I give you...(drumroll) DRAMA WITH ANNA! Kidding, that's not actually the name of the chapter but it basically explains that a lot of stuff is gonna go down. Thank you for reviewing/reading/favoriting/following this story, it's really supportive! Okay, Chapter 5!
"Elsa."
Elsa turned her attention away from me and towards Anna who curtsied rather akwardly before speaking. "I mean...Queen...Me again. Um. May I present Prince Hans of the Southern Isles." She smiled proudly and gestured to Hans, whose arm was linked with hers. He bowed politely, "Your Majesty." Elsa returned the gesture with a polite but reserved curtsey.
"We would like-" Anna started to say until Hans cut her off.
"Your blessing-" Once again Anna cut in with but a single word.
"Of-" They spoke the last word together as though they knew what the other was talking about, which I assumed they did.
"Our marriage!"
Elsa looked at them with a look of suprise and...disbelief? I looked at Anna and could see the complete sincerity in her eyes that was threatening to burst out. "Marriage...?" It was as if the words went throught one of Elsa's ears and just paused there, not finding its way to her brain.
"Yes!" Anna chirped, leaning her head against Hans who was also smiling at Elsa, but with a look of slight concern in his eyes. Then, it finally sunk in what Anna had said and Elsa reacted. "I'm sorry, I'm confused." I decided to pop into the conversation, "Yeah, me too."
"Well, we haven't worked out all of the details ourselves. We'll need a few days to plan the ceremony. Of course we'll have soup, roast, and ice cream and then-Wait. Would we live here?"
Looking flabbergasted Elsa responded in a somewhat absent-minded matter. "Here?" Then Hans just had to jump into the conversation with his own remark, making me even more suspicious of him. "Absolutely!" Elsa put a gloved hand on her forehead and looked like she was about to get a headache. "Anna-"
She was cut off once more by Anna's cheery voice, she was completely oblivious that Elsa was getting more and more annoyed with all this talk of marriage. "Oh, we can invite all twelve of your brothers to stay with us-"
"What? No, no, no, no." This time it was Anna's turn to be cut off, but this moment ended as she continued talking.
"Of course we have the room. I don't know. Some of them must-" Anna continued to rant on and I was getting pretty tired of it until Elsa finally put an end to this whole scenario Anna had built up in her mind. "Wait. Slow down. No one's brothers are staying here. No one is getting married."
Anna looked as if someone had slapped her across the face when she absorbed what Elsa had said. Hans also looked shocked and it bothered me how he had just let Anna do all of the talking. "Wait, what?" I mentally smirked as Hans' face fell into a deep concerned frown and looked at Anna, almost pleadingly."
Elsa straightened up and said in a very serious tone of voice, "May I talk to you, please. Alone." Anna notices Hans' worried face and hooks arms with him tighter to show that she wanted Hans to hear what Elsa had to say. "No. Whatever you have to say you-you can say to the both of us." Elsa let out a deep sigh that would sound to others, regret-filled, but to me it was having to teach Anna a lesson.
"Fine. You can't marry a man you just met."
"You can if it's true love!" Anna retorted with a serious look on her face. "Anna, what do you know about true love?" Elsa inquired, she was getting tired of Anna's attitude lately and honestly, I had to side with Elsa on this whole marriage-thing. Then, the words that came out of Anna's mouth would completely shatter Elsa's inner soul.
"More than you. All you know is how to shut people out."
"Anna.." I would have said more, but I couldn't think of anything I could say that would break the tension building up between my two sisters. Opening my mouth to try to make up an excuse for Elsa's isolation over the past thirteen years, Elsa beat me to it. She took in a deep breath. "You asked for my blessing, but my answer in no. Now, excuse me."
She began to walk away until Hans just had to break the ice that could have gone unbroken. "Your Majesty, if I may ease your-" Elsa interrupted him but seemed a bit flustered that he even said anything at all, as when Anna and her were talking it was as if Hans wasn't even there. "No. You may not. And I-I think you should go." Anna turned to me, letting go of her grip on Hans and grabbing my arm.
"Nora! Please! If Elsa won't give us her blessing, would you?" I was shocked and taken aback, giving a glance at Elsa, she had turned to look me in the eye and something passed between us. An agreement to not let Anna make a huge life mistake that could alter the course of her future. Letting out a huge breath, I gave her a look and then my response.
"I'm sorry Anna. But this engagement is a no-go for me. You don't have my blessing."
Now Anna was going wild, muttering to Hans about how she truly wanted to get married to him and he simply nodded to whatever she said. Elsa takes this time to sneak away to the royal handler and give him her command. "The party is over. Close the gates." Anna suddenly snapped out of her funk and looked at Elsa with horror in her eyes.
"What? Elsa, no. No, wait!"
She rushs forward and grabs...oh no. Elsa lets out a loud gasp. "Give me back my glove!" I scooted over across the ballroom floor until I was standing right next to Elsa, trying to give her some support. Anna holds Elsa's blue glove away from her and begins to actuallly desperately beg. "Please, Elsa. Please. I can't live like this anymore."
Just by looking at her, you could tell Elsa was trying to hold back tears that threatened to spill out. Even as she uttered those two words that broke Anna's heart, you couldn't see her cry. "Then leave." Anna's face went sad, but then transitioned into anger, Elsa meanwhile was walking towards the door, trying to get away from the party.
"...What did I ever do to you?"
I watched a few of the partygoers stop talking amongst each other and turn their attention to Anna's outburst. While a few of them pretended to be interested in the red drapes that hung from the walls.
