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4/6/21: Completed
4/7/21: Corrected the number of Hans' brothers
BIRTHING, YURI, INCEST
Chapter Summery: Cassandra uses her memory powers to look for a particular detail of her past. Later, the sister's secret is discovered.
Disclaimer: I don't own Elsa, Anna, Cassandra or any other Disney characters or locations that appear or are mentioned in this work of fiction, Disney does.
NOTE: Considering Iduna's alive now, I'm unsure if there's any 'chain of command' procedure concerning a once thought dead or missing King or Queen returning and their role has been taken by their child and if the previous King or Queen has any right to the crown. That topic is brought up in this chapter, so if there's any glaring issues, I apologize.
- 11:56 A.M., Cassandra's Room -
Allowed use of one of the castle's bedrooms, Cassandra currently lies on her bed, now wearing the green handmaid attire, lacking the jacket and head covering. Cassandra found it a little strange to be staying in a castle again, but appreciated the sister's kindness to give her a room and a comfortable bed, which allowed her to sleep soundly.
Following the rescuing of Elsa and Anna from their embarrassing moment with their father, Cassandra enjoyed the tour of the town from Kristoff and a the very talkative Olaf. Kristoff seemed genuine enough, he claimed to be an Ice Harvester and going by how he talked about it, Cassandra was inclined to believe him, though she got in a playful jab about about the security of his job with a Queen who could make ice on demand, which Kristoff laughed off. Cassandra was happy to know Kristoff wasn't a criminal at least.
While having prior knowledge of Olaf, Cassandra was still a little surprised upon first meeting the child-like snowman. The surprise was soon traded for awe and wonder from his creation, an independent, self-aware living being that could seemingly go as far from Elsa as he pleased. Cassandra was even more impressed when Olaf told her he had a brother; a much bigger snowman that lived in Elsa's Ice Castle up in the mountains.
All in all, the tour of the town was enjoyable, meeting a number of the citizens, who were very nice to her. At first glance, there also didn't look to be any suspicious looking people.
After breakfast, Cassandra had returned to her room to her current position, relaxing on her back with her hands under her head, looking up to the ceiling; however, while Cassandra's gaze was upwards, it wasn't her focus as she recalled what Ahtohallan told her.
"I can see my past..." commented Cassandra, before a slightly saddened expression came to her face. "I can see my mother... if she ever really cared for me, or if I was just some accident she tolerated."
Cassandra soon let out a sigh and moved her right hand from under her head and draped her arm over her face.
'Is it really worth it though?' thought Cassandra. 'Opening this old wound that's caused everyone around me so much trouble, because of me? There's no Zhan Tiri to try to manipulate me though... no mirrors that can be broken and context removed, just... the truth...' added Cassandra, before she pulled her arm from her face and positioned her hand in front of her face before a light frosty aura surrounded her hand. "... by my own hand, within me." she added aloud.
Cassandra then sighed again before she lowered her hand to the bed; moment's later, she sat up and positioned herself on the edge of the bed.
"Knowing I can see the truth anytime is going to bug me until I do it! I should've never asked if I could see memories like Elsa." commented Cassandra as another lengthy sigh left her, before she lifted a shaky right hand out in front of her. "For better or worse; I need to know... is there any moment of my life that Gothel genuinely cared about me?"
While Cassandra's hand was extended, she delayed in acting; What if she shot out her magic and nothing happened, no memory? What if Gothel never truly cared about her? Cassandra could feel the tears coming from that possible outcome, but pushed the tears back.
"Even if no memory shows up... even if Gothel didn't care about me, there are people in my life that do; Like Eugene, Varian... my dad and Raps, who didn't give up on me." commented Cassandra with a smile as she thought of her friends and father, before she looked at her shaking hand and her smile faded. "Better to know the truth and be done with the worrying and stress of what if; I can move on from this."
Cassandra took a slow breath, before her shaking hand steadied as a frosty aura covered her hand then propelled a burst of magic out in front of her.
Cassandra felt her heart race as a frosty cloud swirled in front of her; would it simply disperse into nothing, leaving her with the saddening reality that the woman that birthed her didn't care about her, or was there even one moment of genuine care the woman had for her? Cassandra just wanted one...
Just seconds from her hand, Cassandra saw the cloud shift and begin to take form and a smile immediately came to Cassandra's face.
"So there IS something!" commented Cassandra with delight and relief.
Cassandra saw a scene form in front of her, it wasn't life-sized like Elsa's, but suspended in front of her; The scene revealed Gothel and two other face-less woman. Cassandra was surprise by the content of the memory; Gothel was sitting on the floor, supported with pillows behind her while one woman knelt at her left side, gripping her hand as she groaned and moaned in pain as a towel was draped over her waist while the second woman was positioned between Gothel's legs, her head under the towel, before it was displaced as the woman removed herself from under it.
"You're almost there! Just a little more!" declared the woman between Gothel's legs.
"My birth..." commented Cassandra, as her smile grew. "Of course, if there's any moment she'd care, it would be my birth." she added, before her smile faded from a saddening possibility. "...right?"
Cassandra watched the scene of her birth with great interest, the two unknown woman encouraging Gothel through the event, groaning and screaming in pain, before the task was done, with the sound of the baby's cries, allowing Gothel to relax, nearly going limp in relief, breathing heavily.
"Congratulations!" cheered the woman between Gothel's legs as she lifted and presented the newborn baby. "It's a girl!"
Seeing her own birth, Cassandra felt a little emotional, feeling tears welling up in her eyes; however...
"Finally!" declared Gothel between breathes. "I'm rid of the parasite!"
The tears that left Cassandra's eyes were of utter sadness upon hearing Gothel speak. However, stunned by the reveal that Gothel clearly seemed to not want her, the two woman with her quickly chastised her for the remark.
"Gothel!" gasped the woman by her side, before the other, wrapping the newborn in a nearby towel, commented...
"What a horrible thing to say!" as she finish wrapping the newborn and held her close and gently rocked her in her arms and spoke softly to the baby, "It's gonna be ok little one; welcome to the world."
"How can you say that about a baby!?" declared the woman at Gothel's side.
"Because it's the truth." answered Gothel. "It's just a noisy nuisance that I'll be glad to get rid of."
The newborn's crying started to die down as the woman holding the baby looked at Gothel and sadly asked...
"After nine months, you feel nothing for her?"
"Absolutely not!" answered Gothel. "It's been a nine month headache! Draining me of energy, the disgusting food cravings I'd have, the nausea and sickness. Ugh and worse of all, I looked horrible!"
