(Alu)
"Sleep my love; I'll keep watch for the dawn. You need your rest." Alu stated. Elsa sleepily snuggled closer to Alu, her arm wrapping over her diaphragm. "You need sleep too, Alu." Elsa said. "Don't worry about me love. In my line of work I've had to stay awake for days at a time. A couple more hours won't faze me. Please sleep, Elsa. I promise to wake you just before dawn." They shared a kiss before she fell asleep. It was a few minutes later that Elsa was softly snoring in Alu's arms. She could get used to this. Having this wonderful woman fall asleep in her arms every single night for the rest of her life. Alu went over their plans in her head. It seemed like a solid enough plan. She was confident it would work given the required time and construction. But she knew that more assassins would come and try to finish the job. They'd kill both of them. Alu tossed that thought out immediately. She promised herself that she would not take a human life unless it was absolutely necessary. She didn't want to expose Elsa to that kind of sin.
Hours pass by rather slow, it was around 5am and the sun still hadn't rose. The party down below had quieted down a bit, the uproarious music and banter no longer vibrated the castle. Elsa hadn't moved much in her sleep, except for the occasional twitch or stretch. Alu noticed footsteps coming from down the hall. Her blades and their clothes were strewn about the room. When the steps grew with urgency, Alu started getting nervous. "Oh shit." She thought. Fear trickled into her mind. This was bad. Then the steps stopped right outside the door, Alu held her breath. Then a small knock sounded, then a feminine voice. "Elsa are you in there? It's me, Anna." Silence. Then Elsa suddenly stirred next to Alu. She lifted her head lazily and looked to the door. "Mmmm, yes I'm here, Anna. What do you want?" She asked, mild irritation lacing her voice. "Oh I just wanted to make sure you were in your room! Sorry for waking you." Anna apologized and walked back down the hall. Elsa peered up at Alu, sleepily. Her eye lids opening and closing slowly.
"Good morning, Elsa. Did you sleep well my love?" She asked, a grin sweeping across her lips. "Good morning, Alu. And yes I did sleep well. Have you slept at all?" Elsa asked as she wiped the sleep from her eyes and stretched. "No I haven't slept, although I am tired. I kept vigil all night." She said. Elsa pulled herself up and kissed Alu on the cheek. "So…you still up for a bath?" Elsa asked.
"I'm ready whenever you are my love".
(Elsa)
Grinning happily, Elsa rolled then from the sheets and tumbled out of bed with a chuckle at her own antics. She didn't bother to dress herself in any kind of robe or towel, she just sauntered about the room, completely bare, picking up discarded clothes and organizing them according to whom they belonged to. She picked up the blades as well and set them on her nightstand, beside both dragon masks.
"Just a little cleaning up." she clarified with a sideways smirk; Alu had been staring while Elsa sauntered about, "Let me go get the water running. Tell me…lavender or vanilla for a soap scent?"
(Alu)
Alu couldn't help but watch Elsa walk about the room, her flawless body swaying to and fro. She walked with elegant grace. Alu frowned when she picked up her blades. "Just cleaning up a bit." She had said. Elsa picked up their masks and paired them together on the nightstand next to the bed. Alu couldn't take her eyes off of Elsa. Even freshly out of bed and she was stunning.
She turned around to face Alu. "Lavender or vanilla scented soap my love?" She asked. It was such an odd question to her now. She hadn't had to choose between soap scents in years. "Um…lavender? Hah."
(Elsa)
"Sounds perfect." Elsa smiled at her softly, then turned on her heel and disappeared into the bathroom. There, she approached the tub and turned on the water, letting it run for a few minutes before taking a bottle of lavender scented soap and dumping hefty amounts of it beneath the tap. Bubbles formed immediately afterwards, and swallowed up the tub as the water rose.
Laying out two fresh towels and two robes, Elsa satisfied her need for preparation, shut off the water and called to Alu. "It's ready, Lu!" she said sweetly, coming up with a nickname on the spot. It was rather cute…hopefully Alu would let her keep it.
(Alu)
"It's ready, Lu!" Elsa rang from the bathroom. "Lu? How cute." Alu thought. It was such an adorable nickname. What could she nickname Elsa? She'd figure it out later. Alu pulled the covers back and swung her legs over and walked to the bathroom. Elsa was just stepping into the giant tub, copious amount of bubbles fluffing up. Her head almost seemed to disappear into the bubbles.
Alu walked over to the tub and Elsa scooted forward to let her get in. "Lu, huh? I like it." She said as she carefully stepped into the tub. The hot water felt amazing; Alu had only ever bathed in frigid water. So this was a nice change. When she was sat down in the water, Elsa moved back and leaned against Alu. She could feel all her muscles relaxing, all her stiffness seemed to melt away with the water. Alu noticed that Elsa had taken out her braid, her hair hung loose around her shoulders and back. It looks beautiful down. "This is so…luxurious. It smells so good. I've forgotten what it's like to have nice scents and warm baths." Alu said. "Really? I'd think with your royal blood that you'd be living the lap of luxury." Elsa said.
"Well, I was living the lap of luxury, but the life of an assassin chose me instead of me choosing it. Anyway, I'm not fond of speaking of my past. It harbors too many unfriendly memories. What about you, Elsa. Tell me more about yourself."
