Updated once again and I apologised for the long delay due to work and bad writers block. I will say I'm sort stunned at how the story is going as I had never expected it to become this long and we are only just over the half point. I've also had a thought that with Frozen 2 just around the corner, I'm a bit concerned that I might have to change things in my original plan for the story so that it doesn't deviate that much, though if you'd like to see what I have planned reagardless what happens then feel free to tell me otherwise.

It is the longest chapter yet and I think my problem is that I explain too much and that might bore readers so I'll try and improve on that. Also some of the characters might be a tad OOC so apologises for that, anyway without further ado, let's begin...

Chapter 10

In Which Anna Gets...

While I mentioned that I didn't care much for January, I always thought February was a better time as it was here the last of winter would vanish and that life seemed to start again. If you remember what happened in the previous month in which one of our servants, Ivar, accidently got the daughter of our official meat suppler pregnant, it had been the news that everyone in the castle seemed to talk about, no less thanks to Olaf who was not only there along with me, but who had spread the word round the castle about what had happened.

I did get asked too about what exactly happened, but they mostly went for Ivar about it and the best thing I could do was keep my head down and looking back on it, it all did seem to be a bit of a farce with how things had ended up like this. Now I can only imagine you'd be asking is after what Ivar did of what happened. Was he fired by Elsa or banished?

To our amazement when Elsa had to confront Ivar and make him confess the whole story, he would still be able to work as a servant, though he was given a huge warning not for this to happen again.

I wasn't there when they came face to face, but judging by the sheepish look on Ivar's face and his face being as a white as Olaf when he came back from that meeting, Elsa had no doubt given him a damn good chewing out. What I would've given to witness it…

I'm please to say it does have a happier ending for Ivar as after meeting with our Queen, Ivar had to head round to meet Helga and her family when not only it didn't break out into another fight, but a truce was sorted in which Lars would reluctantly agree for Ivar to marry Helga in order for the child to have a father in it's life.

The Wedding would take place later in the month, but this little tale isn't really about that but instead another birthday to celebrate. Kristoff's birthday. Though I'll say it didn't have anything shocking like with my own birthday, in typical Arendelle fashion in which we had started getting used to, it wouldn't exactly be a dull affair…

That day on the 15th February started like any other day with me getting up early and bringing up breakfast for Princess Anna. This day however was Kristoff's birthday and it was our ginger princess that had plans made for Kristoff in which I was to keep quiet about should I encounter our ice harvester friend, the only thing I had for Kristoff was a card. As I arrived outside Anna's door, I knocked and waited for a response in which I heard nothing.

"Princess Anna?" I called. "Are you awake, yer highness?"

Nothing. Granted Anna was never an early riser and wouldn't get up until after ten in the morning (the time was currently just after eight at that moment) so I wasn't that worried as I waited to hear from her. I waited for a while and yet I heard nothing, and I placed the tray down on the ground and knocked again.

"Anna, are ye ok? It's me, Aiden." I asked again but there was nothing. Cautiously, I slowly opened the door and peered into the room no knowing what to expect and hoped that nothing bad had happened to the crown princess.

I first glanced over to the bed and saw that she wasn't there before then looking around the room thinking that Anna had to be somewhere yet there was no sign of any princess. I knew I shouldn't jump to conclusions at Anna's whereabouts, but I did have this lingering doubt in my mind that something had happened to her and that if Elsa found out, we all might be heading for another winter…

"God almighty," I muttered to myself. "Anna where the hell are…of course!"

I slapped my forehead foolishly, how didn't I think of that before? Kristoff's room! Grabbing the tray of the floor, I made the short walk down the corridor towards Kristoff's room and with the door not quite closed.

Before I say anything else, I might have to ask the question that how Kristoff, who was technically a member of royal staff like me, got his own room within the royal wing of the castle while everyone else like me slept in the servant's quarters? Obvious answer is of course is his relationship with Anna who insisted on sleeping with her, though Elsa being the protective older sister that she was wasn't going to let Kristoff try and bed her little sister so soon and instead made a compromise of giving him his own room.