Cassandra couldn't believe what she was hearing; the worst possible outcome: she was unwanted; but she asked for a memory of Gothel showing genuine care for her, this was the opposite, unless... a change happened...
"I refuse to believe that." commented the woman to Gothel's side.
"Same here." added the other. "You're a self-centered jerk and a selfish as-person, but if you truly didn't care about the life growing inside you, no amount of us trying to convince you to carry it to term would've worked." she added, before carefully presenting the newborn to Gothel, who looked at the woman strangely.
"I don't want it."
"Just hold your baby, Gothel." declared the woman at Gothel's side with annoyance.
"Please." requested the other woman. "You just brought a life into the world; just hold her. If you still feel nothing, I'll take her; as agreed."
Gothel soon rolled her eyes with a groan.
"Fine! You two are just going to keep bugging me anyway! Give her here..."
Tentative hope then began to rise in Cassandra again, would Gothel embracing her for the first time be the trigger for Gothel to develop a genuine care for her?
Gothel then reached out her hands and the woman in front of her carefully handed off the newborn to Gothel, who cradled the baby in her arms. Just moments into holding the baby, the last of its crying stopped while Gothel looked down to it with an uninterested stare.
"So you're the one that's been leeching off me for nine months." commented Gothel, before she heard a disappointed sigh from the two woman and Gothel looked up at them with annoyance. "I said I'd hold it, not that I'd be nice." she stated, before she looked back down to the newborn, though seconds later, she used some of the towel around the baby's head to wipe some of the blood and afterbirth from its face.
Despite Gothel's callous words, Cassandra noticed the small act with great interest and lifted her right hand towards the memory, before the two woman disappeared, leaving Gothel and the memory grew bigger to just Gothel from the waist up holding baby Cassandra.
"Why would I be nice to something I didn't want from the start that only cased me headache?"
Then, Cassandra saw the newborn open its small eyes for the first time, looking up at Gothel, whose uninterested scowl slowly faded after a moment for a look of wonderment or possible confusion, which prompted a small, hopeful smile to Cassandra's face, before to her delight, saw Gothel's face soften with the slightest of smiles.
However, the moment was short-lived as Gothel flinched with a small gasp and looked up.
"What, no I'm not!" declared Gothel, before handing off the newborn. "Take it back!"
Cassandra lifted her right hand again, stopping the memory, before reversing it, to the point of Gothel gazing down at the Newborn with the slight smile, which prompted tears to well up and fall from Cassandra's eyes.
"In this moment, she actually cares." commented Cassandra. "Well, she obviously feed and clothed me, so deep, deep down, she must've cared in some way, or she would've just aband-" added Cassandra, before she quickly recalled Gothel doing just that and her delight deflating as she averted her gaze for a moment. "She DID abandon me."
Cassandra then looked to the wonderful scene in front of her again and smiled briefly, before she lifted her right hand towards the memory.
"Probably not a good idea, but..."
Cassandra then waved her hand, dispersing the memory and changing it to something else, more familiar; the memory of Gothel abandoning her. Seeing her young self looking out the window of her home as Gothel stood outside beyond the wooden bridge leading to her home as the Corona solders entered the house. While the memory was painful witness again, Cassandra briefly closed her eyes and took a breath.
Opening her eyes, Cassandra stopped the memory and reversed it a few moments to the point that Gothel hid herself and her horse behind a large rock as the soldier's approached. She then shifted the view outside, focusing on Gothel herself before Cassandra resumed the memory. Cassandra saw Gothel emerge from behind the rock as the solders entered the home, cradling the baby Rapunzel in her arms, however, to Cassandra's surprise...
"Is that, concern?" questioned Cassandra, as she saw Gothel look at the young Cassandra, gazing worriedly at her, before Gothel looked down to the baby in her arms. However, with her younger self hurrying to the open door and uttering a confused 'Mama?' alerting the guards to her presence, Gothel frowned and quickly retrieved the sword from her horse and cut the ropes from the bridge and hastily mounted the horse and retreated without a second look back.
Seeing the memory with a closer focus on Gothel, Cassandra closed her eyes with a frown as she placed her right hand over her face as she felt the tears fall.
"In the end, she abandoned me and any possible love she had for her own selfish desire for the Sundrop's power. I wanted the truth... but seeing this again just makes the memory I saw before hurt even more. How did Gothel become the way she was?" stated Cassandra sadly, before she shook her head. "No... I can't spiral into looking into the past of a woman who didn't care in the end. I wanted to know if there was any moment she cared and I got that."
Cassandra then lowered her hand and lifted her gaze to the frozen memory in front of her and waved her left hand, dispersing the memory, before wiping her face with her right hand.
"I have to look forward, not live in the past." commented Cassandra, before using her sleeve to wipe the tears from her face. "Ohh, now I kinda wish I didn't have this memory power." she added, before smiling. "...But there's a bunch of good memories I could choose to relive too, not just depressing ones."
Cassandra then heard a knocking from her door and the sound of Anna's voice.
"Hey Cassandra, you in there? It's Anna."
"Yeah." replied Cassandra, quickly doing a second pass of wiping her face.
"You busy?" asked Anna. "Can I come in?"
"You can come in." answered Cassandra, "The doors open."
The door then opened and Anna walked in with a smile, her usually braided hair now free and loose, walking and stopping a couple of feet in front of Cassandra.
"Hey." greeted Anna. "I just came to check and see how you're doing."
The comment prompted a chuckle from Cassandra.
"Is that really something the Princess needs to do?"
"Heh, not 'need'; want!" replied Anna delightfully, which brought out another chuckle from Cassandra.
"Well, having a proper bed again is nice." replied Cassandra as she patted the bed with her right hand, which prompted a little giggle from Anna as she joined Cassandra on the bed, sitting to her right.
"Good! Besides, we're friends; Only normal to see how you're doing after a big change."
Cassandra then sighed as she lowered her gaze.
"Are we?"
"What do you mean?" asked Anna, looking to Cassandra curiously. "Of course we are."
"I'm just some stranger you picked up from a deserted island." answered Cassandra. "The only reason I'm even here right now is because I have a connection with Raps and you know of me. Raps doesn't lie, but things could change between those stories and now. I could be a threat for all you know."
Following Cassandra's statement, Anna sighed and briefly lowered her gaze as well, before commenting...
"You're right; We had an advantage in knowing who you were from Rapunzel; Heh, she basically vouched for you." stated Anna as she looked to Cassandra with a smile, before a small chuckle left Cassandra.
"That's certainly something she'd do."
