The man and woman standing before us were definitely not what I had expected.

My cousin, Princess Rapunzel, was small with short, brown hair, but her big green eyes and childish grin did in fact remind me of Anna. There was a high-pitched squeal from beside me and I watched in surprise as Anna catapulted herself at Rapunzel, who reacted to the hug with just as much vigor. They were both giggling and squealing as I turned my gaze to Rapunzel's husband, and let me tell you, I was not impressed.

Prince Eugene of Corona was not the kind of person I would marry. He looked arrogant and completely self-centred, too concerned on what the ladies thought of him for my taste. Then again, I didn't marry him.

Though he was relatively good-looking, as well as familiar. His brown hair and eyes reminded me of somebody, but I just couldn't put my finger on it. He was staring at me and I didn't like it, so I glared at him. Not much of a queenly thing to do, but he was family; well, cousin-in-law.

"Elsa?" Anna asked and I looked over to where she was standing, her arm linked with Rapunzel's; she was looking at me uncertainly.

"Princess Rapunzel!" I said, smiling.

The foreign girl beamed and wrapped her arms around me, giggling. I was surprised by the contact and Anna giggled at me before introducing herself to Prince Eugene.

As Rapunzel let go of me, I began to say, "Princess Rapun―"

"Please!" she said, moving a piece of brown hair out of her face. "Call me Zel! And call him Eugene."

"Princess Rapunzel and Prince Eugene, please come inside for a tour," I said sternly, ignoring her plea to call them by their first names.

It's not that I didn't want to, it's just that I must remain proper and wary. As harmless as Rapunzel seems, I wasn't too sure about Eugene.

Before, I had said that maybe the Snow Queen would be nice; not like other royals who had seemed to hate me because of my past, but my hope that the Queen wasn't like that diminished at first glance.

She was beautiful, I would admit that. But she wasn't happy-beautiful like Blondie, neither awkward-beautiful like Anna, nor even the angry-beautiful that was Elene. She was the cold-beautiful. Like a faraway snow-capped mountain range, the one you wanted but could never have. Her hair and eyes did remind me of somebody, but I just couldn't say who.

'I'll remember it tonight just before I go to sleep!' I thought.

She saw me staring and glared at me. It felt like someone had run a cold finger down my spine. This woman was scary as hell. I tore my eyes away from the Snow Queen and looked at Blondie and Anna hug and squeal like little girls. Anna was like the light to the darkness that was Queen Elsa. She was totally different than she had been when I had brought Elene, battered and broken to the castle. She was happy now, so bright and full of sunshine like Blondie had been when we first met. It was good to see Blondie happy, even if I wasn't the cause of it.

"Elsa?" Anna asked.

Blondie seemed to be looking at the Queen shyly.

"Princess Rapunzel!" the Queen said, smiling warmly at the shy brunette.

I was not impressed; no pretty smile for me or warm welcome? Not very nice.

I hid my laugh at the Queen's face when Blondie hugged her. The youngest of the royals was suddenly in my face, chatting so fast I had no idea what she was saying. Something about a snow-man, her fiancé who couldn't be here for some ice delivery reason and how excited she was. The only thing I understood properly was when she said; "I'm sorry about my sister, she just needs to warm up to you. Just don't do anything that she won't like."

Yeah, right. Thanks Anna. What can I do to make sure your sister doesn't kill me?

"—Prince Eugene," I looked up at my name. "Please come inside for a tour," the Queen said, looking quite disturbed by Blondie's over-eagerness.

I walked stiffly beside the Snow Queen as we entered the castle. Anna and Blondie were chatting happily behind us; I could easily hear that they were talking about Anna's recent engagement and the Queen's upcoming wedding.

'Poor prince, marrying this woman,' I thought.

Anna was okay; great even. She sparked the light back in Blondie's eyes, which I was highly grateful for. But this Queen, I wasn't too sure about.

They were both beautiful! Elsa especially, with her beautiful pale skin and platinum blonde hair. They were everything I had dreamt them to be. . . almost. Elsa seemed a bit distant, but Anna was like the sister I never had. I could tell instantly we were going to be best friends.

We were walking right now, Eugene and Elsa in front of us. Anna was telling me about her fiancé, Kristoff Bjorgman.

"Yes! And we're getting married!" she said, squealing.

I couldn't help but laugh with her. "So," I asked, flicking my gaze to where Elsa and Eugene were walking. They were talking quietly, hardly at all, and both seemed like they were walking as if there was a pole on their spine. "Who is Elsa marrying again?"

I remembered when Mother had asked me to represent Corona at my cousin's wedding; I had been so excited because I didn't even know that I had a cousin, let alone two!

"Prince Jack Frost of Burgess." Anna said, almost skipping along.

"Jack Frost?!" I asked, alarmed.

"Yeah!" Anna said, unaware of me slowing down a little. "Apparently he is really handsome!"

'He is,' I thought, suddenly feeling not so happy.

"So, looking forward to your marriage?" I asked, trying to make small talk. I wasn't very good at it.

"Yes, of course," she answered quietly. Even I could spot the forced smile that was on her face.

"Come on! Trust me, it's not that bad," I said, trying to make a joke out of it.

She didn't smile. "I just don't like weddings," she answered, looking ahead.

"Why not? Every girl does," I said, thoroughly confused. Every girl dreamed about their wedding, it could even be their biggest wish to get married.

"Because my parents died going to one," She said abruptly, clenching her jaw.

Well, that ended our conversation. We didn't talk for a while, just walking forwards, but I could hear Anna and Blondie talk about the wedding behind us.

"Jack Frost?!" I heard Blondie gasp.

I stopped and turned around. "Jack Frost?"

"Yes!" Anna answered happily, looking at her sister.

I glanced at her. The Snow Queen's face was unreadable, and there was an awkward pause before she talked.

"Do you know him?" Queen Elsa asked, her blue gaze moving between Blondie and I.

"Yes," I answered. My stomach didn't feel good. It felt like I was walking on thin ice.

The Queen nodded once, turned around and opened the doors to the Royal Garden.

'Why would I tell him that?!' I thought, angry at myself.

I was Queen, I shouldn't let things like that affect me in public. What made it worse was that he didn't notice it was their wedding my parents died going to. He didn't talk, so I focused on walking straight ahead to the gardens; my second favourite place, with my first being the library.

"Jack Frost?!" I heard Prince Eugene say, stopping to look at Princess Rapunzel.

"Yes!" Anna answered. She looked over at me. Everybody else followed her gaze. Say something!

"Do you know him?" I asked.

Rapunzel was watching at me with a strange look in her eye and Eugene just looked plan startled.

"Yes," he answered, suddenly looking sick.

I got a sinking feeling in my stomach; maybe Prince Frost wasn't as good as everybody said, or maybe they hated the idea of him marrying someone like me.

I turned around and threw the doors open to reveal the Royal Gardens. As I walked out, I heard Anna whisper:

"What's he like?"