Authors note: I want to thank you all for reviewing and reading the last chapter. Hearing your opinions means a lot and they also help if I need to edit or make something better.
Dreamsandimaginations: I would say but it would be a huge spoiler, you will have to read to find out. lol
guest: But Anna is doing a great job so its not that bad, Elsa will be very proud of her little sister. :) Your right their adventure in the Underground Kingdom has just begun, what will happen after that? You'll see.
yubima-chan: You have every right to be nervous, I will not say why. True lol but Elsa will get used to it as things appearing out of nowhere tends to happen in the Underground kingdom all the time.
Any way I hope you all enjoy this chapter and please leave a review when done, opinions are most welcomed.
Sunlight shining through the window rousing Elsa from her sleep, slowly rising to a sitting position she ran her hand through her hair before looking around the room she was in.
It took for her a couple of moments before she remembered she was not in Arendelle, but the Underground kingdom, in Hans home. Rising from the bed Elsa noticed some very beautiful packages stacked neatly on the floor, attached to them was a letter.
Curious Elsa walked over, took the letter and read it.
"Hopefully these will be to you like, do not worry about the sizes, the clothes here are enchanted to shrink or grow to fit the wearer"
The note was not written by Hans as the handwriting was vastly different and the seal was wrong as well as it was that of a merchant, which Elsa guessed that Hans commissioned these and the packages were delivered sometime during the night.
Saying nothing Elsa put the note aside and took one of the packages, it was light, shaking it she was not sure what was inside, so she opened it to discover they were a pair of shoes, they had a nice heel to them, the leather was blue and polished with a crystal snowflake on it, very pretty. Putting those aside Elsa looked at all the other packages to find they had dresses, undergarments, shoes and other accessories, one per each day of her stay in the Underground.
They seem to be how she likes, but why would Hans get her outfits when she could have brought her own? Not that she did not like the gesture and consideration, but was not used to the idea of another person buying things for her...who is not her sister...
Taking one of the dresses, a long sleeve teal dress, the bodice had no decorations, but the skirt did as it had many upon many purple, icy blue and pink crocuses sown unto it.
When finished dressing Elsa did her hair into a bun with ribbons before putting on a pair of loafer style shoes and leaving the room hoping to find Hans.
Water was warm, felt good against his skin as Hans shaved very carefully.
"Almost" he though then all of a sudden a familiar voice shouted "Hey Hans!".
Hearing that startled Hans so much that he cut his chin a bit by accident.
"Marius!" yelled Hans angry as he grabbed a towel and pressed it against the bleeding spot on his chin as he turned to face the person. He had long black hair, was dressed very flamboyantly in gray, blue and white, his suit always impeccable and had a cloak which shimmered like the scales of a fish whenever he moved. The person Marius Hans knew, he was one of the Fateweavers, one of his friends.
"Sorry, could not resist" said Marius smirking as he rested his back against the doorway before turning around and moving to his room towards his wardrobe.
"Can I help you Marius?" said Hans deadpanned as Marius opened his wardrobe and began to rummage around, this happened so often that Hans was used to it. Marius like to borrow his things from time to time, he was a dandy and was proud of it to the point that Hans was sure that if the word was looked up in the dictionary it would have Marius picture in it.
"Ya, I need to look my best so..." said Marius as he continued to look then "aha! Found it!" Pulling out a black imperial coat with silver embroidery on the edges, cuffs on the sleeve and neck, the boots were black ridding boots.
Hans looked very angry and said "No, no, that is my favorite coat and boots",
"Come on! They look good on me" said Marius as he tried on the coat,
"No! Why don't you ask Rohan? He has clothes" said Hans trying to take the coat back,
"But he has no sense of style, come on, have a heart, please" said Marius,
"Marius no!" yelled Hans firmly.
"Come on! Have a heart" said Marius pleaded,
"The last time I did and you ruined my coat and boots! It took ages to wash the dirt and grime on the boots and I had to throw away the coat because it was damaged beyond repair!" said Hans annoyed,
"Not my fault you have such good taste" said Marius.
Hans was going to tell him no, but soon he smirked as he got an idea.
