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Chapter Summery: Iduna and Elsa joins Anna in her training and although the awkwardness of the mornings event remains, Iduna attempts to reduce it by confronting it directly through conversation.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Frozen, Tangled or any other Disney characters or locations that appear or are mentioned in this work of fiction, Disney does.
- 1:34 P.M. -
While the awkwardness between Iduna and her daughters remained, it varied between the two. Anna and Iduna's awkwardness had decreased enough to have casual conversation with only slight feelings of weirdness, mostly on Anna's part. Elsa and Iduna's interaction on the other hand, while improved, wasn't by much, Elsa still couldn't look her mother in the eyes, which made the interaction awkward for both of them.
"I'm so glad you changed your mind about training with me!" commented Anna as she, Iduna and Elsa walked out of the castle, with Anna between the two of them.
"Yeah, well, I figured it couldn't hurt." commented Elsa.
Despite Elsa's earlier denial of joining Anna in training her magic, she had now joined the two, urged on by Agnarr, who recalled Anna mentioning that she would like Elsa to join her in training her magic more, and decided to 'push' her into it, saying it would be good if the three of them could work through the awkwardness that surrounded them.
'Ugh, how in the world are we going to get rid of this weirdness with Mother?' thought Elsa. 'I can't even look her in the eyes after what happened.'
"I'm glad you decided to join us too." commented Iduna. "Even if you don't end up practicing your magic, you could at least show off what you can do for me, right?" she added, leaning forward with a smile to look a Elsa, who still avoided her gaze as she gave a simple, "Sure." However, Iduna was rather disappointed and walked in front of Elsa, stopping them briefly. "It's been hours, you still can't look at me?"
"Sorry." replied Elsa. "I just can't." she added, which prompted a sigh from Iduna.
"Then, maybe we should just talk about what happened this-"
Iduna was quickly cut off when Anna commented a "Nope!" as she promptly walked ahead, followed by Elsa as she added, "Nope, we don't have to! Nope, nope, nope!"
"But it could be good for us to discuss this." urged Iduna, as she quickly caught up to her daughters, now at Elsa's left, who commented...
"Even if that's true, I'm not ready to talk about what happened. I'd rather forget it even happened."
"Same here." added Anna, which prompted a disappointed sigh from Iduna.
"Alright then." commented Iduna, before she thought. 'But simply avoiding the issue won't make it go away. The awkwardness is gonna be there until we face it head on. The sooner we do it the better.'
"Anyway..." began Anna. "How's grandma doing?"
"She's doing great." replied Iduna with a smile. "It's surprising how much energy she has for her age, especially compared to before."
"Well, that's good." commented Elsa.
Iduna was a little surprised when she felt her right hand grabbed by Elsa, prompting her to look at her and saw Elsa briefly glance at her, their eyes meeting for just a second before Elsa averted her gaze. However, Iduna smiled at Elsa even attempting and managing to meet her gaze, even if just for a second.
"Yeah, I'm glad she's back to how she was before." added Anna. "Heh, maybe we can make a quick visit later to personally see how she's doing." commented Anna, prompting a little chuckle from Iduna as Anna looked over to Iduna, but saw her and Elsa holding hands and quickly walked in front of them to stand at Iduna's left to take her hand. "I want some this hand-holding action too!" commented Anna.
"Heh, your welcome to it." replied Iduna, before Anna blushed and briefly averted her gaze with a smile.
"Even after what shall not be mentioned, I don't want you to feel like I'm avoiding you." commented Anna.
"Thanks." replied Iduna with a smile.
"M-Me too." added Elsa nervously. "I mean, I 'was' avoiding you earlier, but I don't want to." she continued, as she attempted to meet Iduna's gaze again, this time just long enough for Iduna to say "Thank you." before she looked away again, though Iduna squeezes Elsa's hand.
While the awkwardness between them had decreased some, the trio didn't talk much as they walked through town, where much of their conversations were with the townspeople, particularly with Iduna as they made their way out of town.
"Alright, how about we start with Elsa?" declared Anna happily as the trio arrived at the shore.
"What? Me?" asked Elsa. "You're the one that wanted to train."
"Yeah, but I wanna see you do some water stuff. Give me and Mother a show!" added Anna, prompting a chuckle from not only Iduna, but Elsa as well as she sighs and shakes her head.
"A show, huh?" commented Elsa, before looking out to the water. "Well, I haven't really worked with anything bigger than a sink, so..."
"Oh!" gasped Anna delightfully as she draped an arm over Elsa's shoulder's with a grin. "Just ~Let it gooo! Don't hold back-~"
"Stop that!" gasped Elsa as her face reddened with a smile as she pushed Anna away, who giggled and continued...
"~Let us in, let us see, what a good girl-~"
Anna was immediately halted from continuing as Elsa gave a flick with her right hand and a band of ice covered Anna's mouth.
"Ok, ok! I'll do it!" declared Elsa. "Just don't sing that with Mother right here!" she added, while Iduna chuckled and Anna lifted a hand up to melt the ice, while Iduna asked...
"So, what's the significance of that song you find so embarrassing?"
"N-Nothing!" quickly answered Elsa, momentarily meeting Iduna's gaze, before Anna happily commented...
"It's a song Elsa came up when she ran away to the North Mountain. It starts a little sad, but it picks up and is REALLY good."
"Ohhh, I'd love to hear it." stated Iduna. "Both of you have always had a wonderful voice."
"Ugh, maybe later..." answered Elsa, with a hand over her face. "MAYBE!"
"Alright." answered Iduna.
"Anyway..." stated Elsa, eyeing Anna with a smile. "You have a couple of songs too. Hmm, how did one of them go... Ahem, ~For the first time in forever...~ she sang, prompting a grin on Anna's face.
"Oh, you picked the wrong one if you're trying to embarrass me." replied Anna, before she cleared her throat and began to sing. "~For the first time in forever, There'll be music, There'll be liiight!~"
Iduna, meanwhile, enjoyed the impromptu performance by Anna, who was quite animated and clearly delighted to sing for her mother. However, Iduna and Anna herself got a surprise treat when Elsa joined in on the song, with some clear eye flirting between the two, which ended as they stared into each others eyes...
"~For the first time in forever, I'm getting what I'm dreaming of, A chance to change my lonely world, A chance to find true love!~"
Clearly lost in the song, the sisters both gasped and blushed brightly when Iduna clapped excitedly, prompting them to pull away, averting their gaze from each other.
"That was lovely!" declared Iduna. "Again! Encore! Encore!" she added, earning herself an embarrassed chuckle from Anna.
"M-Maybe later."
"Aww..." playfully pouts Iduna. "Heh, ok then." she added, before noticing Elsa smiling at her, persisting a few seconds after she met her gaze, before shyly looking away.
