It looked like a painful process. Bones cracked as they shifted, human flesh was ripping apart and being replaced by shining blue and silver scales, and her eyes...her eyes went from human to animal in less than a second. Before Elsa knew it, she was sitting right in front of a fifteen foot long beast. She was frozen in place. She couldn't think and she couldn't speak. She just watched in awe as the "human" transformed into a dragon before her very eyes. Even Anna, someone who speaks nonstop, was at a loss for words and in an even worse condition than the Queen, seeing that she was trembling in her chair. The other council members were no better. One of them even passed out from the sight.

Elsa was the first to move. Slowly she stood up and made her way to the dragon. The dragon was magnificent, but terrifying as well. Her heart was pounding as she walked forward. She held her hand up in an attempt to stroke the snout of the beast. No one spoke. She was only a few inches away from touching it, but suddenly stopped and pulled her hand away. Was this an animal, or was it still Lady Artemis? She quickly gathered herself together and spoke.

"Lady Artemis, is it still you? Do you understand me?"

The dragon nodded and bowed deeply in respect for the queen and for reassurance that she will not harm anybody. She then transformed back into her human form, which looked even more painful than transforming into the dragon. When her transformation was complete, she was hardly wearing any clothing, save for a few torn up rags that covered her more intimate areas, but she didn't mind. She had gotten her point across. She looked at Elsa.

"Well, Your Majesty?"

Elsa didn't know what to say. She would have to make a decision. War or marriage to a queen that she has yet to meet.

"Lady Artemis...I'm afraid I'm at a loss for words."

"Then don't decide anything just yet. Allow me to send a message to the queen inviting her here. We can explain the situation to her. I doubt she will have any objections to marriage. She's been searching for several years, but has failed to find "the one". Just...give her a chance and I'm sure she'll give you a chance as well."

Elsa raised a single eyebrow. "How is it that you know so much about the queen?"

Lady Artemis laughed. She laughed until tears streamed down her face. "I'm sorry, Queen Elsa. I'm afraid that I forgot to mention that Queen Kara of Argos is my older sister."

*Line Break*

It has been two days since the threat from Hans. Elsa gave Lady Artemis, or actually Princess Artemis, permission to send word to her sister, Queen Kara, who responded rather quickly stating that she would arrive in two days time. Apparently, Princess Artemis delivered the message herself, using her dragon form to travel at fast speeds to and from kingdoms. So today was the day. Today she would meet her possible future wife. She attempted to bribe Artemis in numerous ways to get information about Queen Kara. She wanted to know what she looked like, how she acted, her age, but Artemis through all the questions out the window and just asked Elsa to wait for the two days. So now she was pacing in her study, waiting for the Queen of the Dragons to arrive.

There was a knock at the door and Elsa swore her heart had stopped. She opened the door only to see that it was only Anna. "Oh, come in, Anna. How are you?"

Anna walked in and sat down on one of the chairs. "How am I? Shouldn't I be asking you that question?"

Elsa giggled. Even though she was the older sister, Anna still looked after her. "I'm alright," Elsa said, "just a bit nervous. This woman could become my wife in the very near future and I have no idea what she's like. Artemis won't give me any hints. It's almost like she's enjoying my eagerness."

"I wouldn't be surprised. After all, this is her older sister we're talking about. I bet she didn't even tell Queen Kara any details about you."

"I suppose you're right."

There was another knock at the door.

"Enter" Elsa said.

"Your Majesty," Artemis said as she walked through the door, "my sister is within Arendelle's boarders. She will be here shortly. Care to come join me in the courtyard?"

Elsa felt her heartbeat pick up as she took a deep breath. "Yes, I'll join you. Come, Anna."

*Line Break*

Elsa, Anna, and Artemis were waiting patiently in the courtyard of the castle. The guards were asked to remain calm and to not attack anyone, or anything, that approaches the castle. Elsa wasn't sure whether to look towards the gates or to the sky. How would this Queen of the Dragons be arriving? Elsa looked to see where Princess Artemis was looking. She remained calm and had her head down and her eyes closed. She looked as if she was focusing on something. She then opened her eyes and looked to the sky. Elsa followed her gaze and saw four dragons descending from the sky and landed gracefully in the courtyard. Elsa looked at each one studying their details. Her eyes were suddenly pulled from the other dragons to the largest one of them all. It was a red dragon with black markings. Its scales glowed as if a fire was burning in each individual scale. It had three horns, two on the head and one on the snout. Its teeth and claws looked sharper than any blade. The wings were scarred, which meant to Elsa that this dragon was no stranger to battle. And finally, its eyes. Though they were animal eyes, they were the most beautiful eyes Elsa had ever seen. She felt something when she looked into them. She felt power, protection, kindness...could this be the queen? She was ready to meet the queen in her human form.

"Queen Elsa, I would like to officially introduce you to my sister, Queen Kara of Argos."

And with that said, the red and black dragon transformed into the most beautiful woman Elsa could ever imagine. The woman stood a few inches taller than Elsa. Her hair was blood red. Her scales were replaced with smooth milky skin. Her eyes remained the same, except for the elongated pupil. She was stunning. Elsa's eyes roamed her entire body.

"By the Gods, she is beautiful. She's muscular. Her abdomen looks solid, but her skin looks so soft...Wait. Skin? Abdomen? Oh my goodness, she's hardly wearing clothing! What is it with dragons and no clothing?! And why am I still staring?!"

Elsa's face burned up and reverted to looking at the Queen's eyes. Suddenly, the queen made a swift motion and a ring of fire flooded her body. Much like Elsa's magic, Kara had managed to create clothing out of the fire. It was black leather pants and a black leather jacket that hugged Kara in all the right areas.

"Hello, Queen Kara," Elsa managed to spit out, "and welcome to Arendelle."

Kara looked into her eyes almost as if she was studying Elsa. She then approached her and grabbed her hand. Without breaking eye contact, she lifted Elsa's hand to her lips and placed a gentle kiss upon her knuckles, which caused Elsa to blush madly. This did not go unnoticed by Kara.

"The pleasure is mine, Queen Elsa."