Welcome back to the story everyone.

Hello.

Yes, due to popular demand, I am once again accompanied by Queen Elsa.

Good to be back.

Yeah, I apologize once again for the long wait. I wanted to update sooner, but for the past few weeks I've been touring around the UK on a band tour, so I wasn't able to write. Again, I apologize. I hate doing this to my readers.

You see everyone, W. R. Winters may say he's a wolf, but we all know he's just a puppy.

Oh stop that, let's just get the chapter started.

Oh alright.

Last chapter it was a feast and a dance, you had appointed Mallory as your new consort and danced the first dance. Afterwards you went around the ballroom trying to create alliances with the other kingdoms. Duke Weaseltown was hoping to approach you on recreating the alliance Frostridge had with Weaseltown. Meanwhile, Elsa was talking to Hans about after the coronation was over and they returned home to Arendelle. She was going to send him home to the Southern Isles with a request to the King to restore his royal status. Shortly afterward Mallory found her and decided now was the best time to introduce her to her king. She did so and you seemed to act like Elsa was a total stranger, but after taking her onto the dance floor you reveal you were acting. Then you brought her to another room so you could catch up, the Duke however was suspicious and began to follow you to see what was going on.

Alright, that takes care of that, let us begin.

W. R. Winters does not own any of the rights to Frozen, he only owns any original characters he has added to this story.

-*X*x*X*-

Neither you or Elsa were sure how long you had been hugging, but as you held each other. Everything just felt perfect. You were hesitant to do it, but you broke the hug, "It's been six years." You said.

Elsa smiled, "It felt even longer." She said, "We have a lot to catch up on." She said.

You returned her smile, "Good, because I have something to show you, and we could use the conversation." You said as you began to walk to near the exit of the room with Elsa following.

The Duke watched as you left the room with Elsa following, he grew even more suspicious when he saw the two of you walk away from the ballroom, "Hmmm," he said, then he turned to the two bodyguards he had with him, "We're following them, come with me." he said and he began to quietly walk in the direction you were heading.

"So, an entire festival because of me." You said, "That's very flattering."

"Well, you really showed the people how much the light meant to them." Elsa said, "Perhaps you can make a special appearance at the next one." She said.

You glanced at her, "I'd like that." You said, "I met your niece, she's a very bright spirited girl, just like her mother." You said.

Elsa smiled as a nostalgic look came to her eyes, "Yeah, watching her grow brought back so many memories of when Anna was that young." She said, "Memories from before I shut her out for thirteen years." She added. Her voice taking a more softer tone.

"Hey," you said, "You shouldn't look back on those memories, just let them go. If you think too much on the past, it's going to plague your future."

"I know, I've learned to let them go." Elsa said, "but that doesn't stop them from coming back." There was a pause, then Elsa took a breath and tried to think of a way to change the subject, "Your consort is a very remarkable woman." She said.

You chuckled, "Ah Mallory, yeah. I was very lucky to have come across her." you said.

Elsa felt something burn inside her, but she pushed it away, "So, how did you come across her?" Elsa asked.

You stopped and looked down as your smile fell into a frown, then you began to walk again, "It was not long after I arrived at Frostridge to take it back, at first I thought it would be easy. If I stormed the castle with my army of darkness all at once using a surprise attack, I could do things quickly." You said, then the corners of your mouth twitched as you let out a slight laugh, "But I've forgotten just how strong Frostridge was, Frostridge was always a warring kingdom." You explained, "Even though it's been centuries since Frostridge has been involved in a war, its military has always been its best resource. Our armies are among the most feared in the world. Precious metals and gemstones are a close second." You said.

The Duke's ears perked, precious metals and gemstones? And a very powerful army as well? The Duke grinned as he stroked his mustache. He was sensing an opportunity, he continued to listen.

"I hit the kingdom hard and managed to get into the palace and take the fight to the king, but I underestimated him due to his old age and maddened state. I had no idea he was once an admiral for Frostridge's armies, released from service and banished for being too brutal." You said.

Elsa felt nervous, "Is that even possible?" she asked you, "With what I've heard about your kingdoms armies, they're already pretty brutal."

"Well, it is possible, and Horvath achieved it." you said, "He was strong and quick, he had the knowledge and skill of an army veteran, the mind of a madman and the what seemed like the body of a man half his age." You said, "He easily bested me, but he spared my life and gave me a chance to run. Not before he gave me this," you said while bringing a hand up to the scar on your face, "I ran, but that didn't mean he was letting me off easily. The guards chased me with the intent to kill me, they chased me until I hit a dead end. I was about to use my powers when Mallory came out of nowhere and attacked the guards." You said, "You've should've seen her, I was surprised at the amount of skilled she showed, she was like a one-woman army. She was perhaps the reason how I managed to make it out unscathed." You said, smiling as you recalled the memory.

