I've promised. I never give up ^^
Sorry for the wait but school exist ;-)
See you later ^^
Music:
The Spirit Tree - Ori and the Blind forest OST
Elan - Nightwish
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Chapter 10
If we had to describe the concept of joy with one image, rather than words, the little redhead princess of Arendelle in her room, illuminated by the afternoon sun's rays, would be perfect. Today's lessons, fortunately over, were so boring that she quickly took her toy chest after, faster that if it was a Christmas chocolate box.
Right after lunch, she began to play a story with her doll looking like her sister. The adventures that the little redhead had imagined with her magical friend, his famous "role play games", gave her many ideas. For now, she was dancing and singing with her Elsa doll, her pentacle with blue stones on her neck.
"Do you want to build a snowman?
It doesn't have to be a snowman..."
She was so amused she was spinning in all directions, then she grabbed a small modified teddy bear. A rag, strangely sharp, appeared to have been sewn on the head of the toy. She then began to talk to it cheerfully.
"So Steven, don't you want to sing with us?" She used then an artificially deep voice. "Of course Anna. Your whish is my command."
The girl was silent for a moment, looking at the bear. Some kind of melancholy seemed to come on her face. She then embraced it strongly.
She was then surprised by a little voice behind her who spoke with embarrassment.
"Uh ... You represent me with THIS?"
She turned quickly, smiling, and discovered what she had been waiting for: The young man with a strand and curious clothes, Steven Ryan ... balancing on the edge of her bed. For once, he seemed to have "landed" smoothly.
The princess was now shining with joy.
"Steven! You're back!"
"Of course Little girl." Replied the geek, with some casual look. "What did you thought? That I was going away to train for two years?"
Anna ignored this sentence, having learned to automatically identify his incomprehensible references. She explained.
"I confess that after mom found you, I was afraid you would not come back for one reason or another. Just a little bit."
Steven remembered his meeting with Queen Idun. He understood the fear the princess with a white strand had.
"I see." He whispered, then he pointed at the teddy bear. "But this still does not explain that."
Anna told contemplating her toy.
"I was looking for something that could represent you when I play. But I had nothing that looked like a boy. So I took the bear and I cut a piece of fabric to remake your strand."
She handed the toy to Steven, at the top of the bed.
"What do you think?" She asked. "It's good, huh?"
The otaku looked silently, and curiously, at the rag toy. Then said with a falsely haughty voice.
"It's not bad, although it would be better being half white and half black ..."
Anna seemed completely lost. And she seemed shunned when Steven added, running his fingers on his famous haircut.
"And its strand is really less cool than mine."
That's when he received a big bear right in the in the face, which violently made him fall.
"Oooh ..." He lamented. "I knew that my arrival was too nice."
"Serves you right." Gently scolded the princess, hands on her hips.
The intruder with chains sat on the bed watching Anna, a little confused. The girl smiled again and began to laugh, followed by his friend.
The occasionally small Gamer got down of the bed and went to Anna with her bear, telling.
"It's nice, Anna."
The girl joyfully retrieved her toy, saying he was welcome.
The Princess then eagerly told him that her mother, the Queen, after his departure, agreed with Steven's visits, despite some perfectly legitimate reservations. The gamer was happy.
Besides, the princess finally noticed the geek's garment. She was used to his tee shirt with wolves and aurora borealis. Discovering him with a terrible dragon holding a sword, especially at the top of a mountain of skull, surprised her.
"You changed your clothes?" She asked, looking quite impressed.
Steven looked down at his shirt. He suspected that such a suit could surprise a little girl, especially a Disney character.
Remembering the possibility, revealed during his last visit, that this world was not a dream was going to take a little time to be kept it in mind. But he was determined to try to believe it. If this world was real, he was living another absolutely fantastic and impossible event, even thinking about what Grand Pabbie told him long ago.
And if it wasn't ... he would think about it later. After all, he wouldn't remember anything next morning.
He tried to explain.
"Let's say that I finally had the opportunity to do so, yes."
"But ..." Hesitated the princess. "Why did you take that? It is a little scary."
The Gamer with a strand raised his eyes to heaven announcing.
"Because this drawing is super classy. And besides, how old are you now? Nine years old right? Don't you think you're too old to be afraid of a picture? A 3D model of Dead Space I would understand but this... And what about playing with dolls? "
"You want the bear in the face again?" Threatened the princess comforters.
