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Chapter Nine: Festival Gone Wrong

Elsa and Anna were standing at the castle gates after they got ready and waited for Kristoff, Alice and Mathias. It wasn't long for Alice to appear with the help of Gerda, she was wearing a light green dress with a v at the neck, her skirt stopped at her ankles with a glinting silver touch to the dress. Her hair was tied into a bun similar to Anna's. Elsa smiled at the girl remembering how Anna looked at her coronation.

"Alice, you look stunning." Anna said in awe as she walked up to her. Elsa was brought out of her daze realizing that Anna doesn't know that the girl is blind yet and hurried to interfere before she said the wrong thing.

"Um Anna, come here for a moment." Elsa called her sister. Anna quickly walked over to her older sister.

"Whats wrong?" Anna asked as she noticed Elsa's worried expression.

"A-Alice is blind so try not to say anything to make her feel bad alright." Elsa told her. Anna was silent which was a big surprise to her but she reluctantly agreed and they both went back to the girl who was left by herself.

"Who are we waiting on?" Alice asked as the two older women approached her.

"We're waiting on Mathias and Kristoff my soon to be brother-in-law." Elsa said giggling behind her hand at the last part.

"Your getting married your highness, congratulations." Alice said in excitement. Anna's face flushed red in embarrassment and quickly shushed her.

"Not so loud it's gonna be a surprise till later." Anna explained. Elsa had a mischievous smirk on her face.

"You might keep it a secret, but i'm going to announce it tonight during the festival." Elsa said with a small giggle. Anna was taken back by her sister's words.

"You wouldn't dare." Anna challenged, this only made Elsa laugh more but it quickly subsided.

"I'm queen and i will announce your engagement to Kristoff Bjorgman." Elsa said keeping her queen like posture as she did. Anna was about to reply until she spotted Kristoff walking up to them. He wore a plain black suit with the boots to matched his vest was unbuttoned all the way revealing the white shirt underneath.

"Mr. Bjorgman." Elsa greeted him.

"Your majesty." Kristoff replied with a slight bow.

"We're waiting on Mathias now?" Kristoff asked as he did a head count.

"Yes and it makes me wonder what's taking him so long." Elsa said as she looked ahead.

Meanwhile, Mathias was growling in protest for the shoes Kai suggested for him to wear for the festival.

"Oh, for gods sake put them on! You're going to be late." Kai said getting irritated by the taller man's actions. This got Mathias quiet for a moment wondering what to do. He looked Kia up and down then back at the pair of shoes on the floor. He sighed in defeat and started to put the shoes on with difficulty for a while before finally getting them on. He smirked in triumph before Kia interrupted his moment.

"Shall we get going?" Kia asked as he opened up the door. The taller man nodded his head and followed the butler out of the room. It was quiet between them until Kia broke the silence.

"I can't believe they are still going through with the festival after what happened earlier. At least our queen is safe thanks to you, you really are destructive from what i heard from some of the guards." Kai said as he looked back at Mathias. The taller man looked at him with a curious expression and Kai decided to change the topic.

"I noticed the way you look at the queen with such curiosity." He said. Mathias was startled by his words.

"He may not talk, but at least he understands." Kia thought with a smirk.

Meanwhile in the town of Arendelle, a lone man sits on some crates watching everyone go about their business. He had scratches on the right side of his face and had his right hand wrapped up like he broken it. It was Don and he came here after waking up to find his friend Alex dead and the girl missing. He heard rumors of westleton trying to assassinate the queen until a mysterious man appeared from the destroyed houses and saved her.

"Must be that son of a bitch who killed my friend and stole my property from me." He thought as he waited for him to show up so he could get revenge and take back what was his.

Back at the castle gates, the small group chatted with each other until Elsa spotted Kai with Mathias following close behind. He was wearing a dark grey suit with his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his vest was slightly unbuttoned revealing the dark shirt underneath, his brown hair was combed down and Elsa was stunned and quickly shook it off as she caught herself staring.

"You have a pleasant evening your majesty." Kai said before heading back to the castle. Mathias's attention wasn't on anyone else except for the platinum blond women standing before him. He didn't know why he was drawn to those blue eyes of hers and it just stunned him of how a female human was capable of such and it awed him. Her dress was blue with a slit at the right part of her skirt revealing her legs and her dress showed her slim figure. He began to have a funny feeling in the pit of his stomach but quickly shook it off as Anna started talking to everyone.

"Let's get going the festival already started." She said excitedly before dragging kristoff behind her. He went over to Alice and noticed her leg had something wrapped to it. Elsa noticed and started to explain.

"There was no real damage on her leg just bad bruising so the physician just wrapped it up, he said to leave it on for a few days and she'll be fine." She explained hopping Mathias would understand and to her surprise he nodded his head and lifted her up. He offered her his arm and this action surprised her.

"Did Kia give you some advice on the way here?" Elsa asked as she linked her right arm to his left one and lead the way to the town square. Mathias nodded his head and she took it as a yes as they strolled to catch up to the others. On the way Alice pursuaed Mathias to put her down so she could walk but still needed guidance. He reluctantly agreed with a low grumble and as soon as he set her down she grabbed his right hand.

The contact brought back that funny feeling in a different way and this was new for him and wrapped his large hand around her smaller one as if on instinct. Deep down he knew this won't last long, because once he got back his freedom she would be afraid of him and he would be forced to go back to the ocean depths where he belonged. This saddened him for some reason and he immediately squashed it as he realized he started to feel guilty.

"Alice will be fine once i leave, she has these humans to look after her." He thought as he saw the younger energetic women with Kristoff, who had a weird look on his face.

"What is he staring at?" Mathias thought as they stopped in front of them.

