Chapter 14.
When morning came, Elsa was up early with her two legs on the same side of the horse and riding with Prince Oscar. Jack flew behind them, keeping Elsa company. They travelled over shimmering flowing rivers and huge trees with little baby buds growing all around them. The grass was soft and a bright green. They jumped over wooden fences and bushes in their way. When the horses became tired, they tied their horses up and walked along the fields.
"...and that's why I like spring." Oscar finally finished his long and boring story about why spring was his favourite season.
"Well, I like winter." Elsa smiled.
Oscar rolled his eyes. "Yes yes, because of your powers. Do you use them a lot in winter?"
"Why...I use my powers whenever I want. No one can tell me what I can and can't do. I'm the Queen."
"Is that the only reason why you're alive?"
"Excuse me?"
"Well...you area witch aren't you?"
"W-what!?" Elsa felt insulted.
Jack, who wore the same tattered pants but his top clothing was replaced with a blue shirt and a not very impressive and simple brown waistcoat and a little hat on top of his ruffled hair. Even you knew it wasn't all rick or fancy, Elsa couldn't help but feel even more attracted to him than she originally was. He always gave her a cheeky grin here and there and the hat just gave him a more edgy look. Elsa really hated Oscar and couldn't stand him. He was rude and so full of himself it was unreal. Elsa being the stubborn person she was walked on without Oscar, who got stuck on a fence. Elsa didn't care if she seemed rude now.
"Wow, feisty Elsa." Jack laughed flying next to her.
They came across a flock of sheep in the field. They lazily grazed about in the grass but one. One lay breathing heavily and bleeped a lot. The stomach was huge and it couldn't get up.
"What a poor creature. We should put it down." Oscar finally caught up.
Elsa squinted her eyes. "I think...I think it's giving birth!"
She ran over to the sheep who lay in pain. It was already half way out of the lamb. Elsa got down onto her knees and took off her cape and smiled excitedly at new life. There was nothing more amazing than seeing life come into this world and taking its first breath as it's starts it's long journey. Jack felt the same way. He was there when Elsa took her first breath. Oscar however looked down at the sheep in disgust.
"Jack, look." Elsa whispered and smiled as the bloodied up baby lamb began to squeeze out.
Jack got closer to Elsa and wrapped his arms around her shoulders as they watch as the little lamb came out.
"How disgusting! How can such things exist?!" Oscar turned his nose up in disgust.
"Calm down Oscar. I'm sure you too came into the world with blood all over you too." Elsa smiled over at Jack. He smiled back at her, their faces inches apart.
It was then that the lamb was fully out. Elsa and Jack together with her cape cleaned the little lamb and watched together as it tried to stand on its shaky little legs. Elsa couldn't help but laugh at the silly little lamb as it began to experience life with in the first few minutes of its birth. After about forty or forty-five minutes, the lamb was able to walk with its mother around the field. Oscar grew impatient.
"Shall we go my Queen?" he asked, trying to drag her up. "You're leaving that here." he indicated to the cape Elsa used to clean the lamb with.
With a tight grip on her hand, he pulled her along the field to where their horses were tied up. Elsa complained a lot about how he was hurting her but Oscar did not care. He continued to drag her. Jack wasn't impressed either. It got to the point where Elsa hit him with some snow. Oscar turned round, gob-smacked.
"Did you just...ice me!?"
"I'm sorry! But that is no way to treat a lady, especially a Queen. Prince Oscar, if you don't mind I think you've over stayed your welcome. You should go back to Sweden when you can. Once again, I'm sorry." Elsa sat with two legs hanging on the same side of the horse and raced back to the castle leaving Oscar all alone.
"To think my parents wanted me to marry such a man!" Elsa yelled in anger to Jack who sat on the horse behind her, resting his elbow on his knee. "I can't believe him! Why do I still talk to him!? I don't understand!"
"Neither do I Elsa, neither do I." Jack sighed behind her.
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Anna soon returned much to Elsa's happiness. Now she could make excuses why not to be with Oscar, who didn't leave but stayed. It was the council that forced Elsa to tell him to stay much to her disappointment and to Jack's. Anna, like Jack said, had behaved herself and did no sin but had a lovely romantic candle lit meal out in the forest with Kristoff and they took long strolls by rivers and climbed trees with each other. They explored everything and everywhere enjoying their adventures together. When Anna came back she told Elsa everything! What they ate, where the slept, adventures they took, how she felt, how cute Kristoff was and everything. Elsa listening couldn't help but feel envious of her younger sister, who unlike her, was free to marry, love and do what she wanted. Elsa had to marry who she was told to marry, was only allowed to love the one she was forced to marry and no other and had to do what Queen's did; absolutely nothing.
