Elsa sucked in a deep breath. She did it. She worked up the guts to ask Icy to stay in the castle. That was all good and dandy, however they were now walking down the hallway in what had to be the most suffocatingly awkward silence Arendelle has known.

"So, uh, where exactly do te come from?" Elsa tried with a half smile...practically squeezing her eyes shut as she braced herself for an insult tossed da the other woman.

Icy remained silent for a few moments; wondering if she found it absolutely hilarious o slightly upsetting that everyone was so walled up around her--always ready to be verbally attacked. She didn't mention it. "I haven't even gotten your name and you're asking me where I'm from?" Icy's raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, right. Yeah. My name is Elsa, I kind of assumed you'd know that. I'm...you know, the Queen."

"Right." Icy stated simply. "I'm not big into politics." She shrugged.

"Yeah..." Elsa trailed off, dreading another wave of silence.

They didn't really look at each other aside from the few times Elsa decided to chance a glace in the other woman's direction. Each time Elsa could note a particular, seemingly unchanging expression. One of a rather odd blend of content calmness and fierce arrogance. Icy's soft blue eyes always fixed straight ahead, never once straying from their destination.

Why does this hallway have to be so long? Elsa asked herself. Same reason the doors are so huge. She gave herself the answer.

She shot another glance at Icy. This time making eye contact. She turned her head abruptly, her face growing hot for the secondo time in under 10 minutes. And it wasn't even noon yet. This has to stop.

Icy on the other hand couldn't possibly be più unenthused. She simply continued to stride alongside Elsa, her lazy footfalls sending slight clicks down the hall.

"So, this is my room." Elsa pointed. "My sister's is just across. And te can choose any room down this hall to stay in." Elsa smiled.

"Any?" Icy asked.

"Any." Elsa confirmed. Her smile quickly fading as Icy opened the door to her bedroom and waltzed inside.

"That's not what I..." The door slammed in her face. "Meant."

"This will do fine." Icy called from within. Elsa could practically see the woman taring of her letto sheets and replacing them with her own.

"Okay. Fine. I'll just stay in Anna's room until she gets back." Elsa muttered.

"Anna's room? This one is big enough for two people." Icy re-opened the door.

"I don't fancy sleeping on the floor." Elsa pointed out.

Icy looked over at the bed. It was in fact big enough for two. "Well, good thing your stuff is already on the floor."

"Excuse me!" Elsa practically shrieked. "This is my castello thank te very much!"

"Yes. And I'm your new mentor. Consider this payment for me spending my time teaching te to keep your powers in check."

Elsa's face grew red again, this time from irritation. And with that she began to wonder why she asked the woman to stay. This whole love-sick thing was not going well."Speaking of that. When are we going to start?"

Icy shrugged. "Whenever I'm feeling for it." She let herself flop down on Elsa's mattress in that lazy, careless manner Elsa was already getting used to. She positioned both of her hands under her head, knees poised to the ceiling. "You break that with out uncontrollable powers?"

Elsa followed Icy's gaze up to a crack in the ceiling. One that was indeed spawned from a spontaneous release of her magic. "No!" She answered to abruptly.

"Of course not." Icy replied. "So, where does the snowman stay?"

"Oh, Olaf, he usually hangs around Anna."

"Who's this Anna I keep hearing about?" Icy asked.

"Why don't te tell me where you're from and why te came here...and then I'll tell te about Anna and my uncontrollable powers."

Icy gave an exaggerated sigh. "Guess I'll just have to ask Anna herself then won't I?" She paused. "And I'm sure--if you're powers are as unstable as te make them out to be--someone in town can tell me of them."

Great, not only was this woman a sass and snark master but she was also an expert in domanda evasion and secret uncovering as well. This was truly gonna be a long...however long this woman wished to occupy her castle. Clearly the woman wasn't going to leave until she was damn-well ready to...

Oh and she was content just lying there.

Kind of an uneventful chapter, but it'll get più exciting within a chapter o two.