Chp2:
Elsa never liked getting up early. She would love if she could just stay in bed all day. No royal duties. No boring meetings. Just her and her bed.
Unfortunately her sister had other ideas. "Elsa! Elsa! Come on. Get up!" Elsa rolled over and placed her soft pillow over her ear in a futile attempt to block out the noise. "Anna" she groaned "Come-on the sky's awake so I'm awake."
Elsa opened one eye. She could see the light shining through the edges of the curtains and cursed whoever declared the sun to rise. "I'm starting to think you and the sky are conspiring against me." Elsa moaned. "No we just think it's a waste if you spend an entire day in bed." Elsa rolled her eyes under her closed eyelids..
"Besides their decorating the town Christmas tree today." Elsa scolded herself for forgetting. "I'll be ready in a second, Anna" she forced herself from her bed and walked over to her mirror. Her hair didn't get as messy as Anna's did but it still wasn't a pretty sight.
Her hair was hanging in long lose strands across her face and Elsa had to pull it out of her eyes. After fixing her hair into a braid she putt on the same dress that she wore during the coronation, though she hated it. It was so stiff and tight and Elsa didn't particularly like the colour of it either.
She opened the door and found her sister standing outside waiting for her. Anna was wearing a nice plane dark blue dress. "Elsa, why did you wear that dress?" Anna asked. "Because I thought it was appropriate." Elsa said.
"But it's not you." Elsa looked at the floor, ashamed. She had promised Anna that she would try to open up and be herself more, but she always found herself cocooning back into that dress and sometimes her room.
She rarely went outside the castle not because she didn't want to, she was just shy. "I'm sorry Anna." She said then waved her hand and the same dress that she wore in the mountains formed on her body. The dress felt immediately more comfortable as it wasn't made from an annoyingly itchy fabric like the last one.
Both Elsa and Anna smiled. "Much better." Anna said. "Come on, let's get breakfast."
The stranger slowed to a walk as he approached the kingdom. He had never been to Arendelle before though he kept promising himself he would visit eventually. The Silver fangs were giving him the chance now. The only thing he regretted was he wished he could visit under better circumstances.
He doubted he would stay long as he was probably going to be run out of town or captured and experimented on. His hand reached for his chest instinctively. The wound had long since healed but he doubted the memory ever would go away. As he walked to the docks he took a moment to observe the rising sun.
He loved the look of the sun as it rose and set. The town was covered in a light layer of snow but the stranger assumed it was due to it being three weeks short of Christmas. Speaking of Christmas, a sleigh passed him.
It looked very recently bought and shone in the morning light. The sleigh came to a halt as the reindeer pulling it collapsed. "Come on Sven just a little more." The reindeer obviously named Sven grunted. "Great now I've got to drag this tree to the castle…" the voice said.
"Need a hand?" The stranger asked. A man with blond hair stood up from the front. His blue eyes were bright and he wore a thankful smile. "You would?" "Sure" the stranger answered. "Now I have a wy inside the castle grounds." He thought but he didn't let the other man know anything. One of the perks of always covering you're face is that people can never read your facial expressions.
"My name's Kristoff what's yours'?" the stranger debated whether to tell his real name or not. The man seemed harmless enough but a hameless man could also be a weak willed one and the stranger wouldn't put it past Julian to torture someone out of information. Kristoff however fixed the problem by saying. "Ah it doesn't matter we need to get this into the courtyard before the festival." Kristoff grabbed the top of the tree and lifted it.
The stranger squatted and lifted the bottom of the tree. The two began to walk slowly towards the castle courtyard. When they reached the courtyard ten minutes later they dropped the tree with an audible thud. Both men leaned forward panting.
"That…huh…was…huh…fun." The stranger said with a weak smile. "Terrific…huh…" kristoff's voice was dripping with light hearted sarcasm. "I'm gonna kill that reindeer." Kristoff muttered darkly. The stranger laughed through ragged breaths. "I highly doubt you'll have the energy to do anything for a while." "HEY! KRISTOFF!"a woman's voice screeched in delight.
The stranger looked up and saw a pretty red haired girl engulf Kristoff in a hug. The force of the hug caused Kristoff to fall onto his back and the redhead to fall onto his chest. Both however seemed unharmed and the girl looked up at him with cute apologetic eyes. "Hey Anna…" he was cut off by her pressing her lips against his.
