Allen struggled to shore, collapsing in exhaustion. The storm had come out of nowhere and had raged for days. He had tried to save as many of his men as possible, but it was as if the sea itself rose up to drown them. He was the only one left.

"You, don't move" A voice called as a squad of green clad men ran toward him. All the former commander of the allied northern fleet could do was laugh bitterly, tears rolling down his eyes.

Frozen

The Dragon Knight

Chapter 1

Anna was practicing her sword work in the courtyard. She had skipped her etiquette lesson again. She was tired of trying her hardest to only earn insulting looks and sharp words from the bitter old woman hired to teach her.

"Here you are" Ventia said from behind her.

"Do you need something? Anna asked

"You are late for your etiquette lesson" Ventia said.

"I'm not going" Anna said swinging Ask through the air.

"A pity that you are not as graceful in everyday life as you are with a sword"Ask said "out loud"

"Hey!" Anna said.

"Come with me" Ventia told her. Anna followed her as she led her to the empty ballroom where Elsa was waiting. Anna stopped dead looking at her older sister.

"Where is Magda?' Elsa asked.

"She has been dismissed. I will be your teacher from now on" Ventia said, causing both girls to look at her in surprise.

"Now let's begin" She said clapping. Venti turned out to be a kind and patient teacher to both girls, or at least too Anna. Elsa needed barely any instruction, but under Ventia's gentle and understanding hand Anna moved more gracefully than she ever had under Magda's severe gaze. Anna was almost gliding across the ballroom floor when their mother burst through the door.

"What happened to Magda?" Idunn demanded.

"I dismissed her" Ventia said.

"You had no right! Magda has been teaching etiquette for generations!" Idunn said.

"Then it is about time she took a well-earned retirement" Ventia responded.

"I am reinstating her, and you will…." Idunn said softly

"Will what?" Ventia asked raising an eyebrow. That was all it took for the Queen of Arendelle to completely deflate and wilt right in front of her daughters.

"That old crone was a bitter authoritarian who had no patience for one who does not fit her very narrow mindset" Ventia said.

"What both you're daughters need is a gentle, more understanding hand" Ventia said and Idunn looked like she was struck. Elsa looked puzzled but Anna knew that Ventia did not mean just etiquette.

"Ventia, shouldn't we be getting back to work?" Anna asked brightly, trying to diffuse the situation.

"Of course" Ventia said.

"If you'll excuse us your majesty?" Ventia said. Idunn said nothing as she turned and stalked out.

"Mother?" Elsa asked following her.

"I think this lesson is over" Ventia said.

"You went too far" Anna said.

"Even after everything they've put you through you sill defend them?" Ventia asked.

"They're my parents. They were just trying to protect me. Too protect us. It's not their fault I…" Anna said.

"You what?" Ventia asked.

"Nothing" Anna said walking away.

"Anna" Elsa called. Anna turned and looked at her sister.

"You did very well" Elsa complimented her.

"It's easy with a teacher that doesn't think you're worthless like everyone else does" Anna said smiling and thought she saw Elsa wince.

"Anna" Elsa said.

"There you are" Aquarous said.

"Yes?" Anna asked.

"Come, we have our special lesson" he said.

"Ok" Anna said turning to Elsa

"It was nice talking to you, buy" Anna said before running to catch up to Aquarous. Elsa watched her sister race off trying to hold back the hurt her words had caused.

"Does she really think she's worthless? Does everyone else think that? She wondered as the temperature dropped.

"Of course she does. After all, that's what everyone has all but told her most of her life" Elsa concluded.

"So, what special lesson is this?" Anna asked.

"Borealis and Ursa taught you the magic of the mind and the body respectively. Ventia and I will now begin teaching you the magic of the heart and soul" Aquarous said.

"Okay?" Anna asked and the man chuckled.

"But that is only the beginning. Magic of the mind are the conscious spells and chants you learned from your book and from Bor. Magic of the body are the combat techniques you learned from Ursa."

"Magic of the heart will teach you to focus your emotions into your magic to increase their power and learn new spells. Magic of the soul will teach you how to tap into a deeper level of power than you ever have before, to draw magic not just from fire, but from earth and air, and if you are desperate from water and even ice." Aquarous explained. Anna just stared at him.

"Do you understand what I'm saying?" He asked.

"I think so, but the thing is it took me years to learn everything from Bor and Ursa, and now I have two more full disciplines to learn. I'll be an old lady by the time we're finished" Anna said and the man laughed.

"Maybe, maybe not. It is not like you have anything pressing to attend to" Aquarous said giving her a penetrating look.

"But what about the heart?" Anna asked.

