A/N: *runs in* Hi guys look I'm back and I have another chap... *slips on banana peels* MONKEY! Sorry about that guys, what was I saying? Oh yes, I'm back and I have another chapter ready for you guys! I hope you like it, but I wouldn't blame you if you don't cause oh would ya look at that, bad stuff is going down! Sorry but it had to happen sooner or later so yeah here it is. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, except you monkey *joking love you really* you keep telling how to make it better and I'll keep delivering :P anyway enjoy!

WARNING: Incest, swearing, trigger warning, rape/attempted rape... (sorry guys)

PS: Brisingr probably will make another appearance later on, I just don't know the specifics of that yet.

Chapter 7: Dagger of ice

There's a saying, time flies when you're having fun. Well it certain flew by for Elsa, because one minute she was playing in the snow with her sister, and the next she had to go and check on things in the castle. Anna had been upset at first when Elsa said they had to stop and go back inside, but when she mentioned the ball the strawberry-blonde gasped and ran off shouting something along the lines of, "I totally forgot about that! What am I even going to wear?!"

Elsa had done a quick check over everything, food, drink, and music among other things before retiring to her chambers to get ready herself. People would soon be arriving and she couldn't keep them waiting forever. Deciding on wearing a dress similar to her coronation outfit (except it was a deep blue, had no sleeves and flared out at the bottom) she changed clothes and tied her hair up.

Looking in the mirror at her reflection to make sure everything was where it was supposed to be, she felt butterflies in her stomach. This was different to the night of her coronation, she was accepted now, she could be who she was without worry. For the first time she could go and have fun and enjoy herself, she actually felt excited. Smiling to herself she thought, 'and I can do all that with Anna by my side as well.'

Felling as ready as she'll ever be, she stepped out of her room and made her way down to the ballroom. She could tell tonight was going to be interesting.

"Oh my god, what am I going to wear! I didn't plan for this, this always happens, why don't I ever plan ahead?!" Anna was going through her wardrobe, pulling her hair out because she couldn't find the right dress. Everything was either too casual or overly formal, she needed something in between.

Just as she was about to give up and just wear the first one she picked up, she spotted one that was very fitting of the situation. Taking it of the rack and giving it a once over, she smirked, "Perfect! This will do very nicely, I'm sure Elsa will love it, and really Anna you need to stop talking to yourself!" laughing she quickly got changed and put her hair into a bun.

Nodding at her image in the mirror, she hurriedly made her way down the halls. She just couldn't wait to see Elsa.

Being the Queen, Elsa made a point of welcoming everyone to the castle when they walked into the ballroom, smiling at all the happy faces as they greeted her in return. The large hall was starting to fill up quickly and she saw no signs of Prince Eldric or Anna. She started to get worried until she heard a voice behind her.

"Good evening Queen Elsa"

Turning around she saw the Prince, who bowed when she was facing him, she replied, "Good evening to you as well Prince Eldric."

He flashed his famous smile before continuing, "Might I say, you look lovely tonight milady."

Elsa smiled playing along; "Thank you, you also look quite handsome yourself" he had changed out of his earlier outfit, and was now donning a white shirt with black jacket and necktie, along with grey pants and black boots.

He extended his arm and gestured to the now full hall, "Allow me to escort you, your people are ready."

Deciding it would be best to stick on his good side, she accepted his invitation and held onto his arm and they walked through the crowd of people, up to the back wall covered in a large image of the Arendelle's symbol.

"So how are you liking Arendelle so far?" she asked, trying to make small talk to cut through the uncomfortable silence.

He went on to answer her question, "Very much so actually, everyone is so nice here, and beautiful" he smiled at her and continued to talk, Elsa however had stopped listening properly, too busy making a mental note to try and stay away from Prince Eldric and his awful flirting. Due to this she didn't see that her sister had just run in to the ballroom from the hall, but Anna certain saw her.

It didn't take Anna long to spot her sister amongst the crowd of people. The first thing that came to her mind was how beautiful Elsa looked, but that soon changed to, 'what does he think he's doing?!' She didn't get angry though, she simply smirked, 'Two can play at that game, let's see him try and keep her attention when she sees me.' Anna walked over with a swing in her hips and a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.

"The castle is also quite beautiful, if I do say so my Queen, maybe you could give me a private tour later on?" Eldric continued on, but Elsa had stopped listening long ago, her full attention focused on the magnificent creature strutting towards her. Anna was wearing a dress of burnt orange that shimmered as she walked; it hugged her figure perfectly and accentuated her curves, bringing attention to areas only Elsa was allowed to look at. There were also red streaks on the dress from the waist down, making it look like she flickered, like a real flame.

