12/24/23: Started
3/1/24: Completed
3/2/24: Corrected misnamed character
3/7/24: Added two additional scenes: 1. When Anna hugs Juleka farewell. (ctrl+F: About to end the hug) 2. After the family returns to Arendelle (ctrl+F: As the group returned)
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Chapter Summery: Anna decides to embrace a particular fairy custom, much to Elsa's shock.
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.
NOTE: To clarify, Juleka's wing type is closer to Tinkerbell's wings rather than a dragonfly's, which was the closet thing I could think of to describe them, but from thinking about it more, a dragonfly's wings is a poor descriptor.
- Meanwhile -
"My home's right across from here, directly in front of us." stated Tia as she and Nia lead Anna towards her home.
Anna could see the opening was covered in a furred animal skin from within, which Tia moved aside to allow Anna to enter. Seeing that while the fairy's home wasn't the same relative size as her own bedroom, it also wasn't small enough to feel cramped. It was roughly circular, tall enough to stand without issue, even extending her hands up, shy of touching the ceiling. There were only two points of interest in the room; to the left, an obvious, door-less closet containing a few dresses of both, animal skins and leaves, hanging on makeshift clothing hangers; while directly across from her on the other side of the room was what was clearly Tia's bed, which looked to have an oval-shaped bark base, with greyish fluffy 'mattress' filling and a furred animal skin as a bed cover. Next to the bed, though, were two wooden boxes.
"Wow, I like it." commented Anna. "It's simple."
"Heh, yeah, I spend most of my time outside." commented Tia as she and Nia walked by her, and Nia walked to the bed and sat in it as she finished off the last of the shaved ice Elsa made her. "I'm fine with just a bed and shelter."
"What's your bed made out of?" asked Anna as she walked towards Tia's bed and Nia.
"The frame is a long strip of tree bark, which helps contain the sticks and stuff I use as a base and the cushioning is fur from various animals, though mostly from a wolf that stops by sometimes." answered Tia.
"Oh, so kinda like a bird's nest." commented Anna. "Is it comfortable?"
"I think so, wanna try it out?"
"Would that be ok?" asked Anna.
"Sure, go ahead." replied Tia, before Nia removed herself from the bed and allowed Anna to carefully lower herself onto it, the last thing she wanted to do was somehow break it.
First placing her hands on and into the fur matting, Anna was surprised she couldn't clearly feel the sticks beneath poking into her hand, though did feel the resistance of her hand stopping as she pressed in. Anna then proceeded to climb onto the bed and lay back and a small moan of surprise left her.
"Oh, wow, this is more comfortable than I thought it would be." stated Anna. "I thought I'd feel some sticks poking me, but I don't."
"Hehe, well, being repeatedly poked while I'm trying to sleep wouldn't be ideal." commented Tia.
"Yeah, I guess not." replied Anna, before she sat up and caressed the fur bedding. "You said this is a wolf's fur?"
"Yep. We have a friendly agreement with a wolf that comes by kinda regularly. She lets us remove loose fur, and she gets a coat that's free of tangles and mats."
"Wow, so you're all dog groomers too, huh?"
"Hehe, I guess we are." replied Tia, before Anna removed herself from the bed.
"There's only one bed here, so I guess you and your sister sleep together?" asked Anna.
"Sometimes." replied Nia. "I live with our parents. I sometimes stay with my sister though."
"Oh, well, I guess you must really like your sister then."
"Meh, she's alright." answered Nia with a smile and shrug of her shoulders, prompting Tia to smirk at her and poke her in the head.
"You just like being cuddled in bed." commented Tia, prompting a red-faced gasp from Nia.
"You didn't have to say that out loud in front of her!" replied Nia, prompting a chuckle from Anna as she commented...
"I get it. When Elsa and I sleep together sometimes, I like it when we cuddle too. It just feels so comforting, and I fall asleep quicker."
Nia shyly glanced to Anna, briefly before averting her gaze and commenting...
"S-Same."
"Heh, anyway..." commented Tia, before walking to and kneeling in front of the closer of the two boxes near the bed, "Let's see what clothes of mine you can wear. Since you'll need something close to the body that doesn't move around much..." she added, removing the lid of the box, revealing it contained her clothing, a mix of both animal skins and leaves, Anna commented...
"This is just dress up, remember? I'm not borrowing your clothes."
"It's seriously no problem." replied Tia. "I rarely wear them anyway- oh, what about this?" she added, before removing two articles of clothing, standing and placing them in front of herself to show Anna, whose eyes widened and face reddened at what was offered.
The top seemed to be just a band with strings on the ends that covered her chest and the bottoms were a very short skirt that didn't even reach the knees.
"W-Where's the rest of it?" asked Anna.
"Huh? This is it." stated Tia. "A top and bottom."
"That's barely covering anything though." commented Anna.
"It covers enough. Come on, just try it!" urged Tia, offering the clothes to Anna, who nervously takes them. "If they don't fit, I have other options."
"The fit isn't the problem here." muttered Anna nervously, before sighing. "So, this is normal clothing here?"
"Yep, you saw the others, although..." replied Tia, before walking past Anna towards her closet, if skin exposure is what you have issue with..." she added, before retrieving a dress from the closet and placing it against herself, and Anna chuckled nervously, while her belly was covered with the dress, the length of the dress wasn't much better.
"Don't you have any pants?" asked Anna.
"Sure, but you'd definitely burn the pants when you fly."
"I'm not..." started Anna, before sighing and thinking, 'She's trying to be accommodating, and I did see others wearing similar clothing, so these are normal clothes here. I guess I'll just go along with it.'
"Alright." stated Anna with a nervous smile. "I'll try what you've given me."
"Great." replied Tia, before placing the dress back in her closet. "Want us to head out while you change?"
"No, that's not necessary." answered Anna before she placed the two articles of clothing on the bed, then removed her dress to reveal, unlike Elsa, Anna wore underwear.
Anna first put on the skirt, which while it fit fine, was embarrassingly short, barely reaching past her fingers with her hands at her sides.
"The skirt is a lot shorter than I'm used to." commented Anna to herself, before reaching to the top, picking it up, then looking at the bra she wore and realized the top wasn't bra-friendly, it would look quite weird even to herself if she were to wear the band over her bra. So, Anna turned her back to the two, removed her bra, placed the top against her chest and attempted to tie it secure behind her, but was having a bit of difficulty, before Tia walked up to her and helped.
"I got it."
"Thanks." replied Anna, before feeling the band tied snug against her chest and turned around to face the two, her face clearly red as she placed her hands over her belly. "So... how do I look?" asked Anna.
"Heh, nervous." chuckled Tia.
"Hehe, I can't help it. I feel so exposed. I don't go out in public with my belly showing, and the skirt is a lot shorter than I'm used to. I'd probably flash my underwear to someone flying behind me."
"Yeah, but it's not a big deal." commented Tia.
"It is for me!" quickly replied Anna, before Nia walked up beside her sister and asked Anna...
"Hey, can you turn around?"
"Sure..." replied Anna, before turning her back to them, and flinching when she felt a hand on her back, caress her near her right shoulder-blade. "Uh, do I have something on my back?"
"No." answered Nia, before she removed her hand and Anna turned to face her, who smiled and added, "I just found it odd that your back is so... bare. Everyone I know has wings. You have nothing. I just find it weird and interesting."
"Oh, heh, I guess I could understand that." replied Anna. "I don't have wings." she added, before Tia chimed in...
"I noticed that too when I helped you, but I didn't want to say anything."
"Heh, you wanna touch my back too?" asked Anna with a smile.
"If you're ok with it."
"As long as I can check out your back and wings." replied Anna. "I've only looked at Juleka's wings when I was normal size, but now I can get a closer look."
"Sure, that's no problem." commented Tia.
Anna then turned her back to Tia and felt a hand return to her back, to the same spot Nia touched.
"You're not sensitive or ticklish here?" asked Tia, making short rubbing motions along her upper back.
"Not really. You are?" replied Anna.
"A little." answered Tia. "I'm ticklish at the base of my wings."
"Well, nice to know."
"Alright, I'm done." stated Tia, before Anna turned to face her. "Thanks."
"You're welcome." replied Anna, before Tia turned her back to her and, to Anna's mild surprise, Tia lifting and extending her wings gave her a weird sense of envelopment as Tia's wings extended past her.
As close as Anna now was to Tia's wings, though, the first thing she noticed was there was in fact a pattern in her wings. Starting from the base of Tia's wings, there were a number of faint lines that extended the length of the wing, with one 'main' line that curled into a shallow spiral.
