GAAH... my back hurts from writing this... anyway, another Chapter, more than 4k words long. hope you enjoyed it... ~
"To Consumer,
I'm already went forward with the plan. Everything is moving according to schedule here. Just like you said, if everything goes as planned, I'll see you in 5 weeks.
p.s these things never go exactly as planned...
Distributor"
"So... you're ship was hit by a storm?" asked the curios snowman, Olaf.
"Yea... and sadly it also sank..." answers the handsome young man, Seffiroth.
"Oh no..." said Olaf, sad. "Did you die...?" asked Olaf, following his own sad reaction.
The young man was confused hearing that question. Actually, he's impressed that someone could ask such a... shallow... question. So, he just went along with it and answers...
"Umm... no. Fortunately, I made it." answers the man with a slight smile carved on his face.
"Phew... Thank goodness." Sighed Olaf in relieved.
He's actually not joking, he didn't made that up. "Well, that's the first..." the young fellow thought whilst smiling. He looked up front. There, the queen walked just in front. Aside from being amaze by her beautiful dress, he notice something rather funny. The queen was giggling at he's conversation with Olaf.
That's another thing he almost never saw, a simple honest laugh. Although she is obviously giggling, the queen tries to hide it. He smiled to that, thinking that it was quiet funny.
"Enjoying yourself, your majesty...?" he stepped in front.
"I'm sorry... I didn't mean to intrude your conversation." Apologize Queen Elsa, holding in her laughter.
"Hmpf... we're just getting to know each other, right Olaf?" he said whilst turning his head towards Olaf.
"Right! But... what's your name?" asked Olaf confused.
The young man look back towards the queen. He smiled, then said...
"One step at a time, right?" whilst smirking.
Those two continue walking their in a long hallway, accompanied by the snowman Olaf. Just as they're about to pass the kitchen, the door slammed open, creating a sudden loud noise echoing across the hallway.
BLAM!
Two people, one is a red-haired girl, beautifully dressed in her casual clothing, the other is a young man, tall with blonde short hair. They were arguing, Elsa and Seffiroth didn't know what they're arguing about, but they definitely argue about something...
"Why can't carrot be in a cake...? It's a food isn't it...?"
"Because... carrot doesn't sit too well with dessert, but chocolate does..."
"Of course we'll put chocolate in our cake, next to a healthy carrot..."
"What? No! ... Why would you need carrot anyway...?"
"It's for me and Sven..."
The two completely oblivious to the fact that the queen and our protagonist stand just behind them. Elsa and Seffiroth can only stare, well, Elsa smiled. It really is nice seeing her sister happy like this. In fact, ever since this Kristoff character come and live with them there at the castle, not a day went pass without seeing her sister smile happily.
"Ehem..." intrude the queen.
The two turn their head...
"Ah... Elsa! I mean queen..." corrects the red-haired girl after noticing that a stranger was presence.
"Your majesty..." also greeted Kristoff.
"Well, are you two up to something...?" asked Elsa calmly...
Anna, the queen's younger sister, explains. She said something about it being a long story. So long, that I had to summarize this myself. She explain as fast as her mouth can speak, to the tiniest little detail. Elsa, in the other hand, patiently listen to her sister story. Right beside the young queen, our main protagonist, could not care less about what she had to say. Same goes with Kristoff, but at least he's used to this by now.
Princess Anna, she's as energetic as a rabbit on sugar rush. Not as graceful as her older sister, although she has her own quality that make her special. Optimistic and caring, not to mention her stubbornness and fearlessness. Those traits certainly makes Kristoff fell in love with her.
And by the way, she's done with her... story...
"...So we're going down to the market to fetch a few ingredients, maybe carrot as well."
Oh silly me. I haven't summarize it yet. Well, long story short, Princess Anna and Kristoff wanted to make a cake. That really is the only thing that you have to know, although I think you've figured it out already.
Anyway, whilst the two royalty are bonding with one another, Seffiroth can't do much other than smile and listen. To most men, including the writer if I may say so myself, this would be torcher. Although not the young man, or rather he would if he hadn't had another thing in his mind.
As his mind wanders off, Anna looked over to Seffiroth. She recognizes him. Why wouldn't she? If her sister ever rescued someone, she'll be the first one to know about it.
"Greetings... you must be the guy my sister rescued..."
"Yes, ma'am..." retort the young man politely.
"I'm not really a ma'am... so..."
"Sorry... habits."