Seeing clearly that it was a serious threat, Steven silenced. After which she seemed to calm down and told, her eyes on the teddy bear.
"Maybe a little. But I still want to play with before storing them once and for all."
Steven understood that very well. To separate from childhood entertainments was not a thing to rush, except if there was an exaggerated attachment.
The Princess then asked the geek what he wanted to do. The boy hesitated a moment. He did not really wanted to play now. Make a joke or two to one of the people he valued most in the world, yes, but fun really was not his first desire at the moment, thinking about what was happening in the other world.
He recalled that if he did not solve his case on the other universe, he would disappear forever. He did not know if the Narrator who told him this was serious. But he believed, because it was not very different from what this universe's narrator had told him before.
His face had to look sad for Anna called out worriedly.
"Are you okay Steven?"
The Geek forced himself to smile by saying everything was right. The princess hesitated but accepted it and asked.
"So, what do we do? A role play game? Do you have a new story to tell me? You told me about a place called Narnia a long time ago..."
Steven watched the girl as she talking without stopping, full of her usual good humor. It made him sad at the idea that he might very well never see her again. He put his hands in his pockets and touched something he had forgotten he had kept when he felt asleep.
This gave an idea really absurd to the metalhead.
An idea that he would ignore in other circumstances, because it was so weird. But the fact of potentially never return gave him the desire to share a special moment with the one who had given him so many good times. If he had to leave, which was unbearable, he preferred to do it leaving a memory she would cherish forever.
He suggested her, although she was still babbling.
"Do you want that I teach you a song?"
The princess stopped suddenly, eyes wide. She remained paralyzed for a moment. Dropping her teddy bear, she spoke with a violent setback, and a shocked face.
"Whaaaaat?!"
Steven repeated.
"I asked you if you would like that I teach you a ..."
He was interrupted by Anna who put her girlish hand on his forehead, before taking his pulse, watching his eyes and even opening his mouth to see his throat.
"Are you sick?" She asked, in a panic. "That explains your worried face. Do you need a doctor?"
Steven stopped before it starts to run to really get a doctor.
"No, Anna, I'm not sick."
This absolutely did not convinced the princess to calm down.
"But ... You hate singing!"
"Yes, that's true." Confirmed to Gamer with chains. "I will not sing. But I'm going to teach you a song. I thought it would make you happy."
Anna understood even less.
"Uh ... That's nice, really." She recognized. "But how could you teach me a song without singing yourself? It does not make sense."
Steven smiled and said.
"Thanks to… this."
He then took out from his pocket a small rectangular object surrounded by a large white wire provided with same strange shells: His MusicPlayer-3.
Anna blinked, the face frozen with misunderstanding before this thing of a kind she had never seen.
After a strangely long time, Anna finally asked.
"Uh ... What is it?"
"It is a device from where I come from. It makes you listen some musics."
The girl did not seem to understand at all, then she seemed to have understood something and asked with joy.
"You mean it's magic?"
The mini-metalhead prevaricated a bit.
"I guess from your point of view it is kind of magic. But otherwise it's just ... very high-technology. And don't try to understand. Just know that we will play a song for you that you'll learn."
Anna cringed and was however concerned before asking.
"But ... you promise me it isn't dangerous?"
Steven understood her concern, perfectly logical. He put the MP-3's earphones in his own ears, under the gaze of the curious little girl with a white strand. After a moment, he took them of by asking her if she was relieved. She dared not speak because she wasn't completely. The Geek then approached a earphone from the girl, despite her concerned, the approached it from one of her ears. Her surprise was more enormous when she began to hear a soft piano sound and an enchanting voice, a real lullaby for her ears. Her eyes widened with wonder. She stood for a moment to listen to the melody of this mysterious and amazing object.
"Waaaw ..." whispered the princess, under the amused gaze of his friend.
The princess then grabbed the gadget quickly and looked at it from every angle, asking dozens of questions to the geek. How does this work? Was there someone inside? Are there other songs? And many others. Steven did not really react instantly, until the Disney's princess starts to shake the object in all directions and made him worried to see her breaking it.
"HEY ! Watch out! It's the only one I have and I have no way to find a new one. And I'm not Tony Stark. If it is broken, it's forever."
The girl remained confused before apologizing. Steven sighed a big blow before cheering her.
"It's nothing. Come on! Let me see what song I have for you."
The girl smiled again and looked at the geek as he slid his thumb on the touch screen.
