Desired Destiny (Frozen II/Jelsa)

3| Northern Isles

"Okay, hold up!" Kristoff catches up with his lover, grabbing her by the shoulders and spinning her around to face him. "You're not getting yourself in trouble again." Kristoff glares at Anna who's keeping her determined face.

"Kristoff, I have to do this!"

"No, you don't. Elsa agrees to this! You want to rebel against the council and the queen?"

"Please, I'm the princess here. I'm as much as important as they are." Anna slips away and runs inside the council chamber. Elsa is currently occupied with the arriving trade partners. After that, she will have lunch with them before she resumes the arranged marriage discussion with the council in a few hours. So, Anna has plenty of time to proceed with her plan. Anna theorizes if she messes up with the betrothal documents, the council will buy some time organizing them, and she will have more time to think of ways to ruin the wedding plans.

As soon as she steps inside the council chamber, she rushes to the shelves and searches for the marriage documents. They left the papers filled with the information of Elsa's future spouse on one of these shelves last night. She quickly recognizes the papers with specific snowflake crests printed on every single page and pulls them out. She can hear Kristoff slowly walking up to her side as soon as she spreads the documents on the table.

" 'Kingdom of the Northern Isles?' " Kristoff reads out loud. "I instantly feel odd about this," Kristoff rubs his head at the thought of Anna's criminal ex-fiancé.

"I feel odd about this since day one." Anna hums and flips the pages. The handwriting is beautiful—just like she saw it before. Anna's eyes automatically narrow by themselves at the particular name being repeated in almost every sentence.

" 'Prince Jackson?' "

"More like Prince Jackass!" A light grey-haired young man with dark green royal vest runs after another young man with silvery-white hair in dark blue attire. The grey-haired prince swiftly reaches for his younger brother, who keeps messing with him. He forcefully pulls the younger one but loosens his grip as fast as he reaches for it. The white-haired prince had covered his brother's shoes with the oil he had stolen from the pastry last night. Smirking, he uses his free hand to jab one of the empty vases marched in the castle hallways. The grey-haired prince gasps as he secures the vase and replaces it with himself to kiss the ground. His ears turn red, scolding himself to let the white-haired devil on the loose.

"A bunny indeed! Pretty fast, but still pretty stupid." The white-haired one sticks out his tongue and sprints away out of sight. He can hear his frustrated older sibling yelling and cursing at him from the distance.

Prince Jackson is the thirdborn of King Nicholas and Queen Katherine of the Northern Isles. Just like the common youngest son in the family, Prince Jackson—or Jack—tends to be more childish, daring, rebellious, energetic, and—most of all—irresponsible. He would ditch his lessons and only attend the ones held in the field—such as sword-fighting and archery. The young man has had little knowledge of his own kingdom since he spent most of his study doodling the funny faces his tutors made. For a 24-year-old prince, he acts nothing like it.

He has two older brothers, Prince Asterson and Prince Zanderson, and one younger sister, Princess Emmeline. He has the funniest sibling-relationship with the firstborn—Aster for short. Aster's personality is almost the opposite of Jack's. Aster is responsible, deadly serious, and strict. As the oldest child, his father always reminds him to set a good example for his little brothers and sister. As a result, Aster strives for perfection. The behavior of Aster is the proof of why he has more than one catfight in a day with Jack. Jack will spend his free time sneaking inside Aster's study and annoy him, starting from simply poking his shoulders to plotting nasty pranks on him. Even though they drive each other nuts, they still care and secretly look out for each other. When Jack noticed Aster's too enervated, he would steal carrots from the kitchen and throw the poor vegetables to his face. Aster would respond to his attack with the same brutality level but smile once Jack's out of sight; carrot is his favorite snack after all. His strange liking towards carrots, his abnormal speed while running, and his eavesdropping ability are the reasons why Jack calls him Bunny.