Authors note: I want to thank you all for reviewing and reading the last chapter. Hearing your opinions means a lot and they also help if I need to edit or make something better.
Guest: Sorry, cannot say what will happen. But what I can say is that Hans is alive and he will come back at some point.
Yubima-chan: If you like that then you will like the rest.:) The story will have a lot of funnies and fluffies. :) Nice! I would like to see the collection. I am sorry for your loss my friend. I wish for you all the happiness in the world. :(
Any way I hope you all enjoy this chapter so please sit back, relax, enjoy a good read and please leave a review when done, opinions are most welcomed.
"Why are we doing this?" asked a messenger to his helper as they approached a dark foreboding castle of ice, why did they had to invite this person, who was surely a witch who could very easily kill them they had no idea, but sadly they had to follow orders and give this person the invitation.
"Because we get pay to do this" said his helper with fear,
"Not enough for this" said the messenger before the two finally decided to approach the ice castle, but as soon as they took a step foreword there was a rumble as two snow covered hills stood up. For a moment the two stared in shock as the mounds stood up and turned to face them to reveal they were huge scary monsters, ice spikes coming out of the monsters snow bodies they roared.
"I am getting out of here!" yelled the messenger as he dropped his bag and ran away with helper following close behind, in about five minutes the two were long gone and the monsters calmed down seeing they managed to scare off the intruders. Noticing the bag one of the two monsters bend down and picked it up with its thumb and pinky finger before lifting it up to his eye sight, to get a closer look.
"Snow cone, what do you have there?" asked a musical voice, turning Snow cone noticed the woman who was now standing on the balcony, she was fair skinned, blond hair picked up in a bun, had a form fitting silvery white mermaid style dress with a long train and a high collar adorned with a snowflake.
Saying nothing Snow cone handed the woman the brown leather bag, holding it she looked over it before spotting the crocus crest which adorned the buckle of the bag, "Hum, Arendelle" she said before opening the bag and noticing it was full of the same letters, taking one and dropping the bag to the ground she turned and walked into the castle, her castle specifically.
Walking pass the halls and some ice sculpture gardens she entered her designated study before opening the letter and reading it, her eyes widen as she read the content.
The day of Ross christening was coming fast, there was only two weeks left and as far as Elsa knew all the preparations were made, all that was left was for the guest to show up. Upon seeing the list in all honesty Elsa almost had a panic attack at the amount of guest, not only had the surrounding nobility was going to come, but also some rulers, their families and who knows who else, then there was the fact that the entire magical communities had been invited.
This one she understood, her husband before his death often expressed that he had wanted to try to mend bridges with the magical community, for the most part Elsa agreed and supported his endeavors such as setting their territories as protected sites, but in the end she wished she had not agreed. It was this that turned the council against Hans as when the deal was signed the council could not access the rich materials and wood found in those areas, so they considered to get rid of him, by any means necessary.
Elsa sighted, she had wondered all the what ifs, what if she had done something about it sooner, what if she had never left on that trip, in the end it changed nothing. What happened happened and no amount of wishing or thinking was going to change it.
"HEY!" she heard, curious she left her study and poked her head into the library where she saw Jurgen and Lars playing a game of cards, Ross was standing on the tipoff his toes, trying to see the game and maybe something else.
"Your cheating" accused Lars as he pointed a finger at Jurgen,
"Me? Why I never would cheat" said Jurgen trying to sound as if he was outraged at the accusation, but was failing as he could barely suppress the smirk which was growing on his face,
"Your using Ross to tell you what cards I have" said Lars not amused,
"Me? DO you think I would be so low as to use my sweet and innocent nephew to cheat?" said Jurgen overdramatically as he reached and took Ross into a hug and held him,
"Yes" said Lars deadpanned,
"Well I never!" said Jurgen only to shut up when Ross pointed at some of the cards Jurgen had, the same ones Lars had. Caught red handed Jurgen turned scarlet red while Ross looked very proud of himself as he though that he had succeeded in helping out his uncle.
"You were cheating!" said Lars as he saw the undeniable proof,
"It was just a lucky guess, you know, baby luck?" said Jurgen, exasperated Lars looked at Ross who was now confused, looking between the two as he was trying to figure out what was going on, with a sight Lars said "Ross, don't help your uncle cheat".
Covering her mouth Elsa tried not to laugh as she watched the scene unfold, the brothers had their disagreements now and then, but not too bad, quite frankly most of the time it was quite comical. Composing herself Elsa walked over, letting her presence known, seeing her the two ended their disagreement and quickly stood up, bowing at her presence while saying at the same time "Queen Elsa",
"Its Elsa please" said Elsa as she walked over and Ross from Jurgen, realizing she had seen them squabbling like two kids in a playground Jurgen asked quickly "So when are the guest arriving",
"Soon hopefully" said Elsa then remarked playfully to them "I just hope you keep your disagreements to a minimum",
"Yes your majesty" said Lars and Jurgen, shooting a glare at one another when Elsa had turned around and left, only to stop when they heard bells, somebody was coming.