But the moment he checked what he had in his playlists, he began to look worried and say that he may have been a little hasty.
'Oh damn ... ' he Thought ' I should have thought a bit before suggesting that ... Slayer, Helloween, Paradise Lost, Amon Amarth, Primal Fear ... I have nothing that would please her, compared to what she usually sings. If I select something too violent or dark, or something she wouldn't understand, it's going to ruin everything. So, I have to remove everything that makes references to modern stuffs or is Japanese. Maybe in the video game musics... one moment ... Nightwish? Yes! It's perfect! "
Steven sat down with Anna back against the bed, on the opposite side of the room's door, in case someone would come; He set the headphones in the ears of his friend. And finally, after asking if she was ready, started the music.
The child's ears were filled with a nice and imposing melody. A catchy symphony mingled with a soft but assured voice.
Leave the sleep and let the springtime talk
In tongues from the time before man
Listen to a daffodil tell her tale
Let the guest in, walk out, be the first to greet the morn
Anna could not believe what she was wearing. She had never heard such music, such a voice. And this gadget gave her the impression of being right next to the singer.
The meadows of heaven await harvest
The cliffs unjumped, cold waters untouched
The elsewhere creatures yet unseen
Finally your number came up, free fall awaits the brave
Her mind no longer tried to understand what was happening. She was carried away by the song of the diva as transported in a nice spiritual current.
Come
Taste the wine
Race the blind
They will guide you from the light
Writing noughts till the end of time
Come
Surf the clouds
Race the dark
It feeds from the runs undone
Meet Me Where the cliff greets the sea...
Steven just watched the girl raving about the song. He didn't need to do anything else. He was delighted whenever he brought some joy to one of the Arendelle's princess. When she gave the impression of not being in the clouds anymore, the girl turned over Steven and jumped asking:
"I want to hear it again!"
The mini-metalhead smiled even more. He took the MP-3 and put the song in loop mode. Something was telling him she would hear it again more than a few times.
Only one or two plays were necessary for the girl to start singing. She did it in loop for several minutes, sometimes asking Steven to sing with her. But he politely refused each time, and Anna did not insisted.
A whole hour passed without the princess and the metalhead speaking. Steven dared not interrupt her reverie. His joy was too great. But when he heard footsteps in the corridor, he took the earphones from Anna and warned her about what he perceived.
The look of the girl seemed full of anxiety and they both stood behind the bed so Anna could see who was going to enter in the room, while the geek remained hidden behind the furniture.
They were really afraid when the handle turned.
And when the door opened, it's a lady in purple with brown hair who entered.
Anna switched from fear to happiness, then ran toward the newcomer screaming.
"Mom !"
The queen closed the door behind her before hugging her daughter.
Steven was both reassured... and a little embarrassed that it was the queen. He had no need to hide from the Queen Idun, but their meeting, the last time, was very moving. To meet again was quite embarrassing.
The geek tried to regain courage until his eyes looked toward the bedroom window. He saw behind the great menacing figure of the man in a suit. That surprised him a lot.
Anna and the Queen expressed their mutual joy. The lady had found a moment to come and see how was her daughter. She was not completely reassured with the idea that her daughter spent time with someone as strange as Steven. But she had to admit she wanted more to ensure they do not commit any imprudence rather than keeping away the mysterious boy.
The princess then announced to her mother.
"Oh mom! Steven is there."
The queen was surprised, but not that much. She had not seen him for a week, but she knew she would see him again someday. The Princess with red braids quickly pulled her mother to their hideout. But she was shocked discovering the place completely empty.
"Oh..." If Anna lamented. "He was afraid I guess."
The queen did not know what to think about that. But then she saw a lot of disappointment on the face of her daughter. She stroked her head declaring.
"Don't worry. I'm sure he will come back soon."
Anna was also convinced he would, but she would have liked to spend more time with her friend. The lady in purple tried to make her smile by chatting a little.
"You remember what you promised me Anna. Isn't it?"
The girl remembered very well. She had promised to talk about what she did with Steven when he come to visit her. She then told her what they had done during the last hour, in her way.
"Oh it was wonderful. Steven used a magic trick to make me listen to a song."
The Queen of Arendelle seemed surprised by this and a little worried. Not so much by the fact that she heard a song, which was oddly common here, but by the fact that her daughter talked about a 'magic trick'.
