Author's Note: Hey there! Sorry about the delay, it's been a busy few days for me.

Kristoff

"Elsa! I have to speak with you, away from everyone else! It's important!" said Kristoff, huffing for breath as he did so.

"Kristoff, now isn't exactly the time," she said back him with a glance at the guests from Weselton. Captain Wells was glowering at her again but didn't seem inclined to get up again. Lord Derek, meanwhile, sounded as if he was trying to convince Kai to bring out bigger glasses for wine.

Krisoff sighed and sank into his seat. Leaning in so that only Elsa would hear, he said "Elsa, I think that Anna can do magic."

Elsa dropped her wine, although she froze it before it could make a real mess. A servant came over and scooped up the frozen wine and replaced her glass. Once out of earshot, she spoke in a hushed voice. "What? That's impossible. Anna doesn't have magic, I would know, she would have said something."

"That's what I thought, but when I was talking to her earlier I think that she threw a blast of smoke at the door to drive me off."

"Maybe she's been spending too much time with the alchemists," Elsa said in an attempt to lighten the mood. Anna had imported several alchemists from the Germanies a couple weeks before with the surface excuse that they might be able to 'tap into Elsa's power.' So far the only thing that they did was make fireworks and other fun explosives, but Anna insisted that they were 'making something amazing.'

Kristoff shook his head. "Not even they would be foolish enough to give Anna explosives. Besides, this didn't feel like their work. This felt alive."

Elsa was ecstatic, but continued to speak in hushed tones. "Do you think it might have been that mirror?"

Kristoff nodded and then frowned. "I can't think of what else it could be, but that's just it. I think that it's doing something to her. Tonight she was acting crazy Elsa, I swear. I just don't understand her anymore. She's even closed and locked her door."

Elsa leaned in and patted him on his thigh to comfort him. "Just go talk to her. If she really has gained magical abilities, then ask her about them. She'll understand I'm sure. Don't worry about it."

Just then, black forms appeared and danced against Elsa's skin, causing her to shiver. She flexed and once a thin sheet of ice went up her arm to block them, the forms vanished.

Kristoff looked down and saw that similar forms had begun to creep towards his groin. "I'm going to go see Anna. I think that it's time we had an honest talk," he said under his breath in a tone so quiet that Elsa could only just heard him. Then he got up and marched out.

Elsa

Elsa thought about joining him in talking to Anna, but knew that the disappearance of the whole royal family, so to speak, would do more harm than good, so she stayed and smiled as more Weselton representatives came up to her to say hello and offer their own apologies, no matter how insincere those apologies might sound.

She glanced over at Lord Derek to see what he was up to. Although she'd only known him a few days, Elsa had the impression that Lord Derek could be counted on to cause a distraction or create some other kind of entertainment that would take the attention off of her.

"What the devil?" Cried Lord Derek just as soon as the thought passed through her mind. She saw dark forms slide across his forehead and sink in.

"Is everything alright, Lord Derek," asked an older noble sitting near him.

"I'm fine, I just have a headache, that's all," he said as the dark forms burrowed deeper into his skull.

The noble shrugged and joined a conversation next to him. It seemed that she was the only one who could see the things crawling across Lord Derek's face, so Elsa got up to see if she could help him.

"Lord Derek," she said as she moved toward him, but he held up a hand.

"Your Majesty, I am fine," he said to her. He then closed his eyes, gripped the table, and concentrated. Within moments, the dark forms were expelled and then quickly faded away. "I look forward to the return of my property tomorrow, however," he said with a glance upstairs.

Elsa gulped. He knew.

Anna

Something was wrong, Anna knew that within moments of seeing Estelle. The other images had been fuzzy around the edges, true, but the instant that Estelle came into focus, black cracks began to schism through her, partly blocking her from sight.

Anna concentrated on her and tried to bring her back into focus, but it didn't help.

"What the devil?" Came Lord Derek's voice out of the mirror.

"What was that?" Asked Anna of the magic mirror on the wall.

"Lord Derek's thoughts are breaking through. Ignore them and focus on Estelle. Sense her, learn where she is."

Anna nodded and redoubled her attention. The image cleared up again and details began to leak through. Thoughts of Weselton and its capitol came to her, and she began to place together where this Estelle might live.

"Could I do this to anyone?" Asked Anna, but the image then began to crack again as Lord Derek's voice came back.

"I do not know who or what you are, but know this. The last person who scoured my mind wound up dead at the tip of my sword and she was searching for far less intimate information. Stop now, or suffer."

It boomed through the room, and Anna almost fell back in shock and horror. "He knows?" Asked Anna of the magic mirror.

"Silence you fool, or do you wish him to hear you as well?" It shouted at her, and so Anna thought harder at him in an attempt to gather more details. She didn't want to do this anymore, but to stop would be to admit defeat and there was a part of her that was urging her onwards, to quash this insolent interloper and show him who was in charge.

The image broke into pieces as Lord Derek spoke again, this time not to her. "Your Majesty, I am fine." Was her sister still down there? Lord Derek interrupted her thoughts. "Yes, your Highness, she is. This magic goes both ways, and I hope that you explore this avenue no more."

With that, the image exploded and the power that Anna had been pouring into the mirror she had been using threw Anna into the wall behind her as it snapped back at her, filling her room with darkness as it did so.

"What was that?" Asked Anna, still dazed from the throw. She watched the darkness ooze out of the room and hoped that no one could see it.

"That was what happens to shadow magic when it is not properly attended to. Have you discovered Estelle's location?"

A mass of angry, protective thoughts surged into her mind. She wasn't sure what to say. Part of her wanted to say 'No, let's not look anymore,' but the small, angry thing from before said 'I know enough, let's go hunting.'

"I'm not sure. Maybe later, mirror," was what came out.

The face in the mirror scowled, but bowed his head. "Of course. Just remember that I do not have much longer with you, since your sister did promise my return, so make well your time with me."

Anna bit her lip. "What else is there to learn that's not spying?"

"Much. Would you like to learn to defy gravity?"