I serve her and her alone.

"Yes," she smiled against his lips before kissing him back. Her arms wrapped around his neck as she stood up on her toes to better return the kiss. She hummed a soft, quick, happy note as the kiss broke after a while and smiled to him. "She already seems to love you- but how could she not?" Her brow rose in a teasing manner. "She… doesn’t know though," her tone growing a bit more serious, "I don’t want to overwhelm her. I didn’t want to overwhelm you either. I just… I’ve been waiting to tell you for so long. I thought I was trapped here, then I started finding my sisters…" she trailed off and sighed. "You’ll love it here Kae. I know you will. It’s peaceful, hardly any bad souls, and a great place to raise children. I hated it for so long but, you get use to it." She smiled before placing a ghost of a kiss on his lips. "I’m so glad you’re here."

"I hope she does... I hope she doesn't hate me for not being there... I tried, I-I've been searching for you...." He said softly. She was young still, though. Something was strange about that but he was glad. She wasn't that old, he'd still get to see her grow up. That was the one good thing about whatever had happened. He hadn't missed his daughter growing up. His daughter. That still was such a strange thing to say. Most parents had 9 months to prepare, but here she was... and here was his beautiful fiance. He didn't mind though, no matter what happened now, he had them. And he would stay by their side through anything. "I'm glad too, I'm not leaving you again. Anywhere you go- I go. We'll do this as a team." He smiled. "My beautiful Attina." He said softly and kissed her briefly yet again. It'd been too long, he wanted to kiss her enough to make up for those years they'd been apart.

Reality washed over her. He still didn’t know. Some hundred feet from them, a giggling, happy, little girl was his child, his daughter. How would he react? As the kiss broke, Attina smiled, but clearly had something on her mind. She eased herself up and off of the ground and gently guided him up next. She took both of his hands in hers and swallowed as she blinked, looking up to him. Funny how she never noticed such a height difference back in Atlantica. “Do you remember… the day before I- vanished? I guess that’s the correct term…” she sighed as her eyes started to drift away from his but catching it in time, she refocused on his blue orbs. “There was… something I needed to tell you…” With a long drawn in breath, she said it, she finally admitted her reason why she needed the time away from the palace to clear her mind and think, “I was pregnant… and obviously it- she… was yours… is yours… I don’t know how time here worked but… she’s not even five yet. She has bright blue eyes… much like yours, dark brown hair, loves to play pirates… and dress up… and be the fearless hero…” she let out a soft weak laugh. Her eyes finally left his and slowly looked over to her sister and the little one she was vaguely addressing. Elizabeth, so unaware, was laughing as she ran around and threw snow up into the air and spun in the “fresh fallen” snow. 

As she spoke, his eyes were on her and her alone, though... they always were when she was in the room. He couldn't help it. But when she spoke there was no doubt about her having his attention. His breath caught in his chest pregnant. wait MINE? Shock was clear on his expression. Complete and utter shock. He'd noticed the eyes, but he wasn't the only one with blue eyes so it hadn't registered how similar in color they really were. His heart was racing as his eyes followed Attina's. Now he felt like crying, but he held it together quite will, letting out a nervous breath he grinned. "Mine... My... daughter..." For once, another female had his attention, the beautiful little girl that twirling about in the snow with his sister-in-law-to-be. "Well. Then I take back my previous statement. There is one other I should hope is a part of my life..." He grinned and wrapped his arms around Attina, kissing her. "Our daughter."

She stared at the ring before becoming distracted. Her hand went back to his cheek as she kissed him passionately. As she softly broke the kiss, she looked down at her hand and fully appreciated the ring. It was perfect. The color, setting, stones. Absolutely without a doubt a fairytale moment. She looked back up to his face, to his light and breathtaking blue eyes and smiled. “It’s perfect,” she whispered, unable to find her voice. “My goodness, Kae…” she laughed softly, rather unable to believe it wasn’t a dream. “I love you… so much. There is no one…” she swallowed the feeling of crying again and spoke a little louder, “… no one that I would rather spend the rest of my life with than you. All… two hundred or so years that we have left…” Her eyes went down to the ring once more and her smile grew. She looked up to him then kissed him again. 

He smiled proudly as he looked at the ring. He'd chosen it because it reminded him of a snow flake, one of the things he had seen from a distance that happened on land. Plus it was beautiful and it seemed to be something he thought Attina would like. Of course. He hadn't planned on being on land when he gave it to her but now they were and he wouldn't have it any other way. He loved her and all that mattered was that he'd finally asked her to marry him, and she'd said yes! That was the only thing that mattered to him in that moment. "And I love you, my beautiful Attina." He said softly, brushing a thumb over he rcheek. "I wouldn't spend it with anyone but you." He smiled and kissed her in return. A loving, sweet kiss.

