So Now were gonna get into my original characters, characters I've been developing since I was a kid so if your not into OCs feel free to leave now. If your still here I hope you enjoy this latest chapter. Read and review and on with the show.

Chapter 4: …. can become…

One week later

Maybe like this? She crossed her legs. Hmmm, Or how about like this? She uncrossed and sat forward keeping her ankles together. No stupid. Maybe like this? She crossed her legs again, left over right. Ugh. Come on it's just sitting, how hard is this?

"Ants in your pants Elsa?"

Red faced at getting caught, Elsa stood up from her throne. "You can't tell me your not at least a little nervous? We do have very important guests coming."

Anna laughed. "I didn't say that? I was in my room for like an hour trying to find the right outfit to wear today."

Elsa looked her sister up and down noticing the green dress she had seen before. "But you wear that all the time?"

Anna's mouth dropped as if insulted. "I beg your pardon, but if I may draw your attention to my new matching shoes," she lifted her dress showing off a new pair that gave her just a little bit more height, "and my hair is let down," she did a twirl to show off her loose hair and swirling dress, "and to top it all off," she batted her eyes to let some makeup go fluttering off her eyelids and lashes.

Elsa chuckled, fighting her roaring laughter. Anna almost never wore make-up since she was a natural beauty, and it was clear she had no idea how to do it properly. Licking her thumb she began to rub some of the access make-up, most of it, off of her face.

"Can you believe that in a few short minutes, the Knights of Kuarlong are going to be in our throne room?"

Elsa fought to keep her inner child at bay, but a small fit of giggles escaped her throat. "I know right?"

"Oh my gosh I have so many questions." Elsa began to chase Anna around the throne room while she excitedly began listing things off. "Did they really help sink the dark island? Did they really fight off demons and monsters. OH! Do they really have a special sword that was made with angel blood that can kill anything? OH! Do they really change into dragons? And are they huge dragons or little tiny baby dragons that are cute and cuddly—"

"Anna!" Elsa grabbed her sister by her shoulders and spun her around so she could finish "fixing" her face. "All excellent questions. But remember. They're here to help us with our, Uh, problem." With one more lick of her thumb, Elsa finished fixing her sisters face. "Although I really want to see a dragon."

"RIGHT?! Ya know as long as it's not one of those huge fire breathing, monsters ya know."

Elsa's fingers still lingered on her sister skin and involuntarily flinched at the word. Anna's eyes went wide when she noticed her mistake. "Elsa, I'm sorry, I didn't—"

"No it's okay." Elsa lifted her chin. "I know I have nothing to be worried about. I'm not the monster the Duke and Hans thought I was."

Anna quickly took Elsa's hands in her own. "There is nothing monstrous about you. If anything they are the monsters for thinking that."

Elsa allowed a sympathetic smile. As much as Anna said it, no matter how much she told herself, Elsa, in the darkest corners of her mind, could still hear the word describe her with such vile hatred. She had to remind herself on a regular basis that it wasn't true, she just hoped one day she'd believe it.

The sisters faced the doors expectantly when they slowly opened, but to their disappointment it was only Kristoff, Olaf and Sven.

"The castle is clean top to bottom sir!" Olaf saluted.

"At least the important parts," Kristoff Clarified. "But no worries, everything is ready for when they arrive."

As if the unpleasantness hadn't happened, Anna began excitedly squealing. "Oh gosh I'm so excited!"

"Me too!" Olaf bounced. "Why are we so excited?!"

She laughed. "We are being visited by brave and noble knights." She took off one of his arms and held it dramatically as if it were a sword. "Defenders of the people from all things unnatural."

Kristoff took off the snowman's other arm to use as a sword. "Magical Warriors ready for battle at a moment's notice." Sven grunted to get his attention before snarling and roaring as best he could. "Right Sven. And some can even turn into dragons!"

"En guard!" With Olaf's arms the two began dueling with one another while Sven and Olaf bounced around happily.

Kristoff moved around Anna, dodging her swing of Olaf's arm, and picked her up in a tight bear hug. She squealed with delight and melted into his arms as he held her close.

"Awe. I love warm hugs." Olaf's two stick arms around their necks, joining in the hug.

Elsa shook her head when out of the corner of her eye she noticed Gerda had poked her head in through the doors.

