AN: Little bit of a shorter one, but I didn't really know what to do, so I just got it done.
I also uploaded a chapter of the FF7 story yesterday. Go and check it out.
And like I said in that story, the most recent RWBY episode was the big one.
Anyway, onwards!
Chapter 133
Elsa, Queen of Arendelle, sat bored on her throne, lazily resting her head against a fist. Were it not for nonchalant pose, she would cast an imposing figure with her bright blonde hair tied into a braid and draped over her shoulder and shimmering light blue gown. While she always knew becoming Queen was an inevitability due to being the oldest, nothing really could have prepared her for how boring it could get sometimes.
Don't get her wrong, she knew she was doing important work, especially in light of all the trouble she had caused just weeks earlier during her coronation. If you could call losing control of her powers and turning her entire kingdom into a winter wonderland in the middle of summer "trouble". Ultimately, her people forgave her, and she had finally started to grow closer to her sister Anna, so all's well that ends well, she supposed.
After that whole mess, her first official decree as Queen was of course to banish the foreign diplomats that attempted to take advantage of Elsa losing control of her powers. While Hans, the manipulative prince who had tricked Anna into falling in love with him so he could try to steal throne, had been dealt with thanks to Sora and his friends, the other vultures, like the Duke of Weselton, had fled as soon as they could. It didn't take much to bar them from ever setting foot in Arendelle again.
After that, Elsa spent most of her time coordinating the rebuilding efforts, which only lasted a few days, and from then, it was mostly just tedious. A meeting here, a royal decree there, an advisor suggesting that she try to look for a husband to secure an heir every now and again, and you have a pretty good idea of what Elsa's life had become.
At least she had Anna. The two of them were closer than ever now that Elsa was no longer scared of her powers. And she also found herself becoming friends with Anna's new boyfriend, Kristoff. Elsa found that she liked the young man. He was earnest, hardworking, and absolutely adored Anna. Basically, he was everything Hans wasn't. She was happy for her sister.
And of course, she had her faithful companion, Olaf, the living snowman. She had created him when her powers went out of control, but he was great company. Quite the conversationalist, actually.
Speaking of Olaf, the snowman walked into the throne room, trying his best to sound official. She smiled at seeing him. She had to admit he was adorable, with his pudgy body. "Your Majesty, presenting Her Royal Highness, Princess Anna of Arendelle."
Elsa laughed. "Bring her in," she said. Olaf absolutely didn't need to do that, and Anna didn't need permission to enter, but the snowman liked feeling important.
A few seconds later, Anna walked in wearing a lovely green dress, her red hair braided into her signature twin-tails. Elsa stood up from her throne, and the sisters embraced each other.
Sure, they saw each other every day, but Elsa was finally no longer afraid of making contact with her, so she was making up for years of lost hugs.
"How are you doing?" Anna asked after the hug ended.
"Bored to tears," Elsa answered. Anna laughed.
"Well, it's your lucky day. I'm going out for dinner with Kristoff later, and you're going to help me get something to wear."
"Don't you have an entire wardrobe?" Elsa asked. "Why do you need to get something?"
"Those are all fancy," Anna said. "They're all perfect for a princess, but not exactly great for a girl out on the town with her boyfriend."
Elsa rolled her eyes. "If you say so."
"Besides, this'll get you out of this throne room."
"Lead the way, then."
Anna smiled at seeing Elsa so happy to be out of the castle. After her older sister spent so many years of her life in isolation due to fearing her own powers, it was nice for her to just get out and see the kingdom, spend time with her subjects, and just get some fresh air.
They had hit up several clothing stores, but none of them really had what Anna had been looking for. Sure, they all had cute dresses, but she really wanted something with some pizzaz. Something to really wow Kristoff.
"Cute" wasn't gonna cut it.
After only a few more minutes of walking, they saw the man himself.
"Kristoff!" she greeted happily, running towards him. He had been strapping his sled to his reindeer, Sven. He looked up and smiled happily at Anna, catching her in a hug.
"Hey," he greeted happily. "What are you doing here?"
"I took Elsa to help get me some stuff for our date," Anna explained, gesturing towards her sister, who was watching the couple from a distance with a smile on her face.
"Oh, uh, hey there, Your Majesty!" Kristoff greeted her.
"You know you can just call me 'Elsa', right?" Elsa asked.
