Title: Corona
Genre: Humor/Family
"We're alive!" Anna squealed as she jumped onto the docks and hugged one of the posts, Elsa sitting down on the post next to it, still slightly shaken.
"Are you all alright?"
"Rapunzel!" Anna squealed as she jumped up and hugged her cousin in a death grip.
"OOF...hey cousin..." Rapunzel wheezed as she was crushed by Anna's hug. "Well...I can see you are happy to be here. What's wrong with your sister?"
"The captains was smart enough to run us into a storm and nearly capsize the ship." Elsa answered as she walked up to Rapunzel and hugged her. A few moments later, Agdar and Idun appeared on the port, both a little more shaken than Elsa and Anna having experienced first hand what sailing through a storm can do to a ship.
"Hi auntie Idun. Hi uncle Agdar." Rapunzel greeted as she hugged Idun and Agdar.
"Its been a long time since we've seen you. I believe the last time was when you were a baby." Idun said. "We heard what happened with that witch that kidnapped you. Mother Gothel right?"
"Yeah...But she's long gone now." Rapunzel replied. "Mother and father also heard what happened three years ago. I remember that my mother wouldn't stop crying for days when she heard about the shipwreck. And then she wouldn't stop jumping around in joy when she heard that you were actually alive."
"Yeah. As expected of my older sister." Idun said nervously. "So, is your mother here right now?"
"Yes. She's in the castle. There's a carriage that will bring us there right now. I'm sure she'll be ecstatic to finally see you after all these years." Rapunzel said as she guided them towards the carriage where a man just a bit taller than Rapunzel was standing.
"Aah...these must be your cousins. Hi, I'm Eugene." He greeted.
"You must be my cousin's husband." Anna said. He nodded in response as he mounted a white stallion behind him.
"Oh, this is Maximus by the way." Eugene said as he mounted him. He watched as the five royals entered the carriage before speeding off towards the castle.
"So apart from the storm, how was your trip here?" Rapunzel asked.
"Horrible. It was raining all the way and the food was horrible." Elsa answered.
"Oh it wasn't that bad." Anna said. "Apart from the part where it looked like mama and papa were about to cry from the ship rocking back and forth."
"We weren't going to do no such thing!" Agdar exclaimed before deliberately avoiding Rapunzel's gaze. They stayed quiet for the rest of the trip towards the Coronian castle. As soon as they got there though, the door to the carriage was ripped open and Idun pulled out into the open air.
"AAH!" Idun screamed as the Coronian Queen pulled her into a hug. "Primrose!"
"I thought you were dead!" Queen Primrose screamed as she let her sister go.
"Nearly..." Idun replied as she tried to escape a second hug.
"Hi auntie." Anna greeted as she approached Primrose.
"Well, you and your sister have definitely grown. The last time I saw you was when you were a little child." Primrose said as she pinched Anna's cheek. Elsa stood slightly behind her as she smiled at her uncle who was now healing down the steps.
"Anna. Elsa. Welcome to corona. I hope that your trip wasn't too much of a pain." King Harold said as he stood by his wife who was still trying to grab Idun. "You've got to let her breathe dear."
"Well, as far as I knew, she was dead for the last three years and I am not going to let that happen again." Primrose said as Elsa and Anna watched their mother try to escape her sister's clutches.
"Agdar. Good to see you my man. How are you?" Harold asked as he patted Agdar on the bag.
"Very well. I can see that corona has changed since I last saw it...which was quite a while ago. And its good to see Rapunzel is back and well." Agdar said as he watched Rapunzel run towards Eugene.
"I heard that Elsa is still queen. I would have thought that you would have wanted your thrones back."
"Elsa is our rightful heir. We're not going to take that all away from her again, not after all the mistakes that we have already done in the past. We're perfectly fine with just being parents again. Though to be kind of honest, it does feel good not having having to work till midnight on trade delegations and documents and other miscellaneous stuff." Agdar said.
"I would have thought the council handled that." Harold stated.
"Not really."
"Are you lot hungry? I'm guessing that the food on the ship wasn't very good. We are just about to have lunch now. Come on. You've got a lot to update us with." Primrose said as she pulled Idun into the castle.
"I can see she's ecstatic to see her sister again." Agdar laughed with Harold as they and the sister's followed the Coronian queen into the castle.
"I swear that this place is larger than ours." Agdar commented has he followed them into the castle and admired the different architecture compared to the Nordic ones that they were so accustomed with.
"So, what's it like to be queen?" Rapunzel asked Elsa as they followed their parents.
"Its not as interesting as I thought. Its less, sitting freely and relaxing with power and riches, and more, sitting stressed out in a room till midnight signing never ending documents." Elsa responded causing Anna to giggle next to her.
"My advice Rapunzel, savor the freedom of being a princess while you can." Anna told her.
"You know that you'll be queen one day as well right?" Elsa asked her sister.
"I know, but because of our three year age difference that will be in a very long, long, long time." Anna said.
"In here girls." Harold said as he gestured into two large doors that was larger than any in the Arendellian castle. As soon as they entered the dining room, which was at least three times larger than their own, they were greeted by exquisite decorations and gold plated everything. "Corona prides itself for being the trading hub of the south. So, that allows us to do stuff like this."
"I won't he surprised if you sit on a solid gold throne and eat off of solid gold plates." Agdar commented as he sat down next to his wife.
"I tried, but Primrose scolded me for trying to act too high and mighty." Harold laughed as he sat down on the other side of the table. Rapunzel, Eugene, Elsa and Anna sat together a couple not spaces away from their parents.
