Ok, here's my newest chapter. I call this "The Arm" because if you've read through the other chapters, you'll remember that Daniel is always wearing that black glove. So the queen was right. He is hiding something. But what is it he's hiding? Could something be wrong with his arm, or is it something else? Let's just find out.

The very next day after that incident with Daniel and Queen Idun, nothing much had happened, though Daniel was not allowed to leave the castle just as Queen Idun had said, and he was doing his best to make himself feel at home.

Daniel was walking through the hallway, heading into the library, with an old newspaper in his left, gloved hand, and a bottle of his homemade wine in his right hand.

He came up to the doors of the library and pushed them open. Inside he went and sat at the chair near the windows and the fireplace, like he did yesterday.

He set his wine bottle on the table next to him and he pulled out a glass from the folds of his robe, and he poured some of the red wine in, until the glass was half full. After pouring it, he took a sip and then kicked back and sat in the chair, where he put the newspaper in front of him.

All was quiet for a while. He was there sitting and reading his newspaper in private for about 20 minutes, and then the doors of the library were pushed open.

He looked to see Elsa had come in. She had a frustrated look on her face and she didn't even notice that Daniel was sitting there.

"Something troubling you?" asked Daniel who didn't even look away from his paper.

Elsa jumped a little at the sound of his voice. "Oh, it's just you." Elsa sighed in relief. "Yes. Something is troubling me."

Daniel threw down his paper, then took a sip of his wine. "What would that be?" he asked her again.

"It's my mother. I had a talk with her about the incident that happened yesterday, and she doesn't even feel guilty about what she did to you! She attacked you for nothing, and I tried to convince her to apologize to you, but she wouldn't listen to me. She said you deserved what you got!"

"Well, she must still be angry because she thinks I'm the one responsible for that village being destroyed."

"Well, she couldn't prove it was you so I don't see why she won't stop trying to blame you. If you say you didn't do it, and there wasn't anything to prove it was you, then it couldn't have been you."

"That's what I've been saying. It's nice to know someone doesn't think I'm guilty."

"No one but her thinks you're guilty. I think she just needs to drop the whole thing and apologize for what she did."

"It's obvious that she's not going to so what's the purpose in trying? But I appreciate you sticking up for me."

"This just came to me and I know you said it's private, but would you mind letting me see that locket of yours?"

"I don't see why not."

Daniel stood up, and he reached under his shirt and pulled out his locket.

He and Elsa walked up to each other and he opened the locket for her to see.

"Is this you?" Elsa asked gesturing to the baby.

"Yep. For many years this locket has been a family heirloom. It first belonged to my great, great, great grandfather. If I remember the story my dad told me correctly, my grandfather, the first owner of this locket, he was a soldier. He fought a great war to win the rights of my hometown. Before going off to fight in that war, this was given to him by his wife. She gave it to him in case anything had happened to her in that war. Because everyday, the enemies were sending in men to capture the women and children and hold them for ransom."

"It sounds like it was a terrible war," Elsa commented.

"Everyone in my family knows the tale. And they all have a pretty good idea on how bad it was. She gave this locket to him in case that the enemy soldiers captured her and their son. So that way he would always have something to make sure that he had someone worth protecting. He promised her he'd not have let her get captured, and he kept that promise. So the tale of that war was told for generations, and that land he fought for, became his home. My whole family has lived there, but I don't know if it was for me. Not enough excitement in my life, so I sought out to change it. And look it me. I'm not doing bad. I'm 22 years old and I've got a lot going on."

"You're doing great for someone who's really far from home," Elsa complimented him.

"Thanks."

"Your mother, she's a beautiful woman."

"That's one of the reasons my father married her. He knew her since he was 18. He met her at a restaurant near where my house was. She worked there because she loved to cook. And my dad he loved to go there, because he loved her cooking. We always said that she had a charm. Every meal she made for him and me, was good enough to blow your taste buds off. That's why he decided to try and get to know her, maybe try and learn how she cooked so well."

