I apologize for the wait. I had a lack of inspiration. But I'm back.
No worries I will never abandon ;-)
So a chapter a little short but I think it will interest you.
PS: The parents of Elsa and Anna are called Idun (for the mother) and Agdar (for the father) and it is not my invention, it is officially on Disney wiki. Just to say.
I do not own Frozen blah blah blah.
Music:
Wisdom of the Kings - Rhapsody of Fire
Happy reading.
Chapter 3
In Arendelle Castle's art gallery, sprawled on a small sofa, a little red-haired princess gazed at the picture of Joan of Arc. She had spent the last hour talking to the portrait of the warrior, which of course did not answer. But that did not stop her from coming often. But she felt that this would change. Now that she and her sister spoke again. She was so thrilled.
"She was sorry for not coming to my birthday." Told the girl. "But I say that I wasn't angry. I was so happy that she talked to me again."
Anna said all this with great joy, remembering to whom she owed this miracle and touching the birthday present he gave her: the pentacle with small sky-blue stones.
Then she heard footsteps in the hallway. Panicking, she quickly put the medallion under her robe and sat on the couch. She saw her mother entering the gallery, the queen, with her brown hair in a bun.
"Anna!" she said, amazed. "So that's where you were sweetheart?"
The little girl asked, while her mother was approaching.
"You were looking for me Mom?"
"I have a little time before returning to help your father, so I wanted to enjoy it."
Anna smiled and ran, felling into her mother's arms, who laughed lacking a surprised breath.
"You became very tall."
"Am I Heavy?"
"No no." Chuckled the queen. "But I will soon not be able to hold you like that."
"But you'll always hug me is it not?"
Anna's mother had a great smile that lit up her sweet face.
"Of course I will Sweetheart." she Confirmed still, embracing her stronger.
They then spent a mother-daughter moment, talking about everything and nothing. Then the queen had to go, saying she had to return to work. She let Anna in the gallery, after giving her one last big hug. But in truth, she was moving to see her other daughter, Elsa. She just didn't want that Anna, as she imagined her quite capable of, tries to convince her to let her come in the room of the little blonde, unaware of their new discussions.
Queen Idun knocked on the white door, painted with small blue snowflakes, and announced herself.
"It's me Elsa."
"Come in."
The mother did so and found her daughter at the desk, apparently drawing. She smiled and sat down next to her. The queen tried to take Elsa in her arms. But the blonde princess had an uneasy cringe which stopped her. It broke their hearts, but Elsa did not want to risk hurting her parents with her ice powers.
The queen did not show her sadness. She just talk to her child.
"How are you Elsa?"
"Fine mother. I was about to study again. I've almost finished mathematics lessons."
The queen knew she was telling the truth. She was a studious girl. She complimented her with grace.
"Very well. I am very proud of you."
It was good for the princess to hear that. Her parents could not show as much affection as before, she couldn't do it either. So she was doing everything possible to be the best princess heir possible.
The mother ventured, hesitantly, to talk about the sensitive topic with her daughter.
"And ... Your powers?"
The blonde girl looked down, contemplating her gloved hands, and finally admitted with despair and shame.
"I did not manage to improve. And I think they are becoming stronger. That scares me."
The queen sighed, sorry to have made her thought about that. She looked for something to make her daughter no longer has that face so chagrined, which led her eyes on what she was doing before her arrival. She discovered a half finished drawing. The queen gently grips the paper, which tensed the princess a little.
The drawing was obviously not over, but not bad for a ten years old girl. The queen saw a man in armor, of small size or proportionally too wide, with a neatly trimmed beard and having what seemed to be a sword. Above it was written: Thorin Oakenshield.
The mother then asked the girl with the gentle and curiously amused look that only mothers can have.
"What is it Elsa?"
The princess seemed embarrassed. She did not expect that she notices her sketches, and she did not know what to say. It was a character from Bilbo's Story, if she spoke about it to her, she would surely know where she held such a story. And if she talked about Steven, who knows how her mother would react. Some frost formed on her chair, she hid her best to hide it with her hand. Very troubled, Elsa replied hesitantly.
"It's ... a dwarf ... that I imagined."
Queen's astonishment was perfectly visible.
"A dwarf? As in the fairy tales?"
"Yes, exactly." Hastened to confirm the child. "I read a story with dwarves and I wanted to create one ... to pass the time."
The Queen suspected that she was not telling her everything. But she accepted her story because she did not felt that she was lying. And if this little hobby distracted her a little in her life full of trials and fears, it was a good thing.