Anna Kendrick and Chris Pine on the set of ‘Into the Woods’ (Sep 25th 2013)

She sniffled and nodded, as the tears of joy started to trickle. There wasn’t a way to get her to calm down, not now. Not when something she dreamed about for close to thirty five years was actually coming true. Kaelin was proposing, and in the most romantic way ever imaginable. She pulled her hand away from her mouth and switched arms the book was in to free her left hand. It shook slightly as she lowered it and spread her fingers some. “Yes,” she grinned, eyes still watery but sparkling with happiness. “Yes, a thousand…million…millions times yes!” She dropped to her knees before he had the chance to get the ring on her finger and put her arms around his neck. She kissed his cheek, unable to stop smiling, then pulled away to kiss him properly on the lips. 

He smiled up at her, proudly at just... her. He couldn't believe he'd caught her attention of all people, and here she was, tearing up over simple words from his heart. That was all he did, he spoke the truth. Or, wrote the truth in this case. He beamed happily at her when she accepted, the first time and more so the second time. He laughed when he didn't get a chance to put the ring on before she was down to his level. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her back, lovingly. Finally with the longing of nearly thirty years separated. "I love you so much." He said after the kiss came to a natural end. "More than I can expression but I hope, some small fraction of how I actually feel for you is portrayed in that letter. There are no words to tell you how much I love you." He smiled, gently taking her hand and slipping the ring onto the proper finger before kissing her once again.

"Elizabeth is off with my sister," she said with a small nod. "Yes we have a moment," she started to speed up, "but Kaelin. I really…" Her brow furrowed as she grew more confused. "What… what do you mean do something? Kae, we’re in the middle of a park…"

He asked, during the time she'd been reading he'd dropped to one knee and waited for that page turn. The moment she began to read he spoke, and held out the ring, looking up at her, the words he'd written so long ago, memorized by now, still rang so true.

"-I’m sorry," Attina turned back to Kaelin and gave a small smile. "But… yes…" She stood taller on her toes and pressed a loving kiss to his lips. "I never stopped loving you, and I never want you to leave."

He caught her lips and kissed her in return. "Then I won't. I'm yours, I am here forever. I promised you I would be by your side, whenever I possibly could and here I am. Do we have a moment in private? Before you say anything I have to do one thing..." He asked softly. The young girl was sweet, but he needed to talk to Attina alone.

But there were those words. Of course he was looking for her. Why did she ever doubt him? Perhaps because it was too good to be true. She loved him, and believed whole-heartedly in him. But believing that she was desirable enough to cause a prolonged search? Her life was never a fairytale, even if her sister’s was. She bit her lip as her eyes search one blue eye then the other then his entire face. She removed one of her arms from around his neck and placed her hand on his cheek. “I love you, too,” she said just a bit louder. There was no question in her voice before pressing a soft quick kiss to his lips. She wanted more, something longer that would show more of how much she had missed him. But given their company, she would refrain. “I… have a lot to tell you…” She tried not to sound anxious or worried, but still couldn’t shake either feelings. “How long…” she cleared her voice, “how long are you here?”

"Whatever it is, I don't care... as long as you're mine still..." He said softly, assuming she was going to tell him about some other man. Ellie's father. But he needed to know... he couldn't wait. He couldn't assume, and he'd searched this long for her. It was a simple question. He hoped it wouldn't cause her any distress. "That's all I need to know right now... are you, are we... still?" How did speaking work again? He was fumbling over words too anxious to know the answer. However realizing she'd questioned him he just smiled. "As long as you wish me to be here."

She couldn’t bare another moment away from him and ran the short distance towards him. Her arms flew up and around his neck as she hugged herself to him. He was real. “By the seven…” she started but soon started to grow emotional. “I missed you…” she whispered, barely even to say that much as she closed her eyes and took in the deep smell of the sea. 

And then she was in his arms and he wrappe his arms around her and everything was right. He let out a shaky breath, trying to keep himself composed and not questioning everything. He held her tightly, one arm around her and the other hand resting against her hair. "I missed you too, I've been looking for you. He pulled back just enough to press a very brief kiss to her cheek, afraid to do anything more but wanting to kiss her properly so badly. "I love you." His words were soft, a whisper, but questioning. Did she love him still? He couldn't wait to find that out, his heart felt like lead in his chest, but it was beating rapidly all the same.

"Kaelin?" Attina managed breathlessly as she looked like she was seeing a ghost. It couldn’t be real -he couldn’t be real! 

Had she forgotten him so easily?

"Oh, but don't you know Santa has other ways? He could leave someone without presents. Especially not someone as adorable as you are, could he? He has Christmas Magic that he uses! Plus, I bet no one would turn down your mother's cookies. He'll come. I guarantee it." He gave a matter of fact type nod and smiled to the young girl. He was on a mission, but he couldn't just walk past her when she asked such an important question.