"Hearing about you from Rapunzel definitely affects my willingness to be your friend..." stated Anna. "...I won't deny that, but it's not the ONLY reason. You've shown me and Elsa you're a good person. You could've easily killed me when we first met, but you didn't; You saw that I was no fighter like you and was willing to stop and talk." she added, before Cassandra looked to her and smirked...
"Well I'm not heartless." replied Cassandra. "I'm not going to kill someone too scared to fight back and cowering in fear."
"Heh, and I thank you for that." commented Anna with a smile. "Just to add, you were willing to help us in moving Ahtohallan and helped in reviving our parents. So yeah, Rapunzel put in a good word for you, but YOU showed us that you're a good person and worthy of my friendship; if you're willing to accept it."
After a moment, Cassandra left out a small exhale with a smile, before she lowered her gaze to her lap.
"I guess having another Princess as a friend wouldn't be the worse thing in the world." replied Cassandra, lifting her gaze to Anna again, smiling.
"Hehe, nope!" stated Anna delightfully. "You can add a Queen to that as well."
"Heh... well, as long as you accept my friendship as well, Your Highness." replied Cassandra.
"Awesome!" declared Anna. "It's official, we're friends! But, the most important rule of being my friend..." added Anna with a big smile. "Absolutely no formalities! Just call me Anna."
"Really?" asked Cassandra curiously. "But we just met two days ago."
"Yep!" answered Anna. "All my friends- well, the few I have, call me Anna."
"Well, ok then; Anna." replied Cassandra with a smile, before Anna gasped with delight...
"Oh, since we're officially friends now, can I call you Cass!?"
"Heh, sure." replied Cassandra with a smile; while Anna expressed delight at the approval, Cassandra simply smiled and was reminded of Rapunzel.
However, Anna noticed Cassandra staring at her with a smile.
"Why are you smiling at me like that?" asked Anna with a curious smile of her own.
"Oh, s-sorry." replied Cassandra, with a nervous chuckle as she averted her gaze. "You just have a familiar...aura, so delightful and happy; One that I've grown to love."
"Oh..." replied Anna, as a light blush rose on her cheeks. "Uh, thanks, I guess."
"Hehe, don't worry." replied Cassandra as she lifted her gaze back to Anna with a smirk. "I know you're not her; I'm not trying to flirt or anything crazy like that. You just remind me of her."
"Her?" asked Anna curiously, before grinning. "There's someone you like!?" she added eagerly.
Cassandra smirks in return before lowering her gaze to her lap.
"Yeah, but it's not a like; I love her." answered Cassandra as her cheeks redden a little, while Anna gasped with delight. "We could never be together though."
"Why not!?" asked Anna excitedly.
"Well, she already had a boyfriend for one, soo..." answered Cassandra.
"Ohh, sorry." replied Anna with a cringe and placing her left hand to Cassandra's shoulder.
"Hehe... secondly... she was a Princess." added Cassandra.
"Wow." replied Anna wide-eyed, before smirking. "Well you certainly shoot high; Reminds me of certain Handmaid that works here, heh." she added, which prompted a chuckle from Cassandra.
"Yeah, I sure do."
However, a moment later, a realization hit Anna as she briefly averted her eyes in thought.
"Wait, you're in love with a princess? Are you talking about-"
"You wanna know something crazy?" asked Cassandra, before she leaned back on her back, looking up to the ceiling. "I didn't even like her when we first met. She was so happy and bubbly and naïve. She tried so much to befriend everyone; I found her annoying. She was just so... much." added Cassandra, before she sighed. "Given her past though, it was understandable... trapped in that tower for her whole life, with a lizard for her only friend. She was so eager for a friend and I'm not exactly the easiest person to be friends with."
Anna smiled and thought...
'She's definitely talking about Rapunzel.'
Cassandra though, chuckles and lifted herself into sitting again and shook her head.
"Sorry, being around people again after being on that island has me rambling on. There's more important things you could be doing right now, besides listening to my sappy stories of unrequited love."
"I don't mind." commented Anna with a smile. "Can't promise I'll have anything to add, but I'm a really good listener."
"Really?" asked Cassandra.
"Yeah; so if you don't mind continuing, I'll just sit here and listen."
"Thanks." replied Cassandra with a smile. "So, our friendship grew as time went on; I began to enjoy being around her. Eventually, that friendship grew into something else for me, but I kept it to myself. She was spoken for after all, it would just cause needless trouble and stress, plus she's royalty, I was a handmaid, so yeah." added Cassandra, before a small chuckle left her and she leaned back to on the bed again. "Heh, I really had no chance from the very beginning... I was fine with that though, just having her friendship was enough, and I got to mess with her boyfriend; that was fun."
After a few moments, Cassandra's smile faded for a slightly saddened expression as she averted her gaze.
"But then things began to happen..." continued Cassandra. "...Dangerous things, and I wanted to be someone she could trust and rely on." Cassandra then directed her gaze upwards and lifted her right hand into view, looking at it and flexing her hand. "Things escalated and I... just made everything worse." she added before lowering her hand back to her side. "Even then though, she refused to give up on me, even after I nearly destroyed the kingdom."
While choosing to simply listen, Anna felt just had to speak up following Cassandra's latest comment.
"You were being manipulated though."
The remark prompted a small, though disappointed chuckle from Cassandra, before she sat up and a heavy sigh left her.
"Yeah, but there were things in me that allowed the manipulation... anger, resentment... I wasn't being controlled or forced, there was no sword to my neck; in the end, I made the choices I did. There were even moments of hesitation, she continued to reach out to me... but I still chose to continue my misguided actions. More than once I've thought if I just told her how I was feeling instead of keeping it in, things would've turned out different." explained Cassandra, before another sigh left her and a small smile came to her as she shook her head. "But I'm not exactly a 'share your feelings' kind of person. Hehe, but here I am doing just that with someone I've only known for two days." she added as she looked to Anna, who smiled.
"Well, I'm sure it feels good to get it out, right?"
"Yeah..." replied Cassandra, before she averted her gaze. "Did Raps tell you what happened between us at the very end?"
"She said you two parted ways as friends." answered Anna.
Cassandra then directed her gaze to the floor, with a little smile.
"At the very end, I told her, 'I love you'. She said it back, but I knew she didn't mean it the same way I did... I think she knew though; but it was ok, I didn't expect her to. It was more for me; I wanted to say it out loud to her. It may sound weird, but I wanted the rejection."
"Hmm, well..." started Anna with a little smile as she briefly averted her gaze. "It's not that weird; What you've said reminds me of a similar event that I experienced a few days ago."