"So Rapunzel told me that you had a little but of a snag during your coronation Elsa. Is that right?" Primrose suddenly asked.
"Um.. Yeah. I kind of set off an eternal winter."
"Eternal? Rapunzel said it lasted for three days. Those reporters and other dignitaries always exaggerate everything." Harold said as a servant started to pour out some wines.
"Yeah, well I was glad when it finally finished." Elsa said. "With honesty, I would rather not talk about that event. I kind of want to forget it."
"Me too." Anna interrupted.
"That's understandable." Harold said.
"So how about you two. What was it like spending three years on..."
"On a deserted island?" Agdar asked. "Boring and excruciatingly painful. At least we didn't have duties though. And it was all for the best because if it never happened Anna and Elsa probably wouldn't be happy like they are today."
"What's with all the ships in the port uncle?" Elsa suddenly asked as she remembered seeing numerous ships in the port on their way here.
"Aah yes. Well be holding the first Coronian World congress here tomorrow. Composing of the 16 largest kingdoms in Europe coming together to discuss international problems and other diplomatic situations. Since you're a queen, I suppose you and your sister could accompany us, even contribute something by helping corona, if you wish."
"I would actually like that." Elsa said as she glanced at her sister who thought over it for a few seconds before sighing and nodding in response.
"I hate meetings, but if it means spending time with you...though it'll probably be boring...I'm in." Anna said.
"Trust me when I say that these world congresses aren't boring. Do you know what happens when you bring together more than a dozen king and queens and put them all in the same room? I remember the one I attended around about four years ago. One of the kings got so angry that he actually jumped over the table and lunged at another king and tried to strangle him in front of everyone. When I asked him why, he called it physical diplomacy. All of the monarchs, except for a select few, just sat there watching it like some kind of entertainment and one of them even started eating while the fight was ongoing."
"All of a sudden I'm interested." Anna said as she laughed at the thought of seeing a king trying to strangle another one. Elsa just frowned at her wearily before turning back to her uncle.
"How comes Arendelle isn't part of this world congress?" Elsa asked.
"Sister, you can barely handle a normal meeting with the council. I would dread to see what would become of you if you attend this congress." Anna interrupted.
"Well I may get stressed, but I tend not to start sleeping or playing with random stuff during the heat of a meeting, unlike a certain person I know off." Elsa relied as she glared at her sister.
"Sleeping in meetings and doing senseless senseless things is actually part of the world congress. I've actually seen people eating and even drinking during these congress meetings." Harold said.
"Uhuh? I wonder who?" Primrose asked as she quirked a brow at Harold who slunk back into his seat and whistled quietly. "Well, if that is all, then what do we say we get round to lunch eh?"
"Finally, I'm famished. The food in the ship was not fit for royalty." Anna exclaimed as her sister looked at her in shock.
"Since when did you act Royal?" Elsa joked causing Anna to poke her in the side.
"Aah. Remember when we used to be this playful as children?" Primrose asked Idun who frowned.
"Yeah. You used to keep stealing my chocolates and blaming it on mother and father." Idun replied.
"It was them...I swear." Primrose laughed as Idun rolled her eyes in response.
"Sisters...I'll never understand them." Agdar whispered to Harold who sniggered in response.
"AAH!" Anna screamed as she suddenly caught sight of a chameleon in front of her. "A lizard."
"That's not a lizard! That's my chameleon Pascal." Rapunzel said as she picked him up and put him on her shoulder.
"You have a pet chameleon?" Anna asked.
"Yes. Down here, you'll be surprised what people have as companions and pets."
"Speaking of pets, I wonder how Kristoff is doing with Snowflake and Sniffles?" Elsa asked.
Back in Arendelle...
"Come on snowflake...you have to eat something!" Kristoff groaned as he put a steak in front of the six month old wolf. "I know you miss Anna and Elsa, but they'll be back in a few days. Now please eat before Anna kills me for thinking I neglected feeding you."
Snowflake just lay there staring out over the fjord longingly. Kristoff sighed in response as he sat next to the wolf and thought of a way to feed her.
"Fine! If you eat this steak, I'll bring you out for a run later..." Kristoff muttered as he pointed to the sleigh in the courtyard where Sven was busy snoozing. Upon hearing that, Snowflake's ears perked up as he looked at Kristoff. When he nodded in response, the wolf lunged at the steak and started to gulp it down as fast as possible.
"My god. You take after Anna, both in eating and in stubbornness." Kristoff muttered as he watched snowflake eat.
Back in corona an hour later...
"Well girls, me and your mother are going to go around corona with your auntie and uncle for a while. Maybe you can do something with your cousin while we're gone." Agdar said.
"I've always wanted to see corona." Anna said excitedly as she looked over the edge of the balcony at the kingdom.
"Me too. I heard that they have a museum that is filled with a numerous amount of historical artifacts and that their university is supposed to be the best in the south." Elsa said.
"I'm sorry what? I lost you when you said museum..." Anna said to her sister as she faked a yawn. Elsa replied by tackling Anna to the ground with tickles until she could barely breathe, leaving Rapunzel standing by the side staring at them in amusement. It took another minute or two for Anna and Elsa to calm back down and by that time, Eugene had returned with maximus and another horse.
"So where do you wanna go first?" Rapunzel asked as she mounted maximus, leaving Anna and Elsa to use the other horse.
"The museum!" Elsa said.