"So is that the big reason he married her, was because he loved her food?" Elsa asked.

"Basically yeah. And I think I might have inherited that charm. I once cooked something for myself out there, I trusted what my mind was telling me, like my mom always did, and I found out I could cook as good as her."

"I bet you miss her cooking a lot, don't you?"

"Now that I think about it, I actually do."

Elsa just laughed a little. "Well she really is a beautiful woman. I like her. I wish I could meet her."

"Well, I suppose I-" And then the doors of the library opened again and cut Daniel off.

It was none other than Queen Idun who came in.

Elsa, I-" she stopped when she saw her with Daniel and she glared a little at him. "What are you doing here?"

"He was in here reading his paper and I came in on him," Elsa stepped up.

"I don't care who was in here and for what reason. Elsa what are you doing near him? I told you he's dangerous."

"He is not dangerous, Mother. He's a very nice man, and he was nice enough to let in on his past."

She looked back to Daniel. "So you're sharing your secrets with her?"

"It's not secrets, it's just events from my past. And maybe if you'd be nice like she is, then I could tell you about it."

"Now you listen to me. Stay away from my daughters."

"Mother, don't start."

"Elsa, go!" she pointed to the door.

Elsa scoffed and turned around, then left the library.

Then Queen Idun looked back to Daniel. "Now listen here. I want you to stay away from my family and stop trying to brainwash everyone with all your lies."

"What are you talking about?"

"You know what I'm talking about! Don't think I can't see past that Mister Nice Guy face of yours. I know what you're up to. So stop trying to fool me."

"I seriously don't know what you mean."

"No? Then I guess I have to explain it all to you. I know you're trying to deceive my family. You've already deceived Adgar along with Elsa and Anna, but you can't fool me. I know you want to try and take my kingdom. But it's not gonna work. I'm not gonna let you hurt my family."

"I don't get what you mean. I don't want your kingdom."

"Don't lie to me!" Idun started to raise her voice. "This is your only warning. Stay away from my daughters and stop trying to deceive us. Or so help me, I will sentence you to 10 years in the dungeons!"

"You can't punish me if there's no crime."

"I'm the queen. This is my kingdom," she grabbed Daniel by his torso and pulled him towards her, so he was face to face with her. "I can do whatever I want."

"We'll see. I'm not gonna be tortured by you."

"Is that a threat!" Idun yelled even louder. And she raised her hand to slap him again.

"Idun!"

She turned around and looked to see King Adgar standing there, his arms folded, and he was looking angrily to her.

"What do you want, Adgar?"

"Don't 'what do you want, Adgar' me. I heard everything. Locking him in the dungeons, deceiving us."

"He's deceiving you! He's brainwashing you! Can't you see?"

"Daniel, come on, son."

Daniel walked passed Queen Idun and towards the king.

"Where do you think you're going? I'm not finished with you!" Idun snapped at him again.

"Oh, yes you are!" King Adgar snapped at her.

The two walked off leaving Queen Idun alone.

Daniel and King Adgar were both walking through the halls. They were both alone, and nobody was in sight.

"So what are we doing now, Your Majesty?" asked Daniel.

"We're gonna have a little talk, just you and me. But somewhere private."

Then they came up towards a closed door, and King Adgar pulled out a set of keys. He went through them all, until he picked a little, gold one. He put it into the keyhole, turned it, and he pushed open the door. "After you."

Daniel walked through the doors to and it went into the small room.

There were 5 small windows on the right side of the only door in the room, on the left side there was a small desk, with a bunch of papers scattered all over it, with a few jars of ink, and 4 drawers all with a keyhole on them. There was also two chairs in front of the desk.

"Go ahead. Pull a chair and sit down," the king insisted, and locked the door behind him.

Daniel did so and he took one of the chairs and sat. "What is this place?"

"My own private room. I come in here when I need to get some urgent work done, or if I just need to be alone. I don't let many people come in here, and I have the only key to it. But it will make a good place for us to have a little talk."

