Aurora's dreams had been filled with swirling clashes of fire and ice. She wasn't sure what it all meant, but had decided that it didn't bode well. She remembered Mulan's note and quickly set about getting dressed and ready for the day.

When she opened her door, a pair of guards were waiting to escort her to join the others for breakfast. I guess Hans really wasn't kidding about keeping us monitored…

Aurora was a little late, but no one seemed to mind. The King and Queen were still absent. The dining hall seemed somber, with a hint of charged tension. Hans, however, looked absolutely chipper.

"Good morning everyone." He greeted brightly, "I trust you all slept soundly?"

Everyone nodded, even Merida, who appeared to be fighting off a scowl.

Hans smiled. "Good, good. As you all may have noticed, the King and Queen are absent this morning." He stated, "They send their apologies, but it appears that they did not sleep very well last night. I'm sure you understand why."

Aurora wanted to laugh at the look on Merida's face. The huntress looked like she was seconds away from lunging across the table and strangling the pompous man.

"Where is the Chinese Ambassador?" Hans suddenly asked.

It was then that Aurora noticed Mulan's seat was empty. This must be a part of the plan.

"She told us to tell you she wasn't feeling well," Eugene answered calmly, "I think it was residual seasickness from the voyage over here."

Rapunzel nodded quickly beside him. "She has never been good with boats." That's a lie, Mulan loves the ocean. "She just needs to rest in her room a while."

Hans seemed to buy the story and nodded with false empathy. "I am very sorry to hear that."

The rest of the meal passed in silence, at least, until the tail end of it. Suddenly out of nowhere Rapunzel doubled over and covered her mouth, startling everyone as she made gagging noises behind her hands.

"What is wrong with her?" Hans asked, his expression appalled.

Eugene narrowed his eyes at the man. "She's with child, what do you think it is?!" he sounded angry, "She has morning sickness!"

Rapunzel stood up, only to stumble and knock things off the table. Hans looked absolutely mortified. Eugene held her steady as she flailed around wildly.

"Aurora," he asked across the table, "Could you please help her to the ladies' room?"

The blonde princess quickly nodded, and bolted up from her seat to help her friend from the room. Hans looked too shaken up to even think about stopping them.

Aurora quickly shut the door to the dining room and turned to Rapunzel. "Okay, just try to relax and we'll…" she looked at the brunette's devious smile, realizing that her friend was perfectly fine. "This is part of the plan, isn't it?"

Rapunzel nodded. "It was the only way to get away from Hans," then she giggled, "Did you see the look on his face?"

"I can't believe you faked morning sickness to get us out of there!" Aurora broke into a fit of laughter at the memory. "Okay, so what's phase two?"

Rapunzel took her hand and guided her out into the courtyard. "The guard tower is just past that wall over there. Mulan's waiting for you."

Aurora nodded uncertainly. "What about you?"

Rapunzel glanced back towards the dining hall. "I'm going to go back after a believable amount of time has passed and tell them that you went back to your room because watching me puke made you queasy." She grinned at her blonde friend

Aurora rolled her eyes. "If that's what needs to be done."

The princesses then parted ways as Aurora made her way towards the guard tower. She had wanted Rapunzel to come with her, but she understood the risk. The more people missing, the more suspicious it looks. That's probably why it's just Mulan and I.

When she reached the wall, Aurora paused. "Am I really going to have to climb over this?" There was no opening or gate nearby, only thick green vines that snaked up the smooth stone. She sighed in resignation, "Looks like it." She deadpanned.

Aurora hiked up her dress and found holds for her hands and feet. She'd watch Mulan do this on several different occasions, so how hard could it be? It turns out that the foreign ex-soldier made scaling a wall look a lot easier than it actually was.

After slipping a bunch of times and nearly tearing her dress twice, she'd made it to the top. She took a quick break to catch her breath.

"Well, I am very impressed," a voice called upwards from below, "I did not expect you to scale the wall."

Aurora looked down to see an Arendelle soldier looking up at her. The princess squeaked in surprise and nearly fell off the wall. "W-Who do you think you are!" she demanded, upset and embarrassed, "You nearly scared me half to death! I am a princess, you know!"

A familiar chuckle reached her ears. Aurora squinted down at the armor clad form. "Mulan, is that you?"

