One year later. . .

The royal family of Arendelle now lived in peace. As a token of gratitude, the guard Thomas was given the title of knight for his service towards protecting Princess Anna, Prince Consort Kristoff and Arendelle. He and his family were given a comfortable home in the center of the town, where they would be able to get help, should they eber need it, and be closer to their new friends.

Mrs. Stordahl was continuing to get better, and was even helping out Miss Lise at the orphanage every other day. Minmi had returned to school, and although she was behind in her studies, she went back to them with an amazing vigor.

Although many changes had come about, there are still more we have yet to see. . .

"Oh, look at him! He's so cute!"

Elsa gave her cousin a smile of thanks as she held her child in her arms, Kristoff by her side and looking over her shoulder as both stared down at their child. His bright-blue eyes, exact copies of Elsa's stared back up at them.

"Yeah, little Agdar number two is going to be quite the troublemaker. I can see it already," Eugene remarked as he played with the baby's tiny toes, making cooing noises.

The princess and her husband of Corona had come to visit after hearing of the birth. King Frederik and Queen Klara had to stay behind to deal with a situation, but sent their best wishes to the newborn and promised to come visit soon. Rapunzel and Eugene had come right away as soon as they heard, always ready for travel. They had taken a trip through Europe, bringing back all sorts of interesting trinkets.

"I thought you said you would never be seen making baby noises," Rapunzel asked teasingly as she watched her husband enjoy himself.

"This baby's an exception. Isn't that right little Agdar? Or are you guys gonna call him something else, since we already have an Agdar around?"

Elsa repositioned the child in her arms, pushing a tuft of his wispy, flaxen-colored hair back. "Although we did name him after Papa, we'll call him by his middle name."

"Which one? Don't royals have like, a million middle names?" Eugene asked before giving a grunt as his tiny wife elbowed him in the ribs.

Kristoff chuckled as he held a finger out to his son, the child soon wrapping his hand around it. "Yeah. This little guy's Prince Agdar Felix Linus Christiansen of Arendelle. But we'll call him Felix."

The group was standing in the gardens in the summer air, taking the newborn out for a walk.

The sound of running feet approaching them caught their ears, and Elsa was the first to turn and see her sister running towards her with what appeared to be a bundle of blankets in her arms, Thomas close behind.

"Anna? Where's-"

Elsa's anxious tone was quickly cut off by Anna's deep breathing. "W-we're okay. She just -inhale- wanted to see her parents again."

Holding the blankets out for the others to see, Rapunzel gave a small squeal of delight as another child's face peeked out at them.

"Elsa, Kristoff! Twins! You didn't tell us you had another baby!"

Laughing at the brunette's evident surprise, Elsa watched as Anna handed the blonde baby over to Kristoff. The burly man handled his other child with a gentleness no one would have imagined him capable of a month prior.

"What's her name?" Eugene asked curiously, ignoring Kristoff's amused expression as he leaned in closely to the baby.

"Princess Asta Idun Birgitta Christiansen of Arendelle," Anna cheerfully spoke. "Mama refused to let her granddaughter be 'cursed' with such an old-fashioned name, but she settled for the middle name. Isn't that right, little Asta?" she cooed as she wiggled her finger in front of the infant's face.

"Asta?" Rapunzel asked. "Doesn't that mean love?"

"Yes," Elsa serenely replied. "Love."

She and sister exchanged a knowing glance, both of them understanding how important love was to their family, whether it be familial or romantic.

"Hey, Thomas!" Eugene exclaimed as he finally looked up from little Asta and enveloped him in a tight hug. "How're you doing? Knight and all that?"

"Hey," Thomas managed to get out as he struggled to break free. "Yeah, doing great. Lots of training. Been teaching some kids up at the orphanage."

"Miss Lise is gonna have your head if Roger gets another cut on his hand again, knight or not," Anna interjected.

"Hey, lighten up Annie!" Eugene finally let go of Thomas, only to rest an elbow on his shoulder as he addressed Anna. "Last time I saw that kid, he was pretty good with a sword."

"Don't call me Annie," she deadpanned.