"Anyway..." stated Elsa, looking out to the water. "We came out here to practice. Not to sing."
"So, got an idea of what to do?" asked Anna.
"Hmm..." hummed Elsa, before she took a few steps towards the water, before speaking to herself, "I got a lot to work with, so what if I..."
Elsa extended her hands out, before Anna and Iduna saw a mass of water rise from the lake a few yards from the shore. While Elsa was simply lifting a large amount of water, the two still looked on in awe, before Elsa swept her arms to her left, followed by the mass of water following the act and circle left towards them and continued as Elsa spun around, prompting another round of awe from Iduna and Anna as a wall of water circled around them and persisted as the other end returned to the water.
"Whoa!" gasped Iduna and Anna as they observed the wall of water, which even some fish still swam through.
"Heh, how's that for my first real attempt at using my water magic?" asked Elsa proudly, as she returned to the two with a smile on her face.
"Impressive." commented Iduna, lifting her hand up towards a fish swimming in front of her and touching the water near it, causing it to swim away.
"Yeah..." added Anna. "I wasn't expecting something like this at the start."
"Heh, I may not go out and specifically train, but I do little things here and there." commented Elsa proudly as she also admired her work, before Anna gasped and turned to her.
"Oh hey, I just thought of something awesome if you could do it!"
"What is it?" asked Elsa.
"Could you make a water bubble around us and lead us under the water, so we can see the fish in their own home?" asked Anna excitedly.
"Hmm, I don't see why not."
However, between Anna's suggestion and Elsa's answer, Iduna felt her heart race as she glanced at the body of water near them. She was fine bathing in the water, even swimming on the surface, but going under could be a problem. She didn't voice her concern though, but crossed her arms in front of her chest.
Elsa then returned the water back to the lake and walked up to the shore, before extending her hands and parting the water about a yard in front of her, exposing the ground beneath it, before looking back to the two and commenting...
"I'll go first as a test, to spare you getting wet if I mess up."
"Alright." replied Anna, followed by Iduna simply adding...
"Ok."
The two saw Elsa advance further in and down the slope as the water parted around her, then joined about a yard behind her as she walked below the surface of the water and disappeared beneath it, leaving Iduna and Anna both in awe.
"Whoa... she did it." commented Anna, walking up to the shore where Elsa stood, before kneeling and lowering her right hand down to the sand. "I can sense her, she's still walking further in... oh, she stopped... and she's walking again."
"Back to us?" asked Iduna as she walked up to Anna's right.
"No, she's still going further in." answered Anna. "... She stopped again... She's coming back now." she added, before walking back a couple paces, followed by Iduna as they waited for Elsa to reemerge.
The two could see a shadow form under the water before a hole appeared and grew as Elsa emerged from the water with a smile, though still stood within the boundary of the water, in a yard-sized circle.
"Well, that was an interesting experience." commented Elsa, before Iduna asked...
"So, you're confident in it?"
"Yeah, the bubble is pretty easy to maintain." answered Elsa, looking down to the circle that remained around her. "Although, I'd recommend leaving your shoes. The ground is pretty soft and your feet will sink into it a bit."
"Alright!" replied Anna excitedly as she quickly began removing her shoes.
However, Elsa noticed Iduna clearly didn't share the excitement and closed her eyes as she took a deep breath.
"Mother? Is something wrong?"
"Huh? Oh, it's nothing, I'm fi-" quickly replied Iduna with a smile, before stopping herself as she recalled her conversation with her sister that morning, telling her she wouldn't keep things bottled up. "Actually... I have a bit of a fear of being under the water."
"Oh..." replied Elsa, while Anna as well looked at Iduna with surprise, before the realization struck both of them and Elsa added. "Oh! Right! I'm so sorry!"
"We can do something else." quickly added Anna, before a light chuckle left Iduna.
"Thank you for the consideration, but I want to do this." stated Iduna.
"You don't have to." replied Elsa.
"I know, I want to." stated Iduna with a smile. "Besides, I know I'm safe with you two. Plus, if I can do this, it'll be good for me mentally."
"Well..." commented Anna, walking up to Iduna and offer her right hand. "As long as this is something you want to do, then we'll support you as much as you want us to."
"Thank you." replied Iduna with a smile as she took Anna's hand, before removing her shoes with her other hand, standing and looking out at the water and taking another slow breath. "Ok, time to face another fear today."
"Another fear?" asked Elsa as the pair walked into the yard-sized circle with her, which she extended to about double, so they weren't so closed in.
"Earlier this morning, I met up with Nokk, by choice." answered Iduna, quickly adding the ending comment when the sisters both gasped. "I didn't want to leave without at least trying to meet him face to face."
"So, what happened?" asked Anna.
"I managed to have a conversation with him, and he actually apologized for what he did." answered Iduna with a smile. "I accepted it, but I couldn't forgive him. I'm not sure if I ever could, to be honest, but our relationship has made a step towards being better."
"Wow..." commented Anna with a smile. "I'm proud of you."
"So am I." replied Elsa, before she and Anna hugged her, prompting a chuckle from Iduna as she placed her free arm around Elsa.
"Thank you." stated Iduna, before pulling away. "I want to make the most of this second chance I've been given, and I don't want to waste it stressing out over things within my power to change. Like Nokk, what he did to me isn't right, but the Enchanted forest is his home, and it's where my family lives, and I'm not going to let Nokk scare me away from them, so I have to be able to co-exist with him. I don't have to be his friend, I just have to tolerate him." explained Iduna with a smile. "So, no running from things or bottling stuff up. If something's on my mind that I feel needs to be said, I will voice it."
"Yeah..." replied Elsa with a smile. "Communication is important in any relationship."
"Right..." added Iduna, before briefly averting her gaze with a blush. "So, I'd like it if we could talk about what happened this morning."
At this suggestion, the mood quickly changed to one of awkwardness as the sisters faces turned red and Elsa commented...
"Why? Let's just forget it ever happened."
"But that doesn't fix anything." stated Iduna. "If we never talk about it, then this awkward air will hang around us. It'll be embarrassing to talk about it, sure, but I think it would be better for all of us if we could talk through it."
Following a reluctant groan from Elsa, Anna smiled and replied...
"Yanno what, I agree."
"What!?" gasped Elsa.
"I mean, think about it, there's no 'forgetting it happened'-"
"Well, there's Emory." chimed in Elsa, lowly.
"Seriously?" asked Anna with an annoyed frown.
"I'm just pointing out the options there." added Elsa, sheepishly looking away.
"And are you seriously suggesting we take that route?" asked Anna.
"... no." admitted Elsa.
"Anyway..." continued Anna. "If we just plug our ears to it, the awkwardness may decrease, but it'll never go away."
"But there's no guarantee it'll go away if we talk it out." countered Elsa.