Giving the number of empty bedrooms in the castle, fair to say that Kristoff was spoiled for choice though some of us servants did think that it all gave Kristoff unfair perks to the rest of us especially as some debated over his questionable title that Elsa had granted him. In the end we gave up asking and realised that for what he had done in playing his part in helping Arendelle and the sisters, he did deserve it.

Back to the story however, as soon as I made it outside Kristoff's door and placed the breakfast tray on the floor and knocked to announce my greeting. "Kristoff are ye—Oh!"

I hadn't noticed that the door had been not fully closed properly and when I gave a knock, the door instead opened up into a dimly lit room to which I then focused towards the bed in where I found Kristoff and Anna still sleeping…though not how I had been hoping to see them as.

I wished I had never laid eyes on the scene before me. There fast asleep and with looks of utter bliss on their faces, a fully naked Kristoff was spooning an equally naked Anna and neither had the bed covers on in which I saw, for better or for worse, every unclothed detail in the flesh. Knowing how wrong this was, I quickly exited from the room and nearly stumbled over the breakfast tray I'd left outside before closing the door properly though it did let off a slight slam as it shut. Oddly enough when it did slam, it didn't awake Anna and Kristoff as you'd might expect, they must've been that tried...

I stood there for goodness knows how long as I tried to come to turns what I had just gotten myself into, suppose I had found Anna at least, but still...

Who was to blame? Them for not taking care of themselves and not leaving the door closed properly for random individuals to walk in? Or was it me for doing the latter there? I did feel bad for what I did for seeing Anna, aka one of my bosses, nude just there and I could only pray and hope that Elsa wasn't going to freeze me for that, though I did wonder what she'd have to say to Kristoff about this?

Looking up at the door again, this time fully closed, I shuffled forward and knocked. "Princess Anna?"

The sound of groaning could be heard from inside the room as it sounded like they slowly starting to awake. "Yeah…?" Anna slurred. "Is that you…Aiden?"

"Aye, just me with breakfast," I answered. "Thought ye might be here."

"Just give us a second," Kristoff added, and shuffling sounds could be heard in which I could only imagine that they were trying to make themselves look more presentable. So thus, I waited to be called in. "Alright, come in."

Opening the door before bending down to get the breakfast tray I headed into the bedroom in which this time Anna had thrown on her nightgown that had been previously lying on the floor while Kristoff had found himself a set of boxers and a shirt. The funniest thing that always made me laugh whenever I saw Anna in the morning was that her hair was always in a mess that resembled more like a lion's mane than that of a princess. Poor girl just couldn't get that hair sorted.

"I know what you're laughing at," Anna drawled as she knew very well what had tickled me.

"Sorry yer highness," I apologised while trying to hold back the giggles, "it's just that it never gets old."

"It is rather funny I'll admit," Kristoff added who playfully played around with his girlfriend's messy hair much to Anna's annoyance.

"Kristoff," Anna scowled before eying the breakfast tray I placed down on her lap. "Thank you, Aiden. How'd you know I was here?"

I shrugged. "Lucky guess I suppose. I did try knocking on yer door but found out ye weren't there, so I then thought ye might be here and…well, yeah."

"What about me?" Kristoff asked.

"Huh?"

"What about my breakfast?"

"Sorry bud, I was only serving princess Anna ye know."

"So, nothing for me then?" Kristoff asked with a playful tone in his voice as he rolled his eyes.

"Dinnae think that way, lad," I replied. "It maybe yer birthday but since Anna here is a princess and is one of my bosses, she gets the first dibs of the day…nae disrespect." I then pulled out the card from my back pocket and presented it to him. "But I do have this though, happy birthday Kristoff."

The ice harvester smiled as he opened the card and began reading it with Anna looking on, then he had cross expression as he looked up at me and I could only grin at what I could imagine he reacted to. "Hey!"

"What's wrong?" Anna asked as she swallowed down a mouthful of pancakes.

"Look what he's written here!" Kristoff replied as he pointed to something I had written on the bottom of the card. "It says 'To Kristoff, happy birthday, from Aiden. And there is a P.S. here…remember to take a wash today."

At this point I doubled over laughing and even Anna found the funny side of it. "I don't smell that bad!" Kristoff protested.