A most unusual sight made its way to Arendelle, a sled made entirely out of ice and fur pulled by a dozen albino reindeer, ice covered the trail as they made their way to Arendelle. As they approached town people stopped and stared, for a moment they were wondering if it was their Queen Elsa, only to realize she was not, the woman was taller and older than their queen which made them wonder who she was.
Stopping the sled in front of the palace gates the woman looked up to the gate before she stood up, her coachman who was made out of ice got up and moved to the side, holding out his hand, taking it the woman got out of the sled gracefully and walked to the gate as it was opened, her eyebrows raised a bit as she found Queen Elsa standing there with some guards, who looked quite nervous at her.
Not afraid or anything the woman strolled over with the elegance of a queen before nodding her head and saying "Queen Elsa" then reaching into the folds of her ice cloak she pulled out and invitation and said "I am most thankful for your invitation",
"Your welcome, I am sorry but I did not catch your name" said Elsa nodding her head but still tense as she did not know who this woman was,
"My name, yes" said the woman who then proceeded to answer "I am Snow queen Ingrid", this made everybody gasp in surprise.
There was another snow queen?
Loud steps were heard through the halls as a young silvery blond hair boy ran, stopping and looking around he quickly duck behind a tapestry as a winded out Gerda looked around and called out "Thomas, get out here right now!", covering his mouth Thomas tried to hold back his chuckles, he always liked to play hide and seek, even if the game was one sided.
Frustrated Gerda left down a different hallway before the boy who was called Thomas left the tapestry, laughing a bit while he though to himself "That was fun", turning he walked away intending to go to the kitchen but stopped when he heard,
"Your a Snow queen" he heard, curious he followed his hearing to a door, pressing his ear to the door Thomas listened in,
"I am the snow queen Queen Elsa" said the voice,
"Okay, if you are, I have to ask, why was your name written on the list of people my husband knows?" Thomas heard his auntie Elsa say,
"He... wanted me and my sister to reconnect" said the voice,
"Reconnect?" asked another voice, his mother Anna,
"I will explain when my sister Helga shows up, but for now, where is your husband? I have not heard of him after a while", there was silence for a bit before auntie Elsa said "He is no longer among us",
"Oh, I am sorry" said the voice "He was a good man",
"Thank you... he was",
"So, where is your son? May I see him?" asked the voice, curious as to who the voice was Thomas opened the door and walked in, when he did everybody looked at him quite surprised,
"Ah, this must be your son" said the voice, it belong to a strange woman he had never seen before.
The door opening made Elsa, Kristoff, Anna, Ingrid and Franz look to see Thomas walk in, before they could say anything Ingrid spoke "Ah, this must be your son", walking closer she patted on the boys head gently making him laugh a bit "He is cute",
"Queen Ingrid, that's not" began Elsa,
"I see he got his looks from you" continued Ingrid "Not that there was anything wrong with how your husband looked Queen Elsa".
This tended to happen every so often, whenever guest or nobility arrived to stay in the castle in rare occasion upon seeing Thomas they though that he was Elsas son, not that she blamed them as Thomas could pass off as her son with his silvery blond hair, blue eyes and snow white complexion, he also inherited her ice magic, but he was not her son, he was Anna's and many times it was a chore to explain to everybody that Thomas was her son not Elsas,
"Your majesty, this is my son" Anna said as she quickly moved over and herded Thomas over to where Kristoff was standing,
"Oh, my apologies, I though he was your son" said Ingrid as she gestured to Elsa,
"Its alright, it happens a lot" said Kristoff as he placed his hand on Thomas shoulder,
"As for my son, I rather you not see him till the party" said Elsa as she did not feel comfortable having strangers around Ross, she knows it has to happen eventually but her overprotective side was screaming at her to keep him as close to her and away from other people as humanly possible. Ingrid stared, at that moment realized just how overprotective Elsa was about her son but nonetheless accepted her wishes.
"As you wish" she said with that she turned around and left with a call "I will see you at the party"
The day of the party had arrived, people gathered at the gate, patiently and excited for the doors to open. While inside in a private chapel the christening was held, it was surprisingly simple, yet beautiful, though it was supposed to be a happy day, for Elsa it was not as the though that constantly plagues her head was how she wished Hans was there, how they should be there together, to watch their son be christened.
