Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Frozen Flame enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own Frozen; Disney and a few others do.
(Kingdom of Ignis)
"Their shipyards are the reason their fleet is stronger than Ignis. We destroy their shipyards or at least damage them enough to blockade their ports? You can starve them out." Elsa explained. Pyram hummed and blinked with consideration for the idea.
"The king is unwilling to use our army to fight back at the moment… How do you plan on sabotaging their shipyards?" Elsa turned to General Horace.
"We can use the navy to do that, we have several ships that can get us to get within range… Elsa and me will sabotage things. Your magic over ice and my magic over fire makes it a lot easier. I'll do it as long as we use as little ships as possible." Pyram said. He turned to the General.
"I want you to remember we don't have a massive army, General… And reinforcements from across the other cities are weeks away. I'll be open to more aggressive battle plans when we get our reinforcements. I refuse to throw lives into the grinder if we aren't going to gain anything from it. You know we are at war; we don't have massive amounts of time to plan. You know for a fact that our military is not normally deployed for things like this. I'm not forcing our people to join the military. I'm going and bringing the Ember and a handful of Schooners to cripple their shipyards. Admiral? I want you to ready the rest of our fleet to blockade their port…" Pyram got off from his chair and walked towards the door.
"You're just going to cower under our walls while our people die? You're so quick to accept an outsider…" Horace started to say before Pyram turned to look at him.
"I'm done trying to reason with you, General. You are the commander of our military. I entrust you with the duty of making sure Ignis weathers the storm striking us. I will have you sent to handling garrison duty if you wish to question my ability to help guide our people. I already told you, we are at war… You questioning your charge will lead to division, which will weaken us. I will not allow our kingdom to be broken by division." He stated before he turned and walked through the door while Elsa followed.
The other officers looked at the General as he looked around the room for support, he saw none.
(With Pyram)
Pyram looked at Elsa before rubbing at his eyes.
"This is one reason I dislike politics. I understand why we have to fight them head on, but Mer has trained it's army to fight us head on…" Pyram walked alongside the queen of Arendelle.
"You ever have to make choices you dislike in the end? Something you don't know how to solve?" He asked.
"All the time, it's one reason I don't like being queen sometimes… But we both have duties." Elsa looked at Pyram and remembered how differently their appearances contrasted each other.
"Duty doesn't make it easier to deal with. I have people to look after. I don't enjoy killing, a duel to test your skill? That's different, I'm not a soldier, I don't have experience on the battlefield like my father was before." He stated.
"Your trying your best, aren't you? I heard you talk about how you don't want to end the war by destroying the other kingdoms." Elsa saw Pyram's eyes glow their inhuman red before he hummed.
"Mer and its allies are innocent. I don't blame soldiers who serve the emperor, they live in fear of their ruler. I'm not a warlord. I have no desire to hoard power under myself. I only wish to do what must be done for my kingdom to prosper. My father was killed before I was ever ready to rule. You had time to prepare for the throne… I'm sorry about what happened to them. I… I was out of line." Pyram said before he powerwalked away.
Elsa caught up to him in an instant and he took a step back and nearly collapsed. Elsa couldn't stifle a giggle as the King caught himself and climbed to his feet.
"Very funny." Pyram smirked under his helmet and hummed.
"You're the first person who hasn't acted like I'm the only guy with answers and actually like I'm just some guy with magic powers and a crown on his head. Thank you for that." Pyram stated before he turned and walked away with Elsa following.
"I thank you for allowing me to send letters to Anna… Will Chorus be ok?" Pyram turned to her with amusement.
"That bird is as stubborn as me. She'll deliver it a lot faster than you think. You're my guest, it's only right that I treat said guest like an honored membered of the kingdom…. We have a shipyard to disable." Pyram said before Elsa and he passed into another room to speak at the moment about their plan to disable Mer's ability to wage aquatic war.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter done! I'm sorry for the chapters being short, after 20 chapters it will be a longer story. Next chapter will be on next Friday and will show Elsa and Pyram attacking Mer's shipyards. It will also show more of their friendship growing quickly into romance. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