She discussed a moment with Elsa, as she had done before with Anna. Then she went to join the king Agdar in his office.
When she disappeared around the corner, the little face of Anna appeared at the other end, making sure the way was clear. After a moment, she approached Elsa's door and, as often this last years, the perky music played from nowhere while she called her sister.
"Elsa?"
She knocked insistently, drawing attention of her beloved sister. Then she began to sing.
Do you wanna build a snowman?
Come on lets go and play
The blonde princess sighed while Anna looked under the door.
I never see you anymore
Come out the door
It's like you've gone away
Elsa then approached the door and stopped the singing, with a low and worried voice.
"Anna! Mom just leave. You want us to get caught?"
But the little sister did not stop.
We used to be best buddies
And now we're not
I wish you would tell me why!-
Elsa's Worry was growing, which froze the door slightly.
"We spoke yesterday. And it is summer."
The redhead sang in front of the lock.
Do you wanna build a snowman?
It doesn't have to be a snowman.
The blonde sighed, taking her face in her hands a little desperate and very anxious.
"Stop Anna!" She oredred, as gently as possible.
Anna concludes her song.
Okay, bye...
Elsa calmed down, then she explained to her little sister.
"Listen, if our parents hear you, there will be trouble."
"But Whyyyyy?"
"I do not know."
Of course she knew. But she had to do everything to avoid that Anna discover it, and that her parent find that she took up with her again. She had to tell her the excuse she had found.
"But they said that it is for our good. You know they love us, right?"
"... Of course."
"So have faith in them. Me, I do."
The redhead sighed at her new failure. She also had faith in her family. She could only accept that. At least for now.
"Okay." She huffed sulkily. "But you haven't seen the last of me."
Elsa chuckled. She knew her sister well enough to know that it was true. She had no illusions about her determination. The only thing Elsa wanted was to avoid to be noticed.
"Listen Anna." Tried the princess heir. "I have to study now. So... Would you kindly play elsewhere, please?
The redhead replied something a bit sad for Elsa.
"You really think Fun fall of the sky in the castle?"
Then, at the moment when Anna finished her sentence, the princesses startled by hearing outside.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH !"
Elsa, insanely worried, asked.
"What was that ?!"
"I don't know. Wait!"
The red-haired girl ran to the window of the corridor, in front of Elsa's door, and looked everywhere. She did not see it immediately, but when she finally discovered the source of the scream, she had a joyous amazement.
"Anna! What's going on ?!" Questioned her big sister.
The redhead replied cheerfully.
"Looks like Fun REALLY fell from the sky."
Then she ran off, leaving her sister in confusion and anxiety. She almost wanted to open the door to see if everything was OK, but definitely forget this idea when she saw that fear made her lose control of her powers, as usual. The handle, and the place where she was, were beginning to be covered with ice. She then hid behind her bed and tried to calm down by saying.
"Conceal... don't feel... don't let them see..."
At the other end of the castle, little Anna opened the doors to a balcony. She looked up and saw two little legs in jeans, with three chains, over nothin' but air. Their owner being firmly attached to the roof edge.
The girl put her hands on her hips and said, very amused.
"Seriously, you arrive at weird places Steven."
"It is you Anna?" Exclaimed the boy. "But what are you doing here?"
"Well ... it is my home."
The Geek froze, looked at the landscape around him, then said.
"... Oh yeah. Stupid question."
This made the girl laugh. The boy asked her, quite worried and hesitant.
"By the way ... It's not that I'm not an Assassin's Creed fan but ... if you could help me down, that would be great ..."
"What?" She replied, not understanding his reference.
"Whatever! HELP ME !"
"Shhhhhhh" Did the princess with fear. "Do not talk so loud. Peoples could hear you and put you out ... or worse."
Steven had to recognize that she was right. But his imminent survival mattered a little more now.
"Okay. But help me, out of pity."
"Do not worry." She reassured whenever possible. "Just ... Do not be afraid."
"But I'm not afraid." He looked beneath him. "NOW I AM AFFRAID !"
Anna did a new "shhh" before thinking of a way to help her friend. She thought a while, looked over the railing, but had to go to the evidence.
"There's only one way." She explained. "You must let go."
"You think I'm the Prince of Persia or what?! No Way!"
This confused a little the girl.
"Why Would I believe that you are the Prince of Persia?" She then resumed. "I mean ... Your only chance is to let go to catch the railing behind you. Or I'll have to search an adult and you know what will happen."