"Sure, but if we don't talk it out, it'll be a weird, uncomfortable awkwardness hanging around for sure; but if we talk about it, maybe it would be a more positive awkwardness, something we could look back at and laugh about. Wouldn't that be better?"
"Of course it would." answered Elsa, before lifting a hand to her forehead and sighing. "Ok... fine, we can talk about it, but AFTER our trip under the water. I need time to mentally prepare for this."
"I'll agree to that." replied Iduna.
"Me too." added Anna.
"... Good." stated Elsa with a sigh, before Iduna commented delightfully...
"Well, let's get this underwater adventure started, shall we?"
"Yeah, let's." replied Elsa, before turning around and beginning to walk, followed by Anna and Iduna as they saw themselves going deeper and further into the water, shielded by the invisible force that kept the water from them.
Upon walking far enough for the water to cover them, leaving them in a water bubble, Anna felt Iduna's hand grip hers tighter and looked over to see Iduna with her free hand up to her chest and while Iduna still looked amazed, there were hints of worry in her eyes as well and Anna squeezed Iduna's hand back and stepped closer to her, drawing her gaze.
"If you get overwhelmed, just let us know." commented Anna, earning herself a smile from Iduna and Elsa's curiously looking back at them.
"I will." replied Iduna, before lowering her hand from her chest. "I'm fine for now. Just a bit anxious."
"We won't go too far." stated Elsa. "Just past this hill to the flat ground, so you won't have to worry about falling."
"Alright, good enough for me." replied Iduna, before looking out to the water to her right, seeing fish swimming around. "Despite my anxiousness though, this is an impressive experience."
"Yeah it is!" added Anna delightfully. "And to think, you didn't want to come train, Elsa. You wouldn't have even known you could do this."
"Heh, yeah, yeah." replied Elsa with a smirk. "I guess I could join you more often." she added, before the slope the trio walked flattened out. "... and we've reached the bottom." Announced Elsa, stopping and turning to face the two, who looked around at the watery sight around them.
"It's a bit darker than I thought it would be though." commented Anna, before she felt Iduna release her hand and walk to her right, to the edge of the bubble, looking out at the fish swimming around. Elsa and Anna both watched Iduna as Elsa replied...
"Yeah, but how often are you swimming to the bottom of the lake?"
"Well, there was that one time I used my magic to 'fly' under the water, but I wasn't focused on how bright or not it was at the bottom." answered Anna, before she walked up to Iduna's left, joined by Elsa to her right, who asked...
"Seeing anything interesting?"
"Not particularly." answered Iduna with a smile as she continued to look into the water, before lifting her right hand up to her chest. "My anxiousness is calming down a bit. I'm glad I was able to experience this with you two." she added, before Anna chuckled and commented...
"Well, with the two of us here, you're perfectly safe!"
The comment prompted a chuckle from Elsa and Iduna, before the trio heard an odd thud behind them that caused them to look back and see that a fish had mistakenly swam into the bubble and flopped around on the floor.
"Oh, guess that can happen." commented Anna, before she began to head towards the fish, but Iduna quickly walked ahead of her.
"I got it." commented Iduna, before she knelt down to pick up the wriggling fish and earning a giggle from Elsa and Anna as it flopped out of her hold a couple of times before she got a good grip on it and pushed it out of the bubble.
However, Iduna received a fright when something quickly swam in from the corner of her vision to her left. While she could recognize it was a fish, a rather sizable one, the surprise of its appearance caused her to briefly mistake it for Nokk, causing her to gasp out and fall back to her rear as she felt her heart race and her breathing quicken.
"What's wrong!?"
"What happened!?
Anna and Elsa asked respectively as they hurried to their mothers side.
"I-I'm f-fine." stuttered out Iduna, closing her eyes and taking deep breathes. "I j-just mistook a shadow for something else, I..." she added, before her stressed mind focused on the sound of the water around her, causing her to quickly lift her hands up over her ears, but she felt like she was already spiraling towards panicking as she felt her heart thumping in her chest so hard it almost hurt as the horrible memory came to her as she reflexively began to hold her breath.
Elsa, seeing Iduna cover her ears and breath in but not out, quickly acted, freezing the ground beneath them and extending the bubble upward to visible sky, before she quickly lifted them up to the water's surface and swiftly back to the shore.
"We're not at the bottom of the lake anymore." commented Elsa. "You're safe."
"Yeah, you're ok!" quickly added Anna, teary-eyed at the sudden state Iduna was in, and quickly hugged her, but to Anna's surprise, the action seemed to make Iduna panic and attempted to squirm away, which caused Anna to quickly release her.
Seeing the reaction Iduna had to being hugged, Elsa then knelt in front of her, gently cupping Iduna's face in her hands, her cheeks puffy from the breath she was still holding. While flinching at the touch, it wasn't met with trying to get away.
"Open your eyes, Mother. It's just me and Anna here." stated Elsa, however, seeing Iduna refusing to and her face reddening from lack of breathing, a look of panic started to come to Elsa's face before she herself took a breath and repeated softly, "Just open your eyes, that's all you have to do."
After what felt like a long moment of waiting, Elsa saw Iduna open her left eye, quickly looking around, before Elsa sighed in relief when Iduna released her held breath and took a few deep breathes following, before lowering her hands from her ears and down to Elsa's on her face and taking them in her hands as she looked down to the grass beneath her.
As Iduna was allowed to calm down, Anna rubbed her back comfortingly, before Iduna's breathing slowed to a normal rate and she spoke.
"I'm sorry."
"For what?" asked Elsa and Anna.
"For ruining our trip."
"You didn't ruin it!" quickly replied Elsa.
"Yeah!" added Anna. "If you're not having a good time, neither are we... wait, no-"
"It was just a fish..." muttered Iduna, disappointment in herself as the tears brimmed her eyes. "Am I really so broken that-"
"Hey, no!" declared Anna, positioning herself beside Elsa and lifting their mothers face to look at her. "Don't go there. You said you were anxious before that happened, but you were brave enough to face your fear, the fish just tipped you over. It's ok, I've experienced the same thing, something seemingly insignificant triggering a freak out."
"You have?" asked Iduna, "What happened- if you don't mind telling me." she added, which prompted a small blush to come to Anna's face as she glanced to Elsa, who looked a little embarrassed, but nodded her head.
"Well..." started Anna. "I joined Elsa in getting a special haircut with one of those really sharp blades Father would use for his beard. But, I couldn't handle seeing a blade even as small as that near Elsa, because of what happened with Hans. It affected me so much I had to leave the room before I made a scene. I knew Elsa was safe, but I also saw the blade as a threat and I couldn't balance it out in my head."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." replied Iduna. "But, a haircut, with a razor blade?" she asked, which prompted an embarrassed chuckle from Elsa as she commented.
