A/N- I've been having a little bit of writers block. I would like to thank Pandora and caffine to make this chapter happen, without them I would be nowhere. Anyway here is chapter 9. If you would like a change of pace, me and my friend Dakota started a parody profile. It can get a little out of hand, but its something new. If your intrested here is the profile name: BrandonDakota. Whatever happens on that profile, stays on that profile.
Stay Frosty everyone.
Chapter 9
As Elsa continued down the short hallway before turning, and making her way back to the front gate. Every servant and guard she would pass would mutter something along the lines of "Your majesty," or, "Queen Elsa." Elsa would give a slight nod and continue to make her way to the barracks. As she was walking, she couldn't help but let her thoughts linger on yesterday's events, more specifically, why Anna would ask her a question like that.
Maybe it was something I said. Or, what if I did something? Shit. Her thoughts were cut short by a short man walking toward her. She recognized the man to be Alvis, Arild's sevant.
"Queen Elsa," he gave a slight bow. "General Arild, needs to speak to you." Queen Elsa nodded, "That's funny, because I needed to speak with him. Take me to him." She said in a regal tone.
Alvis quickly stood and nodded. "Right this way, your majesty." He led her through the front gate of the castle and out past the courtyards. Elsa soon grew suspicisious, "Where are we going, Alvis?" Alvis stopped and pointed to a small cabin on the outskirts of the castle grounds. "There. Arild wants to keep this meeting off the record." Elsa nodded and they continued to the cabin.
Upon arriving at the cabin, the door was flung open to reveal a startled Arild. "Your majesty." He greeted Elsa with a bow. He opened the door wider to reveal a beaten down wooden interior.
Elsa moved from the doorway, to an old, beated down wooden table. She sat down, while Alvis and Arild sat beside her at the small rounded table. Elsa was the first to speak, "Well, whats so important that you had to meet me out here?" Arild leaned into the table.
"Well, I think something has happened to Corona." He noticeably relaxed after he said that. Elsa thought about telling him what Baldr told her, but decided that she wanted to know his reasoning. She leaned back in the old kitchen chair she was sitting in, earning a creak from it.
"Explain." Arild fidgeted slightly in his chair. "Well, that's just it, I don't really have any solid evidence to support my claim. The only thing I have is that, their guards no longer do their normal runs. I would have a group of guards meet with a couple of soldiers from there and they would go their routes together."
Elsa thought about his story. That does sound pretty suspicious, but as he said its no solid evidence, but neither is mine. "General, today is your lucky day." He seemed to lighten up at this remark.
"Why's that?" Elsa couldn't help the smirk that was on her face. "Because I have the same suspicions." Elsa stood from the old chair that she was seated and started pacing in the small room.
"The only difference is that, I have a small amount of evidence to back my therory." Alvis and Arild both looked stunned and amazed at the same time. Arild spoke, excitement lacing his voice. "Well are you going to tell us?" Elsa nodded, conceling her panic.
"You see, we have lost all contact with Corona. They haven't delivered part of their summer harvest to us, and we have heard nothing from... The royalty there. Anyway, King Baldr seems to think they were attacked, and I agree with him. I started looking for you to talk about a plan, to find out our suspicions."
Alvis was stunned, while Arild began thinking of a plan. "Did you have anything in mind, Queen Elsa?" Elsa returned to her seat and nodded. "Yes, I did have an idea..." She trailed off. "Well what was it? At this point nothing is a bad idea." Arild encouraged.
Elsa took a deep breath. Here goes nothing. "I wanted to send a messenger to Corona, followed closely by a well trained, and trusted, spy or soldier." Arild seemed to hang on to every word. He leaned back in his chair and bobbed his head up and down. When he make eye contact with Elsa, she was worried. He stood up from his chair.
"Looks like we have a plan, and for the record, lets keep this meeting off of the record." Alvis stood up, and Elsa followed suit. Soon everyone was standing by the door. Alvis gave a small bow and opened the door. "Your majesty." Elsa walked through the door, picking up her pace when she saw Anna waiting for her in front of the castle.
