We all walked rather slowly at first, but I soon heard laughing. It sounded as if they decided to throw decorum to the wind. Or perhaps it was not that they ignored the rules of royalty, but were just escaping them. Perhaps they were tired of the expectations, and that was why a gaggle of prim, stuffy people needed to have fun.
Oh. That's right. Normal people, even royalty, needed to have fun. They needed an escape. At least, a healthy escape that didn't involve running from aging relatives.
Perhaps I should just tell the Snow Queen everything. About what she did, about why I know what it meant. Maybe she has not even been told what it meant to the universe that she had found her destiny at the perfect age. Not too young, as to raise suspicion, and not too old as to be in the prime. She can do anything at her age, I just wish that I wasn't called a little too early.
I know too much, I suppose.
The maze was wonderfully complex, built out of the softest snow. A person could dig their hands in to pick out round snowballs in a pinch. They could even-
CRACK
"Elsa!" Queen Anna yelled, "No powers!"
"Sorry!" the Ice Queen yelled joyfully.
SHUNK
Huh. The Ice Queen was using her powers. That means she must have cheated. And oh, how fun this will be.
I willed the walls to part, and they did so effortlessly. I calmly walked straight to the stairs, the walls collapsing into place behind me. Once I got to the stairs I slowly began to climb before I was able to look back out to the maze.
The Snow Queen was gaining fast.
She was riding on a slab of ice, her hands faintly glowing and giving off fog. Her face was one of pure adrenaline, and her eyes widened when our gazes locked.
I bounded up the stairs, going 2, 3, 4 at a time. On the last stretch I jumped 6 easily, and whipped around with a smile beaming on my face.
The rest were expressionless.
Oh no. What had I done? Had I gone too far? Could they tell that there was no conceivable way a person could charge up steps like a waltz through the air? Did I let go of myself, let myself relax a little too early?
Could they tell I was a monster?
But there was a blink, and they all began smiling with me. The Ice Queen, as it turns out, was only about 5 steps below me. A perhaps possible victory, since they had forgotten that the Snow Queen was using her powers.
At the bottom of the steps, there was a gasp. Queen Anna had tried to climb the stairs. She hovered in the air, just long enough for the Ice Queen to make a bank of snow below her to cushion the fall. All of the royalty rushed down the stairs, throwing shouts of worry.
All of us stopped at a burst of laughter from inside the snowbank. Queen Anna was alright. We sunk to the floor with her, and Queen Elsa willed the frozen game away.
"That… was fun." the Lost Princess gasped, drawing her legs together.
"Yes, the most fun I've had in years."
"When was the last time?" Duchess Kay asked, Duke Kai whispering in her ear.
"Oh… my wedding ball, I suppose, is when I had real and true fun. That was when everybody stopped calling me Cinderella, and began calling me the Commoner Queen Ella," she brushed a strand of hair behind her ear as she blushed at the memory, "or my people started calling me Queen Ella the Strong. I had great fun earning that title as well."
"Queen Ella the Strong? That's a rather odd nickname for a royal." Queen Anna stated, looking at Queen Ella's arms with a raised brow.
"Well, that story is a fun one. Shortly after my husband and I were crowned, my Cabinet demanded that I hold some sort of activity to boost my ratings among my people. They meant some kind of ball for the elite, but I chose a very… different option. Once a month, I held strongman competitions that were open to the public. At first the press ignored it, but once they saw that I was stronger than all of the competitors, it grew. There was very little backlash, surprisingly, and I became an entertainer among different ranks in different ways. To nobles I was sort of an inspiring joke, while lower ranks saw me as a rebeller who won the prince over with my strength. They were both sort of true, I suppose."
I looked at the others, and they all had faces of awe. I nearly laughed. A strongwoman as a queen, how amazing indeed. She came from so little, and rose up with her own determination. The woman formerly called Cinderella was some other kind of being.
A burst of wind opened the windows as leaves blew into the ballroom.
"GALE!" the Sister Queens yelled. They scrambled to stand.
It was time to meet the Elementals of the Enchanted Forest.
I hope the end of this cleared some things up a bit. To make it clear : Queen Ella is a rewrite of Cinderella, but with some extra twists. I named her kingdom Verre, which is glass in French since the story comes from France.
TO RECAP: The gang is Elsa, Anna, three OCs as Aria and the twins Duke Kai and Duchess Kay. Also, Rapunzel and the character-edited Cinderella. Besides that, THIS FOLLOWS THE EVENTS OF FROZEN 2, AND THE WHOLE STORY'S CANON! Some Guest was being confused/confusing about not wanting a retelling, or to follow canon. It follows canon for Frozen, but some elements of other movies and stories are changed. Also, IT TAKES PLACE 1 ½ YEARS AFTER FROZEN 2!
Other than that feel free to ask questions or for clarification if needed! Also, encouragement is appreciated!