"Okay Marius, you can use my clothes, but I need a favor from you first" said Hans,
"Which is?" asked Marius,
"I need you to keep Agatha and the others off of my back tonight" said Hans,
"Are you nuts?! Hans your my friend and I love you, but I am not ready to die just yet" said Marius panicking,
"I did not know you were so scared of Agatha and Sylvia" said Hans with a smirk that kept widening,
"Me? Afraid of those two? No way!" said Marius with a nervous laugh,
"Then it will be easy for you, its just one night" said Hans,
"But why? Why don't you want them to see you tonight?" asked Marius curious,
"No reason" said Hans looking away, Marius looked and crossed his arms and said "Okay, what are you hiding?", sighting Hans said "If I tell you, do you promise to keep your mouth shut",
"Fine, what it is?" asked Marius,
"Okay, you know I was gone for a year and a half right?" said Hans,
"Yes? And that's one of the many questions on every bodies mind" said Marius,
"Well, during that time I was well...with somebody..." Hans admitted rather reluctantly, Marius looked then smirked and said "A somebody!? Really!? Finally! It was about time you got over your fear of relationships!",
"I am not afraid of relationships!" snapped Hans,
"Oh right, you were just afraid of the opposite sex in general" said Marius jokingly,
"Its not that either! And can you be serious for once!" Hans snapped back,
"Calm down it was just a joke, but still why don't you want Agatha and the others to see you with her?" asked Marius curious,
"Because you things here are very different from what goes on outside and I want to not overwhelm her on the first day" said Hans,
"Okay I hear ya" said Marius then though before saying "Just because your my friend I will keep them away",
"Thank you Marius" said Hans as Marius picked up the coat and boots before disappearing from the room leaving behind only a wet spot where he was standing and the smell of fresh water.
When gone Hans sighted as he hoped that Marius was successful as Agatha and Sylvia can be very overprotective, about everything, then there is the fact that some Fateweavers, Marius included did not understand the meaning of the word personal space, which he knew was important to Elsa, sure he warned her about that, but he was not sure if she could even suspect how bad they were at that...
Shaking the thoughts from his head he turned and headed back to the bathroom, going to a cabinet he had he took out a bottle full of something and dabbed it into his injury healing it before making his way to the tub.
It was built on the ground, made out of a fausk marble, octagonal shape, the water had steam which meant it was still warm. Sighting Hans stretched his arms before proceeding to pull off, pausing only to stroke the strange scar on his chest, he hated to look at it but sadly it was one of the many wounds that would never go away no matter how much he wanted it to. With a sight he stepped into the tub, easing himself into the warm waters and before going under letting the warm water sooth his troubled mind.
Checking the doors one by one Elsa wondered around the house for what feels like forever as it seems the halls, doors and stairs had no end.
"Forget palace, this place is a maze" though Elsa as she looked around before trying another door, this one was a bedroom, it had a large bed, desk and chair, all which were Chippendale style, there were bookcases and some books stacked here and there followed by maps and a globe.
Walking further in Elsa looked around curious, wondering if anybody ever slept in this room as it seems that a lot of the rooms were not in use, upon walking a foot or so into the room she grew tense when she heard what she could describe as water moving from another room.
What was that? Was there an intruder? More than one?
Panic Elsa reached for the nearest thing she could find, which turned out to be a book, she armed herself with it as she slowly stalked over to a door, she heard the sounds coming from it, slowly she reached, took the door nob and opened the door only to let out a scream.
Resting his head back against Hans took a deep breath, inhaling the delicate smell of the potions which he used on the water, most which he made himself, his favorite being the restoration, it had a bit of a spicy smell to it, something like cinnamon, it was used to restore a persons mind and emotions when feeling down or drained.
Taking some water into his hand he runs it through his hair and head, feeling relaxed. Though sadly it did not lasted long enough.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" a scream made him jump up to his feet startled as he looked around wildly only to see Elsa looking at him, she screamed again and covered her eyes while Hans turned red and ran to grab a towel to cover himself , this was a very compromising position they were in.
"I am sorry!" yelled Elsa as she ran out of the room embarrassed.
Running around Elsa somehow managed to find her way back to the room she had been given, closing the door she rested against it, her face all red in embarrassment of seeing...certain things...she did not want to see yet.
Covering her face she groaned as she slid down and stayed on the ground for who knows how long desperately trying to wipe that image away from her mind till she heard a knock on the door,
"Elsa?" she heard, it was Hans, taking a breath she composed herself before turning and opening the door.
