Chapter Sixteen: Snow Ball Fight

After the interaction they patiently waited for everyone else to arrive so they could go. Mathias sighed in relief when he spotted Alice, who was being lead by Gerda.

"Ah, now we wait for Anna and Kristoff." Elsa announced as Gerda dropped of her off and left them alone. Mathias left Elsa's side and walked over and knelt in front Alice and let out a small chuckle as he looked her over.

"What's so funny?" Alice asked confused.

"I could've sworn you were smaller." Mathias said as he stood back up. Alice had indeed grew a little since the first time they met.

"Mathias, she's a growing girl." Elsa said with a small smile as Mathias picked up the little redhead and set her on his left shoulder.

"Come on Mathias, you don't have to do this all the time." Alice wined which made Mathias chuckle as he readied his next comment.

"Yeah you're right, because you're getting heavy." He joked as he set her back down but Alice looked insulted.

"I'm not getting fat!" She snapped in a huff as she pouted.

"Never said you were." Mathias replied back as he spotted Anna and Kristoff at the corner of his vision.

"It's about time you two, thought we might have to send in search party." Mathias said embarrassing the young couple.

"Come on, we didn't joke about you and Elsa that much did we?" Anna asked and Mathias just smirked and she knew he wasn't done with them yet.

He then walked back to Elsa and offered her his arm and she gladly took it.

"Alright lets go." Elsa said as she lead them out of the castle gates toward the town. Mathias didn't look at his surroundings when he first arrived here and decided to look around and admire it now as the children played around and the adults continued their daily routines for the day. A strange sweet smell caught his attention and noticed he wasn't the only one when he saw Elsa's eyes gleam in excitement and started to drag him to one of the buildings. As they entered the building the sweet smell increased and it made mathias's mouth water as he wondered what it was. He noticed some brown squares on some of the tables and Elsa and Anna hurried past him and started looking at them. Mathias quickly walked over to Kristoff hoping to get some answers about their behavior.

"What's up with them?" Mathias asked Kristoff as he walked up to him.

"Well what can i say, they like their chocolate." Kristoff said with a light chuckle as they watched them pick up some pieces and gave an elderly lady something yellow before walking back up to them.

"You know this is the first time i've heard of chocolate." Mathias said which surprised kristoff and Alice and shocked the two approaching women.

"You never heard of chocolate?" Anna asked in disbelief and he nodded in response.

"Well here, try one." She said as she held out a piece for him to try and he cautiously took it and examined the small object.

"Go one taste it." Alice encouraged him. He slowly put it in his mouth and instantly tasted how sweet it was which surprised him as he began to eat it. Anna gave a triumphant smirk as she watched him eat it.

"Now you know what chocolate is and what it tastes like." She said as she ate one herself. Mathias grumbled in response as they continued their walk toward the town square. No one noticed Elsa throw a small particle of her magic in the air causing it to snow which started to confuse Mathias. Mathias began to growl in discomfort as it got colder. Elsa got excited the closer they got to their destination and quickened her pace to get ahead of everyone. Once she got to the town square she spotted incoming snowballs heading toward her and she stopped them with ease. She looked around and spotted a group of children not far from her and walked over to them.

"No fair!" One of the kids exclaimed once she made her way over to them.

"I'm sorry but i need you guys to do me a favor." She said catching the kids attention as she continued.

"I have a guest who needs to lighten up abit and i need you all to hit him and only him with some snowballs, got it." She said earning some nods from the children.

"Alright, he'll be here any minute so get ready." She ordered and the kids as they scurried off. She smiled to herself knowing her plan was now in action and waited for the others to arrive. Of course Mathias was in front of the group holding Alice's when a snowball hit him at the crook of his neck. Mathias looked around and let out a low growl as he continued forward with an annoyed look on his face. Another snowball flew over her head and landed on his face.

"What the hell!" He yelled annoyed as he looked around again for the culprit.

"What's the matter?" Alice asked as mathias started to mumble to himself and Anna and Kristoff started to snicker to themselves.

"Nothing." He said as he glared at the couple behind him. "

Hey, we didn't do anything." Anna said raising her hands up in defense.

Elsa formed a snowball in her hand and waited for Mathias to look in her direction. The moment came and she hurled it in his direction and her target quickly moved out of the way as her snow ball unintentionally hit Anna square in the face. Mathias had a unamused look on his face as he stared at Elsa and she couldn't help but laugh at his reaction.

"Cheer up Mathias it's just a game." Elsa said giggling behind her hand as another snowball landed on his face making him roar in annoyance. A snowball flew in her direction and she quickly stopped it in mid air centimeters from her face. She saw her sister with a mischievous smirk bouncing another snowball in her left hand.

"You've done it now." Anna said as she threw the other one at her and Elsa merely sidestepped out of the way.

"Are you challenging me, the Snow Queen of Arrendelle?" Elsa asked as a snowball formed in the palm of her hand. Mathias watched curiously till a small group of kids started to run towards them.

"SNOWBALL FIGHT!" They yelled as they began to throw their snowball at the two women.

Mathias quickly blocked the snowball that were heading towards Alice and looked at the children.

"You're making a big mistake." He said as he roared at the kids and was about to charge till he remembered about Alice.

"Will you be alright here?" He asked her worriedly.

"Go, I'll be fine." She assured him and he took off towards the children. The children scattered as he approached them and began to throw more snowballs at him.

"Mathias make some snowballs, you can't win like that." Elsa said as she threw another snowball at her sister. Mathias looked at her confused and realized that they were throwing the snow at each other.

"Dammit, you kids just got lucky." He said to himself as he crouched down and compacted the snow into a dense ball and looked around for his first victim. He saw on of the kids run past him and he quickly threw the snowball and it made a direct hit on his back making him stagger a bit. He quickly made another one and this time aimed it at Elsa as she was too busy with Anna and the children she totally forgot about him. He chugged the small ball as hard as he could and watched it as it hit his target on the side of her head. He chuckled with amusement till everyone stopped and watched as Elsa turned to look at him.

"I don't believe you now what i'm truly capable of in this game." she said as a snowball formed in her hands which only made Mathias laugh harder till he became serious.

"I'm still getting used to this but by all means lets see what you got." He said as he quickly got down and made a snowball and threw it at her.

"You're challenging me into a snowball fight, then let the games begin." She said as she threw her two snowballs at the same time Mathias threw his. Everyone watched the scene before them as Elsa and Mathias had their own little war not daring to get in between them. The game lasted a good hour before Mathias gave up with the fact that he was cold and unable to continue to compete with Elsa. She walked up to him with a small smile on her face.

"You played well for a beginner." She said as Mathias got up and wiped the snow off his shoulders.

"I'll get you back next time." He promised as everyone started to crowd them.

"I think that was enough excitement for today." Anna said as she started to drag Kristoff back to the castle. Mathias looked at Elsa who sighed before she told the children they'll play next time while he went over to get Alice.

"I take it you had a good time." She said as she clung to him tighter as the waited for Elsa to catch up. Once he looked at Elsa he decided to be honest.

"Yeah, i had a good time, enjoyed every second of it." He said when Els a finally reached them.

"Let's go." She said as they retired for the evening.