Just a brief description of why Izabell and Kristian don't know each other. In my mind, Kristian had to leave his home due to his power at a very young age. I put him around 3 to 5 years old. Old enough to socialize with others but not old enough to understand what is normal yet. So basically it has been 15 years or even 20 years since the two last saw each other. As for the names, I know of families that will use a shorter version of a person's name or a nickname more often than the person's actual name. I know I am pushing it with Izabell in only remembering Kristian's name as Kris. She is the older sister after all. However I wanted them to not know each other right away. I actually chose Izabell's name because of the nickname that can arise from it. Oh, and Merry Christmas!

Next morning in the room of Anton and Izabell, Anton is getting up just before the sun rises. He carefully leaves the bed and tries to get dressed without disturbing Izabell. For most of his efforts, Anton is able to keep from waking Izabell. However, he eventually fails as Anton tries to secure his sword to his waist. This is because the sword hangs down and back from his as he puts it on. So the end of the sword sheath eventually runs into a piece of furniture and makes a muffled clank. In response, Anton quickly turns to see what he had hit. This ends up causing the sword to inadvertently knock something down onto the floor with a small crash. So Anton can do nothing but grimace at all the noise that he is making.

"Anton, what are you doing?" asks Izabell as she sits up in bed and rubs the sleep out of her eyes. "Is there something wrong?"

"No, there is nothing wrong," replies Anton. "I just didn't want to wake you."

"You're up to something," comments Izabell as she gets out of bed. "So what are you up too?"

"What makes you think that I am up to something?" replies Anton a little hesitantly.

"Because I'm married to you," says Izabell a little cheekily. "After living with you for a while, I've come to know when you are up to something. So, what is it?"

"It's nothing. I just thought that I would look around the place," replies Anton. "Then I can get a better feel about how things are done around here. Maybe I will even find out something about this guy that we are trying to investigate."

"You're going to be snooping," says Izabell in a slight protest. "I don't think that is such a good idea."

"I am only going to be looking around. What is wrong with that?" replies Anton.

"If you get caught looking in the wrong place, you can get into serious trouble," says Izabell. "You can get us both into serious trouble. Anton, why don't we just talk with Elsa first before you start to snoop around. I'm sure she will tell us anything that we want to know."

If we want to find the truth about what happened here with this guy and his magic ability over fire, we can't ask someone who is going to be biased in her own favor," replies Anton. "Besides, I am not planning on invading the queen's study. The best way to find out what happened here is to ask the people of the village."

"OK, then what shall I do if the queen wants to see the both of us?" asks Izabell. "You might be tied up all day with your investigation."

"I should only be gone a few hours," replies Anton. "I'm sure the queen is going to want to get her story straight before she will want to talk to us. So I will be back before we have our little talk with her. However, if I am not back by then, just go and have your conversation with the queen. Yet just remember this, don't say a word about this guy possibly being your brother. It would be best if the queen doesn't find out about him, for your own safety."

"Not a word, I promise," says Izabell. "However, I think you are wrong about Elsa and Arendelle."

"Maybe, but I would rather rely on my own devices that those of someone we hardly know," replies Anton. Then Anton goes up to Izabell and gives her a kiss. "I'll see you in a few hours, and try to stay out of trouble."

"And that goes double for you," exclaims Izabell as she waves goodbye to her husband. Then with a sigh, Izabell begins to get herself ready for the day.

Now only a few minutes pass before a familiar figure comes walking down the hallway. It is Olaf, and he is doing what he likes to do best. Olaf has decided that since he couldn't properly welcome Anton and Izabell to Arendelle last night, he would do it this morning. So just as Izabell is getting herself ready for the day a knock is heard on the bedroom door.

"Yes, who is it?" asks Izabell as she does the last few touches to herself.

"Hey, it's me, Olaf!" chirps the happy little snowman. "Is it all right if I come in?"

"Olaf!" exclaims Izabell a little surprised by the snowman's visit. "I um…, oh…, sure I guess it will be fine."

So with this uncertain invitation, Olaf lets himself into the room. "Hi Izabell, I see that you are up already," chirps Olaf.

"Yes, I am just getting myself ready for the day," replies Izabell. "Is there any special reason that you have decided to come and visit me in my room this morning?"

"Of course," happily says Olaf. "Our greeting yesterday was cut short. So I thought we could try this all over again."

"That is nice of you, but it isn't necessary," replies Izabell. "I've already been welcomed by Queen Elsa and Princess Anna. So today all I really want to do is to find some answers."

