To Thaw a Hero's Heart

Chapter Sixteen: Snow Ball Fight

Chapter Sixteen: Snow Ball Fight

After the interaction they patiently waited for everyone else to arrive so they could go. Mathias sighed in relief when he spotted Alice, who was being lead by Gerda.

"Ah, now we wait for Anna and Kristoff." Elsa announced as Gerda dropped of her off and left them alone. Mathias left Elsa's side and walked over and knelt in front Alice and let out a small chuckle as he looked her over.

"What's so funny?" Alice asked confused.

"I could've sworn you were smaller." Mathias said as he stood back up. Alice had indeed grew a little since the first time they met.

"Mathias, she's a growing girl." Elsa said with a small smile as Mathias picked up the little redhead and set her on his left shoulder.

"Come on Mathias, you don't have to do this all the time." Alice wined which made Mathias chuckle as he readied his next comment.

"Yeah you're right, because you're getting heavy." He joked as he set her back down but Alice looked insulted.

"I'm not getting fat!" She snapped in a huff as she pouted.

"Never said you were." Mathias replied back as he spotted Anna and Kristoff at the corner of his vision.

"It's about time you two, thought we might have to send in search party." Mathias said embarrassing the young couple.

"Come on, we didn't joke about you and Elsa that much did we?" Anna asked and Mathias just smirked and she knew he wasn't done with them yet.

He then walked back to Elsa and offered her his arm and she gladly took it.

"Alright lets go." Elsa said as she lead them out of the castle gates toward the town. Mathias didn't look at his surroundings when he first arrived here and decided to look around and admire it now as the children played around and the adults continued their daily routines for the day. A strange sweet smell caught his attention and noticed he wasn't the only one when he saw Elsa's eyes gleam in excitement and started to drag him to one of the buildings. As they entered the building the sweet smell increased and it made mathias's mouth water as he wondered what it was. He noticed some brown squares on some of the tables and Elsa and Anna hurried past him and started looking at them. Mathias quickly walked over to Kristoff hoping to get some answers about their behavior.

"What's up with them?" Mathias asked Kristoff as he walked up to him.

"Well what can i say, they like their chocolate." Kristoff said with a light chuckle as they watched them pick up some pieces and gave an elderly lady something yellow before walking back up to them.

"You know this is the first time i've heard of chocolate." Mathias said which surprised kristoff and Alice and shocked the two approaching women.

"You never heard of chocolate?" Anna asked in disbelief and he nodded in response.

"Well here, try one." She said as she held out a piece for him to try and he cautiously took it and examined the small object.

"Go one taste it." Alice encouraged him. He slowly put it in his mouth and instantly tasted how sweet it was which surprised him as he began to eat it. Anna gave a triumphant smirk as she watched him eat it.

"Now you know what chocolate is and what it tastes like." She said as she ate one herself. Mathias grumbled in response as they continued their walk toward the town square. No one noticed Elsa throw a small particle of her magic in the air causing it to snow which started to confuse Mathias. Mathias began to growl in discomfort as it got colder. Elsa got excited the closer they got to their destination and quickened her pace to get ahead of everyone. Once she got to the town square she spotted incoming snowballs heading toward her and she stopped them with ease. She looked around and spotted a group of children not far from her and walked over to them.