"Wow" was all Elsa could bring herself to mutter as her breath was taken with the beautiful sight, she blushed when her sister gave her a cheeky wink, before pushing Eldric out of the way.

"Oh excuse me, sorry about that, shouldn't we get this thing started now?" Anna questioned as she basically shoved the Prince out of her way, so she could stand next to Elsa.

Eldric looked shocked at first but then nodded and bowed, "Yes please excuse me, I hope you both have a wonderful night, I'm sure I will be see you later" he then turned and disappeared into the crowd.

Elsa turned to Anna and asked, "What was that about?" she giggled as she watched Anna go from smiling to scowling in under a matter of seconds. Smirking she exclaimed, "You're jealous!"

Anna blushed and became flustered, waving her hands in disagreement, "No, no I'm not! I just don't like the way he had his hands all over you, and I don't want a sleazeball like that around you."

The blonde smiled and put a hand on her sister's shoulder, "Anna, slow down, it's ok, I was joking you have nothing to worry about, I only have eyes for you, now what do you say we get this party started?" Smiling at her sister, Anna stopped her panicking and nodded, before turning to the crowd. The Queen lifted her arms before making her announcement, "Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you all to the castle of Arendelle for this ball in honour of our esteemed guest Prince Eldric, and the peace treaty between the kingdom of Northwind and Arendelle, may both of our kingdoms prosper! I hope you all enjoy your night; there is plenty of food and drink for everyone so please help yourselves. Now let the events begin!" Elsa returned her arms to her sides and the orchestra started to play a soft, lively song.

Anna bowed in a playful manner to the Queen, "May I have this dance?"

Hiding a laugh behind her hand, she curtseyed, "You may."

The two danced through the first song, and the second, and the third, until Elsa said she couldn't go on anymore without a drink, and a moment to rest her feet. Naturally Anna rushed off to fetch her a drink, but on the way bumped into Kristoff, who was dressed in a very smart suit. He was late because he didn't think he would make it back in time for the ball, otherwise he would have talked to her sooner.

Elsa started to wonder where her sister had gone, so went to search for her, only to find Anna stood by the drinks table laughing with Kristoff and looking a tad bit tipsy. Smiling at the happy sight she could only wonder what they were talking about, deciding to let her sister catch up with her friend, Elsa grabbed her own drink of champagne and dispersed her way into the crowd. She didn't have much time alone before she felt a tap on her shoulder, turning to face whoever it was she felt herself cringe as she saw Prince Eldric.

He smiled widely at her before speaking in a very charismatic tone, "You looked a little lost, thought I would come over and keep you company."

Elsa forced a smile, "How very kind of you."

"I'm a very kind guy" there it was again, the awful flirting, "So how about you tell me a little more about you and Arendelle?" he asked with his head tilted slightly.

She nodded and then downed her drink; she was going to need a few more of those very soon, "Sure, let's go over here out the way of the dancers" she gestured to the empty place by the other end of the drinks table, at least she could grab one whenever she needed. Eldric held out his arm, which she took out of politeness and they walked over to the designated area.

Anna laughed into her glass as she heard Kristoff ask, "Wait so you go to speak with her and she just 'snogs' your face off?" why did he sound so funny? And why was he wobbling all over the place?

Patting him on the shoulder she continued to laugh, "Yeah, and I thought it was gonna be hard convincing her, apparently not, I mean I'm not complaining, why would I? we were full blown going at it, until Kai interrupted" she used her hands to exaggerated her point, her drink spilling over the edges of her glass as she swung it around, spilling some of the liquid on Kristoff's jacket.

He scrunched his face up and raised his two hands shaking them, "Ok way too much information" he picked up a napkin from the table and proceeded to wipe the offending liquid of his jacket, as he turned back to grab his own drink he saw something that interested him, he asked, "Urm so Anna, does that mean you and Elsa are a thing now?"

Anna looked at her best friend with a confused look, why was there two of him? Shaking her head she tried to concentrate on what he had just asked something about her and Elsa? A look of realisation crossed her face and she slurred, "O-oh, urm yeah, I guess we are, why?"

Looking worried because he knew things weren't going to end well, why had he brought this up? He pointed to the other end of the table, "Because it looks like she's getting a bit friendly with that Prince fella."

She slammed her glass onto the table, liquid splashing everywhere, as she saw her sister, her Elsa on the arms of another man, laughing at things he said and smiling as she looked into his face. This simply would not do, it would not do at all! She pushed her way past Kristoff, who tried to say something to stop her but she couldn't hear him over the thoughts in her head, 'Oh it's on lover boy!'

