"And thus, the tale of the nokken was born." Smiled Honeymaren as she concluded her story.
Arendellian kids nodded with ooohs and aaaahs, and Elsa was amused to see Anna make a similar reaction.
The Queen then grinned. "You should come to Arendelle's school more often. You're a really good pedagogue."
"I keep telling her that." Smiled Elsa, who lived in Honeymaren's tribe for months now.
The brunette blushed, and made a humble gesture. "We're taught storytelling from the earliest age in my culture, it's nothing, really."
"You'd be a good teacher, though." Insisted Anna.
Elsa then gave her sister a strong look, though amusement tinkled in her eyes. "Alright, alright, I'm not pushing her!" Assured the Queen, and she raised her hands defensively.
"It's okay." Replied Honeymaren, understanding Anna's drift and smiling. "Nokk is more pushy than you anyway."
Kids laughed at her joke, especially since she just told a story about the Water Spirit's shenanigans.
Elsa rolled her eyes. "He's not that pushy."
Anna snorted. "Look at you! He tried to drawn you months ago, and now you're on his side."
The Fifth Spirit frowned. "Because it's my duty, and role, to make sure that resentful people like you don't hate him."
The redhead crossed her arms. "I'm just saying that he almost ended your life."
"And you don't like it at all."
"And I don't like it at all."
Elsa rolled her eyes. She was touched by her sister's care, but she would never ever bury the hatchet. She came back on the previous topic.
"What's funny is that while I understand and respect the Northuldra tale, I found it logical that the Water Spirit manifests himself as a horse, before Honeymaren even told me about the nokken."
"Logical?" Repeated Anna and Honeymaren in one voice.
Elsa smiled, and shrugged. "Well, as you know, I grew up reading a lot of books, and I was fond of folkloric ones. In greek mythology, it's believed that Poseidon was the one who created horses. So, in a way, it makes sense that Nokk looks like one... Or chose to look like one. I'm still unsure about how and when I could ask him about it."
"Poseidon is the one with the fork, right?" Remembered Honeymaren, trying her best to learn about new knowledge from the world.
Anna held her laughter next to her, and nodded. "Yep. That's him."
Elsa wanted to nudge her for her sass, but a kid gently poked at her. She turned, and his eyes were sparkling with imagination.
"Say, Lady Elsa, was the Wind Spirit a bird once?"
The Snow Queen was taken aback by the unexpected question. "Uh... Uhm, yeah, likely, I mean... Why not? It's possible."
"Will you ask her?" Intervened another child, excited about that theory too.
Elsa forced herself to smile. Sure, Gale was more playful than Nokk, and she could ask with more ease - she was afraid to offend the fussy Water Spirit with such a personal question - but still, she didn't want to be too forward on the beginning of her new job and new life with her new fellows.
"I... I will, one day." Answered Elsa evasively.
Anna gave her a side look, and had a small smile. She could sense the timidity in her sister, and took a mental note to have a private and gentle discussion with her on the matter.
"I'm sure that she were an eagle!" Exclaimed a boy.
"Was." Corrected the teacher, who was smiling at the class from her seat.
"Yeah, was. Was it an eagle?" Asked the boy, seemingly forgetting that Elsa clearly didn't know yet.
The Spirit now blushed, because a lot of eyes were on her asking her something she didn't know; the situation was too familiar and must have made her visibly uncomfortable, because Honeymaren put a hand on her shoulder and smiled at the children.
"Maybe she was. I heard that you made bird drawings recently?" She asked, and glanced towards the teacher who smiled at her. The children all nodded and exclaimed happily. "Can I see them?"
All the kids hurriedly went to their desks' drawers and took their papers to be the first to show her.
Honeymaren and Anna giggled at the scene and exchanged a smile. Elsa looked at them with deep love, and when their gazes naturally drifted to her, the azure blue eyes filled with emotional tears.
"Thank you." She murmured to both of them, a touched smile curling her lips.