Chapter 1

Skating with Whales

Second Chapter. Now we return to Arendelle, and some familiar faces we all know and love...


Arendelle was business as usual in the late fall. The trees have already changed color and were dropping their leaves in preparation for winter. The town was full of carts and wagon loads of food and vegetables from the fall harvest, with farmers selling them to the markets in town and the traders in the ships at the bay. Some of the townspeople were decorating the trees and buildings with ribbons of red and gold colors; they were getting ready for the fall festival, a three day event where Arendelle celebrates the harvest and the return of the ice harvesters, since ice is no longer needed, at least from the high mountains.

It has been 16 months since the coronation of Queen Elsa and the great winter that covered the land for three days. Since then, Elsa since gotten control over her powers and has opened the gates to the castle. She and princess Anna has since rebuild their relationship since their 12 years of isolation. They were actually walking through town that day, looking for something for Kristoff, Anna's boyfriend, who was coming home for winter. They walked into one of the stores in town...

The store was small, but it was well stocked with many gift items on the shelves; from clothing to clocks to small sculptures. It had two isles of things, while the rest of the walls were packed with shelves and merchandise.

"Hey, how about this reindeer sculpture? It looks just like Sven!" asked Elsa, who was scanning the shelves, trying to help her sister.

"No, I gave him one for his birthday already" Anna replied.

As they walked through the store, someone bowed out of respect. Elsa curtsied in response, but Anna just waved, too busy to notice. Elsa was going to say something, but she just rolled her eyes, knowing Anna didn't mean any disrespect.

"Well, how about these boots? His old ones are falling apart" asked Elsa.

"No, I already asked, he won't give those up for anything; he's apparently attached to them."

Elsa paused for a second. "You know, he's not a very materialistic person, is he."

"I know!" replied Anna, as if it were a flaw.

"You know that's not technically a bad thing, just get him something simple, like a scarf or a book."

"But I want something special for him. You don't just give people gifts for the heck of it."

Elsa gave a puzzled look to Anna, "You know, the Fall Festival is not a gift giving holiday, right?"

"Yeah, but it's the start of his vacation, and it get lonely up there in the mountains."

"Then just get him something simple, like, like…"

"This!" yelled Anna as she dashed passed her sister and grabbed a scarf of a shelf.

"It's perfect! Look, it's got the same pattern as his sled. He'll love it."

"Finally!" said Elsa, "does that mean we're done?"

"Oh, don't be so dramatic, we've only been out for what, 20 minutes?"

"Try four hours" answered a cheerful voice.

The sisters looked around and saw Olaf coming in.

"Hi Olaf" said Anna.

"Wait, four hours?" asked Elsa.

"Yeah. Oh, and Kai told me to tell you that you're late."

"Oh my gosh, the meeting!" exclaimed Elsa, realizing the time. "Anna, buy the scarf and get going!"

"Ugh, do we have to go?"

"Quit whining, we only have these meetings once a month, and it's not like you have something better to do."

Anna quickly gave the money to the clerk and followed her sister out the door.

"Yeah, but they last forever, and I hardly ever understand what they say anyway!"

"Not if you listen and not sleep through the. All we need to do is to listen and say yes or no and we're done."

Olaf looked on as his friend's left. "Ok, catch up with you later!" he called out as they left. He then turned to hear voices calling his name.

"Hey guys, it's the snowman! Let's get him!" the children cried in a playful, yet menacing manner."

Olaf, however, was less than enthusiastic. "No, stop right there! Jimmy, I'll tell your mother... AHHH!" he screamed as he ran away from the boys.


The meeting took place in the conference room. It was small, with a few minor decorations around the room with a long table in the center. At the end of the table was a large chair, with a slightly smaller chair next to it. This is where Elsa and Anna were sitting, listening to the ambassadors explain the current status of other kingdoms and Arendelle's relationships to them. They had on formal dresses, but nothing fancy, with Elsa wearing her crown, which she had since retrieved from her Ice palace. She only wears it now for official occasions, leaving it in her room most of the time. Elsa usually just answered for both of them, since Anna could care less about trade and politics. Elsa was new to the talk business of trade and politics, but she was learning quickly. As the next ambassador gave his report, Elsa looked to her sister who had snoozed of again. She gave a small kick to her sister to wake, to which Anna would jerk herself up.