With a snort or dismissal, Eugene continued to ask Thomas about what he'd been up to recently, while Rapunzel pulled Anna away from Eugene, knowing that her rambunctious cousin was probably picturing getting him back by putting bugs in his soup or something.

"Where's Aunt Idun and Uncle Agdar?" she chirpily asked as she laced her arm through Anna's, making sure that the girl didn't go back to punch Eugene while she wasn't looking.

"Mama and Papa are with the council right now. They should be out soon. They can't stand to be away from the children for long," Elsa replied with a grin.

"Must feel great, getting to abandon your Queenly duties while you're taking care of the kids."

"Oh, she still finds a way," Kristoff mumbled as he fixed the blankets over a fussing Asta, not noticing the look Elsa gave him.

"Yeah. Once, I walked in on her in the study and she had both babies in her arms while she was reading a document. I almost had a heart attack," Anna said. "Although it seemed like Kristoff was gonna have a bigger one when he found out."

"That was only one time, and I was fine. You just startled me when you came in and screamed. I thought something had happened to you," Elsa retorted.

"Yeah, and then you almost dropped Felix."

"But I didn't."

Anna stuck her tongue out at her sister, eliciting a light-hearted giggle from Rapunzel.

The brunette gave a sigh as she looked over the babies once more. "You guys are such great parents. I'm so jealous of you two, I wish I had kids."

"You can still have them," Elsa replied with an optimism akin to Anna's.

"Yeah, but we're always traveling a lot. Being international diplomats for Corona is fun, but we rarely spend any time at home." With a low exhale, Rapunzel patted Anna's hand absentmindedly. "Maybe it's time to head back home and relax for a while."

"Yeah, then-" Anna's suggestion was cut off by a loud gasp to her left. "What? What is it?!"

Rapunzel lifted up Anna's hand, turning it this way and that in order to look at something more clearly. "It's a ring. It's a ring!"

"Yes, Punzie, it's a ring," Anna teased as her ecstatic smile mirrored that of the other girl's.

"You know what I mean! It's an engagement ring! You guys don't tell me anything!"

"We were gonna wait and make it a surprise for when you came to visit," Anna said as she was pulled into a tight hug, Rapunzel jumping up and down in excitement.

"Wait, Red Princess is getting married?" they heard Eugene exclaim a few feet away.

Ignoring Elsa and Kristoff's snorts and chuckles, Anna rolled her eyes. "I knew I shouldn't have taken him to meet the kids at the orphanage. Not only do they basically worship him and follow him around, they've taught him their nicknames for us," she grumbled.

"Red Princess is getting married to Mr. Hat!" Picking up both Rapunzel and Anna despite the girls' protests, he swung them around a few times before setting them down. "Mr. Hat, you didn't say anything about this!"

Thomas shook his head with a smile as he joined the others. "I don't even wear the hat anymore, Eugene."

"I don't care, you'll always be Mr. Hat to me." Looking over at Elsa and Kristoff, he added, "And you guys'll always be Snow Queen and Reindeer King. I'll have to think up some nicknames for the kids. Hah, they're not laughing at the nicknames now, are they?"

Sure enough, the couple's merry faces were soon replaced with ones of slight annoyance, although Elsa still loved her cousin-in-law, and Kristoff could never find it in his heart to be mad at Eugene for long.

"When did this happen? Tell me everything!" Rapunzel gushed as she took Anna's hands in her own, glancing down every now and then to admire the simple ring.

"Last March, on my birthday."

Rapunzel's face was instantly drained of all emotion. "Y-you got engaged in March? It's August right now. . ."

Anna gave her an apologetic grimace as she watched her cousin's eyes start to fill. "I'm sorry, it's just that you were away, and then when Aunt Klara got sick for a month I didn't feel like it was the right time, and-"

"But Anna, w-why? I'm. . . I'm the only one who didn't know, right? That's what Mama and Papa were smiling about when they told me you guys had more news before we came here! Everyone else knew!"

"I didn't know," Eugene interrupted.

Raising her hand to him without even looking in his direction, Rapunzel kept her piercing green eyes on her cousin's. "I thought you loved me."

