for her arrival, Her Majesty is a formidable woman and one I would gladly give my life for, the last thing I want her to think is that Albionium sent their shoddiest men. I am sure that this is not the case what with your reputation in battle and as a commander, however, I just wished to impress the honour that she has bestowed upon us by her presence."

Anaea attempted to give the man her best polite smile, "you have nothing to fear Captain Nilsen, my men are the best in the Albionium army for a reason."

Anaea was sure of her men and well aware of their status as the best in the army. She was a fair commander, she was strict and tough, but the men were better for it, they were the most disciplined, the most skilled, and the smartest the Albionium army had to offer and she was proud of every single one of them.

Nilsen seemed pleased with her response and happily nodded as he began eating his meal. Anaea was aware that Nilsen had been extremely opposed to the Queen's agreement with King Albert to bring them here to help train their new recruits. Nilsen had tried to argue that it was too dangerous to bring so many foreign troops into their capital, and even more dangerous for them to help train the several thousand recruits the Arendellian military found themselves with as they could easily sabotage them from the inside. However, the Queen had no choice, her trained military just could not cope with the sheer numbers of people who needed to be trained and the only viable option appeared to be to accept Albionium's offer of help.

Anaea understood Nilsen's objection, if the tables were turned she was sure she would have reacted much in the same way, if not worse to the Queen's decision. However, as it stood the decision had been made, and even though both Anaea and Nilsen disagreed for their own reasons, there was nothing to be done.

Anaea found herself curious as to what the Queen would be like, she had heard stories of course, everyone alive knew of the events of her coronation. She had heard her fellow officers claim her to be the most beautiful woman alive, and had heard the politicians worry when it came to business with her as she was extremely intelligent and thus impossible to manipulate into a bad deal for herself and her country.

After their meal Anaea called NCOs to her and informed them of the Queen's presence at the inspection, she told her NCOs to be sure to pass this information onto the men in their rooms and impress the importance of the visit on them, if any of them seemed to be under-preforming, or even if one of them had so much as a speck of dirt on their shoes they would be doing press-ups until she personally was satisfied.

After she had spoken with her NCOs Anaea met with her friends, Jimmy, and Luke, to walk back to where the officers would be sleeping. She debriefed them on tomorrow's events on the walk back and after that Luke suggested a game of cards topped with a few glasses of scotch to finish the evening.

They stayed in Luke's quarters until it became too late for them to continue, or as Anaea suspected, because she kept winning and the two men wanted to keep hold of their remaining money before she cleaned them out.

As she lay in bed thinking of tomorrow's events her mind wandered to the Queen and her curiosity surrounding the woman peaked again. Only tomorrow could answer the many questions about the queen that burned in her mind, Anaea soon fell asleep to the sound of the ocean just outside her window and the thought of meeting the famous Queen Elsa tomorrow.