I am sorry I took so long!. Between other stories, the holidays, an engagement (my brother proposed to his girlfriend) and other familial obligations, i have been more than a little busy! But here I am with a new chapter on this fine New Years. I hope you had a happy New Years!
"Tell me why we have to go through this?" Ranger whined as he and Elsa were running through a document. Not just the marriage license. No they hadn't even gotten to that one yet, however much of a nightmare that paperwork was going to end up being. No this was worse, much worse. He was legally changing his name. That was a process he was forever going to dread. Why? Because even though he knew that 'Ranger' was the most ridiculous name ever, he never planned on getting married at the time. What twelve-year-old thinks of marriage when they come up with a name? But since he was marrying the Queen of Arendelle, it was more of a formality than to be ridiculously referee to as 'King Ranger' by anyone. Only a jester would be able to take that seriously. But it was his name. So yeah they were having quite the problem with it.
As Queen Elsa did have the ability to change his name herself, legally. But as for the paperwork he would have to do was actually come up with a name. Not exactly an easy task to do on a moments notice. Not to mention Ranger really hated politics. He was about to fall asleep and it was taking all his efforts to just not let his head fall to the table and fall asleep. Even if he could Elsa would just wake him up again buy using a little cold snow. Not exactly something he wanted to deal with, thank you very much.
Elsa huffed, knowing Ranger was bored with this situation. But it had to be done, if only or the formality. He needed a name of his own! Ranger was not a name, no matter what. Sure he was referred to as Ranger but it was not his name. And since he adamantly refused to be referred to by his birth name (which she still didn't know, as it was, Ranger still hated the idea of being referred to as such, whatever it was). Anything having to do with his past was pretty much a complete and utter void of hatred that he wanted to leave behind. While she didn't personally blame him for that, it was the reason they were doing this. Either he reclaim his birth name, or he change his name legally so that any important document that needed his signature would have his legal name, rather than his birth name or 'Ranger' on it. Either way he would have to stop being referred to as Ranger, at least in the grand scheme of the politics. Personally, Elsa would find it hard to not refer to him as 'Ranger' given that's who he was. Whatever his birth name was, it wasn't whom she knew him as, and that was fine with her. He just had to understand that since they were getting married, there were going to have to be some changes around the castle.
Yes. That was her response to the question. it hadn't come off as a surprise to Ranger or herself really; that's what she wanted. She wanted to marry the man she had come to love because she loved him. it had been quite the romantic moment, to say the least.
The only thing after that was explaining it to Anna and the others as soon as Elsa and Ranger got back to the castle. Needles to say Anna had been very excited. Elsa herself couldn't have said no. It was just a big surprise since she hadn't expected it.
Elsa gasped and her hand flew to her mouth as she caught sight of something that she never thought she would see. Ranger. The tough independent brilliantly arrogant man, was on his knee holding up a clear cut diamond ring, shining brilliantly in the cave, illuminated by the many crystal that were glowing in the cave. Ranger just stared at her, a hopeful smile on his face. to Elsa it seemed as if he wanted to ask the question, but he just couldn't. he seemed choked up on it, patiently waiting for her answer.
Well actions speak louder than words so all Elsa did was extend her hand, allowing Ranger to slip on the ring it was a beautiful ring; I was a simple band with a brilliant snow white gem, matching perfectly the snow she loved. Tears began to fall from her face as she inspected it, before she turned her gaze to the man still kneeling on the floor. Without a warning Elsa tackled him, sending them both to the ground, before Elsa captured his lips in a passionate searing kiss. There weren't any words spoken; there wasn't any need for any to be. All they needed was this. Just a kiss and pure unadulterated love.
Needless to say, the trip back was kind of delayed for an hour or two. But there was plenty of celebrating so, really,. Neither party could go off and complain about it.
The two hadn't arrived back at the castle until well into the night (Rangers ability to fly really came in handy, despite the fact that he was dead tired due to the time of night.) But the best part about waking up that morning was seeing the expression on everyone's face when Elsa walked into the room wearing her wedding ring.
Anna of course, had the biggest reaction out of all of them and boy did it make for a very good breakfast. Needless to say, everyone was waiting for this moment ever since
Oh my gosh!" Anna squealed as she leapt out of her seat, jumping up and down, her pigtails flapping in the air as a smile tore her face in two her fists balled up as her body shook like mad trying to contain her excitement. Hard to do considering the circumstances. It looked like she really wanted to just fly across the table and tackle her sister in a hug, but she was trying to contain herself for Elsa's sake. This was an important moment.
