Yay! Finally the coronation begins.
Note: The words that the Bishop speaks are not from the movie, I made them up 'cause my stupid language translator thingy-ma-jigger won't translate the Old Norse thing the guy says.
I am also introducing a new character which is my own OC. Thank you for reading/reviewing/favoriting/following this story, it's appreciated. Here is the coronation!
Upon returning to the palace, I dragged Anna into the room where the ceremony was being held and and let go of her arm when we entered the room. I curtsied to Elsa as I glided past and Anna tried to follow my lead but ended up tripping and falling, swiftly getting up and rushing to stand next to me.
"Real smooth, Anna."
It was always fun to tease Anna about her clumsiness and akwardness, so when she noticed Hans watching her in the pews, she was blushing furiously. Despite her face being as red as a tomato, she waved at him and he waved akwardly back, as a man was asleep on his shoulder.
I noted that his clothes were different from when he had been on the docks and assumed he must have changed his attire just for the ceremony. When he kept staring at Anna, I gave him a subtle glare that he knew was directed at him and he immediatly put his attention on Elsa and the Bishop.
Anna and I smile proudly as the crown is placed on Elsa's head and she lifts her head up high towards the audience before reaching for the scepter and orb that the Bishop holds on a purple pillow. He stopped her and spoke in a barley audible whisper "Your majesty, the gloves." You could see the absolute fear in her eyes as she removed her gloves and placed them on the pillow before moving to grab the scepter and orb.
She turns to the people and glance at the objects for a second, they are perfectly fine. The Bishop then begins the oath for the royals of Arendelle.
"Protector av folket i Arendelle og sitt land. Du skal være en snill og bare hersker. Forsvarer av de svake og oppmuntrer til den sterke."
Most of the crowd just went with it, but being able to understand the Norwegian that had been spoken, I quietly translated it to myself in English. ("Protector of the people of Arendelle and its lands. You shall be a kind and just ruler. Defender of the weak and Encourager to the strong.")
Looking at Elsa's face, I can tell that she can't keep it up any longer as I notice the scepter and orb slowly beginning to frost over. I send over a small warm breeze to try and melt some of it but her ice cannot be undone. Finally, the Bishop closes off his mini-speech with...
"...Queen Elsa of Arendelle."
The crowd repeats his final words, "Queen Elsa of Arendelle."
Just in time too. I see Elsa's frightned face as she quickly puts the items down and returns her gloves to their place on her hands. She lets out a breath that I think she had been holding in since the beginning of the ceremony. At least it was over now, and all she had to do was get through the after-party.
Behind the closed doors, I could hear the sound of classical music and people talking of their kingdoms and of the new queen. Then the trumpets sounded and I could hear Kai announce Elsa's arrival. "Queen Elsa of Arendelle." She emerges from a door in the middle of the room, looking poised and calm as always. Walking to stand under a formal awning.
"Princess Nora of Arendelle."
Well, that's my cue as I open up the doors in front of me and gracefully walk over to where Elsa stands, so that I am on her right. I quietly counted in my head for when Kai would announce Anna, and I prayed that she wouldn't hurt herself coming into the room as she usually did.
"Princess Anna of Arendelle."
Oh dear...
Anna literally runs into the room and waves quickly and awkardly at everyone watching her. Kai gestures for her to stand on the left side of Elsa and she looks at him a bit confused. "Here? Are you sure?" I facepalm and look up at Elsa who simply laughs at my reaction of Anna's akwardness.
I notice them sneak glances at each other.
"...Hi."
Anna looks like someone electrocuted her as she stands up straighter and moves her head so that she is looking Elsa right in the eye. "Oh! Are you talking to me, or Nora?" She let out a laugh at Anna's question and then smiled warmly. "Yes. I was adressing you Anna."
"Oh! Well. Um. Hi." Elsa turned her attention from Anna to me and then back to Anna. "...You both look beautiful." Anna found herself stumbling with words, as this was the first time in thirteen years she had a real conversation starting with Elsa, and she was not about to let it die.
"Thank you. You look beautifuller. I mean, not fuller. You don't look fuller, just more beautiful." Elsa simply nodded her head before responding to Anna's jumbled compliment. "Thank you." I mentally scoffed at Anna's compliment and let a small smile find its way to my lips. Watch and learn Anna.
"I appreciate your lovely compliment Elsa. However everyone around can clearly see that you are the true gem of the party tonight." Elsa nodded her head in thanks and let out a small whisper, "You always did have a way with words, show-off." I simply gave her an innocent smile and shrugged my shoulders. "I can't help it if I was born a genius with an extensive polite vocabulary."
We then put our attention to all of the people in front of us, dancing and drinking punch and champagne. "So, this is what a party looks like?" Elsa looked all around in awe of everything going on while I was invisibly tapping my foot to the music from under my long skirt. "It's warmer than I thought." Anna commented.
"And what is that amazing smell?" I closed my eyes and took a deep breath through my nose, finding the strong smell of...
"...Chocolate."