"Fat chance! Let's go to the town square. I want to see this sun festival I heard about." Anna said as Elsa scowled at her in response.
"Then sun festival isn't till my birthday which is in a few months time, but there are some little activities we can see." Rapunzel suggested.
"Fine. We'll do Anna's thing first, but after that I wanna go see the museum." Elsa said.
"I'll bring a pillow as well then. I probably won't last till the doors." Anna said as she mounted the horse and allowed her sister to mount behind her. As soon as they were all ready, they took off down the hill towards the city square where a small amount of people were gathering.
"What's going on here?" Anna asked as they slowed to a stop and dismounted by the bakery.
"Um...I think this is one of those dancing competitions. The best dancer wins." Rapunzel said.
"Ooh. Can I join?" Anna asked Rapunzel.
"Anna, your dancing skills would probably cause half of the people here to commit suicide." Elsa laughed.
"Excuse me? And that's coming from the person that has denied every dance request given to her since...forever." Anna retorted. "And I can dance...I'm just not too good at it."
"You probably can't join, but you can bet on the winner." Rapunzel said as she pointed to a person who was taking bets.
"Anna..." Elsa said as she eyed her sister wearily. "I know you're like papa, but this might be one thing you should take from mama instead."
"Good point. Like mama, I should think strategically by observing them first." Anna gasped as she can into the crowd, Elsa face palming as she muttered something incoherent.
"Baby sisters..." Rapunzel laughed as she watched Anna mow her way into the front row. She looked around and sighed when she saw Eugene hanging out with some of his former partners by the betting booth. "...and husbands. So, do you wanna wait for your sister?"
"Might as well. She promised that we would go to the museum and if she doesn't keep her promise, I'll stuff her with snow." Elsa sneered.
"So I guess you're confident with using your powers around Anna now." Rapunzel said. Elsa took a deep breath and seemed to contemplate the thought before finally nodding in response.
"There are times when I am weary about using my ice magic, but Anna taught me that love will thaw and that phrase has stuck with me ever since. As long as Anna is with me, no matter how dangerous it is to be around her when there is something pointy nearby, I know that I'll the okay." Elsa told her.
"That was emotional. Sometimes I wish I had a sister like you two or like my mother." Rapunzel said as she looked at Anna who was now pushing people out of the way as she made her way towards the betting booth. "This ought to be interesting. Anna is about to take a bet. Wanna bet on her bet?"
"What?" Elsa asked.
"Come on. For the fun of it. We'll bet on Anna's bet. Since we're probably going to the the chocolate store later, well bet on that. If I win, you are not aloud to have any chocolate whatsoever while we are there..."
"What?!" Elsa shrieked. But then as she thought of it, she knew that her sister was one of the last people that would think strategically and actually win a bet. "Alright. I'll bet the same thing against you. If I win, you get no chocolate."
It ran in the family on Idun's side that everyone loved chocolate, including Primrose and Rapunzel. She thought over it for a second before nodding in response and shaking hands with Elsa.
"It actually feels quite good to not have to do duties all day and actually act freely." Elsa said quietly so only Rapunzel could here.
"Same here. I go out almost everyday." Rapunzel replied.
"You share a lot of traits with my sister. A lot of traits...minus the clumsiness." Elsa laughed. "Wait, is that King George of Asper?"
"It is. He must be taking part in the betting game as well...as well as your father by the looks of it." Rapunzel said as she and Elsa caught sight of Agdar running up to the betting booth while Idun was busy chatting with her sister nearby, careful not to be seen. "So that's where Anna got that habit from."
"Queen Elsa?" A male voice came from behind. Elsa looked around and saw a man, mid forties, that had auburn hair and sideburns, that immediately brought one person to mind.
"Um...yes?" Elsa replied, not knowing how to respond here.
"I'm King Heinrich of the Southern Isles, Hans' father." Heinrich said. Elsa had no idea how to respond to him. Inside she felt hatred for the southern isles because of what Hans did, but she also felt that Hans' actions were his and his alone.
"Oh, I'm Queen Elsa of Arendelle." Elsa replied, though Heinrich seemed to already know that, no doubt from what Hans said.
"Yes. My youngest son told me. I don't really know how to phrase this...I..." Heinrich uttered as he thought over his choice of words carefully. "I would like to personally apologize for my son's actions. They were his and his alone and I assure you that neither me nor my other sons had any involvement in this whatsoever. He is being punished accordingly, I can assure you that, and I only hope that relations between our kingdoms will not suffer too much damage because of his selfish and unexplainable actions. Again, I am deeply sorry for his attempt at regicide and everything else that he did."
Elsa was quite surprised by this since the look on Heinrich's face as well as his tone of voice showed her the apology was genuine. But then again, it was nearly impossible to tell Hans' true intentions since he was a master of deception.
"Well, thank you and I do accept your apology." Elsa replied as regal and calmly as she could, Rapunzel standing to one side as she watched them carefully.
"Thank you your majesty. I assure you that Hans shall not pose a threat to yours or any other kingdom anymore." Heinrich replied.
"Other kingdoms?" Rapunzel asked with a cocked brow.
"Yes. I'm afraid that this has not been the first time Hans had attempted to marry his way into throneship. The last person was the queen on Maliverry, but he was caught out before he could do anything drastic. After that, we truly believed that he was sorry for his actions. We were so wrong. Now though, we've learned our lessons. He's now permanently locked down in the southern isles and is prevented from ever attending anything in another kingdom ever again. If he wasn't my son, I wouldn't have hesitated to execute him in all honesty." Heinrich explained. "Well, I should be going now. I can see that James has just lost his bet. He's my eldest son."
