Thanks for the support Paul Toloumu, any suggestions?

Also, italics in the story means thoughts ...

"Queen?!" Ralph and Vanellope exclaimed. He immediately dropped to his knees and pulled Vanellope to hers on his way down. "Your Majesty please forgive our previous disrespectfulness, we are not native to this Kingdom and were not aware of its Royalty."

Surprisingly Elsa rolled her eyes, "I may be the Queen, but I'm not that type of Queen. Get up!"

Ralph cautiously got up and then pulled a stunned Vanellope up. Her eyes were wide and he could almost see the gears spinning in her mind.

"If you're the Queen then your sister must be the Princess of Arendelle!" She exclaimed breathlessly.

Elsa chuckled, "Yep that's right." She looked back to him. "Well if you are over the sudden prescence of Royalty, we need to get to the dining hall. By now Kristoff has tied Anna to her seat to keep her away from the food."

Anna stared at the delicious spread before her. Roast beef, rolls, five different types a cheese, cheesecake, sautéed turkey, linguini, chocolate pie, water cress sandwiches, so many delicacies that Anna wasn't allowed to touch until her sister arrived. Slowly she reached for a golden roll.

"Now Anna you weren't going to start without me were you?"

She turned to see Elsa standing the dining hall's doorway. Anna blushed, retracting her arm, "No."

"That's good considering I brought guests." Elsa fully entered the dining hall followed by a man that dwarfed Kristoff and a little girl with striking emerald hazel eyes. "Anna, Kristoff, I would like you to meet Ralph and Vanellope."

Ralph bowed, "It is an honor to be dining with you Princess Anna."

Elsa crossed her arms and pursed her lips, "Ralph I told you to drop the formalities."

Ralph ducked his head sheepishly, "Sorry."

The trio got seated and everyone began their meal.

Anna chuckled as Vanellope filled her plate with every sugary item on the table, and then had to hold back a laughing fit as Ralph picked up her plate and traded his protein filled plate. Glancing at Elsa she had the same predicament.

"So Ralph, how did you meet Elsa?" Asked Kristoff breaking the silence.

Ralph tightened the drawstring on his cloak, "We needed directions to Head Ice Harvester, and my sister found Elsa, who told us she was having lunch with him and invited us."

Kristoff leaned forward, "Since you're looking for me, I assume you're looking for a job."

Ralph nodded. "If you give Vanellope and me a chance, we'll prove our worth to you."

"Vanellope helps you?" Kristoff stared in disbelief at the child. "Okay I have got to see this."

Kristoff paused and surveyed the ice. It was thick enough to hold their weight, yet thin enough to cut. Otherwise known as perfect test among ice harvesters for potential recruits, he turned to face his.

Ralph was withdrawing a pickaxe from his knapsack and Vanellope was tying a cloak on over her change of clothes. Her current outfit was a smaller version of Ralph's. Overalls paired with boots, gloves, and now a cloak.

Kristoff rubbed his hands together. "Ready to get started?"

The pair nodded.

He gestured to their environment, "I want both of you to harvest as much ice as you can." Kristoff pointed to sled adjacent to his. "I have brought a sled for you to store your ice, put any overflow next to the sled. I will be back in four hours to survey your progress."

Ralph rested his pickaxe against his shoulder, "We'll see you in about four hours."

He waited until Kristoff was out of sight. Ralph returned his pickaxe to his knapsack and looked down to Vanellope. "You ready?"

She cracked her knuckles and smiled up at him. "Always, duh."

He motioned for her to back up and she teleported five feet back. Ralph approached the section Kristoff had previously been inspecting. He raised his fists and threw them down, the ice shattered creating a mini lake filled watermelon sized ice chunks.

Vanellope teleported to his side and surveyed his work. "Too easy." She 'ported to the nearest ice chunk, grabbing it and 'ported back to the sled, depositing it there. She kept repeating the process until the section was cleared of ice chunks. The sled was now half filled

Ralph turned a new section of untouched ice and raised his fists.

Sven snorted making Kristoff look up. The Ice Harvester raised an eyebrow at his companion, "What Sven?"

The reindeer nodded to the pocket-watch peeking out of his backpack. Kristoff studied the watch for a minute before face palming. "Oh yeah. Time to go see how they did."

Kristoff picked up the last chunk of once and loaded it in the back of his sled. Lifting the bench seat he deposited his ice saw. Kristoff sat down and snapped the reins. "Come on, let's go check on them Sven."

The traveled along on the ice in silence, until they got close to where they had left the siblings. Kristoff eyes' narrowed in disbelief. The large empty sled he had left the pair was now majorly overflowing with ice. He pulled back on the reins, bringing them to a slow stop. Kristoff gingerly stepped out of the sled, testing the ice's thickness. Satisfied it was safe he made his way over to the sled. As he rounded the sled he saw Vanellope adding another ice chunk to the pile. He walked up behind her.