"Really?" asked Cassandra, lifting her gaze to Anna.
"Yeah; Using your example though, I'd be Rapunzel." answered Anna.
"How did it make you feel?"
"Well..." answered Anna. "I won't say her name, but I have a handmaid whose been with me for a few years and we were really close friends; One of my only friends growing up after our parents disappeared. I found out she was attracted to me, she even admitted it; It was pretty flattering " Added Anna with a smile.
"Was this before or after your relationship with your sister?" asked Cassandra.
"Before." answered Anna. "Elsa had become... unavailable. Even though my handmaid admitted she liked me, I just saw her as a friend and she was fine with it, she actually had no intention to make a move. Although... heh, since the truth was out, she'd start to flirt with me and other inappropriate things; which I gave a pass since we were friends and I made sure she knew the boundaries of what I'd allow, there were limits."
"That must've been awkward when you were dating your sister." commented Cassandra.
"Hehe, yeah... Elsa's pretty possessive of me, and so am I to Elsa. So when I told Elsa about El-I mean, my handmaid, she when straight to her and threatened her. Eventually, Elsa found out Isabelle, the woman you met yesterday, had a previous relationship with my friend and still had feelings for her. So Elsa was pretty blunt in playing matchmaker and convinced my friend to resume their previous relationship. They were already friends and their 'break-up' was mutual, so they had no ill-will towards each other, but there was a secret one was keeping from the other that was recently exposed. So they get back together and really hit it off."
"Well that's nice." commented Cassandra.
"Yeah, but my friend began to feel bad being with her 'ex' but still thinking of me and since she was my personal handmaid, saw it as a conflict of interests and wanted to resign. I didn't want that though, so we came up with an agreement; she'd be allowed a few weeks break as she worked through her feelings about me and works on her relationship. If she can 'get over me', she won't need to resign, but if being my handmaid is too distracting, I'll allow her to resign."
"Wow..." commented Cassandra. "I hope it works out. I didn't leave Raps with no intention of ever seeing her again."
"Oh, me neither." stated Anna. "I forgot to add that even if she ends up resigning, she said she could try getting a different job in the castle. Apparently, she's a really good cook." added Anna with a smile.
"Hehe, really?"
"Yeah, it would suck that she wouldn't be around me nearly as much, but at least we could still see each other and talk."
"I see." replied Cassandra with a smile. "For me, I decided to leave to 'Find my destiny'; Hehe... but really, it was just a fancy way of saying I want to be important, my own adventure..." she added, before lifting her right hand and it's soon covered in a skin-tight icy 'glove'. "Got a bit more than I was expecting."
Briefly looking to Cassandra's small show of her magic, Anna smiled and commented...
"Well, just think of how surprised Rapunzel will be when you show her your magic!"
Anna's comment though, prompted a disappointing sigh from Cassandra and her low reply...
"Right..."
"What's wrong?" asked Anna. "You don't want her to know?"
"No, no... well, kinda..." answered Cassandra, with another sigh as she dissipated the ice around her hand. "I know Raps would likely be happy, but it seems wrong to excitedly run up to her showing off my magic, seems pretty rude... especially after everything that happened when I did have magic."
"Ah, gotcha." replied Anna.
"So don't mention I have magic to her." stated Cassandra. "I'd like to tell her myself, eventually."
"Alright, I'll let Elsa know too."
"Thanks."
"So, how about a change of topic?" asked Anna.
"Sure, any lighter topics?" replied Cassandra with a smile.
"Hmm, have you thought about our offer to join the Royal Guard since yesterday" asked Anna.
"Actually, yeah, I have." replied Cassandra with smirk. "I'm not quite ready to make a yes or no decision yet though."
"Oh, I'm not trying to pressure you into it or anything!" quickly commented Anna.
"Thanks, but... while I appreciate the offer, I don't want the job handed to me. If I do this, I want to earn it properly; what ever test or trail there is, I want to do it." replied Cassandra with a smile.
"Oh, well, ok then." stated Anna. "I guess just handing someone a Royal Guard position is kinda weird."
"Thanks." added Cassandra.
"No problem. Feels a lot better to earn something or see results from practice than to just have it given to you. I often go out to practice my magic, feels real good when I figure something out that I can do." replied Anna with a smile.
"Hehe, I certainly spent a lot of time practicing mine." commented Cassandra.
"Oh, speaking of magic: how do you make you're eyes glow!?" asked Anna excitedly, which prompted a chuckle from Cassandra.
"Well wasn't expecting that."
"It looked really cool!" declared Anna. "Is it an unconscious thing or on purpose?"
"Heh, it's on purpose. I wanted to look intimidating when I met the 'trespassers'."
"Ohh..." replied Anna, before she giggled with a smirk. "That means you dedicated time to practice and rehearse the meeting."
"W-What, no I didn't!" quickly replied Cassandra, however, her face quickly reddened.
"Hmmm?" hummed Anna with a grin as she stared at Cassandra, who turned her head away. "Really? How did you know your eyes were glowing if you didn't make a mirror?"
"The natural ice was reflective." answered Cassandra.
"Why don't I believe that?"
Cassandra glanced to Anna grinning at her a couple of times, before she groaned.
"F-Fine! Perhaps... I did, maybe... possibility... occupied myself with a little, acting." stated Cassandra, which prompted a giggling from Anna, which in turn caused Cassandra to groan again, in embarrassment.
"Well you're practice worked." commented Anna. "With your eyes glowing in the darkness really gave off an eerie, intimidating aura. Hey, can you teach me how to do it!?" asked Anna excitedly, which prompted a chuckle from Cassandra.
"Sure."
- Later that day, 1:34 P.M. -
- Castle Library -
"... And then, Anna punches Hans off the ship." finished Elsa with a little smile as she and Agnarr stood besides the open window, as the icy memory of the event played out in front of the two, which prompted a chuckle from Agnarr.
"Hehe, seriously? That was a pretty hefty punch."
"Yep." replied Elsa as she saw the memory of herself and Anna hugging. "Anna hurt her wrist a little, but she was fine." added Elsa, before she waved her left hand and dispersed the memory. "Then we lived happily ever after; hehe, well until we got you and mother back and it's an even happier ever after."
"Heh, well the 'Eternal Winter' was certainly eventful for both of you." commented Agnarr, before sighing. "What happened with Hans?"
"I had him sent back home to be dealt with by his father and forbid him from returning to Arendelle."
