The Lost Princess

Chapter 30

It didn’t take Anna long at all to finish her sandwich. 

“Why are we going to Kongelig Island?” she asked, after finishing the last bite.

“We have to return Hans to King Justin so he can receive proper punishment,” Elsa responded.

“Are you sure this isn’t just another excuse to see your lovebird?”

“I’m perfectly sure.  Besides, he’s not my lovebird.”

“Oh sure he is.  He’s all you ever talk about, and you two flirt way too much.”

“Anna, I have no romantic feelings for Justin whatsoever.” 

“Well he obviously does for you, and the way you always act, I’d say the feeling is mutual.”

She then started to chat out a poem,
“Elsa and Justin sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-”

“Anna be quiet!”

“N-G
First comes love, then comes-”

“Anna if you don’t stop I will strangle you!”

“Marriage, then comes Elsa with the-”

Elsa brought her hands away from the plate and held them up, pointed towards Anna.  Little vines of ice started to wrap around her arms.

“Cold! Cold! Cold! Cold!” Anna screamed.  “I’ll stop!  I’ll stop!”

“Good,” Elsa said, removing the ice from Anna.

“Baby carriage,” Anna quickly finished once Elsa was done.

Elsa tensed up for a minute, then let it go. 

“Your highnesses,” Kyle began, “we are docking in Kongelig Island now.”

Elsa nodded to Kyle, and I started to get up.  I looked out and noticed that we were parked at the side of Justin’s castle, the same harbor where Justin had taken the motorboat from.  It was parked back in the same place as before we had taken it.  Kyle stopped the boat, and I walked to get off.

“Halt!  Who goes trespassing on the grounds of King Justin!” a soldier cried, rushing forward with another at his side.

“Um, it’s just me,” I stammered, lost for words. 

The soldiers parted, King Justin stepping between them. 

“Ugh, it’s you,” he remarked.  “What are you doing in my royal harbor?  There is another harbor at the other end for the general public,” he snorted.

“Oh, I’m sorry Justin,” Elsa said, rising up to join me, “I didn’t think it would be a problem.”

“Queen Elsa!” Justin exclaimed.  “I didn’t recognize the vessel at first.  Now I see it is obviously yours.  You are always more than welcome to dock here.”

“Thank you Justin.”

Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, and I walked off the boat and towards Justin. 

“Thank you for helping Lisa,” Elsa told Justin.

“Of course, any time,” he responded.  “What brings you here?  Were you just itching to spend time with me?”

Anna leaned over and whispered to me, “blah.”

“Actually, I’m here for more important reasons,” Elsa said,  “I’ve brought back your brother, Hans.”

“Oh?  And why did you need to bring me Hans?”

“Did Lisa not tell you anything?”

“I did,” I shouted defensively, “he just doesn’t remember.”

“Okay, long story short, Hans tried to take over Arendelle by locking Anna and I in a cage.  If Lisa wasn’t there to stop him, I’d still be there.”

“Why Hans!  How dare he!  Bring him out right now!”

Kyle walked to the back of the boat and dragged out Hans.

“Brother,” Hans said bitterly, “how not nice to see you.”

“Likewise,” Justin said, gritting his teeth.  “I hear you’ve been causing trouble in Arendelle, again.”

“Yeah, what are you going to do?  Sentence me to death?  Oh wait, you can’t, it’s against the law.”

“I would never think about going as low as you to death sentences.  Instead I’m giving you stable duty.”

“Stable duty!  Please no!  I’ll do anything!  Anything!”

“Stable duty it is.  I hereby sentence you to stable duty for the time of 9 months.”

“9 months!  But that’s a whole month longer than last time!”

“9 months.”

“But the horses hate me!”

“Take him away guards, I can no longer stand the sound of his voice.”

The two guards took Hans and dragged him back away, towards the castle. 

“I like watching Hans in this state,” Anna whispered to me, giggling. 

“Me too,” I replied. 

“Thank you for returning him, Elsa,” Justin said.  “And believe me when I say that I am truly sorry for any trouble he caused.”

“Justin, it’s not your fault.”

“He’s my little brother.  I try to teach him to put his faults to good use, like me,” Justin began.

I looked to Anna as she tried to hold back a snicker.

“But it turns out that he may be just too faulty,” he continued.

“Justin, don’t blame it on yourself.”

“Elsa, I don’t want you to think any bad about me after you see what he has done.”

“Oh Justin, I would never do that to you.”

Justin and Elsa leaned closer together, his arm holding around her back. 

“Are they going to-” I began to ask Anna.

“I think so,” she nodded, “funny, something always seemed to stop them before.”

“I HATE HORSES!” someone screamed.

Justin and Elsa quickly broke away, startled at the sound.  About halfway up to the castle, Hans was standing with the other guards.

“I absolutely hate them!” he finished.

“Didn’t I tell you to take him away?” Justin shouted.

“Your majesty, we were just-” one guard began.

“Taking him up as you said,” the other finished.

“Good,” Justin said.

“Well, it was nice seeing you Justin,” Anna began, “but we really must get going.  Good-bye!”

Anna grabbed Elsa and pulled her up to the boat. 

“Anna let go of me!” Elsa screamed.

“We have to go!”

We walked onto the boat, Kristoff following close behind.  Kyle started up the engines and we pulled away from the Southern Isles.  I watched as the island got smaller and smaller, eventually fading entirely.  I hoped to never see it again.