Once Upon A Time
On the last day of Fredrick's training, there was no physical work involved. Instead they focused on knowing what it meant to be part of Arendelle's Royal Guard. It went from learning about the different positions and rankings, to memorizing the oath of the royal guard.
"Good, now that you've memorized it I have your first job." Lucas stared at the younger man, there was a hint of pride in his usually stern eyes.
As the older man explained his first job all Fredrick could do was nod at every specific detail he was given. Once he was done the brunette got up from his seat and smiled at the dark haired man, eyes filled with determination.
Just as Fredrick was about to go and change into his uniform, the older man grabbed the younger mans hand.
"Fredrick, I am so proud of you. And I know your father would have been proud as well."
The brunette walked out of his room, he was now fully dressed in the royal guard's uniform. He wore a dark grey overcoat and with dark grey pants. His feet shifted uncomfortably in the feeling of wearing boots for the first time. White gloves molded with his hands perfectly, though his fingers shifted under the odd sensation of having his hands covered.
Fredrick shifted the dark gray hat so the lid wasn't covering his chocolate brown eyes. Little locks of brown hair poked out of his hat and onto his forehead awkwardly in all directions.
Alright, time to find Els. It's about noon so where would she be. He looked around intently, until finding the sight of a very familiar maid.
"Gerda!" The brunette called to the maid, she looked at the young man and smiled.
"Fredrick?! Wow, you look impressive. I take that your training is over?" The elder woman asked, smiling at him.
Fredrick grinned, but then remembered that he was in uniform and had to be serious. He pursed his lips, trying as much as he can to keep the silly smile from appearing onto his face. Looking at Gerda he nodded intently.
"Yes it is! Um, have you seen Els-Ergh the Queen anywhere?" He winced inwardly as he forgot that in uniform he is to keep the formalities.
Gerda smiled at the young man, "She's in her study with the Princess. I don't believe she's busy at the moment."
Fredrick nodded, looking over his shoulder he made sure they were the only two souls in the hall. He smiled widely at the elder woman and hugged her before running off towards the direction of the Queen's study.
Gerda smiled as the young man ran off, It's nice to see he's still the same boy as he was before.
Elsa looked up from the pile of papers in front of her as she heard knocking on the door.
"Els- Damn it." The Queen giggled as the voice behind the door groaned in frustration. Well Fredrick, old habits are hard to break.
Noticing the shuffling of the body next to her, she smiled. Anna had fallen asleep on Elsa's shoulder, she was not cuddled up against her sister, trying to salvage all the warmth from the Ice Queen.How she convinced me to do my work on the couch, I'll never know. She shook her head and sighed happily.
"Okay, your majesty may I come in?"
"Yes you may enter." She heard the door open and close shut. The sound of boots on the floor took the Queen by surprise. Boots? Fredrick never wears boots.. The blonde looked up in surprise to see her older cousin dressed in the traditional royal guard uniform. He looked stiff and nervous as he looked at Elsa. But his eyes widened as he noticed a redhead snuggled up next to the blonde.
Oh no, maybe I should come back at a different time...The brunette thought, but was interrupted by a cool voice.
"Your training is done already?" Elsa smiled at the brunette, who was shaken from his thoughts. He nodded, trying not to grin as he noticed his cousins smile.
"Yes your majesty, and I'm here for a proposition to make." Hazel eyes held determination, while ice blue eyes held curiosity.
Taking in a shaky breath, Fredrick kneeled to ground and stared at his older cousin, the Queen, his snowflake, with determination. She raised a single eyebrow but let the brunette continue.
"I; Fredrick Eriksen of Arendelle swear to protect the Queen; Elsa of Arendelle, the Princess; Anna of Arendelle, and the kingdom of Arendelle from harm. On my life, I will do what it takes to make sure the Queen and Princess live a happy life and safe life from danger no matter the circumstance." As Fredrick says that, he looks at the Queen and the sleeping figure next to her with determination. All traces of fear gone and now replaced with motivation and determination.
Elsa stared at her younger cousin in surprise, her ice blue eyes were now wide and mouth hung slightly open. She slowly smiled at her cousin's gesture, and motioned him to stand up.
The brunette slightly panicked as his younger cousin failed to say anything. He slowly got up, making sure that he said everything right. Why-Why isn't she saying anything? Did I say something wrong? Was I not supposed to say my last name?
"Thank you Fredrick, though this is the first anyone from the royal guard had done something like this." The brunette looked up in surprise at his cousins response.
Wait-What.. He looked at his cousin with surprise and confusion. Elsa on the other hand smiled at the realization.
