Welcome to yet another new story of mine! Yeah, I'm juggling a few others that haven't even been finished. ^^' Yet this idea has been floating in my mind for almost a year now and I've finally reached a point where I think I'm ready to post it as a story on here.

In case the summary doesn't fully explain the focus of the story, here it is: The princesses of Arendelle grew up isolated from the world and from their family- but they weren't alone. They were watched over by two respective spirits who took a liking to a particular princess; and their presence shaped who each girl would become. Anna, because of Jack, would grow up with a fun-loving and free-spirited personality, ever positive and hopeful. Meanwhile, Elsa, due to Pitch's influence, would grow up with a more sophisticated and elegant personality, but a hollow heart filled with fear. Basically, the story starts when the girls are children and continues into their young adulthood. And it focuses on each pair's interactions, some subtle and some not so much.

Now, first I will be posting two teasers, just to test how well this fares and give a taste of what to expect. I'm not totally sure if they will appear later on, but for now, here is the first, featuring Jack/Anna...

On a particular day, Anna felt especially antsy. Her parents were away on business, Elsa was as unreachable as ever and nearly all the servants had left for vacation (the last would soon be on their way). She felt alone, even more so than usual. The girl wandered the empty halls, dragging her feet. She swept her hand along items lined up against the wall. Anna sighed, eyes focused on the ground.
A light tapping on the nearby window alerted her senses. She turned to face it and a grin spread upon her lips as she caught sight of Jack Frost perched on the sill. Anna ran to it, waving, "Hey!" She unlatched the window and he hopped inside,

"Afternoon." A cheeky smile was on his face.

Anna hopped on her toes, "Jack, you're here. In summer!"

"Yup." He leaned on his staff, "Good observation, Anna."

The girl gave him a look, but quickly brushed off the comment, "Well, are you going to tell me why?"

"What? I can't take some time off to visit my favorite snowflake?"
Anna shoved at his shoulder playfully. "Come on, stop messing around, Jack."

"I'm not." He chuckled. "It gets pretty boring for me around this time of year. If I cause any snowfall out of season Bunny'll be on my butt about it and hanging around the arctic areas, well, it's sort of lonely."

Anna nodded in understanding, "I bet… I'm glad you came." It touched her heart to know that whenever he was restless or lonesome, she was the person he went to first.
He grinned at her, "Me, too." A moment of silence passed before he pulled off of his staff. "Now, what do you want to do first?"

"The weather's nice, so I think we should go outdoors and-" At that moment, her stomach began to rumble. "Have a picnic." She decided.

The two slipped into the kitchen, Anna swinging a basket by her side. "Hm… what are you in the mood for?"

"I don't really eat, but if I had to choose, anything cold."

"Of course you'd say that." She remarked. "We need something warm and hearty."

"You asked for my opinion." He shrugged with a faint smirk.
Anna seemingly ignored him, digging around in the cabinets. "A-ha. Bread, definitely some bread." She brought out a loaf of French bread. "And… fruit… ooh, grapes." She dashed about the kitchen, compiling their meal. Jack watched her scurry, a glint of amusement in his eyes. "Hey, Jack, help me make some sandwiches."

"Alright. If I freeze them, it's on you, though."

"Excuses, excuses." Anna rolled her eyes. The boy sighed dramatically, trudging forward but when she turned to him, he laughed. The two began putting together sandwiches with ham, cheese, lettuce and tomato. As Jack said, though, there was bits of ice on them.

"You sure we can just take these?" He asked, sliding fancy dinner plates into the picnic basket, as they stumbled out of the kitchen.

"Oh, sure. We've got 8,000 more where that came from." Anna said over her shoulder with a dismissive wave of her hand.

"Well, okay." Was Jack's response. A moment later, "Where to?"

"I'd like a really nice view of the sea…" She trailed off.

"The roof, then." He replied.

Anna paused. "The roof?!"

"Yeah, above your room. Perfect view of the sea and heck, the mountains, even, too."
Anna almost asked whether it was safe or not, but then bit back her words. With a smile, she answered, "Alright."

When she was leaning precariously out of her window, she started having second thoughts. Jack had already hopped up onto the roof, taking their picnic basket with him. His hand appeared upside down, reaching for her, "Come on, Anna."

"Okay. Okay, I've got this." She rubbed her hands together and then surged onward, grasping for him. Warm met cold as the moment seemed to slow down in her eyes. And then Jack and Anna went tumbling down, her weight yanking him off the roof.

"Whoa!" Jack cried and Anna yelped. "Why did you jump?!" He managed to catch her in his arms.

"I don't know, how else was I supposed to do it?!" She retorted.

"Climb up at a leisurely pace." Was his answer as they floated toward the roof. He set her down and then seated himself, crouched on his feet.
Anna puffed out her cheeks, "Sorry."