Elsa frowned, "So you escaped with her and just decided to join forces?"

"Well, not that quickly." You said, "At first I thought she wanted to kill me herself, so when she was distracted I knocked her away with my powers and escaped." You explained, "I went deep into the mountain along with all of my army of darkness. I didn't see Mallory again for another few weeks, Brute found her sneaking around and brought her to me. She told me about how Horvath was her father and that he had disowned her. She helped me escape because she wanted to help me take back the throne, when Horvath heard about how Mallory helped me, he banished her and marked her as a traitor to the kingdom. So I welcomed her into my forces as my left-hand woman and the rest is history." You said finishing the story.

Elsa nodded, "Well, it must've felt good to have some human company." She said.

You chuckled, "Yeah, spending 5 years with nothing but a walking tree and a bunch of shadows…I would've gone nuts." You said and the two of you laughed. After the laughing died down, you spoke again, "Well, while we're on the subject of Mallory?" you turned toward Elsa, "How do you know her?"

Elsa had kind of been expecting that question to come up eventually, but it still threw her slightly off, "What?"

"Well, Mallory introduced you to me as you we had never met and that is understandable, but the fact that she introduced you made it seem like you already knew each other." You explained, "Care to elaborate."

Elsa nodded, "Well, we actually met yesterday night. I was having trouble sleeping and decided to go for a midnight stroll through your castle and got lost." She said. You snickered, but quickly hide it when she gave you the look, "As I was saying, I ran into Mallory as she was walking around as well. She invited me for a hot chocolate and we started talking."

You were curious, "What were you talking about?"

Elsa didn't immediately answer as she was trying to figure out what she could say, "I asked if Mallory was a royal, she told me how she was going to be a consort."

"I see," you said with a nod, "Did she say that she was going to be my consort?"

"Well, she talked about you, but she never said your name so I had no idea she was going to be your consort." She said, but to be honest…that really did change some things. It was something she had been thinking of ever since she discovered that Mallory was your consort. It meant that Mallory was in love with you. Mallory said that she thought that her king was in love with someone else. Did that mean that you were in love with someone? Could it be possible that you were in love with-

"Here we are." You said, breaking Elsa out of her thoughts. Elsa looked to see that you were in front of a door, "I think you're going to like this." You said. Then you looked around to see if anyone was around before opening to door and holding it open for her, "After you."

Elsa smiled, "Always the gentleman." She said as she walked through the doorway with you following her.

The Duke raised an eyebrow, from both interest and confusion. He knew what was in that room. Actually it wasn't really that big of a secret what was in that room. He was pretty sure all the guest were shown it when they arrived. So, why were you checking to see if anyone was around?

"I'm going to follow them alone." He said to the two Weselton guards accompanying him, "Stand guard by that door, I'll let you know if I see anything interesting." He said.

"Sir, are you sure that's a good idea; considering what they can do?" One of the guards asked.

"I think I'll be fine, sorcery can't defend them from everything." He said while patting the pistol that was concealed under his coat.

Elsa walked into the room and say that it was an art room, or rather a portrait room. The room was a long rectangle that was very long and the dark purple walls reached very high. Wall sconces lined the walls illuminating the hundreds of portraits that hung on the walls. Each portrait was the same size and had similarly designed frames fashioned from solid gold, the portrait depicted a man and a woman dressed in very royal garments of various styles, spanning across several time periods.

Elsa looked around, almost in awe. "It's incredible, isn't it?" You asked from behind her. She nodded, "Well, what you're looking at…is my family tree. Hundreds of kings and queens spanning back so many generations."

"There's so many." Elsa said, looking around the room.

"Yeah," You smiled proudly, "Frostridge has one of the largest dynasties of any kingdom. Come on, there's someone I want you to meet." and began to lead her towards a specific painting.

It was at the far end of the room and seemed to be spotlighted because there was a sconce one either side and above it. The painting looked newer than the other portraits and depicted a well-built man with black hair, brown eyes, and tanned skin wearing the crown of Frostridge. At his side was a blonde woman with an elegant form and dark blue eyes. On her head was a circlet similar to the one Mallory wore, except it was gold and had amethysts.

"Elsa," you said, "allow me to introduce you to my mother and father."

