Chapter 6 A day with Kristoff
Idun and Agdar walked down to Anna's room, hearing loads of laughter from the other side of the door. Opening the door they saw Anna in a pile of snow and Elsa rolling on the bed, laughing. Elsa and Anna stopped laughing when they saw their parents smiling at them.
"Hi Mama." Anna said as she tried to dig herself out of the snow. "Hi Anna. What are you and Elsa doing anyways?" Idun said as she helped Anna up. "Nothing. Just having a snowball fight and Elsa cheated."
"So what if I did?" Elsa smirked.
"I'll eat all your chocolates then. In fact, maybe I should do that right know." Anna marched over to the door. "Wait before I go, can I ask you all a question?"
"You already did." Elsa giggled and Anna scowled at her.
"Why did Mama and Papa come here?" Anna turned to Idun and Agdar. "Wait, you want to do something as a family?"
Agdar smiled, "Sort of but we spend the day with Kristoff."
"Just asking why?" Anna questioned.
"It nothing really, we just want to spend time with Kristoff." Idun explained, "And you're not coming."
"What!" Anna shouted, "Why aren't I coming?"
"Cause you still have to bond with…Sunshine and Snowflake." Idun said, "Don't worry we'll be out for two hours only."
"Okay. At least I'll have Elsa to talk to." Anna said gleefully. "Maybe we could build another snowman or have a snowball fight."
"Um…Anna, Elsa is…coming with…us." Agdar said carefully though he had a feeling what might come next.
"What!" Elsa and Anna shouted in union.
"Why must Elsa go?" Anna questioned.
"Yeah, why must Elsa go?" Elsa repeated.
"Because we want her to go." Idun replied "And besides, when was the last time Elsa went on a picnic with us?"
The room was filled in silence after the question, Anna opened her mouth to say something but closed it back now realizing that it had nothing to do with the question Idun had just asked.
"I though so." Idun spoke up, "Anna can you tell Kristoff that he should come by the castle around lunch." Anna nodded and left.
"Well I better go pack the food and all." Agdar said as he walked out the door leaving Idun and Elsa alone in the room.
"I have papers to sign and meetings to go to." Elsa lied and played with her bracelet.
"Do you Elsa? Do you?" Idun question and quirked a brow at Elsa movements. "Why are you doing that?"
"Doing what?"
Idun pointed to the bracelet which Elsa was still playing with, "That."
"It's nothing, oh look, it's eleven o' clock and I got to go to that meeting. Bye." Elsa said as she dashed out the door leaving a suspicious Idun wondering what has gotten into Elsa.
'Why don't they want me to come? Wait maybe they want to know Kristoff, yeah that's it. I would've already told them everything if they had told me. Why Elsa must come along, maybe she doesn't know Kristoff as well as I do.' Anna thought as she walked down to the stables.
"Hi Anna." Kristoff greeted. "What brings you here?"
"Nothing it's just that Mama, Papa and Elsa wants to spend the day with you." Anna said as she played with the end of her braid.
"Aren't you coming? P-please tell me you're c-coming." Kristoff said nervously, Anna shook her head and smiled.
"Don't worry Kristoff, Elsa will be there." Anna said, "My parents aren't harsh and come around by the castle at lunch." Anna skipped away.
"I hope you're right." Kristoff muttered before he got back to feeding Sven. Then at that moment Kristoff realized something, 'Wasn't that camping trip today?' He thought but shrugged it off.
Anna walked back to the castle and found Elsa in the library, "Hey Elsa, ready to go picnicking with Kristoff?" She sat down on the couch next to Elsa.
"Anna, you're making it sound like I'm dating Kristoff." Elsa said as she looked up at Anna, "And yes I'm ready, I have three meetings to go to and some papers to…Anna don't look at me like that."
Anna gave Elsa her puppy dog eyes until she realized that Elsa wasn't budging. Anna sighed and nodded at Elsa. "Fine I'll do it. Promise me one thing."
"Yes and if it is a snowball fight you want it's one you'll get." Elsa made an enormous snowball over Anna's head. Anna jumped up on the couch and pushed the snowball in Elsa's face.
"There I win and look at the time, I got to go." Anna said as she jumped off the couch and walked to the door.
"Where are you going?" Elsa asked suspiciously.
"To…uh…sign those papers and attend the meetings you told me to go."
"You're sure right? Because you didn't tell me the promise you wanted to…make."