"I learned to sing a wonderful song." Added the mini redhead. "Do you want to hear it?"
The Queen relaxed seeing the smiling face of her child. She then sat on the bed to happily listen to it. She knew she could say no anyway.
Despite this, a part of herself wondered where Steven was now. Not knowing this made her anxious.
A walk among rivers and fjords was something wonderful for any children, even a young mountain boy full of life as Kristoff.
He and Sven had spent the whole day learning new things with the ice collectors. The mountain dwellers had so much to teach him and the little boy was eager to learn. After a very productive day, the duo began to walk quietly in the forest. The future collector was whistling the song of the mountain dwellers he had learned years before. From memory, he did not remember having sung another one so much.
That was when the duo heard a voice calling. They turned and discovered a good surprise. The reindeer and the blond boy began running to join their strange friend.
"Steven!" Kristoff enthused. "Nice to see you finally."
Sven licked the geek's face. The Gamer could not help laughing declaring hypocritically.
"Hey! Stop! Hahaha! You'll mess with my hairs."
Sven gave him some space. Kristoff and the mini reindeer were delighted to see the mysterious boy. The last time they had seen him, he seemed so sad that they had been afraid to not see him again. The child informed, smiling.
"You should be on the new Goat Simulator, Sven. You'd make a perfect model."
The mini-reindeer blinked with confusion, like every time Steven do an incomprehensible reference. Kristoff had learned to ignore it, him too, but he was always really curious.
"What's Goat Simulator?" Inquired the blond.
"Just a game with a goat running with a so long and sticky tongue that it makes a mess everywhere it goes."
It was the turn of the mini collector to look lost. He looked puzzled to Sven, they fixed each other a full second, then gave a shrug revealing their confusion. Even his curiosity had limits with Steven. He let the reference go then.
"How are you?" Kristoff asked. "Better?"
Steven remembered in what conditions he left last time. He tried to reassure him.
"Yes, don't worry. Just a little tired but except that, nothing new or disturbing."
He obviously omitted to mention his concern about his troubles in the other universe. He also avoided speaking about the princesses. The mini-metalhead thought it was easier not to inadvertently reveal the secret of Elsa, one way or another. And it wouldn't change anything to talk about them.
Kristoff, Sven and Steven walked a little in the wood discussing about what the small collector learned today. The otaku had always admired the passion of this child. This passion that was making him doing impressive efforts. It was something Steven had never felt for anything that had no connection with fictional universes.
Then Kristoff took his courage to ask his friend with a strand.
"Uh ... Steven?"
The Geek replied with a funny voice.
"Yes Milord?"
Kristoff ignored this Steven's typical joke, which he never understood, and asked.
"What's that new dress?"
The geek thought with annoyance.
'My god ! Will I have to explain the same thing again and again?! This never happens in RPGs!'
Then he explained again he just had a chance to finally change his tee shirt, and had to defend his honor when the collector accused him of having worn dirty clothes all this time.
"My clothes were laundered regularly!" Reacts geek.
"Really?" Continued Kristoff, unconvinced.
Steven raised his hand and announced.
"I swear it on my collector's edition of Heroes of Might & Magic."
Kristoff said sarcastically.
"As I do not know what it is, it does not means much to me."
Steven did not understood the joke.
"On the seven Dragon Ball then?"
"I ... do not know what it is too."
"On the golden armor of Sagittarius?"
"Uh ..."
"On each of the Doctor's regeneration?"
"You totally lost me there!" Kristoff stopped quickly. "It's okay, I believe you."
Steven was also willing to end this grotesque story. The little collector went on quickly and asked him what he had done today. The geek still wouldn't talk about the princesses so dear to his heart, so he remained vague, telling he talked with other children and learned a song to one of them.
This revelation paralyzed the reindeer and his master. Steven sighed wearily.
The geek took out his MP-3 and explained again what it was to show to the two mountain dwellers how he could teach a song to someone without singing himself. He was a little tired of all this explanations. And having his life in danger in the other world was making him less cautious about revealing his technologies from another ages.
Kristoff couldn't believe it for a second, Sven neither. The Geek did a new demonstration to them, but, unlike Anna, they seemed more surprised than enthusiastic. The Gamer was slightly disappointed.
"Too bad ..." he whispered. "She loved it."
Kristoff then asked.
"You mean the one who you teach a song to?"
"Yeah ... I wanted to show her something cool because we get along well."
"Do I know her?"
