I hear the Ogannon trumpets ring and the doors to the ballroom swing open as gracefully as theater curtains. Behind the door stands Queen Emilia in a long silver gown. Her long dark hair falls effortlessly over her shoulders and her bright green eyes sparkle like emeralds. I motion my hand at Anna for her to follow me. standing up as straight as I can, I walk gracefully over to her standing at the door. "Good afternoon, queen Emilia of Ogannon." I give a small curtsy. "Hello queen Elsa of Arendelle." She replies with a small curtsy as well. I give her a hug. "Happy Birthday!" She smiles and wipes her brow. "Thank you! I'm glad we don't have to act like responsible, respectable queens all of the time!" "Yah I know!" I say. Emilia's parents and my parents were good friends and passed away in the same boat on the way to my cousin Rapunzel's coronation. Come to think of it, I haven't seen Rapunzel since she returned to her kingdom. I should visit her one day. I should also check in on Merida, the daughter of one of dad's friends. I wonder how they're doing? I'll probably see them soon anyway. Ana's birthday is coming up, and I don't expect her party to be small. "Well feel free to change whatever you want around here you can ask the servers and they bring you anything. The guests will be here soon and until they get here you can... Um... Just hang around I guess." We both laugh. "Thank you that's very kind. As Emilia drifts away to talk with a server by the cake, I start to get a bit dizzy. The ballroom spins and my foot slips. suddenly, strong arms catch me before I hit the ground. "Oh!" Is all I can say. I turn around to see a tall man with unruly brown hair and the greenest eyes I have ever seen. He is dressed strangely for the dance, in a leather jacket and rumpled white dress shirt. Tall fur boots complete his hunter look. "Umm…" I say, blushing furiously and attempting to stand. "And you are?.."
"Hiccup." He says, smiling crookedly. He is also blushing, and attempting to tame his hair.
"I'm sorry for running into you," I say, smoothing my skirt. "I am Que- I'm Elsa."
"Pleasure to meet you… Elsa." He nods at me and walks off. I need some air, I think, making a beeline for the balcony. Outside, I slouch against the railing, breathing in the fresh air. Just what I needed. Just as I turn to go inside, I feel the air temperature drop, and a snowflake lands on my nose. I freeze. Is this me? I wonder, looking up at the dark cloudy sky. I focus my energy and try to stop the snow. Nothing happens. Huh. Maybe it's just a normal snowy day, I think brows furrowing. The wind whips back my long blonde braid, and my icy blue gown flutters. Just as I'm about to go back inside, the clouds part and I swear, even though it was the middle of the day, I saw the moon. In the shaft of moonlight that was slowly being overtaken by clouds, I saw a tiny black dot, so small I almost missed it, fall from the sky. Squinting harder, I realize that it's a person falling. As I stand there, half not believing what I'm seeing, the person/speck disappears from view in the North Mountain. Actually, I thought, that's around where my ice castle is. I'm interrupted from my thoughts by a beam of sunlight hitting me in the eyes. The grey clouds were slowly drifting away and blue sky was visible. It was as if the strange event had never happened. Then I had a disturbing thought. Was I going crazy? Did no one see that but me? I was feeling dizzy earlier, perhaps it was just my imagination. But I knew my curiosity was too persistent. I would go to the North Mountain tomorrow.
All through the tea party I can't seem to think straight. I try to pay attention to the small talk and gossip between princesses and other queens but, I can't keep my head straight! What is wrong with me? I keep thinking about that thing I saw fall that probably was just my imagination anyway... But seeing that moon in the middle of the day I can't help feeling that I'm supposed to do something about that speck...
The clock strikes six, ending the tea party and jolting me out of my thoughts. The gentlemen are to be let in soon. I rise from my place at the table. "Thank you everyone for coming to this tea party in celebration of our beloved Queen Emilia's birthday!" The ladies sitting around the tables clap politely and smile in Emilia's direction as she stood. I sat down. "Yes, thank you again, and thank you Queen Elsa, for this amazing ladies only tea party, and the ball that's bound to be amazing! So we will be letting in all the men in about 10 minutes so until then just sit tight and relax!". I smile, stand and say "happy birthday, Queen Emilia!" and then sit. Ana follows by standing and saying happy birthday and eventually the whole room is curtsying and saying happy birthday. I am so relieved it's over. I have 10 minutes to set myself straight. Uggggghhhhhh. But that speck! That's it. I can't take it anymore! I speed walk over to the snack table where Ana is stuffing her face with mini snack cakes. "Oh, Hi Elsa!", she says, her wording muffled by chewed up snack cake. "Wanna cake?" she says, gesturing to the platter. "The chocolate ones are my favorite!" She flashes a wide and toothy grin, her teeth smothered in bits of chocolate snack cake. "No thank you, Ana I don't want a cake. I need you to do me a favor." She swallows a mouthful of cake. "Like what kind of favor?" She tilts her head slightly. "I'm not going to be a the ball." I say to her. "What? Why?" she asks. "I saw something Ana!",my voice turns to a whisper. I saw something fall from the sky near the North Mountain. I need to know what it is! It's been bugging me all day and I can't help feeling I need to do something about it! Will you cover for me at the ball?" "Sure!" she replies cheerily. "We have to investigate random falling objects now don't we?" She smiles. "I'll just say you ate a bad snack cake and are very sick and apologize for not being there." "Thank you, thank you, thank you! If i'm not back by midnight, send out the guard." She smiles and nods. "You know I will! Bye Elsa!" "Bye Ana!" I say as i give her a quick hug and start running down the hallway. I take a right to go to an uncommonly used entrance and slip out unnoticed. I sneak into the stables and grab a horse. I slip on it's saddles and climb onto it's back. Within a few seconds i'm speeding up the mountain, the snow hitting my face, eager to find out what that speck was.