A guard stood at the entrance to the chapel,
"Captain Bergmann, I should be on the guest list" he had stated, with his most official voice
The guard examined the list, "Ah yes, you are one of the Princess's personal guests, a steward shall seat you"
"Right this way Captain" a man appeared to show him to his seat.
He had showed him to the 3rd aisle from the front, revealing an empty seat just along the aisle, so he had only one person against him. Looking ahead he saw sideburns guy stuck in between two hefty gentlemen. The coronation started with the royal procession appearing at the altar, then a woman came out, she had white hair, everyone stood up, He had supposed that she was the reason everyone was here, of course! She was going to be the new Queen! And then Anna walked in, she had noticed Darius when she walked in and snuck in a little wave just beneath her hip, he then returned the friendly wave as they were seated.
The queen had seemed anxious, then she turned to the priest to pick up a scepter and a gold orb, and she took off her gloves, she was shaking, she turned back towards the crowd who was now standing again, and as she did, frost had started to build up underneath the golden items in her hand, it seemed no-one had noticed, but Darius did.
"All hail, Queen Elsa" the entire room had said, as she quickly put her gloves back on.
"Well that's her name, but that doesn't explain the whole hand thing" he had thought to himself.
She'd put the items down and rushed out of the chapel, and everyone was told to adjourn to the ballroom, "oh great, dancing", he never was big on dancing.
The ballroom was packed, Darius found out that it was because many countries had shown up to the occasion, so it was now filled with royal families from many different countries, and one not so royal guy, from a different timeline. Finding a spot near the edge of the room away from all of the dancing, Darius just stood and watched, Then the newly-appointed Queen and her sister walked in, they were positioned relatively close together as people lined up to pay tribute. They were talking to each other, even laughing, definitely happier than she had seemed in the chapel. Then some short yet lanky elderly man appeared in front of the two reached out his hand and bowed, Darius couldn't hear what they were saying, but suddenly the twig man grabbed Anna's hand and hurried to the dance floor. Curious as to the short man's intentions, he continued observing from the edge. The grayed man began dancing around her, doing ridiculous movements akin to animals, he started knocking her off her feet, she was about to fall, The Marine pounced with lightning speed, making it just in time to catch her.
"OOF, oh hello, Darius right?" she was somewhat relieved that he showed up to take her away from the weasel man who hadn't even notice her disappearance.
"Yeah, you're Anna?" trying to confirm her name while setting her upright.
"Yes, thanks for catching me"
"No problem, just doing what I do" celebrating on the inside for remembering her name.
"So are you enjoying yourself?"
"Not really, large gatherings aren't really my thing"
"Well… you and I can go do other things"
"Like what?"
She'd led him to the other side of the room to a door that led out to a garden, where they shared a leisurely stroll.
"So, Captain, Where are you from?" She said, trying to make small talk
" I'm pretty sure you've never heard of it"
"Try me, I was pretty good at geography with my tutor" (but that only covered the discovered world at the time)
"I'm from Texas"
"Wait where?"
"Exactly"
"I don't understand"
"I'm not from here, I'm either from the future or some alternate reality, a weird storm happened to me when I was in my world, when it stopped, I was here"
"Oh, well that's pretty serious"
"I guess, but where I'm from isn't exactly a place I would miss"
"Why not?"
"Don't worry about it, where are we going?"
"Here"
In front of them, a back entrance to the castle, the two of them walked up the stairs then down a hallway, to a balcony, overlooking the water.
"What are we doing here?"
"I like the view, it's where I come to relax and think"
"Speaking of you, is there someone in your life?" after asking that question, he immediately regretted it, could he have been more obvious?
"No, I haven't been outside of the castle in a while, it's just been me and my sister, well, she never talked to me and didn't leave her room, so it's just been really lonely"
"Well why didn't she talk to you?"
"I don't know, one day she just up and shut me out, and i haven't talked to her since, until tonight"
"I kinda know how you feel, I've been alone my whole life, I haven't really found anyone that makes me feel like I'm not alone. It doesn't really help that I shut myself off from everyone, I'm not a very social person"
"Well maybe I can help you with that, people can surprise you. Hey let me ask you something" A thought to pop into her head "Do you believe in true love?"
His cheeks adopted a scarlet red from the thought of where she was going.
"I mean uh, *clears throat* I guess I do"
"Then can I say something crazy?"
"I suppose you could"
All my life has been a series of doors And then suddenly I bump into you
"What are you doing?" he stared at her with a perplexed look
"I'm singing, we were going to do a duet?"
"I've never heard that song before, am I supposed to know the words?"
"If you just go along with I think the words just pop into your head"
"That makes absolutely no sense"
"It doesn't have to, it's a love song"
"It's WHAT?"
"Yeah! look just follow my lead"
"Okay um," I've been searching for my whole life...
(Love is an open door plays)
The two of them ending the duet staring into each other's eyes under a waterfall.
"Okay that was actually fun" He was rather surprised, he had never really sung, at least, never with anyone,
"Yeah, that was nice" she was as surprised as him
His heart was racing, he was thinking he was really falling for her, was this possible? They'd only known each other for a day, he was from another time, he didn't belong there, what if he were sent back just as sudden as he arrived. There probably wasn't much a future there, but he was thinking that he wanted to spend however much he had with her.
"My turn to ask you a question"
"What is it?"
hesitant to speak, he felt a lump in his throat"If I were to... ask you out on a date, would you say yes?"
"Wait what's a date?"
Not realizing that "date" was probably not in the lingo at the time, he modified his wording.
"I mean um, would you let me court you?" His heart stopped, what would she say?
"Can I ask you something?"
"I uh, s-suppose"
"What would you do if I said yes?"
"I don't know, what is there to do in this town?"
They both adorned broad smiles, he had found someone he could connect with, she found a man she was wishing for as well.
"Ooh, I should probably ask my sister if I can have a suitor"
"Good idea, I should meet her" for Anna's sake, and whatever the frost was.