"Wow... so your wings do have a pattern." commented Anna. "Are these lines veins?"
"Yep." answered Tia.
"Can I touch your wings?"
"Sure."
Anna lifted her hand towards Tia's right wing, where the spiral was, and placed her hand flat against it and felt that the appendage was firm and with a little push, found herself oddly reminded of a thick curtain being pushed as the wing swayed a little.
"Can you feel me touching you?" asked Anna.
"Yeah."
Anna then guided her hand along Tia's wing towards the outer edge.
"The texture is almost skin-like." commented Anna. "It's not super smooth."
"Heh, they're smoother than you think." stated Tia. "Our wings produce a protective covering that helps against getting caught on things and getting ripped."
"Oh, right, Juleka mentioned that." commented Anna, before her hand reached the edge of Tia's wing. She lightly gripped it and felt a little springiness from squeezing it. "Your wings are covered in a powder. So underneath, your wings are even smoother?"
"Yep, they have a little shine to them too. You don't normally see it until you bathe and wash away the powder."
"Wouldn't the power get everywhere when you're lying down or sleeping?" asked Anna.
"It can, to a point. Right now, my wings have built up a protective layer that's stuck to them, so I could lay down and roll around, and only a bit would come off, nothing to get annoyed at. It's right after bathing, though. that it can get annoying. Once your wings are fully dry, they begin producing the powder again, but it takes time to stick, so when we fly with our wings in that 'fresh' condition, our flying spreads the powder around for a few hours. So normally, after bathing, we limit our flying so our wings can build up the coating." explained Tia.
'So fairy dust like in the stories, with fairies leaving a trail of glittery dust behind as they fly.' thought Anna with a smile, before commenting, "Wow, so that's a real thing. I'd read storybooks with fairies that would leave a trail of glittery dust when they fly. So in reality, it's just a fairy that has recently taken a bath."
"Right." answered Tia. "But unless our wings are dirty, like covered in mud, they don't need to be washed every time we bathe, so we don't have to deal with having fresh wings after every bath."
"Well, that makes sense. The powder probably keeps your wings from needing to be cleaned all the time." commented Anna.
"Exactly."
"I'm already learning so much." stated Anna delightfully, before she trailed her hand down Tia's wing and curiously noticed a break in Tia's wing and upon her hand reaching that point, a small gasp left Anna as she realized Tia's right wing was split in two, an upper and lower half.
"Wait, you have four wings, like a butterfly!"
"That's surprising to you?" asked Tia.
"Yeah, I thought you just had two big wings."
"Heh, wouldn't that be pretty noticeable?"
"Heh, yeah, I guess I just didn't notice 'cause of what I assumed." replied Anna, as she used both of her hands to part Tia's upper and lower wings, which overlapped each other partly and traced the separation with her eyes along towards the base to see that the separation did join into one. "Plus I've only seen Juleka's wings and hers are a lot different than yours."
"Hehe, Juleka has four wings too." stated Tia. "Her lower ones are just smaller."
"Really?" asked Anna, nearing her head closer to the base of Tia's wings and seeing that they didn't simply magically emerge from her back, the white of her wings looked to merge into the skin of her back as there was a darkened section of skin at the meeting. When Anna directed her index finger to the darkened skin, Tia gasped and hopped forward, but not quite far enough as Tia's wings briefly closed around her harmlessly, like two curtains closing around her. "O-Oh! Sorry!" quickly apologized Anna with a smile, remembering that Tia mentioned that she was ticklish there.
"That's ok. Just warn me next time though, ok?" suggested Tia.
"Ok, I won't do it again." replied Anna, before Tia stepped back to her previous spot. "So, can you control each wing separately?"
"Sort of." answered Tia, before Anna's eyes widened in interest when Tia lowered only her left pair of wings. "I can move the left and right separately." she added, before lowering her right and lifting her left. "But I can't move the upper and lower wings separately, they move together." she continued before lifting her right again and slowly flapping them, allowing Anna to see that the upper and lower wings moved in a rhythm, a slight, but noticeable delay between the upper and lower wings.
"Ohh, interesting." commented Anna, before chuckling lightly as she felt a small breeze from Tia's wings. "One more question; Does having your wings pulled hurt?"
"Normally, no." answered Tia, before lowering her wings and turning to face Anna and offering her right hand to her. "Give me your hand." she requested, which Anna did without a word, before Tia gently pulled, extending Anna's arm straight and pulled enough for Anna to resist being pulled from her spot. "Pulling my wings would be like me pulling your arm. Since your resisting, it doesn't hurt, or feel uncomfortable, right?"
"Yeah."
"Now relax your arm." stated Tia, before she felt Anna do so, and she pulled again and Anna quickly took a step as she felt the pull on her shoulder.
Ok, you can stop." stated Anna with a light chuckle.
"Heh, that didn't hurt, but that wasn't a pleasant feeling on your joint, was it?" commented Tia, releasing Anna's hand. "That's what it's like for our wings. With them relaxed like they are now, it would feel like what you just felt with your relaxed arm, but lifted..." she added, as she lifted her wings. "Would feel like what you felt before."
"Well that's a good way to explain it, thanks." replied Anna.
"You're welcome. Well, done with my wings or do you want to look at them some more?"
"Yeah, I'd like to see them when they're relaxed." asked Anna.
"Alright." answered Tia, as she turned around to present her wings at rest and Anna saw them sway with the movement.
"Heh, it's like a natural cape with the way they move." commented Anna. "Can I grab and lift them?"
"Sure." replied Tia, before Anna reached her hands to each wing and lifted them, seeing that in their rested state, the wings looked almost withered.
"Wow, their so limp and floppy." commented Anna as she wiggled the wings a little, side to side. "So different from when their extended and ready to use." she added, before hearing a light chuckle from Nia standing near them and Anna looked at her and asked.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Sorry, it nothing." replied Nia. "I just found your interest in something that's so normal and... mundane to us, amusing."
"Hehe, well I could say the same about you finding my back amusing."
"Heh, got me there." commented Nia. "It's fun learning the difference in our bodies though."
"Yeah, it is." replied Anna, before releasing Tia's wings, who turned around and asked...
"Satisfied?"
"Yeah, for now. Thanks for letting me get a closer look at your wings." answered Anna.
"You're welcome. Now, back to the clothing situation." commented Tia delightfully. "You said you don't like your belly showing, right?"
"O-Oh, right." replied Anna with a nervous chuckle at remembering what she was wearing and placed her hands over her stomach.
"Well, I have more options for you." stated Tia, as she walked by Anna and knelt down in front of the box with her clothes again.
"Hey, um, you wouldn't happen to have some pants would you- or, I mean, shorts. Just so I wouldn't risk flashing anyone."
"I do, but it's more like what you're wearing under the skirt." answered Tia, looking back to Anna. "Would you be ok with that?"
"Hmm..." hummed Anna with a little cringe at the idea of wearing what could be considered underwear out in public. "Can you show me what it looks like?"
"Sure." answered Tia, before removing one article of clothing from the box and placing it on the floor beside her, which looked like a top of some kind which clearly had more coverage than Anna's current top, though after a short search of the box, Tia commented, "Here we go." before standing and presenting a pair of tiny shorts to Anna and like before, Tia placed it against her own body to give an idea of how it looked.
Anna only chuckled nervously, the article of clothing would certainly stop any shots of her underwear, but the shorts were so small. The only difference from panties the shorts had were very short 'pant legs' that extended maybe, two inches from the crotch.
"So, what do ya think?" asked Tia.
"It's... better." answered Anna hesitantly, before taking the shorts from Tia. "It would prevent what I want." she added, before sighing and removing the skirt, handing it to Tia before she put on the shorts and Anna discovered a slightly embarrassing oversight, the upper waistband of her panties was higher than the shorts. "Ugh, just my luck." muttered Anna, before Nia chuckled and commented...
"Why not just go naked like us? No one will think you're weird, and you won't have to worry about burning your clothes."
"Ugh..." groaned Anna. "The idea is just so... embarrassing. We humans just don't walk around naked, especially in public."
"You're not around other humans though." replied Nia. "Public nudity is normal for us."
"Nia's right." stated Tia with a smile. "It's only weird if you make it weird. Besides, like you said, humans don't walk around naked, but you have the chance to do that here without being looked at weird. Doesn't sound like an opportunity that would come around too often for you."
"Hmm, you do make a good point." commented Anna nervously. "And I'm probably being annoying with the clothes."
"You're not annoying." stated Tia. "I rarely wear anything, so it's nice to see my clothes get some use. Nudity is just an option though, we aren't trying to push it onto you."