There, Steven though he had to choose his words... wisely.
"No, and I do not think you'll meet her anyway. It's a little girl really ordinary anyway ... Even if she is really noisy, excited and a bit brutal. She even throw her teddy bear on my face because I told her an obvious thing. "
"Wow ..." laughs the young collector. "I'm not sure I want to meet her if that's the case."
Steven congratulated himself mentally.
'Bluff check succeeded!'
Kristoff's gaze fell on the strange device before applying.
"So it is with this thing you... listen to your 'bands' with weird names?"
"Hey! Show some respect." Steven reacts as calmly as possible.
"Excuse me, but it's hard to take people who call themselves ZZ Top, Pink Floyd or even Blind Guardian seriously."
Steven had his eyes wide. He could not believe what he had just heard.
"… Excuse me?"
Kristoff completed without aggression.
"I mean, with such names, they must not be very smart, or good musician ..."
Steven stood shocked, stunned for several seconds.
Sven and Kristoff had new looks of incomprehension. Then the young collector asked.
"Uh ... Steven? You okay?"
That's when the mini-metalhead seized Kristoff faster than lightning and pulled him on a rock where he made him sit by pushing his shoulders relentlessly.
The small mountain dweller stammered a bit.
"But ... What ...?"
Kristoff was interrupted by the sharp voice of Steven supported by a look filled with anger.
"You sit. You listen. You shut up."
The Arendelle's child remained completely frozen on the spot. He had to admit that Steven scared him this time. He had never seen him as in such a mood. And Sven, disoriented, could only look at this strange scene in complete silence, like someone who does not understand and does not feel at ease.
The Geek took his MusicPlayer-3 and put the earphones into Kristoff's ears.
He took a stick and said with a seriousness that forced the blond boy to listen.
"Listen to me. I was tolerant until know but that's enough. We will take care of your lack of education once and for all."
The mountain dweller tried to replicate.
"Hey! That's really ..."
But he was cut by the determined voice of the Londoner waving his stick with authority.
"Do not interrupt me! We will spend the entire day if necessary but I can guarantee you that you will show to Rock and Metal music the respect they deserve."
Kristoff was no longer sure to understand. But at this point, and given the apparent resolution of the Gamer, Kristoff could not really know what to do except listen.
The metalhead began to explain, with the intonation of a very serious teacher.
"Alright! Let's start with some Black Sabbath to make you used to this kind of music. Paranoid should be good. Then we'll listen to Iron Maiden, Dio, Metallica and ... We'll advise after."
Thus started the first lesson of Kristoff that had nothing to do with collecting ice, under the tutelage of a geek who could not be more serious and passionate.
The evening was just beginning. Gerda had just left, after lighting the fire in the hearth of Elsa's room. The princess tried to read, sitting at her desk, but without much success. She had worked hard today but, in the early afternoon, Anna had come to tell her what happened earlier.
Since she learned that her mother, the queen, knew about Steven, she had felt lighter. But the bizarre story of her little sister about a device making listen to music as if the singer was in front of you, had really taken her aback. She did not doubt the honesty of Anna, and she knew that Steven was able to do inexplicable things, but she it was really hard to believe.
Yet, what really bothered her was the absence of the said boy. He did not show himself at any moment in the afternoon. She wondered what he could be doing right now. If he had been in trouble. She even wondered if he hadn't just left without even saying some good morning to her. This idea worried her really much.
She finally closed the book and sit on the edge of her bed, more and more worried. She looked at the door of her room. She desired so much to ... do something. Anything that would help her to stop feeling like a caged lion. But then she looked at her gloved hands and again felt fear. She hugged herself again. She even saw snow forming on the window. She tried to calm down by thinking about something else. But it was in vain. She wanted to know what was happening, not being alone, that her friend was there, somewhere.
She felt something tapping her shoulder. Surprised, she jumped out of bed pushing a little scream, turning to see something that fell from the bed. Then a lamentation was heard.
"Ooooh ... If this continues, I will never be able to play Mirror's Edge anymore."
Elsa recognized this plaintive voice and hurried to the other side of the furniture to find the mini-otaku. Her smile seemed almost misplaced looking at the one, marked by suffering, of the little boy.
When she realized this, she approached quickly asking.
"Are you okay Steven?"
Still on the ground, the geek informed with a falsely low voice.
"If you have the spell 'Cure 2' I think I will survive."
