Chapter 3

Two years later

As the years passed, Mikkel and Elsa's friendship continued to grow and deepen. Anna was now old enough to run around and talk and she often tagged along with the two of them. The three had many fun times together from hide and seek in the castle to making snowmen at night. Agdar and Idun were very fond of how well Mikkel treated their daughters. One night when Elsa fell ill with a cold, Mikkel ran all the way from the castle to a chocolate shop to bring her a cup of hot chocolate. He then stayed with her the entire night even though he himself wound up getting sick the next day. Analise had begun going out to meet other men but found that her heart belonged to only one man, her husband. She sipped from her tea as she leaned back and looked at his portrait above the fireplace. Oh how she missed his strong warm arms wrapping around her and keeping her safe. The two of them had been very much in love with each other and always did everything together. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a knock on the door.

"Come in!" She called. Mikkel opened the door and walked in. He had certainly grown over the past two years but was still a child.

"Mama I'm home!" He called out as he propped his bag on the ground.

"Another fun day with the princess?" Analise said smirking.

"You should have seen it!" Mikkel cried. "We were sliding in the hallways in our socks and Anna crashed right into a suit of armor!"

"She didn't get hurt did she?" Analise asked concerned. Princess Anna was known across the castle for being very hyper and risky.

"She got a bump on her head but shes okay." Mikkel said. "We got in trouble with Kai though."

"Good, those armor suits are very expensive." Analise said. "Be careful though Mikkel, you are still a boy."

"I wish I was grown up already." Mikkel whined. "I wanna be big and strong!"

"You know what the trick to growing big and strong is?" Analise said.

"What?" Mikkel asked intrigued.

"Eat your green vegetables!" Analise said to Mikkel's horror.

"NEVER!" Mikkel cried.

"Don't you wanna be a strong handsome man for Elsa?" Analise teased.

"NO!" Mikkel cried again. Analise smirked, the two children were literally inseparable. She had seen Mikkel and Elsa on numerous occasions pretending to a king and queen and raising a baby. It was adorable but Analise could see they way the two looked at each other.

"Oh when you're older you'll be begging for her to kiss you." Analise said. Elsa was going to be a very beautiful woman when she was older. She knew her son would be dashingly handsome when he as older as he was the spitting image of his father. Whenever she saw him smile, she saw her husband. She could easily picture the two of them courting.

"No kissing is gross!" Mikkel protested. The child's view on romance never failing to amuse Analise. He grabbed some things from his chest and threw them in a sack he as carrying.

"Where are you off to?" Analise asked.

"To save Elsa from the scary dragon!" Mikkel said as he bolted out the door. Mikkel entered the playroom where Elsa was in a small snow castle she conjured with Anna roaring trying to get her.

"Save me brave knight!" Elsa cried dramatically.

"Never fear! Sir Mikkel is here!" Mikkel said pulling a wooden sword and shield from his bag and charged. Anna picked up a snowball and threw them at Mikkel to simulate fire. Mikkel raised his shield and blocked the snowball with impressive reflexes. His father's battle skills had passed on to Mikkel. He pointed his sword at Anna and prepared to charge.

"Release thy fair princess!" Mikkel yelled in a bold voice.

"Never!" Anna cried as she threw more snowballs. Mikkel rolled from side to side as he dodged them but one managed to strike him in the leg.

"My leg!" Mikkel cried.

"Noble knight!" Elsa cried.

"Now I will eat you!" Anna roared as she ran up to him.

"Back ye foul beast!" Mikkel said waving his sword. He gently tapped Anna in the chest with it as she fell back. She clutched her heart as she let out dying noises as she fell back dramatically. Mikkel ran to Elsa's snow castle and grabbed her by the waist and picked her up.

"Oh thank you Sir Mikkel!" Elsa cried giving him a hug. "How may I ever repay you?"

"Tis all in the job description my fair lady!" Mikkel said as Elsa kissed him right on the lips catching him off guard. Mikkel felt his heart flutter as Elsa pulled away, both their cheeks burning red.

"Sorry." Elsa said hiding her face in embarrassment.

"Um I ehhh-" Mikkel said falling over the side and face planting right on to the ice. A big grin spreading across his face.

"EWW!" Anna yelled as she got back up. "You two kissed!"

"Shut up Anna!" Elsa yelled.

"You're in love with him!" Anna said batting her eyes.

"Anna!" Elsa cried.

