Hey guys, this is the second chapter of the Fire King, I hope you guys are enjoying it so far. If you have any suggestions for the story please feel free to put them in the comments. I heard that in the last chapter I rushed the story a bit, but this is my first time doing something like this; so cut me a little slack, I am just a beginner.
So it appears Elsa is about to be queen, will she be able to hold back he powers, let's find out.
Odin: Three years pass since the death of the king and queen, those three years have been the longest years of my life and I speak for the entire kingdom when I say that. Arendelle has been in great sorrow since then, but now not anymore; Elsa is 21 now and is now of age to become queen. The week of her coronation, everyone was rejoicing that they will finally have a queen to look to. It is also heard that on coronation day, the gates will be open for the whole day. When the day came, everyone was, well let's just say that saying they're excited is an understatement, especially for Anna; I could hear her from inside Elsa's room, running, leaping, dancing, singing, and talking about all that will happen today. Elsa on the other hand wasn't excited, more like extremely nervous; when I woke up, I heard her chanting all her sayings, "don't let them in, don't let them see, be the good girl you always have to be. Conceal, don't feel, put on a show."
I got up and let a big yawn, "well," I said while finishing yawning, "today is the day."
"Yeah," she said, "I don't if I should go on with this, what if something happens?"
"Everything will be fine, you just need to relax."
"But if I make the wrong, everyone will know, what do I do then?"
"You won't mess up, just relax and everything will be fine, I'm going to get ready." When I left, she was still chanting her quotes, I guess that helps her keep calm. But while I was going to get ready, thoughts started running through my mind like a blizzard, what if something does go wrong, what if Elsa loses her temper, and if does happen, what are going to do? I am going to admit it that I am actually as worried as Elsa right now; best that I don't tell her or she will lose it. I went into an empty spare room not to far from Elsa's room, inside was a navy blue uniform with a dark green sash, silver epaulettes, and snow white dress pants that had gold stripes down the sides of the legs. You're probably wondering where I got the uniform, well I didn't; Elsa had the uniform secretly ordered for, how she was able to do it without arising any suspicion I will never know. I put the uniform on and surprisingly it fit perfectly, but was a bit scratchy; better tell her never to go back to the taylor who made this. Once all ready I went down to the court yard where they were just about to open the castle gates, at the gates was a girl who appeared to be about eighteen or so. She had orange hair with a white streak braided up in a bun and wore a black and green dress that had shoulder straps that she had to occasionally pull back up. I went over to talk to her and when I saw her face she was excited about the gates opening but also surprised when she saw me. "Hello," I said, "how are you?"
"Hi," she replied, "I'm doing good." Her tone was also surprised but also sounded confused.
"So are you excited for today?"
"Uh, yes; I'm sorry but who are you?"
"Oh, where are my manners, my name is Adolf, Prince of Corona."
"Really? I had no idea my uncle had a son."
"Well, you haven't visited us in a long time, much has changed since you guys closed the gates."
"So how did you get in here, the gates won't be open for another five minutes."
"I snuck my way in, I've been known for sneaking around."
"So how old are you?"
"I will be 22 in two weeks, you?"
"18, my sister, Elsa who is being crowned, is about your age."
"Huh, I will like to meet her sometime, is she nice?"
"Well, kind of, maybe, I don't know, she's been locked in her room almost my entire life, and we used to be best friends."
"Really? Do you know what caused her to do that?"
"No, one day we were having fun in the snow and the next day she just wouldn't come out of her room." It was depressing to hear Anna's side of the story, having a sibling who shuts you out of their life even after you two have been best friends for years. Also not knowing the reason why you were shut out is also depressing, if only Anna knew of the pain her sister was going through.
When the guards came out to open the gates, I swear to this day, I almost thought that Anna would shake her skin off with all the excitement she had. When the gates were open, Anna ran out like a cheetah being released from its cage, I stayed behind to meet and greet as many people as possible; it was nice to see so many country ambassadors, kings, military leaders, ect. For once I was incredibly happy, but that all changed when I saw King Thorin of Hadendelle walk in, my father. I became extremely worried, but I should know that I was little boy when I ran away I am 22 years old now, thank goodness for puberty. I walked over to greet him, "good day sir, you must be King Thorin of Hadendelle, am I correct?"
"Yes you are young man," he said, "and who might you be?"
So far so good, "I am Prince Adolf of Corona, I come in my father place."
"I had know idea that King Ryder had a son, I was there about ten years ago and I only saw his daughter."
"Yes I was a pretty shy boy, wasn't that fond of my fathers visitors."
"You seem pretty familiar, you don't have the image of your father in you," oh crap, this does not look good, "in fact you look a little bit like me."
"Well I guess I just have one of those faces."
"No, you remind me of someone I knew, but he disappeared 14 years ago."
I let out a sigh of guilt, I guess I can't hide it anymore, "I guess you caught me dad."
