The elegant ballroom was filled with candlelight and laughter. It seemed as if all Royalty from every distant kingdom was in the same room. Seth stood by himself against the wall simply watching and absorbing. He remembered seeing the massive castle doors as he approached as well as the even more massive line to get in. Everyone around him wore a variety of masks and headgear. Some were the most ridiculous things he'd ever seen. They resembled animals such as peacocks and lions while for others it was simply just a mask. His own metal mask blended him with the crowd as if he were just a random guest that you didn't have the time to even look at. Seth continued to scan the crowd, crossing his arms and leaning against the stone wall, until he saw a certain red head start making her way through the crowd. "Excuse me. Excuse me. Hey! You!" He heard the girl named Anna yell. Seth smiled as he watched Anna awkwardly make her way through a group of people. This girl held so much energy and happiness as if the darkness of the world had not yet reached her. Not yet had the chance to darken, and stain the white purity of her soul. Or corrupt and twist it to the point of unrecognition. This impossibly happy girl practically skipped to where he stood, a wide smile portrayed on her face. "Hey you made it" Anna said skidding to a halt only a few feet in front of him. Seth corrected his posture and stood up straight, brushing himself off before gently folding his hands behind his back,"wouldn't miss it for the world you highness" he replied smiling. "Anna! wait up!" Suddenly a large blonde man ran up behind her and stopped short to catch his breath. "Where were you?" Anna asked raising an eyebrow. "I lost you somewhere around the last hallway." "We were looking out the window when you just ran off! I didn't even notice you left until I looked and saw you turn the corner!" he complained throwing his hands up. The red head blushed,"oh yea. whoops." "Your lucky l love you so much" he replied wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her into a quick kiss. "Love? So the queens younger sister has a suitor but she dosent? Odd" he thought but continued to smile. Anna pulled away quickly remembering that they were in the company of another. "Oh uh Kristoff...this is... what's your name again?" She asked . "Seth ditroz your highness" he reminded her politely. He didn't mind that she'd forgotten his name. In fact, it was better for him if she did. "Right!" she exclaimed,"Kristoff this is Seth ditroz, Seth this is Kristoff my...boyfriend." "You hesitated!" Kristoff gasped looking hurt. "What? N-no, no I didn't. Anyway, this is the guy who saved me." she said quickly changing topics. Kristoff turned his gaze to the masked man, smiled, and then held out his hand. "hi, it's nice to meet you." he said in the most formal tone he could muster. "Likewise" Seth replied taking his hand in a firm grip. Even with Kristoff trying to be elegant, Seth beat him without trying. Every move he made radiated with grace and unnatural beauty. "I just wanted to thank you for saving Anna. It really means a lot to me, She really means a lot to me." Kristoff said. Seth just shook his head,"as I told the young lady here, it was nothing." At that Anna broke in,"you can't be that old. You look about my sisters age which is only 2 years above me so I don't know if 'young lady' really fits considering the way you said it." Seth looked confused,"um sorry. it was only a compliment your highness but I apologize." "Oh! oh um. No I understand now." She replied now embarrassed from her act of awkwardness. At that moment, Kai stepped to the front of the room and loudly cleared his throat so as to get everyone's attention, which he did. Everyone in the room fell silent before he spoke,"I would now like to introduce the royalty of arendelle!" "Oh that's my que!" Anna said quickly. She gave Kristoff another kiss before running up towards the front leaving both men staring after her. "Princess Anna of arendelle!" Kai yelled just as she got their. Anna moved to stand next to the throne where her sister ,the queen, would finally make an appearance. "All bow before queen Elsa of arendelle!" Seth started to bow along with everyone else, eyes still looking for said dangerous queen. But when he saw her step out from behind the side curtains, his heart froze. Graceful as a goddess, making her way to her throne was a woman with the fairest of skin and platinum hair. She wore a blue crystal dress that griped her body tightly revealing every curve, which he tried not to notice but failed horribly, and left a slit that went from the bottom to her thigh on one side. Her perfect smile seemed to light up the room with an aura so immense, so...palpable that everyone just stopped for a moment to stare in awe before applauding loudly. And her eyes...her eyes...they were the most beautiful yet mysterious things he'd ever seen. Like blue diamonds they tinkled with love, authority, pride, humility, and integrity. But underneath the covering they held fear and regret and an eternal sadness. And only someone who has experienced the same would know it. This woman, this...Elsa. She had been through the same thing he had. She knew what it was like, she would understand him. And yet still, he would have to end her. "Hey!" Anna exclaimed snapping her fingers in front of his face. "What?" He replied snapping out of his trance. He hadn't even noticed that the people had stopped applauding and were now doing regular activity. Neither had he noticed the red head girl approach him, which was extremely strange because he noticed everything. "Come on" Anna gestured for him to follow,"I want to introduce you to someone". He followed as requested through the crowds until they reached the place where the goddess like woman stood greeting royalty from all over as they tried to woo her. Overall she looked rather unimpressed but wouldn't dare tell any of them this. "Elsa!" Anna yelled. The queen looked at her sister before excusing herself and walking over to were they stood. "Elsa this is Seth, the man who saved me." Anna explained practically shoving Seth at her but due to his advanced stability, caught himself before completely crashing into her. He looked behind him to glare at the red head but she was no longer there so he looked back to the queen. "Oh um it's an honor" he replied bowing slightly after awkwardly regaining his footing. "The pleasure is all mine," she responded curtsying,"me and my sister are forever indebted to you." "No-" Seth started but was rudely cut off by a short stocky looking man with a scrunched up face and fat little legs. "Your majesty! may I have this first dance with you? I'm sure you must have learned to dance by now " He asked ,over exaggerating a bow and kissing her hand. The queen looked slightly disgusted and politely pulled her hand away, "oh I would but um... I... Um...promised Seth here that I would give him the first dance." she replied smiling that she had found a way out. "What?" Both Seth and the stocky man said spontaneously. "Yes. I promised him that I would let him have first dance." she repeated again then looked to Seth with an expression that said "help me". "Uh yes. I am to have first dance" he acted, pretending to be all high and mighty. The man looked between the both of them giving Seth some dirty looks before storming off. Elsa let out a relieved sigh,"thank you". "No problem" he replied. They stared at each other, smiling, for a long time before Seth cleared his throat,"may I have this dance?" He jokingly over exaggeratedly asked. The queen giggled, covering her mouth with her hand, before taking his.