Steven analyzed, as calmly as possible, the situation. To his regret, the result was in favor of Anna. There was no way to go down climbing and if an adult was there, which was ironic knowing he had nearly sixteen years old in fact, it would mean huge troubles for him and Anna. Her solution was the only possible.
"Ok ..." he resigned. "But you help me huh?"
"Yes, don't worry."
Steven took a deep breath, concentrated as much as before a game in Nightmare difficulty, and let go. He had the stomach heaved and a moment of panic. He was very frightened. Then he firmly clung to the railing of wood. It only lasted a second, but Steven would remember it his entire life. Anna grabbed him by the shoulders and helped him to go on the balcony, where he collapsed his child's body to the ground, breathing faster, trying to regain a normal heart rhythm.
The princess looked at him from above, hands behind her back and smiling. She questioned him.
"Are you okay?"
"It was not as high as Columbia but now I know what Booker felt."
"Excuse me?"
"Don't mind, it's a long story ... I'm just a little ... disturbed."
It was the least he could say. But he could not said details without appearing insane, especially since he did not see the point to explain something in a dream. Five minutes before, he was in a cell in a ninja prison, lying quietly on a bad futon. And suddenly, he found himself on the roof of a castle.
Seeing the landscape around him, the architecture of the castle, that he recognized as the one he had dreamed, and remembering the two girls he had met there, their names and characteristics, Steven understood where he was: The world of Frozen, the Disney movie.
It was a real shock. In fact that was what made him lose his balance. And while he clung to the roof and were desperate to get out, he had had time to reflect a bit and to report several intriguing facts.
First, when he woke up, he had no memories of his time there. Which reinforced the idea that the whole thing was a particularly powerful kind of dream. Nobody remembers his dreams after all, even if, once income, he remembered everything. It was the only logical answer he had with his elements. Although it was strange for him.
'I have not even watch Frozen...' Had he thought wistfully. 'Me and Disney ... It's a little complicated...'
And finally, if it was indeed Arendelle, the Kingdom of the Disney movie, supposed to be somewhere in Norway, so why does nobody spoke Norwegian? Steven had no doubt when the ninja from Naruto spoke Japanese, but everybody speaking English in Norway, it was a little weird.
Then Anna had arrived and "helped" him to descend.
When he regained his composure, Anna gave her hand and helped him to get up.
"It's been a while since we had not seen." Said the redhead princess. "We wondered where you have been."
Steven replied cheerfully, removing some dust from his shirt with wolves.
"Oh do not exaggerate. Three days is nothing."
"Three days?" Wondered the girl. "What are you talking about? It's been an entire week."
Now, the boy was completely stunned. He had spent only three days in prison, this he could swear it. And the princess told him he was gone a whole week? He thought.
'What the hell?! I didn't used a TARDIS or Delorean yet. I almost want to cry out "Great Scott!" Wait ... Why am I searching some logic in a dream? '
So he forgot all of this. Feeling a bit silly to have been afraid, even if it was not so unusual to feel emotions in a dream.
"Whatever ..." Said Steven. "How are you?"
"Fine. And it is thanks to you."
Steven was astonished.
"Really? Why?" he Asked.
"Since you met my sister, she talks to me again."
Steven was both intrigued and happy for her.
"But it must remain a secret." Anna admitted with a chagrin air. "Elsa said that if our parents found out, they would separate us again." But then She smiled. "I don't know why but she promised me that it is for our good. And I trust them. So I agreed."
Steven was amazes ... but also sad. She had such faith in her family that she accepted this situation without putting their love for one moment in question. The Geek could not believe it. If it had been him, things would have been different, there Would have been screams, cries and maybe even broken items. He thought that Anna was a very naive girl. But he remembered the reason that led to this situation: Elsa's powers. And what the blonde princess had taught him. He understood that their parents truly did this for them. He again felt the feeling of jealousy that he had near Anna's bed, when he was nearly discovered.
' We are not the same... Me and them...' thought Steven.
The princess noticed the sad face of his friend, which touched his two remaining medallions: the dragon and the sign of the assassins. She was worried for him and asked.
"Are you okay ? ... You look sad."
Steven quickly tried to change the subject.
"No, do not worry. And my gift ? You still like it ?"
The girl came back to her playful air and took the pentacle with sky-blue stones from under her dress.
"Yes, very much." she Assured cheerfully. "I wear it every day."
"Every day?" Steven was amazed. "But you must have lots of other jewelry, more amazing one I suppose."
Anna told him.
"Maybe. But this one is the first gift that gave me my first real friend. So it is special for me."
This warm the Londonian geek's heart. A feeling which he was not accustomed.
