Chapter 3

The group was at sea. "Yey, we are finally outside the castle," mused Anna as she kept running on the deck of Kraken. Elsa noticed that the ship's crew were not amused but said nothing, as she kept standing on the side of the ship, looking downwards into the water.

"Queen Elsa?" asked Kristoff as he approached the Queen.

"Elsa, please call me Elsa. You are my family now, ever since you and Anna began courting," spoke Elsa. It still was hard for Kristoff to acknowledge that the Queen of Arendale treated him with such respect.

"Elsa," spoke Kristoff, "Are you alright? I mean, your sister is enjoying this trip, but you have been standing here for an hour already"

"Kristoff, my parents died at sea, and hence I am uneasy about traveling onboard a ship," spoke Elsa as Anna ran towards her.

"Elsa! Help! These men are mean to me," cried Anna as she ran quickly towards he sister, and hid behind Elsa's back.

"What's going on?" asked Elsa as a few men approached them.

"Your Majesty, Princess Anna has been running around the ship for a long time, and she almost broke some expensive jewelry," spoke one of the crewmembers.

"Anna,"

"Oh common Elsa, I have nothing to else to," spoke Anna as she felt ice stuck to her feet.

"Elsa!"

"I will release you as soon as you promise to calm down," spoke Elsa as she looked at her sister.

"Fine," replied Anna. Elsa thawed the ice, and the Princess journeyed into the cabins, where she promptly fell asleep.

A few days passed. That morning Elsa exited her cabin, and saw some outlines of a land ahead of them. "Your majesty, Kraken should arrive shortly to Valiance Keep," spoke a member of the crew as he left.

As the ship kept approaching the new land, Elsa saw that the continent was overall much colder than Arendale. The vegetation was scarce; the Queen noticed that the people were shivering from cold.

Finally the ship entered the harbor. "Anna, we are here," spoke Elsa as she journeyed to her sister's room, where she found the Princess soundly asleep, the red hair was everywhere.

"Anna," spoke Elsa firmer, and then made a gesture, creating some ice next to Anna.

"What? O, hi Elsa! Cold, cold," spoke Anna as she immediately jumped from the bed.

"We are here. Come, let's explore this land," spoke Elsa as she left her sister to dress up. Twenty minutes later, the whole group stood on the shores of the Keep. The ship sailed back.

"We need to get some warmer cloths," spoke Anna

"I agree. Anna, Kristoff, go and find some vendor who will sell you warmer clothing. I will meet with General Arlos. I remember Jaina told me to speak with him," spoke Elsa as she journeyed to the Keep, while Kristoff and Anna went to the inn. Olaf and Sven followed Anna, while her snow horse followed Elsa.

When Elsa arrived to the Keep, she left her horse in the stables, while she entered the building. The architecture was rather different than that of Arendale, although Elsa noted that the thick walls very useful in the case an invading army tried to enter the building.

Elsa journeyed to the second floor, and saw among other people a well-decorated man with an eye patch. "General Arlos? My name is Queen Elsa, Lady Jaina Proudmoore asked me to help during this campaign against the Lich King," spoke Elsa

"Lady Proudmoore informed me of your arrival. Welcome to the Borean Tundra, Your Majesty. The Valiance Expedition accepts all Alliance Forces that volunteer to help. I do advise however, that this is a very perilous land, and it gets really cold at times," spoke the General.

"It's fine, the cold never bothered me anyway," spoke Elsa.

"I am concerned though that your companions might find it difficult to travel in this land, so I arranged for the two of them to undergo at least some basic training. What kind of soldiers are they? Are both of them mages like yourself?" asked the General

"No. My sister is somewhat skilled with sword fighting, although she would use a bow during our time here. And her boyfriend will use an axe," spoke Elsa

"So a hunter and a warrior? Very well, I will call for a few of my men to give them brief training first thing tomorrow, and I suggest for you three to settle in the inn," spoke General Arlos as Elsa shook his hand, and then left the Keep.

She then went to the inn, where she found her sister drinking some substance. "Common lass, I am sure you could do better," one Dwarf kept encouraging her to drink some strange beverage.

"I, hic, I like, hic, this place," spoke Anna as she jumped on the table and began dancing.

"Anna, that's enough. Come, we need to find a room for us," spoke Elsa as she grabbed Anna's arm and tried to find Kristoff.

"Your Majesty, I mean Elsa, I found a reasonable room for us. It has two rooms, so that Sven and I could stay in the second room. The innkeeper charged me twice the rent for Sven to stay inside, but it was worth it," spoke Kristoff, as he helped Elsa to carry Anna.

The three soon entered the second floor of the inn, and Kristoff showed the two rooms. "Thank you Kristoff. General Arlos told me that his men would give both you and Anna tomorrow some military basic training. I recommend you two to rest," spoke Elsa

"Yes, Elsa," spoke Kristoff as he opened the door to his room, and saw that Even already lay on the floor. The reindeer enjoyed his new accommodations.

Elsa liked her room. She put Anna gently on the bed, and tucked her in. The Queen saw a few books and maps on the table, and sat on a chair, before she began exploring the geography of this new land. "Anna would surely love to visit this land of Dragonblight," smiled Elsa as she read just who resided there.

In a much colder place in the freezing mountains a man sat on a Frozen Throne. He held a large sharp sword in one hand.

"Master, my minions found the two bodies you requested for me to find," spoke the Lich as he led a few ghouls to the Lich King.

"Well done Kel'Thuzad. Bring the two bodies to me," spoke Arthas as the ghouls put the two bodies in front of him. One body belonged to a man in his mid forties, while another to a woman of the same age.

"Arise Agdar and Idun. The Lich King requires your service," spoke Arthas as he lifted his sword, and two bodies suddenly rose up.

"You are free to go," smiled the Lich King, as the two undead humans exited his throne room.

"I don't understand, Master, why do we need to have so pathetic undead in your army?" asked the Lich.

"Simple Kel'Thuzad. The Snow Queen had decided to join the Valiance Expedition against me, and I will use her parents to keep her in line. After all, they appear to have free will, but only limited, as I still exert influence over them. They wont get far from Ice Crown, and when I see that Snow Witch, I will make a great family reunion for her. She is perhaps one of our most formidable opponents, and I would love to see her join as one my high ranking members," spoke Arthas.

"Do you have any more requests for me, Lord?" asked Kel'Thuzad.

"No, continue your operations. Tell Drakuru that I will reward him if he succeeds in his plans," spoke the Lich King as his second in command left.

A/N: and now Elsa and Anna's parents are raised as undead scourge. Next chapter: Anna and Kristoff begin their training, while a few people at Valiance Keep ask the group to perform a few tasks.