"Y-yeah, but it's weird, you know?"
Elsa just shook her head in fake annoyance.
"So, I was going to surprise you, but how about you come with us to help me pick out a dress?" Anna asked, hugging Kristoff's arm.
"I'd love to, but I gotta head up into the mountains to get some ice for a delivery," he said. "It's why I was hooking Sven up to the sled."
"Oh," Anna said in disappointment. "But you'll be back tonight, right?"
"Of course," he said.
"Good."
"Queen Elsa! Princess Anna!" a new voice shouted, and the sisters turned to see a trio of people running towards them, one man and two women. The man had brown hair that fell past his shoulders, and a scar running diagonally across his face. He was wearing a black short-sleeved leather jacket with white fur lining the collar, black pants, and a lot of belts for some reason. One of the women had long brown hair tied in a braid with a pink ribbon, and wore a pink dress with brown boots. The other woman, who looked to be a few years younger than the other two, had black hair in a bob cut, and wore a black cropped tank top with a grey vest, short grey shorts, black thigh-high stockings, and grey knee-high boots.
"You need to come with us," the man said. "You're in terrible danger."
"Yeah, the Organization is coming for you!" the younger woman shouted.
"What?" Anna asked.
"Identify yourselves!" Elsa demanded, stepping defensively in front of Anna. She used a bit of her magic to conjure a small blizzard in the palm of her hand, ready to launch ice at them at a moment's notice.
The one in the pink dress held up a placating hand. "My name is Aerith. This is Yuffie and Leon," she said, gesturing to the younger woman and the man respectively. "We're friends of Sora, Donald, and Goofy."
"Wait, you know those three?" Anna asked.
"Yes," Leon said. "There's a group called Organization XIII that are coming after you. We were sent here to bring you to safety."
"Oh, it's a little late for that," a cocky voice said. Leon turned around and drew a large sword with a handle that vaguely shaped like a revolver, and Yuffie drew a large, four-pointed shuriken. Anna looked past all of them and saw two more new people.
They were both wearing identical long black coats. One of them was a woman with bright blonde hair and a twisted grin on her face. The other was a young man wearing a mask that looked kind of like a black fishbowl. It was actually kind of silly when combined with his coat.
"Those two are coming with us," the boy with the mask said.
"You'll have to get through us first," Yuffie said.
"Oh, I'm shaking in my boots," the blonde girl said before cackling maniacally. "Please, you losers are nothing compared to us."
"We were warned about you," Aerith said. "Larxene and Vanitas."
"You were warned about us?" Vanitas asked derisively, before summoning a weapon that looked a lot like those swords Sora used, but it was made of gears. "Then you should know how outclassed you really are."
"None of you are even Guardians," Larxene said, before summoning a bunch of small knives and holding them between her fingers. "You get in our way, you die. Simple as that."
Elsa suddenly launched a wave of razor-sharp ice at the duo, but Vanitas launched a wave of fire from his weapon to stop it.
"Oops," he said mockingly.
"Looks like the Queen has some fangs," Larxene said. "Good."
"Aerith, take Anna and Elsa and run," Leon said. "Yuffie and I will hold them off."
"But—" Aerith tried to say.
"Just do it!"
"…Fine!" Aerith said, grabbing Anna's hand. "Let's go!"
"Wait!" Anna shouted.
"Oh, no you don't!" Vanitas yelled, launching a fireball that knocked Aerith down.
"Gotcha!" Larxene shouted, launching some kind of dark orb at Anna.
"Anna!" Elsa yelled in concern, shoving her sister out of the way, only to get hit by the orb. It suddenly expanded, trapping Elsa in a sphere of dark energy.
"Elsa!" Anna yelled. Larxene pulled the sphere closer to her, but Elsa managed to pull one of her arms out.
"Run!" she yelled, using her magic to conjure a wall of ice separating them from everyone else. Larxene growled angrily, and the dark sphere expanded again, trapping Elsa's arm again.
"We need to go!" Leon shouted, helping Aerith get back up. "Aerith, get us out of here!"
"But what about Elsa?!" Anna shouted.
"We don't have time!"
"Stop!"
"Warp!" Aerith shouted, and the four of them disappeared in a flash of light.
