"Aah...can you smell that?" Agdar asks. "The smell of the trees, air, forest and..."

"Boredom." Isole completes with a sigh as she rests her head against the carriage door. Agdar rolls his eyes as he looks through the window, the hills nearby indicating that they were near. Around fifteen minutes later, and they are there.

"Aah...the retreat house." Agdar says as they step out of the carriage and stare at the large stone structure in front of them.

"Hey Elsa. On know all about geometry and architecture right? You think that is stable?" Isole asks her twin.

"I'd rather sleep in the carriage." Elsa answers as Anna runs inside with her parents.

"Girls...come in here." Idun calls out as Primrose walks past them.

"Come on. The house isn't going to swallow you up...yet..." Primrose grins as Elsa and Isole look at each other. The two of them head inside and loom around at the dust and spiderweb covered rooms.

"Who inhabited this place last? The vikings?" Isole says as Anna slides down one of the stairs, only to land straight on Elsa with a loud thud.

"Hey...let's create a winter wonderland." Anna suggests.

"No." Idun says suddenly.

"Why? Is the place going to fall apart if we try?" Isole asks with a laugh.

"Actually this place withstood the battle of corona in 1150."

"AAH! Who the heck are you?" Isole screams as she takes a few steps back from the man that just appeared behind her. He had grayish hair and was rather tall and thin, and was actually quite creepy to look at.

"Isole. Language!" Agdar snaps as he walks over to the butler. "So you must be Emanuel."

"Yes your majesty. I'm the keeper of the house. Have been since I was eighteen."

"So you saw the vikings invade?" Isole asks.

"Actually I'm only 46." He answers.

"Come on girls. Bring your stuff up and maybe you can go linger around the site for a while. The woods are quite friendly round hear according to the hunters."

"Mm...I wonder why?" Isole mutters as she stares at the large collection of hunting rifles and bows hanging above the living room mantle. Elsa and Isole both lift one side of their trunk and bring it upstairs.

"Anna! Get off!" Elsa growls as Anna climbs on top of the trunk and sits on it. She stocks out her tongue before flopping on her back and pretending to sleep. Elsa and Isole finally mange to bring the trunk into their room where they proceed to throw it to the ground and k rock their sister off of it.

"Hey!" Anna squeals only to receive two snowballs to the face.

"So this is our room?" Elsa says as she sees how big it is.

"Mm. I can already sense the dead spirits in here..." Isole laughs causing Anna to gasp.

"Actually a spirit is already dead so..."

"Oh boy, he we go." Isole mutters as she runs over to the bed and jumps on it. She watches as Anna prepares to pounce on her, so she leaps to the bed and creates a pile of snow, causing Anna to receive a face full of snow.

"Girls...why don't you go outside and play there for a while while we clean the place up a bit. And no winter wonderlands! It's summer. You don't get snow in summer..."

"In the arctic you." Elsa says.

"Well this don't the arctic. Come on..." Idun says as the girls run past her and down the stairs. "Argh...I'll look like I'm seventy after just a few more years with them..."

Agdar just chuckles in response.

"Hey...wanna climb some trees?"

"Nope."

"Find some foxes?"

"Nope."

"Create a stick fort?"

"Well...no."

"Isole..." Anna groans as she pushes her sister. "How about hide and seek?"

Isole grins as she nods.

"Under one condition...I'm the one who seeks."

"Deal!" Anna says. "Come on Elsa. Let's go hide."

Isole grins as she watches her sister's run off into the forest and begin to hide while she counts to one hundred.

"Ninety eight, ninety none, one hundred. Ready or not, here I come!" Isole shuts before sitting down by a tree and resting. "Aah...peace and quiet at last."

She stays there for thirty minutes before opening her eyes and looking around, feeling a pang of concern within her.

"Nah...they'll be fine." Isole reassures herself, though she still is highly concerned for the safety of her sisters. She sits there for a few more minutes before she finally can't hold back the concern anymore and jumps up and starts running around, looking for her sisters.

"Anna? Elsa?" She calls out as she searches in the bushes and behind some trees. She begins to panic as she can't find her sisters anywhere, but then a small rustle catches her attention. She looks around to see a fox emerge from the bushes and slowly approaches it. It turns around and reveals blood all over its mouth, which it quickly licks clean before running away. At this point Isole pretty much losses it.

"ELSA! ANNA!" Isole screams as she runs through the forest, desperately searching for her sisters. She suddenly sees a flash of blond hair to her left and quickly runs towards it to find, to her relief, her two sisters sleeping against a tree, up to each other. "Oh thank goodness..."

