Chapter 2 is up! Chapter 2 is up! With out further a due, here it is...

There he was, standing in front the tall, beautifully-crafted wooden door. The wooden door itself lead to the royal library. Inside, a beautiful young lady with her white blonde hair, casually browsing the rack for good books.

Queen Elsa of Arendelle, an interesting character none the less. She has taken a quick break from her royal duty and take refuge in the library. She is well-known, certainly so to our main protagonist. The culprit to the sudden freezing of summer, which was ironically works in the young man's favor.

Maybe he should've thank her for that as well.

He raised his right hand, preparing to knock. He paused...

"Should I really went out and see her?" he thought to himself. After a quick debate on whether he should just leave or go and meet the young queen. He decided that seeing her is the only way he could ever get his belongings back. He can't afford to look all over the castle, which would be too suspicious.

"Go in, meet her, get my stuff, and get out." Was the plan he carved into his thought. He knocked the door 5 times. A loud yet gentle voice was heard after...

"Come in."

The sketchy looking young man grabbed the handle of the door and proceed to opening the door, slowly. He took a peek, putting his head first inside the room and scan the whole room first. There he saw the queen, sitting casually with a book on the desk in front of her.

"Ah, It's you, please do come in." she said with a fair smile on her face.

Although reluctant, the young man went inside the room anyway. He forced a smile onto his face as a form of response towards hers. He doesn't forgot to bow, she is after all a queen.

"Oh no, please. You don't have too."

"..."

He was baffled. That's actually the first time he has ever seen a queen who had refused a bow. This young man, although did not live the life of royalty, often associated with them. Thus, he was experienced enough to handle himself in front of one and yet still fits to be in a random pub full thugs and drunken sailor.

I guess you could say that he's impressed.

Of course, in a presence of a queen, one must act as polite as possible in front of her, even if he himself is reluctant to do so. With that words in mind, the young man said...

"Your grace, I thank you for saving my life." whilst bowing yet again.

The queen on the other hand felt slightly embarrassed. Praises did not sit too well with the young queen. Having a lack of social interaction during her early years as princess caused of her abnormal powers may have something to do with such matter.

"You don't have to thank me. I'm sure anyone will be more than willing to help someone in your position."

"Not everyone." Said the young man, throwing in his sense disagreement with the queen's statement.

Referring back to his own experience and throwing in the thing he has seen in the past, the young man has a pretty valid reason to not believe in the queen's words. Although he seems to be the same age as the queen, our protagonist has traveled to the darkest corner of the world. His experience themselves taught him to not trust everyone and anyone, including the queen standing in front of her.

Although she may look beautiful, young, and naive, he won't let his guard down. That is the nature of the young man. Remaining vigilant has always been his lucky charm, preventing anything bad from ever happening. Looks can be deceiving, personalities however cannot be easily forged. That was the words he goes by whenever he came across the decision to trust someone. He won't let the same thing happen twice.

But, he won't lie to himself. The young queen bestowed upon him was... quiet different, in a way that cannot be described, even by his own judgments.

"May I have your name?" asked the queen in a polite manner, shattering his wandering thought.

"My name?"

"Yes, your name?"

At first, the young man hesitate once again. "Should I really give her my name?" was his thought. He may thought that not knowing his name may be for the better. He realizes that giving his name may endanger her life, a life of a queen. After all, he has his reason to be vigilant.

After a long process yet again, he decides to neglect his own rule for now. Giving his own name may not be that bad. "What's the worst that can happen?" he thought. Besides not giving his name would be very disrespectful towards a queen.

So, after a deep breathe, he answers...

"Seffiroth..."

The queen paused for a second. That name is rather unusual. She realizes that it has a certain... uniqueness to it. She then wonders of his family name, so she asked again...

"Just Seffiroth?"

"Unfortunately, yes, your majesty. It's just Seffiroth." answers the young man.

"I see..."

