Welcome to my series of Frozen one-shots. Just a series of ideas that never made it into my main stories, "Frozen 2: the Snow Queen" and "Frozen 3: the Dark Mirror", as well as smaller stories that just came to me.

This series is based on my previous two Frozen stories, but some relate to just after the movie an before my stories. I'll let you know if the particular one-shot pertains to my two stories or not. This first one does not pertain to it, as it takes place before my stories begins and just after the events of the movie.

So, let's begin...

Courting

It has been almost four weeks since the Great Thaw, and the sisters have begun re-building their relationship. Another relationship, however, was budding. Kristoff and Anna had known each other since the Great Thaw, and it has become apparent that their is a certain romance between the two. At first, Anna was hesitant, given the results of her first relationship (Though anyone with common sense can see it was not really a relationship). But, after some soul searching, and some sisterly advice from her more mature sister, Anna had come to trust her feelings again and move on with this relationship.

According to Arendellian tradition, however, it is the man who must ask permission from the parents of the woman to begin courting, or in this case, Anna's older, ice powered sister, who is also the queen. So, he might have been a little nervous...

"Kristoff, you're pail" observed Anna as she walked him over to Elsa's study.

"I'm not, it's just, I haven't been getting any sun lately" lied Kristoff. In reality, he was petrified. He had never been in a relationship before. Now, he was going to ask the queen, who can freeze him with a flick of her wrist, to permission to court her younger sister, a princess. What's more was the fact that he still knew so little about the queen. He would occasionally meet her, but he knew little about her.

"Kristoff, stop worrying! She loves you! You saved my life, remember?"

"Yeah, and she's also the overprotective sister."

"Kristoff, she's not overprotective! I mean, she's concerned for my well being, but come on, we hadn't been together in twelve years! She's just antisocial. You'll be fine!" she said, pushing him to Elsa's door.

"Are you sure she'll be OK with us dating?"

"Oh, I, of course I'm sure!" she said, with a bit of hesitation in her voice. "Besides, you're the one taking the risk!" she said, knocking on Elsa's door.

"What?" he asked as she ran away. He was now alone.

"Who is it?" asked Elsa from behind the door. Kristoff froze, not saying a word.

"Hello?" she asked again, walking to the door.

"Uh..." was all Kristoff could get out. Then, the door opened.

"Kristoff?" asked Elsa, puzzled.

"Queen Elsa!" he greeted nervously, almost forgetting to bow.

"Kristoff, I told you, you don't have to bow, and call me Elsa. You're a friend here."

This did not help calm his nerves.

"Uh, OK, Qu...Elsa" he said awkwardly.

silence.

"Did you want to ask me something?" she asked, arms crossed.

"Oh, right, I, uh... you're maj...Elsa. I mean to, no wait, I need..." he sputtered. He smacked his head in frustration.

"I'm not to picky about grammar, Kristoff, just tell me what it is" she asked, half annoyed.

Kristoff breathed in. "Iwanttodateyoursister!" he got out without spaces between his words. He froze, closing his eyes, waiting for the worse.

Elsa was no frozen. Deciphering Kristoff's mumbled sentence, she realized what he was asking. She was half expecting this, seeing how much time the two have been spending together.

"Kristoff, could you please step into my study?" she asked.

Kristoff gulped; his fear level just shot through the roof. He nodded, and cautiously entered.

Meanwhile, Anna had been spying from the corner of the hall. She watched as Kristoff entered Elsa's study.

"What have I done!" she said to herself in panic.

Kristoff walked in, while Elsa closed the door behind him. Switching to survival instinct, he wondered if he could survive a three story fall from her window, his only escape route.

"Please take a seat" said Elsa, looking down. He noticed that her tone had changed drastically, not longer slightly annoyed, but stiff and firm.

Without question, Kristoff sat down. He noticed that the room got a little colder. As Elsa walked towards him, he noticed how ice spread out from her feat.

"Kristoff, could you please ask me what you wanted again?" she asked. She leaned against the wall from him.

"I, would like, your permission to court Anna" he got out. Somehow, saying it the second time was even more nerve wreaking.

Elsa nodded her head again. The room was silent for a few minutes, neither party speaking. Kristoff shivered as the room grew more cold. Elsa finally noticed the ice at her feat and Kristoff's shivering.

