Wooden Castle || Jelsa Fanfiction

Chapter 3

         "Jackson! Jackson!" Emilia called.

After she heard the news that the missing Duke's daughter was found she felt nervous since she was on their house. She was worried that something might've happened to her son.

Of course there was the possibility that the guards might've thought he kidnapped her and give Jack a punishment. So she quickly went home to check if her son was fine.

         "Jackson!" She entered their house.

         "Yes mom?" Jack appeared from his room.

Emilia let out a sigh of relief. "Oh you're alright."

         "Of course I am mom, why wouldn't I be?" He asked laughing.

         "I was worried that the guards might've harmed you when they were taking Lady Elsa." Emilia explained as she also laughed in realization that she might've looked ridiculous worrying about nothing.

         "Taking her? Lady Elsa is still right here." Jack said a bit surprised. "Where'd you hear that mom?"

         "What? But it's already spread across the dukedom! They said she's at the castle retrieved by the guards themselves." Emilia said confused.

         "That's ridiculous, the guards didn't even go here." Jack said.

The two were absolutely confused. But in the end Jack chose to not let that one bother him for now.

***

Days passed and Elsa has fully recovered from her sickness. But even though she's healthy and ready to go back, she decided to stay a little longer.

During those days she lived as a normal girl, and surprisingly no one has recognized her yet. Some of them suspected it but later on just assumed she was a girl that looked like the Duke's daughter.

This just goes to show that the way you dress is important to show who you are. And at this moment, Elsa's dressed as a commoner. Maybe if she wore something a bit more formal they'd recognize her and not think twice that it's her.

         "This is ready to eat right?" Elsa stretched her hand out to reach the apple.

         "Please. Let me-"

         "I can reach it Jackson. Trust me!" She jumped making Emma chuckle.

         "I got it!" Emma began climbing the tree.

         "Careful!" Jack helped her up.

         "I know." Emma replied as she carefully crawled her way to the thick branch to get near the apple Elsa was trying hard to reach.

         "Lady Elsa! Catch!" Emma dropped the fruit. Elsa successfully caught it.

Using her skirt, she wiped the apple then took a bite. "This is good." She commented.

         "Yeah. Sweet right?" Jack asked. Elsa nodded in agreement as she took another bite on the apple.

         "Want another one?" Emma asked. Elsa just nodded as she kept savoring the apple.

         "Head's up!" Emma chuckled dropping the freshly picked apple one by one.

         "You allow her to climb trees like that?" Elsa asked. Jack raised an eyebrow to her then later laughed.

         "What's so funny?" Elsa asked puzzled.

Jackson's lips curved up to a smile. "Do you want to try?"

Elsa didn't hesitate on saying yes. She instantly put her basket down and headed to the tree trunk. Jack gave her a leg up to help her while Emma pulled.

         "Be careful up there." Jack said.

         "I am careful." Emma answered. And as for Elsa, well, she was trying hard to not look down.

She may not seem like it but she is actually afraid of heights. But climbling a tree is an opportunity she might never have again so she would never pass that opportunity away.

         "Lady Elsa I see an apple over there!" Emma exclaimed zooming to the direction she just pointed to.

Elsa was amazed of how fast Emma moved from one branch to another. But then again she is a professional when it comes to those kinds of things. Emma wasn't dubbed "Flee" for nothing.

After seeing Emma climb swiftly, Elsa thought it would be easy. But she was wrong. With a wrong step she slipped instantly. She screamed in fright as she felt herself falling from the tree, she waited for the time when her body would hit the ground but in the end she found herself on Jack's arms.

         "Are you okay?" Jack asked Elsa who was surprisingly not shaking in fear. Elsa sighed in relief before embracing Jack then saying thank you.

         "It's fine ma- I mean Lad- no, Elsa. I keep forgetting you allowed me to call you that." Jack laughed nervously before setting Elsa down. Elsa also laughed. "Maybe climbing trees are not for me." She said dusting herself off.

***

         "Brother! Where are you going?" The young princess asked.

The prince paused and looked back to face his sister. "I'm going to see Elsa." He smiled.

         "Really? Can I come too?" The princess asked with excitement.

         "Let me think-" The prince tapped his chin. "No."

The princess frowned. "What? Why?" She whined.

         "Because you're too young to go out that far from the castle." The prince answered.

         "Besides, I doubt she's really there in their castle." He muttered to himself. But since the princess had very sharp hearing, she heard what the prince just muttered.

         "Why?" The princess titled her head a bit.

         "I just don't trust the duchess that much." The prince's eyebrows furrowed.

         "Why?" The princess repeated her question. The prince just raised an eyebrow making his sister repeat again.

         "Sophia, I think you're too young to understand." The prince patted her head.

The princess pouted and crossed her arms. "I'm already 12 you know." She said.

         "And I'm 19." The prince said grinning.

         "It's not fair."

         "Nothing is ever fair." The prince laughed. "Well, I have to go. They should already be finished packing."

         "Have a safe trip." The princess waved. Her brother just gave her a smile and waved back.

         "I'll tell Elsa you said hi once I see her." He said before riding on his horse.