"Y-Yeah, just don't think about it too hard."
"Heh, alright then." replied Iduna after a sigh, before taking a slow deep breath and releasing Elsa's hands. "I've calmed down now, thank you, you two."
"You're welcome." stated Elsa with a smile, before Anna hugged Iduna again, joined by Elsa, earning themselves a chuckle from Iduna.
"Well, I won't attempt a repeat today." commented Iduna, as Elsa and Anna released her and looked at Elsa. "But I would like to try this again in the future."
"Alright." replied Elsa. "We don't need to go to the bottom next time."
"Ok."
"Well then..." started Anna as she stood and offered her hand to Iduna, who took it and stood, along with Elsa. "It's my turn to train my Earth magic."
"Oh wait." stated Iduna. "We agreed we'd talk about what happened this morning." added Iduna, prompting Elsa and Anna's faces to redden.
"Right... that." muttered Elsa, before Anna added...
"Well, do we have to just sit here and talk? I'd prefer we multi-task. I train, while you and Elsa talk, and I'll chime in or comment when needed."
"Sure, ok." replied Iduna. "As long as the conversation happens. Elsa?"
"Ugh... ok, fine, let's get this over with." groaned Elsa, before Anna retrieved her shoes, but not putting them on, along with Iduna, before Anna lead them about a minute into the forest to a decently open area.
"Here is good enough." commented Anna, dropping her shoes near a tree, which Iduna also placed her shoes down beside and stood with her back to the tree while Elsa stood opposite to her against a tree, facing her, but looking to Anna as she asked...
"So, any idea of what you wanna train?"
"Yeah." answered Anna. "I can make vines, but that wasn't my original goal, I wanted to be able to create or at least move the ground." she added, before Iduna asked...
"So, something like flattening out the ground for a road?"
"Yeah, that's a good idea." replied Anna. "Perhaps I could gently re-position the trees for easier travel. Oh! Oh! Or, I could make my own earthen castle!" she added excitedly, prompting a chuckle from Elsa.
"Just start small for now." commented Elsa.
"Hehe, whatever you can do with ice, I should be able to do with the ground." commented Anna.
"Oh, so you'll dress yourself in dirt?" teased Elsa.
"Heh, well, maybe not that." replied Anna with a smile, before she knelt down in front of the small clearing in front of her and placed her hand to the ground.
"Wait a minute..." commented Iduna. "Considering you can create glass from your use of fire, what if you could create things made from the earth, like gemstones?"
"Ohhh, that's right!" gasped Anna, as she stood and face Iduna with delight. "Diamonds and stuff are made through pressure within the earth!"
"Pressure is just one factor." commented Elsa. "You can't just pick up a handful of dirt and crush it into a diamond."
"Maybe not." commented Anna. "But who knows with magic. If I combine my fire and earth magic and the same pressure I used to make glass, I could be wearing a dress of diamonds in the future!"
"Hehe, and blind anyone near you." teased Elsa.
"Ah, right, heh..." replied Anna with a chuckle. "My glass is already sparkly. A diamond dress would be a bit much. Then... I could make jewelry! Yeah, that'll work, and I wouldn't need to make a second sun with the heat and pressure it would take to make a diamond dress."
"Yes, one sun is enough, thank you." commented Elsa, followed by a chuckle from Iduna, before Anna knelt again and placed her hands on the ground.
"Alright, I have a goal to work towards." commented Anna. "You two can talk about what happened this morning." she added, which prompted a groan from Elsa as she placed a hand over her face.
"Yanno, it was you who was so willing to have this talk." stated Elsa. "Maybe you two should go first."
"Fine by me." replied Anna. "As long as we don't need to be sitting together, focusing just on each other. Multitasking will make it easier, for me at least."
"Alright then." stated Iduna. "Since I brought this up, I'll start. There's something I have to admit though..." she added, before smiling shyly and averting her gaze. "A few days ago, during my visit here, that morning, after following Anna to Elsa's room, I kinda... listened in a bit."
Elsa and Anna both, took a moment to think back to the moment, before gasping a looking to their Mother.
"What!?" they both gasped.
"Only briefly!" quickly added Iduna, red-faced. "I left when I realized what was happening." she added, prompting a groan from Elsa, who commented...
"... And I thought I made sure you were gone."
"Well..." stated Iduna. "I saw the icy mist coming from the bottom of the door and avoided it until it went away."
"Why would you listen in though?" asked Anna.
"I was curious what you two were up to." answered Iduna. "Especially given the way Anna was reacting." she added, prompting a groan from Anna as she returned to the task in front of her. "I didn't know you two were quite 'that' close at the time, so I made a quick exit when I realized what was happening on the other side of the door."
Anna, meanwhile, despite the embarrassment, smiled when she noticed the ground in front of her move a little and slowly undulate, much different from growing vines from the ground.
"Anyway..." continued Iduna. "I bring this up because of something I heard Anna say at the time that relates to what happened this morning, and it was something I was curious about, but was too embarrassed to bring up, when we had our talk that day."
"Oh." replied Elsa with a smile. "So this concerns Anna then?"
"What is it?" asked Anna, as she moved her left hand to the undulating ground in front of her, feeling it ripple beneath her hand and sink in a little with a bit of pressure, while Elsa curiously looked on.
"Well, I noticed the uh, object you were using on Elsa." commented Iduna, before Anna gasped as the surprise of the statement caused her to mistakenly, sink her arm up to her elbow into the ground, which suddenly returned to a solid form from the distraction, trapping her arm in the ground.
"What's wrong!?" quickly asked Iduna, hearing Anna's gasp and hurrying beside Anna.
"N-Nothing!" quickly answered Anna, trying and failing to pull her arm free. "Your comment just made me lose focus on what I was doing, gimme a sec..." she added, before closing her eyes and taking a calming breath, before she used her magic again and felt the grip on her arm loosened, and she slowly pulled her arm free, covered in a bit of dirt and with a hole remaining in the ground. "Ok, maybe multi-tasking isn't such a good idea." she added, rubbing the dirt from her arm.
"Ok, well..." began Iduna, sitting to Anna's left. "The thing you were using was made of glass, right?"
"... yeah, it was." answered Anna, focusing her gaze on removing a few specks of dirt on her arm, before she heard Elsa snickering behind her and Anna looking back at her with a frown. "What are you laughing about?"
"Oh, nothing. Just, I have an idea of where this conversation is headed."
"Seriously?" asked Anna, before looking at Iduna, who averted her gaze. "Mother's only asked if I make my own dildos. It's embarrassing to admit to her that I do, but she clearly saw it. Where else could this be going?"
"Well..." began Iduna, looking down to the grass and picking at it. "Do you, uh... ahem, take requests?" asked Iduna, as her face was nearly cherry red, before Anna's matched hers.
"R-Requests? I uh..."