Rapunzel and Eugene looked over to see a red haired, tall handsome man gasping in horror as the better read out the winners of the dance contest.
"Well?" Heinrich asked with a cocked brow as James stormed over to him.
"I lost to a girl! A girl! Can you believe that! ARGH!" James groaned as he set his head in his hands. Heinrich laughed as he and James walked away towards the castle leaving Rapunzel and Elsa staring after them.
"Must be one lucky girl." Rapunzel laughed.
"Hey! Who was that?" Anna asked as she skipped up to them and held them on their shoulders.
"The king of the southern isles. He was apologizing for Hans' actions." Elsa answered. Anna frowned as she remembered all the memories of Hans betraying her and trying to kill her sister, but the past was in the past as she pushed those thoughts aside.
"So, what how much did you lose...er..." Rapunzel stopped short as she saw Anna grinning from ear to ear, a crown on her head while she had a gold necklace around her neck and a large bag of coins stuffed in her dress. Elsa looked around and was also shocked when she saw what Anna had.
"Can you believe it! I won! This was actually the last dance competition and the finals and there were like, four kings that bet on it. I won about five hundred gold pieces, a thousand silver pieces, this necklace which belonged to the princess of Almera, and this crown. This is the crown of the king of Asper. I've won more in five minutes than papa has in five years! And all thanks to you suggesting to think strategically. Thanks Elsa!"
Anna pulled her sister into a hug before catching sight of her parents and running over to tell them about it.
"Well..." Rapunzel sneered as she turned to Elsa who had began to whimper.
An hour later at the chocolate shop...
"Why aren't you eating any chocolate?" Anna asked as she noticed Elsa staring at her and Rapunzel as they gulped down anything that was remotely brown on their table.
"I bet that if you lost, Rapunzel would eat any chocolate here..." Elsa replied with a scowl as she rested her head in her hands and stared at the luscious chocolates in front of her. "And you won..."
"Oh..." Anna made out as she suppressed a giggle. "Hey, that's the first time you've ever bet."
"And the last." in response. She watched as Anna took a large handful to chocolates and set them in front of her.
"So, the museum now I suppose." Rapunzel said as she looked around at the street outside. The minute Rapunzel wasn't looking, Anna grabbed a handful of chocolates and stuffed them into a pocket in her sister's dress before giving a smile. Elsa hugged her sister in response as she mouthed a thank you, just as Rapunzel turned back around. "I knew you loved chocolates but that is ridiculous."
"I'm a fast eater..." Anna boasted with a laugh as she consumed the last of the chocolates. As soon as they were finished, the three of them headed on their way towards the museum of corona, Anna complaining all the way about how boring it would be.
"Welcome to the Corona Museum of Science and History." A guard greeted as the three of them entered.
"I suddenly...feel...sleepy." Anna mumbled as she fakes a snore and leaned on Elsa's shoulder.
"Anna!" Elsa groaned as she tried to lift her sister up. "You agreed to come here if I brought you there. Now behave!"
"Yes mama." Anna mumbled as she started to look around at the numerous artifacts that she couldn't care less about.
"You could do with a bit more knowledge in this stuff." Elsa said as she looked at a collection of Coronian artifacts.
"Of course. Because the Coronian museum has Europe's foremost collection of stuffed animals and toy scrolls." Anna retorted as she looked at a model of a tiger. Elsa rolled her eyes in response as she peered at a small collection of fossils that had been found nearby.
Bang!
Elsa and Rapunzel turned around to see Anna standing awkwardly by a fallen suit of armor.
"Sorry." Anna said meekly as she tried to pick up the armor but only ended up making a bigger mess. Elsa waltzed over and grabbed her sister by the arm and dragged her with her, making sure that she couldn't go anywhere else.
"Hey. Anna, take a look at this. This was one to the first trade dealing that corona had signed in its history." Elsa said as she pointed to a document enclosed in a glass case. She looked at her sister to see her looking at her blankly with a look of course news on her face. "You are not listening to a word I'm saying are you?"
"I lost you after trade." Anna replied with a giggle.
"Hey Elsa. Anna. Have you ever seen this before?" Rapunzel asked.
"Seen what?" Elsa asked as she pulled Anna towards a small artifact in a display case.
"Its...a book? Our library is full of them." Anna replied, unamused.
"According to this, this book is a relic of a time...long gone?" Rapunzel said as she read the description. "This book was said to belong to the powers beyond our understanding in a world unknown to us. I think that's their way of saying they have no idea where it came from. Up to this day, no one has been able to open it since the key for it has not been found."
"I don't see a key hole anywhere." Anna said as she looked at the book. It was brown and quite thick, yet it seemed to have a sense of warmth when stood too close to. "Hey Elsa. You can read Latin right? What's that say?"
"Um...it says...The Concordus..." Elsa said as she read the title.
"Hmm...mildly interesting...I'm still bored though..." Anna complained as she walked away and started to look around at the other stuff that the museum had, Elsa muttering about how her sister was starting to annoy her.
Back in Arendelle...
"SNOWFLAKE!" Kristoff screamed as he ran through the woods looking for the wolf. He had left the wolf alone in the sleigh for five minutes while he visited his cabin in then woods and upon getting back, snowflake was gone.