"Uh, your majesties?" Everyone in the room went silent. "They're here."

Chaos ensued, but Elsa did her best to calm them, even if she was just as frantic.

"Okay, okay okay! Everyone!" She shot a small blast of ice to settle her frantic family. "Kristoff, Sven, Olaf, you three go check on the lunch we had set up. Anna you're here with me." Anna And Elsa ran towards the throne as the other three made their way to the dining hall.

Elsa sat herself down, twisting at an angle, as Anna stood beside the back of the chair. She leaned forward, sticking her rear end out as far as it could go.

"Anna stop that." Elsa slapped her sisters hands away. "Gerda, have Kai bring them in." Gerda nodded with an amused smile before vanishing through the door. "Remember," Elsa fixed her dress, "queen and princess. We have to be professional. So stand up straight." The doors opened, causing both of them to become rigid in their spots.

The elder servant, Kai, strolled in, with one hand behind his back and the other holding his coat. "Your majesties," he greeted, "May I present, the knights of Kuarlong." He waved his hand while stepping to the side.

Anna and Elsa both had an image in their heads of what these knights would appear like. Large shouldered men with thick necks, armed to the teeth with armor and weapons, battle scarred, and oozing with wisdom and knowledge. The royalty of Arendelle kept their smiles, but inside fought feelings of disappointment.

The "knights" were younger, probably not much older then Elsa. One was a young woman, the other a young man. The woman was dressed in a dark olive green overcoat with matching wide brimmed hat that was held low over her face making it difficult to see, however her long strawberry blonde hair was tied back in a ponytail. The young man walked with his arms behind his back and a few steps behind the girl. He was dressed in a long sleeved tunic similar to ones her people would wear in the winter which she thought was odd considering how warm it was. He was proper, a part in his dark brown hair, neatly shaven and clean, cleaner then Kristoff. She figured a knight would be a little more… knightly, he looked like he was ready for a fancy dinner.

Again, not what she was expecting.

Once the knights approached the steps that led to the throne, they paused. The woman removed her hat and both of them bowed at the waist making a wide sweep with their arms until they were over their hearts.

Elsa stood. "It is an honor to have you in our home."

"It is a pleasure to be here, your highness...ess." The woman smiled at the sisters. "I'm Cynthia Daniels." She gestured to the young man beside her. "And this is my brother, Drake." Elsa returned with a small bow of her head, but noticed that Drake"s eyes were either down or wondering, while Cynthia maintained eye contact and a dazzling smile.

"I'm sorry!" Anna suddenly exclaimed. "But I thought Kuarlong was sending knights? Ya know, big scary guys with arms the size of tree trunks?"

Elsa spun around, ice flurrying off her hair. "Anna!"

Cynthia however was already laughing. "Well get ready to laugh princess. We ARE knights. And I thought Arendelle was ruled by a snow queen." She folded her arms and stuck out her hip. "So where are the citizens in warm clothes? The ice covering everything? The white bears, penguins and snow wolves? Oh and the snow palace?"

"HA!" Anna yelled while pointing her finger. "We don't have ANY of those things!"

"But we do have an ice palace." Elsa muttered under her breath.

Cynthia smirked. "I heard that."

Elsa stood in between her sister and Cynthia when she noticed they were ready to go at each other. "Anyways. Yes, I am, technically, the snow queen."

"Whoa." Cynthia exclaimed. "So it is true." To Elsa it seemed that Cynthia was going to say something more on the subject, but decided against it. Instead she clapped her hands together loudly. "So you guys got something that needs killing?"

For the first time since they had been there, Drake moved. Sure it was to pump his shoulder into his sister, but still.

She mouthed the word "what" at him as Elsa took the time to clarify. "Well, I'm, uh, not entirely sure. But we are struggling with, um, something."

"Well just point us in the right direction and we'll take it from there." Cynthia made a "gun" motion with her index finger and thumb, making Elsa very confused. "Guns? We have guns, don't you have guns?" She reached for her coat. "I can show you if you want."

Drake, going red faced, grabbed his sister by her shoulder and, as another first, spoke. "I'm sorry, but can you excuse us for one second." And he yanked his sister towards the back of the throne room and out of ear shot.

While the two began speaking with each other in hushed tones, Anna and Elsa took a moment to do the same.

"Anna that was very rude."