"Do not worry about that" Aquarous. Anna knew better than to argue with one of her teachers.

"Now, let us begin" He said. The process of learning soul magic, of drawing magical energy from around her to help fuel her, was grueling and seemed impossible. It required her to draw heat from the sun for fire, energy from the air for air, and power from the ground underneath her from earth. It was like trying to look in three different directions at once.

"You are trying to do too much. Draw from one source at a time" Aquarous said when she told him this. She took a deep breath and tried again, focusing on fire first. Drawing energy from the sun was hard, like breathing through a thick blanket, and she felt like she was using more energy than she was gaining.

"You must learn to draw energy as efficiently as possible, particularly as a fire drake. The solar energy in these northern lands is much weaker than in other parts of the world. If you can draw the maximum of energy here, then the energy you will gain in warmer regions will be that much more powerful" Aquarous said.

"I hate resistance training" Anna gasped worn out.

"That is enough for today" Aquarous said. The next day she started practicing heart magic with Ventia.

"Aquarous told me that this would help increase my powers?" Anna asked.

"That is an oversimplification. This magic is very dangerous to use. It takes your emotions and uses them to amplify you're powers. However you must have full control of your emotions when doing this, or risk falling into the dragons rage" Ventia explained.

"Dragons rage?" Anna asked.

"If you should lose control of your emotions while using them to feed you're powers, if you should let your anger and rage consume you, you lose all reason, and destroy anything and everyone around you" Ventia warned, and she felt herself go pale.

"Do I have a choice in learning this?" Anna asked.

"No. as a fire drake you are particularly suited to this form of magic, and particularly vulnerable. You're optimistic and pure hearted nature has so far ensured you have not fallen prey to more negative emotions, but that will not always be the case, particularly considering you're family life" Ventia said frowning.

"I'm fine" Anna said smiling.

"Now let's begin" Ventia said. Anna thought soul magic was hard. It was a cakewalk compared to learning how to feed her emotions into her magic. First it required her to feel strong emotion. Many people told her she wore her heart on her sleeve and that just made it that much harder for her to dredge up the strong emotions she needed.

"That's the problem with wearing you're heart on your sleeve. You feel too lightly, too genuinely" Ventia said.

"Well sorry if I can't suppress everything like…" Anna said.

"Like Elsa" Ventia finished.

"You're sister is the other side of the coin. Suppressing ones emotions like that is not healthy especially for someone with her powers. It's going to cause a disaster one day" Ventia said.

"Don't worry. Once the stone is complete and I get my wish, that won't be a problem." Anna said.

"You never did say what your wish is" Ventia said.

"Let's try this again" Anna said changing the subject. The days past and slowly Anna learned how to both draw energy from all around her, and how to use her own emotions to bolster that power. She mostly relied on her resolve and love for her family and sister. Using them as a focus she felt almost invincible when she spared with Ursa who began to actually struggle to defeat her.

"I think I'm getting better" She said panting hard after one particularly grueling session. All her combat teacher did was pant just as hard as she stared at her.

"I can't believe how strong she's getting" Ursa said later as the four of them gathered later in Bors workroom without Anna.

"Are you sure you aren't getting old?" Aquarous teased, earning a soft swat.

"Still, to be mastering all four paths like this" Ventia said.

"I keep telling you, she's the one" Borealis said.

"She is a half breed" Ursa said earning a frown from the other three.

"Yes. As the prophecy states. One who walks in both worlds but belonging to neither" Aquarous quoted.

"The master of all paths" Ventia said.

"The one who will be both caster and mount" Ursa muttered.

"Plunging herself into the void she shall restore all from it" Borealis finished.

"prophecy's are bull." Ursa growled.

"Then why train her?" Ventia asked.

"Because she needed training" Ursa replied.

"Prophecy or not, Anna is the first Oreboran born since the ophidian realm was destroyed, and the most powerful any of us have ever seen." Borealis said.

"Ursa is right. No matter what the reason, Anna must be trained. Her sister is lost to us, a slave to her parents and her own fear. That is frightening enough being a caster with her power. If Anna should go down the same path" Borealis said.

"You want the girl as a safety net should Elsa lose control or turn dark" Ursa said.

"The older is a caster unlike anything I have ever seen, and Idunn is too much of a coward and to subservient to her fool of a husabnd to let us teach her properly. So yes, Anna might have to be the one to deal with her sister should her power go out of control" Borealis said.

"That will be a discussion for another time" Ventia said frowning.

"So who wants to tell the girl we lied to her about not knowing where the darkness and light stones were?" Ursa said.

Okay, the first chapter of Frozen: The Dragon Knight. Sorry for such a long wait.