"Elsa and Mikkel sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Anna said teasing her sister.

"Why you little!" Elsa growled as she lunged after her sister who ran away laughing. Elsa fired snowballs at Anna which caused her sister to trip into an ice pile. Elsa jumped on her sister as the two wrestled.

"Take it back!" Elsa said gaining the upper hand as she was the older one.

"Neeeever!" Anna giggled. Elsa gave up, Anna would never let this go. Elsa jumped off as Anna stood up.

"Promise me you won't tell anyone?" Elsa begged. She couldn't imagine the teasing her parents would give her if they found out.

"Pinkie promise!" Anna said holding out her pinkie as the two sisters wrapped pinkies. Meanwhile, Mikkel ahd not yet recovered from the kiss.

"She kissed me! Actually kissed me! Right on the lips!" He thought. Elsa had kissed him on the cheek before but this one was much worse. He only saw mamas and papas doing that. He wasn't going to lie thought, something about it felt right despite the burning red color that was now dominating his face.

"Mikkel hello? Earth to Mikkel?" Anna said trying to get his attention. Mikkel was too out of it to acknowledge Anna. She frowned as she picked up a large ball of snow and dropped it on his face causing him to jump up.

"Anna!" He said irritated as he brushed snow off of his face. "What was that for?"

"I thought you died or something! You weren't moving or talking!" Anna said. Mikkel sighed as he looked at Elsa who couldn't bare to look at him. Why did she do it? It had only been a spur of the moment thing. Right? That was it? Elsa wanted to believe that but she had wanted to kiss Mikkel for a while now. He was very cute and he was her best friend next to Anna. It was only normal they shared their first kiss right?

"Uh oh!" Mikkel said looking at the clock. "It's waaaaay past my bed time my mamas gonna kill me!"

"Mikkel wait!" Elsa cried but Mikkel needed to get out of there. He felt many emotions right now. Confusion being the biggest. Did that kiss mean Elsa liked him? Or was it just acting cause they were playing? He didn't know but maybe he was overthinking it. Elsa was pretty but he was only eight years old for crying out loud! He didn't like any of that mushy romance stuff! That was for little girls! Wait that was it! Elsa was a girl and was into romance stuff, thats why she kissed him! He waned to run back but it was past his bedtime and he needed to get home. Oh well, he would see her tomorrow anyway. He approached his room and silently walked in hoping his mother wouldn't notice.

"Have a nice night?" She asked.

Busted.

"I'm sorry mama, we were just having so much fun!" Mikkel said.

"Its okay, I believe its bedtime for you love." Analise said as she grabbed her sons hand. He was far too big to pick up now which made Analise slightly sad. Her boy was growing up.

"But I'm not tir-" Mikkel said as he yawned loudly. Analise smiled as she guided him to his bed where she pulled the covers over him and kissed him on the forehead before heading off to bed herself. Elsa and Anna still sat in the room upset by Mikkel suddenly leaving.

"I hope he doesn't hate me!" Elsa said worried.

"Why would he? Kisses are great!" Anna said giving Elsa a big kiss on the cheek.

"Yeah but boys don't like kisses! They think it is gross!" Elsa said.

"WHAT?" Anna said. "How could they think kisses are gross?" The doors opened as Idun walked in.

"Bedtime girls." She said walking in. She saw the snow and ice everywhere and looked to Elsa.

"Elsa what have I said about using your powers like this?" Idun scolded.

"To not to." Elsa said frowning. She didn't get why she couldn't use her powers. Everyone loved them, including Mikkel and Anna.

"Good girl." Idun said. "Come on now, we must be getting you two to bed."

"But I'm not tired!" Anna cried.

"Too bad missy." Idun said hoisting Anna up. "Come along Elsa."

"Okay." Elsa said as she thawed the ice and snow and followed her mother to her room. She was really regretting kissing Mikkel now, he looked kind of upset when she did. She really wanted to talk to her mom about it but she didn't want to get teased.

"Mama?" Elsa said as her mother went to tuck her in.

"Yes my love?" She asked.

"Um, say there was a little girl and a little boy and they were really good friends." Elsa said.

"Like you and Mikkel?" Idun said.

"Yes, wait NO!" Elsa cried. "Not us at all! Just a boy and girl who were friends!"

"Right, keep going." Idun said smiling.

"And well say, the girl kissed the boy." Elsa said rubbing the back of her head.