She waved her off. "Oh you were thinking the same thing. Besides she said we had penguins ...although that wouldn't be a bad idea."

Elsa narrowed her eyes. "That's not the point." She glanced at the others out of the corner of her eye, "Okay maybe, but still. They're here to help us, their our guests so we need to be polite."

Anna shrugged, sticking her lower lip out in a pout, before looking back at the knights. "I wonder if either of them is a dragon knight?"

Elsa followed her line of sight, thinking the same thing. "Well they're both wearing warm clothes for this weather, maybe the heat doesn't bother them?"

Anna made an "O" with her lips. "Nice catch sis."

Elsa made a mock movement of flicking her hair. "I know, I'm awesome."

Finally Drake and Cynthia finished their conversation, Cynthia waving her hand so that Drake could take the lead. "I apologize for my sister, she's a bit trigger happy. Ow." He rubbed his ribs were Cynthia had elbowed him. "We understand you've been having an issue that you believe we can help with."

Elsa nodded, noting the tone of his voice was confident, but still had a slight tremor to it. Was he nervous about something? He's a knight? "Yes, but we don't have to discuss that now. I'm sure you've had a long journey and we have food ready."

Drake was about to speak, but Cynthia interrupted by grabbing onto his shoulders. "Food?! Come on Drake they have food!"

"Yes, yes I heard." He shook her off. "But shouldn't the assignment come first. I mean that's what father—"

"Well we haven't had any attacks in the last couple of weeks so we figured things had quieted down." Said Anna. The duel knights exchanged looks. "I'm sorry is that important?"

"Possibly." Cynthia said slowly as if thinking. "When do these attacks occur?"

"Nightfall." Elsa responded.

Cynthia gave a sarcastic roll of her eyes. "Shocker—ow! Will you stop that!" She slapped her brother in his arm after he had kicked her in her shin.

"Lunch is served!" They all turned their attention to the back door just as Olaf came bounding towards them and Kristoff trying to follow after him.

"Sorry," He breathed. "He got away from me."

"So where are the knights?" Olaf looked passed Elsa and Anna at Drake and Cynthia. "Are they standing behind the clearly uncomfortable guy and the very attractive girl?"

Elsa turned him around. "Olaf this is Drake and Cynthia Daniels. Knights of Kuarlong."

"OH!" He bounced toward them. "I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs!"

Drake took a reluctant step back as Cynthia bent down to Olaf's level. "My name is Cynthia and you are just the cutest talking snowman I have ever seen." Olaf giggled as she tickled underneath his chin.

Drake pointed at Olaf. "That's a talking snowman ...the snowman is talking."

Cynthia looked back at him dismissively. "You can change into a dragon and this little cutie is weirding you out?"

Elsa and Anna both quietly gasped and held to each other's arms. So he's the Dragon Knight.

"And this is Kristoff." Anna patted Kristoff's chest. "My boyfriend."

Drake gave a nod, but Cynthia's gaze lingered a bit, going up and down before finally commenting, "Okay, I approve."

Olaf shouted something again, before leading Cynthia out of the throne room. Elsa and Anna watched them leave both laughing to each other. "I guess we'll be having lunch then." Drake followed after his sister and Olaf, but Kristoff held the sisters back.

"Wait, those are the knights?"

—:0:—

Elsa genuinely considered finding a red bow to put on the real Anna to tell her and Cynthia apart. Not only did they look so much alike, now that she removed her hat, but they had the same bubbly and loud personality. Apparently the biggest difference, aside if Cynthia's longer hair, were the eyes. Anna's eyes were an ocean blue while Cynthia's were a chocolate brown. Another difference was that Anna had an innocence about her, Cynthia seemed more experienced. In what, Elsa wasn't sure.

She shared a look with Kristoff on the other side of the table, which told her he was thinking the exact same thing.

Cynthia continued to regale Anna with, whatever they are talking about, but on the right side Drake was keeping to himself. Uncomfortably keeping to himself. Given that he was seated next to her, she was just as unsettled.

Shifting in her seat she turned towards him, hoping to ease some of the tension. "So, um, are you both Dragon Knights?"

He set his utensils down and wiped his mouth. "Um, I'm sorry to correct you, your highness, but only I'm a Dragon Knight. Cynthia is not."