"Yeah." added Nia. "You just seemed to be having trouble with the clothing options Tia gave you. So I just wanted to give you another."
"Thanks for that." replied Anna, "Both of you." she added, before recalling her tease of Elsa that she could join the fairies in their nudity and chuckling at herself that she was now in a similar situation and took a deep breath. "O-Ok, I'll do it." stated Anna nervously as her face was nearly cherry red. "O-One question though! Um..." she added, averting her gaze with a shy smile. "What do I do if I get, well... excited? Ahem, I'm kinda nervously excited now- O-Oh no! You didn't need to know that!" she added, prompting the sisters to giggle, before Tia answered.
"Just don't point it out. It happens. But, if you need to 'calm down', just calmly excuse yourself and take care of it when your alone."
"Just be happy you're not a guy." commented Nia with a chuckle. "We just get a little drippy and unless you're in the sun, it's hard to notice; but a guys just pointing at you, it's sooo obvious."
"Hehe, right..." replied Anna with an embarrassed chuckle at the mental image.
"But hey..." continued Nia with a grin. "If a guy likes you, you know it. It's a really good feeling."
"W-Well, I'd probably be too nervous and embarrassed about it to do anything." replied Anna.
"Well, try not to make a big deal about it, and you'll be fine." stated Tia.
"Heh, right."
"Sooo, want us to step out and wait for you?" asked Tia.
"N-No... I'd rather, ease into it with you two and not just... jump in the deep end..."
"Alright then." replied Tia as the sisters waited and watched.
Seeing the two waiting for her to strip, Anna felt her heart thumping against her chest.
'It's fine.' thought Anna. 'Nudity is normal here. I'm just embracing their way of life. This can be a new and exciting experience.' she added, before closing her eyes and taking a slow, deep breath. "When in Rome..." commented Anna lowly, before first reaching behind her to untie her top and quickly placing her left arm over her breasts as she pulled the band away and handed it to Tia, who took it and commented...
"Just to remind you, you don't need to do this."
"I know. I want to." replied Anna. "This is just weird for me, but I'd like to try embracing part of your way of life."
"Well, that makes me happy." stated Tia. "You're free to put your clothes back on if it's too much though."
"Thanks for the reassurance." replied Anna, before taking another breath and lowering her left arm and uncovering her chest as her face reddened, before quickly pulling down her panties and the shorts together and standing upright, quickly, but shyly covering her crotch as her face was cherry red and averted her gaze.
Anna stood there for a few moments, before closing her eyes and slowly moving her hands to her sides. She didn't know what kind of response she expected from fully exposing herself, but she was surprised to hear a curious, "Ohh, you have hair?" from Nia.
This odd question briefly cut through Anna's embarrassment as she opened her eyes, to see Nia leaning down to look directly at her crotch, which Anna quickly covered.
"H-hey, why look right at it?"
"You have hair there." stated Nia.
"And that's odd to you?"
"Yeah, we don't have hair there, clearly." answered Nia, standing upright and pointing to her crotch, which Anna looked, then at Tia too, and sure enough, neither of them had any hair, they were completely bare.
"I... didn't even think about that." commented Anna, wide-eyed. "You don't have razors or similar blades, so you wouldn't be able to cut it off, but you don't have any." she added, before kneeling down in front of Nia to look at her bare crotch closer. "You don't even have any stubble. There's just nothing."
"Oh, so you can get a close-up?" teased Nia with a smile, prompting Anna to gasp and quickly stand.
"I'm so sorry!"
"Hehe, it's ok. I'm just teasing." commented Nia, before placing her hands on her hips and standing proud. "Look all you want."
"Thanks, but I'll pass."
"So, what's it like having hair there?" asked Nia.
"Uh..." replied Anna in confusion as she slowly covered her crotch. "I'm not sure how to answer that. It's just hair."
"Well, how much does it grow?" asked Nia. "Is it like the hair on your head?"
"Hehe, no, thank goodness." chuckled Anna in response. "If left alone, it can grow into a pretty healthy bush of hair, enough to completely cover me. But I've had my hair cut, so there's not very much now."
"Ohh, really? Even the lips?" asked Nia.
"Uh... yeah."
"Can I see?"
"U-Uh... I'm not comfortable with that." answered Anna with a nervous chuckle.
"Aww, well, I'll show you mine as a trade."
"Heh, no, no, that's not necessary."
"Aw, alright."
"Well then..." stated Tia with a smile as she headed to her door. "Let's head out and show you around."
"O... O-Ok." replied Anna nervously as she looked down at her nudity, before forcing herself to take a step, then another until she reached the door and her whole body nearly turned red when Tia moved aside the covering to fly through and kept it pulled back, revealing the outside to her and Anna swallowed the nervous lump in her throat and thought. 'Just act normal. If I freak out about it, I'll just draw attention it. Normal. Just, act, normal.'
Following a slightly successful calming sigh, Anna moved her hands from her crotch and quickly hopped out and hovered beside Tia with her magic. With her hands now occupied, there was no way of covering herself and Anna's eyes darted around, hyper-focused on everything around her, in particular people flying around, who most looked at her and simply gave a greeting wave and a smile.
"See? Not so bad, is it?" asked Nia as she followed Anna out.
"U-Uh, s-sure." replied Anna, feeling her heart thumping in her chest. Even more-so, when she felt a light breeze on her bare flesh and a slight chill between her legs, the nerves, embarrassment and excitement had lead to her being quite aroused. She could feel it trailing down her inner thighs.
Anna could barely adjust before she heard a male voice call Tia's name from behind her and tensed up when a guy, a clothed one, flew by her and up to Tia.
"Hey, what'cha up to?"
"Nothing much, just showing a new friend around." answered Tia, before the male turned his gaze to Anna and, being unable to shield herself unless she wanted to fall, Anna was forced to hover where she was as a guy she didn't know looked at her naked body.
"Oh, hey." greeted the guy. "You must be one of the human guests I heard about. I'm Fin. I'd shake your hand, but it looks like your hands are occupied."
"Heh, A-Anna..." nervously greeted back Anna, averting her gaze. "N-Nice to meet you."
"You look pretty tense, what's wrong?" asked Fin.
"N-nothing, just, uh... adjusting to how you do things around here." answered Anna, though noticing that Fin didn't seem to be focusing on her nudity, leering at her or doing anything extra that would make her uncomfortable. He treated her like normal, it actually eased her embarrassment, slightly.
"Oh, what are you having trouble with?" asked Fin. "Maybe I could help."
"W-Well, you just being friendly is helping."
"Really? Well, ok then." replied Fin, before looking at Tia. "Is this a girls' trip or can I join you in showing our guest around?"
"That's up to Anna." answered Tia, looking at Anna. "You OK with him joining us?"
"S-Sure, the more, the merrier."
- Meanwhile, Arendelle Castle Courtyard -
"Whoa!" gasped Vivian as she passed through the portal with Iduna and Cassandra in front of the castle. "It's so big! How many people live in there?"
"Well..." started Iduna. "Aside from my family, a few servants."
"And me too." added Cassandra.
"Wow..." stated Vivian as she admired the castle. "I've seen it from a distance, and I knew it was big, but I didn't realize HOW big."
"I'm sure it'll feel even bigger inside." replied Iduna, before walking ahead, followed by Vivian flying to her left, near Iduna's shoulder, with Cassandra following behind.
Following Iduna opening the door, and leading them into the Ballroom, Vivian gasped again in awe at the interior.
"There's so much open space!" declared Vivian, before turning to Iduna and asking, "I know this is going to sound weird, but, could I fly around near the ceiling briefly?"
"Sure." answered Iduna curiously, before Vivian giggled and zipped up towards the ceiling of the room and flew around, no clear destination in mind. Though the sight did bring a chuckle from Iduna as it reminded her of children running around, just being happy to be out and running.
Vivian's recreational flight lasted for just about a minute, before returning to Iduna's side, her breathing slightly quickened, but clearly happy.
"Thanks for that." stated Vivian.
"You're welcome." replied Iduna. "Any particular reason for the flight?"
"It's just flying out in a wide open space comes with risks of being attacked by predators." answered Vivian, before Cassandra commented...
"So you don't fly above the trees much then?"
"Right, very rarely would we fly above the trees." answered Vivian. "But flying above the trees, gives a sense of freedom, so having a big open, enclosed area like this gives a very similar feeling."
"Well..." stated Iduna with a smile. "Good thing we don't have a pet bird."
"And mine is restricted to my room when he's here." commented Cassandra.
"What kind of bird is it?" asked Vivian.
"An owl." answered Cassandra.
"Oh..." replied Vivian, quickly looking a little nervous. "You wouldn't mind telling him not to hunt any of us, would you?"
