"It will be alright." Elsa assured the girl, rubbing her back supportively as they stood in the dining hall waiting for the king and queen to come down to breakfast. Bradley and Anna stood across the room, holding hands. Nick sat at the table, but when the king and queen walked through the door with their guards he sprang to his feet and walked to Emily. Bradley also pulled Anna across the room with him as he moved to stand in front of his sister protectively.
"Is everything alright? You all look like you have seen a ghost." The Queen said as she and her husband approached.
"Mom, Dad...Emily and I have something's we need to tell you. First, I have invited Princess Anna to return to Torandale with us. She would like to see our kingdom and I believe it's the least we can do seeing as they took care of our men for so long." Bradley explained with authority.
"Well of course. We would love to repay the favor." The queen said with a smile.
"And secondly?" The king asked apprehensively.
"Secondly…Emily will not be returning to Torandale with us. She is going to live here from now on." Bradley said to his father. Elsa's hand found Emily's back, gripping her shirt for support.
"No." King Erik said simply.
"It wasn't a request." Emily said as she pushed out from behind her brother. Both Nick and Bradley placed a hand on Emily's shoulders, unsure of what she was going to do. "Im staying here."
The king walked around the table slowly until he was face to face with his daughter. Without warning he raised his hand and slapped Emily clean across the face so hard it knocked her to the ground. With Emily at his feet Nick few into a rage, charging the king foolishly. Two guards pulled Nick away from the king and held him against the wall.
"How dare you." Bradley yelled at his father.
"How dare I? How dare she. I have given her everything in life. She has no right to talk to her father, her king that way." Erik screamed at his son. Elsa knelt next to Emily, whose cheek was bright red. The king noticed Elsa's protective behaviour towards the girl and turned on her.
"You! You witch; you think you know my daughter? She's killed before you know, she's a monster. Emily is coming home with us, where we can protect the people from her evil." Erik screamed at the blonde as he walked towards her.
Elsa backed away from the king's rage just as a wall of flames leapt up in front of the king, trapping Elsa and Anna on the other side away from the king.
"Stay away from her." Emily stuttered from the ground at her father's feet. He looked down at his daughter in shock. Before Bradley could react, his father had reeled back and kicked his daughter in the stomach. Elsa screamed and Bradley lunged at his father. He was pulled back by a guard as Emily curled up in pain; this was a mistake as it now left her head just inches from her father's feet. King Erik took this opportunity to kick her right in the temple, knocking her unconscious. Another scream sounded from Elsa as the flames disappeared, there creator out for the count. Elsa through herself on Emily's body to protect her from any further blows from her father.
"Fine, you can keep her. She was a mistake anyway." said the king as he pulled his wife towards the door. "I will expect anyone who's coming to be on the boat in two hours. We will not wait." The kings spat as he left the castle.
Emily woke awhile later to find herself tucked into Elsa's bed. The boys and the Arendelle royals were all on the other side of the room having a discussion in hushed tones. Emily closed her eyes so that she could listen without them knowing.
"I will take care of her, she will be perfectly safe with me and she will not even stay at the castle. Trust me." Bradley said, obviously trying to convince Elsa to let her sister come to Torandale.
"No, not after what I just saw. I can't send my sister with you knowing that that monster will be around her." Elsa spat out the last words.
"Then can I come back?" Bradley asked, realizing he was losing the battle. "To visit her and my sister?"
"You are welcome anytime Bradley, you too Nickolia."
"Thank you Elsa." Nick said before he looked up, noticing Emily's squinting eyes. "Looks like we have an eavesdropper." Elsa ran over to the girl who opened her eyes fully. Elsa's arms wrapped around her and hugging her close.
"Oh thank god, we thought you weren't going to wake before they left." Elsa said into the girl's hair.
"We actually should be getting to the boat." Nick said before turning to wrap Emily in his arms. Elsa couldn't help the jealousy that still washed over her when she saw Nickolia touch the princess. "You take care of yourself blaze."
After a bunch of mumbled goodbyes and teary eyes, Emily was left alone in the room with her brother.
"So Anna's not going with you?" She asked as she sat on the edge of the bed next to Bradley.
"No, it's for the best. Gives me even more of a reason to come back here soon, as if you weren't enough of one." Bradley explained. "You really love Elsa?"
"With all my heart." Emily smiled.
"Then treat her right girly. You deserve someone who loves you unconditionally; but you will always be welcome back home. Soon I will take the throne from father and maybe even banish him from the kingdom." Bradley laughed. "Then I will return here to marry Anna. And we can all live happily ever after."
"Except Nick." Emily laughed.
"Did no one tell you? His father is retiring so Nick is taking over as head of the guard."
They stared at each other for a minute before hugging tightly. "Take care Bradley."
"You too sis." said the prince with a bow as he turned and left the room.
Elsa entered the room about an hour later, shutting the door behind her.
"They are gone. And Anna is in her room crying because I wouldn't let her go." She said as she walked towards the bed where the princess sat.
"What do we do now?" Emily asked honestly lost for an answer she looked to the girl she loved.
"I guess we just try and live." Elsa responded. Emily stood to face the girl, snaking her arms around her waist she pulled her against her body, resting her head on the girl's forehead as she felt cool arms wrap around her neck.
"I love you Elsa." Emily whispered for the first time.
"I love you too." Elsa responded after a second of shock that came from the girl's confession. Emily pressed her warm lips against the queen cold ones lightly before pulling back.
"I have been waiting to do that since our hands touched for the first time that day." Emily whispered pulling the girl closer as she tightened her grip around the girl's hips. "I just can't get enough of you; I don't think I ever will." She kissed her again, nipping at her bottom lip and getting a moan in response from the queen. "You're my drug, and im an addict."