A/N: So, since you guys are so awesome and I was kinda shocked by how many of you actually liked just the start of this story, I decided that I didn't want to leave you with just that little bit for a whole week and finished writing this chapter so I could give it to you now! This chapter is way longer than the prologue and we get to meet Jack & North. Also, at the end, they don't have any real interaction yet but Jack gets to meet Elsa ;) Though I haven't figure it out yet, there may be mentions of the other Guardians in the story, also I'm thinking there may be the start of some real Jelsa interaction in the next chapter! I love you guys, your reviews and love for this story are what got me typing extra quick! xoxo
Chapter One: New Arrivals
"Your majesty," Someone called from the other side of the door with a knock on Elsa's door.
"Yes?" Elsa called as she sat upright in bed, still half-asleep, but slowly waking up now. She was starting to regret having stayed up so late to finish up the paper work she had, but because it was done, now she had the entire week to spend with her sister for her birthday after the countless ones she had missed.
"Guests are arriving this morning for Princess Anna's ball at the end of the week." They replied.
"Do you know which ones?" Elsa yawned and forced herself out of bed to start getting dressed.
"I believe it is only the Prince from the Winter Isles and the King from the North Pole." He called out again.
"Winter and North, right." Elsa mumbled to herself in hopes to remember. "Is Anna awake?"
"Yes she is your majesty, she was heading to breakfast with Olaf just before I came to wake you." He called back.
"Alright, thank you." Elsa said.
For Elsa, spending some time with Anna was her top priority this week, all the birthdays she had missed in her years of self-isolation from her own sister. She had to make sure that no matter what, this birthday of Anna's had to be the best.
"Now remember Olaf, Jack is coming today but you can't say anything to Elsa, alright?" Anna reminded the snowman, she had caught him three times in the past week almost spilling everything to Elsa already.
"Got it." Olaf smiled. "Do you think he has a snowman too?"
"I think you're one of a kind Olaf." Anna smiled.
"What's one of a kind?" Elsa piped up as she walked into the dinning room. Anna glared at Olaf right away and started hoping that he would keep his mouth shut, but she knew better than that.
"We were talking about me and your one-" Olaf was silenced by Anna's hand covering his mouth and muffling out the rest of his sentence.
"Your...wonderful powers!" Anna thought quickly. "I mean, you're obviously one of a kind in the best way possible, who else has a sister that can make it snow whenever? And Olaf is a product of that uniqueness, talking snowmen were only a part of stories before this one came along." Anna nervously laughed and prayed that Elsa would take her little white lie without much questioning.
"Okay?" Elsa said in a curious tone, but she seemed to let the topic drop quickly and sat down beside Anna and Olaf at the table to eat her breakfast. "I meant to ask you, not that it's strange but, why did you invite the King of the North Pole and the Prince of the Winter Isles to your birthday? We haven't seen the King since we were children and we've never met the Prince."
"Oh, well, you know. Like you said, it's been forever since we've seen King St. North, and I just figured while I was writing out invitations in that general direction to you know…throw in the Winter Isles." Anna smiled innocently, or at least she hoped.
"I heard the Prince of the Winter Isles was a bit…reckless, are you sure about having him here?" Elsa asked.
"Well, his boat is practically here so it's too late to say no I think. Either way, I'm sure I want him here – wait, reckless? That's the only thing you heard about the Prince of the Winter Isles?" Anna asked.
"Yes…why? Should there be something else?" Elsa asked, on her guard now.
"No! No, I was just – I didn't know you heard things from up north, like really up north, that's all." Anna laughed nervously. "Anyway, I'd love to stay here and talk some more, catch up and stuff, but I heard that it's courteous to greet your guests at the docks as they arrive so, I really better get going if I'm going to meet them there in time. Don't worry about me," Anna smiled as she rose from her seat. "Kristoff and Sven will be there, make sure everyone is who they say they are unlike last time." Anna grimaced a bit.
"I'll be there too!" Olaf chimed in cheerfully now that Anna's hand was no longer covering his mouth.
"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?" Elsa asked, Anna could tell now from her sister's offer alone that she wanted to spend time with her, and who could blame her? Now that Elsa was well, Elsa again, Anna wanted to spend time with her just as much as Elsa wanted to spend time with her. But Anna wasn't exactly sure she wanted to introduce Elsa to Jack right by his ship where she could load him back up and ship him off back home if she thought he was too reckless before even getting to really know him at all.
"It's fine, you know just uh, I shouldn't be too long." Anna smiled and saw a suspicious look starting to form on her face and Anna knew she needed to leave quickly before Elsa could question her any further. "OkayIgottagobye." She blurted out so quickly that it all came out as one solid word before jumping up from the table and pulling Olaf behind her out of the room.