"Says you, I don't know how Anna copes with ye!" I laughed before I remembered something. "Actually just to change the subject, where were ye two last night? Ye disappeared fer a few hours."

"It was valentines' day yesterday, remember?" Anna replied and held Kristoff's hand in that moment.

"Ahh…forgot about that," I muttered. It hadn't occurred to me that this valentine's day would've been the first for either Anna or Kristoff to experience as a couple. "Enjoy yerselfs then?"

"Just the two of us," Kristoff reflected happily. "Up in the mountains overlooking the fjord, then we came back here to my room and, well…"

The couple then went red as it didn't lead to any prizes as to imagining what a night they must've had. "So yer up for a second go then?" I joked, giving them a sly wink, in which made Kristoff look embarrassed.

Anna though looked over at Kristoff with a certain look and began make little circles on his chest. "Oh, I plan too, it was a rather good night…"

Oh, Christ get a room you two…wait, hang on…

Getting the hint that it was possibly wise to get out of there and how awkward I felt, I slowly made my way out off the room. "Okay, I'm just gonna go now and get yer breakfast, Kristoff…"

"Remember to lock the door on the way out." Anna called out in which the two giggled.

"A-aye yer highness," I muttered and moved quickly out of there. "The things I do in this job…"

Then the irony of their request of locking the door struck me from what had happened earlier. If they only knew…

While Kristoff wanted nothing more than a quiet birthday with no thrills attached, in which he did get something like that in which his birthday would take place in the castle. However there's always a little something added to it in which later on in the afternoon, both me and Kristoff got a surprise in which he found out who was invited thanks to Anna.

"She's invited who now?" I asked Kristoff as we helped get Sven cleaned.

"They're called Alex, Eric and Brian," Kristoff answered. "They're fellow ice harvesters and I suppose you could say colleagues."

"Oh aye? How'd Anna find out about them?"

"She didn't, they just…showed up, while me and Anna were out on a date all unannounced."

There was something in the way Kristoff spoke about them that made him seem uneasy about them. "Did…somethin' happen with them? Are they yer friends?"

"Did I say friends? Just colleagues," Kristoff corrected. "And yes, as you might know, I didn't spend much time with anyone other than Sven, let alone other ice harvesters. I barely even saw these guys eye to eye most of the time."

"So why are they wantin' to act all pally with ye then?" I inquired, bemused by all this.

Kristoff sighed. "Simple really, something to do with this new life style living in a castle and dating a princess. Suddenly everyone wants to be your friend."

The poor guy looked sad just then and in that moment it all clicked. In some ways I did relate to him in that moment as when I started no one other than a few seemed to care about me until they found out about some moments I had done such as dealing with a Countess and the Dahl brothers, it was an irritating thought for anyone.

Sven seemed all too aware of how Kristoff was feeling and gave him a friendly nuzzle while I tried to think of something to help the guy out. "Sorry to hear all that, lad. On the bright side, I think Elsa won't be too happy with these numpties hangin' about the place and if they do somethin' stupid, well, I'm sure they'll be kicked out before ye can say 'reindeers are better than people'."

Thankfully this did make Kristoff smile. "Thanks, Aiden."

"Don't worry about it," I assured him. "It's your birthday after all and many of us servants will be keepin' an eye out, hopefully it'll come to nothin' in the end."

I may have been hopeful that things would be ok, but if past experiences had told me nothing seems to be normal when you're in the sphere of influence of the Arendelle Royal Family as I thought about who this Alex, Eric and Brian was after I left the stables and went on to do other tasks.

The day itself mostly went in a blur and Kristoff received many birthday greetings and well wishes from the other servants, though much to his annoyance, he was always asked many worried questions about the visiting ice harvesters and if they might potentially turn the castle upside down. That was a silly suggestion to even think that but that was just an example of how some were nervous about them and how Anna had thought this was a good idea.

It wouldn't be until dusk in in which I would get my first glimpse of the trio when Kai called me away to do the usual 'meet and greet' by the gates. I had started doing a bit more of this recently and I had gotten the hang of it and even though I was about to deal with a bunch of guys who had nearly all day left me edgy about how to greet them, I had to act responsible and be civil with them even if they likely didn't want to reciprocate.