I realized that I had said it aloud with both Anna and Elsa and we let loose a few chuckles. Anna and Elsa stare at each other for a few minutes, no uncomfortableness, just silence and hundreds of conversations going through their heads that they wanted to start. Their thoughts were however interrupted by Kai's voice.
"Your Majesty. The Duke of Weaselton."
A rather short man stepped up. He had on a suit that looked like it could've belonged to the general of an army as well as a red sash going across his shoulders to his waist. Rounded glasses were perched upon his nose and he had what seemed to me like an eternal look of bitterness on his face.
"Wesselton. The Duke of Wesselton." He corrected to Kai before turning his attention to Elsa. "Your Majesty, as your closest partner in trade, it seems only fitting that I offer you your first dance as Queen."
The Duke does some weird flutter-kick with his feet while not-so-quietly counting to himself, ending with a deep bow. "One, two, three. Jump." As he holds out his hand with his head down, his toupee flops over the top of his head and Anna lets out a small giggle. I try and stiffle the laugh that threatens to escape but manage to let out a small chuckle and look over at Elsa who is also trying to remain as poised as she can, with a gloved hand over her mouth.
"Thank you...only I don't dance." She calmly replies, now with a stoic face on.
"Oh...?"
The Duke had a small frown on his face, obviously offended and a bit disappointed he wouldn't get a chance to show his "moves" on the dance floor. However, Elsa continued to talk and the words that came out of her mouth were not the ones I was expecting. "But my sisters do."
Anna and I looked at her with disbelief on our faces and opened our mouths to say in sync, "What?" The Duke looked at us with the frown still on his face that appeared to lift a little at Elsa's words. "Lucky you.." He was now smiling and made his way over to me and I was trying to think of an excuse to weasel out of it. Nearby, I saw a handsome young man talking to the newly crowned King Flynn of Corona.
Time to put my acting skills to good use. I let out a moan and fell to the floor, landing on my side, the young man quickly ran over to where I lay on the ground. "Your Majesty! Are you alright?" Opening my blue eyes in a flash, they were met with soft warm hazel eyes that were full of concern. "I-I'm fine...I just think I need some water and a few minutes of rest."
The young man helped me up and walked me over to a chair and ran to the food table to fetch me some punch. I snuck a glance over at Elsa and saw her give me a look that was between "Really Nora? Really?" And "That was pretty good. Plus you got a cute guy to help you." Wait a minute! Where did that last part come from?
He returned and gave me a glass of punch, which I sincerely thanked him for before taking in the magenta liquid. When I had finished the glass, I mentally laughed at how I actually MUST have been thirsty and gave the man a smile. "Thank you for everything.." I paused, still not knowing his name and he stuck out his hand before saying, "Prince Edvard of Stockholm, Sweden."
Actually looking at him, he was dressed similarly to Hans only his clothes were in a light brown shade. He had warm hazel eyes, chestnut hair, and dimples when he smiled after I took his hand in my own and shook it gently. "I hope I haven't caused you any trouble and taken away your time of enjoyment at this party." He shook his head in a "No" and let another smile slip from his lips.
"Not at all. I was actually just waiting for something exciting to happen."
"Well, nothing is more exciting than helping a dehydrated princess and having the queen see you do it." I teased and he blushed with me blushing back. Wait, blush?
I mentally slapped myself and told myself to pull it together. Glancing over to where Elsa was I saw her giggling at the Duke's dancing as Anna had been forced to dance with him while I had to have a "rest". Anna looked over at me as she was being twirled around and I gave her a small wink which earned me a level six death glare. I turned my attention back to Edvard.
"Once again, thank you Edvard. I'm feeling much better." I stood up, and wobbled a little and Edvard helped me stay up by grabbing my arms in a gentleman-like manner. "Oh. Um...would you, like to dance?" He asked me akwardly. I simply gave him a huge smile and led him out to the dance floor where we waltzed along with all of the other couples. I even noticed Anna, now far away from the Duke, dancing with Hans who held her very close.
Too close.
I also noticed Elsa, looking saddened and nervous, but poised and gentle at the same time. Anna must have brought up something about the gates and the party for Elsa to act so isolated, I thought to myself. Edvard and I continued dancing throughout the night until I noticed Anna and Hans come in from the balconey and push throught the crowd to get to Elsa.
"Excuse me for a minute Edvard."
He politely bowed and I guided myself through the crowd until I reached Elsa and she looked at me. "Nora? I thought you were with that Swedish Prince." I gestured over to where Anna and Hans were still making their way through the people, apologizing the whole way. "I thought I'd come over here and watch my favorite play, DRAMA WITH ANNA."
I waved my hands over invisible floating words for emphasis and then put my hands down to see Anna's confused face.
Now, it begins.
Hooray! Another chapter in ONE DAY! As you can see, Anna is pretty predictable to Nora and she knows when stuff is going to go down. Yes, I made a Tangled reference with Flynn and Prince Edvard does appear to like Nora. Don't worry, you'll get to see stuff going down in the next chapter. Until then, Amethyst, OUT!
§~Amethyst~§