Princess Elsa
by AJ Marks
Part 18
Lynn shifted slightly in the chair. She was at the palace having her make-up and hair done in preparation for the big event tonight. She had texted Elsa a few times, seen Kristoff who wished her luck and that they would all be going together. Rapunzel wanted to go but already had other plans.
She tried to get out of him what Elsa would be wearing, but was told only that it was a secret, but he couldn’t wait to see Anna’s outfit. With a waggle of his eyebrows he walked away leaving her to her imagination.
Looking at the mirror she noticed her short black hair now was spiky, giving her an edgy appearance for her Jedi outfit. She already had the outfit on, designed by someone in the palace staff for such things. He had been actually excited about it, being a big Star Wars nerd and they spent quite a bit of time talking about the movies, Jedis and the Force.
She even had one of the best replica lightsabers, with a purple blade. It was a recent development, and allowed a cosplayer to actually appear more like a Jedi, or Sith. It was only the hilt and though hologram technology a ‘blade’ would appear. It was only for show as it would go through anything so you couldn’t even use it for pretend duels.
“There we go, what do you think?” the hairdresser said. Lynn looked up but didn’t say anything knowing the hairdresser wasn’t speaking to her, but her boss.
“Very nice,” he said, moving all around her. “I think we need a bit more foundation here, not much.”
“Hmm, yes, you’re right,” another person said, pulling out some makeup.
“I look forward to working with you, like the princesses, very nice, but we can always make you better,” he said with a bit of pride. She thought that was a compliment, or at least hoped so.
“And finally all these rumors will be over with,” another one said.
“I can stop being hounded by the press over who it is,” the hairdresser said.
“Yeah, but then it will be questions like, what’s she like, and that type of stuff, remember with Kristoff?” the boss said.
Lynn heard a collective groan.
“What?” she decided to ask.
“We take our friendships with the royal family very personally.”
“And frown upon anyone who spreads lies.”
“With a new person, there will be many lies.”
“Oh,” Lynn replied. “I hope I’m ready?’
“If you have any problems, just call that girlfriend of yours, she will do anything to help you out,” the hairdresser said.
“Come on, are we done?’ the boss said suddenly, walking around Lynn scrutinizing every angle even as another person appeared. “Just in time, we’ve done all we can.”
“Ma’am, this way if you will,” the man dressed in a black suit said.
Lynn stood, thanked them all for their help and followed the man who she couldn’t recall his name, but the one who had been in charge getting her ready today. The big time was fast approaching as she moved down the hallway to the underground basement where the cars and transports and such were kept.
They approached a large, black, limo and she walked in to the spacious area with several seats and a small table off to one side.
“Princess Elsa, Anna and Kristoff will be here shortly, do you require a drink?” he asked.
“Yes,” Lynn said rather quickly as the butterflies started up.
“Water, or something stronger?” he asked.
“Stronger, but I don’t know what. I’m not much of a hard liquor drinker,” Lynn replied thinking a beet probably wasn’t something she should have now.
“I have just the thing,” he said, pouring a clear liquid into a glass with ice and handing it to her.
Taking a swallow she noticed the sweet, fruity flavor, not a harsh flavor.
“Thanks,” she said heading over to sit down and took out the lightsaber, flicking it on and off a few times nervously.
The door opened again allowing Kristoff to walk in.
“Ah, you’re here already, thought so,” he said, dressed as Han Solo. “Are you a Jedi Knight or Master?”
“Master, of course,” Lynn replied with a smile, as Anna stepped though.
Lynn’s eyebrows went up, she was dressed as slave Leia and if Lynn wasn’t already attracted to Elsa, she could fall for the red head. The next person though was finally Elsa.
She had to pick her jaw up from the floor, as Elsa walked over, dressed in the same slave Leia outfit, but a pale blue. Lynn couldn’t keep her eyes from watching the sway of the hips as she moved over to her.
“Hey, you look great,” Elsa said, sitting down giving Lynn a kiss on the cheek as her own brain still refused to function.
“Think you overloaded her brain,” Anna said with a chuckle as Elsa giggled as well.
“Wow,” Lynn finally managed to say looking up into Elsa’s eyes. She noticed her hair was braided and over her left shoulder.
“I take it you like the costume?” Elsa said, giving a slight wiggle in the chair.
“Like, I think I died and went to heaven,” Lynn said. “But are you okay with it?”
“Yeah, you could say I’m showing off for you,” Elsa said.
“And, it will help you a bit as well, as everyone’s focused on Elsa as well,” Anna said. “The media is going to have a breakdown over all of this.”
“I’m going to have a breakdown, between going out there and you dressed like this,” Lynn said, letting her eyes roam over Elsa’s outfit, the curves and exposed skin.
The statement caused Anna to laugh a bit. Everything about the entire situation seemed surreal to her. Sitting in a limo, with the princesses, going to a dance and Elsa was her girlfriend. Something by the end of the night the entire empire would know.
“What are you drinking?” Elsa asked.
Lynn looked down at the drink still in her hand. “Oh, this, don’t know, was given to me.”
“Let’s see,” Elsa said, taking a sip before Lynn could say anything. “Oh, nice, Fruity Comet.”
“Oh, well its good,” Lynn said.
“New distributor, wanted to make a hard liquor which didn’t taste like hard liquor,” Elsa said to her.