Anna could feel guilt crashing down on her while she was waiting at the ships to dock, it felt as if they were crawling into the port and time wasn't passing quickly enough. She tried to convince herself that it would all be worth it in the end if Elsa and Jack ended up falling in love, but of course there was still the matter of them meeting and then somehow seeing if they can fall in love.
"I can't believe you invited someone, who you don't even know by the way, to your birthday to be Elsa's date." Kristoff said as he stood on the docks with Anna and with Sven faithfully by his side.
"I was kinda hoping they would fall in love actually," Anna said earning her a glare from Kristoff. "Oh come on! Even you have to admit that the chances of there being someone out there in the world with the same powers as Elsa are nearly impossible! He just happens to be that near impossibility and it has to mean something." Anna argued.
"Or it could just be a coincidence." Kristoff said with a shrug.
"I hope they fall in love and get married and live happily ever after." Olaf said with a smile before he let out a loud gasp. "What if they have tiny little babies that have snow powers?! Imagine all the snowmen they could make!"
"Don't let Elsa hear you say that little buddy." Kristoff smiled.
"Looks like you get to meet King St. North first." Anna said as she watched the ship from the North Pole dock first.
It was a large ship and rightfully so considering the long journey it had to make in order to get here, not to mention the "luggage" that King St. North was known for taking nearly everywhere with him. While the sails were a brilliant white, the details on the ship were alternating colors or red and green with some of the finer details painted in gold. When the ship was completely tied up on the dock and ready to start unloading the passengers on the ship, the King himself was first and while Anna still remembered the King from when she was a child, she had to admit that Kristoff's face while seeing the King for the first time was a bit hilarious as he stood there in shock with his mouth agape.
The King was a lot to take in a first sight; he was a towering tall man, practically a mountain as he stood at well over 6 feet tall. He was burly as well which only added to his presence and the giant heavy red coat with the black fur trim as well as the black fur hat he wore as well made him seem even larger. Then there was also the glint of the two swords around his waist that made him seem almost downright scary to someone who only knew him by sight. Anna could have sworn that his long white beard was also longer than she last remembered, but then again it had been a while since she last saw him.
"Anna!" He burst out with laughter and an ear-to-ear smile as he dismounted the ship and barreled up to her, grabbing her up and a big tight bear hug where she could barely breathe. She definitely remembered this from when she was a child. "You've grown up so much! I remember when you were just a little girl, you remember the reindeer?" He asked with a smile and realized Anna couldn't properly answer back while he held her so he gently set her down on her feet, smile still on his face, as Anna pulled herself together.
"Reindeer?" Kristoff asked curiously as Sven's ears perked up as well.
"Yes, all eight of them." He answered before turning his attention to Kristoff and looking back at Anna curiously. "Who's this?"
"Uh…that's my boyfriend, Kristoff and his reindeer Sven." Anna smiled and a small blushed crossed her cheeks. Even though that was in fact what Kristoff was to her, sometimes it felt weird to call him just her boyfriend because she truly did love him so much.
"Ah, I see." North said as he looked over both Kristoff and Sven with a serious look on his face before the twinkle returned to his blue eyes and he burst out with a smile again and this time, grabbed Kristoff up in a tight hug. "Nice to meet you, Kristoff!" He said before he put Kristoff back down, a little disheveled, but mostly unharmed.
"Did you bring the reindeer?" Anna asked with a smile.
"Of course!" North said, and almost as if the reindeer knew they were being called, they barreled out of the ship and onto the dock where they all patiently lined up by North's side and Kristoff and Sven watched them in amazement. "You remember them all, right? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and of course Blitzen." He said. "I have presents too, but those are for later." He added with a smile.
"Oh…wow." Kristoff said in amazement with a smile beaming on his face as he walked past all the reindeer.
"I've never seen so many reindeer before." Sven said, or rather Kristoff said for Sven.
"I know buddy!" Kristoff exclaimed.
"Does he always do that?" North whispered to Anna as he watched Kristoff.
"It's kinda his thing. It makes conversations with Sven easier though." Anna smiled.
"Oh, look at all the new Sven's!" Olaf exclaimed as he passed them and one by one, they all tried to bite his nose. "So many of them want to give me nose kisses."
"I see you have Jack coming here to, huh?" North asked Anna as he pointed out the ship that was almost at the dock now while Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf were all occupying themselves with the reindeer.
"Yeah, I figured why not, right?" Anna shrugged her shoulders, trying to hide her lies around the one person she knew was harder to lie to than Elsa. She knew she failed when North glared at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Anna…" He said in that all too familiar tone Anna knew whenever Elsa would catch her in a lie.