"Uh ... I'm sorry. I just can make snow."
"I do not see how 'Blizzard 4' could help me."
Elsa sighed with relief, and a little exasperation. If Steven could tell his jokes that only him could understood, it means that he was fine. While this still bothered her a little to understand nothing. However, she was never mad at him ever for an unknown reason, it was the only person in the world with which she could joke about her powers.
The Geek get up and finally asked how the little blonde girl was. She didn't told anything he already knew or already suspected. She had mainly studied this week, that the queen Idun was keeping an eye on them, and, more importantly, that Anna had come to talk to her after he left.
The redhead had spoken about the geek and the strange device he showed to her. She even sang the famous melody she learned. Steven was reassured because he wouldn't have to re-explain it a third time. When the Snow Princess admitted her disbelief however, the geek arched an eyebrow before taking the MP-3 directly out of his pocket and put it in front of the surprised girl in blue dress.
The princess took carefully and gently the object in her hands and looked at it from all angles. She then asked if she could try it.
Steven retrieved the object, pressed a button, but there was a black screen for a while. The otaku did not seem to understand then he noticed a small red mark.
"Oh damn ..." Steven realized. "There's no battery anymore."
'I must admit that I presented a bunch of groups to Kristoff ...' he mused. 'I don't regret it.'
The geek put the device in his pocket and announced, in a tone quite embarrassed.
"Sorry princess. It will be for next time."
Elsa seemed both puzzled and disappointed. After what she had seen and heard, this was frustrating. However, she asked.
"You promise me?"
The mini-metalhead said with sincerity.
"I promise."
Elsa smiled again. She knew how these words were important for her friend. She did not doubt for a moment that he would keep his promise.
Meanwhile, the Snow Princess and the gamer discussed a moment. She showed him her book about ancient Nordic's runes and was surprised to see his particularly intrigued look. He observed the ancient drawings with what appeared to be an innocent fascination she had never seen before to him.
As he leafed through the book, without seeming to care about anything, the blonde girl asked curiously.
"You want ... that I teach them to you?"
Steven get out of his reverie, as if he was surprised with the hand in the cookie jar. He tried to denied it at first but the smile of the little girl, and especially her eyes a bit condescending, showed that she was not a fool.
The eyes of the geek tried to look elsewhere. But nothing helped. Despite a certain expectation, Elsa always had this look both amused and piercing.
Very embarrassed, the otaku finally said reluctantly.
"Well ... You already work all the time so I don't want to..."
The Snow Princess seemed surprised by this, before declaring.
"I do not work ALL the time."
It was to the otaku to seem surprised.
"Are you kidding? Every time I see you, you're just reading something to study."
"It is not true!" Elsa replied. "Sometimes I read for fun!"
"You're worse than Nagato Yuki ..."
"Who is that ?"
Steven then looked away, thinking aloud.
"Now that I think about it, Yuki means Snow in Japanese. It might be fate."
"I do not understand what you say!"
"This does not change from the usual."
Elsa was getting agitated.
"Do you want to learn it or not?"
Some frost formed around the girl, which surprised the geek. Elsa then realized what happened. She looked around her panicking and moved backward while trying to regain her composure. This did not prevented the ice to spread a little more.
The Snow Princess breathed as regularly and deeply as possible, while hugging herself. Steven had seen her once or twice in a state of panic. It was generally followed by a grief she was always trying to hide. Realizing that he was wrong this time, he did his best to reassure her.
"Hey ... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so annoying."
"So stop being it." Elsa interrupted with some irritation she didn't controlled.
The girl realized the violence of her words and apologized in turn.
"I'm sorry ..."
Steven replied.
"No ... You're right."
Elsa turned her child gaze to him and saw that he was felling guilty. She added.
"I did not want to be angry. I was just ... scared because of my power. I do not want to frighten you too ..."
The Geek could understand but was still surprised to hear him saying that.
"You do not frighten me." He declared, as an evidence.
But the princess did not seem to believe it.
"It's nice but it's okay ... I understand ..."
The Geek interrupted her.
"I'm telling you I'm not afraid." He took a step toward her. "You surprised me, and I of course do not want to be transformed into some mini-Ao Kiji, but I'm not frightened by your power."
The princess continued to stare into space. Steven understood he didn't managed to convince her. And that bothered him greatly. He refused to let her feel that she was rejected, one way or another. He knew what it was and wished it to nobody.