Then King Adgar pulled the other chair in front of Daniel, but before he sat down, he took his set of keys to one of the drawers and unlocked it.

From the drawer he opened, he extracted a dark brown case. He sat down and opened it, and inside were a bunch of light brown cigars. He took one out and put it in his mouth, then held the case in front of Daniel. "Cigar?" He offered.

"No thanks. I don't smoke."

"Suit yourself. But please don't tell anyone I have these. I keep a lot of personal things in this room. I told Idun I quit a long time ago, but something about it just feels good to me. I only smoke one a day."

"My lips are sealed."

"Thanks." Then took a pack of matches out of his pocket. "Brilliant."

"What's wrong?"

"I'm out of matches. I new I forgot something."

"No problem," Daniel snapped his fingers on his right hand, and then fire sparked onto his thumb, like a match being struck.

He held his fire lit thumb out for the king and the king put his cigar in, lighting it up.

"Thank you." He thanked Daniel and took a smoke.

"So what did you want to talk with me for?" Daniel asked.

"Oh, right. Listen to me, son. I've seen the way Idun has been treating you. She threatens you, tries to hurt you."

"I don't understand what her deal is. She seemed to be happy the first time she met me, but now she just acts all rude around me. She sees me, and she starts being a jerk to me."

"Exactly. And that's something that I'm not gonna put up with. Daniel, don't let her push you around like that. Don't let her do all these things to you. Think of it like it were the bullies you told me about. Stand up for yourself. She may be the queen, but that doesn't give her the right to torture you, or invade on your personal belongings."

On the outside of the room, Queen Idun was standing right next to the door, listening in to their conversation.

She pressed her right ear up against the door, as silent as she could be, and listened to what they were saying.

"If she keeps attacking you like that, fight her, son. Do what you have to do to defend yourself."

"I get what you're saying, sir. But I don't think it's just her who's got a problem with me here. I've overheard some of the servants and maids, and even guards saying stuff about me. They've been saying things like, 'what if Queen Idun is right about him? What if he's the one responsible for destroying that village?' I've overheard a lot."

"If anyone else has a problem with that, son, or if anybody is bothering you or making you feel uncomfortable, you just come talk to me."

"Nice to know someone doesn't think I'm untrustworthy."

"It's not just me. Elsa and Anna, along with many of our staff think you are a kind man. None of them would blame you for strange events if they couldn't prove it."

"Thank you, Your Highness. I think I'll be going now," Daniel said getting up.

"Hold on, son. I've got something for you," the king stopped him and turned back to the desk. From another one of the drawers of that desk, the king pulled out Daniel's sword and book. "I believe that these belong to you."

"Thanks. But I thought the queen took these from me."

"I wouldn't allow it. I'm returning these to you. If Idun has a problem, she can take it up with me."

"Thank you."

"If you ever have any other matters you need taken care of, just come to me. I'll help you with whatever you need."

Daniel nodded in response and unlocked the door. From the outside, when Queen Idun heard it unlocking, she quickly got away from the door and turned at the closest corner, barely avoiding Daniel.

Later that night, it was calm, warm, and not a cloud in the sky, to block the full moon's light or the starry skies.

Back in the library, Daniel was once again with King Adgar, the were sitting in front of the lit fireplace, and they were both talking over a bottle of his wine.

"Mm. This is delicious, son. The best wine I ever tasted," King Adgar said after taking a sip of it.

"Well, I guess my dad had a good taste in wine."

"How do you make this, by chance?"

"Sorry. But that's one more thing I keep personal. My dad told me that. He said to keep the instructions on how it's made a secret. But it's made out of the finest red grapes that can be found, and fresh picked cherries, and that's all someone other than a family member needs to know."

"Ah. Well grapes and cherries, they go great together in wine. It's sweet with a strong fruity taste."

"Unfortunately I only have a few bottles of it with me. All the barrels of it are at my cabin, and I'm not allowed to leave. So I can't go get them."

