REIGN
CHAPTER 2
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"Queen Mercedes we have landed." The captain bowled a few days after the ship had begun sailing.
Mercedes eyes widened when she had noticed that the ship was docked and she could clearly see the castle.
"Are you okay?" The captain asked, noticing her hesitation.
"Huh? Me? Yes I'm fine. Thanks for the concern."
"You're welcome. Now shall I get your bags?"
"I can get my bags."
Mercedes once again tried to carry her bags and she once again failed. She landed on the floor with another thud.
The captain tried to hold in the chuckle and cleared his throat.
"Um…as much fun it is to watch you attempt to carry your bags. We should get you to the castle."
Embarrassed, Mercedes got up and let the captain hand her bags to some guards.
"Right this way M'lady." The guards said letting her walk in front of them.
The walk to the castle entrance felt like a never-ending passageway and Mercedes's confidence meter wasn't exactly high.
"You seem scared." A guard whispered.
"Why do you say that?" Mercedes asked nervously.
"Well you're trembling like a baby dear and you're walking slower than a snail."
"Am I?"
"Yup, but don't worry. You're going to be okay."
Mercedes's cheeks blushed as she picked up her pace and walked into the entrance.
Elsa stood patiently in the throne room with Anna who was busy talking to her.
"Queen Elsa and Princess Anna are in the throne room." A servant said leading the nervous young queen.
The servant slowly opened the door and smiled at Mercedes nervously.
"Wait a minute…I'm going to be in their alone with them? No witnesses? Not even one?" Mercedes asked nervously.
The servant chuckled and patted her on the head.
"You're funny. Obviously we're going to give you three some privacy."
Mercedes sighed and entered the room.
Poster! Poster! Have good poster you little snip! They'll automatically hate you!
She internally yelled at herself, lucky for her she did a good job acting elegant and calm.
"Queen Elsa and Princess Anna it is a pleasure to meet you." Mercedes smiled once she reached the two women.
Anna internally awed when she saw her and instantly smiled warmly.
"Queen Mercedes it is also a pleasure to meet you as well. I am glad you chose to visit Arendelle." Elsa said with an elegant smile.
"Me too!" Anna chimed in, her voice sounding almost child-like.
"Well I am also glad I came to Arendelle. From what I've seen it's really beautiful." Mercedes said trying to control her rapid heartbeat.
"Thank you." Elsa and Anna said at the same time.
"You're welcome."
"So now that we've met we'll send someone to go show you to your room." Anna said happily.
As if on cue a servant came in and offered to take Mercedes to her room.
"Wow….that works." Anna blinked.
Mercedes and the kind servant walked through the halls silently until he broke the quietness.
"So what do you think about Queen Elsa and Princess Anna?" He asked.
"I don't know they seem nice."
The servant just nodded and opened the door to her room. It was pretty big and had a lot of space for her to move around.
"Thank you." Mercedes said as the servant bowed and left.
Instantly Mercedes flopped on top of the bed and laid there motionless.
"Really Anna?" Elsa asked watching her sister grab a bag of clothes and accessories.
"Yup! You see I've always wanted a human sized doll and Queen Mercedes is perfect." Anna grinned
"So you're just gonna barge in the room and dress her up like a doll?" Elsa asked.
"Is that wrong?"
"I don't know. It seems a little weird. She might not even like you."
Anna scoffed. "She probably loves me. Now if you excuse me, it's dress up time."
Anna happily skipped away with her items in her hands.
Elsa groaned. "I have to make sure she does nothing crazy." She said dragging her feet.
Anna knocked on the door loudly and giggled.
"Come in, whoever it is." Mercedes groaned.
"Hello Queen Mercedes what are you up to?" Anna asked.
"I'm just lying here."
"That sounds boring."
"A little."
"I know how you can have fun."
"How?"
"You can play dress up with me."
Mercedes raised an eyebrow and sighed.
"Will that make you happy?" Mercedes asked.
"Yes."
"Then I'll do it."
Anna squealed excitedly.
"Oh my God! Oh my God! Here, put this dress on."
Mercedes grabbed the dress and went to go change over and over again. Each time, Anna awed and pinched her cheeks.
"You're adorable!" Anna squealed
"Princess Anna, I am not adorable. I'm a woman, not a child." Mercedes said almost confidently.
"Well you're an adorable woman." Anna corrected.
"Good enough."
"Okay, now try on this dress." Anna squealed.
Luckily for Mercedes, Elsa came to the rescue.
"Anna leave the poor girl alone." She said trying to hold in a giggle.
Anna sadly sighed. "Fine."
Mercedes lightly smiled and flopped right back on the bed.
"Anyway…I'm sorry I wasn't able to talk about any trade deals with you today Queen Mercedes. I'm hoping we can do that tomorrow."
"Okay." Mercedes whispered.
"And also, it's dinner time.'
Mercedes nervously got up from her bed and tried to felt like a tiny little girl next to her and wanted to crawl back in her bed desperately.
"Follow me!" Anna screamed.
Mercedes forgot to change out of the puffy little dress that made her look like a little girl from a fairy tale.
"I hope Anna hasn't bothered you too much. She can get a little crazy sometimes." Elsa apologized.
