Chapter 1
Conceal Don't Feel
Boys. That's right boys from all over the country, no, all over the HEMISPHERE will be here to try and win me over. Really? I don't see a rule anywhere in the books that I have to marry against my will. I wonder how Anna is taking this… Why is it that I seem like this is a rip off of some cheesy TV show where a girl has to pick from a bunch of men the man of her dreams? DOESN'T THAT SOUND FIMALIAR! Wow…
I pull on a blue gown that matches nicely with my hair. Carefully I place my hair up high and attach a pretty blue flower clip my mother gave me to keep the hair up. Perfect but still… I don't want to impress the boys. What if they smell? *Gasp* WHAT IF ONE OF THEM KIDNAPS ANNA!
"Princess? Are you almost ready?" Lucy my favorite maid barges in and looks at me and makes this tisking noise. "There are a few handsome boys downstairs waiting to take you to the Arendelle Fair. The least you could do is make an effort to show those beautiful eyes! Anna did and you're in line for the Queen!" She sat me down in front of my vanity and started applying eyeliner, her lips making a straight line as she worked on my eyes.
Alright so what if I'm in line for the title of Queen? Does a boy have to stand beside me as King? What if… I don't even like him or he doesn't like me but he wants the throne? What if he tries to kill Anna and I for the crown? Psh, like that will ever happen. I'm over thinking this. You need to pull yourself together, Elsa. Stay strong for your sister. Stay strong for Arendelle. Conceal don't feel… alright I can do this!
I CAN'T DO THIS!
You can't just force two people to love each other after a day! I want to hurl an ice spike at whoever forced this upon me.
I wonder if the other Princesses will be there to laugh at me… oh god. Ariel and Aurora will surly get a kick out of watching me make a fool out of myself. ARIEL MADE OUT WITH A STATUE OF HER HUSBAND SHE SHOULD BE ONE TO TALK AND AURORA WAS THE DUMBASS TO TOUCH A NEEDLE AND WHAT'S HIS FACE HAD TO GO RESCUE HER.
Conceal don't feel, Elsa. Conceal don't… feel. Who cares if they laugh at me? I'll be Queen. They won't be queen, I will.
"Now you look stunning, Elsa. They'll be head over heels for you." Lucy gushed and I looked at myself in the mirror. Red lipstick and black eyeliner, oh yeah I can't do this. I put on my gloves and lift myself up plastering a huge fake smile on my face. "Ready?"
"No but we can't postponed fate can we?" I replied and Lucy only smiled as she hugged me.
"He's out there somewhere. He may not be here but he is searching for you." She whispered in my ear. HA IF ONLY SHE KNEW!
On my way down to meet everyone at the gates I look out the window and see Anna smiling… She's running around meeting all the boys and introducing herself. I smile watching her as boys gawk over her. She's much better at these kind of things than I am so why am I forced into this?
I could take my time since Princess Mia told me that a Princess is never late, everyone else is simply early but then I would get scowled at by that man with the funny toupee. It's time to hide my feelings inside and act like the Princess Arendelle looks up too. My powers are a setback, an excuse to fall in love. I will never fall in love or I could lose him… That feeling… I could never bear it.
"Ladies and gentleman, Princess Elsa!" The announcer shouted as I walked through the palace doors and saw the hundreds of faces waiting for me. The shouts were defying but Anna was the first to approach me with a man behind her.
"Elsa… I would like you to meet Hans." Anna gleamed and this guy bowed in front of me. Sideburns. This Hans guy I had sideburns. I held in an outrageous laugh and instead smiled.
"Nice to meet you, Hans."
"It is a pleasure, my lady." Hans replied as he smiled at Anna with admiration. Oh boy…
"Princess! I present my six sons!" An older looking man said pulling my attention away from my sister. His sons ranged from age but the looks remained the same. Was the youngest twelve or something?! I sighed and smiled as each bowed and handed me a white rose, how sweet.
I slowly met the forty or so guys who were here for my throne, I mean me. A few were eye candies but none of them really caught my attention. No, I'm not picky or anything I just want a man who is smart, brave, funny and understands my… problem.
"SO! Any guys catching your attention yet?" Rapunzel asked as she directed me to the circle of girls known as the Princesses with beautiful husbands. Cinderella lost a lot of weight since her sixth kid, wow Mulan looks great in red. Dammit, Elsa. Pull yourself together.
"No…" I replied smoothly.
"Aw… You'll find someone, Elsa! Hey how come you didn't attend Belle's Christmas party last week?" Ariel asked. Because that stupid annoying fairy ornament in her castle annoys the hell out of me, that's why.
"I had the flu…" I replied and looked around at the boys who were play fighting or entering the fair that was taking place in the village. Rapunzel, the only Princess I actually liked handed me a chute of champagne and I took it a little too quickly, her eyebrow went up in suspension. "Hey where is all the guys?" There that should change the awkward situation.
"Oh you know, probably riding horses or starting fights at the fair. Who knows? We're here for you!" Rapunzel smiled and took a sip of champagne. She wrapped her arm around mine and we both headed into the fair when something bumped into me from behind and I crashed into the ground. The chute shattered and I think my dress ripped from Rapunzel stepping on it but I landed on the cold brick ground in a heap.
"Oh my gosh! Are you alright?!" A man asked from behind me.
"HOW RUDE OF YOU! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!" Rapunzel hissed as she picked herself up. I rubbed my head; the clip stabbed my head slightly from the fall. I grabbed the waiting hand and helped myself up and looked into the pretty gray eyes before me.
"Hi, I'm Jack. I'm sorry for banging into you like that. Wow this is embarrassing… Uh…" He rubbed his white hair as I dusted myself off. This guy was handsome and I mean drop dead gorgeous! "So…"
"Hi, I'm Elsa." I shook his hand and smiled. Was that a spark I felt in my chest?
"Elsa? Hey I'm here to meet you. The moon kind of told me that I had to see you, I don't know why but…"
"You talk to the moon?" I asked. Wow okay… he's strange.
"Well he kind of talks to me I don't really reply back."
"Is that supposed to be some pick up line? Wow Flynn did much better and I beat him with a pan before he started throwing flirty words at me." Rapunzel said rolling her eyes.
"You beat him with a pan? Wow your relationship must be going well. Let me guess you were kept in a tower?" Jack smirked at her. Boom got her. Rapunzel glared at him and turned back to the group of Princesses who were staring at me and Jack. Was that jealously all over their faces? Awesome. Serves them right. I looked at Jack who was picking up this stick with a curve and looked like a large cane. He looked familiar…
"So… your palace looks breathtaking." Jack said looking up at my castle.
"Thanks. I think Belle's castle is prettier though." I replied.
"Nah, her castle is cold and smells of decaying wood. The tooth fairy brought me there once to snag Princess Fiona's teeth."
"Wait… what?" I replied looking at him confused. Yeah I believed in the fairy of teeth and Santa Clause, I met those two alright? Easter Bunny? Yep and he's cranky. I've met Sandman once before my parents died. He came over to cure Anna from having the same nightmare over and over again. How did Jack know who the Tooth Fairy was?
"Yeah, she's my friend. All the guardians are my friends, well except the Easter Bunny. We don't talk to each other unless we have to and…" I blocked out his voice as realization hit me. I'm standing in front of the guy who is just like me. The guy who lived through the heart break and isolation I'm still trying to recover from. He's…
I'm standing in front of Jack Frost.
