"Hey, that's not fair! We said no powers." Nickolia yelled as he picked himself up off the ground after Emily's hot gust of wind had knocked him off his feet. Anna laughed and kept running happily around the foyer of the castle holding Nickola's hat. She throws the hat over Nickolia's head right into Emily's waiting hands as she took off running.
Elsa stood at the top of the staircase looking down at the scene.
"Acting like children again are we?" she called down, as she descended the staircase.
"We were just messing around" Anna laughed as the other two bowed to the queen.
"Your majesty, good morning." Nickolia said before grabbing the queen's hand kissing the top gently.
"Suck up." Emily coughed behind him making the boy blush red and turns to glare at his friend.
"No I think he's sweet. But please Nickolia, call me Elsa." The blonde said.
"Okay, Elsa please call me Nick. My full name sounds much too formal for my liking." Nick smiled before turning back to the girls and grabbing his hat from Emily's hands, shoving it on his head.
"Morning Elsa, I thought we could take the day off from lessons today. Maybe you and your sister could show us around your kingdom?" Emily asked to the queen.
"Well of course that sounds lovely" Elsa smiled.
Half an hour later the four of them strolled down one of the main streets of Arendelle. With Anna running to greet everyone she saw and Emily and Nick walking a bit in front of the queen chatting on about the new surroundings and the towns folk, Elsa was left to walk alone with her thoughts.
"Well they are certainly chummy" Elsa thoughts turned bitter when she spotted Nick draping his arm around Emily's shoulders. "Stop it Els, it's not like you have any claim to her, you have known her for what? A week? They have probable known each other their entire life."
"Elsa, let's stop for lunch?" Anna called out to her sister as she dragged there visitors into one of the local pubs. They all sat at a table and to Elsa's surprise Emily sat down next to her, leaving Anna and Nick to sit together on the other side of the table. Emily's leg brushing against Elsa clouded both girls thoughts with the same amazing intoxicated feeling they had experienced a few days prior when they touched, and soon the two girls were pressed into the others side, with arms and legs touching as they ate and laughed with their friends. The conversation got funnier and flirtier with every drink the four friends consumed
"So how do you two know each other?" Elsa asked pointing between Nick and Emily.
"My father is the head of the royal guard in Torandale, so when I was young I was around the castle a lot with him and I got to know Emily and her brother." Nick explained after taking a sip of his forth drink.
"He and my brother are best friends, im just the annoying little sister that followed them everywhere." Emily laughed, also working on her forth drink.
"That's not true." Nick laughed and lightly punched Emily from across the table. "Emily here became like a sister to me too. I actually promised Bradley, Emily's brother, that I would look after her while we were her." Emily blushed at his words.
"Like I need a babysitter!" She laughed as she removed her coat, as the drinks were making her feel very warm now. Elsa saw that she was now only wearing a black sleeveless shirt that exposed her arms and shoulders; she saw the ink that ran in patterns on her arms and peaked out from her shirt.
"What are those?" Elsa and Anna stared at the girl's skin; they had never seen tattoos as it was a tradition known only to Torandale.
"They are called tattoos; they are ink that is injected into your skin." Nick explained, pulling his coat off to reveal his whole arms cover in the black ink.
"What do they all mean?" Anna asked while prodding nicks forearm with one finger.
"Different things see this one here is the one you get when you serve in our country's army." Nick said while pointing to a back circle with two swords crossing through it that was printed right where his arm met his shoulder.
"I have that one two." Emily pointed out.
"You served in the army?" Anna said wide eyed, her mouth falling open when she saw Emily nod.
"It's mandatory for the royal children to serve." explained Nick. "It teaches them discipline, and how to defend themselves. You guys don't have that law here?"
"Thank god no, can you imagine Anna in the army?" Elsa joked with her sister who blushed and stuck her tongue out at the older girl.
The drink kept coming and by the time the four stumbled back to the castle Nick and Anna were holding each other up and Emily's arm was lazily laid across Elsa's shoulder as they walked.
"I wish we lived farther from town" Elsa thought as they reached the front doors and Emily's arm was taken away from her shoulder.
"I should probable get Anna to bed." Elsa pouted to Emily.
"Yes same with Nick." She responded as she looked there two friends who were giggling and leaning on each other in the foyer. The girls looked at each other; neither was sure what to do.
"Should I hug her? A handshake?" Elsa wondered.
But before she could worry anymore Emily pulled her into a hug that made Elsa's knees go weak as she wrapped her arms around the girl. The amount of body parts that were touching as they hugged made the girls brains go fuzzy with the strange feeling they got when they touched. Each wondering whether the other felt it as they pulled apart to grab their friends and drag them off to bed.
Breakfast was a silent occasion as each person attending was battling a raging headache from the effects of the alcohol from the night before. Emily was the first one to break the silence to inform Elsa that there lesson would not be cancelled today and would proceed as normal in the garden at noon. Elsa nodded in agreement even thought she was dreading spending so much time in the bright sun today. She would have argued for the day off if she hadn't wanted to spend as much time with the girl as possible. The rest of the meal was fairly silent except for a few small comments from Anna, and Elsa took this time to stare at the girl across the table. Emily had the same style of shirt on as last night so Elsa could see some of the girls tattoos. She spotted a patch of flames peeking out from her collar and could guess what they symbolized. She also saw a leaf and what looked like the fur of an animal on her back when she stood but the girl's shirt quickly covered the rest of the picture. She would have to remember to ask what they meant sometime when her throat didn't feel like sandpaper.