"So, may I help you?" Elsa asked the guy standing there.
"Um, I'm not really used to talking to royalty...um...I'm looking for the princess of Arendelle." The guy said as he removed his hood, revealing slightly blonde hair. Anna's eyes widened when she caught sight of the hair. She looked closely at the guy but all hope within her heart fell when she realized that he was not Kristoff.
"I'm here regarding my fellow ice harvester, Kristoff." The guy said to Anna. Anna lifted her head and stared at the guy, her eyes wide in shock.
"Wait...is he alive?!" Anna shrieked in shock. The crestfallen look on the ice harvester's face was all the answer she needed.
"I...I'm sorry." The ice harvester said. "Actually, I came to inform you that...that...we found his body."
Upon that, Anna broke down in tears again as Elsa held her tightly. The ice harvester looked at the ground as well, trying to hide his own tears.
"Can...can I see him?" Anna asked as she wiped a tear away. The ice harvester nodded as he led the two girls towards the town. A guard followed behind as they walked down the bridge towards one of the houses that the ice harvesters regularly used as meeting places.
"He's in there..." The ice harvester said as he opened the door and allowed Elsa and Anna to enter.
"Your majesty..." The ice harvesters said as they bowed down upon seeing Elsa and Anna. Elsa waved it away, but Anna was too entranced by a figure lying on a bed in the corner, several ice harvesters sitting next to him. Anna started sobbing as she approached the body of her boyfriend. He was pale, paler than Elsa and completely still. Any hope that Anna had of Kristoff being alive was now gone, replaced with complete and utter brokenness. Elsa moved next to her sister, stroking her hair as Anna cuddled Kristoff's lifeless form.
"I'm so sorry princess." An ice harvester said. "He was a good man..."
"He was...what happened?" Anna asked.
"One of the nice harvesters came across his body early this morning. He was found a couple of hundred feet away from the body of the prime minister. When we found him, he was already dead, but from what we've seen, he survived for a while even after being shot. But that son of a bitch tyron made sure that no one would find them." The ice harvester said. "He was like a brother to me..."
"I'm sorry Anna..." Elsa said.
"I guess he's really gone now..." Anna cried before breaking down in tears and hugging her sister. They sat there for over an hour, Anna taking her last look at Kristoff, knowing that he would never come back. The only man she had truly loved in her life, and he had been killed, as if fate was playing a cruel joke on her.
Don't worry...I'm here for you. I promise I'll never leave you..." Elsa whispered into her crying sister's ear. "Its alright...I'm here...and I will always be here..."
1 month later...
"Wake up!"
"ARGH!" Anna screamed as sue fell out of bed, then sound of giggling coming from next to her. "Elsa! What was that for?"
"Well, I heard that a certain princess is celebrating her birthday today and I didn't want my sister to be late for the party." Elsa laughed as she helped Anna up.
"Oh, Happy birthday Elsa..." Anna said sleepily.
"No silly! Its your birthday!" Elsa stated as she pushed her sister back down on the bed and tickled her. Anna squealed as she tried to evade her sister's attacks.
"Calm down you two!" Idun said as she entered the room and watched the girls fall off the bed. They jumped up and stood up straight as they watched their mother enter the room and walk towards Anna. "Happy birthday darling."
"Thanks mama." Anna said as she hugged her mother.
"Well, you two better get dressed." Idun said. "Breakfast is ready downstairs and we've got a present for you."
"Okay." Anna said has she pulled away and ran over to her wardrobe. It had been a month since the events of the return, and life in Arendelle had already returned to normal. The aid from the allied kingdoms of corona, Arrimus and others had aided Arendelle in its recovery allowing to reach the same state that it was before Tyron's rule. Idun and Agdar were now queen a in king respectively as well since the announcement of Elsa's abdication a month ago. To their shock, the people of Arendelle originally didn't take the abdication too well.
They didn't like the idea of having their Queen with ice and snow powers that could make ice rinks, snow parks and kingdom wide snowball fights all year round, being replaced by two normal folks. But, they eventually adapted to it, to Agdar and Idun's delight. The joint military agreement with Arrimus, combined with Elsa's small division of ice soldiers, eventually restored Arendelle's military to the point where it was three times stronger than before.