"I see... well we're going to the market now. We'll be back real soon..." retort Anna, accepting he's excuse.
"In that case why don't we walk together..." recommend Elsa.
Anna nodded, and pretty soon they found themselves having a conversation with each other. Our protagonist didn't expect that he'll run into the whole family. His simple plan to "Get in... meet her... get my stuff... and get out." Isn't going the way he thought it would. But hey, who would complain? Seeing all of them, including the snowman is certainly a new phase for our sketchy young man.
Arriving at the castle gate, Anna and Kristoff had to set apart with Queen Elsa, as the queen will have to attend a few matter regarding her kingdom. That leaves our protagonist, Seffiroth, with the two lover.
Outside is a single stone bridge, essentially the only main entrance to the castle. The three cross the bridge. Anna and Kristoff was happily talking to each other. Seffiroth in the other hand, just walk alongside them and keeps his silence, as he really didn't want to intrude.
They weren't the only one at the bridge. There are other people interested in visiting the castle of Arendelle ever since its gates were open. It brings joy to the people of Arendelle, having a leader with such wonderful power.
He take a look around him. A few guards were posted at the bridge, he's guessing they'll shift post at some point in time. There were also guards stationed at the gates, including the tower right next to the gate. Despite the public can freely enter the castle, the bridge were actually pretty well guarded. Needless to say, they can have it lockdown within minutes.
He shook his head, thinking it was silly to judge the castle defenses. It's not like he's going to infiltrate the castle or doing something utterly stupid.
Before he knew it he was right across the bridge. Princess Anna felt that it was her responsibility to bid the strange young man farewell. So she, along with Kristoff, did just that...
"Take care..."
The young man responded with... "Same goes to you, princess..."
Shortly after, the two couple disappear into the crowd.
Seffiroth is now alone again. Previously, with the help of the queen, he managed to acquire transport to the north. It was another trade vessel, nothing fancy, however it does suits his needs just fine. The only downside is that the ship is planned to leave the in next morning. This doesn't sit too well with our protagonist. He has a schedule to keep up, and he is losing more time than what he would've expected.
Of course, nothing he can do about that. That ship was the only ship made available to him. He would just have to deal with it.
For some time he wander around Arendelle, seeing how the people go about their daily lives. The sun will set in a few hours, so the young man will have to find himself somewhere to stay for the night. Luck was on his side this time. He still have his pouch full of gold coins he can use as payment. He's eternally grateful that the sea didn't take that away from him. I guess paying won't be any trouble.
He stopped at a stand. He gets his pouch out, and said to vendor...
"One apple please..." whilst giving him a golden coin.
The vendor smiled, and proceed with giving the young man his apple.
He loves apple, probably his favorite food. Whilst chewing that apple, he continues his search for a place to stay. The street was almost empty, with the exception of a few part of the town. It was peaceful, an extremely rare moment for our protagonist. Needless to say, he enjoyed every minute of it.
After a few minutes of looking, he stood right outside an inn. "The Kicking Reindeer" was the name of the inn.
"Right... I'll stay here for the night..." he thought. He then pulled out his pouch of coin again.
That was the plan anyway, until a stranger bump him without warning. The strange figure walked away as Seffiroth realizes that his pouch of coin was missing. He had taken his money.
Seffiroth shout...
"OI...!"
The man turned towards the noise. Seffiroth then proceed with threatening him...
"Give it back..." orders Seffiroth whilst having a fierce look on his eyes.
The man in cloak smiled. He then said...
"I don't know what you're talking about, mister..."
This fellow is clearly taunting Seffiroth, and he is having none of that.
"I swear give it back or-"
Before dear Seffiroth can even finish his sentence, the man took off. "ahh... bollocks!" he said as he cursed his luck. He really didn't want to chase the guy, especially with a sore leg. But nevertheless, he give chase.
The man in cloak was swift and agile. He maneuvers the crowd rather well, which doesn't sit too well with our protagonist. Seffiroth did his best to keep up, luckily it was just enough to keep him in his sight. As the hot chase rages on, the two people then enter a slightly dense area, the market.
"How much for all of this...?" asked Kristoff.
"40." Answers the seller, with a smile.
"No! 10." Refused Kristoff, as he tries to renegotiate the price.
"Dear no... You see sir, we have a slight problem with the supply and demand... and..." also refused the seller as he explains his reason.
"You want to know about supply and demand problem? I-"
"40 is fine..." interrupt Anna, as she passed the money.