"Well I say that-" Idun began to say.

"On the lips." Elsa finished catching Idun off guard. Her daughter kissed Mikkel on the lips?

"Elsa did you kiss Mikkel?" Idun asked excited.

"Umm maybe." Elsa said trying to hide her face.

"Oh Elsa thats adorable!" Idun said. "Did he like it?"

"Well he fell over the snow castle and smiled for a bit but then he ran off." Elsa said. Idun chuckled at imagining her daughter kissing Mikkel and the boys reaction. Boys hated kissing at this age.

"Oh Elsa, hes a boy, they think its gross at this age." Idun said. "But, when you are older and a beautiful queen. He will be begging for you to kiss him!"

"MAMA!" Elsa said giggling. Idun could see Mikkel and Elsa courting in the future. The two were always with each other and Elsa never stopped smiling when she was around Mikkel but alas, laws would not allow it as Elsa could only court royalty.

"Good night Elsa." Idun said kissing her daughter.

"Good night mama." Elsa said as Idun left the room. Elsa quickly fell asleep thinking of kissing Mikkel again which caused her to blush. Despite her deep sleep, was a certain strawberry blonde girl who was awake as the sky. Elsa suddenly awoke from her dream as her sister jumped on her.

"Elsa?" She whispered to her sister who was sleeping soundly. "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!"

"Anna go back to sleep." Elsa said not opening her eyes slightly irritated her sister woke her up.

"I just can't, the skies awake!" She said dramatically. "So I'm awake and I have to play!"

"Go play by yourself." Elsa said knocking her sister to the floor. Anna hit the ground and frowned before an idea popped in her head.

"Do you wanna build a snowman?" Anna asked as Elsa opened her eyes. The two giggled as they ran to the ball room. Elsa telling Anna to be quite as not to wake anyone up. Her parents had been rather concerned about her using her powers for fear she would be accused of witchcraft. The two made it to the ball room and shut the door as Anna began to excitedly dance around.

"Do the magic! Do the magic!" Anna cried happily. Elsa smiled as she spun her hands and a ball of light emerged. She threw it up into the air as it exploded into a snow flurry.

"This is amazing!" Anna cried as she danced in the snowfall. Elsa planted her foot on the ground and created a large ice rink to add to the snowfall. The two sisters laughed as they began to work on their snowman. Anna sat on a bench making faces as Elsa completed the snowman and walked behind him.

"Hi I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs!" Elsa said in a deepened voice as she waved the snowmans stick arms around to Anna's amusement.

"I love you Olaf!" Anna said running up to the snowman and giving him a hug. Anna danced around with with the snowman as Elsa used her powers to push them along the ice. Mikkel had found he could not fall asleep and got up to grab a glass of warm milk from the servant dining hall. He licked his dry lips as he crawled out of bed groggy and tired. He silently opened the door to not awake his mother. He then made his way to the dining hall, yawning and rubbing his eyes the way there. Elsa made a giant slide of snow as her and her sister went down.

"Tickle bumps!" Anna laughed as she was launched into a pile of snow. Her laughter filling the hall.

"Hang on!" Elsa said as she fired blasts of snow for Anna to jump on. The platforms got higher and higher as Anna went. Elsa noticed Anna picking up speed. "Wait slow down!" She cried as she slipped on the ice. Anna not knowing Elsa had fallen continued to jump.

"Anna!" Elsa cried as she fired a bolt of magic to catch her sister but the bolt struck her sister right in the head. Anna grunted as she fell into the snow and didn't move. Elsa watched in horror as her sister fell. She ran to her sister and cradled her in her arms. She saw a strand of her hair beginning to turn white.

"MAMA! PAPA!" Elsa cried as she feared for her sisters life. "It's okay Anna I got you." Mikkel heard Elsa cry out for help and immediately began to run over to her voice. He stopped as the saw the King and Queen making their way to the ball room. He silently followed them as the smashed open the doors to where their daughters were.

"Elsa what have you done?" Agdar cried seeing the room covered in snow and ice. Idun gasped as she saw Anna unconscious. "This is getting out of hand."

"It was an accident!" Elsa cried. "I'm sorry Anna!"

"She's ice cold!" Idun said taking her daughter in her arms. Mikkel peeked in and saw a crying Elsa, an unconscious Anna, and a very worried king and queen. What was going on here?

"I know where we have to go!" Agdar said.

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