Anna nodded and dashed out the door before Elsa could've finished. Elsa let out a sigh of relief and started thinking about the picnic with her parents and Kristoff.
'Why do they want me to come? Why couldn't Anna come along? I wonder if that camping trip is on?' all of Elsa's unanswered thoughts was interrupted by a knock on the door. Elsa walked over to the door and opened it. On the other side of the doorway was Idun with a picnic blanket.
"Hi Mama." Elsa greeted.
"Hi Elsa, I came to talk to you about something." Idun walked in and sat on the couch.
"What things?"
"Not things, thing. Earlier today, you were playing with your bracelet." Idun looked at her, "Tell me why you were doing that."
"I always do that." Elsa lied.
"Since?"
"Since you and Papa came back." Elsa started to play with her bracelet.
"Elsa are you lying?" Idun said as she and Elsa walked through the halls.
"W-what? No, that's nonsense." Elsa avoided Idun's stare.
Idun sighed, "We'll talk about this after the picnic."
They walked through the rest of the halls in silence. The walked through the main doors of the castle upon seeing Agdar and Kristoff already there.
"Is everyone ready to go?" Agdar asked as he got in the sleigh. Everyone else nodded and got in the sleigh as well. The ride was silent except for Elsa and Kristoff since they was talking, Idun and Agdar gave a questioning look at Elsa. Elsa saw her parents gave her a questioning look but she ignored it and continued talking to Kristoff. They stopped near a frozen waterfall and pond with snow all around it.
"Kristoff, I thought we were going to the best picnicking spot you know." Elsa whispered.
"Yes but I told your father about this and he wanted to see it." Kristoff whispered back. Elsa gulped with fear.
"Elsa, did you…did you make all of this?" Idun gasped in awe as she explored the place.
"Y-yes and p-please don't be mad, I froze it by accident when I f-froze Arendelle." Elsa looked down and played with her bracelet.
"Why would we be mad Elsa?" Agdar said, "Kristoff told me about this place and I decided to have the picnic here."
"Oh, so should we start the picnic?" Elsa looked up at Agdar and he nodded.
In a few minutes everyone was on the picnic blanket and was eating something.
"So Kristoff, what do you do for a living?" Idun asked.
"I sell i-ice for a living, E-Elsa crowned me Royal Ice Master a-and Deliverer," Kristoff said nervously.
"So when did you meet Anna?"
"T-the same night E-Elsa accidentaly froze A-Arendelle."
Elsa took a book she brought out of the sleigh and started reading it, hoping she could forget she was ever here.
Anna rushed through the halls as she frantically looked for Elsa, forgetting that Elsa went the picnic with Kristoff and her parents.
"Where is Elsa? She was here in the library a moment ago. Maybe she's at the meeting, wait I'm supposed to do that. She's to sign the papers, right, wait no…was I supposed to do that instead of the meeting. I'm confused, Elsa! Where are you?!" Anna walked left then right over and over until she got it, "Wait I remember I'm doing both the meeting and the papers."
Anna walked over to Elsa's study and began working on the papers, during that time she realized something.
"How many meetings was I to go again? One? Two? How many meetings are there?" Anna groans with frustration, "Where is Elsa?"
"So you are saying you're nothing like Hans?" Agdar asked.
"Y-yes sir, I'm not one i-inch close to that l-lying no good Prince." Kristoff was still nervous even if they were talking for more than a half of an hour.
"And just a warning, if you are like that Prince, I will have your head." Agdar whispered, making sure that Idun didn't hear him. Kristoff gulped and nodded. Elsa finished her book and decided to join them.
"So Kristoff, where do you and your family stay?" Idun asked.
"M-my family? I lost t-them when I was younger but a new family adopted me."
"Where do they live?"
"Somewhere in the forest."
"In a cabin?"
"No, valley."
"Valley?" Idun asked, confused. "How can they be living there?"
"Because they are…" Kristoff shot a glimpse at Elsa. Elsa nodded to Kristoff, telling him to tell her parents.
"Are what? Hunters?" Idun asked.
Kristoff shook his head, "No they are…trolls."
"You mean you live with Grand Pabbie and the rest of the trolls?" Agdar asked, though he thought that Kristoff was joking. "You are joking right? I mean I know the trolls but how did they adopt you? Or how did you find them?"
"Long story short, when I was younger, I got lost from the ice harvesters. I wandered through the woods with Sven and saw two horses ran past us with an ice trail following it. I followed the two horses until they reached the valley, during that time, I saw Grand Pabbie changed memories. One of the trolls found me and adopted me."
