Chapter Twenty-Five: Outcome
Mathias was glad he was now able to leave his room and yet he was saddened as he realized Elsa wouldn't be entertaining him anymore. A smile came across his face as he remembered the evenings they shared after Elsa finished her schedule for the week and all the dresses she wore as she laid with him on the blanket covered balcony from the evenings till the speck of dawn. He frowned as he remembered the council and what they are trying to do to Elsa.
"She doesn't want anyone else, so why would they force their queen to even be near a man who is nothing but problems?" He thought in disgust as the thought of what Joseph did to her forcing his lips on to her's. It was a nice afternoon and he wanted to spend some of the day with Elsa and Alice before he went after the council for their stupidity. Anna and Kristoff should be back soon so he wanted to get some more time with Elsa before they got back. He turned around another corner to see the woman he wanted to see today as she was approaching him with a small smile on her lips.
"Good afternoon Mathias." She greeted him as she stopped in front of him. Mathias let out a low chuckle and smiled at the young queen standing before him and leaned against the nearest wall with his arms crossed.
"Good afternoon to you too Elsa." He replied back as the young queen stepped closer to him and looked into his amber eyes as he stared back at her. She leaned up and kissed his lips lightly earning a low grumble from Mathias's throat as she slowly pulled away. The bewildered look on his face made her laugh a little but was silenced when Mathias pulled her closer to him as she gasped in surprise before he crashed his lips to hers. When they finally broke apart they both tried to catch their breath as they stared into each other's eyes. Mathias chuckled once he catched his breath and Elsa just smiled at him as he assumed his position against the wall.
"I didn't expect that." Mathias said with a toothy grin on his face as Elsa tried to fight back the blush creeping upon her face but maintained the smile she had.
"There's a lot of things you won't be expecting from me." She said catching Mathias's attention as he looked at her in interest.
"Now i'm curious. What are these things you speak of?" He asked and Elsa just giggled at him before walking next to him.
"You'll find out in due time when i'm ready." She whispered sending chills of excitement down Mathias's back as he looked at her in confusion but didn't want to push further in the matter as she seemed to be embarrassed enough as it is.
"So how are you feeling now that you're free to leave your room?" She asked him and mathias's smile dimmed a little which caused her to worry.
"I-I'm glad to be out of the room and all but…. i'll miss those days we had on the balcony." He said causing the young queen to sigh in relief knowing nothing is seriously wrong.
"So you miss me in all my dresses i put on for you?" She asked him curiously with her left brow arched as she awaited his answer.
"yes, because you were so breath taking each time you walked into my room with a different dress. Each one was more stunning than the last and i loved every moment of it.' He admitted with a chuckle as he pushed himself away from the wall. He reached over and gently grabbed her chin tilting her head up till she was looking him in the eyes.
"Anna and Kristoff will be here soon and i want to spend as much time with you and Alice till then." He said with a hint of mischief in his voice as he smirked at her. Elsa sighed knowing she wouldn't be able to spend some highly needed time with him and this didn't go unnoticed by Mathias.
"I guess not." He said with a small smile before an idea came to him. He looked at Elsa closely and she got a little nervous and stepped back a bit.
"You wouldn't have a meeting with the council by any chance do you?" He asked her and she knew very well what he was trying to do. Her silence was more than enough answer for him as he chuckled and gently pulled her into a hug.
"I'll handle them for you and if you're wondering if i'll argue first i'm telling you now i'll wait till the end of the meeting before i go off. I promise." He said and Elsa looked at him with uncertainty before giving up with a sigh.
"Alright only after the discussions and no one gets hurt." She told him sternly and Mathias rubbed the back of his head and looked at her sheepishly.
"Deal." He said quickly as he let go of her and they stood there silent not knowing what else to say to one another. They both sighed in relief when Kai came around the corner to remind Elsa about the meeting in a few minutes.
"Kai, i won't be attending today." She told him and the older man looked at her bewildered wondering what had gotten into her. She gave him a reassuring smile and gestured to Mathias.