When Kristoff walked into the room where Elsa and Anna were having tea, Anna jumped up and ran to him. Being the spirited one out of the sisters, she leaped onto him and kiss him while he held her and twirled her round.
"Erm...Elsa?" Anna looked over at her sister who smiled up at the young happy couple.
"Yes Anna?" Elsa brought a teacup to her lips.
"We would like to ask you something." Kristoff looped arms with Anna and the two walked to Elsa.
This is when Olaf entered the room.
"Hi everyone!" he smiled waddling in. "Hey Anna,so did you ask Elsa's permission yet?"
"Permission for what?" Elsa looked from Olaf to the couple.
Kristoff cleared his throat. "Well uh...during the week I asked Anna if she'd like to marry me." he looked down to Anna smiling at her.
"And I said yes and we were wondering if..." Anna very VERY close to Kristoff turns her head to her older sister.
"If they had your blessings!" Olaf finished the sentence.
Elsa's face was screwed up- confused, upset and worried. Seeing this, Anna's face fell as she knew he answer.
"Are you kidding me?" Elsa stood up al serious. The three looked at each other guilty, upset and disappointed. "Of course!" Elsa finished. Her face full of smiles.
The three's jaws dropped. Olaf was the first to talk out of them. "Hey! Great! You two can get married now!"
"Are you serious?!" Anna squealed. "I'M GETTING MARRIED!" Anna ran over to Elsa and jumped her too and they twirled round and round. "I love you Elsa! I can't believe it! I'M GETTING MARRIED!"
Elsa laughed. "Lots to do then. Decorations, the dress, the invitations, guest list, seating plans,theme, presents, food, cake, make-up, hair..." the list went on and on.
"You'll be my maid of honour right?" Anna placed her hands on Elsa's shoulders and looked at her seriously.
"DUH!" Elsa laughed and hugged her sister. "Of course I will you silly moppet!"
"Oh Elsa! I can't wait to tell everyone. So...when do you think the wedding can be?"
Elsa took a moment to think. "Near the end of summer okay for you?"
"PERFECT!" Anna screamed. "I'M GETTING MARRIED!"
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Jack flew in through Elsa's opened window. She laid there on her bed curled up in a ball. Cramps had gotten the best of her unfortunately for her and Anna's news didn't help her moods. All around the room would freeze over. Then maybe snow; stop snowing. After it would warm up from the thought of Anna or Jack before freezing over again. This was a constant cycle. Jack already knew why after the winter months he stuck around and the fact he was there for her first time. Elsa however doesn't know and doesn't need to know as it would just make her feel embarrassed.
"Hey. This room's cold." Jack chuckled. Suddenly an ice wall went around Elsa's bed where she lay. Jack sighed and sat down leaning his back on the wall. "You okay Elles?" Jack asked.
Elsa got up and looked at him. Suddenly her heart felt like it was melting. This showed when her ice prison melted around her. Sure Jack could have gotten through the ice easily but he didn't want to intrude on Elsa. He wanted her to have her moment alone but let her know he'll always be there for her.
"I'm not feeling so good." Elsa sighed before she dropped onto her back again.
"Why?" Jack asked before lying on the bed too.
"Just because." Elsa didn't go into details. "Hey. You've been alive for...one hundred and fifty three years right?"
"Yeah?" Jack wandered what she was getting at.
"Did you ever...love anyone?"
"Love?"
"Yes. Love. Like...Anna and Kristoff. Did you hear the news though?"
Jack propped up on the bed. "What news?"
"They're getting married...and I blessed the marriage." Elsa looked up at Jack.
Once again the room started to freeze over and Jack laid back down the bed. Elsa was clearly upset and jealous of Anna's happiness. Elsa was older than Anna and hadn't even experienced her first kiss yet never mind anything else. Saying that, neither had Jack. He'd never experience a single touch from a person until he met Elsa. Elsa was literally the only one who could see him.
"No." Jack sighed. "I haven't. No one can see me. They couldn't touch me or speak to me or hear me and...it was lonely. Not until you saw me as a toddler. Man, you were cute."
"Shut-up." Elsa slapped his chest. "What do you think of me now?"
"A royal pain." Jack laughed.
Elsa threw a snowball at him. "Well you're worse than that Jack. You're just a child! A stupid child." She was off the bed pointing at it.
"Bring it sister." Jack jumped on the bed till two feet were planted in the bed.
The two then fought it out.