The soldier smiled. "I hope I didn't frighten you too much, princess." There was a hint of mirth in her voice.

"I'm so glad you're finding amusement at my expense!" Aurora made a face at her, and then she realized that there were no vines on this side of the wall. "Which brings me to wonder…how exactly do I get down from here?"

Mulan took a step closer and held her arms out at her sides. "Jump."

Aurora's eyes widened comically. "I beg your pardon?"

"I'll catch you."

The blonde didn't seem convinced. "Not that I don't trust you or your strength, but I'm heavier than I look, and I am pretty high up, and-"

"Aurora," Mulan interrupted firmly, calmly, "I'll catch you, I promise."

The princess debated everything for a moment. She trusted Mulan with her life, and the determination in her eyes put any other doubts she had to rest.

"Okay," Aurora finally consented, "But if you drop me, I swear I won't talk to you ever again!"

With that the blonde slide off the high ledge. Within seconds, she was held firmly in slender armor clad arms. The face of Mulan smiled down at her.

"See? That wasn't so terrible now, was it?"

Aurora smiled despite herself. "You're just lucky you caught me."

The blonde watch as dark eyes lit up with amusement. "There was no luck involved," Mulan said softly, "And I don't know what you were talking about before, you aren't heavy at all."

A blonde eyebrow arched in curiosity. "Is that so?"

Mulan nodded. "Light as a feather," to emphasize her point, she made a show of weighing her body in her arms, "I could carry you all day."

"Careful, I might just take you up on that." Aurora had no idea when her voice had become so…sultry. She realizes that she was still being held in Mulan's arms. Like a bride…

The soldier blushed and cleared her throat nervously. "Perhaps another time when we don't have to break our friend out of prison." She placed Aurora gently on the ground.

The princess missed the contact, but stopped in her tracks when she took in Mulan's attire. She was dressed in the armor the royal knights wore, green with slight accent of dark purple. It was the heavy armor version, as opposed to some of the more cloth-like uniforms the regular guards wore. Her dark locks were tied up in a bun and tucked beneath her dark green helm. The masculinity of the armor, paired with her beautiful face, made for a very…dashing appearance. Aurora blushed darkly at her thoughts.

"Are you alright?" Mulan asked when she noticed her friends face change colors.

Aurora quickly nodded. "Y-Yes, I'm fine. You just look…different." She finished weakly.

Mulan looked down at herself and chuckled with embarrassment. "I borrowed some armor from the guard tower store room," she moved to adjust her gauntlets, "It has been a while since I last wore a man's armor…it will take some getting used to."

Aurora bit her lip. "You wear it pretty well from where I'm standing."

"Ouch!" Anna winced, holding her finger. Elsa put her book down and was immediately at her side.

"Are you alright?" she asked, gingerly taking Anna's hand and examining the injured digit.

"I'm okay, just pricked my finger with the sewing needle again," the redhead replied. She had wanted to make Elsa a real scarf this time instead of the failed sweater abomination she'd made that one time. Too bad she was terrible at sewing.

Elsa frowned and brought the finger to her lips. Anna's breath hitched at the feel of the blonde's tender kiss. "E-Elsa…" she sounded breathless.

The blonde proceeded to kiss each individual finger with the same slow finesse. When she was done she moved on to kiss her palm and then each of her knuckles. By the end of it, Anna was breathing heavily, her teal eyes darkened to the colors of the deep sea.

"Feeling better?" Elsa breathed, cradling the girl's hand against her cheek. Anna marveled at how soft it was.

She could only nod in response because she felt so overwhelmed by her feelings of love.

Elsa seemed to understand her feelings and smiled lovingly at her. "What were you making, love?"

Anna flushed with embarrassment. "Oh, well I saw that you still have the failed sweater-turned-scarf that I made you, and I wanted to try and make you a better one…"

Elsa giggled and placed a quick kiss to her palm. "The one you made me is perfect. I love it because you made it for me."

Anna narrowed her eyes playfully. "You're quite the smooth talker aren't you?"

The blonde smiled playfully, twirling her fingers until a rose made of ice appeared in her hand. "I only speak the truth, Anna." Elsa offered the flower to her with a smile. "Though, I do try to charm you when I can."