After Kristoff was done, he saw Elsa, Idun and Agdar gaping at him. Kristoff looked at them confused.
"W-what did I say? D-did I say something W-wrong?" Kristoff started to get nervous again.
"No, it's just that you…you…saw." Agdar couldn't finish.
"If you're saying that I saw him change Anna's memories, yes but I didn't tell Anna. If that's what you're asking me as well."
"Yes and by all means no one is to tell her."
Everyone lied down on the blanket just enjoying the view until Elsa giggled.
"Elsa what's so funny?" Idun asked.
"I was just thinking about the camping trip. Speaking about that camping trip, wasn't that supposed to be tonight?"
"Yes but we'll do that tomorrow. But why were you laughing?"
"Did you tell Anna that were going the camping trip tomorrow?"
"No, I didn't tell her why?...oh." Idun started laughing with Elsa.
"What's wrong with the two of you?" Agdar asked as he heard Idun and Elsa laughing.
"Nothing, it's just that no one told Anna that the camping trip was put off until tomorrow." Idun said as she tried to contain her laughter while Elsa couldn't.
"I don't get it."
"Well when we get back from camping, she should be at the gates with the camping supplies all ready to go but none of us are going."
"Oh." Then Agdar and Kristoff joined Elsa and Idun in on the laughter, after a while it died down and they wondered what was Anna doing back at the castle.
'I hope Anna did the meetings and sign the papers.' Elsa thought as she stared up at the sky.
Anna groaned as everyone left the meeting room, she glanced at the clock. Three 'o clock, 'Seriously, one meeting. I have two more meetings after that finish off the papers then get ready for camping. Hopefully they make it back or I finish early due to whatever lame reason.' Anna mentally groaned as she saw another set of people walking in, 'I've got a long, boring meeting ahead of me.'
During the meeting she didn't really pay attention to what the ambassador or any other member of the meeting was saying. When an argument started in the meeting she played with her braid or did something unknown until the argument finish. When they asked her a question, Anna just tried to remember a little thing they said, get a clue from the question, improvise an answer for the question asked. Anna was actually glad for the first time in one of those meeting because it lasted for an hour and it was just enough time for her to get ready for camping.
"So did you really invite me just so you could get to know me?" Kristoff asked but it kind of came out wrong and Agdar glared at him. "I guess that came out wrong." Kristoff laughed nervously and tried to avoid Agdar's glare.
"Yes but we also invited you to come along because Anna's birthday is coming up and we have…well Elsa has a perfect idea for Anna's birthday and all of us were wondering if you could help us?" Idun asked.
"S-sure why not."
"Well what does Anna like, Elsa?" Idun turned to Elsa.
"Chocolate." Elsa giggled.
"Anything else?" Agdar asked.
Elsa and Kristoff looked at each other and laughed.
"Chocolate and that's it." Elsa said through her giggles.
"So nothing else then?" Idun said and Elsa nodded. "What does Anna loves the most?"
"Me." Elsa smiled.
"Alright then, what should we give Anna for her birthday?"
"A puppy." Elsa laughed again.
"What is so funny?" Idun raised a brow at Elsa.
"N-nothing." Elsa laughter died down but her giggles haven't.
"I'm serious."
"I-it's nothing r-really." Elsa tried to hold her laughter in but after a while her face turned red and she couldn't hold in the laughter anymore. Well you know what they say laughter is contagious, Kristoff started to then Idun and Agdar.
"W-what were we talking a-about?" Idun asked through her fit of giggles.
"I-I really d-don't k-know." Elsa couldn't catch her breath but she couldn't stop laughing either.
After a while, the laughter died down and everyone grabbed something to eat but that didn't stop Elsa from laughing or giggling. Elsa tried with all her might not to laugh, when no one was paying attention, she let a few giggles slip and smiled when they were talking to her.
"That was good, now how about we go back home?" Idun asked as she packed the picnic basket.
"Yeah." "Sure." Let's go then." The other said at the same time.
The ride back home was silent but it lasted for only five minutes.
"Anna's birthday party, wait why did we stop talking about it?" Idun suddenly remembered.
"Because I started laughing for no reason." Elsa said as she tried to keep a serious face.
"Right, why were you laughing?"
"Don't bring it up." Elsa smiled.
"Why?" Idun started to smile.
"It's for a perfect re-re-re…" Elsa couldn't even finish her sentence when she started laughing and the rest joined on.
