Chapter Fifteen: New Emotions

Elsa tried to hide the smile that was about to blossom on her face as she walked to her quarters till a member of her council appeared from the shadows with look of disgust written on his facial features. She was confused when she saw him wondering on what he was doing up at this hour and decided to ask.

"Mr. juggerson, what are you doing up this hour?" She asked him as he stopped right in front of her.

"I was about to ask you the same thing your majesty?" He snarled at her.

"What i do is none of your concern." She replied back as she walked passed him.

"I wonder what the rest of the council would think if they knew you are starting a relationship with the savage man." Mr. juggerson said trying to hide his insidious smirk as the queen looked at him bewildered.

"Does he know what happened in Mathias's room?" She thought to herself as she quickly thought of something to tell him.

"You've must of been mistaken, there's nothing between me and him and if i ever hear you call him that one more time i'll have you removed from the council understand." She told him sternly but on the inside she hopped he bought it.

She didn't want to wait to find out as she hurried straight for her room. Once the door was closed she slid against it and curled herself in a ball and cried to herself knowing she was almost caught by her council but at the same time wondered why she kissed the man back. She truly wondered if there was anything in that kiss they shared earlier and her face became warmer at the thought of that short moment. She did promise that they would see where they stood and hopped that whatever formed between them would go slow. She slowly got up and wiped the loose tears from her face as she went to her dresser to put on a night gown. She dissolved the dress she was wearing and took her time on putting on her night gown, her mind still in the moment in Mathias's room.

"Oh, why am i still thinking about it, we were caught up in the moment that's all." She said to herself as she tried to think of what to do the next day.

Mathias was still contemplating on his actions and wondered what had caused him to do such a thing, sure she catches his attention most of the time and every time he was with her this unknowing feeling in the pit of his stomach came out, every time she smiled or laughed at his actions. Hell even her cold touch brought up that feeling and it scared him not knowing what it meant. He let out a low grumble when he didn't find the answer he was looking for and decided to see what will happen later as he laid back on the bed and slowly drifted off to sleep. He found himself in the ballroom and saw two little girls walk in the room and this got him curious. One of the two looked strangely familiar to him but he wasn't sure till he saw her icy blue eyes and his mind clicked.

"E-Elsa?! Then that would mean the other is Anna." He thought as he watched them race to the middle of the room.

"Do the magic! Do the magic!" The little version of Anna said in excitement.

"What the hell am i looking at?" He thought as he saw a light blue ball of light form in Elsa's hand before she shot it to the ceiling and small particles began to fall to the floor.

It wasn't long before they started to play in the white powder which had Mathias curious about it but instead watched the girls play around till something caught his attention. In his reflection in the ice he saw his true self and quickly checked himself over.

"Anna slow down!" He heard little Anna exclaimed and he quickly snapped his head to their direction and witnessed Anna jump off a tall pillar and Elsa slipped causing her little ball of light to hit Anna in the head. Mathias bolted forward toward them and saw a white streak form on the girls head as Elsa held her in her arms. He crooned softly as he approached them and saw that Elsa was crying.

"Moma! Papa!" She called out and this surprised him till he heard a commotion behind the large set of doors. He awoke with a start and noticed he was wet and cold as he looked around the room. He took a heavy breath of relief as he got out of the bed and walked out to the balcony.

"What was that?" Mathias thought as he took a breath crisp air. He contemplated on it for a while till he decided to give up and enjoy the peaceful night till the break of dawn.

It was a few hours later that the sun started to rise up above the horizon and he took it as que to get ready for the days festivities. As he dressed he wondered what Elsa meant when she said "if this means anything between us" and thought about it till he smelled food they put on the table everyday and rushed out the door. He strolled toward the diningroom but noticed the halls where deserted and this confused him as he took another left turn. He didn't notice the man lounge up from his hiding place before he was tackled to the ground. Mathias roared at his attacker as the other man tried to strangle him. The surge of energy from before came rushing back through him as he swung his right arm across the other man's face knocking him off instantly. Mathias quickly got up and looked at his attacker and recognized him as one of Elsa's council members. He quickly noticed he was losing strength again and decided to end this quickly and charged toward the struggling man. He kneed the man on the side of his ribs and stomped his foot on his chest knocking the wind out of him before walking away and straight to the diningroom.

Elsa got up early even though she had the day off she done it out of habit and casually strolled down the halls toward the diningroom hoping she wouldn't bump into Mr. Juggerson again. She was doing good so far till she saw him slowly walking away from her clutching his side as if he were hurt.

"What happened to him?" She thought as she entered the dining room to see Mathias already sitting in his seat with a small bruise on the left of his forehead and read marks around his neck.

"Dear lord what happen to you?" She asked as she hurried over to him.

"N-Nothing just...fell of the bed." He lied as she approached him. As soon as she put her hand on his cheek she jerked it away from the skins strong heat.

"Mathias you're burning up!" She exclaimed as she started to cool down his body temperature.

"How are you feeling at the moment?" She asked him hoping he won't pass out on her again.

"Fine just tired thats all." He replied as she stopped blowing icy winds on him.

"Now i'll ask again what happened?" She asked hoping to get a straight answer. Mathias sighed and looked in her direction.

"I got knocked down by one of you're council members who seem to dislike me." He said and she readied her next question.

"You didn't by chance hit him in his ribs did you?" She asked as the pieces slowly came together. He nodded his head which proved her suspicions as of why Mr. Juggerson was clutching his side when she saw him.

Rest of the time the room was quiet till everyone else started to arrive in the room. Mathias quietly watched everyone talk about their plans for the day and realized that they decided to walk around town for a while and wanted him to join. Elsa gave him a pleading look and he sighed before agreeing to go. Anna squealed with delight as she hurried out the door in a hurry leaving everyone confused by her actions. Elsa sighed in embarrassment before giving a silent thank you to him and he nodded in response before she got up.

"Meet us at the castle gates in an hour." She instructed before leaving as well.

"Why do i have a feeling i'm going to regret this." He thought as he got up and began to walk to the gates to wait for everyone else. He was surprised to see Elsa there already and knew their talk would have happened sooner or later. She gave him a shy smile when he stopped in front of her.

"A-About last night, i couldn't sleep thinking about what i did." He said in a low voice and her smile faded into a look of hurt.

"You regret what you did, why? Is it because you're afraid of me because i'm a monster to you?" She said sadly and Mathias couldn't help but chuckle to himself at that statement.

"What's so funny Mathias?" She asked him once he started to laugh a little.

"One, i'm not scared of you and two, the only monster i see here is me." He said as he looked into the woman's blue eyes.

"And three, I don't regret it i'm just confused that's all. All of these emotions are new to me and i don't know what it means. Every time i'm with you i get this funny feeling in the pit of my stomach and my mind is plagued of all of your smiles and laughs it nerves me to no end." He said leaving her startled and confused on what he means.

"What are you saying..." She started before a pair of lips silenced her completely. It wasn't till seconds later that they parted, both staring into each other's eyes.

"I see you're willing to go with this but as i said last night, lets keep this quiet for a while." she said as she kissed his warm cheek.