I waited for a while until I caught sight of three large bulky men, slightly bigger than Kristoff, walking through the gates and into the courtyard and looking somewhat out of place with their scabby looking clothes that I assumed was their casual gear. I also noticed that one was carrying a lute and that another with thick black hair and an untidy beard was carrying a rug stack and I did feel tempted ask them what was inside that bag, but I had to follow the routine as always.

"Greetings gentlemen, thank ye for comin'," I welcomed them.

"Is Kristoff 'ere?" Asked the one carrying the lute, a big red headed man who had blazing green eyes and, perhaps somewhat worryingly, had a major scar that went down the right side of his face.

"Err…aye, h-he's here," I stuttered, wasn't expecting them to be asking questions so soon. "Follow me, I'll lead ye there."

The three men muttered in agreement and I lead them inside the castle. Despite me keeping quiet and focusing on my job, the three ice harvesters were happily chatting among themselves as they took in the surroundings of the castle. They acted more like excited kids in a museum than big, burly mountain men and it was very likely the first time either of them had been inside a castle before, let alone being invited by a princess.

We were making our way up the stairs when suddenly the third man of the trio, a slightly balding man with blue eyes, called me out. "You're not from around here, aren't you?"

I turned to look at them with them all staring at me and began the usual backstory I always did whenever the chat went into about my past. "Aye that's right, I'm from Scotland originally before movin' out here since I was very young."

The redheaded man stroked his chin in thought. "Scotland? Is that a place in England?"

Oh God, not this crap again…

"Naw, it's just north of England, people do make that mistake around here, a lot…" I corrected, feeling annoyed at having to say this again. "Funny you should that though as Kristoff did think that too. Actually…I don't think I know yer names."

"Heh, you're right," the redhead chuckled. "My name is Brian."

"I'm Alex," the raven headed one added.

"And I'm Eric," the balding one concluded."

I nodded in acknowledgement. "Well then, guess that breaks the ice, no pun intended for our Queen."

We carried walking not saying anything else and I did start to think that maybe the fears that many had over these ice harvesters might've been over exaggerated by everyone in the castle and maybe things would be alright. Kristoff's birthday was taking place in the main dining room, one that you might remember in which I had the encounter with the Countess so find it was not that hard, though as we headed down the corridor I noticed that Alex who was carrying the ruck sack was looking into it making sure whatever was in was still there.

"Wee question, what's in the bag?" I inquired, eying the sack curiously.

"Ahh, that's Krissy-boy's gift," Alex grinned. "Let's just say it'll be a big surprise for 'em!"

Krissy-boy? No wonder Kristoff seemed to dislike these guys if they were calling him that stupid nickname. They might've been friendly and likely meant well, but there was that lingering doubt about them in which I couldn't quite put my finger on.

"Anyway, here we are, lads," I announced to the trio as ended outside the door that lead into the main dining room. "Just let me announce yer arrival then ye can come in, ok?"

They nodded and I headed in in which Kristoff was standing next the birthday cake that situated at the end of the table with Elsa, Anna, Olaf and for some reason even Sven was up here too (don't ask how they managed to convince Elsa to bring him inside the castle). The gang were chatting about something and I noticed that Ivar and Gerda were there too setting out the cutlery for the meal tonight.

At this point I cleared my throat to get everyone's attention. "Yer highnesses, the err…guests of honour are here."

Almost on cue Brian, Alex and Eric poured into the room and their faces lit up as they saw their fellow ice harvester. "Krissy-boy!" They greeted happily together and went up to the birthday boy and began joshing with him and not only did I see that they looked slightly bigger than Kristoff and older by a few years, poor Kristoff looked uncomfortable with them around.

Kristoff wasn't alone in thinking that as I could see Elsa was keeping her distance with a look of suspicion on her face while Sven seemed to have a similar look of misgiving as having likely seen these guys before knew very well what they were like. Olaf and Anna were different as Olaf being the ever so happy character was willing to make friends with anyone while Anna was happy to see that they had turned up though it did get rather disturbing when Anna introduced herself to the trio, they looked rather excited to say the least...

"Aren't you a fine girl!" Alex complimented.

