A Tale From The Past

~Chapter XII~

❄️Agnarr's Point Of View❄️

Since the party began, I've been sneaking glances around the ballroom trying to look for Iduna. But as time passed and having no luck, I felt my heart beginning to shatter.

"Have you seen Iduna yet dear? I haven't been able to find her in this crowd" Mother speaks up from beside me as she takes a sip from her glass of wine.

"I don't think she came Mother, I should've known that this type of setting might have made her feel uncomfortable" sighing I just close my eyes for a mere second, until Kai announces the next nobles,

"Your Majesties, Prince Frederic and Lady Arianna of Corona"

Opening my eyes and straightening my back, I smile towards my cousin and Arianna but my eyes quickly shift to the person who was standing nervously next to Arianna with her face down.

Slowly she lifts her face, her features becoming more recognisable with the cute freckles spreading across her nose to her striking sapphire eyes meeting with my green ones.

Feeling my heart beating fast in my chest and my breath being taken away. I didn't realise that I was staring so intently at Iduna until Fred spoke up breaking my trance.

"Thought we come up and wish you a happy birthday again Agnarr"

"Thank you cousin"

"How is Corona my dear?" Mother speaks up

"Same as always Aunty. Mother hopes you'll visit us again soon" Fred smiles

"She can count on it. Maybe during the end of Summer we'll come and visit"

"Great! I'll let her know"

"You look absolutely beautiful Iduna" Mother comments as she turns her attention towards Iduna as a flush of red covers her freckled cheeks.

"Thank you, your Majesty" Iduna speaks up bowing her head slightly

"I didn't think you were going to come tonight" I say turning my attention back towards Iduna

"We found her hiding in the shadows" Arianna giggles as Iduna glares daggers towards her muttering softly.

"I was not"

Smiling towards Iduna, I noticed how shaky and stiff she was.

"Are you alright Iduna?" I ask concerned that she might faint.

"Yeah, I'm fine" She smiles but I could easily tell it was fake

Before I could say anything else, Fred suddenly speaks up.

"You hear that Ari, it's our favourite song. Excuse us Agnarr, Aunty"

As they were leaving to go towards the dance floor, I noticed Iduna mouth something to Arianna to which she just smiled and waved it off.

"How about you take Iduna for some fresh air dear, she's looking a little pale" Mother says quietly to me while gesturing to Iduna

"What about the council? Won't they get mad if I leave?" I ask

"Don't worry, I'll think of something" She winks before returning to her conversation with another noble.

Smiling I walk towards Iduna who just stares confused at me.

"Follow me"

"Don't you have to stay here?" Iduna questions as she walks next to me as we sneak out the side door into the hallway.

"Mother is covering for me. Besides I could tell you were getting anxious from being in there and thought you could do with some fresh air"

As we were both walking, I look towards Iduna as I take in how breathtaking she looked, especially in the candlelight.

"You look beautiful tonight"

"T-Thank you. You look quite dashing yourself. The crown looks a little too big though" She softly giggles as she reaches her hand up to push the crown higher onto my head.

"Why thank you M'lady. The amount of times this thing has nearly slipped down my face this evening" I chuckle when suddenly an idea flashes in my mind

"Come on! let's go to the garden" Grabbing her hand, I guide Iduna into the garden. Once we entered, I noticed how the moonlight came down through the large window above. Making everything even more beautiful.

Taking a seat on a bench, I realised I was still holding her hand. As I go to remove my hand I feel Iduna grab my hand again as she intertwines her fingers with mine.

"Don't let go, it's comforting" She says softly looking down towards the ground as I notice a soft streak of pink spread across her cheeks.

"You did an amazing job with the flowers" I compliment as she looks up towards

"Thank you. Oh, before I forget. Here, I got you a gift" Iduna reaches down beside her and passes me a gift wrapped in green and gold.

"I-I don't know what to say" I stutter as I stare at the gift in my hands

"Open it" She smiles as she turns her body to face me with excitement in her eyes

Chuckling, I slowly begin unwrapping the gift to find a box with a beautiful design on it.

"Did you make this?" I ask as I brush my fingers against the wooden box that was painted with the landscape of Arendelle. 

"Yeah, there's something else inside it" Iduna points to the small golden latch.

Opening up the latch. I found two small bags which I instantly recognised as gift bags from Alfred's chocolate shop. Pulling out one of the bags I open it to find Turkish Delights. Looking up at Iduna, I feel my smile widen as she just giggles at my reaction. Quickly I open the other gift bag to find a different chocolate I've never seen before.

"That's Belgium chocolates they are new to Alfred's shop. They are delicious, you might even like them more than Turkish Delights"

"You sure about that" I smirk as I grab one to eat passing her one as well.

"Mmmm, What do you think?" She asks after eating her chocolate

"You are right. They are delicious and possibly better than Turkish Delights. Thank you" I smile towards her as she just laughs softly.

Smiling back, I noticed a small bit of chocolate next to her lip. Without thinking I gently reached over and softly wiped the chocolate off her face.

However, instead of pulling my hand away. I place it on her cheek as I softly stroke it. As I look into her beautiful eyes as they softly gaze into mine and a light pink spreads across her face.

Before I could process what I was doing. I slowly leaned in closing my eyes as I met with her soft pink lips that had the slight taste of strawberry. Not realising that Iduna had also leaned into the kiss, I quickly pulled back as I feel my face turn a scarlet red with a sudden look of shock plastered on my face after I realise what just happened.

"I'm so s-sorry Iduna! Please excuse me" Quickly I stand up, exiting the gardens to return to the ballroom. Not realising I left her precious gift behind.

"Stupid. Stupid. I can't believe I did that. She'll hate me for sure now, how can I face her after that!" I scolded myself before arriving at the side door to the ballroom. Taking a deep breath I enter the large room again, returning to my past position earlier.

As the night came to an end all I could think about was the special moment I had with Iduna and how I ruined it.

(A/N ~ Here it is! After a long wait and several rewritten versions and late nights, I finally have it. I hope you guys enjoyed it :)
With love, SilverLightWolf23)