"…So then he grabbed a shard of glass and cut my hair off," Rapunzel explained to Kairi, the two Princesses having decided to swap stories while Kairi was taking a break from her training. The story that Rapunzel had evidently chosen to tell was how she met her boyfriend Eugene. "So, I guess the magic faded, and Gothel just kind of, faded away. And then my tear healed Euegene, we moved into the castle, and I became the princess again."
Kairi sighed happily. "Eugene seems like a great guy," she said.
"Yeah, he is," Rapunzel said dreamily. "So, your turn."
"Huh?" Kairi asked. "What do you mean?"
"I told you about my boyfriend, so now you tell me about yours."
"Oh, I don't have one," Kairi said.
"Really?" Rapunzel asked, raising an eyebrow. "Sora isn't your boyfriend?"
"W-What?!" Kairi asked, blushing profusely. "No, he's not!"
"Don't you care about him? Like a lot?" Rapunzel asked.
"W-Well, yeah…"
"And he cares a lot about you?"
"…Yeah…"
"And you want to spend as much time as you can with him?"
"…" By now, Kairi's face was as red as a tomato.
"So, why isn't he your boyfriend?"
"I…I don't know," Kairi said with a sigh. "I guess… there's just always something going on for the last two years that we never got around to talking about… us."
"You know what I learned from everything that happened with Eugene?" Rapunzel asked. Kairi shook her head. "There really isn't going to be a 'right time' for something like this. Next time you see him, just tell him how you feel."
After a few seconds, Kairi nodded her head in determination. "I will."
A commotion near the entrance to the forest caught their attention, and the two Princesses got up to investigate.
They found a girl with red hair in a green dress arguing with Merlin and the Radiant Garden crew, similar to how Rapunzel had been when she arrived, only this girl was yelling about leaving behind people named "Elsa" and "Kristoff". Lea was watching from a distance, looking uncomfortable with the whole situation. Kairi approached her friend.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"Another Princess we rescued," he said. "Apparently, she and her sister were both Princesses of Heart, but they weren't able to save her sister. The Organization got to her first."
"Oh, no," Rapunzel said, concerned for the girl. Kairi and Rapunzel looked at each other for a second and nodded. They approached as Merlin finished explaining the situation to the girl, just like he had done for Rapunzel.
"I know how you feel," Rapunzel said. "I also had to leave behind people I care about when they saved me."
"Who are you?" the girl demanded.
"I'm Rapunzel. And this is Kairi. We're like you. We're Princesses of Heart. What's your name?"
"…Anna," the girl said. "My sister is apparently a Princess, too, but they wouldn't let us stay behind to save her."
"I'm sorry about that," Leon said. "We wanted to save Elsa, too, but we aren't strong enough to fight the Organization. Especially without Sora."
"What do you mean, 'without Sora'?" Anna asked. "What happened to him?"
"He's someone else right now, trying to find another one of our comrades," Kairi said. "Then we'll be able to take down the Organization for good and save your sister! I promise!"
"Promise?" Anna asked.
"Of course!"
Sephiroth stood triumphantly over Cloud, the blond man on his knees. Sephiroth smirked down at him, a dark fire appearing in his hand.
"I told you, didn't I?" he asked, and Cloud looked up at him with fear in his eyes. "You aren't strong enough to defeat me.
With one last look at Cloud's face, Sephiroth launched his attack.
Sephiroth awoke to realize that he had actually launched a magic blast at the ceiling in his sleep.
That was odd. He had never dreamed before. Especially not so vividly.
"Are you okay?" a sleepy voice asked. He looked down to see Emerald laying next to him, with her head resting on his chest. The blanket was the only thing that hid their bare forms from the world around them.
His unconscious attack had woken her, but she was luckily unharmed.
"It's nothing," he said, putting an arm around her. "It was just a dream."
"A bad one?" she asked, leaning closer to him.
"No. A very, very good one."
AN: So once again, I have only seen Frozen once so I wasn't even trying to make Anna and Elsa accurate. I was just going based off of what little I remembered from KH3.
So, after this, we're moving on to Volume 7! I'm still planning stuff out and recently replayed Arrowfell, so I can make changes. I'm really excited about what I'm coming up with, so hopefully once I finish writing the outline, I can get right to work on it.
I would like to remind everyone that this story has a TvTropes page!
As always, thank you very much for reading, and I'll see you all next time!