The burst of wind was shapeless to the human eye, but I could tell that… Gale… was a mostly bird-like shape in nature, and there were multiple entities. They flew around each of our necks, and I could faintly hear birds chirping when they neared me. I jumped out of alarmful joy, but the Snow Queen looked worried.
"Don't worry, she won't hurt you." she stated calmingly.
"They. There is… more than one." I blurted, and barely refrained myself from slapping my hand over my mouth. The other royals snapped their heads to me, and the Snow Queen raised a perfect eyebrow.
"Wait… what?" Queen Anna said, tilting her head, "How do you know that?"
"Uh… intuition? I mean… the wind comes in little waves with all of it kind of like multiple things brushing against you? And… I don't know, I kind of just had a feeling?" I swallowed a lump in my throat, close to choking on my fear.
Then the group shrugged with mumbles of 'I guess'. I had held my breath, and it was painstaking to let it out slowly.
"Anyway, who is Gale? Are they invisible? And why did it get so windy in here?" The Lost Princess asked, hopping on the balls of her toes.
"Well, you all know how I stepped down more than a year ago? It's kind of a long story, and it includes Gale." said the Snow Queen, worrying at her fingers. I nodded, understanding immediately, and looked out the newly-opened window. In flew a handful of little origami shapes, and they flew around the room. They came to hover in front of Queen Elsa, and she plucked one out of the air. It was diamond-shaped, and she smiled as she read it.
"Narina's fever has left her, they decided to try to keep Bruni in the same room as her and the heat drew the fever out," she picked another, and read that one as well, "the giants were seen up north of the village, and they have been taking naps in the river again."
"I wonder why they've come back down, you've been back for quite a while. And it sounds like Bruni's flaming up again, huh?" Queen Anna raised an eyebrow and waddled to peek over her sister's shoulder. The Ice Queen nodded, and the sisters walked the halls into a nearby study.
Meanwhile, the rest of us quietly shuffled after them. They were engrossed in conversation, and the rest of us didn't want to disrupt them.
The high walls were covered in books, and I browsed them with interest. The thickest books were higher up, a poor design. If a normal person were to try to get them, it would cause a horrible accident. They were also records, categorizing something. Each had dates of starting and stopping, and they all lasted a year each.
Why were so many of them so large, but all the latest ones so small? Why did the progression seem so abrupt? I leaned forward to pick one out when there was a gasp behind me.
"What' s wrong?" I spun. It was Queen Anna who gasped, and I rushed to their sides as I read the letter quickly. Once I realized that I invaded both their personal space and privacy, I slapped my own hand.
I had gotten too close. Too… excited.
I couldn't hold my tongue as I blurted the next words.
"Why is there a drawing of a kelpie there?"
"Kelpie?" Queen Anna turned, setting down the drawing.
It could only be described as a kelpie, or some other kind of beast. The maddening aura of the illustration would be difficult to replicate under any circumstances, unless the artist had seen the beast.
"Yes. Kelpie, it's… a water beast? I've seen another water beast myself, but that one… it… it's straight out of the legends! Not even the one I'd seen was horse-like." I shivered, glancing my fingers over the page.
"You've seen something like Nokk before?" Queen Elsa stood, raised eyebrow and smirked lip. She was un-believing. She was ignorant, for perhaps the first time in her life, and she was wrong to assume the words that had come out of my mouth were playful or child-like.
"Careful of your tone, not all of us were frozen at a correct age." I hissed at her, frustration bubbling in my chest. She needed to understand. She needed to know.
The air went frosty without a breeze, Gale long since gone.
"Excuse me?" the Ice Queen whispered.
" Oh, I mean no offense. There was no way you could've known. But, I am surprised you thought you were the only one with the knowledge of a water beast. And honestly, I thought you would be better at not taking things at face value." my voice went loud, grating.
"So you're saying that I assumed something? What exactly did I assume?" the Snow Queen asked, ice covering her skin.
"That you were the only Fifth Spirit."
So, this one is a little short obviously, but very impactful, right?
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