"Don't worry, son. This won't be going on for long. In fact, I'm gonna make sure this ends really soon. In just a short time, you'll be free to come and go once more."

"Thank you," Daniel replied taking a sip of his wine.

King Adgar looked down at his half empty glass, and he drunk the rest of it. "Well, thanks for sharing this with me. I don't think I've had a better glass of wine than this one."

"You're welcome."

"It's getting late, and I have some things I have to work on. I have to get some letters and trade deals answered. You going to bed?"

"No. I'm gonna stay up a while. I also have some things I may need to do."

"All right. Good night."

"Good night."

King Adgar left the library and Daniel took the chairs, then moved them to a table near one of the shelves of books.

He walked over to the chair near the edge of the window and in front of the fireplace, sat down, and pulled out his newspaper.

He sat there for about ten minutes, and just stayed silent, reading the paper.

After a few more minutes of him just sitting there, the library doors were pushed open rather roughly, and it caught Daniel's attention.

He threw down his paper and looked to see Queen Idun, wearing a hot pink night gown, designed with dark blue flowers on it, and she was carrying a scabbarded sword with a dark gray handle in her right hand.

She looked straight at Daniel. "You know, I've just about had it with all your tricks." she said pointing the hilt of her sword at him.

"Oh, great. Here we go again. You and me are gonna argue, and I'm gonna keep trying to convince you I'm not a criminal."

The queen started walking towards him. "Trust me when I say that things are gonna be different. I want to know what you're up to. I want to know what you're hiding, and you're gonna give me some answers."

"I keep telling you, I'm not hiding anything, and if I was, why would I tell you?"

"I'm glad you asked. You're gonna give me some answers, or else..." she pulled the sword out of the scabbard then tossed the scabbard aside, and pointed the blade on the right side of Daniel's nose. "...I'm gonna have to punish you. Now tell me the truth, or else you're in big trouble."

"How many times must I say it? I'm not hiding anything. Now come on, I don't want to hurt you. Put the sword down."

"Tell me the truth and I will."

"Just put it down," he put his left hand on the blade and started to lower it, but then Queen Idun pulled it away, and she struck it lightly right underneath his right eye.

Daniel groaned lightly in pain and he rubbed where she cut him, lifted up his right hand and saw the blood. "All right. Perhaps I've been too polite. Well, then, from here on out, it's no more Mister Nice Guy."

"Try anything and the next one I'll put right through your head."

Then Daniel reached behind himself, and a glowing silver stream of magic shot from his hand, and when it touched his sword, he pulled it right to him.

The queen gasped in shock.

"Light tether. Allows me to pull any object to me using a stream of magic."

He unsheathed his sword and raise it in defense.

"Don't try anything to me. Otherwise, you're gonna get what's coming to you," said Queen Idun.

"Fight me and you're gonna regret it," Daniel replied.

The queen swung her sword at him, and Daniel blocked it with his own sword, and the markings on it started to light up in a sky blue color.

"So it's a swordfight you want, huh? All right. Then it's a swordfight you'll get," said Daniel.

"I'll cut you up into hundreds of little pieces."

"Have at thee!" Daniel yelled and they started to clash their swords together.

"What are those strange markings?"

"Magic symbols. I made this sword myself. Those symbols were another thing in my book. By simply carving them into the blade, the markings glow when in battle, or when danger nears. It also does make it completely indestructible."

The queen glared at him and swiftly swung her sword, but Daniel blocked it with his own, right before it could get to him.

The queen swung again and Daniel did the same, then he pushed her back and tossed his sword up into the air. As the sword was going up, Queen Idun tried to strike him, but Daniel quickly dodge rolled out of the way, and went behind the queen, to catch his sword. The queen tried to hit him again before he could catch it, but Daniel bent back, avoiding it, then he caught his sword, and the queen swung at him, but Daniel blocked it like before.

"I told you. Reflexes. Sorry, but unless you have skills and reflexes like me, you don't stand a chance."

"We'll see."

She swung again and almost quick as lightning, Daniel put his sword up in defense, blocking her attack. And she started to push him back.