Elsa laughed, more due to the alcohol running through her blood than the last comment the Prince had made, she was starting to feel slightly dizzy, but it didn't stop her from getting another drink. When she turned back she felt like she was going to fall, so grabbed onto the nearest thing, Eldric's arm, and the both of them laughed at the situation.

"Are you ok?" He asked, again with the charming smile, she couldn't believe that worked on anyone, he was so blatantly obvious! She could see what Kai had meant earlier about not wanting to leave him alone with either of the two girls.

She nodded and waved her hand, "Yes I'm fine, really, what was it you were saying?"

"Ah yes, I was saying we should go for a stroll in the gard…"

Before he could finish his sentence, Anna had stormed over on wobbly feet and pushed Eldric out of the way before giving Elsa a quick kiss and slinging her arms around her neck, manoeuvring her way around to face the Prince with great difficulty. "So whatcha talking bout?" she asked in a very innocent manner, but Elsa knew what she was doing and giggled as she saw the shocked look on the Prince's face. Everyone else around just simply looked on or they hadn't seen, most of them were too drunk to care anyway.

He stuttered, "Ugh, urm, we were, were just talking about going for a stroll, but it's ok I've just realised I have something I need to take care of, please excuse me" he bowed swiftly before hurriedly making his getaway, neither of the two sisters realised how suspicious his actions were, as they were too focused on each other.

"Not jealous huh?" Elsa asked with a smirk.

"Oh shut up you" Anna smiled back before silencing her sister with her lips.

Elsa broke the kiss before it got out of hand, nearly falling over in the process, she laughed, "Anna, behave! We have guests, and I'm sure they don't want to see us doing anything provocative." Anna pouted at her sister, who just shook her head, "No Anna, not here."

Her sister smiled at that, asking, "Oh so later then, when we're alone?"

The blonde smacked her playfully, and then pulled her to join her with the other dancers, "Stop being mischievous and dance with me!" Anna laughed playing along, she would drop it for now but she would definitely be reminding Elsa later.

The ball had been a great celebration, everyone laughing, dancing and just enjoying themselves. As the night went one more and more people left, until it was only Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and Eldric's men, no one seemed to have noticed that the Prince himself had gone missing.

Kristoff was reluctant to leave his best friend while she was in such a state. She had consumed quite a bit of alcohol, well over what would be a reasonable amount for someone her size, and now couldn't stand up without help from someone else. With some convincing from Elsa that she would make sure Anna was ok, he finally said goodnight and took his leave, promising to check up on the two of them tomorrow.

Once Kristoff left, Eldric's men also bid them goodnight and excused themselves to their rooms, leaving the two girls with only the servants present.

"Hey I think it's time we got to bed as well my little flame" Elsa cooed as she tried to keep both her and Anna standing upright.

Anna smiled, "Aww what was that you called me?"

Elsa smiled back, "I called you my little flame, because that's what you are" as Anna blushed and succumbed to the endearment, Elsa guided her to the hallway and started walking them to their rooms.

As they got closer to Anna's room, the girl in question had a confused look and just asked, "But Elsa, I thought I was staying in your room with you?"

The blonde blushed; she hadn't thought of that, her mind was still buzzing from the depressants in her system. She tried to form a sentence of sorts, "Oh, well urm, if you want to, I guess you can sleep in my room with me."

Anna smirked and started pulling Elsa down the hall to her room, where had she gotten this sudden stability? Once they got to Elsa's door, Anna stated, "Of course I want to, I still have to prove that no matter what Eldric, or anyone else does, you're mine!" with the last word she pulled Elsa through the door with her, shutting it behind them and pushing her up against it kissing her roughly.

The initial shock faded quickly, leaving Elsa reciprocating the actions with just as much force, running her fingers through her sister's silky locks letting them fall from there currently tied up position. Anna moaned into the kiss at Elsa encouragement, and started to trail her hands up and down the blonde's body, caressing the heated skin underneath cloth. Squirming under the actions, Elsa went to caress Anna's beautiful skin as well, but her hand was swatted away and the strawberry-blonde broke the kiss smirking at her.

"Ah, ah. This is all about you, not me, now be a dear and get that dress off."

Her words slurred as they left her mouth, she was clearly quite drunk, but then again so was Elsa. They probably wouldn't have taken things so quickly if not for the depressants in play and the fact that they had been interrupted earlier in the day.