"No...no...NO! Anna is going to kill me!" Kristoff screamed towards Sven who was looking around rapidly for any sign of the young wolf. Kristoff took his lamp since it was beginning to get dark and ran around the closest part of the forest with Sven in the hope that he could find snowflake before Anna gets home and rips his head off.
"SNOWFLAKE!"
Evening in Corona...
"So Elsa, have you got a consort yet?"
Elsa nearly spat out her drink across the table as Anna suppressed her laughter nearby.
"Um...no. Not at the moment." Elsa said.
"How comes. Surely a woman of your stature should be a hit with the Prince's." Harold said as he took a sip of wine.
"I'm just not ready for a relationship yet." Elsa admitted as she regained her composure, though the redness in her cheeks gave her away.
"Well, you never know. You could eventually find the one. And if not, I'm sure an arranged marriage would be..."
"Whoa!" Agdar interrupted Harold noticing the sudden change in expression on Elsa and Anna's face. "We made a promise for no arranged marriages. Anna and Elsa would marry who they want, when they want. It was the least we could do after the last thirteen years."
"Oh." Harold said in understanding before glancing at Primrose who was giving him a 'shut up and change the subject' look. "Well, I've made things awkward. Maybe we should just finish our food and get some rest. We've got a big day tomorrow. I've got to get the hall ready as well as our military."
"Why the military?" Agdar asked.
"Just in case one of the kings gets the bright idea to start a war." Harold replied. Primrose looked at him with a look that told him not to do what he did at the last world congress. He simply rolled his eyes in response.
"So sister. Want to go for a midnight stroll later?" Primrose asked Idun.
"I'd love that." Idun replied with a smile.
"Hey, me and Eugene are going out later to one of the nearby hills which has a wonderful view of corona. Do you want to come as well?" Rapunzel asked quietly so that her parents wouldn't be able to hear. Elsa and Anna nodded in response as they finished eating their dinners.
An hour later...
"Come on..." Rapunzel whispered as she opened the window in her bedroom and climbed on to the roof.
"I am not going to climb the roof!" Elsa stated as she watched Anna follow her.
"Relax Elsa. Its safe. I do it all the time." Anna said.
"You ended up in the infirmary last month because you slipped and fell." Elsa said, but Anna would have none of that. She grabbed Elsa by the wrist and dragged her onto the roof top as Rapunzel closed the window shut. Elsa whimpered as she grabbed Anna's waist and tried not to look down.
"I knew you were scared of heights!" Anna giggled as she ruffled her sister's hair, before following Rapunzel down the edge of the roof towards where Eugene was waiting with maximus and the other stallion from earlier on.
"Hurry up! I think I see some guards approaching!" Eugene shouted out to them.
"Shush!" Rapunzel scowled as she made sure that none of the guards heard her. She slid down a small incline and stopped right before a thirty foot drop. She gestured for Anna and Elsa to follow as well. Anna followed next and stopped right at the edge before doing the same thing...and failed to stop.
"ELSA!" Anna screamed as she lunged for her sister before she fell down and grabbed her by the wrist.
"AAH!" Elsa screamed as she dangled over the edge of the roof, Anna holding her arm being the only way she was stopped from falling. "PULL ME UP! PULL ME UP NOW!"
Rapunzel ran towards Anna and helped to pull Elsa up as Eugene ran underneath to catch her in case she fell.
"Your...ice is not...helping..." Anna wheezed as she struggled to pull her sister up while at the same time trying to stay up right on the ice that was forming all across the roof. They finally managed to pull Elsa up as they all collapsed on to the roof panting.
"Never...again..." Elsa gasped as she closed her eyes, Anna resting an arm on her hair and stroking it.
"I think I'm scared of heights now..." Anna laughed nervously.
"You three coming or what?" Eugene called out.
"Come on." Rapunzel said as she stood up and helped her cousins up. They climbed down the rest of the roof, albeit a lot more slowly and carefully, before mounting the horses and riding off into the Coronian forests.
Elsa and Anna observed the view of corona as they rode up the hills towards the spit that Rapunzel had told then off. Thy could see the numerous foreign ships that were carrying the monarchs for the world congress tomorrow. As they climbed the hill, they could see several other small towns in the distance as well as the collecollection of hills in then distance where Rapunzel was held captive for 18 years.
"Here we are." Rapunzel said as they stopped and dismounted. The hill gave a perfect 360 degree view of Corona, from the kingdom, to the sea, the hills and the nearby plains.
"Wow. Arendelle is mostly mountainous compared to this place." Anna commented as she sat underneath an oak tree with her sister, Rapunzel sitting next to her while Eugene looked around.
"Hey Elsa. There's something that I have to tell you that I have never told anyone but my parents and Eugene before. Apart from mother gothel which is the main reason she kidnapped me." Rapunzel started.
"Oh. What is it?" Elsa asked.
"I have healing powers...or I used to...well I still do...but not like before." Rapunzel said. Elsa just stared blankly at Rapunzel thinking she was joking, until she saw how serious Rapunzel was.
"You...you have magic as well?" Elsa asked in shock to which Rapunzel nodded.
"Are you telling me...that I am the only one does not have magic?!" Anna screamed on shock. "Come on!"
"Wait, so you can heal?" Elsa asked.
"Well, at the moment, the only way I can heal I'd by singing a certain lullaby while crying. Any wound the tear touches heals instantly." Rapunzel told them.
"Or in certain cases, resurrects the person." Eugene added from the distance.
"What?" Anna and Elsa asked in shock.
