Chapter Twelve: Something New

Two weeks passed since the two eventful days of mathias's stay and everything seemed back to normal. Elsa went on with her plans to teach Mathias to speak since he understood what people were saying to him. She hired some people who could teach him, seven in fact because of Mathias's anger issues when he literally throws them through the many doors Elsa had replaced for his room. Today was no exception for her. She was enjoying her afternoon stroll before getting back to work when she heard a scuffle behind Mathias's door. She jumped back in surprise when the wooden door shattered, wood splinters flying everywhere as one of the tutors fell through and hit the wall opposite of the entry way. Mathias stepped out and glared at the man as he growled at the fallen man. Elsa rushed in front of Mathias stopping him before he could advance any further.

He stopped immediately when she stood in front of him glaring at him with her icy blue eyes of hers.

"Mathias, this has to stop now." She said in the most regal tone possible trying to intimidate the taller man. His gaze softened a bit as he looked at her as if some sympathy for his actions. The tutor got back up and dusted himself off as he glared at the taller man.

"As everyone told you your majesty, you can't teach this savage anything." He muttered under his breath but sadly Elsa heard it and apparently so did Mathias as he started to growl again.

"What was that Mr. Robertson?" She asked him when she turned around to face him fully.

"W-What was what?" He asked back startled as she narrowed her eyes on him.

"He's no savage, he's a human being and my guest in this castle so show some respect." She said in her icy tone which made Mr. Robertson flinch. Mathias was about to join in but quickly noticed his feet had gone cold and he backed away from Elsa. Mr. Robertson didn't notice as he glared at Elsa with disgust.

"So you defend him, you're no better than him witch!" He hissed at her and she flinched at his words. No one noticed Mathias charge at him and held him against the wall. His face only inches from the other man as he growled at him with complete hatred.

Elsa noticed that his back was glowing bright blue up his spin and stopped at his neck. It quickly died out as he threw the man on the thin ice on the floor.

"What was that light?" She thought to herself as she walked over to Mathias and put a hand on his shoulder only to jerk her hand away for how hot his skin was to her touch. Mr. Robertson smirked from the ground as he watched the scene before him.

"Look at that, your pet came to assist, how sweet." He said with venom. Elsa stepped in front of Mathias as she looked at Mr. Robertson with disgust.

"We no longer need your assistance and are no longer welcome in my castle." She said as the guards rushed past her and took the man away. She turned around as Mathias collapsed to one knee panting.

"Are you alright?" She asked him worriedly as she knelt down beside him. She heard a crackling noise as he took an intake of breath and slowly got back up.

"Come on lets get you into your room." She said as she tried to assist the taller man into his room. Her cold skin meeting his burning skin as she finally got him to the bed. He gave a loud cry before collapsing onto the bed with Elsa next to him. He groaned as Elsa got back up and began cooling him off with her powers, summoning ice to her hands as she put her icy hand to his burning forehead.

Anna was looking for her sister with no luck but as she turned around and noticed Mathias's door was destroyed yet again. She just had enough of the man's tantrums and was going to give him a piece of her mind. She rushed down the hall toward his room ready to yell at him as she approached his room.

"Augh! Again with the door! You know there are other ways to express your anger, and this isn't one of them! This is the eighth time you've done this!" She ranted but stopped as she saw her sister blowing cold winds in the room.

"Elsa, what are you doing here?" She asked in shock and noticed that Mathias was unconscious and sweating.

"What happened to him?!" She asked pointing a finger at him.

"I'm trying to cool him down the best i can, now quickly get the physician now." She said as she continued to concentrate the cold air on Mathias. Anna nodded her head in confirmation as she left to fetch the physician wondering what had happened that would put Mathias in such a state.

Elsa finally got his temperature down when her sister came back with the physician who went immediately to work. He looked up to the young queen and pointed to the door, gesturing to step outside so he can have some privacy. She nodded in understanding as she began to walk out with her younger sister in foot. Once away from the room Anna immediately started to ask questions.

"What happened? What did i miss?" She asked hurriedly. Elsa took a deep breath and began to explain the events to her sister.

"Mathias went off on another tutor and to tell you the truth i didn't like him either. But something happened Mathias slammed him to the wall and i saw Mathias's back began to glow blue until he threw the tutor on the ground. I went to stop him but his skin was hot against my hand and he collapsed moments later to this state." She explained to her sister. Her sister looked at the entryway to his room and sighed as she looked at her distressed sister.

"Elsa calm down he's going to be fine, i'm sure he has been in tougher situations than this." Anna assured her.

The physician came out of the room with a confused look on his face. He walked over to the royal sisters and they looked at him worriedly.

"Will he be alright?" Elsa asked him and the physician brows narrowed.

"I-I don't understand he should be cold but he's still hot to the touch and his spine feels like hot metal i don't understand why. But other than that he's dehydrated so make sure he drinks plenty of water, that should probably cool him down a bit." He said as he walked away. Elsa hurried to his room only to see him still unconscious on the bed. She didn't noticed Anna approach her and stand next to her.

"Let him rest Elsa, i'm sure he'll be fine by tomorrow." She assured her as she put a hand on her shoulder. Elsa looked at her sister then back at Mathias and sighed knowing her sister was probably right and followed her out of his room.

Later that night Elsa couldn't sleep and she was still signing documents from other kingdom and the fact she was still worried about Mathias because of his condition. She heard the door creak open and quickly shoot out of her chair and to the furthest part of the room. The door opened slowly and to her relief Mathias wobbled in the room looking around the room till he spotted her and started to walk towards her.

"M-Mathias what are you doing up?" She asked in disbelief as he fell flat on his face. She rushed toward him and helped him sit up on the floor. His skin was still warm and not as hot as it was before and she started to rub her cool hands along his back trying to cool him off. He jerked at first then relaxed to the sudden coolness on his back. She thought she heard him mumble something but quickly dismissed it as she continued to sooth him until he gently grabbed her arm and looked at her with his glowing amber eyes.

"T-Thank y-y-you." He said and this left her shocked and she quickly shook it off.

"Guess we don't need any of those tutors then since this is a good progress." She said with a chuckle until she came up with an idea, but didn't know how he would react.

"H-How about i teach you then, would that be alright?" She asked him nervously. She was answered by a low grumble from him and she took it as a yes and realized they were still on the floor.

"Let's get you on the couch over there." She said as she helped Mathias stand up with difficulty and helped him over to one of the couched next to the lit fire place. She was about to move to the other seat until he grabbed her and gently pulled her down next to him.

"Alright, alright i'll stay right here." She said with a little giggle as she sat down next to him but Mathias had something else in mind. He remembered watching Anna and kristoff in their terms "cuddle" and decided to at least try it out. Plus he enjoyed the soft coolness of her touch. He pulled her next to him were her cool body meet his warm one. He sighed in content as he felt the coolness of her next to him. Elsa was confused by his actions but gave in as she heard him sigh contently and snuggled closer to him as her face became flushed.

"Y-you know people would get the wrong idea when they see this?" She asked him and was answered by another grumble.

"I'll take that as a no then." She said as she laid her head on his chest and listened to the rhythm of his heartbeat and it lulled her to sleep and Mathias followed soon after with a broad smile on his face.