a/n: Sorry its been a while, I'm on spring break and don't have a ton of acess to a computer. Finally got this one so enjoy! comment all you want!

Elsa couldn't take the last twenty minutes of the hour. She just couldn't. She began to walk down the halls, navigating herself to the library. As she walked, she tried to stay calm, and in doing so, she released sheets of ice all across the walls and the ceiling and the floor. It was slow, and steady, and beautifully patterned. She came to the library door, and was about to go in but… wasn't this what she had been fighting? Hadn't she been fighting against being paired with someone? This was exactly what she hadn't wanted. Elsa had been trying not to be part of anything.

But then she remembered him, and the way his eyes shone, and for a moment she crashed all of her own walls down. She let it go faster than lightning. Elsa didn't care at all what Anna or Mia or anyone else was going to say. The storm rage on.

"Friedrich?" she said opening the door.

"Elsa," he said with a smile.

Come on, you built a palace in less than 5 minutes, you can do this.

"Yes, just me." she said closing the door behind her.

"Good, I was hoping it wasn't anyone I didn't know." he said with a sigh.

Friedrick was sitting in a plush arm chair by the fireplace. The room was huge and filled with hundreds of thousands of books. This was usually where Elsa had found her solace when she was not in her room. She was surprised that the smell of paper and ink hadn't slowed her racing heart for a moment or two. She pulled one of the footstools closer to Friedreich's chair and sat.

"So, not much of a party person?" Elsa asked teasingly.

"No, not at all." he said.

"Well, then we are just two of a kind." she muttered.

"Yes." he said slowly "Yes, we are Elsa. I'm sorry, where are my manners? Come, sit here, I can sit on that footrest." Friedrich said standing up.

"No, no I'm fine, really." Elsa protested.

"I insist, Queens Elsa." And she took his hand and stood up. Even when they switched places, they were the same height due to his immense torso.

"Anna said after an hour she would come get you, but I didn't want to wait." said Elsa, beginning to blush.

"Well, I am happy you didn't. But you don't know anyone out there other than your sister and Kristoff?" Friedrich asked curiously.

"No. Just because I am the Queen, it does not mean I know my people very well." she said looking down. "I should probably remedy that."

"Well, Its only been a few weeks since you were made Queen. Give it time."

"I have, too much time really." she said feeling worse about herself. Why did I let myself come in here if I am just going to act ridiculous?

"Don't be so hard on yourself." he said putting his hand on hers.

"A Queen should be hard on herself. Thats how she will become the best she can be." Elsa quoted from somewhere she chose not to remember.

"No one is perfect." said Friedrich. "And anyone who thinks you should be will have a talk with me."

Elsa chuckled "Thank you."

"At your service," he said with a curt nod and a smile. He felt the temperature drop a degree or two, but he didn't care at all because his own body heat was rising.

And so was Elsa's.

"Elsa, may I speak my mind again? This time I hope it doesn't offend you," Friedrich asked nervously.

With a shaky breath, "you may."

"You are-"

"ELSA!" screamed Kristoff sprinting into the library.

"What Kristoff?! What happened?" he was just about to say something about me!

"The Duke of Wesselton. He's back." Kristoff gasped.

"Thats impossible. He was removed hours ago." said Elsa standing up. "And besides he's no real threat is he? Just have him be removed again."

"He has ANNA Elsa!"

No. This couldn't be happening. Not Anna. Not again. Not freaking again.

"Where is he?" she asked in a low voice.

"In the ballroom with a knife at her neck. I couldn't do anything every time I got close he would push the knife harder." Kristoff said. Elsa was up before he could finish his sentence.

"Call the guards. Get them into the ballroom immediately with shackles." Elsa ordered.

"I want to be there for her too Elsa!"

"I'll go. It will be faster." said Friedrich quickly and running down the hall in the opposite direction.

Before anyone else could say another word, Elsa was crashing through the ball room, and guests made way for her like she would have pushed them if they didn't.

"DUKE!" she cried, "You let go of my sister."

"Ah, Queen Elsa, good of you to come," said the Duke of Weaseltown. He handed the knife he had been holding to a servant. The man was the same burly body-guard who had come to the coronation a few weeks prior. He was holding Anna by the hair and there was already a pink line across her throat. There was a pink hand mark on her cheek and her lip was swollen. Anna's face was determined to be strong, but there was a tear streak on her cheek.

"Let her go, or I'll freeze what's left of your heart" Elsa said in a quiet voice forming a ball of pure energy in her hand.

