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As soon as Zoran reached the gate he glanced behind him. Elsa had turned to Anna and Kristoff who seemed to be arguing. He was now in the shadow of the courtyard wall. Calling on his powers, he felt himself melt into the shadows.

He could stay as a shadow as long as there was a shadow to stay in. If the light was shone at him then he would be thrown from the shadow. When he was a shadow he was completely invisible accept for his eyes which shone through the darkness.

He moved through the shadow of the courtyard and positioned himself high enough so that he could see the entire courtyard but low enough that he wasn't forced from the shadows.

"If there is some sort 'of festival happening then the queen would be there and Julian will want to make a grand appearance." Zoran thought as he watched Anna, Kristoff and Elsa leave the courtyard. As minutes passed people began to gather in the courtyard.

They were talking and laughing. He saw a family of 4 walk towards the tree. The father was giving the son a piggy back ride. The mother was holding the little daughter's hand. He allowed himself a moment to think about his family.

He thought of how it would be if he hadn't been born the way he was. He imagined himself on his dad's shoulder. His little sister holding his mother's hand. He blinked twice then his attention refocused on the surrounding's.

An announcer spoke "Presenting their royal highnesses Queen Elsa and Princess Anna." If Zoran wasn't a shadow his jaw would have hit the floor. He had met the Queen and not realised it. Elsa walked gracefully to the platform followed by Anna.

She didn't strike him as you're usual queen. He had seen queens before. Snobby, uptight and demanding, is what he thought of when he had seen them. Zoran hadn't seen a queen when he met Elsa. He had seen an angle.

Now he saw a forced strictness and preciseness in her movement. He instantly saw what she seemed to want to hide. She wanted to hide her true self.

He snapped himself out of his daze, and refocused on his surroundings. "Not my business." He thought. He knew Julian would try something grand. The man would want to prove how much better a normal man was compared to a sorcerer.

"Welcome to all, we gather here…" Zoran didn't catch the rest of the speech; his eyes had focused on a man moving towards the crowd. The Silver lion armour gave him away instantly. "Julian."

Elsa recalled her speech without much difficulty, but she knew most of the people weren't listening so she wrapped it up quickly by saying, "that being said let the…" "Remove yourself from the platform filth!" a shout rang out across the courtyard.

Elsa's breath hitched. Was she imagining things? In case that were true she started again as if nothing happened. "Let the…" the voice rang out again

"Did you not hear me I said get down you filth." Elsa's captain of the guard Jones stepped forward "Who dares insult the Queen?" A man in Silver armour stepped forward.

The armour had a distinct theme of a lion. His helmet was shaped like a lion's head. "I do. I am Julian of the marshlands, and I am here to send that monster to the ABYSE!" he raised a long spear. The captain drew his sword.

He charged at Julian but Julian swung his spear around hitting him with the blunt end and sent the man flying. People screamed and ran from the courtyard. Elsa was shocked. She raised her hands and shot a jet of ice at Julian. He dogged easily. She fired jet after jet of ice. He dogged easily again and again. She the directed her powers into the ground letting ice shoot up in large spikes from the ground.

Julian jumped and spun. His spear cut through all the spikes as they shot up. Elsa stood there dumfounded. Julian looked at her and said in a mocking voice.

"You are more skilled with your powers than most, but you're not the best I've seen" Realisation dawned on Elsa and despite the situation she couldn't help but ask. "There are others?"

Julian seemed to smirk. "Yes"

"W…Who?" Elsa said in a shaking voice. "Me."

Elsa turned quickly. As she turned a jet of dark pulsing energy flew by her and smashed into Julian. Her eyes followed the black energy. It collided with Julian and sent him into the opposite wall of the courtyard. She turned quickly to see Zoran standing three meters behind her.

"P…p…powers?" Elsa stuttered raising a shaking finger at Zoran. Zoran's eyes where now visible through the shadow of the cloak. They were glowing a deep red and they looked reptilian. Elsa was terrified. He looked like a monster. He hadn't even half glanced at her, he was focused entirely on Julian.

His eyes where burning with hate. Julian had finally found his feet. He raised his spear at Zoran. Zoran unsheathed a curved, jagged, black sword and pointed it at Julian in response. Julian roared in pure utter hate and charge. The two men clashed weapons in the centre of the courtyard. They both had incredible skill with their chosen weapons.

Zoran slashed down at Julian. Julian parried the sword to the right then trusted the sharp end of the spear at Zoran. Zoran sidestepped to the left and brought his sword around for an horrisontal chop. Elsa watched and waited for an opening.

Zoran blocked a downward slash and with his left hand sent out a blast of dark flames. Julian leapt back to avoid the fire. That was all Elsa needed. Calling on her powers she created a giant wall of ice and sent it skidding at Julian.

The wall collided with considerable force and drove Julian back a few meters before he started to push back and halted the wall's advance. Elsa's eyes narrowed and she bit her bottom lip in concentration, willing the block to move forward. Julian began to move backwards slowly.