Kristoff just cracked a smile, his arms folded across his chest "well its about time" he said. he might not have known that Ranger was going to propose anytime soon, but he could tell that Elsa wanted to marry him and vice versa. The secret glances that they gave one another was more than enough proof to see that they loved each other. Olaf just stood there, an oblivious smile on his face. He had no idea what was going on, but he could tell it was something that deserved a warm hug. But like Anna, he knew when not to do something. He wanted to, but he could always do it later.
Elsa giggled, her hand held in Rangers as she glanced at him, a wide smile on her face before she turned to look at her friends. "Yes… its true. She said. Ranger just grinned "just don't expect the wedding anytime soon, Anna" he said, knowing that his soon to be sister in law would expect a wedding very soon. He just got engaged last night; Elsa was going to spend a lot of time needing to plan the wedding; since of course it was the Queens wedding there was going to be a lot of time spent on it. He would help when he could, but weddings, let alone parties were not his style. Being the center of attention was the last thing he wanted, given his time being the center of attention before. Then again, this would be a very happy moment in his life. And like Elsa, he couldn't wait to get married.
Anna just huffed and gave her sister a smile "don't worry Elsa. I wont go overboard with helping you plan the entire wedding…. Much" she said giggling.
Elsa shook her head. Anna was going to enjoy every second of this wasn't she? It was a wonder that Anna wasn't asking for her blessing of Kristoff's marriage or why she wouldn't allow him to propose at any moment. Well he could. If Anna were 7 months pregnant and ready to burst, something that Elsa wouldn't allow until after SHE was married. The last thing she needed was for Anna to get pregnant before marriage. The council had a blast with that when Elsa had told them that was what happened with her. Some of them saw her as irresponsible, which or once she could agree with that statement. She knew it hadn't been proper; she just didn't care at the time. S well, why should they complain? She had chosen her lover, her suitor, and her king and was having a child with him. They should be singing. Besides if they didn't like him (which she knew that some of them didn't) they could just go off and die.
However before anyone could say anything Kai and Gerda entered the room "Queen Elsa. Your study is ready." They told her Elsa nodded "come on Ranger" she said, taking Ranger out of the room
As they walked, Ranger gave Elsa a predatory grin "how does it feel to be an engaged woman?" he asked
Elsa smiled "it feels wonderful" she said.
but before she could continue, Ranger, in and uncharacteristic moment of romance leaned in and pecked Elsa's neck with a few kisses. Elsa jumped, surprised by Rangers lips, but she giggled and pecked his forehead. Come on…" she said, her voice coming out in a moan. No she needed to gain control. Business before pleasure.
Ranger just moved away looking at her with a grin "ok he said, and the two walked silently down the hall.
So know here they were inside Elsa's study with Elsa trying to legally change Rangers name as so he wouldn't sound ridiculous during his coronation after the wedding. The trouble was just coming up with a name to refer to him as. It was hard to do when 'Ranger' just stuck after calling him that for a year. So far Elsa and Ranger hadn't been able to compromise on a name. As of now it was really starting to drive Elsa insane. They needed to find something or this was going to take forever.
"What about…. Baldar" Elsa asked. Her voice coming out extremely tired she had gone through at least a dozen names with him n the past hour (she was just so tired that she lost count. And so far it seemed the Ranger was less than appreciative about the naming choices. In fact he seemed genuinely disgusted or insulted by a majority of them in the first place. Maybe she was being a little too hasty on the matter. Maybe she just wasn't good at naming things. She had named a snowman Olaf for crying out loud! She might have been eight years old, but that still didn't excuse her naming choices. Then again she also had to realize that this was Rangers name they were talking about. They needed to come up with something that he liked as much as she did, since it was what he was going to be referred to for the rest of his natural life. Still all that meant at the moment was that they still hadn't managed to agree on any sort of name, which meant that they were going to be spending even more time looking for a name. After all the time spent already trying to find something, both Elsa and Ranger were starting to get deeply annoyed with the situation at hand.