When the priest finished his prayer and blessing Ross was christened, surprisingly he did not cry which was something Elsa had secretly hoped for, then again he had been fussing all night so his quietness was probably a result of not having enough sleep the night before.
With Ross back on her hands Elsa sighted, the easy part was over, now began the part she dreaded the most...
The christening party... and yes, she was not eager for it, in fact she wanted to just end it right then and there, but did not as she knew Anna had put in a lot of though and effort when preparing the celebration and because of that Elsa did not have it in her heart to stop the party and let all her sisters hard work go to waste, so with much reluctance she allowed the events to go on without any interruptions.
Intimidated, that was what people first felt as when the gates opened the first people they encountered were the 10 De Mointeiun brothers or the Arendelle Knights as they were dubbed, they stared, hidden under their elaborate suits the civilians were willing to bet that they were armed to the teeth, ready to attack if a threat came to their family.
They were led to the palace garden which had been set up for the party with a large dance floor, tables for them to sit, silverware and plates to eat out off, large piles of food were set up buffet style and a large cake with blue and green frosting for desert, once they arrived at their assigned seats they sat and waited.
The area got more and more crowded as... unusual guests... showed up, there were fairies, will o wisps, nisse, fossegrimen, trolls and many, many more. A lot of the guest grew nervous as those, creatures, arrived, though were not surprised that they showed up as it was well known that their late consort protected them and their territories, so it would have been expected that they would showed up.
Once everybody was in their place Kai, Queen Elsas most faithful Stewart, walked to the center, the only area that there was no tables, standing there he cleared his throat and spoke "Their esteemed royal guest, King Frederic, Queen Arianna, Crown Princess Rapunzel, Consort crown Prince Eugene and their children Prince Elios and Princess Lunette",
Just as he spoke that from another part of the garden walked in the Corona royals, King Frederic and Queen Arianna walked hand in hand, despite all the years they were still very much in love with one another, behind them walked Rapunzel and Eugene, Rapunzel held Princess Lunettes hand while Eugene held Elios hand, Lunette smiled happily while Elios looked like he rather walk by himself.
The people admired the children as they were really lovely to look at, the 2 year old girl wore a small version of her mothers dress but in a lavender color and had some gold embroidery on it, her hair was a dirty blond which was in lovely curls that framed her face and brown eyes, her brother wore a green suit that brought out his dark brown hair and made his green eyes look even greener, he did not seem to like suit though.
Walking they were sat in a special table which was where the Arendelle family would sit,
"Their esteemed royal highnesses Tsar Nicholas Romanov and Tsarina Katarina Romanov" announced Kai, soon in walked Nicholas aka Rothbart, over time he had changed, now though he was still a firm man who ran his country with a firm hand, he was much kinder and fair now, he wore a traditional Russian imperial coat, dark pants and boots, Katarina or Karen was most impressive as she wore a royal white and gold Russian dress complete with a pearl tiara.
They walked close and sat on the table where Caleb gave Rothbart the "I am still watching you" sign, he had not liked that Karen married Rothbart, but was willing to tolerate him for Karens sake as Rothbart has proven that he indeed loved Karen dearly.
"King Eric and Queen Ariel with their daughter princess Melody" announced Kai making the guest look puzzled as they wondered why did they accepted an invitation, regardless they admired the beautiful couple, Queen Ariel wore a beautiful green dress that complemented her well, wearing a matching outfit was Eril who held her hand, walking next to them was their daughter Melody who wore a pink and white dress, her black hair arranged in a nice bun decorated with pearl pins.
Once they sat down Kai announced "Snow queen Ingrid and the spring witch Helga" again more surprise as a woman, who looked similar to Elsa walked with grace and poise, her dress most impressive with a long train and a high collar, next to her walked another blond woman, but her hair was more golden than Ingrid, her dress was pink and decorated with embroidered flowers that complemented the hat she wore. The two quietly took their seats before Kai announced the next guests
"Now their royal highness Princess Anna of Arendelle with her consort prince Kristoff Bjorgman" said Kai, in walked Anna, still giddy as ever as she waved to the crowed while Kristoff walked next to her arm in arm before taking their seats.
The peoples anxiety and exitment grew as at that moment they knew who was coming next.
"He will look so cute in this" cooed Gerda, the old maid smiled as she held out an outfit which consisted of a white starched shirt, a charcoal vest, dark blue pants and small shoes,
"Why listen to her? I have better taste in fashion, he would look much better in this" said Gerdas sister Gull as she held out an outfit which was a little sailor suit that was dark blue with purple lines, white pants and shoes,
"Uhg that looks awful, are you trying to torture the poor boy?" said Gerda,
"More like trying to save him from your lack of taste" said Gull and soon the two began to quarrel, Elsa covered her mouth as she watched the two argue like a bunch of school girls while Ross looked on not really knowing or understanding what was going on before settling to chew on his mothers necklace out of boredom.