However, before Anna could answer, Iduna covered her face in her hands as she commented...
"Actually, never mind! I can't believe I actually just asked you that! Just forget it even happened."
"It's ok." stated Anna with a smile. "I just wasn't expecting a question like that."
"Still, it's not something I should be asking of you." stated Iduna.
"Well, I have the ability." replied Anna. "Besides, I make my own to spare myself the embarrassment of buying one or using makeshift ones that aren't durable. So, if I can spare you that, I'll take your request."
"Really?" asked Iduna, lowering her hands from her reddened face.
"Absolutely! Our Mother should have the best dildos my magic can make!" added Anna, prompting a chuckle from Iduna, before Anna added. "Besides, I already fulfill Elsa's requests."
"H-Hey!" gasped Elsa, red-faced, before Anna stood, walked to Elsa and draped an arm over her shoulders.
"Let's be embarrassed together! All three of us bond through embarrassment!"
"Ugh, I'd rather not, thank you." replied Elsa with a groan as she placed a hand over her face.
"Come on, this road will be bumpy at first, but it'll flatten out." stated Anna. "Hey, I just agreed to make our Mother dildos. Sure, it's embarrassing, but Mother should have the best." she added, before looking at Iduna, who stood. "... and I'm very proud of my work." continued Anna with a smirk, prompting a small, embarrassed chuckle from Iduna.
"Anyway..." commented Iduna. "Moving on from this embarrassing topic... Elsa's... talent, is pretty impressive."
Following this comment, Elsa groaned and placed both hands over her face as she lowered herself to the ground with her knees up to her chest.
"I knew this was coming!" replied Elsa, muffled behind her hands, while Anna smiled sympathetically and patted Elsa's head.
"I-It really is impressive though." stated Iduna. "It's not something I can do. I've heard of it, but never seen it, until, well, yanno."
After a moment, Elsa removed her hands from her cherry-red face, and not only averted her gaze, but turned her head to the left, so she was absolutely not looking at Iduna.
"I just have one question." stated Elsa, before closing her eyes and cringing. "Did it... get in your mouth?"
"Oh, uh... hehe..." replied Iduna embarrassingly as she averted her gaze. "Y-Yeah."
"I'm so sorry!" declared Elsa.
"It's ok! It's not like you were aiming for my mouth!" quickly replied Iduna. "I shouldn't have had my mouth open anyway. But the fact that you could actually reach me, let alone my mouth, is just amazing."
Elsa only responded with a groan as she lowered her forehead to her knees, before Anna giggled and commented...
"This is clearly a difficult topic for Elsa. So, I'm going to share in this embarrassment to ease hers. I have that 'talent' too, but I need to work for it."
"Really? So it doesn't happen every time for you?" asked Iduna.
"Nope. It's actually a good thing." answered Anna. "I don't have to worry about a mess to clean."
"Wow..." commented Iduna, wide-eyed, looking at Elsa, who had clearly shut down. "So, every time... that..." she added, before looking at Anna. "So... how does it feel?"
"Like you have to pee really, really, REALLY badly." answered Anna. "You can delay it a bit, but you can't stop it, but it feels sooooo good!"
"Heh, well, now I'm jealous." commented Iduna.
"Well, I can tea- I-I mean, tell you how to do it yourself." offered Anna.
"Really? It's something you can learn to do?" asked Iduna.
"Yep, Elly told me how to do it." replied Anna. "But I had trouble doing it myself, so El- uh, I figured it out." she added, deciding to spare Elsa the added embarrassment, which was not quite as successful.
"Oh, well, we can leave that to later." stated Iduna. "Don't want Elsa passing out on us from the blood rushing to her head. Elsa, still with us?"
"Yeah." answered Elsa simply, before lifting her head, though not looking at Iduna, but Anna commented...
"Yay, you lifted your head."
"The worst part of this embarrassment is past me now." stated Elsa flatly. "It can't get any worse than this."
"See? The road is flattening out!" commented Anna happily, prompting a groan from Elsa, before Iduna commented...
"Well, I've been the one asking questions. How about you two ask me something?"
"Uh, well..." replied Anna nervously, before Elsa groaned and added...
"This isn't a topic I wanna ask you questions on."
"Yeah..." added Anna with an embarrassed smile. "I'm with Elsa on this one."
"Oh... well, that's disappointing." replied Iduna. "I want this to be a back and forth, so it's not just me asking you two embarrassing and uncomfortable questions. Like you said earlier, share in the embarrassment."
"Well..." stated Anna. "You looked pretty embarrassed asking me to make you a dildo."
"Hehe... well, that was a self-imposed embarrassment." commented Iduna. "It's different to be asked an embarrassing question. So, there's nothing at all you two want to ask me?"
Anna simply averted her eyes in thought, before Elsa smirked and asked non-nonchalantly...
"Wanna join us next time?"
Not only Iduna, but Anna gasped at the question, before Iduna quickly answered.
"No! Of course not!"
"Why would you ask her that!?" asked Anna.
"The goal was to embarrass her with a question." stated Elsa. "So I chose the most ridiculous one."
"Well, I was hoping for a more meaningful question." commented Iduna. "But that was quite the embarrassing one." she added, before Anna asked...
"Does the question have to be a sexual one?"
"Well, I guess not, as long as it's embarrassing." answered Iduna.
"Ok then, tell us something really embarrassing from your childhood."
"Oh, well... in the forest or Arendelle?" asked Iduna.
"Either one." answered Anna. "You've never told us much about when you were a kid, so an embarrassing story would be a good one."
"Heh, ok, let me think..." replied Iduna as she averted her gaze in thought, while Elsa curiously turned her gaze to her mother, before a small chuckle left her, and she placed a hand over her face "Ugh, ok, I got one, and it's vaguely related to theme we have."
"It's not your first time, is it?" asked Elsa with a cringe.
"No, no, no! Goodness no!" quickly answered Iduna, clearly flustered by the question. "That's not a story I'm willing to share."
"Was it a bad experience?" asked Anna.
"I wouldn't call it 'bad', but it was an experience. Let's leave it there."
"Now I'm curious though-" replied Anna, before Elsa cut in and commented...
"Anna, would you wanna answer that?"
"Well, you've already told Mother about my first time."
"... Oh, right." replied Elsa.
"Anyway..." stated Iduna. "My embarrassing story. Still interested? I'm not talking about my first time.
"Ok, ok." replied Anna with a smile.
"Alright." stated Iduna, before sighing. "This happened when I was still in the forest."
"Does Grandma and your sister know it?" asked Anna.