Elsa took a look at the last and thirteenth name on her list. It was honestly her favorite, it was just a little too similar to Kristoff's name, and she wasn't sure that well…. anyone would like lit let alone Ranger, but at this point, she was certain that he would like anything else over what she had chosen before. She gave a deep sigh, before staring directly into Rangers eyes and asked "Brandr" she sincerely hoped that he liked this one otherwise she was just going to wait until tomorrow to find a suitable name for Ranger that he liked and hopefully actually manage to do it.
All at once, Rangers eyes widened considerably and a smile spread all over his face. Elsa felt a wash over her. She gave a smile "Josef" she repeated, leading Ranger to nod. It seemed as though they had finally managed to get a name that they liked. With a satisfactory grin, Elsa and Ranger signed the paperwork. Now for a last name. Even though finding a first name had been difficult, that was much easier to deal with because both of them had one in mind. Now the only work left to be done was to explain it to the others.
Later that day, Ranger arrived at the guards training area. Elsa was dealing with a council meeting right now, so thankfully he didn't have to be e present (because it was insanely boring, so he would rather spend his time training with the guards or forging their swords, which he was going to do right now.) Caleb, as the guard captain had recently called for more recruits from Arendelle in order to increase security. He felt it was necessary in general after the events of Elias's betrayal. It had been quite the ordeal and during the year, there had been quite a few volunteers. Not enough to start an army (which was the last thing that Elsa wanted, but if worse comes to worse, she would do what she had to in order to protect her country and her citizens.) but there had been a massive increase in the number of recruits, compared to the numbers that had been accumulated in the past. Which meant for Ranger, he could finally put his smithing skills to use. Not al the recruits were good with a sword. Some of them liked to use axes or bows and arrows, or even javelins of some sorts. Thankfully Ranger was able to make all of those and he was more than happy too. He felt he would just get in the way of the training that Caleb put them through. He prefer to train alone (though he did help with constructing a new fort in the mountains where Caleb planned to train the recruits in harsher environments to push them to the limits. it was still being built, but it was getting close to completion)
During his time training with the guards, Caleb and Ranger had grown quite close, despite the fact that Ranger had killed his cousin some months prior, but truth be told, Caleb didn't care. Caleb felt he owed Ranger for saving his life, while Ranger was grateful not to be seen as a monster to the family of someone that he killed. While Caleb had yet to select a second in command (which Ranger could not fill I due to his impending status as King, which meant technically, he was Rangers boss), he did value Rangers expertise in fighting. Ranger did try to help out and did recommend some candidates who did show potential
However, as he was about to enter the guard training area, he bumped into a familiar girl? A girl he had desperately tried to avoid at any cost. Karen.
The young woman, it seemed had been walking in the opposite direction and had turned a corner, meaning the two hadn't seen the other coming. That however made it no less painful when Ranger accidently and unfortunately ran into her sending her to the floor. She landed on the floor with a grunt. However as soon a she looked up, her face morphed from one of confusion into one of hatred, her blue eyes storming with rage. Ranger however, ignored the look, not caring why this girl had it in her to hate him without any real explanation as to why.
"Oh" Ranger said starting at the girl. "I'm sorry" he said, quickly extending his hand to the girl. Karen however slapped his hand away and got to her feet, before sending him a glare and storming past the confused blacksmith. However he decided not to dwell on it and instead gave a sigh and entered the forge. He had work to do.
Elsa sat in her study going over several important documents. After the fiasco with Rangers name this morning, she had to deal with this before her afternoon meeting with the council (where she was going to have to reveal her engagement to Ranger to them). For once though she was extremely tired. After her extremely magical day yesterday, this was pretty much the last thing she wanted. But she already had her day off and just because her baby acted up, it didn't mean she could just neglect her duties as the reigning monarch of Arendelle every day or every time her baby acted up on her, no matter how much she enjoyed the idea of just spending her day with her family.
But speaking of baby, the child was due in a matter of weeks and despite that, Elsa and Ranger had yet to come up with a baby name. They had discussed many over the past four months, but they just couldn't agree on a name, or whether or not it was boy or a girl. They really had no way of knowing.
However as she was looking over her documents, she caught sight of one of the documents that had been left on her desk earlier. It looked like a letter. Reaching for it, Elsa took it and inspected it carefully. Judging from the make, it was from the kingdom of Corona. Elsa opened it and read it carefully. It was an invitation to the annual Autumn festival.
Thank you all for reading. As always leave your thoughts (and if you haven't, your more than welcome to suggest baby names.) and have a good day.