"Mathias will take my place in the meeting with them. He wanted to…. help me with my schedule for the evening." She told him both a truth and a lie. Since Mathias will be dealing with the council it left her with the documents and treaties to sign saving her hours of the day to spend with everyone later. Kai was stuttering for words but quickly quieted himself and regained his composure. He looked at Mathias with a hard gaze but kept silent for a few moments.
"Alright your majesty, since your friend wants to handle the hard part of the schedule i won't stop him from doing. Mathias frowned at the way he said friend and was about to retort but Elsa surprising stepped in and looked at her trusted butler calmly.
"Kai, he's more than just a friend to me." She said as she put a cool hand on Mathias's shoulder and moved her hand down his right arm and wrapped her small hand around his larger one. Kia was shocked at the display.
"I love him Kai, for as long as we been together he's been nothing but kind and caring to me. He wants to help me Kai so let him." She said as she leaned onto Mathias's arm. Mathias let a smile form on his face as he watched Kai stand there stunned at the revelation.
"Y-You're with him. He's not of royalty your majesty." He reminded her and she nodded shocking him even more.
"Now off you two and play nice with each other, i have documents to sign." She said as she bid them goodbye and wished Mathias good luck before leaving. Mathias didn't even need to look back knowing Kai was glaring daggers into him.
"I know what you're thinking but now is not the time for an argument, there's a meeting that needs to be attended." Mathias said as he turned around and brushed past Kai who still had a scowl on his face.
"Indeed we'll talk about this later after the meeting." Kai agreed as he followed Mathias to the throne room where the meeting was held for the day. To say Mathias was nervous was putting it mildly but he held the confident smirk knowing that everything was going to plan and all he had to do was wait and keep level headed till they finished their discussions and problems going about in Arendelle. He never understood politics but since it was so important to Elsa, he was willing to endure it all for her. He approached his destination and waited outside the door as Kai addressed the council of the queen's "replacement" for the evening and by the sounds of it they didn't like the idea which made Mathias chuckle in amusement till the older man stepped back out and nodded at him to go in.
"Showtime." He thought as he shook off the nervousness as he stepped in and immediately all council member's eyes were on him, following his every move till he sat down signaling them to begin.
"How difficult could this be?" He thought as one of the members began talking about the trading between kingdoms and Mathias quietly listened them and only spoke his "honest" opinion when they asked for it. It wasn't till hours later did he regret attending the meeting in Elsa's place. His patience was wearing thin and he wondered when this meeting would end, so far they were on their last topic and he wasn't very comfortable with it when they started to talk about the arranged meeting with Prince Joseph in hopes he would be "king" over Arendelle. He was now at full attention and knew was the time to give them his opinion about the bastard and stood up surprising the council.
"Elsa dosen't need "him" to rule at her side, he's nothing but trouble if you aren't already aware of what he tried to do to her." He said sternly as he meet all their hard gazes.
"Yes we are fully aware of what happened. He was drunk and had no idea of his actions." One of the council members said and mathias grumbled knowing that the drunk part was a total lie.
"Let me guess, the prince told you all this himself?" Mathias said and a few nodded their heads confirming his suspicions.
"Did you even ask your queen of what happened?" He asked and they didn't nodd seeming to him that they didn't. Mathias's anger grew and tried to restrain himself from hurting these arrogant fools for their stupidity.
"I was there! he forced himself on her threatening the life of Princess Anna and her unborn child and you're just gonna let him back in Arendelle!" He hissed through gritted teeth and he knew the council was now fully aware of their mistake but a few refused to listen to him but the others quieted them to his relief.
"Alright, but Arendelle still needs a king to rule over the land." One of the members explained to him and Mathias suppressed a growl deep in his throat as they argued with one another. It lasted longer than he expected and decided to quieted them down and roared quieted them down.
"Elsa dosen't need you people interfering with her life. She doesn't want anybody when she has already found someone she content with." Mathias said and the council looked at him confused and the head of the council stood up and looked at Mathias's hardened gaze.
"That's impossible that she found someone here, most of the men fear her for what she is…" "Enough!" Mathias shouted as he slammed his fist on the table forcing it to crumble to the floor cutting off the head council member in mid sentence.
