Frozen CRG 9

A/N
So for those of you that liked the HTTYD crossover, I'm sorry but it's gone. On the advice of some friends and another user on the site, I've decided to replace it with another chapter that is more relevant to the Frozen universe. I know it's not an entirely new chapter, but I'll work on getting one done soon for you guys. And thanks for sticking with this story guys 😄

NPOV

After a few days, everything began to go back to normal. Aeri took the stitches out of my cheek, and I was able to go back to my full duties. However, the blade had left a long scar on my cheek, travelling almost directly across my jawline. Whenever people saw me they stared at it. However, I was used to the stares by now, and I largely ignored them.

Elsa and Anna hadn't really seemed to notice it at all, and, apart from Kristoff, barely anyone in the palace had commented on it. The night before, Kristoff and I had been talking about my scar and joking about it. "You know," Kristoff had said. "I'm pretty sure that scar was actually an improvement for you." We kept a straight face for a second, before we cracked up.

And so it was that 5 days after being allowed out of bed I was training with the City Guard in th courtyard. After hearing about how I'd killed 40 bandits in less than a day, many of the younger guards had become awestruck. When I was drilling with them the day before, I'd had to remind one of them that we were actually training, a scene that had elicited a laugh from some of the other guards and a grin from the man himself.

This afternoon, I was sparring with Captain Lukas while Max and Oskar looked on, watching how the pair of us moved. In his lighter armour and only a sword, Lukas could move much faster than Max with his heavy armour and broadsword, and slightly faster than Oskar. Tomorrow, they would both have their turn to spar with me, a prospect that the pair where excited about.

Using my halberd, I had a greater reach than Lukas but his lighter armour and sword meant that he had the advantage in speed, and the duel was in a stalemate, each waiting for the other to slip up and make a mistake. All four of us knew that this could go on for a while, but none of us knew who it was going to be.

In attempt to force Lukas' hand, I jabbed the blunted halberd head towards his left side, going across his body. It wasn't meant to be a proper attack, and Lukas knew it, barely moving to avoid the blow. With a grin, Lukas spun away from the halberd and swung his sword at me. I barely managed to get the shaft of the halberd up to block his attack, and I had to move it when he swung at my side next.

Seeing a real chance this time, I jabbed the end of the halberd behind Lukas and swept it back towards me, knocking him off of his feet and sending him crashing into the ground. Seeing the end of my halberd pointed at his chest, he yielded, and I offered him my hand. Ha accepted, and I pulled him up.

Once he was on his feet, he clapped me on the back, a grin plastered across his face and said "You know, I think that this was the best spar I've had in a long time." I grinned back, answering "And I can see why, that one could've gone either way." Looking around, I saw that our little sparring match had attracted quite a crowd, with quite a few of the guards watching us, as well as Elsa, Anna and Aeri from the palace.

When I saw them, I gave them a mock bow, causing them all to start giggling. With a grin still on my face, I turned back to the guards who'd gathered to watch out sparring, and called out "I thought I left you lot with some drills to do!" They laughed, and went back to what they'd been doing before.

Turning back to Lukas, Oskar and Max, I saw that Oskar and Max looked just as keen for our sparring match tomorrow, their eyes wide with matching grins plastered across their face. I asked"Are you two ready go tomorrow?" The pair looked at each other for a moment and turned back to me, still grinning. I let our a laugh calling out "I'll take that as a yes then."

A few minutes later, I bid the trio goodbye, heading up to the balcony where I'd seen Elsa, Anna and Aeri.i walked up to stand next to them, watching the guards continuing to drill, now under the eye of Lukas. Elsa turned to me, and said "You know, the 4 of you have a strong command over the City Guard. You all work well together, and you get along with them just fine."

Anna, Aeri and I all nodded, seeing that what Elsa had said was right. I called back "You're right Elsa, and I think Captain Lukas makes the best choice for their captain. He's got skills with a weapon, and he can be calm and level headed in a tense situation." The three girls nodded, and for the first time I noticed how different they looked from each other.

Anna's reddish hair was done in two braids going down her shoulders, and both her hairstyle and her colour were very different to Anna and Elsa. Elsa's platinum blonde hair was almost always in a long braid going down her left shoulder, and and Aeri's straight and brownish blonde hair normally was normally just left out, coming down to about halfway down her spine. However, the one thing that all three of them shared was strikingly blue eyes.

I looked at the three of them for a few seconds more before turning back to the courtyard. Although these were technically captain Lukas' men, as the Captain of the Royal Guard I had control over all of Arendelle's military resources, which wasn't a great deal. In fact, Arendelle's military was so small that if an enemy attacked then we would need the strength of our allies to defeat them.

Putting these thoughts out of my mind, I watched Lukas show the youngest Guards the best stance to block a axe blow with a sword, and smiled to myself when they all had a few minutes later before he dismissed them.

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The next morning, Elsa and I rose early for the council meeting, knowing that there was something that they'd urgently wanted to discuss with Elsa the night before. A few minutes after we took our places in the council room, the 4 members of the Royal Council walked in, taking their own places around the table.

The Council was made up of 4 of Arendelle's politicians, and they'd taken over the day to day running of the kingdom after the death of Elsa and Anna's parents. Thorvald was the eldest member of the council, while his son Avulstein was the youngest and most brash. Ysarald was the second longest serving member of the council, joining less than a year after Thorvald. The two were great friends, and often agreed on a lot. The fourth member, and the only woman on the council was Elisif, a young and kindly woman. Behind them came Hanna, a girl of around 16 years who took the notes at the council meetings.