"Sure, but I dunno how well, 'Don't hunt the fairies' will go over, I can't speak owl, though he is trained. He tends to hang around my room in the daytime though, so maybe you could tell him yourself?"
"Uh, s-sure, as long as you're with me." replied Vivian.
"Heh, of course." replied Cassandra, before looking at Iduna and adding... "Well, Your Majesty, unless you already have an idea in mind, we could go introduce Vivian to Owl."
"We can do that first." replied Iduna, before leading them towards and up the large stairs of the Ballroom, to Vivian's delight, despite already flying around the room.
Upon the group entering one of the castle's many hallways and Vivian marveling at the various decorations and furniture, though Vivian found particular interest in some of the paintings hung on the walls. However, so interested in Vivian's response to the things she saw, a painting currently, neither, Cassandra or Iduna noticed when they were approached by one of the servants, a young woman with short, blonde hair.
"You're majesty?"
All three gasped and Vivian darted behind Iduna's head as they turned towards their guest.
"Sorry!" quickly commented the servant with an apologetic smile. "Didn't mean to scare you. Is that a real fairy with you? Where did she come from?" she added, seeing the fairy peeking out from behind Iduna's left ear.
"Don't tell her where I come from, please." requested Vivian, whispering to Iduna's left ear.
"She is real." answered Iduna. "We met through a friend of a friend, and we're just showing her around."
"That's amazing! It looks like she's skittish around new people though. So, I won't push to meet her, although I'd really like to!"
"Well, thanks for that." replied Iduna. "I'd like it if you could keep this to yourself though, ok?"
"Sure, ok. But I'd like to introduce myself at least. The fairy doesn't need to introduce herself. Ahem, hello little fairy, my name is Diana, I'm one of the castle servants here. It's really nice meeting you."
Vivian didn't return the greeting, but it didn't bother Diana, before she curtsied and stepped aside, allowing them to pass, though Diana did see Vivian peek out from Iduna's hair to look back at her, prompting the young woman to give a smiling wave of the hand.
"Are all humans just nice nowadays?" asked Vivian, which prompted a chuckle from Iduna.
"Well, I'd like to believe that." stated Iduna. "But better to err on the side of caution. Better to stay hidden until we reach Cassandra's room."
"Yeah..." agreed Vivian.
Iduna and Cassandra only encountered one other person on their way to Cassandra's room and, with Vivian remaining hidden, the meeting was a simple walking greeting as they passed each other, before they arrived at Cassandra's room.
"We're here, you can relax Vivian." stated Cassandra as the trio walked into the room, though Vivian couldn't quite relax as they saw Owl, sleeping on a wooden perch near the open window. "Looks like he's here." added Cassandra as she walked near the owl and stroked his chest a bit until he woke up. "Hey buddy, sorry to wake you, but I have a friend I want you to meet."
Iduna walked up beside Cassandra and Vivian slowly emerged from behind Iduna's head to stand on her left shoulder, in view of the owl, as she lifted a hand and nervously greeted...
"H-Hey."
Owl made a little hoot in response and Vivian responded...
"I'm Vivian." greeted Vivian. "A fairy, and I'm friends with the people here." she added, and following another hoot, Vivian continued, while Iduna and Cassandra smiled at the fact that Vivian was actually talking with the owl. "Well, have you seen any other people like me?"
Following a hoot, Vivian looked curious and asked...
"Have you attacked any of them?"
With the next hoot, Vivian was clearly relieved and asked with a smile...
"Well, that's a relief. Would you mind continuing to not harm us?" asked Vivian hopefully, and following a hoot, a big smile came to her face. "Awesome! Thanks!"
With another hoot, Owl closed his eyes and settled back into his slumber.
"Well." stated Casandra. "Sounds like it worked out."
"It did." replied Vivian. "He said he's seen more of us, but since he'd never seen our kind before, and they looked and spoke like you humans, he was unsure it was ok to hunt them. So he just left them alone and he agreed to continue doing so."
"Well, that's good." commented Iduna. "That's one less threat to worry about."
- 6:56 P.M., Fairy village, Naiviv -
Given the passing of time and others quite normal reactions, or lack thereof, Anna had adjusted quickly to her public nudity, even after encountering Jamie again, who commented on and complimented her nudity. With the sun heading down, the new group of friends Anna had made, consisting of the sisters Tia and Nia, Fin and Jamie, decided to hang out on one of the many branches of the Home Tree to chat, Tia and Nia sat to her right and left, respectively, while Fin and Jamie sat in front of them.
"Seriously!?" gasped Anna, laughing, "Something like that can actually happen?"
"Sure can." answered Jamie with a smile. "It's rare, but it can definitely happen when both of you are naked. Luckily, it happened with a close friend of mine, so the bit of insertion that happened, we laughed off."
"Wow, and I thought the biggest worry about being naked would be getting 'excited' around someone when you didn't want to be." commented Anna.
"Heh, yeah, that happens too." replied Jamie, which prompted Anna to briefly glance at Jamie's crotch, clearly not 'excited' and when Anna's gaze lifted to meet Jamie's, who smirked at her and commented... "Looks like you wanna say something. Still feel uncomfortable with my nudity?"
"Oh, n-no-well, kinda, but that's not the reason I'm nervous." replied Anna, averting her gaze as her face reddened. "It's just... there's some guy things I'm curious about, and given how comfortable you all are with your nudity... would it be strange to ask you some stuff about it?"
"Oh, of course not!" answered Jamie. "I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you have." he added, before Fin also added...
"Same here."
"Ok, well..." started Anna with a little smile. "When- or rather, why do you prefer being naked?"
"Well, for when, was when I was little." answered Jamie. "I just preferred the freedom it gave me. It's just that simple. No one said I had to wear clothes, so I didn't."
"Oh, then, I guess since it's a natural state for you, and you see other naked girls all the time, that would explain why you don't get... uh, 'excited' all the time." commented Anna, which prompted a chuckle from Jamie.
"Oh, feeling some kinda way that I'm not 'excited' around you?" teased Jamie.
"W-What!? No! That's not what I was thinking!" quickly replied Anna, although the group could clearly see from Anna's reddened face and her looking away, that the statement wasn't true, prompting a chuckle from them.
"I may not get 'excited' seeing you..." stated Jamie. "But you are very pretty."
"Oh, uh, thanks." replied Anna, smiling, but clearly embarrassed, and she could feel the tingle of arousal between her legs, before Nia chuckled and commented...
"How about we get straight to the good part instead of dancing around it? Anna, how much do you know about a penis?"
"H-Hey!" gasped Anna, before Fin commented...
"That's a good question. See what she knows, and we can confirm or deny anything she knows."
Following an embarrassed groan from Anna, she complied...
"Ok, fine..." commented Anna, looking down at her lap. "What I know is that... It get's bigger and stiff... stuff comes out when you 'finish', some are circumcised-" answered Anna, before Jamie cut in, curiously...
"Wait, what's that last one?"
"Huh?" asked Anna, lifting her gaze to Jamie and seeing the confusion on his face, as well as Fin, before Tia added...
"I've never heard that word either, and it relates to penis'?"
"Huh?" asked Anna again. "Circumcised? You don't know what-" she added, before glancing at Jamie and seeing that he was quite intact, as well as the other males she'd seen. "Ohhhh... right. Heh, well... this is awkward. Ahem, well, circumcision is the act of, well... cutting off the extra skin at the tip of a penis."
"What!?" gasped all four while Fin and Jamie cringed as they both clutched their crotches.
"Why would humans do that!?" asked Jamie, before Fin added...
"That sounds horrible!"
"Heh, I don't really know." answered Anna with a nervous chuckle. "I just know it's something newborns have down to them."
"I feel sorry for your babies." commented Fin, while Anna could only chuckle nervously, not having anything else to say on the matter, before Jamie removed his hands from himself and asked...
"Does my dick look weird to you?"
"O-Oh, uh..." replied Anna, briefly glancing at Jamie by simple reflex of the request before quickly averting her gaze. "I-I dunno. Before today, I've only seen one penis, and I barely remember it, thankfully."
"Whose was it?" asked Tia.
"My father." answered Anna. "When I was really little, maybe even a baby. I just remember bathing with both of my parents together."
"Wow." replied Tia. "You can remember that far back?"
"Heh, barely." answered Anna. "Most of it is a blur, I just remember bathing with my mom and dad together. But really though, the only 'real' view of a penis I've had is a dil- uh, a visual representation of one."
"So, a drawing of one?" asked Fin.
"Yeah... let's go with that." replied Anna.