"Hmm...Isole?" Elsa mumbles as she opens her eyes and squints at her twin sister. "Where were you? You took so long we must have fallen asleep."

"Oh...um...I was looking in the wrong place." Isole says with a slight laugh. Elsa wakes her sister up before getting up and looking around.

"So what now?" Elsa asks.

"Another round?" Anna asks.

"No...I don't think so." Isole says. "How about we go explore the forest for a bit."

"Sure." Elsa says as she and Anna follow Isole through the woods. They eventually come across a small stream where a few foxes are drinking some water.

"Awe...they're so cute..." Anna says as she runs up to one of them and begins to pet it.

"Careful Anna. They could be dangerous." Elsa says as she sits down on the ground where one of the foxes approach her and begins to sniff her. "Hey there..."

Isole sits next to her twin and let's one of the foxes curl up on her lap before using her powers to make some small piles of snow for the foxes to play in. They spend the next fifteen minutes playing around by the stream before a familiar voice gets their attention.

"There you three are. I've been looking all over for you." Idun says as she walks up to them. "Girls...what did we tell you about playing with wild animals?"

"Awe. But they're so cute." Anna says as she strokes one of the foxes on the back.

"I know dear...but they could hurt you if you're not careful." Idun says as she sits next to them. "You know, when I was younger and still living in Verona, we used to have a small white fox around our house. Around the same size as these but everyday, it used to visit me and my sister. It would either wait at the doorstep, or lay in the garden until either me or primrose came to feed it and pet it. And it kept that up for many years u til one day it didn't show up. So me and my sister went to find it but we couldn't, non latter where we looks. About a week later it came back and we found her laying in front of the door. She was weak and cold so we brought her inside."

"Then what?" Elsa asks.

"Well, it came over to us and laid down in our laps. For a few minutes we thought it was just resting, until we realized she wasn't breathing anymore. It was then we realized that she came to us and made herself comfortable and allowed us to stroke her one last time before she passed away."

"What?" Anna asks in shock.

"Yep. Cute little for she was. We called her Iliana. White in color, not orange like the normal foxes."

"Awe..." Elsa says as one of the foxes tries to stand on her shoulders and sniff her hair.

"Can we keep them mama?" Anna asks causing Idun to laugh.

"Sorry dear but we can't. They belong out here. This is there home. Plus, I don't think your father would like it if we bring foxes into our home."

"Well papa said that he always wanted to bring a wolf into the castle and keep it as a companion." Elsa says.

"Yeah, well I seriously doubt your father will ever be able to catch a wolf any time soon, no matter how much he fantasizes." Idun laughs. "We should probably be getting back now girls. We're about to have lunch."

"Awe...can we stay just a few more minutes?" Anna asks as Elsa coughs when one of the foxes hits her in the face with its tail.

"Alright, just a few more minutes."

By the time they get back it is already the afternoon and the sky is beginning to cloud over for the afternoon rain. They finish lunch rather quickly before walking to the patio and sitting down as the rain begins to fall. They stay there for a bit before they decide to go back to their room and play around for a little while in the snow, before spending the rest of the afternoon playing various things or exploring the house. They eventually come across a small door that leads down to the basement.

"Er...you to first?" Anna says as she looks at Elsa, who just shakes her head. Isole rolls her eyes before pushing the door open and descending into the dark and murky basement below.

"HELLO!" Isole shouts out causing Elsa and Anna to jump in fright.

"Isole!" Elsa scowls as she feels Anna hug her tightly. Isole just laughs before creating a small pile of glowing snow to light the room up. "What is this place?"

"It looks like some sort of...storage room." Isole says as she looks sound at the various crates and boxes lining the walls of the room. They see another door to the side which seems to be locked and can't be opened without the key. Isole grins as she approaches it and begins to freeze the lock.

"Isole. What we you doing?" Elsa asks.

"Going to break the lock." She answers back.

"What?! We will get in trouble if mama or papa finds out we've damaged anything down here."

"Oh relax. They wouldn't know that we did it since this place is already falling apart. Plus, it doesn't look like anyone has been down here since the last ice age." Isole laughs as she here's the lock click and fall apart. She pushes the door open to reveal a staircase leading down into pure darkness. She creates a small icicle that lights up the staircase, her sister doing the same thing.

The four of then descend into a large room below with several tunnels leading out of it. Most of them are blocked and the other one seems to be flooded, leaving only one tunnel that can be traversed.

"I don't think we should go down there." Elsa warns as she looks around fearfully, Anna holding onto her even tighter. Isole ventures down the corridor, her twin sisters following suit, and they eventually come across a small room with several shelves and a bunch of artifacts lying around.

