Frozen Beyond [gxg]

A Stirring

"Mind if I sit?"

The voice startled her, but she had easily come to recognize it was Keahi. How did the woman even find her? "Ah, sure. Are you following me?" She joked, but a part of her was curious if the woman followed.

Keahi grinned, plopping down rather ungracefully beside her. "Of course not, I had to take a break from my rowdy brother. Your sister sure knows how to put on a party."

"We didn't have very many parties until recently, so she loves to have them whenever she can." She murmured, looking back up towards the sky.

"Oh, why is that?"

Elsa struggled to recollect all those lonely years. While she made the choice to continue to lock herself up, her sister suffered in response. "It was my fault. I hid my powers from everyone and locked myself and the kingdom away. Anna suffered the fallout of my choices. I feared my power, so I tried to ignore it." She summarized.

They were both silent, watching the stars overhead until Keahi broke the silence. "I never understood why people fear and hate those that are different. Or those that hold power. But you know what they say, great power comes great responsibility. For what it's worth, I think your ice is pretty." The woman spoke casually, lacing her hands in front of her and leaning forward.

Elsa watched the woman, transfixed by her easy conversation but more importantly, the husky pur of her voice. It restored that queasy feeling in her stomach and she felt herself panic once again. So she tried to find something to talk about. "Why are you and your brothers' names so different?"

"He was tired of people messing up his name."

Elsa started to laugh and stopped. "Oh, you're serious?"

Keahi laughed, "My name kind of rolls off the tongue," she clicked her tongue to emphasis, it made heat rise in Elsa's cheeks. "But my brother's name was long and difficult. Besides, I think he thinks 'Crow' makes him sound cooler." She laughed mockingly.

Elsa chuckled and drew in her knees closer to her body. "So, are you going to tell me his name or...?"

Keahi angled herself to better speak to her, lowering her voice so Elsa had to lean in to hear. "Our little secret?"

Why did that sound way more thrilling than what Keahi meant? Elsa nodded her head.

"Lanu'ese'ese."

"Lanu..ess.." Elsa gave up, and they both laughed.

Keahi sat back, hands in the grass and legs stretched out long. "We are island people, which is why we are usually down in the Southern Isles area."

"You wouldn't happen to know Hans, the 13th heir of the Southern Isles, would you?" She couldn't hide the disgust in her voice.

Keahi arched a brow. "Sounds like a grudge, an old boyfriend?"

"No!" Elsa shot back, appalled. "... he's my sister's ex-boyfriend." She corrected quietly, which only caused Keahi to lean in to hear her. "He tried to take over Arendelle and kill both me and my sister so..."

"Wow. Well, I'll tell you what, the next time I see that pretty boy I'll give him a nice knock to the head." Keahi put her index finger to Elsa's forehead playfully.

They stared at one another for a long moment before a sound behind them had Elsa's attention.

Olaf popped from the bushes and ran towards them. "Hi! I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs!" He announced cheerfully, snickering and pausing. "Pft, I don't know why I still feel the need to say that. I'm old now, no time for warm hugs."

"Olaf?" Elsa questioned, confused about why he was here.

"What's an Olaf?" Keahi questioned, eyeballing the snowman.

Elsa chuckled, looking down and realizing her hand was resting on top of Keahi's. She pulled back quickly as if the other woman had burnt her as they exchanged a quick look before Elsa practically leaped up just as Olaf reached him. "This is Olaf, I made him. He was originally just a snowman me and Anna built as kids."

"Huh, interesting." Keahi stood and circled Olaf, leaning down to pluck his nose right off his face and examine it.

"Wha-what the- you don't just take a snowman's nose what's wrong with you?" Olaf gasped.

"Oh, sorry." Keahi quickly apologized and handed the carrot nose back.

Olaf screwed it back onto his face and narrowed his eyes. "Who are you, anyway?"

Keahi crouched down, leaning on her bent knee. "I'm Keahi."

"Nice to meet you, Ah Ha."

"That's not..." Keahi seemed to rethink and shrugged. "Guess my names Ah Ha now."

"Yeah, that's what I said, Ah Ha. Did you know most fish are hermaphrodites?"

Elsa's cheeks flushed hot, and she just pinched the bridge of her nose. She just wanted to engulf herself in a block of ice. She peeked an eye over at Keahi.

The woman looked shocked for a moment before laughing. "That seems like it would solve a lot of world problems if that applied to people."

Relief flooded her as the other woman found humor in the situation. Clearing her throat, Elsa stepped in. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, Anna is looking for you." He answered innocently.

She smiled and looked at the castle, holding out her hand for Olaf to take. "All right, let's go back."

"Well, I'll see you later, your highness," Keahi called behind her.

Elsa shivered. And it wasn't from the cold.