Frozen The Balance Of The Heart

by Bruce G McAbee

This follows on from my previous story, The Battle for Arendelle: Elsa wakes up to find her powers aren't working properly. After a quick trip to Grand Pabbie to find out why she is sent to her Ice Castle to practice. However, upon returning to Arendelle, Elsa, Anna and Kristoff come across a tragedy that will change Elsa's life.

11. Chapter 11

Elsa finds Kai fairly quickly as he is resting in his room.

"Queen Elsa." he says standing up.

"Kai," responds Elsa, "no need to stand and remember what I said about Queen, it's just Elsa except when you have to be official."

"I know, but, tradition is hard to break, how are the girls?"

"They're doing well for now, Anna and Kristoff have them for now, enjoying some rides on Sven."

"That's good, you are just wonderful with them Elsa."

"Thank you, Kai, but I do want to ask, how would I go about adopting them, I want to do it all within the law and not just use my position to advantage."

"Elsa, if there is no other family who are willing to adopt them, then you would put in a request with our birth and deaths registry, they handle these things. As strange as it sounds, orphaned children are a rarity in Arendelle, the only three I knew of before today was you, Anna and Kristoff, we don't even have an Orphanage, but Arendelle is a relatively small kingdom."

"Can you arrange for the paperwork to drawn up Kai as soon as possible?"

"Elsa, I saw how attached you have become to them and have already organised them, they will be ready by the end of the day."

"Kai, how can I thank you,' said Elsa excitedly.

"Just doing my job Elsa, by the way how are the powers?"

"Working perfectly again, how did you know?"

"You left wearing normal clothes; it wasn't difficult to put two and two together."

"I suppose that made it fairly obvious, changing the topic, do we have an idea when Leopold is due to arrive tomorrow?"

"He should be in sometime in the morning I believe, don't worry, the funeral is arranged for tomorrow afternoon, will give plenty of time for anyone coming from Noosenval to get here."

"One more thing Kai, I don't want tomorrow's funeral to be a sombre affair, let the Bishop know that. I want these girls to have a happy memory, well as happy as it can be saying goodbye to their parents, no black to be worn where possible."

"I understand Elsa; I'll get on it right away."

"Thank you again; I doubt I could run this Kingdom without your guidance and help."

"Thank you Elsa." responds Kai with a smile.