"Well, yanno..." started Jamie with a smile. "I can show you what a real penis looks like and can do, if your interested."
"O-Oh, uh, hehe." replied Anna nervously as her face brightened, before Tia, Nia and Fin lightly chuckled, shaking their heads before Fin thumped Jamie in the side of the head.
"Seriously Jamie? You gonna ask a first-time visitor that?"
"She's not single." added Tia.
"What? No! No! No!" quickly replied Jamie. "Hehe, I'm not asking to have sex with you!" he quickly added to Anna. "Not that I'd be against it, though."
"Uh, thanks, I think." replied Anna shyly.
"Anyway, what I meant was..." commented Jamie. "I could be your example, a learning experience; you can check out my dick as much as you want, only visual, no touch, unless you want to."
"Well..." stated Nia as she stood. "That's my cue to leave, if that's where this is going. It was nice meeting you, Anna. I hope you visit again."
"Oh, same here." replied Anna, standing and offering a hand to the younger sister, who took her hand. "It was nice meeting you." she added, before Nia flew away, and Anna curiously thought, 'She left pretty quick. Is she not into guys... but she made a comment earlier at her sisters home implying she is.'
"So..." commented Jamie, interrupting Anna's thought. "Whaddya say? You're welcome to say no, though; no pressure."
"Hmm, I dunno..." replied Anna as she sat again.
"That's fine then." commented Jamie.
"Let me just think this over for a moment before answering." stated Anna, before lowering her gaze and thinking, 'It would be nice to learn how a guy's body works from one so comfortable with their nudity. But... how would Elsa react? Heh, she'd likely freak out, even more so if she showed up in the middle of the 'show'. Plus, it is starting to get late.' she thought, looking up and seeing the orange sky of the sun going down. 'Elsa's probably looking for me right now. Better to call it here for now and avoid a misunderstanding.'
"I'll have to decline." answered Anna, looking at Jamie.
"Alright, that's fine." replied Jamie.
"It's actually about time I head back to Tia's place and get dressed." stated Anna. "My sister and I decided we'd leave when the sun started going down."
"Oh, ok then." replied Jamie, before Tia stood and offered her hand to Anna to help her to her feet, followed by the two guys. "Guess we'll see you later then."
"Heh, I'd like that." replied Anna, extending a hand to Fin and Jamie.
Unfortunately, Anna only managed to shake Jamie's hand before Elsa was heard gasping out Anna's name, and Anna could only turn her gaze to the right to see Elsa within yards of her and closing, before Anna gasped when an icy gown covered her, before Elsa reached her and protectively hugged her against herself.
"Why are you naked!? What have they tricked you into doing!?"
"H-Hey, Hey!" giggled Anna. "They haven't tricked me."
"She's right." stated Jamie. "No one's tricked her." she added, before seeing Elsa staring daggers into him, like a mother staring down a threat to her young. "Heh, oookay, I'm just gonna go." he added, before quickly departing.
"Elsa, seriously, it's ok." replied Anna, pulling herself away from hold Elsa had on her. "It was my own choice to be naked."
"Why!?" gasped Elsa. "You've been flying around naked this whole time!?"
"Yes, I'll explain; just calm down first and breathe." replied Anna, before Elsa clinched her fists, closed her eyes, and took a slow, deep breath. This was repeated two more times before Elsa visibly relaxed. "Better?" asked Anna with a smile as she placed her hand on Elsa's shoulder.
"Yeah..." sighed Elsa, before looking at the gown she covered Anna with and added. "Please explain this to me."
"Well..." started Anna. "After I left for Tia's home, the clothes she offered, I wasn't really comfortable with. They didn't cover as much as I would've liked, but if they did, I'd risk burning them up. So her sister, Nia, suggested that I just don't wear anything. I wasn't too excited about that either, but they mentioned that being naked wasn't something weird, and as long as I wasn't weird about it, nobody else would be either. So, I ended up agreeing; no one forced me, and it was my own choice, and while it was VERY embarrassing to leave their house completely naked, I slowly got used to it after people didn't look at me weird or leering at me, and talked to me normally, and now, I actually kinda like it."
Following the explanation, Elsa closed her eyes and sighed heavily.
"I don't know what to say to that." commented Elsa.
"How about..." started Anna with a smile, before Elsa looked at her, "You're happy that I'm enjoying myself and embracing a part of their life? After all, part of this visit is to learn more about our fairy friends."
"Heh, yeah..." sighed Elsa with a little smile and shaking her head. "I just wish you would have chosen a different part of their way of life to 'embrace'."
"It's so nice to be free of clothing, though." replied Anna. "I still feel a little embarrassed, so I'm not a hundred percent adjusted, but it's so nice for a change of pace. It's not something we could do at home, you should try it."
"Hehe, no, no, no, I'm just fine with covering up." quickly replied Elsa as her face reddened. "But I'm glad you're happy." she added, before sighing and looking at Fin and Tia standing and watching the exchange. "Sorry about making a scene."
"It's alright." answered Tia and Fin together, prompting a chuckle from them, before Fin added...
"We understand that different groups of people have different ways of life. Humans like wearing clothes, so it's understandable you'd be wary of leaving them behind. So it's nice that Anna was willing to embrace this particular part of our life."
"Maybe you could try it out next time you visit." suggested Tia, "You might like it." she added, prompting a chuckle from Elsa.
"I wouldn't put any hope into that. I'm very much OK with wearing clothes." replied Elsa, before sighing and added, "Can you apologized to, uh, what was his name?"
"Jamie." answered Tia. "And yeah, I'll tell him you're sorry for the way you acted towards him."
"Thanks... that's the second time I've kinda blown up at him. He'll probably start avoiding me next time I visit."
"As long as you explain and apologize yourself, it'll be fine." replied Tia. "Now, if you keep up this 'overprotective' thing, then yeah..." she added with a smirk, eyeing the sisters, prompting their faces to redden some as Elsa averted her gaze, while Fin, looked at them curiously, lost on the implication, before Elsa cleared her throat and looked at Anna and commented...
"Anyway, Mother and Cassandra are here, so it's time for us to go."
"Alright." replied Anna. "I was heading back to Tia's home to get dressed before you arrived anyway. Figured it was about time." she added, before saying her good-bye to Fin, joined by Elsa, before Tia led them back to her home. "So, anything interesting happen with you and Juleka?" asked Anna as she began to dress herself as her underwear and dress still remained on Tia's bed.
"Nothing super interesting." answered Elsa. "Oh, I did learn that Juleka is over thirty years old."
"Seriously!?" gasped Anna. "She's thirty!? She looks our age! Obviously, I knew she ages slower since Izzy said she looks the same as she remembered her, but she looks so young for thirty."
"Heh, yeah-" replied Elsa, before Anna asked Tia.
"So, how old are you?"
"Nineteen." answered Tia, prompting a confused, "Oh." from Anna, who added...
"You look your age."
"Well, us and Juleka aren't the same kind of fairy." replied Tia.
"Oh, right." stated Anna. "Juleka came from a different place across the sea. So her kind ages a lot slower than you or us. Man, I know Juleka's happy here, but being the only one of her kind around must still be lonely."
"Juleka isn't the only one of her kind here." commented Tia. "Well, there's none here in the village, but Juleka's not alone."
"She's not?" asked Elsa and Anna, before Elsa added. "She never mentioned that... although I also didn't ask."
"Heh, yeah, our kind is just the vast majority in the area." stated Tia.
"Does she interact with her own kind?" asked Anna.
"Of course. Why wouldn't she?" asked Tia.
"Oh, well, do you know why Juleka came here?" asked Anna.
"Because she didn't like how the fairies where she lived treated humans. They actually went out of their way to go after humans; based on what Juleka's said. We just ignore them, until you two anyway." answered Tia. "But everyone who knows her, knows this about her."
"Oh..."
"Heh, are you assuming her kind are all the same?" teases Tia.
"W-What, no! I'm not like that!" quickly answered Anna, before Elsa chuckled and teased...
"Anna, how could you?"
The remark prompted an annoyed groan from Anna before she commented...
"I'm just going off the little information I have."
"Hehe, maybe Juleka's previous community just had a thing about humans, and Juleka was just the odd one." commented Tia. "But her kind here share our viewpoint, avoidance. I can't claim we don't have our own odd ones, though, but we don't approve of acts against humans because it could invite retaliation." explained Tia, which prompted Elsa and Anna to recall their encounter with Amelia.
"There's always exceptions to the rule, I guess." commented Elsa.
"Yeah, so try not to assume we're all the same if you encounter one of our kind who is aggressive towards you." stated Tia.