"Odin!? It can't be, I thought you were dead."
"Well it would probably best if you did, after all I am no longer your son."
"It was your fault that you set the festival a blaze, you chose exile, and your right, you are no longer my son, because I will not have my country be ruled by a monster." Yeah this guy should totally get father of the year award. I wasn't surprised when he said it himself, I wasn't even stirred; I had disowned him as my father a long time ago. But I was still angry at him for him calling me a monster, so angry that I just wanted to take my hands, wrap it around his thick neck, and burn his throat, however I need to keep my cool.
So I let him off with a warning, "call me a monster one more time, and you will wish that you were never born." I left him standing there speechless; I know that he is still my father no matter what I do to him, but tell me would you want a man like this be related to you in anyway, I think not!
But no matter I need to start heading to the throne room for the coronation, I can't wait to see Elsa up there; she is grown up, no longer that little girl I found in that dark, cold room.
Elsa: "Don't let them, don't let them see, be the good girl you always have to be. Conceal it, don't feel it, put on a show." I'm really scared, what if I won't be able to control it, what if I make the wrong move; no, Elsa, listen to yourself, you need to keep it together remember what Odin told you, "I will be right by you every step of the way." Every step, every step; keep that in mind and everything will be alright. I heard a knock at the door, "My lady," it was my fathers messenger, "20 minutes until your coronation."
"I'll be out in a little bit," I replied. I got into my dress, a black, long sleeved shirt with a teal dress cover up, a long, purple cape that was held with a sapphire, and a pair of light blue gloves, and went on my way to the throne room.
The throne was filled with kings, queens, ambassadors, military leaders, and many other royals. A full house, not what I wanted; I went down the
main aisle with Anna at walking by my side and my cape trailing far behind me. I went up one of the three stairs that lead to the throne; there the priest was waiting for me. Before I went up, I looked around to find Odin; there he was right in the front row, he kept his promise. The entire coronation is really lengthy, basically the priest ask me bunch of questions on to see if I am willing to take up the responsibility as queen and that I will make wise decisions and all that stuff. After he had put the crown on my head, a gauntlet shaped crown that appeared to have flames coming from the bottom of it and had a light blue gem in the center, he brought out the sphere and scepter. When I reach to grab them, the priest stopped me saying, "Your majesty, the gloves." That made extremely nervous, I started taking the gloves off finger by finger; when they were off I reached for the sphere and scepter again, but this time my hands were shaking with fear. I grabbed them and went into the appropriate pose for the declaration; after holding them for a few seconds they began to frost, but I put them down the second the declaration was over. It was done, all I had to do now was wait out the party and I will be able to go through this without a scratch.
Odin: She did really good, when she came down from the stage I gave her a smile of congrats; Elsa is now the queen of Arendelle. When everyone was let out, we all came out in what seemed like we came out at once; there were so many people that eventually got trampled by a at least one lad was kind enough let me up, "Need a hand," he said. He had hair about the same color as Anna except no white streak, and he had side burns that almost seemed to go down to his chin. His clothes were a blue shirt and vest with a maroon tie, a black and white sports jacket that had a gold strand that went around his entire left shoulder, and he had navy blue pants with golden buttons.
"Sure, thank you," I said.
"No problem, I know what's it like to leave after a highly anticipated coronation; what's your name?"
"Prince Adolf of Corona."
"Really, I never knew that King Ryder had a son."
"I wasn't very sociable when I was young, what's your name?"
"Oh, I'm Prince Hans of the Southern Isles."
"Well thank you Hans for your help, now you think we should be getting to the party before the crowd?"
"Yes, usually the good food is there the first half hour."
We then started our way to the party; as we walked we talked about our life back home, he told me about his 12 older brothers and how they always picked on him. I mainly told him that he's lucky to have any siblings; I always wanted a brother or sister, someone share your problem with, to play with when you're bored, and to just talk to. When we got the party, it seemed like that everyone and their brother had the same idea as us, thankfully some good food was still left. The entire ball room was lit up with the giant chandeliers, the liveliness of this place seemed unnatural, and the smells were unlike anything I smelled before they were indescribable. Everyone in the room were so excited to finally see their newly crowned queen, and, I'll admit it, I was really excited to see her as well; she is finally grown up.
When the waltz stopped, the crier came out, "Presenting, Queen Elsa of Arendelle." Queen Elsa, that's a title I am going to start getting use to. "Princess Anna of Arendelle," the crier cried again, when Anna came out she stood a little distance away from her sister, but the crier repositioned her right next to Elsa.
Time for me go and congratulate her and maybe offer her a dance. As I went up to see her, I thought that I would be the first one there, but I was wrong; some old man, a duke by the looks of it, beat me to her. The advisor introduced him to Elsa, "Your majesty, may I present to Duke of Weasel-Town."