"Well, Lucas must see a lot of potential in you if he told you to do this. Besides your self, Lucas was the only one who had done something like this." She smiled at the memory of Royal Guard Advisor Lucas doing something similar to a younger version of her self.
Fredrick looked at his cousin in surprise, he stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to say. The older man imitated a goldfish, opening and closing his mouth. It only dawned on him a few seconds later that he had made his position as a royal guard member official.
A silly grin graced his face as he hugged the sitting Queen, making sure he doesn't wake the Princess next to her. Elsa tensed at the hug at first, but slowly hugged him back with her open arm.
"I promise I'll protect you snowflake. I'll protect the both of you I swear it."
A lone figure roamed the halls of the great palace. It had been an hour since the young man had finished his first job as a royal guard member. He had changed into his usual casual clothes, and was now debating if he should go and pay Aubrey a visit.
His thoughts were interrupted as a mysterious body hugged him from behind. A pair of arms snaked around his waist, and the poor brunette jumped in surprise.
"Good job you big doof, Elsa told me that you finished training." A certain Princess said into his back. Fredrick relaxed at the sound of his youngest cousins voice and laughed freely.
"Why yes I did shorty. I start tomorrow, I have the night shift since I'm the new guy." He explained to the figure behind him. Anna let go of her cousin and stood to his right.
She was smiling sheepishly as he explained how his training the past week has been, and how he had made a proposition in front of Elsa as his first job. The redhead blushed as he explained how he had made the proposition in front of Anna as she was cuddling next to her sister.
The blush didn't go unnoticed by the older cousin. He stopped his explanation and looked at his youngest cousin.
Looking to his left and right, Fredrick pulled Anna outside to the garden, leading them to the nearest stone bench. Anna looked at the brunette with surprise, the action had taken her by surprise.
Making sure they were alone again, Fredrick sat Anna and himself down. He sighed as he ran a hand through his messy hair.
The Princess stared at the older man, she was about to say something but was cut off.
"Anna, we need to talk about something." The younger cousin had never seen the older cousin so serious.
Oh jeez, how do I even start this off. Hazel eyes met sky blue eyes as Fredrick shifted in his seat uneasily. "Go on…" Anna urged.
Okay, start this off calmly and stay composed. Taking in a deep breath, the brunette opened his mouth…
And instantly regret it.
"I know you love Elsa, romantically."
You dumb ass, I can tell you didn't plan this out thoroughly. He mentally slapped himself.
The two stared at each other for what seemed like forever. The brunette was the first to react to his words. His eyes widened and he inwardly panicked, "W-Wait, I m-mean. Damn it. Uh, how do I fix this…" the brunette trailed off.
It took Anna a while to realize what Fredrick had said. Her eyes widened and her face matched the color of her hair. Wait-what? Romantic feelings, for Elsa...But she...She's my sister.. She opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Anna just stared at the man in front of her who seemed to be freaking out.
"Damn it, I know you two are s-sisters and all, but I c-can see it. T-that you two love each other as more you know? Plus a-all this blushing and physical contact b-between you two." Fredrick tried to explain himself, but he knew that Anna didn't understand.
She looks conflicted, what if...What if she didn't know about her feelings. Oh no, oh no no no no no. Fredrick stared at Anna and noticed all the conflict in her eyes. He immediately wanted to take back everything he had just said in the past five minutes.
The two sat there in an awkwardly silence, the brunette didn't trust himself with talking anymore. Anna stood there, drowned in her thoughts.
I don't love her, I can't. It's forbidden, and wrong. And...And we can never be together. She'd never love me back anyways… Tears had started to flow out of Anna's eyes. Her hands clenched the skirt of her dress, and she tried to choke back her sobs.
Why does the thought of her not loving me back hurt so much, not that I love her. Rain had started to pour on the pair. Fredrick noticed the tears streaming from her eyes and took hold of her hand. Anna shook his hand off and stood up.
"Anna…"
"I...I n-need to go.." She ran off, leaving the older man in the rain.
Great you dumb ass, what have you done…
The silence was torture, neither Anna nor Fredrick had bothered to show up for dinner. The only two people in the room were Elsa and a servant who seemed to have dozed off.
The blonde shifted in her seat, it was odd being alone once again. Maybe Fredrick wanted to rest, and Anna...I don't know about Anna. Maybe she went to visit Kristoff. Elsa hadn't noticed the thin layer of ice that was now embedded on the armrest of her chair.
The thought of Anna's male companion caused a sensation within her. Elsa sighed heavily as the sensation continued to grow as her thoughts wandered off. Even if Anna was with Kristoff, she would have been home by now.
The thought had caused Elsa so worry, she noticed the drop in temperature as she wondered of her sister's whereabouts.