"I'm so glad this meeting is over. And look at that they're back." Anna said as she looked out the window and saw Elsa, Kristoff and her parents in the courtyard. Anna grabbed the camping supplies and headed downstairs to meet them.
Elsa, Idun and Agdar just bid Kristoff and Sven a farewell when Anna came bursting through the doors. Idun and Agdar turned around first and saw Anna with the camping supplies. Idun stared at Anna wide-eyed and tried to hide any signs of laughter.
"Elsa don't turn around." Idun whispered to Elsa who back was still turned to Anna.
"Why?"
"I wouldn't want to answer that."
Anna decided to chime in, "So who ready for camping?"
Elsa turned her head a little to see Anna out of the corner of her eye, holding camping supplies. Elsa just collapsed to the floor laughing, Anna rushed over to her dropping everything in the process.
Anna hugged her, "Elsa are you alright? What's wrong? What did Mama and Papa do?" Anna released her from the hug and was surprised to see Elsa's reaction. When Anna released Elsa, Elsa took in a strong breathe in of air and continued laughing.
"What's so funny?"
"You." Elsa only managed to say one word before laughing again.
"Me?"
"Well you see Anna, during the picnic, Elsa asked us if we told you that the camping trip was tomorrow. We said no and Elsa told us that when we made it back home, you'll be waiting for us to go camping." Agdar said, trying to ignore Idun and Elsa's laughter.
"Really then." Anna walked over to Elsa, "Hey sis can I get snowball?" Elsa didn't realize Anna's plan because she was laughing so hard, the next thing Elsa got was a hard blow with the snowball in her back. She turned around and saw Anna laughing at her, Elsa smirked and made a snowball about the size of Olaf and launched it towards Anna.
Anna saw the snowball heading towards her and moved out of its way, Anna then stuck her tongue out at Elsa.
"Hah! You missed." Before Anna could even react, she got a snowball in her face, no one noticed Idun neck deep in snow and a small pile of snow on her head.
"Who threw this!" Anna and Elsa looked at their mother in fear and pointed to Agdar who was sitting on the fountain and had a wide smile on his face but it was for some other reason. Idun made a snowball and launched it at him making Agdar fall in the fountain.
"Hey! What was that for?!" Agdar climbed out of the fountain soaking wet, his clothes clinging onto him.
"Covering me, neck deep in snow." Idun said as she made another snowball.
"So you got hit with a giant snowball and got covered neck deep in snow and assumed it was me who hit you with that snowball. It's not even snowing and there's only one person who could've made a snowball that big." Agdar and Idun looked at Elsa.
"Uh…sorry?…he-he…sorry for the snowball? It was for Anna." Elsa said as she backed away to the castle door.
"Who wants to attack Elsa?" Anna said she made a snowball.
"Anna that's just a pile of snow, that's not gonna last you all on the fifth throw." Elsa said as she felt the doorknob.
"Well make some snow."
"I don't want to." Elsa opened the door.
"Are you scared that we're gonna win?"
"No Anna, I'm tired, hungry and not in the mood for it. You can say or do what you want, I'm not playing." Elsa turned around.
"My, my, what is this I am hearing? Queen Elsa of Arendelle is scared to play."
"Anna, I'm not in the mood for it." Elsa walked inside.
"She's afraid that Princess Anna of Arendelle is going to claim her title at snowball fight!" Anna shouted and saw Elsa walked back out with a smirk on her face.
"You're going down!" Elsa filled the courtyard in snow and made fifteen Olaf sized snowball and launched it at Anna.
"Mama, Papa, if I don't make it, claim Elsa's title as snowball champion." Anna said dramatically as the snowballs rained down upon her.
"Charge!" Idun and Agdar skidded to a stop when they saw the size snowball Elsa created.
"Would you spare your mother?" Idun dropped the snowball and raised her hands in the air.
"Hmm…no."
"Your dear father?" Agdar did the same as well.
"Never."
"Never?" Agdar and Idun asked in union.
"Never. Ever. Now if I were you I should run." Idun and Agdar ran but Elsa got them before they could even take cover.
Olaf joined a little while later and left to call Sven and Kristoff, they walked after a while. Elsa saw them and grinned at the way they were prepared even though they built a snow fort. Elsa walked up to it and destroyed the wall exposing all six of them.
"So…who's next?" Elsa smirked, knowing that she's going to have a lot of fun before they get called for dinner.
A shout out to The Lone Kid for giving me this idea, it may not be what you expected but keep reviewing.