"What do you mean prince Hans!?" Elsas eyes went wide at her comment.
"Yes Elsa..." Anna began to cry. "He faked to be our ally, Elsa!"
The queen shook her head, "what do you mean Anna!?" Her heart was racing in her chest, she could swear Anna could hear it.
The princess began to cry, "be fooled us all, just as he did when he tried to marry me for the crown!"
Elsa went on to grab her sisters shoulders to calm her down.
"He could've killed my son!"
"Anna please!" Elsa suddenly shouted. "Explain yourself."
"Hans is Berry Van Buren!"
Elsa's heart raced fast, how had they come to such conclusions? "Who told you this!?"
Anna held out a letter Elsa hadn't seen she held.
"The king sent this confirmation!"
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Hans slammed his hand down on his father's desk, "why did you send that letter!?"
"I'm king, and I want to be at peace with Arendelle. It is best they know!"
Hans shook his head in rage, "you told them I was Van Buren!"
The king smiled. "This is only to gain trust with our partners. Your reasons for hiding are yours only son."
"You have ruined my chances of marrying the queen!"
The king chuckled and shook his head. "No my son, I've one made matters better."
Hans fist once again smashed the desk, this time hard enough for his knuckles to bleed. "you don't know Arendelle!"
The king stood angirly at his son's outbursts, "you respect your father and his decisions. You know nothing of ruling."
Hans didn't take it, and he angirly laughed at his father's comment. "You think you're so wise Hansel. You've ruined every chance you had to get to Arendelle and it's riches."
"Elsa will never allow me to near her now."
The king shook his head, "she is crazy about you, you told me yourself!"
"As Berry Van Buren I was free to near the queen. You blew my cover." Hans threw his hands in the air emphasizing the mistake his father had committed.
The prince quickly recovered his composure and shook his head out towards his father. "You may think you know how to play with your pawns. But you've never committed something more stupid than you have now."
The king's eyes suddenly went dark. "You will not disrespect me."
He walked over to the prince and stood head to head facing his son. "I know what I'm doing. I know my place. You on the other hand think we're equal, when you and your siblings are not."
"Those words father? Save them. I've heard it all from you."
The king breathed heavily and Hans held a smile in his face, "they say father, that dogs that bark don't bite."
There was a moment of silence until the king demanded from his son to leave his office. Hans obeyed respectfully, but his heart raced with rage at the stupidity his father had committed.
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The council room was wild.
There was screaming on and about and Elsa sat in the middle of the table with tears threatening her eyes. What was she to do now? There was no way he would now be her suitor.
"You're the one who claims to be so wise and reads people, why didn't you say anything about him!"
"He could have killed the queen!"
"You sent him out to escort the queen in her tour!"
Kai laid a teacup on the side of Elsa's table. "M'lady, maybe it's time you tell them the truth?" The butler whispered softly against the queens ear.
"How could I do that now Kai?" She looked at him with sad eyes and he shook his head. "Your majesty, the truth may be difficult, but it will eventually be known. No one can keep a secret forever." He bowed to her and stepped out. He was the only sensible being in the whole castle... And for that she owed him. But as honest as it could be... It was too difficult to do. The truth hurt many, starting with Anna.
"He could've killed the prince!"
"Our heir to the throne!"
"You wanted to give that man the throne; thinking he was a suitable suitor for the queen!"
"Quiet!" Elsa summoned the courage to speak suddenly. "We need to figure out why he was here." She lied through her teeth. She knew everything.
Gordon spoke through gritted teeth. "We must decline all offers with the Southern Isles!"
"Yes we must!"
"Queen Elsa, what they have done... Is unforgivable!"
"We must cancel the marriage arrangement!"
"No!" Elsa yelled over them. "The king told us this so we could know that the prince... Prince Hans is a changed man!"
"My right, is a changed man!" Faustino blurted with anger. "That treacherous man is never going to change!"
"He faked his own death, my queen!"
"But he helped us with the siren!" Elsa tried to bargain.
"Why are you defending him!?" Anna suddenly walked in after hearing her sisters comments.
"Anna?" Elsa turned towards her sisters voice.
The queen once more shook her head, "it's not that Anna, all I'm saying is that this man, yes he posed to be someone he's not, but while he was here he did not harm any of us."
Anna shook her head, "to think that he let me be his daughters godmother, he is dishonorable!"
"Anna!" Elsa looked over to her sister.
"If I would have known that Gretel was Hans daughter, I would have never given her my love. I would have never been her godmother."
The councilmen nodded their heads with approval to the princesses words. Not knowing that Elsa's chest clenched with those cruel words from her sister.
"Why was he hiding his identity!? If he really was a changed man then there would be no shame if he was himself!"
"That shameful bastard killed a poor man who looked like him to fake his death!"
Elsa's throat went thick. "It can't be like that!"