Normally, Elsa was the only person to speak to me at the council meetings. However, as they walked through the doors, Hanna Thorvald and Elisif smiled at me, and Ysarald nodded to me. Avulstein on the other hand ignored me entirely, and he was my least favourite member of the council. However, his father was able to rein him in most times, meaning he rarely got his way on the council.

Coming in last, Hanna closed the door and took her own seat next to Elisif, and took out her paper to take the notes. Normally, council meeting's tended to be quite boring, and I'd often drift as they went on. Normally, Elsa and the council members would talk of what was happening in the kingdom on a daily basis, and things such as trade or the harvests and food supply. For most of the meeting, nothing was very different and I drifted off in the middle of it.

However, I was snapped back at the end by something Thorvald said.

"And finally, the diplomatic visit from Corona." At this, both Elsa and I stiffened. I'd heard nothing of a diplomatic visit, and from the looks of it Elsa had entirely forgotten. Avulstein growled, clearly unimpressed while the other 3 looked on more kindly. Thorvald began "Forgive us, Queen Elsa. The meeting was on the day that Captain Nikolas was in the mountains, and you were not entirely paying attention."

Thorvald looked at me, making sure that I was listening. "6 days ago, we sent a letter to the King and Queen of Corona. The letter asked them to come to Arendelle to discuss trade with you Queen Elsa, and ways that the alliance between our two kingdoms could be strengthened. Last night, we received a reply saying that they while they would love to visit themselves, they were currently unable to come. However, their daughter, Rapunzel, and her husband Eugene are coming instead, and they'll be here in
3 days."

Being Queen, Elsa had much less time to recover than I did. She nodded, and turned to Hanna. "Hanna, could you please leave the notes from the meeting so I can go over them?" Hanna nodded, and Elsa turned back to Thorvald. "Thorvald, do you have the letter with you?" Thorvald nodded and handed it to Elsa, and Elsa breathed out a small sigh. "If you leave me with both of these things, I'll look over them now and we can work out what is happening."

The 4 council members rose and bowed before leaving the room. Hanna went through a small pile of papers before finding the notes from the council meeting and handed them to Elsa. Elsa sighed, and said "Thank you Hanna, I'll see you tomorrow." Hanna bowed as well and left the room. As son as the door had closed behind her, Elsa slumped down and banged her head against the table, her head resting right in the middle of the papers.

As I pulled a chair up beside her, she moaned "I can't believe let this happen! I'm supposed to be the Queen!" Resting a hand against her shoulder, I softly said "It's not your fault, you were worried about me. If it's anyone's fault it's mine." She looked from the pile of papers and dead panned "Yes, it's your fault that you were killing a bandit gang who'd kidnapped a young girl." I smirked, and she smiled slightly before sitting up and looking at the papers again.

I asked her "Would you like someone to go over those notes with you?" She smiled and said "That's exactly what I need right now." I smiled, and picking up the letter asked "What will need to be organised for their visit?" She groaned again and replied "Enough beds to sleep their group, food for all of them, somewhere for them to dock their ships, and so, so much more."

While Elsa was speaking, I read the letter to see how many men Princess Rapunzel and Prince Eugene would be bringing with them. Skim reading, I saw that they would be travelling in 3 ships with 50 of their own men. "Well, at least they're not bringing too many men with them." Elsa nodded, reading over what Hanna had written. I sighed, knowing it was going to be a difficult 3 days.

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The next few days went quickly, and soon enough it was the day of the Prince and Princesses arrival. The harbour had been cleared to leave space for 3 ships to dock, and most of the kingdom was gathered around to try and catch a glimpse of Corona's boats, and hopefully beautiful princess too. The palace had been prepared to house the 50 men and extra food had been bought to the palace as well.

Elsa, Anna Kristoff and I were waiting at the docks, the Royal Council standing a few metres behind us. As I looked around the harbour, I saw Aeri and Olaf pushing through a group of people to get down to the docks, the people moving apart when they saw Olaf. The two came and stood beside me, Aeri slightly out of breath. When I gave her a questioning look, she whispered back "I had trouble with my hair, I'm sorry!" I laughed quietly and turned back to Elsa.

The same why that I'd dressed in my full armour, minus the claws, Elsa had dressed in her long icy dress, including the cape this time. Looking at Anna and Kristoff, I see that they'd dressed formally too, and Anna had even managed to get Kristoff to take a bath. I chuckled again at the though of Anna making Kristoff take a bath, and focused back on Elsa. Although her face was a mask, I could tell that she was slightly anxious about the meeting from the tiny snow flakes spiralling around her.

I leaned in, and whispered "Elsa, your snowing." She looked at me, confused and saw the tiny snowflakes. She closed her eyes and focused for a second, and then they were gone. Leaning back again, I whispered "Have you ever met her? Princess Rapunzel?" She shook her head and answered "The Kingdom of Corona has been our ally since before my father was king, but they'd never come to Arendelle during his reign. However, Anna met her once, briefly." I nodded, knowing why they'd never come. I whispered "You'll be fine Elsa."

Elsa took a deep breath, and whispered "There's a few things that I should probably tell you about Rapunzel. We're... She's... She's my cousin. I looked over at her in surprise. "I've never met her, but Anna said that she's beautiful, and even that there was a slight resemblance between us." Still surprised, I nodded and went back to watching the horizon.

Less than 5 minutes later, 3 boats came into view on the far horizon. Beside me, I saw Elsa take in a deep breath, her hands balled into fists by her sides. Gently, I leant over and grabbed her hand. She jumped at first, but when she realised that it was me, she entwined her fingers with mine. Together, we stood and waited for the 3 boats.