Author's Notes:

Well, I'm late. Sorry about that. My internet has been hell recently. To make it up for you I rewrote this chapter to be about twice as long as it originally was. I added some extra detail and foreshadowing.

Also, I have a Beta now! Thanks go out to Dhampire12 for that. Although it's worth noting that Dhampire12 only Betad this chapter before the big rewrite, so there might still be some issues.

Anna and Kristoff were just sitting down in the main dining room for breakfast. There was a long table spanning the length of the room in the center. One entire wall was made of glass so that one could look out over the whole kingdom.

Miles then entered the room from one end carrying four large platters of food, one on each arm, one in one hand, and one on his head. He walked very slowly and carefully over to serve a delightfully entertained princess Anna who gave the servant a round of applause. After three of the breakfast trays were unloaded he served the last two to Kristoff.

Kristoff smiled at him, "Thank you, Are you Miles or Julian? Or are you Julian pretending to be Miles?"

Anna rolled her eyes, "Krissy, I've explained this to you. They wear color-coded flowers so that we can tell them apart. He's wearing a blue flower, so this, is Miles."

Kristoff looked at the princess, "But they switch colors, I'm sure of it. It's the only way they could get around the castle so quickly, even with secret passages."

Anna gave him a frustrated expression, "But if that's the case then how could both of them get around so fast? And how could they avoid there being two Julians at once? They'd have to have some way of instantly communicating with each other from anywhere in the castle. I've been trying to figure out their secret my whole life. If I haven't found any solution that makes sense in all that time, what makes you think you're going to solve it over breakfast?"

Kristoff glared at her silently for a second before he began eating.

Miles grinned at the couple, "Whatever my secret may be, it doesn't change the fact that you specifically requested my presence so that we could discuss the events of your expedition."

Anna nodded, "That we did, but there's actually a more urgent matter. What has your brother told you about Sentinel?"

Miles responded, "The vigilante? Well he saved Julian's life. As far as capabilities go, I saw him jump almost 3 meters distance between two buildings. Julian said he put the robber to sleep with a dart that shot out of his wrist. He also said that he knocked a throwing knife out of midair."

Anna asked, "What makes you think it's a he?"

Miles shrugged, "Could be a woman for all I know. Julian and I think it's a machine of some kind, like clockwork or something."

Kristoff laughed, "A clockwork man?"

Anna looked at her boyfriend, "If some of the stories I've heard about where queen Nancy is from are true, a clockwork man doesn't sound too far fetched. Maybe it came through from her world."

Miles asked, "Could you find it with your powers? Ask it where it came from?"

Anna shook her head and started to eat as she spoke in a very unladylike manner, "No, I'm not that powerful. If Sentinel were right in front of me I could probably read its thoughts as long as it's human. As is I'd need some sort of emotional anchor to draw from, even then I don't know if I could actually communicate."

Miles thought for a moment, "Ok, well I guess that's probably it for that topic. What about your magic? The reason you brought me here."

Kristoff spoke before beginning to eat, "Right, we want to find some way for Anna to practice using her abilities, without invading people's privacy. Any ideas?"

Miles responded as he picked up the first platter that Anna had already licked clean, "If it's proximity based you could take a boat off port every day with only volunteers onboard. That way it'd be unlikely for you to pick up anything from the kingdom."

Anna nodded, "We were thinking something similar. Thank you Miles. That will be all for now."

Miles exited the large room and within the hour he was talking with his brother, "No, they don't suspect a thing. As far as everyone's concerned we're just the two best servants in Europe, nothing more."

He listened attentively to his brother's response.

He shook his head, "You know she has powers now and she doesn't have full control over them. She might find out anyway. We need to move to phase 2."

Julian almost yelled at him.

Miles rolled his eyes, "Yes, I know it isn't ready. Elsa will be back soon and I don't know how she's going to handle the news. Anyway, Julian has duties to fulfill. I'll see you later. Bye, Miles."

Miles switched out the blue flower for a red, and Julian walked away to tend to his chores.

Author's Notes:

So I'm thinking Volume 1 is looking to be under 20 chapters long in total. Anyway we're almost to the part where stuff starts happening, so yay for that. Volume 1-14 is really where the good bit starts. The next chapter'll be out definitely sometime this month. I love you all. Thanks for everything ( =