Everyone was quiet now, even the twins who had been cooing and squawking at nothing in particular for the past five minutes.

"Punzie, I do love you. You have to believe me. I'm so sorry, the next time something happens, I'll tell you right away. Promise."

Rapunzel stared blankly at her cousin before embracing her once more. "I can't stay mad at you. When you find out you're pregnant, I want to be the first one to know after you tell Elsa, Thomas, and Aunt Idun and Uncle Agdar."

"Why am I second?" Thomas asked.

Kristoff nudged him with his elbow. "Hey, at least you're on the list."

Rapunzel dismissed this with a wave of her hand. "Thomas, you know just like all of us that Anna and Elsa go to each other first before they tell the rest of us. And Kristoff, we know that once Elsa knows, she'll tell you."

Both men shrugged by way of agreement.

"Wait, I'm not even married yet," Anna replied breathlessly.

"We have to prepare for the future! So, promise?"

Relieved to have her back to her usual, bubbly self, Anna took the girl's pinky and shook it by way of agreement. "Promise."

"Where's the grandchildren?" a merry voice could be heard calling.

A hand pushed through a clump of tree branches, and soon Agdar and Idun had joined them.

"Rapunzel," Idun greeted her niece with open arms. "Was that you we heard yelling before?"

The princess' face took on a rosy hue, obviously forgetting that others could hear them.

"Yep, that was her," Eugene supplied. He gave a small shrug, almost as if saying "What? She asked," when Rapunzel stared daggers in his direction.

Idun released Rapunzel and went to embrace him while Agdar took the twins from a protesting Elsa and Kristoff, claiming that they deserved a break. The twins' matching blond heads, although of a lighter color, didn't contrast with the older man's golden-auburn hue.

"Oh my God."

Eugene was staring at the two children in Agdar's sturdy arms. "Quick, can those kids do the magic too?"

"It's too early to know," Elsa replied as she leaned against Kristoff while he wrapped an arm around her waist. "Mama and Papa didn't know I had it until I was about a year old."

"But we'll love them, no matter what," Kristoff added with a gentle squeeze of her arm.

"Yes," Agdar agreed as he looked from one child to the other. "They've already gotten us wrapped around their little fingers now, it's too late to go back. Isn't that right, my dears?"

Elsa placed a hand over her mouth to stifle a giggle, and her mother went over to Agdar's side, ready to take the twins when we was done with his baby-talk.

"I should head home now, Mama and Mimmi will be waiting for me before they start supper," Thomas spoke up.

"Okay." Anna gave him a loving smile before he kissed her tenderly, eliciting a gag from Eugene.

"Oh, come on. You're telling me you don't want kisses anymore?" Rapunzel asked disbelievingly.

"Don't get me wrong, I love kisses from you. But I don't enjoy watching others exchange spit, or others getting their spit on you. What Pascal does doesn't even count as a kiss, that's just like a violation of my ear." He gave a great shudder as he remembered all of the times the chameleon had woken him up by attacking his ear.

Ignoring the other conversation, Anna pulled away only to mess up Thomas' hair playfully. "Tell them I say hi."

"I will. They'll probably ask you to come over, probably with Elsa again too." Although it had taken quite a while, the two sisters had gotten Thomas to call Elsa simply by her first name, no titles needed when they were the comforts of their own private time.

"Another night of girly gossip and chocolate? Sounds good to me."

With a grin and a final peck to the cheek, Thomas made his goodbyes to the rest of them and left.

Asta started to cry, tears falling from her brown eyes and soon after, Felix chimed in also, their wails a harmonious symphony.

"Here, dear. Let me take Felix and we can put them back in bed," Idun murmured as she took the squirming baby into her arms.

"We'll be upstairs with them," Agdar told Elsa and Kristoff with a look of reassurance.

"Thank you, Papa," Elsa called after them.

"Hey, Kris. Now that the parents aren't here to see, you wanna have another race around the kingdom like last time? You and Sven versus me and Max?"

Kristoff's face lighted up immediately, the prospects of a race overshadowing his annoyance at the use of the nickname. It quickly fell as soon as he realized that Elsa was watching him, arms crossed.