As for Kristoff, Anna never forgot about him, but as Elsa once said, the past is in the past and eventually she accepted that Kristoff was gone and that she had to move on. After the official abdication of Elsa, and the reestablishment of Agdar and Idun as the ruling monarchs, Elsa and Anna were never seen without one another, not even during the night and especially not outside. Slowly, the people of Arendelle got used to the sight of Elsa outside, which shocked everyone at first since she wasn't known to be the social kind, but with Anna's help Elsa became accustomed to the outdoors and the people became accustomed to seeing her as well.
Eventually, snow ball fights in the town square as well as ice skating became a common occurrence in Arendelle. Overall, ttje kingdom had never been happier. The only thing that was missing for Anna was Kristoff, but as her parents said, she was still young and one day, would find someone like Kristoff again.
Idun and Agdar swore to themselves that they would never repeat the mistakes of the past. They no longer feared Elsa's powers nor stopped her from using them around her sister. And, because of Anna's request, they also promised that there would be no arranged marriages, that they girls would marry when they felt like it and for true love. The southern isles and Weselton were no longer a threat, not after corona declared war against the southern isles for their support and aid of the black sun and won it.
Now, everything was finally the way it should be, the events of last month nearly forgotten.
"Happy birthday!" The servants and Agdar and Idun greeted Anna as she and her sister entered the room.
"Happy birthday cousin!"
"Rapunzel!" Anna squealed as she pulled her into a hug. "Hey, how are you?"
"I'm fine..." Rapunzel replied. "When I heard what happened last month I couldn't believe it. I'm so sorry about your boyfriend by the way."
"Its alright." Anna said as she sat by her sister.
"So, we've decided, all of us, that we will hold a ball for your 19 th birthday, since you haven't had a proper birthday in 13 years and Elsa hasn't attended any of them as well." Rapunzel said.
"You don't know how much that killed me inside." Elsa said. "I'm just glad that that is finally over."
"So, your mother and father put us in charge of doing the celebratory party."
"I figured that it would be a good idea." Agdar said with a smile as he hugged his wife.
"So...we've invited all the dignitaries that attended the coronation of your sister as well as all our friends..."
"A proper birthday party at last...and with my cousin and sister..." Anna squealed as she hugged Elsa. "So where is to being held? I never saw any decorations in the ballroom."
"Oh, the ballroom here isn't big enough, so we're holding it in corona." Rapunzel said. "We've got a ship in the port ready to bring us there tonight."
Upon the mention of the word 'ship' the smiles on Agdar, Idun's, Elsa's, Anna's faces disappeared and was replace by a look of fear.
"A...a ship?" Idun asked.
"Yeah...why? Is there a problem?" Rapunzel asked.
"No...no problem..." Anna lied. "Its just...you know..."
"Don't worry cousin. We have the best spotters in corona. Everything will be fine..."
36 hours later...
"What the heck is this?!" Agdar screamed as he, Idun, Elsa and Anna emerged on to the deck, immediately getting submerged in the pouring rain.
"We've run into a minor thunderstorm..." The captain said from above.
"A thunderstorm?!" Elsa screamed.
"Oh relax Elsa." Rapunzel comforted as she and Eugene appeared on deck. "Our ships are built to withstand this. What could possibly go wrong?"
"OH, SHUT UP!"
***THE END***
And the story is now complete. I bet you were thinking that that man in the last chapter was Kristoff. Sorry to all Kristoff lovers for killing him.
Thanks DuckytheDucktheThird for the suggestion at the end.
Well, this story was good while it lasted...but now, like all good things, it must end.
Thank you to all the people who Reviewed, followed, and favorited. Now, it's time to start "The Snow Twins Of Arendelle"
I have also uploaded the first chapter for "The Snow Twins of Arendelle". Please do check it out. Since Stranded is now finished, The Snow Twins of Arendelle is now my main story.
Unfortunately, there won't be a sequeal for this story. The closest you'll get to a sequeal is my other story, The Royal Family. Its a bunch of one shots that occur between the whole family after the events of the movie, and after the events of a reunion. Technically, this constitutes as a reunion fic so, The royal family one shots could very well occur after this story, or any other reunion fanfic.
-TacticX
