Chapter Two
The castle courtyard was alive with activity as bleachers were brought in for eager spectators to sit in and local merchants set up small kiosks to sell their wares. Kristoff was in a state of awe as he looked at the ring in the center of everything.
Various weights and other workout equipment littered the ring along with huge stone blocks. "I wonder if Hercule will break those." Anna walked up behind him and answered, "He really is the strongest man in the world if he can break those!" A few minutes later Queen Elsa emerged from the castle and slowly walked up to join the others. When Kristoff saw her, he turned around in time for the queen to smile and say, "Happy birthday, Kristoff!" As he hugged her Kristoff answered, "Thank you, Elsa- and thanks for this opportunity to see Hercule up close like this!" to which she replied, "Oh it was nothing. The venue Hercule was originally going to perform in couldn't do the show, and so I offered to let him use the courtyard." As she was speaking Elsa smiled and said, "Plus, it's my birthday present to you!"
At this point Olaf and Sven had joined the group as the snowman hugged Kristoff and yelled, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KRISTOFF!" Right after Olaf did that while attracting the attention of the entire public; Sven came up and licked Kristoff in the face. The mountain man happily rubbed Sven's head and laughed, "Ah thank you, boy! And thank you, Olaf!" A few minutes went by before Anna spoke up; "I think the show's going to start soon. Wanna go sit down, birthday boy?" By the time the group reached their seats, Hercule came out from the castle and struck a heroic pose.
"OH YEAH BABY! HERCULE IS IN THE HOUSE!" The entire crowd went crazy while cheering for the famed hero. When he made his way into the ring he began performing various feats of strength; lifting extremely heavy weights, karate chopping the stone blocks in half, but he saved the best for last.
"ALRIGHT! I heard it's someone's birthday today!"Obviously Hercule was talking about Kristoff as he scanned the audience for the birthday boy. Anna stealthily pointed at Kristoff catching Hercule's attention. He quickly pointed at him saying, "C'mon up, dude! You're gonna be my new volunteer for this next amazing feat!"
When Kristoff got up into the ring he shook Hercule's hand and said, "I'm a really huge fan of yours. This is such an honor, sir." Hercule laughed and replied, "Aw thank you!" then with lightning speed he picked Kristoff up and lifted him over his head. After that he began working out with him as if he was a set of weights. Hercule did a hundred reps before he set Kristoff down and struck another pose, "OH YEAH! THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE!" Meanwhile Kristoff was leaning against one of the turnbuckles vomiting from the motion sickness. After that he turned around he gave a thumbs up saying, "Best birthday…ever!" then as he managed to stumble his way across the ring he shook Hercule's hand again as the celebrity said, "Good job buddy! Oh and happy birthday- HERCULE STYLE BABY!" After he gave Kristoff a high five he quickly turned to one of his assistanst whispering, "Give him one of my autographs!"
When the mountain man sat down he looked over to Elsa and said again, "Best birthday ever!" Anna couldn't help but wonder silently, I wonder if he really is the strongest man, or is there someone stronger….
The ships rapidly closed in on Earth's surface as Saber and Stryker braced for impact. The two spherical objects eventually made contact among a large cluster of trees totally obliterating everything in their path from the high velocity of their landing. A few moments later the ships hit the ground at full force creating two large craters in the middle of the forest. Saber and Stryker didn't waste any time getting out of their spacecrafts as they ascended from the holes in the ground. The two Saiyans were floating up in the air and above the trees as Saber activated his scouter and said, "I'm picking up three large power levels to the west of us." Suddenly the scouter picked up a fourth power level catching the Saiyan off guard.
Seeing the disbelief on his face Stryker asked, "What is it?"
"I'm picking up another power level to the south. It's not as large as Frieza's boys, but it's still massive." Stryker shook his head in disbelief saying, "I thought these humans were supposed to be weak."
"Me too, it just doesn't make any sense."
The younger Saiyan looked to Saber and asked, "So what's the plan?"
