Chapter One

He honestly hadn't recognised her at the Coronation. It was like she was a completely different person, she was no longer the outgoing, confident, bold little Princess she once had been. He had seen fear in her eyes when she had turned around, her hands had shook, and she had put her gloves back on rather quickly.

He had been staring at her for most of the night so far, of course the ball hadn't been on for long, but she was his entire focus. He took a deep breath, and walked over to the Queen.

'Your Majesty.' He bowed.

Elsa gave a small reserved smile, obviously not recognising her childhood sweetheart.

'I've been admiring you for a while now. I must say, you've grown into quite the beautiful young lady.' He smiled.

A blush crept upon Elsa's pale cheeks.

'Would it be to bold of me to offer the Queen a dance?'

'Not at all.' Elsa replied after a few moments.

Hans smiled and held out his hand. 'May I offer you a dance, my Queen?'

Elsa, hesitated, but took his hand, and they began to dance.

Elsa still didn't know who she was dancing with, but she was alright with that.

After a while, the music stopped. 'Ah, I'd better return you then I suppose?'

'I suppose so.'

Holding the Queens hand, he lead her up to the front.

'Queen Elsa of Arendelle.' Kai said, and Elsa walked in up, and stood in front of everyone. 'Princess Anna of Arendelle.'

'Here? Are you sure? 'Cause I'm not sure I'm supposed to- okay.'

Elsa looked across at her sister. 'Hi.'

'...Hi me? Oh. Um. Hi.'

'You look beautiful.'

'Thank you. You look beautifuller! I mean, not fuller, you don't look fuller, but more beautiful.'

'Thank you.' Elsa smiled at her sister's awkwardness.

'So this is what a party looks like.'

'It's warmer than I thought.'

'What is that amazing smell?'

'Chocolate!' They said together, they giggled.

'Your Majesty, the Duke of Weaseltown.'

'Weselton! The Duke of Weselton!'

Before Elsa knew it, Anna was whisked away by the Duke, and the man from before had come up to her again.

'I hope I'm not being intrusive.' He said politely.

'No.' Elsa replied simply. She had no intentions of finding out who this man was, but nevertheless, she found him intriguing.

'So...' Hans begun.

'So.'

'That's your sister Anna, right?' He said, gesturing to Anna, who was trying to dance with the Duke.

'Yes, I'm afraid her dance partner is of my doing.' Elsa laughed, wincing slightly, as she watched the Duke accidentally stomp on Anna's foot again.

'Yes, I believe I met her earlier.'

'Oh?'

'Well she bashed into my horse, and fell in a boat, so I of course saved her, and we exchanged names and that was that really as then the Coronation began.'

'I see.'

'Well,' Hans saw Anna approaching. 'I'd best be going for a while now.' He smiled at Elsa, and left.

'Well he was sprightly!'

'Especially for a man in heels!'

'Are you okay?'

'I've never been better. This is so nice, I wish it could be like this all the time.'

'Me too... But it can't.'

'Well why not? If-'

'It just can't.'

'Excuse me for a minute.' Anna walked away, and Elsa was left to her thoughts.

Elsa searched the crowd for the man again, and saw him dancing with Anna. Elsa gave him a fake smile as he caught her eye.

There was something about him, something she couldn't place. But something that piqued her interest, something she felt she needed to know.

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'Elsa! I mean... Queen... Me again. Um, may I present, Prince Hans of the Southern Isles.'

Hans? Of course! Why hadn't she seen it before? That was why he had engaged her in conversation a fair few times.

Hans bowed to Elsa. Elsa gave a small curtsey in return. She could feel her heart welling up inside of her, her breathing was getting shallow, but she knew that she couldn't put Hans in danger.

'We would like-'

'Your blessing-'

'Of-'

'our marriage!'

'Marriage...?'

Marriage? Why would Anna and Hans be...?

'Yes!' Anna squealed excitedly.

'I'm sorry, I'm confused.' Elsa said, directing it more at Hans than her sister.

'Well we haven't worked out all the details yet, we'll need a few days to plan the ceremony. Of course we'll have soup, roast, ice cream, and then- Wait... Would we live here?'

'Here?' Elsa could feel her heart shattering inside her, the shock was slowly wearing off.

'Absolutely.' Hans said sweetly.

'Anna-.'

'Oh, we could invite all twelve of your brothers to stay with us!'

'What? No, no, no, no, no.'

'Of course we have the room, I don't know, some of them must-'

'Wait. Slow down. No one's brothers are staying here, no one is getting married.'

'Wait, what?'

'May I talk to you please, alone?'

'No. Whatever it is you have to say, you can say to the both of us.'

'Fine. You can't marry a man you just met.'

'You can if it's true love!' And that was it, Hans was the thing that had kept Elsa going, the thought that once she got through this and became Queen, that he would come and whisk her off of her feet.

Elsa tried to keep calm. 'Oh Anna, what do you know about true love?'

'More than you! All you know is how to shut people out!'

'You asked for my blessing, but my answer is no. Now, excuse me.'

'Your Majesty, if I may ease your-'

'No you may not. And I think you should go.' Elsa walked away from them. 'The party is over, close the gates.'

'What? No! Elsa wait!' Anna yelled after Elsa.

'Give me my glove!'

Conceal, don't feel.

'Elsa please! I can't live like this anymore!'

'Then leave.' Elsa fought back tears.

Conceal. Conceal. Do not feel.

'What did I ever do to you?!' Anna yelled, grabbing her last chance. Elsa was leaving quickly.

'Enough, Anna.'

Don't feel.

'Why? Why do you shut me out? Why do you shut the world out? What are you so afraid of?!'

'I said enough!'

Conce- No. No, no, no, no, no. This is not happening.

'Sorcery! I knew there was something dubious going on around here!'

'Elsa?'

Elsa rushed out of the room, fear in her eyes. Why now? Elsa ran, she was greeted by the citizens of Arendelle, clapping.

'Your Majesty? Is everything alright?'

Elsa could only manage a small shake of her head, she backed away, but not before she felt something behind her. She turned around to see the water in the fountain freezing up in the air, curving around in a dark shape.

'There she is! Stop her!'

'Please just stay away from me! Stay away!' Ice shot from Elsa's fingers.

'Monster! Monster!'

Elsa ran and ran until she came to the fjords. The ground under her feet was beginning to freeze now too. And the water.

Water?

Elsa stepped onto the water, it froze beneath her.

'Elsa! Stop please!'

Elsa couldn't stop, she fled.

A/N: Sorry most of that was just from the movie, but i wanted it to fit in with the movie as much as i could, you know?

So hopefully i can get this moving quite quickly and we'll get to something interesting, or drama or whatever :p

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