"Heh, yeah, Magna was with me at the time." answered Iduna. "Anyway, me, Magna and a few of our friends were playing, and we decided to climb a tree. Me being the climber I was at the time, I was the furthest one up the tree. Then a branch I stepped on broke, and I had a bit of a scare falling, hitting a few branches on the way down, but I didn't get seriously hurt and Gale caught me before that happened and returned me to the ground. I was still dazed from the tumble, but I heard my friends all laughing at me, saying I forgot something during my fall. So, before I even checked myself for any cuts, I look up to see my pants were caught on a branch. The fall had snatched my pants off, leaving me bottomless." explained Iduna, prompting giggles from Elsa and Anna.
"Oh, wow, that must've sucked!" commented Anna, followed by Elsa.
"What happened after?"
"Heh, yes, it did 'suck'." answered Iduna with a chuckle. "I asked them to toss my pants down, but they refused, telling me to come get them, so I did, but..." she added, before sighing and placing a hand over her face, before Anna giggled and commented...
"Let me guess, they played keep-away with your pants?"
"They sure did." answered Iduna. "Started by Magna." she added with a groan. "I spent a good ten minutes or so trying to get my pants from them, and they were all at different heights, so I'd give the ones below me a real good view climbing branch to branch."
"Hehe, that does suck." commented Elsa.
"Did you eventually get your pants back or did you have to walk home bottomless?" asked Anna.
"I got them back. One of my friends missed catching my pants, and I was able to get to them before the others and put them back on." answered Iduna, prompting a little chuckle from Elsa and Anna, who commented...
"Well, that was a nice little story."
"Yeah, it was." added Elsa. "Heh, yanno, I don't know if it's because I've been sitting in this embarrassment, or what you shared, but I actually feel a bit better about this situation."
"Well, whichever it is, I'm glad." stated Iduna.
"But, like you refusing to talk about your first time, I'd like to mention something that's off-limits." stated Elsa.
"Of course, I have no problem with that." replied Iduna.
"No asking about the stuff we're- or rather, I'm into. If you can agree to that... you can ask me anything else."
"Done." replied Iduna with a smile as she offered her right hand to Elsa, who gave a little smile, stood and took her mother's hand, looking her in the eyes, briefly, before Iduna looked at Anna and asked, "What about you? Any off-limit topics?"
"Hmm... I can't really think of any... Oh, how about this? What ever question you ask that I'm willing to answer, you have to be willing to answer too. Like for example, if Elsa hadn't told you about my first time, and you wanted to know what it was like, then you'd have to answer that same question."
"So I can't ask a question I'm unwilling to answer myself." stated Iduna, before offering a hand to Anna, who takes it. "Deal. I only have one more question though and this embarrassing conversation can end."
"Oh, thank goodness." commented Elsa, with a relieved sigh.
"So..." started Iduna. "I'm sure we'd all like to avoid a repeat of what happened this morning, so, should I avoid heading to your rooms in the morning?" she asked, which prompted a chuckle from Anna.
"Of course not. You think we do it every morning?"
"Heh, well, I don't know. I've only spent a day back." answered Iduna. "I don't know the 'routine' you two have." she added, which not only prompted a chuckle from Anna, but Elsa as well, who commented...
"Routine? Do you and Fath- ahem, just knocking on the door is fine, but don't just appear out of thin air in the middle of the room."
"Heh, well, since I don't have any magic and only had one of those marbles, it won't happen again." replied Iduna.
"Speaking of you not having magic..." started Anna. "Have you ever wished you did have magic?"
"Not necessarily." answered Iduna. "I more-so missed the 'magic' I had when I was a child."
"What?" asked Elsa and Anna in surprised unison, before Elsa added, "You had magic when you were younger?"
"Hehe, not really. Well, no, not like you two anyway." answered Iduna. "When I was little I had a strong connection, or rather, friendship with the spirits, Gale in particular."
"Oh right..." commented Anna. "Grandma did say you had a special connection to the spirits, Magna too. Even Emory said that."
"That's right." stated Iduna. "Mother told me that too. At the time, I didn't really understand what she meant; I just knew the spirits liked me." she added, before Elsa commented with a smile.
"Magna also said Gale was like a third sister."
"Hehe, did she?" chuckled Iduna. "Well, Gale and I were really close." she added, with a smile as she lowered her gaze and thought back to her childhood fondly. "All of the Northuldra have a connection with the spirits, but Mother said I had a special connection with them, but it was Gale I had the strongest connection with. I don't know why I was so special in particular, but Gale and I were like one. If you were to see me playing with Gale, you'd think I did have magic. It's like she knew what I wanted, my intent. I could be running and heading to a small river or stream and, without even a second thought, if Gale was with me, of course; I'd jump and Gale would carry me over the water. Or if I wanted to climb a tree but didn't want to physically climb it, Gale would lift me up. As long as Gale was with me, I felt absolutely safe."
"Wow..." commented the sisters with a smile, before Anna added, "That's amazing. Since you've been back, have you and Gale rekindled that connection?"
"I have, but the connection isn't quite as strong." answered Iduna. "I don't quite have the same fearlessness I had as a child." she added with a chuckle. "When I was younger, I could jump from the top of a tree, confident Gale would catch me, but now, while I'm sure Gale would still catch me, I'm not brave enough to attempt it."
"Aww, well can Gale still know your intent?" asked Anna.
"Yeah, she can still do that. The connection is still there, like I said, just not as strong, I'm not quite able to 'give myself' to Gale like I could before. Heh, but I was actually surprised the first time Gale acknowledged my intent." Replied Iduna, before walking up to a nearby tree and placing a hand on it as she looked up. "I walked up to a tree, looking up at it, remembering the fun times I had with Gale lifting me up into the tree and had the desire to relive that moment, and before I knew it, I was rising into the air." she added, lowering her gaze and closing her eyes with a smile. "It felt so natural and familiar that I didn't even think about what was happening for a few moments, until the realization it hit me and fell back into Gale's hold. I had a good laugh before Gale lowered me to the ground and I felt that same sense of safety with her that I had as a child."
"Wow..." gasped Anna with delight. "Well, have you used your 'magic' since you've been back?"
"I have, actually." answered Iduna, turning to face her daughters. "When Elsa's double showed up, and she attempted to hide in a tree, Gale lifted me up towards her, but Elsa's double fell out of the tree shortly after that." she added, before Elsa smiled and commented...
"I'd love to see you and Gale together like that."
"Me too!" added Anna happily.
"I wouldn't mind." answered Iduna. "If Gale's ok with it."
"Oh! Maybe we could go flying together!" Declared Anna delightfully.
"Hehe, I don't know about flying." replied Iduna nervously, "I'd prefer being closer to the ground."
"Alright." answered Anna with a smile, before Elsa commented...
"With your connection to the spirits, you're more 'Fifth Spirit' than me."
Oddly, Iduna only chuckled at the remark, which prompted Elsa and Anna to look at her curiously, before Elsa added...
"Are you?"