"You are much prettier than my wife," Brian added.

"Your highness, I'm sure you can do better than him," Eric flirted blatantly while glancing over to Kristoff.

Yes, these three bullish ice men were shamelessly flirting with the crown princess right in front of Elsa and Kristoff who both looked appalled at this while Anna now looked bewildered as she didn't quite know if to feel flattered or that she had made a mistake of inviting them here. Kristoff pulled his girlfriend away from the trio and Elsa looked over towards me, Gerda and Ivar.

"Please bring forth the starters…quickly," Elsa ordered us with a muted whisper, and we muttered in acceptation before making our way out of the room. Once out of there, my fellow two servants looked at me with looks of bemusement.

"Where'd you get these guys from?" Ivar asked in amazement.

"Don't ask," I replied dryly. "Princess Anna invited them, and we just have to follow through."

Gerda was thinking over the situation. "I think we can all agree that as long as nothing bad happens to anyone then I think the night should be ok."

We muttered in agreement and headed towards the kitchens to collect the food for the night ahead. How very naïve our hopes would later turn out…

Apart from their loud and sometimes obnoxious behaviour, nothing bad happened throughout the time the meals were served though it did feel like a matter of time no longer how much you prayed for that something was about to happen. As a result, it would happen straight after they had finished desserts in which Brian, Alex and Eric thought that this was the moment to bring out the surprise gift that they had in the ruck sack.

"Right then Kristoff," Brian announced as he pulled up the sack that was lying under the table. "I think it is only fair that we present to you our gift."

Kristoff eyed the package suspiciously and in that moment when I was supposed to leave with the empty plates, I couldn't help but pause as I too was curious to know what was in it. Kristoff pulled the object out and to surprise a few in that room, it was none other than a small, wooden beer barrel.

"Uh…thanks?" Kristoff muttered in confusion.

"It's a good one you got," Alex noted. "That's called 'Thor's Liquor'. Damn hard to find that sort of make round here. You're a lucky guy, Krissy-boy."

"Thor's Liquor'?" Elsa suddenly spoke up. "Isn't that a very strong beverage?"

"That's right," Kristoff replied. "Tried it once and it nearly killed me then. Really strong stuff it is and something that all ice harvesters have used to get through work. I don't think I should—"

"Come on, Kristoff!" Eric egged on. "Prove yourself a man for your girl by taking it!"

The other two urged Kristoff and Anna looked over to her boyfriend with concern while Olaf seemed more curious than troubled. "Kristoff, what is Thor's Liquor?"

Before Kristoff could say anything, Kai came rushing into the room, nearly knocking me over, with his eyes fixed on Elsa. "Queen Elsa!"

"What is it, Kai?" Elsa inquired and Kai walked over to her and whispered something to her in which from I was standing I couldn't quite hear. After Kai explained what it was, Elsa's face turned to one of annoyance. "Now? Couldn't this wait until later?"

"I'm afraid not your highness," Kai sighed. "They would recommend if you were to make an appearance and sort this out as soon as possible."

We all stared as Elsa who thought about it for a good while until then she let out a defeated sigh and stood up from her seat. "Sorry about this, I have matters to deal with. Hopefully I shouldn't be too long."

Those around the table nodded or murmured in acceptance and Elsa followed Kai out of the room and it was here I took my cue of getting out of there and heading down to the kitchens. As I was leaving though, I heard Anna asked on certain question to the ice harvesters. "What is it like to drink…?"

For the next half hour I kept myself busy by helping in putting away many plates that had been cleaned into the cupboards they had been in and after that was done, there wasn't really anything that needed to be done so I headed down towards the servant's quarters, I was sure Kristoff's birthday would pass without incident but I did think it wouldn't hurt to check on the gang to make sure everyone was alright.

As I headed up there and passing by the restroom, Kristoff emerged. "How do lad, how's things?" I asked.

Kristoff gave me dubious look. "I had to go to men's room, plus I had to get out of there as they are really getting on my nerves now."

"Let me guess, ye want those bozos out of there?" I suggested with a raised eyebrow.

"Expecting anything else?"

"Not really, from what ye told me earlier and my first impressions of seein' them in the flesh, I can agree with ye that they're really overstayin' their welcome."