(Elsa)
Elsa bit her lip and shifted in the water, sinking a little lower so the bubbles brushed against her chin. Her past consisted of some unfriendly memories as well…but perhaps she could work around those. "W-Well…there's really not much to say! I…was born in Arendelle…lived here all my life, with Anna…was never really very…social, growing up." That was the most vague way to put it, but it would suffice.
She swirled around the water a bit, fizzing away a small circle of bubbles and giving a deep sigh as her body unwound and her skin cleansed. "There's not too much to tell…well, nothing really interesting." She wouldn't bring up the eternal winter, or what she had done to Anna, or any of that. It seemed…awkward to do.
(Alu)
Alu could feel her tense up at her question. She listened to her closely. She could sense hesitation when she spoke. "You know you can tell me anything, Elsa. I mean I understand we've known each other for a number of hours; but you can trust me. And we mine as well talk about the darker parts of ourselves. Especially since I'm going to court you in public." Alu purred out the last sentence. Her face coming around to say it softly in Elsa's ear. She playfully sucked her earlobe and Elsa started giggling. Alu's arms came around to pull Elsa closer to herself. Her hands massaging her hips under the hot water.
Alu was shocked at just how cool her body still was, even surrounded by hot water. "I trust you, Alu." Elsa stated after a moment. "Let's start with something small then. How old were you when you first found out about your powers?" Alu asked. "Hmmm…I guess my first cognitive memory about my powers was when I was 5. I was playing in the bath and I went to splash the water and it froze solid. My parents were so shocked. What about you?" She explained. "I was about that age too, and I was in a lesson with my tutor at the time, and I sneezed really hard, and fire came shooting out of my mouth. I caught the teacher's chalkboard on fire. My parents were surprised, and extremely proud. I was the first child born with dragon fire in over a hundred years."
Elsa couldn't help but snort lightly when she heard the tale, she giggled at the thought. "I bet you really scared your tutor away." She jested. "Hah! Oh yes! He was so scared of me, that he quit the same day!" They both laughed at the thought. "Your turn to ask a question, love." Alu said. She reached to the side of the tub where she saw a small strip of cloth. She dunked it into the warm scented water and started washing Elsa's back. At first Elsa just moaned at the feeling of Alu washing her back. The soft warm cloth washing over her tense shoulders and neck was enough to put her to sleep. "Hmmm…" Elsa ticked.
(Elsa)
In attempt to not fall asleep once more, Elsa stayed intently focused on the conversation at hand, and tried to think over her question. But the water was so warm and Alu's hands were soothing against her skin. C'mon…stay awake…it's rude to fall asleep in the middle of a bath…that, and you'd drown…awake, Elsa…awake…
"Hmm…what…about…" Her eyes fluttered shut for an instant and her breathing started to slow. She was on the verge of smacking herself just to stay up. "How…long…have you…" That was all she got out before her head nodded forward, and she was asleep again. Functioning on so little rest was not Elsa's strong suit, and the comfort she was taking beside Alu and amid the water wasn't helping her case.
(Alu)
Alu caught Elsa's face before it hit the water. She was dead asleep. Alu couldn't help but snort in amusement. It was adorable that she just knocked out mid-sentence. Carefully, Alu maneuvered Elsa in a bridal fashion and rose up and out of the tub. Water and bubbles clung their skin. She was shocked at how light Elsa was; even though she was dead weight she was still light as a feather. She walked into the bedroom and laid her down on the bed. She towel dried the water and bubbles off from every nook and cranny she could. Alu couldn't help but sneak a gaze at her amazing form. Elsa was the epitome of femininity and perfection. For once in her life, Alu felt self-conscious looking at her body. Being so unaccustomed to the feeling, she shoved the thought out of her mind.
After she dried off and drained the water from the tub, Alu got dressed. She kept her blades and boots off her person. She had to find a place to hide her weapons. She noticed the height of Elsa's armoire and climbed to the top. He evenly placed blades on top; she prayed that she would never have to use them again for unnecessary evil. She got down from the armoire and opened it and placed her boots inside, hiding them behind her many dresses. She walked back to the bed; watch Elsa sleep for the moment. Lord she was so serene and beautiful. Alu kissed her eyelids lightly. Elsa's mouth was opened ever so slightly to inhale and exhale easier. She had to find a place to hide in the room; she wasn't supposed to be in here with her. The sun was just starting to raise, its golden rays touching everything it shined on. They'd kill Alu if she was caught with the Queen. And then there goes Elsa's pristine reputation. Alu had an idea; she knelt down and checked underneath the massive bed. There wasn't anything underneath it, but the mattress skirt was long enough to hide the gap. Before crawling under the bed, Alu found a pen and paper.
"Elsa, I am where nightmares slumber. Love, your fire dragon."
She walked over to the nightstand and elegantly placed their masks together and sat the note beside them. Finally Alu grabbed a pillow and crawled underneath the bed. She had just enough room to cross her arms over her chest and relax. Finally, after two full days of no sleep, she fell into a deep slumber.
Hey guys! Hope you have liked this so far. I have gotten feedback saying that Alu is a weird character because of her profession that she shouldn't be swayed as easy as she was. Well you also have to take into account just what kind of person Queen Elsa really is and how my friend portrays her. This is just how we've made our characters, so that's that. Alu is the way she is for a reason, and the same goes for Elsa. I'd like to see more reviews for this :3 We put our hearts and souls into this to bring everybody entertainment! Love you guys!