Fully clothes Hans stood there, but she could tell he was just as embarrassed as he was as he rubbed the back of his neck and said "That was my room",
"I realized that" said Elsa not being able to look at him in the eye,
"Yes..." said Hans before they broke and began to profusely apologize about what happened,
"Okay well...ready?" he said still a little red,
"Ready for what?" asked Elsa,
"The Equinox festival" said Hans "Its starting, hopefully you will like it"
Night arrived at Arendelle, yet there was no sleep as Anna was up reading reports and such with Kristoff,
"Thank you Kristoff" said Anna as Kristoff handed her some more papers for her to look over them,
"Your welcome" said Kristoff then sighted "But the council, I feel that when Firebird used the word snake pit to describe them he was being far too polite",
"What would be the words you would use?" asked Anna as she placed the papers down and leaned against her arms with a smile,
"Draugrs, because they seem to have a talent for ruining anything good" said Kristoff making Anna giggle then say "Don't worry, it will all be fine, its just for a week and soon they will be back to cowarding under Elsas gaze",
"I suppose" said Kristoff then added "Its amazing how far we have all come",
"I know... I feel closer to my sister than I have ever been" said Anna softly "I don't feel like the spare anymore", frowning Kristoff walked over and placed his hand on her hand before saying "You were never a spare Anna, you do amazing things in your own way", smiling Anna squeezed his hand back and said "Thanks Kristoff".
The sweet moment was cut short when they heard the clock ring, it was midnight,
"Guess its time to go to bed" said Anna softly,
"Yes" said Kristoff then asked "See you tomorrow?",
"Of course, it will take more than a few fogies to scare me away from doing the job I was entrusted" said Anna placing her arms on her sides and looking confident,
"That's the spirit" said Kristoff, with that they locked and left the office to sleep, for tomorrow was another day.
In the Underground The Equinox festival was just getting started, fireworks sounded, lighting the night sky, music was heard, there was food, dancing and magic!
Baffled Elsa looked around, though the stands and entertainment was beautiful what shocked her was the people attending the festival themselves, there were kids running around and shooting water from their hands at one another, there was a woman who was making plants and vines grow around the street lights with a flick of her wrist, there was a teenager flying around the air controlling wind to keep himself afloat.
"Come on" said Hans dragging her around, it was very strange, Elsa had never seen him act so carefree around her, maybe he did act like that around Anna, but she was not sure. Either way it was a welcomed change.
Going around the festival they tried out food, Elsa's favorite being the confectionary of chocolate straight from Italy, playing some games from the booths which varied from ball tossing to guessing and competition games.
"This is it" Hans said not telling her where he was taking her till she finally saw it, it was the dance floor which had been erected in the town center, it had a lovely floor, lights and flowers hanging, the musicians were playing and people were already dancing under the stars.
"No, Hans no, you know that I cannot dance" said Elsa digging her feet so he would not drag her over to the dance floor,
"I can't cook or use ice magic so we are even" said Hans "Just one dance, it will be slow, I promise", caving in Elsa allowed Hans to walk her to the dance floor when a slow song was placed.
Taking her hand gently he marveled at how her hands fitted perfectly on his, Elsa tensed a bit when he placed on hand on his shoulder, placed his hand on her waist gently and held her free hand with his before leading her through a simple waltz.
His hands were strong, but gentle as they moved slowly and though Elsa was no expert in dancing, she had a grace in movement which Hans had never seen before.
"You doing wonderfully" Hans whispered at her, she smiled but soon found herself feeling unease as she felt as though she was being stared at, of course there would be people starring as there were people watching the dance, but for some reason she felt some coldness in that stare, maybe a bit of hostility, but everybody looked so happy that she could not pin point where she was getting that feeling from.
Whether it was fear or instinct Elsa found herself pressing against Hans in fear, noting this Hans asked "You okay? What's wrong?",
"People were starring" said Elsa feeling a bit silly about it,
"It a dance, everybody was starring at everybody" said Hans as he stopped and led her away from the floor as he did not want to make her feel uncomfortable. So he decided to call it a night and take her home.
"Your probably right" said Elsa after a while, she still felt unease as they walked back to Hans home, while they did she looked all around, any movement in the dark made her jump, taking her hand Hans said hoping to help "If there was something, it will have to go through me before it gets to you",
"A knight in shinning armor, how lucky I am" said Elsa feeling a little better as she giggled,
"I am better than any old run of the mill knight in shinning armor" said Hans with a smirk,
"Really? How?" asked Elsa,
"Yes, because I have a personality" said Hans before the two burst out laughing,
"If that was a joke, its the worst I have heard" said Elsa between laughs,
"It worked, it made you laugh" said Hans trying to control his laughter as they got back to his home, the feeling of unease forgotten through the moment of laughter. Yet unknown to them there was a dark shadow stalking them, watching their every move and hearing every conversation, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
To be continue...
Authors note: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Now! The upcoming chapter Elsa will be meeting the other Fateweavers, how will the meeting go? lol sorry cannot say, you will have to read the next chapter, so please stay tuned for the next chapter and please leave a review to tell me what you think of this one.