"Victor, have you seen Anna or Fredrick?" The servant jumped at the noise.
"I believe your sister has retired to her room for the night just a bit before dinner." Elsa nodded her head in disappointment. I wonder if she's sick, or if she's okay. The Queen thought about checking up on her dear sister, but remembered she had a pile of work that needed to be finished.
"Thank you Victor. I'm done with my meal, if anyone asks I'll be in my study." The servant nodded his head and preceded to retrieve the plates, he ignored the snow that had begun to fall.
The blonde stood from her seat and left the dining room quietly, a trail of ice following behind her.
"Olaf, I don't know. It seems so...So wrong." The voice was muffled by a pillow. Anna fell back on her bed, burying her face in a pillow.
"I don't see why it's wrong, it's true love!" The snowman said happily as if nothing was wrong with incest and homosexuality. Anna sighed heavily and groaned into her pillow.
After walking away from Fredrick, the redhead had walked off of castle grounds into the forest. Whenever she was conflicted in thought she would run to the little sanctuary in the forest, and that sanctuary was the hideout of little Anna, Elsa, and Fredrick.
On her way back to the castle, she had run into Olaf who noticed something was wrong with Anna. After much persisting, Anna had finally decided to let him know what was wrong.
"I don't see anything wrong with that, you two's true love did save the kingdom, didn't it?" The redhead nodded her head into the pillow.
"See, so I don't know how people can see that as a bad thing. Especially since it saved their cold butts!" Anna smiled at the thought, the talking snowman was right. How could people see their love wrong when it had saved their lives!
For a while Anna was smiling in pure bliss of the thought of Elsa and her self being together as a couple and the very thought made Anna smile like an idiot.
"Wait, but what if she doesn't feel the same way..?" Anna knew she couldn't face rejection, especially if it was from someone whom she cherished so much. Her face fell at the thought, it was almost as if something inside of her cracked.
"Well if it's true love, then she'll return the feelings!" The snowman shot his arms in the air and smiled happily. "And if she doesn't, she'll still love you Anna." The tone in his voice turned serious.
Another voice occupied the room, "He's right Anna, even if she doesn't return your feelings she'll always love you." Anna looked at the source of the voice and widened her eyes.
"Who said you could enter my room…" She grumbled into her pillow sending a glare towards the brunette.
Fredrick chuckled, "I did, as a member of the Royal Guard I have every right to enter your room if I sense that a member of the royal family is in distress." He looked at the form of his younger cousin. "And I know you're in distress right now."
Anna sighed into her pillow, Stupid royal guard oath..
"If it makes things better, I brought hot chocolate.." The eldest cousin trailed off, giving a sheepish smile to the frowning girl.
Don't buy it, don't buy it, don't- "Ugh, fine you can come in.." She groaned inwardly, What happened to don't buy it…
The three of them sat on Anna's bed in an awkward silence, but Olaf broke that silence. "So Fredrick, do you think Anna and Elsa love each other?" The innocent snowman asked. Fredrick smiled warmly towards Anna.
"Of course I do," The redhead looked at the brunette in surprise. Fredrick continued "Plus, it's not like the people of Arendelle wouldn't accept you two. Apparently incest is common within the royal family." Anna choked on her hot chocolate.
Don't you dare speak Anna, I'm not trusting your mouth. She thought to herself.
"Don't you dare try denying the connection between you and your sister Anna. Growing up, Elsa's always been your knight in shining armor."
The redhead smiled at that, he was right while growing up, Fredrick had always tried to be the knight in shining armor for the both of them. But Elsa was always the one to the rescue for Anna. Fredrick grinned as he saw his younger cousin smile, he offered her a hug which she gladly took.
"Ah my two favorite cousins are finally in love. Make sure you name the kids after me alright?" The brunette earned a slap on his arm, and Olaf cheered happily.
Little did they know a figure retreated from the door, leaving a trail of ice behind.
AN: Ahh another quick update! :D I'm pretty happy with this chapter, I believe it came out pretty nicely. Oh man, this is a pretty long chapter huh. Well the truth comes out people! :) I hope you guys enjoy!
For those of you who are wondering, I'm unable to tag Elsa and Anna as a couple for some reason. So I'm sorry if you weren't planning on reading Elsanna, but it is in the description for those of you who are wondering.
And one more quick thing, I posted up 'Snowflake and Liten Flamme', it's the series of one-shots I've been talking about. In short, it'll follow the timeline of this story. :) It's pretty cute.
Oh well, I'm done. I hope you all have a nice day! Review anything you feel as though is important. ^_^ Thank you, and have a nice day!
Disclaimer: I do not own Frozen sadly. :(