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Arendelle Summer 1867
Anna skipped down the hallway decorating the guards that lined the hallway with baby's breath. She was so excited for the wedding. Olaf ran behind her laughing at all the funny guards.
"Hey Anna! What flowers are you using for the wedding?"
"I don't know Olaf. I guess a whole bunch of freshly picked wild flowers! Roses are so over rated and wild flowers are much more lively and beautiful and...oh Olaf! I'm getting married at the end of summer!"
"Gosh I love summer. I always wanted to know what summer was like."
"Um...Olaf? You've already witnessed summer last year! And it's the start of summer now!"
Olaf gasped. "This is summer?!"
Anna continued down the hall skipping and twirling and humming to herself before bursting out into song.
"For the first time in forever, I'll be happy with someone! For the first time in forever, I won't just be alone. There'll be kissing, hugging and cuddling with some children on the side! For the first time in forever, my future's looking bright!"
However, Anna had stopped singing where she got to Elsa's room. She could hear muffling and talking- but just one voice! Anna tiptoed over to the door and placed her ear to the door to listen in.
"Oh! You're such a pain!" Elsa yelled. Anna could hear snow icicles form from the ground. "Oh shut-up! I'm not pathetic!"
"Yes you are." Jack laughed throwing snowballs at her. "Oh! I'm so alone! Won't somebody please love me!"
"I am loved! How dare you! I will get married someday and I will have children too, just like Anna!" Anna heard. "Just wait and see. I won't die alone! I'll have someone to hold my hand. You're so stupid."
Anna took her ear away from the door and gasped. Her hand went straight to her mouth. Elsa must have been going insane. Anna looked at the baby's breaths in her hands and placed them down on the floor outside Elsa's room. With Olaf, who finally caught up with the spirited Anna, they turned around and ran back down he hallway again.
"Then why don't you marry? You're the queen, aren't you? You can marry whoever the hell you want!" Jack used his staff he was hitting a gold ball and as soon as he swung it, ice appeared out of it and aimed at Elsa. Elsa dodged every single one.
"Because Jack! I don't want that. I want...I want to fall in love." Elsa sat down on the floor. "You know? I want to have that feeling that's described in books and what you can see with Anna and Kristoff. I want to have that spark with someone."
Jack stood beside Elsa and put an arm round her shoulder. "Hey. I'm sorry. Okay?"
Elsa nodded, not daring to cry. She was a strong Queen. "Hey. How fast can you fly?" Elsa asked Jack.
"As fast as the winds can carry me, why?" Jack asked.
"I want...no never mind." Elsa shook her head, embarrassed by the thought.
"Tell me." Jack insisted.
Elsa looked into his hypnotising blue eyes and sighed. "I want...I want to go ice skating...in an isolated area. Where no one can annoy us basically."
She looked back at Jack feeling stupid and childish. Jack just smiled at her and nodded. He then stood up and Elsa stood up. Elsa then jumped onto Jack's back like he was ready to give her a piggy back. Jack smiled and then ran at the window and with one foot, delicately pushed them both off the window ledge and they were up, up and gone.
Meanwhile, Anna called an emergency small council meeting. The council found it weird at first because Anna's not part of the council. Anna made Olaf wait outside. He was distracted by everyone and everything as usual. She stood confidently at the top of the table. The old men all turn and looked at her.
"Now, Princess Anna your highness, why have you called us here?"
"I'm a bit worried about my sister."
"Why? Is she in trouble?"
"No, no. Nothing like that it's just..." Anna didn't know how to say it. "I feel it's time she got married is all."
From what Anna heard, she knew Elsa was going a little insane being left on her own and talking to herself. She wanted to be married and have children and help the royal family. The council members looked at each other and nodded, seeing the logic.
"Well, before your parents -may they rest in peace- took their 'trip', they had secretly betrothed Elsa to Prince Oscar from Sweden. We invited him for your birthday so Elsa and him met. When you were away with your fiancée, Elsa and Oscar seemed to get on very well."
"Brilliant then." laughed Anna. "Then we shall break the news to Elsa she's going to be arranged to marry Oscar. Oh! She'll be so happy!"
"We actually have arranged it. Even if she doesn't want to, she's going to have to." the oldest council member explained. "A letter has been sent out to King Oscar II. Prince Oscar will be here for your wedding. Then he'll stay and propose to Elsa and they'll marry near the middle of winter."
Anna clapped her hands and jumped up and down. "Oh! Two weddings in one year! How exciting!"
Like I said, I'm really fast at posting these up. I have literally nothing to do with my life at the minute. I've posted up a chapter today also, make sure you read than one too xD
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