Elsa woke up late Saturday morning, still feeling somewhat tired after the events of the previous day. No servant had bothered to attend to her this morning, as it was the weekend. She had also given a lot of them time off to go the ongoing enjoy the festivities. Growing up in near isolation then immersing herself in society in a matter of a few days had made her appreciate some quiet time now and again. Before she could even throw off the covers, however, Anna leapt onto her bed, still in her pajamas with hair that resembled a troll doll.
"Ohmigod Elsa! Ohmigod!" Anna squealed with excitement.
"For the love of Odin, Anna, what!" Elsa growled with irritation, her quiet morning ruined.
"I'm so glad you let them stay!" Anna hugged her sister and snuggled into the bed beside her.
Elsa sat up, her eyes huge. She had guests! She had two Princes from a far kingdom and no servants to attend to them. "Get up and get dressed Anna, we need to check up on the Princes! I'm such a fool, I let practically all the staff off to enjoy the holiday!"
"Oh shoot yeah," Anna scrambled out of the tangle of sheets. "I'll check on Thor…you can attend to Loki," with a seductive smile, she scampered out of the room.
Elsa hurriedly ran a brush through her hair and effortlessly did a French braid, securing the bottom of it with a red ribbon. She put on a matching halter dress for the warm summer day ahead put on her shoes as she nearly ran to Loki's room. It was quite unflattering, but she had hiked up her dress and bolted, unfortunately colliding with Anna, who was doing the same. Both sisters groaned and rubbed their heads, and blushed madly when they were helped up by the Asgaurdian Princes.
"It's quite a morning greeting you have here in Arendelle, and I quite like it! Running at each other at lighting speeds sounds like great fun! We should try it home, shouldn't we, Brother!" exclaimed Thor.
"I'd hate to be the one that'd be going up against you," Anna joked with Thor.
"Anna," Elsa hissed, reminding her sisters of her manners. "Sorry, your highnesses," she noticed that Loki still held on her arm, and she quickly brushed it off, still shy about yesterday's kiss.
"Yeah sorry," said a monotonous Anna.
"You see, seeing that today was Saturday I gave most of my staff the day off to enjoy the festivities; after all the worked very hard leading up to the events of yesterday. Anna and I are here at your service, however, to make up for my foolish mistake," Elsa said coordinately.
"Thank-you kindly, your highnesses," said Thor. "But we don't mind roughing it for a few days. Is it okay that there will be no one to cut your lamb-leg into tiny pieces, brother?"
Anna didn't bother to hide it but Elsa covered her mouth to stifle her laughter. Thor's eyes glinted with amusement, and all three waited to see what snarky comment Loki could conjure.
"I don't mind at all," he said simply.
"Joy-kill," Thor murmured. "On another note, your highnesses, please just address me as Thor and my brother as Loki, proper titles are just a mouthful and are meant for senior royalties, if you know what I mean."
"Thank you, Thor, and the same goes for you, Elsa and Anna are just fine," Elsa's parents weren't even addressed by their royal titles unless it was someone they were not close with. Her grandparents, however, made everyone use the title, including them! Elsa understood what Thor said about only older members of royalty wanted to be addressed as such.
"Can Loki deal with that? Not being called prince for a week?" said Anna, receiving a high-five from Thor.
"You can call him Loki, Anna, but you can't tease him," snapped Elsa. "Apologise, please,"
"No need, Elsa!" Thor boomed. "Loki is a man! He can take it! Right brother?"
Loki gave him a sadistic smile. "Indeed,"
"Why don't we go down for breakfast, I believe our chefs Arnold and Isla are still around, seeing that they went to the celebrations yesterday," said Elsa, leading the troop down to the dining hall. "I apologize once more, it's almost noon and we haven't fed you at all yet,"
Loki gave her a mischievous smile. Elsa bit her lip, not knowing what he was going to say. She would hate for him to leave due to her terrible hospitality. She hoped he'd give her another chance. To her relief he said something that had nothing to do due with her.
"I would not mind waiting for brunch, it is my brother who I worry about. He eats like an orphan who got his first meal. I can give you his order right now if you'd like," he said, his face expressionless.
Thor gave him a disgusted look while Anna bit her lip to keep her from laughing.
Elsa however, continued with the joke. "What would Thor like to eat then?"
Loki grinned. "Twenty-four boiled eggs, a platter of bacon, a loaf of bread, toasted with thick mixed berry jam, twelve scones, three muffins and an extra large glass of orange juice…to start with." Loki's face fell when he saw that Thor was chuckling, his laughter shaking the glass in the hall.
"My brother is not incorrect," Thor said simply.
"Wow…" gasped the sisters.
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Elsa and lead the troupe outside to enjoy the second day of festivities and Thor and Anna left immediately, like schoolchildren who finally were granted with a recess. Elsa took Loki's arm once more and the two simply enjoyed each other's company. Loki couldn't help but notice how lovely Elsa looked nice in her bright red dress and simple make-up and hair.
"You look quite ravishing this afternoon, Elsa," he commented as they made their way to Elsa's favourite chocolate station.
"False flattery won't get you anywhere," she rolled her eyes and took a snowball of chocolate. She gave Loki his favourite dark chocolate which he didn't eat right away.
"Nothing about my comment was false,"
"Then I correct myself, flattery won't get you anywhere. Period." Elsa smirked and reached for the last snowball. Unfortunately Loki beat her to it.