"Yep. But before I used to have forty foot long hair that I could heal anyone with with a the right lullaby, or in the case of mother gothel, stop her from aging indefinitely."
"Whoa..." Was all Anna and Elsa could make out.
"So my cousin can heal and resurrect people whereas my sister has the powers of ice and snow. Meanwhile, I have the powers of nothing at all..." Anna said with a growl.
"Relax Anna. Just because you don't have powers doesn't mean you aren't as special as us. If anything, you're more special to me than anyone with powers. You have the powers of love." Elsa exclaimed as she hugged her sister.
"Thanks Elsa..." Anna said with a smile as Rapunzel smiled at them.
"Now I'm even more jealous that you have a sister." Rapunzel giggled. "Well, I'm going to go with my husband over there for a while."
Anna and Elsa watched as Rapunzel stood up and left towards where Eugene was, before turning round and looking at the glistening reflection of the moon on the surface of the calm ocean.
"Beautiful isn't it?" Elsa asked as she and her sister cuddled each other.
"Yeah. You should build an ice castle here that we can use as some sort of retreat place." Anna suggested causing Elsa to laugh. "What? It's a good idea."
"Well, I guess we're going to be staying here for a while." Elsa said. She crafted two pillows made of ice and two blankets, though blankets weren't really needed in Coronian nights. The two of them snuggled up to each other as the reflection if then moon on the water's n surface caused it to glisten like diamonds in a sapphire lake. Slowly, the two sister's fell asleep, Rapunzel and Eugene also falling asleep nearby.
"They never listen..." Primrose laughed as she and Idun watched their respective daughters sleep peacefully under the stars.
"Neither did we when we were young." Idun replied as the two of them sat down by a tree, not far from me here their daughters were.
"You don't know how happy I was when I got word that you and Agdar were alive. But when I got word that you had died three years ago...what Rapunzel said was true. I couldn't sleep for days on end." Primrose told her younger sister Idun.
"Elsa and Anna said they acted the same way when then got the news." Idun said.
"Of course. It took me over six months to get over it...well mostly. I never truly did. Not until last year when I heard about you returning back. I'm so glad to be with you after all these years..."
"Me too.. " Idun said as the two of them snuggled up to each other like Elsa and Anna did. Two sisters, finally together again. The royal families finally complete again. This was the last thought of Idun before she finally succumbed to the night and fell asleep.
Arendelle...
"She is going to kill me! Anna is going to have my head for this!" Kristoff muttered as he walked into the castle.
"Master Kristoff. You seem troubled." Kai said as he watched Kristoff enter the main hallway
"I am. I am in so much trouble!" Kristoff exclaimed. "Anna is going to lock me in the dungeons, and feed me gruel for the rest of my life!"
"I highly doubt that the princes is capable...I mean...will do that to you." Kai said. "Why? What happened?"
"I lost snowflake."
"You are so going to die!"
"Thanks for the faith Kai!" Kristoff said sarcastically.
"How do you lose a wolf?" Kai asked.
"How do you not lose one on the middle of the forest?" Kristoff asked in anguish.
"Why would you bring a six month old wolf into the forest in the first place?" Kai asked.
"I was taking it for a walk!"
"What are you two screaming about now?" Gerda asked as sheopened the dining room doors.
"Master Kristoff lost snowflake." Kai said plainly.
"You what?" Gerda asked in shock. "Princess Anna is going to kill you! The only thing she loves more than that wolf is her sister! You are so dead."
"I know!"
"Well,the good news is that there is still around five days before they get back here. So you have five days to pray that it returns here. Wolves are very good at navigation and hopefully snowflake remembers its home. If not, then you run. Just run. Flee and never look back, unless you want the princess to murder you in your sleep." Kai said.
"Thanks for the advice." Kristoff grumbled as he walked upstairs to what would be a sleepless night.
The next day...Corona...
"ANNA! ELSA! WAKE UP!" Rapunzel yelled at the sisters, shocking them awake instantly. Elsa instinctively shot a blast of snow at their attacker, knocking Rapunzel back to the ground with a mouthful of snow.
"Elsa!" Rapunzel growled as she spat out the snow.
"Sorry." Elsa apologized as she and Anna stood up and stretched. It was already light and by the looks of it, the kingdom was already deep into its day.
"We have to go now!" Eugene yelled as he and the two stallions ran up to them.
"Why?" Anna asked.
"The world congress!" Rapunzel screamed. "Papa also doesn't know where we are!"
Upon hearing that, Anna and Elsa mounted the other stallion and rode as fast as possible back to Corona, Rapunzel and Eugene on their tail. Apart from nearly running into a tree, they four of them made it back to Corona in time for the world congress. Unfortunately, Harold was already waiting for them.
"Where have you four been?" Harold asked angrily as he stood by the doorway to the castle. "I have been worried sick to the point that I actually sent search part is out already, and we're barely an ho away from starting the world congress. Do you know what it would do to corona of in had to postpone the congress and tell then that it was because my daughter went missing."
"I'm sorry father. I was with Anna and Elsa on the hill and we kind to fell asleep." Rapunzel explained.
"I don't want to hear it!" Harold said. "Get cleaned up and ready! The congress starts in an hour. Go now!"
The four of them ran inside towards their respective bedrooms in an effort to get dressed as soon as possible. The foreign monarchs had already arrived and were now waiting in the ballroom, waiting for the doors to the first Coronian congress to open.
"Do you think i should wear an ice dress?" Elsa asked.