"It's fine. I should've thought it'd be harder for you to get on roofs. Not being able to fly and all."

Anna remembered how Jack had literally flipped onto the roof and bit her lip, then scowled a bit, "Without any wind your sorry behind would be on the ground." She stuck out her tongue childishly.

"Hey, hey, hey, no need for that." Jack held up his hands defensively.

"I'm just saying." Anna shrugged, acting none the wiser and turning to open the basket. Pulling away either side, she took out two sandwiches and handed one to Jack.

"Thank you, princess." He grabbed it and bit into the sandwich as Anna placed her own in her lap.

"You're welcome." She dug into the basket once more and brought out a small bushel of grapes. "Now," The girl plucked off one and held it out to Jack, "grape me."

"What?" He answered between chews with a faint smirk, raising an eyebrow.

She sighed in mock annoyance before saying, "Throw it into my mouth."
He blinked and then shrugged, snickering, "If it makes sense to you." Jack took the grape, raised his hand and tossed it at Anna. The pint-sized fruit hit her nose, causing her to start, blinking in surprise.

"Ah!" It fell onto the roof, then rolled toward the ground. Jack started to laugh once more, causing Anna to roll her eyes and grab for another grape, "Again."

"Really?" He arched a brow.

"Really." She placed it into his palm. Jack sighed, shaking his head and threw it toward her open mouth again. This time, she caught it. "Mm!" She sounded excitedly as she chewed and swallowed. Though, surprised at first, her friend quickly smiled. "I did it!"

"Congratulations."

"A little less sarcasm, please." Anna retorted as she reached for another grape. "It's your turn."

"Oh, no…"

Anna grinned, "Oh, yes! Come on, it's fun. And I thought 'fun' was your middle name." She wiggled her eyebrows.

Taking that as a challenge, he answered, "Alright, fine! Take your best shot." He opened his mouth wide. Anna projected the grape at him and he snapped it up on the first try to both of their surprise. Jack swallowed and laughed, soon joined by Anna.

"You see, it's fun!" She grabbed another, "Now, let's try one more time." The princess tossed the grape and he leaned forward to catch it, only for it to hit him in the eye.

"Gah!"

"Oh, my gosh, are you okay?!" Anna gasped, fumbling to help.

"Ah- no more grape throwing." He rubbed at his eye.

"Right. Guess it's time for," She popped one into her mouth, "eating like normal," The girl sighed, "boring people."

"Mm. Afraid so." Jack took another bite of his sandwich. "Speaking of boring, how have things been around here? You know, since I left."

"No better. Every now and then, I get to see my mom and dad, but they're usually pretty busy. Sometimes, I'll talk to the servants, but… They're so formal, they call me 'your highness' all the time, and I mean, I'm just me."

"Just Anna." Jack gestured with a finger.

"Exactly." She nodded. "And, um… As for Elsa… she still never comes out of her room…"

"Not even for dinner? Or to go to the bathroom?" Jack attempted to lighten the mood.
She smiled wanly, "The servants leave meals at her door. Not so sure about that potty business, though."

He laughed, "Must slip out in the dead of the night. Don't know how she'd hold it in for so long, though."

"Okay, okay, enough talk about that. I'm eating here." Anna held up her sandwich. Jack relented and she continued, "It feels like I haven't seen her in years, though." Her expression grew solemn. "I really miss her, Jack."

"I know… but, hey, you've got me, though, don't you?" He placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Right… I wish you'd be around more, too, though… it gets kind of hard to stand sometimes, being alone."

"You don't deserve it. Neither of us do."

"I can't figure out what I did wrong…" Anna turned away.

"Nothing. It isn't you… Whatever reason Elsa has for ignoring you, she's really missing out."

Upon hearing this, she looked to Jack with a growing smile. "You mean it?"

"Of course." He gave her a playful shove. She giggled with a good-natured roll of the eyes and pushed him back. A little hard, though, apparently, considering he toppled off of the roof.

"Whoa!" He flailed about in mid-air and Anna leaned over to see.

"Jack! Sorry, are you alright?" She called to him.

"'m fine." He answered, floating back to the rooftop. The boy sighed, running a hand through his hair. "I guess Elsa's a little lucky she doesn't have to deal with getting yanked or pushed off rooftops and hit with grapes, though."

"Shut up…!" Anna shook her head, but he only winked at her, causing the princess to blush a little. She bit into her sandwich before turning her eye to the sea. "Well. This is pretty relaxing, after all." Anna sat back, smiling and closed her eyes. She inhaled the fresh scent of the ocean breeze and listened to the rushing roll of the waves.

"Yeah. Not bad." He agreed, coming forward and letting his legs dangle over the roof's side.

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