Elsa smirked in return and pushed Anna backwards towards the bed, as she started to remove the dress from her being. Anna was taken off guard, causing her to fall onto the bed and laugh in response, while she wasn't paying attention her sister was suddenly realising the situation and becoming very self-conscious, holding onto her other arm while her face shone red with embarrassment. The younger woman was brought back to her senses when she heard a small voice stutter.

"Y-you have to undress as well, it's only fair."

Anna smiled at her sister's nervous face, a blushing Elsa was quite possibly the cutest thing she had ever witnessed. She got back up from the bed and mock bowed, "Of course, whatever my lady desires" and proceeded to remove her dress hastily, tossing it across the room without a care. She then looked back at Elsa and lifted her finger pointing at her then curling it towards herself, "Now, come here you."

The blonde smiled and relaxed slightly, she had nothing to be nervous about, this was Anna after all; she loved her no matter what. Moving forward to join her sister by the bed, she tried to get the upper hand and pin Anna underneath her, but the tables flipped and it ended up with her underneath the younger woman, who was smirking down at her. Anna straddled her and leant down to whisper in her ear, "What did I say earlier? This is all about me showing you that no one else is ever going to take you away from me, my Queen" she then proceeded to find Elsa's pulse and attacked it with her mouth.

Elsa moaned at the actions and the words, how could Anna go from saying something so sweet and loving, to something so seductive? As Anna made her way down Elsa's body, the blonde took note of how much love she felt from her sister. There was no one else on this earth that could make her feel the same way Anna did, she made her feel loved, wanted, needed, and when she would normally be cool as ice Anna warmed her up with emotions. Or she just warmed her up. Actually she was starting to get hot, really hot, like actually physically burning.

She flinched away from Anna's touch out of pain and looked down to the red burn mark on her thigh, then up to Anna who was just as confused as she was. It only took a few seconds for the look of confusion on Anna's face to change to one of terror, she jumped up from the bed and started to pace.

Not knowing exactly what to do since she was still in shock that Anna had hurt her, accidently yes, but it had still happened, she tried to reassure her, "Anna its ok, really I know you didn't mean it, you just have to be more careful is all." She flinched as she realised exactly what she had just said, seeing Anna lift her face up with angry tears in her eyes.

"Careful? Be more careful?! Elsa I just burnt your fucking leg! How can I even think to go near you again without worrying I'm going to hurt you?!" she swung her arm aggressively pointing at Elsa's leg to emphasise her point. Shaking her head, she placed her hands either side as if trying to shut out the world around her and escape the current situation.

Elsa moved to the side of the bed, as she did Anna grabbed her dress and started to put it back on. Seeing the panic rising in her younger sister, Elsa tried to think of something to say that would help, but ended up blurting out the first thing that came to mind, "Anna wait! Love will thaw; of course you're going to melt me! We just have to help you learn to control it better."

Anna had finished putting her dress on and had started making her escape, she stopped by the door and turned to her sister, with tears streaming down her face she replied, "Yes, but love also burns brightly Elsa!" Her whole body shaking she stuttered, "I, I can't, I just" before turning, opening the door and running down the hall before Elsa could stop her.

Feeling her heart ache, Elsa got up and closed the door. She had no chance of finding Anna now; she knew these halls better than anyone else, if she wanted to be alone then she would make sure no one would be able to find her. Elsa just hoped her sister was going to be alright and that she came to her senses soon, they would figure this out together. She knew they would.

Having run as far as she could as fast as she could, Anna stopped and leaned against the wall to catch her breath. She hadn't really been looking where she was going, just turning corners and putting as much distance between her and Elsa as possible. Looking around she recognised were she was; she was on the other side of the castle, the guests quarters. 'No wonder I'm out of breath, how on earth did I manage to get all the way here without bumping into anyone else?' She thought as she took deep breaths in, there was normally at least some staff on at night, just to make sure everything was fine.

She was about to slide down the wall and sit on the floor, when a door further up the hall slowly opened. Quickly moving to hide behind the corner leading to the next hall, she watched and waited to see who it was that was up so late. Anna almost let out a gasp but covered her mouth quickly; she was shocked to see Prince Eldric exiting the room. What was a royal like him doing up so late when he had no work to be done? And had she seen what she thought she had?

Chancing another quick look, her eyes went wide and she returned to her hiding position. What she had seen was true, Prince Eldric was walking around the castle in the dead of night with a large silver dagger in hand, and he was coming right this way. She didn't know what to do! She couldn't overpower him, he had a knife and she had nothing! The best thing she could think to do, was wait were she was and try and make herself look as small as possible, and hope he didn't see her as he walked past the side hall.