"Alright, so I invited him because I heard he has snow powers like Elsa and I was kinda sorta hoping they would fall in love and he would be Elsa's one true love and they would live happily ever after." Anna had to restrain herself from blurting it out all in one shot.
"Well," North sighed. "I remember young Elsa, she loved fun, which would be good with Jack. I don't know now though, Elsa is Queen and Jack is…well…" North seemed to be searching for the right words to describe Jack with, but before he could, Anna heard laughter and then a giant bridge of ice shot out from the Winter Isles boat, that was decorated in pale blues and whites, and she saw a flash of someone speed down the ice bridge before landing perfectly on the dock with a smile on their face. "That. Jack is exactly like that." North pointed up at the ice bridge now that had formed over their heads.
Anna looked over at the figure now and saw Jack for the first time, he may have been dressed like a prince in the pale blues and whites of the Winter Isles, but he did not carry himself like a prince at all. Though he was pale white and had hair as white as fresh fallen snow, he had that same twinkle of fun in his blue eyes that North had in his eyes, but Jack's was far more mischievous than North's. He also carried something with him that was very unlike a young prince, he had a wooden staff that almost resembled a shepherd's crook.
"So this is Arendelle, huh?" Jack asked as he surveyed his surroundings with a smile. "It's nice, I've never been this far south actually. Anna?" He asked and pointed his staff in her direction.
"Yep, that's me, birthday girl." Anna said with a nervous smile. "Prince Jack Frost of the Winter Isles, I'm guessing."
"You can just call me Jack, the whole title is a bit of a mouthful." Jack said.
"Hi! I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs." Olaf said with a beaming smile as he stood in front of Jack now with his arms wide open for a hug.
"Whoa, talking snowman?" Jack asked as he kneeled down to Olaf's height and poked him a bit before realizing that Olaf was in fact real. "How is that possible?"
"Elsa made me." Olaf smiled and hugged Jack anyway. "You're going to be her-"
"Olaf! I just remembered uh…you and Kristoff and Sven should go play with the reindeer a bit! I mean, they've been cooped up on that boat this whole time, I think they want to run a bit, if that's okay with you North." Anna said and looked up at North with hopeful eyes.
"Sure, go ahead, they could use the run." He laughed.
Kristoff looked at Anna curiously but when she pointed at Olaf while he wasn't looking, Kristoff knew why she wanted him to take the snowman with him.
"Come on Olaf, I think they'll follow you wherever you go at this point." Kristoff said.
"Okay!" Olaf said excitedly as he stood by Kristoff and the reindeer followed Olaf in a perfect line, trying to wait to get his nose.
"Was he going to say something?" Jack asked curiously.
"No!" Anna and North said at the same time, only making everything seem more suspicious.
"Snowmen, what are you going to do, right?" Anna asked with a small laugh and a shrug of her shoulders. "Alright, so, how about we go up to the castle, get you guys settled in, I'd be more than happy to show you both around since you've never been here before Jack and it's been a while since you were last here North." Anna was desperately trying to change the subject now, but it was the perfect excuse to learn more about Jack before trying to get him and Elsa to fall in love.
"Sure." Jack smiled. "Hey, I heard your sister has powers too, is it true?"
"You have no idea." Anna said. "But you know, she's probably got tons of work right now, we probably won't even see her until dinner." Anna sighed. "I hope." She added quietly, mostly for herself.
Elsa ended up patently waiting in the main hall of the castle for Anna to return. She hadn't had this much time on her hands since she was officially crowned the Queen, and now when she had the time to spend with Anna, it seemed almost as if her sister wanted nothing to do with her. Elsa had been restraining herself from going down there to the docks, and was contemplating going anyway since Anna seemed to be taking so long, but just as she was getting ready to leave out through those doors, they burst wide open to reveal Anna, King St. North, and a strange boy she'd never seen before that appeared to be around her and Anna's age that she assumed was the Prince of the Winter Isles, though he hardly carried himself like a prince.
"Oh boy," Elsa could hear Anna whisper. "Elsa! I, uh, brought our guests here from the docks. You remember North and this is Jack Frost, Prince of the Winter Isles." Anna said.
"Elsa!" North exclaimed as he wrapped her up in a tight bear hug. "It's been so long, I remember when you were just a little thing!" He laughed before putting Elsa back down on her feet as she rearranged herself with a smile on her face from North's beaming excitement.
"It has been far too long." Elsa added as politely as ever.
Anna lost track of their conversation somewhere along the way since she found herself watching Jack's reaction to meeting Elsa. He was completely silent and just stood perfectly still, watching Elsa's every move and smiling at the sight of her smile. Anna had felt the feeling before, though hers ended up being for the wrong person, but it was love at first sight, and she just prayed that somehow, Elsa would feel the same.