As the last dignitary finished his statement, Anna looked hopeful that the meeting would be over, only to be interrupted by bad news…

"That's it for the reports, your majesty, but there is a matter we have to attend to." Said the elderly Andar, the head councilman.

"Oh?" asked Elsa, anxious to hear it out, "what is it?"

"Well, my lady, there are… rumors… floating around about you" he said. She could tell that he did not want to bring this up. "...That you want to expand our borders."

"Expand?, you mean by military means?" she responded, still trying to grasp the meaning, fearing the worse.

"That's insane...!" exclaimed Anna, to everyone's surprise. Anna, feeling uncomfortable with all those eyes on her, slowly finished "...I mean, we don't even have an army, and are guards aren't really battle ready..." she remembered that there were two guards who were guarding the door. She turned and spoke to them apologetically, "...Not that that's a bad thing! wait... I mean, not that you're not..." then she just sighed "...I'll just stop now"

Elsa just rolled her eyes and gave a slight smile, then her focus turned back to the matter at hand...

"They know we don't have an army..." continued Andar "... but they assume that we don't need one, since, well, if I may be so bold your majesty, you have your powers…" To this, Elsa just stared, not knowing what to think. She thought that this was past her, that everyone had accepted her, but aparently she was mistaken.

"What?!" she asked, looking down briefly trying to take this in. "How long have they had these notions?"

"The rumors never stopped since your coronation, but only recently have they been taken seriously"

Another ambassador spoke up "It's because of Weselton, your majesty...they've been spreading all sorts of lies and rumors ever since we cut off trade with them!"

"In truth, your Majesty" spoke up Andar, "is that several kingdoms are threatening to cut off trade altogether. They are afraid that you are…" he paused, trying to avoid eye contact "…dangerous."

At this, Elsa slunk down in frustration. Anna looked to her sister for a response, but she could see that she was in another place. After the Great Winter, Elsa formally apologized to all the dignitaries, and many accepted and forgot, but now that fear was starting to creep back into their hearts again. She did not know what lies the Duke had spread about her, but one word came to mind, "monster". She felt that same pain she felt on her coronation night, then she felt that same fear start to creep back into her heart...

Anna saw her sister slunk down in her chair and her eyes glare down at the table, slightly looking from side to side, as if remembering something. Anna looked down at her hands to see that there was ice forming on her chair arms. Immediately, she knew she had to snap Elsa out of it…

"Why would they believe that weasel?" Anna exclaimed, "Doesn't everyone remember that he tried to have Elsa killed!?"

"He had his own spin of words" said the ambassador. "Unfortunately, Weselton's relations have been more outgoing than ours have been."

Because of my isolation Elsa thought. Arendelle's relations prior to her coronation has been stretched thin, having been run by the council rather than herself. Weselton's words were more trusted than her own.

"Well, then, we should fix that" said Anna. "Let's..."

then an awkward silence followed. She hadn't thought about what to say now, she just wanted to help Elsa out. Then, as she looked outside and saw the decorations going up, she slowly put together:

"lets…uh… invite them to the fall festival!" She immediately closed her eyes in frustration. What was I thinking? she thought. But then she felt reassurance when the elderly ambassador spoke up.

"That's actually a good idea!" One of the ambassadors said.

Anna looked up "Say what now?" she whispered. She looked over to Elsa for reassurance and saw that she was alert again, quickly thawing her iced chair.

"Yes," continued the ambassador, "if we invite them here, especially on Arendelle's most cherished holiday, it would come of as a gesture of good will. It would be a good first step to establishing our relations."

Anna seemed surprised that her idea was so well accepted. She quickly snapped out of her blank face and spoke "yeah… that's what I meant…thanks for clarifying."

With that, Elsa concluded the meeting and told the ambassadors to spread the word to their respected kingdoms that Arendelle is inviting their most distinguished dignitaries to the Arrendelle Fall Festival.


Elsa and Anna walked away from the meeting down the hall to the main hallway. Anna was ecstatic and couldn't help but shout her excitements to her sister...

"Did you see what I did in there!? I couldn't believe it myself! I have no idea I had any knowledge of political...stuff!" She yelled excitingly to Elsa.

"Congratulations" said Elsa, who couldn't help but smile with Anna's excitement, "see what happens when you pay attention?!"