"Hey...is that gold?" Isole asks as she walks over and picks up a small ring. "Awesome. It is."

The three of them look around the room at the various artifacts and bottles lining the rooms shelves.

"Hey look...a crown. How do I look?" Isole asks her sister.

"Like a fool." Elsa laughs causing Isole to glare at her. She turns around and looks through some of the boxes on the shelves before coming across a small golden necklace. It had a black stone in the middle of the amulet with some strange, runic, inscriptions around the edge of it. "Hey Isole. What do you think this is?"

"What is it?" She asks. Elsa tosses the amulet over to Isole who catches it and looks at it.

"Try wearing it." Elsa says. Isole shrugs and places the amulet over her head. For some reason, the amulet seems quite warm which catches Isole by surprise, considering it must be nearly zero in the basement. "Nah...doesn't suit you."

"I don't know...I kinda like it." Isole says as she takes it off and stares at it, almost transfixed by its dark stone in the middle.

"Hey. What are you three doing down here?!"

The three sisters jump in shock before looking at the doorway to see the gray chaired butler looking at them intently.

"Um...we...were just...exploring." Elsa says while Isole pockets the amulet.

"There are some places you just shouldn't be snooping around in. And this is one of them. Out...all of you...now!" He orders. The three of them quickly run past him and up the stairs, the Butler watching them until they finally disappear from site.

"That is one creepy guy." Isole says as the all appear back in the hallway of the house.

"Please tell me you didn't..." Elsa stops short as Isole pulls out the amulet and shows it to her with a grin. "Isole..."

"What? I found it..." She says.

"Actually I found it." Elsa says as the three of them walk down the corridor and back to the room.. They turn around when they hear a slam and see the butler locking the door and pocketing the keys, giving them one more look, before walking down the other way and disappearing round a corner.

"As I said, that is one weird butler."

"Alright girls. It's bedtime now." Idun says as she walks into their room. She sees the three of them sitting on the bed, Anna and Elsa playing a game, while Isole is busy staring at the amulet in front of her. "Where did you get that darling?"

"Found it in the basement." Isole answers as she swings it around her wrist.

"Okay. Well you three, it's time to go to sleep..."

"But we're not tired!" Anna groans as she tries to jump out of bed, only for her mother to grab her and push her back in.

"Yes you are. Mother's orders." Idun says as she pulls the blankets up. "Now go to sleep darlings. We've got a big day tomorrow..."

"We're going back to Arendelle?" Isole asks.

"No..."

"Hmm..."

"Sweet dreams girls." Idun says as she kisses each of them on their foreheads. The three of them watch as their mother leaves before wrapping themselves up in the blankets, except for Isole, who instead reaches into her pocket and grabs the amulet and looks at it for a few minutes. Slowly, tiredness begins to take over her. She places the amulet around her back, before turning to her side and holding her sisters close, and eventually, she falls into a dreamless sleep.

"They're so cute when they sleep like that." Idun whispers to Agdar as they slowly close the small space in the door that they were peeking through.

"Yes. But they are already a handful at this age. I can't even imagine what they'll be like when they're older."

"Well, if my teenage years are anything to go by...utter disaster."

"Oh...sounds fun." Agdar mutters sarcastically. "Well, I suppose we better make the most of their younger years then. Goodness knows how we're going to survive three teenage girls running yahoo around the castle."

"Well, they're princesses so I'm sure that they'll know their limits." Idun says.

"Elsa? Maybe. But do you seriously think that Isole and Anna will care whether their princesses or not," Agdar asks causing Idun to laugh. "I'm sure they'll be amazing princesses. The only thing we need to worry about is who gets the throne. We don't want some kind of family feud between Elsa and Isole."

"Well I'm going to pick Elsa. She's got more patience than Isole. I doubt she would last five minutes in a meeting without freezing everyone's mouth shut." Idun says with a laugh.

"Hmm...hat might actually be a useful skill on the art of diplomacy." Agdar chuckles.

"Agdar!"

"What? Just saying. I for one would pick Isole. More aggressive and temperamental. No one would dare screw around with her lest they end up as statues in our castle courtyard."

"Well, I would rather not have my daughters freeze anyone. I want them to be caring and be there for each other for as long as they live, especially when we're not around anymore."

"I'm sure they will darling. I'm sure they will." Agdar says as he pulls his wife into a hug. "And that I'm sure off."

It's time to move out of the young phase, and into the teenage phase. And this is where stuff begins to happen. Sorry for not updating for so long.

I hope that my next update will be sooner.

-TacticX