"Wesel ton!" the duke shouted, "It's Wesel ton your majesty, as your closest partner in trade I feel that it is appropriate to offer you your first dance as queen." Then he did some weird moves that I couldn't make out, but when he bowed, his toupee flopped forward. The two girls giggled and Elsa said, "Thank you, but I don't really dance, but my sister does."
"Wait, what," Anna said surprised.
"Well, then there's no time to wait," said the duke, he took Anna by the arm and lunged her toward the dance floor.
"Sorry," mouthed Elsa
"Well, that guy's a bit lively," I said, "you doing okay?"
"Yes, I think that I might actually get through this," she said.
"That's good to hear; well I think you deserve a little reward, care to dance?"
"Oh, I don't really know how to dance."
"It's okay, just follow me," then I held out my hand and she took it, she's starting to feel a little bit more confident about herself. We danced to the winter waltz, for once we both had no worries, no fears, and we felt free.
Anna: The dance the duke gave me was the weirdest I have ever seen, it seemed like the cross between a chicken and a monkey. But while he was dancing, he kept on asking me these questions on why the gates were closed in the first place, but I just told him that I didn't know why. When I found an opening to leave, I took it and went back to the front of the room where Elsa would be; but when I got there she wasn't where I left her, I looked around and saw her doing the winter waltz with Prince Adolf. Seeing her dancing with someone special was… weird, I never expected her to meet the one so fast; she seemed happy, happier than I ever seen her before or at all.
I got kind of lonely so I went through the room to find someone to talk to, but it was so crowded that ended up falling. Thankfully Hans was there to catch me before I feel, we met while I was prancing around town earlier that day. "Glad I caught you," he said. I smiled when I saw him; we danced to the waltz for a little bit, than we talked for almost the rest of the night. He told me about his 12 brothers and I told him about how Elsa locking me out my entire life even after our parents died. He said that he would never keep me out his life. We then talked about how much we have in common and at the end he proposed to me, I was astonished, but I accepted it anyway; it's true love, doesn't matter if we just met.
Elsa: The dance was the most fun I had in forever, I'm glad I have Odin as a friend; in fact I think that he is starting to like me. "You want to do another dance," he asked.
"No thanks, but I would like a hot drink," I said.
"I don't they are serving any-," I gave him a grin that basically said come one, "Ohhh, I get it, coming right up."
While he was away I started to greet a few more people, but one of them came up with a question that caught me a little off guard. He asked, "Excuse me your highness, but do you know that young man you just danced with?"
I didn't know how to answer it, but I guess I had no choice but tell the truth, "Yes I do, that's Odin Fortapt Sjel, prince of Hadendelle."
"Well I'm his father, King Thorin of Hadendelle, and you need to be careful around that boy."
"Why?"
"He has the power to control heat and fire, and he can't be trusted; he will betray you just like he did to me. I wanted to kill, but I decided to banish him instead."
"I doubt he will do that, he's too kind."
"Well just watch your back."
I won't believe him; Odin would never betray me like that. If he was evil, than why on earth would he want to betray me? I refuse to believe any part of that warning.
A few minutes after that warning, Anna came up to me with a man by her side, she was clutching his arm. "Elsa, this is Hans and we would… like…" she had trouble getting out what she wanted to say because she was giggling with excitement, "you to bless… our marriage!"
Now this really caught me off guard, "Wait, what did you just say?"
"Well, we haven't worked out all the details, but we have the basics down."
Then she started spilling out all the wedding plans, but this just got me very upset; eventually I shouted, "No one is getting married!"
"What," said Anna.
"Anna, can I speak to you… in private," I requested
"No, whatever you have to say you can say to the both of us."
"Fine, you can't marry someone you just met."
"You can if it's true love."
"What do you know about love Anna."
"Well more than you, all you know is how to shut people out."
That really hurt me, how can she say something like that, "You ask for my blessing but my answer is no." I started to leave and told the guard, "The party is over, close the gates."
"What," said Anna shocked, "No, wait, Elsa please."
She grabbed my glove and it came off, I gave out gasp when it did; "Give me back my glove!"
"Elsa please, I can't live like this anymore."
"Then leave," I said, if she can't handle me than she should just go away.
"What did I ever do to you," she shouted
"Enough, Anna."
"No, why do you shut me out, why do you shut the world out, what are you so afraid of!"
"I said ENOUGH!" Then a barrier of icy spikes came out of the hand that was ungloved. Oh no, what have I done, I should've known I couldn't hold it back. Shouts of fear and anger came from the crowd, "MONSTER! WITCH! DARK MAGIC!" I didn't know what to do, so I ran for my life as fast I can, I can't live here anymore; there is nothing left for me.
Whoa, well I guess I was wrong, Elsa obviously has no control on her powers anymore.
Hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter, tell me if you think I fixed the rushing, also comment on what you think of it and what should happen next.