The stranger chuckled. "I take it back looks like you've got plenty of energy for that." "Once they get started they'll be at it for days." The stranger turned and his heart stopped. A woman was walking towards the group.
The stranger didn't believe in love at first sight. He found the idea of looking at someone and instantly falling in love ridiculous. However he did believe in attraction at first sight or lust at first sight. Though lust never did cross his mind, he firmly believed he had died and was in some kind of heaven. The woman was an angle. Beautiful in every aspect.
Her ice blue eyes shone in the sunlight. Her platinum blond hair was fixed into a braid and she wore a dress that seemed to sparkle in the sun. She walked in a dignified manner. The stranger guessed she must be a noble by the way she walked. However the dress contradicted that theory. It was too simple to be a dress worn by someone of very high class. Probably not a very high ranking noble.
"Focus! Focus! Focus! Not here to flirt." He thought. But despite himself he couldn't help smiling at her little joke. "Ever consider timing them? They might be setting a world record." The woman smiled a beautiful smile. "I tried and fell asleep after 6 hours." The stranger laughed out loud. The woman laughed as well.
"Elsa." Anna whined at being embarrassed. The stranger assumed they must be related because the both looked alike. The woman giggled.
"Sorry Anna. I'm Elsa this is my sister Anna and her boyfriend Kristoff." The man nodded in acknowledgement. He however kept his expression blank. He didn't want to get attached to these people.
"What is your name?" Anna asked. The man once again pondered telling them. "What harm could it be?" he thought before saying out loud. "Zoran." Anna then spoke. "That's a strange name." "My mother came up with it. It means dawn." Anna piped up again.
"I wish my name had a meaning." Kristoff spoke in a matter of fact tone. "Still a strange name though." "Well I like it." Elsa said. Zoran gave her a strange look. Elsa self-consciously started fiddling with her hair and looked at the ground.
"I'm sorry." She whispered shyly. Zoran then realised how he must look and he was very quick to apologise. "No I'm not offended or anything. It's just nobody ever said they liked my name before. Thank you." Elsa blushed and quickly moved the conversation on.
"Thank you for helping Kristoff. There would have been problems if the tree was late. If you want you can stay and help with the tree. Then we can discuss a reward for you." Zoran nearly jumped at the offer, then remembered why he was here. "Stop the silver fangs" he though, then out loud "Sorry can't. I'm late and need to get going."
"Oh… well are you sure you don't want anything?" Zoran nodded. "Thanks but I really need to get going." Elsa threw him something. He caught it and looked at it. It was a small silver crest. Elsa smiled. "You deserve something and that should fetch you a good price." Zoran looked down at the small crest before placing it in his pocket beside his potions. "Thank you Elsa. Now I really do have to go."
"It was nice meeting you." Elsa said. She sounded disappointed. "Don't worry, the worlds a small place we might end up meeting again. Until then Kristoff, Anna, Elsa I bid thee Aude." He made a small bow the walked out the gate.
He really hoped he would never see them again as he didn't want to put them in danger. However he planned to keep the crest just so he could remember Elsa and he quirky little family. What he didn't know is that he was about to become part of that family.
As soon as Zoran walked out the door Elsa let out a disappointed sigh. Though they had only just met Elsa quiet liked Zoran.
He seemed polite, helpful and funny. She had also felt bad about him walking away with nothing so she had quickly made a small crest out of her special never melting ice behind her back to give to him. She normally took great care in her works with ice but she had no time so she threw the crest together in a few seconds. Se was actually quite proud of how it turned out.
"I wonder what he looks like?" she thought. She had not revealed her title because she was curious as to how someone would treat her if they weren't constantly treating her like an armed bomb. It had been nice to feel like a normal person. She glanced back at Anna and Kristoff. The two were arguing about something. Anna seemed annoyed and Kristoff seemed amused.
Elsa turned back to the gate expecting to see Zoran walking away but was surprised. He wasn't there anymore.
Author's notes.
"Lords" is taking a back seat I'm afraid. I'm not satisfied with it either so as soon as I start the sequel to this story Lords is probably going to come down. I'm sorry if that's not what you wanted to hear SnowQueenElsaOfArendelle101.
Thanks to all for your support.
Until next time!
Ninja-Cat Sif