"Elsa, I-"

"It's fine. I don't know anything about it. However, if Mama and Papa find out that you wreaked havoc on the kingdom by knocking over items and yelling like hooligans, I won't be there to help you." She raised an eyebrow teasingly.

"Okay, that time, it was mostly Eugene and Thomas making all of that noise and-"

"That's so not true! I call bullsh-"

"Shh!" The three girls simultaneously shushed him, Rapunzel going so far as to slap her hand over his mouth while Anna looked around frantically, searching for any sign of others nearby.

As soon as Rapunzel let go, Eugene's boisterous voice filled the air again. "What?! I bet you Kristoff's said that before, and you didn't slap him in the face!"

"One, Kristoff's not my husband," Rapunzel replied in an all-knowing voice.

"Plus, I've been more careful since the twins came," the man in question added.

"Except for that one time when you tripped while carrying Felix," Elsa calmly replied in a sing-song tone.

Kristoff blushed furiously before shaking his head, as if trying to shake the memory off. "Okay, once. But it's not like he'll remember."

Rolling her eyes, Elsa gave his arm a playful shove. "Go. Before it gets dark and we have to send a search party out for you."

With a grateful expression, Kristoff kissed her quickly before running to the barn, Eugene shouting in protest about unfair head starts and sprinting after him.

"I'll go too, just to keep an eye on them. You mind if I take Espen?" Rapunzel asked Anna.

Shaking her head, Anna stood by her sister as they watched the girl go after them. "Win the race for us!" Anna yelled after her, to which Rapunzel replied with a thumbs-up.

"Well, now that leaves two of us," Elsa spoke, the relief in her voice tangible.

Seeing Anna's surprised face, she backtracked quickly. "Not that I don't love having family around, but since the twins came, sometimes the crowd can be a bit. . . oppressive. It's nice to have a bit of quiet solitude."

Taking Anna's warm hand in hers, Elsa began to lead them through the gardens back to the castle.

"You know, you don't have to stay behind with me. I'm perfectly fine on my own, you should go enjoy your time with them."

Nudging her sister's shoulder confidingly, Anna regarded her with a look of such sisterly love, Elsa pulled her even closer. "But I like to spend time with you, Elsa. Really. I mean, sometimes you're not the most fun and all you really wanna do is just read a book all day, but I really do like being with you. Honest."

With a wry smile, Elsa gave a small laugh. "Thanks. I'm glad to know I'm not the fun sister."

"Oh, you know what I mean."

The two continued on in silence until they came to the edge of the gardens, a door to the castle open and waiting for them.

"Elsa?"

The blonde responded with a low hum.

"Are you going to tell Felix and Asta about. . . you know, everything we've been through?"

Holding onto her sister's hand tightly, Anna pulled them to a halt, frantically searching the elder's face for any signs of an impending anxiety attack.

To her surprise, no sign of any random bursts of magic appeared. A small furrow had formed between Elsa's eyes, but she met Anna's gaze calmly. "Kristoff and I have talked about this, and we believe that they have a right to know, someday. We'll wait until they're older, or if they ever ask, whichever comes first. But they deserve to learn about their family history, both good and bad."

Anna nodded in response. "I thought you'd say that."

"Then why did you ask?"

"I dunno, I guess I just. . . it still doesn't feel like our family has been through all this. Weird, jealous princes and jealous sisters from other worlds who actually turn out to be just misunderstood, I mean it's crazy!"

"That's why I'm glad to have you. You're practically the Queen of Crazy."

"Okay, if we're gonna get all literal, then you're the Queen. So that makes you the Queen of Crazy. Hah!"

Elsa rolled her eyes in jest as Anna poked her triumphantly, willing to let her little sister win this round.

"I just hope the twins are as close as we are," she murmured softly, the harmonious, lilting tone of her voice making Anna a bit drowsy, especially after the recent excitements.

"Don't worry. They've got us for a great example. Plus, with everyone else in the family already drooling over them, especially Kristoff and Papa, they're gonna be completely smothered in love!"

