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A.N - I would like to thank all those whom have read, reviewed, or both. Thank you. (This is where the names of those whom have reviewed go.) There is a large probability that both Elsa and Merida will continue to stay single. If anyone has any ideas then please message or review. thank you.
I will continue to try and update once or twice a week, at the moment possibly quicker depending on how quickly I type up the new chapters. P.S: Continuing what I said in the last chapter, the ages will be a bit different.
Chapter 3,
In Arendelle...
When they had found Anna in that ice and snow covered ballroom without her sister they panicked. Anna's skin was as cold as ice, her breathing shallow and labored, but there were no physical injuries at all. Grabbing Anna he wrapped her in a blanket and ran to the stables, his wife hot on his heels.
"I am going to take her somewhere to be healed. See if you can find Elsa alright?" She nodded, watching on as he spurred his horse into a full gallop and riding out of the castle grounds and into the woods. Once he was gone she started her all out search for her eldest daughter.
All of the guards joined in and together they searched for well over an hour when one of them walked up to her, a distressed look on his face. "You Majesty, I think we found something." With a nod he led her out the back gate, though she noticed a trail of melting ice following the same path.
Eventually the trail ended and the guard halted only a few hundred feet away from it, alongside the edge of the docks and Fjord. Suddenly there was a splash nearby when a guard surfaced, taking a deep breath, before diving back under again. "What's going on here?" She asked softly, terrified to know the answer but needing it all the same.
The guard gave her a soft look, motioning towards the ground near her feet. "We found this and have reason to believe it's from the princess your Majesty." Following his gaze she froze when her eyes landed on a small puddle of blood, no bigger than two gold peices, but blood none the less. "We believe she fell in the Fjord and have been searching but with no luck your Majesty."
"Sir, we found something!" A single guard swam over, something clutched in his fist. With little effort he pulled himself up out of the water, handing whatever it was over to the guard captain, who in turn handed it over to her.
Idun felt her heart drop when she saw that the item was a strip of light blue cloth, a strip off of Elsa's nightgown more specifically. "No..." Her voice broke, tears starting to stream down her face at the thought of her lost daughter.
Brokenly she managed to walk back to the castle, sitting down heavily on the front steps where her husband was sure to come when he got back from the trolls. She could only sit there and cry, holding the cloth close to her chest as she did. After a while she could vaugly hear the sound of hoofbeats on stone echoing through the empty courtyard.
Looking up she saw Adgar dismount his horse, Anna nestled safetly in his arms. "Adgar..." Standing up she took a step foward, stopping when she saw the hope in his eyes, hope that his eldest had been found. Letting out a heavy sigh she held out the blue cloth and could only watch as that hope turned to horror. "They found it at the bottom of the Fjord, closest to the docks."
There needn't be any more said, both knowing the tradegty that had happened. The worst would be breaking it to Anna that her older sister was gone. Walking over Adgar wrapped his wife in his arms and they both cried for the loss of their eldest daughter.
Meanwhile...4 Months later
Elinor smiled softly at the two girls playing together in the large room while she continued to work on a large tapestry, her evening hobby these last few months. It had taken some work but they had eventually gotten Avalon out of her shell when before she wouldn't have been seen out of the company of either herself, Fergus, or Merida.
They also noticed something, well only when one of the servants mentioned it, it was that Avalon had this strange infatuation with anything chocolate, often being found sneaking it to her room when she thought no one was looking. It had gotten to the point where the kitchen staff had to hide it to keep the girl from eating it before meals.
During the past few month Avalon had also managed to gain quite a bit of control over her own powers. Now she was able to thaw what she created instead of having to wait until it thawed on it's own...though that usually meant that both girls could often be found playing together in one of their rooms making snowmen long after they were supposed to be in bed.
What did suprise her was Avalons intrest in swordsmanship. She often found both girls near the training arena for the guards both watching the men practice their skills. When she brought this up to her husband he jumped at the chance to teach both his little girls some useful weapon skills.