"I see..." replied Agnarr. "It's quite upsetting that he tried to kill you both. I've met the King of the Southern Isles, he's a good man."
"I don't doubt that." replied Elsa. "Shortly after the event, I received a letter from the King, apologizing for and condemning Hans' actions and hoping it doesn't hinder future talks. I won't let Hans' actions completely cut off communication with the Southern Isles."
"Well that's good." replied Agnarr, turning his gaze to Elsa, "He should've represented himself and the Isles better, but Hans is just one person."
"And apparently..." replied Elsa with a smirk, "He has twelve older brothers, so I'm sure he's being punished plenty."
"Hehe, yeah." commented Agnarr, before he lifted his right hand to Elsa's shoulder. "I'm glad everything worked out." he added with a smile, before it looked a little pained. "But I'm sorry; All that happened because your mother and I left and never came back. We never expected not to return; we left you both unprepared."
"You don't need to keep apologizing." replied Elsa with a smile as she lifted her left hand up to Agnarr's on her shoulder. "I'm just glad you and Mother are with us again." she added, while Agnarr's stressed smile persisted.
"Knowing how things ended up, we could've done things differently." commented Agnarr, before he sighed and briefly averted his gaze. "... If we-"
"Father, no." interrupted Elsa, briefly squeezing Agnarr's hand. "No 'what if's'; it'll just needlessly stress you out. You did what you thought was right with the information you had. If you need me to say it: I forgive you."
Another, small sigh leaves Agnarr as he looks to Elsa with a smile and looked a little teary-eyed.
"Thank you, Elsa. It's just, hindsight being what it is, if we-"
"Ah, ah, ah! No 'what if's', remember?" stated Elsa, with a smile as she lifted her left hand from Agnarr's to wag a finger at him."
"Heh, right; Sorry." replied Agnarr with a smile as well, before lifting his right hand to Elsa's other shoulder and smiling at her. "You've really changed; For me, it's only been a few days that I left my eighteen year old daughter, who was timid and fearful of her power; to now, seeing the confident woman you've become, proud of her gift. It makes me so happy and proud to see."
"Thanks." replied Elsa, now teary-eyed as well. "Anna had a big part in helping me open up and control my magic." she added, before Agnarr hugs her, which she eagerly returns with a bit of a squeeze, all too willing to embrace her father.
"I look forward to returning to my duties." commented Agnarr, before the two released each other with a smile. "... And once your mother returns and settles in, so can she."
Elsa was suddenly taken aback by the remark and replied simply...
"W-What?"
"Heh, well with Iduna alive and well, you no longer need to carry this responsibility yet." replied Agnarr with a smile.
"I-I..." started to answer Elsa, before briefly lowering her gaze and thinking, 'I never considered the possibility that I'd no longer be Queen with Mother's return.'
"It's ok Elsa." stated Agnarr. "You've done good."
"N-no, I'm Queen." replied Elsa, lifting her gaze to her father. "I took on this responsibility, I prepared for this." she added, which prompted a surprised look on Agnarr's face.
"The role was pushed onto you sooner than expected; you're still young, we-"
"Yes, I am young." confirmed Elsa. "There are of course things I could still learn, but 'I' am Queen; I'll accept aid, but I have no plans of stepping down." she added, which prompted a confused look on Agnarr's face.
"I'm sorry, I thought you'd welcome it."
"Well, I don't." replied Elsa. "I realize it may be strange for your daughter to be Queen instead of Mother, but I want to do this. Plus, how would it look to the people if I immediately stepped down after two or three months?"
"Hmm, I see..." stated Agnarr, lifting a hand to his chin. "Well, I could make it my decision; it would save you the..." he added, before he saw a look of shock come to Elsa's face before she lowered her gaze sadly, before to Agnarr's mild surprise, saw a few small snowflakes falling around them, which prompted a little smile from Agnarr, before he placed his right hand to Elsa's shoulder again. "Alright, I won't push this."
"R-Really?" asked Elsa, lifting her gaze to her father.
"Heh, you've clearly embraced the role. I won't stand in your way."
"Thank you!" replied Elsa with a big smile as the light flurry immediately disappeared. "Mother has already accepted me being Queen."
"Really?"
"Yeah; when Mother returns, I'll accept any aid and experience she offers. I'll be a queen both of you can be proud of!"
"Alright then." replied Agnarr with a smile. "It'll be weird that my daughter is the Queen, but we'll make it work."
"Thanks!" declared Elsa, before she hugged Agnarr again, who returned the embrace, before he chuckled and commented...
"Although, things may get complicated when you marry your fiance."
The tease prompted Elsa to stiffen, before she pulled away with a nervous chuckle, before Agnarr smirked and added...
"Your mother mentioned you didn't want to talk about that, but someone put this engagement ring on your finger." stated Agnarr as he reached to Elsa's left hand and lifted it to look at the glass ring on her finger. "I don't mind prying a bit. I want to meet this man whose given you a ring already."
"O-Oh... right, that." replied Elsa nervously. "I'm not quite ready for that right now."
"Hehe, what, marriage or introducing us?" asked Agnarr.
"Uh... both?" replied Elsa anxiously as she backed away.
"Hehe, well Anna was the one more into this sort of stuff." commented Agnarr with a chuckle. "Then give me something. I won't back off without some information; Have I met or seen this person since I've returned?"
"Uh... y-yeah..." answered Elsa. "You actually know them."
"Really? I know them?" asked Agnarr curiously, before Elsa cringed a little and thought...
'Dang it, I probably didn't need to mention that part.'
"Are they a citizen of Arendelle?" asked Agnarr.
"Ehh... technically."
"Hmm, I'd personally prefer someone outside of Arendelle and a prince, but-"
"T-That's all I'm going to say about this right now!" replied Elsa, before walking backwards towards the door, smiling nervously. "I gotta go do... s-something else." she added, before nearly tripping on the edge of the couch on the way, prompting her to turn around hurry out of the room.
Seeing Elsa hurriedly leave, clearly embarrassed, Agnarr only smiled.
Closing the door behind her, Elsa let out a heavy sigh.
'This isn't good.' thought Elsa, before she began to walk down the hall. 'I've avoided this three times in three days now. We won't be able to keep our relationship secret much longer. It's better if we reveal this to Father sooner than later, before he starts asking around.'
Another small sigh left Elsa when she thought back to the matter of her status of Queen.
'Then there's the issue of my role as Queen.' thought Elsa. 'I never considered the possibility of it returning to Mother; She would still qualify to retake her role. I was so surprised that I immediately denied stepping down, but I'm only Queen now because Mother was thought to be dead. I don't think I have much ground to stand on in this, but I don't want to step down... Mother already seemed to accept that I'm Queen... maybe she doesn't want to be Queen.'