"I know, right! I mean, wow! Like, where did that come from?! It's like it came subconsciously! That was awesome!..." Anna continued on, eventually tiring of talking about herself. Finally coming to her senses, she remembers the reason she spoke up in the first place and turned to Elsa...

"Hey, are you ok?" Anna asked her sister. Elsa looked to Anna, with wide eyes and the obvious look that she was trying to hide something.

"Of course" she lied, "why do you ask?"

Anna paused and tilted her head down, keeping her eyes on Elsa "I saw your chair, well, freeze."

Elsa sighed as she walked on, realizing that Anna caught her. "Yeah, guess I kind of lost it in there..."

Anna tried to make things positive, "Look, it wasn't that bad...no one even noticed, well besides me anyway, but that's only because I wasn't paying attention to the politics, for the most part anyway..."

"It's been a while since I lost control like that..." Elsa said, holding her hands, "about eight weeks actually."

"See! last time it was six weeks, so its getting better!"

Elsa looked back and smiled "You're right" she said, perking up. "I guess I just got mad is all..."

"You have every right to!" said Anna, with a positive voice. "Don't listen to those wackos, everyone here knows that you are the gentlest soul around."

"Second" corrected Elsa, looking at her sister.

"Oh stop!" Anna laughed.

They paused for a but, then Elsa spoke,

"Hey...thanks for helping me out back there."

Anna smiled lightly as she replied, "hey, what are sisters for?!" Anna then put her arm around Elsa's shoulder as they continued on.

As they approached the main stairway, Elsa changed the subject,

"When does Kristoff come back?"

"In a few hours. Oh! that reminds me, I have to wrap his gift!" she ran off to the stairs, then turned to Elsa.

"Want to help? It'll help take your mind off things!" She asked

"That's OK" replied Elsa, in a reassuring voice, "I'm just going to walk outside, I need the fresh air."

"Alright... I'll join you when I'm done!" said the redhead as she bolted up the stairs.

Elsa continued off to the side door of the castle, the one that exited to the fjord. While Anna helped, she still felt down about the meeting, and her powers where stirring inside. While she used to keep them in, before her coronation, she found that letting them out every now and then was much more helpful...


Jase had been riding for three hours through the woods now, wondering when he would reach the end. He stopped of directions a while back and was told to take this road until the woods cleared, and then Arendelle would be right there. He began to worry that he took a wrong turn somewhere and had gotten lost; this was after all his first time leaving home.

Then, moments later, he saw a clearing up ahead. As he reached it, he couldn't believe his eyes: the ocean! He had always heard of it; its salty air and crystal clear waters, but too actually see it brought tears to his eye. It wasn't like the cold, static lake he left behind; this water was alive, moving back and forth as if it were breathing.

He turned to his left witnessed another sight to behold: Arendelle, just about half a mile down the ridge he stood on. It was small as kingdoms were concerned, but to Jase it was a whole other world. Their were people walking from place to place; Ships were coming in, loading and unloading goods. Towards the ocean side, tucked away at the back of the city, he saw the castle. It was small, yet elegant, about as humble as castle could get. He wondered if this is what Kalamar looked like before it fell apart. He couldn't wait to get down and experience life outside Kalamar, even for a short while, since he would return to Kalamar after he warned the queen.

He had to keep his mission in the back of his head, though. He had to get to the queen first, before those men did, and he was sure that they were not far behind. If he failed, this place, along with all of Norway, would look similar to Kalamar. Jase road down to the city below.


Elsa walked out the back of the castle to look out over the fjord. This was the same place she ran off to when her powers were revealed at her reception. She could remember Anna, pleading to come back. She had wanted to, but she was blinded by fear and just kept running. Now, all of that had passed, but Elsa had recently been feeling doubts in her heart, like something was missing. This feeling brought about more anxiety in her heart, so she decided to let it go...

(OK, under suggestion from Gelgela29, I decided to put a song here. Go to Youtube and play "Child of Light" by Lindsey Stirling [Instrumental Version of "Shatter Me"], or a similar song if you like)

She walked onto the water as she did the year before, not running, but rather walking at a comfortable pace, with ice forming beneath her feet. She smiled, seeing her creation form beneath her. She looked up, over the fjord, an idea popping in her head.