He started both girls on the basic stances of their chosen weapons, not wanting to give then any real weapons until later. Elinor didn't quite like the thought of a princess having a weapon but knew that learning to fight was essintial.
Leaning back in her chair she smiled again, already thinking of the next day's events. Since Avalon couldn't remember her birthday they went ahead and decided that it would be on the same day as Merida's, making it twice as fun for both girls.
"Alright girls, time to put away the toys and go to bed." Both of them sagged slightly in defeat, Merida more so than Avalon, before trudging off towards their seperate rooms with a nod. The night passed without incident, which truly meant no snowmen or midnight snowball fights between the girls.
The next morning however was not quite as slow. Merida was the first one awake, as usual, and ran over to her sisters room with a large grin. As quitly as a five year old was able she snuck into the room before leaping onto the bed, landing soldily on her older sister, said sister all but screaming in shock at the intrusion.
"Merida!" She complained, pulling both a pillow and covers over her in an attempt to go back to sleep. She wasn't even able to get close because the blankets were practically ripped away from her. "Five more minutes!" She pleaded, desperate to get just a little more sleep.
Her sister was having none of it, taking to jumping on the bed around her in an attempt to get her up. "It's our birthday! Up, up, up!" Letting out a heavy breath, knowing there was no arguing with the happy five year old. Sitting up she brushed the long strands of blond hair away from her face, eyeing her sister with a mock glare.
"Alright I am up." Merida smiled, not noticing the glare and pulled her out of the bed and towards the dresser. Shaking her head Av smiled before rifling through her clothes until she found something to wear. "Go get dressed, I will be out shortly." With a nod Merida ran out of the room to get ready, knowing that as soon as they were dressed they would be leaving.
It didn't take long to wash up and dress, donning a simple dark blue dress and soft heeled black boots, pulling her hair into a low ponytail. Once she was done she made her way down the hall towards her parents room.
Before she could even get close she let out an undignified squeak as a pair of bulky arms hefted her up into the air and onto a pair of broad shoulders. "How's my lass doing this morning?" Laughing lightly she grabbed the edge of her father's fur cloak.
"Good morning papa." He walked closer to the room when her mother walked out, Merida in her arms. Everyone dressed and children in tow the family left the castle towards the stables where two large horses stood waiting, already saddled and everything. "Where are we going?" She asked and Elinor gave her a cunning smile.
"Be patient dear, you will see shortly." Each parent mounted a horse, girl in front of each of them, before spurring their mounts into a steady trot out of the castle gates and towards the large forest that rested only a kilometer away.
It didn't take them vey long to reach a decent size clearing where a large tent had already been set up, a wooden table next to it filled with a large variaty of meats, cheeses, breads, and of course, chocolates! Pulling the horses to a halt they dismounted, placing the girls on the ground in front of them. "You two go ahead and play alright."
No more prompting was needed as Merida dragged her away towards a spot full of flowers. They played most of the morning and early into the afternoon, only stopping to eat when either of them happened to get hungry...which was quite often unsuprisingly.
At the current moment both Avalon and Merida were playing hide and seek with their mother, taking up a small spot underneath the table to hide. "Where are you two? Come out, come out!"
Reaching over Avalon covered her sisters mouth to stifle the giggle that was coming before tugging her behind a shield as soon as their mum's back was turned. Both of them grinned to each other at the confused look on her face when she looked under the table and saw that they weren't there anymore.
"Where are my little birthday girls, I'm gonna gobble them up when I find them." Unbenoust to her said birthday girls were sneaking up behind her, mischevous grins on both their faces. Turning around she jumped slightly before grabbing both girls, tickling them merclissly.
Just then there was a clank as something wooden hit the table behind them. Stopping her assault Elinor glanced behind her and frowned when she saw Fergus munching on an apple, his bow on the table. "Fergus, no weapons on the table." She scoffed, knowing he probably wouldn't remove it.