"Thank you." Said the man grateful.
The two then proceed with exiting the store.
"Why do you have to be like that...?" asked Anna as she is a bit upset with Kristoff's behavior.
"So we could buy it at a cheaper price..."
"You know you don't have to be like that anymore...?"
"I know... it's my habit, I guess..."
"Well... I'm sure you get used to-"BUAKK!
Without warning, Anna was hit by a man in cloak. Consequently, she was tossed down before she finishes her sentence. Fortunately, she landed on her bump and receive no injury whatsoever.
"Ouch..." groaned Anna in pain.
"Hey! Careful..!" yelled Kristoff. "People..." he said sarcastically as he helps the red-haired princess up.
Then another passed by, running equally fast as the previous person.
"Excuse me... coming through... STOP, YOU PRICK..!" said Seffiroth as he cluelessly passed the two couple.
"Was that... who I think he was...?" asked Anna, still sitting on her bottom, feeling dumbfounded.
The two man races pass the market. On a sudden move, the thief turn on an alleyway. It was rather tight, but Seffiroth won't give up so easily. Left, right, and left again. He followed the man in cloak up to the point he ran into a dead end.
"End of the line..." Seffiroth said. He's grateful that the chase had stop, as his sore leg was about to give in to the pain.
"Now give it back... and I won't hurt you." He said, threateningly, as well as catching his breath from all the running.
The man threw him back his pouch with all the money still inside.
"Thank you... that wasn't so hard, was it?" he said, making his point.
As promise, Seffiroth plans to leave him alone. However, it seems that the man in cloak thought about another idea. As he about the leave, Seffiroth finds his exit blocked by two other men in cloak, this time with a dagger on their hands.
"About, you're not going to hurt me..." the man on the edge of the dead end said... "Let's renegotiate, how about you give me the stone... and we won't kill you?" said the man finishing his sentence.
Seffiroth can only smile, cursing his misfortune yet again.
"So that's how you're going to play, huh? 3 armed men against one... hardly seems fair, don't you think?" he said being sarcastic.
"If you give me the stone, we might consider... taking the dagger away and use our fist instead."
He's being played. This was their trap and he walked right into it. In this tight alley, he won't be able to his sword, moreover, they won't have the same problem using their dagger.
"This is nice..." he thought sarcastically. Just when he thought he could get a break, then this happens. It's as if misfortune drifted along with him to Arendelle.
Seffiroth smiled. He then proceed in saying one thing...
"Over my cold dead body, if that's even possible..." he said, clearly taunting his ambusher.
The two men blocking his exit steps closer and closer towards our protagonist. Since he can't use his sword, he will have to use his fist for this. The two men charges him. That's when Seffiroth, instinctively dodge to the right as the man behind him stage an attack. With one swift move, using his right elbow, he hits the man's cheek. The man was jolted towards the alley wall.
As the first man still recovering from that blow, the second attacker constantly pull multiple stabbing and slashing maneuvers with his dagger. Seffiroth dodges it all, whilst slowly stepping back. Then in one stabbing move the attacker made, Seffiroth grabbed his arm and twist it. Consequently, the man let go of his dagger and it fell right to the ground. Seffiroth proceed with a neck jab with his left hand and a clean head-butt, before ultimately finishing his counter attack with a kick in the groin.
It... Was... painful. Our protagonist almost felt sorry for the guy, almost. Fortunately that was enough to knock the man out.
"One down... two to go." He thought.
Another one is having a go at him. These guys won't let him rest even for just a minute. He dodges back, always trying to position himself where they can't surround him. Ironically, the fact that they're in a tight alley helps out in his favor.
The man in cloak made a mistake of doing the same thing the previous attacker had done, thus Seffiroth were able to dodge them all yet again. He slashes, and stab, and slashes again, with no avail. He finally stops when he accidentally hit the wall of the alley. Our protagonist uses this chance to mount a rather decisive counter attack. He first disarmed his attacker, his attacker responded with a punch on the young man's cheek. Sure it was painful, but it would need more than one punch to knocked Seffiroth down to the ground. Before he can pull another punch, Sefiroth head-butted him, making the man in cloak dizzy. Then in a swift move, he hold him against the side of the wall and kicked his stomach, knocking him out instantly.
"Two down..."
He shift his attention towards the third guy, which surprisingly carries another weapon instead of a dagger. A crossbow, and it was pre aimed at him. In a split second he tilt his head suddenly as the man fired his bolt. He had missed him, and the attacker knew he can't reload another bolt in time. So what did he do? He dropped everything and ran. Seffiroth won't let someone like him get away like that, so he give chase, as much as he hate doing so.