2:12 P.M. -
Leaving the front doors of the castle, Anna smiled when she spotted Isabelle near the gates, talking with her younger twin sisters. Anna took her time in heading towards them and didn't call out, not wanting to interrupt. She had yet to reach halfway before the twins turned to leave as Isabelle waved them goodbye.
The two met about a third of the way to the gate, where Isabelle stopped and greeted her with a smile.
"Hello Anna, going out to practice your magic?"
"Hey Izzy, and no; not planning on it anyway. Just wanted to go for a walk around town, see how people are handling everything that's happened. You wouldn't happen to have heard anything concerning we should be aware of, have you?"
"Not at the moment, no." answered Isabelle. "Haven't heard or seen anything concerning. People are happy with the return of their loved ones and the King. Heh, though my sisters tell me their friends are excited about that 'mystery lady' with the awesome sounding magic that helped you two." she added with an ending smirk.
"Hehe, really? Well that's good." replied Anna with a brief smile. "But it's only been a day; don't want to neglect any growing issues if I can prevent it. With what happened between Arendelle and the Northuldra, and the fact that Elsa and I are part Northuldra, I dunno how open or not people are gonna be with me about any possible issues they have. I'd like them to be honest with me; best to have a discussion now rather than when it's grown into something big."
"Well if I hear or see anything concerning, I'll let you and Her Majesty know."
"Thanks Izzy." commented Anna. "I don't want to think people are thinking ill of us because of our relationship with the Northuldra, but I can't be blind to the possibility.." added Anna, with a small sigh. "Anyway, I'll let you get back to work."
"Alright then." stated Isabelle. "I'll see you later." she added, before starting to head to the castle, though she quickly added, "Oh, by the way, I don't think I've said this yet; but I'm happy for you two, discovering more of your family."
"Thanks." replied Anna with a smile. "So am I."
- Meanwhile, Enchanted Forest -
The calm ambient sounds of the forest was abruptly interrupted with a woman's terrified scream.
Sprinting through the forest; Iduna was panicked, eyes wide in fear. She heard her sister calling out to her from behind, but she couldn't stop, the adrenaline coursing through her body had set her securely into the 'flight' state of 'fight or flight', she had to escape, she had to get away from, Him!
"Iduna, slow down!" declared Magna in the distance.
Iduna soon did come to a stop, but not from her sister's words; but upon reaching a small creek in her path. Looking worriedly at the flowing water, Iduna took a step back; before the memory of her demise, the face of her murderer flashed in her mind, before dropping to her knees and covering her face as she felt the tears spilling out.
This was the state Magna caught up to Iduna in, rushing to her side and placing a hand to her right shoulder.
"Hey, it's going to be ok!"
Nearly as soon as Magna placed her hand on Iduna, the crying twin threw herself into her sister, embracing her tightly, before Magna eagerly hugged her back, becoming teary-eyed from how upset Iduna had become.
'What happened for her to be so terrified of Nokk?' thought Magna.
The twins had decided to go for a walk, just to spend time together and talk. The two ended up near a lake, walking along the waters edge. Everything was fine; until the Water Spirit appeared to them, which prompted a terrified scream from Iduna before she sprinted away, yelling for the Spirit to stay away. As shaken up as Iduna was, Magna chose not to question her sister and simply held her.
To her relief, Iduna began to calm a couple of minutes into the embrace. A few minutes after that, Iduna's sniffling came to an end and even her breathing was starting to return to normal, no longer rapidly panting.
"Better?" asked Magna, rubbing Iduna's back.
A few moments later, Iduna pulled herself away from Magna, wiping the tears from her face, still breathing a little quick.
"Y-Yeah... sorry about that. I-I just panicked when I saw him. I had to get away from him."
"Do you mind telling me why?"
"H-He..." started Iduna, before closing her eyes with a frown as the memory came to her again. "Nokk... k-killed me."
"What!?" gasped Magna, before she hugged Iduna. "Oh, I'm so sorry! No wonder you ran away!"
"I think... I'll avoid any large bodies of water for now." commented Iduna. "I know it won't prevent him from showing up, but it's too stressful to be around a lot of water right now."
"Completely understandable." replied Magna, pulling back. "Do you know why he killed you?"
"I..." started to answered Iduna, before averting her gaze.
"Oh, you don't have to tell me if it's too difficult to remember it!"
"Y-yeah..." replied Iduna sadly. "It's like it happened yesterday for me... I'm gonna need time."
"Of course, I understand."
"The only reason I could think that he would even appear to me is to apologize, but..." stated Iduna. "It's too soon for me."
"You take all the time you need."
"Thanks." replied Iduna with a smile.
"Wanna head back?"
"Yeah." replied Iduna, before she returned to her feet, with Magna, as the two began to walk away from the creek.
"So..." started Magna with a smile. "The royal life didn't slow you down at all." she added, which prompted a chuckle from Iduna. "You can really run."
"Well I didn't spend all my time sitting on my butt." replied Iduna. "I got my share of exercise."
"Do you miss your husband yet?"
"It's only been a day." replied Iduna with a little chuckle. "This isn't the first time I've been away from Agnarr for a period of time. Though I do wonder what Elsa and Anna are doing. From when I left them to when I saw them again, they've changed so much; Elsa even has a boyfriend!"
"Boyfriend?" questioned Magna, curiously.
"Yeah, I saw the ring on her finger." replied Iduna delightfully. "She was so flustered and embarrassed! It was really cute to see, Elsa wasn't really into romance like Anna when they were little."
"Huh..." commented Magna.
"What is it?"
"Nothing." replied Magna.
"Come on, I say all that and you give just a, 'huh'; what is it?"
"Are you sure Elsa has a boyfriend?"
"Of course." replied Iduna. "The way she was acting confirmed it, Anna confirmed it too."
"Really?" asked Magna.
"Yeah, why do you sound surprised?"
"Uh... it's nothing." replied Magna, before she thought, 'They haven't told them.'
However, Iduna eyed her sister before walking in front of her and her hands on her hips.
"What aren't you telling me?"
"What makes you think I'm not telling you something?"
"All your short responses seem suspicious." replied Iduna. "You know something, don't you?"
"All I know for sure is that both of them are engaged."
"What!?" gasped Iduna. "Anna too!? I didn't see a ring on her finger! Why would she keep that news from me!?"
"How could you miss it if you noticed Elsa's?" asked Magna.