"If flattery won't work, will chocolate?" he asked seductively, causing Angelo to raise a brow.
She bit her lip, she couldn't stand the town talking about her love life. She decided not to play along. "Not at all," she spun her heel and made her way back to the castle. He caught up to her stepped in front of her.
"You've got a lot of walls around you," Loki commented. "All of which I keep running into,"
"It would be a great amount of prying if you asked me why I put up so many walls," she said, trying to get around Loki.
"Elsa," he said calmly, taking her hands and pressing his for head on hers. "I know about you ice,"
"Damn," she cursed then quickly covered her mouth. "I was hoping I'd be the first to tell you."
"It's a great power to possess, and I have a secret for you," Loki let out a deep sigh.
"What is your secret Loki," she asked with curiosity.
He put his hand on the small of her back and led her to the castle. "It would be best if I showed you in my room,"
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"Alright we're here, it's quiet," said Elsa, shutting the door of his bedroom behind her. "Spill it,"
"I think I'd be better if I showed you," Loki concentrated on a pane of glass and instantly froze it, causing her to squeal in delight rather than shriek with surprise.
"That's why your hands are cold like mine, you've got ice powers! Ohmigodness Loki, I can't believe there is someone else with powers like mine!" she said excitedly.
"I, unlike you, weren't born with my powers, I had to learn it, maybe that's why whatever I make doesn't come out as beautiful and precise as what you make," he explained.
"Loki, when did you see me 'do my magic'?" she asked, wanting to know how much he saw.
"I saw you preform magic for the village girls as well as the baby princess," he answered.
"I'm truly sorry for not telling you earlier," she blushed with shame, feeling like a fool for hiding the obvious.
"You can make-up for it," he said, taking her hands.
She quirked an eyebrow. "How so?"
"Either a kiss or teach me how you do your ice magic," he whispered in her ear, adding a seductive effect.
Elsa had been yearning to kiss him ever since she had a decent conversation with him. But would two days be so soon? She had condemned Anna from falling in love to quickly but Loki was different. Loki knew how she felt, he had ice powers! No one is this world that she knows has ice powers, damn! It also didn't help that he was attractive, both physically and personally with this sarcastic humour and wit and his vast intelligence. "I think I could teach you," she said finally. If Loki was disappointed, he hid it well, and she took his hand in hers. When he gave her a squeeze, she blushed and playfully smacked his arm before beginning the lesson.
"First off, clear you mind," she instructed.
"Done," he said, almost immediately.
"That was quick," Elsa said in surprise.
"I know other types of magic, Elsa dear," he chuckled.
"Wow!" she said in awe. Never had she met a more powerful prince. "Please tell me!"
"I will after your lesson," he said calmly. "Continue, love,"
"Alright…here it goes,"
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Her magic lesson was indeed helpful but Loki concluded that you needed to be born with the power to truly be able to do what Elsa did. She couldn't explain a lot of the things she did, such as how her shapes were perfectly symmetrical…she said that they just fell that way. It was frustrating that he couldn't learn it but it was amazing that a mortal could! One thing that he did enjoy was the fact that Elsa liked to listen about his other magically abilities, and didn't condemn him about them. In Asgard, being able to do transformations and illusions were considered 'feminine magic.' He was tired from all the energy they used today, and it was barely suppertime.
"I think we should head down to the dining hall before people start…speculating," she said.
"Hmm," he nodded, but he really did not want to leave.
She cocked a brow, her signature look for when she was unimpressed. "Really, Loki?"
"I was simply being considerate of the fact that you may be a bit tired from all the magic we preformed, that is all,"
"No not really, this never tires me out," she lowered her voice, causing him to lean in to hear what she had to say next. "It makes me feel more energized, if anything,"
His eyes grew huge with suspicion. She was like a power source for magic, she never ran out of it. Did anyone know this? Did she? People could attack her, use her, and enslave her for more power. It would be horrid to think that Elsa was being used, her sarcasm and wit being drowned out of her by an evil type that would live off of her power. He couldn't believe that such as strong woman was so naïve about this.
"Elsa," he said quietly, sitting down on the bed and indicating that she sit next to him.
Her brow's furrow in confusion at the change of his tone and takes a seat.
With a huge sigh he tries a tactical approach to the situation. "Did you tell anyone that doing your magic doesn't make you tired?"
"No, they just like to see me do it," she answered simply as he let out a sigh of relief. "Why would you ask such a question?"
"Elsa, people could you use you," he said quietly. "They could use your magic as their power-source and only the Allfather knows what could happen,"
"How can they just take my magic," she asks skeptically.
"From where I'm from it's actually quite easy but very painful. I wish not to talk about it. And I would recommend that you don't as well. Perform your magic; please just don't tell anyone that using it doesn't weaken you," he said with a sincere concern.
She gave him a look that said that she didn't trust him, but nodded her head.
He stands up abruptly, crossing his hands behind his back and making his way to the window. "You don't believe me,"
"It's very unreasonable, that is all," she says in a clipped tone from the bed.
"I wouldn't have said anything if I didn't care," about you he wanted to add.
She sighed and walked over to him placing a hand on his shoulder and turning him around. "I'll be more alert, if anything," she said, compromising.
Loki felt defeated but wouldn't show it. He just nodded and started out of his window, admiring the setting sun.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" she says softly, linking his arm with hers and resting her head on his shoulder.
The smell of her sweet perfume and the setting sun was all Loki dreamt about that night.
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