"Where's Anna? I haven't seen her all day," said Kristoff. He and Elsa had just sat down to a large state dinner with Lord Derek and the various important dignitaries that come with him. It seemed that while he was the official speaker for the group, the dissenting nobles in Weselton had managed to get their own agents onto the ship as well. Elsa had decided that if she was really going to make peace then she should the whole batch of them in front of her so they knew she was serious about it. One of them, a sour faced man dressed all in black, kept glaring at Elsa.
"I think that she's still in her room playing with that thing," said Elsa with a glance toward the side entrance.
"Maybe she's just trying to catch up on all the places she's never been to before she has to give it back. It's not like I was any more entertaining than that today, unless she wanted to see me get my ass kicked," said Kristoff as he rubbed a sore.
"She might have enjoyed that a lot, actually. She was pretty upset this morning. I wasn't angry with you and I still had fun watching you getting red all over," said Elsa as she reached for a glass of wine.
"Well of course you liked it. Why wouldn't you enjoy seeing me swinging my sword around all over the hall?" said Kristoff with a grin.
Elsa snorted into her wine. "Maybe she was better off in her room after all. No sense in getting her any more riled up."
"Riled up about what?" came Anna's voice from behind them. Kristoff and Elsa turned in their seats to see Anna dressed in a beautiful, sleek black dress that would shimmer with color each time she sashayed forward. It almost reminded Kristoff of the dress that Elsa had worn when he first met her, but this was grander, more awe inspiring.
"Anna! You look amazing," said Kristoff as he stood up to pull out her seat.
"Thank you, Kristoff," Anna said with a polite smile as she sank into seat.
"Anna, where did you get that? It's wonderful," said Elsa as she admired the dress. Anna just shrugged.
"I don't remember, to be honest. I've had it for some time," she began, but whatever else she was going to say was interrupted by a man dressed in black, who just marched up to Anna and started speaking.
"I can think of only way a dress like that might be acquired, your highness, and that is through witchcraft. It is as sure a sign of dark forces at work as any other," said the man in black as he all but pointed a finger at her and cried "Burn the witch!"
"I'm not sure what you're talking about, this is a perfectly natural dress," Anna stammered as she blushed a deep crimson.
"I don't know who you think you are, getting off on accusing Anna of witchcraft, but if you think that shouting it in front of everyone here will make it come true then I have a fist that would like to meet your face!" snarled Kristoff as he leapt up to defend Anna.
"I care not if your own desperate affections for her have blinded you to what she is but mine have not and I know what she is. Anna of Arendelle, I name thee …"
"That's enough!" howled Lord Derek from across the room. He thundered up to the man and gripped him by the shoulder. "Captain Wells, you will refrain from accusing any member of the Arendelle royal family of witchcraft. I had thought that given the nature of our mission to Arendelle you would know better than that, but it would seem that a more personal explanation is in order. Your majesty, your highness, Kristoff, please excuse us for a moment." Lord Derek bowed and forced Captain Wells down with him, who winced at the pressure that Lord Derek had on him. Lord Derek then frog marched him out to the side hall.
"I wonder what he's going to tell him," asked Kristoff.
"I bet he's just going to give him a slap on the wrist," said Anna flippantly.
Then Lord Derek's voice came booming into the hall and everyone else fell silent. "You ignorant, pig faced worm of a man! What the hell do you think you're doing? Queen Elsa and Princess Anna have treated us with more respect than anyone from Weselton deserved after the former Duke made an ass of himself and by extension all of Weselton by his wretched, stupid antics! I am here on a mission of peace and with God as my witness you will not make a mockery of it as well! Witch hunting is what got everyone into this mess and it will do nothing but cause more trouble if you bring it up again! I don't care how much the King likes you, if you dare accuse Princess Anna, or Queen Elsa, or Kristoff, or Olaf or anyone else who lives here of witch craft again, I will shove my boot so far up your ass that it will knock out your teeth! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR, CAPTAIN?" Captain Wells muttered something and Lord Derek spoke again. "Good. Do not make me say this again or it will not go well for you."
A few moments later and they saw Lord Derek and Captain Wells walk calming back into the room. Captain Wells was rubbing his shoulder and Lord Derek looked to be the angriest they had ever seen him. They both walked up to Anna and Captain Wells gave a curt bow.
"I am sorry I insulted you, your highness. I will ensure that it does not happen again," Captain Wells said before he walked briskly back to his seat.
Lord Derek then bowed as well. "I am sorry for his actions as well. I have known him to be a reasonable man, and I hope that he did not put a damper on our talks, your Majesty," he said as a moderate amount of fear entered his eyes.
"A single outburst from a lone dissenter should not speak for the whole. Besides, I heard your little talk with him and so I am sure that he does not speak for you, Lord Derek," said Elsa with a benign smile.
Lord Derek relaxed. "Thank you your majesty." He bowed again and then went back to his seat.
"You're just going to let him insult me like that and then walk away?" Asked Anna with righteous indignation.
"Anna, you heard what Lord Derek said to him as well as I did. I'm sure that whatever I might do to him will be nothing next to what Lord Derek would do. Besides, these are peace talks," said Elsa.
Anna rolled her eyes. "If he'd said it to you," she began, but Elsa interrupted her.
"I would have done the same thing, as I suspect that Captain Wells isn't someone Lord Derek chose to bring along of his own free will."
"Well, if you're just going to let them insult me like that, then there's no sense in my staying, is there?" said Anna as she got up to leave.
"Anna, wait!" cried Kristoff as he ran out into the hall to catch her.
Elsa sighed. It would be so nice when they finally explained everything to Anna and she wasn't so furious about everything.