"She didn't have a ring on her finger." answered Iduna. "I know cause I looked after I noticed Elsa's."
"Well, I guess you'll have to ask her about it when you return." commented Magna, before she walked by her sister, however, Iduna returned in front of her, eyeing her again.
"Are you sure you saw a ring on her finger?"
"Yeah, Anna was more than willing to show it off."
"What did it look like?" asked Iduna, before Magna briefly averted her gaze with a groan, before sighing...
"Just like Elsa's, but it looked like it was made of ice instead of glass."
"Ohh, really?" asked Iduna, before averting her gaze as she thought aloud, "Then why take her ring off- wait a minute..." she added as she recalled the odd moment of she and Elsa meeting Anna and Elsa quickly heading to Anna, who commented with some surprise before Elsa turned to her and Anna briefly rubbing finger; Iduna didn't think anything of it at the time. "I think Elsa removed Anna's ring, but why? Why hide it?"
"You'll just have to ask them." replied Magna, before attempting to walk by Iduna, but she quickly cuts her off.
"You're really eager to avoid this; what else aren't you telling me? Come on, spill it! All of it!"
"I have nothing confirmed." replied Magna. "It just seems, very much... implied."
"Then what is it!? Tell me, tell me!" asked Iduna delightfully.
"Well..." commented Magna with a cringe. "If they haven't told you-"
"Oh come on, tell me! I'll act surprised when I return home."
"Well... ok, but just remember: this isn't confirmed."
"Which means it is." commented Iduna with a smile, before Magna sighed.
"Elsa has a glass ring and Anna has an ice one."
"Yeah..." replied Iduna, expecting more.
"You don't find that a little strange?"
"Why would I?"
"Think about it..." replied Magna. "What kind of clothing were they wearing?"
"Seriously?" asked Iduna curiously, "Elsa was wearing ice clothing; pretty impressive actually."
"And Anna?" asked Magna.
"Regular clothes."
"Well, yeah, but she didn't have only regular clothes."
"Hmm, my memory of my revival is still a little fuzzy. I just remember Anna being warm to lean against." replied Iduna. "Knowing she has her magic back, it's to be expected." she added, before Magna sighed.
"Anna wore a glass coat."
"A glass coat?" questioned Iduna. "Heh, I think I'd remember leaning against glass, and Anna's magic is fire."
"But her coat was in fact glass." stated Magna. "She kept it heated so it would stay soft, thus warm."
"So you're saying Anna can make glass?" asked Iduna.
"Somehow, yeah."
"Ok then, so what?" asked Iduna, which prompted a grown from Magna from her sister failing to get the hint.
"Ugh, Anna has an ice ring, Elsa has a glass ring; put the two together..."
"So... their boyfriends got them to make a unique ring from the others magic? Hmm, clever but-"
"What, no!" gasped Magna.
"Then just tell me straight!" declared Iduna with annoyance.
"Heh, ironic choice of words; but fine, they're together."
"Huh?"
"They're fucking!" declared Magna with exasperation. "Each other!"
"What!?" gasped Iduna, before Magna placed a hand to her forehead.
"Geez, I know you're stuck in assuming one thing, but come on."
"W-What?" repeated Iduna in disbelief. "N-no... that can't be right."
"Well the evidence is there." replied Magna. "Pointing pretty strongly to them being in a relationship with each other."
"No... that can't be..." repeated Iduna, before she thought back, 'Elsa never did refer to her 'boyfriend' as 'him' or 'he'... and when I asked Anna the name of the man, she oddly stopped midway with 'Ann' before finishing with Antwan... was she gonna say her own name? Then the curious fact that Elsa stopped her from continuing and she didn't want to lie and ending the topic.'
"But..." started Iduna with confusion. "They're sisters... Elsa even said she's engaged. They can't marry each other! What in the world happened while we were gone!?"
"Well, they're happy at least." commented Magna.
"They're sisters!" declared Iduna. "If they just liked women, that would be one thing, but their own sister!? I wouldn't want to have sex with you, that's gross."
"Same here, but they clearly don't feel that way." replied Magna.
"But how!? They were close when they were young, but never THAT close!" stated Iduna. "WE have more reason to have a relationship like that since we were sepera-" she added, before stopping as the realization hit. "The separation..." stated Iduna with a sigh and a placing a hand over her face.
"What separation?" asked Magna, before Iduna sighed again.
"When they were young..." replied Iduna, lowering her hand. "...Younger than we were; there was an accident with Elsa's powers; we ended up separating the two, limited Elsa's contact with other people and even altered Anna's memories." she added, before sighing. "In hindsight, I could've prevented all of it. We didn't expect the separation to go on as long as it did; it surely had an effect on them... That has to be the cause, but... not only does Anna know about Elsa's magic, Anna has her own magic back, something else must've happened." explained Iduna, before Magna placed her hands to Iduna's shoulders with a smile.
"Why stress yourself out about this? How about just being happy they're happy?"
"Heh... be happy my daughters are in an incestuous relationship?" asked Iduna, before she lowered her gaze sadly. "Likely caused by my actions; or rather, inaction."
"That's not what I said." stated Magna. "They're happy and seem to be healthy. That's all any parent really wants for their children. Unless that changes when you become royalty?" she added, with a smile, before Iduna sighed into a smile.
"No, that doesn't change." replied Iduna. "But I really wanted grandchildren."
"Hehe, yeah, that's not happening." replied Magna with a little chuckle.
"Maybe... this is just a phase." suggested Iduna. "A weird sort of coping mechanism for our absence." she added, while Magna said nothing in response, only smiling, before Iduna sighed again, "Even if that's true though... that kind of relationship, the things people will say about them."
"You don't think they've already thought about that?" asked Magna. "If they're willing to publicly wear rings of the other's magic, that says a lot."
"They're willing to endure negativity to display their love." stated Iduna. "Except from their parents."
"Do you think any less of them?" asked Magna.
"No... not less anyway. This is just completely unexpected." replied Iduna, before a heavy sigh left her. "At least I'll have time to wrap my head around this and possibly, maybe... come to accept it?" she added, before Magna chuckled and commented...
"How amusing would it be with them nervously trying to come out to you when you already know and accept their relationship?" suggested Magna with a smile, which prompted a small chuckle from Iduna.
"Heh, the thought is pretty amusing." replied Iduna. "I did enjoy seeing Elsa flustered and embarrassed."
"So, am I allowed to walk pass you now?" asked Magna.