"Well maybe I can help you find some of those answers," offers Olaf. "Anna already told me that you are looking for a guy that has magic over fire. What exactly about this guy are you looking for?"

"Anna told you about that?" exclaims Izabell out of surprise. "How did she know who I was looking for?"

"I don't have the foggiest idea how she knows," replies Olaf. "Maybe you told her last night."

"No, it wasn't me," ponders Izabell. "It was probably Anton. He had a brief talk with Elsa last night. However, I thought that he wanted to avoid discussing the topic last night with the queen?"

"Hey, where is Anton anyway?" asks Olaf. "I notice that he isn't with you."

"Oh…, um…, he wanted to check out the village," replies Izabell a little hesitant in replying. This is because she doesn't want to tell Olaf about what Anton is really up too.

"If you want, we can try to catch up to Anton," replies Olaf. "Then I can show both of you around Arendelle. There are a lot of neat places that you might not find on your own."

"Perhaps we could look at the sites later," says Izabell. "At the moment, I would prefer to talk with Queen Elsa. However, Anton is away; and I would like him to be there when we converse with each other."

"It would be kind of difficult to talk with Elsa right now anyway," then says Olaf. "She likes to spend the early morning on her own. Then after breakfast, she attends to some sort of kingdom business. However, we could talk to Anna. She is often not too busy in the morning, though she might still be sleeping now. We might have to wake her up."

"No, I would prefer not to disturb the princess. Why don't we let Anna sleep then," replies Izabell. Then after a slight pause, she says, "What about Kristian? If the two royals of Arendelle aren't available, might I be able to talk with Kristian?"

Oh sure, Kristian doesn't sleep in like Anna does; though he might still be in his room at this time of day," replies Olaf. "So if you want I could lead you to him."

"Yes, why don't we go see Kristian then," responds Izabell.

"Then follow me!" chirps Olaf as he hurries out into the hallway. "I know exactly where his room is."

So now Izabell follows Olaf through the palace down to the lower levels. However, Izabell gets a little concerned about the direction that Olaf is leading her. "I thought Kristian said that he lived in the palace," says Izabell.

"Oh, he does live in the palace," replies Olaf. "Kristian has a dungeon cell all neatly furnished for him with some help from Elsa."

"He lives in the dungeon?" exclaims a surprised Izabell.

Sure he lives in the dungeon," replies Olaf. "If he wasn't living in the dungeon, Kristian would be living on the mountains somewhere. By sleeping where he does, he is at least living in the village and close to Elsa."

"He chose to sleep in the dungeon?" questions Izabell. "Why did he choose to live there?"

"Sorry, I am not supposed to tell you that," replies Olaf.

"What?" exclaims Izabell surprised by Olaf's response.

"Oh, don't get me wrong. If it was up to me, I would tell you; but Anna asked me not to say a word," replies Olaf. "She and Elsa think it would be best if I didn't mention some things about Kristian,"

"Why would Anna and Elsa want you not to talk about Kristian?" asks Izabell. "Are they trying to hide something?"

"Boy, you sure are clever," chirps Olaf. "I haven't told you a thing, and you already have figured it out."

"I really didn't figure anything out," replies a slightly confused Izabell.

"Sure you did!" chirps Olaf. "You figured out that Elsa and Anna want to keep some things about Kristian a secret.

"I wonder why that is the case?" ponders Izabell.

There is an easy answer to that," replies Olaf. "Elsa just wants to keep Kristian safe. She is worried that if we tell too much Kristian might get into trouble. So to try and keep him from harm, certain things need to be kept a secret."

"Elsa must really care about Kristian to go through this effort to protect him," comments Izabell.

"Of course Elsa cares about Kristian, but she would give this kind of effort to protect anyone here in Arendelle," chirps Olaf.

Now as Izabell and Olaf head towards Kristian's room, Kristian is busy getting himself ready for the day. Once Kristian is ready, he bothers to sit down at a table in the room and writes a few passages into his journal. Since his life has become a little more relaxed since he has moved to Arendelle, Kristian has bothered to spend more time on writing in his journal. At this particular moment, Kristian is bothering to cover the events of yesterday.

As for Mattias, the firebird created by Kristian's magic, he is resting on a low stone ledge located in Kristian's room. This was quite a common place that you could find Mattias during the night.

Anyway, it was during this time that Kristian hears a knock at his door. In response, he turns to look. "Yes?" asks Kristian in response.

"Hey Kristian, are you decent?" exclaims Olaf through the closed door. "I have someone here that wants to talk to you."