"You know I would always say yes to that, but in this case, it probably wouldn't be wise to. These aren't exactly your standard monarchs and dignitaries." Anna said truthfully as she rummaged through her stuff for a dress that would be suitable for such a prestigious event. "Does this suit?"
"Anna. Were going to a congress, not a funeral!" Elsa said as she shifted through her own garments and pulled out a rose red and cerulean blue dress. She looked at her reflection in the mirror and nodded, before rushing off to the bathroom. Anna continued to shift through her dresses.
"What? Why is this here?" Anna asked herself as she picked up the dress and realized that it was the very same one she wore to her sister's coronation. She tossed it on the bed and looked through until she came across a dress that was a mixture of chartreuse green and amber in color. She decided to wear that as she tossed it on the Ed and pulled out a ribbon that she would use to style her hair into a bun, since braids weren't exactly suitable for royal meetings.
"Are you done in there yet?" Anna asked as she knocked in the bathroom door.
"I just got in here!" Elsa called out. Anna groaned as she sat down on the bed and undid her braids.
30 minutes later...
"Are you sure this bun is done correctly?" Anna asked as she looked at her reflection in the mirror.
"Anna. If anyone knows how to do buns its me." Elsa said as she finished tightening the ribbon in her sister's hair.
"In would have thought it was braids." Anna said as she stood up and flattened the wrinkles from her dress. She and Elsa did final checks on their attires before walking out of the room and towards the congress hall, ready for the first world congress they would be attending. The only thought in Elsa's mind was hoping that Anna would not screw up, though corona would probably take the fall for anything that went wrong, she was sure that her aunt in and uncle wouldn't be too pleased with them.
As they approached the congressional hall, they could see several other kings and queens entering before them.
"Anna. Please don't mess this up." Elsa whispered to her sister as they entered the hall. The minute they entered it though, they couldn't help but gasp. The congressional hall was huge. There were more four dozen dignitaries inside, ranging from monarchs to prime ministers and Prince's of the respective kingdoms.
"Over here!" They heard a voice call them from their left. They saw Harold and Agdar sitting at a table named Corona. Elsa and Anna walked over to them and sat down in the two vacant places next to them.
"Glad you could make it." Harold said as he watched the other monarchs and dignitaries pile in. "Welcome to the congress."
"There's so many of them." Anna said as she looked around.
"Every monarch here is a monarch of an incredibly powerful kingdom. They are either major trading hubs, or scientific kingdoms or kingdoms with powerful militaries. Trust me when I say, that you do not want to start a war with any of these kingdoms. That kingdom you cut trade off with? Weselton...that kingdom is nothing compared to these here." Harold said as he gestured to the numerous monarchs sitting around the room.
"So, what is happening here?" Elsa asked.
"Well, this is where we discuss certain things on a continental scale. Across the entire Europe. There are only a few major events today. I think one of them is an embargo against the Empire of Sweden because of their hostility to numerous smaller kingdoms and states in Europe. We can easily expect them to put up some sort of hostility here today so be prepared to see some action."
"What are the kingdoms that are appearing here today?" Elsa asked.
"Well, you've got the kingdom of Corona, that's us. Then, you've got the European isles. That includes the southern isles, the western isles, and the northern isles, the latter being the most powerful. Then you've got the kingdoms of Sweden, Britain, Maharlaka, Penrul, Aspastine, Mendora, Russia, Solaris, Valheim, Aurora, Spain, France, Amsola and finally, Veruvia." Harold said. "Every one of these kingdoms has a military might greater than that of Arendelle's military times a hundred. Even though you have the advantage of having ice magic as well though, they will still overwhelm your kingdom because you'll never see then coming."
"Harold! What's up?" A white haired king greeted as he walked by them.
"Hey William." Harold reply with a slight wave before returning back to observing the other kingdoms. It took another ten minutes for the rest of the dignitaries to arrive, but once they were finally all in, the congress meeting could start.
"Right, well, known that everyone is here, maybe we should get to the problems at hand eh?" The king of the northern isles stated.
"That would be good. All people in favor of attacking Sweden say aye." The king of Aurora said. Everyone in the room screamed aye before bursting into laughter.
"Okay! We're not here to declare wars and end civilization." Harold stated. "Were here to do things in an orderly, sane fashion."
"As sane as it gets here anyway." Another king commented causing several others to laugh.
"Yeah. So, we were discussing about embargoing Sweden."
"I am warning you all that you will be making a foolish mistake to do that." The king of Sweden warned.
"Of course. Because our kingdoms rely delicately on the trade of penguins and polar bears!" The king of Valheim commented.
"Penguins come from the south retard!" The king of Sweden retorted.
"Call me a retard one more time and I'll show you why we are known for our viking ancestry." The Valheim king growled.
"Okay...okay. Let's tone it down a little!" Queen Mary interrupted.
"I will not make it down when we have arrogant pricks like this moron who thinks he can just go around bullying all the other kingdoms into submission and thinks he can just get the way he wants all the time." The king of Valheim said.
"I think things are about to get a little violent." Harold whispered to Elsa and Anna. They watched as the king of Valheim and the king of Sweden began to argue even louder, the other monarchs watching wearily, waiting for the violence to break out in total.
"I recommend you watch your mouth if you don't want my military marching to your borders and tearing your kingdom to the ground."
"Your military couldn't invade a kingdom run by bunnies, let alone my powerful kingdom." The king of Sweden retorted.
"You know what, let's bring this outside. I'll be honored to be the one to put your head on a stick and display it proudly on my kingdom's borders." The Valheim king stated.