And as Daniel was getting pushed back, he knew he had to do something. It was then, out of nowhere, a wall of fire surrounded him, and it completely covered his entire body, as it started to fade, something around him began to materialize from the flames. As the fire faded, he wore the same suit of armor he'd been wearing when he saved Anna and Kristoff from the goblins that attacked in the mountains.

The queen stop and gazed at him in shock.

"How do you like it?" He gestured to the suit of armor.

"If you think that's gonna save you, then you're really out of your mind."

She went back up to him and they clashed their swords together once more.

They both started to try and push each other back, but it didn't go on for long, because Daniel was so strong, that he quickly knocked her to the ground, in front of the fireplace, and knocking the rack of the fireplace equipment down.

"Enough." Was all Daniel said, and he made the fire surround him again, this time, he de materialized his armor. He turned his back on her and started to walk away, sheathing his sword in the process.

The queen glared angrily at him, and then she looked to her right and saw the fire poker. She picked it up, ran up to him, then as quick as she could, she hit him on the head.

After being hit on the head, Daniel fell to the ground, and dropped his sword. He landed front first on the ground, then flipped himself over, to see Queen Idun walking up to him, raising the fire poker.

"Don't do this. I'm warning you," said Daniel.

"I've warned you multiple times. Now I'm gonna end you," the queen said raising the poker then she prepared to hit him with it.

As she brought it down, Daniel quickly put his left arm up and when it hit, it made a banging sound.

The queen started to try and hit him over and over again, but Daniel kept his left arm up, and it kept making that banging sound, and the fabric of his glove started to tear.

Just the, the entrance doors of the library bust open, and King Adgar, a few of the guards of the place, along with Elsa and Anna saw what was going on, and the guards quickly rushed over and grabbed the queen, pulling her away from Daniel.

Elsa rushed over to Daniel and helped him get up, while the king walked over to the guards restraining Queen Idun.

"I told you he was hiding something!" she yelled aloud.

But King Adgar just walked up, then he raised his right hand, and slapped her right across the face. "What's wrong with you?! What do you think you're doing trying to hurt him?!" He snapped at her.

The guards let go of Queen Idun, and she rubbed the part of her face where he slapped her.

"He's hiding something! Look at his arm!"

King Adgar turned around and saw Daniel's torn up glove. Through that torn fabric, his arm was a dirty gray.

Daniel raised his left arm, and the started to pull off his glove. After he pulled it off, it revealed that his left arm, all the way past his elbow, was dirty gray.

"What happened?" King Adgar asked.

Elsa who was next to him, felt his arm. "It's metal."

"Metal?" the king asked.

"I lost my real arm in a fight with those monsters years ago. I used a spell to forge myself an iron arm."

"I told you he was hiding something!" the queen snapped. "He kept this a secret!"

King Adgar turned back to the queen and glared at her. "That does it! If you ever lay a hand on him again, I'm sentencing you to an entire month in the dungeons!" He looked back to Elsa and Daniel. "Elsa take Daniel out of here, and the rest of you clear away. Idun and me are gonna have a private discussion."

"Come on," Elsa said to Daniel, while putting her hands on his shoulders, then she looked at where Queen Idun cut him. "Father, he's been cut."

King Adgar went over to Daniel and saw where she cut him. "Did she do this?"

"Yeah. But it's nothing. It doesn't hurt."

"That doesn't matter."

He walked back to Queen Idun.

"I did that because he wouldn't listen to me. I say he deserved what happened to him," the queen looked past King Adgar and towards Daniel.

The king reached her then he slapped her again.

"Come on," Elsa said pulling Daniel along.

In Daniel's room, Elsa and Daniel were in there, and Elsa was holding a tiny cloth to Daniel's cut to stop the blood flow.

"So that's why you wear that glove. To hide your metal arm?" Elsa asked looking down to his arm.

"I figured it'd be weird just going around with an arm made of iron in sight. It was so humiliating."