"Heh, yeah." replied Iduna, before she stepped aside and the two continued on the previous path, before Iduna sighed again. "In just ten minutes I find out both of my daughters are not only into woman, but each other. Our next meeting is gonna be awkward for me."
"Are you gonna berate them for their choices?" asked Magna.
"No, no..." replied Iduna. "I won't yell at them or anything; maybe encourage a more... productive relationship."
"Hehe, you mean a baby-making relationship." commented Magna with a chuckle. "I guess that's something important for royalty though. Although, if they were interested in the Princess of another kingdom, it would be more beneficial than their current relationship, right?"
"Yeah."
"Hmm..." hummed Magna, before she smirked. "How about we change the subject from your daughters love-lives, to yours?"
"W-What?" asked Iduna with a smile.
"Come on..." urged Magna with a smirk. "...is the King a 'King' were it counts?" she added, which prompted a light blush to rise on Iduna's cheeks before she gasped...
"I'm not discussing this with you!"
- Later that Evening, Arendelle -
- Elsa's Room, 7:34 P.M. -
"~Let the storm rage oooonnnn, 'Cause the cold never bothered me anyway~"
"That was awesome!" declared Anna, excitedly clapping as she sat on the end of Elsa's bed, whom sat to her left, smiling with her face blushing as they both watched the memory of her song play out in front of them. "I liked the part where you made your dress! It looked so effortless! I also liked how you started out small, testing what you could do, then going big and I could see your confidence growing as it went on! Oh who am I kidding, I liked the whole thing!" added Anna cheerfully.
"Hehe, well thank you." replied Elsa, clearly embarrassed, but smiling at Anna's delight.
"You're new memory powers are amazing!" declared Anna. "You won't have to worry about losing anything ever again!"
"That's a rather trivial use of my power." commented Elsa, before she gave a wave of her left hand, dispersing the memory.
"So?" replied Anna. "You're always saying how trivial using your powers for convenience sake is, but their YOUR powers, you can use them however you want. I mean seriously, you can make copies of yourself; you can multitask like crazy!"
"Hehe, not quite." replied Elsa with a smile. "I need a visual of my copy and the more I create, the bigger the strain." she added, which prompted a smirk on Anna's face.
"Didn't look like much of a strain when you were fighting Cassandra. But even so, you just need to practice. I don't mind being the target of that practice, if ya know what I mean. Instead of two Elsa's like last time, I can have a group of Elsa's."
"Hehe, you can barely handle just the one when I get serious." teased Elsa.
"I'm willing to endure to help you practice." replied Anna with a smile.
"Oh really now?" asked Elsa.
"Yep. Speaking of practice, have you been practicing you're water and wind magic since we've been back?"
"Nope."
"Too busy?" asked Anna.
"No, I'm fine with ice; I'd rather stick to what I'm familiar with."
"Whaaat!?" declared Anna. "You control water and wind now and you're fine with just you're usual ice!?" she added, before Elsa chuckled.
"Oh, it's no longer amazing now, just 'usual'?"
"You know what I mean." replied Anna with a smirk. "You're no longer the 'Snow Queen', you're more now."
"Hehe, from Snow Queen to Fifth Spirit, huh?" replied Elsa, while her smile faded and averted her gaze as Anna's remark had reminded her of the conversation she had with her father.
"I, well..." stated Anna, seeing Elsa's mood deflate. "Sorry, I wasn't implying that; I know you don't like being called that."
"No, no, that's not it." replied Elsa, lifting her gaze to Anna again with a smile. "It's just, what you said reminded me of something I was talking to Father about. With him being back, he's returning to his role as King and with Mother's eventual return, he suggested that I no longer needed to be Queen."
"O-Oh..." replied Anna, wide-eyed. "Really?"
"Yeah..." replied Elsa, before sighing. "I understand where Father's coming from; I'm only Queen now because Mother was assumed dead, but now she isn't. The role is rightfully hers, but I don't want to step down; partly because of how it would look. The people may think I didn't want to be Queen at the start if I immediately stepped down. The reason I'm Queen my not be ideal, but I do want to do this. In the end though, Father said he'll accept me remaining Queen; but ultimately, it's up to Mother when she returns. If she wants to resume her role, there's not much I can do without making myself look bad."
"Oh..." replied Anna, before pausing in brief thought. "Well... I'm not really sure what to say to that. You are officially Queen after-all. I don't know if you HAVE to step down, but I also don't really know how this situation would play out, has something like this happened before?"
"I dunno." replied Elsa. "It just seems obvious that a previously thought missing King or Queen that is found would have a rightful claim to their role."
"Hmm... well, Mother did seem to accept you as Arendelle's new Queen." stated Anna.
"Yeah..."
"Oh, Mother could always help you out if you remain Queen."
"That was my thought too." replied Elsa. "There's only so much I could study for and I've only been Queen for a couple of months; having someone I can look to for aid or advice whose done what I'm doing is invaluable."
"Right!" declared Anna happily. "You have me too! Whether you're Queen or Princess, it won't change how I feel about you."
"Heh, thanks Anna." replied Elsa with a smile, before lifting her left hand up to Anna's cheek and leans in for a brief kiss.
Meanwhile, outside Elsa's room, Agnarr is walking down the hall and stops in front of Elsa's door and lifted his right hand to knock, before he overheard Elsa speaking, to Anna he assumed, of her earlier conversion with him and her concerns about her status of Queen. Deciding not to interrupt, Agnarr began to leave, heading back where he came from, before he heard Anna's ending remark...
"...it won't change how I feel about you."
'That's an odd choice of words.' thought Agnarr, before he shrugged his shoulders and walked away.
Inside Elsa's Room, the intended brief kiss lingered as Anna lifted her right hand to Elsa's cheek and returned the affection, before she lifted her left hand up to Elsa's right breast. However, Anna only managed to palm the mound through the cool ice before Elsa ended the kiss, pulling back and lowering her left hand to pull Anna's from her.
"Not now, it's still too early." whispered Elsa. "Best to wait till everyone's gone to bed."
"Aww..." complained Anna with a pout, before whispering back. "But wanna do it now. Just a quickie then? We can go in the bathroom and make each other come once, then we can pick up where we left off later tonight, whaddya say?"
"Hmm..." hummed Elsa, as she glanced to her bathroom door. "One a piece."
"I promise!" replied Anna with a smile, before she stood and took Elsa's hand and pulled her to her feet.
"Just fingers and tongue." stated Elsa as Anna happily lead her towards the bathroom. "No toys." she added, which only prompted a giggle from Anna before they entered the bathroom, closed and locked the door behind them.
END