I decided to accommodate Kristoff back to the dining room and had the idea that I could be his back up if things were to turn sour for whatever the reason. "Annoyin' that Elsa couldn't help us out here," I muttered.

"Yeah, had to be at the worse time," Kristoff sighed.

"As my old Dad would say, Sod's law."

We didn't say anything until we could hear laughter, the lute being played and the clapping of hands to a beat, clearly it seems everyone was enjoying themselves. "Wow, yer lass certainly knows how to put on a party," I chuckled.

"Or it could be Olaf," Kristoff noted with a wary expression. Then in that moment a certain snowman appeared rushing into the corridor in front of us. "…Speak of the devil."

"Guys! Been looking for you all over the place!" Olaf said.

"What is it?" Kristoff asked.

Olaf rubbed the side of his head and his mood seem to change. "Now, I don't want you to get worried but…"

"What? What's going on?" Kristoff interrupted as he got on one knee to match Olaf's height.

"You remember that stuff your buddies got you?"

"They aren't my buddies, but what about it?"

The little snowman was silent as he didn't know what to say in that moment and a thought then dawned on me. "Where's Anna?" I asked Olaf.

Olaf begin twiddling his stick thumbs not knowing what to say and he looked like a child who had stolen a piece of chocolate and was struggling to confess for his actions. "…Yeah about Anna she's—"

"Is she ok?" Kristoff interrupted, his eyes widening as fear seemed to grip him but Olaf carried on speaking.

"She had that stuff Thor's li—no, Thor's ven—no, no that's not it, what's it called again?"

As he was trying to work out what that certain drink was called, me and Kristoff looked at each other as it suddenly became clear of what Anna was doing and without a further word, we bolted towards the dining room with Olaf following behind us. When we ran into the room, we gasped at what we were seeing.

There dancing on top of the table with the three ice harvesters cheering and clapping along to some improvised beat on the lute played by, was Anna who not only looked as to be having the time of her life but was quite clearly drunk. Actually, scratch that. Plastered.

In the corner of the room, Sven sat there looking out of place and when he saw us, he gave us a 'I-didn't-do-it' expression and we stood not knowing what to do in this situation as we stood stock-still at the sight of a drunken princess dancing in front of some bullish men.

"I've never really seen her this…happy," Olaf muttered quietly to us.

Oh, Olaf…

Brian, who was playing the lute during this, caught sight of us standing in the room and grinned at us. "You've really got a fine girl there, Krissy-boy! Wouldn't mind if could do this—"

"What the hell did you do with her?!" Kristoff snapped, his fists tightening in growing rage, and I stepped away from him just in case he suddenly turned the place into a brawl.

"We didn't do anything to her," Brian protested. "She asked to try out the stuff for herself and…well, just look at her."

This was bad. If Elsa was to suddenly walk through that door and see what had happened to her little sister, I dreaded to think, then again with Olaf here and his big mouth, she as likely going to find out one way or the other. "H-how much did she have?" I spoke up trying whatever I could to defuse a potential fight.

Brian stopped strumming and with it Eric and Alex both stopped clapping along as if the three ice harvesters realised what trouble they might be in. The intoxicated Anna also stopped her dancing and in her current state didn't notice me and Kristoff had returned, if anything she looked midly annoyed that the music had stopped. Silence finally fell upon the room.

"How much did she have?" Kristoff repeated angrily.

The three men then looked at each other with tension with neither not knowing who to say first in which after a few murmurs with each other, they confessed. "S…six pints…"

"SIX!?" Kristoff spluttered.

"All in under half an hour?! Sweet Jesus!" I coughed in disbelief. We were in for it now if Elsa found out.

Bizarrely though, Alex tried to wave these concerns off. "Come on guys, one thing you have to admit that she can hold her drink better than you, Kristoff."

The look of incredulity on Kristoff's face really said it all as he was rendered speechless by this remark, even Olaf for once was silent which knowing him really said a lot. Before the birthday boy could react to that saying, I decided to step in and get Anna down from the table.

"Come on yer highness, get down from there! Yer makin' a fool of yerself!" I ordered her though I held my arms out as due to the swaying she was doing on top of the table that she might suddenly fall off at any moment.

