About an hour late Elise was woken up with news that they had arrived in Oslo. Groggily she got up and exited the jet. Two servants met with her outside the plane with all her luggage. She thanked them and took the bags from them. The bags were a lot heavier than she had expected and she almost toppled over as she began to move. Suddenly she felt a weight come off her back and she looked up at a large man with the most ridiculous blond hair she had ever seen, holding her bag for her. His hair went up at all sorts of angles and seemed to defy gravity.
"Hey, you must be Elise. I'm Matthias," He said beaming at her.
"Oh, hello Matthias, thank you for helping with my bag." She said quietly.
Elise heard her uncle behind her. "Hello cousin," he said, shaking Matthias' hand.
Yet another blond man began walking towards them. "Matthias, what's taking you so long?"
He was much shorter than Matthias but substantially taller than Elise. He was the blondest man Elise had ever seen and he had a gold cross shaped pin in his light hair. He also had a strange curl in his hair that came from the back of his head.
"Be patient, Lukas." Matthias grumbled, "We have guests."
Lukas looked at Elise for a moment, "Hmm, she'll be a suitable bride for my little brother," he decided before looking to Ludwig. "Nice to see you again, Ludwig."
Matthias nodded and clapped his hands together. "Okay everybody, are we ready?"
Elise nodded and got a better grip on her bags. The four blonds made their way to the limousine that was parked several meters away. Ludwig and Elise packed their bags in the trunk and joined Matthias and Lukas in the back of the limousine.
As they drove on there was a short awkward silence before Matthias grabbed Lukas' arm and said excitedly, "Aren't you excited to have little nieces and nephews, Lukas?"
Without a word, Lukas nodded, and the silence was restored.
When they finally arrived at Oxenstierna Manor, Elise was so relieved to get out of the awkward tension inside the limousine. Waiting at the top of the front steps was the tallest man she had ever seen, with a much smaller man hanging on his arm. Yet again, both were blond. The little man bounced on his feet and waved to the approaching vehicle as the taller man stood expressionless.
Elise hopped out of the car as soon as it was stopped and made her way to the trunk. She pulled out her bags and dragged them towards the manner. The saw the small man say something to the large man. The taller man bent down to kiss the shorter man before he ran down the front steps.
He met her at the bottom of the stairs and stuck out his hand for Elise to shake and said "hello, I'm Tino, nice to meet you."
Elise smiled and shook the cute little man's hand. "I'm Elise, it's my pleasure."
Tino began to take Elise's bags, showing surprising strength for his small stature.
"Let me take those," he said smiling.
Elise gratefully let him take the bags and walked with him up the steps. At the top she met with the tall man. He adjusted his glasses before sticking out his hand and introducing himself. "I'm Berwald Oxenstierna. Welcome to my home."
Elise nearly panicked upon meeting the boss of such a strong, influential family. She curtsied awkwardly and said, "Hello, nice to meet you, I'm Elise, it is a pleasure to meet you."
Matthias patted her shoulder, "Don't panic little chick, he's a big softy." He then directed his attention to the rest of the group, "Okay, let us adults go to the kitchen to discuss the wedding and TIno, you can show Elise her room."
Lukas muttered "You said adults. Doesn't that mean we should exclude you?" But nobody seemed to hear.
Tino grabbed Elise's hands and guided her inside. They turned right upon entering and went up a case of wide stairs. The rest of the group went left and off to the kitchen.
After taking many twists and turns they finally arrived at a bedroom that Elise was sure she would never be able to find again. Tino set all the baggage in the corner of the room.
"This is your room, I hope you like it." He said, "Now let's get back to the kitchen."
Elise nodded and they left the room. As they started heading down the hallway Elise heard footsteps running towards her. She turned around and was almost rammed into by two young boys. A little blond with the largest eyebrows she had ever seen and a redheaded boy with paint on his face.
The little redhead stood up rigidly straight and said, "I'm Erland and my favorite pokemon is stunfisk!"
The blond grabbed her hand and shook it, "I'm Peter!"
Tino went around Elise to the two boys and kneeled down. "Boys this is Elise, she's going to marry Erikur, now run along."
The boys whined in unison, "but Mamma."
Tino shooed them away and turned back to Elise.
"Those are your boys?" Elise asked.
"Mine and Berwald's yes." TIno nodded as they walked down the stairs.
They talked about the weather and other trivial matters the rest of the way to the kitchen. When they got there Matthias jumped up and waved them over.
"Okay, Elise, are you ready to meet your new husband?" He said excitedly.
"Eh, okay, I mean, sure." She nodded.
"Wait," Ludwig spoke up, "I have a special dress for you, Elise."
He picked up a pink bag from behind his chair and walked over to Elise. He handed her the bag and pointed to the nearest bathroom. He patted her shoulder and said "I'm sure you'll love it."
Elise went to the bathroom and pulled the dress out of the bag. She slipped it on and found it immensely uncomfortable but didn't really get a chance to really look at it before there was a knock on the bathroom door.
"Come on, Elise," Matthias said.
She left the small room and let Matthias guide her to the room where she would meet her new husband.