"Enough, Anna."
Anna unfortunately didn't get the hint and kept yelling at Elsa, causing onlookers to stare. I saw Edvard amongst them and for a minute he looked at me with an apologetic look which I sadly returned.
"No. Why? Why do you shut me out?! Why do you shut the world out?! What are you so afraid of?!"
That did it. Elsa glared at Anna from over her shoulder and moved her hand in a sweeping motion, forgetting about the loss of her glove and letting her emotions out. "I said, Enough!" Big mistake. Ice shards rose from the floor and pointed upwards at Anna, Hans, and the Duke of Wesselton who jumped backwards like a rabbit. He said loud enough for everyone to hear, "Sorcery. I knew there was something dubious going on here."
I thought to myself, brave words for a short old bald guy that's hiding behind his guard and wears high heels. "Elsa..." Anna quietly whispered looking shocked that Elsa had powers over the ice and snow. Elsa desperately looked over to me and I quietly whispered, run. She did as I suggested and opened up the door she was leaning against before rushing out of the ballroom with me following closely behind and Anna in pursuit.
Bursting out of the castle, Elsa was greeted by cheers from the crowd of people gathered outside in our courtyard. "There she is. Your Majesty! Long live the Queen! Queen Elsa...come drink with us." I follow Elsa as she ducks through the crowd, trying to keep her exposed hand away from the people. As she passes a man, he politely bows in her prescence "Queen Elsa."
"Your Majesty? Are you all right?" A townswoman with a baby in her arms looking concerned for the new queen. Elsa backs away from the baby, not wanting to hurt it but backs up into a fountain, accidently touching it and freezing the water. The townspeople gasp in shock and Elsa back away from the fountain. The Duke and his goons finally emerge from the doors and the Duke points an accusing finger at Elsa.
"There she is! Stop her!"
Despite the Duke being an arrogant jerk, Elsa warned him to stay away from her in fear of hurting him. "Please, just stay away from me. Stay away!" However, as the last words left her lips, the hand she had put out in a warning manner released flurries of snow and shot towards the stairs where the Duke was.
His thugs and him slipped down, the now icy staircase and landed in a pile at the base of the stairs. "Monster...Monster!" He spluttered out, trying to get up from the ground. The crowd begins to panick and a snowstorm begins, Anna emerges from the doors and runs towards Elsa. "Elsa!" Hans is following her closely, running a bit like a wimp but I ignored this as I followed Elsa out of the gates.
We run off towards the shoreline and Elsa looks out at the water, cautiously placing a foot on the water, causing the fjord to freeze wherever she steps. Quickly looking to me she gives me a sad smile and which I sadly return with a, "Run as fast as you can away from here. I'll follow and find you." She was about to step onto the water and begin running when we saw Anna descending the stairs and running towards us.
"Elsa! Wait, please!"
She takes another tentative step onto the water and when she is assured that it is thick enough, she begins running across the water. "Elsa, stop!" Anna tries to follow her across the fjord but she falls and slips, making Hans come to her assistance. "Anna!" He helps her up and they look after Elsa as she travels farther and farther away.
"No." Anna whispers.
"Look...the fjord." Hans adds and I look over and notice that Elsa's ice has spreaded across the water, freezing the water and locking the ships into the dock area.
Back in the courtyard, rumors were flying and people were panicking. "Snow? It's...snow...in July." Hans looks to Anna. "Are you alright?" She shivers in the cold and answers, still in shock. "No."
"Did you know?" He added with a look of suspicion, barely visible behind his eyes. "No." Anna replied flatly and he was about to ask me something until the Duke himself started panicking. "Look! It's snowing! It's snowing! The Queen has cursed this land! She must be stopped!" He turned to his thugs and quietly added, "You have to go after her."
"No!" I ran up to him and got all in his face in a very unprincess-like manner. "Can't you see she's just as scared as you are?! She left so she wouldn't hurt anyone! She's just protecting the kingdom from herself!" He then pointed an accusing finger at me.
"You're defending the witch! You must have sorcery in you too!"
I smirked at him and looked at Anna in a "Goodbye" manner before responding with obvious happiness in my voice. "Yes, I do." I pushed my hand in front of me, causing a huge blast of air and blowing off the Duke's toupee into the face of one of his guards. I let out a triumphant laugh filled with pure bliss and joy of being myself before thinking of flying, and lifting up into the air.
Everyone looked up at me in pure shock and I simply blasted some air out in front of me, pushing me backwards towards the North Mountain where Elsa had traveled. I smiled and began laughing at everyone's faces but stopped short when I wondered what Edvard must think of me. No! Forget Edvard! You've only known him for a day! Not even, only eight hours! You liking him is like Anna and Hans getting married! Forget about him...you're free now.
So away I went, flying through the air not caring about the snow that was stinging my face and the small cloud that emerged from my mouth when I breathed out. Being around Elsa when I was little, meant I needed to be strong in the cold and ignore it. This started the little saying Elsa and I had.
The cold never bothered me anyways.
Well, as you can see..Elsa and Nora have their own little mantra. Nora's powers are finally revealed to everyone and Elsa unleashes a snowstorm on Arendelle. Whoo! I'm afraid the next chapter is going to be pretty short, but I'll try and add more details in the creation of the ice palace. Apologies, yes, Nora is going to steal some of Elsa's lines in Let it Go and she is going to help her create the palace. Until the next chapter...Bye!
§~Amethyst~§