"Oh, no. I'm not the Fifth Spirit." quickly answered Iduna. "I just remembered my family thinking I was and me always denying it."
"Always?" asked Anna.
"Yeah, they and others were convinced I was the Fifth Spirit because of my strong connection with the spirits." answered Iduna, before sighing and shaking her head. "I even asked Gale about it, and she said I wasn't the Fifth Spirit... Well, if memory serves, Gale's exact words were, 'No, it's not something you need to concern yourself with.', It wasn't just 'no'. I was young though and she could've been protecting me. Heh, maybe I was the Fifth Spirit, but wasn't ready for the responsibility, then the fighting happened. So that duty fell to you, Elsa."
"Heh, and with Emory free, it's more of a fancy, empty title." commented Elsa, before Anna smiled and added...
"It's a pretty neat sounding title though. Although, thinking about its description, being a bridge between magic and nature, wouldn't Emory actually fit the Fifth Spirit title perfectly?"
"She would, wouldn't she?" asked Iduna with a smile, before Elsa commented...
"Then I should relinquish this title to its rightful owner the next time we meet."
"Hehe, well..." started Anna. "Speaking of magic, I should get back to practicing my Earth magic." she added, returning to her previous spot and kneeling. "I was actually making good progress before I stopped."
"Is there anything specific you want to accomplish?" asked Iduna.
"Just being able to move the ground up or down." answered Anna as she placed her hands down to the ground, in front of the hole that her arm had made. "I can already make the ground wavy and kinda liquidy, so height shouldn't be too difficult." she added, before taking breath, used her magic and willed the ground in front of her to raise.
To the surprise of all three, they saw the ground elevate a little, before lowering, as if breathing.
"Oh! I did it!" declared Anna. "Hehe, ok, come on." she added as she repeated her act, putting a little more effort in, and Anna's delight grew as the ground lifted again, more than before, creating a circular elevation about a foot in height and three feet in diameter, before Anna lifted her hands from the ground and Elsa commented...
"From vines, to actually moving the ground, I'm impressed."
"I'm starting to get the hang of it." stated Anna as she reached her right hand out to the small bump in the ground. "I wanted to start out small, so I'm not accidentally uprooting a tree or two, but there's plenty of space." she added, before smirking, "I wanna try something..." she added, before crawling onto the small hill and facing the two. "Can I lift myself up with the ground? If this works, I won't need to risk setting things on fire if I just want a higher view of something."
"Just, don't go too high, ok?" asked Iduna.
"Don't worry, I don't intend on going too high." answered Anna. "Not even head high. I just wanna see if it's actually possible for me to lift myself."
"Alright then." replied Iduna, before she and Elsa saw Anna look down at the small hill she sat on and a focused expression came to her face, before moments later, to Anna's delight and the impressed wide eyes of Elsa and Iduna, Anna slowly began to raise with the hill growing in height.
"Another success!" declared Anna delightfully as the hill reached two feet in height, about stomach to chest level with Elsa and Iduna.
"Heh, congrats." praised Elsa, before Iduna followed with a light clap.
"Yeah, nice job."
Anna continued to three feet in height before stopping, lifting her hands up and admiring her accomplishment, while Elsa noticed a small detail...
"Hey, it looks like the grass is separated from the hill you made." commented Elsa, prompting Anna to lean over to the right to see that the edge of her three-foot diameter hill was in the process of separating from the grass as it rose.
"Ohh, you're right." commented Anna.
"Actually, something just occurred to me." added Elsa. "How exactly are you moving the earth? Is there a void beneath you the same height you've risen, or are you creating more dirt?"
"Ohhh, that's a good point!" replied Anna. "If it's the first one, I can forget about making any structures if there's a void equal to the amount of dirt I've moved under it."
"But if it is the second one..." commented Iduna. "You wouldn't have to worry about finding shelter in the woods. You could just make your own."
"Yeah, and I wouldn't have to worry about it being cold- no offense Elsa." replied Anna.
"None taken." commented Elsa, before Anna removed herself from the hill, standing with it between them.
"Alright, let's see what the situation is..." commented Anna as she extended her right hand down towards the hill. Before Elsa and Iduna saw it slowly flatten out.
"Well?" asked Elsa.
"Hmm, I can't really tell..." answered Anna. "I'll try making a pillar, then return it to the ground. That should be enough to give me an answer." she added, added, before slowly lifting her right hand and causing the hill to return and continue to rise, higher and higher as a three-foot thick pillar of grass-topped dirt rose from the ground, stopping just a little taller than the three were as Anna smiled at her accomplishment. "Yeah, I'm liking this." commented Anna proudly, before she began to return the pillar into the ground.
However, the pillar reached halfway before stopping and Anna gave a curious, "Huh."
"What is it?" asked Iduna. "Something wrong?"
"No, not wrong." answered Anna, before the pillar resumed lowering about a foot more before stopping again. "I'm feeling resistance." she added, before smiling. "Heh, so, I guess I am creating more dirt."
"Nice." commented Elsa. "But now you have a big hunk of extra dirt with nowhere to put it."
"Hmm, maybe... maybe not..." commented Anna. "I wonder what will happen if I force it down..." she added, before extending both hands towards the mass of dirt and proceeded to force more of the pillar into the ground and the three quickly saw and felt the resulting reaction, the ground began to ripple outward like a rock dropping into water, which caused Elsa and Iduna to stumble slightly from the unexpected action as it passed beneath them. "Neat!" declared Anna delightfully, before continuing to force the rest of the pillar flat to the ground, causing the ripple to reach the trees, which was enough of a disturbance to it to rustle the leaves. "So the excess dirt is spread out, rather than continuing down." stated Anna.
"That is neat." commented Iduna, before Anna knelt down and picked up a handful of dirt in her left hand.
"Hmm, I know I need to be in contact with the ground to use my Earth magic..." stated Anna. "But I wonder if I can lift dirt into the air too, as long as I'm in contact with the ground." she added, before focusing and to her own surprise, the dirt in her hand lifted into the air a few inches. "Ohh, I can! Hey Elsa, make some ice I can step on."
"Alright." replied Elsa, as she created an icy sheet in front of Anna, who stepped a foot on, seeing the dirt in her hand still airborne, before abruptly falling back to her hand as her other foot left the ground.
"Aww, thought if I was in the middle of it, I could keep doing it." stated Anna, before she returned her feet to the ground and the dirt lifted again, before Elsa chuckled and commented...
"Didn't you already establish that you have to be in contact with the ground?"
"I know, but I thought with the progress I was making, there might be some improvement to that." answered Anna, before she noticed Iduna had averted her gaze in apparent thought. "Mother?"
"A thought occurred to me." stated Iduna. "It may be weird though."
"Weird is good! Let's hear it!" urged Anna.