"My queen we understand, you of all people spent the most time with him!" Gordon reasoned. "my son wronged Arendelle because he knew that something was off about that man..." He began to cry thinking of the fate his son now faced.
"If we could figure this out without harming our partnering with the Southern Isles; isn't that what we have to be thinking about!?"
"All who deem Prince Hans and the Southern Isles guilty raise your hands!" Anna blurted and raised her hand high above her head.
Elsa worriedly turned to face her advisors, all whose hands were raised above their own heads.
The queen reasoned, "but what about the arrangement?"
"A contract is a contract nonetheless. We are forced to go through with our promises. However, Prince Hans will NEVER SET FOOT ON ARENDELLIAN SOIL EVER AGAIN!"
Kai looked to the queen with desperate eyes. Elsa only looked down. "It has been decided then. Hans is exiled from Arendelle."
"I will tend to the letter for the king." Guinevere stood, the rest of the members following behind her to the exit.
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Anna sat to the Queen's side. She was oblivious to her sisters mood. She was happy that the council had seen things the way she had.
"He did it again! I just can't believe that he had us all fooled Elsa, he had the nerve to be my son's godfather!" She went red with rage. "And to think that the council was going to offer him the throne! THE CROWN!"
Anna suddenly grew quiet as she noticed Elsa lost in thought.
"Elsa... Are you ok?"
The blond queen looked to her sister suddenly and held on tighter to the little prince in her arms. "Yes, Anna. I just can't believe it..."
"Well it's good to know that he has returned home and that he is never coming back! The council made sure to let the king know." She smiled genuinely and Elsa smiled blankly back.
"I just can't believe him."
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It wasn't until one month that the king of the Southern Isles called Admiral Hans into his office to speak.
Hans was more than anxious to finally hear the news of what Arendelle had to say about him. Would his wife accept him as Prince Hans? Or would he be anything but welcomed in the kingdom of Arendelle? He took slow steps towards his father's office, almost as if trying to slow down his speedy heart.
He knocked three times in the door to the king's office, he was soon welcomed inside. His father wore an angry expression on his face, which only meant one thing.
Arendelle did not welcome him.
"I assume I was right about my welcoming to Arendelle?"
"They took it as treason you stupid boy!" The king threw the letter across the room, and a vase from his desk, and he began to throw a tantrum, almost flipping his desk over from rage.
He pointed an accusing finger towards his son and blamed him for the failed attempt to take Arendelle. "You did this! Everything was going swell you son of a bitch!"
Hans placed his hands behind his back and stared seriously at his father. "I did no such thing. The only foolish one here is you father. I knew this would happen, and I warned you about it too." Hans began to Pace around his father's office. "And you, being so wise... Decided to send that letter father." There was a chuckle at the end of his sentence.
He stopped and locked angry eyes with the king. "Only a fool would've done such a thing. Now, if you'll excuse me, my daughter is waiting." His heart was heavy and now that he knew that Elsa did not want him back... It was devistating. He did not know what pawns to move now. He had lost to the queen.
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"And to think you trusted him, James!" Albert stared at his father-in-law with a cynical smile.
"I still trust the boy." James defended Hans, but he could not deny he was angry at him. He knew though that he would have had to have hidden his true self or no one would have trusted him, still he could have told him something. There was a sigh leaving his lips and he stood from his seat in the dinner table. His wife looked towards his retreating back and turned her gaze towards her son-in-law. Though she was angry at his comment she would say nothing, as for her husband she knew better than to go after him.
"Let this be a lesson to us all." Albert spoke out. "We should not accept strangers into the family.
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Frederick knocked softly against the queens office door. He was the last person she wanted to see at the moment. This whole scandle with Prince Hans was not an easy subject to her. And Frederick knew things he did not need to know about.
"Your majesty?" He tiptoed towards her desk with his helmet at his hip, but his eyes to the ground. He knew that he was the last person she wanted to see now.
"I'm simply here for my pay." He bit his lip and his eyes lingered on a drop of ink that was just below her desk.
"I just want to offer an apology my queen. I know things must be very difficult for you now. But if it's worth anything... I speak for myself. He's not that bad of a man, he defended you like no other, and he... If you love him and he is my king, then I would not object. If he makes you happy, your majesty, then... So be it. You will only live one life... Make sure you live it happily."
Elsa stared at her loyal gaurd with wide teary eyes. "Thank you Frederick." She cleared her throat and regained composure. "But I fear that Van Buren... Is not an ideal man fit to rule by my side. He-"
"We all make mistakes m'lady..." He suddenly looked down. "And we all deserve second chances..."
Elsa blinked at the comments the man shared with her. "Frederick... Thank you."
He received his pay and went on his way, but before he left quickly hugged the queen reassuringly.
Elsa smiled at the mans back as he left and bit her lips. She knew that what he spoke was true, but the council had decided her fate already, if she just would've listened...
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