A/N: Finally, a chapter that's a decent length! This chapter has a lot of fluff, so read and review! (Seriously, review! Let's make the push for 100!) :-)

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Frozen. Do people dispute that?

After they had concluded their make-out session, Johan brought Elsa to Captain Gunnarson's study. She retold the story of what happened, which they both had a feeling they'd be doing a lot of today. The Captain assured them that the entire guard would be on the lookout for the man she described.

When he dismissed them, they went their separate ways through the castle. Elsa went to talk to Anna, and Johan went to find Noah.

He eventually found his friend in the lounge where the guards could go when they were off duty. Noah sat there alone on a couch, and he smiled at Johan when he walked in.

"Well, look who's here!" he exclaimed. "Way to go, lover boy!"

"How'd you find out about that?" Johan asked.

"Anna told Julie, and then Julie told me," Noah replied.

Johan rolled his eyes, sitting down next to him. "Should I start busting on you for how you finally hooked up with Julie?" he teased.

Noah chuckled and smirked at him. "Oh, come on, I'm not as oblivious as you think I am," he said. "I can do the math. You guys set us up!"

"Maybe," Johan said. "Are you thanking us for it now?"

"Yes I am," Noah replied.

They chuckled and sat there for a moment before Noah changed the topic.

"So," he said, "what exactly did Elsa say happened last night?"

"She was attacked and given a message to bring back. It was a threat for the throne."

"Do you guys have any clues as to who it was?"

Johan sighed. "Well, we do have one clue," he said, before looking Noah in the eye. "Have you ever heard the legends of the mind manipulators?"

Noah's eyes widened, and he leaned back on the couch. He took deep breaths as he stared into space, seemingly in awe.

"Noah?" Johan said, snapping him back to attention.

Noah sat up and cleared his throat. "I have heard the stories," he said, "but I have always thought it was a myth."

"Well, they're true alright," Johan said. "Elsa heard the man's voice in her head last night before she followed it outside. This man is one of them, no doubt."

"Yeah," Noah said, but he clearly was on edge about the whole thing.

"Are you okay?" Johan asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Noah replied. "It's just... hard to take it in- how big of a challenge it's going to be, I mean."

Johan still felt something else was bothering Noah, but he wasn't going to push it, since Noah clearly didn't want to talk about it.

"Okay," Johan said, getting up. "I guess I'll see you later then."

"Okay," Noah replied. He watched Johan walk out. As soon as he was gone, Noah leaned over and propped his head up on his hands. "Oh my god..."

.:.^*^.:.

"Soooooo, how was it!?"

"Anna, I got attacked last night, and that's the first thing you ask me?"

"You've gotta be sick of telling that story by now. Just tell us about your morning with Johan!"

"Thanks for backing me up, Julie."

Elsa sat on Anna's bed, with Anna and Julie huddled around her.

"Oh come on!" Anna begged. "Please?"

Elsa blushed. "Alright, it was... nice."

"That's all you can say?" Julie exclaimed. "'It was nice'?"

"What else do you want me to say?"

"Well, how did it make you feel?"

Elsa couldn't keep a schoolgirl-ish grin off her face. "It made me feel... like all the rest of the world had disappeared," she said lovingly. "I felt like I was floating on air and nothing on earth could bring me down."

"Aww!" the two princesses cooed.

"That's so romantic!" Anna exclaimed. "The queen has found her Prince Charming!"

"Yeah..." Elsa said, but a sad frown replaced the giddy smile on her face as she trailed off.

"What's wrong?" Julie asked, noticing Elsa's sudden change in mood.

Elsa looked up at them. "It's just sad that I won't get to be with him," she replied sadly.

"What?" the princesses exclaimed simultaneously.

"Why?" Anna asked.

"I'm the Queen of Arendelle, and he's the Crown Prince of Landvik," Elsa explained. "As soon as he becomes King, we'll both have different kingdoms that we have to take care of and provide for. We wouldn't be able to see each other very much, even if we did get married. And the neither of the kingdoms' Royal Councils would approve of a marriage like that, because if we're not seeing each other, there's no way for us to produce a heir for either kingdom."

Anna and Julie sat silently as they took this all in. They hadn't thought of this before, and they knew Elsa was right.

"There's gotta be some way you can get around that," Julie offered.

"Only if one of us were to abdicate our throne," Elsa said. "I could never be so selfish as to ask that of him."

"But he never wanted to be king," Julie said. "He's said so himself. He only works for it because he knows it's his duty and had no legitimate reason to get out of it. And he wanted to please our father."

"But he's still worked so hard, and I don't want him wasting all of that for me," Elsa said.

"What if you were to abdicate your throne?" Anna pitched in.

"Anna, would you really want to be queen?"

"I would do it for you."

"But do you really think you could handle being queen?"

Anna opened her mouth to protest, but she sighed in defeat after seeing the look that Elsa was giving her. "No," she replied sadly. "You're right."

Elsa smiled sadly at her. "I appreciate that you would do that for me, but I couldn't do that to you, either."

Anna returned the smile. "Thanks."

The three girls sat in silence for a few moments before Julie spoke up again.