"Well don't you have quite the handful." Kristoff said with a chuckle. Mathias was confused for a second before realizing that Elsa was clung to him still and he was holding Alice's hand.

"You look like a little cute family." Anna chimed in with a giggle. For once in his life he was embarrassed by this and Elsa thankfully let go of him her face flushed as she scolded her sister. He didn't mind holding on to Alice because of her leg but couldn't help but feel the need to protect her like a parent would, then it hit him. He was acting like she was his kid and he began to understand what it felt like to have someone to look after and have them look up to you.

"Is this how it feels to be a parent?" He thought as his face became warm with the thought.

The ways of the humans still confused him but he still learns something new from them every now and then as he watched them from the distance. And as long as he lived in this world he knew when he was being watched but didn't know where. Elsa noticed him tense up a bit and became worried and walked over to him.

"Is everything alright?" She asked him. He looked down at her with his glowing ember eyes and Elsa saw something that scared her the most "the eyes of a predator" and she was worried about what had him so focused to his surroundings. Mathias looked at the large crowd and noticed that they were moving in a rhythm to the noise he was hearing. They were paired male to female and watched for a few moments to see how it was done. He looked at Elsa and motioned his head toward the crowd. She seemed to understand and gave a slight smile.

"Well i'd love to good sir." She said as she hooked her right arm around his left one and he lead her to the slowly growing group but quickly remembered Alice. He looked back and Elsa knew he was worried so she let go of him and went to Alice and informed her that they will be back in few minutes and went back to Mathias.

"Maybe this will keep his mind off of things for a while." Elsa thought as Mathias quickly took lead.

"Looks like we have a fast learner, explains why he was watching these people for a bit." Elsa thought with a small smile as they began to dance.

Alice was enjoying the sound of the music before a pair of strong arms grabbed her and pulled her into an alley.

"Remember me?" The man hissed behind her ear as he shoved her against the wall. Alice quickly realized it was one of her captives and quickly tried to call for help but he knocked her to the ground.

"You and i have unfinished business." He said as he held her down but she kneed him between his legs making him roll over in pain.

"You little bitch!" He hissed as he quickly grabbed her and pulled her back toward him. He quickly covered her mouth before she could say anything and had her flat on her back with him on top.

"Don't worry once i'm done with you i'll put you out of your misery and kill that that new friend of yours while i'm on it." He said with a sickening smile.

Elsa was enjoying her time with Mathias who only made a few mistakes but nothing major but she quickly remembered her announcement and stopped dancing.

"I'll be back." She said as she left to get everyone's attention. Mathias went back to check on Alice only to see her gone. He quickly became worried and walked over to where he left her. He heard a scuffle and some muffled screams and went into the alley to see Don the man from earlier over Alice. His rage came back to the surface and charged at the man hurting the girl. He slammed himself into the man's back causing him to fall on top of Alice, he quickly grabbed him by the shirt and slammed him to the right side of the alley, lifting him up from the ground so he wouldn't try to run.

"Well what a surprise, i was about to look for you after i had some fun with the whore over there." Don said between coughs. Mathias growled at the man's statement before he got hit on the side of the head. He dropped him to the ground and quickly slammed him to the wall breaking through it this time as Mathias shoved him through the building and straight to the other side.

Elsa stood in front of everyone as she prepared to make the announcement about her sister's engagement.

"My sister Princess Anna is now engaged to we will celebrate this with tonight's festivities." She announced as she heard wood splinter and turned around to see two men falling out of the hole they made. She knew one of them was Mathias and quickly backed away and watched as both men brawled against each other on the ground. The other man was on top punching Mathias repeatedly across the face. Mathias swiped the other man causing him to fall off of him. Both men struggled to get up but the other man was faster and tackled Mathias back to the ground and kneed him in his stomach. To everyone's horror Mathias lounged up with his head and crunched down on the man's shoulder breaking any bone that was there. Everyone cringed when they heard the sickening crack and the bloody scream of pain that came with it, even Elsa cringed hearing it.

Mathias kicked the man off of him and went through the hole in the wall for a moment and came out with Alice in his arms. The guards surrounded him and the wounded man on the ground. Elsa noticed Alice's state and quickly hurried over.

"Guards stand down!" She ordered as she went passed them and straight to Mathias and Alice.

"My lord what happened?" Elsa asked worried. Mathias stared at the man on the ground growling at him. She finally knew what happened and looked at the man on the ground.

"Bring him to me." She ordered and the guards did so dragging him toward her.

"Where do you think it's right doing this to young girls?" She demanded. The man laughed and looked up at her.

"She's my property i can do as i please." He said before Elsa smacked him.

"Are you one of those people that done those horrid things to her before Mathias came around?" She whispered. The man laughed even harder before a hand grabbed him by his throat and threw to the ground. Elsa knew it was Mathias because he roared at him once he hit the ground. Elsa looked at Alice and motioned Mathias to follow her back to the castle and he did so without hesitation. Alice was crying all the way back to the castle and Elsa couldn't help but be sorry for her.

"Gerda! Fetch the physician and meet me in Alice's room." Elsa said once she walked into the castle. Kai quickly entered.

"What happened?" He asked as he saw the condition Alice was in and noticed Mathias looked extremely upset about something.

"Someone attacked Alice at the festival." Elsa said as she hurriedly up the stairs with Mathias following suit. Once they arrived at Alice's room Elsa took the girl out of Mathias's arms and went into the room and set her on the bed.

"Mathias stay out there and wait." She ordered and he backed up to the wall opposite of the door. Still angry he let out the loudest roar he could muster the noise scaring all of the castle staff as the noise boomed throughout the castle.