Therefore, it annoyed him to see this child inflicting it to herself.
The metalhead took a determined look and approached her. His piercing gaze, and misunderstanding that occurred, prevented the princess to react.
She barely had time to open her mouth that the boy with a strand grabbed her arm firmly. Surprised, frost began to wrap Steven's hand, freaking the little girl.
"Wha...! What are you doing? Steven! Stop this!" Screamed Elsa.
The geek was starting to not feel his hand at all, but he made a monumental effort to say, fixing the princess with a piercing look.
"Listen to me. I do not know what you live. I cannot even imagine ..."
The princess was so confused she did not manage to say a word. She could only watch the child talking while the ice progressed along his arm.
"But to clarify..." he continued, looking straight into her eyes. "Never say you're frightening me. It's my decision and I will say it once and for all… I-AM-NOT-AFRAID-OF-YOU."
Frost were at Steven elbow, and Elsa was still unable to replicate.
"From the first moment I saw your power, I never was afraid. You really think that someone scared by you would come to see you, to tell you the stories of the Middle-earth? It's the opposite. I talk to you because I think you're a very nice girl I love telling stories to. If you begin to think that others are scared of you before they speaks, it means it is you who's telling this to yourself. Nothing else. Because I found your power super Classy. "
Silence fell. The ice stopped at the shoulder. The little blonde princess was completely speechless. She had never heard anyone speak to her like that. Not even her parents. There was so much convictions in what he had said, and his eyes seemed so resolute, that something seemed to echo in her mind.
The geek finally had a rictus of pain that made Elsa regain consciousness of his situation. She managed to let go his arm to discover it covered with ice.
Horrified, the princess apologized again.
The Gamer tried in vain to laugh.
"Ha ... Ha ... I ... I may have a bit exaggerated..."
The girl hurried to take the blanket from her bed and brought it to wrap Steven's arm. The cold was so terrible that Steven did not even felt the cloth around his arm.
"Are you okay?" Worried the little magician.
The geek said.
"I wouldn't say no to some T-Eng actually."
He remembered sooner and apologized. He began to think that maybe he should be a little careful with his references. Just a little bit. He did not want that a new incident draw tears to his dear friend.
Both children were quiet for a moment. They didn't know what to say after such a curious moment. And Steven was pretty focused on the idea to move his arm again.
Then Elsa began to look into his eyes and spoke with a tenderness which astonished the boy.
"Thank you."
Steven did not know what say except.
"Uh ... You're welcome little girl."
It was not unimportant for the girl. Her world was so little and the only person she had managed to forge true friendship with had confirmed it to her in a way that brooked no perplexity.
The shrunken boy began to feel a little ashamed thinking back to what he had done. He tried to move on as quickly as possible and pronounced the first thing that came into his head.
"Well ... What kind of runes do we need to learn first?"
The princess continued to smile and grabbed her book. They then seated on the bed of the princess and began to study immediately. They passed a full hour to read old signs without daring to talk about anything else.
The princess felt, suddenly, very disappointed when the geek disappeared suddenly without warning.
But that moment passed, she continued to smile. She knew he would come back. And she would wait for him more eagerly than before. Perhaps more than her little sister. Especially since he had promised to teach him the Elven language to thank her. And he talked about an amazing adventure with a dragon warrior.
She was so impatient.
Meanwhile, none of the two children could never have imagined the small funny detail that was going to happen. At the other end of the castle, in the royal office, the queen ended to sign some treaties after her husband left to set some details with the guards. He was beginning to think that the rumors of a little ghosts were ridiculous, which stressed the queen, who of course knew the truth.
But while she was working alone, only with the sound of her pen scratching the paper echoing in the room, the little voice of her daughter with a white strand came to her mind and she hummed.
Come
Taste the wine
Race the blind
They will guide you from ...
She stopped suddenly, realizing what she was doing. She looked around to be sure to not have been heard by anyone.
Meanwhile, in the middle of the forest, the animals were living their lives quietly among the trees. Until something afraid them.
A crispy sound was heard. A sound of crackling glass. A blur crack seemed to form in the middle of the air.
List of References:
One Piece, Danganronpa, Dead Space, Narnia, Iron Man, Goat Simulator, Warcraft 3, Heroes of Might & Magic, Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, Doctor Who, Mirror's Edge, Final Fantasy, Harui Suzumiya, One Piece, The Lord of the Rings, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Skyrim