He grabbed the crossbow and one bolt the man just dropped. He thus proceed with reloading the crossbow, whilst running. He's grateful to the fact that the one he's holding is a small version of the crossbow, not the big powerful crossbow that require your feet to hold it down as you reload it. With the crossbow loaded, he give chase. Before they know it, they're back in the main street
The man clearly are desperate to get away from him. He throws object, pushes people out of his way, creating obstacle in Seffiroth's path, but none of that can stop the full sprint of our protagonist. The attacker then decides to try something else.
As the man he was chasing turn in a sharp corner, Seffiroth loses sight of him for a sec. As he clear the corner, he was surprised to see his attacker, with his dagger drawn, holding on to a hostage.
And as luck would have it, the man's hostage is...
"Princess Anna...?" of all the people there fitted to be his hostage, it had to be Princess Anna of Arendelle. So, for the third time today, he cursed his luck.
"Drop it...!" said the man holding a young princess as hostage, although he didn't know it yet. What the man referring to is the crossbow Seffiroth holding, or rather, aimed at the man's head.
"Drop it...! I'm serious...!" as he pressed his point.
It's as if Seffiroth completely ignore the man's request, he keep his crossbow aimed at the man's head. Kristoff in the other hand, was worried. He walked up to Seffiroth, asking if he could lower his weapon. The whole thing are being watched by the people of Arendelle, who are genuinely worried for their princess.
Although incline, Seffiroth lower the crossbow and threw it to the sideline.
"Good... now hand over the stone..." requested the man.
"Ok... buddy. Now, you're pushing your luck..." he said whilst boldly taking one step forward.
"STOP...! Don't come any closer...!" said the man with a panicking tone.
Seffiroth simply looked at the man's eyes with a fierce look. He simply asked...
"Or else...?"
"Or else I'll slit her throat...! I'm serious...! I will do it..." said the man with a threatening tone.
"Then what...?" asked Seffiroth back.
The man can only stood silently, not being able to respond. He knew he was doomed, and Seffiroth knew this too. Nevertheless, the man insisted...
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH...! Now, throw me the stone...! Throw the stone to me, NOW!" ordered the man violently.
"That's a very bad idea..." said Seffiroth in a calm manner.
"I told you...! SHUT UP...!"
Seffiroth sighed. Followed by... "Hey, you're the boss..."
Seffiroth opens up his satchel. His puts his right hand in, go over a few items, before finally grabbing what he wants. He pulls out a big purple gemstone, almost the size of the young man's palm. Everyone was amazed by its beauty and all eyes were at that mysterious purple stone, even Anna seems to forget that her life was endangered a moment ago.
"You want this, right...?" said the young man. "In that case, catch!"
Without warning, Seffiroth threw the stone high. It's as if she knew what he's trying to do, Anna stepped on her detainee's foot and broke free. At this point, the man didn't even care to get his hostage back. He's too focused on catching the stone as it fell down towards him.
However, just before it reaches the man's reach, Seffiroth tackled him into the wooden stand which was directly behind the man. It breaks it in half, and as the stone hit the ground, the two men struggle, trying to overpower one another. Pretty soon, the man in cloak have the upper hand as his knife was pointed towards our protagonist. The only thing keeping the dagger from being thrust into Seffiroth's head was his own arm pushing back the dagger.
As the dagger getting ever closer into his face. Seffiroth tilted his head, and give up pushing his opponent's dagger, sending thrusting towards the ground. Fortunately, as he tilted his head ever so slightly, the man only manage to scratch his cheek a bit.
Seffiroth then proceed with hitting the man's cheek with his right hook, and knee-capped him on the groin. He pushes the man back as he tries to stand himself. The man recovers his dagger and have it drawn towards our Protagonist.
"Hey... look. Stop this, and we can just forget this thing ever happen." Seffiroth said as he prepares his own fighting stance.
The man is having none of it. He charges Seffiroth with his dagger. Seffiroth manage to block his first attack, however he did not expect a punch to the face from the man's other hand. The man then perform a slashing attack, Seffiroth tries to dodge but he was a little bit too late. The dagger had torn through his coat and scratches his left arm, and causing him to bleed a little. He's lucky, it was a shallow cut.