The redhead princess stared at me with her eyes struggling to keep opening and even from where I was standing, I could smell the drink off her and I hadn't even stated about how drunk she was looking.

"Andy! No, Aiden, wait that's not right, hang on w-what's your name…? Oh yeah, Jock!" Anna slurred while the three visiting ice harvesters seemed amused by the scene while Kristoff buried his face in his hands in either dismay or embarrassment.

"Anna, get down now!" I repeated. "If ye don't come down I'll drag ye down!"

"It's w…wonderful stuff…oh, I don't feel so good," Anna garbled, her hand on her forehead from what I could assume was a growing headache.

"That's why yer goin' to bed, come on."

"But Dad…I just started!"

"I…I'm not yer old man."

"But this stuff's amazing!"

I groaned and facepalmed. This was like arguing with a child, well, Anna was pretty much a child at times, but this was really taking the biscuit. "Anna please, get down! Kristoff?"

Getting the hint, Kristoff stepped forward alongside me to try and get his drunken princess girlfriend down. "Anna, do what Aiden says."

Just then Anna flashed one of her big grins and looked down at the two of us. "I...I will attempt the…ah, what the hell, catch me!"

"Wait, what?!" Me and Kristoff stuttered together and before we could think of anything else, Anna leapt forward with the grace of a diver and landed right on top of us which caused us to hit the floor. This was more painful for me as I still had bad bruising from that certain beat down from sometime ago and I groaned in agony at the landing. Wasn't everyday I suppose a smashed princess lands on top of you I suppose.

Apart from Kristoff, everyone else was speechless at what they were seeing while Anna, now straddling on top of Kristoff, seemed unaware of the scene she was causing and instead look rather proud of what she'd just done. "Ha! How was that?!"

"Anna, come on!" Kristoff exhaled and tried to gently move the crown princess off from him while at the same time giving the three other ice harvesters a dirty glare for what they had done to his girlfriend.

Despite being in some pain, I slowly got up but then I noticed that as Anna was being helped up by Kristoff, she was starting to look green in the face and her changeable mood now went to one of discomfort. "Oh…Kristoff…I don't feel so…uh oh…"

Then it all happened.

Before I knew what was happening, Anna covered her mouth, made a gulping sound and then suddenly threw up all over my waistcoat and trousers. Being in such a shock, I couldn't seem to react for about a few seconds as Anna vomited up on me being the unlucky individual having to endure this. Everyone didn't say anything as neither seemed to know what to do as the party had taken a rather messy turn.

"Oh…Oh damn, sorry Aiden…" Anna garbled as she finished the last of her vomiting season.

At least she got my name right.

Then I looked down and saw the utter state I was in, all covered in sick.

This damn suit was brand new too!

"A…are you ok, Anna?" Olaf spoke up softly, though Anna looked clearly now worse for wear and this the last straw for Kristoff who looked over at me and Olaf.

"Guys, you get these friends out of here and I'll take Anna to her room," Kristoff instructed while putting some emphasis on the word 'friends'.

"No problem mate," I replied and as Kristoff gently led Anna out of the room, it was not time to eject the party guests.

"Right ye lot, party's over, away wi' ye!" I ordered while the Brian, Alex and Eric all protested their innocence.

"Not our fault!" Eric cried.

"She should've known what she was doing!" Brian added.

"I'm not going home so early now!" Alex snorted.

Me and Olaf shook our heads at their stupid attempts to justified what had happened as I quickly replied. "No way ye lot, when a member of the royal family is…somewhat out of action…it's time to go. And seein' as it was yer fault ye got Princess Anna like that, move it!"

The guys had no intention of going and they were now looking more angry at the thought that they were the culprits here, but thankfully Sven stepped in to help out as he began using his antlers as a shovel to lead them out of the room while Olaf helped out and I led ahead.

"It's not our fault!" Eric objected more as he and the others now approached the main door to the castle being now practically pushed out by Sven.

"Only yerself's to blame," I replied dryly. "Ye got that bloody drink and look what's happened."

"But it wasn't for her, she just went for it!" Brian moaned.