"I've just had about enough of you. Anyone who embargo's my kingdom will be classified as a threat and will be dealt with accordingly." The Swedish King warned.
"You stand no chance against us you half brained moron!" The king of aurora shouted out.
"That's it! I've had enough with you fucking assholes!" The Swedish king yelled as he jumped up and pulled out a pistol hidden in his pocket. What happened next occurred faster than anyone could comprehend. Within a split second, every male dignitary was standing up, each holding a weapon of their own, all weapons trained at the king of Sweden.
"My god. Corona has got some seriously lax gun laws!" One of the prime ministers commented as several laughed.
"Now...what were you going to do?" The auroran king asked the Swedish king. The Swedish King looked around at all the guns before deciding that it was best to put his own pistol down. Slowly, all the other kings and prime ministers holstered their own weapons and sat back down as order was slowly restored.
Elsa and Anna continued to stare in shock at the event that had just unfolded before their very eyes.
"There you go girls. Diplomacy at its finest." Harold told Anna and Elsa. "Things work differently in the world congress than they do in your local meetings."
"Right, so we've all decided on the correct course of action. As of this moment, the embargo of trade to Sweden has officially been passed." The king of Valheim said. "Anyone against it, other than Sweden?"
No none put their hands up or objected.
"Embargoing of Sweden passed."
"You will all regret this decision one day. I am warning you!" The Swedish king growled as he slammed his fists on the table. "Our hostilities against all of you will only get worse as we start targeting the other kingdoms even further away. Maybe we might start moving on to Nordic territories as well."
Upon hearing this, Elsa and Anna gasped. By the other kings already and it all planned out.
"Try it...we dare you. And we Will ensure that the Swedish kingdom becomes nothing but a relic of the past." One of The other kings warned. The Swedish king just scowled in response as they continued on with the congressional meeting.
An hour later...
"...and there is no one who knows about impregnating a woman better than the king of the southern isles!" The northern island king finished as everyone burst into laughter.
"I will come over there and beat the living shit out of you! I swear!" King Heinrich of the southern isles warned with a laugh.
"Well, if there isn't anything else to discuss, I guess that this world congress meeting is concluded." Harold stated as he stood up and grabbed some papers. Elsa and Anna stood up and followed him out of the room as the other king and queens began to leave as well.
"I cannot believe that is how those congresses go..." Elsa said as she followed Harold back towards the dining room.
"Well how did the congress go?" Idun asked as the three of them entered the room.
"Wait, what's going on?" Elsa asked as she noticed that some of the servants were bringing out their luggage.
"Were leaving in an hour." Idun said as she got up.
"Aw...do we have to?" Anna asked.
"Don't worry. We'll be back here next month for Rapunzel's birthday." Agdar said as he approached them. He handed one of his bags to the servants before walking over to Idun. "Right...well, we have an hour left I guess."
An hour later...
"Thanks for the chocolate." Anna said as she and Elsa carried two massive blocks of chocolates.
"Well, its been nice having you around here." Harold said as he hugged Elsa and Anna.
"Thanks uncle." Elsa replied as Primrose pulled them into a hug as well.
"We'll see you in four weeks time then." Rapunzel said as she hugged Elsa, Anna, Idun and Agdar.
"You take care now sister!" Primrose said as she hugged Idun. "Please...I don't want to lose you again."
"I promise..." Idun said with a giggle as she pulled away from her sister and boarded the ship.
"Bye..." Anna said as The four of them boarded the ship. They looked out over the edge of the ship and waved a final goodbye to Rapunzel, Harold and Primrose before the ship departed, back on their way to Arendelle.
3 days later...
"I'm gonna die!" Kristoff groaned as he watched The carriage carrying the queen and princess approach the castle gate.
"Well, we did offer you the chance to flee but you didn't so..." Kai said as he approached Kristoff.
"Kristoff!" Anna squealed as she approached her boyfriend and hugged him.
"So how was your trio to Corona?" Kristoff asked nervously.
"It was good. Corona was amazing and Rapunzel was there as well." Anna said. "Oh yeah...that's it...Snowflake?"
Upon hearing that, Kristoff nearly choked.
"Snowflake?" Anna called out as she looked up the stairs.
"Hey Anna. Where's snowflake?" Elsa asked as she entered the room and looked around. "Snowflake?"
"Kristoff...where is snowflake?" Anna asked with a frown.
"Well um...well you see...she...she..." Kristoff stuttered. What was he supposed to say. "Anna...I'm..."
"Snowflake!" Anna squeaked as she rushed to the door and pulled snowflake into a hug. The wolf howled lightly in response as she snuggled up to Anna, before running up to Elsa who patted her on the head.
"Aww...well she looks well fed. Thanks Kristoff...for looking after her." Elsa said as she walked up the stairs with snowflake in tow.
"Where are you going?" Agdar asked Idun as she ran up the stairs.
"I'm going to check on sniffles." Idun said as she ran up the stairs.
"So Kristoff, what were you going to say about snowflake?" Anna asked.
"She...she...she behaved very well." Kristoff said quickly.
"Oh...okay then..." Anna said with a strange smile as she followed Elsa up the stairs leaving Kristoff and Kai behind.
"Wow...you are one lucky ice harvester." Kai laughed.
The ending seems a bit rushed but I ran out of time. This won't be the last time they visit corona though so don't worry.
Thanks to vVSnipsVv for the idea of the museum.
-TacticX