But before he could say anything else, the princess took his hand and took him in the corridors saying.
"But we are wasting time. Come on, let's say to Elsa that you came back."
"W ... Wait! What about the guards?"
"Don't worry. There's quite nobody since we closed the castle's doors."
'It is true that I have not seen anyone since I arrived ...' Steven thought. 'A true stealth game's Easy Mode... not even a real tutorial.'
Anna and Steven stopped suddenly, footsteps approaching them. Wasting no time, the boy hid behind a curtain.
The Geek remained without moving or breathing too hard. He heard her friend greeting someone called Gerda, who returned her salvation with the speak of a happy servant, before going away. The domestic did not suspect for a moment the presence of the young man.
For a moment, Steven thought, almost tearful.
'Solid Snake-sensei ... I have become a perfect disciple.'
The little red-haired took the hiding geek.
"Well ! It was Close shave." Whispered the redhead. "Now, Elsa."
Steven did not have time to reply.
"Hey !" She said running, as if she had a revelation. "Maybe if we both sings, Elsa will come out."
"S ... SIIIIINNNG ? !" Exclaimed the geek. "No way!"
"You did it when you were telling Bilbo's story to Elsa."
"She told you that ? I mean: It's not the same, It was part of history!".
'I don't love to sing, so a Disney song ...' he thought. 'And I REALLY can't imagine myself singing Metal in such a world ... Well, a small Wisdom of the Kings can't be so bad ... But what the hell am I thinking ?!'
"Come on !" Anna innocently ordered, leading a slightly worried Steven with her.
Meanwhile, among the rocks and smokes, a small blond boy ran to his adoptive mother, Bulda, A Troll, followed by a young reindeer.
"Ah, Kristoff!" She called. "There you are!"
"Excuse me mom ..." he replied, getting his breath back. "Dad had trouble finding us."
"Ugh! Cliff ..." sighed the troll. "Still so scatterbrained. But now that you're here my son, and you too Sven, Grand Pabbie wanted to see you. He has something to ask you, son."
The child complied. He knew that when his adoptive grandfather called someone, it was always for an important reason.
He and his friend found the king of the trolls sitting on a stone, eyes closed, holding an acorn in his palm and saying strange words. He seemed very concentrated. Kristoff dared not interrupt him. But the troll finished his incantation and noticed the two child.
"Here you are." He Said. "Just in time. Come my children."
They came and Grand Pabbie explained to them.
"I need you for a very important mission."
The curiosity of the children was excited. The gray king showed them the fruit in his hand. An R-shaped rune was carved on it. He continued his explanation, that the young boys listened attentively.
"I felt strange things today. I don't want to worry you, this is probably nothing serious. But that enchanted acorn will lead you to the source of what I 've felt. When you let it on the floor, it will roll to it. So I would like you to find it. It seemed to me that it happened near of Arendelle. "
Kristoff took, with caution, the magic fruit while preventing Sven to eat it. He knew why it was him who was entrusted to do this. Not fleeing or poorly considering humans, trolls preferred to avoid contact. As a human, he was the best to fulfill this mission. Which made him very happy, it seemed like adventure to his childish mind. He questioned Pabbie.
"And what do I do when I find it?"
"If you feel that it is dangerous, do not approach it. If by chance it's something heavy or impossible to wear, just tell me about it immediately. Otherwise, try to bring me that thing here."
Kristoff accepted his mission with a determined nod. Then he ride on Sven and the two galloped towards Arendelle.
The Grand Pabbie could not help but blame himself as they walked away. He said it was not very serious. But in truth, he did not know. He had prayed that what he had felt last week do not happen again, he even almost forgot that night, but it indeed happened again. It frightened him not knowing what it was, even knowing what the myths say about that "feel". He did not like to sent his adoptive grand-son to face danger, but as the source was in human territory, it was the best solution.
'Could it had some link with the princess with ice powers?' he Thought.
All he could do now was waiting.
Wait without realizing or even suspected that he was being observed.
Just behind him, only two steps behind, without being able to see or feel it, an old man with a mustache and in navy blue costar with tie, had listened to everything, the air both worried and angry .
A terrible storm was approaching on the horizon, ready to burst.
Well ... Even when I want to make it short I ended at 11 pages on Word Oo
List of References: (as any chapter of the Queen and the geek, there's a Disney reference):
The Hobbit, Assassin's Creed, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Prince of Persia, Bioshock Infinite, Doctor Who, Back to the Future, Metal Gear Solid.
Go to the next on Kunai & Cellphone and the next chapter. ;-)
The stories will become more and more linked.