He immediately moved to disarm the man. The man launches another attack, and this time Seffiroth got him where he wanted him to be. He grabbed the right hand firmly, and parry the man's left swing. He then proceed with a head-butt. Whilst the man is temporarily dizzy, Seffiroth twist his right arm, causing his dagger to drop to the ground. He uses his left hand and punch him in the face, followed by a slap with his right hand. Seffiroth gave the man no break with his relentless counter attack. He finishes with a bold kick on the man's chest, sending the man flying on to a cart. The momentum of the man landing on the wheeled cart made it move, sending the man into the harbor area and ultimately plunging into the cold water.
"I told you asking me to throw it was a bad idea..." he said whilst acting rather cool, or cliché.
He can finally breathe in relief. All the townsfolk who were watching him fight, strangely gave him cheers and shout. Seffiroth can only stare is disbelief. Princess Anna, still holding on to Kristoff, watches as Seffiroth made his way towards the gemstone lying on the ground, picked it up and put it in his bag. Seffiroth then walked over towards Anna.
"Are you alright...?" he asked
"I'm fine... you should worry about your arm. It's bleeding..."
"It's just a cut, I get this all the time." He responded with a smile.
"Thank you... for... you know... saving my life."
The young man acted confused. He then responded with...
"Really? I thought you saved yourself..."
Soon after, the guards arrived, a little too late if I may so myself.
"Princess Anna, are you alright...?" asked one of the guard.
"I'm fine... Over there in the harbor you should see my attacker, arrest him please..." commands Anna fiercely
"Yes, Princess Anna." Acknowledged the guards.
"While you're at it, there are two more people incapacitated in an alleyway not far from here..." said Seffiroth with confidence.
The guards can only stare at each other as they cannot follow the command of a stranger, before looking towards Princess Anna for direction. Princess Anna in the other hand, simply said...
"Arrest them too, I guess..."
"Princess Anna!" yelled one of the guard ordered to arrest Princess Anna's attacker.
The princess, Kristoff, and Seffiroth rushes towards the harbor front.
"Why aren't you arresting him yet...?" said Anna puzzled.
"Well... he... there's no one here, your majesty..." answers the guard.
Now Anna is even more puzzled. Same goes with Kristoff and Seffiroth, although Seffiroth suspect that someone else might've picked him up.
Seffiroth smiled sarcastically yet again.
"All this trouble just because I wanted to rent an inn... I never imagine spending the night here would be so troublesome." He commented.
"You're looking for a place to stay...? Why don't you stay at our castle, I mean... that's the least I can do after you saved me..." recommends Anna.
"Nah... I can take care of myself. Besides, I can't ask any more from your sister..." refused Seffiroth.
"I'm sure she won't mind, plus, I insist." Said Anna insistently.
Seffiroth then looked over to Kristoff, clearly asking for his opinion on the matter. He simply said...
"We're having cake tonight... and I'm pretty sure we have enough for one more..."
Seffiroth smiled hearing that statement. He finally decided to accept Princess Anna proposal, in one condition...
"You explain to your sister about all this..."
"Yep... let me talk to my sister, I'm sure she'll understand." Said Princess Anna, agreeing to Seffiroth's term.
"You mean like the time you asked her to unfreeze summer...?" asked Kristoff sarcastically. He then received a slightly painful elbow jab from his girlfriend shortly after.
As the sun is setting on the horizon, the three people walked on the bridge leading towards Arendelle's Castle. Despite what had happen, Anna didn't look terrified or shocked at all. Everybody was happy. It's as if the incident never happened. Kristoff and Anna laughs all the way to the castle gate, while Seffiroth following not far behind.
Of course, they're still oblivious to the trouble waiting for them in the next installment.
Well, that was kind of interesting. at least, in my opinion it was. This Disney fan fiction is turning into an action movie
Greatest challenge for me was describing the fighting scene, and of course, visualizing how characters will behave under certain circumstances. Be sure to let me know how I did... review is always welcome, and if you like where the story is going, be sure to follow this as I don't really have an exact schedule to post every update. (I kind of posted it whenever the chapter is finish)
Yes, yes, review...! It really is the only way to let me know where I did wrong, etc...
apologize for any grammar mistake, typo, and poor choice of word. I did checked this before I post it, but I bound to miss something.
Chapter 4, hmm... it's probably going to be more action-packed than this... that's all I have to say, really
That's it! if you're reading this, then thank you. If you reviewed, then I am grateful. If you're following the story, the I'll see you in the next installment.
Taraa~