Merida wiggled her way out of her arms, grabbing the bow and pulling down with her. "Can I shoot an arrow?" The bow being as heavy as it was knocked her over into a sitting position. He laughed heartily and scratched his growing beard.
"Not with that...how Bout with your very own bow?" He pulled out two things from behind his back, a small bow and a short sword. "Here you go my wee darlings!"
Kneeling down he handed the bow to Merida and the sword to Elsa. Gently taking the sword she smiled brightly. "Thank you father!" That had also taken a lot of work to do but eventually she had gotten to calling both Elinor and Fergus mother and father.
Merida squealed in a most unprincessly manner and grabbed the bow out of his outstretched hands. He also pulled out a small quiver of princess sized arrows and motioned towards the target. "Let's see what you can do." The next hour was spent trying to teach Merida how to shoot, sadly though not a single arrow found it's target...not..a...single...one.
Smiling behind her hand Avalon shook her head. Unsheathing her sword she gave it a few practice swings, suprised with how heavy it was, some practice was definatly going to be needed to wield it properly. Glancing up she almost laughed at the look on her sister's face as the most recent arrow went sailing into the forest, completly above the intended target.
Sheathing the blade she grabbed her sisters hand with a smile. "Come on, let's go get it." Merida handed the bow of to their mother before trailing after her sister in search of the runaway arrow.
Once they got into the woods Avalon instatly felt like they were being watched, she wasn't sure how but she didn't like it. Letting Merida search for the arrow she scanned the woodland around them in search of whatever, or whoever, was causing this feeling. "Found it!" Turning around she saw Merida holding up the lost arrow proudly.
Just then the sound of a branch breaking split through the forest, causing both girls to freeze. Merida inched closer to her older sister, scared at whatever might be out there. Suddenly there was a soft noise behind them, and they turned around to see a little blue light just floating there.
"A will-o-the wisp!" Merida gasped out, staring in awe at the little light. The light made a follow me motion and vanished, another one appearing a few feet away. "Come on." Merida grabbed her sisters arm and pulled her along as she followed the little spirits path to wherever it was leading them.
"Merida! Avalon! Come on girls we're leaving!" Their mother's voice came from somewhere up ahead and Avalon realized that the little spirit had led them out of the forest...though that feeling of being watched had not yet faded. Merida ran out of the woods towards their mother, a grin on her face.
"Mum! We saw a wisp!" Elinor smiled down at her two girls, noticing that Avalon had a strange look of anxiety on her face for some reason.
Kneeling down she picked Merida up and grabbed Avalon's hand in her own. "You know, some say that will-o-the wisps will lead you to your fate." Fergus said something, not believing in the magic that they saw, as they headed back towards the horses.
Just then a dark shadow fell over them, Merida's scream peircing the air. Shocked Avalon turned to see a huge monster of a bear standing over them, it's one good eye intently focused on them as it's next meal. Acting on instinct more than anything she let go of her mother's hand and swiped it out, a wall of ice forming between them and the monster bear.
"Elinor! Run!" Av felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist, quickly carrying her the rest of the way to the horses. She was all but thrown on the gray one, her mother mounting up right behind her, Merida secured in her arms. As the horse thundered away Av looked back and saw her father and guards attack the bear without any hesitation.
Some say our destiny is tied to the land, as much a part of us as we are of it. Others say fate is woven together like a cloth, so that one's destiny intertwines with that of many others. It's the one thing we search for, or fight to change. Some never find it. But there are some who are led.
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A.N - I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. I know it was a bit slow and not nearly as long as the other two so I am sorry for that. I will try and get another update within the next couple of days though it would be nice to at least have five reviews on this chapter before I update again...just Saying:) If anyone has any ideas for what could happen just let me know and I will see what I can do. Also if anything is wrong then please do not hesitate to tell me..thank you. Might have spelled Mordu wrong not sure.
P.S I am thinking of doing a Frozen/Hobbit Crossover once this once is finished. What do you all think?