"You shouldn't be embarrassed about something like that. Things like this happen."

"But I doubt anyone else here has an iron arm."

"Better iron than no arm at all. So how'd this happen?"

"Why don't I show you instead of telling you?"

Daniel stood up and put his hands in front of his face, like he did last time. Then the same blue light shined, illuminating the whole room. From that light came the mist, which had slowly started to form into the view of a bunch of trees and bushes. Green all around.

In one spot, a younger Daniel, where he'd had his head shaved like he did now, he wore the same black robe, and wielding his sword. He was fighting off a bunch of goblins. There were at least 2 dozen of those horrid creatures, all surrounding Daniel.

As they charged at him, Daniel swiftly swung his sword at them, striking them on their chests or throats. He also was stabbing them, and beheading them all.

One of them ran up to him and got into a swordfight with him. But with both Daniel and the goblin sword fighting didn't last long. Because Daniel had used his reflexes, to avoid any attacks, and then he quickly put his sword through its chest.

After the goblin dropped its weapon, Daniel yanked his sword out, and turned behind to the last three there were, and cut all their heads off at once.

Though he'd struck them all down, he didn't see that on his left, the goblin he'd just stabbed wasn't giving up. It crept to his left, wielding its sword, and it took its change, then it swung at Daniel.

Daniel finally saw it, but when he did, it was too late. The goblin swung at him, and cut half of his left arm off, and finally it dropped dead.

Daniel yelled in pain, clutching the remaining's of his arm. He dropped to his knees and looked at the palm of his right hand, which was covered with blood. He quickly took off his robe, and wrapped it around his left arm, to stop the blood flow.

After that, he quickly ran over to a nearby stream, and used the water to clean the blood off his hand. He stuck his hand in the water and let the blood wash out.

When it was clean, he picked up his book which was a few feet away. He quickly flipped through the pages, and started to look for a spell.

For at least a minute, he flipped through the book, when finally he stopped on a page.

He took the robe off of his arm, then started to chant a spell. As he chanted, a golden light started to shine from the palm of his right hand and onto his wounded remains of his arm, which slowly healed it.

He did it for at least a minute or two, but when it stopped, his arm was no longer bleeding.

"I tried to find a spell to regrow my arm, but there wasn't one to do a human arm. Thankfully I did find something."

Daniel was flipping through his book again, and was looking for another spell. Then he set the book down and did another chant.

This time, while doing the chant, fiery light started to appear from the air, and it shrouded his left arm.

The fiery light grew brighter and brighter, and bigger, but through that light, an object could be seen, slowly materializing.

He did it for less than a minute, and finally it stopped. When all the light faded, he had the dirty gray, iron arm.

He held it up to him and he wiggled the metal fingers on it, like it were an original, human arm.

"It may have worked like a real arm, but it wasn't the same," said Daniel as the illusion turned back to the blue light and faded away.

"I think it's amazing," Elsa said looking back up to him. "You created a replacement arm. Nobody can do that."

"I guess it is pretty amazing. But there is one spell that I like above all the others."

"What's that one?"

"If you can give me a block of ice, I'll show you."

"A block of ice?'

"Yeah."

"Okay, then," Elsa questioned but then created a rectangle block of ice.

She gave it to Daniel, who took it in his left hand. He held it up, and then all of a sudden, a golden light started to glow on the ice block. It glowed almost bright as fire, and then it just faded. When it did, Elsa looked to the block, which was now gold.

"Is that real gold?"

"Yep. 24 karat. This is how I get around in life. I needed money, so I just find either a rock or brick, and use that spell to turn it into gold."

"That's amazing. I like you. Secrets or not."

"I like you too, Elsa."

Okay, I think I'm gonna end it there. I'm not sure what I'll put in the next chapter, so it'll take a while before I update again. By the way, how'd you like that little thing I added on this? His left arm made of iron, that's why he wears that glove. It's something I thought up when I posted the first chapter, and I've been waiting to get to this, and finally I did. Please read, review, and enjoy.