"Sure Olaf, I would say that I am decent. I'm just spending a little time writing in my journal," replies Kristian. "So who is it that wants to talk to me?"

"It's Izabell!" exclaims Olaf.

"What?!" exclaims Kristian as he gets up quickly from his chair. As he does, the chair topples over and crashes onto the floor.

"Are you all right in there?" inquires Olaf from behind the closed door. "It sounded like you had an accident?"

Yah, I'm fine," replies a flustered Kristian. As he replies, Kristian quickly fumbles with the chair as he tries to pick it up off the floor. "I… ah… just got up too quickly. The chair just um… ah… I'm just getting things organized. Did you say Izabell?"

"Sure I did. You know, the nice lady that is married to Anton," responds Olaf. "You met Izabell last night after I tried to say hello to her. Surely you couldn't have forgotten her already."

While Olaf was talking, Kristian was frantically trying to organize his room to make sure that anything that might reveal his past was hidden. This includes hiding his journals and his mother's journals. While doing all this he responds to Olaf by saying, "No, I haven't forgotten Izabell. I just wasn't expecting her. Can you just give me a few seconds before coming in?"

"What are you doing in there?" asks Olaf after hearing all the noise that Kristian is making.

"Just putting things away!" exclaims Kristian as he scrambles around. "Don't want to show Izabell a messy room. I have to at least make a good impression. Otherwise Izabell might think poorly of her stay here in Arendelle."

"Kristian it is all right. You don't have to tidy things up for me," replies Izabell. "I won't think any less of you or Arendelle because of a messy room."

However, Kristian doesn't respond to Izabell right away. At the moment, Kristian is scanning the room for anything that he might have missed. Soon his eyes fall upon the fire sitting on low stone ledge. "Mattias," quietly exclaims Kristian.

"Kristian, are you there?" asks Izabell after hearing no response from him.

"Um, yah!" exclaims Kristian as he quickly moves over and lifts Mattias up on his arm. "Just give me a few more seconds and I will let you in!" With this said, Kristian quickly moves over to the window. Then Kristian opens the window with his free hand, and then he gives Mattias a light toss into the outside air. With Mattias finally out of the room, Kristian closes the window and heads over to the door.

Once there, Kristian opens the door and says, "Hi, sorry about the wait. I wasn't expecting to have company."

"Well I wasn't expecting to be here either, but here we are," chirps Olaf as he walks past Kristian to enter the room. Olaf does this without being invited in.

However, Izabell is not as forward as Olaf is. She remains out in the hallway. "Good morning Kristian," says Izabell. "I hope that we are not intruding on you, but I was wondering if it would be all right if I could talk with you."

"Um sure, what do you want to talk about?" replies Kristian feeling a little uneasy.

"I thought we could talk somewhere a little more comfortable. Perhaps we could talk in your room," suggests Izabell.

"Oh, right! Sorry about that. Come on in!" replies Kristian as he gestures for Izabell to enter his room.

"Thank you," replies Izabell as she enters Kristian's room. After walking in a few feet, Izabell takes a moment to examine the interior of the room. There are very few furnishings in the room. Most of the furniture pieces have some sort of stone incorporated into their construction. This of course was done for a specific reason. Stone cannot catch on fire.

While Kristian has just invited Izabell into his room to talk, Mattias does a brief flight up to a window on the upper floors of the palace. Once there, the firebird is able to land on a narrow ledge. Then Mattias begins to peck at the window.

This window belongs to the bedroom of Anna, and she is asleep in her bed. So as Mattias continues to peck at the window, the rapping eventually wakes Anna up. Once Anna is aroused enough, she slowly roles over so that she can look over to the window. Her gaze soon falls onto the firebird that is perched outside her room.

"Awe Mattias, can't you let me sleep in a little longer," complains a sleepy Anna as she rolls over again. However a few seconds later, Anna's eyes open wide. Then she sits up in bed abruptly and stares at the firebird. "Mattias!" exclaims Anna.

So with a sudden burst of energy, Anna rushes over to the window and opens it. Then Anna offers her arm for Mattias to land on, and so Anna brings the firebird into her room. "Mattias, what are you doing outside?" asks Anna excitedly. "Kristian wouldn't allow you out with Anton and Izabell roaming about. Unless…. I've got to tell Elsa!"

Meanwhile back in Kristian's room, Izabell has been admiring the furnishings of the room. Though there are not many pieces of furniture, the pieces were beautifully made. As Izabell admires the craftsmanship, she says, "I'm surprised how well this place is furnished. When Olaf told me that you were living in the dungeon, I wasn't expecting such beautiful pieces of furniture down here."