"Well, that's not a problem after meeting everyone here." stated Anna.
"Yeah, same." added Elsa.
"Thanks." replied Tia. "If you ever do run into a fairy that has unprovoked aggression or violence towards you, be sure to tell Juleka about it as soon as you can."
"I will." answered Anna, followed by Elsa...
"Same here. Oh, Anna, aside from Juleka showing me around and introducing me to some people, shortly after you left, I did get to see a little fairy's first flight."
"Aww, that sounds so cute!" replied Anna, "That's like a baby's first steps, right?"
"Yep." answered Tia. "Elsa's lucky; there aren't many babies here. Let me guess, it was Hyatt and Elisa's daughter, right?"
"Yeah." answered Elsa. "How'd you know it was them?"
"My parents are friends with them and my sister recently babysat for them, and said the kid would be taking her first flight any day now since she was such a good flier inside."
"The parents said something similar." commented Elsa. "The kid would look out the door and flap her wings."
"Heh, yep, that's a sure sign the little one is ready." stated Tia, before Anna, having finished getting dressed, commented.
"As much as I wanna keep talking, we should get going. Don't want Mother and Cassandra waiting too long."
"Yeah..." replied Elsa. "Juleka said she'd gather some people and wait where we entered, while I went to find you."
"Ok." stated Anna, before looking at Tia and extending her hands out for a hug, which Tia gladly accepted. "Thanks for showing me around."
"You're welcome." replied Tia. "I look forward to your next visit." she added, before releasing Anna, and Elsa, who smiled and commented...
"Thanks for taking care of Anna."
"You're welcome." repeated Tia.
The three gave a final 'Seeya later' to each other before Elsa and Anna departed and joined Juleka with a group of other fairies.
"All ready?" asked Juleka."
"Yep." answered Elsa and Anna, while Anna added, "I really enjoyed the visit."
"I'm happy to hear that." replied Juleka with a smile. "Well, let's go, we'll be heading to the same spot as before." she added, before taking the lead towards their destination.
Reaching the location, in addition to seeing Iduna, Cassandra, and Vivian, who sat on Iduna's right shoulder, waiting for them, Elsa and Anna also saw their father, Agnarr, joining them.
"There's my fairy children!" commented Iduna delightfully as she saw Elsa and Anna arrive with the other fairies, prompting the sisters to chuckle at the tease as they stopped within two feet of their parents faces as they greeted back, as Vivian departed from Iduna's shoulder to rejoin Juleka, giving her a hug and kiss on the cheek.
"Enjoy the visit?" asked Juleka.
"Yep." answered Vivian, "I even got to meet your friend."
"That's great! Did you two get along?" replied Juleka, while Elsa and Anna also answered a similar question from Iduna.
"Yeah, it was a great experience!" replied Anna.
"Heh, same here." added Elsa, before Agnarr chuckled and commented...
"It's pretty weird seeing you two so small, though."
Elsa, though, gasped when Iduna cupped her hands and lifted them under Elsa, prompting her to land in her mother's hands on her hands and knees.
"You two look so cute like this, though." stated Iduna. "Maybe you should stay like this, and I can dress you both up like little dolls." she added teasingly.
"I'll pass on that, thanks." replied Elsa with a smile, followed by Anna...
"Yeah, being small is nice, but I'd like to return to normal."
"Hehe, alright." replied Iduna, before kneeling and lowering her hands to allow Elsa to hop down to the ground, followed by Anna and the other fairies."
"Well, it was nice having you two visit." stated Juleka as she walked up to the sisters.
"Same here." replied Anna. "Hope we can return the favor and host more of your people in the future."
"Heh, that would be a nice milestone to reach." commented Juleka with a smile. "For now, let's return you two back to normal." she added, before offering her right hand to them, which Elsa took and shook. Anna, however, opted for a hug, prompting a chuckle from Juleka, who briefly returned the embrace.
About to end the hug, Anna noticed Juleka's wings and gasped as she pulled back.
"Oh! Do you mind if I look at your wings for a moment?" asked Anna. "Tia let me look at her's, and I found out her wings are separated in an upper and lower half. She said you have that too, but I never noticed."
"Oh, sure." replied Juleka with a smile as she turned her back to Anna and lifted her thin wings, more dragonfly-like than butterfly, like the others around. Like the others, though, Juleka's wings were also white in color thanks to the natural powder on them. However, true to what Tia said, Anna did see the two smaller wings, just below Juleka's larger ones, and they were a quarter of the length.
"Wow, you do have them." commented Anna. "How have I not noticed?"
"Well, I'm not that surprised you didn't." stated Juleka, turning around with a smile. "I'm either using my wings, so they're moving too fast for you to notice, or they're at rest, which would also make them hard to notice unless you're specifically looking."
"Yeah, that makes sense." commented Anna. "Ok, I'm satisfied."
"Alright then." replied Juleka. "If you have any other wing-related questions, I'd be happy to answer."
"Well, now that you mention it, I do have one." stated Anna. "Since your wings are so different from each other, do you have any benefits from flying that the others don't, and vice versa?"
"Yeah, I'm more agile and, in general, faster, while the others are stronger fliers than me, so they could carry heavier things longer before getting tired." answered Juleka, before Vivian walked up beside her with a little smile and added...
"We also have the advantage of our flying being silent, since our wings don't need to move as fast."
"Heh, yeah, that's true." replied Juleka.
"Alright." said Anna with a smile. "I'm satisfied now, for real this time. Time for Elsa and I to return to normal." she added, looking to Elsa beside her and chuckling after a moment and commenting, "Oh, what are you gonna do about your clothing situation?"
The question prompted Elsa's eyes to widen in realization.
"Dang it." muttered Elsa with a hand over her face, before looking at Juleka and asking. "I'm guessing you have to be able to see me to return me to normal, right?"
"Yeah, sorry." replied Juleka with a smile, followed by a groan from Elsa, before Anna chuckled again and commented...
"Well, I could hug you from the front, so you're not totally exposed."
"...Ok..." muttered Elsa, red in the face, before looking up to her parents and Cassandra and commenting. "You all, turn around."
The three simply giggled and did so, before Anna giggled and delightfully embraced Elsa.
"Ok, we're ready!" announced Anna.
The fairies quickly got into position, and Juleka gave the final warning of...
"Remember to close your eyes, since you're standing."
"Ok." replied Elsa and Anna as they did so.
The fairies then held hands and began the process of returning the sisters to normal, who felt their bodies tingle like before, along with Anna giggling when she felt Elsa's dress quickly coming apart with her growing size as Elsa also placed her hands behind herself to cover her bare butt.
Within thirty seconds and the tingling fading, the process was complete, and following Juleka's, "It's done." Elsa quickly pulled away from Anna and, almost in the blink of an eye, reformed her dress.
"Can we turn around now?" asked Agnarr, to which Elsa gave a simple...
"Yeah."
Iduna, Agnarr, and Cassandra all smiled with a little chuckle seeing Elsa's reddened face, but chose not to tease her as the fairies returned to the air at head-level to them.
"The agreement has been successfully completed." commented Juleka.
"Yep." answered Anna delightfully, before looking around at the other fairies and adding. "Thanks for trusting us enough to invite us into your home. I really enjoyed my visit."
"You're welcome." replied the group of fairies.
"I thank you as well." added Elsa with a smile, followed by a repeat, 'You're welcome'.
"Well then..." started Juleka. "It's getting dark, so I won't draw out the farewell. It was nice having you two visit. I look forward to your next one."
"Me too." replied not only Elsa and Anna, but the group of fairies as well, prompting a chuckle from all, before Anna added as she waved her hand...
"Well, see you all later, then."
The others and the fairies repeated the farewell and wave of the hand as they departed, with Juleka and Vivian being the last to follow the group, before they were out of sight.
"Hehe, that was fun!" declared Anna, turning to face her parents and Cassandra.
"You two can tell us all about your visit back home." commented Agnarr, before Cassandra turned around and created a portal to the castle courtyard, and Elsa chuckled and looked at Anna and commented...
"Anna sure has a revealing tale to tell."
"Heh, well, I could leave that particular detail out." replied Anna nervously. "We're back in our own world now."
"Ohhh..." cooed Iduna with a smile. "Sounds like something interesting happened."
"Let's just say..." started Elsa. "Anna embraced a particular fairy custom that was a shock to see."
"Yeah, let's just leave it there." commented Anna as she walked ahead and into the portal, prompting a chuckle from Elsa, before she commented...
"You said you liked it; why so embarrassed now?"
"Yeah, tell us!" urged Iduna as the group followed Anna into the portal.