She pulled her bun out, releasing her hair into her more comfortable braid. Then she formed ice skates made of ice on her shoes and, while freezing the water as she glided over it, began skating. She just glided at first, watching the water as it froze. After zigzagging through the fjord, letting the ice spread out in the form of snowflakes, Elsa jumped into the air, ice no longer forming as she left the surface. When she came back to the water's surface, she instantaneously reformed the ice, sending out a strong wave of magic, letting the ice spread out into a giant snowflake. In a state of happiness, she extended her hands, making a series of abstract structures of ice, similar to how she froze the fountains in the courtyard.

After skating and dancing to herself for a few minutes, she was suprised by a sudden outburst of water to her side. She turned to her left and saw that she attracted a pair of large, black and white creatures swiming next to her, making eary, yet beautiful moaning sounds as they swam along. As they reapeared at the surface, she realized that they were orcas, a rare visitor to the fjord. She marveled as the behemoths took an interest in her. She continued on with her figure skating, with the whales following underneath the ice.

As she did so, she would occasionally turn and make some form more of her structures. She continued to do this, twirling and pointing her hands as if she were performing some sort of interpretive dance as she created her artwork. She skated straight for a few feet, then she stuck her hand out and grabbed a pole which she instantaneously created, as if it were always there. As she spun around it, she made a spiral slide of ice beneath her, slowing raising herself up from the fjord. She stopped at the top and looked around, admiring the scenery that surrounded her. Then she looked beneath her and saw the whales swimming under the ice, anticipating her next move. She created a slide and slid down on her skates. She let the ice form a straight, narrow path as the two whales swam on either side, jumping next to her in exitement. As each whale splashed down, she froze the spray of water from there fall. The whales then started flapping there tales, calling in delight as Elsa froze there waves. As she neared the castle, the whales turned back to the fjord, as she was approaching the shore. She spun around and just glided backwards, absorbing her creation of random shapes and artwork. It reminded her of her ice palace back up on the north mountain. She wondered…

"It's pretty" said a voice from the nearby shore.

Elsa, startled, believing herself to be alone, turned to see Anna peacefully standing on the shore watching. Startled, and forgetting that she was still a little bit from shore, she forgot to lay down more ice and fell into the water. She panicked at first, but realized that the water was only a few feet deep and stood up. She looked up to see Anna laughing her head off.

"Don't you know its rude to scare people?! you almost gave me a heart attack!" yelled Elsa, parting her hair from her face and pulling a strand of seaweed from her hair.

"Sorry, I..." Anna tried to say while laughing, "I didn't mean... to do that!" Anna reached in to pull her sister out, but couldn't conceal the fact that she found this hysterical.

"You feeling better?" She asked.

"I'm certainly more awake if that's what you mean" replied Elsa sarcastically.

Anna continued to laugh as they walked away from shore, still not over how ridiculous the Snow Queen looked.

Elsa, annoyed by her sister's laughter, decided to have a little fun. She calmly tapped her foot on the ground and formed ice beneath Anna's feet, causing her to slip and fall into the water behind her. Elsa gave a litter snicker as Anna got up, shivering from the water. Elsa forgot that the water was cold, being that she couldn't feel the cold.

"Real mature your majesty!" Anna replied, "real mature." As Anna got out of the water, she looked at Elsa, then they both started laughing at each other.

Just then, a man came running out the door.

"Your majesties, I was looking everywhere for you. Kr…" he paused, looking at the wet sisters.

"Don't ask" Elsa ordered, still giggling. "What is it?"

"Uh… the ice harvesters have returned, Kristoff is at the gate."

"Oh, he's home!" cried Anna, jumping in anticipation "come on, let's go!"

"Anna, wait! I hardly think we are presentable…"

"Who cares, it's not like Kristoff cares for personal hygiene!"

Elsa nodded in agreement and followed Anna. She heard the sound of bells and turned to see that a ship was blocked from the docks by Elsa's creation. She pointed her hands at the creation and the whole thing melted back into the sea, like it was never there. Then the whales resurfaced and raised their fins in the air, as if waving good-bye. She waved back to her new friends, then turned to great her friends at the gates.


End of Chapter two. I originally would have liked to do a song with Elsa singing, similar to how she made her palace in "Let it Go." But following a bit of advice from Gelgela29, I thought that maybe an instrumental would fit better (Thus my choice of song, though you can input any song you wish worthy).

I added the Orca's since the first time I posted this story, for those who already read this before. Just seemed like a really good idea, especially after seeing this image on Deviantart by Delun (Elsa with a frosty Orca, wolf, and owl).