"Thanks," says Kristian as he goes and pulls the chair away from the work table for Izabell to sit down on. "Elsa has tried very hard to make my stay at the palace as pleasant as possible. Most of the pieces in here were specially ordered by her."

"That's right!" chirps Olaf. "Elsa has tried to do everything she can to accommodate Kristian's special needs, and so has everyone else."

"Special needs?" questions Izabell as she sits down on the chair.

"Olaf, you and keeping secrets!" exclaims Kristian as he cringes over what Olaf had said.

"What? I haven't said anything that I was told to keep quiet about," replies Olaf. "I thought that I was keeping your secrets rather well."

"Yah, you keep them in a way, but the other things you say tend to create difficulty for the rest of us," says Kristian with some disapproval.

"Don't be too hard on Olaf," replies Izabell. "In a way, I am glad that he has said as much as he has. Anton and I were becoming a little concerned with Elsa's behavior last night. Now I have a small understanding why she was acting oddly. She wants to try and protect you."

"Yah, Elsa has always done everything she can for me," says Kristian as he goes and sits down on the edge of the bed to talk with Izabell. "Sometimes I think that I cause more problems than I'm worth. Still, I sort of enjoy the efforts that she goes through for me."

"We've all been trying to make the effort, Kristian!" chirps Olaf. "The whole village of Arendelle is on your side."

"There is no denying that either," replies Kristian. "I've made several friends out in the village. Some of whom have done more for me than I thought they should have."

"It sounds like you have led a blessed life here in Arendelle," comments Izabell. "You must have had a very fortunate life."

"Well, it hasn't always been this way," replies Kristian. "You see, I actually haven't been in Arendelle for all that long. While life has been good for me here, my life before Arendelle hasn't always been that great."

"You have lived in other places?" asks Izabell.

"Um…, yes. As a boy, my family moved around a lot," replies Kristian as he tries to talk with Izabell without revealing too much about what he is capable of. "So we were never in one place for very long."

"So have you ever been in the Kingdom of Hesperis," then asks Izabell.

"Where?" replies Kristian.

"Hesperis, it is the kingdom that Anton and I have come from," says Izabell. "I was wondering if your travels ever took you near where I live."

"I really can't say," replies Kristian. "I was very young. Learning the names of places was not a priority for me. In fact, my memory way back is very sketchy. So I remember very little before I started to move around a lot."

"So you probably wouldn't know if you were in Brannvalle either," comments Izabell.

"The name seems vaguely familiar, but why are you so interested in where I have been?" asks Kristian.

"Oh, I am sorry," replies Izabell. "You just seem vaguely familiar to me. So I was wondering if we might have crossed paths."

"I can't rule out the possibility, but it is not likely," says Kristian. "I spent most of my childhood in smaller villages and hamlets. In those places, you almost never saw anyone of royal blood."

"I guess you're right," replies Izabell. "It's just that after last night, I have had this nagging thought that I knew you from somewhere."

"You did? Then why didn't you say something about this last night?" asks Kristian.

"Well there was so much going on last night," replies Izabell. "Our arrival in Arendelle was less than ideal. It left us in a less than desirable state to meet Queen Elsa. Then the whole situation with meeting Olaf was full of distractions as well. It was hard to think of anything else."

"What can I say?" chirps Olaf. "I have a habit of becoming the center of attention. I guess people must like my friendly personality."

"Sure Olaf, it is your friendly personality that draws people's attention," replies Kristian with a smirk. "It has nothing to do with your snowy complexion."

"Nah, I'm sure it has everything to do with my lovable self," chirps Olaf. "People always like warm hugs."

"Yes, you are quite the charmer. Aren't you?" replies Izabell with a smile. "So why did Elsa decide to create such an interesting snowman?"

"Oh, that is a great story!" exclaims Olaf. "I would love to hear that story again myself!"

"Olaf, you lived a good part of that story," amusingly replies Kristian.

"I know. That is what makes it such a great story," chirps Olaf. "Of course, Elsa and Anna rediscovering their love for one another is also a nice piece of the story as well."

"I wouldn't mind hearing the story myself," adds Izabell. "It would be nice to understand why things are the way they are here in Arendelle."

"Um sure, I can try and tell it to you," replies Kristian. "However, I would be telling it to you second hand. I might miss some of the details."

"Don't worry about it, Kristian!" chirps Olaf. "I can fill in any details that you might miss."

So with this, Kristian and Olaf begin to tell the tale of how Elsa became the queen of Arendelle.