Elsa's eyes widened and she looked towards you, "This is your..." She said, you nodded as a response. Elsa turned back towards the portrait, then she took a few steps forward and bowed. "It's a real pleasure to meet both of you." She said as she looked at your parents' faces.

You walked up neck to her and placed a hand on Elsa's shoulder, "I'm sure they would've really liked you."

Elsa turned toward you, "And they'd be very proud of you." She said with a heartfelt smile, you returned it. "So, you brought me all the way down here just to introduce me to your parents?" Elsa asked out of curiosity.

"Well...that's really only half the reason." You said before walking right up to the painting, /"You see, there's a special significance about this particular spot. The current King and queen's portrait is meant to hang here." You explained.

Elsa became slightly confused, "Then shouldn't your portrait be hanging there?" She asked.

"Well, I was coronated just today." You said, "Plus, I need to get married first. The Royal portraits are painted after the coronated king or queen has been married." You explained, "Among my other responsibilities, finding a spouse is rather important." You said, "Once I'm married, my portrait will be placed in this frame, why this one?" You asked. "Well, things aren't always what they seem to be." You said before pressing a diamond at the bottom of the frame.

After the gem was pressed, there was a click and a slight rumbling noise as the portrait, along with a section of the wall, slowly swung out to reveal a tunnel behind it. Elsa was shocked into a slight daze, but she came out of it when you grabbed her hand and started to pull her down the tunnel.

Duke watched with a great amount of interest, "Now this is getting quite interesting."

-*X*x*X*-

Okay everyone, I'm sorry it's short, but that's all I can give you for this chapter. The pacing seemed a little slow to me as I was writing it...but I promise all of you that things will pick up in the next chapter.

Wolf, I think you might be working too hard.

I'm fine, lets start going through the reviews.

Fenix Fireblaze
Well I'm glad that you're enjoying my company. And I'm sure that whatever our author has planned for the ending, it'll be good.
Well we'll see, glad to know that you won't truly be hunting me down. We wouldn't want to make a mess of things now would we? And it looks like my fans are a lot more interesting than I expected.

NTYTekHTTYDFan
Oh, it's you again. A real pleasure to see you. I'm glad that you continue to support this story. And reunions are always a good thing to have, and apparently a real treasure to think or read about.
I very much appreciate the support, and yes it was difficult and I'm glad you know and understand the struggle. This is my only story to reach over 25 chapters and it's difficult to keep a decent plot going for that long.

Alyssa Sanguine
Hmm, you sure there's nothing to talk about?
Okay there may be something we need to talk about. We'll discuss it later, I promise.

cmech54
Well I'm not sure how to answer that, considering I'd be one half of the cat fight.
Well...there may be something I can do. Don't let me look at that Elsa I was joking!

kaijuroar11
Hm, a new name? Well that's nice, but what's Wattpad?
It's another writing site like this, I'll show you later. And that's great man, maybe I'll check out your work later.

Danielxfluff
Okay, I understand the joys of reading, but is it healthy for you to stay up so late?
Wow, didn't know my story was gripping. I am glad you're enjoying the story though and that you like how I've paced the relationship progress. And I had a good few months...now I'm depressed for reflecting on job long it's been.

The Burning Ruler
Well here I am.
Yes there she is, beautiful as ever.

FinalEclipse1
Wolf, you shouldn't choke your fans. Even if you think you're teaching them a lesson. I'm flattered that you think I'm not a monster.
Well you never know, I may create a threesome. You guys never know what I have planned up here.

Stylin80
Aw, poor thing. I hope your life is better now. Here, maybe this will help. *blows kiss*
Well I'm glad my updates help, as for your question. Nothing happened this chapter, but who knows what lies within the next chapter.

Lelouch-Strife
Please Wolf.
I can't make any promises, but the Duke with get what's coming go him.

Danny Nightshade
Not sure how to respond to this.
I'm glad you enjoyed.

Draconus S
Well I'm glad that you enjoyed it and thank you for the compliment.
You're very good at detecting where I get my inspiration from. I'm a very big fan of the Inheritance series. And I'm glad you appreciate the references.

Aragorns
You certainly had a lot to say, and I'm glad that do many of them were positive.
I agree, I'm glad you've stuck with this story to its current point. I'm sorry if you see any more errors, I have yo write this chapter on a tablet rather than a laptop.

Whew, I'm glad that we're finished with that.

You certainly have a lot of fans to get this many reviews each chapter.

Looks like it. Well everyone, I'm glad you could join us for this chapter and hope to see all of you next time. Elsa, if you would do the honors.

This is Queen Elsa of Arendelle and W. R. Winters signing off.