“Well, he succeeded,” Lynn said, before downing the rest.
Anna started up a conversation about the party, even though it was called a dance it was really a fancy costume party. Anna mentioned she and Elsa should apply for the best costumes and made her case.
“Hey, don’t worry too much, just try and enjoy yourself,” Kristoff said to Lynn. “Been there done that, mine was going to a prom, and everyone was asking about me. At least you have some time to get prepared, I was tossed into the fire.”
“Yeah, I recall that,” Lynn said. “A lot of bad information came out which was false.”
“Yeah, they hope to quell that this time,” Kristoff said.
“Be myself,” Lynn said deciding it was the best advice she had gotten so far.
All too quickly they arrived at the dance. She watched as Kristoff stepped out first, followed by Anna, part of the royal guidelines. They left the vehicle last, something she hadn’t been concerned with when on vacation as everything was so informal. This was a formal event and she would have to be formal.
“You’ll do fine,” Elsa said as Anna left.
Lynn felt the butterflies start up and she half expected to throw up. Finally she felt Elsa push her forward and shakily she stepped out of the limo to the waiting crowd which seemed larger than she expected.
Several were still oohing and aahing over what Anna was wearing and so didn’t really see her. At least not at first but several seemed to take notice and the pictures started. Lynn snapped out of her nervous coma long enough to turn and wait for Elsa as she stepped out.
The murmur was immediate as everyone seemed to whisper at once seeing Elsa step forward. She moved over to Lynn, and taking her hand made their way down the red carpet.
Lynn remembered to smile, keenly aware of everything going on wondering if wasn’t too late to go running away. They stopped in front of a large stage area where the celebrities would pose for the pictures. Already Lynn heard the rush of questions asking who she was to Elsa, who merely waved her hand and smiled.
“Smile,” Elsa reminded. “Or pose?”
It was reckless Lynn knew, but a sudden inspiration came to her. Grabbing the lightsaber, she activated it while wrapping an arm around Elsa’s waist and smiled. She was almost blinded by the flashes before Elsa led her away and she put the lightsaber away. Moving inside they made their way to the reserved table where Kristoff and Anna were waiting and grinning like idiots.
“That will defiantly be front page,” Kristoff said to them.
“Oh yeah, and it looked hot,” Anna said causing Lynn to blush.
“Caught me by surprise, but I liked it,” Elsa said leaning into Lynn as they sat down.
“Though, might have been better had you been a Sith,” Kristoff said. “You could have been a Sith Lord and her pleasure slave.”
That thought brought up some other images which she quickly pushed aside.
“Ooh, its up,” Anna said, looking at her phone.
“And it’ll probably crash the server,” Lynn said.
“We have techs working tonight to help the expected overload,” Elsa said.
A waiter came by asking for drinks, Lynn asked for another glass of Fruity Comet, it had been good and it would appear better than a beer. While waiting she looked out noticing almost everyone in the crowd trying to catch a glimpse of her. She also saw celebrities looking which seemed odd to her causing her to laugh slightly.
“Something funny?” Elsa asked looking around.
“Oh, just watching the celebrities, normally it would be reversed. I’d be trying to get a glimpse of them instead of them trying to get a glimpse of me,” Lynn replied with a smile as their drinks came back and a person approached.
“I’m so glad you accepted this year,” the man said, he was an older gentleman, bad, in great shape, and wore an Imperial officer uniform.
“We thank you for being persistent, and you give one of the best parties on All Hallow’s Eve,” Elsa said. Lynn thought he puffed up a bit at that.
“I do, don’t I,” he said looking around. “It took a lot of work.”
The entire room was decorated in a Star Wars theme.
“May I be so bold, as to ask who this lovely Jedi is?” he asked.
Elsa placed her hand on top of Lynn’s. “This is Lynn, my girlfriend.”
Lynn shifted uncomfortably as he seemed to be looking at her closely before leaning closer.
“A sight better than that prince, Ronald or whatever his name was,” he said.
“Ranald?” Lynn supplied.
“Yes, him, just didn’t picture you with him, it seemed off,” he said to them. Before they could say anything else another employee came up, also dressed in an Imperial uniform and whispered something to him. “Ah, if you’ll excuse me, you’ve caused some buzz I need to take care of some intruders trying really hard to get in.”
“Sorry about that,” Elsa said.
“Oh, don’t be, I think my wife is enjoying herself now,” he said leaving the table.
Lynn was unsure what he meant by that but remained quiet, taking in the music, dancing and overall party. People standing around talking, some dancing, others showing off their sword skills in a mock sword fight between Sith and Jedi.
“Princesses,” another voice said, causing them to look and Lynn to be speechless. Jacob O’Corke stood there, the most popular actor in the Empire.
“Can get your autograph?” Anna asked suddenly.
Lynn looked over to see Anna a bit star struck and realized she was like any twenty-year-old. The request took him by surprise as well.
“For a fan, no problem,” he said moving over to her. “And should I make that out to Princess Anna?”
“Yes please,” Anna replied. Lynn heard a slight giggle and looked over to see Elsa covering her mouth but was obviously laughing. Kristoff appeared to lean back and just watch not bothered at all. Lynn wondered about it then realized they were comfortable with their relationship, Anna loved him.
She glanced at the rest of the crowd before turning to see Elsa looking at her and before she could say anything gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.
End part 18