"You really want to do that to me? Well you see if I am at all harmed during negotiations, Maarten will put an end to Princess Anna."

"What negotiations?" asked Kristoff.

"Oh, well the ones that will take place immediately with the Queen." spat the Duke. "You see Queen Elsa, when you cut off Wesselton from your valuable trade, you forgot that Wesselton has the highest ranking military in the region. If you will not give us your goods willingly, we will take them by force."

"You wouldn't take them by force. You know that Arendelle's defenses have been impossible to breach in over a hundred years." Elsa countered.

"Yes, with your vast navy and such." said the Duke waving her defense aside. "But I won't need to go over sea to get my army to Arendelle. No, I've found a much more efficient rout."

"If you have all this why, would you bother negotiating?" Elsa asked with a smirk.

"Oh come now, neither of us really wants a war now do we? Not with all those messy battles when we could choose right here?" The Duke continued to walk around the room as if her were not in any way phased by what was going on. "No, we want a nice quiet relinquish of power, one that entails me becoming king, and you being sent farther away than you could image. In comfort perhaps, but somewhere… Well somewhere not here." he said with a grin.

"Why do you have Anna?" asked Elsa.

"To make you listen of course." said the Duke as though he were addressing a child.

"And why this elaborate show? You couldn't have just made an appointment like everyone else?" asked Kristoff playing along.

"You stay out of this Ice Master!" the Duke screeched. He hadn't noticed the guards and Prince Friedrich come in the door silently behind him.

"Come now Duke, I'm sure that we need not go to such lengths for trade" said Elsa with a mocking smile.

"Oh don't we?" the Duke asked threateningly. He gave Maarten a look and the massive man pushed the knife under Anna's chin. Elsa tried to keep a calm expression. Kristoff however nearly tried to kill Maarten right then and there. Elsa had to freeze his feet to the ground so that the Duke would live to see another day, and so would Anna.

"Duke I believe that I can help. But we can discuss this without trying to harm my sister can't we?" the Queen asked quietly, just hoping Friedrich got there in time.

After a moment's hesitation, the Duke took the bait, and nodded for Maarten to put Anna down and take the knife away. "I knew you would see reason," he said smugly. Anna ran to Kristoff's embrace since Elsa was still giving a glare at the Duke.

"But of course Duke." said Elsa icly.

Elsa summoned another ball of ice in her hand.

"Now, I-I said if any harm c-comes to me-"

"No one hurts my sister."

Elsa shoved the ball of ice at Maarten and a thin layer of ice covered his entire body. It was effective enough to keep him distracted and allow the guards to chain him. Elsa then started a blizzard just about the Duke's head. The wind funneled around him, and for a moment he was completely invisible. The Elsa closed her fist and the blizzard stopped just as suddenly as it had started. When the Duke was visible again, he was crusted over with ice, and his fingers were turning blue. The guards and Friedrich clapped both of the culprits from Wesselton in irons, and were hauling them to the cells beneath the castle. Because of the ice that was thrown at Maarten, icicles had gotten on the ceiling.

"Anna! Anna are you okay?" Elsa asked turning to her sister. Elsa took her little sister in her arms and tried not to squash her.

Anna didn't say anything for a moment. She was still surprised that she had even thought to go up against the Duke and his stupid servant. He had just kept saying all the horrible things about Elsa. Anna had tried to punch that stupid smirk off his face the way she had Hans, but before she could even raise her hand high enough, the bodyguard had pushed her into a pillar. Her vision had been blurry until she felt the back of her head being yanked up. She had heard Kristoff yell, and then her vision cleared and suddenly there was a knife under her chin. Anna kept kicking herself for being weak. She hated that she had cried, but at this point she was so exhausted she couldn't do anything.

"Take her upstairs to her room." Elsa told Kristoff.

Immediately Kristoff was being guided through the palace to Anna's chambers.

"Elsa," said Friedrich coming forward. He had just finished helping the guards restrain Maarten, who was freakishly strong. "How is Anna?" he asked, plainly worried.

"She'll be okay. I've sent for the doctor. He should be here soon to look her over." Elsa said trying to calm down. However her nerves were getting the best of her as she worried about Anna. Without her even being aware of it, ice had started to creep and crawl all over, cooling the temperature so that the fires went out, and after a few moments it was difficult to see anything. Guests were panicking and trying to exit, but ended up tripping over one another.

"Elsa," said Friedrich placing his hands on her upper arms, "you said, Anna will be fine. She just needs a minute. The culprits are locked away, no harm will come to either of you." he said looking into her eyes.