"I am the one she's been seeing and it's the reason why i'm here in the first place. I'm here to convince you to cancel the arrange meeting with the prince because i love her and would do almost anything she would ask of me. What you're trying to do, controlling her life because she has a beautiful gift that others see as a curse and it's wrong." He finished and the council went into an uproar asking him questions on the while they argued with one another and it was starting to annoy him to no end.
"I'm so going to have a talk to Elsa after this." He thought when he heard the head council quieting the others and looked at Mathias. His brown eyes meeting the burning amber ones full of anger and a spark of reason.
"Mathias, while my colleagues say differently that you shouldn't be with her, but yet you proved yourself many times since you arrived here. Yes we will cancel the arranged meeting with Prince Joseph though the kingdom would be disappointed in our decision but…." He said gesturing to the council.
"When Mathias spoke, he spoke of truth and reason that closely resemble of that of a true king. His intentions with our queen seem pure and i don't see harm in them being together since Princess Anna married a commoner." He said with a small smile. The rest of the council erupted into chaos once again and Mathias roared in anger and got there attention.
"Your head council has made his decision so i'm done here, you're dismissed." Mathias said before he marched toward the door with the head council in suit. Mathias turned around and looked at the man who helped him.
"Thank you, i don't really know what would happen if they didn't listen to me." Mathias said but knew there was some sort of catch behind the man's doings.
"The queen needs someone who doesn't fear her for her power or want to become a tyrant. You treat her well and that's all i ask and you get my support and resources." He said which surprised him a bit as he stared at the older man. He began to walk away but Mathias stopped him.
"Never got your name." He called out and the older councilor smiled a bit his back still facing Mathias.
"Allen… Allen Grodford" He said as he walked away leaving Mathias alone in the hallway. He knew he would be seeing him more often and began to walk the other direction to Elsa's study.
Elsa's wrist was hurting from sighing so many documents but was glad she didn't have to attend the meeting with her council. She was just finishing up when someone knocked on her door and she quickly fixed up her desk before standing up.
"Come in." She called out and was surprised to see Mathias walk in seeming both tired and aggravated as he approached her desk. He slightly glared at her as she gave him an innocent smile.
"How in the hell did you manage through those meetings without killing someone?" He asked her as he sat down in one of the near by chairs. Elsa giggled behind her hand as she sat back down behind her desk.
"Well it comes natural to me." She answered with a smile and Mathias groaned as he rested his face in his hands. she got back up and walked over to him and knelt down till she was eye level with him. She felt sorry that she left Mathias to handle the meeting but he was being stubborn and so she let him have it his way.
"Mathias, i promise the next meeting i won't leave you to handle all those people, even though you were asking for it." She said with a light smile. Mathias lifted his head and looked at her and she could tell he was tired from the meeting.
"All i wanted to do was prove i was worthy of you and that you didn't need no spoiled brat ruling by your side. And guess what…. they cancelled the arranged meeting with Joseph and your head council member Allen said he'll give us his support." Mathias said and this news overwhelmed Elsa and she lounged up and hugged him tightly around his neck. She quickly released him and gave him pepper kisses over his face before squealing in excitement.
"Yep, Anna and Elsa are definitely related." He thought with an amused smile as he watched her trying to compose her excitement. He knew now that they would let the kingdom know soon but for now he was relieved that a snot nosed brat wouldn't put a wedge in their relationship.
"Mathias come on didn't you want to spend the day with me and Alice?" She asked him playfully and even though Mathias was tired he still got up and let Elsa drag him for a relaxing evening.
Hans was infuriated when he found out that the council had canceled the arranged meeting with the northern ilse prince.
"That bastard!" He yelled causing some of his associates to look up at him in shock. He quickly recovered and remembered Adam and what he had planned. He reached into a pocket and pulled a glowing blue vile which made his smile broaden as he had plans for the royal sisters but first he had to get rid of the main threat to his plans.
"Mathias." He thought angrily as he stepped into his tent for further preparations. His brothers released him knowing it meant more money for their kingdom and more people to rule over. He knew if Mathias changed back to his true self, not even the army and navy would stand a chance against a god and this is why he wanted to remain cautious till he was completely vulnerable.
"Soon...very soon Arendelle will be mine." He said to himself with a dark sadistic smirk.
Alright, you guys have to wait a bit longer till i get everything straight at school so please be patient.