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Andrew
Andrew didn't swarm the dance floor like the rest of the people did. That's probably why princess Anna was able to find him so quickly. He stayed towards the back of the dance not really being the type for any kind of formal dance. With drink in hand, Andrew half snuck around the courtyard trying not to be spotted by either Anna or the women she had introduced him to.
A little ray of light shone in his eye, he looked over and spotted James leaning on a castle wall with Elsa leaning on him, both happily looking over their subjects. Andrew started making his way towards the royal couple, usually he wouldn't think of intruding on an obviously more intimate moment but he knew they would at least try to protect him from Anna.
Just before he was able to get their attention, they got up from the wall and made their way straight to the dance floor. Andrew jumped when a hand grabbed his shoulder and spun him around. Instead of finding Anna behind him, he was surprised to find it was Earlene instead, and wearing a fancy dress to boot.
Her black hair had a bun in the back with what was left draped over the back of her shoulders. Her off the shoulder emerald dress shimmered and sparkled in the dying sunlight and the hanging lanterns. Despite what many people would find unattractive, her well toned, slightly muscular, arms and legs looked quite good in the dress.
"Andrew, thank god I found you. I think princess Anna is going to try something soon." Earlene informed him. "Do you have a plan?"
"Uhm...not really."
Earlene glanced around, scanning the crowds. She must've seen Anna moving towards them, because Andrew saw her tense up before grabbing his arm and dragging him towards the crowd on the dance floor. They blended in with the thick crowd, essentially hiding from direct sight, a little trick James had developed for walking around Arendelle without attracting attention.
A few seconds later Andrew saw Anna walk up to where they were standing, leading a man and a woman, looking around irritably. It took her a moment, but somehow she was able to pick them out of the dancers, maybe James had taught her a counter to the blending trick. She grabbed the two strangers and started to drag them towards the two Heroes. In response, the two quickly dashed through the crowd, trying to break her line of sight. They eventually were able to make their way all the way around the dance floor then re-enter the dance floor crowd.
"How did she find us?" Andrew asked.
"We're just standing among everyone, we're standing out. We need to dance." Earlene said decisively.
"I'm sorry...what?" he asked. Andrew had never seen Earlene as someone who danced, or even took the time to learn how to dance.
"I'm not just a hero, Andrew." Earlene said sternly, catching the incredulity in Andrew's voice. She glanced over his shoulder, spotting Anna and the two she was dragging along. "You know what, there's no time. Let's dance."
Before he could respond, Earlene dragged him by his arm deeper into the crowd and placed one of his hands on her slim waist and held the other while placing her hand on his shoulder. And before he knew it, the two heroes were dancing right along with the crowd. Having been forced to do countless dance routines while growing up in Britain, his natural reflexes kicked in and helped guide both him and Earlene.
As they danced around the courtyard, Andrew noticed how well Earlene actually danced, even though no one had ever seen her practice. They also passed James and Elsa who, strangely enough, seemed to be having a good time dancing. And even more strangely, he and Earlene seemed to be as well.
"So, how was your day?" Earlene asked awkwardly.
Andrew gave Earlene a look. "I thought pleasantries bored you."
"Well...I thought I should at least give it a try. But I'm still really bad at it."
"No one's good at it. I think that's the point."
After a pause, Earlene asked, "How angry do you think we made them?"
Twirling around, Andrew caught a sight of the trio they had been running from. Both the man and the woman looked very angry. And in between them, Anna stood there seeming...smug? Andrew though incredulously.
"The two Anna wanted to pair us up with are angry. But Anna looks like she thinks she won." He said. Earlene, who was quite competitive, frowned, not liking to think she had been outmaneuvered.
Andrew spotted a break in the crowd around them leading to a less populated and out of the way side of the courtyard. He also noticed that Anna had turned to the man and woman and was having a heated conversation, neither of the strangers looked very happy about it either.
"This way," Andrew said, breaking step and dragging Earlene through the break.
Once they made it to the more reclusive spot, they relaxed slightly, picking up a pair of drinks. They watched the crowd dance, noticing that James and Elsa were still out there and didn't look to be stopping anytime soon.
They sipped their drinks in companionable silence, trying unsuccessfully to think of something to say. They were both startled by someone clearing their throat directly behind them. They whipped around and found, to their horror, that Anna was the one standing behind them.
"Very clever you guys." Anna said, slightly irritated but with a hint of humor. "Got them to give up without really doing anything."
"Perhaps you should not try to set us up with people." Earlene suggested.
"Eh, maybe." She replied. "You two looked good dancing out there."
"Oh, well, uh-" Andrew started awkward, but was interrupted when Earlene suddenly grabbed his arm.
