Chapter 8 The Snowball Queen
As the five (including Sven) ventured up the mountain through the thick snow Kristof asks Wilhelm, "So where are you leading us anyway?"
Does it matter? As long as they get there they'll be set. Huntsman had yet to understand Kristof. All he knew was that he was married to princess Anna and he was assigned a post that doesn't exist. He in turn asked Kristof, "More importantly why aren't we taking the sleigh?"
Kristof turns to the sleigh, or at least what was left of it from the chase through town, then Kristof, in the Sven voice, answered, "This thing can't take any more of your driving."
Wilhelm could see what was happening here, still didn't trust him yadda yadda yadda. The queen wants clarification to change my ways, she'll gwt claridication that will blow her mind. Wilhelm simply went up the two sisters and explained, "Look I know you want me to change but obviously no one believes I have, alright? So let's just go get the heart and forget the whole reformed thing because let's face it there is nothing that anyone can say or do to change me."
Wilhelm then runs up ahead of them whilst Elsa asks Anna, "should I do the plank again or come up with a new one." Her sister replies, "Actually, I have an idea." Soon after she said it, a snowball hit the back of Wilhelm's head. What the? He turned and asked, confused, "I'm sorry did you just throw a snowball at me?"
Elsa tried to seem innocent and shyly answered, "No"
Wilhelm knew she was lying, but then again it could have been Anna. Wilhelm turned back and kept on moving only to be hit by yet another snowball.
"You did it again!" Wilhelm said, this was not a figment of his imagination. Somebody was throwing snowballs at him and the queen trying to play the innocence card wasn't working. Elsa, who was now partially laughing along with her sister answered, "No, Anna did it."
"What?!" Anna yelled just before she was hit by a snowball. She would have said that Wilhelm threw like a girl if she hadn't plopped into the deep snow. Either way, he was going down.
"Princess or no princess nobody hits me with snowballs." Wilhelm said. He knew he was on a quest or whatever, but he was enjoying payback for the shovel conundrum. He threw another which Anna ducked below, completely missing her but hitting Kristof.
"Who threw that?" The mountain man yelled. He didn't want to start a fight but... Anna points to Wilhelm who ducks after a snowball is thrown at him. It hit Elsa square in the face. She was used to snow(obviously) but she needed a little bit of fun. The queen brushes the snow off, then with a snap of her fingers, made it rain snowballs. It was only a small cloud so it easier to move around. Steadily she moved it around, making sure everyone got their fair share of white powder. As the three took cover, Anna playfully yelled "That's cheating!"
Elsa merely said as she moved the snowball cloud around so everyone could get their fair share, "All's fair in love and snowball clouds."
Behind the sleigh the four (including Sven) proposed a plan. Kristof proposes, "If we get up close enough to her we could be able to hit her. So who's going to be the human shield?"
Kristof, Anna, and Sven all look at Wilhelm whose eyes widen in fear. He had not been aware that having friends would require being a human shield.
"It's like I'm being hit by a thousand rabid squirrels!" Wilhelm yells as the trio trough through the snow, Wilhelm being pounded by a thousand snowballs. Elsa had set up an ice chair where she sat, eating a sno-cone. She wanted to make it out as if she wasn't even trying(mainly because she wasn't. She was enjoying watching Wilhelm being used as a human shield. He fell about a quarter the way up Kristof took the role as the next human shield and ended up falling halfway Anna fell a few feet in front of Elsa. Anna collapsed flat on her face, not battered and bruised, but definitely given a workout. The queen looked down, asking, "Give up yet?"
Unhealthily optimistic, as always, Anna replied, "Never!"
Kristof honestly said, "We'll that makes one of us."
Wilhelm admitted, "I would wave a white flag however it stopped being white when I was over the cliff."
Anna formed a snowfall and threw it weakly. It plopped at her older sister's feet. Picking her younger sister up out of the snow, Elsa said, "That was the most fun I have had in years."
Anna agreed. Her sister did have fun and it was good for her, she was always working or conjuring something but she never had free time. Kristof raised his hand saying with his voice muffled by the snow, "I can't feel my face."
Anna went over and pulled him out of the snow, red as a beet. Anna tried not to laugh, but it was almost impossible
"What?" He asked as Anna stared at him. If it was about the shaving thing he knew he had to shave he was just too lazy
"Nothing, nothing, " she answered, not wanting to say anything. As Elsa made her way down the slope Kristof warned her, "Watch out there's a root."
"What?" She replied before falling down the hill next to Wilhelm. The man looked like he was in a spinning amusement park ride. He had actually not hated the snowball fight(in addition to the fact Elsa's hair was in his face and he was fighting the urge to sniff it(guys do that, beware))
"You know," Wilhelm said, brushing the queens hair out of his face, "You're surprisingly pleasant to be around when you're not trying to kill me."
He pulled the queen to her feet, who replied, "Likewise."
Looks like the crook COULD actually be friendly, although the queen didn't know why he tried to sniff her hair. Above them Anna looked down on them puzzled. Elsa began going back up and said, "We should get moving if we want to find that heart."
Wilhelm climbed up out of the snow and took one look at Kristof and said, "Whoa, you're as red as Elsa when we kissed."
Anna gave an "Ah Ha!" look without saying anything while Kristof looked for something reflective and Elsa gave a face that looked like she had bit her tongue. Anna was about to say something when Elsa interrupted, "before you say anything Anna, he was trying to poison me."
Anna didn't listen. Laughingly she said, "You and-"
"Poison! That's all!" Elsa clarified.
"Kiss?"
"I'm not saying anything I am not saying anything."
"Ha-ha, who woulda-"
"He was trying to steal my heart."
"In more ways than one Ha-ha"
Wilhelm interupted, "Don't you think that we should get going before Kristof realizes he looks like a tomato?"
A surprised scream can be heard in the distance.
"Too late." Wilhelm said. Although truthfully, he was glad. He had something he hadn't before, something he had never had, friends.