"We're going to follow Frieza's men as planned. Sooner or later they're going to find at least one of the Dragon Balls and when they do; we'll make our move…"
"And what about that other power level, whoever it is?" Stryker asked.
"I have a feeling that our friends will take an interest in them sooner or later. We'll get our chance to meet the lucky winner then." Saber answered.
"What makes you think that?" The younger Saiyan asked. Still looking to the south Saber replied, "Because they might know where the next Dragon Ball is."
A few hours later…..
Night had fallen in the kingdom of Arendelle but the group was just getting warmed up celebrating Kristoff's birthday. Elsa and Anna had planned the entire day out for him and they made sure that it was going to be a day he would remember for the rest of his life. After watching Hercule's show, the group went into the castle and packed enough food and other supplies to take with them for their next activity. They were going to go visit Kristoff's troll family and have a picnic/birthday party for him. As Kristoff drove the sleigh through the outskirts of town Anna smiled at him and asked, "So are you enjoying your first birthday as a married man?"
"Are you kidding? It's been the best birthday ever! I got to meet Hercule, eat tons of free chocolate at the candy store in town, and on top of that; you did that one thing for me this morning…" He said with sly smile indicating what he was talking about. Anna blushed and playfully shushed him as she giggled. The two of them stealthily looked over to Elsa to see if she caught on.
"Gross." The queen jokingly smiled and said.
Eventually the sleigh reached the Trolls domain and Kristoff pulled it to a stop. As he did, hundreds of round stones began rolling toward them. When they got close the stones unrolled and popped open revealing their tiny troll bodies. "Kristoff's here!" One of them yelled causing more trolls to roll down and greet the birthday boy. That was when the head troll Pabbie emerged and greeted Kristoff.
"Pabbie!" Kristoff said as he ran up and hugged him.
"Happy birthday my boy- It's great to see you as well Anna!" He quickly noticed Elsa and bowed saying, "And it's an honor seeing you, you're highness!" The queen calmly smiled saying, "Please. There's no need to bow- we're family now!" After she said that the tolls relaxed and swarmed the group with love.
Kristoff's troll mother, Bulda waddled up to Elsa and randomly asked, "Honey, when are you going to find yourself a man like Anna and settle down yourself?" The queen was totally unprepared for that question as she stumbled back and stuttered, "I uh- I don't know… It's not that easy you know." Thankfully Olaf managed to grab Bulda's attention as he ran up for a hug.
While Olaf's love fest dragged in several other trolls Elsa couldn't help but frown at Bulda's question. Truth be told Elsa did want to find someone and settle down. But there just wasn't anyone that she really fancied. Although she had her family made up of Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven- she really did feel lonely deep down inside. She quickly shook the thought off and pressed on with the evening.
The party continued for another hour before everyone settled down and gathered around Kristoff. Pabbie took the opportunity and spoke up, "For the longest time we've been trying to figure out what we could get you for your birthday… but we just couldn't seem to agree what to give you-"
"I wanted to give you my kidney stone!" One of the trolls interjected in a low voice.
Pabbie looked at him strangely then continued, "Yes umm- Anyway after endless debates and disagreements I felt like I needed some space and so I took a very long walk; and during my walk I found something… Bring it in!" Suddenly several trolls brought in a strange golden ball with four red stars on it. The object was unlike anything they'd ever seen before as the group continued eyeing it carefully. "What is it?" Anna asked.
"It's cool!" Olaf said with amazement.
Kristoff smiled and replied, "Thank you so much, Grand Pabbie- and thank you all!" He said addressing the other trolls. After he hugged Pabbie and Bulda everyone began singing.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to youuu! Happy birthday, dear Kristoff-" The entire collective took a quick rest and attempted to finish the final line to the song when a sinister voice seemingly sang out of nowhere,
"-Happy birthday to youuu!"
It caused everyone to look up and gasp in shock and panic as they saw three strange creatures floating over their heads laughing manically.