"Your majesty which one would please you the most?" said Gerda as she and Aggy finally decided to let the queen decide.
Elsa stared between the two, in reality she could not decide as she did not want to hurt either one of their feelings so she though before smiling as she came up with an idea.
"Queen Elsa Margrethe Solberg of Arendelle and her child crown Prince Rosenrod Lykke Solberg- de Mointeuin of Arendelle" announced Kai.
All the attention was placed on Elsa as she walked in quite elegantly, yet cold, she wore a long sleeve teal and blue dress with a sweetheart neckline and a purple cape trailing behind her, in her arms held a small toddler. The first thing the crowd noticed about Rosenrod was his appearance, it was obvious who the child would end up looking like when he was older.
At that moment they realized that the theory proposed by the scholar was fact.
Taking a seat she was followed by the Arendelle knights and their wives who sat in the same table, once sat Elsa made a hand sign, it was time for the feast to start.
Once it started there was no stopping, the party was lively, there was plenty of food and dancing, though they were not allowed close to Elsa or Ross who was always attached to his mothers hip though they were allowed close enough to take a good look.
The child cooed and looked around though he was not sure what was going on.
"Hey look who is growing like a weed, soon he will be a very handsome young man...not like me...but a close second" joked Eugene as he walked over, Ross laughed as he recognized uncle Eugene and reached for him,
"Yes he is" said Elsa holding Ross close as he squirmed a bit.
"Here is our favorite nephew" cooed Arianna as she, Rapunzel and Frederic walked over.
"I almost forgot how cute babies were" cooed Rapunzel "Makes me want to have more",
"Ahem well maybe...not now" said Eugene flustered,
"Yes ahem..." said Frederic as he held out a box "A little something for Ross".
Opening it revealed a set of plates, bowls and silverware. Very tiny, perfect for Ross.
"Thank you" said Elsa as Gerda took the gift and set it aside.
With that they chattered till Katarina aka Karen and Rothbart walked in,
"I am glad that you both made it" said Elsa,
"Would not miss it for the world" said Karen as she reached and stroked Ross cheek, he giggled and held unto her finger happily.
"He looks...good" said Rothbart not wanting to open old wounds.
"He does" said Elsa,
"We brought a gift..hope it's alright..." said Karen as she held out a bejeweled and gold porcelain egg clock,
"Their all the rage in my home" said Rothbart,
"Thank you" said Elsa as it was placed with the rest of the presents.
After chattering and receiving gifts Elsa turned as she left the party and entered the palace, once inside she breathed a sight of relief, the whole time she was at the party she was on high alert, suspicious of everything and everybody, her body became so tense with worry and fear she barely took a proper breath. But was proud of herself, she made it, the party was not canceled, nobody was hurt, her baby was safe and now she can relax a bit.
Wiggling a bit Ross squirmed before letting out a yawn, smiling at that Elsa kissed his forehead before saying "You could use some sleep" with that she made her way to Ross nursery.
Usually babies were given their own nursery after the baby was a couple of weeks old, but not Ross, he had just recently gotten his own nursery and it was at Anna's and the rest insistence, but Elsa did not feel comfortable with having Ross in another room where she could not keep an eye on him, what if something happens to him? Or worse!
Anna even Caleb and Lars asked her to loosen that overprotectiveness she had on Ross as they were sure that she was going overboard, but she could not help it and in her defense they would be acting the same way if they were in her shoes.
With a sight Elsa arrived at the nursery, it was probably the most elaborate decorated one in all the castle as her cousin Rapunzel had spent about 3 weeks painting it from top to bottom, the result was beautiful as it featured a beautiful night sky with stars, constellations and the moon and each wall was painted to be a different season, a beautiful winter, a colorful spring, bright summer and a windy autumn.
Elsa admired them for a bit before she set Ross down on his crib, already he had fallen asleep, bending down she kissed his forehead gently before walking away, hesitating at the door before she walked away.
Three hours passed before the door open again, the creaking noise made by the door woke Ross up, tired he turned to see Ingrid had walked in, sitting up he stared at her as she walked over to the crib.
For a moment she just stood there, starring before she bend down and pick Ross up. Holding him close she ran her hand through his head and hair before she turned to walk away from the crib.
To be continued...
Authors note: CLIFFHANGER! LOL sorry could not help it. What will happen next? You will have to wait and see...so please leave a review to tell me what you think and stay tuned for the next chapter as we may have an epic battle on our hands.