When she had gotten close enough to the castle, Anna had seen her and started to walk toward her. She couldn't help but notice how Anna's hips swayed when she walked. Not now. She gulped when Anna got near her.
"Elsa! Where were you?" Elsa muttered something about a meeting and shrugged. "Well Baldr has set everything up in the courtyard, we are all waiting on you." She grabbed Elsa's hand and lead her to the courtyard where Baldr had brought a rack of swords, and some basic armour for them to wear.
Elsa tried to focus on anything besides Anna's hand on her own, but failed miserably. It was warmer than her own, and when it touched her, it sent shockwaves through her entire body. I wish I could hold onto that hand forever. Elsa sighed and let go of Anna's hand. She started walking toward Baldr, who was standing in the middle of the courtyard.
"Are you ready, Queen Elsa?" He had asked with a smug look on his face. She nodded, and Baldr led her over to one of the sword racks. "Try to find a sword that feels good. Nice and balanced."
Elsa slowly picked up one of the basic training swords that most soldiers use. "Alright, give it a swing or two. Get used to the way it feels." Elsa complied and swung the sword a few times, but something felt, off. She didn't like the way it felt in her hand, or the way it felt when she swung it. "I don't really like the way this feels Baldr." Baldr nodded his head. "Try out another one."
This seemed to go on for hours. Elsa would pick up a sword only to find out it also felt strange and forgein to use. She had told Baldr this and all he said was that she might have to make her own, in a sarcastic tone. Elsa thought about this. Make my own. Well it's worth a shot.
Elsa stood there, closed her eyes and took deep breaths. Baldr soon became a bit worried. "Queen Elsa, what are you doing?" Elsa ignored him. She soon stuck out her hand and a long spear of ice shot out to the length of about 4 feet. It soon began to change. It started to make an edge, and a hilt started to form. Once the sword was complete it looked, amazing. The hilt was colored black and where the blade met the hilt it came out in a series of twists and turns. The blade had the arendell seal imprinted on it.
Baldr stood there, amazed and shocked at what he witnessed. He snapped out of his stupor, only when Elsa started to swing it around. He laughed. "When I said make your own I was only kidding." She looked back and giggled. "Well if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself." Baldr then started to train Elsa on how to handle and swing her sword. Soon after, they were sparring.
Anna, who was sitting on the sidelines watching with Beth, was mesmerised by how graceful they looked. The only thing that was keeping her on edge was the sound of steel on ice. Anna was worried that one of these times they would strike each other, but that was soon forgotten after they stopped sparring.
Elsa was now sweating, the training aromour that she wore, only made her sweat even more. They had been training for about 4 hours, and frankly, she was tired. She had made a sheath for her sword, and strapped it to her waist, throwing off the armour afterwards. She had made her way over to Anna, who was bubbling with excitement.
"That was great! You looked great!" Anna and Elsa had blushed after that comment but were undeterred. "Come on Anna, can't you go one day without saying something awkward? But thanks for the compliment." Anna laughed.
"I could say the same thing about you." Elsa smirked, and dropped the conversation. She sat down on a bench in the courtyard with Anna, while Baldr and Beth went inside of the castle. She relished this moment alone with Anna. She didn't know when she would have another moment like this. She was happy and she made Anna happy, that was how she wanted things to stay.
"What do you plan on doing after this?" Anna's voice rang out. "I don't know, but I do know I'm bathing after we get done here." She leaned back onto the bench. "I was wondering if you wanted to spend some time together? After you bathe of course." Elsa thought for a moment, "Sure Anna. Meet me in the kitchen in an hour." Elsa stood up and started to walk toward the castle."I'll see you in a bit." Anna called, excited that Elsa didn't turn down her offer. She then got up off of the bench and went to go change her clothes, and freshen up, waiting for the hour to be up so that she could see Elsa.