"Doesn't matter who it was for, when the princess is down an' out, then it's time to leave."

"Are we being a bit too harsh?" Olaf whispered to me. Admittedly he did have a point, they might've not meant for Anna to get sick, but seeing as Kristoff wanted them out, plus the fact he didn't want them there in the first place and the fact my new suit was ruined, it all seemed stack against the ice trio.

"Not at all," I whispered. "Just do what I do and then we can check on Anna."

"What were you guys saying?" Alex questioned, though Sven gave him another shove forward as we now exited through the castle doors. Nearby were a few guards were having a chat with each other and they then surprised when they saw us.

"Don't mind us, they were just leaving," I lied and Sven forced them forward before either of them had a chance to reply and in the end with the confused guards looking on, they reluctantly gave up arguing as they didn't want to make a scene out in the open.

Though they didn't shout abuse at us, they either gave us a dirty glare or flipped the bird at us. Nonetheless they finally out of here and I felt satisfied that they had gone, and Sven looked very proud as if he accomplished something major. That all being said I felt bad for Olaf who being the innocence snowman that he was didn't quite understand what that certain gesture from the guys meant and he looked visible confused by it all.

"Don't know about you but…I kind of feel bad about this," Olaf sighed.

I remembered what he had said when we were trying to get the three of them out of the building, I knew he was frankly the last person in the world who would wish to kick anyone out as he was happy to welcome anyone and this must've felt alien to him.

I smiled and rubbed his head. "Ah don't feel that way, some folk deserve to be kicked out such as those idiots. Ye'll learn in future."

That seemed to help his mood and that familiar smile of his returned. "So…now what?" He then asked.

I looked up seeing that dusk was slowly turning into night and remembered about the ill princess. "Well, first thing is to make that Elsa doesn't find out about—"

"About what?" Came a certain female voice and the three of us were startled and the unexpected voice and behind was Elsa who both looked confused and suspicious at the situation, though she noticed the vomit on me. "What's going on and…what happened to you, Aiden?"

I struggled to speak, feeling like I had lost my voice which would happened if you had to drop a bombshell on the Queen. "Well…um, ye see, Olaf?"

"You go first," Olaf retorted.

"What?"

"You go first."

"H-hey! I don't wanna—"

"Fergusson!" Elsa snapped; she'd only ever use my second name if I might've done something rather foolish.

"Y-Yes yer highness?" I stuttered.

"I won't ask again," Elsa replied. "What is going on?"

Me, Olaf and Sven all glanced at each other, though all eyes were on me to explain everything. "The thing is…Kristoff, wanted, ye know, those guys out of here."

"What for?" Elsa questioned raising an eyebrow.

"Somethin' happened up there that, well, it kinda went all to pot. Nothin' is damaged though, Thankfully." Elsa stared at me waiting for me to get on with it. No point hiding, I had to explain the details now. "It's…regardin' Princess Anna…"

Around us, the temperature dropped, and bits of ice started to develop around the door frame and that was always a sign whenever Elsa felt worried or angry, mostly whenever it involved her sister in trouble.

"What happened?" Elsa demanded, her blue eyes now with hints of fear in them.

"Nothin' bad per say happened, ok, maybe one that involved this." I pointed at the vomit remains on my suit and Elsa winced at this fact, though I carried on speaking. "If you remember that gift they got for Kristoff, Anna got…well…somewhat, pissed out of her head."

"Other than that, she's fine though," Olaf suddenly added, though his words caused me to pinch the bridge of my nose.

No sooner as we had said all that, Elsa's look went to one of horror and dashed up the stairs towards the royal bed chambers. That would mark the end of a rather eventful birthday, not the most pleasant one I'll admit but one that I won't be forgetting in a hurry. Anna would make a full recovery after that but until Elsa gave her little sister a good talking to and in future, we had to make sure that Anna wouldn't drink that much so quickly in future.

And finally, those bloody ice harvesters known as Alex, Brian and Eric, would never be allowed to step foot in the castle again. I would have to tell Kristoff to find himself a new set of friends in his line of work someday…

Poor, poor Anna. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this one and look forward for the next one as the next will feature characters from another certain Disney film...I think you might know who it might be.

Until then, catch you later!