Quietly crouching down, she hide behind a small table with a vase on top, she hoped it would hide her from view. Anna could hear his heavy footsteps getting closer and closer, until they were right on top of her. Her heart was going a hundred beats a minute and she could swear he would be able to hear her pulse over the thick silence. The footsteps stopped, and she started to panic, 'has he found me? Does he know I'm here? What is he waiting for?!'

Making the mistake of chancing another look, she caused the table to wobble and the vase to crash to the floor, with a deafening smash. The first thing she saw was the Prince whirl around and smirk at her, "There you are."

The chase began.

Anna jumped up from her crouched position and sprinted down the hall and turned the first corner she came across, unfortunately she didn't realise this was the abandoned servants corridor, if anything happened down here no one would be able to hear her. She could hear the Prince's heavy footsteps catching up behind her, she could tell it wouldn't be long before he caught her; he was just too fast for her.

A second later she felt a harsh hand tightly grip her arm and slam her against the wall, her head making a sickening crack sound as it collided with the solid material. Her vision blurred from her head injury and the alcohol still in her system, she could only just hear the words coming from the Prince's mouth.

"Thought you could get away did you? Ha, you're no match for me girly" flashing his usual charming smile, in the dark however it looked eerie and frightening, reminding Anna of the position she was currently in.

Trying to think past the ringing in her ears, she mumbled, "What are you doing? What do you want with us?"

Only just staying conscious she saw him laughing and shaking his head, his voice like a distant echo as he spoke, "Isn't it obvious, I'm going to kill your beloved Queen, without a Queen Arendelle will fall making it that much easier for…" she didn't hear the last part since he pushed her up against the wall again as she started to fall, bumping her already throbbing head again sending a fresh wave of pain through her skull. Wincing in pain, Anna accidently spat in his face, which caused Eldric to change his smirk to a look of pure disgust, he gripped her chin forcefully making her look into his face.

"You little bitch! You really are disgusting aren't you! Was that your spit or your sister's?" his face was dangerously close to her own, but the dagger was nowhere near her body, wasn't he going to hurt her with it? Her vision kept fading in and out, the pain running through her proving to be too much for her to handle, so she only just heard him when he continued, "Maybe I should show you what it's like to experience true pleasure" he kissed her jaw, "you'll never look at your sister the same way again when I'm through with you."

Anna tried to keep her eyes open, she knew if she closed them she would black out and that was not an option at this point in time. She wasn't fully aware of what was going on, all she could feel was Eldric's hot breath on her neck and a sweaty hand groping at her chest. Tears trailed down her face as she couldn't do anything to stop him, her current position stopping her from escaping as he had her pinned up against the wall with his own body.

She tried to buck him off her so she could get away, but it just caused another wave of pain to explode behind her eyes and she cried out, he smirked, "Feisty one aren't you, I like it." She whimpered to herself as she turned her face away from him, she wouldn't give him the pleasure of seeing her face while he did this horrendous act to her.

Her body had stopped functioning, she felt numb, adrenaline rushed through her but she couldn't do anything to use it, powerless against his actions. All she could do was stand there while he had his way with her. That was, until he put the dagger away in his belt. Seeing her opportunity she waited, while he moved his hand down to lift up the skirt of her dress and his other hand tried to free the bulge from his pants. As soon as he lifted her skirt fully, she kicked him as hard as she could between his legs and pushed him away, using all her emotions to concentrate her energy in those areas, she heard him scream as his skin made a sickening sizzling sound.

Not wasting any time she sprinted down the hall and turned the corner, hearing him scream behind her, "You filthy little bitch! I'll get you and your sister sooner or later, you can't run forever!" She didn't stop running, tears streaming down her face as her feet took her far away from there. All she wanted to do was go to her sister and make sure she was ok, to protect her, but she couldn't even do that properly having burnt her earlier, and she didn't want Elsa to question her about her injuries.

Anna found herself outside Elsa's door regardless of how much she didn't want her to worry about her. She would be fine after some sleep, as far as she could tell her skull wasn't fractured simply bruised, and she could feel the swelling which was good, it meant she didn't have any swelling on the inside of her skull. Thinking back to her attacker, she remembered the injuries she had caused him, they were going to hurt a whole lot which meant he would probably not do anything else until he was healed, not tonight at least. It would be a while until he would be able to walk properly again, and his burns wouldn't fare much better either.

Deciding Elsa was safe enough for now, she reluctantly took herself to her own chambers. She would get some rest and warn her sister of what had just happened tomorrow, and she would be keeping a close eye on Prince Eldric, the last thing she thought before finally blacking out was that she needed to ask Kristoff to keep a close watch on him at all times.