Into Arendelle

We spent a couple of days relaxing while I got the girls used to the apartment, during which Hilde had the maids move a lot of stuff in. She couldn't take her castle with us, but it certainly seemed like she was trying. I didn't mind. I was uprooting a ruling Queen from her kingdom, let her take what she wanted, there was plenty of room.

Speaking of room, while the bedrooms were all pretty much the same size, one of them was almost completely taken up by a single massive four-poster bed. It turned out to be large enough to fit my entire harem for sexy fun and quickly became known as the master bedroom.

The time wasn't all taken up with sex, of course, though some certainly tried. Ariel spent a good amount of time with Hilde working on something, probably honing her gift for witchcraft but I didn't pry. Ruby and Cassandra also spent some time in the stables working on a saddle and harness that would work for her wolven form. Mal also picked out a really impressive-looking black leather set for herself, though she pretended to do so reluctantly.

And yes, I made sure she and Aurora had a fantastic time being thoroughly 'welcomed' into my retinue.

Such was Hilde's reputation that no one questioned her having 'her' own dragon now, so Mal had her own courtyard for flying in or out of. I stood there now with Mal, of course, but also Ruby, Cass, and Ariel who were coming with us as well as Hilde who was seeing us off.

"Are you sure you don't want me to come with?" She asked again. She'd become all kinds of clingy in our short time together.

I shook my head and kissed her. "You have things to do here, and you deserve the time you can in your home before we leave." I picked up Ruby's bundle of gear and placed it in my storage. "Any luck on the bottle yet?"

"There are only a couple of junk deposits with large selections of pottery along the river, it's only a matter of time before I find it. Your description was very detailed."

I nodded again. I had every confidence in her and turned to Ariel. "And you're sure that's all you need?" The redhead in question was only carrying a small waterproof bag and was otherwise quite naked. "You're not cold or something?" She seemed quite happy in her nudity, and I suppose she really hadn't worn that much before with just the bra. Luckily Normality meant no one else would care. She just kissed me in response.

Mal assumed her draconic form and the four of us climbed aboard. I looked back to see Hilde mouth "I love you." at me, and we were off.

I wasn't sure if Maleficent had always had these ridges that made for comfortable seating along her back or if she had shifted her form for my benefit, but either way it made the long flight a lot more pleasant. I cuddled a naked mermaid and enjoyed it even more. I'm sure Cass and Ruby were doing much the same on their side.

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We landed on the same beach where Ariel had been captured, and she gave everyone hugs and kisses before she ran off into the water and was gone with a flick of her tail. She really could swim damn fast.

One of the things in her bundle had turned out to be a bunch of forks she'd asked Hilde for to give out as gifts to family and friends of all things. Hilde had been perfectly okay with that, having more cutlery in her castle than she knew what to do with. Amusingly enough, she'd given Ariel a bunch of fish forks out of a dark sense of humor. Ariel wasn't sure how long she'd be gone, but promised to call me by bracelet on her way back. I didn't think having her try to access the apartment from under the sea was a good idea.

I wasn't alone very long on dragon back as we headed further north across the sea, as I soon had a fluffy handful of Kat in my arms. That worked for me as things were about to get very cold.

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The Kingdom of Arendelle turned out to be two large but sparsely populated islands with a lot of wooded and mountainous wilderness. The capital and castle were easy enough to find at least, along the southern coast. We stayed hopefully high enough to not be spotted as Mal followed a road inland far enough to land out of sight and the three of us dismounted. Kat just disappeared.

I still had my bits of armor over my Princely clothing, but now Phillip's sword was on my belt. I was also wearing my coronet to look more official. Cassandra was wearing one of Hilde's guard uniforms that had been tailored for her and looked quite dashing in black and silver. Ruby gave each of us a kiss before stripping down and shifting to full wolf. She'd been trying to get the hang of a half form that I was sure a werewolf should be able to do, but wasn't having much luck with it, but she could do giant wolf no problem. We got her harness and saddle on while Mal just stood and glared.

Finally ready, I turned to the black haired woman as Cass used a brush on Rose's fur. "Are we going to have this argument again?"

"It's undignified."

"You look magnificent in horse form as any other, and this is just making an entrance. Once we're accepted and settled in you and Ruby can shift back and 'just happen' to show up. You knew the plan before we left and picked out the gear yourself. Now do I have to take that dress off of you myself?" I arched an eyebrow at her at the last and she just snorted at me.

"You know very well I don't have to disrobe to change, unlike your lycanthrope." And with a billow of green fire, she was a magnificent black horse.

"Good girl." I coaxed her as I started to put her gear on. Cass even came over and gave her a brushing as well, which we both knew she liked.

Soon both of us were saddled up and looking good. "Should have had the raven along to drop flowers in our path." Cass joked.

I laughed. "It's bad enough as is, but it should do to overwhelm an impressionable young girl. The sister however is a hard case."

"Anna will get us into the castle from what you said, and that should be enough. You're plenty persuasive as I well know, and you have Hilde's potion in case."

"Shouldn't need it, Elsa's gloves should be starting to fail by now and she should be getting ****. Well, time to hand her a miracle." I gave Mal a nudge and she started forth with Ruby easily keeping up.

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The city looked to still be in the midst of getting ready for the coronation. Perfect. And our entrance was very much noted, with some people running ahead towards the castle. Even better.

We still managed to get a good chunk of the way through the city before a small contingent of guards approached us on foot. Guess they didn't see much need for horses in an island locked kingdom. With them was a strawberry blonde haired woman who looked far too excited to see us. That had to be Princess Anna. As we got closer I saw the single lock of white hair that confirmed it.

I dropped off of Mal as they approached and swept into a bow for the now blushing young woman. "Greetings! You must be the Princess Anna I have heard so much about. I am Prince Guy of the Kingdom of Fawkes to pay my respects to your sister, soon to be Queen."

"You're early. No one else has shown up yet. Did you come by ship? I love your horse. Is that a wolf!?!" She gushed, without seeming to pause for breath.

I waved over to Cass, who had also dismounted. "This is the head of my personal guard Cassandra, and yes that is a wolf, her loyal mount and companion."

Anna had already rushed forward and was rubbing her face in Ruby's fur. The woman apparently had no caution whatsoever. Ruby didn't seem to mind, and Cass looked amused.

As she finally turned back to me I held up a fine silver bracelet with a single bright sapphire that matched her eyes. "If it would not be too bold, I would like to present you with a gift from my kingdom." She gasped, and I swear I could see hearts in her eyes.

"It's lovely!" She said as I handed it over, and she clasped it on her arm without second thought. Well that was far too easy. "Come with me." She grabbed my hand, leading us all towards the castle. "Elsa's going to love you!"

"I can't wait."