Anna took the icy rose and tucked it behind Elsa's ear. "It looks beautiful on you." She stated, loving the way the ice brought out the deep blue of Elsa's eyes. It truly did shine beautifully against her soft pale locks.

Elsa blushed, running her fingers over the accessory. "Now who's the smooth talker?"

Anna grinned goofily. "Well how else am I supposed to woo you?"

The blonde arched an amused eyebrow. "Woo me?"

Anna nodded. "To sweep you off your feet, and such."

Elsa laughed. "I don't think you have to worry about that," she said with a smile, "Consider me wooed."

"Do you remember the plan?" Mulan whispered as they neared the entrance to the dungeons.

Aurora nodded.

"Halt," a guard stopped them at the iron doors, "Prince Hans has forbid visitors to the dungeons."

Mulan stepped forward. "Stand down," she ordered, "I have explicit instructions to move The Royal Ice Master to the brig on Prince Hans' ship." Her voice was lowered and intimidating.

The guard narrowed his eyes at her. "And who are you to make such a claim?"

"My name is Ping," Mulan stated. She gestured to Aurora. "I have been assigned by Hans to personally escort the Princess of Edinburgh."

Aurora knew this was her moment to bring it home. "I can vouch for the truth of my escort's words." She stated firmly, "Unless you wish to question the validity of both my word and the orders of Prince Hans?" She arched an eyebrow in challenge and hoped she looked convincing.

After a moment the guard bowed and offered Mulan the ring of dungeon keys. "My apologies, I did not mean any disrespect."

Mulan took the keys with a nod and the man quickly stepped aside.

Once the iron doors closed behind them, they proceeded to check the different cells for their blonde friend.

"Aurora? Is that you?" a pair of brown eyes peaked through the barred slat on a cell door.

"Kristoff?"

"The one and only."

"Mulan!" Aurora whisper-yelled, "I found him!"

The dark-haired woman quickly made her way over to unlock the cell. Kristoff grinned with relief when the door opened. "Man, am I glad to see you two," he sighed, "How's everyone doing?"

Mulan shushed him as she unlocked his shackles. "I think the real question is: why are you down here?"

This seemed to snap him out of his temporary happiness. "We need to get to my room in the staff quarters. Quickly!"

The two girls looked at each other in confusion. "Why?" they both asked him.

Kristoff shook his head. "No time to explain, I have to get to Elsa!"

"But there is a dangerous blizzard blocking the way." Mulan said.

Kristoff ruffled his hair in irritation. "I know! That's why I have to go to my room!" he took a deep breath and calmed himself. I probably look insane right now. "Please, just trust me on this one, okay?"

There was a pause. "Okay." Aurora finally acquiesced.

"Just tell us what we can do to help." Mulan stated in agreement.

Kristoff smiled. "Thanks you two. Nice look, by the way." He winked at Mulan.

Aurora cleared her throat. "We should probably put his shackles back on, we're supposed to be 'escorting' him, remember?"

Kristoff nodded and slipped the metal cuffs back onto his wrists. He swiped some dust on his face, ruffled his clothes, and hunched over. "Do I look the part?" he asked, messy hair falling over his eyes.

"You could definitely pass for a man with a broken spirit," Aurora said with a nod of appreciation.

"Lead the way, Kristoff." Mulan said, moving behind them.

The three exited the dungeon, Kristoff shuffling along in the lead. The dungeon guard stepped aside to let them pass.

"Okay," Kristoff whispered when they were alone in the castle halls, "So Elsa has Anna, and they're both safe as far as I know. But Hans has a scary fire weapon thing that Elsa doesn't know about, so I have to warn her before it's too late."

"I knew Hans was up to no good…" Aurora murmured with disapproval.

"We all knew." Mulan added, keeping on the lookout for any approaching guards.

"Anyway," Kristoff continued in a whisper, "Elsa gave me this magic thing to get past the blizzard, but it's in my room."

"Don't worry, Kristoff," Aurora reassured him, "We'll save Anna and Elsa. I just know we will."

Alright, so Kristoff's been freed from the slammer thanks to Aurora and Mulan's super sleuthing undercover operation. Hooray! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, it was pretty fun to write. Especially the elsanna bit. ;)