"Heh, well, you have to be in contact with the ground at all times to use your earth magic, right?"
"Yep, that appears to be the case." stated Anna.
"Well, does the location of the ground matter? Could you, perhaps, hold dirt in one hand and use your other to use your Earth magic?" asked Iduna, to which Elsa and Anna both looked at her with surprise.
"Wow..." commented the sisters in unison as the dirt fell back into Anna's hands, before Elsa added, "That's a really good idea!"
"Yeah!" added Anna, before closing her hand around the dirt in her left hand. "I don't think I would've ever thought of that!" she added, which prompted a chuckle from Iduna.
"Well, two heads are better than one." commented Iduna, before Anna stepped onto the ice again.
Anna then aimed her right hand towards the ground and attempted to move it. Compared to her previous quick successes, she seemed to fail, prompting Elsa to ask...
"So, it doesn't work?"
"Not quite." answered Anna. "I can feel something, but it's like I'm too weak to actually do anything. Like I'm trying to move a chest packed with heavy stuff." she added, before lowering her hand then dropping the dirt in her other hand as she stepped off the ice. "But there's something to this, it's definitely something I'm going to work on. Thanks for the suggestion, Mother."
"You're welcome." replied Iduna with a smile. "I'm glad I could contribute something." she added, before Elsa smiled and commented...
"Maybe you could use a magic wand or staff."
"Hehe, maybe." chuckled Anna. "Maybe I should just focus on how I use my earth magic now though, with physical contact with the ground. Develop that first before I start getting fancy."
"Yeah, that would probably be for the best." stated Elsa. "Learn to walk first before you go sprinting down a hill."
"Hehe, yeah... It's just so exciting though!" declared Anna happily. "I wanna try everything! But, rushing is bad; I know that, especially with magic. So, slow and steady."
"Good." replied Elsa.
"Yeah..." added Iduna. "You have plenty of time to practice."
"Yep. So, I'll end my training here for now. We can head back." replied Anna. "I really enjoyed this trip together."
"Me too." added Elsa with a smile as she looked at Iduna, maintaining eye contact with her. "As horribly embarrassing as our talk was, I'm glad we got through it."
"Me too." replied Iduna, before Elsa sighed as she lowered her head...
"... and now I have to deal with the self-imposed embarrassment of what I said to you earlier."
"What did you say to me?" asked Iduna.
"If you don't remember, then that's perfect!" quickly replied Elsa. "No need to bring it up."
"Heh, well, ok then." replied Iduna, followed by Elsa sighing in relief, before asking...
"So, you wanna head back on foot or take a portal back?"
"Hmm... I wouldn't mind a portal." answered Iduna.
"Alright." replied Elsa before she created a portal back to her room, while Anna and Iduna picked up their shoes and followed Elsa through the portal, who muttered to herself... "Probably should've chosen a different spot, but whatever."
"Well..." started Iduna with a smile, looking at Anna. "Thanks for letting me tag along, and thank you Elsa, for joining us."
"You're welcome." replied the sister's, however, they saw Iduna glance at the bed, look away, before looking back at it with a brief look of thought.
"W-What are you looking at?" asked Elsa nervously, and to her curiosity, saw Iduna look at her and didn't seem to be at all flustered or embarrassed, but still looked to be thinking about something and Elsa briefly considered she may have incorrectly assumed what her mother was thinking about, which was soon to be proven.
"Elsa, how long have you been using this room as your own?" asked Iduna.
"Uh... a few months before my coronation, why?" answered Elsa.
"You didn't happen to find anything strange in here when you moved in, did you?"
"Strange like what?" asked Elsa, before a small gasp left Anna as she realized what Iduna may have been hinting at.
"Are you talking about the dagger that was under the bed?" asked Anna, which prompted a wide-eyed gasp from Elsa and a look of surprise from Iduna, who answered...
"Yeah. Do you have it?"
"I uh, I did." answered Anna, nervously. "But I don't anymore. I gave it to Elsa to get rid of."
"Rid of?" questioned Iduna, before Elsa quickly asked...
"Was it special to you? I didn't ask to have it destroyed, so it's probably here somewhere."
"Oh no, it wasn't particularly special." answered Iduna, with a smile. "I was just concerned you not knowing about it could possibly hurt you."
"Was it yours?" asked Anna. "It was on your side of the bed when I found it."
"Yes, it was." answered Iduna. "It was a gift from your father in the very unlikely event that someone invaded the castle and entered our room. I'd have something to defend myself with."
"Figured that was the reason." commented Anna, before Iduna commented with a smile...
"Also, I'm sure you'll both be surprised to know, but I actually like admiring bladed weapons."
"Really?" asked Elsa and Anna in unison.
"Yep. I don't collect them though, I just admire them when the opportunity arises. I like the craftsmanship of the weapons."
"I get that." commented Anna. "Some swords do look pretty nice." she added, before Elsa chuckled and added...
"You wouldn't happen to trained in swordsmanship, would you, Mother?"
"Hehe, no, no. I just admire, no training here." answered Iduna with a chuckle as well, before looking to Anna. "Anyway, you ended up taking my dagger and keeping it for a period of time, before having Elsa get rid of it? Why?"
"Uh..." replied Anna nervously. "As weird as this is going to sound to you, this isn't a topic I want to get into right now."
"Weird?" asked Iduna curiously. "I'd say it's more confusing."
"Yeah, well, I don't want to talk about it right now, maybe later." replied Anna.
"Well... ok then. I'll drop it." commented Iduna, clearly puzzled by Anna's refusal to answer, before she headed to the door. "I'll also get going for now, then." she added.
"Ok." replied Elsa, followed by Anna...
"See ya later."
Following Iduna's departure, Elsa walked to her bed and sat with a heavy sigh, before lying on her back.
"Ugh, I can't believe I asked her to join us!" groaned Elsa.
"Hehe, I know." replied Anna with a smile as she sat to Elsa's left. "What if she agreed?" she added teasingly.
"Please don't." muttered Elsa as she covered her face in her hands, before Anna also lay back on her back.
"That whole talk was really something though."
"Yeah..." stated Elsa, before lowering her hands with a little smirk and adding, "At least I'm not making dildos for our Mother."
"Hehe... yeah..." replied Anna with an embarrassed chuckle. "Maybe I was a bit too quick to agree to that."
"Having second thoughts?" asked Elsa.
"Not really." answered Anna. "I'm sure I would've agreed still, but being able to think about it would've been nice. Like, is it going to be a one-time thing, or will Mother use it then come to me for changes? I'm ok with doing it once, but I dunno about 'fine-tuning'."
"Hehe, but you yourself said Mother should have the best dildos you can make." teased Elsa. "If she's not satisfied with the first attempt, then it's not the best you can do, is it?" she added, prompting an embarrassed, but grinning groan from Anna.
To be continued