Zoran leapt next to Elsa and using his own powers sent a blast of dark energy into the back of the ice wall. The wall now with added power drove Julian back. Julian glanced around and spotted a window behind him. Not even bothering to consider his options he waited until he was pushed close enough to it.

Then using the ice wall as a spring he launched himself through the window and dived into the sea. The ice crashed into the courtyard's wall. The brick broke apart under the force and the ice smashed through the wall and over the edge into the sea.

Elsa was panting. Anna rushed to her and hugged her. Elsa returned the hug. "I'm alright." She whispered, trying her best to calm herself while simultaneously calming her shaking sister. She stroked her sister's hair but her eyes followed Zoran.

He had walked over to the hole in the wall, and looked over the small drop. "I was so scared, I thought… I thought he was going to…"Anna sobbed. "Shh… I am not going to leave you again and nobody will be able to split us again."

Elsa pushed Anna back slightly and looked her sister in the eye. "Okay?" she asked. Anna nodded though tears were still leaking from her eyes. She took a deep breath. "Okay" Elsa smiled as cupped her sister's face and kissed her forehead. (NOT A LESBIAN KISS JUST A KISS LIKE HOW MOTHER MIGHT KISS HER CHILD.)

When she was sure her sister was fine she walked to Zoran. He was bent over Jones and was urging him to drink a strange looking red liquid. "Drink and you will feel better." Zoran said pushing the drink towards him. Jonas had large red lump on his cheek and his forehead was bleeding slightly.

The older man grunted. "No! That stinks." Zoran appeared to role his eyes. Elsa only now noticed that his eyes were no longer glowing. "Come-on it only smells half as bad as it tastes." Zoran said smiling. The older man grunted but took the bottle and downed it in one go.

Zoran immediately shoved his hand against Jones' mouth and pinched his nose. Jonas eyes widened and it looked like he wanted to throw up. "Hold it down big guy. Hold it down." Zoran urged. Jones eventually swallowed.

Then Zoran let go of him. Jones coughed and glared at Zoran. "How do you feel?" Zoran asked. "Violated." Jones spat. "I mean besides that." Zoran said. "Is your concussion better?"

Jones nodded "It doesn't hurt anymore." Zoran turned the man's face. Elsa gasped. The swelling in his cheek had gone down almost completely and the blood had stopped leaking from his forehead. "Give yourself a minute and you'll be right as rain."Zoran said.

Elsa noticed a small vile on the ground to her left. The liquid was thick and was moving slowly towards the open lid. Elsa went over and picked up the bottle.

Zoran stood up from Jones and glanced around. He spotted Elsa a few meters away examining something. Wait… that looks like! Zoran reached for his belt. The vile was missing. He saw Elsa raise it to her nose.

"Wait! Don't it's a…" he called out but it was too late. Elsa sniffed the liquid. Zoran sprinted forward as she collapsed and caught her. "…sedative" he finished.

He placed her down gently and placed his hand over his mouth to block out the gas. He then sealed the bottle. Wait there was two of these… Thud. Zoran flinched.

He turned and saw that Anna had done the same thing her sister did. "Okay! If anyone finds any of my potions on the ground don't sniff them." He announced.

Kristoff was shaking Anna. "Anna! Wake up. Anna" "Kristoff she's not going to be awake for at least 8 hours. So be quiet, carry her inside and don't sniff that vial." "They must have fallen out of their holders during the fight." He thought. "Note to self, get better vial holders."

He picked up the other bottle. Kristoff picked up Anna and Zoran picked up Elsa. She felt so tiny and fragile against him, though he knew that she definitely wasn't fragile. In truth the queen had impressed him with the amount of control and skill she had demonstrated.

"Which way do I go?" Zoran asked. Kristoff gestured a room on their right. Zoran pushed the door open and did his best to get her into a comfortable position in the bed. He stopped for a second just to admirer her. Then, realising how creepy he was being left the room.

Kirstoff was watching him the whole time. He didn't fully trust Zoran. Kristoff wasn't going to let him do anything that might hurt Anna or Elsa. However Zoran so far hadn't done anything that was cause for concern. "So… you have powers?" Zoran waved his hand dismissively.

"I don't like repeating myself so I will explain when they wake up." Kristoff didn't see the point in arguing. They paced Anna in her room and went down to the main hall and waited for the queen and princess to wake up.

Author note:

I'm back! I still have one exam on Wednesday but i managed to sneak this chapter between my studies. I don't know how often I'll be posting. I do have a plot summary done out for myself but I need a few filler chapters and I suck at making up filler chapters. So if anyone has an idea for a filler chapter they would want to see, if I like it I'll see if I can write a chapter about it. Just one rule. I DON'T DO LEMONS. I never will do a lemon chapter so don't ask me. Anyway thanks for the review The Kozalutem. I appreciate the support and anyone who likes or dislikes my stories I want you to tell me why so I can improve as an author and hopefully improve this story. Also I advise reading back over this story because I made a few small changes to the prologue and chapters 1 and 2.

See you next time!

Ninja-Cat Sif.