Queen Elsa carefully examined the handsome young man, who recently introduce himself as Seffiroth. He's roughly her age with short brown hair and slightly round chin. His outfit was nothing special, a white tunic under an obvious navy blue coat. As normal as he seems, she still can't shake the strangely mysterious quality that shows from the man. Maybe she's just curious.

She shook her head, given that she's getting out of her own context. She needs to ask him about what had happened.

Previously, when she pulls the man out of the water, she spots something familiar. A name written on the barrel the young man hold dearly to stay afloat, "the Catalina". She recognized that name. She noticed it during her long inspection of Arendelle's annual trade report.

The Catalina was a trade ship, Arendelle's very own trade ship. Commandeer by Captain Andrew, famous for his boldness and baldness amongst the kingdom's top official including herself. The ship and Captain Andrew had been in service for an impressive period, back when Queen Elsa's father still reign. To see a sketchy man found drifted along with the property of the ship surely brought the curiosity within her.

Although she realizes the importance of asking the man in front of him, in practice, it was easier thought than done. At the very least, the queen tries to ask him in the best way possible, given what the man had went through. She really didn't want to offend the young man in any way.

The fair queen thought long and hard.

Seffiroth, our so called "mysterious" protagonist, waited patiently for the queen to say... just about anything. Her thought has created a sort of awkward silence between the two people. The silence was only fitting, given that they're in a library. But the young man couldn't stand this kind of silence anymore.

So, he breaks it in his best, polite way possible...

"Your grace?"

Given that he's confronted with a queen, he must be incredibly polite, otherwise, he would simply turn around and leave the room, which was considered offensive to most people.

"Ah, You must excuse me, I was thinking of something..."

The young man paused, then smiled...

"If I may guess, are you going to make me explain how I got here, right, your majesty?" he said. Guess as it may be, it was spot on.

"Well, yes, how did you-"

"I'm really good at reading people's faces, let's just leave it at that."

"In that case, would you mind telling me what happened?" Continued Queen Elsa.

The young man stopped for a second, carefully putting together words. Then he took a deep breathe.

"Right, I was a passenger onboard the Catalina. The ship departed from the Southern Isles and supposedly planning to stop here in Arendelle for a day before continuing its journey to the north. Unfortunately that never happened. Your grace, are you familiar with the storm that had happened recently?"

"Yes, I was made aware of that a few days ago."

"Well, we were in the middle of all that. The ship... sadly... "He paused himself mid-sentence.

"What happened?" asked the queen, intrigued.

In a low tone the young man said...

"Well, she... was taken down by the storm and swallowed up by the ocean. I was thrown out of the ship and somehow survive. I believe... I am the only survivor."

Seffiroth can only hope that she buy that story, about one of the most well-made trade vessel simply brought down by a storm. Genuinely, he didn't lied, he simply hid the some of the truth. He really isn't planning to tell her that the real reason the Catalina was in the deep is because she was confronted with a pirate vessel.

Dishonest as he may be, his sorrow for the crew of that damned vessel is real. He had lost one of his oldest friend, Captain Andrew. That sorrow was showing into his face, which ironically, help his slightly tampered story to be believable in the face of the queen.

And believed, the queen did.

She was felt heart struck by the horrible news. A loss of a ship is consider a catastrophe in Arandelle. How many people lost their love ones? These question will haunt her just as the tragedy haunt her kingdom. That's not the only thing, Arandelle only a have a handful of trade vessel, to lost one is undeniably a great loss for the kingdom.

Still, she needed to be strong, for the people if not for herself.

Seffiroth knew what he had dealt to the queen. He sees it, on her sad expression. He hated that he himself must become the bearer of bad news. He knew he had to do this, otherwise the family of the crew won't get compensation or support from the queen.

As for the pirate, just like anything else he did, he has his reason. He always believes, "the less people knew about me the better it is for me and for them."

The queen, still recovering from the blow, raised her chin. She looked at the young man, with sad eyes she said...

"I'm so sorry."

The man smiled, "Yea, me too."

The queen then continue by saying... "If there's anything I could do."