"Oh! I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed, waving her hands up and thawing the ice from the room.

"Sorry about that. I'm still having some, difficulties in stressful situations."

"I understand" said Kristoff. He had somehow grew a little more comfortable, seeing how nervous he had made Elsa.

Elsa sighed. "So, you want to court Anna?" she asked.

He nodded. "Yes, I have grown found of her, and I want the chance of getting to know her better."

Elsa nodded. "Kristoff, listen, I trust you. I mean, I don't know you that well, and Anna's first love interest was, well..."

"A sociopathic maniac?"

Elsa nodded. "Yeah, that. Well, I believe Anna still has some growing up to do. Part of it was my fault; because of me, she hasn't had much experience in the real world."

"She doesn't blame you" he somehow said. He instantly froze, not knowing where that came from. He instantly started berating himself for it.

Elsa, however, perked up. "She doesn't."

Kristoff shook his head.

"Could you elaborate?"

Kristoff now wished he had kept his mouth shut. "Well, she tells me, about you two. She tells me how you... sacrificed years of your life, for her." Kristoff was jerky in his words. He had not expected the conversation would go like this at all. He was expecting three options: either a simple yes, no, or frozen in one place.

Elsa nodded. "She shares a lot of things with you, doesn't she?"

Kristoff nodded.

Elsa sighed again. "And you care for her?"

Kristoff looked up. "Yes."

Elsa nodded, then paused.

"Kristoff, please understand, I'm responsible for Anna, but I have little experience with these sort of things... But I do trust you, and I feel like I know you enough to trust you with my sister."

Kristoff perked up at this.

"In short, I'm not her mother, but I am responsible for her, both as her sister and the queen. I, I bless your courtship. You have my permission" she breathed out.

Kristoff froze in shock. Did she just say what he thought she did?

"I, have permission?" he asked.

"I'm not sure how much more clear I could be!" she smiled. She herself couldn't believe that she was able to go through with it.

"I, uh, thank you. Thank you!" exclaimed Kristoff. He would have hugged her, but he remembered how she felt about human contact.

Elsa simply nodded, gesturing for him to leave.

Relieved, Kristoff moved to leave the room. Just as he was about to exit the room, however, he found his feet frozen to a sheet of ice on the floor.

"Wha...?" he asked, before the ice turned around 180 degrees. He was now being forced in the direction of Elsa. He saw how she used her powers to bring him in closer, his adrenaline running. His plan of running to the window was no longer an option.

"But listen to me!" she said sternly, almost into his face, pointing her finger. "If you ever, hurt Anna, or break her heart, I will hunt you down, freeze you into a block of ice, and throw you into some ice cave miles from here, never to see the light of day again, do you understand?"

Kristoff, seeing his whole life flash before him, nodded. "No, I mean, yes, I understand. I'll never hurt Anna!"

Elsa smiled, then thawed the ice. "Just checking. Now, go tell her the news!" she said, suddenly with a happy demeanor, as if that never happened. "Oh, and don't tell anyone else; I'm supposed to make these sort of things official before you can start courting."

"Uh, OK" he said, not sure of what to make of all of this. He turned and left the room, where Anna was waiting for him.

"So, how did it go?" she asked innocently.

"She said, yes... I guess we're going out now?" He was still shaken up by the ordeal.

"YES!" she squealed. She grabbed him and kissed him. Then, she ran off to Elsa's study, opening the door.

"Oh, thank you Elsa!" she yelled, hugging her sister, catching her of balance.

"Well, I couldn't say no to a couple as cute as you two, now can I?" she said happily. "Just, don't spend too much time together, we still have plenty to catch up on."

"Of course we won't! Don't you worry, we are going to have all the time in the world!" said Anna as the two sisters hugged.

Kristoff was looking through the door at the two. He noticed how happy Elsa seemed about the whole thing. Did she mean what she told him, or was she just messing with him? Why was he even worried? He only wanted to make Anna happy, never dreaming of hurting her.

He was now dating a princess; what surprises life can throw.

This was inspired by a song I heard the other day, "Cleaning this Gun" by Rodney Adkins. Made me wonder, what would Elsa, the protective mother figure of Anna, do when Kristoff asked for permission to date Anna.

Hope you liked it, and don't forget to review.