Earlene had started staring off into space, and her eyes lost all focus. He had seen this before, Earlene was very good at certain subtle types of magic, including earth magic and divination. Whenever she's doing the later one, she gets a glazed over look in her eyes.
"Princess Anna, you need to get into the castle. Right now." Earlene said, suddenly very serious.
"What? Why? What's going on?" Anna asked, serious as well.
"Earlene, what do you see?" Andrew asked.
"I don't know, but someone's coming. And they're not here to celebrate." Earlene said, grabbing hold of Anna's arm and dragging her back towards the castle. "Stop talking, start moving."
"Wait, we have to get everyone else!" Anna protested.
"We'll get Kristoff on the way. Andrew, get James and Elsa." Earlene said, pushing through the crowds as fast as she could.
Without a moment's hesitation Andrew turned towards where he last saw James and Elsa. He wasn't polite about it either, he pushed and shoved his way through everyone. Andrew was getting more and more worried, as soon as Earlene had sensed danger he had sent out his own magical senses to try to find danger. While his senses weren't as good as James', if James wasn't actually looking for danger then he wouldn't notice until the danger was right in front of him. And he was starting to get signs of danger approaching fast. Andrew finally found James and Elsa standing close together in the middle of the crowd. Andrew pushed and shoved his way over to the pair.
"Your Majesties, you need to get inside quickly, something's coming." Andrew told them.
For a moment, James frowned in concentration searching for the danger, then his eyes shot open in alertness. "They're here. Get ready for a fight."
James and Elsa turned to face the walls, adopting a deeper stance; more like a fighting stance but not enough to be very obvious. Andrew turned to speak to the crowds, but something on top of the walls caught his attention. Standing on top of walls was a solitary figure. This figure was dressed in all black, with a tight hood and a scarf to block out his face, around his waist was numerous weapons including a sword, a knife, and some strange tube of sorts. Then a second one appeared, then a third, then a fourth, more and more appeared on the top of the castle's walls.
"Get to cover!" Andrew yelled, getting in a fighting stance.
People, finally noticing the threat, scrambled around the courtyard, running in different directions to try to find cover. The figures on the walls jumped down into the courtyard, drawing their swords, then charged forward. Andrew and James made gestures toward the castle, then sunk into a fighting stance.
As the figures rushed forwards, the three Arendellians starting using magic. Elsa covered the floor they were running over in slick ice and low barriers to trip them up. Andrew fired blasts of pure force, knocking those it hit backwards. And James fired blasts of blue lightning that Andrew knew were painful but not lethal. The magic blasts knocked down countless of the attackers, but for everyone they crippled or knocked over, two more would take their place in the charge.
For whatever reason, while Andrew and Elsa were dealing with an almost overwhelming amount of people each, the majority of them were springing straight towards James. Luckily, as the three of them were gradually forced back under the onslaught, three crashes sounded from the windows of the castle. Andrew caught his two thin swords and James caught his signature blue sword. And the two men switched from magic to physical combat.
Andrew was good, and he knew he was good. Every time one of the sword wielding men stepped up to take a swing at him, Andrew quickly dispatched him and moved on to one or two that were moving past him. Elsa was also very skilled, but stayed behind the two men, firing blasts of ice past them. James was another story. With sword in hand, James was a blur, a nightmare, an avenging angel, and a force of nature all rolled into one. Even with the majority of the attackers, James moved and countered and fought like a fish moves through water.
The surge of the foreign warriors ground to a halt. For a second Andrew had a second to observe the state of the courtyard past the cloaked people. The Heroes who had been laughing and having fun separately had formed a protective line around the partiers who had joined together in a corner of the courtyard. Slowly, amazingly, Andrew, James, and Elsa started pushing back. The battle line started moving back towards the walls.
The fight was turning for the better. That is, until Andrew and James heard a cry out from behind them. The fight stopped as the men spun around to see what was going on. Elsa had fallen to her knees, clutching at her head. Andrew could feel something odd, a stirring of strange, ancient, and powerful magic. Elsa started to glow a combination of blue and gold, brighter and brighter, until she was too bright to look at directly. She lit up the whole courtyard as bright as it was in the most direct sunlight, and then even brighter.
Despite this, without hesitation, James ran straight for her, leaving a wall of blinded people behind him. As he got closer to his wife, he became just a small silhouette rushing towards an angry blue and gold sun. As he reached Elsa, a bright flash shone from her, an instant later Elsa and the light was gone. James was left standing in a clear space, mouth agape staring at a small silver circle in his hand.
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through the back of Andrew's head, bringing him all the way to the ground. He looked through blurry vision as black masses swarmed towards his king, who brought a hand up to his neck as he too sunk down to the ground. A random foot caught the back of Andrew's head, forcing him to unconsciousness.
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