As the group returned to the castle courtyard and Iduna continued to happily pester Anna about what happened, Elsa, who walked just ahead of her father, walking behind them, smiled at the interaction before she felt something from her magic and lifted her left hand to create a small snowflake, noticed by Agnarr.
'What is it?' thought Elsa.
'When you have time, I need to talk to you.' answered Sanna.
'You can't tell me now?' thought Elsa curiously.
'I don't want to interrupt this little family gathering.' replied Sanna.
'Is it serious?'
'Not necessarily. I've just learned something surprising you may want to know.'
'Well, if it isn't bad news, you can tell me now.' thought Elsa.
'Ok then. When you were small and in the palm of your mother's hands, I felt magic within her.'
'What!?' thought Elsa in shock as she stopped her walking, drawing Agnarr's curious gaze at the clear surprise on her face. 'Are you saying Mother has magic!?'
'I'm not sure!' quickly answered Sanna. 'I-' she added, before Agnarr interrupted.
"Elsa, is something wrong?"
Lifting her gaze from the snowflake, Elsa saw everyone's eyes on her and, in particular, looked at her mother, as curious as the others.
"No, I was just talking to Sanna, and she told me something unexpected." answered Elsa.
"What was it?" asked Iduna.
"I... wanna get some clarification first. I'm gonna head to my room." answered Elsa with a little chuckle as she hurried ahead of the others and into the castle, while all four continued to look on curiously.
"Oookay, that was weird." Commented Anna.
- Elsa's room -
'Alright, explain.' thought Elsa after a calming sigh as she sat on her bed and looked at the snowflake hovering in her left hand. 'Mother has magic!?'
'I felt magic within her; I'm not sure if she 'has' magic.' clarified Sanna.
'But you only picked up on this now? Because I was in the palm of her hands, like when you can feel Anna's magic when we touch? But I've touched Mother plenty of times since her revival; why now?'
'I'm just as confused as you!' answered Sanna. 'The only thing I can think of is our size at the time; maybe it made me more sensitive to the magic within her, which even then was faint.'
'So, Mother may not even be aware of it, if it took us being small for you to notice it.' thought Elsa.
'Right, it might even be the lingering effect of Emory freezing her.'
'Yeah... Mother did have what could only be called magic during our first trip to the Enchanted Forest when she was giving Anna those visions.'
'If it's so faint, it may not even be worth mentioning this to your mother.' suggested Sanna.
"Maybe..." commented Elsa, before a small gasp left her when a knocking came from her door and Anna called to her.
"Hey Elsa? Everything ok?"
"Yeah, it's fine." answered Elsa with a smile as she dispersed the snowflake, stood, walked to, and opened her door. She was surprised to see not just Anna, but Iduna as well to her right, who smiled and commented...
"That's good; we both were a little worried. You just ran away so quickly."
"Yeah... sorry about that." replied Elsa, clearly embarrassed at her quick retreat.
"So, what's the news?" asked Anna. "What surprising thing did Sanna tell you?"
Elsa hesitated briefly, looking to her mother, before sighing and thinking...
'It's better that Mother knows, just in case.'
"Come in." urged Elsa as she stepped aside.
Curious, the two entered Elsa's room before she closed the door and faced her mother.
"Mother, how have you felt since your revival?" asked Elsa. "Any weird feelings, sensations?"
Iduna's face quickly reddened at recalling catching her daughter's intimately occupied and the embarrassing reaction her body had.
"N-No..." answered Iduna hesitantly as she averted her gaze.
Following Iduna's clearly nervous answer, Anna gasped and asked...
"Oh no! Did I revive you wrong!?"
"W-What!? No! You brought me back fine!" quickly answered Iduna. "I feel fine!"
"Are you sure!?" asked Anna. "That 'no' didn't seem very confident. If something's wrong, just tell me; maybe Father's feeling weird too because of me!"
"That's not it, I promise!" insisted Iduna, before her face reddened more as she groaned and placed a hand over her face. "Ok, ok, when I caught you two, 'occupied' upon my return..." she commented, prompting red faces all around. "It... aroused me."
"What!?" gasped Elsa and Anna, before Elsa added.
"No! No! No! That's not what I was talking about!"
"It's not?" asked Iduna.
"No!" declared Elsa, placing her hands over her face, "I mean, I did leave the question open-ended, but that is NOT what I was looking for!" she added, as Anna placed her hands over her face as well and stated...
"That's not something I wanted to ever know!"
"I-It's just a normal reaction to seeing something like that, though." commented Iduna with an embarrassed chuckle. "There's nothing more to it than that."
"What else could there-" began to ask Anna, before the image flashed in her mind, and she immediately dry-heaved. "Nope, nope, nope! Don't go there, brain!"
Picking up on what Anna likely thought, Elsa cringed hard before Iduna commented...
"Anyway, moving on! Elsa, what were you looking for?"
"R-Right, right... ignoring... that..." stated Elsa. "I'll get straight to it. When I was small and in the palm of your hands, Sanna felt magic within you."
Despite the red faces, both Anna and Iduna looked surprised and asked, "Really?", followed by Anna happily turning to her and declaring...
"You have magic afterall!?"
"H-Huh? No, I don't!" quickly answered Iduna.
"Sanna says there's magic within you, though." stated Elsa. "She guesses that it's the lingering effect of being frozen in Ahtohallan."
"Really?" asked Iduna, looking down at her hands. "I don't feel anything strange, though."
"Really?" asked Anna in disappointment. "Nothing at all?"
"Heh, sorry, nothing." answered Iduna. "If Sanna says it's lingering, it'll likely fade to nothing with time. That's fine with me. I don't need magic."
"Aw... well, I'm disappointing for you." stated Anna. "How awesome would it be if we all had magic!?" she added, prompting a chuckle from Iduna, before Anna gasped and added, "Oh, maybe you just need a helping hand! Like what Sanna did for my magic!"
"Sanna could give me magic?" asked Iduna.
"Not necessarily." stated Elsa. "Just bring out what's already there. Sanna says she's willing to try."
"Come on! Give it a try! I wonder what your magic would be-maybe wind, or earth, or maybe one of ours!" urged Anna, prompting a chuckle from Iduna.
"Alright, alright. How does this work?"
"Give me your hand." requested Elsa as she presented her left hand to Iduna, who took it with her right. "I'm going to send some of my magic into you, and Sanna will do her thing."
"Ok. It won't hurt, will it?"
"No, you'll likely feel a chill, though." answered Elsa.
"Ok, ready when you are." replied Iduna, as Anna was clearly giddy at the prospect of Iduna having magic as well.
Elsa's hand soon glows blue before she sends her magic into Iduna, the blue aura traveling into Iduna's hand and stopping at her elbow.
"Ohh, that is a chill." commented Iduna.
"Is it uncomfortable?" asked Elsa.
"No, just cold." answered Iduna, while the two held hands for about a minute before the glow retreated from Iduna's hand and Elsa released her hand.
"Well!?" asked Anna impatiently as Iduna flexed her hand.
"I don't feel any different." commented Iduna, before the two looked to Elsa, who created a snowflake above her hand, and the two waited, Anna impatiently for Elsa to convey what Sanna had to say before an interested expression came to Elsa's face.
"Well, that's interesting." commented Elsa.
"What!?" asked Anna. "What is it!?"
"Well, Sanna said that the lingering magic within Mother is so faint that it's more like smoke from a candle that's gone out and Mother doesn't have a candle to light."
"Aww, so Mother doesn't have a hand to help to begin with?" asked Anna.
"Pretty much-"
"Aww, sorry for building you up, Mother." stated Anna.
"It's fine." replied Iduna. "I'm perfectly fine being normal."
"I wasn't finished." commented Elsa with a smirk.
"Oh, so there's hope!?" asked Anna, prompting a chuckle from Elsa.
"While there's no 'candle' to light, Sanna could light the smoke. So currently, Mother does have magic, but Sanna doesn't know what form it takes. So, it's limited, like filling a bucket; once the bucket is empty, there's nothing to refill it."
"So you can try out having magic." stated Anna to Iduna. "That's nice. I wonder what you can do!"
"Hehe, same here." replied Iduna, looking at her hand. "I don't feel cold or hot, so I don't think I have either of your powers, and I don't know what earth or air would feel like."
"So we should try and figure out what you can do before it releases accidentally." stated Elsa, before she created a portal. "Let's go outside."
"Alright." replied Iduna, before she and the sisters walked through the portal to reappear in the garden, and Anna happily commented...
"If your magic works like mine, you probably need to be in contact with the ground."
"Ok." replied Iduna, before kneeling and placing her right hand on the ground, and Anna excitedly asked...