Elsa was a little startled, but soon regained her senses and after a breath, the fires came back and the guests stopped bustling in every direction.

"Everyone!" Elsa cried getting the crowd's attention, "I am sorry for what happened. I am especially sorry that such an enemy made it onto palace property. Please forgive the interruption to the ball. If anyone would like to continue the palace will be opened until morning. However anyone who wishes to leave may do so. Guards," she said turning to Friedrich and her captain, "position two men at every gate. Be sure that no more uninvited guests can make their way in."

"Yes Your Majesty," said her captain and with that she was walking out of the ballroom as quickly as possible.

"Queen Elsa!" yelled Prince Friedrich. But she was out the door and on her way to Anna before he could get close to the exit.

Elsa raced down hall after hall until he caught her. "Elsa!" she stopped running for a moment and turned. "Would you like me to stay downstairs with the guests?" he asked. This took her by surprise, "Alexander and Mia and I can entertain while you are with your sister." he said.

"I-uh. Yes. That would mean the world." she said and then she just kept running.

"Where is Elsa?" Anna asked Kristoff.

"Probably downstairs, should I get her?" he asked with a furrowed brow.

"No no, she would want to be with the guests. She is the host and all." Anna said through her swollen lip. The doctor was a little late, and he entered the room just as Elsa did. After a few minutes of seeing whether or not she had a concussion, the doctor determined that Princess Anna needed only a few days rest, and some ice. She had a very mild concussion, and would have to nurse her lip for a bit, but nothing time could not heal.

"How do you feel Anna?" asked Elsa putting a hand gingerly on her sister's head.

"Okay. Just a little groggy." Anna said sleepily. "Wait why are you here? Go dance with Friedrich!" she yelled as she smacker Elsa's arm.

"We already danced," she said trying not to blush despite the situation, "and I should go question the prisoners-"

"Pffft, that can wait until morning. Go dance! I am fine and besides I have Kristoff here to make sure I don't die." the Princess protested setting a hand on Kristoff's arm.

"No, I should stay here with-"

"KRISTOFF!" Anna yelled, sounding sort of like a dying animal.

"Yeeessssss?"

"Escort my sister to the ballroom to dance with her prince charming!" Anna ordered.

Kristoff and Elsa looked at each other.

"Don't even try." said Elsa with a laugh. She couldn't help admiring Anna's persistence.

"Anna I want to not be frozen into a statue any time soon, so I don't think I will be 'escorting' Elsa anywhere." said Kristoff with air-quotes.

"You leave me no choice but to go down myself!" said Anna attempting to rise.

"Okay, okay, I'm going." said Elsa beginning to go to the door. As she did she smoothed the magnificent fabric of her dress. "Are you sure Anna?"

"Do I not look sure?" said the Princess giving Elsa a look that should have been daggers, but was more like...a drunken sailor.

After a laugh Elsa responded "Completely sure." and walked out the door.

The Queen came down again and was met by so many questions and visitors and people that she could scarcely move.

"Please, let the Queen breathe!" cried Alexander as he met Elsa by the door. "Come Elsa, we should dance."

"I was actually looking for Prince-"

"Elsa, there you are!" cried Friedrich as he pushed his way through the crowd.

"Here I am," she said taking his hand.

"Is Anna alright?" he asked.

"Yes, she'll be fine. Just a little rest and some ice." said Elsa trying to calm herself.

"Well I am glad," he said as they began to waltz.

"I am so sorry about this whole thing," said Elsa, "I should have had better security or something-"

"Hey its fine. Things like this happen, but we can't let them get in the way of us being happy. Because we will solve this problem. There is always a solution Elsa."

Elsa nearly kissed him right there she was so relieved. But then she shook that unqueenly thought from her mind and just enjoyed the fact that she was there with him and that she could talk to him about anything.

"What were you going to say earlier?" asked Elsa biting her lip.

"Oh...that. I-"

"You don't have to if you don't want to."

"I do want to. But I think I will be able to say it better at luncheon." said Friedrich.

"So its a date?" asked Elsa getting excited.

"Yes it is."

As the song ended Elsa was able to slip away and finally get to bed. It was past two o'clock and she was exhausted. After quickly changing out of her magnificent ball gown, she donned her night dress and fell blushing into her bed. Before finally falling asleep she hugged her pillow and imagined Anna and Kristoff and Elsa and Friedrich all together, and yet separate. with that bliss in mind she drifted off into some moon-lit dream. Double dates after all we hard to come by for a queen.