Seeing that he was still keeping his eyes averted, it finally hit her. He was being TOO proper. She was so close with the other members of her kingdom, knowing them by name and face, and her servants were practically family, she wasn't aware of the idea of "proper etiquette".

This revelation made her chuckle. "Drake, erm, Mister Daniels, there's no need to be so formal. Your sister sure isn't."

Drake glanced at his sister with embarrassment. "Yeah she's, uh, she's Cynthia."

"Well we're not that formal here so you can relax."

He finally looked her in the eye and she was able to see that his hazel eyes had an almost glassy, glimmering sort of look, kinda like a cats eyes. It was unusual but not off putting.

"Apologies. I guess I hold myself to a higher standard."

Interesting. Elsa could easily hear the hint of venom at the end of those words. Almost as if, though it might be true, Drake wasn't happy about it.

The tension had grown once again, but Elsa still wanted to try to relax him somehow. An idea finally came to her, something she was always curious about. "As a Dragon Knight, is it true that you need special jewels."

There was a small twitch at the side of his lip. Hey emotion. "Yes, that's correct."

Elsa's eyes lit up. "If I may, can I see it?"

"See what?!" Anna and Cynthia were looking at the pair curiously. Kristoff, who had started to gather plates, paused for a moment.

Excitedly Elsa replied. "Drake is going to show it to me."

Cynthia's eyes went comically wide as she sarcastically exclaimed. "I'm sorry! My baby brother is showing you WHAT?" Drake leaned on the table, putting his head in his hands and shook his head, the Arendelleites looking at each other with confusion. "Wow you guys need more help than I thought."

"ANYWAYS!" Drake began to unbutton the top buttons of his tunic and reached beneath the fabric. He removed a small orb the size of a small Apple connected to a chain around his neck. Mesmerized, Elsa and Anna were entranced at the teal colored sphere and the silver dragon wrapped around it as if protecting a precious treasure. The center of the pendent was swirling with an energy that could only be described as something magical.

"Whoa…" like a child seeing something shiny, Olaf began reaching for the jewel, "it's so pretty."

Drake pulled it out of his reach. "Probably shouldn't play with it, little guy."

His stick arms reached as far as they could. "But it's so—"

Drake moved it away from him without removing it but put it closer to Elsa's face.

"It's like looks like a storm in the palm of your hand."

Drake thought her comment was odd, but looking closer at his gem he shrugged. "I suppose so. I've never thought of it like that."

"And that helps you change into a dragon?" Kristoff asked.

Drake nodded as he put it back under his tunic. "It helps me control it."

"Now he just needs to use it."

Drake shot his sister a glare. Her words were barely audible, but he appeared to have heard her perfectly. "We're not talking about that now."

Cynthia places a napkin on her plate and handed it to Kristoff. "Anywho. Now that's all done, let's get to work." She got to her feet. "Your highness, I'm going to need so see any of the attack sites."

Elsa thought. "I don't believe we've found any attack sites, but Bjorn, the Captain of my guard, found a den in the woods. Will that help?"

She smiled. "That's even better. Have your Captain take me to the den—"

"Wait you?" Drake stood up from the table. "What am I—oh no your not—"

"You sure are." She grinned, "Interviewing witnesses." Drake narrowed his eyes, Elsa nearly gasping when she saw smoke discharge from his nostrils. He was about to bite back, but Cynthia closed the gap between them, with miraculous speed, so she could whisper in his ear, something Elsa couldn't hear. Appearing defeated but still blowing smoke he gave a small nod. "That's what I thought." She whispered, Elsa was able to make out the words on her lips.

"So where can I meet the captain?" Cynthia asked eyes still staring down her brother.

"I can take you to him!" Anna raised her hand like being called on by the teacher. "I know where he is!"

"Nice," she turned to her still fuming brother, "go talk to those witnesses. Chop chop." Cynthia and Anna left the dining room, leaving Drake to take a few breaths to calm himself down.

Once done, he turned to Elsa. "May I speak to any witnesses to these attacks."

Before she could speak Kristoff stepped forward. "I saw the creature, I've also found a couple of the, um, bodies."

"Well alright then." Drake clapped his hands. "Let's, Uh, let's do this." He followed Kristoff into the main kitchen area while Elsa And Olaf remained.

Elsa put her fingers to her chin in thought, hoping she had made the right choice in trusting them to save her kingdom.