"There is one thing, could you please tell the family of all the poor soul of that vessel... and protect them under your wing, your grace."

"I will. But, is there any favors you would like to ask me, feel free to ask them."

"As favor for me goes, you have done more than enough. Although, if your grace would be so kind to give me my belongings back and set me with a ship bound to the north, I would be beyond grateful."

"I see to it that it is done. As for your belongings, I have it in the back. I'll just go and get it for you."

"Ahh, you don't have to. Just tell me where it is." Said the young man, being polite.

Unfortunately for the young man, the queen insisted. After she returns, she has his brown leather satchel on her right hand and his strange looking black sword on her left hand.

"Here you go." she said with a smile.

"Thank you, your majesty." Said the man, being humble.

After the queen handed over the satchel, Seffiroth immediately check the content of his satchel. It was all there, and the items were mostly untouched by nothing with the exception of seawater. Of course, he couldn't be too sure. So he asked the queen...

"If I may ask, your highness didn't look inside my satchel, did you, your grace?"

"Umm, no. Why?" the queen asked in curiosity.

"Nothing, there are a lot of my private documents here." he answers with a small smile.

Of course the document he referred to was his own journal, and that really is the only form of document in that satchel of his.

After the young man done with checking everything on his satchel, Queen Elsa proceed and gave him his sword. The queen commented...

"What a strange sword."

"Ah yes, it's really one of a kind."

The sword both of them referring to was indeed strange, at least by the queen standard. It was not as long as many other swords common in Arandelle, although it is still longer than most long dagger. It is also curved and not as broad as your typical sword. Moreover, the sword was black, unlike your usual shiny steel-made sword. It's as if the sword was an enchanted item.

As unusual as his sword may be, the young man was fond of it. He grabbed it in his hand, pulls it out of its sheath, made sure it was alright, then put it back in and tied it onto his belt.

"Well, I suppose I should leave now. Thank you... for everything." said Seffiroth to the queen.

"I should probably go and escort you to the gate."suggest the queen.

"Oh no, you don't have too. I'll be fine on my own."

"Really...? Did you know your way around the castle?" asked the queen, doubting the young man's words.

"I'll figure it out, don't worry about It." insist the young man.

He walked to the door and grab the handle. Before opening the door, he turns towards the queen and bow. Elsa responded with a generous smile on her face. Seffiroth faces the door and opens it...

"..."

He paused, as he is confused. "What?" he asked himself.

"Hi, I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs." said the pile of snow in front of him.

It was unmistakably a snowman, with the carrot nose, the buttons and also arms made out of sticks, moreover, it also talks.

The young man turns towards Elsa once again, hoping that she would explain. All he sees is the queen trying to hold her laughter and expressing an awkward emotion at the same time. She did her best to explain...

"Olaf... is our... snowman. I kind of made him."

The young man had no idea the queen is capable of such thing. He heard about her power but it never cross his mind that she has created a talking, living snowman. To put it simply, he was baffled.

"Now I've seen it all..." is the only comment he can give.

He look towards Elsa for the third time. Opens his mouth and said...

"Second thought, maybe it would be better if you show me where the gate is."

Elsa's response? She simply giggle, stands, and shows Seffiroth the way... along with Olaf, of course.

Legion here... I decided that it's probably best for my narrator to just stick to telling the story other than blabbering on every end of each chapter, I mean... that's my job.

Narrator : "Damn, that ^ was lousy..."

SHUT UP!

Anyway, whilst the story now moving at snail's speed, I can promise you this; the next chapter will be action-packed, in a disney-style kind of way (tried), probably twice as long as this one... means I've got to be able to actually describe every move the character made in a fight... yikes!

Please review... that would be really helpful for the improvement of the story. and apologize if there are any mistakes in grammar, choice of word, etc. I've updated it, and fixed a few mistakes here and there, but one can't be too careful, there's bound to be more mistake in there...

What else...? that's pretty much it. If you're tuning in to the story, then I thank you and see you at the next chapter.

TARAAA...~