Disclaimer: I in no way, shape or form own Warehouse 13 or Frozen, nor am I in any way, shape or form profiting from this story.
Prologue:
Inventory in the warehouse was a never-ending task, a chore that was never finished and an entry on a to-do list that could never be completely crossed off. Most of the time Claudia didn't mind doing inventory. Usually because she could always find someway to make it entertaining; there were just so many fascinating artifacts that did some awesome-sauce or just plain odd things. But, occasionally, not even the wackiest of artifacts could relieve the boredom of taking inventory.
This was the internal monologue running through Claudia's head - and since when did she start referring to herself in the third person? - as she checked the item number for a very old-looking book. Since nothing else in this aisle, or the last three, had been out-of-place or needed attention, Claudia's not-so-graceful jump when the inventory software indicated an issue with the recently scanned artifact with a loud beeping could probably be excused.
"Jeebers, are you sure in the wrong place." Claudia remarked to the book, sitting innocently on the shelf. "How in the multi-verse did you manage to get out of the Escher Vault?"
"Personal Journal of the Snow Queen? Well that's a bit of a pretentious title...or wait, wasn't that a fairy tale?"
Claudia snapped on some neutralizer gloves and gently pulled the ancient text off the shelf and examined it. It was a fairly ordinary looking book as far as ancient, personal journals of royalty went. She could faintly make out a faded blue snowflake embossed on the spine.
"Really keeping with the snowy theme there, aren't ya?"
Setting the journal back on the shelf, Claudia turned back to the information the inventory system had brought up to try to figure out what to do with the misplaced item.
"Well, well well. Says here there's a portrait of your royal snowyness in the Art Gallery. Shall we go see what your illustrious icyness looked like?"
Claudia had never been one to ignore a mystery, or her own curiosity, and sure, it had gotten her in trouble before, but that was no reason not to go check out this portrait, right?