"That's pretty impressive."

The girl jumped and spun around. Seeing that it was him she visibly relaxed. "Thanks." She studied her haul and turned back to him. "Should I get Ralph?"

"Yep."

"Okay." Vanellope ran past him into the distance.

Kristoff picked up some of the overflowing ice and transferred it to his sled. His was only half full, the fact that theirs overflowing was unbelievable. He had moved most of the overflow into his sled before he saw the figures of the returning siblings. Placing the last ice chunk in his sled, he met them at theirs. Ralph was nervously wringing his hands, but Vanellope seemed confident.

Ralph pulled at his cloak strings before wringing his hands again. "How did we do?"

Kristoff shrugged, "How do you think you did?"

Vanellope took a step forward and put her hands on hips, "Better than you did!"

The girl's audacity caused him to chuckle, Ralph stopped wringing his hands. He nodded, "That I cannot deny." Kristoff pulled the pocket-watch out of his pocket and studied it. It was five 'o clock, with the trip to Arendelle would take an hour now that they were burdened with two full sleds. Kristoff looked back at the pair. "How about we celebrate your success back at the castle?"

Ralph handed Vanellope her knapsack and slid his own over his shoulder.

"Did you pass?"

He turned to see the Royal sisters, faces filled with anticipation. Ralph nodded causing the sisters to cheer.

Anna turned to Kristoff. "How did they do?"

The Head Ice Harvester smiled down at the princess. "Well feisty-pants, they blew my expectations away." He kneeled down to ruffle Vanellope's hair. "Especially the munchkin."

Said 'munchkin' scowled, but knew better than to argue with her new employer.

Anna and Elsa cheered again, but to his surprise Elsa rushed over to him and gave him a hug. He looked around at the surrounding people for a clue this was normal for the Queen, but they seemed as shocked as he did. Unsure of what to do he stood stock still until she retracted her arms.

The Queen smiled up at him. "Let's celebrate with a feast."

As Vanellope dug into the feast set before her, she kept an eye on Ralph and Elsa. She wasn't blind, she saw what happened at the stables. Something was forming between her brother and the Queen. She had decided she would silently observe the pair and only interfere when necessary.

"So Ralph, where are you and your sister from?"

Kristoff leaned forward, "I curious as well. Any chance of more Ice Harvesters coming from there."

Her brother shook his head. "Nope. Kid and I are the only one's to leave Niceville, the smallest town you've never heard of."

Elsa raised an eyebrow. "The only one's to leave?"

Vanellope rolled her eyes at their old home's name. It wasn't a very nice place, running us out of town for being different. Ralph shot her a look, making her realize she had spoken aloud. She sunk down in her chair.

"Why would anyone run you two out of town?"

Ralph bit his lip, before meeting the Queen's eyes. "We were both abandoned there, albeit at different times, and the town was forced to take care of us. Niceville doesn't like strangers and we were always treated as passerby's. On my twenty-first birthday, I left and took Vanellope with me. Niceville certainly doesn't miss us."

Elsa starred down at her hands, "I certainly know how it feels to be different."

Vanellope stood up in her seat, "But you're the Queen, the person everyone looks toward for normalcy."

She chuckled holding up a hand. "Not in this Kingdom." A snowflake formed on the air above her hand.

"Ralph?"

He looked down to his sister and motioned for her wait. Ralph put his head against the locked door, the servant's footsteps faded as he exited the hall. He walked over to the adjacent chair and sat down, the day's events replaying in his head.

"Ralph did you know there were others like us?"

He shook his head. Sure on some level he knew that had to be others, but he thought he would never meet them. Ralph thought it was just dumb luck he and Vanellope had met each other in Niceville.

"Since Elsa's like us do you think we don't have to hide here?"

Ralph looked down to Vanellope, her eyes were full of hope. "Maybe."

Anna played with the hem of her night dress and looked over at her sister. "You were pretty friendly with Ralph at the stables today."

Elsa blushed. "So?"

The redhead grinned. "You've only known him for one day. It took you a week to warm up to Kristoff."

Elsa silently undid her braid, she could feel her red face deepening to a scarlet.

Anna walked over to her bed and sat beside her. "You like like him don't you?"

Her braid undone her eyes dropped to the floor. "Maybe."

"Maybe?" Anna questioned.

"Have you noticed there's something about him? Everything action he makes has a gentleness to it, almost like he believes if he does't do everything perfectly it will all come crashing down. I think there's someone worth knowing in him."