"What are you gonna tell him?" she asked.

Elsa sighed. "I'm not gonna tell him anything right now," she replied. "He'll figure it out eventually. I just wanna enjoy the time I have with him now."

"You may not have much time with him left. The fjords are clearing up," Julie said.

Elsa smirked at them. "Well," she said, "I think I just may not want to travel while I'm injured!" She indicated the gauze wrapped around her chest, and the girls giggled at her deviousness. Then she looked at Julie. "Besides, I don't want to leave when you guys are in danger."

"What do you mean?" Julie asked.

Elsa sighed and retold the story of what happened the night before for already the third time today.

.:.^*^.:.

That night, Elsa lay in her bed reading a book when she heard a knock at her door.

"Come in," she said.

Johan walked in, once again looking like he was ready for bed in his shorts and undershirt.

"Hey," he said.

"Hey," Elsa replied, sitting up and putting the book down on the nightstand. "What's up?"

He shrugged. "Nothing, I just wanted to make sure you were okay."

Elsa smiled as he walked over. "I'm fine," she said as he sat on the bed and leaned over to kiss her. She closed her eyes to savor the moment. He pulled back sooner than she would have liked, but she simply pulled him back down and kissed him again until he pulled away again, gasping for air.

He smiled at her as he caught his breath, and he brushed her hair out of her face, trailing his finger down her cheek.

"I wish I could stay here so I could make sure nothing happens to you," he said.

She smiled and smacked him playfully on his chest. "I'm a big girl," she teased. "I don't need a babysitter. I can take care of myself."

Johan smiled at her. "I know you can," he said. He kissed her forehead and started to get up. "Sweet dreams, okay?"

Elsa gazed at him sadly as he started to walk toward the door. "Well, I never said you had to leave though," she said.

He turned back and smirked at her. "But I thought you don't need a babysitter!" he teased.

She smiled widely at him as he walked back. "I don't want a babysitter. I just want you," she said.

"You want me to stay? I'll stay!"

"Then stay."

"Alright, then," he said sitting down in the chair next to the bed. But Elsa shook her head at him.

"No..." she said as she moved over on the bed and patted the spot next to her. "Stay."

Johan's look of amusement turned into one of shock. "You want me to stay with you in the bed?"

Elsa nodded. "Just to sleep," she said. "I just want you near."

His look of shock still remained, but he nodded slowly. "Alright," he said. He hesitantly climbed into the bed next to her, and he tried to relax as she snuggled in close to him.

"See?" she said, putting out the candles with an icy breeze. "Nothing too heated. I just want you with me."

The tension in his body went away as he felt her soft hair under his chin, and he put his arms around her.

Elsa smiled as she leaned into his embrace. They lay like that for a while, and Elsa had almost gotten to sleep when she heard it.

Elsa.

The voice.

Her eyes burst open and she put her hands on her head, trying to will the voice away. But it was no use.

Johan noticed her sudden movement. "Elsa?" he said. "Are you okay?" He looked at her and saw her staring blankly up at the ceiling with wide, fear-filled eyes.

"Elsa?" he said, putting one of his hands on top on hers. "Elsa, what's wrong?"

But she couldn't hear his panicked calls as the voice rang through her head.

You yearn to stay, but be warned. I am more powerful than you think. I have a number of followers. You won't even know who to trust anymore. This is my last warning. Get out of Landvik. Or you will suffer. And your family will suffer. That is a guarantee.

Elsa found herself hyperventilating as the voice echoed in her head and then faded away. She tried to control her breathing as she finally heard Johan's voice.

"Elsa?"

She turned her head and looked him in the eye as he bent over her. She didn't say anything as he caressed her face with his hand.

He sighed. "You heard the voice again, didn't you?"

She nodded as she threw her arm around his neck and sobbed. He stroked the back of her hair as he held her in his comforting arms.

"What did it say?" he asked.

Elsa calmed herself down to respond. "He said that I needed to get out of Landvik, or that I would suffer, and my family would suffer," she replied.

Johan pulled back and looked her in the eye. "Then you have to get out of here as soon as the fjords clear," he said sadly.

"No!" Elsa cried. "I'm not going anywhere!"

"If you stay, you and your family will be in danger!"

"But if I leave, Johan, you'll die!"

Johan sighed. "Don't worry about me," he said. "I'll be fine."

"Yes you will, because I'm not leaving."

He realized there was not much point in trying to argue with her. "If you get hurt, I would never be able to live with myself."

"Hey," Elsa said, smiling at him comfortingly. "I can take care of myself."

He chuckled slightly. "I know," he said. "Just be careful."

"I will," she replied as they lay back down. He held her in his arms as they tried to go to sleep again. She opened her eyes though as she thought of something.

"Johan?"

"Hmm?"

"The voice said I wouldn't be able to know who to trust," she said. He looked at her as she continued. "What do you think that means?"

Johan looked her in the eye lovingly. "I don't know," he replied. "But what I do know-" He kissed her lips softly. "-is that you can always trust me. I promise."

Elsa smiled at him. "I love you."

"I love you, too."

After another few minutes, she fell asleep in his arms.

Read on, write on, dream on. -bandgeek63