"Kristoff doesn't-"

Anna's look of disbelief cut Elsa off. "Okay, fine. He does drool a bit."

"A bit? When I went to go wake you guys up that one time, the pillow was practically drenched in it! And you kiss that mouth!"

Elsa shuddered before shaking her head. "Not exactly drenched. It was more of a small puddle. And yes, I do. He isn't a slobbering mess while he's awake."

"Say what you want, he's still a slobbery-reindeer man."

"At least he isn't a blundering, clumsy man. You and Thomas make quite the match."

Elsa giggled softly as Anna's mouth scrunched itself together, as if to hold the words back as her face grew warm. "Hey, Thomas isn't that clumsy."

"He knocked over one of Mama's vases."

"On accident! It's a good thing it didn't have any emotional value, otherwise he would've been toast."

"Just keep him away from vases. I can't even begin to imagine the damage both of you would case should we leave vases in all of the hallways and rooms."

A bird squawking overhead as it flew by caught their attention. Breathing in deeply so as to take in as much of the sea air as she could, Anna let out a sigh of content. "I wish things could stay like this forever."

"Me too," Elsa agreed, lifting her face to the sun to let the rays warm her face. "But then again, there are more adventures awaiting us."

Anna beamed at her sister, mouth stretched broadly in happiness. "You're quite the poet. You know, if this Queen thing doesn't work out, you can become a poet instead."

"I think I'll have to pass up on your offer. I shudder to think of what the kingdom would come to in your hands."

Laughing as Anna stuck her tongue out at her, Elsa took her hand on e more and started to head back inside. "Come, I have a surprise for you."

"Is it chocolate?"

"No. Although Kai did say that we should be expecting the next shipment soon, in about a week."

"That's so not soon. Are you and Kristoff hiding the chocolate from me again?"

"No. And last time, Papa was the one hiding it for his own consumption."

"Oh. Right. Okay, what is it?"

"Oh, you'll have to wait and see."

"Elsaaaa! Tell me! Other wise I'll pull a Rapunzel and make you feel all guilty."

Narrowing her eyes until only a bit of the sparkling blue color could be seen, Elsa relented. "Fine. It's about your wedding dress."

"You made me one!"

"Well, actually, Mama and I were going to have you try on her dress. However. . ." Elsa placed a dainty finger to her chin as she thought. "Perhaps I could add some changes to accommodate your taste. The you'll have something borrowed and something new. And possibly blue, depending on what you want me to add, but-"

Elsa's musings were interrupted as Anna threw her arms around the girl, tears filling her eyes as she realized that her cheeks would be aching later from all the smiling that had occurred in that single day.

"I love it already! Can we go get Mama now and work on it?"

Delighted to find that Anna was truly excited, Elsa pulled away gently, a bright grin on her face. "Of course. Let's go."

Anna giggled as she led the way this time, chattering away as her effervescent voice filled the halls, bringing in a new light.

"Oh, Punzie's gonna be so mad that we started without her!"

"She'll be fine, I'll make her a dress of her own. She'll forget she was ever mad as soon as she sees it."

As the castle came to life, awakening to the sound of the girls' joyful conversation with plans for the future, those who heard them as they ran through the halls couldn't help but smile.

The love shared between the two was a special bond, one that had been duplicated in the form of two new children, and which it would be just as strong as the former's.

Arendelle was a kingdom of peace, and love, something represented by the everlasting bond of the two sisters.

Their story would be one to be told for years to come.

Final name analysis, this time for the twins.

• Agdar Felix Linus

- Agdar: brave warrior

- Felix: happy, lucky

- Linus: flaxen-haired (just like his papa. :D)

• Asta Idun Birgitta

- Asta: love

- Idun: rejuvenation

- Birgitta: strength

And we have reached the end of this story! I hope you guys have enjoyed this as much as I have! It was truly amazing to have you all here, visiting and reading and leaving reviews. Sadly, I will not be returning to Fanfiction anytime soon. No matter what happens, I am sincerely grateful for all of the love you guys have given this story.

Oh, have a great (and safe) Halloween! :D

Once again, thank you all for your support. :)