"It's okay. I-I-I-I-I w-w-w-was b-bored anyway." Mercedes stuttered.
Elsa sensed her nervousness and smiled, trying to let her know that she wasn't going to bite her but Mercedes just stared at the ground.
During dinner Elsa, and Anna sat where they normally did and Mercedes sat a crossed from both of them. So far everything was fine, until a giant gruff man by the name of Kristoff walked into the room. Mercedes felt shivers down her spine and her heart thought it was going to burst.
"I'm not late am I?" Kristoff asked taking a seat next to Anna.
"Nope, you're right on time." Anna answered.
Mercedes dropped her fork and shrunk into her seat.
"Oh yeah I forgot! Kristoff this is Queen Mercedes, Queen Mercedes this is Kristoff." Anna said introducing them.
"Hi." Kristoff greeted.
"Hello." Mercedes whispered.
"It's nice to meet you."
"You too."
Mercedes was a little proud of herself for being able to talk to him, so far she was starting to feel comfortable around everybody.
Everybody except Elsa.
Elsa cleared her throat and attempted to start a conversation.
"So, how was your ship ride?" She asked.
Mercedes gulped. "Uh, it was good. Very good."
"Nice to know. So how long have you been queen?"
"Almost three months. Time flies seems like just yesterday I was getting-."
Mercedes put her hand over her mouth so that she wouldn't finish her sentence. Her face became redder than a tomato and her stomach dropped.
"Okay…Anyway I'm sure you've gotten used to it. Right?"
Mercedes bit her lip. Was there a right answer?
"Yes, of course I have. Ha, ha just me and my Queendom. Am I right?"
Mercedes mentally scolded herself and pinched her arm underneath the tablecloth.
What she didn't know is that Elsa saw her.
"Yeah...I guess."
Anna and Kristoff were too busy devouring their food to notice Elsa and Mercedes sitting there awkwardly. They didn't say a word to each other for the rest of dinner.
That night Elsa and Anna were in Anna's room, both in their night gowns. They were supposed to be asleep hours ago but they decided to chat for a while.
"Anna can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"Do you think Queen Mercedes is scared of me?"
"Scared of you? No. Why would you think that?"
"Well every time I talk to her she looks like she's just seen a ghost."
"Pssh, she's just shy in general." Anna assured.
"Okay, but even when I stood next to her she shriveled up and stared at the ground."
"Again it's because she's shy."
"She didn't do that towards you."
"She probably did, maybe she just hid it better."
Elsa thought about for a few seconds and decided to just shrug it off.
"Well goodnight Anna, I should be going to my room now." Elsa said as she rose from the bed.
"Okay, good night Elsa! Sweet dreams."
Elsa smiled at her sister and softly shut the door. Soon she walked through the dark hallways to go to her room.
It was silent and still until she bumped into something and fell on the ground.
"Ow." Elsa groaned.
"Oh my God, who's that?" A person screamed trying to back away frantically.
It took Elsa a few seconds to realize whose voice it was.
"Queen Mercedes is that you?"
"Queen Elsa? What's going on?"
"It seems we've bumped into each other since it's so dark."
"Oh, I-I-I'm s-sorry." Mercedes squeaked.
"It's okay." Elsa said as she got up.
Nearby laid a lantern that Elsa quickly used to see where Mercedes was.
"Are you alright?" Mercedes asked.
"Yes. Are you?"
"Yes."
"I thought you were in your room sleeping."
"I c-c-couldn't sleep so I decided to take a walk around the castle and then I got lost."
"Oh, well come on. I'll bring you to your room."
"O-O-Okay."
"So you can't sleep?"
"No."
"Is this the only day you're not able to sleep?"
"Well honestly…no. And every time I do sleep, I get nightmares."
Elsa's eyebrow raised.
"About what?"
Mercedes hesitated, she couldn't really tell her what her nightmares were about.
"Scary…people." Mercedes said. It wasn't a lie.
"Oh… well I heard meditating can help you sleep better and get rid of nightmares."
"Meditating…hmm, not a bad idea."
Elsa smiled at her as they walked closer to the guest room Mercedes was staying in.
Still, there was a question Elsa wanted to ask her, she just didn't know how to ask it.
Are you scared of me?
Why are you scared of me?
Would you by any chance be intimidated by me?
Do I scare you?
Why did you pinch yourself?
All those ways seemed wrong, so she decided not to ask it.
Mostly the reason was that she didn't know how Mercedes would answer. Even if she was scared of her, she'd probably wouldn't admit it. Plus, Mercedes would probably be embarrassed to know that Elsa saw her pinch herself.
"Well you've arrived at your destination." Elsa joked once they had arrived at the room.
Mercedes smiled and opened the door.
"Thank you Queen Elsa. I hoped I haven't annoyed you today." Mercedes whispered.
"Don't worry you haven't. I hope you haven't been annoyed today."
"I haven't. Being Princess Anna's human doll made me feel important."
"Really? By the look on your face you looked like you were about choke her."
"That's not a lie." Mercedes said, fiddling with her necklace.
Elsa chuckled. "Good night."
"Good night."
And with that Elsa walked back to her room as Mercedes closed the door.
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