"Feel anything!?"
"Anna, come on." commented Elsa with a chuckle. "Give her more than five seconds."
"Heh, sorry, sorry. I'm just so excited!" replied Anna.
After a few moments, Iduna pulled her hand back and stood.
"I don't feel anything, sorry."
"Aww." commented Anna.
"Maybe..." stated Elsa, walking towards the pond. "Your magic is water, instead of ice?"
"Maybe." replied Iduna, joining Elsa in standing in front of the pond where a goose and her children were swimming. Iduna knelt and placed her fingers in the water. "Hmm, still nothing." commented Iduna after a moment.
"Huh..." replied Anna curiously. "So you don't have any of our powers." she added, before looking to Elsa and asking as a couple of the ducklings swam over to Iduna's hand still in the water. "Are you sure Sanna said she has magic?"
"Yeah." replied Elsa, before she created a snowflake. She added, "Yeah, she has a limited amount, but Mother does have magic, is what Sanna said."
While Elsa and Anna pondered Iduna's mystery magic, Iduna herself smiled at the additional company she had with the ducklings and offered her upturned hand towards them, prompting a couple pokes with their bills before one decided to swim onto her hand, and lifted them from the water a few inches as Iduna added her other hand to gently stroke the duckling.
However, to not only Iduna's surprise, but Elsa and Anna, as well as the ducklings, a small window appeared above her hand that held the duckling, which revealed a point-of-view scene of a line of familiar ducklings walking in a line and large Anna approaching, singing...
~For the first time in forever~
"Whoa!" gasped Anna as she and Elsa looked on, wide-eyed, as well as the ducklings looking at the scene, showing them hopping onto Anna's offered hands and commenting...
"I can't wait to meet everyone. Oh, what if I meet THE one?"
The scene prompted a chuckle from Iduna, before Elsa commented...
"You have Emory's powers."
"Yeah..." replied Anna, before she and Elsa looked at each other, and both recalled Emory mentioning Iduna was behind Anna's visions during their first trip to the Enchanted Forest, so she was at the very least, exposed to Emory's magic.
"So I can see memories then." commented Iduna with a smile, before the duckling in her hand jumped at the magical image, but passed through it and safely into the water, Elsa and Anna both gasped at recalling the conditions of Emory's memory powers, but didn't see the memory turn into a crystal, but simply faded away.
"What's with the gasps?" asked Iduna, looking back at them and standing.
"The memory didn't turn into a crystal." commented Anna.
"Should it?" asked Iduna curiously.
"That's how Emory's memory powers work." stated Elsa. "She has to remain in contact with the person whose memory she is seeing."
"But if contact breaks, the memory is removed from the person and turned into a crystal." added Anna.
"Well, that didn't happen." commented Iduna.
"No, it didn't." commented Elsa.
"Guess my temporary magic is only similar to Emory's, or maybe a weaker version." stated Iduna.
"Yeah..." replied Anna, before smiling nervously. "Uh, Mother, I think you should know, during our first trip to the Enchanted Forest, Emory revealed you were the cause of me having visions."
"Really?" asked Iduna curiously. "Those other reality visions that you said Olaf died in? Why would I do that to you?"
"I'm pretty sure you were trying to steer me, and through me, Elsa, away from going to Ahtohallan. So part of you, maybe your spirit, was trying to protect us, and you did it by somehow borrowing part of Emory's magic."
"Oh... I see." replied Iduna, lowering her gaze in thought.
"Emory did say you are sensitive to the spirits." stated Elsa, "So that probably extends to magic in general, at least in the special case of you being frozen within Emory's influence for three years."
"I guess that does make sense." stated Iduna. "That would explain the super foggy thing I experienced when I was dead that I mentioned a week ago when we were with my mother. I saw you two in the forest, and I just had the need to help you. With this context, it's making sense."
"Yeah." commented Anna. "So when I revived you, you still had some of Emory's magical 'essence' in you that Sanna was able to spark in you, temporarily."
"Heh, well, I don't have much use for this magic, but I'll appreciate it while I have it. Maybe Agnarr and I could relive a few memories." stated Iduna with a smile. "Heh, even if it's gone tomorrow, it's nice to be a temporary member of this magic club."
"We're glad to have you." replied Elsa with a smile, before Anna added delightfully...
"Hey, maybe Father's got a little magic 'smoke' in him too! Why not check him?"
"Well, there's no harm in asking. He said he was going to stop by our room." commented Iduna
"Alright, let's go." replied Elsa as she led the way out of the garden.
- Agnarr and Iduna's room -
"Really!? Iduna has magic!?" gasped Agnarr with a smile as the trio stood in front of him.
"Yep." answered Iduna. "It's temporary, though. I have similar memory powers that Emory has, because I somehow retained a small amount of Emory's magic. Elsa's magic likened it to the smoke from an unlit candle that she ignited- the smoke, not the candle. I don't have a candle to light."
"Wow, do you know how long you'll have it?" asked Agnarr.
"No, unfortunately. So when it's gone, it's gone. I figure I could share it with you, though, and relive some memories."
"Well, I won't say no to that." replied Agnarr, before Anna happily commented...
"That's not all, though! Since you were frozen with Mother, you might have some of Emory's magic in you too!"
"Oh..." replied Agnarr, wide-eyed.
"So do you wanna get checked to see!?" asked Anna. "Elsa can do it now."
"Uh, sure, ok." replied Agnarr. "How do you check?"
"You give me your hand..." answered Elsa, offering her left hand to her father. "And I send my magic into you and see if Sanna can sense anything. It doesn't hurt."
"Alright." replied Agnarr as he took Elsa's hand.
Like Iduna before, the blue aura of Elsa's magic traveled up to Agnarr's elbow.
"I certainly feel a chill." commented Agnarr. "How long does this take?"
"Just a few moments." replied Elsa, before a few moments pass and the glow retreats from Agnarr's hand. Elsa releases her hold and creates the familiar snowflake representing her communication with Sanna. The trio watched Elsa's face to see a curious expression briefly come to her face before she dispersed the snowflake, lowered her hand, and looked at her father. "Sorry, there's no magic in you."
"Oh well, that's fine." replied Agnarr with a smile and a shrug of his shoulders.
"Aw, really?" asked Anna. "Not even a tiny bit of magic?"
"Sanna said there's nothing there." stated Elsa.
"Well, that's a disappointment." sighed Anna. "We all could've had magic."
"It's fine." commented Agnarr with a smile. "I don't need magic anyway. I'll leave that to the two experts here." he added, prompting a chuckle from the sisters at the complement.
"It would've been neat, though." commented Anna.
- 10:47 P.M., Elsa's room -
Anna walked out of Elsa's bathroom with nothing but a towel around her head and a satisfied smile, steam briefly billowing from her body as she evaporated the water. Her gaze focuses on Elsa, sitting on her bed, wearing her sleepwear, and smiling at her.
"What?" asked Anna with a smile, before Elsa lifted her hands to reveal a comb and brush.
"My hair is dry. Wanna brush it for me?"
"Sure." answered Anna as she delightfully joined Elsa on the bed, taking the comb and brush, before sitting behind Elsa and beginning to comb through her hair. "So, what's with the smile you greeted me with?"
"Just appreciating the view."
"Oh really?" asked Anna with a smile.
"Yep." answered Elsa, before a small sigh left her. "I want to apologize again for my behavior during our visit to Juleka's home."
"It's fine, we were both uncomfortable. We'll be better prepared next time."
"Yeah, but only one of us was overprotective and aggressive. I'll do better next time, I promise; but, I'd like to ask something of you."
"Ok, what is it?"
"I don't like that you were going around naked." stated Elsa with a little pout. "All those eyes on your body... Even if it is normal for them, I should be the only one that gets to see that much of you. So, can you not strip naked next time? At the very least, leave your underwear on."
"Oh..." replied Anna, before a big smile came to her face, and she removed herself from the bed and kneeled in front of Elsa and took her hands in hers. "Ok, I promise: No more embracing the fairies nudist custom. No one but you will see me naked from now on."
"Thanks." replied Elsa with a smile.
"Since I've done it once, though, you get to try it too." commented Anna, before she stood and returned behind Elsa and resumed combing her hair.
"Uh, thanks, but that won't be necessary." replied Elsa.
"It wouldn't be fair, though, if I got to experience that and you couldn't. It was a really nice experience that you should have at least once. So, even if you say it's not necessary now, you might change your mind; therefor, you have my direct approval, valid for one visit, to embrace the fairy custom of public nudity." declared Anna, prompting a chuckle from Elsa.
"Alright, alright, I accept."
END